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  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search svg.wayback-search {
    position: absolute;
    top: 2px;
    left: 3px;
    width: 2.4rem;
    height: 2.4rem;
  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


O F T H E 


HOUSE of COMMONS, 





VOL. XXXII. 





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From NovEeMBER the 13th, 1770, 


In the Eleventh Year of the Reign of 


Kinc GEORGE the Third, 


NovEMBER the 17th, 1772, 


In the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of 


Kinc GEORGE the Third. 








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Martis, 13° die Novembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Mo- 
A lyneux, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty. 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That, in Purfu- 
ance of the Direétions of an Act paffed in the laft Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, ** An Ac to enable the 
« Speaker of the Houfe of Commons to iffue his Warrants, 
“ to make out new Writs for the Choice of Members to 
“ ferve in Parliament, in the room of fuch Members as 
« fhall die during the Recefs of Parliament,” he had iffued 
his Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
new Writs for the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the following Places, viz. for the Borough 
of Scarborough, in the County of York, in the room of 
Fountayne Wentworth Ojbaldefton, {quire , for the City 
of London, in the room of the Right honourable William 
Beckford ; for the County of Gloucefter, in the room of 
Thomas Tracey, Efquire; for the Borough of Wendover, 
in the County of Bucks, in the room of Sir Robert Dar- 
ling ; for the County of Wilts, in the room of Thomas 
Goddard, Etquire ; for the Borough of Oakhampton, in 
the County of Devon, in the room of Thomas Brand, 
Efquire; for the Borough of Eaf Loe, in the County of 
Cornwall, in the room of Richard Huffey, Efquire ; and 
for the Borough of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, in 
the room of Edward Herbert, Efquire. 


Several Members, returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, 
and took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, accord- 
ing to the Laws made for thofe Purpotes: And fuch of 
the faid Members, as are by Law required to deliver 
in to the Clerk of this Houfe an Account of their Qua- 
ification, and to take and fubfcribe the Oath of Quali- 
fication, delivered in fuch Account, and took and fub- 
fcribed the faid Oath accordingly. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeftine 
Outlawries, was read the Firft Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
His Majefty in the Houle of Peers; where His Majefty 
was pleafed to make a moft gracious Speech from the 
Throne, to both Houfes of Parliament ; of which Mr. 
Speaker faid he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained a 


Copy ; which he read to the Houfe; and is as follow- 
eth ; viz. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


When T laft met you in Parliament, I renewed to you 
the Affurances which I had before given you, That it 
was My fixed Purpofe to preferve the genera! Tran- 
quillity, maintaining, at the fame Time, the Honoux of 
My Crown, together with the juft Rights and Inicrefts 
of My People; and it was with much Satisfaction that 
I indulged the Hope of being ftill able to continue to 
My Subjects the Enjoyment of Peace with Honour and 
Security. Since that Time, thofe very Confiderations 
which I then promifed you that I would never facrifice, 
even to the Defire of Peace, have laid Me under an 
indifpenfable Neceflity of preparing for a different 
Situation. 

By the Act of the Governor of Buenos Ayres, in feiz- 
ing by Force One of My Poffeffions, the Honour of My 
Crown, and the Security of My People’s Rights, were 
become deeply affected. Under thefe Circumftances I 
did not fail to make an immediate Demand, from the 
Court of Spain, of fuch Satisfaction as I had a Right 
to expect for the Injury I had received. I direéted alfo 
the necefflary Preparations to be made, without Lofs of 
Time, for enabling Me to do Myfelf Juftice, in cafe 
My Requifition to the Court of Spain fhould fail of 
procuring it for Me: And thefe Preparations, you may 
be affured, I hall not think it expedient to difcontinue, 
until I fhall have received proper Reparation for the 
Injury, as well as fatisfactory Proof that other Powers 
are equally fincere with Mytelf in the Refolution to 
preferve the general Tranquillity of Europe. In the 
mean time, I have called you together thus early, in 
order that I may be able to receive from you fuch Ad- 
vice and Affiftance, as, in the farther Progrefs of this 
very important Bufinefs, may happen to become re- 
quifite. 

With refpec&amp; to the State of My Colonies in North 
America, although I have the Satisfaétion to acquaint 
you, that the People in moft of them have begun to 


depart 








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depart from thofe Combinations, which were calculated to 
diftrefs the Commerce of this Kingdom; yet, in fome 
Parts of the Colony of the Maffachu/et’s Bay, very un- 
warrahtable Practices are ftill carried on, and My good 
Subjects opprefied by the fame lawlefs Violence which 
has too long prevailed in that Province. __ 

I hope and truft, that the Precautions which have al- 
ready been ufed for fecuring this Country againft the 
Vifitation of that fatal Calamity, which has of late ap- 
peared in fome of the diftant Parts of Europe, will, with 
the Bleffing of God, prove fuccefsful. But if, from any 
Alteration of Circumftances, it fhould at any Time be 
found that farther Provifions will be wanted, I cannot 
doubt of your ready Concurrence for fo falutary a Pur- 

ofe. 
' Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

I will order the proper Eftimates, for the Service of 
the enfuing Year, to be laid before you. They mutt 
unavoidably, in our prefent Situation, exceed the ufual 
Amount. Every unneceffary Expence My Concern for 
the Eafe of My good Subjects will ever make Me care- 
ful to avoid. But I fhould neither confult their Intereft 
nor their Inclination, if I were to decline any Expence 
which the Public Security, or the Maintenance of the 
National Honour, does at any Time require. 

My Lords, and Gentlemen, ; 

I am fenfible how little I need fay to you, at this 
Time, to prevail upon you to unite in whatever may 
beft promote the true Intereft of your Country. In all 
your Deliberations upon Points of a domeftic Nature, 
Jet the Extenfion of our Commerce, the Improvement 
of the Revenue, and the Maintenance of Order and good 
Government, be always in your View. With refpect to 
Foreign Meafures, there will, I am perfuaded, be no 
other Conteft among you, than who fhall appear moft 
forward in the Support of the common Caufe, in uphold- 
ing the Reputation, and promoting the Profperity, of 
the Kingdom. For the Attainment of thefe Ends, you 
fhall ever find Me ready to exert myfelf to the utmoft. 
I have no Intereft, I can have none, diftinét from that 
of My People. 


Refolved, That an humble Addreis be prefented to 
His Majefty, to return His Majefty the Thanks of this 
Houfe, for His moft gracious Speech from the Throne. 

To offer to His Majefty our Congratulations on 
the happy Delivery of Her Majefty, and on the Birth 
of another Princefs ; together with our Affurances, that 
we efteem every Increafe of His Majefty’s Royal Family 
an additional Security for the Continuance of that Hap- 
pinefs which we have already experienced under its au- 
fpicious Government. 

To affure His Majefty, that, among the many Proofs 
we have received of His Majefty’s conftant Attention 
to the Welfare and Profperity of His People, His Ma- 
jefty’s earneft Defire to continue to us the Bleflings of 
Peace, could not fail to infpire us with Sentiments of 
Gratitude and Affection ; but that we could have reaped 
little real Satisfaction from the Enjoyment of thofe 
Bleffings, had we not at the fame Time been able to 
place the jufteft Confidence in His Majefty, that His 
Majefty would never be induced, by a miftaken Ten- 
dernefs for the prefent Eafe of His People, to facrifice 
their more effential and more lafting Interefts. 

That we cannot but confider thefe as having been 
dangeroufly ftruck at, by the Violence lately committed 
by a Spamifo Governor upon One of His Majefty’s Pof- 
feffions : That, under thefe Circumftances, His Majefty’s 
Determination to make an immediate Demand from the 
Court of Spain, of fuch Satisfaétion as His Majefty had 
a Right to expect, and at the fame Time to direct the 
neceffary Preparations to be made, without Delay, for 
_ enabling His Majefty to do Himfelf Juttice, in cafe His 

Majefty’s Requifition from the Court of Spain fhould 
fail to procure it, demands our moft hearty Acknow- 
legements : And that we rejoice to find, that His Ma- 


4. 1770. 


jefty will not difcontinue thefe Preparations, until His 
Majefty fhall have received a proper Reparation for the 
Injury, as well as fatisfactory Proof that other Powers 
are equally fincere with His Majefty, in the Refolution 
to preferve the general Tranquillity : To affure His Ma- 
jefty, that, in the Profecution of this His Majefty’s 
Purpofe, His Majefty will not be difappointed in His 
Expectation of receiving from His faithful Commons 
every Degree of Support, which, in the Progrefs of this 
very important Bufinefs, fhall become requifite : That, 
with this View, we will enter without Delay into the 
Confidetation of the Supplies for the enfuing Year ; and 
whatever extraordinary K.xpences the Public Service fhall 
require, we will chearfully provide for, in fuch Manner 
as may be leaft burthenfome to His Majetty’s Subjeéts. 

To declare, that, in confidering the State of His Ma- 
jefty’s Colonics in North America, we will negle&amp; no 
Means of fecuring the commercial Interefts of this King- 
dom, or of providing for the Protection of His Ma- 
jefty’s good Subjects there from every Degree of Vio- 
lence and Oppreffion. 

To return His Majefty our unfeigned Thanks, for 
the timely Precautions His Majefty has ufed for guard- 
ing againft the Introduétion of that fatal Contzgion, 
which has of late appeared in fome of the diftant Parts 
of Europe; and to declare, that while, with His Ma- 
jefty, we place our ultimate Reliance upon the Divine 
Providence for our Prefervation from fo great a Cala- 
mity, we fhall confider it as our indifpenfable Duty to 
make Ufe of every reafonable Precaution which humaii 
Forefight can fuggeft to us. 

To affure His Majefty, that we will apply ourfelves 
with all due Diligence to the Difpatch of the Public 
Bufinefs; in which we will not fail fteadily to purfue 
thofe great Ends recommended to us by His Majefty 
in His Speech from the Throne, as well as by His Royal 
Example ; and that, if any Hopes fhould have been 
conceived, or it may have been any where furmifed, 
that among His Majefty’s People there were any fuch 
Differences fubfifting, as could in the leaft Degree abate 
the Ardour of their affectionate Attachment to His Ma- 
jefty, or prevent their joining, as One Man, in fecond- 
ing His Majefty’s Views, for maintaining unfullied the 
Luftre of His Crown, and preferving undiminifhed the 
Rights of His People, we doubt not, by our Proceed- 
ings, to convince the World how falfe and injurious are 
all fuch Surmifes ; and to make it manifeft, that, when- 
ever we are called upon in the Caufe of our King and 
Country, there will be but One Heart and One Voice 
among His faithful Commons. 

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

And a Committee was appointed of Lord Greville, 
Lord Barrington, Mr. Rice, Mr. Attorney General, 
Lord Clare, Lord North, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. 
Charles Fox, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Mr. Ellis, Mir. Fenkin- 
Son, Mr. Rigby, Mr. Charles Townfbend, Mr. Burrell, 
Mr. Robinfon, Sir Charles Whitworth: And they are to 
withdraw immediately into the Speaker’s Chamber. 

Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech 
to both Houfes of Parliament, be referred to the fzid 
Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County cf Cambridge, in the 
room of the Right honourable ohn Manners, common- 
ly called Marquis of Granby, decealed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefenc 
Parliament for the Borough of Chriffchurch, in the 
County of Southampton, in the room of the Right ho- 

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nourable Thomas Robinfon, now Lord Grantham, called 
up to the Houfe of Peers. 


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





Mercurii, 14° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the principal Inhabitants of fuch Part 
A of the High Street, in the Parifh of Saint Mary 
Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, as ‘lies in the County 
of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houtfe : 

And a Member who had not been fworn at the Table 
coming into the Houfe; and the faid Member having 

aken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration ; 
and having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe an 
Account of his Qualification, and taken and fubfcribed 
the Oath of Qualification, according to the Laws made 
for thofe Purp«fes ; 

The faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That the 
faid Street is a great Thoroughfare, being the principal 
Avenue to the City of London, and greatly frequented 
by Travellers; and that fuch Part of the faid Street as 
lies within the City of London is already properly paved ; 
but fach Part of the faid Street as lies within the County 
of Middlefex is ill paved, and the Paffage through the 
fame greatly obitructed by Pofts and Projections, and 
annoyed by Signs, Spouts, and Gutters, projecting into 
and over the fame, whereby, and by the deep Channels 
acrofs many Parts of the faid Street, the fame is rendered 
incommodious and dangerous ;, and that the Petitioners 
are willing, for the bytes Accommodation, to contri- 
bute to the utmoft of their Abilities, and fubmit to an 
additional Tax, towards paving the faid Street in a 
proper Manner, and rendering the fame commodious ; 
and that the Petitioners apprehend, that unlefs they are 
aided by a fmall daily Toll (except on Sundays) on all 
Coaches, Landaus, Chariots, Berlins, Chaifes, Chairs, 
and Calafhes, and upon Saddle Horfes, paffing through 
the Turnpike at Mile End, in the fame County; and 
alfo upon Carriages loaded with Hay and Straw, which 
fhall be brought, pitched, or fold, on Market Days, in 
any Part of the faid Parifh, the utmoft that their Cir- 
cumftances will admit them to pay, will not be adequate 
to the propofed Expence: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Gyan, Mr. Alder- 
man Townfend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
-ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the Aldermen of the City of Winchefter, 
in the County of Southampton, and of feveral Gentlemen 
and other Inhabitants of the faid City and Suburbs 
thereof, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
Proprietors and Occupiers of Houfes, Buildings, and 
Ground, within the City and Suburbs aforefaid, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
feveral Streets, Squares, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, and other 
public Paffages, within the faid City, and alfo within the 

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feveral Parifhes of 5+. Bartholomew Hide, St. Fobn’s in 
the Soke, St. Peter’s Cheefe Hill, St. Swithin, and St. 
Michael’s in the Weft Soke, 1 the Suburbs of the faid 
City, are in avery ruinous and dangerous Condition, 
and in general very ill paved, cleanied, lighted, and 
watched, and the Paffages of the faid City and Suburbs 
are obftruéted by various Nufances and Annoyances ; 
and that feveral of the faid Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, 
and public Paffages, are in fome Parts thereof too nar- 
row and incommodious ; but, if the fame were properly 
paved, repaired, cleanfed, watched, lighted, and widened 
where neceffary, and the faid Nufances and Annoyances 
removed, and prevented for the future, it would tend 
to the Benefit and Health of the Inhabitants of the faid 
City and Suburbs, and all Perfons reforting thereto : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 


bring in a Bill for the better paving, repairing; widen- 


ing, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the faid Streets, 
Squares, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, and public Paffages, 
and for removing and preventing Nuifances and Annoy- 
ances therein, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regu- 
lations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Powlet, Mr. Cornwall, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons,; Papers, and Records: 


A Petition of Beraard Perny, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Praying, ‘That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Fofeph Mawbey and Mr. Serjeant Glynn do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Comrnoii Coun- 
cil, Guardians of the Poor, Merchants, Manufacturers, 
and principal Inhabitants, of the City of Norwich, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read, Expreffing the Ap- 
prehenfions of the Petitioners, that, if the Exportation 
of Corn, Malt, or Grain, fhould be permitted for thé 
enfuing Year, a very great Dearnefs and Scarcity of thofe 
Necefiaries of Life will inevitably enfue; which, jcined 
to the advanced Rates at which all cther Provifions now 
fell, will produce the moft ruinous Conte. uences to the 
induftrious Poor, and greatly diftrefs (in different De- 
grees) all Ranks of People in this trading and populous 
City: And therefore praying, That the Exportation of 
Corn, Grain, and Malt, may be prohibit:d for a limited 
Time; or that fuch other Relief may be given in the 
Premifes, as to the Houie fhall feem meet. 

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


A Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution an Act, pafied in the 24th Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King Geerge the Second, intituled, An 
Act for repairing the Road ieading from We Lavington 
to the Devizes, and from the Devizes to Seend, in the 
County of Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto-fubfcribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the gteateft Part of the Road, by the faid A¢t intended to 
be repaired, is the high Road leading from the City of 
London to the Cities of Bath and Briftol, arid that the Prin-. 
cipal Sum of £.4,46€0, and the further Principal Sum of 
£. 350 have been borrowed on the Credit of the Tolls 


‘granted by the faid At, which, together with other Sums 


or Intereft and Materials, remain yet unpaid; and that 

great Progrefs has been made in repairing the faid Roads 5 
but by Means of the many heavy Carriages paffing on 
the fame, and the great Scarcity and Dearneis of Ma- 
terials, with the Expence of Carriage of fuch Materials, 
the faid Roads cannot be effectually kept in Repair, and 
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the Intereft of the Money borrowed on the Credit 
of the faid Tolls be paid, without the Aid of Parlia- 
ment: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers, and altering and enlarging fome Parts of the faid 
Roads, and for altering the Tolls granted by the faid 
Aé&amp;, and confolidating all the faid Tolis, and making 
the fame one entire or aggregate Fund, for repairing all 
the Roads intended by the faid Act to be repaired, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Penruddock, Mr. Popham, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of an A&amp;t made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for continuing an Act 
made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, to prohibit, for 
a further Time, the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, 
Malt, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo the 
Extra¢tion of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and 
Wheat Flour. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 
fit every Tuefday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances 
do fit every Thurfday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


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


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


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be ap- 
pointed : 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Onflow, Mr. Rigby, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Dowdefwell, Mr. 
Amcotts, Mr. Attorney General, Lord North, Mr. Burke, 
Colonel Barré, Mr. Lafcelles, Mr. Wood, Mr. Dunning, 
Mr. Stanley, Sir George Savile, Sir George Suttie, Mr. 
Popham, Mr. Rice, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Sir ohn Mole/- 
worth, Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Ro- 
binfon, Lord Fohn Cavendifo, Lord Barrington, Mr. 
Fackfon, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Martin, Lord Burgherfb, 
Lord George Cavendifh, Mr. Fenkinfon, Lord Beauchamp, 
Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Cocks, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Phipps, Sir William Mere- 
dith, Mr. Fuller, Lord Clare, Mr. Dempfter, Mr. Rey- 
nolds, Mr. Plumer, Mr. Kynafton, Mr. Penruddock, Sir 
Fofeph Mawbey, the Earl of Catherlough, Sir Francis 
Vincent, Mr. Field, Mr. Adams, Sir Brook Bridges, Lord 

Caper Ur. Townfbend, Lord Henley, Mr. Damer, Mr. 
~ Freeman ~ ar they are to meet upon Monday Se- 
vennight, at Seven of the Clock in the Afternoon, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber; and to fit every Wed- 
ne{day, Friday, and Monday, in the Afternoon ; and all 
who come are to have Voices: And they are to take into 
Confideration all fuch Matters as fhall or may come in 
Queftion, touching Privileges ; and to report their Pro- 
ceedings, with their Opinion’ thereupon, to the Houfe, 
from Time to Time; and the Committee are to have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, for their 
Information ; and if any Thing fhall come in Queftion 
touching the Matter of Privilege of any Member, he is 
to withdraw during the Time the Matter is in De- 
bate. ae 


Ordered, That all Perfons who will queftion any Re- 
turns of Members to ferve in Parliament do queftion 
the fame within Fourteen Days next, and fo within Four- 
teen Days next after any new Return fhall be brought 
in; and that all Members who are returned for Two or 
more Places do make their Eleétion by this Day Three 
Weeks for which of the Places they will ferve, provided 
there be no Queftion upon the Return for that Place; 
and if any Thing fhall come in Queftion touching the 
Return or Eleétion of any Member, he is to withdraw 
during the Time the Matter is in Debate ; and tha: all 
Members returned upon Double Returns do withdraw 
till their Returns are determined. 


Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve 
in Parliament. 


Refolved, That where the Houfe thall judge any Pe- 
tition touching Eleétions to be frivolous and vexatious, 
the Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Per- 
fon petitioned againit. 


Refolved, That, if it fhall appear that any Perfon 
hath procured himfelf to be eleéted or returned a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery 
or any other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed 
with the utmoft Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Refolved, That, if it fhall appear that’ any Perfon 
hath been tampering with any Witnefs, in refpect of his 
Evidence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee 
thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to 
deter or hinder any Perfon from appearing, or giving 
Evidence, the fame is declared to be a High Crime and 
Mifdemeanor ; and this Houfe will proceed with the ut- 
moft Severity againft fuch Offender. 


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


Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Li- 
berties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, 
for any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of 
any County, to.concern themfelves in the Eleétions of 
Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament. © 


Refolved, That, in all Cafes of controverted Eleétions 
for Counties in England and Wales, the Petitioners do, 
by themfelves or by their Agents, within a convenient 
Time, to be appointed by the Houfe, deliver to the Sit- 
ting Members, or their Agents, Liits of the Perfons in- 
tended by the Petitioners to be objected to, who voted 
for the Sitting Members ; giving, in the faid Lifts, the 
feveral Heads of Objection, and diftinguifhing the fame 
againft the Names of the Voters excepted to; and that 
the Sitting Members do, by themfelves or by their 
Agents, within the fame Time, deliver the like Lifts, 
on their Part, to the Petitioners, or their Agents. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from Time to Time, take into his Cuftody 
any Stranger, or Strangers, that he fhall fee, or be in- 
formed oF to be, in the Houfe, or Gallery, while the 
Houfe, or any Committee of the whole Houfe, is fitting ; 
and that no Perfon, fo taken into Cuftody, be diicharged 
out of Cuftody, without the {pecial Order of the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Back Door of the Speaker*s Cham- 
ber be locked up every Morning at the Sitting of the 
Houle, and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him; and that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfon whatfoever, without Order of the 

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11 Geo. Il. 


Houfe ; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take Care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber 
every Day, before the Door is locked up. 


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


Ordered, That the Conftables, and other Officers, of 
Middlefex and Weftminfter, do take Care, that, from 
Eleven of the Clock in the Morning till One in the 
Afternoon, and from Four till Six in the Afternoon, 
during the Seffion of Parliament, the Paffages through 
the Streets between Temple Bar and Weftminfter Hall 
fhall be kept free and open; and that no Obftruétions 
be made, by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwiie, to hinder 
the Pafiage of the Members to and from this Houfe ; 
and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do 
give Notice of this Order to the Officers aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take Care, 
that there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in Weft- 
minfter Hall, or the Paffages leading to the Houfe, during 
the Sitting of Parliament ; and that there be no Annoy- 
ance, by Chairmen, Footmen, or otherwife, therein, or 
thereabouts, oe 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 
Bailiff of Weftminfter ; and that he do fee the fame put 
in Execution. 


Ordered, ‘That no Footman be permitted to be within 


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


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take Care, that there be no Gaming, or other 
Diforders, in the Room appointed for the Footmen at- 
tending the Members of this Houfe to wait in. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take into his Cuitody fuch Footmen as fhall 
prefume to difobey the Orders of the Houfe ; and that 
no fuch Footmen be difcharged out of Cuftody, but by 
the fpecial Order of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That to prevent the intercepting, or lofing, 
of Letters directed to Members of this Houfe, the Per- 
fon appointed to bring Letters from the General Poft 
Office to this Houfe, or fome other Perfon to be ap- 
pointed by the Poftmafter General, do, for the future, 
every Day, during the Seffion of Parliament, Sundays 
excepted, conftantly attend from Ten of the Clock in 
the Morning till One in the Afternoon, and for Two 
Hours at the leaft immediately after the Rifing of the 
Houfe, and alfo from Five of the Clock in the After- 
noon till Seven, at the Place appointed for the Delivery 
of the faid Letters; and take Care, during his Stay 
there, to deliver the fame to the feveral Members to 
whom they fhall be directed, or to their known Servant 
or Servants, or others bringing Notes under the Hands 
of the Members fending for the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Officer do, upon his going 
away, lock up fuch Letters as fhall remain undelivered ; 
and that no Letter be delivered but within the Hours 
aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the Poft- 
mafter General. 


Ordered, That when any Letter or Packet, direéted 
to this Houfe, fhall come to Mr. Speaker, he do open 
the fame, and acquaint the Houfe, at their next Sitting, 
with the Contents thereof, if proper to be communi- 
cated to this Houfe. 


Ordered, Thatthe Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe 
do, from Time to Time, when the Houle is going to 
Prayers, give Notice thereof tq all Committees ; and that 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. ” 


all Proceedings of Committees in a Morning, aftet fuch 
Notice, be declared to be null ahd void, 


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


Refolved, That this Houfe will receive rio Petitions 
for Private Bills after the Second Day of February next. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners for puttirig in Exe- 
cution the feveral Aéts of Parliament, for paving, clean- 
fing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other 
Places, within the City and Liberty of We/tminfter, and. 
other Parts therein mentioned, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have 
continued to put the faid Aéts in Execution with great 
Diligence, and have made great Progrefs in the Works. 
thereby directed to be done, which they prefume have 
been of great public Benefit and Convenience ; but have 
not been able to complete the fame, on account of the 
Infufficiency of the Funds hitherto appropriated for thofe 
Purpofes, and for Want of fome faeeer Powers ; and 
that, if a Committee was appointed in every Parifh, to 
make a Rate or Rates in their refpective Parifhes, and 
otherwife to affift in executing the faid Acts, and if 
Commiffioners were to be appointed by each Parifh, to 
be added to the prefent Commiffioners, it would be a 
Means to facilitate the Execution of the faid Aéts: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Petitioners to proceed in the 
Works directed by the faid Aéts to be performed, by 
amending the faid Acts, and granting fuch further Pow- 
ers as to. the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Ed- 
menftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


The Lord Grevile reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed Yefterday to draw up an Addrefs to be pre- 
fented to His Majefty, That the Committee had drawn 
up an Addrefs accordingly ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 


Moft Gracious Sovereign, 

We, Your Majefty’s moit dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, 
return Your Majefty our humble Thanks, for Your moft 
gracious Speech from the Throne. 

We beg Leave to offer to Your Majefty our Congra- 
tulations on the happy Delivery of Her Majefty, and on 
the Birth of another Princefs ; efteeming every Increafe 
of Your Majefty’s Royal Family, an additional Setu&gt;- 
rity for the Continuance of that Happinefs v@bich we 
have already experienced under its aufpicious Govern- 
ment. 

Among the many Proofs we have received of Your 
Majefty’s conftant Attention to the Welfare and Profpe- 
rity of Your People, Your Majefty’s earneft Defire to 
continue to us the Bleffings of Peace, could not fail to 
infpire us with Sentiments of Gratitude and Affection : 
But we could have reaped little real Satisfation from 
the Enjoyment of thofe Bleffings, had we not at the fame 
Time been able to place the jufteft Confidence in Your 
Majefty, that You would never be induced, by a 
miftaken Tendernefs for the prefent Eafe of Ycur People, 
to facrifice their more effential and more lafting —— 

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8 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Thefe we cannot but confider as having been dangeroufly 
ftruck at, by the Violence lately committed by a Spanifh 
Governor upon One of Your Majefty’s Poffeffions. 
Under thefe Circumftances, Your Majetty’s Determina- 
tion to make an immediate Demand trom the Court of 
Spain of fuch Satisfaction as You had a Right to expect, 
and at the fame Time to direét the neceflary Preparations 
to be made, without Delay, for enabling Your Majefty 
to do Yourfelf Juftice, in cafe Your Requifition to the 
Court of Spain fhould fail to procure it, demands our 
moft hearty Acknowlegements; and we rejoice to find 
that Your Majefty will not difcontinue thefe Preparations 
until You fhall have received a proper Reparation for 
the Injury, as well as fatisfactory Proof that other Pow- 
ers are equally fincere with Your Majefty in the Refo- 
lution to preferve the general Tranquillity. In the Pro- 
fecution of this Your Majefty’s Purpofe, Your Majefty 
will not be difappointed in Your Expectation of receiv- 
ing from Your faithful Commons every Degree of Sup- 
port which, in the Progrefs of this very important Bufi- 
nefs, fhall become requifite: With this View, we will 
enter without Delay into the Confideration of the Sup- 
plies for the enfuing Year ; and whatever extraordinary 
Expences the public Service fhall require, we will chear- 
fully provide for, in fuch Manner as may be leaft bur- 
thenfome to Your Majefty’s Subjects. 

In confidering the State of Your Majefty’s Colonies 
in North America, we will neglect no Means of fecuring 
the commercial Interefts of this Kingdom, or of pro- 
viding for the Protection of Your Majefty’s good Sub- 
jects there from every Degree of Violence and Oppreffion. 

We return Your Majefty our unfeigned Thanks, for 
the timely Precautions You have uied, for guarding 
againft the Introduction of that fatal Contagion which 
has of late appeared in fome of the diftant Parts of 
Europe : And while, with Your Majefty, we place our 
ultimate Reliance upon the Divine Providence for our 
Prefervation from fo great a Calamity, we fhall confider 
it as our indifpenfable Duty to make Ufe of every rea- 
fonable Precaution which human Forefight can fuggeft 
to us. 

We affure Your Majefty, that we will apply ourfelves 
with all due Diligence to the Difpatch of the public 
Bufinefs ; in which we will not fail fteadily to purfue 
thofe great Ends recommended to us by Your Majefty 
in Your Speech from the Throne, as well as by Your 
Royal Example. And if any Hopes fhould have been 
conceived, or it may have been any where furmifed, 
that among Your Majetty’s People there were any fuch 
Differences fubfifting, as could in the leaft Degree abate 
the Ardour of their affectionate Attachment for Your 
Majefty, or prevent their joining, as One Man, in fecond- 
ing Your Majefty’s Views, for maintaining unfullied the 
Luftre of Your Crown, and preferving undiminifhed the 
Rights of Your People, we doubt not, by our Proceed- 
ings, to convince the World how falfe and injurious are 
all fuch Surmifes ; and to make it manifeft, that, when- 
ever we are called upon in the Caufe of our King and 
Country, there will be but One Heart and One Voice 
among Your faithful Commons. 

The faid Addrefs being read a Second Time ; 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Addrefs to be prefented to His Ma- 
jelty. 

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

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

Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be taken into Confideration 
To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That a Meflage be 
fent to the Queen, with the fincere and hearty Congra- 


A. 1770. 


tulations of this Houfe, on the joyful Event of Her 
Majefty’s being delivered of another Princeis, and of 
Her Majefty’s happy Recovery ; and to affure Her Ma- 
jefty of the zealous and dutiful Attachment of this 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Lord Melbourne, Mr. Bennet, the 
Lord Bellafyfe, Mr. La/celles, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Burrell, 
and Mr. Edmonftone, do attend Her Majefty, with the 
faid Meffage. 


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





Fovis, 15° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III#i Regis, 1770, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Stanley reported to the Houfe, That His Ma- 

jefty, having been waited upon, puriuant to the 
Order of Yefterday, humbly to know His Majefty’s 
Pleafure, when He would be pleafed to be attended by 
this Houfe, had been pleafed to appoint to be attended 
this Day, at Half an Hour after Two of the Clock, at 
His Palace of St. James. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration His 
Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to both Houtes of Par- 
liament. 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

_ And a Motion being made, That a Supply be granted 
to His Majetty ; 

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


A Petition of the Merchants and Tradefmen of the 
Port of Liverpool, on Behalf of them‘elves, and more 
particularly of thofe concerned in the Whale Fifhery to 
Greenland, Davis's Straits, and the Seas adjacent, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, Thar, 
fince the paffing of the Act for the Encouragement of 
the Greenland Fifhery, that Trade has greatly increafed ; 
but, as the fame will expire at the End of the prefent 
Seffion of Parliament, the Trade can only enjoy the Be- 
nefit of the next Seafon under the prefent Aét; and that 
the Greenland T rade cannot be carried on, unlefs a Bounty 
be continued ; and that the Extenfion of the faid Bounty 
to a longer Term than has been lately granted would 
encourage many more Veflels to be employed in the 
Trade, and would enable the Adventurers to export a 
confiderable Part of the Produce of their Fithery to Fo- 
reign Markets: And therefore praying the Houfe, to 
take the Premifes into Confideration, and grant the Pe- 
titioners fuch Relief as fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee ; and that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition: 

And it is referred to Mr. Pennant, Sir William Mere- 
dith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Sir Zames Pennyman, Baronet, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; Setting forth, That 
at the laft Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Scarborough, in the County of York, 
the Petitioner and Ralph Bell, Efquire, were Candidates ; 
and that the faid Ralph Bell was then incapable of be- 


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11 Geo. III. 


ing elected to ferve in Parliament ; and that the Peti- 
tioner was at the faid Election duly chofen by a Ma- 
jority of legal Votes, and ought to have been folely re- 
turned ; neverthelefs the Bailiffs, who were the re- 
turning Officers of the faid Borough, having illegally re- 
ceived divers Votes for the faid Ralph Bell, from Per- 
fons who had no Right to vote in the faid Election, re- 
turned the faid Ralph Bell, and the Petitioner, as duly 
eleé&amp;ted for the faid Borough, contrary to the Law re- 
quiring fair and free Elections, in Violation of the Rights 
of the Eleétors, and to the great Injury of the Peti- 
tioner: And therefore praying the Houfe to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and to give him fuch Re- 
lief, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

The Houfe was moved, that an Act, made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, “ An Aé to regulate 
«¢ the Trials of controverted Elections, or Returns of 
“© Members, to ferve in Parliament,” might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration upon this Day Fortnight, at Two of the Clock 
in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum : 

The following Notices were fent to Sir Fames 

Pennyman, Baronet, and Ralph Bell, Efquire, in 

Purfuance of the Directions of the faid Act. 


Fovis, 15° die Novembris, 1770. 

Ordered, That Sir Fames Pennyman, Baronet, do, 
by himfelf, his Counfel, or Agent, attend this 
Houfe upon this Day Fortnight, at Two of 
the Clock in the Afternoon. 

F. Hatfell, 
Cl. Dom. Com. 


Sir Fames Pennyman, Baronet, having this Day 
prefented his Petition, complaining, That at 
the laft Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Scarborough, in 
the County of York, which began on Wedne/- 
day the Eleventh Day of July laft, the Peti- 
tioner and Ralph Bell, Efquire, were Candi- 
dates, and that the faid Ralph Bell was then 
incapable of being elected to ferve in Parlia- 
ment; and that the Petitioner was at the faid 
Election duly chofen by a Majority of legal 
Votes, and ought to have been folely returned 
by Francis Coulfon and Fobn Trairs, Efquires, 
the then Bailiffs, and returning Officers of the 
faid Borough ; neverthelefs the faid Bailiffs 
having illegally received divers Votes for the 
faid Ralph Bell, from Perfons who had no 
Right to vote in the faid Election, returned 
the faid Ralph Bell, and alfo the Petitioner, as 
duly elected for the faid Borough, contrary to 
the Law requiring fair and free Elections, in 
Violation of the Rights of the Electors, and 
to the great Injury of the Petitioner ; and the 
Houfe having appointed this Day Fortnight, 
at Two of the Clock, to take the faid Peti- 
tion into Confideration, you are therefore to 
take Notice, That the Houfe will, at that 
Time, take the fame Petition into Confidera- 
tion. 

Given under my Hand, this 15th Day 
of November, 1770. 


F'l. Norton, Speaker. 


To Sir Fames Pennyman, Baronet. 


The like Notice to Ralph Bell, Efquire. 


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


Vor. XXXII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Comnions. 


Veneris, 16° die Novembris: 
Anno 11° Georgi III Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS: 


IR Jofeph Mawbey prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
w) ing to Order, a Bill for Naturalizing Bernard 
Perny: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Speaker reported to the Houfe, That the Houfe 
attended His Majefty Yefterday, with their Addrefs ; 


to which His Majeity was pleafed to give this moft 
gracious Anf{wer : 


Gentlemen, 

I thank you for this very dutiful and affectionate Ad- 
drefs ; and for the frefi Mark you give of your Attach- 
ment to Me and My Family, in your Congratulations oni 
the happy Delivery of the Queen, and the Birth of ano- 
ther Princefs. 

Your ready Concurrence in My Sentiments, and your 
chearful Affurances of Support, afford Me the higheft 
Satisfaction. You may be affured of the Continuance 
of My Endeavours to preferve to My Kingdoms the 
Bieffing of Peace ; but I fhall confider it as a Lleffing fo 
long only, as it can be enjoyed confiftently with the 


Honour of My Crown, and without Prejudice to the 
Rights of My People. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough and Parifh of Buckingham, in 
the County of Buckingham, in the room of the Right 
honourable George Grenville, deceafed. 


A Petition of Gerard Portman, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Francis Vincent and Sir Charles Whitwerth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Motion made Yefterday, that a Supply 
be granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upor Monday 
Morning next. 


Mr. Powlett reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Aldermen of the City of Winchefter, 
in the County of Southampton, and of feveral Gentle- 
men and other Inhabitants of the faid City and Sub- 
urbs thereof, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 

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- being Proprietors and Occupiers of Houfes, Buildings, 
and Ground, within the City and Suburbs aforefaid, 
was referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

In Support of the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. Charles Knott, being examined, faid, That the 
Streets and other public Paffages within the faid City, 
and alfo within the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholo- 
mew Hyde, Saint Fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter's Chee/fe- 
hill, Saint Swithin, and Saint Michael’s in the Weft Soke, 
in the Suburbs of the faid City, are in a very ruinous and 
dangerous Condition, and in general very ill paved, 
cleanfed, lighted, and watched, and the Paffages of the 
faid City and Suburbs are obftruéted by various Nu- 
fances and Annoyances. 

That feveral of the faid Streets and other public Paf- 
fages are in fome Parts thereof too narrow, and are very 
incommodious for the paffing of Carriages and Paffen- 

ers. 

That if the faid Streets and public Pafflages were pro- 
perly paved, repaired, cleanfed, watched, and lighted, 
and widened where neceffary, and the faid Nufances 
and Annoyances were removed and prevented for the 
future, it would tend greatly to the Benefit and Health 
of the Inhabitants of the faid City and Suburbs, and all 
Perfons reforting thereto. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Streets and other public Paffages within 
the City of Winchefter, and alfo within the feveral Parifhes 
of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint ‘fobn’s in the Soke, 
Saint Peter’s Cheefehill, Saint Swithin, and Saint Michael 
in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the faid City, and 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein, and 
for widening and rendering the fame more commodious : 
And that Mr. Powlett, Sir Francis Vincent, and Mr. 
Cornwall, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of an A&amp;t made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for continuing an Act made in 
the laft Seflion of Parliament, to prohibit, for a further 
Time, the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, 
Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch; and alfo the Ex- 
traction of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and 
Wheat Flour. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, 
Common Council, Guardians of the Poor, Merchants, 
Manufacturers, and principal Inhabitants, of the City 
of Norwich, be referred to the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Lord Beauchamp have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being Half an Hour paft Four of 
the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefent- 
ed to the Houfe a Petition of Charles Fitzroy, Efquire. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That 


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there is a Foot Path, which leads from a Houfe called 
Sherwick’s Farm Houfe, in the Parith of Saint’ Pancras, 
alias Kentifh Town, in the County, of Middlefex, along 
certain Fields or Meadows of the Petitioner, called Home 
Field, The Four Acres, Fourteen Acres, and Great Furze 
Field, near the South Weft Side of the Road from Hamp- 
fread to Highgate, and joins the faid Road at a Stile in 
the North Weft Corner of Furze Field aforefaid ; and 
that the Petitioner is willing, at his own Expence, to 
take upon himfelf to make a good Foot Way or Path 
along the South Welt Side of the faid Road, from the 
faid Houfe called Sherwick’s Farm Houfe, to the Stile 
at the North Weft Corner of Furze Field aforefaid, and 
alfo to oblige himfelf, his Heirs and Affigns, to keep 
and maintain the fame in good Repair for ever, pro- 
vided the Foot Path over the faid Fields and Meadows 
fhall be fhut up, and difcontinued; and that. there is a 
Foot Path, which leads from or near certain Ponds 
upon Hampftead Heath, which belong to the Proprietors 
of the Hampftead Water Works, over certain Fields or 
Meadows belonging to the Petitioner, called Lozwer 
Eight Acres, Eight Acres, and Home Field, to Highgate, 
which is not an ancient Foot Path, and is in many Re- 
{pects inconvenient to the Petitioner, and that the fhut- 
ting up the fame will be no Detriment to any body, as 
there 1s another, which leads from the fame Point on 
Hampftead Heath to Highgate aforefaid, which is both 
fhorter and more convenient: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to impower 
the Petitioner to fhut up the faid Two Paths which 
lead over his Fields or Meadows, and to oblige him to 
make and keep in Repair a Foot Path from Sherwick’s 
Farm Houfe, along the Road between Highgate and 
Hampftead, to the Stile in the North Weft Corner of 
Furze Field aforefaid, in Lieu thereof. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Beauchamp, Mr. Rigby, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


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





Lune, 19° die Novembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


B ERNARD Perny took the Oaths appointed, in 
order to his Naturalization. 

A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act of Parliament, paffed in the Second 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Aét for repairing and widening the High Road leading 
from the North End of Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, 
in the County of Suffolk, to the South Gate in Bury 
Saint Edmunds, in the faid County, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have pro- 
ceeded in the Execution of the faid Act, and have bor- 
rowed a confiderable Sum of Money upon the Credit of 
the Tolls thereby granted; but find the faid Act can- 
not be carried into effectual Execution, and the Money 
borrowed repaid, unlefs the Term granted by the faid 


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thereof are increafed and enlarged: And therefore pray- 
ing, ihat Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to con- 
tinue the faid Term, and render more effectual the faid 
Aét, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Charles Davers, Mr. Corn- 
wall, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the principal and other Inhabitants of 
the feveral Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, 
Ways, and other public Paffages, in that Part of Good- 
man’s Fields (being Part of the Manor or reputed Manor 
of Barnes, in the County of Middlefex, and City of Lon- 
don) which lie in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwife Whitechapel, in the faid County of Middlefex, 
and alfo of the Inhabitants of Red Lion and White Lion 
Streets, in the faid Parifh, lying contiguous to the faid 


‘Fields, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, was pre- 


fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
faid Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, and 
other public Paffages, are very ill paved and ruinous, 
and the Paflage thereof is greatly obftruéted by Nu- 
fances and Annoyances thereupon; and that it would 
be of great Benefit and Advantage to the Inhabitants of 
the faid Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, 
and other public Paffages, and to all Perfons reforting 
thereto, or paffing through the fame, if the fame were 
properly: paved, and all Nufances, Annoyances, and 
Obitructions therein, were removed, and prevented for 
the future, which the Inhabitants are willing to be at 
the Expence of : But as the fame cannot be effected with- 
out the Aid of Parliament; therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the better paving 
the faid Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, 
and other public Paffages ; and for removing and pre- 
venting all Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftructions 
therein, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations 
and Reftriétions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Sey- 
mour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Lord Melbourne acquainted the Houfe, That the 
Gentlemen appointed to attend Her Majefty, with the 
Congratulatory Meffage of this Hou'e, had attended Her 
Mejeity accordingly ; and that Her Majefty was pleafed 
to fay : 

Gentlemen, 

This frefh Mark of your Duty to the King, and At- 

tention to Me, calls for My mott fincere Thanks. 


Mr. Onfiow, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider of an Act made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliainent, intituled, An Act for continuing an A&amp; 
made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, to prohibit, for 
a further Time, the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, 
Malt, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo the 
Extraétion of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and 
Wheat Flour ; the Refolutions which the Committee had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, 
Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo the Extraction of 


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Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, 
be prohibited for a further Time. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Exportation of Malt be prohibited for a limit- 
ed Time. 

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid Re- 
folutions: And that Mr. Onflow, the Lord North, Mr. 
Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Charles Townfhend, Mr. Cooper, 
Sir Charles Whitworth, and Mr. Robinfon, dosprepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution an Ad, paffed in the 24th Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
An Aé&amp;t for repairing the Road leading from We La- 
vington to The Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, 
in the County of Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, was referred; That the Committee had examiried 
the Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To. prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read; and 

Fobn Flower, Surveyor and Treafurer to the faid 
Roads, informed your Committee, That the Truftees 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Act, and 
have borrowed feveral confiderable Sums of Money on 
the Credit thereof, which, together with the Sums sow 
due to Workmen and others, amount to near £. 5000. 

That the faid Roads cannot be effectually amended 
and kept in good Repair, and the Intereft of the pre- 
fent Debt or Mortgage paid, nor the other Sums to 
Workmen difcharged, unlefs the Term and Powers of 
the Act are enlarged, and the faid Act amended, and 
made more effectual. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the 
Twenty-fourth Year of King George the Second, for re- 
pairing the Road leading from Weft Lavington to The 
Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, in the County 
of Wilts: And that Mr. Pearuddock, Mr. Garth, Mr. 
Edward Popham, and Mr. Fames Sutton, do prepare; 
and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Gerard Portman: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
frorn the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider of the Motion made upon Thurf- 
day laf, that a Supply be granted to His Majefty; the 
Refolution which the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Supply be granted to His Majefty. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That this Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the {aid Refolution, that a 
Supply be granted to His Majefty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty. 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the 
Navy for the Year 1771, with an Eftimate of the Halfpay 
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of Officers of the Navy, and fuch of the Officers of the 
Marines as were employed in the laft War, be laid be- 
fore this Houte. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of what may 
be neceffary for the Buildings, Re-buildings, and Re- 
pairs, of Ships of War, in His Majefty’s Yards, and 
‘ other Extra Works, over and above what are propofed 
to be done upon the Heads of Wear and Tear and Or- 
dinary, for the Year 1771, be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge for Guards, 
Garifons, and other Land Forces, for the Year 1771, be 
laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of the Of- 
fice of Ordnance, for Land Service, for the Year 1771, 
be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and of fuch of 
the Officers of the Marines as were reduced before the 
laft War, who are to be on Halfpay for the Year 1771, 
be laid before this Houfe. ; 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of Out Pen- 
fioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1771, be laid 
before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account of Services incurred, and 
not provided for by Parliament, be laid before this 
Houle. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
fhewing the Monies arifen, within the refpective Half 
Years, ending at the 5th Day of April 1770, and the 
1oth Day of Ofober 1770, as well of or for the Excefs 
or Surplus of the Fund commonly called The Aggregate 
Fund, as of or for the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund 
commonly called The South Sea Fund ; as alfo of or for 
the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commonly called The 
General Fund. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directions to the proper Officers, to lay before this Houfe 
the faid Fftimates, Lift, and Accounts. 

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


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A. 1770. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Grounds, and otherwife interefted in the Common 
and Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Lewick, in the 
County of Northampton, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and Grounds 
of the Petitioners and others, in the faid Common and 
Open Fields, lie intermixed and difperfed, and, in 
their prefent Situation, are incapable of Improvement ; 
and that it would tend greatly to the Advantage of all 
Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were divided and 
inclofed : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
{aid Common and Open Fields, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring 1n a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Medley and Mr. Harcourt do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


The Houfe being informed that Mr. Speer, from the 
Treafury, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Ad- 
drefs to His Majefty of the 12th Day of March, in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, 

An Account of the Debt on the Civil Lift, as it ftood 
on the 5th Day of April 1762, the 5th Day of April 1763, 
the 5th Day of Fuly 1765, and the 5th Day of Fuly 1766; 
together with an Account of the Arrears of his late Ma- 
jefty’s Civil Lift Revenues unapplied, and His prefent 
Majefty’s Civil Lift Cafh remaining in the Exchequer at 
thofe feveral Times ; and alfo Copies of the Accounts 
tranfmitted to the Treafury by the feveral Offices from 
which this Account is made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Copies are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion; and the faid Account, in 
—" the faid Copies are included, is as follow- 
eth, Viz, 








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An ACCOUNT of the Debt on the Civil Lift, as it ftood on the sth Day of April 1762, the sth Day of 
April 1763, the sth Day of Fuly 1765, and the 5th Day of Fuly 1766; together with an Account of the Ar- 
Years of his late Majefty’s Civil Lift Revenues unapplied, and His prefont Majefty’s Civil Lift Cath remaining 








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Debt on the Debt on the | Debt on the Debt on the 
5th of April 1762.|\5thof April 1763.|5th of Fuly 1765.|5th of Fuly 1766. 
£. ij Gt. ie ee eZ a € 
_ To Her Majefty the Queen —] 10,000 — — | 12,500 — — | 12,500 — —= | 12;500 — — 
To the Princefs Dowager of Wales —| 2,500 — —| 2,500 ——| 2,500 ——]| 2,500 —— — 
| To the Duke of York — 3,000 — — | 3,000 — — | 3,000 — —]| 3,000 — — 
_| To Prince William Hew), and Henry 
: Frederick 2,000 == —— | 2,000 — — | 2,000 — —j{ 2,000 — — 
&amp; To Foreign Minifters, on wn their Allow- 
ances — —j| 16,288 2 73} 20,96 41] 59.4 3| 559929 IE 53 
ge For Fees, Salaries, Penfions, and An- mn Bifiode: Saprerem | F. 3 se 4 
= nuities =| 41,183 — 40,661 16 72) 71,124 12 87,456 9 7 
-S | TotheBand of Gentlemen Penfioners-| 1,500 — —| 1,500 — —] 3,000 ——]| 4,500 — — 
a To the Secretaries of State for Secret 
Service — 1,500 ——_ —— | 1,500 = — | 1,500 —-— | 1,500 — — 
To the or of the Poft Office, Sis 
— —| 1,508 16 —| 1,535 14—1| 3,230 10—| 4,898 5 — 
L vis Caatngentactaentiie 22,856 10 13) 15,049 9 —4| 19,325 3 11 | 14,632 17 —t 
In the Office of Cofferer of His —: 
Houfhold — 17,612 —- — | 20,251 — — | 41,131 —— — | 56,346 — — 
D° —— of the Treafurer of the Chamber 14,899 9 114} 27,040 9 23{ 28,290 2 93) 44,834 17 —t 
D° of the Great Wardrobe —]| 7.241 10 9g | 12,926 1 7| 4,218 6 6] 10,377 11 g 
D° —— of the Mafter of the Robes — 996 10 4 742 2 71) 1,689 10 33) 1,605 1 10 
D° —- of the Paymafter of the Works -| 10,366 1 5 | 14,925 2 83) 16,304 8 —1! 24,549 1 5% 
D° —— of the Matter of the Horfe — _ — 10,142 12 10 | 4,862 2 6] 8,356 4 2 
D° —— of the Paymafter of His Ma- 
jefty’s Penfions and Bounties —j] 12,013 4 8&amp;8 | 25,643 2 8] 41,006 7 11 | 405713 14 5 
In the Jewel Office, for Plate, &amp;ec. —| 59775 19 6} 45,111 12 11 | 13,174 4 2] 10,471 6 6 
To the Servants of the late Queen, per Mr. 
Mathias _— oe —| 1,210 6 33) 2,492 19 3 3,309 2 6] 25218 6 6% 
1725451 12 23/231,089 8 931331665 — 83/388,389 5 10 
Monies remaining in the Exchequer 
OnsthApril1 762.|5th of April 1763.|5th of Fuly 1765.[5th of Fuly 1766. 
; £ &amp; hl £. &amp; &amp;i £ &amp; &amp;i f aad 
Of Arrears of his late Majefty’s Civil Lift 
Revenues unapplied —| 31,347 14 72| 145239 19 113} 3,706 17 33} 489 16 54 
Of His prefent Majetty’s Civil Lift Cafh -| 78,053 14 334! 375574 9 1031 345315 18 103] 25,519 3 9 












































This Account, made up from the Accounts tranfmitted to the Treafury from the feveral 
Offices above mentioned, together with Copies of the faid Accounts, is humbly prefented 
this 1gth Day of November 1770, by 


Voit. XXXII. 


W. Speer. 


Ordered, 








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


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





Martis, 20° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Onflow prefented to the Houfe, according to 

Order, a Bill to continue the Prohibition of 
the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, 
Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo of the Extraction of Low 
Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a 
further Time, and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of 
Malt for a Time to be limited: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act paffed in the Ninth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
leading from the Turnpike Road in Tring, in the County 
of Hertford, through Dunftable, Hitchin, Baldock, and 
Royfton, to the Turnpike Road at or near Bourn Bridge, 
and from the Weft End of Wellbury Lane to the Turn- 
pike Road at the South End of Barton, in the Counties 
of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and Cambridge, fo far as 
the fame relates to the repairing the Roads in the Royfton 
Diftric&amp;t of Roads in the faid A&amp; particularly mentioned, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
have made fome Progrefs in the Execution of the faid 
A&amp;, fo far as it relates to the faid Diftrict of Roads; 
but find the fame cannot be carried into effectual Exe- 
cution, unlefs the Term thereby granted is further con- 
tinued, and the Powers are altered and enlarged: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill to continue the Term, and alter and enlarge 
the Powers, of the faid Aét, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houte fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Plumer, Mr. Halfey, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Serjeant Glynn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the principal Inhabxants of fuch 
Part of the High Street, in the Parifh of Saint Mary 
Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, as lies in the County 
of Middlefex, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition ; 

Mr. George Wyatt, Surveyor, being examined, faid, 
That the faid Street is a great Thoroughfare, and fuch 
Part thereof as lies within the County of Middle/ex is ex- 
tremely ill paved, and the Paffage through the fame 
oreatly obftructed by Pofts and Projections, and annoyed 
by Signs, Spouts, and Gutters, by Reafon whereof the 
faid Street is not only incommodious, but dangerous to 
Perfons paifing through the fame. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 17970. 


That he had made an Eftimate of the Expence of 


paving the faid Street, amounting to f. 6,216. 25.3; and 
that the annual Expence of keeping the fame in Repair, 
will be about f£. 113. 

Mr. Fobn Coverley, being examined, faid, That the 
Number of Houfes are 146, and the annual Rents 
amount to £. 4,822; that they pay at prefent about 
Four Shillings in the Pound on Rack Rent for Parochial 
Taxes—That an Increafe of 12d. in the Pound, wiil 
amount to no more than £. 240 per Annum, and that 
the propofed Tax upon Hay and Straw, will be about 
£.200 per Annum—That to the annual Expence ftated 
by Mr. Wyatt fhould be added for Colleétors, Clerks, 
and other incidental Expences, near £. 100 more ; and 
that in Mr. Wyatt’s Eftimate no Allowance is made for 
thé Expence of pafling the A&amp;—That the Expence at 
ptefent of Paving does not amount to more than Tex 


‘Shillings per Annum for each Houfe; and that the In- 


habitants are unable to pave the faid Street, and keep 
the fame in proper Repair, without the Aid of a Toll 
upon Pleafure Carriages and Saddle Horfes paffing 
through the faid Street, and on Carriages loaded with 
Hay and Straw, which fhall be fold there. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Paving that Part of the High Street, in the 
Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, 
which lies in the County of Middlefex, and for removing, 
Obftructions and Annoyances therein: And that Mr. 
Serjeant Glynn and Sir Cherles Whitworth do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the County 


of Suffex, in the room of Sir Samuel Cornifh, Baronet, 
deceafed. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed 
to put in Execution an Aét of Parliament, paffed in the 
Second Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing and widening the High 
Road leading from the North End cf Bailingdon Bridge, 
in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, to the South Gate 
in Bury Saint Edmunds, in the {aid County, whoie 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred; That the 
Cominittee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had directed him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Ac was read: And 

Mr. Squire informed your Committee, That 
the Truftees have proceeded in the Execution of the Act, 
and have borrowed a confiderable Sum of Money on the 
Credit thereof ; but that the Road cannot be effectually 
amended, unlefs they are impowered to colleé&amp;t further 
Tolls upon the faid Road than by the Act they can at 
prefent do. 

And the Witnefs added, That the prefent Debt can- 
not be paid off, and the Road kept in Repair, unlefs the 
Term of the faid Act is enlarged; and that fome fur- 
ther Amendments are neceffary to be made to the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the 
Second Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, inti- 
tuled, An Act for repairing and widening the High Road 
leading from the North End of Ballingdon Bridge, in 
Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, to the South Gate in 
Bury Saint Edmunds, in the faid County: And _ that 
Sir Charles Bunbury and Sir ‘John Rous do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


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A Petition of Lewis Benjamiz Crinfoz, Son of the Noble 
Vfaac Crinfoz, Lord of Cottens, in Switzerland, was pre- 
{ented to the Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Kynafton and Admiral Craven do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Bill for naturalizing Bernard Perny, was read 4 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ed- 
monftone, Sir Chitrles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber: 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain fo much of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to amend 
and render more effectual an Act made in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, intituled, 
An A&amp; for tlie general Quiet of the Subjects againft all 
Pretences of Concealment whatfoever, as relates to the 
profecuting His Majefty’s Right, Title, or Claim, to any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Manor 
of Eaft Greenwich, in the County of Kent, or to any 
Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within 
the Precinét, Diftri&amp;t, or Liberty of The Savoy, in the 
County of Middlefex, or to any the Appurtenances to the 
fame, therein mentioned : And that Mr. Attorney Gene- 
ral, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Dunning, and Mr. Wal- 
lace, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


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





Mercurii, 21° die Novembris, 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Stanley reported to the Houfe, that their Ad- 
drefs of Monday laft, that His Majefty would be 
gracioufly pleafed to give DireCtions to the proper Of- 


Houfe of Commons. 15 


ficers, that the Eftimates, Lift, and Accounts therein 
mentioned, might be laid before this Houfe, had been pre- 
fented to His Majefty; and that His Majefty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this Flouie; that He will give 
Directions accordingly. 


Mr. Kynajfton prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ Mr. Edmonjftone reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Bernard Perny, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mitte¢ had directed him to report tlie Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, prefent- 
ed to the"Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to His Ma- 
jelty, 

The Ordinary Eftimate of His Majefty’s Navy, for 
the Year 1771: And alfo, 

An Eftimate of the Charge of what may be neceffary 
for the Buildings, Rebuildings, and Repairs, of Ships of 
War, in His Majefty’s and the Merchants Yards, and 
other Extra Works, over arid above what are propofed to 
be done upon the Heads of Wear and Tear and Or- 
dinary, in the Year 1771, 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read. 

The Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy is preferved 
amongft the other Papers of this Seffion; and 
the Abftraét thereof, and the other Eftimate, are 
as followeth ; viz. 


ABSTRACT 





16 ~ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1770. 





ABSTRACT of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1771. 


























N° 
1. To the Right honourable the Lords Commiffioners for executing the Office of 
Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, 8c. Commiffioners of the Navy, with the i. i 2 
Secretaries, Officers, Clerks, and Inftruments, and Contingencies relating thereto— | 34,038 4 ‘y 
ra s 
2. Superannuated Sea Officers —— — 17,857 13 1 
3. Penfions and other Allowances eects _ S295. 3 3 
24,2 32 16 4 j 
4. 7 r Chatham = a —_ 3,295 1 6 
5. Deptford —_ _ 3,142 11 4 
6. Woolwich _ _ 2,520 8 8 
7. » = Yards. Port/mouth — _ 4,054 14 6 
8. P Sheernefs _ -— 1,813 4 6 
GJ Plymouth ~_ — 3245 9 6 
. 18,071 10 o 
10. Mufter Mafter and other Officers of the Out Ports os — 40307 16 11 
11. Wages to Ships and Veffels in Ordinary —_ — 40,181 5 « 
12. Viétuals to Officers and Men ferving therein — — — 18,280 8 4 
13. Charge of Harbour Moorings, and Harbour Rigging — 46,566 0 o 
14. Ordinary Repairs of His Majefty’s Ships in Harbour, and of Docks, Wharfs, 
Buildings, ESc. cepmmmnaat —_— —_ 102,843 °0 Oo 
15. Half-pay to Sea and Marine Officers _ _ ae — 89,000 0 o 
16. Bounty to Chaplains — _— _ — _ 1,231 17 6 
Total of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1771 —_ 378,752 18 7 
To which may be added, 
To the Governors of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich, for the Support and Relief of 
Seamen worn out and become decrepit in the Service of their Country, who fhall 
not be provided for within the faid Hofpital, for the Year 1771, ag thoufand 
Pounds oe _— — — _ 10,000 0 oO 








£. 388,752 18 7 


And then the Total of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1771, amounts 
to Three hundred Eighty-eight thoufand Seven hundred and Fifty-two Pounds Eigh- 
teen Shillings and Seven Pence. 


H. Palliffer Tho. Slade, F. Williams, 
J. Brett, E. Majfon. 


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20 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
of the feveral Returns of the Prices of Wheat, Rye, Bar- 
ley, Oats, and Beans, and alfo of Bear or Big, which 
have been made to the Lords Commiffioners of His Ma- 
jefty’s Treafury, purfuant to the Directions of an Act 
pafied in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act 
for regiftering the Prices at which Corn is fold in the fe- 
veral Counties of Great Britain, and the Quantity ex- 
ported and imported. 


A Bill to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation 
of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, 
and alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits 
from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time; 
and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a Time 
to be limited ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty. 


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





Fovis, 22° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


GE RARD Portman took the Oaths appointed, in 
order to his Naturalization. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in Execu- 
tion an Aét made in the 17th Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road leading from the 
End of Middleton Tyas Lane, over Gatherly Moor, to 
Greetabridge, and from thence to Bowes, in the North 
Riding of the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Act, and 
have borrowed feveral Sums of Money upon the Credit 
of the Tolls and Duties thereby granted ; which, toge- 
ther with the faid Tolls and Duties, have been applied 
according to the Direétions of the faid Act ; and that there 
is now owing the Sum of £. 1,450, which cannot be paid 
off, and the faid Road kept in good Repair, unlefs the 
Term and Powers of the faid Act are enlarged: And 
therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into 
Confideration ; and that Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of the faid 
Aét, in fuch Manner as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

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

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Sir William Me- 
| redith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons... 4. 1770. 


to whom the Petition of the Commiffioners for putting 
in Execution the feveral Acts of Parliament, for paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and 
other Places, within the City and Liberty of Wefiminfter, 
and other Parts therein mentioned, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Pe- 
tition; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; VIZ. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 

Mr. George Marquand, Surveyor to the faid Commif- 
fioners, being examined, faid, That great Progrefs has 
been made in the Works directed to be done by the faid 
Aéts ; but, by Reafon of the Infufficiency of the Funds, 
and Want of fome further Powers, the Commiffioners are 
unable to complete the fame : 

That he is of Opinion, that if a Committee was ap- 
pointed in every Parifh, for the Purpofe of making 
Rates, and otherwife affifting in the Execution of the 
faid Acts; and Commiffioners were to be appointed by 
each Parifh, to be added to the prefent Commiffioners ; 
the Purpofes of the faid Acts might be more effectually 
carried into Execution. 

Mr. Chriftopher Fowler, Treafurer to the faid Com- 
miffioners, being examined, confirmed the above Evi- 
dence. 

Ordcred, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and render more effectual feveral Acts made, relat- 
ing to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, 
Lanes, and other Places, within the City and Liberty of 
Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent: And that Sir Charles 
Whitworth, General Howard, Mr. Edmonjftone, Mr. Bur- 
rell, Mr. Fitzberbert, Mr. Bull, and Mr. Kynafton, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Plumer reported .from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act paffed in the Ninth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
leading from the Turnpike Road in Tring, in the County 
of Hertford, through Dunftable, Hitchin, Baldock, and 
Rayfton, to the Turnpike Road at or near Bourn Bridge, 
and from the Weft End of Wellbury Lane to the Turn- 
pike Road at the South End of Barton, in the Counties 
of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and Cambridge, fo far as 
the fame relates to the repairing the Roads in the Roy/for 
Diftrict of Roads in the iaid Act particularly mentioned, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 


{aid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 


as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and is 
as followeth; viz. 
To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; the 
faid Act was read: And 
Mr. Ifaac Wilkinfon, Clerk and Treafurer to the faid 
Truftees, being examined, faid, That the Sum of £. 3,100 
has been fubfcribed to put the faid Roads in Repair, and 
a Call of 40 per Cent. has been made, and moft Part 
thereof has been paid ; and that the faid Sum cannot be 
repaid, and the Roads repaired, unlefs the Term granted 
bythe faid Act-is further continued, and the Powers 
thereof altered and enlarged, particularly with refpect 
to erecting of Turnpikes, which by the faid Act is con- 
fined to particular Places, and has been found reatly 
inconvenient, and not to anfwer the Purpofes hattter 
intended. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ir. a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, an A&amp; paffed in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majeity, for repairing the 
Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in Tring, in the 
County of Hertford, through Dunftable, Hitchin, Baldock, 
and Royfton, to the Turnpike Road at or near Bourn 
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Bridge, and from the Weft End of Wellbury Lane, to 
the Turnpike Road at the South End of Barton, in the 
Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and Cambridge, fo 
far as the fame relates to the repairing the Roads in the 
Royfton Diftrié&amp;t of Roads, in the faid Act particularly 
mentioned: And that Mr. Plumer, Mr. Hailfey, and Mr. 
George Fennings, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Creditors of the feveral Turnpike 
Roads herein after mentioned, as alfo the Juftices of the 
Peace, Gentlemen, Clergy, Owners, and Occupiers of 
Land, and othet the Inhabitants, refiding near, or con- 
tiguous to, the Road branching out of the Chefter Turn- 

ike, at Northop, in the County of Flint, and extend- 
ing itfelf through Flint and Holywell, by Pen y Fordd 
Waen, to the Side of the Hill oppofite Frith y Garreg 
Wen, called Pen y Gelly, in the Parifh of Caerwys, in 
the County of Flint, and alfo of another Road, from the 
Town of Mold, through Northop and Halkin, to Holy- 
well aforefaid, and the Road turning up out of the faid 
laft mentioned Road, near the Houfe of Thomas Venables, 
under Brynford Hall and Caulcott, to a Place on the 
Turnpike Road leading from Avon Wen to Halkin, called 
Onnen Gethin, in the Parifh of Skeivioy, in the faid 
County, and likewife from Greenfield Turnpike Gate, un- 
der Moftyn, to the Gate at the Eaft End of the Lodge 
Field, in the Parith of Lianba/a, in the County of Flint, 
and from Moftyn, over Lianerch Bridge, to Henllan, in 
the County of Denbigh, and from Brickhill, through 
Caerwys, to Avon Wen aforefaid, and alfo from the 
Corner of Cae Newydd in the Townfhip of Tre Moftyn, 
under Bichton, to a Place called Wibnant, in the fame 
Parith of Whitford, and alfo from Plas Ucha through 
Whitford, to Saith Fynon, in the fame Parifh of Whit- 
ford, and likewife from Llanerch y More, by Downing, 
to Pen y Fordd Waen, and from the Hill oppofite Pryth 
y Garreg Wen, to Cae Rhus Bridge, being the Road lead- 
ing from Moftyn to Henllan aforefaid, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an Act paffed 
in the 29th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, to enlarge the Term and Powers 
of an Aét for repairing feveral Roads therein mentioned, 
and in particular the Road from Northop, through Flint 
and Holywell, to Pen y Ford Waen, in the Parifh of 
Whitford, which in the faid A&amp; is called the Fuint Di- 
ftrit; and alfo another At paffed in the 30th Year of 
his faid late Majefty’s Reign, for amending, widening, 
and keeping in Repair, with other Roads therein men- 
tioned, the Road from the Town of Mold, to Northop, 
Holywell, and Ruthland, in the fame County ; and alfo 
another Act paffed in the gth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road from the Turn- 
pike Gate in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North 
Limits of the Townfhip of Moftyz, and from Moftyn to 
Henllan, and trom Lianerch y More, to Pen y Fordd 
Waen, in the Counties of Flint and Dendigh ; and that the 
Sum of £. 2,000, befides the Produce of the Tolls arifing 
from the feveral Gates erected under the laft-mentioned 
Aét, has already been raifed, and laid out in the Repair 
of Part of the Roads therein mentioned ; and alfo that 
the Sum of f£.1,210/. 105. 9 id. befides the Money 
raifed from the feveral Gates in the Holywell Dittric, 
has been expended in the Repair of Part thereof; but 
the Tolls arifing therefrom are not much more than fuf- 
ficient to difcharge the Intereft of the laft mentioned 
Sum; and for that Reafon, the Roads that have been 
repaired, are much decayed, and grow worfe daily ; fo 
that the repairing of the reft of the Road in the Holy- 
well Wiftriét is impracticable, as the fame lies detached 
from what is already repaired; and likewife that the 
further Sum of £. 2,coo has been raifed, and ftill re- 
mains due, upon the Tolls arifing from that Part of the 
feveral Roads aforefaid, called the Fiat Diftri&amp;t ; and, as 
the fame are deemed an ample Security, the Truftees of 
the faid Road, by the Confent of the Mortgagees thereof, 
are defirous to extend the Limits thereof, and to take 


Voi. XXXII. 


into their Dutri&amp; Part of the Holywell Divifion; and 
the Creditors and Truftees of the {aid Road called the 
Moftyn Turnpike, are alfo willing to take in another Part 
of the faid Ho!ywell Diftri€t, and the feveral other Roads 
abovementioned; and that the Roads intended to be 
added to the feveral Divifions aforefaid are in moft Parts 
thereof narrow, rugged, and the Generality of them are 
in a ruinous and dangerous Condition, and the repairing 
and widening thereof will not only be very beneficial to 
the Inhabitants refiding near the fame Roads, but will 
alfo be of public Utility: And therefore praying, That 
the A&amp; paffed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty King George the Third, and the Tolls 
thereby granted, and all and every the Authorities, 
Powers, Articles, Rules, Penalties, Exemptions, Pro- 
vifoes, and Claufes, therein contained, may be reduced 
into One Aé, and be continued in Force for a further 
Term, and likewife extended to the faid additional 
Roads herein before mentioned, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Tudway, Mr. Kynaffon, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Cornwall prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the Streets and other public 
Paffages within the City of Winchefter, and alfo within the 
feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint Fobn’s 
in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Cheefehill, Saint Swithin, and 
Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the 
faid City, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious : And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

A Book, containing an Account of the feveral Weekly 
Returns which have been made to the Lords Commif- 
fioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, of the Prices of 
Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Big, in pur- 
fuance of the Directions of an A&amp;t paffed in the lafi Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for regiftering the 
Prices at which Corn is fold in the feveral Counties of 
Great Britain, and the Quantity exported and imported : 
And alfo, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Return of the Prices of Corn, 
“ from November 5th, to the 10th, 1770.” 

And the Titles of the faid Book and Paper were 
read. 

Ordered, That the faid Book and Paper be referred 
to the Confideration of the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bill to continue the Prohibition of 
the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, 
Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo of the Extraction of Low 
Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for 
a further Time; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of 
Malt for a Time to be limited; is committed. 

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 
N.B. The faid Book was, by an Order of 
the Houfe of the 23d Inftant, returned to 
the Office from whence it was brought. 


A Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Precinét of 
Saint Catherine, in the County of Middlefex, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read , Setting forth, That the 
Streets, Lanes, and other Places within the faid Pre- 
cinct (except fuch Part of a Street called Eaft Smithfield 

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4s is within the faid Precinct) are, for Want of being pro- 
perly repaired, paved, cleanfed, and lighted, become 
dangerous ; and that feveral Nufances and Increach- 
ments have been made in the faid Streets, Lanes, and 
other Places ; and that, if the Streets, Lanes, and other 
Places, within the faid Precinct, were fufficiently paved, 
cleanfed, and lighted, and a regular nightly Watch 
eftablifhed, and a Power granted to remove the prefent 
Nufances and Incroachments, and to prevent the like 
for the future, it would be of great Benefit to the In- 
habitants of the faid Precinct: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Pur- 
pofes aforefaid, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regu- 
lations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte : 

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Colonel 
Luttrell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Wallace prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to explain fo much of an Aét, made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; to amend and render more effectual an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King ames the 
Firft, intituled, An A&amp; for the general Quiet of the 
Subjects againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfo- 
ever, as relates to the profecuting His Majefty’s Right, 
Title, or Claim, to any Lands, Tenements, or Heredi- 
taments, within the Manor of Eajft Greenwich, in the 
County of Kent, or to any Mefiuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diftrict, 
or Liberty of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or 
to any the Appurtenances to the fame, therein men- 
tioned : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door; they 
were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to feveral Acts of Parliament, 

N° 1. An Account of prohibited Ea/t India Goods 
brought into Saint Helen’s Warehoufes, in the Port of 
London, from Michaelmas 1769, to Michaelmas 1770; 
alfo what exported during that Time; and what re- 
mained in the faid Warehoutes at Michaelmas 1770: And 
alfo, 

N° 2. An Account of prohibited Zaft India Goods, 
brought into Leadenhall and Billiter Lane Warehoufes, 
in the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1769, to Michael- 
mas 1770; alfo what exported during that Time; and 
what remained in the faid Warehoufes at Michaelmas 
1770: And alfo, 

Ne 3. An Account of prohibited Eaf India Goods re- 
maining in His Majefty’s Warehoufe in the Port of Lon- 
don, at Michaelmas 1769; what has been fince brought 
in; what exported ; as alfo what remained at Michael- 
mas 1770: And alfo, 

N° 4. An Account of Ea/t India Goods, prohibited to 
- be worn in this Kingdom, in the refpective W arehoufes 
in the Out Ports at Michaelmas 1769; what have been 
fince brought in; what exported ; as alfo what remained 
at Michaelmas 1770: And alfo, 

N° 5. An Account of prohibited Eaft India Goods, 
which have been delivered out of the Warehoufes at 
Saint Helen’s, Leadenhall, Billiter Lane, and the Cuffom 
Houfe, in the Port of London, fince Michaelmas 1769, in 
order to be dyed, glazed, and refrefhed ; what have been 
returned ; and what remained out at Michaelmas 1770: 
And alfo, 


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4.1770. 


N° 6. An Account of Naval Stores imported from 
Ruffia into the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1769, 
to Michaelmas 1770: And alio, i 

N° 7. An Account of Naval Stores imported from 
Ruffa into the Ports of England, commonly called the 
Out Ports, from Michaelmas 1769, to Michaelmas 1770 : 
And alfo, 

An Account of the Number of Ships which have been 
employed in the Whale Fifhery, to Davis's Straits and 
the Greenland Seas, with their refpective Names and 
Burthens, from whence they were fitted out, and at what 
Port in Great Britain they were difcharged; and alfo 
what Quantity of Oil or Whale Fins each Ship has im- 
ported in the Year 1770: And aifo, 

An Account of all Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, 
Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, exported from England, to 
any Place whatfoever, by Virtue or in Purfuance of any 
of the Liberties or Powers given or granted for that Pur- 
pofe, by an Act paffed laft Seffion, to prohibit the Ex- 
portation thereof; continued from laft Account ; viz. 
from the 10th of Odober 1769, exclufive, to the soth 
of Oéfober 1770, inclufive. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to continue the Prohibition of the Expor- 
tation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and 
Starch; and alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and 
Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further 
Time; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt 
for a Time to be limited; be now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Oxflow took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Onflow reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


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


Sir Charles Bunbury prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an Aét, made in the Second Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing and 
widening the High Road leading from the North End of 
Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, 
to the South Gate in Bury Saint Edmunds, in the iaid 
County: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Rectors, Churchwardens, Over- 
feers, Governors, and Direétors of the Poor, and other 
the Inhabitants of that Part of the Parith of St. Andrew, 
Holbcrn, which lies above the Bars, in the County of 
Middlefex, and the Parith of St. George the Martyr, in 
the faid County, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
in Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Inhabitants of 
the faid Parifhes, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Reciting Part of an Act made in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, for the better regulating and 
employing the Poor, and for cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, 
within that Part of the Parifh of St. Andrew, Holborn, 
which lies above the Bars, in the County of Midde/fex, 
and the Parifh of St. George the Martyr, in the faid Coun- 
ty; and fetting forth, That, in Purfuance of the faid 

Act, 








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Act, the Governors and Direétors, elected in the Man- 
ner by the faid Act dire&amp;ted, have, from the Time of 
pafling the fame, proceeded to put the faid Act in Exes 
cution, and the faid Act has effectually anfwered every 


falutary Purpofe intended thereby ; but there being great _ 


Defeéts in the Pavement of fome Parts of the faid Pa- 
tithes, and particularly in that Part thereof called Grays 
Inn Lane, which are very much travelled over with 
heavy Carriages, and are in many Parts thereof in a very 
bad Condition ; and the Petitioners apprehend that fuch 
Defeéts would foon be remedied, and the Approaches to 
the City of London by the great Northern Road in par- 
ticular would be effectually made good, to the great 
Advantage, not only of the faid Parifhes, but of the 
Public in general, if the faid Governors and Directors 
of the Poor were enabled to new pave the fame, and to 
repair, and keep in Repair, from Time to Time, the 
fame and the other Parts of the faid Parifhes, which are 
under the Care of the faid Governors and Directors, as the 
fame would be done in a more fpeedy and effectual, as 
well as lefs burthenfome and expenfive Manner, than 
by the Commiffioners appointed by the Acts of Parlia- 
ment now in Force: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to extend the Powers 
of the faid Act of the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, by enabling and giving Powers to the 
prefent and future Governors and Directors of the Poor, 
for the Time being, of the faid Parifhes, to be elected 
purfuant to the faid Act, to pave the feveral Streets, 
Squares, Lanes, Ways, and other open Pafiages, within 
fo much of the faid Parifh of St. Andrew, Holborn, which 
lies above the Bars, and within the faid Parifh of Sr. 
George the Martyr, and to keep the fame in Repair from 
Time to Time, and for making Provifion for defraying 
the Expences thereof, in fuch Manner as to the Houte 
fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Glyuu, Mr. Pownall, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Bernard Perny, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for naturalizing Bernard Perny. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty, that He will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies or 
Extracts of all Letters, or other Papers, containing any 
Intelligence received by either of His Majefty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, or by the Commiflioners for exe- 
cuting the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Bri- 
tain, or by any other of His Majefty’s Minifters, be- 
tween the 12th Day of September 1769, and the 12th Day 
of September 1770, touching any Hoftilities commenced, 
or defigned to be commenced, by the Crown of Spain, 
or any of its Officers, againft any Part of His Majefty’s 
Dominions, expreffing the Time and Times at which 
fuch Intelligence was received ; 

And the previous Queftion being propofed, That that 
Queftion be now put ; 

The Houfe was moved, That His Majefty’s moft 
gracious Speech to both Houfes of Parliament might be 
again read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Then the previous Queftion being put, That the 
Queftion propofed for the faid Addrefs be now put ; 


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The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Sir Fofeph Mawbey, 


Mr. Byng : ide 
Sir Charles Whitworth . 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Burrell ; : t 225. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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





Veneris, 23° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III# Regis,’ 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all have Voices, who come to 

the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Rec- 
tors, Churchwardens, Overieers, Governors, and Direc- 
tors of the Poor, and other the Inhabitants of that 
Part of the Parith of St. Andrew, Holborn, which lies 
above the Bars, in the County of Middlefex, and the Pa- 
rifh of St. George the Martyr, in the faid County, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelyes 
and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid Parithes, is 
referred. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do make the 
Report from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill to continue the Prohibition of the Expor- 
tation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and 
Starch, and alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and 
Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Ilour, for a further 
Time; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a 
Time to be limited, was committed. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill, and which they had directed to be 
reported to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quettior fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

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


Ordered, That the Book prefented Yefterday, con- 
taining an Account of the feveral Weekly Returns, 
which have been made to the Lords Commiffioners of 
His Majefty’s Treafury, of the Prices of Wheat, Rye, 
Barley, Oat:, Beans, and Big, in Purfuance of the Di- 
rections of an Act paffed in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for regiftering the Prices at 
which Corn is fold in the feveral Counties of Great Bri- 
tain, and the Quantity exported and imported, being the 
original Book kept for that Purpofe, be returned to the 
Treafury. 


Mr. Medley prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Lowick, in the County 
of Northampton: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for naturalizing Gerard Portman, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Sit Brook Bridges, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, jn, the 
Sveaker’s Chamber. 

Mr. 








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Mr. Plumer prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue and render more effectual an Act 
pafied in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majetty, for re- 
pairing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in 
Tring, in the County of Hertford; through Dunftable, 
Hitchin, Baldock, and Royfton, to the Turnpike Road 
at or near Bourn Bridge, and from the Welt End of Well- 
bury Lane, to the Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Barton, in the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and 
Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the repairing 
the Roads in the Roy/ton Diftrict of Roads, in the faid 
A&amp; particularly mentioned: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. ' 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His Ma- 


jefty. 


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





Lune, 26° die Novembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III‘! Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL for enlarging the Term and Powers of 

an Act, made in the Second Year of the Reign of 

His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing and 

widening the High Road leading from the North End 

of Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suf- 

folk, to the South Gate in Bury Saint Edmunds, in the 
faid County, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Bunbury, Mr. Cuff, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of Charles Colmore, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an Act 
paffed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majetty, for making and completing a Cut, or Canal, 
navigable for Boats, Barges, and other Veffels, from a 
certain Field called Newhall Ring, and adjoining to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, and 
from fuch other Place or Places, in or near the faid 
Town, as might be found moft convenient to commu- 
nicate with a Canal then making between the Rivers 
Severn and Frent, and fuch other Cuts as are therein 
mentioned ; and that great Part of the faid Cut, or Canal, 
has been made, and brought as far as certain Lands be- 
longing to the Free School of the Town of Birmingham, 
which is about Four hundred Yards fhort of the Field 
called Newhall Ring, the Property of the Petitioner , 
but the Company of Proprietors of the faid Navigation 
have refufed to complete the fame, alleging that, al- 
though by the Act they are authorifed, they are not re- 
quired, fo todo; and that, upon the Affurance given 
to the Petitioner, that his faid Field fhould be One of 
the Terminations of the faid Cut or Canal, he did give 
his Confent to the faid Bill, which he fhould have re- 
fufed to do, if he had not been induced to believe that 
the faid Cut, or Canal, would have been made from or 
up to the faid Field ; and that, in cafe the faid Com- 
pany do not complete the faid Cut, or Canal, to the faid 
Field called Newhall Ring, the Petitioner will be very 
materially injured in his Property : And therefore pray- 


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ing the Houfe, to take the Cafe of the Petitioner into 
Confideration ; and that Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill to oblige the faid Company to complete the 
faid Cut, or Canal, agreeable to the Intention of the 
faid Aét, within a Time to be limited ; or to allow the 
Petitioner to complete the fame at his own Expence (the 
Land over which the fame ought to be mace being his 
own Property, except about the Dittance of Thirty 
Yards) or that the Houfe will give him fuch other Re- 
lief in the Premifes as fhall appear juft and equitable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Lord Beauchamp, Mr. Penton, 
&amp;c.: And they are to mect To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the Streets and other public 
Paffages within the Ciy of Wiachefter, and alfo within 
the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint 
Fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter's Cheefebill, Saint Swiibin, 
and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the 
faid City, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein ; and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pow/ett, 
Mr. Penton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffes, and 
principal Inhabitants, of Stratford upon Avon, in the 
County of Warwick, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, refiding near unto the Roads herein after 
mentioned, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on 
Behalf of themfelves and others, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Road leading 
from Stratford upon Avon, through Dodwell Lane and 
Bidford, and over Salford Ford, in the faii County of 
Warwick, into the Turnpike Road at Norton, leading to 
Evefoam, in the County of Worecefter, is in many Parts 
thereof very deep and ruinous, and in fome Parts of the 
Year very inconvenient and dangerous, and cannot be 
effectually amended and kept in Repair without the Aid 
of Parliament: And therefore praying, ‘That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the amending, widening, 
and keeping in Repair the faid Road, in fuch Manner as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Skipwith, Sir William Dol- 
ben, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Grounds, and otherwife interefted in the Common 
and Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Watte 
Grounds, in the Manor and Parith of Siipton, in the 
County of Northampton, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and Grounds 
of the Petitioners and others, in the faid Common and 
Open Fields, lie intermixed and_ difperfed in their 
prefent Situation, and incapable of Improvement ; and 
that it would tend greatly to the Advantage of all 
Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were divided and 
inclofed : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
{aid Common and Open Fields, in Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 


4 Ordered, 





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YIM 


11 GEo. III. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- . 


fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Pulteney and Mr. Cornwall do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue the Prohibition of the 
Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bif- 
cuit, and Starch; and alfo of the Extraction of Low 
Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for 
a further Time ; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of 
Malt for a Time to be limited, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue the Prohibition of the Expor- 
tation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifeuit. and 
Starch; and alfo of the Extraétion of Low Wines and 
Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further 
Time; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for 
a limited Time. 

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


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


The Houfe being informed that Mr. Seddon, from the 
Commiffioners for building a Bridge crofs the River 
Thames, from the City of Weftminfter, to the oppofite 
Shore, in the County of Surrey, attended at the Door ; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to feveral Acts of Parliament, 

Accounts of the Treafurer to the Commiffioners for 
building Weftminfter Bridge, from the 5th Day of Yanuary 
1770, to the roth Day of Ofober following ; together 
with a Rent Roll, and an Account of Bridge Rents re- 
ceived, from sth July 1769, to 5th Fuly 1770: And 
alfo, 

A State of the Proceedings of the Commiffioners for 
building Weftminfter Bridge, from the 31ft Day of Fa- 
nuary 1770, to the 21ft Day of November following, in- 
clufive. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the Books, containing the faid Ac- 
counts and State, were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Books do lie upon the Table, 
10 be perufed by the Members of the Houtfe. 

The faid Books are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


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





Martis, 27° die Novembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III‘# Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


IR George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
S whom the Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in 
Execution an Aét made in the 17th Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Road leading from 
the End of Middleton Tyas Lane, overt Gatherly Moor, to 
Greetabridge, and from thence to Bowes, in the North 
Riding of the County of York, was referred ; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 

Vor. XXXIII. 


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25 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read; by which it appeared, that the Term 
thereof is near expiring : And ‘ 

' Mr. Fames Farrer, being examined, faid, That there 
Is now owing on the Credit of the faid Act the Suin of 
£- 1,450, which cannot be paid off, and the Road kept 
in good Repair, unlefs the Term of the Act is continued; 
and that fome Amendments are neceflary to be made in 
the faid A&amp;. 

. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and render more effectual an Aét, made in the 
17th Year of the Reign of his late Majeity, ior repair- 
ing the Road from the End of Middleton Tyas Lane, to 
Greetabridge, and from thence to Bowes, in the North 
Riding of the County of York: And that Sir George 
rt and Mr. Laj/celles do prepare; and bring in, the 
ame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clerey, 
and others, of the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and 
Berks, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
making a navigable Canal, from the County of South- 
ampton, to communicate with the River Thames, would 
be of great public Utility; and that, by a Survey, it 
appears, a navigable Canal may be made, from the 
Town of Bafingftcke, in the faid County, through or near 


the feveral Panthes of Eaftrep, Bafing, Shervill upon Led- 


don, Bramly, Stratfield Sea, Swallowfield, Arborfield, 
Shinfield, Sunning, Hurft, Rufeomb, Laurence, Wal: hex, 
Shottiforook, White Waltham, and Bray, to communi- 
cate with the Thames, in the County of Berks, near a 
Place called Monkey Ijland, which will enable the Peti- 
tioners, and others, to furnifh Timber for the Service 
of the Navy, and alfo to fupply the Lezdon Markets with 
Flour and Grain at a cheaper Rate than they can do at 
prefent: And therefore praying, That’ Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a 
navigable Canal, from the faid Town of Bafing ficke, to 
the River Thames, in the faid County of Berks, near a 
Place called Monkey I/land. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Henley, Mr. Ambler; &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and Inhabitants, of the County of Berks, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are put to great Inconveniences and Expence, 
from the high Price of Carriage of all Sorts of Goods 
and Merchandize to and from the City of London, and 
alfo by the great Delay that is frequently occafioned by 
the Floods that happen in the River Thames, by which 
Means the Navigation is fometimes iriterrupted for a 
confiderable Time together; and that the Petitioners 
have lately had a Survey made, in order for a navigable 
Canal to be cut, from the Borough of Reading, in the 
County of Berks, to Monkey Ifland, in the fame County, 
and an Eftimate of the Expence attending the fame ; and 
that the making fuch Canal will greatly reduce the Price 
of the Carriage of Goods and Commodities of every 
Kind, and w‘}! be of the greateft Advantage, not only 
to the Petitioners, but to the Public in general: And 
therefore praying, ‘That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill tor that Purpofe, in fuch Manner as the Houte 
fhali think fit. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the preceding 
Petition is referred; And that they do examine the 


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Matter of this Petition ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Lowick, in the County 
of Northampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Medley, 
Mr. Plumer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Cornwall prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Sipton, in the County 
of Northampton: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to continue and render more effectual an Act, 
paffed in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty, for repair- 
ing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in Tring, 
in the County of Hertford, through Dunftable, Hitchin, 
Baldock, and Rovfton, to the Turnpike Road at or near 
Bourn Bridge, and from the Weft End of Wellbury Lane, 
to the Turnpike Road at the South End of Barton, in 
the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and Cambridge, 
fo far as the fame relates to the repairing the Roads in 
the Royton Diftrict of Roads, in the faid Act particu- 
larly mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Plumer, 
Mr. Herbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelves and others, re- 
fiding near, or frequently travelling, the Roads herein 
after mentioned, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Road leading from the Town of 
Petersfield, in the County of Southampton, through the 
Villages of Langrifob and Bordean, over Old Down, 
through Bramdean, Hinton Ampner, and Harnham Lane, 
in the Parifhes of Cheriton and Kilmajfton, and over Gan- 
ders Down, through Godwin’s Drove, Ovington Down, 
and Yalden’s Drove, to the prefent Turnpike Road lead- 
ing from Alresford, to the City of Winchefter, and from 
the faid Road on Old Down, through the Parith of Frox- 
field, to the Turnpike Road leading from Alton, to Go/- 
port, at the Hedge Corner in Rumfden Bottom, in the faid 
County, is in a ruinous Condition, narrow in fome Parts, 
and cannot be fufficiently amended and kept in Repair 
by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
repair and widen the faid Roads, under fuch Regulations 
as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: Amd that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Folliffe, Mr. Herbert, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Baronet, the 
Reverend Thomas Conftable, Clerk, Fonathan Midgley, 
Efquire, and the Reverend Robert Midgley, Clerk, and 
others, whofe Names are fubfcribed, Proprietors of, 
or otherwife interefted in, the feveral Open Fields, 
Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and Carrs, herein after 
mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
Setting forth, That, within the Townthip of Lockington, 
in the County of York, there are certain Open and Un- 
inclofed Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and 
Carrs, which are computed to contain, in the Whole, 
about Two thoufand Acres, Four Fifths of which are 


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4. 1770. 


computed to lie within the faid Parifh of Leckington, and 
the other Fifth within the Parifh of Kt/awick, in the faid 
County, contiguous thereto; and that within the ad- 
joining Towntfhip, or Hamlet, of Ayke, in the fame 
County, there are certain other Open and Uninclofed 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and Carrs, which 
are computed to contain, in the Whole, about Three 
hundred Acres, One Moiety whereof lies within the faid 
Parifh of Lockington, and the other Moiety in the Parifh 
of St. Fobn’s, in Beverley, in the faid County ; and that 
the faid Fields, Lands, and Commons, in their prefent 
Situation, are capable of very little Improvement ; but, 
if the fame were inclofed, and fpecific Shares thereof al- 
lotted to the feveral Proprietors, a confiderable Benefit 
would accrue to all the Parties interéfted therein, and 
to the Public in general: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for effecting the 
Purpofes above mentioned, fubjeét to fuch Regulations 
as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. Hotbam and Mr. La/celles do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Tudway reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Creditors of the feveral Turnpike 
Roads herein after mentioned, as alfo of the Juitices of 
the Peace, Gentlemen, Clergy, Owners, and Occupiers 
of Land, and other the Inhabitants, refiding near, or 
Contiguous to, the Road branching out of the Chefter 
Turnpike, at Northop, in the County of Flint, and 
extending itfelf through Flint and Holywell, by Pen y 
Fordd Waen, to the Side of the Hill oppofite Frith y 


Garreg Wen, called Pen y Gelly, in the Parifh of: 


Caerwys, in the County of Flint, and alfo of another 
Road from the Town of Mold, through Northop and 
Halkin, to Holywell aforefaid, and the Road turning up 
out of the faid laft mentioned Road, near the Houfe of 
Thomas Venables, under Brynford Hall and Caulcott, to a 
Place on the Turnpike Road leading from Avon Wen to 
Halkin, called Onnen Gethin, in the Parith of Skeiviog, 
in the faid County, and likewife from Greenfield Turn- 
pike Gate, under Moftyn, to the Gate at the Eaft End 
of the Lodge Field, in the Parith of Llanbafa, in the 
County of Flint, and from Moftyn, over Llanerch Bridge 

to Henllan, in the County of Dendigh, and from Brick- 
bill, through Caerwys, to Avon Wen aforefaid, and alfo 
from the Corner of Cae Newydd, in the Townthip of 
Tre Moftyn, under Bichton, to a Place called Widnant 

in the fame Parifh of Whitford, and alio from Plas Ucha, 
through Whitford, to Saith Fynon, in the fame Parith of 
Whitford, and likewite from Llanerch y More, by Down- 
ing, to Pen y Fordd Waen, and from the Hill oppofite 
Fryth y Garreg Wen, to Cae Rhus Bridge, being the 
Road leading from Mo/tyn to Henllan aforefaid, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s ‘Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. : 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Act paffed in the 29th Year of his late Majefty, intituled 
An Aé to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act for 
repairing the Road from. Shrew/bury to Wrexham, in the 
County of Denbigh, and to repair and widen feveral other 
Roads therein mentioned, and the Road from Wrexham 
to Chefter, and from thence to Penn Ferdd y Waen, in 
the Parith of Whitford, and alfo the Road from Breugh- 
ton to Meld, in the County of Fiizt, was read; and alfo 
an Act of the 3oth of his faid late Majefty, intituled 
An Aé for amending, widening, and keeping in Re. 
pair, the Roads from the Town of Wrexham, in the 
County of Denbigh, to Pentre Bridge, in the County of 
Fiint, and from the Town of Mold to Northorp, Holywell. 
and Rhuddlan, in the fame County, and trom thence te 


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the Ferry Houfe oppofite the Town of Conway, in the 
County of Carnarvon, and from Ruthin to the faid 
Town of Mold, was alfo read: And 

William Lloyd, Efquire, proved to your Commit- 
tee, That the Truftees for putting the Firft-men- 
tioned Act into Execution, were defirous that the 
Road branching out of the Chefer Turnpike at Nor- 
thorp, extending itfelf through Flint and Holywell, by 
Pen y Fordd Waen, which is at prefent under their 
Direction, fhould be put under the Direction of the 
Truftees for putting in Execution an Act, paffed in the 
oth Year of His preient Majefty, for repairing the Road 
trom the Turnpike Gate in the Townfhip of Green- 
field, to the North Limits of the Townfhip of Moftyn, 
and from Moftyn to Henllan, and from Llanerch y Mor to 
Peny Fordd Waen, in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh ; 

And that the Truftees for putting the Act of the 3oth 
Year of his late Majefty in Execution, were alfo defirous 
that the Road from the Town of Mold, through Nor- 
thorp and Halkin, which is at prefent included in their 
A&amp;ét, fhould be likewife put under the Direction of the 
Truftees for putting in Execution the faid laf{t-men- 
tioned Act of the gth of His prefent Majefty. 

And the Witneis further faid, That the Road to the 
Side of the Hill oppofite Frith y Garreg Wen, called 
Pen y Gelly, in the Parifh of Caerwys, in the County of 
Flint, and the Road turning up out of the Road from the 
‘Town ot Mold, through Northorp and Halkin, to Holy- 
well, near the Houfe of Thomas Venables, under Bynford 
Hall and Caulcot Hall, to a Place on the Turnpike Road 
from Avon Wen to Halkin, called Onnen Gathin, in the 
Parifh of Skeiviog, and to the Gate at the Eaft End of 
the Lodge Field, in the Parifh of Llanbafa, and from 
Brickhill, through Caerwys, to 4von Wen, in the Parith of 
Skeiviog,in the County of Flint, and alfo from the Corner 
of Cae Newydd, in the Townfhip of Tre Mojlyn, under 
Bichton, to a Place called Wibnant, in the Parifh of 
Whitford, and alfo trom Plés Ucha, through Whitford, 
to Saith Fynon, in the Parith of Whitford, and from the 
Hill oppotite Frith y Garreg Wen, to Cae Rbis Bridge, 
on the Road leading from Moftyn to Henllan, are too 
narrow, and in -a ruinous Condition, and cannot be re- 
paired ard widened by the ordinary Courfe of Law ; and 
that the repziring the fame would be of public Utility : 

That the Truttees under the Act of the oth of His 
prefent Majefty, are willing to take all the abcve men- 
tioned Roads under their Direction, but that they are 
not abie, during the fubfifting Term of the faid Aét, fuf- 
ficiently to repair the fame, and repay the Money already 
due on the Credit of the faid Act. 

That the faid A&amp; has in feveral Inftances been found 
defective, particularly for the Want of a Refervation of 
Minerals to the Proprietors of Lands to be purchafed 
for the Purpo‘e of turning or altering the faid Roads. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of the 
gth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing 
the Road from the Turnpike Gate, in the Townfhip of 
Greenfield, to the North Limits of the Townfhip of 
Moftyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan, and from Llanerch 
y Mor to Pen y Ford Waen, in the Counties of Flint 
and Denbigh ; and for extending the faid Act to feveral 
other Roads in the faid Counties ; and for taking feveral 
Roads within the faid Counties out of the Power of the 
Truftees appointed by Two feveral Acts of Parliament, 
of the 29th and 3oth Years of his late Majefty, and for 
putting the faid Roads under the Direction of the Truf- 
tees appointed by the faid former and this prefent Act: 
And that Mr. Tudway and Mr. Mackworth do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. ; 

The Houfe being informed that Ra/ph Bell, Efquire, 
who is returned in the Double Return for the Borough 
of Scarborough, in the County of York, defires not to 
conteft the Matter of the Election or Return for the faid 
Borough, with Sir James Pennyman, Baronet, and that 


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the faid Sir ames Pennyman thereupon defires to with- 
draw his Petition complaining of the faid Election and 
Double Return ; 

Ordered, That the faid Sir James Pennyman have Leave 
to withdraw his faid Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Thurfday the 
15th Day of this Inftant November, for taking the faid 
Petition into Confideration upon that Day Fortnight, be 
difcharged. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do at- 
tend this Houfe, To-morrow Morning, with the Double 
Return for the Borough of Scarborough, in the County 
of York; and amend the fame, by taking off the File 
the Indenture by which Ra/ph Bell, Efquire, is returned. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to confider 
of fo much of the Criminal Laws as relate to Capital 
Offences ; and to report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir William Mere- 
dith, Sir Charles Bunbury, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
To-mo:row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records; and all who come to the 
Committee are to have Voices. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for the Li- 
mits extending from Eaft Mouldfey, in the County of 
Surrey, to Ravenj/borne, in the County of Kent, acting 
under a Commitiion iffued in the Firft Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty, by virtue of an Act of Parliament of the 
23d Year of King Henry the 8th, was preierted to the 
Houfe, and read , Setting forth, That, by an Aéct paffed 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, tor paving the 
Streets and Lanes, within the Town and Boroveh of 
Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent, in the County of 
Surrey, and for other Purpofes, it is Euaéted, What ia 
cafe of the repairing, altering, claniing, or emptying 
any Sewer, Vault, or Drain, wichin the Livics deicmbed 
in the faid Aét, Notice is to be given to the Commif- 
fioners for putting the faid Act in Execution, or to 
their Surveyor or Clerk, who are to caufe the fame to 
be repaired, and the Expences thereof are to be paid to 
the faid Commiffioners, who are to be reimburied by the 
Commiffioners of Sewers; and the Comuniffi-ners for 
putting in Execution the faid Act of the 6th of His pre- 
fent Majefty are further impowered io turn the Courfe 
of Gutters, to alter or repair Grates, to make new ones, 
to make new Sewers, or to repair, alter, cleanfe, or 
empty the old Sewers, at their Diicretion, the Expences 
of all which Works are directed to be defrayed by the 
Petitioners ; and in cafe of Nonpayment, the faid Com- 
miffioners are impowered to bring an Action, or Actions, 
at Law, againit the Petitioners Clerk or Treefurer, for 
the Time being, for recovering fuch Sums as fhalh have 
been expended for the Purpofes aforefaid ; and that a Bill 
has accordingly been delivered to the Petitioners Clerk, 
for the aforefaid Works, amounting to upwards of 
{. 700, and an Aétion at Law is already brought againtt 
the faid Clerk, for recovering £. 548, i’art of the faid 
Demand, which is ftill depending; and reprefenting to 
the Houfe, That, by their Commiffion, they are not im- 
powered to raife Money for the Purpofes defcribed in 
the faid Act, which are calculated for a local Advantage 
only, and inconfiftent with the Nature of their Commif- 
fion, which extends over a confiderable Part of the Coun- 
ties of Surrey and Kent; and that, fhould fuch a Power 
be vefted in the Petitioners, it would be extremely in- 
jurious to the Property of every Perfon within their ex- 
tenfive Jurifdiction, except of thofe who are comprized 
within the Limits of the faid Act of the Sixth of His pre- 
fent Majeity : And therefore praying, That the Claufes 
in the faid Act of the 6th Year of His prefent Majetiy, 
fo far as relates to the Comm. ffion of Sewers under which 
the Petitioners aét, may be repealed, or that they may 
be enabled, by a local Tax, to raife Money to diicharge 


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the Expences incurred under the Authority of the faid 
Aé, or be otherwife relieved in the Premifes, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition. be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Mr. Onflow, Sir Fofeph Mawbey, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Notice being taken, that the Bill to explain fo much 
of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; to amend and render 
more effectual an Act made in the Twenty-firlt Year of 
the Reign of King ames the Firft, intituled, An Act for 
the general Quiet of the Subjects againft all Pretences 
of Concealment whatfoever, as relates to the profecuting 
His Majefty’s Right, Title, or Claim, to any Lands, 
Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Manor of Eaft 
Greenwich, in the County of Kent, or to any Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Pre- 
cinét, Diftrit, or Liberty, of Te Savoy, in the County 
of Middlefex, or to any the Appurtenarices to the fame, 
therein mentioned, which was prefented to the Houte 
upon Tburfday laft, and then read the Firft Time, and 
ordered to be read a Second Time, is not effectual to 
anfwer the Purpofes thereby intended ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Thur/day lat, for 
the Second Reading of the faid Bill, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Bill. 

And the fame was withdrawn accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend fo much of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to amend 
and render more effectual an Act made in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Hames the Firft, intituled, 
An Aét for the general Quiet of the Subjects againft all 
Pretences of Concealment whatfoever, as relates to the 
profecuting His Majefty’s Right, Title, or Claim, to any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Manor 
of Eajt Greenwich, in the County of Kent, or to any 
Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within 
the Preciné, Diftri@, or Liberty, of The Savoy, in the 
County of Middlefex, or to any the Appurtenances to the 
fame, therein mentioned : And that Mr. Attorney Gene- 
ral, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Dunning, and Mr. Fack- 
fon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That an A&amp;t made in the 
Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act to prevent mali- 
cious Informations in the Court of King’s Bench, and for 
the more eafy Reverfal of Outlawries in the fame Court, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to explain, 
amend, and render more effectual, the faid AG; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

bos 
{ 164. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mew Phipps, 
And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 


Mr. Whately: 
Mr. Dundas, 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Cooper : 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


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4.1970. 


Mercurii, 28° die Novembris, 


Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; Reciting Part of an’ Aét made in the 
Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for mak- 
ing and maintaining a navigable Cut, or Canal, from the 
Firth, or River of Forth, at or near the Mouth of the 
River Carron, in the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or 
River of Clyde, at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burn- 
foot, in the County of Dumbarton, and alio a collateral 
Cut from the fame to the City of Glefgow, and for 
making a navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Port and 
Harbour of Borrow/tounnefs, to join the faid Canal at or 
near the Place where it wili fall into the Firth of Forth ; 
and fetting forth, That great Progrefs has already been 
made in making that Part of the faid Cut, or Canal, 
from the Firth, or River of Forth, near the Mouth of 
the River of Carron, to Dollater Bog ; and that the Pe- 
titioners have difcovered, that, by continuing the Courfe 
or Tract of the faid Cut, or Canal, from Dollator Bor, 
to or near Inchbelly Bridge, to or near Eafter Calder, to 
or near Calder Church, to or near Globerbill, to or near 
Bladardy Hill, to or near Three Part Mill Dam, and to 
the Firth, and River of Clyde, at or near a Place called 
Dalmuir Burnfoot, and the faid collateral Cut, from the 
main Canal, paffing by Stockingficld, to or near a Place 
called Thumble Field, to or near Cowcadens, to or near 
the Townhead of the City of Glafgow, and to the-River 
Clyde, at or near the Broomielaw of Glafgow, inftead of 
carrying on the fame as direéted by the faid A&amp;, will be 
more beneficial to the Trade and Commerce of thefe 
Kingdoms, particularly in bringing the faid main Canal 
feveral Miles nearer to the City of Gla/gow ; and that 
the fame can be accomplifhed as effectually, and at much 
the like Expence, as the other Line or Courfe in the faid 
Ac mentioned: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to authorize fuch Altera- 
tions accordingly, and for explaining, amending, and 
altering, the faid Act of the Seventh of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, in fuch Manner as may be otherwife neceflary for 
the more effectual carrying the fame into Execution. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Dundas, Mr. Pulteney, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Roger Pickering, Efquire, and others 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That there are with- 

“in the Township of Rilfon, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of York, Four Undivided Stinted Pattures for 
the depafturing of Cattle, commonly called and known 
by the Names of The North Moor, Longhiil, Bark, and 
Garforth Clefe, containing, by Eftimation, 769 Acres, or 
thereabouts ; and that the Petitioners, and others, are 
refpectively entitled to Cattlegates on the faid Four 
Stinted Paftures, fome or One of them; and that the 
fame are not, in their prefent Situation, capable of any 
Improvement, nor can be occupied to fuch Advantage 
as they might be if the fame were divided and inclofed 
and {pecific Parts thereof allotted to the Petitioners and 
others interefted therein, which would tend greatly to 
the Benefit of the Petitioners, and be of public Dulity : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 


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bring ina Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Four 
Stinted Paftures, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe hhall 
feem meet. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 


fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Anthony Abdy and Lord George Cavendi/b do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the principal and other Inhabitants of 
the feveral Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, 
and other public Paffages, in that Part of Goodman's 


Fields (being Part of the Manor, or reputed Manor, of 


Barnes, in the County of Middlefex, and City of Loridon ) 
which lies in the Parifh of. Saint Mary Matfelon, other- 
wife Whitechapel, in the faid County of Middlefex, and 
alfo of the Inhabitants of Red Lion and White Lien Streets, 
in the faid Parifh, lying contiguous to the taid Fields, 


whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, was referred ; © 


That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 


faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, © 


as it appeared to them, to,she Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and aftérwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; -viz. 


To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; Mr. ° 


George Wyatt, Surveyor, being examined, faid, That 
the faid Streets and other Places are very ill paved, 
and the Paffages through the fame greatly obftructed by 
Incroachments and Annoyances. ne 

That, it would be advantageous to the Inhabitants, 
and Perfons reforting to the faid Parifh, if the fame 


were properly paved; and all Nufances, Annoyances, 


and Obftructions removed. nn ee 
Which Evidence was confirmed by Mr. Edward 


_ Hawkins and, Mr. Abraham Winterbottom. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for bet- 


ter paving the Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys; 


Ways, and other Public Pailages, in that Part of Goodman’s 
Fields which lies in the Parilh of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwife Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, 


and alfo Red Lion Street, and. White Lion Street, 


lying contiguous to the faid Fields, and for removing 
and preventing Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftruétions 
therein: And that Sir Charles Whiiworth, Mr. Serjeant 
Glynn, Mr.-Burrell, and Mr. Byng, do prepare, and bring 


in, the fame. 


Mr. ¥ack/or prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to amend fo much of an AG, made in the 
Ninth Year of His -prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the 
Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet of the 


- Subjects againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfo- 
ever, as relates to thé profecuting His Majefty’s Right, ” 


Title, or Claim, to any Lands, Tenéments, or Heredi- 
taments, within the M 

County of Kent, or to any Mefluages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, of Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diftrict, 


or Liberty, of Te Savey, in the County of Middlefex, or 
_ to any the Appurtenances to the Jame, therein men-’ 
- tioned: And thé fame was received ,; and téad the Firft 


Time. ? 


Refoled, That the Bill be reid a Second Tithe. 


The Deputy Clerk of the Crown attending, atcordihg 
té Order, amerided the Return for the Borouzh of Scar- 
borough, in the County of York, by taking off the File 
thé Indenture by which Ralph Bell, Efqnire; was re- 
turned, 


The other Order of the Day being read ; a 

The Houfe tefolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Supply grarnited-to His 
Majetty ; ) 

Vou. XXXII. 


anor of Eaft Greenwich, in the~- 


Houfe of Gommons. 29 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Orderéd, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. ‘ 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houf, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 
_ Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetfty. i 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Pechell : 

Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and 
alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits from 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time, and alfo 
to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a limited Time ; 
without any Amendment: ‘And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ait 
for Naturalizing Bernard Perny, without any Aménd- 
ment. . 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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





‘Fovis, 29° die Novembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III%i Regis, 1970. 


PRAYERS. f 


a Re WIS Bénjamin Crinfox took the Oaths appointed, 


in order to his Naturalization. . 
' j 
_ A Meflage from His Majefty, by Sir Frandis MBly- 
neux, Gentleman Uffier of the Black Red: —  * 
Mr. Speaker, 69. 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
His Majefty, immediately, -in the Houfe of Peers. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Howl, ‘went up 
to attend His Majefty. “ 
And being returned ; me 5 a eee 
Mr. Speaker reported, That thé Houle had attended 
His Majefty in the Houfe of Peers ;° wheré His Majefty 
was' pleaféd:to'give the Royal Affent to One Public and 
One Private Bill following} wiz. 9 


- An A&amp; to continue the Prohibition Of the Exporta- 


. tion of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread; Bifcuit, and 


Starch ; and alfo of ‘the Extrattion of Low Wines and 
Spirits. frérn Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a farther 
Time ; arid alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Mak, for 
a@ limited’ Time : oii 

‘An A&amp; for Natutalizing Bernard Perny. 


Ordered, That Sir George Savile be added to the Gen- 
tlemen, ‘who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of Sir Beau- 
mont Hotham, Baronet, the Reverend Thomas Conftable, 
Clerk; Yonathan Midgley, -Efguite, and the Reverend 


. Robert Midgley, Clerk, and others; whofe Names are 


fubfcribed, Proprietors‘of, or otherwife interefted in, the 
feveral Open Fields; Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and 
Carrs, therein after-inentioned, 


A pie of Zohn, ‘Robert, Fames; and William Adam, 








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and Fames Paine, Architeéts, Dorothy Monck, Widow, 
Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitchiner, Coal 
Merchant, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Courfe of the Thames forms a large 
Bend, or Angle, round the Surrey Shore, between Wef- 
minfter Bridge and the New Bridgé at Black Fryars, in 
the Middle of which Bend, the {aid River is fo much 
wider than at either of the faid Bridges, as tends to weaken 
the Rapidity of the Stream, and thereby contributes to 
that Accumulation of Mud and Silth on the Weftminfter 
Side, and that very extenfive Sand Bank on the other, 
fo long and fo generally complained of ; and that the 
Navigation of the faid River is greatly impeded by the 
faid Sand Bank, efpecially at Low Water, whilft the Mud 
and Silth, fo colleéted on the North Shore, renders the 
Accefs to the Wharfs and Grounds on that Side very 
difficult, and in fome Parts of the Tide impaffable, to 
the manifeft Injury of the Public, as well as private De- 
triment of the Proprietors of the faid Wharfs and 
Grounds ; and that the Petitioners conceive the faid Na- 
vigation might -be greatly improved, and the faid Nu- 
fances and Dawateces confiderably diminifhed, by 
an Embankment of the North Part of the River, within 
the Bay or Hollow of the faid Bend, which, by advanc- 
ing the unequal and irregular Fronts of the faid Wharfs 
and Grounds into an uniform Curve, would give a pro- 
per Direétion to the Stream, and, by narrowing the un- 
neceffary Width of its Bed in this Part, would confider- 
ably deepen the Channel of the River; and that the Pe- 
‘titioners, having very valuable Freehold and Leafehold 
Interefts in the Houfes, Wharfs, and Grounds, in Dur- 
bam Yard, Salifoury Street, Cecil Street, and Beaufort 
Buildings, next adjoining to the faid River, are willing 
to execute fuch Embankment, in the Front of their re- 
fpective Properties, at their own Expence: And there- 
‘fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for authorizing them to take in,. inclofe, and em- 
bank, fo much and fuch Part of ‘the faid River, in fuch 
Manner, upon fuch Terms and Conditions, and under 
fuch Reftrictions and Regulations, as to the Houfe hall 
feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir George Colebrooke, Mr. Ed- 
monftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber , 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords; and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


Mr. Folliffe reported from the Committee, to whom 
_. the Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed,. in Behalf of themfelves and others, re- 
fiding near, or frequently travelling, the Roads therein. 
after ‘mentioned, was referred; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
. direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 
To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition ; 
George Durnford, Efquire, being examined, faid, That 
he knows the Road mentioned in the Petition: That it 
is in many Places narrow, and in a ruinous Condition ; 
and cannot be repaired and widened by the Laws in 
being. 
3 Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Petersfield, over 
Old Down, to the Turnpike Road leading from Alres- 
ford to Winchefter, and from the faid Road, on Old 
Down, to the Gofport Turnpike-Road in Rum/fden Bot- 
tom, in the County of Southampton: And that Mr. Fol- 
kiffe and Sir Charles Whitworth do ptepare, and ‘bring 


in, the fame. 
5 


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A. 17970. 


A Bill for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kyna- 
fton, the Earl of Catherlough, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs, and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Townfhips of 
Lockington and Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, and for extinguifhing the Right of Common ot 
Average upon certain ancient Inclofures within the faid 
Townthip of Lockington: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for the better paving, repair- 
ing, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the Streets and 
other public Paffages within the City of Winchefter, and 
alfo within the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew 
Hyde, Saint fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Chee/ebill, 
Saint Swithin, and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the 
Suburbs of the faid City, and for preventing Nufances 
and Annoyances therein, and for widening and render- 
ing the farne more commodious, is committed. 


Mr. Tudway prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act of the 9th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
‘for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate in the 
Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North Limits of the 
Townfhip of Moftyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan, and 
from Lilanerch y Mor to Per y Fordd Waen, in the Coun- 
ties of Flint and Denbigh, and for extending ‘the faid Act 
to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties, and for tak- 
ing feveral Roads within the faid Counties out of the 
Power of the Truftees appointed by Two feveral Acts of 
Parliament, of the 29th and 3oth Years of his late Ma- 
jefty, and for putting the faid Roads under the Direc- 
tion of the Truftees appointed by the faid former and 
this prefent Act: And the fame was received 5 and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgefies, and 
principal Inhabitants, of Stratford upon Avon, in the 
County of Warwick, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Fregholders, refiding near unto the Roads therein after 
mentioned, whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed, on 
Behalf of themfelves and others, was referred; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Pe- 
tition ; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and js as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition ; Wii- 
liam Hunt, Efquire, being examined, faid, That he 
knows the Road mentioned in the Petition: That it 
is in many Parts in a ruinous Condition, and liable to 
be overflowed: That fome Statute Labour has been 
done on it; but that if the Whole was done, he.does 
not think it would be fufficient to put the Road inte 
‘good Repair. | 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Stratford upon 
Avon, in the County of Warwick, to the Evefbam Turn- 
pike Road, at Norton, in the County of Worcefter : And 
that Mr. Skipwith and the Earl of Catherlough do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this. Houfe, an Ac- 
count 





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count of the Quantity of Whalebone and Oil imported 
into, and exported from, Great Britain, from the rft of 
Fanuary 1768, as far as the fame can be made up; di- 
ftinguifhing the feveral Quantities imported from, and 
exported to, each Place. 


The Houfe was moved, that an Act made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to continue for 


_ a further Time an Act made in the Eighth Year of His 


prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aé&amp; to continue 
and amend an Act made in the Fifth Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for Impor- 
tation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from 
Ireland, for a imited Time; and for allowing the Impor- 
tation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from 
the Briti/h Dominions in America, for a limited Time, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue ‘the faid A&amp;t of the 8th Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign for a further Time: And that the 
Lord Clare, Mr. Thomas Townjfhend, Junior, Mr. Pen- 
nant, Colonel Barré, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Brickdale, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill to amend fo much of an A&amp;ét, made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to amend aie render more effectual an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King ames the 
Firft, intituled, An Aé for the general Quiet of the 
Subjeéts againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfo- 
ever, as relates to the profecuting His Majefty’s Right, 
Title, or Claim, to any Lands, Tenements, or Heredi- 
taments, within the Manor of Eajt Greenwich, in the 
County of Kent, or to any Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diftrict, 
or Liberty, of Tbe Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or 
to any the Appurtenances to the fame, therein men- 
tioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, the Sixth Day of December next, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty ; the Refolutions, which the Committee had 
directed Him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
‘eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Forty thoufand Men be employed, for the Sea 
Service, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one, including Eight thoufand and Seventy- 
three Marines. . 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum not exceeding Four Pounds per Man, per 
Month, be allowed, for maintaining the faid Forty thou- 
fand Men, for Thirteen Months, including Ordnance for 
Sea Service. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee being read a 
Second Time ; 

Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That this Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That 
Forty thoufand Men be employed, for the Sea Service, 
for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
one, including Eight thoufand and Seventy-three Marines. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee, being 


read a Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put there. 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Supply of Mariners and Seamen, to ferve in 
His Majefty’s Ships of War, and on board Merchant 
Ships, and other Trading Ships and Veffels: And that 
the Lord North, Mr. Fenkinfon, Sir Edward Hawke, 
Mr. Buller, the Lord Palmerfton, Sir Charles Whitworth, 
Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty, that He will be gracioufly pleafed to give Di- 
rections, that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
or Extracts of all Letters, or other Papers, containing 
any Intelligence received by either of His Majefty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretaries of State, or by the Commiffioners for 
executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great 
Britain, or by any other of His Majefty’s Minifters, be- 
fore the 12th Day of September 1770, touching the State 
of the Spanifh Land and Sea Forces, in the Weft Indies, 
as :they ftood on or fince the 1ft Day of Fune 1769; 
and alfo, touching the Departure of any Ships of War 
or Land Forces, from the Ports of Spain, for any Part 
of the Spanifb Weft Indies, fince the faid 1ft Day of Fune 
1769, exprefling the Time and Times at which fuch In- 
telligence was received. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } 7 : ro ati aia t 94: 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 
Tellers for the Noes, Junior, 43. 
Mr. Cornwall : 


So it was.refolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Houfe accordingly adjourned till Monday 
Morning next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 3° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii JII*i Regis, 1774, 


PRAYERS. 


CXIR Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to amend, and render more 
effectual, feveral Acts made, relating to.paving, clean- 


fing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and 
other Places, within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, 


and Parts adjacent: And the fame was received; and 


read the Firit Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Kynajton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill - 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Penruddock prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an 
Act 





32 
A&amp; made in the Twenty-fourth Year of King George the 
Second, for repairing the Road leading from Weft La- 
vington to The Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, 
in the County of Wilts : And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read.a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thrale be added to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill: to 
continue for a further Time an Act made in the Eighth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
to continue and amend an At made in the Fifth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, 
from Ireland, for a limited Time; and for allowing the 
Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, 
from the Britis Dominions in America, for a limited 
Time. 


Mr. Serjeant Glynn prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for better paving that Part of the High 
Street, in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwile 
Whitechapel, which lies in the County ot Méddle/ex, and 
for removing Obitructions and Annoyances therein: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freehold- 
ers, and Inhabitants, of the Counties of Warwick and 
Worcefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, and 
of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put in Execu- 
tion an A&amp; of Parliament pafied in the Seventh Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
repairing and widening the Road from Spernal Afh, in the 
County of Warwick, through Studley, to. a Street called 
Digbeth, in the Town of Birmingham, whofe Names are 
ulio thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the faid Truftees were 
impowered by the faid A&amp; to borrow, on Credit of the 
Tolls thereby granted, the Sum of £. 3,000 only, which 
they have already taken up at Intereft ; and that, al- 
though they have expended the fame, and the Tolls 
hitherto collected, in amending the faid Road, erecting 
a Bridge over a Brook called Wa/ford, for the Safety 
of Travellers in Times of Flood, and in anfwering other 
Purpofes' of ‘the faid Aét, yet feveral Parts of the faid 
Road {till remain unrepaired, and dangerous to Tra- 
vellers, and cannot be fufficiently amended, nor can the 
-Money fo borrowed, and the Intereft thereof, be repaid, 
unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid A&amp; be conti- 
nued and enlarged : And therefore praying, That Leave 


may be given to bring in a Bill for continuing the Term, ~ 


and enlarging the Powers, granted by the faid Ac of 
Parliament, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regula- 
tions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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


And it is referred. to the Earl of Catherlough, Mr. : 


Skipwith, &amp;c: ; And they are to meet. To-morrow Morn- 
fing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 
and have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and Re- 


cords. bn35: 4 


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| 4.¥770. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by 
an Ac of the oth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate, in the 
Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North. Limits of the 
Townfhip of Moftyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan, and 
from Lilanerch y Mor to Penn y Fordd Waen, in the 
Counties of Fiint and Denbigh, and for extending the 
faid Act to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties, and 
for taking feveral Roads within the faid Counties out of 
the Power of the Truftees appointed by Two feveral 
Acts of Parliament, of the 29th and -zoth Years of his 
late Majefty, and for putting the faid Roads under the 
Direction of the Truftees appointed by the faid former 
and this prefent Act, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Kyuafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Meadows, Paitures, Commons, Carrs, and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Townfhips of 
Lockington and Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, and for extinguifhing the Right of Common or 
Average upon certain ancient Inclofures within the faid 
Townthip of Lockington» was read a Second.Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to. Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Iudway, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Slipton, in the County of 
Northampton, was read a Second Time. _ , 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pulte- 
ney, Sir George Ofborn, &amp;c..;; And they are to.meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. Balin iid encore 4 | 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, purfu- 
ant to their Addrefs to His Majefty, 5 9 , 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Guards, ;Garifons, ‘and 
other His Majeity’s Land Forces, in Great Britain, from 
25th December 1770, to 24th December 1771, both Days 
inclufive, béing 365 Days: And alfo, — Py 

Eftimate of the Charge of His Majefty’s Forces in the 
Plantatiotis ahd Africa, including thofe in Gatifon at Mi- 
norca and Gibraltar, trom the 25th December 1770, to 
the 24th December 1771, both Days inclufive, being 365 
Days: And alfo,; ee - x eskendD 1c 

Eftimate of the Charge of ithe Difference. of. Pay be- 
tween the Britis and Irifh Eftablifhments of Five Bat- 
talions and Four Companies of: Foot, férving in the Ifle 
of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca; and the: Ceded Iflands, 
from 25th December 1770, to 24th December 1771, both 
Days inclufive, ‘being 365 Days. . / 

The Lord Barrington alfo prefented to the Houfe, by 
His Majéfty’s Command, _ t soc T 

Eftimate of the Charge of ah Augmentation propofed 
to be made to His Majefty’s Land Forces, for the Ser- 
vice of the, Year:1771. 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read, 

The faid:Eitimates areas followeth ; dix. 


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ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and other His Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, 
from the 25th December 1770 to the 24th December 1771, both Days inclufive, being 365 Days. 





Firft Troop of Life Guards — 
Second Ditto a ~— 


Horfe. 4 Firft Troop cf Grenadier Guards — 
} Second Ditto os 


\ Royal Regiment of Horfe Guards 


IIIdt 


 Firft Regiment of Dragoon Guards 
Second Ditto — 

Third Ditto — — 
Earl of Pembroke’s Dragoons 
Earl of Panmure’s — 
Dragoons. ¢ Earl of Albemarle’s — 
Major General Carpenter’s 
General Cholmondeley’s — 
Lieutenant General Howard’s 
Sir Fobn Mordaunt’s —_ 
L Marquis of Lothian’s _ 





PTE PETE dl 


Light Lieutenant General E/iot?’s 
Dragoons. € Colonel Burgoyne’s _— 


’ Firft Regiment of Foot Guards — 
Coldftream Regiment of Foot Guards 
Third Regiment of Foot Guards 
Sir Jeffery Amberf’s Regiment of Foot 
Lieutenant General Hodg/on’s 
Major General Rufane’s — 
Lord Robert Bertie’s —_ 
Lieutenant General ’Court’s 
Colonel Hotham’s _ 
Foot é Lieutenant General Monckton’s 

; Major General Greme’s 
Colonel Hale’s _ 
! Lieutenant General Gage’s 
Lieutenant General Bo/cawen’s 
Lieutenant General Parflow’s 
Earl Corawallis’s — 
Colonel Fletcher Campbell's 
Lieutenant General Gray’s 
Major General Cary’s —_ 
, Major General Lambart’s 





M44 


Tnvatids Lieutenant General Parker’s Regiment 
; } Twenty Independent Companies 


Garifons with Fire and Candle 
Contingencies upon Account 


Total 
War Office, 3d December 1770. 
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Pay of the Troops 
Numbers, and Regiments Total. 
for 365 Days. 
18t| =— |17,605 3 4 
181} — |17,605 3 4 
177| == |10,870 18 4 
176 — |10,743 3 4 
319| — |26,054 18 4 
——| 1,034, ———- — 82,879 6 8 
231; —~ |12,896 13 4 
231} —- |12,896 13 4 
231; —- |12,896 13 4 
231| —- |12,896 13 4 
231] — |12,896 13 4 
231] —— |12,896 13 4 
231] — |12,896 13 4 
231} — |12,896 13 4 
231} —— |12,896 13 4 
231) — |12,896 13 4 
——| 2:655)—-——-——|_ 147,844 15 5 
231] —— |12,896 13 4 
2311 —= |12,896 13 4 
-——| 462 |—-—— 25, 6 8 
1,649, — |45,980 17 6 ree 
1,058} — |29,759 13 4 
1,058} —— |29,814 8 4 
484| — |10,773 11 8 
4841 — |10,773 11 8 
484; —= |10,773 11 8 
484) —- |10,919 11 8 
484| — |10,773 11 8 
484| — |10,773 11 8 
484| — |10,773 11 8 
484) — |10,773 11 8 
484) — |10,773 11 8 
484] — |10,773 11 8 
484] — |10,773 11 8 
| 4841 — |10,773 11 8 
484) — |10,773 11 8 
4841 — |10,773 11 8 
484) — |10,773 11 8 
484, — 110,773 11 8 
484, — [10,773 11 8 
——| 11,993 288,851 17 6 
482| — | 9,336 7 11 
1,040| — |18,067 10 — 
—| 1,522|\——-———— 27,403 17 1% 
— | — |32,218 16 — 
— | — |20,000 — — 
—-—— 52,218 16 — 
——| 17,666 — — —| £.624,992 — 2 





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ESTIMATE of the Charge of His Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations and Africa, including thofe in 
Garifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, from the 25th December 1770 to the 24th December 1771, both Days inclu- 


five, being 365 Days. 





Lieutenant General Webd’s Regiment of Foot 
Lieutenant General Sandford’s 
Major General Keppel’s 

Major General Gifborne’s — 
Sir Fobn Sebright’s —— 





Major General Mackay’s 
Major General Scot?’s 
Major General Evelyn’s — 


Lieutenant General Oughton’s — 
Lieutenant General Leighton’s 

Major General Pier/on’s _ 
Lieutenant General Clavering’s 

Major General Owen’s — 

Royal American Regiment, 2 Battalions 
Colonel Pomeroy’s oa 
Major General Urm/fton’s 

Lord Adam Gordon's —_ 


Lieutenant General Lambton’s 
Lieutenant Colonel O’Hara’s Corps 


Garifons in North America, viz. Quebec, Montreal, S: 
Auguftine, Penfacola, Mobille, and South Carolina — 
Garifons at Annapolis Royal, Halifax, Placentia, S' 
Fobn’s in Newfoundland, Louifbourg, S‘ Fobn’s Iland, 
Providence, and Bermudas a oo 
Garifons in the Iflands of Grenada, S‘ Vincent, Domi- 
nique, and Tobago 
Officers ferving with the Forces in North America — 
Contingencies upon Account. — — 





MINORCA. 


Duke of Argyll’s 2d Battalion — on 
Major General Murray’s Regiment oo _ 
Lord George Lennox’s _ — 
Earl of Eglington’s — — aa 


Officers of the Garifon, €&amp;c. 


GIBRALTAR. 
Colonel Ciinton’s Regiment of Foot 


Colonel Boyd’s _ — dice 
Colonel Waljh’s —_ — dew 
Colonel Cunninghame’s _ — dene 


Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. 


Provifions for Fifteen Battalions of Foot in North 
America, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, &amp;c. de- 
ducting 244. per Diem from each Non-commif- 
fioned Officer and Private Man, towards that Ex- 
pence : 

Remains to be borne by the Government — 

Provifions for the Regiments at Gibraltar iene 

Provifions for the Regiments in the Ceded Iflands — 

Provifions for Lieutenant Cofonel O’Hara’s Corps 
ferving in Africa, deducting 25d. per Diem from 
each Non-commiffioned Officer and Private Man, 
towards that Expence : 

Remains to be borne by the Government ~~ 


Total — 


War Office, 3d December 1770. 


PEPEEELLII EL ALIL ET 








Pay of the Regi- 














Numbers, ments, €Jc. for Total. 
365 Days. 
4845 — 10,773 ir 8 oe 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
484, — |10,773 11 8 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
4844 — [10,773 11 8 
484) — |10,773 11 8 
4844 — {10,773 11 8 
4844 —= {10,773 11 8 
484) — {10,773 11 8 
484 — |10,773 11 8 : 
4844 — {10,773 11 8 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
484, — |10,773 11 8 
969} — (21,802 13 4 
4844 — {10,773 11 8 
4841 — {10,773 11 8 
484) — [10,773 11 8 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
2144 —= | 4,170 2 6 
—| 9,411 209,123 14 2 
— a i — 3.558 15 — 
"7 = — ae 304 — — 
— mans _ 2,786 3 4 
mee — se - 9,572 2 6 
— _ _ - 4,000 — — 
4844 — |/10,518 1 8 
4844 — [10,773 11 8 
484) — [10,773 11 8 
484 — |10,773 11 8 
——| 1,936 42,838 16 8 
re eee, 5890 3 9 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
484, =&lt; |10,773 11 8 
4844 — |10,773 11 8 
——| 1,936 43,094 6 8 
Ae Sis awe “we 32749 12 3 
_ — [22,242 3 9 
one — |21,520 9 7% 
a — | 9,752 6 10} 
ons a 2,321 14 10; 
559836 15 It 
— | 13,283] — — | 383.494 9 5¢ 


























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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


35 


ESTIMAT E of the Charge of the Difference of Pay between the Britijh and Trifo Eftablithments of Five 


Battalions and Four Companies of Foot, ferving in the Ifle of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, 
from 25th December 1770 to 24th December 1771, both inclufive, being 365 Days. 


and the Ceded Iflands, 





Duke of Argy/l’s rft Battalion, according to the Britis Eftablifhment — 


Paid by Jreland for this Battalion , 
Difference 


Lieutenant General Montagu’s Regiment, the fame 

Major General Gore’s, the fame 

Lieutenant General Co/vill’s, the fame 

Major General Trapaud’s, the fame 

Four Companies of Lord Foes sais &lt;- S “Regiintnt, anes the 
Staff Officers 

Paid by Ireland for thefe Companies 


—2 — 


—— 


Dillerdnee 
Total 


War Office, 3d December 1770. 


Barrington. 





























Pay for : 
Numbers. 365 Days. Difference. 

484 10,773 11 8 
Se eS ee a Fg 
ane theuelilinan 832 4 5 
—| 48 ;—- — — 832 4 5 
—| 484 |— — — 832 4 5 
_ 4M _- 832 4 5 
—| 44 &gt;— — — 832 4 5 
ufual . 
— 213 4,522 19 2 
—|[=— —] 4,150 8 9 
—— — 372 Io 7 
| 2633 [— — — (4.4533 12 8 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of an Augmentation propofed to be made to His Majefty’s Land Forces, for 


the Service of the Year 


An Augmentation to Lieutenant General Moffyn’s Regiment of 
Dragoon Guards 

To Earl Waldegrave’s Regiment of Dragoon Guards —_ 

To Nine Regiments of a Guards, and Dragoons more of 
the like Numbers 

To Two Regiments of Light Dragoons 


—_—_— — 


An additional Company of intial Infantry to each of the 44 Bat- 
talions of Foot 
An Augmentation to the 44 og, Neseshiial of Foot 
An Augmentation to the Regiment, and 20 Independent Com- 
panies of Invalids 


— a a 
‘ 


oo 


1771. 








Total — 


War Office, 3d December 177 
Barrington, 

















Pay for | 
Numbers. 365 Days Total, 

81} — | 2,669 1 3 
544 — | 4779 7 6 
486 Ye 16,014 7 6 
2644 — | 8,760 — — 

——| 885 29,222 16 3 
25332) — | 48,849 3 4 
8,800) — |107,066 13 4 
580) — | 6,174 11 8 

pomennyes 162,090 8 4 

12,597 £:1915313 4 7 





Ordered, 



























26 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the Eftimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houie. for the Year 1771, Land Service. 
And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

Mr. Cocks prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their = The faid Eftimate is as followeth ; viz. 


Addrefs to His Majefty, 





A. 17709. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for the Year 1771. 





LAND SERVICE 


Ordinary of the Office, comprifing Repairs of Storehoufes, Magazines, 
Barracks, Platforms, Carriages, Stores for Garifons, Rents, Salaries, 

















and incident Charges —_— _— 
(Gibraltar and North Britain _ _- — 
Minorca 

S' Fobn’s, Ferryland, Curhaatere, 4 Trinity Harbour, nil 
Placentia, in Newfoundland — _ 
Pay of Civil | Eaf Florida a _ _ — 
Officers met Weft Florida _ 
Artificers at | Grenada, S' Vincent, end T iies.2 purfuant to &gt; His Ma- 
jefty’s Order in Council, 5 January 1770 — 
Quebec — 
New York —_—— — 
| Senegal and Senegambia —- —— — — 

Pay of the Corps of Engineers —= — 


Pay of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, confifting of 1791 Men, OF. 
ficers included 
Augmentation to the Royal Regiment of Artillery, confifting of 1,041 
Men, Officers included, purfuant to His Majefty’s z 
Order, 3 December 1770 —_—— — 24,889 19 2 
Deduéted for Officers and Men, to be taken from 
Halfpay, Invalids, and Garifon Gunners — 7,2 34.10 8 


ee —- = ee 








Eftablifhment of the Academy at Woolwich —. ome 

Eftablifhment of the Laboratory at Woolwich — _ —_ 

Pay of Mafter Gunners and Gunners of the feveral Garifons in Great 
Britain 








Pay of an Infpector of Artillery for North America, Newfoundland, and 
the Weft India Ilands 
Pay of an Infpector and Commander of Artillery at Gibraltar and Mi. Mi- 
norca 
To Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Cleaveland, in Confideration of his Ser- 
vices, till fuch Time as he fhall be entitled to the Pay of Lieutenant 
Colonel in the Regiment of Artillery —_ 
To Lieutenant General William Belford, for Mees ood Sucks _ 
To Fobn Chalmers, aa tsiit late Major of -Antlry, in Confideration 
of his Services 
To Lieutenant Colonel William Roy, Engiicer, for “fistveying the 
Coafts of Great Britain, and the adjacent Iflands thereto belonging aa 
To Colonel Thomas Defaguliers, for his extrao:dinary Services at the 
Siege of Palais in Belleifle, and upon feveral Expeditions aul 
To Captain Hugh Debbieg, Engineer, for his good Services upon feveral 
extraordinary Occafions 
Pay of fuperannuated and difabled Officers and Men, who have ferved 
well in the Trains of Artillery in Flanders, Germany, North America, 
Africa, the Eaft and Weft Indies, with the Halfpay of ree re- 
duced, and Widows Penfions 


ee 

















EXTRA QRDINIA £1 E'S. 


tifications, Barracks, 
Storehoufes, and car- 
rying on the current} 


Minorca _— ith 
S* Fobn’s, Ferrylard, Carboniere, and Trinity 
Harbour in Newfoundland _ -- 


For repairing the For- siete sella tee wes toads 


273 


10,020 


Nn “N MN oo 


12 


iS) 








~ Service at 


6,435 
32239 


500 


an 





150,120 —= 6 














11 Geo. IIL. - Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 37 


fb 
For keeping in Repair the Fort at Arderfeer, and other Fortifications - 
and Barracks in Scotland — 25500 ——e am 


Towards repairing the Sea Wharfing at Sheerne/s — 1,000 
Towards inclofing and fortifying the Dock Yard at Port/mouth, and 

for keeping in ‘Repair the Fortifications at Port/mouth and Gofport =| 11,000 — — 
Towards carrying on the Building of a new Powder Magazine at 











Priddy’s Hard, near Port{mouth Harbour —-—— _ 2,500 —— mm 
For keeping in Repair the Fortifications at Plymouth Citadel, and S¢* 
Nicholas land ssieacensociap seiniolea nis 500 — — 


Towards improving and ftrengthening the Fortifications at Gibraltar, 
according to Plans approved by His Majefty, the Charge whereof 
is eftimated at £. 51,126 -—— —{ 10,000 — — 

Towards building Barracks for Two Battalions of Foot at Minorca, 
and removing the Arraval at S’ Philip’s in that Ifland, eftimated at 
£. 12,986. g. purfuant to His Majeity’s Order, 26 November i770 - 4,000 — — 

For repairing F ortifications, Barracks, Storchoufes, i « &amp; 
and Hofpitals, in the Iflands of Grenada, S' Vin- 6 1 
cent, and Tobago, according to Eftimates received — = s 
from, the proper Officers 8 

Alio the Charge of erecting Batteries for the De- | tae 
fence of the Ifland of S‘ Vincent, purfuant to His’ 7,450 — — 
Majetty’s Order, 15 November 1770 — 

Iron Ordnance and Stores, with Arms and Ammunition for Two Re- 
giments of Foot and One Troop of Horfe, to be fent for the Se- 
curity and Defence of Dominica, Grenada, and the other Ceded 
Iflands, purfuant to His Majefty’s Order, the 15th November 1770 8,812 10 5 

Brafs Howitzers, with Stores and Carbines, to be fent for the Security 


and Defence of the Ifland of Fer/ey, purfuant to His Majefty’s Or- 
der in Council, 19 March 1765 




















- 1,210 4 II 
Demands of Stores for the [fland of on to complete the alloted 
Proportion — 6,371 9 7 
For a further Supply of | Ordnance onl Stores demanded by the proper 
Officers, for the better Security and Defence of Gibraltar —| 20,051 17 — 
Towards fortiiying and fecuring the Harbour of S* Fobn’s, Newfound- 
land --—- — — _ —_ 8,000 — = 
Two hundred Tons of Salt*Petre — — — 9,000 — — 
a 108,954 16 5 





259,074 16 Ik 
Expence of Services performed purfuant to His Majefty’s Orders, 
and not provided for by Parliament in 1770. 

Pay of Officers at the Settlement of Halifax in Nova Scotia, from 1 Fa- 
nuary to 31 December 1770, and Money iffued to anfwer Bills of Ex- 
change for carrying on the current Service 1,174 2 6 

Pay of Officers and fupernumerary Men of the Royal Regiment of Ar. 
tillery at the Ceded Iflands, from 1 Fanuary to 31 December 1770, 


purfuant to his Majefty’s Order, 25 Fune 1766 _ — 663 1 8 
Pay of fuperannuated Officers and Invalids, with a Penfion to an En- 
gineer’s Widow, between 1 Fanuary and 31 December 1770 _ 294 9 7 


Arins delivered to the Firft Regiment of Dragoon Guards, the Firft 
Troop of Horfe Guards, the Regiments of Light Dragoons, the 
Tenth Regiment of Dragoons, and to fundry Regiments of Foot, 
purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 6 March and 9 December 1769 ; 
15, 22, and 26 Fanuary; 6, 8, and 20 February, 12 and 27 March; 
13 April, 21 May; 9 Auguft; 15 September, and 27 Ofober 1770 — 735732 1 4 

An additional Supply of Ammunition delivered to the Three Regi- 
ments of Foot Guards, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 9 April 
and 21 May 1770 _ 482 1r 2 

Arms and Accoutrements delivered to the Militia of the Counties of 
Effex, Flint, Cornwall, Carmarthen, Somerfet, Surrey, Suffolk, and 
W orcefter, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 4 November and 22 
December 1769; 8, 9, and 20 puis ab 7 March, 2 and 16 April, 

















and 6 Oéfober 1770 — — — —|{ 10,003 14 5 
Ammunition delivered to Forty-one Regiments of Militia, ee to 

His Majefty’s Order, 18 May 1763 _ 1,948 7 5 
Money iffued to anfwer Bills of Exchange, drawn by the Paymatters of 
the Trains of Artillery in North America, on Account of the Staff and 

Contingencies, for 1770 oo — _ -~ 45531 13 = 

6 £. 

Money iffued for carrying gig ae Lei ys ii a 
on the current Service, Qu a. ~~ a 
and Contingencies, at ns heey -— == 
»® (Wet Florida —— 1,531 17 9 

3470 3 6 

Vor. XXXIIL, L Money 





For 





wroeada 


















































38 


Money iffued to pay for the building and repairing Barracks, Hofpi- 
tals, and Storehoufes in the Ceded Iflands, and for defraying the 


contingent Charges there 


Money iffued towards carrying on a Survey of the Ifland of Dominica, 
and making Plans for the Defence, purfuant to His Majefty’s Or- 


5 


ders, 13 February and g March 1770 


Money iffued to anfwer Bills drawn on Account of building a Wall to 


inclofe the Powder Magazine at Famaica 


Money iffued to anfwer Bills of Exchange, drawn on Account of re- 
pairing the Fortifications and Barracks at Semegal and Senegambia — 


Saved by the vacant Pofts of Mafter General, Secretary, Un- 
der Secretary, and Clerk to the Mafter General, for Half a 


Year, ending 30 September 1770 


H. S. Con'way. 


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


Mr. Thrale prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue for a further Time, an Act made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act to continue and amend an Act made in 
the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Jre/and, for a limited Time, 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/h Dominions in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill| be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Thurfday the 24th Day of Fanuary next. 


Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Com- 


mittee, to whom the Petition of the Commiffioners of 


Sewers for the Limits extending from Eaft Mouldjey, in 
the County of Surrey, to Ravenjborne, in the County of 
Kent, aéting under a Commiffion iffued in the Firft Year 
of His prefent Majefty, by virtue of an Aé&amp; of Parlia- 
ment of the 23d Year of King Henry the 8th, is re- 
ferred. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of Ways and Means for raifing the Supply 
granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houtfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee, | 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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S nmineeatiinedl 


Charles Frederick. 








A. 1770. 

















ae: bi 
— 1,906 6 — 
ip - 1,354 4 4 
wees eek 937 7 8 
1,934 18 — 
36,433 — 7 
= — 
— 359443 — 7 
£- 294,517 17. 6 
W. R. Earle. 
A. Wilkinfon. Cha’ Cocks. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the feveral Quantities of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, imported from Jreland and America, 
from the Firft Day of Fanuary 1769, as far as the fame 
can be made up. 


A Petition of Thomas Rumbold, of Hill Street, Berkley 
Square, in the County of Middlefex, Efquire, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, at the 
laft Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
Borough of New Shoreham, inthe County of Suffex, Fobn 
Purling, Etquire, William Fames, Efquire, and the Pe- 
titioner, were Candidates ; and that the Petitioner was 
then duly elected, by a very great Majority of the legal 
Voters of the faid Borough ; the Number of Perfons who 
had Right to vote, that polled at the Election, being in 
the Whole 128, of which 87 gave their Voices for 
the Petitioner, 37 for the faid Yobn Purling, and 4 
for the faid William James, and that, notwithitanding 
this Majority in the Petitioner’s Favour, which gave him 
a Right to be returned as duly eleéted tor the faid Bo- 
rough, Hugh Roberts, the Conftable and Returning Of- 
ficer, who prefided at the faid Election, after having 
entered upon the Poll the Names of all the Perfons who 
gave their Voices for the Petitioner, and after having 
adminiftered to them the Bribery Oath (which they fe- 
verally took) in Contempt of the Duty of his Office, 
did, arbitrarily and illegally, and without any Caufe, but 
the wicked Partiality of his own Mind, declare the Votes 
given in Favour of the Petitioner to be illegal, and re- 
turned the faid Fohu Purling as the Perfon duly eleéted 
to ferve as a Burgefs for the faid Borough, in manifeft 
Defiance of the Statutes requiring fair and free Eleétion, 
and to the grievous Injury of the Petitioner: And there- 
fore praying the Houle, to give him fuch Relief as the 
Nature of his Cafe requires, and to inflict fuch Pu- 
nifhment upon the faid Hugh Roberts, the Returning 
Officer, as the Enormity of his Guilt requires. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration upon To-morrow Sevennight, the 11th Day of 
this Inftant December, at Two of the Clock in the Af. 
ternoon, 

Memorandum : 

















11 Gro. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 29 


Memorandum : 

The following Notices were fent to Thomas Ruim- 
bold, and Fobu Purling, Efquires, in Purfuance of 
the Directions of an Act made in the laft Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé&amp; to regulate 
the Trials of Controverted Elections or Returns 
of Members to ferve in Parliament. 


Lune, 3° die Decembris 1770. 


Ordered, That Thomas Rumbcld, Efquire, do, by 
himfelf, his Counfel, or Agent, attend this 
Houfe upon To-morrow Sevennight, the 11th 
Day of this Initant December, at Two of the 
Clock in the Afternoon. 

F. Hatfell; 
Cl. Dom. Com. 


Thomas Rumbeld, Efquire, having this Day pre- 
fented his Petition, complaining, That at the 
laft Eleétion of a Burgefs to ierve in Parl.a- 
ment for the Borough of New Shoreham, in 
the County of Sujffex, which came on the 26th 
Day of November \aft, fobn Purling, Eiquire, 
William ames, Eiquire, and the Petitioner, 
were Candidates ; and that the Petitioner was 
then duly elected by a great Majority oi the 
legal Voters of the faid Borough; the Num- 
ber of Perfons who had a Right to vote, that 
polled at the Eleétion, being in the Whole 
128, of which 87 gave their Voices for the 
Petitioner, 37 for the faid Fobn Purling, and 
4 for the faid Wiiham James ; and that, not- 
withftanding this Majority in the Petitioner’s 
Favour, which gave him a Right to be re- 
turned as duly eleéted for the faid Borough, 
Hugh Roberts, the Conftable and Returning 
Officer, who prefided at the faid Election, af- 
ter having entered upon the Pctl, the Names 
of all the Perfons who gave their Voices for 
the Petitioner, and after having admuniftered 
to them the Bribery Oath, which they feve- 
rally took, in Contempt of the Duty of his 
Office, did, arbitrarily and illegally, and with- 
out any Cau‘e, but the wicked Partiality of 
his own Mond, declare the Votes given in 
Favour of the Petitioner to be illegal, and re- 
turned the faid Fohbn Purling as the Perfon 
duly eleéted to ferve as a Burgefs for the faid 
Borough, in manifeft Defiance of the Statutes 
requiring fair and free Election, and to the 
srievous Injury of the Petitioner; and the 
Houfe having appointed To morrow Seven- 
night, the rith Day of this Inftant December, 
at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, to take 
the faid Petition into Confideration, you are 
therefore to take Notice, That the Houle will, 
at that Time, take the fame Petition into 
Confideration. 

Given under my Hand, this 3d Day 
of December 1770. 


‘l. Norton, Speaker, 


To Thomas Rumbold, Eiquire. 


The like Notice to Joba Purliag, Efquire. 


Mr. Fenkinfon prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bili for the better Supply of Mariners and Sea- 
men, to ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and on 
Board Merchant Ships and other Trading Ships and 
Veffels : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

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

And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 

ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 4° die Decembris; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIi Regis, 1770, 


PRAYERS. 


BILL for the better Supply of Mariners and 
A Seamen, to ferve in His Majeity’s Ships of War, 
and on board Merchant Ships and other Trading Ships 
and Veffels, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin 
Crinfoz, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz. 

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


The Earl of Catherlough reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition ot the Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and Inhabitants, of the Counties of Warwick 
and Worcefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
and of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution an Act of Parliament paiied in the Seventh Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from Spernal Afb, 
in the County of Warwick, through Siudley, to a Street 
called Digbeth, in the ‘town of Birmingham, whofe 
Names are alfo thereunto fubfcribed, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Tabie: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. . 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was produced, and read: And 

Mr. Thomas Haynes, being examined, faid, That the 
Truftees appointed by the faid Ac have borrowed 
£. 3,000, the Sum they were limited to by the Ad, 
and have applied the fame towards repairing the faid 
Road, which is ftill very bad in many Places, and can- 
not be completely repaired, unlefs the Term and Powers 
of the Act are continued and enlarged, and the Truftees 
empowered to borrow a further Sum of Money :—And 
he produced a Book kept by the Clerk to the faid Truf- 
tees, whereby it appeared, that the Whole of the Money 
borrowed remains unpaid; and that the Treafurer has 
expended £. 300 and upwards, more than he has re- 
ceived on Account of the Truft. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in the 
Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for 
repairing and widening the Road from Spernal Afh, in 
the County of Warwick, to a Street called Digheth, in 
the Town of Birmingham: And that the Earl of Cather- 
lough, the Lord Beauchamp, and Mr. Skipwith, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 

A Petia 








40 
A Petition of Sir Herbert Perrott Pakington, Baronet, 
Lord of the Manor of Ayle/bury, in the County of Bucks, 
Sir William Lee, Baronet, Leflee of the Great Tithes, Deci- 
mus Reynolds, Clerk, Vicar, and the feveral Owners and 
Proprietors of Lands and Grounds within the Common 
Fields of Aylefbury aforefaid, in the County of Bucks, 
whofe Hands are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That within the 
Townfhip and Liberty of Ayle/bury aforefaid, there are 
feveral Open and Common Fields, containing about 
Seventeen hundred Acres of Arable, Pafture, Meadow, 
and other Commonable Lands, over which the Petitioners 
and other Proprietors thereof have Right of Common 
at certain Times, and a certain and determinate Stint, 
exclufive of all other Perfons whatfoever ; and that the 
Lands of the Petitioners, and other Proprietors of the 
faid Open and Common Fields, lie intermixed and dif- 
perfed in fmall Parcels, and inconveniently fituated, 
and fo long as the fame lie open and uninclofed, are 
incapable of Improvement, and it would be advan- 
tageous to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Common 
Grounds, and Commonable I.ands, within the Town- 
fhip and Liberties of Ayle/bury, in the County of Bucks, 
or that the Petitioners may have fuch other. Relief in 
the Premifes as to the Houfe may feem fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Hanmer and Mr. Lowndes do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Churchwardens and Over- 
feers of the feveral Parifhes of Saint Aldates, otherwife 
Saint Tolls, All Saints, Saint Ebbe’s, Saint Giles’s Holy- 
well, otherwife Saint Crofs, Saint Fobn’s, Saint Mary 
Magdalen, Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Peter’s in the 
Eaft, Saint Martin’s, Saint Michael’s, Saint Peter le 
Bailey, Saint Thomas, otherwife Saint Nicholas, and Bin- 
Jey, in the City of Oxford, and of the Parifh of Bridge- 
fett, otherwife Saint Clement’s, near the faid City, and of 
feveral other Inhabitants of the faid City and Parifh, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Poor in the City of Oxford and Parifh afore- 
faid are very numerous, and are maintained and fup- 
ported at a great Expence by their refpective Parifhes 
and Places ; and that the granting of proper Powers 
for the better Government and Regulation of the Poor 
of the faid City and Parifh, and providing a Place for 
their general Reception, will tend to their more effec- 
tual Affiftance and Relief, and be a great Eafe and Con- 
venience to the Petitioners, and an Advantage to the Pub- 
lic: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for better regulating the Poor within the 
faid feveral Parifhes ot Saint Aldates, otherwife Saint Tolls, 
All Saints, Saint Ebbe’s, Saint Giles’s Holywell, other- 
wife Saint Crofs, Saint Fobn’s, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint 
Mary the Virgin, Saint Peter in the Eaft, Saint Martin’s, 
Saint Maichael’s, Saint Peter le Bailey, Saint Themas, 
otherwife Saint Nicholas, and Binfey, within the City of 
Oxford, and Parifh of Bridgefett, otherwife Saint Cle- 
ment’s, near the faid City, and for providing a Place for 
their general Reception, by fuch Means, and under fuch 
Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa. 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Nares, Mr. Penton, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfois, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, to 


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whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
A&amp; made in the Second Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing and wi- 
dening the High Road leading from the North End of 
Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, 
to the South Gate in Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the faid 
County, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second ‘Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. . 

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


A Petition of George William Earl of Coventry, Lord 
of the Manor of Hil! Crocme, in the County of Worcefter, 
and the humble Petition of feveral Freeholders and 
Owners of Lands, within the Parith of Hil] Croome afore- 
faid, on Behalf of themfelves and others, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are 
within the faid Manor and Parifh feveral Open Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands, 
which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any 
confiderable Improvement; and that, if the fame were 
divided and inclofed, it would be a great Benefit to the 
Petitioners and the other Owners thereof, and Perfons 
interefted therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the fame, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Re- 
gulations, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Coventry and Mr. Thomas Edwards Freemau do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Pe- 
tition; and had directed him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; Fobx 
Colvill, Efquire, being examined, faid, That great Pro- 
grefs has been made towards completing a navigable Ca- 
nal, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde : 

That carrying the faid Canal through the feveral 
Places defcribed in the Petition, will be of greater Con- 
venience to the Public, than carrying the fame in the 
Manner directed by the faid Act: That by this Means 
the Navigation will be brought feveral Miles nearer to 
the Town of Gla/gow, will be completed at much the 
fame Expence, and will be more beneficial to Trade 
and Commerce. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act made 
in the Eighth Year of his prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for making and maintaining a navigable 
Cut, or Canal, from the Firth or River of Forth, at or 
near the Mouth of the River of Carron, in the County 
of Stirling, to the Firth, or River of Clyde, at or near 
a Place called Da/muir Burnfoot, in the County of Dum- 
barton; and alfo a collateral Cut from the fame to the 
City of Glafgow; and tor making a navigable Cut, or 
Canal of Communication, from the Port and Harbour 
of Borrow/tounnefs, to join the faid Canal, at or near 
the Place where it wil! fall into the Firth of Forth: And 
that Mr. Dundas, Lord Frederick Campbell, Sir Lawrence 

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Dundas, and Mr. Edmonftone, do prepare, and bring in, 
the tame. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 


the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; . 


he was cailed in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houte, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantities of Whalefins or Whale- 
bone, and Train Oil, imported into, and exported from, 
England, from the Firft Day of January 1768 to the 
roth ef Ooeber 1770, which is as far as the fame can 
be made up ; diftinguifhing the feveral Quantities im- 
ported from, and exported to, each Place. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongit the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Sir Charles WVbitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom it 
was referred to confider of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majefty; the Refolution 
which the Committee had direSted him to report to the 
Houle; which he read in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
which, by an Act of Parliament of the Tenth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, have Continuance to the 
24th Day of June 1771, be further continued, and 
charged upon ail Malt which fhall be made, and all Mum 
which fhail be made or imported, and all Cyder and 
Perry which fhall be made for Sale, within the King- 
com of Great Briicin, from the 23d Day of Fane 1771 
to the 24th Day of Yue 1772. 

The faid Refolution, being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queition put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. 
Charles Townfbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Rodinfon, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


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





Mercurii, 5° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III** Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Hanmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, within the Townfhip and Liber- 
ties of Aylefbury, in the County of Bucks: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Beauchamp reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Charles Colmore, Efquire, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, together with the Re- 
folutions of the Committee thereupon, to the Houfe , 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 

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delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read; and is as followeth; wz. 
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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioner hath fully proved the Allegations of 
his Petition. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
to oblige the Company of Proprietors of the Birming- 
ham Canal Navigation, to complete the faid Canal, to a 
Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the Town of 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, within a Time 
to be limited. 

The Firlt Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee, being 
read a Second Time ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
oblige the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation, to complete the faid Canal, to a Field 
called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the Town of Bir- 
minghain, in the County of Warwick, within a ‘Time to 
be limited: And that the Lord Beauchamp, Mr. Mon- 
tagu, Mr. Duaning, Mr. Skipwith, Mr. Ryder, and Mr. 
Penton, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majeity, intituled, An Act for repairing and 
widening the High Road leading from the North End 
of Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suf- 
folk, to the South Gate in Bury Saint Edmunds, in the 
faid County, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac&amp; for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Second Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing and 
widening the High Road leading from the North End of 
Ballingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, 
to the South Gate in Bury Saint Edinunds, in the faid 
County. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Bunbury do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgefles, 
of the Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, un- 
der their Common Seal, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
Tiaders, and Inhabitants, within the faid Borough, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, That a Petition 
of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitants 
of the faid County of Berks, has been prefented to the 
Houle, for a Bill for making a Navigable Canal, from 
the faid Borough, to Monkey Ifland, in the fame County ; 
and that thefe Petitioners have experienced many Incon- 
veniencies, for Want of fuch Navigable Canal: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in the faid Bill, and that the fame may pats into a Law, 
under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clergy, ahd others, 
of the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Gerard Portman, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

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Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, a Lift 
of all the Commiffioned Officers now ferving in the Mi- 
litia of this Kingdom; {tating the-Counties in which 
they ferve, and their refpective Ranks. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for continuing, and granting to 
His Majefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1771 : And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the B.ll be read a Second Time, 


The Lord Beauchamp reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition ot Charles Fitzroy, Efquire, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houle; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Cierk’s Table: Where the fame was read; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition ; Mr. 
Fames Crow, Surveyor, being examined, faid, That there 
is a Foot Path, containing about Forty Chains in Length, 
which Jeads from Sherwick’s Farm Houfe, in the Parifh 
of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlefex, along cer- 
tain Fields or Meadows, belonging to the Petitioner, 
called Home Field, the Four Acres, F “ourteen Acres, and 
Great Furze Field, near the South Welt Side of the Road 
from Hampftead to Highgate, and joins the faid Road at 
a Stile in the North Weft Corner of Furze Field afore- 
faid: That the Petitioner is willing, at his own Expence, 
to make a good Foot Way, or Path, along the South 
Weit Side of the faid Road from Sherwick’s Farm Houfe, 
to the Stile at the North Weft Corner of Furze Field 
aforefaid, and to oblige himfelt, his Heirs, and Affigns, 
at his and their own Expence, to keep and maintain the 
fame in good Repair for ever, if the Foot Path over the 
faid Fields thall be fhut up and difcontinued: And the 
Witnefs further faid, That there is alfo a Foot Path, 
which leads from or near the Ponds upon Hampftead 
Heath, over certain Fields, or Meadows, belonging to 
the Petitioner, called Lower Eight Acres, Eight Acres, 
and Home Field, for the Diftance of Twenty-fix Chains 
and Forty Links, or thereabouts, to Highgate, which is 
not an ancient Foot Path, and is in many Refpeéts in- 
convenient ; that the fhutting up of which will be no 
Detriment to any body, as there is another which leads 
from the fame Point on Hampftead Heath, to Highgate 
aforefaid; and which is fhorter and more convenient than 
that which leads over hey Fields, or Meadows aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
impower Charles Tit ale Efquire, to fhut up certain 
Foot Paths in the Parifh of Saint Pancras, alias Kentifh 
Town, in the County of Middlefex ; ; and to oblige him 

to make, and keep in Repair for the future, a Foot Path 
in Liew thereof : And that the Lord Beauchamp and Mr. 
Thomas Townfbend, Junior, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the better Supply of Mariners and 
Seamen, to ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and 
o1 board Merchant Ships, and other T rading Ships and 
Veffels, be now read. 

ie nd the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

he Houle refolved itfelf into the fai¢ Committee. 

M Ir. Speaker left the Chair. 

t Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
idgcee ie 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
hat they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; ; which they had directed him 


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44.1770. 


to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to reiolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for -raifing ‘the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, Vhat this Houte will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of “the Common Council, of the City of 
Londom, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houte, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Taking Notice cf the 
Petition of John, Robert, fames, and Wiliam Adam, and 
James Payne, Architects, Dorothy Monck, Widow, Clemen- 
tina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kischiner. Coal Mer- 
chant, for Leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing them to 
take in, inclofe, and embank, fo much and fuch Part of the 
North Part of the River ames, within the Bay or Hollow 
of the Bend, or Angle, between Wejiminfter Bridge and 
the New Bridge at Black Fryars, as to the Houfe fhail feem 
proper; and fetting forth, That the Office of Bailiff and 
Confervator of the {aid River, within certain Limits, within 
which that Part of the faid River propoted to be taken in, 
inclofed, and embanked, is fituate, is vefted in the Mayor 
and Commonalty and Citizens of the City or Lon./on, to 
be executed and exercifed by the Mayor of the iaid 
City for the Time being, or by his fufficient Deputies ; 
and that the faid Robert and James Adam, Fames P Gyne, 
and William Kitchiner, having lately encroached upon the 
faid River, by throwing in “Earth and Rubbifh in that 
Part. thereof which adjoins to Durham Yard, Saliflury 
Street, and Beaufort Bu‘ldings, in the Strand, Bills of Ine 
dictment have been preferred, by the Direction of Barlow 
Trecothick, Efquire, the late Mayor of the faid City, as 
Confervator of the faid River, and have been {feverally 
found againft them, for their refpective Offences by the 
Jury, at a Court of Confervancy, and the fame are re- 
moved, by Writs of Certiorari, into His Majefty’s Court 
of King’ s Bench, at the Inftance of the Petitioners ; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend, if a Law fhould ‘pals, 
enabling and authorizing the faid Yobn, Robert, Fames, 
and William Adam, and Fames Payne, Dorothy Monck, 
Clementina Pawfon, and William Kitchiner, to take in, 
inclofe, and embank the faid River, the fame would 
be an Infringement of the Rights of the Petitioners, very 
prejudicial to the Trade and Navigation of the faid 
River, and injurious to the Public: And therefore 
praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, by their 
Coun! el, again{t the faid Petition, and may receive fuch 


Relief as the Nature of their Cafe fhall require, and to 


the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Crdered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of Fobn, Robert, Fames, and William Adam, and Fames 
Payne, Architeéts, Dorothy Monck, Widow, Clementina 
Pawfon, Widow, and /Villiam Kitchiner, Coal Merchant, 
is referred ; and that thefe Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of tht faid former Petition, againt{t 
the Petition now prefented. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to report their Opinion 

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to the Houfe, upon the Matters contained in the faid 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Cattle imported into Great 
Britain, from Ireland, fince the toth OGober 1766; di- 
{tinguifhing the feveral Sorts imported in each Year ; 
as far as the fame can be made up. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantity of Tallow imported and ex- 
ported, from 1ft Fanuary 176g, as far as the fame can 
be made up ; diftinguifhing the Foreign Tallow from the 


Trifh. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of Thomas 
Rumbold, of Hill Street, Berkley Square, in the County 
of Middlefex, Eiguire, which was prefented to the Houle 
upon Monday laft, might be again read. 

And the fame b-ing read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Hugh Roberts, the Conftable and Re- 
turni:g Officer for the Borough of New Shorebam, in 
the County of Sufex, do attend this Houle upon Tue/day 
Morning next, with the original Poll taken by him at 
the lat Election, on the 26th Day of November latt. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant, or 
Warrants, for fuch Perfons, Papers, and Records, as 
fhall be thought neceffary by the feveral Parties, on the 
Hearing of the Matter of the faid Petition of Zhomas 
Rumbeld, Efquire. 


A Petition of ohn March, Richard Chifwell, William 
Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William Ewer, and 
James Lee, Efquires, the Truttees of a Charity founded 
by Sir John Morden, Baronet, deceafed, for the Benefit 
and Support of decayed Merchants, commonly called 
Morden College, fituate near Blackheath, in the Parith of 
Charlion, and County of Kent, being offered to be pre- 
fented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houle, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, gives his 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read; 
Setting forth, That his late Majefty King Wilham the 
Third, by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal of 
England, bearing Date the 4th Day of November, in the 
rith Year of his Reign, for the Confideration therein 
mentioned, did grant to, or in Truft for, the faid Sir 
ohn Morden, his Heirs and Afiigns for ever, the Manor 
or Lordfhip of Old Court, with the Lands thereto be- 
longing, in the Parifh of Eaff Greenwich, and County 
of Kent; and that the faid Sir ohn Morden, intending to 
make fome Provifion for the Comfort and Support of 
aged and decayed Merchants, erected, at his own Ex- 
pence, a Houle, or College, near Blackheath, for their 
Reception; and, by his laft Will and Teftament, bear- 
ing Date the 9th Day of March 1702, he gave and de- 
vifed all his Real Eftates to certain Truftees, and their 
Heirs and Affigns, for ever, in Truft for the Ufe of the 
{aid College, and for the Maintenance and Support of 
poor aged and decayed Merchants of England, whole 
Fortunes had been ruined by the Perils of the Sea, and 
other unavoidable Accidents ; and that the Petitioners, 
by virtue of divers Mefne Affignments and Conveyances 
in the Law, are now feifed ot the faid Manor or Lord- 
fhip of Old Court, and of the other Real Fitates of the 
faid Sir John Morden, in Truft, for the Benefit of the 
Charity fo founded by him; and that the Truftees of 
the Charity for the Time being have, at various ‘Times, 
poiicficd divers Parts of a certain Parcel of Land, in 
the Parith of Ea Greenwich, called Maidenftone Hill, on 
an Apprehenfion that the fame was Part of the Lordfhip 
or Manor of O/d Court, and have, at various Times, 
grenied Leafes of feveral Parts of the fame to fundry 

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Perfons, who have erected Houfes thereon ; but the faid 
Hill having been claimed, on Behalf of His Majefty, as 
being Part of His Royal Manor of Eaf Greenwich, In- 
formations of Intrufion have been exhibited, by His 
Majefty’s Attorney General, in the Court of Exchequer, 
againit feveral of thole Leffees; and that, in order to 
compromife the faid Matter, and to fave Expence to the 
Charity, it has been agreed, between the Surveyor Ge- 
neral of His Majefty’s Lands, on Behalf of His Majefty 
of the one Part, and the Petitioners on the other, to the 
following Effect , that the Petitioners do adimit the Right 
of the Crown to the faid Hill, and to all other the Waties 
of the faid Manor of Ea? Greenwich; and that they be 
acquitted and difcharged of all Accounts, Claims, and 
Demands whatever, for or in refpect of any Rent, Pro- 
fit, or Advantage, which have been heretofore received 
or made by them, or any of their Predeceffors in the 
faid Truft; and that they have a proper Confent for 
their applying for, and obtaining, an Act of Parliament, 
to indemnify the Petitioners, againft all Suits, Actions, 
Coits, Charges, Damages, and Expences, for and on 
account of their or any of their Predeceffors, in the faid 
Truft, having, without any legal Title, entered into 
Pofleffion of the faid Hill, and exercifed Acts of Owner- 
fhip therein; and alfo to indemnify the Petitioners, their 
Officers, and Servants, touching any Matter or Thing 
relative to the entering inte the faid Agreement; and 
to enable His Majefty to grant to them a Leafe of the 
faid Hill, and of the Houfes and Buildings erected there- 
on, for the Term of 50 Years, without paying any 
Fine for the fame, referving therein One Third Part 
of the Neat Income which they now receive from the 
faid Premifes, as a Yearly Rent; and alfo to enable His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, from Time to Time, 
to grant, unto the Truflees of the faid Charity for the 
Time being, a Leafe or Leafes of the faid Premifles, for 
any further Term or Terms not exceeding 50 Years, 
each referving therein One Third Part of the neat In- 
come, which, at the refpective Times of granting fuch 
fubfequent Leafe or Leafes, they fhall receive from the 
fame, as a Yearly Rent ; and they declare their Willing- 
nefs to be reftrained from taking any Fine for Building 
Leafes, or for Renewals of Leafes of any Houfes already 
built, or to be built on the faid Hill; and that the 
Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafury have 
approved of the faid Agreement, with thefe Reftrictions ; 
that, in fuch Leafe or Leafes, there fhall be contained 
proper Covenants to reftrain the Petitioners, and their Suc- 
ceflors, from erecting any Buildings whatever on any 
Part of the Top or Plain of the Hill, or inclofing any 
Part thereof, without the Confent and Approbation of 
the Crown ; and alfo to reftrain the Truftees of the Cha- 
rity for the Time being from digging, and carryin 

away from off the faid Premifles, any of the Soil, Chalk, 
Lime, Stone, or Gravel, of the faid Hill, or any Part 
thereof ; and from taking any Fine or Fines for Build- 
ing Leafes, or for Renewals of Leafes of Houfes there- 
on; and that the faid Sir Fobn Morden, by his Will, dia 
rected that there fhould be placed in his faid College fo 
many poor Merchants as the clear Yearly Rents and 
Revenue of his Eftates would maintain, allowing to 
each Merchant £. 20 a Year, to be laid out in Provi- 
fions and Neceflaries, as is particularly prefcribed in thé 
Will; and by a Codicil thereto he declared, that the 
faid Penfion fhould be reduced to f.15 a Year; and 
that the Sum of £. 15 a Year is at. this Time too {mall 
and inadequate an Allowance for Provifions and Necef= 
faries for the Perfons intended by the Founder of the 
Charity to be benefited thereby, the fame being but 
little more than what is generally allowed to Perions of 
very low Education and Condition of Life, infomuch 
that many Merchants, who, through Cafualties and Age; 
are reduced to Want, are hindered from applying to 
partake of fo fcanty an Allowance; and that, if the 
i’ctitioners were enabled to increafe the faid Penfion to 


a Sum 





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a Sum not exceeding £. 40 Yearly to each Merchant, it 
would induce proper Objects to apply for Admittance 
into the College, and would tend greatly to the Honour 
and Reputation of a Charity, which is the only one of 
its Kind in this great commercial Nation: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 


Bill to confirm the faid Agreement, and to enable His - 


Majefty to grant to them a Leafe, without Fine, of 
the faid Hill, called Maidenftone Hill, and of the Houfes 
and Buildings erected or to be erected thereon, for the 
Term of 50 Years, according to the beforementioned 
Terms of the faid Agreement; and alfo to enable His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succefiors, from Time to Time, 
to grant unto the Truftees cf the faid Charity for the 
Time being, a Leafe or Leates thereof, for fuch further 
Term or Terms, not exceeding 50 Years each, as to His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succefiors, fhall feem proper, 
under ifuch Regulations and Reftrictions as are beiore 
mentioned ; and to releafe, exonerate, and difcharge, the 
Petitioners and their Succeffors, of and from ail Ac- 
counts, Claims, and Demands, for or in refpect of any 
Rent, or Arrears of Rent, or other Profit or Advantage 
heretofore made by the Truftees of the faid Charity for 
the Time being, for, or in refpe¢ct of the faid Hill, whilft 
they have been in Poffeffion thereof; and alfo to indem- 
nify the Petitioners, their Officers and Servants, for 
what they have done, or fhall do, in and about the com- 
promifing the Matters in Difpute between the Crown 
and them, relating to the faid Hill; and to authorife and 
impower the Petitioners, and the Truftees of the faid 
Charity for the Time being, to increafe the Penfions paid 
to each poor Merchant, to fuch Yearly Sum or Sums as 
they fhall think proper, not exceeding £. 40 to any one 
Perfon in any one Year; or to grant to the Petitioners 
fuch other Relief and Affiftance in the Premifes as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow Se- 
vennight, the 13th Day of this Initant December, re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the faid Petition. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majetfty ; 

Ordered, That the Urdinary Eftimate of His Majetty’s 
Navy, for the Year 1771, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of what 
may be neceffary for the Buildings, Rebuildings, and 
Repairs, of Ships of War, in His Majelty’s and the 
Merchants Yards, and other Extra Works, over and 
above what are propofed to be done upon the Heads of 
Wear and Tear and Ordinary, in the Year 1771, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had direéted him to report, when the Houte will pleate 
to receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majetty. 


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


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A 1970. 


Fovis, 6° die Decembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Lord Beauchamp preiented to the Houfe, aq- 
cording to Order, a Bill to oblige the Company 
of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, to 
complete the faid Canal, to a Fieid called Newall Ring, 
adjoining to the Town of Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, ‘within a Time to be limited: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Beauchamp pref:nted to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to impower Charles Fitzroy, 
Efquire, to fhut up certain Foot Paths, in the Parifh of 
Saint Pancras, alias Kentifh Towz, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and to oblige him to make, and keep in Repair 
for the future, a Foot Path in Lieu thereof: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


The Earl of Catherleugh prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for enlarging the- Term arid 
Powers of an Act made in the Seventh Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Road trom Spernal Afb, in the County of Hcr- 
wick, toa Street called Digbeth, ix the Town cf Bir- 
mingham-: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Merchants and Tradefmen of the 
Port of Kingfton upon Hull, on Behalf of themfelves, and 
more particularly of thofe concerned in the Whale 
Fifhery to Greenland, Davis’s Straits, andthe Seas ad- 
jacent, was prefentea to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That fince paffing the Act for the Encouragement 
of the Greenland Fifhery, that Trade has been carried 
on at the faid Port with only indifferent Succefs ; and, 
as the faid Act will expire at the End of the prefent 
Seffion of Parliament, the Trade can only enjoy the Be- 
nefit of the next Seafon under the prefent A&amp; ; therefore 
it is by Experience found, that the Greenland Trade can- 
not be continued, except a Bounty be allowed, which, if 
continued for a longer ‘Term than has been lately grant- 
ed, it would encourage many more Veflels to be em- 
ployed in the Trade, and would enable the Adventurers 
to export a confiderable Part of the Produce to foreign 
Markets: And therefore praying the Houfe to take the 
Premifes under Confideration, and grant them fuch Re- 
liet as fhali feem moft meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Merchants and Tradefmen of the Port of Liverpool, on 
Behalf of themfelves, and more particularly of thofe 
concerned in the Whale Fifhery to Greenland, Davis’s 
Straits, and the Seas adjacent, is referred: And that 
they do examine the Matter of this Petition ; and 
report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the 
Houte. 


Mr. Plumer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to continue, and render more effectual, an Aét 
paffed in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majetty, for 
repairing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in 
Tring, in the County of Hertford, through Dénjtabie, 
Hitchin, Baldock, anc Royfton, to the Turnpike Road at 
or near Bourn Bridge, and trom the Weft End of /e//- 
bury Lane to the Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Barian, in the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and 

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Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the repairing the 
Roads in the Royfton Diftri&amp;t of Roads in the faid Act 
particularly mentioned, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One ,; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houte. 

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


Mr. Skipwith prefented to the Houfe; according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Stratford upon Avon, in the County of Warwick, to the 
Evefham Turnpike Road, at Norton, in the County of 
Worcefter: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: ~ 


A Petition of the Governors and Directors of the 
Poor, in Behalf of thei felves and the reft of the Inha- 
bitants of that Part of the Parifh of Saint Andrew Hol- 
born, which lies above the Bars, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and the Parifh of Saint George the Martyr, in the 
faid County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Reciting Part of an Act of the 6th Year of His prefent 
Majefty, for the better regulating and employing the 
Poor, and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the 
Parifhes aforefaid; and fetting forth, That, in Confe- 
quence of the faid Aéct, the Governors and Directors 
elected, purfuant thereto, have proceeded to put the 
fame in Execution; and that the faid Aét has been 
found fully and effectually to anfwer every falutary Pur- 
pofe intended thereby, within the faid Parifhes ; and that 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill has been 
brought in, to amend, and render more effectual, feve- 
ral Aéts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, and light- 
ing, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within 
the City and Liberty of Weftminfler, and Parts adjacent; 
and that the Petitioners find, that the faid Parifhes are 
intended to be included in the faid Bill, for all the Pur- 
pofes of paving, cleanfing, and lighting ; and, if the fame 
fhould pafs into a Law, in the Manner thereby propofed, 
it muft, in Effect, amount to a Repeal of the faid 
A&amp; of the 6th of His prefent Majefty, and there- 
by defeat the faid Parifhes of the principal Benefits by 
the faid Aét intended ; and that, if the Powers granted 
by the faid Act of the 6th of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign to the faid Governors and Dire¢ctors were extend- 
ed, and proper Powers given to pave the faid Parithes, 
as well as to light and cleanfe the fame, it would effec- 
tually anfwer every falutary End, within thofe Parithes, 
which can be poflibly effected by the Bill now propofed 
by the Weftminfter Commiffioners, and in a more eafy 
and commodious, and, as the Petitioners conceive, in a 
much lefs expenfive, Manner: And therefore praying, 
That the faid Bill, fo far as it relates to the lighting, 
cleanfing, and paving, the faid Parifhes of Saint Andrew 
Holborn, above the Bars, and Saint George the Martyr, 
may not pafs into a Law; and that the Petitioners may 
be heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, againit being 
included in the faid Bill, and alfo againft fuch Parts 
thereof as the Petitioners conceive may affect the Rights, 
Privileges, and Interefts, of the faid Parifhes. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Rulers, Auditors, Affiftants, and 
Comptrollers, of the Watermen and Lightermens Com- 
pany, in Behalf of themfelves and the whole Body of 

Vor. XXXIHI. 


Watermen, and their Apprentices, working on the River 
of Thames, in the Port of London, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That there are at pre- 
fent a Variety of Laws in being, for the Government of 
the faid Company, and to regulate other Matters rela- 
tive thereto, which effentially concern the Public ; and 
that, in Confequence of the faid Laws, or fome of them, 
feveral Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders, have been made, 
for the better regulating of the Company, and other 
Purpofes relating thereto, and to the Watermen in ge- 
neral working on the River Tames, fome of which Laws, 
Bye Laws, Rules, and Orders, are become obfolete, 
others, from a Variety of Caufes that have arifen fince 
the making thereof, are become inadequate to anfwer 
the good Ends intended thereby ; and the faid Laws are 
in feveral Refpeéts defective ; and that the Petitioners 
apprehend it would be of public Benefit, if all the Laws 
relating to the faid Company were reduced into one, and 
explained and amended where neceffary : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for fuch Purpofes ; and that fuch further and other Re- 
lief may be given in the Premifes, as to the Houte fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Alderman Townfend, Six Robert Ladbroke, Mr. Alder- 
man Harley, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, and Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Medley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Lowick, in the County 
of Northampton, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments,. be 
ingrofled, _ ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Townfend do make the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Inhabitants of the Precinct of Saint Catherine, in 
the County of Middlefex, was referred. 

Mr. Alderman Town/end accordingly reported from 
the faid Committee, That the Committee had examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition; which they had directed 
to be reported to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the. Allegations of the faid Petition; Mr. 
James Clare, being examined, faid, That the Streets, 
Lanes, and other Places within the faid Precinét (except 
fuch Part as is paved by virtue of an Act of the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty) are become dangerous, 
and that feveral Nufances and Incroachments have been 
made therein; and that if the faid Precinét was pto- 
perly paved, cleanfed, and lighted, and a regular Watch 
eftablifhed, and alfo Power granted to remove the pre- 
fent Nufances and Incroachments, and to prevent the 
like for the future, it would be a great Benefit to the 
Inhabitants of the faid Precinét. 

_ Mr. Fofepb Harrifon, being examined, confirmed the 
above Evidence. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and 

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watching, fuch Parts of the Precinct of Saint Catherine, 
in the County of Middlefex, as are not included in an 
A&amp; of the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty , and 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein: And 
that Mr. Alderman Townfend and Mr. Serjeant Glynn do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. - 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the feveral Quantities of Salted Beef, 
Pork, Bacon, and Butter, imported into England, from 
Ireland and America, from the sft of Fanuary 1769, to 
the roth of Offober 1770; which is as far as the fame 
can be made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday \aft, for the Second Reading of the Bill to 
continue for a further Time, an Act made in the Eighth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
to continue and amend an Aét, made in the Fifth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, 
from Ireland, for a limited Time; and for allowing the 
Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, 
from the Britifh Dominions in America, for a limited 
Time, upon Thurfday the 24th Day of Fanuary next, 
might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

And the Houfe being informed, That to defer the 
Second Reading of the faid Bill for fo long a Time, 
may, in the prefent Situation of Affairs, be attended 
with great public Inconvenience ; and it being contrary 
to the Order of Proceeding in the Houfe, to appoint an 
earlier Day for fuch Second Reading ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Bill, and to prefent another Bull inftead thereof. 

Ordered, That the Lord Clare, the Lord Beauchamp, 
Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, Mr. Pennant, Colonel 
Barré, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Brickdale, Mr. Thrale, and Mr. 
Byrne, do prepare, and bring in, the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to amend fo much of an Aét, made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; toamend and render more effectual an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Hames the 
Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet of the 
Subjects againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfo- 
ever, as relates to the profecuting His Majefty’s Right, 
Title, or Claim, to any Lands, Tenements, or Heredi- 
taments, within the Manor of Eaft Greenwich, in the 
County of Kent, or to any Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diftriét, 
or Liberty, of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or 
to any the Appurtenances to the fame, therein men- 
tioned, be now read. 

And the fdid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do make Provifion in the faid Bill, 
that nothing therein contained fhall in any refpect ex- 
tend to affeét, or influence the Conftru€ion of, the Claufe 
contained in the faid Act; whereby a Liberty is given to 
Grantees of the Crown to profecute their Claims within 
a limited Time. 

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


Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 


4.1770. 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe wilt pleafe to receive the fame. 


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


A Bill for continuing, and granting to His Majefty, 
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
for the Service of the Year 1772, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day the 
24th Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider of the feveral Laws now 
in being, for the Encouragement of the Britis White 
Herring Fifhery. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for the better Supply of Mariners and Seamen, to 
ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and on Board Mer- 
chant Ships, and other Trading Ships and Veffels, was 
committed ; the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill, and which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty ; the Refolutions which the Committee had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred Seventy- 
eight thoufand Seven hundred and Fifty-two Pounds 
Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence, be granted to His 
Majefty, for the Ordinary of the Navy, including Half- 
pay to Sea and Marine Officers, for the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four hundred Twenty-three 
thoufand, Seven hundred and Forty-feven Pounds, be 
granted to His Majefty, towards the Buildings, Ré- 
buildings, and Repairs, of Ships of War in His Ma- 
jefty’s Yards, and other Extra Works, over and above 
what are propofed to be done upon the Heads of Wear 
and Tear and Ordinary, for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

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


The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Votes, 
of the 14th Day of November lait, that the Grand Com- 
mittee for Courts of Juftice do fit every Saturday in the 
Afternoon, in the Houfe, might be read. 

And the famic being read accordingly ; 


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A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the 
Adminiftration of Criminal Juftice, and the Proceedings 
of the Judges of Weftminfter Hall, particularly in Caies 
relating to the Liberty of the Prefs, and the Coniftitu- 
tional Power and Duty of Juries ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth, 


Captain Phipps, i 
‘Telless fer the: Seas, } Mr. AldermanT own/fend: 7° 


Tellers for the Noes, } = Pi t 184. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


And then the Houfe, having continued to fit till after 
‘Twelve of the Clock on Friday Morning, ad- 
journed till this Morning, Ten of the Clock. 





[ 
Veneris, 7° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*' Regis, 1770. 
PRAYERS. 


ORéred, That the Order, made upon the 15th Day of 

November \aft, for referring the Petition of the Mer- 
chants and Tradefinen of the Port of Liverpool, on Be- 
half of themfelves, and more particularly of thofe con- 
cerned in the Whale Fifhery to Greenland, Davis's Straits, 
and the Seas adjacent, to the Confideration of a Com- 
mittee, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be withdrawn. 


An ingrofed Bill to continue, and render more ef- 
fectual, an Act paffed in the Ninth Year of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing the Roads leading from the Turn- 
pike Road in Zring, in the County of Hertford, through 
Dunftable, Hitchin, Baldock, and Royfton, to the Turn- 
pike Road at or near Bourn Bridge, and from the Weft 
End of Wellbury Lane, to the Turnpike Road at the 
South End of Barton, in the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, 
Bedford, and Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the 
repairing the Roads in the Roy/fon Diftriét of Roads, in 
the faid Act particularly mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 
~ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
‘An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, an Act 
paffed in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majetty, forrepair- 
ing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in Tring, 
in the County of Hertford, through Dunflable, Hitchin, 
Baldock, and Royfton, to the Turnpike Road at or near 
Bourn Bridge, and from the Weft End of Welloury Lane, 
to the Turnpike Road at the South End of Barton, in 
the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and Cambridge, 
fo far as the fame relates to the repairing the Roads in 
the Royfton Diftrict of Roads, in the faid AG particu- 
larly mentioned. 

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


A Petition of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, 
Lord of the Manor of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock 
Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop; 
and Patron of the Vicarage of the Parifh Church, and 
Impropriator of the Great Tithes, of Much Wenlock, 
otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, and 
alfo Proprietor of great Part of the Lands lying in 
the faid Manor, as alfo of the Common Fields lying in 
the faid Manor and Parifh, and” alfo of a certain Traé 
of Land called Weftwood Common, the Reverend Stephen 
Prytherch, Clerk, Vicar of the faid Parifh, and of Sir 
Robert Lawley, Baronet, Sir Richard Affon, Baronet, 


Brooke Forefter, Efquite; Robert More, Efquire, Dudhy 
Ackland, Efquire, Thomas Yate, Eiquire,; Thomas Bate- 
man Perkins, Efquire, Fobn Littlchales, Efquire, Fob 
Windfor, Efquire, George Morrall, Catherine Dawley, 
Widow, Thomas Howells, Junior, Fobn Oliver, Ifaae 
Day, Fobn Bromley, and Thomas Page, and Mary his 
Wife, Proprietors of Lands within the faid Manor and 
Parifh; on Behalf of themfelves and others interefted 
therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, within the faid Manor and Parifh, there are 
cergain Open and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and Paf- 
ture Ground, -and alfo a large Tract of Wafte Land, 
called Weftwood Common, containing by Eftimation 350 
Acres, or thereabouts, and alfo feveral Inclofed Grounds, 
the Property of which, as weil as feveral Roads leadin 
to fundry Lands, are not at prefent fully afcertained ; 
and that the faid Lands lie intermixed, and in their pre- 
fent Situation are incapable of Improvement; and it 
would be advantageous to all Perfons interefted in the 
faid Lands and Common, to have the fame divided; 
inclofed, and laid together, and a fpecific Share thereof 
allotted to the feveral Owners, according to their re- 
{pective Intere(ts and Properties therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the faid Common and 
Common Fields, within the faid Manor and Parith ; and 
alfo for afcertaining the Property of each of the refpec- 
tive Owners in and to the faid Inclofed Grounds and 
Roads, in fuch Manner as to the Houle hall feem meet. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bil); 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. Kynafton and Mr. Morton do prepare, and bring in; 
the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Open Fields; Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Lowick; in the 
County of Northamptcn, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Lowick, in the County 
of Northampton. | 

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


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Birtwijftle, Clerk; 
Rector of the Parifh and Parifh Church of Skirbeck, in 
the County of Lincoln, Willoughby Wood, Daniel Douglas, 
and Robert Barlow, Efquires, William Garfit and James 
Ellis, on the Behalf of themfelves and otheis, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there is a certain Common Fen, belonging to Skirbeck 
Quarter, in the Parifh of Skirdeck and County of Lincoln; 
containing 277 Acres or thereabouts, whereon the Peti- 
tioners and others, Owners of Commonable Houfes and. 
Toftiteads, in Skirbeck Quarter aforefaid, have Right of 
Common, which, in its prefent Situation, can be of little 
Profit or Advantage to the Petitioners; but, if the fame 
was divided and inclofed, it would be of confiderable 
Benefit, Advantage, and Convenience, to the Petition- 
ers and others interefted thereiti: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
dividiag, and inclofing the faid Fen, in fuch Manner; 
and under fuch Regulations; as to the Houfe fhall feem 
mect. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of tle faid Petition: And that 
Lord Robert Bertie, Lord Brownlow Bertie, and Mr. Am- 
cotts; do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to continue for a 
further Time, an Act made in the Eighth Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aét to continue 
and amend an Aét, made in the Fifth Year of the _ 








48 


of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for Impor- 
tation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from 
Ireland, for a limited Time; and for allowing the Impor- 
tation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from 
the Britifh Dominions in America, for a limited Time: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Monday Morning next. 


A Bill to amend, and render more effectual, feveral 
Aéts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within 
the City and Liberty of Wefminfter, and Parts adjacent, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Edmonjftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. . 

The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the Go- 
vernors and Dire¢tors of the Poor, in Behalf of them- 
felves arid the reft of the Inhabitants of that Part of the 
Parith of Saint Andrew Holborn, which lies above the 
Bars, in the County of Middlefex, and the Parifh of Saint 
George the Martyr, in the faid County, which was Yef- 
terday prefented to the Houfe, and then ordered to lie 
upon the Table, until the faid Bill be read a Second 
Time, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City of 
London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That, 
by an Act made in the 7th Year of His prefent Majetty’s 
Reign, for completing the Bridge crofs the River 
Thames, from Blackfriars, in the City of London, to the 
oppofite Side, in the County of Surrey, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, it is Enacted, That all and 
every the Tolls, which then were or fhould be payable, 
by virtue of any Act of Parliament, or Prefcription, for 
the Paflage over London Bridge, and for the Paflage 
over the faid intended Bridge at Blackfriars, fhould 
have Continuance, and be paid and payable to the 
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of 
London, until they fhould, by and out of the Net Pro- 
duce thereof; from the 29th Day of September 1770, re- 
ceive and be reimburfed all fuch Sum or Sums of 
Money, as they fhould have advanced in Payment of 
the Annuities by the faid A&amp; directed to be paid, or for 
the Redemption thereof, together with Intereft for the 
fame ; but after fuch Reimburfement fhould have been 
made and completed, the faid Tolls fhould ceafe and 
determine; and that, by the faid Act, the Sum of 
£. 30,000 was granted for the Redemption of the faid 
Tolls of London Bridge, which Sum is now remaining 
in the Chamber of London, for that Purpofe; and the 
Petitioners were thereby empowered to treat and agree 
with the Leflee, and other Perfon or Perfons interefted 
in the Leafe, of the faid Tolls, for the Purchafe of the 


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A. 1796. 


fame, and of all Profits, Advantages, and Emoluments, 
arifing, or to arife, from the faid Leafe; and, that the 
Petitioners have treated with the Leffee 6f the faid Tolls 

but find, that by Reafon of the Increafe of the faid Toll 
fince the Paffing of the faid A&amp;, the faid Sum of £. 30,000 
is not fufficient to purchafe the faid Leafe, together with 
the Inheritance of the faid Tolls ; and that, by the faid 
Act, a Power is given to the Petitioners, to grant unto 
the Owners of the Frechold and Inheritance of the 
Houfes fronting any Pafflage to be improved by virtue 
of the faid Act, Licence, under their Common Seal. : to 
build upon, and inclofe.fo much of the Ground ‘ond 
Soil, in the Front of their refpective Houfes, as the 
Petitioners fhouid judge fit and proper to be built upon 

for the Purpofes in the faid Aé&amp;t mentioned ; and that the 
Owners of the Freehold and Inheritance of fome of the 
Houfes fronting fome of the Paflages fo to be improved 
are not to be found, or are unwilling to build upon 
and inclofe the Ground and Soil in che Front of their 
faid Houfes, when, at the fame Time, the Perfons poi- 
feffed of, or interefted in, the faid Houfes for a Term 
or Terms of Years, are defirous to build upon and in- 
clofe the faid Ground, if they might be legally licenfed 
and authorized fo to do, whereby the complete Build- 
ing of the Streets, Ways, or Paffages, is prevented or 
delayed, to the great Nufance and Disfigurement there- 
of: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to explain and amend fo much of 
the faid Act as relates ta the Redemption of the 
faid Tolls of Loudon Bridge, and to the {aid Power of 
granting fuch Licences as aforefaid, or to grant the 
Petitioners fuch other Relief in the Premifes, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, with their 
Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir 
Robert Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 


‘ Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Per- 


fons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. De Sante do attend this Houfe 
upon Monday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Mr. ames Benfon do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Supply of Mariners 
and Seamen, to ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, 
and on board Merchant Ships, and other ‘Trading Ships 
and Veffels, was read the Third Time. " 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better Supply of Mariners and Sea- 
men, to ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and on 
board Merchant Ships, and other Trading Ships and 
Vefiels. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Gerard Portman. 
was read the Third Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Gerard Portman. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe 
upon the Bill for continuing, and granting to His Ma- 
jefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1771, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
ae That they have Power to receive a Claufe of 

redit. 


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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to 
dire&amp;t that the Deficiency, which fhall be on the-25th 
Day of March 1771, of the Incomes of the Duties on 
Malt granted for the Year 1769, to fatisfy Principal 
and Intereft charged thereupon, be made good out of 
the Supplies for the Year 1771. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Vou. XXXIII. 


49 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, 
made in the Twenty-fourth Year of King George the 
Second, for repairing the Road leading from Weft La- 
vington to The Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, 
in the County of Wilts, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Penrud- 
dock, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to His Majefty, 
\ cee. ftated the 5th Day of April 1770: And 
alfo, 
Surpluffes, ftated the roth Day of Ofober 1770. 
And the Titles of the faid Surpluffes were read. 
The faid Surpluffes are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion ; and the Abftracts thereof 
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Ordereds 


Vou, XXXII, 


JO d1[0g saipog ‘suojsag qje Aq ajqeded saryng pue sajyey jesaaay oy] 








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54 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the who:e Houfe,.to whom the Bill to 
amend fo much of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to amend, 
and render more effectual, an Act made in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firit, intituled, 
An Aét for the general Quiet of the Subjects, againit all 
Pretences of Concealment whatfoever, as relates to the 
profecuting His Majefty’s Right, Title, or Claim, to any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Manor 
of Eajt Greenwich, in the County of Kent, or to any 
Meffuages, Lahds, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within 
the Precinét, Diftria&amp;t, or Liberty, of The Savoy, in the 
County of Middlefex, or to any the Appurtenances to the 
fame, therein mentioned, was committed, the Amend- 
ments, which the Committee had made to the Bill, 
and which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and af. 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingroffed. 


A Petition of the feveral Inhabitants of the Burghs 
of Campbeltown, Ayr, Irvine, Rothfay, and Dumbarton, 
and of the Town of Greenock, thereunto fub{cribing, on 
Behalf of themfelves and others in Scotland, concerned 
in the White Herring Fifhery, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, in the 23d 
Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, a Bounty of Thirty 
Shillings per Ton was given to all Veffels employed in 
the White Herring Fifhery, fitted out in the Manner 
prefcribed by the faid A&amp;t, which Bounty, in the zoth 
Year of the faid Reign, was-increafed to Fifty Shillings 
per Ton, payable out of the Cuftoms,; and that the 
Petitioners, under the Faith of having the faid Bounty 
regularly paid, have, at a great Expence, carried on 
the faid Fifhery, to a confiderable Extent; but are 
in fuch Difficulties, from the Deficiency of the Fund 
allotted for the Payment of this Bounty, that they will 
be obliged to give up this valuable Branch of Trade, 
unlefs the Payment of the faid Bounty fhall be put on 
fome better Footing: And therefore praying the Houfe 
to take the Premifes into Confideration, and give the 
Petitioners fuch Redrefs therein as fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom it is referred to confider of the feveral Laws 
now in being, for the Encouragement of the Britih 
White Herring Fithery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Buffes which have been 
cleared out for the White Herring Fifhery, at the fe- 
veral Ports in Scotland, from the 5th Day of Fanuary 
1770, as far as the fame can be made up ; together with 
the Number of Men, the Tonnage, and the Quantity 
ot Fith taken, and the Amount of the Bounties which 
have been paid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Monies which have been certified to be 
due, and are now in Arrear, as the Bounty on Buffes 
fitted out for the White Herring Fifhery, in Scotland, 
from the 5th Day of Yanuary 1770. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Monies which have been produced out 
of His Majefty’s Cuftoms in Scotland, and are appli- 
cable to the:Payment of the Bounties on Veflels em- 


7S oe 
A. J / / Oo + 
ployed in the White Herring Fifhery, from the 25th 
Day of December 1770. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Amount of the Bounties which have been 
paid by the Receiver General of His Majefty’s Cuftoms, 
in England, on the Britifh White Herring Fifhery, from 
the 5th Day of fanuary 1770, as far as the fame can be 
made up. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Buffes which have been cleared 
out tor the White Herring Fifhery, at the feveral Ports 
in Great Britain, from the 5th Day of Fanuary 1770, as 
far as the fame can be made up, with the Number of 
Men, Tonnage, and Quantity ot Fith taken. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Monies which have been produced out of 
His Majefty’s Cuftoms in England, and are applicable 
to the Payment of the Bounties for the White Herring 
Fifhery, trom the 5th Day of Fanuary 1770, as far as 
the fame can be made up. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majetty ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Guards, Garifons, and other His Majefty’s Land Forces, 
in Great Britain, from 25th December 1770, to 24th 
December 1771, both Days inclufive, being 365 Days, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of His Ma- 


jefty’s Forces in the Plantations and Africa, including 


thofe in Garifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, from the 
25th December 1770, to the 24th December 1771, both 
Days inclufive, being 365 Days, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Dif- 
ference of Pay between the Britifh and Irifh Eftablifh- 
ments of Five Battalions and Four Companies of Foot, 
ferving in the Ifle of Maz, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and the 
Ceded Iflands, from 25th December 1770, to 24th De- 
cember 1771, both Days inclufive, being 365 Days, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of an Aug- 
mentation propofed to be made to His Majefty’s Land 
Forces, for the Service of the Year 1771, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Of- 
fice of Ordnance for the Year 1771, Land Service, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleatfe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Dowdefwell have Leave to make 
a Motion, it being after Seven of the Clock. 
And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Monies now remaining unapplied, on the 
eads 











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11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 55 


Heads of the particular Services voted in the laft Seffion in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
of Parliament. to their Order, 

An Account of the Monies now remaining unapplied, 

And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning ©n the Heads of the particular Services voted in the laft 





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next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 10° die Decembris, 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Speer, from 
the Treafury, attended at the Door ; he was called 


Seffion of Parliament. 
And then he withdrew. 
And the Title of the faid Account was read. 
The faid Account is as followeth; viz. 





An ACCOUNT of the Monies now remaining unapplied on the Heads of the particular Services voted 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament; viz. 


There remains unapplied of the Sum of £. 1,580,467 15. 11d. being the Amount of the . 
Grants in the laft Seffion of Parliament, for the Service of the Na 
D°, of the Sum of £. 1,547,931 15. 134. being the Amount of the Grants for the Service 
of the Forces, &amp;¢. for the Year 1770, and for Extraordinaries incurred in the Year 176g - 
D°, to complete the Sum of £. 1,885 45. granted to defray the Expences attending General 
Surveys of His Majefty’s Dominions in North America 
D°, to make Compenfation to Francis Dalby, for the Damages he fuffered b 
and Lofs of his Ship Britannia at Mahon, by Admiral Mathews, &amp;c. 
D°, for carrying on, and completing, an additional Building, for a more commodious Paflage 


to the Houfe of Commons 





D”, to pay off Annuities at 3 + per Cent. granted Anno 1756, on the 12th of February 1771 - 
D°, to pay the Prizes in the Lottery, eftablifhed by an Act of laft Seffion 


This Account is humbly prefented this 
December 1770, by me 


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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, within the Townfhip and Liberties of Ayle/- 
bury, in the County of Bucks, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Han- 
mer, Mr. Clayton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Penton do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for the better paving, 
repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the Streets 
and other public Paffages within the City of Winchefter, 
and alfo within the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew 
Hyde, Saint ‘Fobu’s in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Cheefehill, 
Saint Swithin, and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the 
Suburbs of the faid City, and for preventing Nufances 
and Annoyances therein, and for widening and render- 
ing the fame more commodious, was committed. 

Mr. Penton accordingly reported from the faid Com- 

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1oth Day of 
W. Speer. 


mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had direét- 
ed to be reported to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Report was read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral other 
Amendments are neceflary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


A Petition of the Rulers of the Watermen and Lighter- 
mens Company, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, 
that a Petition has been prefented by Fobn, Robert, Fames, 
and William Adam, and Fames Payne, Architects, Doro- 
thy Monck, Widow, Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and 
William Kitchiner, Coal Merchant, for Leave to bring 
in 2 Bill for authorizing them to take in, inclofe, and 

embank, 





56 


embank, fo much of the River Thames, within the Bay or 
Hollow of the Bend, or Angle, between Weftminfter Bridge 
and the New Bridge at Black Fryars, as to the Houfe fhall 
feem proper; and that the Petitioners apprehend, that fuch 
Inclofure and Embankment will be of great Prejudice 
to the Trade and Navigation of the faid River in parti- 
cular, and the Public in general: And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
~ before the Prayer of the faid Petition be carried into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Fobn, Robert, Fames, and William Adam, and Fames 
Payne, Architects, Dorothy Monck, Widow, Clementina 
Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitchiner, Coal Merchant, 
is referred; and that thefe Petitioners be heard, by 
their Council, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againit 
the Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution an Act of Parliament, made in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing 
feveral Roads leading through the County of Selkirk, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Act, and 
have borrowed £. 3,000 Sterling on the Credit of the 
Tolls thereby granted, which Sum hath been duly ap- 
plied, and now remains due; and that, in order effectu- 
ally to amend the faid Roads, and to keep the fame in 
good Repair, they find it neceffary to borrow a further 
Sum of Money, which, by the faid Act, they are not 
authorized to do; and that, by reafon of fome Exemp- 
tions from Payment of Toll, and from fome other De- 
fects in the faid Act, the Money already due, and which 
is neceffary to be borrowed for repairing the faid Roads, 
cannot be paid off, and the faid Roads amended, and 
kept in good Repair, unlefs thofe Exemptions are re- 
pealed, and fome other Amendments made in the faid Act, 
and the prefent Term thereof further continued: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of the faid 
Act, in fuch Manner as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houle: 

And itis referred to Mr. Pringle, Lord Frederick Camp- 
bell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for continuing, and. granting to His Majefty, 
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for 
the Service of the Year 1771, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the Bill, 
and which they had dire€ted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to amend fo much of an A@, 
made in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an 


Aé made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 17970; 


James the Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet 
of the Subjects, againft all Pretences of Concealment 
whatfoever, as relates to the profecuting His Majefty’s 
Right, Title, or Claim, to any Lands, Tenements, or 
Hereditaments, within the Manor of Eaft Greenwich, in 
the County of Kent, or to any Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diftrié, 
or Liberty, of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or 
to any the Appurtenances to the fame, therein men- 
tioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolued, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to amend fo much of an Aét, made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituied, An 
Aét to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Yames the 
Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet of the 
Subjects, againft all Pretences of Concealment whatio- 
ever, as relates to the profecuting His Majetty’s Right, 
Title, or Claim, to any Meffuages, Lands, Teneiients, 
or Hereditaments, within the Precinét, Diitrict, or Li- 
berty, of Te Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or to any 
the Appurtenances to the fame, therein menticned 

Ordered, That Mr. Fack/on do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the feveral Commiffioners of the Navi- 

gation of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, and of the feveral Gentlemen, 
Land Owners, Tradefinen, Manufacturers, and others, 
of the Counties of Middlefex, Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Ox- 
ford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, whoie Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Navigation of the Rivers T/ames and J/s, from the 
City of London, Weftward, to the Town of Cricklade, 
in the County of Wilts, is at divers Times of tie Year 
rendered impaffable, by the bad State, Condition, and 
Conftruction, of the Locks and Weirs upon the faid 
Rivers, and for Want of a proper Depih of Water in 
many Places; and that, by improving the Channel of the 
faid Rivers, and making the fame navigable at all Seafons 
of the Year, the Intercourfes of Trade and Commerce will 
be very much extended, and the Charge of Water Carriage 
confiderably leffened, and many local Benefits produced 
to the feveral Towns and Places lying near the Courle of 
the faid Rivers; and that, by feveral Acts ot Parliament, 
made in the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, 
and of his late and prefent Majefty, a Duty of Six Pence 
per Chaldron is laid upon all Coals and Culm imported 
into the Port of London, to the Payment of which, the 
Petitioners and their Anceftors, Confumers of Sea Coal, 
in the Counties Weft of Loudon, have contributed, with- 
out any Advantage to themfelves from the Application 
of its Produce, the fame being appropriated intirely to 
the Ornament, Convenience, and Benefit, of the City of 
London and its Environs : And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Biil for improving 
and completing the Navigation of the faid Rivers of 
Thames and Ifis, from the City of London Weftward, to 
the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, and for 
defraying the Expences thereof, by laying an additional 
Duty of One Peny per Ton, or Chaldron, on all Coals and 
Culm imported into the Port of London, for a certain 
Term, or by any other Mode of Taxation, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Sambrooke 
Freeman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords ; and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 

Ordered, 











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11 Geo. III. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, Clergy, and othérs, of the Counties of 
Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, is referred. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectually raifing a Military Force, for the 
Protection of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the Eaf 
India Company : And that Sir George Colebrooke, Sit Gil- 
bert Elliot, Mr. Purling, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Wedderburn, 
and Mr. fack/on, do prepare, and bring in; the fame. 


A Bill to impower Charles Fitzroy, Efquire, to fhut 
up certain Foot Paths, in the Parifh of Saint Pancras, 
alias Kentifob Town, in the County of Middlefex, and to 
oblige him to make, and keep in Repair for the future, 
a Foot Path in Lieu thereof, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Beau- 
champ, Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill to oblige the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigation to complete the faid 
Canal, to a Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick; within 
a Time to be limited, was read a Second Time: 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Lord Beau- 
champ, Mr. Conway, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to continue for a further Time, an 
Aét made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an Act, 
made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, intituled, An A&amp;t for Importation of Salted Beef, 
Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland, for a limited 
Time ; and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, 
Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Britifh Dominions 
in America, for a limited Time ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty ; the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; VIZ. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Number of Land Forces, including Two thou- 
fand One hundred and Two Invalids, amounting to 
“Twenty-three thoufand Four hundred and Thirty-two 
effective Men, Commiffion and Non-Commiffion Offi- 
cers included, be employed for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Seven hundred and Twenty 
thoufand Six hundred and Twenty-nine Pounds Twelve 
Shillings and Three Pence, be granted to His Majefty, 
for defraying the Charge of Twenty-three thoufand Four 
hundred and Thirty-two effective Men, for Guards, 
Garifons, and other His Majefty’s Land Forces, in Great 
Britain, Ferfey, and Guernfey, for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 


Vou. XXXII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commohs. 


57 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four hundred Seventy-nine 
thoufand One hundred and Seventy Pounds One Shilling 
and Eleven Pence and One Eighth Part of a Peny, be 
granted to His Majefty, for maintaining His Majefty’s 
Forces and Garifons in the Plantations and Africa, in- 
cluding thofe in Garifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, and 
for Provifions for the Forces in North America, Nova 
Scotia, Newfoundland, Gibraltar, the Ceded Ifands, and 
Africa, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Five hundred 
and Thirty-three Pounds Twelve Shillings and Eight 
Pence, be granted to His Majefty, for defraying the 
Charge of the Difference of Pay between the Britis and © 
Irifo Eftablifhment of Five Battalions and Four Com- 
panies of Foot; ferving in the Ifle of Maz, at Gibraltar, 
Minorca, and the Ceded Iflands, for the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

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


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And that the 
Lord Barrington and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered; That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Men raifed for the Land 
Service of the Eaf India Company, from the 1ft Day 
of Fanuary 1763 to the 1ft Day of December 1770, {peci- 
fying the Numbers raifed each Year, and the Bounty 
given. 


The Houfe being informed; that Mr. Tomkyn}, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, . , 

An Account of the Number of Cattle imported into 
England, from Ireland, fince the 10th of Ofoder 1766, 
to the roth of Ofober 1770; diftinguifhing the feveral 
Sorts imported in each Year; which is as far as the fame 
can be made up: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Tallow imported into; 
and exported from, England, from the 1ft of Fanuary 
1769 to the 10th of Odfober 1770; which is as far as 
the fame can be made up; diftinguifhing the Foreigri 
Tallow from the Jri/b. 

And then he withdrew. “ey 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts weré read: 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft thé other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committte of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty. tog 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Corhmittee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; na 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committée of the 
whole Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of thé Committee. 
’ Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth teported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which 
they had direfted him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame; 

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58 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, That 
he was direéted by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. ; 

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


Majefty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Dunning have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being after Seven of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That a Committee be appointed to infpect the 
Journals of the Houfe of Lords of this Day, as to what 
Proceedings and Refolutions are therein, with relation 
to the not permitting any Perfons to be prefent in any 
Part of the faid Houfe, during the Sitting thereof ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, hig 9 ad &gt; $48. 
Lord George Cavendifh, 
Tellers for the Noes, ¢ Mr. Thomas Townfhend, &gt;27. 
Junior : 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Houfe accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 11° die Decembris; 
Anno 11° Georgii III"! Regis, 1770, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Penton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanf- 
ing, lighting, and watching, the Streets and other public 
Paffages within the City of Wincheffer, and alfo within 
the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint 
Fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Cheefehill, Saint Swithin, 
and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the 
faid City, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious, was re-committed, That the Committee 
had made feveral other Amendments to the Bill, which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Mr. Cornwall reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Sizpton, in the County 
of Northampton, was committed, That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houle; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 








A. 1770. 


and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houle. 

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


Mr. Hotham reported from the‘Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs, and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Townfhips of 
Lockington and Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, and for extinguifhing the Right of Common or 
Average upon certain ancient Inclofures within the faid 
Townthip of Lockington, was committed, That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee (except Doctor Sykes, whofe 
Property confifts of Six Oxgangs and an Half, who re- 
fufed to fign the Bill ; and that the Whole of the Pro- 
pesty intended to be inclofed confifts of 112 Oxgangs) 
and that no Perion appeared before the Commitiee to 
oppofe the Bill; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendinents, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe ; and feveral Amendments 
were made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


The Hour, appointed for taking into Confideration 
the Petition of Thomas Rumbold, of Hill Street, Berkley 
Square, in the County of Middlefex, Efquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return tor the Borough 
of New Shoreham, in the County of Suffex, being come ; 

The Houfe proceeded to the Appointment of a Seleét 
Committee, to try and determine the Merits of the faid 
Election and Return, according to the Directions of an 
Act paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
“ An Act to regulate the Trials of Controverted Elec- 
“ tions, or Returns of Members to ferve in Parlia- 
“¢ ment.” 

The Serjeant at Arms was directed by Mr. Speaker, 
to go with the Mace to the Places adjacent, and require 
the immediate Attendance of the Members on the Bufi- 
nefs of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned; 

The Houle was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 113 
Members being found to be prefent, 

The Petitioner, his Counf:l, and Agents, and the 
Counfel and Agents for the Sitting Member, who at- 
tended at the Door, were called in to the Bar—The 
Clerk of the Select Committees of Elections attending 
alfo at the Bar. 

And the Door of the Houfe being locked, the Clerk 
was directed by Mr. Speaker to read the Order of the 
Day, for taking the faid Petition into Confideration., 

And the fame being read accordingly , 

The Box containing the Names of all the Members 
of the Houfe, and fealed with Mr. Speaker’s Seal, was 
placed upon the Table, and the Seal being inipected 
by Mr. Speaker, the Atteftation annexed to the Outfide 
of the faid Box, figned by Mr. Speaker, purparting, 
«¢ That the faid Box was, on the 10th Day of December 
“ 1770, made up in his Prefence, in the Manner di- 
‘ re€ted by an Act made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
“ ment, intituled, An Act to regulate the Trials of 
“© Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
¢ ferve in Parliament,” was read. . 

And the Seals being broken, and the Box opened, the 
Atteftation inclofed therein, and figned by the Clerk, 
purporting, 


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purporting, “ That the Names of all the Members 
«¢ were by him, in the Prefence of the Speaker, put 
“¢ into the faid Box, on the 10th Day of December 1770,” 
was read. 

And the faid Names, written on diftin&amp;t Pieces- of 
Paper, being all, as near as might be, of an equal Size, 
and rolled up in the fame Manner, were by the Clerk 
taken out of the faid Box, and put in equal Numbers 
into Six Glaffes, placed on the Table for that Purpofe, 
and were there fhaken together; and then the Clerk 
publicly drew out of the faid Six Glaffes, alternately, 
the faid Pieces of Paper, and delivered them to Mr. 
Speaker, who read the fame to the Houfe. 

And the Names of Eight Members then prefent 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Charles Gray, Efquire, being drawn, 
he required to be excufed from ferving on the faid Select 
Committee, on Account of his being 60 Years of Age, 
or upwards; and having at the Table verified the Caufe 
of fuch Requifition upon Oath, he was excufed accord- 
ingly. 

ime: : The Form of the Oath adminiftered 

to the faid Charles Gray, Efquire, is as follows ; viz. 

The Matter alleged by you, and now taken down 
and read, as an Excute for not ferving on this 
Committee, is the Truth. So help you God. 

And the Names of Six other Members then prefent, 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Robert Henley Ongley, Efquire, be- 
ing drawn, the Counfel for the Sitting Member declared, 
That the faid Mr. Ongley was intended to be nominated 
by the faid Sitting Member; and the faid Mr. Ongley 
having in his Place confented to fuch Nomination, and 
no Objection being made to his ferving on the faid Selec 
Committee as fuch Nominee, his Name was fet afide. 

And the Names of Three other Members then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of James Weft, Efquire, being drawn, 
he required to be excufed from ferving on the faid Select 
Committee, on account of his being 60 Years of Age, 
or upwards ; and having at the Table verified the Caufe 
of fuch Requifition, upon Oath (in the Manner before 
mentioned) he was excufed accordingly. 

And the Names of Thirty-two other Members then 
prefent were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the whole Number of 49 Members fo drawn, and 
not excufed, or fet afide, being complete, the Counfel 
for the Petitioner was called upon by Mr. Speaker to 
nominate one, from among the Members then prefent, 
whofe Names had not been drawn, to be added to thofe 
chofen by Lot, to ferve on the faid Select Committee. 

Whereupon the faid Counfel acquainted the Houfe, 
That the Petitioner had inftructed him not to nominate 
any Member for that Purpofe, but to requeft of the 
Houfe, that the Want of fuch Nomination might be 
fupplied by drawing out of the faid Glaffes, the Name 
of a Member then prefent, in like Manner as the Names 
of the other 49 Members had been already drawn. 

Which being done accordingly ; 

The Name of Richard Oliver, Efquire, was drawn, 
who was not objected to. 

And Two Lifts of the Names of the 49 Members, fo 
drawn as aforefaid, and not excufed or fet afide, having 
been prepared by the Clerk, the Name of the faid 
Richard Oliver, Eiquire, was added to each of the faid 
Lifts. 

And the Door of the Houfe being opened; 

One of the faid Lifts was delivered to the Counfel for 
the Petitioner, and the other of them to the Counfel for 
the Sitting Member; and thereupon the Petitioner, with 
the Counfel and Agents on both Sides, together with the 
Clerk appointed to attend the Select Committees of 
Elections, immediately withdrew. 


And being, after fome Time, again returned to the - 


Bar, the faid Clerk attending the faid Committees of 
Elections, informed the Houfe, that the Counfel for the 


Petitioner, and the Counfel for the Sitting Member, had 
(in his Prefence) beginning on the Part of the Petitioner, 
alternately ftruck off One of the faid 50 Names, con- 
tained in the faid Lifts, until the Number was reduced 
to 14; and he delivered in to the Houfe the Lifts {fo 
ftruck, together with a new Lift of the Names of the 14 
Members then remaining unftruck ; which lait mentioned 
Lift was read to the Houfe, by Mr. Speaker, and is as 
follows; 

Sir Robert Ladbroke, Frederick Montagu, Efquire, Paul 
Feilde, Etquire, Thomas Whately, Efquire, Michael Byrne, 
Efquire, Barlow Trecothick, Efquire, Sir Edward Aftley, 
Baronet, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, honourable Thomas Howe, 
Rofe Fuller, E{quire, honourable Charles Marfham, Lord 
Henley, Richard Fuller, Efquire, Lord Charles Spencer. 

And the Name of the faid Robert Henley Ongley, 
Efquire, nominated as aforefaid, being added to the 
faid Lift, the Names of the faid 15 Members were called 
over, and being come to the Table, they were acquainted 
by Mr. Speaker, that they were a Seleét Committee 
appointed to try the Merits of the Petition of Tho- 
mas Rumbold, Efquire, complaining of an undue Eleétion 
and Return for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the 
County of Suffex: And they were then fworn by the 
Clerk, as follows ; 

You, and each of you, fhall well and truly try 
the Matter of the Petition of Thomas Rumbold, 
Efquire, referred to you, and a true Judgment 
give according to the Evidence. 

So help you God. 

And the Petitioner with the Counfel and Agents on 
both Sides were then directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the faid Select Committee do meet 
forthwith, in the New Committee Chamber, appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 

Ordered, That the Fees to be taken by the Clerk, ap- 
pointed to attend the faid Seleét Committee, be the fame 
as are directed in the printed Table of Fees, to be taken 
by the Clerk attending the Committee of Privileges and 
Elections ; and that he do not prefume to demand or 
take any other Fees, than what are allowed by the faid 
printed Table. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to con- 
tinue for a further Time, an Act made in the Eighth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
to continue and amend an Aét, madein the Fifth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and But- 
ter, fiom Ireland, for a limited Time; and for allowing 
the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and But- 
ter, from the Briti/o Dominions in America, for a limited 
Time. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, took the Chair of the 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

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


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider further 
of the Supply granted to His Majefty, be received To- 
morrow Morning. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for punifhing Mutiny and De- 
fertion, and for the better Payment of the Army. and 
their Quarters ; And the fame Was received. 

4 Ordered, 








60 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being after Six of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bull be read_a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ezser have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefented 
to the Houle, 

A Petition of the Truftees of Morden College, near 
Blackheath, in the County of Kent, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and the 
other Truftees of the faid College. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have prefented a Petition, to enable them 
to increafe the Penfions paid to each poor Merchant to 
fuch yearly Sums as therein mentioned ; and repretent- 
ing to the Houfe, that Sir Fohn Morden, Baronet, did, 
by his laft Will and Teftament, direét that there fhould 
be a Treafurer to receive the Rents and Profits of his 
Eftate, and pay the fame to the Ufes of the Charity ; 
and a Chaplain to officiate daily in the Chapel of the 
College, with a Salary of £. 30 yearly, to be given 
to fuch Treafurer and Chaplain refpectively ; and 
that, confidering, the Decreafe of the Value of Money, 
and the Increafe of the Price of the Neceffaries of Life, 
fince the Date of that Will, the faid Sum is too fmall 
and inadequate a Recompence for proper Perfons to un- 
dertake and duly perform thofe Offices: And therefore 
praying, That, in cafe a Bill fhould be ordered in purfuant 
to the Prayer of their former Petition, Provifion may 
be made therein, to enable the Petitioners to increafe the 
Salaries of the faid Treafurer and Chaplain, refpectively, 
to a Sum not exceeding f. 50 yearly, or fuch other Sum 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of ‘fobn March, Richard Chifwell, 
William Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William 
Ewer, and Hames Lee, Efquires, the Truftees of a Cha- 
rity founded by Sir Zohn Morden, Baronet, deceafed, for 
the Benefit and Support of decayed Merchants, com- 
monly called Morden College, fituate near Blackbeath, in 
the Parith of Chariton, and County of Kent, is referred. 


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





Mercurii, 12° die Decembris ; 
- Anno 11° Georgii III*# Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, and 
A alfo the humble Petition of Fohn Walker, Thomas 
Eaft, Thomas Burgin, and others, Proprietors of Lands, 
within the Open and Common Fields, Common Paftures, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, of Sproxton, in 
the County of Leicefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Lands and Grounds of the 
Petitioners in the faid Fields lie greatly intermixed, and 
are in their prefent Situation incapable of any confider- 
able Improvement ; and that, if the fame were divided 
and inclofed, and fpecific Shares allotted to each Proprie- 
tor and Perfon interefted, according to his Property and 
Intereft therein, it would greatly improve their feveral 
Eftates: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid 
Fields, Common Paftures, Heath, and other Commonable 
Lands, under fuch Rules and Regulations as to the 


Houfe fhall feem meet. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1770. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Calcraft and Lord George Sutton do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, and alfo 
the humble Petition of ‘ohn Walker, Proprietors of 
Lands within the Open and Common Fields, Common 
Paftures, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, of Sait- 
by, in the County of Leiceffer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and 
Grounds of the Petitioners, in the faid Fields, Common 
Paftures, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, lic 
greatly intermixed, and are in their prefent Situation in- 
capable of Improvement; and that, if the fame were 
divided and inclofed, and {pecific Shares allotted to each 
Proprietor and Perfon interefted, according to his Pro- 
perty and Intereft therein, it would greatly improve their 
ieveral Eftates:. And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the faid Fields, Common Paftures, Heath, and 
other Commonable Lands, under fuch Rules and Re- 
errant g 1 the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

rdered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bil - 
— “ _ — of the fd Petition : And i Mr. 
alcraft and Lord George Sutton do prepare, a ne 
in, the fame. ' epeiderir., 


Mr. Dundas prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to explain, amend, and render more effec- 
tual, an Act made in the Eighth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for making and main- 
taining a navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth, or 
River of Forth, at or near the Mouth of the River of 
Carron, in the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or River 
of Clyde, at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in 
the County of Dumbarton, and alfo a collateral Cut from 
the fame, to the City of Gla/gow, and for making a na- 
vigable Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from the Port 
and Harbour of Borrow/tounne/s, to join the faid Canal 
at or near the Place where it will fall into the Firth of 
Forth : And the farne was received ; and read the E irft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Lord of the Manor, the Im ia- 
tor, of Hartford, in the County of Hasdiaghen andvok 
the Vicar of the faid Parifh of Hartford aforefaid and 
alfo of the feveral Freeholders and Copyholders or Cuf- 
tomary Tenants, and Proprietors of Lands and Eftates 
in the Open and Common Fields of Hartford aforefaid, 
whofe Hands are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Copy- 
hold or Cuftomary Eftates and other Properties of “a 
Petitioners, in the faid Open and Common Fields, lie 
intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, by Means 
whereof great Inconveniencies do arife to the Owntrs 
and Occupiers thereof; and that, if the fame were in- 
clofed and divided, it would be of great Advantage to 
and for the feveral Parties interefted therein « And ee. 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open and Com- 
mon Fields of Hartford aforefaid, according to each Per- 
fon’s Right in the fame, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill. » 
saaiedioe bapa of the faid Petition: A wh: Sir 
ofeph Mawbey and the Lord Hinchingbrock repare 
and bring in, ‘ie fame, ao ae 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofine th 
mon and Open Fields, Pt Lands, ene ep 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Siipton, in the 
County of Northampton, was read the Third Tine. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Tirle 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 


Open 


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Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Sipton, in the County of 
Northampton. 


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


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, according to Order, re- 
ported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill to continue for a further Time, an Aét made in the 
Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét to continue and amend an Act; made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of His  prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland, for a limited Time; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Britifo Dominions in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time, was committed, The Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill, and 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

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


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Box, from the 
Commiffioners for paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the 
Squares, Streets, and Lanes, within the City of We/- 
minfter, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, at 
the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament ; 

A Copy of the Proceedings of the Commiffioners for 
putting in Execution the feveral Acts of Parliament 
made in the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Years of 
His prefent Majefiy’s Reign, for paving, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, 
within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, 8cc. from the 
23d Day of Fanuary 1770 to the 27th Day of Novem- 
ber 1770, both inclufive; alfo an Account of all Contracts 
and Agreements made by the faid Commiffioners, from 
the 23d Day of January 1770 to the 27th Day of No- 
vember 1770, both inclufive: And alfo, 

A Copy of the Treafurer’s general State of Accounts 
with the Commiffioners for paving, &amp;c. Weftminfter, 
from the 29th September 1769 to the 29th September 
1770: And alfo, 

Copies of the general State of Accounts of the feveral 
Receivers to the Commiffioners for paving, Sc. Weft. 
minfter, from Lady Day 1769 to Lady Day 1770. 

And then he withdrew, 

‘And the Titles of the faid Copies were read. 

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

The faid Copies are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


_ ‘An ingroffed Bill for continuing, and granting to His 
Majefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1771, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: Aid that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing, and granting to His Mas 
jefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum; Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1771. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill - 


to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


_ Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read 


in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Vou. XXXIIT. 


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61 
Table: Where the fame wete read; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Stim, fiot exceeding Two hundred and Fifty- 
nine thoufand and Seventy-four Pounds Sixteen Shil- 
lings, and Eleven Pence, be granted to His Majetty, 
for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for Land Ser- 
vice, for the, Year 1771. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of thi} Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-five thoufand Four 
hundred and Forty-three Pounds and Seven Pence, be 
granted to His Majefty, for defraying the Expence of 
Services performed by the Office of Ordnance, tor Land 
Service, and not provided for by Parliament in 1770. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 


Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon; 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


A Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe. 

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


Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Owners of Lands, Tithes, and Com- 
mon Rights, in the Open Fields, Meadows, Common 
Paftures, and other Common and Wafte Lands, in the 
Liberties or Hamlets of Ki/by and Newton Harcourt, in 
the Parifh of Wiftow, in the County of Leicefer, whofe 
Names are thereunto fet, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Lands of the Peti- 
tioners, in the faid Fields, Meadows, and Paftures, lie 
greatly difperfed and intermixed, and in their prefent Si- 
tuation are incapable of any confiderable Improvement; 
and it would be advantageous to all the Proprietors in- 
terefted therein, to have the fame divided and inclofed : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Com- 
mon and Wafte Lands, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
may feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 


John Palmer and Sir Thomas Cave do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame: 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majetty ; 

A Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 
That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Committee, that 
they do not proceed to confider of ani Aid to be grant- 
ed to His Majefty, by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great 
Britain, for the Service of the Year 1771, until after 
the next Recefs for the Chri/tmas Holidays, feveral Mem- 
bers being abfent in the Country ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


ae. § Mr. Seymour, 
Tellers for the Yeas; } Sir William Meredith : 


ve 

Tellers for the Noes, } orm = ee ; i 199. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. Rae 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 

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That they had come to a Refolution; which they had 
direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, that 
he was direéted by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

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


The other Order of the Day being read , 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty. 


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





Fovis, 1% die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii HI" Regis, 1770, 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for the better paving, repairing, 
cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the Streets and 

other public Paffages within the City of Wincbefter, and 
alfo within the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew 
Hyde, Saint Fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Cheefebill, 
Saint Swithen, and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the 
Suburbs of the faid City, and for preventing Nufances 
and Annoyances therein; and for widening and rendering 
the fame more commodious; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the Streets and other public 
Paffages within the City of Winchefter, and alfo within 
the feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint 
Fobn’s in the Soke, Saint Peter's Cheefebill, Saint Swithin, 
and Saint Michael in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the 
faid City, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein ; and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious. 

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


Mr. olliffe prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Petersfield, over Old Down, to the Turnpike Road lead- 
ing from Alresford to Winchefter ; and from the faid Road, 
on Old Down, to the Go/port Turnpike Road in Rum/- 
dean Bottom, in the County of Southampton: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Streets and 
Places herein.after particularly mentioned, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on behalf of themfelves and all 
other the Inhabitants of the faid feveral Places, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Pavements of Rofemary Lane, from the Boundary of the 
Parith of Aldgate to Cable Street, the faid Street called 
Cable Street, the Foot Path in the Street called the Back 
Lane, the Preciné&amp; of Wellclofe, the Street leading from 
Nightingale Lane, in Eaft Smithfield, to Ratcliff Crofs, the 
Street called Butcher Row, and Brooks Street, within the 
Tower Hamlets, and County of Middlefex, and alfo the 
feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, opening into the 
fame, are in a very ruinous Condition, incommodious, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1770, 


and unfafe, by Means of many Incroachments, Ob- 
ftructions, and other Annoyances; and that, if Provifion 
was made for completing a commodious Pavement in 
the abovementioned Streets, and Places, and keeping the 
fame in Repair, and for removing Encroachments and 
Annoyances therein, and for preventing the like for the 
future, the fame would greatly tend to the Benefit of the 
Inhabitants, and the Public in general: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill for 
the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as the 
Houfe fhall think proper. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Oliver, Sir Fofeph 
Mawbey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Streets 
and Places herein after mentioned, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and all 
other the Inhabitants thereof, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read, Setting forth, That the Pavement of the Street 
leading from the Hermitage Bridge, in the Parith of Saint 
Fohn of Wapping, inthe County of Middlefex, to a Place 
called New Crane, in the Parith of Saint Paul, Shadwell, 
in the County aforefaid, which is commonly called Wap- 
ping Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, 
opening into the fame, are in a very ruinous Condition, 
incommodious, and unfafe, by many Incroachments, Ob- 
ftructions, and other Annoyances, and in particular the 
faid Street called Wapping Street, for Want of a conve- 
nient Paflage out of the fame at the Weft End thereof; 
and that, if Provifion was made for completing a com- 
modious Pavement in the faid Streets and Places, and 
keeping the fame in Repair, and for removing the feveral 
Incroachments and Annoyances therein, and for prevent- 
ing the like for the future, and for making a Paffage out 
of a Street called Little Hermitage Street, which opens 
into, and leads from, Wapping Street aforefaid, into a 
Street or Lane called Nightingale Lane, and for pav- 
ing the faid laft mentioned ‘Street and Paffage, and the 
Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane, as far as the End of 
Burr Street, the fame would greatly tend to the Benefit of 
the Inhabitants, and the Public in general: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations 
as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Oliver, Mr. Alder: 
man Townfend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution an Act of Parliament, made in the Eighth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing feve- 
ral Roads leading through the County of Selkirk, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read: And feveral Members prefent informed 

your 





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your Committee, that the Truftees appointed by the faid 
A&amp;t have proceeded in the Execution thereof, and have 
borrowed £. 3,000 Sterling, on the Credit of the faid 
Act, which has been properly applied, and now remains 
due : 

That they find a further Sum neceffary for effectually 
repairing the faid Roads; which they are not authorized 
to raife: 

That, by reafon of fome Exemptions from Tell, and 
fome other Defeéts in the faid Act, the Money already 
due, and which is neceflary to be borrowed for repait- 
ing the faid Roads, cannot be paid off, and the faid 
Roads amended and kept in good Repair, unlefs thefe 
Exemptions are repealed, and fome other Amendments 
made in the faid A&amp;t; and alfo the prefent Term thereof 
further continued. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty,. in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing feveral Roads leading 
through the County of Se/kirk: And that Mr. Pringle 
and Sir Gilbert Elliot do. prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the 
Petition of Fobn March, Richard Chifwell, William Clarke, 
William Cooper,.Samuel Smith, William Ewer, and Fames 
Lee, Efquires, the Truftees of a Charity founded by Sir 
Sohn Morden, Baronet, deceafed, for the Benefit and 
Support of decayed Merchants, commonly called Mor- 
den College, fituate near Blackheath, in the Parifh of 
Charlton, and County of Kent. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell reported from the Committee, That he 
was directed by the Committee to make a Motion, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Burrell accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That he was directed by the Committee to move 
the Houfe, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for carrying into Execution an Agreement made be- 
tween Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General of His 
Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden College, 
in the County of Kent, for enabling His Majefty, His 
Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of Maidenfione 
Hill, in the Parith of Eaft Greenwich, in the County of 
Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the Terms mentioned in 
the faid Agreement ; and for impowering the faid Truf- 
tees to increafe the Salaries and Penfions of the Trea- 
furer, Chaplain, and poor Merchants, in the faid Col- 
lege. 

ye Mr. Burrell moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
carrying into Execution an Agreement made between 
Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General of His Ma- 
jefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden College, in the 
County of Kent, for enabling His Majefty, His Heirs 
and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of Maidenftone Hill, in 
the Parith of Ea/t Greenwich, in the County of Kent, to 
the faid Truftees, upon the Terms mentioned in the faid 
Agreement ; and for impowering the faid Truftees to 
increafe the Salaries and Penfions of the Treafurer, 
Chaplain, and poor Merchants, in the faid College: 
And that Mr. Burrell and Mr. Ewer do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Michell, Secre- 
tary to the United Company of Merchants of Eng/and, 
trading to the Eaft Indies, attended at the Door; he was 
called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Number of Private Men raifed for 


11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 63 


the Land Service of the Eat India Company, from the 
1ft Day of Fanuary 1763, to the rft Day of December 


1770, {pecifying the Numbers raifed each Year, and the 
Bounty given. 


And then he withdrew. 
And the Title of the faid Account was read. 
Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Ta- 
ble, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is preferved amoneft the other 
Papers-of this Seffion. 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs, 
and other Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Town- 
fhips of Lockington and Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York; and for extinguifhing the Right of Com- 
mon or Average upon certain ancient Inclotures within 
the faid Townthip of Lockington ; which Biil was, upon 
Tuefday \aft, reported from the Committee to whom the 
fame had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

And the faid Bill, being ingrofied, was read the Third 
Time. 

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

Pr. 3. 1.30. To leave out “ Eight,” and infert 

“© Seven” inftead thereof. 
Pr. 4. 1.36. After “* Oxgangs,” to infert “ and 
“ One Haif.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs, and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Townthips of 
Lockington and Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York ; and for extinguifhing the Right of Common or 
Average upon certain ancient Inclofures within the faid 
Townthip of Lockington. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to continue for a further Time, 
an Act made in the Eighth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aéct to continue and 
amend an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ac for Importation 
of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, 
for a limited Time ; and for allowing the Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/b 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time; was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue for a further Time, an Aé&amp;t made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aé to continue and amend an Act; made 
in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An A&amp; for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, for a limited Time ; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from: the Briti/s Dominions in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time. 

Ordered, Fhat Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, accotding to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 

5 ‘raifing 








64 | 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty; the Refo- 
lution which the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Report be taken into Confideration upon 
Wednefday the 23d Day of Fanuary next ; 

It paffed in the Negative. J 

Ordered, That the faid Report be now taken into Con- 
fideration. 

The Houfe accordingly proceeded to take the faid Re- 

rt into Confideration. 

And the Refolution of the Committee was read ; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Majetfty, 
the Sum of Four Shillings in the Pound, and no more, 
be raifed, within the Space of One Year, from the 25th 
Day of March 1771, upon Lands, Tenements, Heredi- 
taments, Penfions, Offices, and Perfonal Eftates, in that 
Part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and the 
Town of Berwick upon Tweed , and that a proportionable 
Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the Treaty of 
Union, be laid upon that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland. 

The faid Refolution, being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid Re- 
folution: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. 
Charles Townfhend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Rodinfon, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That a Conference be defired with the Lords, upon a 
Matter highly concerning the good Correfpondence be- 
tween the Two Houwfes of Parliament, and the mutual 
Civility ufually fhewn by each Houfe to the Members 
of the other Houfe ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Lord ohn Cavendifh, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Byng : baa. 


yz. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, while 
on Shore: And that Mr. Stephens, Mr. Buller, and Mr. 
Tucker, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour, 
Tellers for the Noes, dM a i 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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





Veneris, 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Royal Boroughs of Scot/and was pre- 
A fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Bounty of Forty Shillings per Ton, granted by Par- 
liament, on all Ships employed in the Whale Fihhery, 
expires at the End of this Seffion of Parliament; and 
that this Branch of Commerce, the Petitioriers think, is 
an Object of great National Importance ; and that the 
Bounty upon this Trade is an Encouragement to the 
moft ufeful Induftry, as all the Oil and Bone got in it is 

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A. 1776. 


a real Gain to the Nation; and, if not got by the Bri- 
tifo Fifhers, muft be paid for at a very high and ad- 
vanced Rate to other Nations ; and that the Shortnefs 
of the Time granted for the Continuance of the Boun 
by the laft Aét of Parliament, it is believed, has checked 
the Increafe of this Fifhery ; and it is greatly to be fear- 
ed, if this Bounty is not renewed, this valuable Branch 
of Trade will be entirely difcontinued, and confequently 
all the Money expended in fitting out the Veffels now 
employed in it, will not only be loft to them, and rendered 
ufelefs to the Public, but the important Objects of increaf- 
ing and employing our Seamen, ferving the Poor with a 
cheap and uleful Light, employing our Manufacturers; and 
fupplying ourfelves at the cheapeft Rate, by Means of Bri- 
tifo Induitry, with the valuable Produce of this Fifhery, 
will be intirely loft: And therefore praying the Houfe, 
to take the Premifes into Confideration, ahd to do in it 
as to them fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Merchants.and Tradefmen of the Port of King- 
Sten upon Hull, on behalt of themfelves, and more particu- 
larly of thofe concerned in the Whale Fifhery to Green- 
land, Davis's Straits, and the Seas adjacent, 1s referred : 


And that they do examine the Matter of this Petition ;’ 


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


A Petition of Sir David Williams, Baronet, Lord of the 
Manor of /Vbitchurch, in the County of Bucks, Thomas 
Atkinfon, Clerk, Vicar of the Vicarage and Parifh 
Church of Whitchurch aforefaid, Thomas Green, Lay 
Impropriator of the great Tythes of the Parith of 
Whitchurch aforefaid, and the feveral Owners and Pro- 
prietors of Lands and Grounds within the Common 
Fields of the Parifh of Whitchurch aforefaid, whofe 
Hands are thereunto fubferibed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, within 
the faid Parifh, feveral Open and Common Fields, cor- 
taining about Nineteen hundred Acres of Arable, Pafture; 
Meadow, and other Commonable Lands, over whieh the 
Petitioners and other Proprietors have Right of Com- 
mon, at certain Times, and a certain and determinate 
Stint, exclufive of all other Perfons whatfoever ; and that 
the faid Lands lie intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Par- 
cels, and are inconveniently fituated, and, fo long as 
the fame lie open and uninclofed, are incapable of Im- 
provement ; and it would be advantageous to the feve- 
ral Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were divided 


and inclofed, and {fpecific Allotments thereof made to. 


the feveral Proprietors, in Proportion to their refpective 
Rights and Inierefts therein: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and Commion- 
able Lands, within the Parifh of Whitchurch, in the 
County of Bucks, or that the Petitioners may have fuch 
other Relief as to the Houfe may feem fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


Lowndes, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Allanfon, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers 
for the Limits extending from Eaft Mouldjey, in the 
County of Surrey, to Ravenjborne, in the County of 
Kent, acting under a Commiffion iffued in the Firft 
Year of His prefent Majefty, by virtue of an Act of 
Parliament of the 23d Year of King Henry the 8th, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the 


- fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read 


the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz, . 


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To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act of the 23d of Henry the 8th. Cap. v.; and alfo, 

An Aé&amp; paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jelty’s Reign, intituled, ‘* An Act for paving the Streets 
« and Lanes within the Town and Borough of Soutb- 
«© qwark, and certain Parts adjacent in the County of 
“ Surrey, and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
«« fame, and alfo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Paf- 
“ fages adjoining thereto; and for preventing Annoy- 
“* ances therein,” were feverally read. : 

By which laft mentioned Act it is Enacted, That in 
cafe of the repairing, altering, cleanfing, or emptying, 
any Sewer, Vault, or Drain, within the Limits decribed 
in the faid Act, Notice is to be given to the Commit- 
fioners for putting the faid Act in Execution, or to 
their Surveyor or Clerk, who are to caufe the fame to 
be repaired, and the Expences thereof are to be paid 
by the faid Commiffioners, who are to be reimburfed by 
the Commiffioners of Sewers; and the Commiffioners for 
putting in Execution the faid Act of the 6th of His pre- 
fent Majeity, are further impowered to turn the Courfe 
of Gutters, to alter or repair Grates, to make new ones, 
to make new Sewers, or to repair, alter, cleanfe, or 
empty, the old Sewers at their Difcretion, the Expences 
of all which Works are direéted to be defrayed by the 
Commiffioners of Sewers ; and in cafe of Non-payment 
the faid Commiffioners are impowered to bring an Ac- 
tion or Actions at Law, againft the Petitioners Clerk 
or Treafurer, for recovering fuch Sums as fhall have 
been expended for the Purpofes aforefaid. Then 

Mr. Thomas Lintall, Clerk to the Commiffioners of 
Sewers, produced a Bill of Expences as delivered to him, 
amounting to £.705. 155. 9 44.5 and faid, That Seven 
other Bills had been afterwards delivered to him, amount- 
ing to £. 548, on which they have brought an Action 
againft him—That he pleaded he did not owe the 
Money; upon which, Iffue was joined, and the Caufe 
came on to be tried the laft Summer Affizes for the 
County of Surrey.—The Plantiff having declared in an 
Aétion of Debt—The Counfel for the Defendant made 
a Queftion, Whether it fhould not have been an Action 
upon the Cafe ? Lord Mansfield, the Judge, who tried 
the Caufe, directed the Jury to find a conditional Verdict 
on the Fourth Count of the Plaintiff's Declaration for 
£.22, which Verdié was to be fubject to the Opinion of 
the Court of King’s Bench, upon a Cafe to be ftated as 
to the Propriety of the faid Action being brought as an 
Aétion of Debt ; and if the Court of King’s Bench fhould 
be of Opinion with the Plantiff, the Verdict was to ftand, 
and the Plaintiff was to be at Liberty to bring a future 
Aétion for the Refidue of his Demand : But if the Court 
fhould be of Opinion with the Defendant, the V erdict 
was not to ftand, but the Defendant was to be at Li- 
berty to enter up a Judgment of Nonfuit againft the 
Plaintiff: So the Caufe ftands at prefent, it not having 

“n yet argued. 
nT Pat the Commiffion of Sewers was produced, and 
read ; and 

Mr. T bomas Linatall, being again examined, faid, That 

the Commiffioners have no Authority to raile Money 
for Work they do not perform; that their Commiffion 
extends far into the County of Surrey, and even into 
Kent; and that it would be very hard had they a Power 
to raife Money upon the reft of the County, who receive 
no Benefit from the Sewers in the Borough :—That the 
whole Extent of the Commiffion is divided into feparate 
Diftriéts, and that Money is raifed upon the feveral 
Ditri&amp;s in Rotation, as it is wanted for the Execution of 
the Commiffion, and, as it is collected, is paid into the 
Hands of the general Expenditor, and by him paid out 
by Order of the Commiflioners of Sewers for neceflary 
Repairs; nor are the Commiffioners of Sewers impowered 
by their Commiffion to expend any of the Money by them 
raifed, except upon Works which fhall appear either by 
View of the Commiffioners, or the Prefentment of a Jury, 
to require Reparation or Amendment; neither of which 


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previous necefiary Meafures have been taken in the 
Works done by the Commiffioners of the Pavements. 

That there are Seventeen public Sluices under the 
Commiffion, which are repaired, or made new, as the 
Cafe requires; and the Rates are made on the Owners 
and Occupiers of Mefluages, Lands, and Tenements, 
drained or benefited thereby :—That there are Twenty- 
two or Twenty-three Diftriéts ; and that the Rates are 
always made by Juries. | 

That the lait Rate made for the Diftri@ which con- 
tains the Limits under the Dire€tion of the Commiftion- 
ers of Pavements, was on the 6th of February 1766, and 
amounted to £. 944. 175. which was paid into the ge-- 
neral Fund, and from thence iffued as Occafion required. 

And the Bailiff to the Commiffioners of Sewers in- 
formed your Committee, that the next Diftriét in Rota- 
tion to be taxed was the aforefaid Diftriét : Then 

Mr. Gunter, Solicitor to the Commiffioners for Pave- 
ments, faid, That he was direéted to bring an Action 
againft the Commiffioners of Sewers for £. 705, on Two 
feveral Claufes relating to the Grates and Sewers; that 
£. 548; Part of that Sum, was for repairing and cleanfing 
Sewers, and the Remainder for fixing Grates; that the 
Reafon for bringing the Action for the Sum of £. 548 
only, was because the Paving A&amp;t authorizes the Com- 
miffioners to bring an Aétion againft the Clerk for the 
Expence of repairing Sewers only, and the Commiffion- 
ers of Sewers are by the Act direéted to pay the Ex- 
pences of the Grates ; the Commiffioners of Pavements 
are not authorized to recover the fame from their Clerk, 
but from the Commiffioners. 

Mr. Fobn Fellowes, Surveyor to the Commiffioners of 
Pavements for the Eaftern Divifion of Seuthwark, pro- 
duced to your Committee an Account of the Expendi- 
ture of the faid Sum of £. 705. 155. 93d. whereby it 
appeared, that Part of the Expence was incurred for 
covering, Part for turning, extending, enlarging, and 
cleanfing, the Sewers; and Part for carting away the Soil. 

John Middlemarfo, Efquire, one of the Commiflioners 
of Sewers, and Expenditor, informed your Committee, 
That the Commiffioners are not impowered to raife any 
Money for cafting and cleanfing Sewers, and that the 
Commiffioners always call a Jury to make the Rates. 

Upon the whole Matter, the Committee came to the 
following Refolutions ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have proved the Allegations of their 
Petition. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend fo much of an A&amp; made in the 
Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, “ for paving 
“¢ the Streets and Lanes within the Town and Borough 
“ of Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent in the County 

of Surrey, and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching 
the fame, and aifo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Paf- 
fages, adjoining thereto; and for preventing Annoy- 
ances therein,” as relates tothe Commiftioners of Sewers. 
The Firit Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was agreed to by the Houfe. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend fo much of an Aét made in the 6th 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, “ for paving the 
* Streets and Lanes within the Town and Borough of 
Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent, in the County 
of Surrey, and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
“‘ the fame, and alfo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and 
Paffages, adjoining thereto ; and for preventing An- 


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noyances therein,” as relates to the Commifficners of 


Sewers: And that Sir Freacis Vincent, Mr. Onjlow, Mr. 
Tofeph Martin, and Mr. Burreil, do prepare, and bring 
In, the fame. 


Mr. Pringle prefented to the Houte, according to Or- 
S der, 








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der, a Bill for enlarging the Teri and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An Aé for repairing feveral Roads 
leading through the County of Selkirk: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft Time. 

 Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for better paving that Part of the High Street, 

in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife White- 
chapel, which lies in the County of Middlefex ; and for 
removing Obftructions and Annoyances therein, was read 
a Second Time. 
- Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Houfes in 
the feveral Parifhes of Saint Fames, Saint Margaret, Saint 
Fobn the Evangelift, Saint Martin in the Fields, Saint 
Anne, Saint Clement Danes, Saint Mary le Strand, Saint 
Giles in the Fields, Saint George Bloomfbury, the Precinct 
of The Savoy, and the Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton 
Garden, and Ely Rents, in the Parith of Saint Andrew 
Holborn, within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and 
County of Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and other the Owners 
and Occupiers of Houfes within the faid feveral Parifhes, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice 
of the Bill to amend and render more effectual feveral 
A&amp;éts made relating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the 
Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the 
City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent ; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend, there are divers Claufes, 
Matters, and Things, in the faid Bill, which do very 
materially affect their Rights, Privileges, and Interefts : 
And therefore praying, That they may be heard, by 
themfelves or their Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid 
Bill as the Petitioners conceive to affect fuch their Rights, 
Privileges, and Interefts; or that the Petitioners may 
have fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the fame 
Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid Pe- 
tition, 


Mr. Stephens prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, 4 Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Ma- 
rine Forces; while on Shore: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, aceord- 
ing toOrder, a Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty 
by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1771: And the fatne was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, be now 
read. \ 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe or 
Claufes, for regulating the Manner in which the Civil 
Magiftrate, requiring the Aid and Affiftance of the Of- 
ficers and Soldiers of His Majefty’s Forces, fhall call for 
that Aid and Affiftance. 


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Ps 
A. 1779. 
_ Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
s report, when the Houfe will pleate to receive the 
ame. 


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


_ A Petition of the Commiffioners for building 
Weftminfter Bridge, being offered to be prefented to the 
Houfe; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recommends 
it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read, 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners are, by virtue of fe- 
veral Acts of Parliament paffed in the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, conftituted, appointed, 
and continued, Commiflioners for building a Bridge crofs 
the River Thames, from the Woolfaple, or thereabouts, 
in the City of Weftminjter, to the oppofite Shore, in the 
County of Surrey, and for maintaining, preferving, and 
fupporting, the fame when built, and for other Purpofes 
in the faid Acts mentioned: And that the Petitioners, in 
Purfuance of the Powers vefted in them, by the faid Ads, 
have, with the utmoft Care, caufed the faid Bridee to be 
built, which has been paffable many Years : And that 
the Petitioners have likewife, from Time to Time, pro- 
ceeded with the greateft Caution and Frugality, in car- 
rying into Execution the other Trufts repofed in them b 
the faid Aéts: And that the Petitioners find that they 
cannot make an effectual and conftant Provifion for the 
maintaining, fupporting, cleanfing, watching, lighting, 
paving, and gravelling, the faid Bridge, and for preferv- 
ing the fame from Annoyances and other Damages, unlefs 
the Houfe fhall grant them Monies for thofe Purpofes: 
And therefore praying the Houfe; to take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and to grant them fuch Sums of Mo- 
ney as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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


it is referred to confider further of the Supply eranted t 
His Majefty. wigan a 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, That 
the Speaker do write to fuch Eldeft Sons and Heirs Ap- 
parent of Peers, King’s Serjeants, and Matters in Chan- 
cery, as are Members of this Houfe, and to the Attorney 
and Solicitor General, and requeft them to attend in-their 
Places, every Day, at Two of the Clock, and to affift in 
carrying Bills to the Lords ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


General Iriwine, 
Tellers for the Yeas,&lt;¢ Mr. Alderman Saw- 38. 
bridge : 
Sas : Mr. Onflow; 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mis Tuenlas : t 104, 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pto- 
pofed, That no Member of this Houte fhall go into the 
Houfe of Lords while that Houfe, or any Committee of 
the whole Houfe, is fitting there, without the Leave of 
this Houfe ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the other Orders of the Day be now read; 

The Houfe divided. 

Fhe Noes went forth. 


Tellers 


XUM 





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er, hry OP 


XUM 


11 Geo. HI. 
Sir Charles Whitworth, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mi. prokaed : 25 janes 103. 
Mr. Seymour, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. ¥o/eph Martin : t 39. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Order of the Day being read accordingly for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majetty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 

The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Burke have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion, it being after Eight of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Chaplain to this Houfe do preach 
before this Houfe, at Saint Margaret’s Weftminfter, wpon 
Wednefday, the 30th Day of Fanuary next. 


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





Sabbati, 15° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1771, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. | 8 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Detertion, and for the bet- 
ter Payment of the Army and their Quarters; was comt- 
mitted, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout and then a Second Time, One by One: 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houtfe. 

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


A Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Montagu: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp;to continue, and render more effectual, an Adct 
paffed in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majetty, for re- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 67 


pairing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in 
Tring, in the County of Hertford, through Dunftable, 
Hitchin, Baldock, and Royfton, to the Turnpike Road 
at or near Bourn Bridge, and from the Weft End of Well- 
bury Lane, to the Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Barton, in the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, Bedford, and 
Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the repairing 
the Roads in the Roy/ton Diftri&amp; of Roads, in the faid 
Act particularly mentioned, without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for enlarging the Terms and Powers of an Aét, 
made in the Second Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An Aét for repairing and widening 
the High Road leading from the North End of Bal- 
lingdon Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, to 
the South Gate in Bury Saint Edmunds, in the {aid 
County, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for dividing and incloiing the Common and Open Fields, 
Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parith of Lowick, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, without any Amendment. 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


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





Lune, 17° die Decembris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*# Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Freeholders, Farmers, and others, 
A of the County of Efex, whofe Names are thereunto 
{ubfcribed, on behalf of themfelves and others paffing 
from the iaid County, through Mile End, to London and 
Parts adjacent, on the Turnpike Road, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for the 
better paving that Part of the High Street, in the 
Parith of St. Mary Matfelon, otherwife /Wbitechapel, 
which lies in the County of Middlefex , and for removing 
Obftructions and Annoyances therein ; and fetting forth, 
That the Tolls propofed to be laid thereby will greatly 
injure the Petitioners, and affect the Trade and Tillage of 
the faid County of Efex; and that the Petitioners appre- 
hend, that in cafe the new-intended Pavement takes Place, 
the Market for Hay and Straw, which has been ufually 
kept in the High Street, cannot be continued there with- 
out too great an Inconvenience to the Petitioners and the 
Public, but ought to be removed to fome more conveni- 
ent Place: And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and that the Petitioners may 
be heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, againft fuch 
Parts of the faid Bill as may atfeét them, and that the fame 
may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Billis 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, that they do adimit Counfel to be heard, at the fame 
Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid Pe- 
tition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Com. 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is comunitted. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to fend 
for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Aforgan Graves, Efquire, Lord of the 
tie Manor 








Manor of Affon Subedge, in the County of Gloucefter, and 
Owner of a great Part of the Lands within the Manor and 
Parith of Afton Subedge aforefaid, Benjamin Field, Rector 
of the faid Parifh, and the feveral other Perfons whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being Proprietors of 
Lands within the faid Manor and Parith, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, 
within the faid Manor and Parifh, certain Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Wafte 
Grounds, which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable 
of any confiderable Improvement, but, if divided into 
fpecific Shares and Allotments, and inclofed, would be 
very advantageous to the feveral Perfons interefted there- 
in: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, under fuch Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dowdefwell and Sir George Savile do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Edward Mo/fley Efquire, and feveral other 
Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
Proprietors of Eftates, Rights of Common, and other 
Interefts, in the Open and Common Fields, within the 
Townhhip of Great Heck and Little Heck, in the Parifh of 
Snaith, inthe County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid 
Townfhip, certain Common Fields, and a Common, and 
feveral Ings, and other Pafture and Marfhy Lands, which, 
in their prefent Situation, are incapable of Improvement 
but, if the fame were inclofed, and divided into fpecific 
Allotments, it would be a great Advantage to all Parties 
interefted therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lafcelles and Sir George Savile do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Bill to explain, amend, and render more effectual, 
an A&amp; made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining a 
navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth or River of Forth, 
at or near the Mouth of the River of Carron, in the 
County of Stirling, to the Firth, or River of Clyde, at or 
near a Place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in the County of 
Dumbarton; and alfo a collateral Cut from the fame to 
the City of Gla/gow; and for making a navigable Cut or 
Canal of Communication, from the Port and Harbour of 
Borrow/ftounnefs, to join the faid Canal, at or near the 
Place where it will fall into the Firth of Forth, was reada 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dundas, 
Sir Alexander Gilmour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Lord Beauchamp reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to impower Charles Fitzroy, Efquire, to 
fhut up certain Foot Paths, in the Parifh of Saint Pan- 
cras, alias Kentifo Town, in the County of Middlefex, and 
to oblige him to make, and keep in Repair for the future, 
a Foot-path in Lieu thereof, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
theréunto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Cierk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed, 


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4. 1970. 


A Petition of feveral Noblemen, and the humble Pe- 
tition of feveral of the Truftees to Two Acts paffed in 
the 26th and 27th Years of the Reign of King George 
the Second, for repairing feveral Roads leading into the 
City of Gla/gow, and ot feveral Gentlemen, Land Own- 
ers, and others, in the County of Dumbarton, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Truftees have proceeded to amend the Roads included 
in the faid Aéts; and that the Road leading from the 
City of Glafgow to the Town of Dumbarton, being a 
Part of the Roads directed by the faid Acts to be amend- 
ed, is not yet completed, nor can the fame be done dur- 
ing the fubfifting Term, or undér the Provifions of the 
faid Aéts; and that the Petitioners apprehend it would 
be a Means of facilitating the Repairs of the faid Road, 
if the fame was made a ieparate Diftri€t and a feparate 
Truft: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring ina Bill to enlarge the Term of the faid 
Atts, fo far as relates to the Road from Gla/gew to Dum- 
barton, and to make the faid Road a feparate Diftridt, 
with fuch further and other Powers as fhall be fufficient 
to complete the faid Road, and keep the fame in Repair 
for the future, and for regulating the Statute Labour 
within the faid Counties. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Edmonftone, Mr. Dundas &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the Regulation of his Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens reported from the Committee, that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto, which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
af the Year 1771, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

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

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe to make 
good the Deficiency of the Land Tax of the Year 1769, 
out of the Supplies granted for the Year 1771. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
that they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto, which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

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


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browning and 
Mr. Montagu : 
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Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for continuing, and granting to His Majefty, certain 
Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the 
Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to amend fo much of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year 
of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to 
amend, and render more effectual, an Act made in the 
Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, 
intituled, An Act for the general Quiet of the Subjects 
againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfoever, as ré- 
lates to the profecuting His Majefty’s Right, Title, or 
Claim, to any Meffuiages, Lands, Tenements, or Heredi- 
taments, within the Precinét, Diftrict, or Liberty, of The 
Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or to any the Appur- 
tenances to the fame, therein mentioned; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better Supply of Mariners and Seamen, to ferve 
in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and on board Merchant 
Ships, and other Trading Ships and Veficls; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz, without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Ufher 
of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 
_ The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, for declaring His Royal Affent to feveral 
Aéts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance of this honourable Houfe, in the 
Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commiffion read. 

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

And being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the Defire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s Com- 
iniffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of Peers, 
where a Commiffion under the Great Seal was read; giv- 
ing, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Affent to feveral 
Public and Private Bills, therein mentioned; and alfo im- 
powering the Lord Archbifhop of Canterbury, the Lord 
Prefident of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke 
of Grafton, and feveral other Lords, to declare and notify 
the Royal Affent to the faid Bills: And that the Earl of 
Marchmont, the Lord Mansfield, and the Lord Harwich, 
named alfo in the faid Commiffion, did accordingly de- 
clare and notify the Royal Affent to the faid Bills, which 
Bills are as followeth; vz. ; 

An Aé&amp;t for continuing, and granting to His Majefty, 
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for 
the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-one : 

An A&amp; for the better Supply of Mariners and Sea- 
men to ferve in His Majefty’s Ships of War, and ‘on 
board Merchant Ships, and other Trading Ships and 
Veffels : 

An A&amp; to amend fo much of an Aét, made in«the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to amend, and render more effectual, an A&amp; 
made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King 
fames the Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet 
of the Subjects againft all Pretences of Concealment 
whatfoever, as relates to the Profecuting His Majefty’s 
Right, Title, or Claim, to any Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, within the Precinct, Diftrict, 
or Liberty, of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, or 
to any the Appurtenances to the fame, therein men- 
tioned : 

An Aét for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Second Year of the Reign of His prefent 

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Majefty, intituled, An A@ for repairing and widening 
the High Road leading from the North End of Belling: 
don Bridge, in Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, to the 
South Gate in Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the {aid County: 

An Act to continue, and render more effeétual, an A&amp;t 
pafled in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majetty, for 
repairing the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road in 
Tring, in the County of Hertford, through Dui/ftable, 
Hitchin, Baldock, and Royfton, to the Turnpike Road at 
or near Bourn Bridge, and from the Weft End of W%- 
bury Lane, to the Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Barton, in the Counties of Hertferd, Bucks, Bedford, and 
Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the repairing the 
Roads in the Roy/ton Diftri&amp; of Roads, in the faid A&amp; 
particularly mentioned: " 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Lowick, in the County 
of Northampton : 

An Act for naturalizing Lewis Benjamin Crinfoz. 


An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defer- 
tion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters, was read the Third Time: | 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 6. 1.14. To leave out “ his Royal Authority,” 
amd infert “‘ fome Perfon duly av- 
thorized by him.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed.to by the Houfe; and the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and_ their 
Quarters. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence; 


Mr. Fuller informed the Houfe, that the Select Com- 
mittee, who were appointed to try and determine the Me- 
rits of the Petition of Thomas Rumbold, Efquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of New Shorebam, in the County of Suffex, have deter- 
mined, 

That Thomas Rumbold, Efquire, the Petitioner, ought 
to have been returned a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of New Shoreham, in the 
County of Sufex. 

And alfo that the faid Committee have determined, 

That the faid Thomas Rumbold, Efquire, is duly elected 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the faid 
Borough of New Shoreham. 

And the faid Determinations were ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do at- 
tend this Houfe, To-morrow Morning, with the Return 
for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the County of Su/- 
fex, 2nd amend the fame, by rafing out the Name of 
Fobn Purling, Efquire, and inferting the Name of Thomas 
Rumbold, Efquire, inftead thereof. 

Mr. Fuller alfo reported from the faid Seleé&amp;t Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That, at 
the laft Eleétion for New Shorebam, 87 Perfons voted for 
Mr. Rumbold, 37 for Mr. Purling, and 4for Mr. ames: 
That all who voted for Mr. Rumbold, except One, took 
the Bribery Oath before they gave their Votes: That 
Hugh Roberts, the Returning Officer, put Queries to the 
Names of 76 of the Voters for Mr. Rumdold, at the Time 
they gave their Votes; and immediately on the Clofe of 
the Poll declared Mr. Purling duly elected. 

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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Conduét of the Returning Officer, in taking the 
Poll, and making the Return, at the laft Election of a 
Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the Borough of New 
Shorebam, was illegal. 

Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That, in 
the Borough of New Shorebam, a Society has for many 
Years fubfifted, which has afflumed the Name of The 
Chriftian Society, that none but Voters for Reprefenta- 
tives in Parliament were ever admitted into the Society, 
and that a great Majority of the Voters for New Shore- 
ham were Members; that the Society had a conftant 
Clerk; that they held a regular Monthly, and fre- 
quent occafional Meetings; and that whenever they 


met, a Flag was hoifted to give Notice of fuch Meet-_ 


ing; that the Members of the Society, about Three 
Years ago, entered into Articles for raifing and di- 
ftributing fmall Sums of Money to charitable Ufes, 
but that thefe Articles were defigned only to cover 
the real Intent of their Inftitution, that the prin- 
cipal Purpofe of their Meetings was, for what they called 
Burgefling Bufinefs; that they all took an Oath of Se- 
crecy, and entered into a Bond, under a Penalty of Five 
hundred Pounds, to bind them altogether, with regard 
to Burgeffing, but that the Condition of the Bond 
does not precifely appear, that upon any Vacancy in 
the Reprefentation of the Borough, the Society always 
appointed a Committee to treat with the Candidates for 
the Purchafe of the Seat, and that the Committee were 
conftantly inftructed to get the moft Money, and make 
the beft Bargain, they could; that the Society never ap- 
pointed a Committee for any other Purpofe, and that 
they had no ftanding Committee ; that, on a falfe Re- 
port of the Death of Sir Samuel Cornifh in February latt, 
the Society was called together by the Signal of the 
Flag; that many of the Members at that Meeting 
(which was very numerous) declared they would fupport 
the higheft Bidder ; that fome, and amongit them Hugh 
Roberts, the Returning Officer at the laft Election, expref- 
fed themfelves offended at fuch a Declaration, and faid, 
That they were afraid of Confequences, for the Society 
was only a Heap of Bribery, and withdrew from the So- 
ciety; that one of thofe who withdrew, going, about 
Two Months ago, to a Meeting of the Society, was treat- 
ed with harfh Expreffions, and told he came amongtt 
them as a Spy; that, however, the Society continued to 
meet ; that their Meetings were frequent near the Time 
of the Election; that it was faid, that a Committee was 
appointed after the Death of Sir Samuel Cornifh ; that none 
of the Members faid to be of that Committee voted at the 
laft Election, though moft of them were in New Shore- 
bam on the Day of the Election; that, Three Days before 
the Election, the Society was reported to be diffolved, 
but that the Members of it have fince refumed their 
Meetings: That, after Evidence of thefe Facts had been 
laid before this Committee, the Counfel for Mr. Pur- 
ling informed this Committee, that he was inftructed, by 
his Client, to acquaint the Court, that he could not carry 
his Cafe further than by the Witnefies already examined ; 
that he could not impeach Mr. Rumbold’s Election, or 
affect his Votes; and therefore that he would not give him 
any more Trouble. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That this Committee, having tried the Matter of the Pe- 
tition referred to them, cannot make any further Inquiry 
into the Tranfaétions of the faid Society. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a further Inquiry into the Tranfactions of the faid 
Society ought to be made. 

The Houfe was moved, that an Act made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act to regulate the 
Trials of controverted Elections or Returns of Members 
to ferve in Parliament, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration- upon Fuefday the 29th Day of Fanuary 
dext. 


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A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That. no Member of this Houfe fhall go into the Houte 
of Lords, or any Committee of the whole Houle fitting 
there, without the Leave of this Houfe ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houle thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the faid Debate be adjourned till this 
Day Three Weeks. 


A Petition of Dorethy Moack, Widow, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read, Setting forth, That a Petition 
hath been prefented to the Houfe, in the Names of Fobx, 
Robert, ‘fames, and William Adam, Fames Paine, Cle- 
mentina Pawfon, William Kitchiner, and the Petitioner, 
for Leave to bring in a Bill tu authorize the Petitioners 
to take in, inclofe, and imbank, a Part of the River 
Thames, lying near, or adjoining to, Durbam Yard, Salif- 
bury Street, Cecil Street, and Beaufort Buildings; and that 
the Petitioner authorifed the faid Fames Paine to att for 
her, in endeavouring to procure an A&amp; of Parliament 
for the Purpofe aforefaid, under which Authority (being 
unacquainted with the Rules and Orders of the Houfe) 
he fubfcribed the Petitioner’s Name to the faid Petition; 
and that the Petitioner is informed, that this Proceeding 
is irregular, and contrary toa Standing Order of the 
Houfe relating to the figning of Petitions; and that the 
fubfcribing the Petitioner’s Name in the Manner afore- 
faid, proceeded merely from being unacquainted w:th the 
Forms prefcribed by the Houfe in that refpeét, and not 
from any unfair Intention: And therefore praying the 
Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confideration, and that 
fhe may not (from fuch Irregularity) be deprived of the 
Benefit fhe propofed to herfelf from the faid Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Fohn, Robert, Fames, and William Adam, and fames 
Paine, Architects, Dorothy Monck, Widow, Clementina 
Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitchiner, Coal Merchant, 
is referred. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

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

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


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





Martis, 18° die Decembris ; 


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Anno 11° Georgii III"! Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Deputy Clerk of the Crown attending, ac- 
cording to Order, amended the Return for the 
Borough of New Shorebam, in the County of Suffex. 


A Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Clergy, and Freeholders, of the County of Suffex, and 
others, whofe Names.are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Roads from a Place on the Turnpike Road leading from 
Brighthelmftone, to the County Oak on Lovell Heath, in 
the County of Suffex, called Hand Crofs, in the Parith of 
Slaugham, through Saint Leonard’s Foret, to a Place call- 
ed Pepper’s Gate, in the North Part of the Parith of 
Beeding, otherwife Seal, and from thence through Cowfold 
Street, in the Parifh of Cotwfoid, to a Place called Corner 
Houfe, in the Parifh of Shermanbury, and from thence, 


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over Partridge Green, in the Parith of Weft Grinfted, to 
the Turnpike Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, in 
the faid County ; and from Corner Houfe aforefaid, over 
Mockbridge and Crouch Hill to the May Pole in the Town 
of Henfield, in the faid County, are impaffable for Wheel 
Carriages in the Winter Seafon, and very dangerous and 
difficult for Perfons travelling in Carriages or on Horfe- 
back at all Times ; and that the making ‘the faid Roads 
fafe and commodious would be of great Convenience to 
the adjacent Country, and of general Advantage: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for repairing the faid Road, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Medley, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Stephens, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee’of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, while on 
Shore, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a Se- 
cond ‘Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City of 
London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 


fembled. 


And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners find, by the Votes, that a Petition is de- 
pending, for Leave to bring in a Bill for improving and 
completing the Navigation of the River Thames and Ifs, 
from the City of London Weftward, to the Town of Crick- 
lade, in the County of Wilts, and for defraying the Ex- 
pences thereof, by laying an additional Duty of One 
Peny per Ton, or Chaldron, on all Coals and Culm im- 
ported into the Port of London, for a certain Term, or by 
any other Mode of Taxation; and reprefenting to the 
Houfe, that the City of London have a Right to the Con- 
fervacy of the River Thames Weltward, from London, to 
a Stone called London Stone, near Staines; and that the 
Powers prayed for in the faid Petition would manifeftly 
interfere with their Jurifdiction, and that the Duty on 
Coals is already very burthenfome, and any additional 
Weight on that neceflary Commodity would be attend- 
ed with Confequences very pernicious to the Trade of 
the City of Leudon and. Parts adjacent; nor can there be 
the leaft Pretence for raifing any Money for the Pur- 
pofes of that Petition, as a Petition is at prefent depend- 
ing, for making a navigable Canal, from the Borough of 
Reading, to Monkey Tfland, which will be a fhorter, eafier, 
cheaper, fafer, and more commodious, Navigation than 
any that can be made by the prefent Current of the River 
Thames: And therefore praying, That they may be heard, 
‘by their Counfel, againit the faid Petition; and receive 
fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 
juft and reafonable. 

"Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the feveral Commiffioners of the Navigation of the Ri- 


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vers Thames and Is, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, of the Counties 
ot Middlefex, Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and 
Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcriBed, on Behalf 
of themielves and others, is referred; and that thefe Pe- 
titioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
{ame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft 
the Petition now prefented. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City of 
London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houle, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners find, by the Votes, thata Petition is de- 
pending, for making a Navigable Canal, or Cut, from the 
Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, to Monkey 
Ifand, in the fame County; and that the Petitioners are 
convinced, that the carrying the faid Defign into Exe- 
cution will greatly facilitate the Intercourfe between the 
City of London and the Weftern Parts of the Kingdom, 
and be highly advantageous to the Public: And there- 
fore praying, That all proper Encouragement may be 
given to the faid Undertaking, and that a Bill may be 
brought in for completing the fame, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall appear reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties of South- 
ampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, is referred. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for granting an Aidto His Majefty by a Land Tax, 
to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 
1771, was committed, the Amendments which the Com- 
mittee had made to the Bill; and which they had direét- 
ed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were once read throughout ; and then a Se- 
cond Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feve- 
rally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
croffed, 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act 
made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His preient Ma- 
jefty, intituled, An Aét for repairing feveral Roads lead- 
ing through the County of Se/kirk, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pringle, 
Sir Gilbert Elliot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to impower Charles Fitzrey, Efquire, 
to fhut up certain Foot Paths, in the Parifh of Saint Pan- 
cras, alias Kentifhb Town, in the County of Middle/ex ; and 
to oblige him to make, and keep in Repair for the future, 
a Foot-path in Lieu thereof ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to impower Charles Fitzroy, Etquire, to fhut 
up certain Foot Paths, in the Parith of Saat Pancras, alias 
Kentifo Towa, in the County of Middlefex , and to oblige 
him to make, and keep in Repair for the future, a Foot- 


path in Lieu thereof. 
4 Ordered, 








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Ordered, That tlic Lord Beauchamp do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


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





Mercurii, 19° die Decembris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III"! Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That Mi. Speaker do iffue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this pre- 
fent Parliament for the Borough of Weobley, in the 
County of Hereford, in the room of the honourable Hen- 
ry Frederick Thynne, who, fince his Election for the faid 
Borough, hath accepted the Office of Poftmafter Ge- 
neral. 


Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Clergy, and Freeholders, of the County of Suffex, and 
others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was refer- 
red; That the Committee had examined the Matter of 
the faid Petition, and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Ellis, being examined, faid, That the Roads 
leading from a Place called Hand Cro/s, in the Parifh of 
Slaugham, through Sarnt Leonard’s Foreft, to a Place call- 
ed Pepper’s Gate, in the Parith of Beeding, and from 
thence through Cowfold Street, to a Place called Corner 
Houfe, in the Parifh of Shermanbury, and from thence 
over Partridge Green, to the Turnpike Road leading from 
Horfham to Steyning; and from Corner Houfe aforefaid, to 
the May Pole, in the Town of Henfield, in the County of 
Suffex ; are fo ruinous and bad, as to be impaffable for 
Wheel Carriages in the Winter Seafon, and dangerous 
to Travellers in Carriages and on Horfeback at all 
Times; and that the fame cannot be effectually amend- 
ed and kept in Repair by the Laws in being. _ 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Roads from Hand Cro/s, to 
Corner Houfe, and from thence to the Turnpike Road 
leading from Hor/ham to Steyning, and from Corner Houfe 
aforefaid, to the Maypole, in the Town of Henjield, in the 
County of Sujex: And that Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Vernon, 
Mr. Medley, and Mr. Fuller, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


An ingrofied Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty 
by a Land Tax, to be railed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1771, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service 
of the Year 1771. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. William Monta- 
gue, from the Office of Chamberlain of the City of Lon- 
don, attended at the Door ; he was called in; and, at the 
Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Directions of 
feveral Aéts of Parliament, 

An Account of the Surplus of the Fund for the Relief 


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of the Orphans and other Creditors of the City of Lom 
don, on the 5th Day of July 1770: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfuance 
of the Acts for building and completing a Bridge at 
Black Friars, from the 28th Day of September 1769, ex- 
—— tothe 28th of September 1770, inclufive: And 

0, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfuance 
of an Act for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate, in the 
City of London, from the 28th Day of September 1769, 
exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1770, incluiive : 
And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfuance 
of an Act for repairing The Royal Exchange, in the City 
of London, trom the 28th Day of September 1769, exchi- 
five, tothe 28th Day of September 1770, inclufive: Andalfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfuance 
of an Act for embanking Part of the North Side of the 
River Thames, from the 28th Day of September 1769, 
exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1770, inclufive : 
And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfuance 
of an Act for better paving, cleanfing, and enlightening, 
the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, Fc. froth 
the 28th Day of September 1769, to the 28th of Septem- 
ber 1770, inclufive. : 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amengft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty's 
Marine Forces, while on Shore, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifine the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houtfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majetty, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itielf into the faid Committee. 7 


Mr. Alderman Oliver reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Streets 
and Places therein-after particularly mentioned, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves 
and all other the Inhabitants of the faid feveral Places, 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; 
and is as followeth; viz. : 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Alderman Shake/pear being examined, faid, he knows the 
Street called Refemary Lane, from the Boundary of the 
Parifh of Aldgate, to Cable Street, the faid Street cailed 
Cable Street, the Foot Path in the Street called Back Lane, 
the Precinct of Wellclofe, the Street leading trom Night- 
ingale Lane in Eaft Smithfield to Ratcliff Crofs, the Street 

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called Butcher Row and Brook Street, within the Toiver 
Hamlets, and County of Middlefex, and alio the feveral 
Streets, Lanes, and Pafflages, opening into the fame ; that 
they are in a very ruinous Condition, and rendered dan- 
gerous and incommodious by many Encroachments and 
other Annoyances ; and that they cannot be properly 
repaired, and the Nufances removed, by the Laws in be- 
ing. . 
‘Mr. James Thwaites, being examined, confirmed the 
above Evidence. - 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving and regulating Ro/emary Lane, trom the Parifh of 
Aldgate, to Cable Street; alfo the faid Cable Street, the 
Footpath in Back Lane, the Preciné&amp;t of Weillclofe, the 
Street leading from Nightingale Lane, to Ratcliffe Cro/s, 
Butcher Row, and Brook Street; and the feveral Streets, 
Lanes, and Paffages, opening into the fame; and for re- 
moving all Obftruétions and Annoyances therefrom, and 
preventing the like for the future: And that Mr. Al- 
derman Oliver, Mr. Alderman Town/fend, and Mr. Alder- 
man Sawbridge, do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


Mr. Alderman Oliver reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the 
Streets and Places therein aftermentioned, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and alk 
other the Inhabitants thereof, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
table: Where the fame was-read; and is as followeth; 
ViZe 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Foleph Curtis, being examined, faid, That the Pavements 
of the Street leading from the Hermitage Bridge, in the 
Parith of Saint ‘fobn of Wapping, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, to a Place called New Crane, in the Parifh of Saint 
Paul Shadwell, called Wapping Street, and the feveral 
Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, opening into the fame, are 
in a very ruinous Condition, and very unfafe by many 
Incroachments and Obftructions, particularly One in 
Wapping Street, by a Houfe projecting too far into the 
faid Street, and other Annoyances, and for the want of 
a convenient Paffage out of the faid Street at the Weft 
End thereof. 

And further faid, That if Provifion was made for 
completing a commodious Pavement in the faid Streets 
and Places, and for removing the feveral Incroachments 
and Annoyances therein, and preventing the like for the 
future ; and for making a Paffage out ot Little Hermitage 
Street into Nightingale Lane, and for paving the faid laft 
mentioned Street and Paffage, and the Eaft Side of Night- 
ingale Lane, as tar as the End of Bur Street, the fame 
would greatly tend to the Benefit of the Inhabitants, and 
the Public in general. 

Mr. Edward Fox, being examined, confirmed the above 
Lividence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving Wapping Street, in the County of Middlefex, and 
the feveral Streets and Paffages leading into the fame; 
and for removing all Encroachments and Obftructions 
therefrom, and preventing the like for the future; and 
for opening a Paffage trom Hermitage Street, into Night- 
incale Lane, and for paving fuch Paffage, and the Eaft 
Side of Nightingale Lane: And that Mr. Alderman Ok- 
ver, Mr. Alderman Townfend, and Mr. Alderman Saw- 
bridge, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords by Mr. Browming and Mr. 
Anguifh: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An-Act 
for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Streets, and other public Paflages, within 
the City of Wincheffer, and alfo within the feveral Parifhes 

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of Saint Barthclomew Hyde, Saint Fobn’s in thé Soke, 
Saint Peter’s Cheefebill, Saint Swithin, and Saint Michael 
in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the faid City ; and 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein ; and 
for widening and rendering the fame more commodi- 
ous; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Open Fields, 
Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Slipton, in the County of North- 
ampton, without any Amendment: And alfo; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Gerard Portman ; without any Amend- 
ment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





V eneris, 21° die Decemibris ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1770. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the honourable Spencer Cowper, Doctor of 
Divinity, Dean, and the Chapter of Durham, of the 
Cathedral Church of Chrift and Bleffed Mary the Virgin, 
Lords of the Manor, Barony, and Borough of £lvet, in 
the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, in the County Palatine of 
Durham, whofe Common Seal is thereunto affixed; and 
alfo of the feveral Freeholders and others, Owners of an- 
cient Dwelling Houfes, fituate and being within the faid 
Manor, Barony, and Borough, whoie Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, for and onthe Behalf of themfelves and 
others, the Owners of ancient Dwelling Houfes, having 
Right of Common in and upon a certain Moor or Com- 
mon, and certain Intercommon Lands and Grounds here- 
inafter mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That there is a certain Moor, or Comimon, 
within, and belonging to, the faid Manor, Bzrony, and Bo- 
rough, called E/vet Moor, containing by Eftimation Four 
hundred Acres, or thereabouts; and that there are alfo 
certain inclofed Lands and Grounds, fituate within the 
faid Manor, Barony, and Borough, belonging to different 
People, which faid Lands and Grounds ar: fubje&amp;t to 
fuch Right of Intercommon as hereinafter is mentioned; 
and that the faid Dean and Chapter being Lords of the 
faid Manor, and as fuch are Owners of the Soil, Inheri- 
tance, and Royalties, of the faid Moor or Common, and 
they and the other Petitioners, and feveral other Owners 
of ancient Dwelling Houfes within the faid Manor, Ba- 
rony, and Borough, in refpect of their faid ancient Dwel- 
ling Houfes, are entitled to a Right at all Times in the 
Year to depafture their Commonable Cattle upon the faid 
Moor or Common, and alfo at certain Times in the Year 
in and upon the faid Intercommon Lands and Grounds, 
Part whereof are fituate within the faid Manor, Barony, 
and Borough, and other Part thereof in the Townfhip of 
Crofeate, in the faid County; and that the Petitioners are 
willing and defirous that the faid Moor or Common 
(which in its prefent State and Condition is of very little 
Ufe or Service) may be inclofed, fet out, and allotted unto, 
and divided amongft, the feveral Owners of ancient Dwel- 
ling Houfes entitled to Right of Common thereon; and 
that the faid Intercommon Lands and Grounds may 
be freed and diicharged from all Right of Intercom- 
moning therein: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Vane and Mr. Charles Townfhend do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


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Ordered, Vhat Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the: Electing ‘of a Commiffioner to ferve in this pre- 
fent Parliament for the Shire of Orkney and Zetland, in 
the room of Thomas Dundas, Eiquire, who, fince his 
Eleétion for the faid Shite, hath accepted the Otfice of 
One of the Commiffioners of Police, in that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland. 


Mr. Ewer prefented to the Houfc, aceording to Or- 
der, a Bill for carrying into Execution an Agreement 
made between Peter Burrell, E{quire, Surveyor General 
of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden 
College, in the County of Kent, for enabling His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs, and Succeflors, to grant Leafes of 
Maidenftene Hill, in the Parifh of Eat Greenwich, in 
the County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the 
Terms mentioned in the faid Agreement; and for im- 
powering the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and 
Penfions of the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Mer- 
chants, in the faid College: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Serjeant Nares reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the feveral Churchwardens and 
Overfeers of the feveral Parifhes of Saint Aldates, other- 
wife Saint Tolls, All Saints, Saint Ebbe’s, Saint Giles’s, 
Holywell, otherwife Saint Crofs, Saint Fobn’s, Saint Mary 
Magdalen, Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Peter’s in the 
Eaft, Saint Martin’s, Saint Michaels, Saint Peter le 
Bailey, Saint Thomas, otherwife Saint Nicholas, and Bin- 
fey, in the City of Oxford, and of the Parith of Bridge- 
fett, otherwife Saint Clement's, near the faid City, and of 
feveral other Inhabitants of the faid City and Parifh, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place,-and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Thomas 
Walker, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the Poor 
of the faid City are very numerous, and maintained at 
the Rate of 6s. 8d. in the Pound, and 4s. 6d. the 
loweft ; and that the granting proper Powers for the 
better Government and Regulation of the faid Poor, and 
providing a Place for their general Reception, will be of 
great Convenience to the faid City, and an Affiftance and 
Relief to the Poor thereof, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better regulating the Poor within the City of Oxford : 
And that Mr. Serjeant Nares and Colonel Harcourt do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of His Majefty’s Commiffioners of Sewers 
for the Limits in the County of Middlefex, extending 
from the Parifhes of Hampton, Tedington, Twickenham, 
Ileworth, Hanwell, Brentford, Atton, Ealing, Chifwick, 
Hammer mith, Fulbam, Kenfington, and Chelfea, the City of 
Weftminfter, and Precinéts of the fame, and fo to Temple 
Bar, the Parifhes of Saint Giles’s in the Fields, and. Saint 
George’s Bloomfbury, Pancras, Mary-le-bone, Hampftead, 
Wilfden, and Paddington, and fo to the River Thames, 
in the County aforefaid, or in the Borders or Confines of 
the fame, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That a Commiffion of Sewers under the Great 
Seal hath, according to the Form appointed by the 
Statute of the 23d Year of the Reign of King Henry 
the Eighth, fubfifted for an hundred Years and upwards, 
and is now in Force, giving Jurifdiction through the 
City and Liberties of We/tminfter, and other the Limits 
beforementioned ; and that the Commiffioners have oc- 
cafionally, at the Inftance of Perfons aggrieved by In- 
undations, exercifed Jurifdiétion over the Sewers within 
the Limits mentioned in the Commiffion, and in the Year 


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1769 repaired and amended divers Sewers within the 
Parifhes of Aéfon and Chifwick, and Hamlet of Hammer- 
Jmith, in which Sewers there was no Ebb and Flow, or 
Paffage of Boats ; and that, by a Cafe determined in the 
Court of King’s Bench in the laft Trinity Term, it ap- 
pears, that the Commiffioners have not, by any of the 
Statutes in Force, Jurifdi€tion over the Sewers before 
defcribed, although it is from Defects of thofe Sewers 
that great Evils have, within the Limits of the faid Com- 
miffion, arifen, and may be expected in future: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for giving to the faid Commiffioners, within the 
feveral Limits mentioned in the Commiflion, the like 
Jurifdi€tion over Sewers wherein theré is neither Ebb or 
Flow, nor Paffage of Boats, as they by the Statutes now 
in Force have over-Sewers in which there is Ebb and 
Flow, and Paffage’ of Boats, or within Two Miles of the 
City of London , and that a Claufe be contained in fuch 
Bill, giving Authority to the faid Commiffioners to make 
a proper and equal Rate to defray the Expences which 
have been incurred in Manner beforementioned, or fuch 
other Powers and Provifions as the Nature of the Cafe 
may require. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Gyn, Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Tuefday 
the 22d Day of Fanuary next, at Nine of the Clock in the 
Morning, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for better paving the Streets, Squares, 
Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other public Paflages, 
in that Part of Goodman’s Fields which lies in the Parith 
of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, in the 
County of Middlefex, and alfo Red Lion Street and White 
Lien Street, lying contiguous to the faid Fields ; and for 
removing and preventing Nufances, Annoyances, and 
Obftructions, therein: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Boulton be added to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill for 
the more effectually raifing a Military Force, for the 


Protection of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the E.% 


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India Company. 


The Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday the 
23d Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and 
Means for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday the 
23d Day of Fanuary next, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply 
granted to His Majefty. ‘ 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browning and Mr 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An AG 
for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land Tax, to 
be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, while 
on Shore ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 

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to impower Charles Fitzroy, Efquire, to fhut up certain 
Foot Paths, in the Parifh of Saint Pancras, alias Kentifh 
Town, in the County of Middlefex; and to oblige him to 
make, and keep in Repair for the future, a Foot Path 
in Lieu thereof ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to continue for a further Time; an Aét made in the 
Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét to continue and amend an Aét, made in the Fifth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An A&amp;t for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and 
Butter, from Jreland, for a limited Time ; and for allow- 
ing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and 
Butter, from the Britis Dominions in America, for a 
limited Time ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An Ac 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open Fields, Mea- 
dows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs, and other Uninelofed 
Grounds, within the feveral Townfhips of Lockington and 
Ayke, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York; and for 
extinguifhing the Right of Common or Average upon 
certain ancient Inclofures within the faid Townfhip of 
Lockington ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman 

Uther of the Black Rod: - 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, for declaring His Royal Afient to feveral 
Aéts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance of this honourable Houjfe, in the 
Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commiffion read. 

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

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the Defire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of 
Peers, where a Commiffion under the Great Seal was 
read; giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Af- 
fent to feveral Public and Private Bills, therein men- 
tioned ; and alfo impowering the Lord Archbifhop of 
Canterbury, the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Lord 
Privy Seal, the Duke of Grafton, and feveral other 
Lords, to declare and notify the Royal Affent to the faid 
Bills ; and that the Lord Prefident of the Council, and 


the Earl of Marchmont, and the Lord Mansfield, named - 


alfo in the faid Commiffion, did accordingly declare and 
notify the Royal Affent to the faid Bills; which Bills are 
as followeth; viz. 

An Aé for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land 
Tax, to be raifetlin Great Britain, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one : 

An Aé for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 

An A&amp; for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore : 

An A&amp; to continue for a further Time, an Act made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aét to continue and amend an Aé, made in 
the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Aét for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland, for a limited Time ; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/s Dominions in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time: 

An Aét for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the Streets and other public Paf- 
fages within the City of Winchefter, and alfo within the 
feveral Parifhes of Saint Bartholomew Hyde, Saint Fobn'’s 
in the Soke, Saint Peter’s Cheefebill, Saint Swithin, and 
Saint Michael, in the Weft Soke, in the Suburbs of the 
faid City; and for preventing Nufances atid Annoyances 
therein, and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious ; 


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‘An A to ‘impower Charles Fitzroy, Efquire; to fhut 
up certain Foot Paths; in the Parith of Saint Pancras, 
alias Kentifh Town, in the County of Middlefex ; and to 
oblige him to make, and keep in Repair for the future, 
a Foot Path in Lieu thereof: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields; Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Siipton, in the County 
of Northampton : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, Carrs; and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the feveral Townthips of 
Lockington and Ayke; in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York; and for extinguifhing the Right of Common 
or Average upon certain ancient Inclofures, within the 
faid Townthip of Lockington : 

An A&amp; for naturalizing Gerard Portman. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Zue/day the Twenty- 
fecond Day of Fanuary next; Ten of the Clock 
in the Morning. 





Martis, 22° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1771: 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the feveral Perforis; whofe Names ate 
A thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelves and 
others, interefted in a certain Common, or Traét of Land, 
called Kennard Moor, lying in the Parith of Saint Fobn 
the Baptift, Glaftonbury, in the County of Somerfet, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there is a Common, or Tract of Land, called or known 
by the Name of Kennard Moor, containing °° Acres; 
more or lefs, fituate m or near the faid Parifh, which lies 
wafte, uninclofed, and unmanured, and, for Want. of 
fufficient Drains, fubjeét to be overflowed great Part of 
the Year, and is of very little Value to the Petitioners, 
who are intitled to much the greateft Parts or Shares 
thereof ; and that, if the faid Common or Tract of 
Land was divided, allotted, and apportioned, accord- 
ing to the réfpective Number of Commons and Shares 
each Proprietor hath in the faid Common or Traét of 
Land, and their faid Shares inclofed; fenced in, drain- 
ed, and improved, it would be greatly to the Advantage 
of «ie Petitioners, and the Public in general : And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing and inclofing, according to each 
Perfon’s Right in the fame, the faid Common or Traét 
of Land, called Kennard Moor, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houle fhall feem meet. 

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


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
fubftantial Inhabitants, in the County of Berks, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and tead ; Setting forth, That 

, the Roads leading from Beffelfleigh, through Wantage, to 
Hungerford, and from Wantage to Marlborough, and 
from the Turnpike Road between Reading and Walling- 
ford, through Halfpenny Lane, to the Old Red House 
upon Wantage Downs ; and from the faid Of4 Red Houje 
to Lambcrn, are in many Parts narrow and incommo- 
dious, and in fo ruinous a Condition, efpecially in the 
Winter Seafon, that Travellers cannot pafs without 
sae Danger : And therefore praying, That Leave may 

given to bring in a Bill for repairing, widening, and 
amending, the faid Roads, and fuch other Relief in the 
Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 

Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 


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76 


mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to: Mr. Vanfittart, Mr. Freeman, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution Three Aéts, paffed in, the Twelfth 
Year of the Reign of her Majefty Queen Anne, and 
the Firft and Twentieth Years of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Highways between The Bear 
Inn in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, 
and for amending other Roads therein mentioned ; and 
alfo of feveral Gentlemen and others, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners, the Truftees, 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Aéts, but 
find the faid Highways cannot be effectually repaired, 
widened, and kept in Repair, and the Money now owing 
upon the Credit of the faid Acts be repaid, unlefs 
the Term thereby granted is further continued, and the 
Powers thereof are altered and enlarged ; and that the 
Highway between the Weit End of the Houfe in Speen- 
hamland, in the Poffeffion of Edward Sheppard, and the 
Weft End of the Highway by the faid Acts directed to 
be repaired, is in a ruinous Condition, narrow, and in- 
commodious, and cannot be effectually repaired, widen- 
ed, and kept in Repair, without the Aid of Parliament ; 
and that the Highway leading out of One of the High- 
ways mentioned in the faid Acts, at the South End of 
Boftock Lane, in the Parifhes of Sulbamftead and Engle- 
field, or One of them, to Pangborne, in the County of 
Berks, is very ruinous, and in feveral Places narrow and 
incommodious, and cannot be effectually repaired and 
widened by the Laws in being ; and it would be nearer, 
and morecommodious, if the faid Highway was turned 
through Englefield Common Field, to or near a Houfe in 
Englefield Street, known by the Sign of The Daggers, and 
from thence, along Englefield Street, into the old High- 
way leading out of Englefield Street, through the Parifh 
of Zidmarfb, by and through a Place there called Hog- 
moor, and trom thence to the South Eaft Corner of the 
Yard or Backfide belonging to The Caftle and Elephant 
Inn, in Pangborue aforefaid ; and the greateft Part of the 
Land in Englefield Common Field, over which the faid 
new Highway is intended to be carried, being the Pro- 
perty of Powlet Wright, Efquire, who is confenting 
thereto, and is willing to give his Land for that Pur- 
pofe, provided a Highway leading out of the South 
Welt Side of Englefield Street, on the North Weft Side 
of the Black{mith’s Shop there, and from thence by the 
North Weft Side of Cranmore Pond, to a Gate leading 
into the Common Field there, fhall be (after making 
the faid new Highway) fhut up and difcontinued, and 
fhall. from thenceforth be vefted in the faid Powlet 
Wricht, and his Heirs, as the faid Highway will then 
become ufelefs to the Public: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for effecting 
the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Van/ittart, Mr. Freeman, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, ufually 
travelling the Highway between Reading and Newbury, 
in the County of Berks, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houte, and read ; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are informed, Application 
is intended to be made, for Leave t bring in a Bill to 


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continue, and render more effectual, feveral Acts for re- 
pairing the Highways between The Bear Jnn in Reading, 
and Puntfeld, in the County of Berks, and for amending 
other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; and for repair- 
ing the Highway lying between the Weft End of:a Houle 
in Speenbamland,in the Occupation of Edward Sheppard, 
and the Weft End of the Highway by the faid A¢ts di- 
rected to be repaired ; and that feveral Parts of the faid 
Highways, which lead through Towns and Villages, are 
narrow, and thereby Accidents frequently happen in the 
Night Time, which, the Petitioners apprehend, may in a 
great Meafure be prevented, if the fame were properly 
lighted: And therefore praying, That Provifion may be 
made in the faid Bill, tor lighting fuch Parts of the faid 
Highways as fhall be found necefiary. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee,. to whom the laft pre- 
ceding Petition is referred: And that they do examine 
the Matter of this Petition, and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houle. 


A Petition of William Fones, Efguire, and Elizabeth 
his Wife, Owners of the Manor of Eaf Gav/fen, in the 
County of Berks, and of a great Part of the Open and 
Commonable Lands within the faid Manor, the Reve- 
rend the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of 
Chrift, in the Univerfity of Oxford, of the Foundation 
of King Henry the Eighth, Owners of the appropriate 
Rectory of the Parifh of Zaft Garfton aforefaid, and of 
other Parts of the faid Open and Commonable Lands, 
being Glebe Lands (which faid Rectory and Glebe Lands 
are now held by the faid William ones under a Leafe 
granted by the faid Dean and Chapter) and the feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Names or Seals are thereunto fub- 
{cribed or fet, being Proprietors of Lands within the faid 
Manor and Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid 
Manor and Parifh, certain Open Common Fields, Downs, 
Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, which, in 
their prefent Situation, are incapable of any confiderable 
Improvement ; but, if the fame were divided, and {pe- 
cific Parts or Shares thereof were allotted to, and amongft, 
the feveral Proprietors thereof, in Severalty, according 
and in Proportion to their refpective Lands and Rights 
of Common therein, the Parties concerned would be 
greatly benefited : And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, un- 
der fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Vanfittart, Mr. Kynajton, and Admiral Craven, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Tradets, and 
other the principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of Abiig- 
don, in the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houie, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have ob- 
ferved, by the Votes, that a Petition of the Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the faid County 
of Berks, has been prefented to the Houfe, for Leave 
for a Bill to make a navigable Canal from the Borough 
of Reading, in the County of Berks, to a Place called 
Monkey Ifland, in the fame County : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in the faid Bill, 
and that the fame may pafs into a Law, under fuch Re- 
gulations and Reftrictions as to the Hovfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties of 
Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcr.bed, is referred. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunder fubfcribed, being Proprietors, Lefiees, and 
Inhabitants of Houfes, on the South Side of the public 

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High Street, in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwife Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, fromi the Votes, that a Bill 
has been prefented for the better paving that Part of 
the High Street, in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwile Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and for removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein ; and that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a 
Law, as it is now framed, the Petitioners apprehend, 
they fhall be greatly injured: And therefore praying, 
That they may be heard, by themfelves or their Coun- 
fel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as may affect 
them. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


A Petition of feveral of the Proprietors and Occupiers 
of Houfes, Lands, and Tenements, in the feveral Pa- 
rifhes, Hamlets, and Townfhips, of Hampton, Hamp- 
tonwick, Teddington, Twickenham, Ifleworth, Hanwell, 
Brentford, Aéton, Ealing, Chifwick, Hammerfmith, Ful- 
ham, and Wilfden, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read , Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the 
Votes, that a Petition hath been prefented, from the 
Commiffioners of Sewers within the faid County, for a 
Bil for extending their Jurifdiction to Sewers wherein 
there is neither Ebb or Flow nor Paffage of Boats, with- 
in the feveral Parifhes and Places above named, and for 
other Purpofes ; and the Petitioners conceive, that fuch 
Extenfion of the Jurifdiction of the faid Commiffioners 
is unneceflary, as there are no Sewers or Watercourfes 
within the faid Parifhes, which may not be effectually 
cleanfed by a due Execution of the Laws now in Be- 
ino; and that the fame will be attended with a heavy 
Charge upon the Properties of the Petitioners, without 
any real Benefit: And therefore praying, That the Pe- 
titioners may have an Opportunity of offering more fully 
to the Houte their Reafons again{t the Prayer of the faid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition. be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of His Majetty’s Commiffioners of Sewers for the Li- 
mits in the County of Middlefex, extending from the 
Parifh-s of Hampton, Teddington, Twickenham, Ifleworth, 
Hanwell, Brentford, A&amp;on, Ealing, Chifwick, Hammer- 
fmith, Fulbam, Kenfington, and Chelfea, the City of Weft- 
minfter and Precincts of the fame, and fo to Temple Bar, 
the Parifhes of Satut Giles’s in the Fields, and Saint 
George’s Bloomfbury, Pancras, Mary-le-bone, Hampftead, 
Wilfden, and Paddington, and fo to the River Thames, in 
the County aferefaid, or in the Borders or Confines of the 
fame, is referred. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the faid 
Committee. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Suffex, whofe Names are there- 
unto fub{cribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Road from the Turnpike Road 
from Tonbridge Wells to Lewes, at a Place called Hodges, 
in the Parifh of Afayfeld, over Hadley Down, through 
the feveral Parifhes of Buxted, Maresfield, Fletching, 
Newick, and Cheiley, to 2 Place called Beadles Hill, in 
the Parith of Lindfeld, and from thence to the Town of 
Lindfield; and from. Beadles [fill aforefaid, through the 
Parifh of Wivelsfield, over Heward’s Heath, to the Town 
of Cuckfield; and from the Turnpike Road between the 
Towns of Cuckjfield and Crawley, over Saint Leonard’s 

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Houfe of Commons. 77 


Fore/t, to the Town of Horfbam , is ruinous, and in fe- 
veral Places narrow and dangerous, fo as to be impaffable 
for Wheel Carriages in Winter, and very difficult and 
dangerous for Perfons travelling in Carriages or on 
Horfeback at all Times: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bilk for repairing and 
widening the faid Road, in {uch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Vernon, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday the 17th Day of December \aft, for referring the 
Petition of the Freeholders, Farmers, and others, of the 
County of Effex, whofe Names are thereunto fuicribed, 
on Behalf of themfelves and others pafling from the faid 
County, through Mile End, to London, and Parts adja- 
cent, on the Turnpike Road, to the Confideration of the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for better paving that Part 
of the High Street, in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwife Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and for removing Obftruétions and Annoyances 
therein, is committed, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That fo much of the faid Order, as directs 
the faid Petitioners to be heard by their Counfel before 
the faid Committee, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Petitioners be heard, by them- 


felves, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit. 


A Petition of Zobn Peter Du Roveray and fohn Daniel 
Naville, was preiented to the Houfe, and read; Praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill for their Na- 
turalization, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Edmonjtone and Mr. Kynejfton do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


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

ent for the Borough of Great Bedwyn, in the County of 
Wilts, in the room of William Northey, Efquire, de- 
ceafed. 


Mr. Hopkins prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Whit- 
church, in the County of Backs: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for carrying into Execution an Agreement 
made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General 
of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden Col- 
lege, in the County of Keat, for enabling His Majetty, 
His Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of Maidenftone 
Hill, in the Parith of Ea Greenwich, in the County of 
Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the Terms mentioned in 
the faid Agreement ; and for impowering the faid Truf- 
tees to increafe the Salaries and Penfions of the Treafurer, 
Chaplain, and poor Merchants, in the faid College, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed. ‘ 

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


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78 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Truftees, whofe Names are there- 
under fubfcribed, appointed (among others) to put in 
Fxecution Three feveral Aéts of Parliament, for repair- 
ing the Highway from Stones End, at Whitechapel 
Church, in the County of Middlefex, to Shenfield, and 
other Places, in the County of Effex ; and alto of feveral 
Gentlemen and others frequently paffing the faid Roads; 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill 
is depending, for paving that Part of the High Street, 
in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwile White- 
chapel, which lies in the County of Middlefex , and that 
the Petitioners find, that it is propofed to lay a Rate upon 
the Inhabitants, together with a {mall Toll upon certain 
Carriages and Saddle Horfes paffing through the Turn- 
pike Gate at Mile End; and reprefenting to the Houfe, 
that the Pavement of the faid Street is at prefent in fo 
ruinous a State, that it is unfafe for Carriages, and by 
Means thereof many Perfons are prevented from travel- 
jing the faid Turnpike Road; and that, if the faid Street 
could be properly paved, it would be a great Advantage 
to Trade, Tillage, and Perfons travelling the faid Turn- 
pike Road through the faid Street; and that, from the 
Width of the faid Street, and the great Wear of the Pave- 
ment by the many heavy Carriages ufing the fame, the 
Petitioners apprehend, it would be too great a Burthen 
for the Inhabitants to take upon themfelves the new pav- 
ing thereof in a proper Manner, and keeping the fame in 
Repair, without fome Affiftance from fuch Perfons as 
will be benefited thereby; and that the Tolls propofed to 
be laid by the faid Bill will not in the leaft injure or af- 
fet the Trade or Tillage of the faid County of Effex: 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes 
into Confideration ; and that the faid Bill may pafs into 
a Law. 

A Petition of divers Freeholders, Farmers, Traders, 
and others, refiding in the County of Effex: And 
alfo, 

Another Petition of divers Freeholders, Farmers, 
Traders, and others, refiding in the County of Efex: 
And alfo, 

Another Petition of divers Freeholders, Farmers, 
Traders, and others, refiding in the County of 
Effex 3 

Were alfo feverally prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners ob- 
ferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is depending for 
paving that Part of the High Street, in the Parifh 
of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, 
which lies in the County of Middlefex; and that 
the Petitioners find, it is propofed to lay a Rate 
upon the Inhabitants, together with a {mall Toll 
upon certain Carriages and Saddle Horfes paf- 
fing through the Turnpike Gate at Mile End; 
and reprefenting to the Houfe, that the Pave- 

’ ment of the faid Street is at prefent in fo ruinous 
a. State, that it is unfafe for Carriages; and that, 
if the faid Street could be properly paved, it 
would be a great Advantage to Trade and Huf- 
bandry, and to all Perfons having Occafion to 
pafs through the fame; and that, from the 
Width of the faid Street, and the great Wear of 
the Pavement by the many heavy Carriages ufing 
the fame, the Petitioners apprehend. it would be 
too great a Burthen for the Inhabitants to take 
upon themfelves the new paving the faid Street in 
a proper Manner, and keeping the Pavement in 
Repair, without fome Affiftance from fuch Per- 
fons as will be benefited thereby: And therefore 
praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into 
Confideration ; and that the faid Bill may pafs 
into a Law. 


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And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to be referred to the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for better paving that Part of 
the High Street, in the Parith of Saint 
Mary Matfelon, otherwife /Wbitechapel, 
which lies in the County of Middlefex, and 
for removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein, is committed. 


A Bill for better paving the Streets, Squares, Lanes, 
Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, in that 
Part of Goodman’s Fields, which lies in the Parith of Sains 
Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, in the County of 
Middlefex, and alfo Red Lyon Street and White Lyon 
Street, lying contiguous to the faid Fields, and for remov- 
ing and preventing Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftruc- 
tions, therein, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Burke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Mr. Serjeant Giynn prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, fuch Parts of the Precinét of Saing 
Catherine, in the County of Middlefex, as are not included 
in an Act of the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty ; 
and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Coventry prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, or Wafte Lands, within the Ma- 
nor and Parith of Hill Croome, in the County of Worcef- 
- : And the fame was received; and read the Firft 

ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from the 
Treafury, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Report of the Commiffioners 
« and Truftees for managing the annexed forfeited 
« Eftates in Scotland, to the Lords Commiffioners of 
«© His Majefty’s Treafury, which by an Aét of the asth 
« Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, is dire&amp;ed to be laid 
‘¢ before both Houfes of Parliament.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read, 

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

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, attended at 
the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented 
to the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

An Account of the Number of Buffes which have been 
cleared out, for the White Herring Fifhery, at the feveral 
Ports in Scotland, from the 5th Fanuary 1770, as far as 
the fame can be made up, together with the Number of 
Men, the Tonnage, and the Quantity of Fith taken, and 
- Amount of the Bounties which have been paid: And: 

0, 

An Account of the Monies which have been produeed 
out of Ftis Majefty’s Cuftoms in Scotland, and are appli- 
cable to the Payment of the Bounties on Veffels employ- 
ed in the White Herring Fifhery, from the 5th Day of 
Fanuary 1770: And alfo, 

An Account of the Monies which have been certified: 
to be due, and are now in Arrear, as the Bounty on Buf- 
fes fitted out for the White Herring Fithery in Scotland, 
from the 5th of January 1770: And alfo, 

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An Account of the Quantity of Whalebone and Oil 


‘imported into, and exported trom, Scotland, from the 


1ft of Fanuary 1768, to the roth of Ofoeber 1770, being 
as far as the fame can be made up; diftinguifhing the 
feveral Quantities imported from, and exported to, each 
Place: And alfo, 

An Account of the feveral Quantities of Salted Beef, 
Pork, Bacon, and Butter, imported into Scotland, from 
Freland and America, from the 1ft Day of January 1769, 
to 10th of Ofober 1770, being as fat as the fame can be 
made up: And alfo, 

An Account of the Number of Cattle imported into 
Scotland, from Ireland, fince the 1oth of Offober 1766, 
to the roth ef Ofober 1770, being as far as the fame 
can be made up; diftinguifhing the feveral Sorts im- 
ported in each Year: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Tallow imported into 
Scotland, from the 1ft Day of ‘fanuary 1769, to the roth 
of Offober 1770, being as far as the fame can be made 
up; diftinguifhing the Foreign Tallow from the Jrif. 

Mr. Rowe alfo, from the Commiffioners of the Cuf 
toms in Scotland, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the 
Directions of feveral Acts of Parliament, 

An Account of what Number of Ships from Scotland 
have been employed in the Whale Fithery to Davis’s 
Straits, and the Greenland Seas, with their refpective 
Names and Burthens, from whence they were fitted out, 
and at what Port they were difcharged ; and alfo what 
Quantity of Oil and Whale Fins each Ship has import- 
ed, from the roth of Ofober 1769, to the 10th of Offo- 
ber 1770: And alfo, 

An Account of all Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, 
Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, that have, before the 13th 
of November 1770, been exported from Scotland, to any 
Place whatfoever, by virtue or in Purfuance of any of 
the Liberties or Powers given or granted for that Pur- 
pofe by the A&amp; g° Geo. III. ; diftinguifhing to what 
Places the fame have been exported. 

Mr. Rowe alfo, from the Commiffioners of the Cuf- 
toms in Scotland, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Order of the 6th Day of April, in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, 

An Account of the Value of all Goods, Wares, and 
Merchandize, exported from, or imported into, Scotland, 
from Chriftmas 1767, to Chrifimas 1769; diftinguifhing 
each Place, and each Year. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Beeral/ton, in the County of 
Devon, in the room of Sir Francis Henry Drake, Ba- 
ronet, who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Mafter of the Houfhold to His 
Majetty. 


Ordered, That this Houfe be called over upon this 
Day Fortnight, the 5th Day of February next. 

Ordered, That fuch Members as fhall not then attend, 
be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- 
ing this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write circular Letters 
to the Sheriffs and Stewards of the feveral Counties of 
Great Britain, requiring the Attendance of’ the Mem- 
bers of this Houfe upon this Day Fortnight, the 5th 
Day of February next; and that this Houfe will pro- 
ceed with the utmoft Severity againft {uch Members as 
fhal) not then attend the Service of the Houfe. 


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Copies of which Letters are as follow; viz. 


From the Houfe of Commons, 
22d Fanuary 1771. 
SIR; Dae 

I am commanded by the Houfe of Commons to ac- 
quaint you, That you are, immediately upon the Re- 
ceipt of this, to fummon the Reprefentatives of your 
County, and Boroughs within the fame, to attend their 
Service in Parliament on this Day Fortnight, the sth 
Day of February next ; the Houfe of Commons intend- 
ing to proceed with the utmoft Severity againft fuch of 
their Members as fhall then negleét to attend the Service 
of the Houfe: And you are to give me an Account of 
the Receipt of this, and what you have done thereupon, 
upon Pain of incurring the Difpleafure of the faid Houfe. 


I am, 
Sir, 
Your humble Servant, 
FI, Norton, Speaker, 
From the Houfe of Commons, 
the 22d Fanuary 1771. 
My Lord; 


I am commanded by the Houfe of Commons to de- 
fire your Lordfhip, immediately upon the Receipt of 
this, to fummon the Members of Parliament for the 
Cinque Ports, to attend their Service in Parliament on 
this Day Fortnight, the 5th Day of February next; the 
Houte of Commons intending to proceed with the ut- 
moft Severity againft fuch of their Members as fhall 
then negleé to attend the Service of the Houfe. Your 
Lordfhip will alfo be pleafed to give me an Account of 
the Receipt of this ; and what you have done thereupon, 


Iam, with the utmoft Refpect, 

My Lord, 
Your Lordfhip’s 
Moft humble and obedient Servant, 
Fl’. Norton, Speaker. 
To the Earl of Holderneffe, 
Lord Warden of the 
Cinque Ports. 


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





Mercurii, 23° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*# Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Francis Vincent ptefented to the Houfe, accord. 

ing to Order, a Bill to explain and amend fo much 

of an Aét, made in the 6th Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts ad- 
jacent, ii the County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching the fame, and alfo the Courts, Yards, 
Alleys, and Paflages, adjoining thereto, and for pre- 
venting Annoyances therein, as relates to the Commif- 
fiongrs 








So 
fioners of Sewers : And the fame was received ; and read 


the Firft Time. | 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars, 
of the Univerfity of Oxford, and of the Mayor, Bailiffs, 
and Commonalty, of the City of Oxford, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Roads 
near the faid Univerfity and City, ufually called The Mile- 
ways, and the Entrance into the faid Univerfity and 
City, through the Parifh of Bridgefet, called Saint Cle- 
ment’s, and Magdalen Bridge, \eading from the faid 
Parifh, acrofs the River Charwell, are in a very ruinous 
Condition, and in many Parts very narrow and incom- 
modious ; and that the Roads from the faid Bridge, 
through the feveral Streets in the faid Univerfity, City, 
and Suburbs, to the great Roads leading to Worcefter, 
Gloucefter, Birmingham, Bath, Abingdon, Newbury, and 
Southampton, are alfo in very bad Condition, and in many 
Parts fo narrow and incommodious, and {fo greatly ob- 
ftructed by Nufances and Annoyances, as to render the 
aid Roads or Streets inconvenient and dangerous ; and 
that the faid Univerfity, City, and Suburbs, and the faid 

~Parith of Saint Clement’s, are in general ill cleanfed and 
lighted, and the Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Paflages, 
and the Avenues leading thereto, are badly paved, and 
rendered narrow and incommodious, by many Projec- 
tions, Encroachments, and other Nufances ; and if the 
fame were properly lighted, paved, repaired, cleanfed, 
and widened, and the faid Nufances and Annoyances 
removed and prevented for the future, it would tend to 
the Benefit and Health of the Inhabitants of the faid 
Univerfity and City, and all Perfons reforting thereto ; 
and that the holding a Market (as heretofore accuftom- 
ed) for felling of Meat, Fifh, and Garden Stuff, in the 
High Street and Butcher Row in the faid City, hath 
been found very inconvenient; and that it would be of 
great Advantage to the Public, to have the fame re- 
moved to a more convenient Part of the faid City ; and 
that the greater Part of the Houfes, Shops, and Ware- 
houfes, in the faid Univerfity, City, and Suburbs, be- 
long to Bodies Corporate, and are irregularly built, and 
frequently fuffered to fall into a ruinous State by reafon 
of their contingent Tenure; and that it would be a 
great Inducemert to the Inhabitants or Lefiees to rebuild 
the fame, as well as an Advantage to fuch Bodies Cor- 
porate, if they were empowered to fell fuch Houfes and 
Edifices in Fee, and inveft the Purchafe Money in the 
Public Funds, or lay it out again in other Purchafes: 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and that Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for effecting the feveral Purpofes aforefaid, in 
fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations and Reftric- 
tions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houtfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Page, Lord Charles Spencer, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords; and all, who come to the Committee, are to 
have Voices. 


A Petition of feveral Owners of Eftates in the Parifh 
of Sebrabam, otherwile Sebergham, in the County of Cum- 
berland, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, in the Fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, an 
A&amp;t paffed, for confirming the inclofing of the Common 
and Wafte Lands within the faid Parifh, and other Pur- 
pofes; and that itwould be a Convenience to the Land 
Owners, and an Advantage to the Curate of the faid Pa- 
rifh, if the Tithes belonging to the faid Curate were ex- 
tinguifhed, and proper Compenfation made to him in 
Lieu thereof: And therefore praying, That Leave may 


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be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, under fuch 
Regulations as fhall be thought neceffary. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mi. 
Howard, Mr. Ongley, and Mr. Coventry, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the County of 
Suffolk, in the room of the honourable Fobu Auguftus 
Hervey, who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of One of the Commiffioners for 


executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great 
Britain. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprieiors of 
the Open 2nd Common Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, 
Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, in 
the Parith of Weft Afhby, in the County of Lincoln, and 
within the Manors of Horucaftle, in the faid County of 
Lincoln, and Weft Ajbby atorefaid, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and 
Grounds of the Petitioners, in the faid Open Fields, Cow 
Paftures, and Commons, lie intermixed and difperfed in 
{mali Parcels, and, in their prefent Situation, are incapa- 
ble of any confiderable Improvement; and that, if the 
fame were inclofed and divided, and fpecific Shares or 
Allotments afligned to each Perfon, according to their 
refpective Interefts, it would tend greatly to the Advan- 
tage of the Petitioners and all Parties interefted therein : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch 
Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Sir Cecil Wray, Baronet, Lawrence 
Monck, Efquire, George Archer, Fohn Dauber, William 
Hildyard, and Richard Bewley, Proprietors of Lands and 
Grounds within the Townfhip and Parith of Bifvep Nor- 
ton, in the County of Lincoln, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; Setting forth, That, within the faid 
Township and Parifh, are feveral Open and Uninclofed 
Arable Fields, Common Paitures, Carrs, and Wafte 
Grounds, or other Open and Common Lands, diftin- 
guifhed by feveral Names, which contain in the whole 
One thoufand and Seven hundred Acres, or there- 
abouts, which lie intermixed and difperfed in fmall Par- 
cels, and are in general fo inconveniently fituated as to 
render the Cultivation thereof difficult and expentfive, 
and, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of much 
Improvement; and that, if the fame were divided and 
inclofed, it would be a general Advantage to all the Per- 
fons interefted therein: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Open and uninclofed Arable Fields, 
Common Paftures, Carrs, and Waite Grounds, and other 
Open and Common Lands, in the faid Townfhip and 
Parifh of Bifbop Norton, in fuch Manner, and under fuch 
Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 


Brownlow Bertie, and Mr. Whichcot, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Sir Fobn St. Aubyn, of Clowance, in the 
County of Cornwail, Baronet, on the Behalf of himfelf, and 
of William Williams, of the Town or Place commonly 
called or known by the Name of Dock Town, in the Parith 
of Stoke Damerel, in the County of Devon, Gentieman ; 
and of feveral of the Perfons living and refiding in and near 
the faid Town or Place, was pretented to the Houfe, and 


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read; Setting forth, That the faid Town or Place is ve- 
ry large and populous, and a great many Perfons of For- 
tune refide in and near the fame; and it would greatly 
contribute to their Amufement, if a licenied Playhoufe 
was there eftablifhed ; which cannot be done, unlefs ari 
A&amp;, which pafled in the roth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, to explain and amend fo mttch of an Act 
made in the 12th Year of the Reign of Queen Aune,.inti- 
tuled, An Act for reducing the Laws relating to Rogues; 
Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and Vagrants; into One Act 
of Parliament, and for the more effectual punifhing fuch 
Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and Vagrants, and 
fending them whither they ought to be fent, whereby all 
Perions are difcharged and prohibited to reprefent any 
Entertainment of the Stage whatever, in Virtue of Let- 
ters Patent from His Majefty, or by Licence from the 
Lord Chamberlain of His Majefty’s Houfhold for the 
Time being, except within the Liberties of Weftminfter, 
or where His Majefty is refiding for the Time being, be 
repealed, fo far as the fame relates to, or refpects the faid 
Place called Dock Town: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for repealing the 
faid A&amp;, fo far as the fame refpects or relates to the faid 
Place, commonly called or known by the Name of Dock 
Town, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Francis Vincent and Mr. Bacen do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


_A Petition of the Reverend Jobn Prefton, Clerk, Lord 
of the Manor of Kilbam upon the Woulds, in the County 
of York, and Owner of feveral Eftates within the Town- 
fhip of Kilbam aforefaid, the Reverend Yobn Fountayne, 
Doétor of Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral and Metropo- 
litical Church of Saint Peter in York, and Owner of the 
impfepriate Rectory of Ki/bam aforefaid, and alfo Patron 
of the Vicarage of the Parifh Church of Kilbam aforefaid, 
and of feveral other Perfons whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, alfo Owners of feveral Etates there, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read, Setting forth, That, within 
the faid Townfhip, are feveral Open and Uninclofed 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, which lie intermixed, and 
are, in their prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement; 
and that it would be of great Advantage to the feveral 
Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were inclofed and 
divided into fpecific Allotments, and exempt from Tithes 
and other Ecclefiaftical Dues, and if all Right of Com- 
mon, Stray, or Average, and Sheep Gates thereon, was to 
ceafe: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, and for making a 
Compenfation to the Impropriators of the faid Rectory, 
for the Great Tithes, Tithe of Wool aid Lamb; and all 
other Ecclefiaftical Dues and Payments, Yearly arifing 
within the faid Townfhip, and belonging to the faid 
Rectory, and alfo for making a Compenfation to the Vi- 
car of Kilbam aforefaid, for all Vicarial Tithes, Dues, 
and Payments whatfoever, Yearly arifing within the faid 
Townfhip, and belonging to the faid Vicar, in fuch Man- 
ner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, put- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lafcelles and Mr. Daniel Lafcelles do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Stephen Parkinfon, Famés Parkinfon, and 
William Dawfon, Gentlemen, and others, Owners and 
Proprietors of feveral Paftures arid Open Fields, within 
the Townthip of Hetton, in the Parith of Burnfal, and 
Weft Riding of the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are within tne 
faid Townfhip Two Undivided Paftures, called Hetton 
Moor, otherwife Hetton Cow Clofe, and Hetton Ox Pafture, 
and alfo feveral Open Fields, and Parcels of Land, called 
Crooklands, Headacre, Wormbill, Skefd, Longlands, Fitts, 

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Hungerbills, Crumacres, Ingdales, Hard Ings, Manbead’; 
Dikelands; Thiftlegrime, Low Ingber, and Gil! Lends, con- 
taining together 1;140 Acres or thereabouts; and the faid 
Paitures, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of Im- 
provement ; and the refpective Parts and Shares cf the 
feveral Owners of the faid Open Fields being intermixed 
and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and for the moft Part in- 
conveniently fituated, it would be of great Advantage to 
all the Proprietors and Parties interefted in the faid teveral 
Paitures and Open Fields, if the fame were divided and 
inclofed, and fpecific Allotments made thereof, according 
to each Perfon’s Intereft therein: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the feveral Paftures and Open Fields with- 
in the Townfhip of Hetton, in the Parifli of Burnfal, and 
Welt Riding of the County of 2¢rk. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lafcelles and Mr. Daniel Lajceles do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame, — 


A Petitiori of the fevetal Inhabitants, Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of Houfes, in the Parifh of Saint Paul Covent 
Garden, within the City and Liberty of Wefimifter, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, tha: a Billi is de- 
pending, to amend, and render more effectual; feveral 
Aéts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, and lig|.ting, 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, wit!in 


- the City and Liberty of Wefminfer and Parts a jacent; 


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atid that the Petitioners apprehend, they fhall be mate- 
rially affected and prejudiced in their Rights znd Intereits 
by the faid Bill, in cafe the fame fhall pafs into a Law: 
And therefore praying, That all the Powers intended by 
the faid Bill to be given to Parochial Committees, may be 
either extended over all the Streets of the faid Parith, or 
that the faid Parifh may be excepted out of the faid Bill, 
and the Petitioners left under the fame Controul, Power, 
and Direction, of the faid Commiffioners, as they at pre- 
fent ftand fubjected to by the Laws now in Force. — 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill ta 
amend, and render more effectual, feveral Acts made, re- 
lating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares; 
Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the City and Li- 
berty of Weftminjter, and Parts adjacent, is committed. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of thé Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Couneil, of the City of 
London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar; prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That 
the Navigation of the River Thames Weftward of Londo 
is very tedious, inconvenient, and expenfive; and is fre- 
quently rendered impratticable ; arid that the making a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from or near a Place called 
Monkey Ifland, near Bray; in the County of Berks, to J/le- 
worth, in the County of Middlefex, and from therce to 
join the River Thames above Windfor Bridge, and trom 
the faid propofed Canal, from or near Wet Bedfort, in the 
faid County of Middiefex, to the River Thames at or near 
Stinines, will be highly advantageous to the adjacent 
Country, and particularly to the Cities of London and 
Weftwinfter; and that, if the ancient Channel of the Ri- 
ver Thames from Boulter’s Lock to Mortlake, was amend- 
ed, the Navigation from thence downwards woul j be ren- 
dered eafy, fafe, and convenient; and that, from the 
Surveys taken, it appears, that, by the faid propofed Ca- 
nals, a certain fafe and expeditious Paflage may be had 
at moft Seafons of the Year, and that the Navigation of 
the River may be much improved from Boulter’s Leck 
downwards: And therefore praying, That Leave may 

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be given to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining 
a Navigable Canal, from or near Monkey [/land, to Ifle- 
worth, with the feveral Branches before mentioned , and 
alfo for repairing the Channel of -the faid River from 
Boulter’s Lock, near Maidenhead, in the County of Berks, 
to Mortlake, in the County of Surrey. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the iame, as it ihall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. 
Alderman Trecothick, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To- 
morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 


and Records ; and all who come to the Committee are to. 


have Voices. 


The Houfe being informed; That fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City 
of London, attended at the Door; they were cailed in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houte, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor; Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembied. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That, 
by feveral Acts, of the 22d and 23d of King Charles the 
Second, the Second of King William and Queen Mary, 
the Seventh of Queen Anne, and the Tenth of King 
George the Second, Powers are granted to the Petition- 
ers, to appoint Commiffioners for making, enlarging, 
amending, and cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, 
within the faid City and Liberties thereof ; and that, by 
another Act, made in the Eighth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, the fole Power and Authority of pav- 
ing, cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, 
Squares, Yards, Courts, Alleys, Pafflages, and Places, 
within the faid City and Liberties, are vefted in the Pe- 
titioners ; and that the faid Powers relative to the Vaults, 
Drains, and Sewers, and the faid Powers relative to the 
Pavements, although vefted in the fame Perfons, are exer- 
cifed feparately and diftinétly, under different Authori- 
ties, whereby, the Petitioners conceive, feveral of the good 
Intentions of the faid A&amp; cannot be fo effectually anfwered 
as they might be if the faid feveral Powers were con- 
folidated, and the Perfons intrufted therewith appointed 
in and by one and the fame Commiffion ; and that fe- 
veral of the Streets and Places within the faid City and 
Liberties, for Want of proper Drains or Sewers, are 
frequently annoyed, the Houfes and Buildings therein 
weakened and rendered of lefs Ufe, and the Healths of 
His Majefty’s Subjeéts greatly affected ; and that the 
whole Expence of making, altering, repairing, and 
cleanfing, the faid Sewers and Drains, is at prefent de- 
frayed by Affeffments upon the Inhabitants, contrary 
to the Practice in the City of Weftminfter, and moft 
other Towns and Places, a Mode of Taxation attended 
with many Hardfhips and Injuftice ; and that the Peti- 
tioners have Reafon to think that the prefent Fund for 
paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the faid City and Liber- 
ties, might be fufficient to anfwer, by Degrees, the Ex- 
pence of making new Sewers and Drains where wanted, 
and of enlarging old ones where neceffary ; and that 
fuch Application would be readily fubmitted to by the 
Inhabitants, if the Expence of altering, repairing, and 
cleanfing, all the Sewers and Drains made, or to be 
mace, was to be defrayed by Affeffments upon the Land- 
lords or Proprietors of Houfes and Lands within the 
faid City and Liberties: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for confolidating, 
extending, and rendering more effectual, the Powers 
cranted by feveral Acts of Parliament for making, en- 
larging, amending, and cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, 
and Sewers, within the City of London and Liberties 
thereci, and for paving, cleanfing, and enlightening, 
the Strets, Lanes, Squares; Yards, Courts, Alleys, 


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Paffages, and Places, and preventing and removing Ob- 
{truétions and Annoyances within the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Contiideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to the Lord Mayor of London, 
Mr. Alderman Townfend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
To-morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Mer: 
chants, Traders, Manufacturers, and others, refiding in 
and near the feveral Market Towns of Chefterfield, Werk- 
fop, and Retford, in the feveral Counties of Derby, 
York, and Nottingham, was prefented to the Heute, 
and read; Setting forth, That it appears, by a .Sur- 
vey lately taken, that a Cut, or Canal, for the Navi- 
gation of Boats, and other Veflels with heayy Bur- 
thens, may be made, from a convenient Part of the 
faid Town of Chefterfield, through or near the faid Towns 
of Workfop and Retjord, to join the River Trent at-or near 
Stockwith, in the faid County of Nottingham, whereby a 
fafe, eafy, and expeditious Communication will be 
opened, between the faid feveral Towns, and other the 
interior and populous Parts of the faid Counties, which 
will be of very great Advantage to the Trades and 
Manufactures carried on in and near the faid Towns 
and Places, and to the Inhabitants refiding near the 
faid intended Cut or Canal, and be of great public 
Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining the 
faid Navigable Cut or Canal, by fuch Ways and Means, 
with fuch Powers, and under fuch Regulations and Re- 
ftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. | 

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

And it is referred to Lord George Cavendifb,. Lord 
Fobn Cavendifo, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Petition of the Moft noble William Duke of De- 
vonfbire, and of the Right honourable Nathanael Lord 
Scarfdale, and the humble Petition of the feveral Gen- 
tlemen and others, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{fcribed, Owners and Proprietors of the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of Bux- 
ton, in the Parith of Bakewell, and County of Deréy, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the faid feveral Commons and Wafte Grounds, in 
their prefent Situation, are incapable of any confiderable 
Improvement ; and that, if the fame were divided and 
allotted amongft the feveral Perfons interefted therein, 
according to their refpective Rights and Interefts, it 
would be a confiderable Improvement to their Eftates = 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch 
Regulations as fhall be thought proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And. that 


Lord George Cavendifo and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Moft noble William Duke of De- 
vonfbire, and the humble Petition of the feveral Gen- 
tlemen and others, whofe Names are thereunto fub{crib- 
ed, Owners and Proprietors of the feveral Open 
Field Lands, Common Pafture, Commons, and Watte 
Grounds, in the Liberty of Fairfeld, in the Parifh of 
Hope, and County of Derby, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the feyeral Open 

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Field Lands, Common Pafture, Commons, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the faid Liberty, in their prefent Si- 


tuation, are incapable of any confiderable Improve- . 


ment; and that, if the fame were divided and allotted 
amoneft the feveral Perfons interefted therein, accord- 
ing to their refpective Rights and Interefts, it would be 
a confiderable Improvement to their Eftates: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regula- 
tions as fhall be thought proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
George Cavendifo and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


"A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Proprietors of a very confiderable 
Part of the Open Fields, Commons, and Waite Grounds, 
lying in the Parith of Appleby, in the Counties of Lei- 
cefter and Derby, on Behalf of themfelves and all others 
interefted therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That it would be very advantageous to the 
feveral Perfons interefted in the faid Fields, Commons, 
and Wafte Grounds, if the fame were divided and in- 
clofed, and fpecific Shares thereof allotted to them, ac- 
cording to their refpective Propertics therein: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the faid 
Fields, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, in fuch Man- 
ner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord George Cavendifo ani Mr. Clarke do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing and widening the Road, from 
Spernal Afb, in the County of Warwick, to a Street 
called Digbeth, in the Town of Birmingham, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Earl of 
Catherlough, Mr. Allanfon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. alk 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Henley upon Thames, 
and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Owners 
of Wood, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, of 
the Neighbouring Country Towns and Villages, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of them- 
felves and others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the 
Votes, that a Petition has been prefented, for Leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
from Reading, in the County of Berks, to Monkey Tfland, 
in the fame County; and that the Petitioners appre- 
hend, if the fame fhould pafs into a Law, it will greatly 
injure the Petitioners in their Property, and be a great 
Differvice to Trade and Commerce, as the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter are chiefly fupplied with Fire 
Wood, and Timber for Wheelers and other Artificers, 
and alfo with great Quantities of Meal and Malt, from 
this Part of the Country, the Carriage of which will, if 
the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, be rendered very 
expenfive, as the Charges of keeping up the old River 
mutt fall very heavy on the Boats navigated from hence, 
when deprived of the Sums paid for the Paflage of the 
Boats which will then pafs through the Canal: And 
therefore praying, That they may be heard, by their 


Counfel, againft the faid Bill, or have fuch other Relief - 


as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 
A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Nameés are there- 


-unto fubfcribed, Owners and Occupiers of Mills, Locks, 


Wharfs,; and Warehoufes, in the Counties of Berks, 
Bucks, and Owford, was alfo prefented to the Houte, 
and read; alfo taking Notice of the faid Application , 


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and fetting forth, That, by virtue of Two Aédts, made 
in the 21ft Year of King Fames the Firft; and in the 
24th Year of King George the Second, for the better 
carrying on and regulating the Navieation of the Rivers 
Thames and Ifs, from the City of London, Wettward, to 
the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, the 
Rivers of Thames and IJfs have in a great Degree been 
amended and made navigable ; and that the Petitioners 
apprehend, that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, 
it will greatly injure them in their private Property, and 
be of public Differvice: And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard; by their Counfel, azainft the Bull 
for making a Canal from Reading aforeiaid, in the 
County of Berks, to Monkey Ifland, in the fame County; 
and that no Bill for that Purpofe may pafs into a Law. 
And the faid Petitions were teverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committeg 
to whom the Petition of fevcrai Gentlemen, F:ce- 
hoiders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties cf 
Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whole Names 
are thereunto fubicribed, is referred; and theie 
Petitioners are to be heard, by their Cou: iel, 
before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do.admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faii former (ciition, 
againft the Petitions now prefenied. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Henley upon Thames; 
and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradef- 
men, Manufacturers, and others, of the Neichbouring 
Country Towns and Villages, whofe! Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themielves and orhers, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Settine forth, 
That the Petitioners have feen, by the Votes, a Peti- 
tion for the Amendment of the Navigation of the Ri- 
vers Thames and [fis, which, the Petitioners apprehend, 
will, if carried into Execution, be a great public Bene- 
fit, as well as an Advantage to their private Property : 
And therefore praying, That the fame may be carried 
into Execution, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhail 
feem meet. 

A Petition of ‘the Inhabitants of Maidenhead, Bray; 
Cookbam, the neighbouring Parifhes, and of the feveral 
Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manutacturers, 
and others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on 
Behalf of themfelves and others, was alfo prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; alfo taking Notice of the 
faid Petition; and ‘fetting forth, That the Petitioners 
conceive, that the Improvement of the gld Navigation cf 
the faid Rivers will be attended with univerfal Advantage 
to the feveral Towns and Counties through which it has 
always paffed: And therefore praying, That this Peti- 
tion, in Support of the Old Navigation, of the Rivers 
Thames and Ifis, may be taken into Confideration, and 
Leave given them, if called on, to fupport the feveral 
Allegations therein ftated. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 

' referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the feveral Commiffioners of the Navication 
of the Rivers Thames and J43, whofe N ames are 
thereunto fubfcribed; and of the feveral Gea- 
tlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manufac- 
turers, and others, of the Counties of Middle/ex, 
Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and 
Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed, on 
Behalt of themfelves and others, is referred. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Traders; and 
Inhabitants, of the Borough of Wallingford, and the te 


veral neighbouring Villages in the County of Berks ; 
and alfo of the Gentlemen, Clerey, Traders, and Inha- 
bitdnts, of the Towns of Dorcbefter, Shillingford, and 
Benfon, and the feveral neighbouring Villages, in the 
County of Oxford, was prefented to the Houfe, and 


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read; Taking Notice of the Petition of the Gentle- 
men, Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the 
County of Berks, for making a Navigable Canal, from 
Sunning, to Monkey Ifland, in the fame County; and 
fetting forth, That the making fuch ‘Canal will, as 
thefe Petitioners apprehend, greatly reduce the Price 
of the Carriage of Goods, and be of great Advantage 
to the Public in general: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in the faid Bill ; and that 
the fame may pafs into a Law, under fuch Regulations 
and Reftriétions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentle- 
men, Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties 
of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubicribed, is referred. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
oblige the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation to complete the faid Canal, to a Field 
called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the Town of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, within a Time to be 
limited, is committed, have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Maidenhead, Bray, 
Cockbam, the neighbouring Parifhes, and of the feveral 
Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, 
and others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Be- 
half of themfelves and others, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners having 
feen, by the Votes, a Petition for making a navigable 
Canal, from Reading to Monkey Ifland, and alfo another 
Petition, praying a navigable Canal from Ba/ingfloke to 
Monkey Ifand; the Petitioners are fully perfuaded, fhould 

thefe new intended Canals, or either of them, receive the 
Sanction and Approbation of the Houfe, it would not 
only do irreparable Injury and Damage to the Petition- 
ers, but alfo be attended with many and great Injuries 
and Difadvantages to the Public: And therefore praying, 
That this their Petition, in Oppofition to thefe new in- 
tended Canals, may be taken into Confideration, and 
Leave given them to fupport the feveral Allegations 
therein ftated. - 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of fe- 
veral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of the 
Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred. i 


The Houle being informed, that Mr. Brown, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door ; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Orders, 

An Account of the Number of Buffes which have been 
cleared out, for the White Herring Fifhery, at the feve- 
ral Ports in Great Britain, from the sth of ‘fanuary 1770, 
to the 5th of Fanuary 1771, with the Number of Men, 
Tonnage, and Quantity of Fifh taken: And alfo, 

An Account of the Amount of the Bounties which 
have been paid, by the Receiver General of His Ma- 
jefty’s Cuftoms in England, on the Britifo White Her- 
ring Fifhery, from the 5th Fanuary 1770, to 5th Fanu- 
ary 177%, which is-as far as the fame can be made up: 
And alfo, 

An Account of the Monies which have been produced 
out of His Majefty’s Cuftoms in England, and are appli- 
cable to the Payment of the Bounties for the White Her- 
ring Fifhery, from the 5th of Yanuary 1770, to the 5th 
of ‘Fanuary 1771. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Scffion. 


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The Orders of the Day being read ; 

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


Refolved, That this Houfe-will, upon Friday Morr- 


‘ ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty. 


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





Joris, 24° die Fanuarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1771, 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty 
A of the City of Exeter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the principal Markets 
within the faid City are at prefent held in the High 
Street, whereby the Paffage through the fame is fot only 
very much obftructed, but great Nufances are unavoid- 
ably occafioned, which might be prevented, if the faid 
Markets were eftablifhed, under proper Regulations, on 
a Piece of Ground extending from the Guz/dball of the 
faid City, to the Houfe now in the Occupation of Mr. 
John Dennis, Weftward, bounded on the South by the 
{aid High Street, and on the North by the Street or Lane 
called Water Beer Lane; and that it would be of great 
Utility to the Public, if the Houfes ftariding on the faid 
Piece of Ground were taken down, and proper Buildings 
were erected for the Reception of Provifions and other 
Things ufually brought to the faid Markets: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina 
Bill for enabling them to remove the faid Market to fuch 
Place, fubjeé&amp;t to fuch Regulations and Reitriétions, and 
for other the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem juft, fitting, and expedient. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Walter, Mr. Buller, 8c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. Barrow be added to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bilk 
for better Regulating the Poor, within the City of Oxford. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of New Windfor, and of 
the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Ma- 
nufacturers, and others, of the Neighbouring Country 
Towns and Villages, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcri- 
bed, on Behalf of themfelves and others: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Wal- 
lingford, and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, of the Neigh- 
bouring Country Towns and Villages, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners have feen by 
the Votes, a Petition for the Amendment of the 
Navigation of the Rivers Thames and J/s, which, 
they apprehend, will, if carried into Execution, be 
a great public Benefit, as well as an Advantage 
to private Property: And therefore praying, 
That the fame may be carried into Fxecution, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhalf fcem meet. 

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XUM 


11 Geo. III. 


And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
be referred to the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the feveral Commiffioners of the 
Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Sfs, 
whofe Names are thereunto fub‘cribed, and 
of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, of 
the Counties of Middlefex, Surrey, Berks, 
Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf 
of themfelves and others, is referred. 


A Petition of feveral Commiffioners appointed to put 
in Execution, an Aét made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for better fupplying the City of 
Worcefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water, and for 
the better paving and lighting the faid City, and for re- 
moving and preventing all Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, ‘That the Petitioners find, from a Miftake in a 
Claufe in the faid Ac, they are unable to put the fame in 
Execution, as they cannot enforce the Payment of the 
Rates and Affeffiments which ought, and were intended, to 
be raifed and paid for the Purpotes thereof; and that, un- 
Jeis the faid Miftake can be reétified, the faid Aé&amp;t cannot 
be carried into Execution: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to reétify the faid 
Miftake, in fuch Manner as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Walfh, Mr. Cavendifh, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{fcribed, Proprietors of a very confiderable 
Part of the Open Fieids, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, 
lying in the Parifh of Hofe, in the County of Leicefter, 
on Behalf of themfelves and all others interefted therein, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
it would be very advantageous to the feveral Perfons in- 
terefted in the faid Fields, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, 
to have the fame divided and inclofed, and fpecific Shares 
thereof fet out and allotted to them, according to their 
refpective Properties therein: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the di- 
viding, allotting, and inclofing, the faid Fields, Com- 
mons, and Waite Grounds, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houle fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
George Cavendifp, Lord Frederick Cavendifb, and Mr. Tho- 
voton, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Nathanael Lord 
Scarfdale, and the humble Petition of Francis Noel Clarke 


Mundy, Eiquire, Robert Cheney, Efquire, and others, Pro- 


prietors of a certain Common called Priefwood, in the 
County of Derby, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That the faid Common contains 200 Acres, 
or thereabouts; and that, if the fame was divided and in- 
cloted, it would greatly improve the Eftates and Proper- 
ties of the Petitioners: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Priefwood Common, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
George Cavendifh and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Nathanael Lord 


Scarfdale, and the humble Petition of Edward Cheney, 
Vou. XXXII. 


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Efquire, Lord of the Manor, and a Proprietor of Lands, 
in Monyafh, in the Parith of Bakewell, in the County of 
Derby, and the humble Petition of Fobu Gifborne, Efquire, 
Geerge Goodiwin, Gentleman, and others, Freeholders of 
the Townthip of Monya/h aforefaid, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, ‘hat there are in the 
faid Manor or Townfhip certain Commons and Wafte 
Grounds, cailed The Upper Common and Nether Common, 
containing together, in the Whole, 800 Acres, or there- 
abouts ; and that, if the fame weré divided and inclofed, 
it would greatly improve the Eftates and Properties of 
the Petitioners: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclof- 
ing the faid Common and Wafte Grounds, as to the 
Houfe thall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that 
Lord George Cavendifb and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefeinted to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, lying in the 
Parifh of Appleby, in the Counties of Leicefter and Der- 
by: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Seeond Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees to an A&amp;E made 
in the 18th Year of his late Majeity King George the 
Second, intituled, An Aét to repair the Road leading 
from Tadcafter Bridge, within the County of the City of 
York, to a Place near the faid City called Hebmoor Lane 
End, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, in Confequence of the faid Ad, the faid 
Road has been greatly amended ; for which Purpofe, 
great Sums of Money have been raifed, and the Sum of 
£. 500 now due, with Intereft thereon, cannot be re- 
paid, and the faid Road completely repaired, within the 
Remainder of the Term of the faid Act, together with 
the additional Term granted by the general Broad Wheel 
A&amp;, which is near expiring ; and that the faid Road 
will foon become ruinous again, unlefs large Sums of 
Money are annually expended upon it; and that fome 
Amendments are neceflary to be made to the.faid Act : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of the 
faid Aét, in fuch Manner as the Houfe fhall think 

roper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Mr. Turner, Sir George Savile, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the feveral Laws now in being, for the En- 
couragement of the Britifh White Herring Fithery ; 

Rejolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
Electing of a Commiffioner to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Diftri&amp; of Burghs of Dunbar, North 
Berwick, Haddington, and Lauder, in the room of Pa- 
trick Warrender, Efquire, who, fince his Eleétion for the 
faid Diftrict of Burghs, hath accepted the Office ef King’s 
Remembrancer of the Exchequer, in that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon have Leave to make a 
Z Motion, 









Motion, it being near Half an Hour after Three of the 
Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And prefented to the Houfe, ; 

A Petition of the feveral Owners of Lands, Fene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, within the Townfhips of 
Bongate and Scattergate and Burralls, in the Manor of 
Appleby; in the County of Weftmoreland, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, for and on Behalf of them- 
felves and others interefted in the Open Commons, or 
Wafte Grounds, lying and being within the Townfhips 
aforefaid. 3 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That 
there are very large and extenfive Tracts of Open Com- 
mons, or Wafte Grounds, within, and belonging to, the 
faid Townfhips, containing 500 Acres, or thereabouts, 
which, in their prefent State, are of very little Service 
to the Perfons interefted therein ; and that, if the fame, 
or fuch Parts thereof as to the Houfe fhall feem meet, 
were divided into fpecific Allotments, a very confider- 
able Benefit would arife therefrom: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, with fuch Regulations. and 
Provifoes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Robinfon and Sir Antony Abdy do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 











































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





Veneris, 25° die fanuarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii HI‘! Regis, 4771. 


PRAYERS. 


jefty’s Court of Common Pleas at Weftminfter. 


Hendred, in the County of Berks. 


the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 







by the Laws in being. 








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(pRéered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the Eleéting of a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the City of Oxford, in the room of George 
Nares, Efquire, now One of the Juftices of His Ma- 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of New W oodftock, in. the County 
of Oxford, in the Room of the Right honourable Ro- 
bert Spencer, commonly called Lord Robert Spencer, who, 
fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward of His Majefty’s Manor of Eaf 


Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Suffex, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 


To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, General 
Elliot, Samuel Dafb,and Francis Warden, Efquires, being 
feverally examined, faid, That the Roads from Tonbridge 
Wells, to Lewes, and through the feveral Places men- 
tioned in the Petition, to Lindfield, Cuckfield, and Hor- 
jeam, are in a ruinous Condition, narrow in many Places, 
and in the Winter Seafon fome Parts thereof are impaf- 
fable for Carriages, and cannot be repaired and widened 





4.1771. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for re- 
pairing and widening the Road, from a Place called 
Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, to Beadles Hill, in 
the Parifh of Lindfield, and from thence to the Town of 
Cuckfield, and the Road branching out of the*fame at 
Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town &lt;f Lindfield ; and 
alfo the Road from the prefent Turnpike: Road between 
the Towns of Cuckfield and Crawley, over Saint Leonard’s 
Foreft, to the Town of Horfham, all in the County of 
Suffex : And that Mr. Vernon, Mr. Harcourt, and Mr. 
Fuller, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, lying in Ladus, 
otherwife Ladwers, otherwife Laddoes Fen, in the Parifhes 
of Elm and Upwell, in the Hfle of Ely, in the County of 
Cambridge, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, containing, by Com- 
putation, Thirteen hundred Acres, or thereabouts, have, 
in Part, been for feveral Years paft, and {till are, over- 
flowed with Water, for Want of a proper Outfall to 
Sea, and are thereby rendered of much lefs Value than 
they would otherwife be, if the fame were drained and 
preferved, which would be a great Benefic to the Public, 
as well as to the Owners and Proprietors of the faid Fen 
Lands and Low Grounds : And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for draining and 
preferving the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, as to 
the Houte fhall feem proper. 

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

And it is referred to Sir fohn Hynde Cotton, Sir Samp- 
fon Gideon, &amp;c.: And they .are to meet upon Monday 
Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Commons and Wafte Grounds, w:thin the Liberty 
of Buxton, in the Parith of Bakewell, and County of 
Derby: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Li- 
berty, of Fairfield, in the Parith of Hepe, ard County 
of Derby: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution an Act of Parliament for repairing and widen- 
ing the Road, from the Town of Tadcafter, through Co/- 
lingham, Harewood, Arthington, and Pool, to Otley, in the 
Weft Riding of the County of York, and of feveral Gen- 
tlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders, Merchants, Tradefmen, 
and other Inhabitants of the faid Riding, whofe Names 
are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That fome Pro- 
grefs has been made in repairing the faid Road, and 
feveral Sums of Money have been borrowed on the Cre- 
dit of the faid A@, which ftill remain due; and the 
Tolls by the faid Act direéted to be taken on the faid 
Road have-not been fufficient to pay off the Money fo 
borrowed, with the Intereft thereof, and to keep the 
faid Road in Repair ; and that the Term by the faid 
Act granted is nearly expired; and that the faid Road 
might be effectually kept in Repair, if competent Tolls 
were granted and properly collected and applied, and a 

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it Geo. Il. 
further Term granted: And therefére praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meéet. es 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Lafcelles, Mr. Cavendifh, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records: 


A Petition of the greateft Part of the Owners and 
Proprietors of Houfes and Toftfteads, and of Inclofed 
Lands, within the Parifh of Algarkirke cum Fofdyke, in 
the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there are certain Parcels of Common Fen Land, called 
or known by the Names of Clay Hills, Little Sand Hills, 
Great Sand Hills,.Fleet Nook, Part of The Common Rakes, 
Gowt Plot, and Langrett Plot, containing, by Eftima- 
tion, 3,260 Acres, or thereabouts, which lie Open and 
Uninclofed, and upon which the Petitioners have Right 
of Common, and are alfo entitled to the Soil thereof; 
and that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, it would 
greatly improve the Eftates of the Petitioners, and be of 
public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the faid Parcels of Fen Land, under fuch Re- 
itrictions and Regulations as to the Houfe! fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr.Whichcot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Affton 
Subedee, in the County of Gloucefter : And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Caftle Rifing, in the County 
of Norfolk, in the room of Thomas Whately, Efquire, 
who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of One of the Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations. 


Mr. Wel reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Commiffioners appointed to put 
in Execution an A&amp;t, made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Act for better fupplying the City 
of Worcefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water ; and 
for the better paving and lighting the faid City ; and for 
removing and preventing all Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances therein, was referred; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
re€ted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read; whereby it appeared, That by a 
Mittake in a Claufe in the faid Act, fuch Houfes as 


were intended to be rated and affeffed for the Purpofes’ 


of the faid Act, could not be rated and affeffed. 

And One of the Truftees, who is a Member of this 
Houfe, informed your Committee, That, by reafon of 
the Miftake in the faid Claufe, the Truftees have not 
been able to carry the faid A&amp; into Execution. 

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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain a-Claufe in an Act of the laft Seifion of Parlia- 
ment, for better fupplying the City of Worceffer, and 
the Liberties thereof, with Water ; and for better paving 
and lighting the faid City ; and for removing and pre- 
venting all Ob!tructions and Annoyances therein : And 
that Mr. Walb, Mr. Boulton, and Mr. Barrow; do pre- 
pare; and bring in, the fame: 


A Petition of William Gibfon was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That a licenfed Theatre, 
in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter, would be convenient and advantageous to the 
faid Town ; and that, the Petitioner has, at much Ex- 
pence, procured a commodious Building for the Purpofe 
of a Playhoufe, and has provided himéelf with all Things 
neceflary for the Reprefentation of Theatrical Entertain- 
ments, in the faid Town: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to enable His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, to erant Letters Pa- 
tent, to licenfe a Playhouie, or Theatre, in the faid 
Town of Liverpool. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Pennant and Sir Willigm Meredith do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


‘ A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Com- 
mon Council, and Burgefles, of the Borough and Cor- 
poration of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaf- 
ter, was prefented to the Houle, and read; Taking 
Notice of the faid Petition; and fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners apprehend, a licenfed Theatre would be agree- 
able and convenient to the Inhabitants of the faid Town, 
and to great Numbers of People of Fortune and Diftinc- 
tion relorting thereto, and of great Advantage to the 
faid Town: And therefore praying, That the faid Bill 
may pafs into a Law. 

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


Mr. Laj/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, an 
Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End of 
Middleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence 
to Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, Vhat the Book, intituled, «* Accounts of the 
“ Treafurer to the Commiffioners for building Weftmin- 
“s fter Bridge, from the 5th Day of January 1770; to 
«¢ the roth Day of Offoder following, together with a 
«¢ Rent Roll and an Account of Bridge Rents received, 
“ from 5th Fuly 1769, to 5th Fuly 1770,” be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Book, intituled, ** A State of the 
«© Proceedings of the Commiffioners for building Weft- 
“ minfter Bridge, from the 31ft Day of Yanuary 1770, 
“ to the 21ft Day of November following, inclufive,” 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon Monday 


Morning next. 
Mr. 








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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itlelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty. 


A Petition of Robert Barlow, Efquire, Triftram Twell, 
Gentleman, Herbert Ingram, Henry Brewer, Thomas But- 
tery, Thomas Green, Maurice Allam, Fobn Ball, Thomas 
Fames, Thomas Brotherton, Daniel Ward, Samuel Wells, 
Thomas Wells, Fobn Afbley, Fofeph Downing, Fobn Tay- 
lor, William Wells, Fobn Carr, ‘fobn King, fohn Hudjon, 
William Chown, ‘fohn Melton, Richefon Halliday, Ed- 
ward Trott, Hutchinfon Carby, Peter Crowder, William 
More, Thomas Goodwin, on the Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there isa Common Fen, belonging to Bofion 
Weft, i the Parifh of Boffon, in the County of Lincoln, 
containing 1,500 Acres, or thereabouts, whereon the 
Petitioners and others, Owners of Commonable Houfes 
and Toftiteads in Bofton Weft, have Right of Common, 
which, in its prefent Situation, can be of little Profit 
or Advantage to the Petitioners; but if the fame was 
divided and inclofed, it would be of confiderable Be- 
nefit, Advantage, and Convenience, to the Petitioners, 
and others interefted therein: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe 
Purpofes, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regula- 
tions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
Robert Bertie, Lord Brownlow Bertie, and Mr. Ameotts, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord North prefented to the Houfe, by His 
Majefty’s Command, 

A Paper, intituled, ‘Copy of the Declaration figned 
«and delivered by Prince De Mafferano, Ambafiador 
« Extraordinary from his Catholic Majefty, the 22d 
“ Fanuary 1771;” and Tranflation: And alfo, 

_A Paper, intituled, “ Copy of the Acceptance, by 
« the Earl of Rochford, in His Majefty’s Name, the 22d 
“ Yanuary 1771, of the Spanifh Ambaffador’s Declara- 
“ tion of the fame Date;” and Tranflation. 

And the Titles of the faid Papers were read. 

And the faid Papers were alfo read. 

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion; and the faid Tranflations 
are as followeth; viz. 


Tranflation of the Declaration figned and delivered 
by Prince De Mafferano, Ambaffador Extraor- 
dinary from his Catholic Majefty, the 22d of 
January 1771. 

His Britanaic Majefty, having complained of the 
Violence which was committed on the 10th of June 
1770, atthe Ifland commonly called the Great Malouine, 
and by the Engl, Falkland’s Ifland, in obliging, by 
Force, the Commander and Subjects of His Britannic 
Majefty, to evacuate the Port by them called Egmont, 
a Step offenfive to the Honour of His Crown; the 
Prince De Mafferano, Ambaffador Extraordinary of his 
Catholic Majetty, has received Orders to declare, and 
declares, That his Catholic Majefty confidering the 
Defire with which he is animated for Peace, and for 
the Maintenance of good Harmony with His Britannic 
Majefty, and reflecting that this Event might interrupt 
it, has feen with Difpleafure this Expedition tending 
to difturb it, and in the Perfuafion, in which he is of the 
Reciprocity of Sentiments of His Britannic Majefty, 
and of its being far from his Intention to authorize any 
Thing that might difturb the good Underftanding be- 
tween the Two Courts; His Catholic Majefty does 


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difavow the faid violent Enterprize ; and in Confequences 
the Prince De Mafferano declares, That his Catholic 
Majefty engages to give immediate Orders, that Things 
fhall be reftored in the Great Malouine, at the Port 
called Egmont, precifely to the State in which they 
were before the Tenth of June 1770; for which Pur- 
pofe, his Catholic Majefty will give Orders to One of 
his Officers, to deliver up to the Officer authorized by 
His Britannic Majefty, the Port and Fort called Eg- 
mont, with all the Artillery, Stores, and Effects, of 
His Britannic Majefty, and His Subjects, which were at 
that Place the Day above named, agreeable to the In- 
ventory which has been made of them. 

The Prince De Mafferano declares at the fame Time, 


in the Name of the King his Mafter, that the Engage- - 


ment of his faid Catholic Majetty, to reftore to His 
Britannic Majeity, the Poffeffion of the Port and Fore 
called Egmont, cannct nor ought any wife to affect the 
Queftion of the prior Right of Sovereignty of the 
Malouine Iflands, otherwile called Falklana’s Ifands.— 
In Witnefs whereof, I the underwritten Ambaffador 
Extraordinary have figned the prefent Declaration with 
my ufual Signature, and cauted it to be fealed with our 
Arms. London, the Twenty-fecond Day of January 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 
(L. S.) Signed 
Le Prince De Mafferano. 


~ 


Tranflation, of the Acceptance by the Earl of 
Rochford, in His Majetty’s Name, the 22d Fa- 
nuary 1771, of the Spanifb Ambaffador’s De- 
claration of the fame Date. 

His Catholic Majefty, having authorized the Prince 
of Maffereno, his Ambaffador Extraordinary, to offer 
in his Royal Name, to the King of Great Britain, a 
Satisfaction for the Injury done to His Britannic Ma- 
jefty, by difpoffeffing Him of the Port and Fort of Port 
Egmont; and the iaid Ambaffador having this Day 
figned a Declaration, which he has juft delivered to me, 
expreffing therein, that his Catholic Majetty, being de- 
firous to reftore the good Harmony and Friendfhip 
which before fubfifted between the Two Crowns, does 
difavow the Expedition againft Port Egmont, in which, 
Force has been ufed againft His Britannic Majefty’s 
Poffeffions, Commander, and Subjeéts; and does alfo 
engage, that all Things fhall be immediately reftored to 
the precife Situation in which they ftood before the roth 
of Fune 1770; and that his Catholic Majetty fhall give 
Orders, in Confequence, to One of his Officers, to de- 
liver up tothe Officer authorized by His Britannic Ma- 
jefty, the Port and Fort of Port Egmont, as alfo all His 
Britannic Majefty’s Artillery, Stores, and Effeéts, as 
well as thofe of His Subjects, according to the In- 
ventory which has been made of them; and the faid 
Ambaffador having moreover engaged, in his Catholic 
Majefty’s Name, that what is contained in the faid De- 
claration, fhall be carried into Effect by his faid Ca- 
tholic Majefty, and that Duplicates of his Catholic Ma- 
jefty’s Orders to his Officers fhall be delivered into the 
Hands of One of His Britannic Majefty’s Principal Se- 
cretaries of State, within Six Weeks ; His faid Britannic 
Majefty, in Order to fhew the fame friendly Difpofitions 
on his Part, has authorized me to declare, that He will 
look upon the faid Declaration of Prince De Mafferano, 
together with the full Performance of the faid En- 
gagement on the Part of his Catholic Majefty, as a 
Satisfaction for the Injury done to the Crowa of Great 
Britain. —1n Witnels whereot, I underwritten, One of His 
Britannic Majefty’s Principal Secretaries of State, have 
figned thefe Prefents with my ufual Signature, and 
caufed them to be fealed with our Arms. Lendon, the 
Twenty-fecond Day of Yanuary One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-one. 

(L. S.) Signed 

Rochford. 
Ordered, 


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

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, that an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Direétions, that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
of all Claims and Propofitions which have been made, 
by the Court of Spain, relative to Falkland’s I/land, fince 
the Firft Settlement of it by His Majefty’s Orders; to- 
gether with fuch Anfwers as have been given by any 
of His Majefty’s Minifters, to fuch Claims or Propofi- 
tions: And alfo, Copies or Extracts of all Letters, and 
other Papers, containing any Intelligence, received by 
any of His Majefty’s Principal Secretaries of State, or by 
the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High 
Admiral of Great Britain, or by any other of His 
Majefty’s Minifters, fince the Firft Day of Fanuary 1770, 
touching any Hoftilities, actually commenced by, or 
any Warning, or other Meafures, indicating any hof- 
tile Intentions of, the Crown of Spain, or any of its 
Officers, againft His Majefty’s Ifland, called Falk/and’s 
Tfand, and of the Reduétion and Capitulation of the 
faid Place ; and of all Demands and Requifitions made, 
by any of His Majefty’s Minifters, for fuch Reparation 
and Satisfaction as His Majefty had a Right to expect, 
for the Injury which He had received, for the Infult 
upon the Honour of His Crown, in feizing by Force 
the faid Ifland, and for obtaining Security for the 
Rights of His People, which were deeply affected by 
the faid Injury; together with the Anfwers to the faid 
Demands and Requifitions; and of all Reprefentations 
made to the Court of Spain, by any of His Majefty’s 
Minifters, fince the Receipt of the Firft Intelligence of 
any hoftile Intentions of the faid Court, or any of its 
Officers, againft the faid Place, and before the Re- 
ceipt of the Information that the Place was taken ; and 
of all Letters and Inftruétions upon the faid Matters 
fent to any of His Majefty’s Minifters at the Court of 
Spain, and of all Letters relative thereto, received 
from the faid Minifters, by any of His Majefty’s Prin- 
cipal Secretaries of State; or other Minifters at 
Home. : 

And an Objection being made, that the faid propofed 
Queftion was a com licated Queftion ; the fame was, by 
Confent of the Houfe, divided into Three feparate Quef- 
tions. . 

And the Firft Queftion being put, That an humble 
Addrefs be prefented to His Majefty, that He will 
be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, that there 
be laid before this Houfe, Copies of all Claims and 
Propofitions which have been made, by the Court 
of Spain, relative to Falkland’s Iland, fince the Firft 
Settlement of it by His Majefty’s Orders; together 
with fuch Anfwers as have been given by any of 
His Majefty’s Minifters, to fu¢h Claims or Propofi- 
tions ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Second Queftion being put, That an 
humble Addrefs be prefented to His Majefty, that He 
will be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, that 
there be laid before this Houfe; Copies or Extracts of all 
Letters, and other Papers, containing any Intelligence 
received by any of His Majefty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, or by the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or by 
any other of His Majefty’s Minifters, fince the Firft 
Day of Fanuary 1770, touching any Hoftilities actually 
commenced by, or any Warning, or other Meafures, 
indicating any hoftile Intentions of, the Crown of Spain, 
or any of its Officers, againft His Mayjefty’s Ifland, 
called Falkland’s Ifland, and of the Reduétion and Capi- 
tulation of the faid Place ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Third Queftion being propofed, That an 
humble Addrefs be prefented to His Majefty; that He 

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will be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, that theté 
be laid before this Houfe, Copies of all Demands and 
Requifitions made, by any of His Majefty’s Minifters, 
for fuch Reparation and Satisfaction as His Majefty had 
a Right to a for the Injury which He had received, 
for the Infult upon the Honour of His Crown, in 
feizing by Force the faid Ifland, and for obtaining Se- 
curity for the Rights of His People, which were deeply 
affected by the faid Injury ; together with the Anfwers 
to the faid Demands ahd Requifitions ; and of all Re- 
prefentations made to the Court of Spain, by any of 
His Majefty’s Minifters, fince the Receipt of the Firft 
Intelligence of any hoftile Intentions of the faid Court, 
or any of its Officers, againft the faid Place, and before 
the Receipt of the Information that the Place was taken; 
and of all Letters and Inftruétions upon the faid Mat. 
ters fent to any of His Majefty’s Minifters at the Court 
of Spain, and of all Letters relative thereto, received 
from the faid Minifters, by any of His Majefty’s 
Principal Seeretaries of State, or other Minifters at 
Home ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be miade to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word “ were” after the 
Word “ which,” and before the Word « deeply,” and 
inferting the Word ‘ was,” inftead thereof. 

And the fame was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe: 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put; 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, that He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directions, that there be laid before this Houfe, Co- 
pies of all Demands and Requifitions made, by any of 
His Majefty’s Minifters, for fuch Reparation and Satif- 
faction as His Majefty had a Right to expect, for the 
Injury which He had received, for the Infult upon the 
Honour of His Crown, in feizing by Force the faid 
Ifland, and for obtaining Security for the Rights of 
His People, which was deeply affected by the faid In- 
jury ; together with the Anfwers to the faid Demands 
and Requifitions ; and of all Reprefentations made to the 
Court of Spain, by any of His Majefty’s Minifters, fince 
the Receipt of the Firft Intelligence of any hoftile Inten- 
tions of the faid Court, or any of its Officers, againft the 
faid Place, and before the Receipt of the Information that 
the Place was taken ; and of all Letters and Inftructions 
upon the faid Matters fent to any of His Majefty’s Mi- 
nifters at the Court of Spain, and of all Letters relative 
thereto, received from the faid Minifters, by any of His 
Majetty’s Principal Secretaries of State, or other Mini- 
fters at Home. 

Ordered, That the faid Addreffes be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr: Speaker do iffue his Warrarit to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament fot the Borough of Tamworth, in the Counties 
of Stafford and Warwick, in the room of Edward Thur- 
low, Efquire, who, fince his Eleétion for the faid Bo- 
rough, hath accepted the Office of Attorney General to 
His Majefty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Bi/fbops Caftle, in the County 
of Salop, in the room of Alexander Wedderburn, Efquire, 
who, fince his Eleéction for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Solicitor General to His Ma- 
jefty. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
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Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 28° die JFanuarit; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL to-explain and amend fo much of an Act 
A made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts 
adjacent, in the County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the fame, and alfo the Courts, 
Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining thereto; and 
for preventing Annoyances therein, as relates to the 
Commiffioners of Sewers, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis 
Vincent, Mr. Onflow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Atternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens of the Parifh of 
Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondfey, in the County of 
Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefe ted to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, 
by an Act paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within 
the Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain 
Parts adjacent, in the County of Surrey ; and for 
cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the fame, and alfo 
the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining 
thereto; and for preventing Annoyances therein, all 
Parifh Churches, Church Yards, Chapels, Meeting 
Houfes, Schools, Warehouies, Hofpitals, Prifons, and 

‘all other public Buildings whatfoever, and all dead 
Walls and void Spaces of Ground, fituate within the faid 
Streets and Places, are directed to be rated at a Rate 
not exceeding Six Pence for every Square Yard belong- 
ing to every fuch Parifh Church, Church Yard, and other 
public Building, dead Wall, and void Space of Ground ; 
and that the Commiffioncrs by the faid Act appointed, 
have for Four Years paft rated and affefied the Parifh 
Church and Church Yard of Bermondfey aforefaid, at 
the Rate of Fifty Pounds per Annum, although they 
have not hitherto paved or repaired any Part of the 
Street or Ground lying before the faid Church or Church 
Yard ; and that the faid Commiffioners have, from 
Time to Time, rated and affefied fome Churches, Church 
Yards, public Buildings, dead Walls, and void Spaces 
of Ground, within the faid Streets and Places, by the 
Square Yard, for the Content thereof, and others only 
for the Content of the Street or Ground lying before 
the fame; which latter Mode of Affefiment, the Pe- 
titioners apprehend, ought in Juftice to be extended 
in an equal Degree to all Churches, Church Yards, 
public Buildings, dead Walls, and void Spaces, lying 
or being within the Limits of the faid Act; and that 
the Petitioners find, by the Votes, a Bill hath been 
brought in, to explain and amend Part of the faid A&amp;t : 
And therefore praying the Houfe, That Provifion may 
be made in the faid Bill, direéting the faid Commit- 
fioners to make, for the future, their Rates or Affeff- 
ments, from Time to Time, in an equal Manner, on 
all Churches, Church Yards, public Buildings, dead 
Walls, and void Spaces of Ground, comprifed within 
the Limits of the faid Act; or that the Petitioners may 
be otherwife: relieved in the Premifes, as to the Houfe 
fhal] feem meet. 


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

And it is referred to Sir Francis Vincent, Sir Fofepb 
Mawbey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Fobn March, Efquire, on Behalf of 
himfelf and feveral other Perfons, Owners and Pro- 
prietors of, and otherwife intereited in, the Open and 
Common Fields, and other Commonable Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Warefley, in the County of 
Huntingdon, was prefented to the fioufe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the iands and Grounds or the Pe- 
titioner and others, in the faid Open and Common 
Fields, lie intermixed and difperfed, and, in their pre- 
fent Situation, are incapable ot any confiderable Im- 
provement ; and it would be advantageous to the ieve- 
ral Perfons interefted therein, if the iame were divided 
and inclofed: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for. dividing and inclofing 
the iaid Open and Common Fields, and other Com- 
monable Lands and Grounds, in fuch Manner as- to 
the Houfe fhail feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the {aid Petition: And that the 
Lord Hinchingbrook and Mr. Kynajfton do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution feveral Acts of Parliament, for repairing and 
amending that Part of the Road leading from a certain 
Place, called The White Pof, on Alcondury Hill, in the 
County of Huntingdon, to Wandsford Bridge, in the 
faid County, called the North Divifion of the North 
Road, and for reparing the Road leading from Svilton, 
in the faid County of Huntingdon, to the City of Peter- 
borough, in the County of Northampton, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have made 
great Progrefs in the Execution of the faid Aé&amp;ts, and 
have borrowed feveral Sums of Money on the Credit of 
the Tolls thereby granted, which remain unpaid; but 
find that the faid Roads cannot be effectually repaired, 
amended, and kept in good and fufficient Repair, and 
the Money borrowed be repaid, unlefs the Terms and 
Powers granted by the faid Acts be further continued 
and enlarged: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for continuing and enlarging 
the Terms and Powers of the faid Aéts, in fuch Man- 
ner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe thalt 
feem meet and expedient. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Hinchingbrosk, Lord Lud- 
low, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Wale prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to explain a Claufe in an A&amp;t of the laft Sef 
fion of Parliament, for better fupplying the City of 
Worcefter and the Liberties thereof, with Water; and for 
better paving and lighting the faid City; and for re- 
moving and preventing all Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances therein: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of air A&amp;ct 
made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent 

Majetty, 





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Majetty, intituled, An Act for repairing feveral Roads, 
leading through the County of Se/kirk, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. 


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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Whit- 
church, in the County of Bucks, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hop- 
kins, Mr, Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ; 


Mr. Barrow prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for better regulating the Poor, within 
the City of Oxford: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution an Act of Parliament, for repairing 
the Road from Knarefbrough, in the County of York, 
by Long Flatt Lane, Goldfbrough Fields, Flaxby, Allerton, 
Mauleverer, and State Moor, to Greenbammerton, in the 
faid County, and for making the fame a high Carriage 
Road, and of feveral Gentlemen, Clergymen, Free- 
holders, Merchants, Tradefmen, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Weft Riding of the faid County, whofe Names 
are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, in Pur- 
fuance of the faid A&amp;, feveral Sums of Money have 
been borrowed, on the Credit of the Tolls thereby 
sranted, which have been laid out towards repairing and 
amending the faid Road; and that the faid Road hath 
been in great Part repaired; but that the Money fo 
borrowed is ftill owing, and the Tolls and Duties by 
the faid Act directed to be-collected have not been fuf- 
ficient to pay the Money fo borrowed, and the Intereft 
thereof, and to repair and keep in Repair the faid Road ; 
and that the Term by the faid A&amp; granted is’ nearly 
expired; and that the faid Road might be effectually 
amended, and kept in Repair, if a further Term was 
eranted: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill, for the Purpofes aforefaid, in 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Daniel Lafcelles, Lord George 
Cavendifh, cc. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


The Houfe being informed, That the Committee to 
whom the Petition of ‘fohn, Robert, James, and William, 
Adam, and Fames Paine, Architects, Dorothy Monck, 
Widow, Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitch- 
zxer, Coal Merchant, is referred, had adjourned from 
Friday \aft, to Wednefday next, the 30th Day of Fa- 
HUATY 5 6. 


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Ordered, That the faid Committee do meet and pre= 
ceed upon Thurfday Morning next. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names and 
Hands are thereunto fet and fubfcribed, in Behalf of 
themfelves and all others claiming under fuch Right as 
herein after mentioned, was prefented to the Houte, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners, Inhabitants 
of the Borough and Barony cf E/vet, in the Parith of 
Saint Ofwald, in or near the City of Durham, and their 
Predeceffors Inhabitants thereof, have, for Time im- 
memorial, by Virtue of fome of them being Sons. of 
Freemen of E/vet Moor or Common of Pafture ; others, 
as marrying Daughters of fuch Preemen, and others by 
Servitude as Apprentices to fuch Freemen ; they the faid 
F'reemen, being Inhabitants of the {aid Borough and Ba- 
rony at the Time of the feveral Births of their faid Sons 
and Daughters, and during the Services of their faid Ap- 
prentices, had, ufed, and enjoyed, Free Pafturage, and 
Common of Pafture for their Commonable Cattle, in 
and upon the faid Moor, or Common of Pafture, and 
Waftes, and Intercommon Lands, thereto belonging, 
without any Interruption, and now have, ufe, and en- 
joy, the fame Privileges, in Manner aforefaid, as fully 
as the Claimants under, and by, their feveral Freehold 
and Leafehold Houfes, Cccupiers thereof, fituate and 
being in the faid Borough and Barony, have ufed and 
enjoyed, or now ufe and enjoy, the fame; and that a 
Bill is intended to be brought in, by the faid Freeholders 
and Leafehoiders, for a Divifion of the faid Moor, or 
Common of Pafture, in refpeét of their faid fevera! 
Houfes, excluding, and thereby intending to deprive, 
the Petitioners of their juft Rights and Privileges ; 
which, if pafled into a Law, will be of fatal Circum- 
ftances, and greatly prejudice and diftrefs the Petition- 
ers, and others the faid Freeimen, and their Families : 
And therefore praying, That the Houfe will take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and redreis the Complaints 
of the Petitioners, by oppofing the faid Bill, or other- 
wife, as the Houfe fhall fee meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until a Bill is brought in, purfuant to the Prayer 
of the Petition of the honourable Spexcer Cowper, Dogtor 
of Divinity, Dean, and the Chapter of Durham, of the 
Cathedral Church of Chrift and dleffed Mary the Virgin, 
Lords of the Manor, Barony, and Borough of E/ver, 
in the Parith of S¢. Ofweld, in the County Palatine of 
Durbam, whofe Common Seal is thereunto affixed; and 
alfo of the feveral Freeholders and others, Qwners of 
ancient Dwelling Houfes, fituate and being within the 
faid Manor, Barony, and Borough, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, for and on the Behalf of them- 
felves and others, the Owners of ancient Dwelling 
Houfes, having Right of Common in and upon a cer= 
tain Moor or Common, and certain Intercommon Lands 
and Grounds, therein after mentioned. 


A Petition of John Hill, Efquire, Lord of the Manor 
of Scalby, in the County of York, the feveral Owners or 
Impropriators of the Tithes, Great and Small, arifing 
or iffuing in or out of any Lands or Grounds within 
the faid Manor of Sca/by, and the feveral Owners of 
Houfes and Lands having Right of Common upon the 
Commons and Wafte Grounds within the faid Manor 
of Scalby, whofe Names are thereunto fub{fcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, 
within the faid Manor, there are feveral large Open 
Fields, and alfo very large and extenfive Commons and 
Watte Grounds, containing altogether feveral Thoufands 
of Acres of Open and Uninclofed Grounds, which are at 
prefent of fmall Ufe or Value; and that, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed, they would be capable of 
very great Improvement; and would tend gieatly to 
the Advantage, not only of the Petitioners, but to the 
Public in general ; and that the Petitioners have accord- 


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ingly agreed that the fame fhall be divided and inelofed, 
and Compenfations made to the Owners or Impropria- 
tors of the Tithes of all the Lands within the faid Manor, 
in Liew of fuch Tithes: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the Open Arable Fields, Meadows, Paiftures, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, withtn the faid Manor 
of Scalby, in the North Riding of the faid County of York. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant.to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lajfcelles and Mr. Cholmley do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral Freeholders and others, of the 
Townthip of Brampton en le Morthen, in the Weft Rid- 
ing of the County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there is, within the faid 
Townfhip, a certain Open Common, and alfo feveral 
Wafte Grounds, belonging to the Petitioners and others, 
which, if divided and inclofed, and fpecific Parts or 
Shares thereof allotted to them, according to their re- 
fpective Interefts therein, it would be a confiderable Im- 
provement of their Eftates: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for divid- 
ing and inclofing the faid Common and Watte Grounds, 
under fuch Rules and Regulations as the Houfe fhall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lafcelles and Sir George Savile do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


The Lord Mayor of London reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Al- 
dermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Com- 
mon Council affembled, was referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, together with the Refolutions of the Committee 
thereupon, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table ; together with an Appendix thereunto: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Ac paffed in the Seventh Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for completing the Bridge crofs the 
River Thames, from Blackfryars, in the City of London, 
to the oppofite Side, in the County of Surrey; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read ; and 

Mr. William Montagu, One of the principal Clerks 
in the Chamberlain’s Office, faid, That there is now, 
in the Chamber of London, the Sum of £. 30,000 for 
the Purpofe of redeeming the Tolls on London Bridge. 

Peter Roberts; Efquire, being examined, faid, He 
was prefent when the Committee of Common Coun- 
cil appointed by the faid Act, treated with Mr. Neale, 
the prefent Leffee of the faid Tolls, who then demanded 
for his Intereft in the faid Leafe, whereof Fifteen Years 
and Three Quarters were unexpired at Michaelmas laft, 
the Sum of £. 20,377. 55. 

Mr. Edward Neale, the faid Leffee, being examined, 
faid, He met the faid Committee at the Time above- 
mentioned, and made the faid Demand: — That the 
Tolls on the faid Bridge have increafed fince 1766 up- 
wards of £. 600 per Annum—and he produced an Ac- 
count of the annual Produce of the faid Tolls, from 
1762 to 1770, inclufive, by which it appeared, that they 
have increafed from £. 1,785. 105. 54. to £. 2,465. 
445. 3d. And, 

Peter Roberts, Efquire, being again examined, faid, 
That the Sum of £. 30,000 will not be fufficient to pur- 
chafe the faid Leafe, and the Inheritance thereof. 

Fobn Patterfon, Efquire, delivered in to the Com- 
mittee a printed Paper, hereunto annexed, N° I. ; and 
being afked why the City did not treat with the Leffee 


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for the Purchafe of his Leafe immediately after the Pat 
fing of the faid Act; he faid, 

That the Tolls were to ceafe on London and Bizck- 
Fryars Bridges at Michaelmas 1770—the fooner the City 
bought the faid Leafe, the longer would be the Term 
to be purthafed, and eonfequently a greater Part of the 
faid £: 30,000 muft have been expended than might be 
neceflary fome Time after—It was fuppofed at that 
Time, that the Ifeome of the Tolls would decreafe, 
though it has proved otherwife,; by Means which could 
not then be forefeen. 

Peter Roberts, Efquire, being afked, If he remem- 
bered the Enquiry in Parliament relating to the Bridge 
Houfe Eftates in 1762 — he faid, He did, and that it 
then appeared, that London Bridge could not be kept in 
repair without a Continuation of the Tolls thereon; and 
that when the Accounts relating thereto were laid be- 
fore the Houfe of Commons in 1762, it appeared that 
the Surplus of the Income of the faid Eftates did not ex- 
ceed £. 17 per Annum. 

Fobn Patterfon, Efquire, being further examined, faid, 
He knows one particular Inftance, in which the Execu- 
tion of the faid Aét, as far as it relates to completing cer- 
tain Streets in the City of London, is prevented : — That 
the Scotch Corporation have a Piece of Land before their 
Building, which they hold by a Leafe of upwards of gco 
Years, and pay a Rent to a Lady who is only Tenant 
for Life :—That as it is not known who has the Jnhe- 
ritance thereof, it muft lay open, and {poil the Beauty of 
the Street in which it is fituated, unlefs the Corporation 
are impowered to grant Licences to the Leffees to build 
thereon. 

Robert Milne, Efquire, confirnied the above, and faid, 
He knows feveral Inftances of the ike Nature. 

Upon the whole Matter, your Committee came to 
the following Refolutions : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have proved the Allegations of their 
Petition. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
for further contiguing the Tolls upon London Bridge, 
and for impowering the Mayor and Commonalty and 
Citizens of the City of London, to authorize Perfons 
poffefled for Terms of Years of certain Houfes and 


Ground, defcribed in an Aét of the Seventh Year of. 


His prefent Majefty, to build upon and inclofe fuch 
Ground, in Cafe the Owners of the Freehold and Inhe- 
ritance are not to be found, or are not willing to in- 
clofe and build upon the fame. 


N° I. 

By an Aé of the Seventh Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, the Sum of £. 30,000 was granted to the City (as 
Truftees of the Eftate appropriated to the Support 
of London Bridge) for purchafing and redeeming the 
Tolls thereon, and the Leafe then exilting of the fame 
Tolls, the Tolls themfelves, as well as thofe of the Bridge 
at Blackfryars, which were intended to have ceafed at 
Michaelmas 1770, being by the faid Act to have Con- 
tinuance until the City fhould, by and out of the fame, 
be reimburfed what they fhould advance in Payment, 
or for the Redemption of an Annuity of £. 800 in lieu 
of the Sum of £. 20,000 granted to the City of Weft- 
minfter, and of an Annuity of £. 480 in lieu of the Sum 
of £. 12,000 granted to the Borough of Southwark, and 
in defraying fome other Charges therein mentioned, to- 
gether with Intereft at 4. per Cent. for the Monies to be 
advanced. 

The Medium of the grofs Produce of the London 
Bridge Tolls, for the then Four hft Years, being 
£. 1,864. 75. 1d. (which it was fuppofed would be 
confiderably affected by the new Bridge when opened) 
the Leffees clear yearly Income or Profit was eftimated 
but at £. 500 per Annum; and upon that Eftimate. the 

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faid Leafe at Michaelmas 1770 (when there would be 
Fifteen Years and Three Quarters to run) was valued 
but at £. 5,764. 115. which would leave £. 24,835. 9s. 
for the Purchafe of the Reverfion in Fee. 

But when the City came to treat with the Leffee at 
Michaelmas 1770, he made it appear, that the Tolls, in- 
ftead of being diminifhed, as was expected, were in- 
creafed to £. 2,465. 145. 3 d. per Annum (owing, it feems, 
to the more frequent Ufe of Iron-fhod Wheels) and there- 
fore demanded the Sum of £. 20,377, 55. as the Value 
of his remaining Term. 

As this Demand leaves no more than the Sum of 
{. 9,622. 155. for the Purchafe of the Inheritance (to 
which it is very far from adequate) the City as Truftees 
for London Bridge, have thought it their Duty to apply 
to Parliament for fome further Aid. 

Their Propofition therefore is, 

ft, That the Toll upon London Bridge fhall be con- 
tinued for Eleven Years and a Half certain from Michael- 
mas \aft, inftead of the uncertain Term, for which it is 
by the faid Act of Parliament to have Continuance, and 
which is computed to be Eight Years and an Half; fo 
that it is propofed to be extended only Three Years. 

2d, That the Intereft of the faid £. 30,000 fhall, in 
the Firft Place, be applied to the Purpofes to which the 
{aid Tolls are appropriated by the faid Act, and fuby. &amp; 
thereto, fhall be fuffered to accumulate until the Expi- 
ration of the faid Eleven Years and a Half; and then, 
together with the faid Principal, be a Fund for purchafing 


_ the Remainder of the faid Leafe, and Reverfion in Fee. 


To the Effects of this Propofition, if carried into a Law, 
are computed as follows ; 
£.. «.&amp;§ 


To the faid principal Sum of _ == 30,000 oO Oo 
And the Intereft thereof, at 4 per Cent. 

from the End of the Eight Years and 

a Half, to the End of the Eleven 





Years and a Half;° viz. — — 3,600 0 0 
The Total will be — — 33,600 0 Oo 
Deduét the Value of the Leafe at the 

End of the Twelve Years, being 

then Four Years and One Quarter, at 

4 per Cent. per Annum, computed at-— 6,737 0 Oo 





And there will remain to purchafe the 

Reverfion in Fee one — 26,863 0 0 

The Truft Eftate of London Bridge can by no means 
afford to be deprived of an adequate Recompence for the 
Toll, having already loft near £. 1,000 per Annum of its 
Income, by the Lofs of the Rents upon that Bridge, 
and being charged for ever with the Rates and Taxes 
formerly paid by the Tenants, and having advanced 
near £.9,000 towards the Repairs of the faid Bridge, 
over and above a Sum of £. 15,000 paid out of the 
Chamber of London for that Purpofe. 

N. B. That on an Examination of the Accounts laid 
before the honourable Houfe of Commons in 1762, it 
appeared that the Income of the Bridge Houfe Eftate 
was barely fufficient to defray the neceflary Charges of 
Management, and the annual Expences of repairing and 
fupporting the faid Bridge. 


The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
further continuing the Tolls upon London Bridge, and 
for empowering the Mayor and Commonalty and Citi- 
zens of the City of London to authorize Perfons, poffeffed 
for Terms of Years of certain Houfes and Ground, de- 
icribed in an A&amp; of the 7th Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, to build upon and incloie fuch Ground, in cafe 
the Owners of the Freehold and Inheritance are not to be 


Vou. XXXIII. 


foynd, of are not willing to inclofe and build upon the 
fame: And that the LordMayor of London, Sir Robert Lad- 
broke, Mr. Alderman Harley, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, 
and Mr. Alderman Ofiver,'do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proptietors of Lands 
and Eftates, within the Parith of Donington, in the County 
of Salop, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are within the faid Parifh feveral 
Open Common Fields, and a Common or Heath, called 
Killfall Heath, and feveral other Commonable or Waite 
Lands, belonging to the Petitioners and others; and 
that, if the fame were divided, and fpecific Shares there- 
of allotted to the Petitioners and all other Perfons 
interefted therein, according to their refpective Interefts, 
the faid Lands and Grounds might be confiderably im- 
proved: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
faid Lands and Grounds, under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictions as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
= and Mr. Hanmer do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to enquire 
what Laws are expired, or near expiring ; and to report 
their Opinion to the Houfe, which of them are fit to be 
revived or continued. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Gilbert, Mr. 
Dowdefwell, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Reverend Philip Barton, Clerk, 
Lord of the Manor, and Patron of the Reétory and 
Parifh Church of Great Brickhill, in the County of 
Bucks, the Reverend Fobn Pitts, Clerk, Rector Incum- 
bent of the faid Parifh, Rodert Lowndes, Efquire, Wil- 
liam Turney, Henry Miles, Yeoman, and feveral others, 
Owners and Proprietors of the Open and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds lying within the faid Parifh and 
Fields of Great Brickhill aforefaid, was prefented to the 
Houte, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and 
Grounds belonging to the feveral Proprietors lie inter- 
mixed and diiperied, and, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of Improvement; and it would be ad- 
vantageous to the feveral Perfons iaterefted therein, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed, and allotted amongft 
the feveral Owners and Proprietors thereof, according 
to their refpective Interefts: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the faid Fields, and Commonable Lands 
and Grounds, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Hanmer and Mr. Lowndes do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Committee of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, on Behalf 
of themfelves and the cther Proprietors, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That it appears 
by the Votes, that a Bill is brought in, to oblige the 
faid Company to make and complete the faid Birming- 
bam Canal, from its prefent Termination in the Lands 
belonging to the Free School of the Town of Bir- 
mingham, into a certain Field (the Property of Charles 
Colmore, Efquire) called Newhall Ring, within a Time 
to be limited ; and that, in the Petition prefented to the 
Houfe for Leave to bring in the faid Bill, the Petition- 
ers are charged with an Intention to evade the Execu- 
tion of the faid Canal up to the faid Field, and like- 


_ wife with having refufed to complete the fame; and re- 


prefenting to the Houfe, that the Petitioners have never 
refufed to complete the faid Canal to the faid Field ~~ 
the 



































































94 
the Pretences alleged by the faid Charles Colmore on 
the contrary, Refolutions were made, and Meafures 
actually concerted, for completing the fame up to the 
faid Field; and that, in the Execution of that Part of 
the Canal at its prefent Termination, in a Direction to- 
wards the faid Field, they have met with great Difficul- 
ties, from the bad Nature of the Land, and its Unfit- 
nefs for a Canal, and are informed by Engineers, that 
the faid Canal will be greatly endangered by the pro- 
pofed Continuation of it to the faid Field; and that the 
Public will in no Degree be benefited thereby: And 
therefore praying, That they may be heard, by themfelves 
or their Coun‘el, againft the faid Bill; but, fhould the 
Houle pafs the fame into a Law, tken that they will not 
compel the Petitioners to complete the Canal to the faid 
Field in any fixed Line from its prefent Termination, or 
within any Time that may interfere with the Obligations 
enjoined by the Act for making the faid Canal , and that 
the Petitioners may have full Exemptions from Damages 
which may be confequent upon fuch Continuation of the 
faid Canal, and fuch other Powers as will effectually fe- 
cure the faid Canal from Injuries thereby, as the Houfe 
fhali think juft and reafonable. 

A Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of certain 
Manufacturing Mills, in the Neighbourhood of Bir- 
mingham, was alfo prefented to the Houte, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners Mills are dependent, for 
a Supply of Water, upon certain S:reams or Rivulets, 
which have, by the Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal 
Navigation, been occafionally in the laft Summer turned 
into the faid Canal, for the Supply of Water loft there- 
out by Leakage or otherwife ; and the Petitioners be- 
lieve, that, although, purfuant to the Act for the efta- 
blifhing the faid Canal, as great a Part as poffible of the 
faid Water hath been returned, by the Weirs and other 
Conveniences on the faid Canal, into the original Chan- 
nel or Courfe for fupplying the Petitioners faid Mills, 
and notwithftanding the laft Summer proved in general 
very wet, yet the Petitioners found themfelves occafion- 
ally under great Difficulties, in the fhort Periods in 
which they were deprived of the faid Streams and Ri- 
vulets; and, as a very confiderable and conftant Leak- 
age hath arifen upon the prefent Termination of the faid 
Canal, the Petitioners are greatly alarmed at the Peti- 
tion of Charles Colmore, Efquire, for continuing the faid 
Canal from its prefent Termination up to Newhall 
Ring, through Ground (as the Petitioners are informed) 
equally hazardous in Point of Leakage to that laft pafied 
in the preient Termination, and which may greatly af- 
fect the Property of the Petitioners in their faid Mills, 
for Want of a regular Supply of Water; and that the 
prefent Termination of the faid Canal appears fufficient 
for moft of the Purpofes of immediate Utility and Con- 
venience, to the Town of Birmingham and the adjacent 
Country : And therefore hope the Proprietors of the faid 
Canal will be reftrained by Law from extendirig the faid 
Canal any further in its prefent Line of Direction, and 
that the Petitioners may be heard, by their Counfel, in 
Oppofition to the Bill of the faid Charics Cclmore, now 
depending in the Houfe. 

A Petition of feveral Owners of Meffuages, Dwelling 
Houfes, and Buildings, ereéted and ftanding upon the 
Eftate of Charles Colmore, Efquire, in Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, and of the Tenants and Occupiers 
of the fame, was alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read, 
Setting forth, That it appears by the Votes, that a Bill 


is brought in, to oblige the Company of Proprietors of 


the Birmingham Canal Navigation to make and complete 
the faid Navigation, from its prefent Termination, in the 
Lands belonging to the Free School of the Town of Bir- 
mingham, into a certain Field (the Property of the faid 
Charles Colmore) called Newhall Ring, in as ftrait and 
direé&amp;t a Line as the Level will admit; and that the Pe- 
titioners engaged to pay the faid Charles Colmore very 
confiderable Ground Rents for the Land upon which the 
faid Houfes and Buildings fiand, and, in erecting the 


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4.1771. 


fame, have laid out very confiderable Sums of Money 3 
and that, if the faid Company of Proprietors are compel- 
led to finifh and extend their faid Canal to the faid Field, 
it muft unavoidably pafs in the Front of, and very near 
to, the Buildings of many of the Petitioners, by which the 
Intention of the Petitioners in ereéting the faid Houfes 
and Buildings will not only be defeated, but the Value 
of the fame greatly leffened, and the Petitioners very 
materially injured, nor will the Public receive any Benefit 
from the fame: And therefore praying, That the Houte 
will take their Cafe into Confideration, that the Bill of 
the faid Charles Colmore may not pafs intoa Law; and 
that the Petitioners may be heard, by their Couniel, 
againit the faid Bill. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally or ered to lie 
upon the Table, until the Report be r.ceived 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill to oblige 
the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingkam 
Canal Navigation to complete the faid Canal, to 
a Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
within a Time to be limited, is committed. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Come 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds,. lying in the Parifh of 
Appleby, in the Counties of Leicefter and Derby, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lerd Geerge 
Cavendifo, Lord Strange, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act of Parliament, for repairing the 
Road, from the City of York, over Skipbridge to Borough- 
bridge, in the County of Zork, and of feveral Gentlemen, 
Clergymen, Freeholders, Merchants, Tradefmen, and 
other Iuhabitants, of the faid City and County, whofe 
Names are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That feve- 
ral Sums of Money have been borrowed, on the Credit of 
the faid Act, which have been duly applied, and fome 
Progrefs has been made in repairing the faid Road ; but 
the feveral Sums of Money fo borrowed are ftill owing, 
and the Tolls and Duties by the faid Act direéted to be 
taken are infufficient to pay the Intereft of the Money fo 
borrowed, and to keep the taid Road in Repair; and that 
the Term by the faid Act granted is nearly expired, and 
that the faid Road might be effectually amended and ke at 
in Repair, if competent Tolls and Duties were granted, 
and properly collected and applied, and a further Term 
granted: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring ina Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Man- 
ner as to the Fioufe {hall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Fohu Cavendifo, Mr. Mait- 
tagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Archibald Hamil- 
ton, commonly called Lord Archibald Hamilton, Lord of 
the Manor of Nether Wyerjdale, in the County of Lea- 
cafter, the Right honourable Edward Earl of Derby, ‘Fo- 
Jeph Brockboles, Geoffry Hornby, Thomas Allen Greenalgh, 
Ffquires, and the feveral other Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{fcribed, being Owners, Proprietors, Leflees, 
Pofieffors of, or otherwife interefted in, divers ancient 
Meffuages, Lands, ‘enements, and Hereditaments, in 
the Townthips of Beraiker and Bonds, in the faid Coun- 
ty of Laacafter, and in refpect thereof entitled to Right 

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of Common upon a certain Common, or Parcel of 
Walte Ground, called Barniker Moor, within the faid 
Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there is, within the faid 
Manor, a large Tract of Moor, Common, or Wafte 
Ground, called Barniker Moor; and that the Petitioners, 
in refpect of their ancient Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments, within the faid Manor and Town- 
fhips, are entitled to a Right of Common upon the faid 
Common or Wafte Grounds, or otherwife interefted 
therein; and that there are divers Leafehold Eftates, 
within the faid Manor and Townfhips, held for One or 
more Life or Lives, and alfo for Years abfoiute, and the 
Leffees or Tenants thereof have and enjoy Common of 
Pafture upon the faid Common or Walte Grounds, for 
and in refpect of iuch Leafes ; but feveral of them are, by 
their Leafes, only entitled to Right of Common thereon 
fo long as the faid Common or Wafte Grounds lie open 
and uninclofed, and that the faid Common or Watte 
Grounds at prefent afford little or no Profit or Advan- 
tage, but are capable of great Improvements ; and 
the fame would, if fevered and divided, allotted and in- 
clofed, fo that they might be converted into Tillage, be 
of great Benefit and Advantage to the Perfons interefted 
therein, and of Public Utility: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, for the di- 
viding, inclofing, and allotting, the faid Common and 
Wafte Grounds, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regu- 
lations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Strange and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Freeholders and Heritors of the 
County of Peebles, in North Britain, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Roads 
in the County of Peebles, leading from the Town of 
Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to Gatebope, Know 
Burnfoot, and to the Top of Minch Moor, and to Loch- 
bead, are in a ruinous Condition, and in many Parts 
very narrow and incommodious: And therefore praying, 
for Leave to bring ina Bill for repairing the faid Roads. 

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

And it is referred to the Lord Advocate of Scotland, 
Sir Gilbert Elliot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, fuch Parts of the Precin&amp; of 
Saint Catherine, in the County of Middlefex, as are not 
included in an Act of the Seventh Year of His prefent 
Majefty, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bil be committed to Mr. Ser- 
jeant Glyan, Mr. Baker, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afterncon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to prepare 
an Eftimate of the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, for the Year 1771. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Cooper, Lord 
Strange, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Refelved, That in all future Bills for A&amp;s of Parlia- 
meat, for making Navigable Canals, paving or lighting 
Streets, or for any other Work propofed to be carried on 
by Tolls or Duties, to be levied on the Subject in parti- 
cular Places, a Claufe be inferted, to oblige the Com- 


95 


miffioners or Truftees to take Security from their Trea- 
furer, Receiver, or Collector, for the faithful Execution 
of his Office. 

Ordered, That the faid Refolution be made a Stand- 
ing Order of the Houfe. 


Mr. Cocper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Refolution which the Committee had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where. 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Pounds, be 
granted to His Majefty, towards enabling the Commif- 
fioners for building a Bridge crofs the River Thames, 
from the City of We/tminfter, to the oppofite Shore in 
the County of Surrey, to maintain the faid Bridge, and 
to perform the other Trufts repofed in them. 

The faid Refo'ution being read a Second Time; was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Friday Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


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


Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftley have Leave to make 
a Motion, it being after Three of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly : 

And prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of divers Owners and Occupiers of Fen 
Lands and Low Grounds, lying in the feveral Parifhes 
of Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Werebam, Weft Derebam, and 
Roxham, in the County of Norfolk, bounded by the 
River Wiffey, South ; the Fen Lands of the Parifh of 
Fordham, in the faid County, Wett ; the Uplands of the 
Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Werebam, Weft Dere- 
ham, and Rexbam, North; and a certain River called 
the String, or Orton River, Eatt. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth; That 
the Lands of the Petitioners and other Proprietors within 
the faid Fen have, for Want of a fufficient Bank be- 
tween their faid Fen Lands and the faid River Wiffey, 
to prevent the Waters in the faid River overflowing the 
Petitioners Lands, and from the Defe&amp;t of their Out- 
fall to Sea, been for feveral Years paft frequently an- 
noyed with Waters, fo as to render them of jittle Value, 
to the Lofs of the Owners and Occupiers thereof, and 
alfo of the Public: And therefore praying, fuch Relief 
in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Edward Aftley, Mr. De Grey, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Univerfity of Cambridge, in the room 
of William De Grey, Efquire, now Lord Chief Juftice of 
His Majefty’s Court of Common Pleas at Weftminfter. 


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


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96 Journals of the Ho 


Martis, 29° die fanuarii, 
Anno 11° Georgii III" Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS: 


Petition of thé Right honourable Nathanael Lord 
Scarfdale, and the humble Petition of Edward 
Sacheverell Pole, Fohn Tempeft Borrow, and Philip Gell, 
Efquires, and others, Proprietors of a Common in the 
County of Derby, called Holland Ward, otherwife Hollin 
Ward, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the faid Common contains about 1,500 
Acres; and that, if the fame was divided and inclofed, 
it would greatly improve the Eftates and Properties of 
the Petitioners: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclof- 
ing the faid Common, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Curzon, Lord George Cavendifb, and Mr. Clarke, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Kynafton prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing ohn Peter Du Roveray 
and Fobn Daniel Naville: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Fobu Peter Eynard and David Chollet, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Praying, That 
their Names may be inferted in the Bill, now depending, 


ufe of Commons. 


A971, 


for naturalizing ohn Peter Du Roveray and Fobn Da- 
niel Naville. 


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


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to their Addrefs to His Majetty, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Allowances to Widows 
of Officers who have died on Half Pay, for the Year 
1771: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Allowances to 
the Reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forces and 
Marines, for the Year 1771: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the General and General 
og Officers in Great Britain, for the Year 1771: And 

0, 

Eftimate of the Charge of Full Pay, for 365 Days, 
for the Year 1771, to Officers reduced, with the Tenth 
Company of feveral Battalions reduced from Ten to 


Nine Companies, and who remained on Half Pay at the ° 


24th December 1765 : And alfo, 

A Lift of the Widows of fuch reduced Officers of His 
Majefty’s Land Forces and Marines, who died on the 
Eftablifhment of Half Pay in Great Britain, and who 
were married to them before the 25th of December 1716 ; 
with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof, for the Year 
1771? Ard alfo, 

A Lift of the reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land 
Forces and Marines, entitled to receive Halt Pay in 
Great Britain, with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof, 
for the Year 1771. 


And the Titles of the faid Eftimates and Lifts were 


‘read. 


The faid Lifts are preferved amongft the other 


Papers of this Seffion ; and the faid Eftimates are 
as followeth ; viz. 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Allowances to Widows of Officers, who have died on Half Pay, for 
the Year 1771. 


Allowances to the Widows, for the Year 1771 


War Office, 29th Fanuary 1771. 


664 — — 


Barrington, 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of Half Pay and Allowances to the.reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land 
Forces and Marines, for the Year 1771. 

















Per Diem. For 365 Days. 
| a J. gg al 
For reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Forces, for 365 Days, from 25th 
December 1770, to 24th December 1771, inclufive 322 18 of 117,858 10 o 
For Allowances to Officers of the reduced Horfe — —— — — 1142 623 10 10 
For the annual Allowances to Nine Private Gentlemen of the Third and 
Fourth Troops of Horfe Guards, at £.10 per Annum each _—— 90 — — 
For 53 Private Gentlemen of the Four Troops of Horfe Guards at 7d. per | 
Diem each —_ —_—_— —_-_—_- — —-- 110 II 5644 7 
Total — £- 119,136 5 § 


War Office, 29th Fanuary 1771. 
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ESTIMATE of the Charge of the General and General Staff Officers in Great Britain, for the Year 1771. 


General and General Staff Officers — a a = fain 


War Office, 29th Fanuary 1771. 


For 365 Days. 





11,291 8 6} 


Barrington, 





ESTIMATE oftheCharge of Full Pay for 365 Days, for the Year 1771, to Officers reduced, with the Tenth 
Company of feveral Battalions, reduced from Ten to Nine Companies, and who remained on Half Pay, at the 


24th December 1765. 


zo Captains, at ros. each, per Diem — 
"'t1 Lieutenants, at 45 8d. each, per Diem 
3 Enfigns, at 3s. 8d. each per Diem | — 


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War Office, 29th Fanuary 1771. 


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


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of ancient Meflu- 
ages or Burgages within the City of Durham, and the Bo- 
rough and Townfhip of Framwelgate, was prefented to 
the Houte, and read; Setting forth, That there are, with- 
in, or belonging to, the faid City and Borough, feveral 
Moors, Commons, or Waftes, known by the Names of 
Framwelgate Moor, High Brafide Moor, Low Brafide 
Moor, Harberboufe Moor, Potter Moor, Well Springs 
Moor, and Findon Hill Moor, containing, by Eftima- 
tion, 2000 Acres, or thereabouts; and that there are, 
within the faid Townfhip, Two Parcels of Ground, 
known by the feveral Names of The Intack, otherwife 
The Cow Pafture, and Shaw Wood, containing, by 
Eftimation, 130 Acres, or thereabouts; and that the 
Bifhop of Durham, in Right of his Church, and See 
of Durham, is Lord of the Manor of Chefer, in the 
faid County of Durham, and, as fuch, is entitled to 
the Soil of, and Royalties within, and under, the 
faid Moors, Commons, or Wafies; and the faid 
Two feveral Parcels of Ground, called The Intack, 
otherwife Cow Paffure, and Shaw Wood, are with- 
in the faid Manor, and held of the Lord there- 
of by Copy of Court Roll, in Truft for the Bur- 
geffes and Inhabitants of the faid City and Borough, 
who have enjoyed, and are entitled to, a certain 

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per Diem. For 365 Days. 

aut —_——. 5-— 1825 — — 

——~ _ 211 4 936 16 8 

_—_-_ — —1i— 200 15 — 

Total — - 8 24 2,962 11. 8 
Barrington. 


Number of Cow Gates in the faid Intack, otherwife 
Cow Pafture, at certain Times in the Year; and that 
the Dean and Chapter of Durham are Reéctors and 
Impropriators of the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and, 
as fuch, are entitled to all Manner of Tithes, arifing, 
renewing, or increafing, within, or upon, the faid 
Commons, or Waftes, and Parcels of Ground; and 
that the Petitioners, and other Owners of ancient 
Meffuages or Burgages within the faid City and Bo- 
rough, or their Lefiees or Tenants, are entitled to the © 
fole Right of Common, not only in and upon the 
faid Moors, Commons, or Waftes, at all Times in 
the Year, but alfo in and upon the faid Parcels of 
Ground, called The Intack, otherwife Cow Pafture, 
and Shaw Wood, at ‘certain Times in the Year, 
and to the Right of Intercommon upon certain Parcels 
of inclofed Lands within the faid Township, called 
Intercommon Lands; and that it will be advantageous 
to the faid Bifhop and the faid Dean and Chapter, and 
all other Perfons interefted in the Rights aforefaid, if the 
faid Moors, Commons, or Waftes, and Parcels of 
Ground, were divided into juft Allotments, and in- 
clofed, and adequate Provifions made for the faid Bi- 
fhop, and Dean and Chapter, in refpect of their feveral 
Rights and Interefts aforefaid, and alfo if fuch Rights 
of Intercommon as aforefaid, were extinguifhed upon 
reafonable and proper Terms: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for effecting 
the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 


Ce Ordered, 








Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Vane and Mr. Wallace do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Hanuzer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, within the Townfhip and Liberties of 
Ayleflury, in the County of Bucks, was committed , 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction ot the Committee (except the 
Proprietors of about 162 Acres of Land, who did not 
chute to fign the Bill, but would not oppofe the In- 
clofure ; and alfo except the Proprietors of 616 Acres, 
or thereabouts, who refufed to fign the Bill; and 
that the whole Quantity of Lands to be inclofed 
is computed to be about 1,820 Acres; and that the 
Owners of Great and Small Tithes within the faid 
Fields, whofe Property therein is computed to be equal 
to 400 Acres or thereabouts, had confented to the 
Bill) and that no Perfon appeared before the Commit- 
tee to oppofe the Bill, and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to: report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterw.rds delivered the Bill, with the Amcndinents, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amerdm:nts were 
Once read throughout’; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

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


Mr. Pennant prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable His Majefty to licenfe a Play- 
houfe in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine 
of Lancafter : And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Hezry Renner, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the iaid Petition: And that Sir 
Charles Whitworth and Mr. Pennant do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, Leafeholders, Houfe- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint 
Luke, in the County of Middlefex, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Streets, Lanes, Courts, 
Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, within the 
faid Parifh, particularly Chifwell Street, Grub Street, 
Bunhill Row, Featherftone Street, Fames Street, Whitecrofs 
Street, Golden Eane, and ‘the South and North Sides 
of Old Street, the Eaft Side of Go/well Street, Blue 
Aachor Alley, and Playhowfe Yard, and the Paffages 
thereof, are greatly obftruéted by Nufances and An- 
noyances; and that it would be of great Benefit and 
Advantage to the Inhabitants thereof, and to all Perfons 
reforting thereto, if the fame were properly paved, and 
all Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftructions therein, 
Femoved and prevented for the future: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
tor the. better paving the faid Streets, Lanes, Courts, 
Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, and for open- 
ing other Places, and making Improvements in the faid 
Parifh, and for removing and preventing Nufances, 
Annoyances, and Obftructions therein, in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

- Ordered, That the faid Petition be reftrred to the Con- 
- fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 


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the Matter thereof ; andreport the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Charles Whitworth, Sir Ro- 
bert Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon 
Thurfday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records: And all who come to the 
Committee are to have Voices. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and others, refiding near, or travelling upon, and ufing, 
the Road herein after mentioned, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Road from 
the Low Water Mark of the River Humber, at or near 
the Haven and Ferry, called Brough Ferry, in the Ealt 
Riding of the County of York, to the North End of the 
Town of Brough, and from thence, through the Town 
of South Cave, to a Place called Coney Clappers, in South 
Newbald Holmes, in the faid Riding, is become ruinous, 
and in many Parts narrow and incommodious : And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- 
pair, the faid Road, and for rendering the fame more 
commodious, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 
feem proper. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Lafcelles, Sir Cecil Wray, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Thurfday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of Fofeph Sykes and Shermar Brook/by, 
Efquires, and of the other Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, having Freehold Eftates in the 
feveral Open Fields, Grounds, and Common, in the 
Townfhip of Melton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That within the faid Townfhip are certain Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, diftinguifhed by the feveral Names 
of the Haft Field, the Weft Field, the Middle Field, the 
Common, the Hales, and the Jugs, or by other Names ; 
which contain, in the Whole, 1,000 Acres, or there- 
abouts ; and that the Lands of the Proprietors in the 
faid Fields lie intermixed and difperfed in fmal! Parcels, 
and are in general fo inconveniently fituated, as to 
render the Cultivation thereof difficult and expenfive ; 
and all the faid Lands and Grounds are, in their pre- 
fent State, capable of very little Improvement; and 
that a Divifion and Inclofure of the fame would be ad- 
vantageous to all the Parties interefted therein: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill, to effect the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lafcelles and Mr. Weddell do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of Fobn Porter, Thomas Broadley, and 
Fofeph Sykes, Etquires, and of the other Perfons whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, having Cattle Gates in 
a certainCommon Pafture, or Piece of Ground, called 
Myton Carr, in the Lordfhip of Myton, in the County 
of the Town of King/ton upon Hull, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That within the 
{aid Lordfhip there is a certain Common Pajfture, or 
Piece of Ground, called Myton Carr, which contains 
170 Acres, or thereabouts, which, if inclofed, would be 
advantageous to all Parties interefted therein: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill, to effect the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the {aid Petition: And that Mr. 

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Lafcelles and Mr. Veddell do prepare, and bring in; the 
fame. 


Mr. Lajcelles reported ftom the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act of Parliament, for repairing and 
widening the Road, from the Town of Tadcajter; through 
Collingham, Harewood, Arthington, and Pool, to Otley, in 
the Weft Riding of the County of York, and of feveral 
Gentlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders, Merchants, Tradef- 
men, and other Inhabitants of the faid Riding; whofe 
Names are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter of 
the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he tead 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and is 
as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read: And Mr. Fames Collins produced the 
Book of Receipts and Difburfements of the faid Truf- 
tees, by which it appeared that £.3,435 remains due 
on the Credit of the Act, which Sum, he faid, cannot be 
paid off, and the Road completed, within the prefent 
Term. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bringin a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fixth Year of his late Majefty, for repairing 
and widening the Road, from the Town of Tadcafer, 
through Collingham, Harewood, Arthington, and Pool, to 
the Town of O¢/ey, in the Weft Riding of the County of 

‘ork: And that Mr. La/celles and Mr. Daniel La/fcelles 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen and others of the 
County of Glamorgan, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Roads leading from the Town of Lan- 
triffent, to a Place called Croes Faen, to Velin Vawr, the 
Village of Lanbarran, Cummar Bridge and Fordamus, 
the Villages of Aberdare, Lanwonno, and Yftradyvoduck, 
and from Lantriffent New Bridge, and from thence 
through the Village of Mertbirtiavill, to the Confines of 
the County of Brecon, the Road leading from Lantriffent 
to the Gate leading to Garth Mailog, to Rhyd y Bade 
Helig, and Rhyd y Bade Ycha, are in a ruinous Condi- 
tion, and in fome Places narrow and incommodious : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for repairing and widening the faid 
Roads, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Vernon, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Thurfdey Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 


have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of Foch Rufbout, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of North Littleton, in the County of Waorcefter, 
and of the feveral other Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Proprietors of Uninclofed 
and Commonable Lands within the faid Manor, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there are feveral Open Fields and Commonable Lands 
within the faid Manor, which, in their prefent State, 
incapable of any confiderable Improvement, but are 
would be greatly increafed in Value if the fame were 
divided: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
faid Open Fields and Commonable Lands, under fuch 
Regulations as the Houfe fliall think proper. 


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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill; pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dowdefwell and Mt. Fofeph Martin do prepare; and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Waite 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Afton Sub- 
edge, in the County of Gloucefter, was read a Second 
‘Lime: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dowde/- 
well, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 


ternoon; at Five of the Clock, in thie Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of feveral Freeholders and others of 
Scaftworth, in the Parith of Everton, in the County of 
Nottingham, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That there are, within the Townfhip and Liberties of 
Scaftworth, feveral Open Commons and Wafte Grounds, 
which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any 
confiderable Improvement; and that, if the fame were 
divided and inclofed, and Allotments thereof made to 
the Owners, and all other Perfons interefted therein, ac- 
cording to their refpective Interefts, it would be an 
Improvement of their Eftates: And therefore praying 
the Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confideration, and 
that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for di- 
viding and inclofing the faid Commons and Watftes, in 
fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations; as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Colonel S‘ Leger and Mr. La/celles do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Freeholders and others of the 
Parifh of Mifterton, in the County of Nottingham, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That ther: axe, with- 
in the faid Parifh, feveral Open Common F iesds, Lands, 
and Watte Grounds, which, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of any confiderablé Improvement; and 
that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and Allot- 
ments thereof made to the Owners, and all other Per- 
fons interefted therein, according to their refpective In- 
terefts, it would be an Improvement of their Eftates: 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and that Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill, for dividing and inclofing the faid Lands 
and Grounds, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regu- 
lations, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Colonel S* Leger and Mr. Lajfcelles do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors of, and 
otherwife interefted in, the Open and Common Fields; 
and other commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within the Hamlet 
and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of Watford 
aforefaid, and Long Buckby, or One of them, in the 
County of Northampton, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and Grounds 
of the Petitioners, in the faid Open and Common 
Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Grcunds, 
lie intermixed and difperfed, and, in their prefent Situ- 
ation, are incapable of any confiderable Improvement, 
and would be very advantageous to the feveral Petfons 
interefted therein, if the fame were divided and inclofed, 
and fpecific Shares thereof allotted to the feveral Pro- 
prietors, according to their refpective Interefts therein: 


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And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to ford, to the Perfons intended to take any beneficial 


bririg in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
and Common Fields, and other Commonable Lands 
and Grounds, in fuch Manner as_to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuatit to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Skipwith and Sir William Dolben do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Lord Beauchamp reported fram the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to oblige the Company of Proprietors 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigaticn, to complete the 
faid Canal, to a Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining 
to the Town of Birmingham, in the County of War- 
wick, within a Time to be limited, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto, which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendment, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Re- 
port was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon To-morrow Sevennight, the 6th Day 
of February next. 

The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the 
Committee of he Company of Proprietors of the Bzr- 
mingham Canal Navigation, on Behalf of themfelves 
and the other Proprietors ; and alfo, the Petition of the 
Owners and Occupiers of certain Manufacturing Miils, 
in the Neighbourhood of Birmingham, and alfo the Pe- 
tition of feveral Owners of Mefiuages, Dwelling-houfes, 
and Buildings, erected and ftanding upon the Eftate of 
Charles Colmore, Efquire, in Birmingham, in the County 
of Warwick, and of the Tenants and Occupiers of 
the fame, which were Yefterday prefented to the Houle, 
and then ordered to lie upon the Table, until the 
Report fhould be received from the Committee to 
whom the faid Bill was committed, might be again 
read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petitioners be heard by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill, when the Keport from the 
Committee to whom the faid Bill was committed, fhall 
be taken into further Confideration. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions. 


A Petition of Thomas Grundy, of Appleby, in the 
County of Leicef-er, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read , Setting forth, That Samuel Swinfen, of Londen, 
Merchant, by his laft Will and Teftament, bearing 
Date the Twentieth Day of Auguft One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Forty-two, gave and devifed his Manor or 
Lordfhip of Swinfen, and all other his Manors and 
Freehold Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita- 
ments, whatfoever, in or near Swinfen aforefaid, or 
elfewhere, in the County of Stafford, to Truftees, to the 
Ufe of his Nephew, Samuel Grundy, for Life, with Re- 
mainder to the Ufe of the Firft and other Sons of the 
faid Samuel Grundy, fucceffively in Tail Male; and for 
Default of fuch Hfue, to his Nephew Fo/eph Grundy, 
Brother of the faid Samuel Grundy, for Lite, with Re- 
mainders over to the Ufe of his the faid Fofeph Grundy’s 
Firft and other Sons, fucceffively in Tail Male; and 
for Default of fuch Iifue, to his Nephew the Peti- 
tioner, another Brother of the faid Samuel Grundy for 
Life; with Remainders to the Ufe of the Firft and other 
Sons of the Petitioner in Tail Male, with divers Re- 
mainders over; and that the faid Teftator by his faid 
Will declares, That the Devifes and Limitations of his 
faid Manor and other Eftates in the faid County of Staf- 


Eftate therein, and whofe Surnames are not Swinfen, 
fhall, within Six Calendar Months next after they fhall 
feverally come into the actual Poffeffion of the fame, or 
any Part thereof, take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen 3 
and alfo endeavour to procure an Act of Parliament, 
for the calling him and them by the Surname of Stwin- 
fen; and that the faid Teftator devifed all his Leafe- 
hold Eftates in the faid County ef Stafford, and all his 
other Eftates in Truft for his faid Nephew, Samuel 
Grundy, and fuch other Perfon and Perfons; and for 
fuch Eftates and Interefts, and fubje&amp; to fuch Limita- 
tions, as were by the faid Teftator’s Will limited and 
declared, concerning his Freehold Eftates in the County 
of Stafford; and the faid Teftator devifed his Manor 
or Lordfhip of Rotherbithe, in the County of Surrey, 
and all other his Eftates there in Truft to be fold ; and 
the Money arifing by the Sale thereof, and alfo the 
Refidue of his perfonal Eftate, he directed fhould be 
laid out in the Purchafe of Freehold Eftates of In- 
heritance, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, and under and 
fubje&amp;t to the fame Provifoes, Conditions, and Limita- 
tions, as are in and by the faid Will limited and ex- 
prefied of and concerning his faid Freehold Eftates 
in the County of Stafford, or as near thereto as might 
be; and that the faid Teftator is fince dead, and the 
faid Eftates in the County of Surrey have been fince 
fold, and the Money arifing by Sale thereof, together 
with the Refidue of the faid Teftator’s perfonal Eftate, 
laid out in the Purchafe of Manors, Lands, and Here- 
ditaments, in the County of Stafford, and the faid 
Samuel Grundy, and Fofeph Grundy, are both dead with- 
out Iffue Male, and the Petitioner is now in the aétuab 
Poffeffion of the Eftates purchafcd in Purfuance of the 
faid Will, and is defirous of taking the Name of 
Swinfen: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Barrow and Sir William Guife do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Earl of Carkifle was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, 
within the Fownfhip or Hamlet of Butterwick, in the 
Parifh of Foxboles, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, feveral Open Uninclofed Common Fields, and 
Commonable Lands, the Property of the Petitioner and 
others, which lies intermixed and difperfed, and is, in 
its prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement ; and 
that, if the faid Lands were divided and inclofed, it 
would be very advantageous to the Petitioner and the 
reft of the Proprietors: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Lands, under fuch Regulations as to 
the Houtfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Wallace and Mr. Charles Fox do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{cribed, in Behalf of themfelves and others, 
refiding near, or frequently travelling, the Roads herein 
after mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the prefent Turnpike Road from 
Melkfoham, in the County of Wilts, to Bath, in the 
County of Somerfet, is inconvenient; and that the mak-: 
ing a new Road from Melk/bam, by or near Broughton, 
Wraxball, and Farlywick, in the faid County of Wilts, 
and from thence to the Bottom of the Hill near Bath- 
ford, in the County of Somerfet, would be more eafy 
and convenient for Travellers ; and that, from Bathford 
to Bath, the prefent Turnpike Road comes into the 
interior Parts of the City of Bath, through a Street 

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which is narrow and incommodious; and that if the 
New Road before mentioned, or the prefent Turnpike 
Road, was carried acrofs the River Avon, by a Bridge 
near Bathford, to or near Hampton and Bathwick, and 
from thence to the New Bridge which is building acrofs 
the River Avon, a confiderable Diftance would be faved, 
and the Road made more eafy than it is at prefent, and 
the Entrance to the interior Parts of the City of Bath 
would be rendered more convenient; and that, in the 
prefent Turnpike Road from Bradford to the City of 
Bath, there are feveral fteep Hills, which might be 
avoided if a new Road was made from Bradford to 
Farlywick, and there to join the faid new intended 
Road from Melk/bam to Bathford, and that the pre- 
fent Road from Froome, Warminfter, Salifbury, South- 
ampton, Portfmouth, and other Parts of Wilt/ire, Dor- 
fetfpire, and Hampfoire, to Bath, by the Way of Entry 
Hill, and Holloway, and from Wells to Bath, by the 
Way of Wellfpill and Holloway, is fteep and incon- 
venient, which might be remedied if a new Road was 
made from that Part of Odd Down, near the Old Glafs 
Houfe, which communicates with the Road leading to 
Froome and Warminfter, to or near a Place called Bar- 
rocks, and if another Road was made from a Part of 
the faid Wells Road, near to a Place called the Red 
Lyon, to, or near, the faid Rarrocks, where the faid Two 
Roads would join, and from thence by or near a 
Place called Lyncomb, and from thence to the End of 
the faid Bridge, which is building acrofs the River Avon: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for making, widening, and repairing, 
the {aid feveral Roads, under fuch Regulations and Pro- 
vifions as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houte : . | 

And it is referred to Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Harris, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet upon Thurfday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records : 
And all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


A Petition of feveral of the Land Owners, and Per- 
fons interefted in the Open Fields, Meadows, Common 
Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhips of 
North Mufkham, Holme, and Bathley, in the Parifh of 
North Mujkbam, in the County of Nottingham, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are Owners and Proprietors of Lands and 
Grounds within the faid Townfhips, which lie intermixed 
and difperfed in fimall Parcels, and are inconveniently 
fituated, and incapable of any confiderable Improve- 
ment; and that if the fame, together with the Com- 
mon Paftures and Wafte Grounds, were divided and in- 
clofed, it would tend to the great Benefit and Advantage 
of the Parties concerned: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall 
think proper. ee 

‘Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Cecil Wray, the Lord Belajy/e, Mr. Willoughby, and Mr. 
Hewett, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of fob Morfoead, Fobn Nicolls, George 
Woollcombe, Fofeph Squire, Reyimundo Putt, and others, 
Commiffioners acting under an Act of Parliament, made 
and paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty King George the Third, intituled, An Act 
for paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Ply- 
mouth, in the County of Devon, and for regulating the 
Carmen and Porters within the faid Town, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 

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Petitioners have proceeded to execute the Truft re- 
pofed in them, and have expénded confiderable Sums of 
Money, and alfo contraéted great Debts, over and 
above the £. 400 which they have borrowed by Virtue 
of the faid At; and that the Rate which the Petitioners 
have afleffed upon the Inhabitants and Proprietors, and 
which, with the £. 400 fo borrowed, would have beer 
fufficient to anfwer all thefe Expences, has hitherto 
been very imperfectly collected, on account of the Re- 
fufal of the Juftices of the Peace to exercife the coer- 
cive Power, which by the Act is lodged folely in them ; 
and that the Petitioners have Reafon to believe, that 
the Refufal of the faid Juftices does not proceed from 
any juft Objection to the Proceedings of the Petitioners, 
but from a fettled Intention to defeat the Purpofes of 
the Aét, and that the Petitioners are informed, that to 
compel the faid Juitices to inforce, as well the Pay- 
ment of the Rate, as a due Compliance with the 
other Injunctions. of the Aé, will be attended with 
great Difficulty, Delay, and Expence ; and that it is 
even doubtful, whether the Power granted the faid 
Juftices by the Ac may not by Conftruction extend 
fo far as to give them a Power of totally defeating it; 
and that various other Doubts and Difficulties have 
arifen in the Execution of the faid A€&amp;t: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend the faid Act, and alfo to impower 
the Petitioners to levy the Rate, and to inforce a due 
Compliance with the feveral Injunctions of the A&amp;, in 
fome more effectual Manner, than the Aét in its pre- 
fent Form will admit of; without which, the Peti- 
tioners apprehend, not only that the faid A&amp; will be 
wholly ineffectual to the good Purpofes intended by it, 
but alfo that all Debts, Contraéts, and Engagements, 
entered into under the Sanétion of the Aé&amp;, will remain 
a Burthen upon the faid Petitioners. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Parker, Sir Fobn Saint 
Aubyn, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon T hurfday 
Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker's 


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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for carrying into Execution an Agree- 
ment, made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor 
General of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of 
Morden College, in the County of Kent, for enabling 
His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes 
of Maidenftone Hill, in the Parith of Eaft Greenwich, in 
the County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the 
Terms mentioned in the faid Agreement; and for im- 
powering the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and 
Penfions of the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Mer- 
chants, in the faid College ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tbur/day 


Morning next. 


A Petitioh of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 


thereunto fubfcribed, being Inhabitants within the Town 
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and Townhhip of Wakefield, in the County of York, and 
Owners and Occupiers of Houfes and Lands there, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other Public Paflages, 
within the Town of Wakefield, in the County of York, 
are in a very ruinous Condition, and very ill paved, re- 
paired, cleanfed, and lighted, and the Paffages thereof 
are greatly obftructed by various Nufances and Annoy- 
ances ; and that feveral of the faid Streets, Lanes, Alleys, 
and other public Paflages, are, in fome Parts thereof, 
narrow and incommodious ; and that it would tend 
greatly to the Health, Safety, and Advantage, of the 
Inhabitants of the faid Town, and be of public Utility, 
if all the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other Public Paf- 
fages, within that Part of the faid Town, which lies 
within the Eaft End of Weftgate Bridge, the South Side 
of Northgate Bar, the North End of Kirkgate Bridge, 
(except fo much thereof as is repaired by the Weft 
Riding of the County of York) and the extreme 
Part of the Townfhip of Wakefield, leading from Wren- 
gate towards Ea/t Moor, were properly paved, repaired, 
cleanfed, lighted, and widened, and turned and altered 
where neceffary, and the faid Nufances, Obftructions, 
and Annoyances, were removed for the future : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring ina Bill, for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch 
Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem expedient. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be reterred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Mr. La/celles, Sir George Savile, 
é&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon T4urfday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Carters, Carts, Carriages, 
Loaded Horfes, Filling up of Coal Pits, Obftructions, 
and Nufances, within that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland: And that Sir Alexander Gilmour, the Lord Ad- 
vocate of Scotland, Sir Gilbert Elliot, and Mr. Dundas, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Treafurer reported to. the Houfe, that their Ad- 
dreffes of Friday la{t (that His Majefty would be gra- 
cioufly pleafed to give Directions, that the Papers there- 
in mentioned might be laid before this Houfe) had been 
prefented to His Majefty; and that His Majefty had 
commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, that He will 
give Directions accordingly. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into further Confidera- 
tion the Report from the Select Committee, who were 
appointed to try and determine the Merits of the Peti- 
tion of Thomas Rumbold, Efquire, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of New 
Shoreham, in the County of Suffex. 

And the Refolutions of the Committee were again 
read; and are as followeth; viz. 

“ Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That, 
“ at the laft Election for New Shoreham, 87 Perfons 
* voted for Mr. Ruméold, 37 for Mr. Purling, and 4 for 
“ Mr. James; that all who voted for Mr. Rumbold, ex- 
“* cept one, took the Bribery Oath before they gave 
“ their Votes ; that Hugh Roberts, the Returning Offi- 
“© cer, put Queries to the Names of 76 of the Voters 
“ for Mr. Rumbold, at the Time they gave their 
“ Votes; and, immediately on the Clofe of the Poll, 
‘© declared Mr. Purling duly elected. 

“© Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
¢ That the Conduct of the Returning Officer, in tak- 
“ ing the Poll, and making the Return, at the laft 


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“© Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the 
“© Borough of New Sporebam, was illegal. 

“ Refolved, That it appears to this Committee, That; 
“in the Borough of New Shoreham, a Society has for 
** many Years iubfifted, which has affumed the Name 
“* of The Chriftian Society ; that none but Voters for Re- 
“ prefentatives in Parliament were ever admitted into 
** the Society, and that a great Majority of the Voters 
*« for New Shoreham were Members ; that the Society 
“had a conftant Clerk ; that they held a regular 
“* Monthly, and frequent occafional Meetings ; and 
‘* that, whenever they met, a Flag was hoifted, to 
*« give Notice of fuch Meeting: That the Members 
“* of the Society, about Three Years ago, entered into. 
** Articles for raifing and diftributing fmall Sums of 
“* Money to charitable Ufes ,; but that thefe Articles 
** were defigned only to cover the real Intent of their 
‘¢ Inftitution: That the principal Purpofe of their 
‘¢ Meetings was for what they called Burgeffing Bufi- 
“ nefs; that they all took an Oath of Secrefy, 
“* and entered into a Bond, under a Penalty of Five 
‘“* Hundred Pounds, to bind them all together, with 
*« regard to Burgefling; but that the Condition of 
*¢ the Bond does not -precifely appear: That, upon 
** any Vacancy in the Reprefentation of the Borough, 
the Society always appointed a Committee to treat 
“¢ with the Candidates for the Purchafe of the Seat; 
*¢ and that the Committee were conftantly inftruéted 
** to get the moft Money, and make the beft Bargain 
they could: That the Society never appointed a 
** Committee for any other Purpofe ; and that they had 
“© no Standing Committee: That, on a falfe Report 
“© of the Death of Sir Samuel Cornifh, in February \att, 
‘© the Society was called together by the Signal of 
the Flag; that many of the Members at that Meet- 
ing, which was very numerous, declared they would 
‘* fupport the higheft Bidder ; that fome, and amongft 
“ them Hugh Roberts, the Returning Officer at the laft 
“© Election, expreffed themfelves offended at fuch a 
** Declaration, and faid, That they were afraid of Con- 
fequences, for the Society was only a Heap of Bri- 
bery ; and withdrew from the Society : That One of 
thofe who withdrew, going about Two Months ago 
to a Meeting of the Society, was treated with harfh 
Expreffions, and told he came amongft them as a 
Spy: That, however, the Society continued to meet, 
that their Meetings were frequent near the Time of 
the Election ; that it was faid that a Committee was 


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-“ appointed after the Death of Sir Samuel Cornifh ; 


“* that none of the Members faid to be of that Com- 
** mittee voted at the laft Election, though moft of 
“ them were in New Shoreham on the Day of the 
“ Election; that, Three Days before the Election, the 
“* Society was reported to be diffolved; but that the 
“* Members of it have fince refumed their Meetings. 

“ Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
« tee, That this Committee, having tried the Matter 
“¢ of the Petition referred to them, cannet make any fur- 
«© ther Inquiry into the Traniactions of the faid So- 
“&lt; ciety. 

“ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
“© That a further Inquiry into the Tranfactions of the 
‘ {aid Society ought to be made.” 

The Four Firft Refolutions of the Committee, being 
feverally read a Second Time, were poftponed. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee, being 
read a Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

. Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Inquiry 
into the Tranfactions of the faid Society be heard at the 
Bar of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That the faid Inquiry be heard, at the Bar 
of this Houfe, upon Thur/day the 14th Day of February 
next. 

Ordered, That Hugh Roberts, Harry Innott, Napper 

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Daniel, Fobn Innett, Thomas Pelham, Daniel Bartlet, 
Richard Tilfone, Fohn Boyce, William Gear, William 
Hards, William Rufsbridge, Henry Robinfon, Henry Han- 
ning, fohn Butcher, William Robdinfon, Fofeph Stevens, 
and obu Wood, do then attend this Houfe, to be exa- 
mined touching the faid Inquiry. 

Ordered, That Yobn Partington, the Younger, do at- 
tend this Houfe at the fame Time, with all the Books 
and Papers belonging to the faid Society, or which any- 
wife relaze to their Tranfactions. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Two Firft of the faid 
— which have been poftponed, might be again 
read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That the Charge contained in the faid Re- 
folutions, againit Hugh Roberts, the Returning Officer, 
be heard at the Bar of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That the faid Charge be heard, at the Bar 
of this Houfe, upon Friday the 8th Day of February 
next. 

Ordered, That Copies of the faid Charge be fent to 
the faid Hugh Roberts ; and that he be at Liberty to be 
heard by his Counfel. 

Ordered, That Fohn Browne do attend this Houfe 
upon the faid 8th Day of February, to be examined touch- 
ing the faid Charge. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Thurfday Morning, 
Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 31° die Fanuarii; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS. 


OHWN Peter Du Roveray, Fohn Daniel Naville, 
Fobn Peter Eynard, and David Chollet, took the 


‘Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturalization. 


A Petition of Alicia Macartney, Spinfter, was prefent- 
ed to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That Francis 
Macartney, \ate of Argyll Buildings, in the County of 
Middlefex, Efquite, deceafed, did duly make, and pub- 
lith, his laft Will and Teftament in Writing, bearing 
Date the 29th Day. of Fuly 1758, and thereby, amongft 
other Things, did direct all his juft Debts to be fully 
paid and fatisfied, and in cafe his Perfonal Eftate fhould 
not be fufficient for that Purpofe, then in Aid thereof, 
he thereby fubjected and charged all and fingular the 
Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredi- 
taments whatfoever, and wherefoever, wherein he had 
any Eftate in Poffeffion, Reverfion, Remainder, or Ex- 
pectancy, with the Payment of his faid Debts, and thus 
fubjected and charged, he gave and devifed all and fin- 
gular his faid Manors, Mefiuages, Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, and Premifes, with their, and every of 
their Appurtenances, from and immediately after the 
Deceafe of his Father, Fames Macartney, Efquire, unto 
the Petitioner, his Sifter and her Affigns, for the Term 
of Ninety-nine Years, if fhe fhould fo long live, without 
Impeachment of Wafte; and after the Determination of 
that Eftate, unto Fobn Calcraft, then of Parliament Street, 
Weftminfter, Efquire, and fohn Paterfon, then of Bar- 
ber’s Hall, London, Efquire, and their Heirs, during the 
Life of the Petitioner, in Truft, to preferve the contin- 
gent Remainders, and after the Deceafe of the Petitioner, 
unto the Firft and other Sons of her Body, fucceffively in 
Tail Male, and for Default of fuch Iffue, then unto his, 
the Teftator’s Sifter, Catherine Macartney and her Af- 
figns, for the Term of Ninety-nine Years, if fhe fhould fo 
long live, without Impeachment of Wafte, with Remain- 

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der to the fame Truftees and their Heirs during her Life, 
to preferve the contingent Remainders, and after her De- 
ceafe, unto the Firft and other Sons of her Body fuccef- 
fively in Tail Male; and for Default of fuch Iffue, then 
unto his, the faid Teftator’s Sifter, Fraxces, the Wife of 
Fulk Greville, Efquire, and her Affigns, for the Term 
of Ninety-nine Years, if fhe fhould fo long live, without 
Impeachment of Wafte, with Remainder to the fame 
Truftees, during her Life, to preferve the contingent Re- 
mainders, and after her Deceafe unto her firft and other 
Sons fucceffively in Tail Male ; and for Default of fuch 
Iffue, then unto his, the faid ‘Teftator’s Sifter, Mary 
Macartney, and her Affigns, for the Term of Ninety-nine 
Years, if fhe fhould fo long live, without Impeachment 
of Wafte, with Remainder to the fame Truftees during 
her Life, to preferve the contingent Remainders, and 
after her Deceafe, unto her firft and other Sons fuccef- 
fively in Tail Male ; and for Default of fuch Iffue, then 
unto his the faid Teftator’s own right Heirs for ever, 
with Power for the Petitioner and his, the faid Teftator’s 
other Sifters, when in Poffeffion, to grant Leafes upon 
the ‘Terms therein mentioned ; and as to all the reft of 
his Perfonal Eftate, if any fhould remain after Payment 
of his Debts, he thereby gave and bequeathed the fame 
to the Petitioner, whom he appointed Executrix of his 
faid Will; and that the faid Tetiator died {con afterwards, 
without having revoked his faid Will, leaving the Peti- 
tioner, and the faid Catherine Macartney, Frances Greville, 
and Mary Macartney, his Sifters and Co-heirs at Law; 
and the Petitioner foon after his Deceafe proved the faid 
Will in common Form, in the Prerogative Court of the 
Archbifhop of Canterbury; and that the faid Fames 
Macartney, the Father of the Teftator, 1s lately dead, 
whereby the Petitioner, under the Limitations in the faid 
Will of the faid Francis Matartaey, her Brother, is be- 
come entitled to ali his Real Eftate for the Remainder 
of the faid Term of Ninety-nine Years, if fhe fhall fo long 
live, with Remainder to her Firft and other Sons in Taik 
Male, the greateft Part of which Eftate lies in the King- 
dom of Jreland ; and that the faid Mary, the Petitioner’s 
Sifter, fometime fince intermarried with William Henry 
Lyttelton, Efquire, and is fince dead, leaving George 
Fulk Lyttelton, her Eldeft Son and Heir at Law, an 
Infant, of about the Age of Seven Years; and that the 
faid Will hath been proved in the High Court of Chan- 
cery, in Great Britain, and the Petitioner may have fre- 
quent Occafion to produce, or give the fame in Evi- 
dence, as well in Great Britain as in Ireland, and the 
faid Will cannot, as Occafion may from Time to Time 
require, be carried from one Kinedom to the other, fo 
as to be made ule of at any Trial at Law without great 
Hazard, nor can the Witneffes, who are able to prove 
the due Execution of the faid Will, be compelled by any 
Procefs, to attend in the faid Kingdom of Ireland, to 
give their Teftimony at any Trial at Law to be had 
there: And therefore praying, That a Bill may be 
brought in for making the Exemplification of the laft 
Will and Teftament of the faid Francis Macartney, Evi- 
dence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great Britain 
and Ireland. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Edward Aftiey and Mr. Lowndes do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution an Aét, made in the gth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the 
Road, from the City of Norwich, to Scele Bridge, in the 
County of Norfolk, and of feveral other Perfons, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Truftees ap- 
pointed by the faid Act have proceeded to put the fame 
in Execution, and have borrowed a confiderable Sum 
of Money on the Credit thereof, but find the Tolls are 


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not fufficient to enable them effectually to carry the Pur- 
pofes of the faid Act into Execution; and that, by the 
faid A&amp;t, the Truftees are reftrained from erecting any 
Turnpike, but at fuch Places as are therein mentioned ; 
by reafon of which Reftriction, the Tolls do not pro- 
duce fo muchas they would do, in cafe the Trutiees 
were at Liberty to erect Turnpikes at fuch Places as 
they fhould think proper, within a certain Diftance of 
Norwich and Scole Inn; and that the Money already 
borrowed, and which will be neceffary to be borrowed, 
to complete the Repairs of the faid Road, and to defray 
all other neceffary Purpofes of the faid Aét, cannot be 
paid off, and the Road effectually amended and kept in 
good Repair, unleis the Term of the Act is enlarged, 
and the faid At amended and made more effectual : 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and that Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of the faid 
Act, and for extending the Provifions thereof, in fuch 
Manner as the Houfe fhall think moft proper. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Edward Afiley, Mr. De Grey, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow ‘Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace, Gentle- 
men, Clergy, Freeholders, and others, of the County 
of Norfolk, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Poor of the faid County are 
very numerous, and the prefent Method of main- 
taining and fupporting them very burthenfome and ex- 
penfive ; and that the Petitioners apprehend, if proper 
Houfes were provided for the Reception and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, under proper Regulations, they would 
be much better, and more comfortably fupported and 
maintained, and at much leis Expence, than at prefent ; 
and that many other Benefits and Advantages would re- 
fult to the County therefrom: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better Relief and Employment of the Poor of the County 
of Norfolk, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations 
and Reftrictions, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Edward Aftiey, Mr. De Grey, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords ; and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


Ordered, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
the Reverend Mr. King, Chaplain to this Houfe, for the 
Sermon by him preached Yefterday before this Houfe, 
at St. Margaret’s, Wetminfter ; and that he be defired to 
print the fame. 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of divers Owners and Occupiers of 
Fen Lands and Low Grounds, lying in the feveral 
Parithes of Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Werebam, Weft Dere- 
bam, and Roxham, in the County of Norfolk, bounded 
by the River Wiffey, South ; the Fen Lands of the Parith 
ot Fordham, in the faid County, Weft ; the Uplands of 
the Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Wereham, Weft 
Dereham, and Roxbam, North; and. a certain River 
called the String, or Orton River, Eaft, was referred ; 
‘That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 


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as it appeared to them, to the Hcufe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Creafy, being examined, faid, That the Lands 
deicribed in the Petition are frequently overflowed, and 
cannot be effectually drained without the Aid of Parlia- 
ment; but if the fame were drained, it would be ad- 
vantageous to the Proprietors, and the Public in ge- 
neral. 

Which Evidence was confirmed by a Member prefent. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
draining and preferving certain Fen Lands and Low 
Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stcke Ferry, Wretton, Were- 
ham, Weft Dereham, and Roxham, in the County of 
Norfolk: And that Sir Edward Aftley, Sir Simeon 
Stuart,and Mr. De Grey, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, refiding 


in or near the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, and Stafford, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read , Setting torth, 
That the Roads leading from the South Eaft End of 
Swarkeftone Bridge, in the County of Derby, through 
Ticknall and Harifhorne, in the faid County, acrofs Afhiy 
Woulds, to the Top of Linton Heath, adjoining thre 
Road between Burton upon Trent, in the County of 
Stafford, and Overfeal, in the County of Leiceffer, and 
from the Pinfold in Overfeal aforelaid, down Gunby, 
through Netherfeal, in the faid County of Leicefter, to 
the Road at the South Eaft End of Cifton, in the faid 
County of Stafford, leading from thence to Clifton Heath, 
and from Ticknall aforefaid, over Prifton Hills, in the 
faid County of Dery, to the North End of the Town of 
Afbby de la Zouch, in the faid County of Leiceffer, are in 
a very ruinous Condition, and in many Parts narrow and 
incommodious, and cannot be effectually amended, 
widened, and kept in good Repair, by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for amending, widen- 
ing, and keeping in Repair, the faid Roads, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Clarke, Lord George Caven- 
difo, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bilt for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing feveral 
Roads, leading through the County of Se/kirk, was. read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an A@t, 
made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, intituled, An Act for repairing feveral Roads lead- 
ing through the County of Selkirk. 

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


A Petition of the Right honourable Edward’ Lord 
Vifcount Wentworth, Lord of the Manor, and Patron 
of the Rectory, of Kirkby Mallory, in the County of Lei- 
cefter, and the Proprietor of all the Land in’ the Open 
Fields and Common Paftures in Kirkby Mallory afore- 
faid, except the Land in the faid Open Fields and Com- 
mon Paftures belonging to the faid Rectory, and about 
Three Roods of Land there, belonging to’ fome other 
Perfon or Perfons, and alfo a Proprietor of other Lands, 
Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Kirkby Mallory afore- 
faid, and the humbie Petition of the Reverend Rowzsey 


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Noel, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of the faid Rectory, and, 
as fuch, entitled to Lands and Tithes in the faid Open 
Fields and Common Pattures, and alfo to other Lands, 
Tithes, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Kirkby Mal- 
lory aforefaid, was prelented to the Houfe, and read, 
Setting forth, That there are, within the Parifh of Kirkby 
Mallory, feveral Open Fields and Common Paftures, in 
which the Lands of the Petitioners lie difperfed and in- 
termixed, and are, in their prefent Situation, incapable 
of any confiderable Improvement; and it would be very 
advantageous to the Petitioners, to have the fame divided 
and inclofed, and to be impowered to eftablifh Exchanges 
already agreed upon between them, of other Parts of 
their Properties in the faid Parifh, near or adjoining to 
the faid Fields: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Fobn Palmer and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Proprietors of a very confiderable 
Part of the Open Fields and Commonable Places of Key- 
ham, in the Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leicefer, 
on Behalf of themfelves and all others interefted therein, 
was prefented to the Houle, and read; Setting forth, 
That it would be very advantageous to the feveral Perfons 
interefted in the faid Fields and Commonable Places, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed, and a fpecific Share 
thereof allotte’, according to each Perfon’s Intereft 
therein, to be held in Severalty : And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the di- 
viding, allotting, and inclofing, the faid Fields and Com- 


‘monable Places, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 


feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Sir 
ohn Palmer ana Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. ' 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Staffordfoire and Worcefterfoire Canal Navigation, was 
preiented to the Houfe, and read; Reciting Part of 
an Aé pafled in the Eighth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, for making and maintaining a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Town of Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick, to or near 
Smethwick, Oldbury, Tipton Green, and Bilftone, in 
the Counties of Warwick and Stafford, and from or 
near the faid Town of Biljtone, to or near Autherley, 
otherwife Alderfley, in the Parifh of Tettenball, near 
Wolverhampton, in the faid County of Stafford, there 
to communicate with the Canal then making, or in- 
tended to be made, between the Rivers Severu and Trent; 
and fetting forth, That the Proprietors of the Bir- 
mingham Canal Navigation have, Twelve Months ago, 
finithed and continued the faid Navigation to fuch Part 
of the faid Town of Birmingham, near a Field men- 
tioned in the faid Act, called Newhall Ring, and have, 
as the Petitioners are informed, declined to proceed 
further; but have there made Wharfs, Weigh Ma- 
chines, and other Conveniences for Trade and Bu- 
finefs; and that the faid Town of Birmingham now 
is, and during the Time aforefaid hath been, fupplied 
with Coals from fuch Canal and Wharfs ; notwithitand- 
ing which, they have neglectd to make, carry on, and 
complete, their faid Navigation, to communicate with 
the other Canal between the Rivers Trent and Severn, as 
directed by the faid A&amp;, although frequent Applications 
have been made to their Committee of Proprietors, by 
the Petitioners, for that Purpofe; in Confequence of 
which Delay or Neglect, on the Part of the Proprietors of 

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the faid Birmingham Canal, the Price of Coals is reduced 
near One Half at the faid Town of Birmingham, and is 
greatly advanced in other Parts, to the great Detriment 
of the Trade in fuch Parts, and of the Country in ge- 
neral; and thereby, that is made a private and local 
Advantage to the faid Town of Birmingham only, which 
was originally intended by the faid recited Aét as a pub- 
lic Benefit; and that the Petitioners are advifed, that it 
is at leaft dubious, whether the Petitioners are, by the 
faid recited Act, vetted with fufficient Powers to pur- 
chafe Lands, to make, carry on, and complete, the 
Navigation thereby authorized to be made, fo as to 
caule the fame to communicate with the faid Ca- 
nal, between the Rivers Trent and Severn, in fuch Man- 
ner as the {aid Company of Proprietors of the Bir- 
mingham Canal Navigation are enabled and impowered ; 
and that the Petitioners are not, by the faid recited A&amp;, 
enabled to raile any Monies for the making and carrying 
on fuch Part of the faid Canal as aforefaid, previous to 
their expending and laying out the fame; but Provifion 
is thereby only made for reimburfing the Petitioners all 
fuch Cofts and Charges as they fhall have been at, or fhall 
have expended, in making, carrying on, and completing, 
the fame, to be fettled and allowed as is therein men- 
tioned, and to be repaid to the Proprietors of the Staf- 
fordfhire and Worceferfbire Canal Navigation: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill more fully to enable the Petitioners to contract for 
and purchafe Land, for the making and completing fuch 
Part of the faid Navigable Canal as aforefaid; and-alfo 
to enable the Petitioners to raife fuch Sum and Sums of 
Money as fhall be neceffary for the making, carrying on, 
and completing, fuch Part of the fame Navigable Ca- 
nal, previous to the expending and laying out the fame, 
by fuch Ways and Means as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet ; and moreover to amend and eniarge the Powers 
given to the Petitioners, in the Premifes, in and by the 
faid recited Aét, in fuch other Inftances as to the Houfe 
fhall feem requifite and convenient. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Jehu Wrottefley, Mr. Clarke, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to iend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords; and all who come to the Conimittce are to 
have Voices. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Stafford, whofe Names are 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Read leading from Stone, in the 
faid County, to the Road between Newcafile and Ut- 
toxeter, at Lane End, and to the Road between Leeke 
and Sandon, on Meir Heath; and alfo the Road trom Smre, 
to the Road between Cheadle and Sandon, at or near 
Draycet; and alfo the Road from the faid Road, be- 
tween Newcaftle and Uttexeter, at Meir, to the Road 
in Trentham, are in many Places very ruinous, narrow, 
and incommodious: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be-given to bring in a Bill for repairing, widening, 
and keeping in Repair, the faid Roads, in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Fobn Wrottefey, Sir William 
Bagot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records: And all who come to the Committee are to 
have Voices. 


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106 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and Inhabitants, of the feveral Towns of Liverpool, 
Ormfkirk, Prefton, and of the Country lying between 
or adjacent thereto, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
cofter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Public Highway, or Road, from Liver- 
pool, through the Townfhips of Kirkdale, Walton, Sepb- 
ton, Aintree, Netherton, Maghull, Lydiat, Aughton, 
Ormfkirk, Burfcough, Rufford, Tarlton, Brotherten, 
Hool, Longton, Hutton, Howick, Penwortham, to the 
faid Town of Preffon, being the great Northern Road 
from Liverpool, to the Northern Parts of the King- 
dom, is, from the Narrownefs thereof in many Places, 
the Nature of the Soil, and the many Carriages of 
Burthen paffing thereon, become very deep and ruin- 
ous, and almoft impaffable; and, if effectually amended, 
would be of Public Utility: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
amending, repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, 
the faid Highway or Road, and to grant them fuch pro- 
per Powers and Relief in the Premifes, under fuch Re- 
ftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem requifite. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Strange, Sit William Mere- 
dith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 

A Petition of the Truftees for putting in Execution 
an Act of the 26th Year of his late Majeity King George 
the Second, intituled, An Aét for enlarging the Term 
and Powers granted by Two Acts of Parliament, one paf- 
fed in the 12th Year of the Reign of his Majefty King 
George the Firft, and the other paffed in the 19th Year of 
the Reign of his faid late Majelty, for repairing the 
Road from Liverpool, to Prefcott, and other Roads there- 
in mentioned, in the County Palatine of Lencafter, and 
alfo for repairing the Road from Prefcett, through Whi/- 
ton, Rainhiil, Bold, and Sankey, to the Town of Warring- 
ton, as alfo the Road from Saint Helen’s Chapel to Afhton, 
in the faid County Palatine, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have pro- 
ceeded in the Repair of the faid Roads, and made great 
Progrefs therein; for which Purpefe, they have been 
obliged to borrow a confiderable Sum of Money on the 
Credit of the faid Aéts, which hath, together with the 
Tolls thereby granted, been duly applied; but it will be 
impofible effectually to maintain and repair the faid 
Roads, and to repay the Money now due, during the 
fubtitting Term of the faid Acts; and that the Powers 
eranted by the faid Aéts are in feveral refpects defective, 
and the Appropriation of fpecific Annual Sums for re- 
pairing particular Parts of the faid Roads has been found 
detrimental to the Execution of the i rufts repofed in the 
Petitioners ; which would be better executed, if the Toils 
were reduced into One Fund, applicable to the Repair of 
all Parts of the faid Roads, and that, if the Road leading 
from the Turnpike Caufeway at Blecklow Brow, Eaft- 
ward, through the Village of Huyton, to the Sign of 
the Blue Bell, to join the Turnpike Caufeway leading 
from Prefcott to Liverpool, was to be amended and kept 
in Repair, it would be of public Ufe, in opening a bet- 
ter Communication between the faid Two Turnpike 
Caufeways ; and that, there being now only One principal 
Entrance into the Town of Liverpool, from the faid 
Turnpike Roads, which is to the Northward of the 
faid Town ; and the Buildings of the faid Town being of 
late Years much extended to the Southward, if the Lane 
or Road commonly called Lime Kiln Lane, leading from 
the faid Turnpike Caufeway, at or oppofite the Eaft 
Wing of the Seamens Hofpital in the faid Town of 
Liverpoole, to a Houfe called Ranelagh Houje, in Ranelagh 


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Street, in the faid Town, was likewife to be amended and 
kept in Repair, it would make the Entrance into the faid 
Town more eafy and commodious, and be a general 
Convenience to the Inhabitants, and of Advantage to 
Trade in general; and that, if the Owners or Lefices 
of Collieries or Coalworks adjacent to theie Roads, and 
from whence through thefe Roads the Country and 
Neighbouring Towns are fupplied with Coal and Fuel, 
were properly regulated, many Frauds and Abufes, 
now practifed on the Buyers and Coniumers cf Ceal, by 
the Colliers, Bankfmen, and Carters, would be prevent- 
ed: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers 
granted by the faid Three Acts, and to reduce the fame 
into One Act of Parliament, and for uniting the Tolls 
to be taken on all the faid Roads into One common 
Fund, applicable to the Repair of all the faid Roads in 
general, and alfo therein to grant fuch Powers and Pro- 
vifisns, to prevent the faid Frauds and Abufes, under 
fuch Reftri¢tions as to the Houfe fhall feem requifite. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Strange, Colonel Bur- 
goyne, &amp;c.: And they are to meet ‘To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftces appointed to 
put in Execution Three feveral Acts of Parliament, 
paffed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George 
the Firft, and in the 18th and 31ft Years of King George 
the Second, for repairing the Roads from Birmingham, 
through Warwick, to Warmington, and from Birming- 
bam, through Stratford upon Avon, to Edgebill, in the 
County of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That great Progrefs hath been made 
in amending that Branch of the Road which leads 
from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Aven, to 
Edgehill; but that the fame cannot be completed, 
and kept in Repair for the future, unlefs the Term 
of the faid Acts be further continued, and fome 
further and other Powers given: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of the faid Aéts, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houte fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the jame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to the Earl of Catherlough, Lord 
Beauchamp, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 


Records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Peniffon Lord 
Melbourne, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Lord of the 
Manor of Boothby Graffoe, in the County of Lincoln, the 
Reverend Robert Burne, Clerk, Rector of the Parifh and 
Parifh Church of Boothby Graffce aforefaid, and Fobn 
Marfleet, Gentleman, Owners and Proprietors of, and 
otherwife interefted in, the Cpen and Common Fields, 
Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, with- 
in the Manor and Parifh of Boothby Graffoe aforefaid, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, in the 
faid Open and Common Fields, Meadows, and Paftures, 
lic intermixed and difperfed, and, in their prefent Situa- 
tion, are incapable of any confiderable Improvement ; 
and it would be advantageous to thé feveral Perfons in- 
terefted therein, if the fame, together with the faid 
Heath and Watte Grounds, were divided and inclofed : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 


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bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
and Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the faid Manor and Parifh, in 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Bailiff, Juftice, Aldermen, and 
Burgefles, of the Borough of Kidderminfter, in the 
County of Worcefer, in Common Council affembled, 
and alfo of the principal Tradefmen and Manufacturers 
of the faid Borough, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
that Application 1s intended to be made to the Houle, 
by the Proprietors of the Staffordfire and Worcefterfoire 
Canal Navigation, for enforcing a Junction of the Bir- 
mingham Canal Navigation, with the Staford/bire and 
Worcefterfoire Canal, at or near Auther‘ey, in the faid 
County of Stafford; and that the Petitioners are con- 
vinced, that the effeCting of the faid Junction will be 
of great Utility to the Public in general : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the making and completing of fuch Junction as 
abovefaid ; and that fuch Encouragement may be given 
thereto as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

A Petition of Proprietors of Land, and of Coal Mines, 
near or adjoining to the Birmingham Canal, of Navi- 

ators and Dealers in Coal, and of others who are in- 
terefted in the proper Conduct of the faid Canal, was 
alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
‘That the Petitioners apprehend, the faid Company have 
done many Acts contrary to the Intention of Parliament 
and the public Good, yet in fuch Manner as to render 
Proceedings for Redrefs before the Courts of Law pre- 
carious and uncertain ; and that the {aid Company are en- 
abled to exercife Partiality to Proprietors of Land and of 
Coal in many important Inftances, and to form a danger- 
ous Monopoly ; and that they are endeavouring to be- 
come Proprietors of the Banks and Wharfs, in Oppofi- 
tion to the Proprietors of Land, and have prevented an 
extenfive Coal Mine having Accefs to the Canal, be- 
caufe the Proprietors would not fell the Mine to them : 
And therefore praying, That the Houfe will take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and grant fuch Powers, 
that may effeétually prevent the Birmingham Canal 
Company exercifing Partiality, to the great Inj .ry ot the 
Proprietors of Land and of Coal Mines, and alfo their 
forming dangerous Monopolies, by their being at the 
fame Time Proprietors of the Canal, and Locks, of the 
Wharfs and Banks, and Navigators and Dealers in 
Coal, and Proprietors of Coal Mines; or grant fuch 
other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 
aa Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Capital 
Burgeffes, principal Inhabitants, and Tradeimen, of the 
Borough ot Stafford, in the County of Stafford: And 
alfo, 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Coun- 
cil Men, and other the principal Inhabitants, of the 
City of Worcefter, whofe Names are fubfcribed ; 

Were alfo feverally prefented to the Houfe, and 
read, Setting forth, That the Petitioners are 
informed, that Application is intended to be 
made to the Houte, by the Proprietors of the 
Staffordfbire and Worcefterfoire Canal Naviga- 
tion, for enforcing a Junction of the Birming- 
ham Canal Navigation with the Stafford/bire and 
Worcefterfoire Canal, at or near Autherley, in the 
faid County of Stafford, and that the Petitioners 
are convinced, that the effecting of the faid 
Junction will be of great Unility to the Public 
in general: And thereiore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the mak- 
ing and completing of fuch Junction as above- 


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faid, and that fuch Encouragement may be given 
thereto, “as to the Houfe fhall feem meet 

And the {aid Petitions were feverally ordered 

to be referred to the Committee, to whom 

the Petition of the Company of Proprietors 


of the Staffordpire and Worcefterfbire Canal 
Navigation, is referred. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees, appointed to put in 
Execution Two Aétsof Pariiament, made m the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the 
Twenty-firit Year of the Reign of King George the Se- 
cond, fo far as the faid Aéts relate to repairing the 
Roads leading from the Town of Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, to the Town of Bromfzréve, in the 
County of Worcefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have made 4 
great Progrefs in repairing the faid Roads, and have 
borrowed a confiderable Sum of Money upon the Cre- 
dit thereof ; but find that the faid Roads cannot be ef- 
fectually repaired, and the Money borrowed be repaid, 
unlefs the ‘erm eranted by the faid laft mentioned A&amp; 
be further continued, and the Powers thereof altered, 
varied, and enlarged ; and that the Petitioners appre- 
hend, the Purpofes of the faid A€ts would be more ef- 
fectually anfwered, if Part of the Road leading from 
Birmingham, acrois Bourn Breok, to Bromfgrove, was 
dilcontinued, and a new Road made from the Town 
ot Birmingham, over and through certain Grounds in 
the feveral Parifhes of Birmingham and Edgbafton, in 
the faid County of Warwick to Bourn Brook aforcfaid, 
and to enlarge the Tolls directed to be colleéted by the 
faid firft mentioned Aét: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to continue, en- 
large, and render more effectual, the faid Aéts, in fuch 
Manner, and under fuch Regulations and Reftritions, 
as to the Houfe thall feem meet and expedient. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Ward, Mr. Dowdefwell, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to iend for Perlons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution Two Acts of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the 
Twenty-firft Year of the Reign.of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, 
through the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called 
High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and from thence to 
the Eid of Gibbet Lan’, next adjoining to the Town 
fhip of Bilfon, and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, 
to King-Swinford, in the Counties of Warwick, Staf- 
ford, and Worcefier, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have pro- 
ceeded in the Execution of the faid Aéts, and have bor- 
rowed a confiderable Sum of Money on the Credit there- 
of, which now remains due; and that the Tolls being 
fixed at very low Rates, the faid Roads cannot: be ef- 
fectually repaired, widened, and kept in Repair, and 
the Money borrowed repaid, unlefs the faid Tolls are 
increafed, the Term granted by the feveral Aéts further 
continued, and the Powers thereof altered, varied, and 
enlarged: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, un- 
der fuch Regulations and Reitri€tions as to the Houle 
fhall feem mect. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Ward, Mr. Dowdefwell, 


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&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. . 


A Petition of William Sheldon, Efquire, the Reverend 
Richard Chambers, Clerk, Fobn Hunt, Gentleman, and 
feveral other Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, being Proprietors of the Lands and Grounds 
in Naunton Beauchamp Fields, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, ‘That the faid Lands and Grounds lie open, com- 
mon, and intermixed, and are inconveniently fituated , 
and that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and 
feparate Allotments thereof made to the Owners and 
other Perfons interefted, according to their refpective 
Shares and Interefts, it would tend to the Improve- 
ment of their feveral Eftates: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for di- 
viding and inclofing the faid Lands and Grounds, and 
for allotting the fame amongft the Petitioners, and all 
others interefted therein, according to their refpective 
Shares and Interefts in the fame, under fuch Regula- 
tions as to the Houfe fhall appear neceffary or expe- 
dient. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Ward and Mr. Dowdefwell do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of Witney, 
Curbridge, Bampton, and Clanfield, in the County of 
Oxford, and of feveral other Perfons travelling the Road 
therein after mentioned, whofe Names are thereunto 
fub{cribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Road leading from the Turnpike 
Road, at the Bottom of Gally Hill, near the Town of 
Witney, through Curbridge, Lew, and Bampton, to the 
Crofs in Clanfield, is in general in a very bad Condition, 
and in fome Parts thereof very founderous, deep, nar- 
row, and incommodious; and that it would be more 
commodious, and much lefs expenfive, if the faid Road 
was to lead from the-Bottom of Galley Hill near Witaey, 
to and through Curdridge, and over Curbridge Heath, 
and Lew Heath, along a Lane called Quy Lane, and 
through Bampton, to the Crofs in Clanfield aforefaid, 
inftead of the Track and Direction it now takes: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for repairing, widening, turning, and aliering, 
the faid Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

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

‘And it is referred to Lord Weaman, Lord Charles 
Spencer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Lord 
Paget, Baron of Beaudefert, Lord of the Manor of 
Burten upon Trent, with its Members, in the County 
of Stafford, and Impropriator of ali the Great and Small 
Tithes arifing within the Parifh of Burton upon Trent 
aforefaid, and the humble Petition of the Freeholders 
or Perfons feifed of Freehold Eftates, lying within the 
Hamlets of Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Bran- 
tox, Parcel of and within the faid Manor and Parifh of 
Burton upon Trent aforefaid, and athers, Proprietors of, 
or Perfons entitled to, Common Right in the Common 
or Wafte Lands lying in the faid Hamlets, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid 
Flamilets, feveral Parts of Open Uninclofed Fields, 

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Common Meadows, and certain Commons or Wafte 
Lands, which would be greatly for the Benefit and Ad- 
vantage of the feveral Perfons interefted, if the fame 
were inclofed, and fpecific Parts allotted to each Pro- 
prietor therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the faid Open Fickis, Commons, and Watte 
Lands, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Bagot, Six Fohn Wrottefley, Mr. Ward, and Mir. 
Curzon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Lord 
Paget, Baron of Beaudefert, Lord of the Manor of 
Burton upon Trent, with its Members, in the County of 
Stafford, and Impropriator of all the Great and Small 
Tithes arifing within the Parifh of Burton upon Trent 
aforefaid, and the humble Petition of the Freeholders, or 
Perfons feifed of Freehold Eftates, lying within the 
Hamlets of Stapexhill and Winfbill, in the County of 
Derby, and other Proprietors of, or Perfons entitled to, 
Common Right in the Common or Wafte Grounds, 
Stinted Paftures, and Commonable Grounds, lying in 
Stapenhill and Winfbill aforetaid, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houie, and read ; 
Setting forth, That there are, within the faid Hamlets, 
feveral Parts of Uninclofed Fields, and feveral Pieces or 
Parcels of Common or Waite Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and other Commonable Grounds; and that Part of the 
Hamlet of Stapenbill is within the Manor and Parith of 
Burton upon Trent, and the other Part within the Parifh 
of Stapenbill; and that the Whole of the faid Hamlet 
of Winfbill is within the faid Manor and Parifh of Bur- 
ton upon Trent ; that it would be greatly for the Benefit 
and Advantage of the feveral Perions interefted in the 
faid Fields, Common, or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and Commonable Grounds, if the fame were inclofed, 
and fpecific Parts allotted, according to each Per- 
fon’s Property therein; and that the faid Lord Paget 
is Patron of the Vicarage and Parifh Church of Stapen- 
bill aforefaid, and the Reverend Owen Lloyd, Clerk, 
is the Vicar of the faid Vicarage, and, as fuch, is en- 
titled to certain Vicarial Tithes arifing within the faid 
Parifh of Stapenbiil, and to Common Right upon fuch 
of the faid Commons or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and Commonable Grounds, as lie within the Hamlet 
of Stapenbill, and that the Petitioners are defirous that 
the faid Uninclofed Fields, Commons, or Waite Lands, 
Stinted Paftures, and Commonable Grounds, may be 
inclofed and divided ; and that a Part thereof may be 
fet apart for fuch Vicar, in Lieu of, and as a Satis- 
faction and Compenfation for, fuch Tithes and Com- 
mon Right, and appropriated to fuch Vicarage for 
ever: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
faid Commons or Waite Lands, Stinted Paftures, and 
Commonable Grounds, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
thal] feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Bagot, Sir Fobn Wrottefley, Mr. Ward, and Mr. 
Curzon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Lord 
Paget, Baron Paget of Beaudefert, and of Burton, in the 
County of Stafford, Lord of the Manor and Soil with- 
in the Townfhip or Hamlet of Horninglow, in the Parith 
of Burton atorefaid, in the faid County of Stafford, and 
Impropriator of the Tithes within the fame Townfhip 
or Hamlet, and the humble Petition of the feveral Free- 
holders and Copyholders within the faid Townfhip or 
Hamlet of Horninglow, and within the Townhhips or 
Hamlets of Rolijtone and Anflow, in the Parith of 
Rollfeue, in the faid County of Stafford, who have Right 

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of Common upon the Common and Wafte Grourid 
within the Townfhip or Hamlet of Horninglow afore- 
faid, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, for and 
in Behalf of themfelves and others interefted in the 
faid Common and Wafte Ground, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there is, within 
the faid Townfhip or Hamlet, a very large and extenfive 
Tract of Open Common, and Wajlte Ground, contain- 
ing 570 Acres, or thereabouts, which, in its prefent 
State, is of little Service to the Perfons interefted there- 
in; and that, if the fame was divided into fpecific 
Allotments to the feveral Perfons interefted, a very con- 
fiderable Benefit would arife therefrom: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bilt 
for the inclofing, dividing, and allotting, the faid Com- 
mon and Watte Ground, to and amoneft the feveral Per- 
fons interefted therein, in fuch Proportions, with fuch 
Powers, under fuch Reftrictions, and in fuch Manner 
and Form, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Bagot, Six Fobn Wrottefley, Mr. Ward, and Mr. 
Curzon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Merchants, Traders, and others, being Inhabitants of 
the County and City of Cheffer, whole Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Port of Cheffer is an ancient Sea 
Port, and the Navigation of the River Dee, from the 
City of Chefer to the Sea, hath been improved, at a 
very great Expence, by Virtue of feveral Acts of Par- 
liament ; but, for Want of an Inland Conveyance by 
Water, to and from the faid City, the Inhabitants 
thereof, and of the interior Parts of the Country, can- 
not fully enjoy the Advantages of the faid Navigation 
and Sea Port; and that it appears, by Surveys and 
Levels lately taken, that a Cut, or Canal, for the Navi- 
gation of Boats and other Veffels with heavy Burthens, 
may be made, from the River Dee, to or near Middle- 
wich, and there to communicate with the Navigable 
Canal authorifed to be made between the Rivers‘Trent 
and Merfey, whereby the Conveyance of Goods, Wares, 
and Merchandizes, to and from the faid Port of Chefter, 
and the feveral Trading Towns and Places adjoining 
or lying near both the faid Canals, will be greatly 
facilitated, and rendered lefs expenfive, and will be of 
great Advantage, not only to the Trade carried on in 
the faid City of Chefer, but alfo to the feveral Towns 
ort Places through or near which, the faid Canals are 
intended to be made, and be of great public Utility: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a Navigable 
Cut, or Canal, from the River Dee, within the Liber- 
ties of the faid City of Chefter, to ot near Middlewich 
aforefaid, and there to communicate with the faid in- 
tended Canal, between the Rivers Trent and the Mer/ey, 
in fuch Manner, and with fuch Powers and Provifions, 
and under fuch Regulations and Reftri¢tions, as to the 
Houle fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Grofvenor, Lord Strange, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaket’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees named and ap- 
pointed in and by the Aéts of Parliament hereafter 
mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That, by an Act paffed in the. Eighth Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King Geerge the Se- 
cond, for repairing the Road from the Town of Maz- 

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chefter, leading through Newton, Failfworth, and Old- 
bam, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufter- 
lénds, in the Parifh of Saddlewvorth, in the County of 
York, feveral Tolls and Duties were granted, and Powers 
given, for repairing the faid Roads ; which Act was, by 
another Act, paffed in the Twenty-firft Year of the 
Reign of his faid late Majefty, further continued, from 
the Expiration of the Term by the faid former Act 
eranted; and divers other Powers and Authorities were 
given to the Truftees thereiti named, for repairing the 
{aid Roads, and putting the faid Acts in Execution; 
and that the faid Truftees have borrowed feveral con- 
fiderable Sums of Money upori the Credit thereof, and 
applied the fame, together with the Tolls, in and to- 
wards repairing the faid Roads, and for fuch other Ufes 
and Purpofes as are thereby directed; and great Pro- 
grefs hath been made in amending the faid Roads; but 
the fame cannot be effectually repaired and kept amend- 
ed, and the Money fo borrowed repaid, unlefs the 
Terms and Powers granted by the faid Acts are con- 
tinued and enlarged, and the faid Aéts made more ef- 
fe€tual; and that a Part of the public Highway in 
Manchefter aforefaid, called Newton Lane, leading trom 
the End of the faid Turnpike Road, at a Place in 
Newton, called Miles Platting, to the Guide or Finger 
Poft erected at the Wefterly End of the faid Lane, is 
in a very ruinous Condition, and incommodious and 
dangerous ; and that the making and repairing the faid 
public Highway, and extending the faid Turnpike 
Road mentioned in the faid Aéts, through the fame, 
will be of great public Utility: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for enlarging 
the Terms and Powers granted by the faid feveral Acts, 
and making the fame more effectual; and alfo for extend- 
ing the faid Turnpike Road therein mentioned through 
Newton Lane aforefaid, and repairing and amending the 
fame, from Miles Platting aforefaid, unto the faid Guide 
or Finger Poft, at the Wefterly End thereof, in fuch 
Manner, and with fuch Powers and Provifions, and un- 
der fuch Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. | 

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

And it is referred to Sir Heary Hoghton, Lord Strange, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. - 


A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Town 
of Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, and of the 
Towns of Clanfield, Bourton, and Burford, in the County 
of Oxford, and of feveral other Perfons travelling the 
Road herein aftér mentioned, whofe Names ate there- 
unto fubfctribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Road leading from the Market 
Houfe in the Town of Great Farringdos through 
Clanfield and Bourton, to Burford, is in general in 4 very 
ruinous Condition, and in fome Parts thereof narrow 
and incommodious, and in others dangerous to Paf- 
ferigers, pafticularly that Part which lies between Pid- 
nill Bridgé and Clanfield, which is frequently overflowed 
with Water ; and the Petitioners apprehend, that it will 
be of great Convenience to the Public, if the fame was 
turned: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for repairing, widening, turning, 
arid altering; the faid Road, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do ex- 
amine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appeat to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Vanfttart, Mr. Dodd, 

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&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the honourable Peregrine Bertie, Lord 
of the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of 
Berks, and others, Landholders in the faid Manor and 
Parith of Hampftead Norreys, on Behalf of themfelves 
and all others interefted therein, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, within 
the faid Manor and Parifh, certain Open and Common 
Fields, Commonable Lands, and Waite Grounds, be- 
longing to the Petitioners and others, which lie inter- 
mixed and difperfed, and, in their prefent Situation, are 
not capable of being improved ; but that, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed, it would be a great Benefit 
to the Petitioners, and the other Owners thereof: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Vanfittart, the Lord Wenman, and Admiral Craven, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Van/fttart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution Three Acts, paffed in the Twelfth Year 
of the Reign of her Majefty Queen Anne, and the Firft 
and Twentieth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Highways between The Bear Inn in 
Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, and 
for amending other Roads therein mentioned , and alfo 
of feveral Gentlemen and others, whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{fcribed ; and alfo the Petition of feveral 
Gentlemen and others, ufually travelling the Highway 
between Reading and Newbury, in the County of Berks, 
whofe Names are thereunto {ubfcribed, were feverally 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petitions; and had dire¢ted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petitions, the 
faid Acts were read; and, Mr. Richard Simeon, being ex- 
amined, faid, That the Sum of £. 1,350 is owing on 
the Credit of the faid Aéts; which cannot be repaid, 
and the Roads kept in Repair, unlefs the faid Acts are 
further continued, and the Powers thereby granted en- 
larged. 

Mr. Fames Head, being examined, faid, That the 
Road between the End of the Houle in Speenhamlaud, 
in the Poffeflion of Edward Sheppard, and the Weft 
End of the Highway, directed by the faid Aéts to be 
repaired, in Speenbamland, is ruinous and narrow, and 
cannot be effeétually widened and repaired without the 
Aid of Parliament. 

Mr. fobn Adcock, being examined, faid, That the 
Road from Bofteck Lane to Pangborue, is ruinous, and 
in feveral Parts narrow, and cannot be repaired and 
videned by the Laws in being; that if the faid Road 
was turned, in the Manner mentioned in the Petition, 
it would be more commodious for the Public; that the 
greateft Part of the Land over which the faid Road is 
intended to be carried, is the Property of Pawlett 
Wright, Efquire, who is willing to give his Land for 
that Purpofe, provided the Highway leading out of 
Englefield Street, to a Gate leading into the Common 
Fields, fhall be fhut up and vetted in him; and he 
added, That; when the former Road fhall be turned in 
the Manner propofed, the latter will become ufelefs to 
the Public. 

Mr. Simeon and Mr. Head, bei:ig again examined, 
faid, That many Parts of the faid Highways, which 
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Accidents frequently happen in the Night-time, which 
would, in a great Meaiure, be prevented, in cafe the 
fame were properly lighted. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and render more effectual ieveral Acts, for re- 
pairing the Highways between The Bear Inn, in Reading, 
and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, and other Roads in 
the faid Acts mentioned ; and for repairing the Highway 
between a Houfe in Speenbamland, in the Occupat.on of 
Edward Sheppard, and the Weft End of the Highway by 
the faid Acts directed to be repaired ; and alfo the High- 
way from Bofton Lane to Pangberne, in the faid County: 
And that Mr. Vanfittart, Admiral Craven, Mr. Dodd, 
and Mr. Congreve, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
fubftantial Inhabitants, in the County of Berks, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, John Price, 
Efquire, being examined, faid, That the Reads leading 
from Beffelleigh, in the County of Perks, to and through 
Wantage, in the fame County, and from Wantage to 
Hungerford, and from Wantage atorefaid to Marlborough, 
in the County of Wilts, and from the Turnpike Road 
between Reading and Wailingford, through Halfpenny 
Lane, to the old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and 
from thence to Lamborn, in the faid County of Berks, 
are in a ruinous Condition, and in many Parts narrow 
and incommodious ; tnat if the faid Roads were re- 
paired and widened, it would be of great Utility, by 
opening a Communication between the faid County of 
Berks, and the Weftern and Southern Parts of the faid 
County of Wilts, but that the fame cannot be done by 
the ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending and widening the Road from Beffelfeigh, 
through Wantage; to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, 
and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the County of 
Wilts, and from the Turnpike Road between Reading and 
Wallingford, through Halfpenny Lane, to the old Red 
Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from thence to Lam- 
born, in the faid County of Berks: And that Mr. Vanfit- 
tart and Admiral Craven do prepare, and bring in, the 
jame. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgels to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Downton, in the County of 
Wilts, in the room of Richard Croftes, Efquire, who, 
fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of His Majelty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Deflorough, and Boxuenbam, 
in the County of Buckingham. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Stafford, whofe Names are 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Road leading from the prefent 
Turnpike Road in Sheltoz, in the County of Stafford, 
through Buckuall, and by Afb and Cellar Head, to the 
Turnpike between Cheadle and Leek, at Blakely Lane 
Head, and from Bucknall aforefaid, to the Road between 
Leek and Sandon, at Wefton Coyney, and from the faid 
Road between Cheadle and Leek, on Kingfley Moer, 
through on ie to the Road at or near the Guide Poft, 
above Froghall Bridge, and from the faid Road, on the 
Faft Side of Frogbail Bridge, to the Road between 
Thorpe and Blithe Marh, at or near Ruchil] Gate, in 

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the faid County, are, in many Places, very ruinous, 
narrow, and incommodious: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for repair- 
ing, amending, and roe in Repair, the faid Roads, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houte fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Gilbert, Sir Fobn Wreottefley, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Granville Levefon, 
Earl Gower, and the humble Petition of Sir Henry Bridge- 
man, Baronet, and the feveral other Perfons whote Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Freeholders and Propri- 
etors of Eftates, within the Manor of Sheriff Hales, in the 
County of Stafford, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; Setting forth, That within the faid Manor, is a 
Piece of Wafte Ground, called Sheriff Hales Common, 
containing upwards of 600 Acres, which, in its prefent 
Situation, is incapable of Improvement; but, if inclofed, 
and divided into fpecific Allotments, great Advantage 
would accrue to the Parties interefted therein, and to the 
Public: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to inclofe and divide the faid Common, 
under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Gilbert and Sir ohn Wrottefley do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Lord Mayor of London reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common 
Council affembled, was referred; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, fe- 
veral Aéts of Parliament of the 22d and 23d Years of 
King Charles the Second, the Second Year of King Wil- 
liam and Queen Mary, the Seventh of Queen Am, and 
the Tenth of King George the Second, were read; whereby 
divers Powers are granted to the Petitioners, to appoint 
Commiffioners for making, enlarging, amending, .and 
cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the faid 
City and the Liberties thereof: 


Another Aé&amp;, made in the Eighth Year of His prefent 


Majefty’s Reign, for the better paving, cleanfing, and 
enlightening, the faid City and Liberties, and for pre- 
venting Obitructions and Annoyances within the fame, 
was alfo read; whereby the fole Power and Authority of 
paving, cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, 
and other Public Paffages, within the faid City and Li- 
berties, are vefted in the Petitioners, to be executed by 
fuch Perfons as (by virtue of the faid Aéct of the 22d and 
23d of King Charles the Second) were, or thereafter 
from Time to Time fhould be, authorized or appointed 
by the Petitioners, to be Commiffioners of the Sewers 
for the faid City and Liberties, or by any Seven or more 
of them. 

Mr. George Wyatt, Surveyor to the faid Commiffion- 
ers, being examined, faid, That, notwithftanding the Pow- 
ers relative to the Sewers and Pavements are vefted in 
the fame Perfons, yet they are exercifed feparately under 
different Authorities, by which Means the Commiffion- 
ers are difabled from carrying the good Purpofes, intend- 
ed by the faid Aéts, fo conveniently into Execution as 
they would be, if the faid Powers were confolidated ; 


which would prevent many Difficulties.and Delays which- 


Houfe of Commons. 111 


ms frequently happen in the Execution of the faid 
s 


That feveral Streets and Places within the faid City 
and Liberties are frequently annoyed, and the Buildings 
much injured, for want of fufficient Drains and Sew- 
ers. 

_ That many of the Streets have no Sewers at all; and 
in fuch Streets the Inhabitants are obliged to have their 
Kitchens above Ground, or to make Cefs Pools, which 
are a great Nufance. 

_ That the whole Expence of making, altering, repair- . 
ing, and cleanfing, the faid Sewers and Drains, is at pre- 
fent paid by an Affefiment upon the Inhabitants, which 
1s not only contrary to the Praétice in the City of Weft- 
minfter, but a manifeft Injuftice ; as a Perfon may be put 
to the Expence of removing Filth, which other Perions 
have fuffered to accumulate for a great Number of 
Years. 

That he is of Opinion (as the Annuitants die off) the 
prefent Fund for paving, cleanfing, and lighting the faid 
City, will be fufficient, by Degrees, to anfwer the Expence 
of making new Sewers where wanting, and of enlarging 
the old ones where neceflary ; which Expence, he thinks, 
would be chearfully fubmitted to by the Inhabitants, if 
the Expence of altering, repairing, and cleanfing them, 
were to be defrayed by the Proprietors of Houfes and 
Lands; and that he is of Opinion, that an Affefiment 
upon the Landlords for this Purpofe would not amount 
to more than Four Pence in the Pound once in Five 
Years. 

Upon the Whole, your Committee came to the fol- 
lowing Refolutions. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Petitioners have proved the Allegations of their 
Petition. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved for Leave to bring in a Bill 
for coniolidating, extending, and rendering more effec- 
tual, the Powers granted by feveral A&amp;ts of Parliament, 
for making, enlarging, amending, and cleanfing, the 
Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the City of London and 
Liberties thereof, and for paving, cleanfing, and en- 
lightening, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, Yards, Courts, 
Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and preventing and re- 
moving Obftructions, and Annoyances, within the fame. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houte. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
confolidating, extending, and rendering more effectual, 
the Powers granted by feveral Aéts of Parliament, for 
making, enlarging, amending, and cleanfing, the Vaults, 
Drains, and Sewers, within the City of London and Li- 
berties thereof, and for paving, cleanfing, and enlighten- 
ing, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, Yards, Courts, Alleys, 
Paffages, and Places, and preventing and removing Ob- 
ftructions and Annoyances within the fame: And that the 
Lord Mayor of Loudon, Sir Robert Ladbroke, Mr. Al- 
derman Harley, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, and Mr. Al- 
derman Ofiver, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, within the Townfhip and Liber- 
ties of Aylefbury, in the County of Bucks, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, within the Townfhip and Liberties of 
Aylefbury, in the County of Bucks. 

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


A Petition of William Longford, Clerk, One of the 
Patrons, and Rector of the Parith of Stretton on the Fo/s, 
4 in 








112 


in the County of Warwick, and, as Reétor, feifed of, 
and entitled to, all the Great Tithes of Corn and Hay, 
arifing out of all the Lands and Grounds lying within 
the faid Parifh, and alfo entitled to certain Vicarial and 
Small Tithes arifing and payable within the faid Parifh, 
and is alfo efititted to certain Glebe Lands annexed to the 
faid Rectory; and the faid William Longford, and fobn 
Wheatcroft, Edward Gibbs, Richard Grimmet, fohn Grimes, 
and the feveral other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, are alfo Owners of, and interefted in, divers 
other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the faid 
Parith of Stretton on the Fofs, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid 
Parifh, certain Open Common Fields, called Stretton 
Field, computed to confift of 45 Yard Lands, or there- 
abouts ; and that the Lands of the Petitioners, in the 
faid Common Field and Wafte Grounds, lie intermixed, 
uninclofed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and are not 
at prefent capable of any confiderable Improvement ; 
and that, if the fame were divided, inclcfed, and allotted 
unto, and amoneft the Petitioners and others interefted 
therein, in Proportion to their refpective Shares and 
Rights, it would be for the mutual Benefit and Ad- 
vantage of all the Parties interefted : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
. Skipwith and Mr. Weft do prepare, and bring in, the 
jame. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands, in the Parifh of Afvefton, in the County of War- 
wick, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
tented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there are feveral Open and Common Fields, and Com- 
monable Places, within the faid Parifh, belonging to the 
Petitioners and others, which, in their prefent Situa- 
tion, are incapable of any corifiderable Improvement ; 
but, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and fpecific 
Shares thereof allotted to the feveral Perfons interefted 
therein, it would be a great Improvement of their 
Eftates: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, un- 
der fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that 


Mr. Skipwith and Mr. Weft do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
the Lands and Commons, in the Open and Common 
Fields of Stretton under Fofs, in the Parifh ot Monks 
Kirby, in the County of Warwick, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are poffefied 
of feveral Eftates, in the faid Open and Common Fields, 
which lie difperfed in {mall Parcels, by Means whereof 
ereat Inconveniences arife to the Proprietors and Occu- 
piers of the faid Lands; and that the fame are very fit 
and proper to be inclofed, and would thereby be of much 
greater Profit and Advantage: And therefore praying, 
‘That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for inclofing 
and dividing the fame Open and Common Field of Stret- 
ton under Fofs aforefaid, according to every Perfon’s 
Right in the fame, and for afcertaining and allotting to 
the feveral Parties entitled to Tithes arifing within the 
old Inclofures of Stretton aforefaid, belonging to the faid 
Owners and Proprietors, a juft and reafonable Propor- 
tion of Land, in the faid Open and Cemmon Fields, in 
Lieu of fuch Tithes. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Skipwith and Sir Fohu Palmer do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 5 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


A. 177%. 
A Petition of the Right honourable Wajfbington Earl 
Ferrers, being offered to be prefented to the Houfe; 
The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majetty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petition; gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 
Then the, faid Petition was broughtup, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That, by Indenture, bearing Date the 24th 
of Oéteber 1741, and Fines and Recoveries duly levied 
and fuffered in Purfuance thereof, feveral Manors, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Counties of Leicefter, 
Derby, Nottingham, and Stafford, the ancient Inheritance 
of the Petitioner’s Family, were fettled and affured to 
feveral Ufes, whereby the Petitioner (fubjeét to the Pay- 
ment of feveral Sums of Money, and to a Rent Charge 
in Nature of a Jointure to the honourable Aun Shirley, 
Widow, the Petitioner’s Mother ; and to another Rent 
Charge alfo in Nature of a Jointure to the Right honour- 
able Mary Countefs Dowager Ferrers, now Wife of Lord 
Frederick Campbell) is become entitled, in Pofieffion, to 
the faid Premifes for his Life, with feveral Remainders’ 
over; and as to the Reverfion in Fee of the faid Ma- 
nors and Hereditaments, in the County of Stafford, the 
fame was. limited, by the faid Settlement, to Lawrence 
Shirley, the Petitioner’s Father; and as to a Moiety of 
the Manors and Hereditaments, in the Counties of Lei- 
cefter, Derby, and Nottingham, the fame were limited, 
after the precedent Limitations, to the Ufe of the he- 
nourable Lady Aun Compton, deceafed, for her Life, and, 
after her Deceafe, to the Ufe of her Firft and other Sons 
fucceffively, in Tail Male, Remainder to the honourable 
Lady Charlotte Compton, deceafed, for Life, and, after 
her Deceafe, to the Ufe of her Firft and other Sons fuc- 
ceffively, in Tail Male, with Reverfion in Fee to the Pe- 
titioner’s faid Father ; and as to the other Moiety of the 
faid Manors and Hereditaments, in the faid Counties of 
Leicefter, Derby, and Nottingham, to the Ufe of the faid 
Lady Charlotte Compton, for her Life, and, after her De- 
ceafe, to the Ufe of her Firft and other Sons fucceffively, 
in Tail Male, Remainder to the faid Lady Anu Compton 
for her Life, and after her Deceafe, to the Ufe of her 
Firft and other Sons fucceffively, in Tail Male, with 
Reverfion in Fee of the laft mentioned Moiety to the 
Petitioner’s faid Father ; and that the faid ultimate Re- 
verfion in Fee, upon the Death of the Petitioner’s faid 
Father, defcended to, and devolved upon, his eldeft 
Son and Heir, Lawrence Shirley, afterwards Earl Ferrers, 
fince deceafed, by Defcent ; and the fame Reverfion af- 
terwards efcheated to the Crown, upon his Attainder for 
Murder; and that His Majefty was moft gracioufly 
pleafed, upon the Petitioner’s Requeft and Petition, by 
His Royal Letters Patent, dated the 6th of December, in. 
the Third Year of his Reign, after reciting therein an 
Inquifition taken at Towceffer, in the County of Nor- 
thamptoa, on the 19th of Oéober, in the Firft Year of 
His Reign, to give and grant unto the Petitioner feveral 
Manors and Hereditaments therein particularly men- 
tioned, in the faid County of Northampton, and all 
and every other the Premifes, mentioned, comprehend- 
ed, or found, in and by the faid Inquifition, and every 
Part thereof, with their Appurtenances, and all and 
fingular other the Manors, Lordfhips, Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and other Real 
Eftate whatfoever, of what Nature or Kind foever, as 
well in Poffeffion, as in Reverfion or Remainder, which 
did any Way belong or appertain to the faid Lawrence 
Earl Ferrers, at the Time, or before, he committed, or 
was attainted for, the Murder therein mentioned, or ta 
any others in Truft for him or to his Ufe, and which 
were forfeited or accrued, or which ought to accrue or 
come, to His Majefty, by reafon of the faid Attainder, 
with all the Appurtenances, Rights, and Franchifes, 
thereto belonging, and the Reverfion and Reverfions, 
Remainder and Remainders thereof, and all His Ma- 
jefty’s Eftate, Right, Title, Intereft, Profit, Property, 
Claim, 


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XUM 


11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 113 


Claim, and Demand whatfoever, either in Law or Equity, 
or otherwife howfoever, of and in and unto the fame, and 
every Part and Parcel thereof; to hold the fame unto 
and to the Ufe of the Petitioner, his Heirs and Affigns, 
for ever ; and that, by an Act made in the Sixth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for vefting in 
Truftees the fettled Eftates of Wa/hington Earl Ferrers, 
in the County of Derby, to be fold, for fatisfying the 
Incumbrances and Portions affecting the fame, and 
the reft of his fettled Eftates, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, it was Ena¢ted, That the faid 
Manors and Hereditaments, in the faid County of 
Derby, in and by the faid Indenture of Settlement 
limited and affured as aforefaid, together with all and 
fingular Meffuages, Outhoufes, and Appurtenances 
thereunto belonging, and the Reverfion and Rever- 
fions, Remainder and Remainders, Rents, Iffues, and 
Profits, of all and fingular the faid Premifes, fhould, 
from and after the 24th Day of Fune 1766, be vefted 
in, and fettled upon, George Wright, of Gayburft, in 
the County of Buckingham, Efquire, and Thomas Cotes, 
of Woodcott, in the County of Salop, Efquire, fince 
deceafed, and their Heirs, to the Ufe of them and 
their Heirs, freed and difcharged from all the Ufes 
and Eftates created or declared of or concerning the 
faid Premifes, by the faid Indenture of Settlement ; 
but neverthelefs, upon the Trufts, and for the Ends 
and Purpofes, therein after expreffed and declared ; 
that is to fay, in Truft, to fell and difpofe of the 
fame, with the Confent of the Petitioner, for the moft 
Money that could be got for the fame, and to apply 
the Money in Manner therein mentioned; and _ that, 
by another Act, made in the 8th Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, for the more effectually carry- 
ing into Execution the faid Act of the 6th Year of 
His prefent Majefty, it was Enacted, That the Manors 
and Hereditaments, in the faid County of Deréy, which 
in and by the faid former Act were velted in the 
faid Thomas Cotes, and George Wright, fhould, from 
and after the 31ft Day of March 1768, be fettled upon, 
and vefted in, the faid George Wright, and Fobn [an- 
fon, Gentleman, of Weftminfter, and their Heirs; and 
that, in Purfuance of the faid feveral recited Acts, the 
faid George Wright, and ‘fobn I’anfon, did, with the 
Confent, Direction, and Approbation, of the Petitioner, 
enter into Contraéts with divers Perfons, for the Sale 
of the Fee Simple and Inheritance of feveral of the 
faid Eftates, in the County of Derby, thereby vetted 
in them; and the faid Purchafers are willing to per- 
form their feveral Contracts; and that, although the 
Petitioner and the faid George Wright and Fobn Ian- 
fon did apprehend they were fufficiently authorized, 
under the faid Acts and the faid Letters Patent, 
to make Sale of the abfolute Fee Simple and In- 
heritance of all the faid Premifes; yet, upon look- 
ing into the faid Title, a Doubt did arife, whether 
the Perfons, who have fo as aforefaid contracted for 
the Purchafe of the faid Premifes, could have a good 
Title to the Fee and Inheritance thereof, freed and 
difcharged from the Title of the Crown in and to 
the faid ultimate Reverfion, in refpect that no Cf- 
fice or Inquifition had been taken, under which, or 
whereby, the faid Reverfion, Fee Simple, and Inhe- 
ritance, had been found to have come to, or de- 
volved upon, the Crown, by the faid Attainder, in 
the faid feveral Counties where the faid Manors, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, were fituated ; and there- 
fore it became a Queftion, whether the faid Grant, 
fo made by His Majelty’s faid Letters Patent, was of 
fuch Validity and Effect, as to convey and transfer 
unto the Petitioner the fame Lands and Heredita- 
ments, and the Reverfion thereof, fo as to veft the 
fame Reverfion in the Petitioner and his faid Truftees 
in as effectual a Manner as if fuch Office or Inqueft 
had been found ; and that, in and by the faid Firft 
Vor. XXXII. 


mentioned Act, it was propofed, by ali the Parties 
who petitioned for the fame, or confented thereto, 
that the faid Premifes in the faid County of Derby, 
fhould be vefted in the faid Truftees, in order for 
the Sale thereof, freed and difcharged from all the 
Jointures which were then fubfifting thereon ; and the 
faid feveral Jointrefles were confenting thereto; but a 
further Doubt did afterwards arife, how far the due 
Payment of the Whole of the faid Rent Charges, 
fettled on the faid Jointreffes for their Jointures, were 
effectually fecured out of the Refidue of the Lands 
not propofed to be fold, which were made fubject 
thereto; and that the Petitioner has made a Repre- 
{entation to His Majefty, touching the feveral before 
mentioned Circumftances of the Petitioner’s Cafe, and 
the Doubt that has arifen touching the Invalidity 
of His Majefty’s faid Royal Grant: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill, not only for the more effectually vefting the fe- 
veral Lands and Hereditaments in the faid County 
of Derby in the faid Truftees, fo appointed for the 
Sale thereof, freed and difcharged from all Right and 
Title of His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeflors, in 
and to the Reverfion and the Fee Simple and In- 
heritance thereof; but alfo for the more effectually 
vefting in the Petitioner, and his Heirs, the faid ul- 
timate Reverfion, and the Fee Simple and Inheritance, 
of and in the faid Manors and Hereditaments, in the 
faid Counties of Leiceffer, Notiingham, and Stafford, 
not propofed to be fold, and for the fecuring the 
due Payment of the Whole of the before mentioned 
Jointures upon the faid laft mentioned Premifes, and 
alfo for confirming the faid Grant. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Fitzberbert and Lord George Cavendijfo do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the honourable and Reverend Fohx 
Tracy, Warden, and the College, of The Souls of all 
faithful People deceafed, of Oxford, Lords of the Manor 
of Wedon and Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pinkaey, otherwife 
Loys Wedon, in the County of Northampton, and of the 
Provoft and Scholars of the King’s College of The Blejfed 
Virgin Mary and Saint Nicolas of Cambridge, Patrons of 
the Parifh Church there, and of the Releafes (in Truft) 
of the Rectory or Parfonage Appropriate of Weden 
and Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife Loys 
Wedon, aforefaid, and of the Reverend Fames Bones, 
Clerk, Vicar Incumbent of the faid Church, and of 
Edward Sawbridge, Efquire, Richard Fennens, Efquire, 
and feveral others, Owners of Lands, Tithes, Com- 
mons, and Eftates, in the Open and Common Fields, 
within the Manor, Parifh, and Precinéts of Wedon 
and Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife Loys 
Wedon, aforefaid, whofe Common Seals and Names 
are thereunto refpectively affixed and fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read; Setting forth, That 
there are, within the faid Manor, Precinéts, or Pa- 
rifh, Three Open Fields, commonly called Te North 
Field, The South Field, and The Eajt Fieié, and a con- 
fiderable Traét of Common Ground, called The Wild, 
over which Fields and Wild the Petitioners and others 
have Right of Common, and in which Fields feve- 
ral of the Petitioners Lands lie intermixed ,; and they 
are defirous that the faid Fields and Wild may be 
divided and inclofed, and fpecific Allotments thereof 
made, according to their feveral Properties, Right of 
Common, and Interefts therein: And therefore pray 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
Commonable Lands, lying within the Manor, Pre- 
cinéts, or Parith, of Wedou and Wefton, otherwile We- 
dou Pinkney, otheywife Loys I/’edon, atoretaid, or to grant 

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to the faid Petitioners fuch other Relief in the Pre- 
mifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Roger Newdigate, Mr. Page, Sir William Dolben, 
Mr. Townfbend, and Mr. Alexander Popham, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Henry Renner: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft 


Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Danie! Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of: the Truftees appointed 
to put in Execution an Aét of Parliament, for repairing 
the Road, from Kuare/borough, in the County of York, 
by Long Flatt Lane, Gouldfbrough Fields, Flaxby, Aller- 
ton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbammerton, 
in the faid County, and for making the fame a High Car- 
tiage Road, and of feveral Gentlemen, Clergymen, Free- 
holders, Merchants, Tradefmen, and other Inhabitants, 
of the Weft Riding of the faid County, whofe Names 
are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Pe- 
tition; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Fable: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Sames Collins, being examined, faid, That the Sum of 
£. 1,800 has been borrowed, and ftill remains due, the 
{ntereft whereof has been regularly paid, and the Road 
in Part repaired, but cannot be completed, and the 
Money borrowed repaid, and the Road kept in Re- 
pair for the future, unlefs the Term granted by the 
faid A&amp;t is continued, and the Powers thereof en- 
larged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
asth Year of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 
from Kuare/borough, in the County of York, by Long 
Flatt Lane, Gouldfbrough Fields, Flaxby, Allerton, Maul- 
everer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbamimerton, in the fame 
County, and for making the fame a High Car- 
riage Road: And that Mr. Daniel La/fcelles, Mr. La/- 
eelles, and Mr. Cholmley, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Orher Lewis Earl 
of Plimouth, Lord of the Manor of Tardebigg, in the 
feveral Counties of Worcefter and Warwick, and Im- 
propriator, as well of the Great Tithes of the Liberty 
of Redditch, Webb Heath, and Cur Lane, within the 
faid Manor and Parith of Tardebigg, in the faid County 
of Worcefter, as of the reft of the faid Parifh, and 
Owner and Proprietor of Lands and Tenements within 
the faid Liberties, or fome or One of them, and the 
humble Petition of the Reverend Richard Bradbaw, 
Clerk, Vicar of the faid Parith of Tardebigg, and of 
George Boulton, Fames Moore, William Sheward, William 
Lucas, William Smith, Fobn Holyoake, and George Smith, 
and of the feveral other Perfons whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Tenements within the faid Liberties of Redditch, 
Webb Heath, and Cur Lane, on Behalf of themfelves 
and the reft of the Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
within the faid Liberties ; was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That, by Indentures of Leafe 
and Releafe, bearing Date the 5th and 6th Days of 
March, 1705, the Releafe being Quadripartite, and 
made between the Right honourable Other then 
Earl of Pkmouth, fince deceafed, Lord of the faid 


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Manor of Tardebigg, of the Firft Part; George Boulton, 
and feveral other Perfons therein named, Copyholders 
of the faid Manor, for Lands lying in the faid County 
of Worcefter, and Nathanael Mugg, of the Second Part ; 
Count Dowes, Chriftopher Smith, Fobn Sheward; Richard 
Moore, William Cooks, James Moore, and Fobn Creffer, 
of the Third Part; and William Moore, and Edward. 
Willes, the Elder, of the Fourth Part; Reciting, That 
the faid Other, then Earl of Plimouth, was feifed, in 
his Demefne, as of Fee Simple, of, and in certain great 
Woods, called by the feveral Names of Tile Houfe 
Coppice, Tippings Coppice, Pitcher Oak Coppice, Foxii- 
deat Coppice, and Batchley Coppice, and alfo of certain 
great Waftes, called Redditch Common and Webb Heath, 
which Woods and Waftes are lying in the faid County 
of Worcefter, and are Parcel of the faid Manor; in aik 
which faid Woods and Waftes (except the faid Wood 
called Batchley Coppice) the {aid George Boulton, and the 
other Perfons therein mentioned of the Second Part, in 
Right of their refpective Eftates there, were refpectively 
entitled to have Common of Pafture, for all Common- 
able Cattle, levant and couchant upon their refpective 
Tenements, as thereunto belonging; that is to fay, in 
the faid Waftes, at all Times in the Year; and in the 
faid Woods (except the faid Wood called Batchley Cop- 
pice) at all fuch Times as the fame after the Falling 
thereof were not to be kept fenced and inclofed ; and 
reciting, that the conftant Inclofing of the faid Woods 
and Waftes, and the ufing of them in the Manner 
therein after mentioned, would tend more to com- 
mon and public Good, and alfo to the Benefit and 
Advantage of the faid Lord and Commoners ; it was 
by the faid Indenture witneffed, that, for the attain- 
ing and eftablifhing of fuch Inclofure and Improve- 
ments, the faid George Boulton, and the faid feverak 
other Perfons therein named of the Second Part, did 
thereby covenant, with the faid then Earl of Phmouth, 
his Heirs and Affigns, that it fhould be lawful for the 
faid then Earl of Piimouth, his Heirs and Affiens, at 
any Time or Times thenceafter, to inclofe, and for ever 
thereafter to hold in Severalty, all the faid Woods, and 
fo much of. the faid Waftes lying near to the fame, as 
were already marked and fet forth for that Purpofe, and 
were contained within the Bounds therein after defcrib- 
ed ; and alfo, that it fhould be lawful for the faid then 
Earl of Plimouth, his Heirs and Affigns, at the Time 
of his or their Firft Inclofing the faid Woods, or any of 
them, to make all or any of the ancient Outfide Ditches 
of the fame, adjoining to any of the faid therein de- 
{cribed Bounds, in the Manner therein mentioned ; and, 
for the better affuring the faid Woods and Wafte 
Grounds contained within the faid Bounds, to be en- 
joyed by the faid then Earl of Plimouth, his Heirs 


_and Affigns, difcharged of all Commons to be claimed 


in the fame, they the faid George Boulton, and the faid 
feveral other Perfons therein named of the Second 
Part, did thereby releafe to the faid then Earl of 
Plimouth, his Heirs and Affigns, all Common and 
Right of Common, and all other Claims and De- 
mands, of, in, and to, the faid Woods and Waftes, 
contained within the faid Bounds fo defcribed as afore- 
faid ; and the faid then Earl of Plimouth did thereby 
grant, releafe, and confirm, unto the faid Couxt Dowes, 
Chriftopber Smith, Fohn Sheward, Richard Moore, Wil- 
liam Cooks, Fames Moore, and Fokn Creffer, their Heirs 
and Affigns, therein mentioned, all the Reft and Refi- 
due of the faid Waftes and Commonable Lands, lying 
within the faid Manor, and not contained within the faid 
Bounds therein defcribed, and all the Cottages, Houfes, 
and Buildings, then ftanding on the fame, with the 
Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, thereto belong- 
ing (except as therein is- excepted) to hold the fame, to 
the faid feveral Perfons, upon the Trufts therein ex- 
preffed ; and that the faid Woods, and Parts of the faid 
Waftes, comprifed within the faid Bounds therein and 

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herein before mentioned, were inclofed and fenced, by 
the faid Earl of Plimouth, the Grandfather of the Pe- 
titioner the Earl of Plimouth, and have beeh ever fince 
held in Severalty ; but no Allotments or Divifions have 
been made of the other Parts of the faid Waftes and 
Commonable Places; and the Petitioner the Earl of 
Plimouth, is feifed of, and entitled unto, certain Mef- 
fuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, within the faid Ma- 
hor and Liberties, and which were purchaied by him, 
or his Father or Grandfather, after the Execution of 
the faid herein before recited Indenture, and is, in re- 
{pect of the fame, entitled to a Right of Common in the 
faid Waftes and Commonable Places ; and that, fo long 
as the faid Commons or Parcels of Waite Grounds hie 
open and uninclofed, they will produce very little 
Profit to the refpective Proprietors of the Eftates withia 
the aforefaid Liberties: And therefore the Petitioners 
are willing and defirous, that the faid Commons, or 
Parcels of Wafte Grounds, which now lie Open, fhould 
be divided and inclofed, and allotted unto and amongft 
the Owners and Proprietors of Lands and Tenements 
within the faid Manor and Liberties, in Proportion to 
the real Value of their feveral and refpective Eftates 
in the faid Manor and Liberties (except the Peti- 
tioner the Earl of Plimouth, who is defirous of having 
only a Share thereof, in Proportion to the real Va- 
Jue of his Eftate fo purchafed fince the Execution of 
the faid recited Indenture) fubje&amp;t and liable to the 
Payment of the like Tithes to the Impropriator and 
‘Vicar, for the Lands fo to be inclofed, and in the 
fame Manner, as are now paid and payable for the 
other Lands of the faid Parifh; and that all Perfons, 
to whom any fuch Allotment fhall be made, fhall en- 
joy the Parts and Allotments to be afligned to them 
refpectively, in Severalty, and hold the fame of the 
Lord of the faid Manor for the Time being, for ever, 
as Copyhold Eftates of Inheritance, jointly with their 
— Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments, with 

ower to furrender the fame, and a Right of being 
admitted thereto in the fame Manner as to their pre- 
fent Copyhold Eftates, fubjeét and liable to the Pay- 
ment of the like Fines and Heriots, and no other 
Manerial Payments whatfoever, and on the like Occa- 
fions, and in the fame Manrier; as are now paid and 
payable by the Copyholders of the faid Manor, from 
the End of Three Years, from the Time of obtaining 
an Act of Parliament for inclofing the fad Common or 
Parcels of Wafte Ground, fuch Heriots for the Lands 
fo to be inclofed as aforefaid to be payable and paid 
from Time to Time, on the Death or Deaths of fuch 
Perfon or Perfons, who, after the End of the faid 
‘Three Years, fhall become feifed of the faid Lands, or 
any Part thereof, feparate and apart from the Eftate or 
Eftates in the Right whereof the fame fhall Be fo allot- 
ted as aforefaid, and not otherwife: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for confirming fo much of the faid recited Indenture as 
relates to the faid Woods and Parts of the faid Wafte 
Grounds, as the faid Earl of Plimouth, the Grand- 
father of the Petitioner the Earl of Plimouth, was 
thereby impowered to inclofe and fence, and all Acts 
done in the faid refpeéts in Purfuance of the faid In- 
denture; and for dividing, allotting, and inelofing, the 
reft of the faid Waftes and Commonable Places, un- 
der fuch Regulations, and in fuch Manner, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dowdefwell and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


_ A Petition of the Right honourable George William 
Farl of Coventry, and the humble Petition of feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
being Proprietors of Uninclofed and Commonable Lands, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


iis 
in the Parifh of Broadway, in the County of Wor- 
cefier, was preferited to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are feveral Open Fields and Common- 
able Lands within the faid Parifh, belonging to the Pe- 
titioners and others, which, in their prefenc State, are 
incapable. of any confiderable Improvement ; but which 
would be greatly increafed in Value, if the fame were 
divided and iniclofed: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Open Fields and Commonable Lands, 
under fuch Regulations as the Hove fhail think pro- 
per. oa 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
—, and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bririg in, the 
ame. 


A Petition of Redert Lord Archbifhop of York, and; 
in Right of his faid See, Patron of the Reétory and Pa- 
rifh Church of Beford, otherwife Beeforth, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, and the humble Petition 
of Yonathan Midgley, Efquire, Lord of the Manor of 
Liffett, within the faid Parith of Beford, otherwife Bee- 
forth, and alfo the moft confiderable Owner of and in 
the feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Paf- 
tures, and Carr Ground, within the Townthip of Lifts 
aforefaid, the Reverend Samuel Dennis, Clerk; Rec:or 
of the faid Parifh, and, as fuch, entitled to all the 
Tithes of Corn, Grain, Hay; Wool; and Lamb, and all 
other Tithes, both Great and Small, arifing within the 
faid Townfhip of Liffett, and others whofe Names are 
fubfcribed, Proprietors of, or otherways interefted in, 
the feveral Open Fields and Grounds therein after men- 
tioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set:ing 
forth, That, within the faid Manor and Townfhip, 
there are 24 Oxgangs of Land, and feveral odd Lands, 
lying difperfed and intermixed in feveral Open and Com- 
mon Fields of Arable, Meadow, and Paiture Ground, 
containing 800 Acres and upwards, and alfo certain 
Carrs, or Marfhy Grounds, which are computed to con- 
tain 200 Acres, or thereabouts ; arid that the Petitioner, 
the faid fonathan Midgley, is Lord of the faid Manor, 
and alfo Owner of 17 of the faid Oxgangs, be‘ides fe- 
veral odd Lands, called Forby Lands, amounting to- 
gether to about Three Fourths of all the faid Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, which, in their preient 
Situation, are capable of very little Improvement ; but, 
if the fame were divided and inclofed, and fpecific 
Shares thereof allotted to the feveral Proprietors, and a 
Compenfation made to the faid Reétor in Lieu of his 
Tithes, a confiderable Benefit would thereby accrue 
to all the Parties interefted therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for effecting the Purpofes abovementioned, fubjeét to 
fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem pro- 
er. 

_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayet.of the faid Petition: And that Mr: 
Daniel Lajceiles, Mr. Lafcelles, and Sir George Savile, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Yenyns, from the Commiffioners for Trade and 
Plantations, prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, . 

Eftimate of the Charge of maintaining and fupport- 
ing the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of 
Nova Scotia, for the Year 1771: And alfo, 

Eftimiate of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s 
Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Expences at- 
tending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 1770, to the 
24th of Fane 1771: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment of H's Majefty’s 
Province of Eaf Florida, and otlier incidental Expences 
attending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 1770, to the 
24th of June 1771: And alfo, | 

Eftimate 








116 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A.177%. 


Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s of His Majefty’s Dominions in North America, for the 


Province of Weft Florida, and other incidental Expences Year 1771. 


attending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 1770, to the And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read. 
24th of ‘Fune 1771: And alfo, The faid Eftimates are as followeth , vz. 


Eftimate of the Expences attending General Surveys 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of maintaining and fupporting the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s 


Colony of Nova Scotia, for the Year 1771. 





To an additional Salary to the Governor _ — 





To a Salary to the Chief Juftice —_ — _ 
To a Salary to the Attorney General — — — 
To an Allowance to the Secretary for himfelf and Clerks -— _— 
To an Allowance to the Naval Officer —_ _ 
To an Allowance to the Regifter — -_- - _ 
To an Allowance to the Surveyor of Lands, and for other contingent Expences attending that 

Eftablifhment —- a _ _ 
To the Salaries of a Secretary and Meffenger to the Council — _ 
To the Hire of a Houfe, and other contingent Expences attending the Secretaries Office — 


To fundry Stipends and Allowances for Houfe Rent to the Minifters and School Matters in 


the different Diftriéts of the Province oo _ — 
To an Allowance for Fire Wood, for the Ufe of the Governor’s Houfe and public 

Offices — _ os _ 
To the Expences of a Pilot Boat _- —_ —e 
To the Salary of the Agent _: — ome 
To the Salary of the Treafurer a —_— an 
To the Expence of the Orphan Houfe _ _ — 


To Allowances to Mrs. How and fundry Perfons, who after long and meritorious Services are 
left deftitute, under Age and Infirmities, by the Difcontinuance of fundry Eftablifhments 
heretofore maintained at the public Charge — — — 

To an Allowance for a Magiftrate in the Ifland of Breton —_ _- 

To an Allowance for a Prieft to the Micmac Indians, purfuant to a Treaty in 1761, being an 
or tecg heretofore paid out of the Contingencies for which no Provifion is made in this 

imate _— aes a —_ 


To an Allowance upon Account for Fees, to be paid upon Orders for the Receipt, and upon 
the Iffue, of the Monies granted upon this Eftimate — eng 
To £. 1,500, being in Part of £. 3,000 to be allowed for building a Church, a Court Houfe, 
and a Gaol, at Charlotte Town in the Ifland of St. Fobn _ — 


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ESTIMATE of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Ex- 
pences attending the fame, from the 24th of Zune 1770, to the 24th of Fume 1771. 





To the Salary of the Governor meats mn ” 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice me = bei 
To the Salary of the Secretary _~ = ore 
To the Salary of the Clerk of the Affembly ~- — ei 
To the Salary of the Surveyor of Lands _ mes “= 
To the Salary of the Receiver General of the Quit Rents _ _ _ 
To the Salary of the Attorney General _ ane 
To the Salary of the Provoft Marfhal _ — = 
To an Allowance for a Minifter of the Church of England and Two Schoolmatfters — 
To the Salary of the Agent for the Affairs of the Colony — sg 
To an Allowance to the Pilot ftationed at the Mouth of Savannah River, with a Boat and 
fufficient Hands — ~ 


To an Allowance for contingent Expences — — 
To an Allowance to Mr. Oftolenghe, Superintendant of the late Filature at Savannah, in Con- 
fideration of his long and faithful Services in that Office, which is now difcontinued — 


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pences attending the fame, from the 24th of fume 1770, to the 24th of Fune 1771. 





To the Salary of the Governor in Chief — sme _ aie 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice _ ——-- — _ 
To the Salary of the Attorney General — — _ om 
To the Salary of the Secretary, and Clerk of the Council — ~_ _ 
To the Salary of the Regifter ome ae. ya _ ail 
To the Salary of the Surveyor of Lands —- — _ om 
To an Allowance for an Affiftant _ —_ — — _ 
To the Salary of the Agent ma — — ome 
To a Minifter at St. Auguftine — _ — —_— = 
To a Minifter at St. Mark’s — —_ — =e ae 
To a Schoolmafter at each of the above Places, at £. 25 each — — 
To the Salary of a Provoft Marfhal — — _ _— eine 
To an Allowance for a Pilot, eftablifhed at St. Augujtine — _- — 
To an Allowance for unforefeen Expences relative to the Jydians, and other contingent 

Charges —_ — _— — apn 
To an Allowance for the Encouragement of Vines, Silk, and other beneficial Articles of 

Culture — — —_ — — one 

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ESTIMATE of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Province of Wef Florida, and other incidental 
Expences attending thé fame, from the 24th of Fune 1770, ta the 24th of Fune 1771. 





To the Salary of the Governor in Chief ~ — _ one 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice — — — aman 
To the Salary of the Attorney General — _ — — 
To the Salary of the Secretary, and Clerk of the Council — enti) i 
To the Salary of a Regifter _ _ — one oo 
To the Surveyor of Lands — on _ — — enia 
To an Allowance to an Affiftant — — - — — 
To the Salary of the Agent oe _ _ _ — 
To the Salary of a Minifter at Penfacola _ — _— —_ 
To the Salary of a Minifter at Modile —— — — oe 
To a Schoolmafter at each of the above Places, &amp; 25 each _ — 
To the Salary of the Provoft Marfhal _— _— — 
To an Allowance for unforefeen contingent Expences — - -— 
To an Allowance for a Purchafe of a proper Affortment of Goods, for Prefents to the Jn- 

dians -- cnet 


To £. 850, being in 1 Part of £. 2,550 to be allowed for building a ‘Hout for the Refidence 
ot His Majefty’s Governor of the Province of Weft Florida, for the Time being _ 
To be paid to Engineer Campbell, as a Reward for, and in Confideration of his Expences 
in, making a Survey of fome Part of His Majefty’s Province of Weft Florida — 


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for the Year 1771. 


To an Allowance for a Deputy Surveyor of Lands at Quebec, during the Time the Chief Sur- 
veyor is employed in making Surveys in other Parts of the Northern Diftrict —_ 
To a Deputy Surveyor, at Ten Shillings per Day, and Two Affiftant Surveyors, at Seven 
Shillings per Day each a 

To One Draughtfman, at Five Shillings per Day — 

To an additional Pay of One Shilling and Eight Pence ou Day to One Serjeant, One Shil- 
ling per Day to One Corporal, and Sixpence per Day to Twelve private Men to affift in 
fuch Survey, and to ferve as Camp, Colour, and Chain Men, and to make Signals along 
Shore, and on the Tops of Mountains _ _— - — 

To extraordinary Expences, for Horfes, Guides, &amp;c. _ 

To Expences and Allowances, for the Survey of the Southern Dittrid, upon the fame Plan - 

To an Allowance upon Account of Fees to be paid upon Orders for the a and — 
the Iffue, of Monies granted upon this Eftimate 

To an Allowance for defraying the Expence of making Copies ns for the Ufe of | the Public OF. 
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11 Geo. III. 
Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Great Marlow, and 
of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, 
Manufacturers, and others, of the neighbouring Country 
‘Towns and Villages, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners have feen, by the Votes, a Petition for the 
Amendment of the Navigation of the Rivers Thames 
and Jfs, which, they apprehend, will, if carried into 
Execution, be a great public Benefit, as well as an Ad- 
vantage to private Property: And therefore praying, 
That the fame may be carried into Execution, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the feveral Com- 
miffioners of the Navigation of the Rivers Tames and 
fis, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, and of the 
feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manu- 
faéturers, and others, of the Counties of Middle/ex, 
Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of them- 
felves and others, is referred. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Great Marlow, in the 
County of Bucks, and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land 
Owners, Tradefmen, and others, of the neighbouring 
Towns and Villages, whofe Names are thereto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners have feen, by the Votes, 
that a Petition hath been prefented, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill for making a Navigable Canal, from the Bo- 
rough of Reading, in the County of Berks, to Monkey 
Tfand, in the fame County; and that the Petitioners 
apprehend, that if fuch Canal is made, it will greatly 
prejudice them, by rendering the Carriage of all Kinds 
of Merchandize upon the River T/ames much more ex- 
penfive, and by throwing great Part of the Petitioners 
Trade into another Channel: And therefore praying, 
That they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Petition, and have fuch other Relief in the Premites 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of 
the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred; and that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
{aid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againtt 
the Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of Sir ‘fobn Gibbons, Baronet, and Knight 
of the honourable Order of the Bath, Lord of the Ma- 
nor of Stanwell, in the County of Middlefex, and of {e- 
veral Owners and Occupiers of Land within the faid 
Parith of Stanwell, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by 
the Votes, that a Petition hath been prefented, for 
Leave to bring in a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, 
or Canal, from or near a Place called Monkey Ifand, 
near Bray, in the County of Berks, to [/leworth, in the 
faid County of Middlefex, and another Cut, from the 
faid propofed Canal, from or near Weft Beafont, in 
the faid County of Middlefex, to the River Thames, at 
or near Staines, and that the Petitioners apprehend, if 
the fame fhould pafs into a Law, it will greatly injure 
the Petitioners in their Property: And therefore pray- 
ing, That the Petitioners may be heard, by their Coun- 
fel, agaip{t the faid Bill, or have fuch other Relief as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 


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fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of tiie 
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of 
London, in Common Council affembled, is referred ; 
and that the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel; 
before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. : 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition; 
again{t the Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of Sir ohn Gibbons, Baronet, and Knight 
of the honourable Order of the Bath, and alfo of a 
jeveral Owners and Occupiers of Lands and Houfes, in 
the Parith of Stanwell, in the County of Middlefex, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the faid Sir Fobn Gibbans is Owner of the Manor of 
Stanwell, and of the Capital Meffuage called Stanwel! 
Place, and the Park thereto adjoining, which Park, 
amongft other Lands, confifts of certain Fields formerly 


_ Called Burrough Fields and Hujbanours, over which there 


are certain Foot Paths and Ways, which make Part of 
a Path or Way from the South Corner of the Garden 
Wall of Edwin Francis Stanhope, Eiquire, in Stanwell, 
to a Piece of Ground called Burrough Green, and in 
which faid Fields the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, or 
fome of them, claim certain Rights of Common, which 
the faid Sir Fobn Gibbons difputes and denies, and a 
Suit at Law is now depending concerning the fame ; 
and that the faid Sir Fob Gibbons hath propofed, at 
his own Expence, to make a better and more convenient 
Foot Path, from the Eaftern Garden Wall of the faid 
Mr. Stanhope, tothe Banks of the Stream called The 
New River, and from thence to the faid Burrough Green, 
in Lieu of the faid Paths and Ways in and over the 
faid F ields, and to oblige himfelf, his Heirs and Affigns, 
to maintain the fame in good Repair for ever; and hath 
alfo propofed to convey to Truftees, and fettle for the 
Benefit of the Poor of the faid Parifh of Stanwell, a 
certain Houfe, known by the Name of Rodinjon’s, with 
an Orchard thereto belonging, containing about One 
Acre of Land, more or lefs, fituate at the South Eaft 
Corner of Hither Moor, in the faid Parith of Stanwell, 
and alfo to pay into the Hands of fuch Truftees a Sum 
of One hundred Pounds, for the Ufe and Benefit of the 
Poor of the faid Parifh, upon Condition that the faid 
Sir John Gibbons fhall be authorized to fhut up the 
faid Paths and Ways over the faid Fields called Bur- 
rough Fields and Hufbancurs ; and that all Claims to any 
Right of Common, or other Eafements, in the faid Pa- 
rifh, or any Part thereof, be relinquifhed and extin- 
guifhed ; to which Propofals of the faid Sir ‘fobn Gib- 
bons, the Inhabitants of the Parith of Stanwell have 
confented : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to impower the faid Sir fobx 
Gibbons, to fhut up the Paths and Ways in and over the 
faid Fields called Burrough Fields and Hufbanours, and 
to extinguifh all Claims, and Rights of Common, and 
other Eafements, in and over the faid Park, or any 
and every Part thereof, and to keep the fame entirely 
enclofed for the future, freed and difcharged of all 
Eafements, Rights, or Claims whatfoever ; and to oblige 
the faid Sir Yobn Gibbons, his Heirs and Affigns, to 
make and maintain a Foot Path, or Way, from the 
Eaftern Garden Wall of the faid Edwin Francis Stan- 
hope, Efquire, in the faid Village of Stanwell, to Bur- 
rough Green aforefaid; and that the faid Houfe and 
Orchard may, by the faid Bill, be vetted in certain 
Truftees, to be therein appointed, for the Ufe and Be- 
nefit of the Poor of the faid Parifh ; and that the faid 
Sum of £. 100 be thereby fecured to the Ufe of the Poor 
of the faid Parith of Stanwell. 

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


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And it is referred to Mr. Gafcoyne, Mr. Waljh, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of many of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Inkabitarits, of the Counties of Séuthampton and Berks, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Roads from the Village of Liphook, in the 
County of Southampton, through the Parifhes of Bram/fbot, 
Headly, King ley, Selbourn, Weft Worldbam, Eaft World- 
bam, and Alton, in the fame County, to the Turnpike 
Road there, arid from thence, through the Parifhes of 
Alton and Shalden, to the Road on Wefton Common, and 
from thence, over other Part of Wefton Common, and 
through the Parifhes of Herriard, Clidefden, Bafing ftoke, 
Sherborn Saint Fohn, Monk Sherborn, Wootten, Hannington, 
and Woolverton, to the Road at King/clere, and from 
thence through Newdury, to the Road leading from 
Speenbamland Water, to Chilton Pond, in the faid 
County of Berks; and alfo the Road leading from 
Bofingftoke, through the Parifhes of Clide/den, Farley, 
Nutley, Prefton Candover, and Chilton Candover, to the 
Road on Bugmore Hill; and alfo the Road from the 
Finger Poft at Shot Hanger Coppice Corner, through the 
Parifhes of Monk Sherborn, Wootten, Tadley, Woolver- 
ton, Baughurft, and Aldermafton, to the Road at the 
End of Aldermafton Lane, and alfo from the Red Houfe 
in Monk Sherborn Common Field, to the Pond at the 
End of Stokes Lane, in the faid Parifh of Monk Sher- 
born ; and alfo the Road from Bajfingftoke aforefaid, 
through the Common Fields there, and the Parifh of 
Sherborn Saint ‘fohn, to the Brick Kiln in that Pa- 
rifh; and alfo the Road from Bajfingftoke aforefaid, 
to the Reading Turnpike Road, are in a very ruinous 
Condition, narrow and crooked in many Places, and in 
others deep, dangerous, and incommodious: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for amending, widening, and turning, the aforefaid 
Roads, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Simeon Stuart, Mr. Kynafton, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, having Eftates in or near the Parith of Sutton, 
in Holdernefs, in the County of York, and of the feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Names are thereto fubfcribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Road extending from a Place in the faid Parifh 
of Sutton, called Fryer, or Fore Dyke Bridge, through 
the Town of Sutton, to the South Eaft Corner of the 
Church Yard there, and from thence to a Place adjoin- 
ing the Road between the Town of King/ton upon Hull 
and Edon, called The Salts Gate, and alfo from the 
South Eaft Corner of the faid Church Yard, through a 
Street in Sutton, called Lowgate, to or near the Two 
Mile Stone on the faid Road, is in a very founderous 
Condition, and in many Places impaffable; and that 
the making the faid Road fafe and commodious will be 
of general Advantage: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for repairing 
and amending the faid Road, by fuch Ways and Means 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. Laj- 
celles, 8cc.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


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and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


A Petition of feveral Noblemen, and the humble 
Petition of feveral of the Truitees to an Aét paffed in 
the 24th Year of the Reign of King George the Se- 
cond, for repairing the Road leading from Cramond 
Bridge to Queen’s Ferry, in the County of Linlithgow, 
and of the Gentlemen, Land Owners, Merchants, 
Farmers, and Traders, in the Counties of Linlithgow 
and Fife, fubfcribing, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Truftees appointed by 
the faid A&amp;t have proceeded to make and kcep in Re- 
pair the faid Road leading from Cramond Bridge, to the 
Town of Qucen’s Ferry; but the fame is not yet com- 
pleted ; nor can it be done, or the Debt paid off which 
has been contracted by Virtue of the Powers granted 
by the faid Aét, during the fubfifting Term, or under 
the Provifions therein contained: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of the faid Act, fo far as 
relates to the Road from Cramond Bridge to Queen’s 
Ferry, with fuch further and other Powers as fhall be 
fufficient to complete the faid Road, and keep the fame 
in Repair for the future. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Dundas, Mr. Edmon- 
ftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perions; Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of Charles Dewfnop; Clerk, Rector of the 
Parifh Church of South Refton, in the County of Lin- 
coln, and the fevera] other Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands within the faid Manor and Parifh of South Refton, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That there are, within the faid Manor and Parifh, fe- 
veral Open, Common, Arable Fields, known by the 
Names of the Eaf Field and Weft Field, and a Field 
called The Holmes, the Whole confifting of about 500 
Acres; and that the Lands and Grounds belonging to 
the feveral Owners and Proprietors of the faid Fields 
lie intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and are 
for the moft Part inconveniently fituated, and incapable 
of Improvement ; and that it would be of great Ad- 
vantage to all Parties concerned, if the fame were in- 
clofed, and divided into fpecific Allotments afnongft 
the feveral Perfons having Intereft therein, according to 
their refpective Rights and Properties: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for thofe Purpofes, under fuch Regulations as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Amcotts and Mr. Page do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the principal and other Inhabitants of 
Haydon Square, The New Square, Haydon Yard, Sheepy 
Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, otherwife The 
Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, in the 
Parith of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in The Minories, 
in the County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of His 
Majetty’s Tower of London, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read;- Set- 
ting forth, That the faid Squares, Yards, Streets, and 
Courts, and the Paffages therein, or leading thereunto, 
are very ill paved and cleanfed, and incommodious to 
Paffengers, by Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftruétions 
therein; and many Diforders and Irregularities are fre- 
quently committed therein in the Night Time, for Want 

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of the fame being properly lighted and watched; and 
that it would be of great Benefit and Advantage to the 
Inhabitants thereof, and to all Perfons reforting thereto, 
if the fame were properly paved, cleanfed, lighted, and 
watched, and freed from all Nufances, Annoyances, and 
Obftructions therein; which the Inhabitants are willing 
to do at their own Expence: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill for effecting 
the Purpofes aforefaid, by fuch Ways and Means, and 
in fuch Manner, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte : 

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Tuefday laft, for 
Daniel Bartlett to attend this Houfe upon Thurfday the 
14th Day of February next, be difcharged. 


Ordered, That Thomas Pocle, Efquire, and Charles 
Hannington, do attend this Houfe upon Thurffay the 
14th Day of February next, to be examined touching the 
Inquiry into the Tranfactions of the Society, affuming 
the Name of the Chriftian Society, at the Borough of New 
Shoreham, in the County of Sufex. 


Mr. Alderman Over prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for paving Wapping Street, in the 
County of Middlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paflages 
leading into the fame, and for removing all Incroach- 
ments and Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future; and for opening a Patfage from Her- 
mitage Street, into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch 
Paffage, and the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Alderman Oliver prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for paving and regulating Rofemary 
Lane, from the Parifh of Aldgate, to Cable Street; alio 
the faid Cadle Street, the Footpath in Back Lane, the Pre- 
cin&amp; of Wellclofe, the Street leading from Nightingale 
Lane, to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Raw, and Brook Street, 
and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, opening into 
the fame; and for removing all Obftru¢tions and Annoy- 
ances therefrom, and preventing the like for the future: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for carrying into Execution an Agreement 
made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General 
of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden 
College, in the County of Kent, for enabling His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs, and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of 
Maidenftone Hill, in the Parifh of Eaft Greemwicb, in 
the County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the 
Terms mentioned in the faid Agreement; and for im- 
powering the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and 
Penfions of the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Mer- 
chants, in the faid College, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill, and which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Tabie: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One: 
‘and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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121 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and Watte 
Grounds, within the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Liberty; 
of Fairfield, in the Parifh ot Hope, and County or 
Derby, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Geerge 
Cavendifo, Mr. Cavendifb, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to reiolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, to 
confider of the feveral Laws now in being, for the En- 
couragement of the Briti/b White Herring Fifhery; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Number ot Buffes 
which have been cleared out, for the White Herring 
Fifhery, at the feveral Ports in Scotland, from the 5th 
JFenuary 1770, as far as the fame can be made up; toge- 
ther with the Number of Men, the Tonnage, and the 
Quantity of Fifh taken, and the Amount of the Boun- 
ties which have been paid, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Monies which have 
been produced out of His Majefty’s Cuftoms in Scotland, 
and are applicable to the Payment of the Bounties on 
Veflels employed in the White Herring Fifhery, from the 
5th Day of Fanuary 1770, be reterred to the faid Com- 
mittee, 

Ordered, That the Account of the Montes which have 

seen certified to be due, and are now in Arrear, as the 
Bounty on Buffes fitted out for the White Herring Fifh- 
ery in Scotland, from the sth of Fanuary 1770, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Number of Buffes 
which have been cleared out for the White Herring 
Fifhery, at the feveral Ports in Great Britain, from the 
5th of Fanuary 1770, to the 5th of Fanuary 1771; with 
the Number of Men, Tonnage, and Quantity of Fifh 
taken, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Amount of the 
Bounties which have. been paid, by the Receiver Ge- 
neral of His Majefty’s Cuftoms in England, on the 
Britifo White Herring Fifhery, from the 5th Fanuary 
1770, to 5th Fanuary 1771, which is as far as the 
fame can be made up, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Monies which have 
been produced out of His Majefty’s Cuftoms in England, 
and are applicable to the Payment of the Bounties for 
the White Herring Fifhery, from the 5th of January 
1770, to the 5th of Fanuary 1771, be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. L£dmonftone took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
hight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Briti/ White Her- 
ring Fifhery. | 


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





Veneris, 1° die Februarii; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


Petition of ames Fremaux, Efguire, Owner of 
great Part of the Impropriate or Great Tithes 
and other Eftates in Earl’s Barton, in the County of 
Northampton, and of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands and Eftates in the Open and Common Fields of 
Earl’s Barton atorefaid, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read , Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are poffeffed of feveral 
Freehold Eftates and other Properties in the faid Open 
and Common Fields, which lie intermixed, and difperfed 
in fmall Parcels; by Means-whereof, great Inconveni- 
ences arife to the Owners and Occupiers thereof; and 
the fame are incapable of Improvement in their prefent 
Situation : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill, for dividing and inclofing the 
jaid Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, 
Common Paftures, Common Grounds, and Wafte 
Grounds, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regula- 
tions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to. the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Dolben and Sir George Bridges Rodney do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Robert Palmer, Efquire, One of the 
Devifees and Truftees named in the Will of the Moft 
noble Fobn Duke of Bedford, Lord of the Manor of 
Thorney, and Sir Sampfon Gideon, Baronet, Owner of 
High and Low Borough Fen, and of the Governor, Bai- 
lifts, and Commonalty, of the Company of Conferva- 
tors of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called 
Bedford Level, and of the feveral Perfons whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, Proprietors of Lands lying in the North Le- 
vel, Part of the faid Great Level, and of Lands in the 
Manor of Crow/and, thereto adjoining, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, by an A&amp; 
made in the 15th Year of King Charles the Second, for 
fettling the Draining of the Great Level of the Fens, 
called Bedford Level, the faid Governor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty, were impowered to lay Taxes on 95,000 
Acres allotted as a Recompence for draining the faid 
Great Level (12,000 Acres whereof had been defigned 
and intended for his late Majefty King Charles the Firft, 
and fet forth and allotted by Bounds in Severalty) for 
the Support, Maintenance, and Prefervation, of the 
faid Great Level; and that, by another Aét, made in 
the 20th Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, 
for the Taxing and Affeffing the Lands of the Adven- 
turers within the Great Level of the Fens, 83,000 
Acres, Parcel of the faid 95,000, were directed to be 
taxed and affefied by a gradual Acre Tax of different 
Sorts and Values of Lands, in the Manner therein men- 
tioned ; and that the faid 12,000 Acres, Refidue of the 
faid 95,000, fhould be rated at a Medium of the 
whole Tax to be from Time to Time affeffed upon 
the faid 95,000 Acres; and, that the faid 83,000 
Acres might be more equally rated by a gradual 
Acre Tax, certain Perfons, therein named, were ap- 
pointed Surveyors and Valuers of the faid 83,000 
Acres; and were, within the Time therein limited, 
to digeft the faid 83,000 Acres into fuch Number of 
Sorts, or Degrees, of Land, not under the Number 
of Seven, and to rate and tax the fame, as therein 
mentioned ; and that, by another Act, made in the 


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4.1771, 


27th Year of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
for difcharging the Corporation of the Governor, Bai- 
liffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of Conferva- 
tors of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called 
Bedford Level, from a Debt due to the Duke of Bed- 
ford, and Earl of Lincoln, and for other Purpofes, it 
is recited, that the Valuations of the faid Surveyors 
were returned by them into the Fen Office, as by the faid 
Act of the 20th of Charles II. was direéted; and that 
the faid 83,000 Acres had always fince been taxed ac- 
cording to the Degrees and Proportions thereby fet and 
allotted ; and that, in order to raife Money fufficient to 
difcharge the Sum of £. 1,800 afcertained and declared 
to be the Proportion of the faid North Level, of, and 
in the Debts of the faid Corporation, contracted betore 
the Year 1728, the Proprietors of taxable Lands, with- 
in the faid North Level, were authorized to purchafe 
off fo much of the Taxes chargeable on their refpec- 
tive Lands, by virtue of the faid Acts of the 15th and 
2oth of King Charles the Second, after the Rate of 30 
Years Purchafe, computing and fettling the f2id Taxes 
on the faid 83,000 Acres at a Tax and a Quarter, and 
on the faid 12,000 Acres in Proportion thereto, ac- 
cording to the faid Act of the 2oth of King Charles 
the Second, as fhould be fufficient to raife the faid 
Sum of £. 1,800; and that the Taxes, chargeable by 
virtue of the faid Acts of the 15th and 20th Years of 
King Charles the Second, upon the Refidue of the faid 
taxable Lands, within the faid North Level, the Taxes 
whereof fhould not be fo purchafed off as aforefaid, 
fhould be always thereafter fixed ata Tax and a Quar- 
ter, and on fo much thereof as fhould be Part of the faid 
12,000 Acres, in Proportion thereto, according to the 
faid Act of the 20th of King Charles the Second; and 
fhould not be leffened, or increafed; and that the 
Money which fhould be produced by the faid Taxes, 
within the faid North Level, and all other the Rents 
and Revenues payable to the faid Corporation, out of 
the faid North Level, or any Part thereof, fhould, from 
thenceforth, be applied and difpofed of, by the faid 
Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, and their Suc- 
ceffors, about the Works of the faid Level, as in the 
faid Aét is mentioned ; and that the faid North Level, 
and all the Lands, Rents, Taxes, and Revenues there- 
of, fhould be exonerated and difcharged from the Pay- 
ment of all other Debts and Sums oF Money, then due 
from the faid Corporation ; and that it was, by the faid 
A&amp; of the 27th of King George the Second, direéted, 
that the Lands and Grounds in the faid North Level, 
and the Lands within the Manor of Crowland, com- 
prifed within the faid Act, containing together about 
48,000 Acres, intended to be drained under the Powers 
and Authority of that A&amp;t, fhould be divided into Five 
Diftri€ts or Divifions, in Manner therein mentioned ; 
and the Owners or Occupiers of Lands and Grounds 
comprifed within the fame, were to be taxed and charg- 
ed with equal and proportionable Rates and Taxes, for 
the general draining and preferving the Lands and 
Grounds therein ; and that the faid Tax and a Quarter, 
on Lands within the faid North Level, amounted to the 
yearly Sum of £.777. 35. 434.3 and feveral Pro- 
prietors of taxable Lands, within the faid North Level, 
purfuant to the Power given by the faid laft men- 
tioned Act, purchafed off £.60 a Year, Part of the 
Taxes chargeable on their Lands, whereby the faid 
£- 1,800 Debt was paid off; and the yearly Produce of 
the Taxes upon the taxable Lands within the faid 
North Level was thereby reduced to the Sum of £. 717. 
35. 4d.; and that, by another Act, of the 29th Year 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, for efta- 
blifhing a Fund for Payment of the Bonds of the Go- 
vernor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of 
Confervators of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly 
called Bedford Level, and for other Purpofes, the faid 
Governor, Bailiffs, and Confervators of the faid Cor- 
poration, upon the Conditions therein mentioned, were 


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impowered to borrow, upon Bonds, under the Com- 
mon Seal of the faid Corporation, fuch Sum or Sums 
of Money as they fhould judge neceffary, for the Ufe 
of the faid North Level, not exceeding the Sum of 

. 5,000 ; and that the Rents, Taxes, and Revenues of 
the faid North Level, fhould be made a Security for 
the Payment of the Sums fo borrowed, with Intereft 
for the fame ; and that, feveral Breaches happening 
in the North Bank of Moreton’s Leame, in the Years 
1763 and 1764, the faid Corporation, in order to 
repair the fame, borrowed the whole Sum of £. 5,000 
at 5 per Cent. which Intereft amounted annually to 
£. 250; and that the annual Revenue arifing from the 
faid Tax and a Quarter, upon the taxable Lands within 
the faid North Level, applicable to the future Works 
directed by the faid Act of the 27th of George the Se- 
cond, was thereby reduced to the Sum of £. 467. 3s. 
4d.; and that, other Breaches happening in the faid 
North Bank of Moreton’s Leame, in the Year 1767, the 
yearly Revenue of the faid Corporation, arifing from 
the faid North Level, was not fufficient to repair the faid 
Breaches, and to carry on the neceflary Works directed 
by the faid Act of the 27th Year of George the Second ; 
fo that a confiderable Sum of Money has been expended 
for fuch Works, over and befides the faid Sum of 
£. 5,000; and that further Breaches have lately hap- 
pened in the faid North Bank, and the Lands in the faid 
North Level, and in the Manor of Crowland, comprifed 
within the faid A&amp; of the 27th of George the Second, 
are now greatly overflowed with Water, which is a great 
Loofs, not only to the Proprietors, but alfo to the Public; 
and that the Petitioners are defirous that an equal or 
proportionable yearly Rate, or Tax; fhould be laid on 
all thofe Lands lying within the faid North Level, and 
on the Lands adjoining thereto, within the faid Manor 
of Crowland, comprifed in the faid Act of the 27th of 
King George the Second (but without Prejudice to the 
Rates and Taxes already rated and. affeifed, or here- 
after to be rated and affeffed, by Force of the afore- 
faid Aéts, and without Prejudice to the Monies bor- 
rowed on the Security thereof, and the Intereft pay- 
able in 'refpect of the fame) and paid to the faid Gover- 
nor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, to enable them to pay 
for, and carry on, the Works directed by the faid Act 
of the 27th of George the Second; and, for the better 
enabling the faid Corporation to raife Money for fuch 
Purpofe, the Petitioners are defirous that the faid Cor- 
poration fhould be enabled, with the Confent of the 
Petitioners, the faid Robert Palmer and Sir Sampfon 
Gideon, to borrow, upon. Bonds, under the Seal of the 
faid Corporation, fuch further Sums of Money as they 
fhall judge neceffary, for the Ufe of the faid North 
Level, not exceeding the Sum of £. 20,000; and that 
the Rents, Taxes, and Revenues of the faid Corpora- 
tion, in the faid North Level, without Prejudice to the 
faid £. 5,000 already borrowed, and fuch Taxes to be 
laid on all the Lands within the faid North Level, and 
on the Lands within the faid Manor of Crow/and, com- 
prifed in the faid Act of the 27th of George the Se- 
cond, fhould be made a Security for the Re-payment 
of the Money fo to be borrowed, with Intereft: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for effectuating the feveral Purpofes aforefaid, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Sampfon Gideon, Lord Gage, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power tv fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records; and 
all who come to the Committee are to have Vcices. 


A Petition of the Proprietors of Iron Gate Wharf, 
and of Warchoufes and Houfes within the Precinct of 


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123 
Saint Catharine, near the Tower of London, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching, fuch Parts of the Precinét of Saint 
Catharine, in the County of Middlefex, as are not in- 
cluded in an Act of the Seventh Year of His prefent 
Majefty, and for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein ; and Setting forth, That there are fome Parts of 
the faid Bill, which, if paffed into a Law, would be very 
injurious to the Petitioners, and feveral of the Inhabi- 
tants within the faid Precinct: And therefore praying, 
That they may be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, in 
Support of their Petition, and have fuch Relief in the 
Premifes as fhall be thought reafonable and juft. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fir. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrnction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freehold- 
ers, of the Counties of Oxford and Bucks, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houie, 
and read; Setting forth, That a Petition has been pre- 
fented to the Houfe, for repairing feveral Roads, near 
the Univerfity and City of Oxford, commonly called 
the Mileways, for paving and lighting the Streets of the 
faid City, for rebuilding Magdalen Bridge, for removing 
the Market in the faid City, and other Purpofes in the 
faid Petition mentioned; and reprefenting to the Houfe, 
That the Petitioners will be confiderably affected in their 
Property, in cafe the Bill prayed for in the faid Petition 
fhould pafs into a Law: And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard, by themfelves, or Couniel, againft 
the faid Petition; or that they may have fuch Relief in 
the Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Chancellor, Maiters, and Scholars, of the Uni- 
verfity of Oxford, and of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Com- 
monalty, of the City of Oxford, is referred; and that 
thefe Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon their faid Petition, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, again{t 
the Petition now prefented. 


Mr. Walter reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Exeter, was referred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Fobx 
Heath, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the Market 
for Provifions within the City of Exeter, is held in the 
High Street, which renders it extremely inconvenient, 
the fame being the principal Street in the City: That 
many Nufances and Obftructions are unavoidably oc- 
cafioned by the faid Market, which might be remedied, 
by moving the fame, under proper Regulations, to 4 
certain Place near the Guildball of the faid City; but 
there being feveral Houfes and other Buildings ftanding 
on the Ground which is wanted for that Purpofe, the 
fame cannot be done without the Aid of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

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regulate and remove certain Markets within the City of 
Exeter, and for that’Purpofe to purchafe a Plot of 
Ground; and alfo to prevent the holding of the faid 
Markets in the High Street of the faid City : And that 
Mr. Walter, Mr. Serjeant Ghynn, and Mr. Fobs Buller, 
Junior, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the principal Owners of Veffels, Trows, 
and Barges, navigating the River Severs, in Behalf of 
themfelves and others, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Navigation of the 
faid River is much impeded, and that many Delays 
and Difappointments in Trade are occafioned, great 
Expences incurred, and heavy Damages fuftained, for 
want of a broad Towing Path along the Sides of the 
faid River; and that the Petitioners are defirous of re- 
moving thefe Complaints, by giving a Compeniation to 
the Proprietors of Lands along the faid River, for as 
much Ground as will be neceffary for thofe Purpofes ; 
which the faid Proprietors are confenting to, upon a rea- 
fonable Satisfaction: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for making fuch a Tow- 
ing Path, or Paths, along the River Severn, as fhall be 
fufficiently broad for the Ufe of Horfes ; and alfo for 
caufing fuch other Improvements to be made in the Na- 
vigation of the faid River, as to the Houle fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Brickdale, Lord Clare, &amp;c. : 
‘And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of William Pulteney, on Behalf of himfelf, 
and of feveral Owners and Proprietors of Lands and 
Grounds, and others interefted, in the Commons and 
Open Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
in the Manor and Parifh of Udly, in the County of So- 
merfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, within the faid Manor, there is a large Ex- 
tent of Common, or Waite Grounds, which is com- 
puted to contain, in the Whole, about goo Acres, in 
which the Petitioner and others have a Right of Com- 
mon; and that the fame, in its prefent Situation, is 
capable of very little Improvement; and it would great- 
ly tend to the Advantage of all Perfons interefted, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Common, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Alexander Popham ani Mr. Brickdale do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of His Majefty’s Juttices of the 
Peace, acting in and for the County of Effex, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Shire Houfe of the faid County, fituate in the Town of 
Chelmsford, in which the Affizes and General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace for the faid County are holden, 
and other public Bufinefs of the faid County is tranf- 
acted, is much out of Repair, very incommodioufly 
fituated, too fmall, and otherwife fo inconvenient for 
the tranfaéting the public Bufinefs of the faid County, 
that it is neceffary it fhould be taken down, and that a 
new Shire Houfe fhould be built, on a larger Plan, for 
the Ufe of the faid County ; and, for accomplifhing the 
fame, it is propofed to purchafe feveral Meffuages, 
Sheds, and Tenements, ftanding near the prefent Shire 
Houfe ; and that the Common Gaol of the faid County, 
fituate at Chelmsford aforefaid, being a very ancient 
Building, too fmall, and fo much decayed as to be in- 


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A.1771. 


capable of being repaired, an Act was paffed, in the laft 
Seffion, for rebuilding it, whereby the Juftices of the 
Peace for the faid County are authorized to purchafe 
a corivenient Piece or Pieces of Ground, or Tenements 
adjoining to, and communicating with, the prefent 
County Gaol, and to caufe to be built thereon, and on 
the Ground on which the prefent Gaol ftands, a con- 
venient Gaol, for the Confinement of Criminals, Debtors, 
and others; and that there are feveral Omiffions and 
Inaccuracies in the aforefaid Act, which, it is appre- 
hended, muft be rectified, before the fame can be carried 
into Execution; and at the General Quarter Seffion for 
the faid County, on the Second of Ofoder laft, it was 
refolved, that the White Horfe Inn in Chelmsford (which 
was heretofore approved of by the Juftices, but could 
not be purchafed at the Time of pafling the before 
mentioned Act)’ is the moft proper Place for erecting 
a new Gaol, for the Ufe of the faid County; and that 
the Proprietor fhould be agreed with for the Purchafe 
thereof, for the erecting a new Gaol, and other Pur- 
pofes; who.hath been applied to, and is ready, for a 
reafonable Confideration, to fell the faid Meffuages, or 
Tenement, with the Appurtenances, for the erecting 
thereon a new Gaol, and other Buildings that may be 
convenient for the fame: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Juftices of the Peace for the County of Efex, to pur- 
chafe certain Meffuages, Ground, and Tenements, fitu- 
ated near unto, and adjoining upon, the prefent Shire 
Houfe; and on the Scite of the fame, and of the prefent 
Shire Houfe, or fome Part thereof, to ereét a new Shire 
Houtfe, a Room for the Records, and other Conveni- 
ences, for the Ufe of the faid County; and for repeal- 
ing the faid A&amp; paffed in the laft Seffion, for rebuilding 
the Common Gaol of the faid County ; and for enabling 
the faid Juftices to purchafe the White Horfe Inn, in 
Chelmsford, with the Appurtenances; and upon the 
Scite of the fame to rebuild the Common Gaol of the 
faid County, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regula- 
tions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir William Maynard, Mr. Lu- 
ther, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords; aad all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


A Petition of feveral Farmers, Graziers, and others, 
who frequent the Markets and Fairs at Chelmsford, in 
the County of Effex: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Land Owners, and Oc- 
cupiers of Land, in the County of Effex, on Behalf of 
themfelves, and the reft of the Proprietors and Occu- 
piers of Land in the faid County: And alfo, 

A Petition of the principal Inhabitants of the Town 
of Chelmsford, in the County of Efex, on Behalf of 
themfelves and the reft of the Inhabitants of the faid 
Town: And alfo, 

A Petition of Sir William Mildmay, of Moulfam Hall, 
in the County of Effex, Baronet: And alfo, 

A Petition. of Edward Ravenel, of Dean Street, Sobo, 
in the Liberty of Wefminfter, Efquire ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That an Act paffed laft Seffion of 
Parliament, for rebuilding the Common Gaol of 
the County of Efex, on the Ground where the 
prefent Gaol is fituate; and taking Notice of an 
Application intended to be made, for repealing 
fuch Part of the faid A&amp;, and for removing the 
faid Gaol, and rebuilding the fame in the Place 
where the White Horfe Jnnx now ftands; and 
praying to be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, 

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againft any fuch Application for Removal of the 
faid Gaol from its prefent Situation. | 
And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to be referred to the Confideration of the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral 
of His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace, act- 
ing in and for the County of Effex, is re- 
ferred ; and the Petitioners are to be heard, 
by their Counfel, before the faid Commit. 
tee, upon their Petitions, if they think fit. 
Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the.fame 
Time, in Favour of the faid Petition, againft the laft 
mentioned Petitions. 


A Petition of Hugh Bethell, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Long Rifton, in Holderne/s, in the Eaft Riding 
of the County of York, and Lord of the Manor of 4f- 
nall, otherwife Arnold, in Holdernefs aforefaid, and alfo 
an Owner of a great Number of Meffuages, Cottages, 
Scites of Cottages, or Tofts, and of by far the greateft 
Part of the Open Fields and Grounds at Long Rifton 
and Arnall, otherwife Arnold, aforefaid, and others, 
whofe Names are fubfcribed, Owners of, or otherwife 
interefted in, the Lands and Grounds herein after 
mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 


‘Setting forth, That, at Long Riffon aforefaid, there are 


feveral Open and Uninclofed Parcels of Land, Arable, 
Meadow, and Pafture Ground, called the Weft Field, 
(including certain Places called Norcar and Criftings ) and 
the Eaft Field (including certain Places called Ox Pafture 
and Braymer ) and the Carr or Common, and other Names, 
which are computed to contain, in the Whole, 1,600 
Acres, or thereabouts ; and that, at Arnall, otherwife Ar- 
nold, there are feveral Open and Uninclofed Parcels of 
Land, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture Ground, called 
the Eaft Field (including a certain Place called the 
Moor Butts) and the Weft Field, and the Carr or Com- 
mon, and other Names ; and that, there is alfo within the 
Territories of Arnall, otherwife Arnold, or near adjoin- 
ing thereunto, a certain other Parcel of Land, called 
Arnall Ings, otherwife Arnold Ings, otherwife Benning- 
bolme Ings; all which, together with fome old Inclofure 
at Arnall, otherwife Arnold aforefaid, contain, in the 
Whole, 1,671 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that the fame 
lie contiguous to each other, and intermixed, and dif- 
perfed in fmall Parcels, and, in their prefent Situation, are 
capable of no confiderable Improvement ; and that it 
would be a great Benefit to the Perfons interefted, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed, and fpecific Shares al- 
lotted to the Parties, according to their different Rights 
and Interefts : And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the Divifion and Inclo- 
fure of the feveral Lands and Grounds abovementioned, 
in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Daniel Lafcelles, Mr. Lafcelles, and Mr. Cholmley, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Samuel Egerton, Efquire, and Charks 
Wood and Abraham Balme, Gentlemen, Lords of the 
Manor of Oxenbope, in the Parifh of Bradford, and 
County of York; and Benjamin Ferrand, Efquire, Richard 
Greenwood, George Greenwood, William Greenwood, Fohn 
Roberts, Fofeph Rufbworth, Fohn Murgatroyd, and the 
Reverend Yobn Richardfon, Clerk, and the feveral other 
Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, Own- 
ers and Proprietors of Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments, within the faid Manor, for and on 
the Behalf of themfelves, and others who are entitled to 
Right of Common, upon the Commons, Moors, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor aforefaid, was _pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there is a large Common, Moor, or Tract of Waite 


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the faid Manor, Tow 
Eftimation 2,500 Acres, 3 §ts}swhich, in their 
prefent Situation, yield very Th ; to the Peti- 
tioners ; but, if the fame were divided@eand inclofed, 
would be a great Improvement of the Eftates of the 
Petitioners, and others interefted therein, and of ereat 
public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for the dividing and inclofing 
the faid Common, Moor, and Wafte Ground, unto and 
amongft the Petitioners, and others interefted therein, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leavé be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dawiel Lafcelles, Mr. Lafcelles, aid Mr. Cholmley, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


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A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Merchants, 
Tradefmen, and Inhabitants, refiding in and near the 
Market Towns of Leeds, Bradford, Bingley, Kighley, 
and Skipton, in the County of York, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an Act paffed 
laft Seflion of Parliament for making and maintaining a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Leeds Bridge, in the 
County of York, to the North Lady’s Walk, in Liver- 
poole, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and from 
thence to the River Merfey; which Cut, or Canal, is to 
be carried through a Part of the Townfhip of /d/e, in 
the faid County of York; and the Petitioners appre- 
hend, that the forming a Communication therewith, 
by a Navigable Cut, or Canal, to be made from a Place 
in Bradford aforefaid, called Hoppy Bridge, to join the 
faid Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Leeds to Liverpoole, 
ata Place called Windbill, in Idle aforefaid, is very 


‘practicable, and would be of great public Utility : And 


therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bting 
in a Bill for making and maintaining a Navigable Cut, 
or Canal, from a certain Place in Bradford aforefaid, 
called Hoppy Bridge, to join and communicate with the 
faid Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Leeds to Liver- 
poole, at a certain Place, in the Townthip of Idk, called 
Winehill, with fuch Powers and Provifions, and under 
fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Daniel Lajfcelles, Sir George 
Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 
and igi Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


A Biil for better regulating the Poor within the City 
of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Barrow, 
Sir Roger Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of Thomas Mafter, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manors of Prefton and Stratton, in the County of Gloz- 
cefter, and principal Owner of Lands and other Eftates 
within the jaid Manors, the Reverend Fobn Sandford, 
Doétor in Divinity, and the Reverend Thomas Chamber- 
layne Cox, Reétor and Vicar of the Parifhes of Preffon 
and Stratton, and of feveral other Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, likewife Owners and Proprie- 
tors of Eftates there, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, within the faid Parifhes, are 
feveral Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, and Com- 
mons, which lie contiguoufly, and contain, in the Whole, 
2,056 Acres, or thereabouts, wherein the different Pro- 
perties lie intermixed, and inconveniently fituated, and 
are, in their prefent State, incapable of Improvement : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given. to 

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bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Lands, 
under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Barrow and Mr. Dowde/well do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. | 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelves and others, 
refiding near, or frequently travelling, the Roads therein 
after mentioned, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Sabine, being examined, faid, He is a Surveyor, 
and has been ufed to take Levels and the Elevations of 
Hills :—That he knows the prefent Turnpike Road 
from Melk/ham to Bath, —that the Elevation of Bathford 
Hill is 7 Degrees, and of King/down Hill 6 Degrees, 
which Hills being fo fteep, make the Road very in- 
convenient :—That a new Road, from Melk/ham, to go 
near Broughton, Wraxball, and Farlywick, to the Bot- 
tom of the Hill near Bathford, would remedy the above 
Inconveniences, and reduce the utmoft Elevation of any 
Part of the Road to 3 Degrees :—That the Courfe of 
it will be upon a Rock, from which Materials may be 
got :—That it may eafily be made, and will be nearer 
by One Mile than the prefent Road. 

Being afked, what will be the Length of the Hill in 
the propofed Road? he faid, One Mile and a Quarter ;— 
and being afked, what is the Length‘of Bathford Hill? 
he faid, One Furlong;—That the prefent Road from 
Bath to Kingfdown has many fmall Hills in it; and 
that King/down Hill is fteep for the Space of Two 
Furlongs :— Being afked, whether Bathford Hill can be 
reduced to 3 Degrees by winding up it? he faid, It 
cannot, becaufe the Road cannot wind up it without 
finking :—And being afked, whether King/down Hill 
can be reduced? he faid, It may be made eafier, but 
not fo eafy as the propofed Road; and that the Hill 
would be a Mile in Length: — Being afked, How 
much longer the Hill would be, if reduced to 4 De- 

rees of Elevation? he faid, Not much, becaufe the 

Road muft turn fhort at the Top of the Hill. 

Being further examined, he faid, The Road from 
Bathford to Bath follows the Courfe of the River Avon, 
and enters Bath through Walcot Street, which is very 
narrow; in fome Places not above Ten Feet wide; 
particularly oppofite Walcot Church, where Two Car- 
riages cannot pafs each other :—That the Breadth ne- 
ceflary for 3 Carriages to go a-breaft, is 30 Feet :—That 
this Inconvenience would be obviated by making a 
Road from Bathford to Bathwick, and from thence to 
the Bridge now building over the Avon at Bath, which 
will be Half a Mile nearer: That there will not be any 
Aicent in it, and the Entrance to the interior Parts of 
Bath from it will be very convenient. 

That there are many Hills in the Road from Bath to 
Bradford, which might be avoided, if a new Road was 
made from Bradford to Farlywick, there to join the new- 
intended Road between Melk/ham and Bathford, the 
Whole of which new Road would be level, and nearer 
than the prefent Road by + of a Mile. 

Being afked, How far it is from Bradford to Farly- 
wick ? he faid, Two Miles and 6 Furlongs. 

And being further examined, he faid, The Road from 
Froom and other Places, to Bath, by Entry Hill and 
Holloway, 1s in many Places very fteep and narrow :— 
that the Elevation of Extry Hill is Nine Degrees—of 
Holloway, Six Degrees: — That thofe Hills may be 
avoided, by making a new Road by Odd Down, near 
the Old Gla/s Houfe, to Barrocks, and from the Red 


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Lyon in Wells Road to Barrocks, and from thence to 
Lyncome and the faid new Bridge :—T hat it will be about 
Half a Mile round, and muft cut through fome Gardens 
and Orchards, to the Owners of which he does not 
know that any Application has been made: That in the 
above propofed Road, the Rife will not be above Three 
or Four Degrees. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make a Road from Melkfham, by or near Broughton, 
Wraxhall, and Farlywick, in the County of Wilts, to 
the Bottom of the Hill near Bathford, in the County of 
Somerfet, over the River Avon, to Bathwick, and from 
thence to the Bridge now building near the Old Ferry, 
oppofite the City of Bath, and alio a Road from Brad- 
ford, to join the abovementioned Road, near Farlywick; 
and alfo a Road from the Froome Turnpike Road on 
Odd Down, to a Place called Barrocks ; and from a Place 
called the Red Lyon, in the Wells Turnpike Road, to 
Barrocks ; from thence by Lyncome, and to the faid new 
Bridge: And that Mr. Barrow and Mr. Dempfter do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Edward Afiley prefented to the Houfe, accords 
ing to Order, a Bill for draining and preferving certain 
Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke 
Ferry, Wretton, Wereham, Weft Dereham, and Roxbam, 
in the County of Norfolk: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees for putting in 
Execution Two Acts of Parliament, pafied in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of his Majefty King George 
the Firft, and in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Market 
Harborough to Loughborough, in the County of Leicefter, 
and feveral other Perfons, Inhabitants of the faid County 
of Leicefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners the Truftees have proceeded to put the 
faid Acts in Execution, and large Sums of Money bor- 
rowed for that Purpofe ftill remain due; and the fame 
cannot be repaid, and the faid Road kept in Repair, 
unlefs the Terms of the faid Acts be extended, and 
Tolls, and feveral other Powers thereby granted, be 
enlarged, and made more effectual ; and that a public 
Highway, branching from the faid Road, and leading 
over Part of the Lordfhip of /Vanlip, in the faid County, 
to a Ford there, acrofs the River Soar, called Long Wajh, 
and through the faid Ford, to the Road leading from 
Thurmafton to Ratcliffe, called the Fofs; and from 
thence to the Road leading from Melton Mowbray, to 
the Guide Poft in St. Margaret’s Field, is in many 
Parts in a ruinous Condition, and very often impaflable ; 
and it would be more convenient to the Public, and a 
nearer Way, if a Road was made from the faid Road, 
leading from Thurmajfton to Ratcliffe, through certain 
Lands and Grounds, in nearly a {trait Line into the 
Road leading from Melton Mowbray, to the Guide Poft 
aforefaid : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to continue and render more 
effectual the faid Acts, and other the Purpofes aforefaid, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Fobn Palmer, Mr. Gilbert, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, refiding in and near the Roads herein after men- 
tioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 

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forth, That the Road leading from Wem to Ellefmere, in 
the County of Sa/op, and from thence to join the Turn- 
pike Road, from Ofwefry, to Wrexham, at or near 
Chirk, in the County of Denbigh; as alfo the Road from 
Horton (in the Way from Wem to Ellefmere) to join 
the Turnpike Road from Shrew/bury to Ellefmere, at 
Burlton, and from thence to Marton, and by Mear 
Bank and Borcatton, through Ryton and Shottatton, to 
the Turnpike Road between Shrew/bury and Ofweftry, 
and from thence to join the Road from Shrew/bury to 
Knockin, at the Finger Poft at the End of Knockin 
Lane; and likewife the Road leading from that Part of 
the Turnpike Road which liés between Shrew/bury and 
Ofweftry, at or near the Houfe known by the Sign of 
the Wolf's Head, upon Knockin Heath, through the 
Town of Knockin, to that Part of the Turnpike Road 
which lies in the Town of Llanymynech, leading from 
Pool to Ofweftry; and the Road leading from the End 
of Cotton Wood, in the Parifh of Wem, to Whitchurch, 
in the County of Salop, are in a ruinous Condition, 
narrow in many Places, and dangerous for Pafiengers 
and Carriages in the Winter Seafon: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the faid Roads, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Kynafton, Mr. Barrow, 
é&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Bill for naturalizing ‘fobn Peter Du Roveray atid 
‘Fohn Daniel Naville, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kyna- 
fton, Sir Fobn Palmer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. . 

The Houfe was moved, that the Petition of ohn 
Peter Eynard and David Chollet, which was prefented 
to the Houfe upon Twe/day laft, and then ordered to 
lie upon the Table, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly , . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is committed ; and 
that they do admit the Petitioners into the faid Bill, if 
they think fit. 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde have 
Leave.to continue at the Bath, for the Recovery of his 
Health, 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprietors 
of the Open and Common Field Lands, called the Great 
High Field, and Little High Field, and the Two Low 
Fields, and other Commonable Lands, within the Ma- 
nor and Parifh of Candlefby, in the County of Lincoln, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, in the 
faid Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands in 
the faid Manor and Parifh, lie intermixed, and dif- 
peried in {mall Parcels, and, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of any confiderable Improvement; and 
that, if the fame were inclofed and divided, and fpecific 
Shares or Allotments affigned to each Perfon, according 
to their refpective Interefts, it would tend greatly to 
the Advantage of the Petitioners, and all Parties in- 
terefted therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes afore- 
faid, under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Lord 


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Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Wbichcot do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Sir Fobn Palmer prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open Fields, and Commonable Places, in Keybam, 
in the Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leiceffer: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the honourable George Baillie, Efquire, 
of Fervifwood ; Sir Fobn Paterfon, ot Eccles; Sir Fobn 
Stuart, of Allanbank ; Sir Robert Pringle, of Stitchell , 
Sir Alexander Purves, of Purves; Sir Alexander Don, 
of Newton, Baronets ; Fohn Swinton, Junior, of Swin- 
ton; George Buchan, of Kello, David Gavin, of Lang- 
toun; Patrick Home, of Wedderburn, George Home, 
Clerk to the Signet; William Robertfon, of Ladykirk , 
Thomas Cockburn, of Rowchefter ; Captain David Home, 
of Paxton; Archbald Swinton, of Manderfton; Robert 
Hepburn, of Clerkington, James Lorain, of Angelraw; 
Fohn Renton, of Lamerton , Robert Robertfon, of Brownf- 
bank ; ‘John Renton, of Chefterbank , George Gordon, of 
Gordonbank ; Fohn Mow, of Mains; Fobn Lumfdaine, 
of Blanern ; Charles Frank, of Bughtrig; Fobn Fer- 
dyce, of Ayton, George Trotter, of Belchefter; Edward 
Marjoribanks, of Lees; Fohn Watfon, of Overmains ; 
Walter Ker, Junior, of Littledean;, ‘fobn Spottifwood, 
of Spottifwood ; Fohn Carre, of Nifbett ; James Haig, of 
Bemerfide ; and Fobn Ferriar, of Coldingknows, Efquires ; 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Roads from Ednom Bridge, to Compton’s Lanes, 
upon the Confines of the Liberties of the Town of Ber- 
wick; and alfo the Roads from Edaom Bridge to Ely- 
mouth, and feveral other Roads and Branches, leading 
to the faid Roads, are dangerous, and frequently im- 
paffable : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for making and repairing the 
{aid Roads, and for explaining and amending the Laws 
relating to the Statute Services in the faid County, 
in fuch Way and Manner as the Houfe fhall think 
proper. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Dick/fon, Mr. Dundas, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Streets, Squares, 
&amp;c. on the South Side of Edinburgh, who are there- 
unto *fubfcribing, for themfelves, and for Behoof 
of the other Inhabitants there, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the feveral Streets, 
Squares, Lanes, Avenues, and Paflages, adjoining to 
the City of Edinburgh, on the South Side thereof, lying 
between the Street, or Road, leading from the Cow- 
gate Port of Edinburgh, to the Tollgate, called Gibbet 
Toll, on the Eaft; and the Street, or Road, leading 
from the Twopenny Cuftom, near Edinburgh, to the Toll- 
gate, called Wrigh?’s Houfes Toll, on the Weft; all 
within the Parifhes of Saint Cuthbert’s, or Weftkirk, 
and Cannon Gate, are very populous; but at prefent 
very ill lighted, watched, and cleanfed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for lighting, watching, arid cleanfing, the Streets, Squares, 
Lanes, Avenues, and Paffages, abovementioned, as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the faine, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Dundas, Lord Frederick 

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Campbell, &amp;cc.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Heretors and Inhabitants of the 
Town of South Leith, and Places thereunto adjoining, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That it would greatly tend to the Advantage and Con- 
veniency of the Heretors and Inhabitants of the faid 
Town, if more effectual Provifion was made for clean- 
ing and lighting the Streets thereof, the Territory of 
St. Anthony's and Yard Heads thereunto adjoining, and 
for fupplying the feveral Parts thereof with frefh Water; 
and for ereéting Fountains, Refervoirs, and Markets, 
within the fame; and for the better Regulation of 
Porters, Carters, Coachmen, and Chairmen, in the faid 
Town, and Limits thereunto adjoining : And therefore 
praying the Houfe, to grant fuch Relief as fhali feem 
meet, ; 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Dundas, Lord Garlies, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the feveral Proprietors of Lands, Mea- 
dows, .and Right of Common, in and over the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Com- 
monable Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Fecken- 
ham, in the County of Worcefter, called Beanball Fields, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Lands 
and Grounds of the Petitioners, in the faid Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, lie intermixed and difperfed, and, 
in their prefent Situation, are not capable of that Im- 
provement which they would if divided and inclofed : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Common- 
able Lands and Grounds, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houtfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Dowde/well and Mr. Barrow do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Lord Fobu Cavendifo reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees ap- 
pointed to put in Execution an Act of Parliament, for 
repairing the Road from the City of York, over Skip- 
bridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of York, and of 
feveral Gentlemen, Clergymen, Freeholders, Merchants, 
Tradefmen, and other Inhabitants, of the faid City and 
County, whofe Names are thereunto refpectively fubfcrib- 
ed, was referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe , 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read; and, Mr. Fames Colins, being ex- 
amined, faid, that feveral Sums of Money have been 
borrowed on the Credit of the faid A&amp;t, which have 
been laid out towards amending and repairing the faid 
Road, which are ftill due and owing, and that the Tolls 
collected and taken are infufficient for paying the In- 
tereft of the Money fo borrowed, and to repair and 
keep in Repair the faid Road, unlefs the Term and 
Powers of the faid Act are further continued and en- 
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Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
23d Year of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 
from the City of York, over Skipbridge, to Borough- 
bridge, in the County of York: And that Lord Fohn 
Cavendifo and Mr. Lajcelles do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants of 
the De of Wight, in the County of Southampton, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Poor of the feveral Parifhes and Places within the 
faid Ifland are very numerous, and are now maintained 
by the Inhabitants at a great Expence; and that the 
granting Powers for the better Regulation of the Poor, 
and providing proper Places for their general Recep- 
tion, will tend to their more effectual Relief, and be 
of great Eafe and Advantage to the Inhabitants: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the above Purpofes, under fuch Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Eames, Mr. Sloane, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, . 


A Petition of the Mayor, Recorder, Juftices, Alder- 
men, Common Councilmen, Freemen, together with 
the principal and other Inhabitants of the Borough of 
Plymouth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That. the Act paffed in the laft Seffion, 
for paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Py- 
mouth, in the County of Devon, and for regulating 
the Carmen and Porters within the faid Town, has been 
found defective, and Difficulties have attended carrying 
the fame into Execution: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for altering, ex- 
plaining, amending, and removing fuch Difficulties, as at 
prefent it labours under. — . oP Secs 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Fobn Morfbead, Fokn Nicolls, George Woollcombe, Fofeph 
Squire, Reymundo Putt, and others, Commiffioners aét- 
ing under an Act of Parliament, made and pafied in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty King 
George the Third, intituled, An Act for paving, light- 
ing, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County 
of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and_ Porters 
within the faid Town, is aad : And that they do 
examine the Matter of this Petition; and report the fame, 
as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Bill to explain a Claufe in an Act of the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, for better fupplying the City of Worcefter 
and the Liberties thereof with Water, and for better 
paving and lighting the faid City, and for removing and 
preventing all Ob{truétions and Annoyances therein, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wal, 
General Irwine, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of John Webb, and William Moody, Efquires, 
William Greenaway, Ralph Ellis, and others, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, Proprietors of Lands, 
Meadows, and Right of Common, in and over the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Butlers Marfton, in the County of Warwick, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 

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the Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, in the faid 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands and Grounds, lie intermixed and 
difperfed, and, in their prefent Situation, are not capable 
of that Improvement which they would, if divided and 
inclofed, and fpecific Shares thereof allotted to each 
Proprietor, in Proportion to his Intereft therein; and 
that it would greatly tend to the Advantage of the 
feveral Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were to 
be divided and inclofed: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Open and Common Fields, Common 
Meadows, and Commonable Lands and Grounds, in 
fuch Manner, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Skipwith and Mr. Dowdefwell do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Freeholders of the Parifh of 
Hilton, in the County of Derby, Proprietors of certain 
Commons or Wafte Grounds, of feveral Common Mea- 
dows, Common Paftures, and Open Fields, in Hilton 
aforefaid, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That there are in the faid Parifh Two Com- 
mons, or Wafte Grounds, known by the Names of Hilton 
Common and Hilton Green, containing, by Eftimation, 
600 Acres, or thereabouts; and alfo feveral Common Mea- 
dows, Common Paftures, and Open Fields, containing, 
by Eftimation, 300 Acres, or thereabouts, which, in their 
prefent Situation, are capable of very little or no Improve- 
ment; but that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, 
it would confiderably improve the Eftates and Proper- 
ties of the Petitioners: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Commons, or Wafte Grounds, Com- 
mon Meadows, Common Paftures, and Open Fields, 


* in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
‘fohn Cavendifo, Lord George Cavendifo, and Mr. Clarke, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Earl of Catherlough reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Term 
and Powers of an Aét, made in the Seventh Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing 
and widening the Road, from Spernal Afp, in the Coun- 
ty of Warwick, to a Street called Digbeth, in the 
Town of Birmingham, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Queftion 
feveraily put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

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


A Petition of feveral of the Proprietors of Lands, Mea- 
dows, and Common Right, in the Common and Open 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Places, in Waverton, otherwife Ware- 
ton, inthe Parith of Polefworth, in the County of War- 
wick, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Lands, Meadows, and Grounds, of the feveral Pro- 
prietors, in the faid Common Fields and Common Mea- 
dows, lie greatly intermixed and difperfed ; and capnot, 
in their prefent Condition, be improved in the Manner 
they might be if inclofed; and that it would be an 
Advantage to the feveral Parties interefted, if the fame 


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were inclofed and divided, and fpecific Shares thereof 
allotted to each Proprietor interefted therein : And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Com- 
monable Places, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe thall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Mr. 
Skipwith and Sir Foha Palmer do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and principal 
Inhabitants, of the Town and Port of Liverpool, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Complaining of the high Price of 
Wheat ; and praying, That a Bill may be brought in, 
to permit the Importation of Grain and Flour from the 
Britifo Plantations in Americe, Duty free, under fuch 
Regulations, and for fuch limited Time, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem neceffary and proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Seven- 
night, the Eleventh Day of this Inftant February, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, to confider 
of the faid Petition. 


Mr. Daniel La/celles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Paftures and Open Fields, within the Townthip 
of Hetton, in the Parith of Burnfal, and Welt Riding 
of the’ County of York: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Committee, who are appointed to 
confider of fo much of the Criminal Laws as relate to 
Capital Offences, have Power to report their Proceed- 
ings, from Time to Time, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue an Aét made ia the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act to continue an Act made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, int:tuled, An Act, for amending, 
and further continuing, an Act of the Sixth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
amend, ard render more effectual in His Majefty’s Do- 
minions in America, an Act paffed in this prefent Seffion 
of Parliament, iniituled, An Act for punifhing Mutiny 
and Defertion, and for the better Payment cf the Army 
and their Quarters : And that the Lord Barrington and 
Sir Charles W bitworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for carrying into Execution an 
Agreement ‘made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Sur- 
veyor General of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees 
of Morden College, in the County of Kent, for enabling 
His Majetty, His Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes 
of Maidenftone Hill, in the Parifh of Ea/t Greenwich, in 
the County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the 
Terms mentioned in the faid Agreement ; and for im- 
powering the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and 
Penfions of the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Mer- 
chants, in the faid College, was read the Third Time. 

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

Pr. 1. 1. 21. To leave out “ Ninth,” and infert “ Fif- 

“ teenth,” inftead thereof, and to leave 
out * March,” and infert ** Ofcder,” 
inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houle; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for carrying into Execution an ger 

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made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General 
of His Majéfty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden 
College, in the County of Kent, for enabling His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of 
Maidenjtone Hill, in the Parith of Eajft Greenwich, in 
the County of Kevt, to the faid Truftees, upon the Terms 
mentioned in the faid Agreement ; and for impowering 
the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and Penfions of 
the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Merchants, in the faid 
College. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
yefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jelty ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Allowances to Widows of Officers who have died on 
Half Pay, for the Year 1771, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of Half 
Pay and Allowances to the reduced Officers of His Ma- 
jefty’s Land Forces and Marines, for the Year 1771, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
General and General Staff Officers in Great Britain, 
for the Year 1771, be referred to the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of full 
Pay, for 365 Days, for the Year 1771, to Officers 
reduced, with the Tenth Company of feveral Battalions, 
reduced from Ten to Nine Companies, and who re- 
mained on Half Pay at the 24th December 1765, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

- Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which 
they had direéted him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


The Order~of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Edmonftone, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to cconfider of the feveral Laws now in being, 
for the Encouragement of the Briti/h White Herring 
Fifhery ; the Refolutions which the Committee had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; vz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the carrying on the White Herring Fifheries will 
be an Advantage to the Trade and Navigation of thefe 
Kingdoms. 


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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, from the Expiration of the Term for which the 
prefent Bounty is given, the Sum of Thirty Shillings 
per Ton be granted and paid, to all Veffels, from 
Twenty to Eighty Tons, which have been built fince the 
Year 1760, cr which fhall hereafter be built, for the 
Purpofe of the White Herring Fifheries, and fhall be 
actually employed therein. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read 2 Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

_ Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions: And that Mr. Edinonftone, Lord Frederick 
Campbell, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Sir Gilbert 
Elliot, and Mr. Cooper, do prepare, and bring in, the 


fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
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Sabbati, 2° die Februarit ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentle- 

men, Clergy, Freeholders, and Landholders, of 
the County of Pembroke, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and many other In- 
habitants of the faid County, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the great Lon- 
don Road, leading from Tavern/pite, in the Parith of 
Kifig, on the Borders of the County of Carmarthen, to 
Narberth Mountain, and to and through the Town of 
Narberth, to Canifton Bridge, and from thence to Cart- 
lett Bridge, near the Town and County of Haverford 
Weft, and alfo a Road leading from Merlin’s, otherwife 
Maudlin’s Bridge, in the Parith of Saint Ifels Harold- 
Stone, to Fowler’s Lane, in the Hamlets of the Parifh of 
Saint Thomas, and by Tears Crofs, in the Parith of 
Stainton, and through the Parith of Robeftonwef, to 
Hubberfton Haking, in the Parith of Hubberfton near 
the Harbour of Milford ; and alfo the High Roads from 
Narberth Mountain aforefaid, through the Village of 
Templeton, and over Templeton Mountain and Bifbops 
Bridge, near the Village of Creffelly, to Carew Bridge 
and from thence to the Town of Pembroke ; and alfo 
the High Road from the Village of Templeton aforefaid 
to Bigelly, over Hings Moor Common, to a Place call. 
ed Hill, in the Parith of Saint Iféls, and through 
the faid Parifh over a Place called Stoney Bridge, and 
to and through the Out Liberties of Tenby, to the 
Town of Tenby, in the faid County of Pembroke, are 
very ruinous and deep, and in many Parts thereof nar- 
row and incommodious: And therefore praying, That 
— ties given to bring in a Bill for repairing 
widening, altering, turning, and keeping in ir, the 
faid Roads, in fuch Shaner as to Houfe feat bem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
mom of : en et And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fa i 
pear to them, to the Houfe . \pemetent z 

And it is referred to Mr. Fuller, Mr. Kynafton, 8c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
aes Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of feveral of the Juftices of the P 
Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and other or wich 


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living in or near the Road leading from the Turnpike 
Road, at a certain Place called Vinehall, in the Parifh of 
Mountfield, in the County of Suffex, to a certain Place 
called Cripps’s Corner, and from thence to Staple Cro/s, 
in the Parifh of Ewhurft in the faid County, and from 
thence to the Turnpike Road near the Windmill, in the 
Parifh of Beckley, in the faid County ; and from Staple 
Crofs aforefaid to a certain Bridge called Bodibam Bridge, 
and through the Parith of Bodiham, to Longley’s Water 
Corn Mill, at or near Kent Ditch; and from Cripps’s 
Corner aforefaid, through the Parifhes of Brede and Udi- 
more, to the ancient Town of Rye, in the faid County, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the faid Road is become very ruinous, and, in the 
Winter Seafon, the greateft Part thereof is impaffable: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for repairing the faid Road, in fuch Man- 
ner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Fuller, Mr. Harcourt, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perlfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of the 
Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and of the feveral other Per- 
fons, whofe Hands and Names are thereunto fet and fub- 
fcribed, Owners and Proprietors of Fifheries in the River of 
T weed, was prefented tothe Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That many unwarrantable Practices and Abufes have of 
late Years been ufed and committed in the faid River, and 
in the feveral Rivers, Rivulets, Brooks, and Streams, which 
run into the fame, by taking and killing Salmon, Gilfes, 
Salmon Trouts, and Whitlings, at unfeafonable Times in 
the Year, and by deftroying the Spawn, Fry, and young 
Brood, of the fame Kinds of Fifh, as well in thofe Parts 
of the faid River of Tweed, and in the faid Rivers, Rivu- 
lets, Brooks, and Streams, which are in Scotland, as in 
thofe Parts which are in England, and in the Town of 
Berwick upon Tweed, and within the Bounds and Limits 
thereof; by Means whereof, great Detriment enfues to 
the Owners and Occupiers of Fifheries in the faid River, 
and the Public fuftain a great and manifeft Lofs, more ef- 
pecially the Cities of London and Weftminfter, which are 
fupplied from thence with large Quantities of frefh and 
kitted Salmon and Gilfes, and live Salmon Trouts and 
Whitlings, and which Supply might be greatly increafed, 
if the faid deftructive Practices and Abufes were reftrain- 
ed and prevented: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for preventing and reme- 
dying the faid deftructive Practices and Abufes, and for 
the Improvement of the Fifheries, and better Regulation 
of the Fifhing, in the faid River of Tweed, by fuch 
Means, and in fuch Manner, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Vane, Lord Frederick Camp- 
bell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and others, Inhabitants of the County of Cum- 
berland, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Road leading from the City of Carlifle, by Woodboufes, 
to the Town of Wigton, and from thence, by Weft New- 
ton, through the Towns of Allonby and Mary Port, by 


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Flimby, to the Town of Workington, and from thence to 
the End of the Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Hunda Lane, leading to Whitehaven; and alfo the Road 
from the faid Town of Wigton, to the Town of Abby 
Holme; and alfo the Road from Wigton, to the End of 
the Turnpike Road at Chalkbeck, are ruinous and nar- 
row: And therefore praying, That Lieave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to widen and repair the faid Roads, by 
fuch Ways and Means, and under fuch Regulations, as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Vane, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Andrew Hudlefton, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Hutton Fobn, in the Parith of Gray/tock, in the 
County of Cumberland, the Right Reverend Edmund 
Lord Bifhop of Carlifle, Rector of the faid Parith, Adam 
Afkew, Efguire, Doctor of Phyfic, Patron of the faid 
Rectory of Gray/ftock, and Fobn Stockdale, Fofeph Rebdin- 
fon, Thomas Wilfon, Ifaac Wilfon, Alfred Edmonfon, Na- 
than Todd, Fofeph Todbunter, and others, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubficribed, being refpectively Freeholders, 
Cuftomary Tenants, and Landholders, within the faid 
Manor, in Behalf of themfelves and all other the Free- 
holders, Cuftomary Tenants, Landholders, and others, 
having Right of Common upon the feveral Open Com- 
mon, and Wafte Grounds, within the faid Manor, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there is a large Common Moor, or Tract of Watte 
Ground, known by the Name of Hutton Moor, and alfo 
fundry other fmall Traéts or Parcels of Wafte Ground, 
within the faid Manor, containing by Eftimation 4000 
Acres or thereabouts, which in its prefent Situation is of 
very little Ufe to the Petitioners, and others, entitled to 
Common Right thereon; and that, if the fame were in- 
clofed and divided, would be of much greater Advantage 
to the Petitioners and others interefted therein, and of 
great public Utility: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the faid Commons and Wafte Grounds, within 
the faid Manor, for the Purpofe aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Robinfon and Mr. Fobnjtone do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freehold- 
ers, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, refiding or 
trading within the County of Southampton, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an Act 
paffed in the 16th and 17th Years of the Reign of King 
Charles the Second, for making divers Rivers navigable, or 
otherwife paffable, for Boats, Barges, and other Veffels ; 
and that the River Anton, or Teft, from Andover, through 
feveral Places therein mentioned, to Redbridge, in the 
faid County, there to join the Southampton River, was 
particularly mentioned in the faid Act to be made navi- 
gable ; but nothing has been done towards effectuating 
the fame ; and that the Country through which the faid 
River runs is become much more populous, and greatly 
increafed in Trade and Manufactures, fince the Time of 
paffing the faid Act; and that the Petitioners are ad- 
vifed, that a Navigable Cut, or Canal, for the Paflage 
of Boats and other Veffels with heavy Burthens, may be 
made, near the Courfe of the faid River Anton, or Tef, 
from the faid Town of Andover, to the faid Southampton 
River, and fo to communicate with the Sea, which will 
be of much more general Ufe than the faid River 4n- 
ton, or Teft, and will be of great Convenience and Uti- 
lity to the Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures, car- 


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ried on in the Country throvgh which it is intended to 
lead: And therefore praying, Fhat Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining fuch Na- 
vigable Cut, or Canal, as aforefaid, under fuch Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall think neceffary. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Lethieullier, Mr. Sloane, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet upon Menday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Truftees for putting in Execution 
an Act of Parliament of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Stone Bridge, in 
the Town of Shrew/ury, and of feveral Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and others, whofe Names are thereunder written, 
on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Inhabitants of 
the County of Sa’op, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That the faid Truftees have, in Purfuance 
of the Powers vefted in them by the faid Act, taken 
down and rebuilt a confiderable Part of the faid Bridge, 
and purchafed Houfes and other Buildings ftanding on 
or contiguous thereto, and have alfo built and completed 
atemporary Bridge, which, with feveral other neceffary 
Expences, have been paid out of the voluntary Sub- 
{criptions of feveral of the Nobility, Gentry, and others, 
amounting to upwards of £. 7,000; by reafon of which, 
the Fund is fo far exhaufted, that they are utterly un- 
able to complete the faid Bridge: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
raifing Money to finith the faid Bridge, or to grant them 
fuch other Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Clive, Mr. Brickdale, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records ; and 
all who come to the Committee are to have Voices. 


A Petition of Schn Spottefwcode, Solicitor for the Ge- 
neral Affembly of the Church of Scotlend, for, and on 
the Behalf of the faid General Affembly, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Mini- 
fters of the Church of Scotland hold their Livings as 
mere Stipendiaries ; they have no Tithes, Fees, or 
cafual Emoluments ; and reciting feveral Aéts of the 
Parliament of Scetlazd, wherein the Minifters of that 
Church have been always exempted from Taxes ; and 
therefore, as the Law of Scotland, as explained by con- 
tant Praétice, has relieved the Minifters of that Church 
from all Taxations upon their Stipends, in which their 
Glebes and Manfes have been underftood to be com- 
prehended, they have been induced to confider this Ex- 
emption as Part of the Rights and Privileges of the 
Church of Scotland, fecured by the Treaty of Union ; 
and that the Church of Scotland, believing themfelves to. 
be fecure from what they underftood to be the Law of 
Scotland, contained in the Claim of Right, ratified by the 
Articles of Union, and eftablifhed by long Ufage, loft 
the Opportunity of {tating the particular Circumftances 
of their Cafe, when the Bill propofing a Tax on Houfes and 
Windows was firft moved in Parliament; and, even after it 
paffed into a Law, they relied on the ufual Conftruétion 
of the Act for levying the Land Tax, which, though con- 
ceived in general Words, was never extended to their Sti- 
pends, Glebes, or Manfes ; but, as the Minifters of the 
Church of Scctland find that they are fubject to Profecu- 
tions, from Time to Time, for Payment of this Tax, and 
cannot be relieved without the Aid of Parliament; There- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 


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Bill for relieving the Minifters of the Church of Scotland 
from Payment of the Tax upon Windows, in refpect of 
their Manfes or Parfonage Houfes; or that the Houfe 
will give fuch other Relief in the Premifes, as fhall ap- 
pear juit, 

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


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants, 
Freeholders, Traders, and others, inhabiting in the City 
of York and County of the fame City, the Town of We- 
therby, and the Weft Riding of the County of York, and 
alfo of the Owners of Lands lying between York and 
Wetherby aforefaid, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That the High Road leading from Collingham, 
through Wetherby, Bickerton, Marfton, and Acomb, to 
the faid City, is become deep and ruinous, and in fome 
Seafons impaffable for Carriages, and very dangerous to 
Travellers; and that the putting the faid Road into 
good Repair would tend greatly to the Improvement 
of the Corn Markets of the City of York and Town of 
Wetherby, and-to the Trade and Commerce carried on 
in thofe Places, and in that Part of the Country in ge- 
neral; and would likewife open a nearer Communica- 
tion from many Places in the faid Weft Riding, to the 
faid City, and be a Benefit to all Perfons travelling 
thereon: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for repairing, widening, and 
amending, the faid Road, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe hall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Daniel Lafcelles, Sir George 
Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual, an Act 
made in the Seventeenth Year cf the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End of Mid- 
dleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence to 
Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel 
Lafcelles, Mr. Crowle, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the Counties of York and Derby, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Road leading from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of 
York, through the Village of Bamford, in the County of 
Derby, to join the Turnpike Road leading from The 
Hope to Sheffield, near Mytham Bridze, and alfo the 
Road from the faid Turnpike, in the Village of Hather- 
Jage, to Grindleford Bridge; and alfo the Road from Bam- 
ford Wood Gate, over Yorkfbire Bridge, to join the Turn- 
pike Road aforefaid at the Guide Poft upon Thornbill 
Moor, in the Parifh of Hope, in the County of Derby ; 
and alfo the Road branching out of the Road at Bamford 
Wood Gate, to join the Turnpike Road from Hope to 
Sheffield, near the Eighth Mile Stone on Hatherfage Moor ; 
and alfo the Road trom the faid Bamford Wood Gate to 
the Village of Darwent, in the faid County of Derby, are 
in a ruinous Condition, and in fome Parts narrow and 
incommodious: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for amending, widening, 
and keeping the faid Road in Repair, in fuch Manner as 
the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte: 

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And it is referred to Lord George Gavendifb, Mr. Gilbert, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber , and 
have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Owners of Lands, Grounds, and 
Right of Common, in the Parith of Appleby, in the 
Counties of Leicefter and Derby, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That a Bill is depend- 
ing, for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Grounds, lying within the faid Parith ; 
and that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law as it is 
now drawn, the Petitioners will be greatly injured in 
their Property: And therefore praying, That they may 
be heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, againft fuch Parts 
of the faid Bill as may affect their Intereft, or that they 
may have fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem reafon- 
able. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Commons, and 
Wafte Grounds, lying in the Parifh of Appledy, in the 
Counties of Leicefter and Derby, is committed ; and that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Land Own- 
ers, Merchants, Traders, Manufacturers, and others, 
refiding in and near the feveral Market Towns of Che/- 
terfield, Workfop, and Retford, in the feveral Counties 
of Derby, York, and Nottingham, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid 
Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
‘tames Brindley, an Engineer, being examined, faid, 
That he has furveyed the Country through which the 
intended Canal, from Chefterfield, to join the River 
Trent, at Stceckwith, is to pafs; that it is practicable, 
and will be a general Benefit to the Country, and of 
public Utility ; and that fo far from being an Injury to 
Individuals, he apprehends it will be as great a Benefit 
as any Navigation the Witnefs was ever concerned in ; 
and that there will be Water fufficient: And, 

Mr. «* * Bright, alfo an Engineer, being examined, 
as to the Expence of making the faid Canal, faid, He 
apprehended, it would amount to £. 97,000 or there- 
abouts, and that the Traffick thereon will very amply 
anfwer the Expence. 

Mr. Anthony Lax, being examined, faid, that £. 55,000 
and upwards, hath been already fubfcribed, and that 
there is not the leaft Doubt but a Sufficiency will be 
fubfcribed in due Time ; that it is not a nominal Sub- 
{cription, but areal One, and that the Subfcribers have 
paid Two Cals already: And being afked, as to the 
Commodities likely to be carried on the Canal, he men- 
tioned Coal, Lime, Lead, Timber, Corn, and all other 
Sorts of Goods and Merchandize, and particularly Lime 
for Manure, which is now carried at a great Expence 
by Land Carriage, and therefore not near the Quantity 
ufed that will be when it can be conveyed by Water. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Chefferfield, 
in the County of Derby, through or near Work/op and 
Retford, to join the River Trent, at or near Stockwith, 
in the County of Nottingham: And that Lord George 
Cavendifb, Mr. Clarke, Sir Cecil Wray, and Mr. Offey, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Vor, XXXII. 


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133 
A Petition of his Grace the Moft noble Augujtus 
Henry Duke of Grafton, and the humble Petition of the 
feveral Owners and Proprietors of Lands and Grounds, 
in the Parith of Pattifball, and in the Hamlets of Eaf- 
cote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, within the fame Parifh, in 
the County of Northampton, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That there are, within the Parifh and 
Liberties of Pattifball and Hamlets aforefaid, feveral 
Open and Common Fields, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Places, which, in their prefent Situation, 
are not capable of any great Improvement, but if di- 
vided and inclofed, would be advantageous to all Perfons 
interefted therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. : 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


Hanmer and Sir Fobn Wrottefley do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Owners and Proprietors of Laiids and 
Common Rights, in the Open Fields, Meadows, Com- 
mons, and Common Paftures, within the Libertie§ of 
Stapleford and Bramcote, in the County of Nottingham, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners Lands, in the faid Open Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, lie inter- 
mixed and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and, in their pre- 
fent Situation, not capable of any corifiderable Improve- 
ment ; and it would be advantageous to the Perfons in- 
terefted therein, to have the fame divided and inclofed : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Common Pafturés, ia 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe may feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Hanmer and Mr. Willoughby do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of Fo/epb Cradock, Efquire, Lord of the Manor 
of Gumley, in the County of Leice/ter, and a Proprietor of 
Land and Right of Common in the Open and Common 
Fields of Gumley aforefaid, of Richard Wynné, Clerk, 
Rector of the Reétory of Gumiley aforefaid, and alfo of 
others interefted in the faid Open and Common Fields, 
whofe Namesare thereunto fub{cribed, was prefented tothe 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands of the 
feveral Proprietors in the faid Fields, lie intermixed and 
difperfed ; and it would be very advantageous to all the 
Proprietors of Land and Right of Common therein, to 
have the fame divided and inclofed, and a fpecific Part 
thereof allotted, in Proportion to their refpeétive Pro- 
perties: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and 
allotting, the faid Open and Common Fields, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to brifig in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that 
Mr. George Bridges Brudenell, Sir John Palmer, and Mr. 
Fobn Grey, do prepare, and bring in; the fame. 


A Petition of the Truftees appointed by an Act paffed 
in the 26th Year of his late Majefty, inutuled, An Aé&amp;t 
for repairing the Roads from Livinz/ton, by the Kirk of 
Shotts, to the City of Gla/gow, and by the Town of 
Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven, thereunto fub- 
fcribing, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, ‘That the Petitioners have made great Progrefs in 
making and amending the faid Roads ; and great Sums 
of Money have been borrowed and applied for that 
Purpofe ; but the fame cannot be completed and kept in 
Repair, nor the Money borrowed repaid, unlefs the Term 
and Powers of the faid A&amp; are further continued and en- 
larged: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 

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siven to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, or 
that the Petitioners may have fuch Relief in the Premifes 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Garlies, Mr, Edmonftone, 
&amp;c.: Ard they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Lord of the Manor of Swalcliffe, in 
the County of Oxford, and of divers Owners and Pro- 
prietors of Lands in the Parifh of Swalcliffe aforefaid, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are poffeffed of feveral Eftates, 
in the Open and Common Fields in the faid Pa- 
rith, which lie difperfed in fmall Parcels in and over 
the faid Fields ; by Means whereof, great Inconveniences 
arife to the Proprietors, and the beft Advantage cannot 
be made thereof, in their prefent Situation; but if the 
fame were inclofed, it would be a great Advantage to 
the Owners and Proprietors thereof: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclofing, dividing, and allotting, the faid Open 
and Common Fields, in the faid Parifh of Swalcliffe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Wenman and Mr. Page do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Sir Lawrence Dundas, Baronet, on Behalf 
of himfelf and the other Land Owners in the Stewartry 
of Orkney and Zetland, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Barley of the Growth of 
Orkney and Zetland Mlands, commonly called Bigg, be- 
ing of an inferior Quality, and unfit for Houfhold Ufes, 
or for the Diftillery, is totally unfaleable in Britain , and 
mutt be loft, if not permitted to be exported : And there- 
fore praying, That Provifion may be made for enabling 
His Majefty, by an Order in Council, to authorize the 
Exportation of a certain Quantity of Bigg, of the Growth 
of the Orkney and Zetland Ilands, under fuch Reftric- 
tions and Limitations as may be thought proper. 

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


A Petition of Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the 
County of Meath, and Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, 
. was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That King Charles the Second, by his Letters Patent, 
bearing Date the 12th of Deceméer, in the 36th Year of 
his Reign, did grant unto Gerald Fitz Gerald, the Pe- 
titioner’s Great Uncle, and to his Heirs and Affigns for 
ever, the Town and Lands of Rathrone, and feveral 
other Lands and Tenements, in the Counties of Meath, 
Weft Meath, Kildare, and Cavan, in the Kingdom of 
Ireland, tubjec&amp; to certain Quit Rents , and that, by a 
Family Settlement, made in the Year 1685, the faid 
Lands of Rathrone, and the other Lands, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments, fo granted to the faid Gerald Fitz 
Gerald, were granted to Truftees, and their Heirs, to 
the Ufe of the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald for Life; Re- 
mainder, as to the Lands of Rathrone, to Mary his Wife, 
for her Jointure ; Remainder, as to all the Lands there- 
in comprifed, to the Firft and other Sons of the faid 
Gerald Fitz Gerald in Tail Male; Remainder to Henry 
Fitz Gerald, the Brother of the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald 
for Life; Remainder to his Firft and other Sons in 
Tail Male; with feveral Remainders over to others of 
the Family, with a Reverfion to the right Heirs of the 
faid Gerald Fitz Gerald: And that the faid Henry Fitz 
Gerald was outlawed for High Treafon, on account of 
the Rebellion which happened in the Kingdom of Jre- 
lend, in 1688, and his faid Eftate in Remainder in the 


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faid Lands (his Brother the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald be- 
ing then and for many Years after living) became 
vefted in the Truftees appointed by the Act of the 
11th and 12th of King William the Third, for the Sale 
of the Forfeited Eftates in Jreland; and that Gerald 
Fitz Gerald the Younger and Edward Fitz Gerald 
the Sons of the faid Henry Fitz Gerald, being Minors, 
by William Fitz Gerald their next Friend, on the gth of 
Auguft, 1700, did make and tender their Claim to 
the jaid Truftees, and proved the faid Settlement of 
1685; and the faid Claim was heard and determined, 
by the faid Truftees, on the 23d of March, 1701; and 
the faid Truftees thereupon declared the faid Gerald 
Fitz Gerald the Younger and Edward Fitz Gerald, re- 
fpectively, to be entitled to an Eftate in Tail Male in the 
Lands and Premifes comprifed in the faid Settlement, 
expectant upon the Death of the faid Gerald Fitz Ge- 
rald the Elder and Henry [itz Gerald, who were both 
then living ; and that the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald the 
Elder and Mary his Wife, and the faid Henry Fitz 

Gerald, died many Years ago, and the faid Gerald Fitz 
Gerald the Elder died without Iffue; and, upon their 
Death, the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald the Younger, who 
was the Eldeft Son of the faid Henry Fitz Gerald, and was 
alfo the Nephew and Heir at Law of the faid Gerald Fitz 

Gerald the Elder, entered into, and became feifed of, an 

Eftate in Tail Male, of and in the faid Lands and Pre- 

mifes, and levied feveral Fines, and fuffered feveral 

Common Recoveries, of the faid Lands and Premifes, 

and afterwards mortgaged the fame; and that the 

faid Gerald Fitz Gerald the Younger died in 1729, leav- 

ing Fobn his Eldeft Son, the Petitioner his Second 

Son, and Chriftepher his Third Son; and the faid Fobnx 

died without Iffue, foon after the Death of his Father ; 

and thereupon the Petitioner became feifed of, and en- 

titled to, the faid Lands and Premifes, fubjeét to feve- 
ral Incumbrances ; and the Petitioner is Grand Nephew 
and Heir at Law of the faid Gerald Fitz Gerald the 
Elder, the Patentee; and the Petitioner hath levied fe- 
veral Fines, and fuffered Common Recoveries, of feveral 
of the faid Lands, and hath become perfonally liable for 
feveral of his Father’s Debts, and alfo tor Debts contraéted 
by himfelf ; and thatit being difcovered, in 1764, that the 
Reverfion in Fee, of and in all the Lands and Premifes 
comprifed in the faid Settlement, expectant upon the 
Determination of the Eftate in Tail Male, vefted in the 

Sons of the faid Henry [itz Gerald, was become vefted 

in the faid Truftees, and by the Act of the 1ft and 

2d Year of the late Queen 4m, in the Crown, fubject 

to the Orders of Parliament; and that the Petitioner 
having no other Fund for the Payment ofthe Debts of 

his Father or his own Debts, and to fe¢ure his Liberty, 

but by Sale or Mortgage of the Lands and Premi- 

fes in the faid Settlement mentioned (for the Purchafe 

whereof no Perfon would treat or deal with him until 

the Reverfion in Fee thereof was divefted out of the 
Crown, and vefted in the Petitioner) an Act was pafied 

for that Purpofe, which extended to feveral, but not to 

all the Lands and Hereditaments in the faid Settlement 
mentioned ; and that the Petitioner hoped the Value of 

the Reverfion of the Lands in the faid former Aé&amp; 

mentioned, would have been fufficient to anfwer the 

falutary Purpofes of the faid Act, and to enable the 

Petitioner to raife Money for the Payment of the Debts 

of the Petitioner’s late Father and himfelf, and to fe- 

cure his Liberty; but the Petitioner finds, that all the 

Lands and Premifes in the faid Settlement mentioned 

muft be mortgaged or fold for that Purpofe ; and that 

no Perfon will treat or deal with the Petitioner for the 

Purchafe of fuch of the Lands in the faid Settlement 

mentioned as were not included in the faid former Act, 

until the Reverfion in Fee thereof fhall be divefted out 

of the Crown, and vefted in the Petitioner, which can- 
not be done without the Aid of Parliament; and it 
has been frequent, in fuch Cafes, to fhew Favour to 
Proteftant Purchafers and Creditors : And therefore pray- 
4 ing, 


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ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
divefting the Reverfion in Fee, of and in fuch of the 
Lands and Hereditaments in the faid Settlement men- 
tioned, as were not included in the faid former A&amp; of 
Parliament, out of His Majefty, and for vefting the 
fame in the Petitioner. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Morton and Mr. Hanmer do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


The Lord Wenman reported from, the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of 
Witney, Curbridge, Bampton, and Clanfield, in the County 
of Oxford, and of feveral other Perfons travelling the 
Road therein after mentioned, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fofeph Collins, being examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from the Turnpike Road, at the Bottom of 
Galley Hill, through Curbridge Lew and Bampton, to the 
Crofs in Clanfield, aforefaid, is in a very ruinous Con- 
dition, and in fome Parts narrow, deep, and founderous, 
and that the fame cannot be effectually repaired and 
widened by the ordinary Courfe of Law. 

That it is propofed to change the Courfe of Part of 
the faid Road over certain Wafte Lands, by which 
means the Road will be much fhorter, and will be made 
at a much lefs Expence, than by keeping the prefent 
Tract. | 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending, widening, turning, and altering, the Road, 
from the Bottom of Galley Hill, near the Town ot Wit- 
ney, to the Crofs in Clanfield in the County of Oxford : 
And that the Lord Wenman and Mr, Page do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven thoufand Two hun- 
dred Ninety-one Pounds Eight Shillings and Six Pence 
Half-peny, be granted to His Majefty, for the Pay of 
the General and General Staff Officers in Great Britain, 
for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six hundred and Sixty-four 
Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, for the paying of 
Penfions to the Widows of fuch reduced Officers of 
His Majefty’s Land Forces and Marines, as died upon 
the Eftablifhment of Half Pay in Great Britain, and 
who were married to them before the Twenty-fifth Day 
of December, One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixteen, 
for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
one, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and Seventeen 
thoufand Eight hundred Fifty-eight Pounds and Ten 
Shillings, be granted to His Majefty, upon Account of 
the Reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forces and 
Marines, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 


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That a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Two hundred 
and Seventy-feven Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Five 
Pence, be granted to His Majefty, for defraying the 
Charge for Allowances to the feveral Officers and Pri- 
vate Gentlemen of the Two Troops of Horfe Guards 
reduced, and to the Superannuated Gentlemen of the 
Four Troops of Horfe Guards, for the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. . 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Nine hun- 
dred and Sixty-two Pounds Eleven Shillings and Eight 
Pence, be granted to His Majefty, for defraying the 
Charge of Full Pay, for Three hundred and Sixty-five 
Days,. for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one, to Officers reduced with the Tenth Com- 
pany of feveral Battalions, reduced from Ten to Nine 
Companies, and who remained on Half Pay at the 
Twenty-fourth Day of December, One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Sixty-five. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 


Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


A Petition of Richard Earl Temple, and the humble 
Petition of feveral of the Proprietors and Owners of 
Lands, Tithes, and Commons, lying in the Open and 
Common Fields of Knightcott and Northend, in the Pa- 
rifh of Burton Daffet, in the County of Warwick, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are feifed of feveral Eftates in the faid 
Open and Common Fields, which lie intermixed, and 
difperfed in and over the fame; and that the Occupa- 
tion thereof in their prefent State is attended with great 
Expence, which will be greatly leffened by an Inclofure,; 
and that the fame will be m great Advantage to the 
Petitioners, if the fame were inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the iaid Petition: And that Mr. 
Page, Mr. Skipwith, and Sir Roger Newdigate, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A. Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, and princi- 
pal Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerken- 
well, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the faid Parifh is large and populous ; and 
that the Streets are ill paved and lighted, and much 
annoyed with Spouts and Gutters, and rendered incom- 
modious by Pofts and Projections, and not fufficientl 
cleanfed ; and that the faid Parifh is One of the Parifhés 
erected in Confequence of an Act of the oth of Queen 
Anne, and, though regularly erected into a Parifh, as 
the faid Act requires, yet, by reafon of the Refufal of 
the Inhabitants of the old Parith to meet and agree for 
the Divifion of the Parochial Rates, as required by a 
fubfequent Act made in the Tenth Year of her faid 
Majefty’s Reign, the Separation of the faid Parifhes has 
never yet been effected; and that, until fuch Separa- 
tion fhall be made effectual and perpetual, the Peti- 
tioners are unable to appoint Scavengers, and labour 
under many other Inconveniences : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the final and perpetual Separation of the faid Parifhes, 
purfuant to the Intention of the faid A@ of the roth 
Year of the Reign of her faid Majefty, and for paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the faid Parith of Saint Fobn, 
and removing Obftructions and Annoyances therein. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Edward Aftley, Mr. Serjeant 
Glynn, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 

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ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of Fames Cranmer, of Mitcham, in the 
County of Surrey, Efquire, and others, Proprietors of 
Mills and Lands in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners apprehend, that the Commiffioners 
for the Limits extending from Raven/bourne, in the 
County of Kent, to Eaft Moulfey, in the County of 
Surrey, a€ting under a Commiffion iffued in the Firft 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, by virtue of an 
Act of the 23d Year of King Henry the Eighth, have 
acted in fome Cafes improperly, by taxing Lands not 
within their Jurifdiétion, nor in any Manner fubject to 
their Controul ; and that feveral Regulations refpecting 
the faid Commiffion feem to the Petitioners neceffary to 
be made: And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and grant fuch Relief as 
fhall feem meet. 

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


A Petition of Richard Cox, Efquire, fobn Drummond, 
Efquire, and other Mortgagees on the Houfes and Eftates 
fituate in and near Dean’s Yard, Weftminfter, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an Act paffed in 
the 28th Year of the Reign of King George the Second, 
to enable the Reverend William Markham, Doéter of 
Laws, and Thomas Salter, Efquire, to build Houfes, 
and open a Square, in and upon a certain Piece of 
Ground, called Dean’s Yard, Weftminfter, and certain 
Pieces of Ground contiguous thereto; in Purfuance 
whereof, an Agreement was entered into, between the faid 
Dr. Markbam and Thomas Salter of the one Part, and 
Samuel Cox, Efquire, of the other Part; reciting, that 
the faid Samuel Cox had undertaken to raife fo much Mo- 
ney as fhould be fufficient for the Purpofes of buy- 
ing in the feveral Buildings, Houfes, Grounds, and 
Eftates, requifite for carrying the faid Scheme into 
Execution, for renewing the feveral Leafes under which 
fuch Eftates were then held, for defraying the other 
Charges and Expences of carrying the faid Scheme into 
Execution, and for the other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; and that, by virtue, and under the Powers and 
Authorities of the faid Aét and Agreement, the faid 
Samuel Cox did purchafe divers Eftates, within the 
Limits defcribed by the faid Act ; and built, or caufed 
to be built, many fubftantial Dwelling Houfes on the 
Ground fo purchafed, and on Ground held of the faid 
Dean and Chapter for very fhort Terms of Years; and 
hath borrowed divers large Sumis of Money, on the Se- 
curity of the faid Eftates, Houfes, and Ground ; but, 
by reafon of the Scarcity of Money, and other unfore- 
feen Caufes, the faid Samuel Cox was not able, within 
the Term of Five Years limited by the faid Act, nor 
hath hitherto been able, to finifh all the Houfes fo built, 
nor to make all the Purchafes requifite for carrying 
the Purpofes of the faid Act into Execution ; and there- 
fore hath not, nor could obtain, from the faid Dean and 
Chapter, any Leafes, or make any Exchanges with 
them ; and that divers Builders are now willing to finifh 
the Houfes already built, and to proceed in completing 
the faid Square and Streets, or the greateft Part there- 
of, purfuant to the Intentions of the faid Aa, pro- 
vided the Powers given by fuch Act, for making pro- 
per Purchafes, and for granting Leafes for Ninety-nine 
Years, and the other Powers in the faid A&amp; mentioned, 
are revived, and vefted in proper Perfons, to be named 
for that Purpofe, and without which, the Petitioners 
and the faid other Mortgagees are likely to be very 
confiderable Sufferers: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for granting to 
fuch Perfon or Perfons as the Houfe fhall think fit to 


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A. 1971, 
appoint, and alfo to the faid Dean and Chaptet, and 
to all other Bodies Corporate or Collegiate, fuch fur- 
ther Time, for making fuch other Purchafes, granting 
fuch Leafes, and making fuch Exchanges, and for 
carrying the Scheme or Intention and Purpofes of the 
faid Aét into Execution, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Kyna- 
fton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


A Petition of Sir ‘ohn St Aubyn, Baronet, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
Sit William Morice, late of Werrington, in the County 
of Devon, Baronet, deceafed, did, by his laft Will, dated 
the 5th Day of December 1744, give and devife all his 
Manor, Lordfhip, Advowfon, and Reétory, of Stoke 
Damarell, in the County of Devon, and all his Mef- 
fuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the 
Parifh of Stoke Damarell, unto Truftees therein named, 
for a Term of 200 Years, without Impeachment of 
Watte, upon Truft, by and out of the Rents and Pro- 
fits, or by Sale or Mortgage of the Premifes, or other- 
wife, to raife and levy One Moiety of fuch Debts, 
Legacies, and Annuities, as are therein mentioned; and, 
after the Determination of the faid Term of 200 Years, 
unto the Petitioner, his Nephew, for Life, Remainder 
to Truftees and their Heirs, during his Life, in Truft, 
to preferve the contingent Remainders therein after 
limited ; and, after his Death, unto the Firft and every 
other Son of his Body lawfully iffuing, fucceffively, in 
Tail Male; Remainder to Fobn Molefworth, now Sir 
Fohn Molefworth, and Nephew of the faid Teftator, 
for his Life, and, after his Death, to his Firft and every 
other Son fucceffively in Tail Male, with divers Re- 
mainders over, and with the Remainders or Reverfion 
in Fee to the right Heirs of the Teftator ; and that 
the faid Teftator died fome Time after making his faid 
Will, and the Petitioner hath been from that Time in 
Poffeffion of the faid Eftate fo devifed to him for the 
Term of his Life ; and that, upon Part of the faid 
Premifes, there had been an ancient Ferry, in which 
the Petitioner, as Devifee, was interefted ; and that, it 
being thought advifeable to build a Bridge inftead of 
the Ferry, an Act has been obtained for that Purpofe ; 
which Bridge, when built, was thereby vefted, in equal 
Moieties, in Lord Edgecombe and the Petitioner, for 
ever, as Tenants in common, and that they fhould 
ftand and be feifed thereof, and the Tolls thereby grant- 
ed, to fuch and the fame Ufes, Trufts, and Eftates, 
and fubject to the fame Wills, Settlements, Limitations, 
Remainders, Charges, Tenures, Rents, and Incum- 
brances, as the faid Ferry then was, or fhould and would 
have been, fubjeét and liable to be charged with, and 
affected by, in cafe the fame had remained and con- 
tinued ; and that Lord Edgecombe and the’ Petitioner 
have, at their joint Expence, built the faid Bridge ; 
and, in the doing thereof, the Petitioner hath expended 
very confiderable Sums of Money, and much more than 
there is any Probability of being repaid in his Life-time 
by the Tolls and Duties to be collected under the 
Powers of the faid Act; and that in regard the Peti- 
tioner hath but an Eftate for Life in a Moiety of the 
faid Bridge, the Petitioner will be a very great Sufferer 
by the faid Undertaking, unlefs he be impowered to 
charge his Intereft in the faid Bridge and Eftate, fo 
limited, with a competent Sum of Money: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill with proper Powers, to enable the Petitioner to 

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charge upon the faid Eftate, fo limited to him for his 
Life, the feveral Sums of Money by him advanced for 
the Purpofes of the faid Act. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Dundas, Mr. Barrow, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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Lune, 4° die Februarii; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*# Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


J Enry Renner took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
his Naturalization. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making the Exemplification of the 
laft Will and Teitament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, 
deceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity, 
in Great Britain and Ireland: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vernon prefented to the Houle, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
from a Place called Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, 
to Beadles Hill, in the Parifh of Lindfield, and from 
thence to the Town of Cuckfield, and the Road branch- 
ing out of the fame at Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the 
Town of Lindfield , and alfo the Road from the prefent 
Turnpike Road between the Towns of Cuckfield and 
Crawley, over Saint Leonard’s Foreft, to the Town of 
Horfoam, all in the County of Suffex: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the 
Road, from Spernal Afb, in the County of Warwick, 
to a Street called Digheth, in the Town of Biriningham, 
was fead the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the 
Road, from Spernal Afb, in the County of Warwick, 
to a Street called Digdeth, in the Town of Birming- 

am. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Catherlough do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and deéfire their Concurrence. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Churchwardens of the Parith 
Of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondfey, in the County of 
Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the fai iti 

Ye see aid Petition, an 


Journals of the. Houfe of Commons. 


a 


A&amp; made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Aét for paving the Streets and 
Lanes within the Town and Borough of Southwark 
and certain Parts adjacent, in the County of Surrey; and 
for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the fame, and 
alfo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining 
thereto ; and for preventing Annoyances therein, was 
read; by which Act the Commiffioners are impowered, 
at their Difcretion, to rate Churches, Church Yards, 
Chapels, Meeting Houfes, Schools, Warehoufes, Pri- 
fons, and all public Buildings, and all Dead Walls, and 
void Spaces of Ground, at a Rate not exceeding 6d. 
for every Square Yard: And 

Mr. William Drew, being examined, faid, That the 
Rates are made Half Yearly, and the Parifh of Ber- 
mondfey have been charged and have paid for the 
Church and Church Yard of Bermondfey, £.25 each 
Half Year; that he lives upon the Spot, and never faw 


. any Pavement repaired there: He heard Yefterday, 


there had been about One Yard in Length and Two 
Yards in Breadth, paved before the Gate going into the 
Church Yard. 

That, in the Weftern Divifion, they make the Rate 
on Churches and other public Buildings, by running 
fuperficial Meafure from the Church Yard to the Center 
of the Street, as the Paviours do; and this is the 
Mode of Taxation both at St. George’s Church and St. 
Thomas's Hofpital,; but that in the Eaftern Divifion 
(which contains the Parifh of Bermondfey) they tax 
both Church and Church Yard ; and that the Church of 
St. Olive’s is rated in the fame manner. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to explain and amend fo much of an 
Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts 
adjacent, in the County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the fame, and alfo the Courts, 
Yards, Alleys, and Pafiages, adjoining thereto; and for 
preventing Annoyances therein, as relates to the Com- 
miffioners of Sewers, is committed, that they have Power 
to make Provifion in the faid Bill, for the equal Taxa- 
tion of all Churches, Church Yards, public Build- 
ings, Dead Walls, and void Spaces of Ground, comprifed 
within the Limits of the faid Act. 


A Bill to enable His Majefty to licenfe a Playhoufe 
in the Town of Liverpoole, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pen- 
nant, Sir William Meredith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Petition of the Commiffioners appointed to put in 
Execution an Aé&amp;t of Parliament, made in the 6th Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for paving the Streets and Lanes within the Town and 
Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent, in the 
County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, lighting, and watch- 
ings the fame, and alfothe Courts, Yards, Alleys, and 
Paffages, adjoining thereto ; and for preventing Annoy- 
ances therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners find, by the Votes, 
that a Bill is depending, to explain and amend fo much 
of the faid Aét as relates to the Commiffioners of 
Sewers, which, if paffed into a Law, as it now ftands, 
will be detrimental to the Petitioners, and deprive 
them of feveral of the Powers vefted in them, for the 
Benefit of the Public, in and by the faid Aét, and will in 
a great Meafure defeat the due Execution thereof: And 
therefore praying, That they may be heard, by them- 
felves or their Counfel, againft the paffing the faid Bill 
into a Law as it now ftands, or that the Petitioners may 
be otherwife relieved in the Premifes as the Houfe fhall 
think fit. 


Nn Ordered, 








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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration.of the Committee, to whom the Bill to ex- 
plain and amend fo much of an Act, made in the 
6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving 
the Streets and Lanes within the Town and Borough 
of Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent, in the County 
of Surrey; and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the fame, and alfo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Paf- 
fages, adjoining thereto ; and for preventing Annoyances 
therein, as relates to the Commiffioners of Sewers, is 
committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


The Lord Strange prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing Barniker 
Moor, within the Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to continue an Act, made in 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aét to 
continue an Act, miade in the Jaft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act for amending, and further con- 
tinuing, an Act of the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to amend, and render 
more effectual in His Majefty’s Dominions in America, 
an Act paffed in this prefent Seffion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Parifh of 
Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondfey, in the County of 
Surrey, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking 
Notice of the Bill to explain and amend fo much of an 
Act, made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts ad- 
jacent, in the County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the fame, and alfo the Courts, 
Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining thereto ; and for 
préventing Annoyances therein, as relates to the Com- 
miffioners of Sewers; and reprefenting to the Houfe, 
that the prefent Number of Commiffioners appointed to 
put the faid Act in Execution are not fufficient for that 
Purpofe: And therefore praying, That an additional 
Number of Commiffioners may be appointed in the Bill 
now depending. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
enlarging the Number of Commiffioners for putting the 
{aid A&amp;t in Execution. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Meredith do attend this 
Houfe upon Weduefday Morning next, when the Report 
from the Committee to whom the Bill to oblige the 
Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Na- 
vigation, to make and complete the faid Canal, to a 
Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the Town of 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, within a 
Time to be limited, was committed ; is appointed to be 
saken into further Confideration. 

Ordered, That the proper Officer do attend this 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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Houfe, at the fame Time, with the Books of Orders and 
Proceedings of the faid Company of Proprietors. 


Mr. Sutton, from the Office of One of His Majefty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Addreffes to His Majefty, 

N° 1. Copy of a Letter from Lord Vifcount Wey- 
mouth, to Mr. Harris, N° 10, dated Saint Fames’s, 12th 
September 1770; by Potter: And alfo, 

N° 2. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto (without 
Number) dated Saint Fames’s, 12th September 1770: 
And alfo, 

N° 3. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, N° 11, 
dated, Saint Fames’s, 17th Oétober 1770; by Potter: 
And alfo, ; 

N° 4. Extract of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, Secret, 
N° 12, dated Saint Fames’s, 17th Ofober 1770; by Fot- 
ter: And alfo, 

N° 5. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, N° 15, 


dated Saint Fames’s, 23d November 1770: And alfo, 


N° 6. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, N° 16, 
dated Saint Fames’s, 28th November 1770; by Lauzun 
to Paris, and by Coates from thence : And alfo, 

N° 7. Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Rochford 
to Mr. Harris, dated Saint Fames’s, 21ft December 1770 ; 
by Otto: And alfo, 

N° 8. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, dated 
Saint Fames’s, 18th Fanuary 1771 (without Number) 
And alfo, 

N° g. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Harris to Lord 
Vifcount Weymouth, N° 54, dated Saint Ildefonfo, 23d 
Auguft 1770; received 10th September : And alfo, 

N° 10. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, dated 
Saint Ildefonfo, 28th September 1770; received 8th Oc- 
tober; by Potter: And alfo, 

N° 11. Copy of Mr. Harris’s Letter to Marquis de 
Grimaldi, dated Saint Ildefonfo, 25th September 1770 : 
And alfo, 

N° 12. Tranflation of the faid Letter: And alfo, 


N° 13. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Harris to Lord. 


Vifcount Weymouth, N° 64, dated Efcurial, 7th Novem- 
- 1770; received roth November, by Potter-: And 
alfo, 

N° 14. Copy and Tranflation of Lord Vifcount Wey- 
mouth’s Letter to Mr. Harris, N° 11, dated Saint Fames’s, 
17th Oédober 1770; delivered by Mr. Herris to Marquis 
de Grimaldi. 

Together with a Lift of the faid Papers, 

And the faid Lift was read. 

Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Addreffes to His 
Majetty, 

N° i. Extraé&amp; of a Letter from Captain Farmer, who 
commanded His Majefty’s late Sloop the Swift, to Mr. 
Stephens, dated Port Egmont, the 5th of March 1770: 
And alfo, 


N° 2. Copy of a Letter from Captain Hunt, Com-’ 


mander of the Tamar Frigate, to Mr. Stephens, dated in 
Plymouth Sound, the 3d of June 1770; inclofing, 

N° 3. Copy of a Letter from Don Philip Ruez 
Puenta to Captain Hunt, dated at the Ifland of 
Maluina, the 30th of November 1769. 

N° 4. Copy of another Letter from Don Philip 
~ Puenta to Captain Hunt, dated the fame 

ay. 

N° 5. Copy of a Letter from Captain Hunt to Don 
Philip Ruex Puenta, dated Port Egmont, the 
roth of December 1769. 

N° 6. Copy of a Proteft made by Don Mario Plata, 
in se Bay, dated the 10th of December 
1769. 

N° 7. Copy of a Letter from Don Philip Ruez 
Puenta to Captain Hunt, dated at the Ifland of 
Maluina, the 12th of December 1769. 

N° Se 
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11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe-of Commons. 


N° 8. Copy of a Letter from Captain Hunt to 
Don Philip Ruez Puenta, dated at Port Egmont, 
the 16th of December 1769. 

N° g. Copy of a Proteft made by Don Mario Pla- 
ta, dated Port Egmont, the 18th of December 
1769. 

N? Linge of a Letter from Don Fernando de 
Rubalcava to Captain Hant, dated the 2oth of 
February, 1770. 

N° 11. Copy of a Letter from Captain Hunt to 
Don Fernando de Rubalcava, dated Port Egmont, 
the 20th of February 1770: And alfo, 

N° 12. Copy of a Letter from Captain William Malt- 
by, of His Majefty’s Frigate the Favorite, to Mr. Ste- 
phens, dated at the Mother Bank, the 22d of September 
1770; inclofing, ; 

N° 13. Copy of a Letter from Fob Ignacio Mada- 
riaga to Captain Maltby, dated in Cruizada Bay, 
the 8th of Fume 1770. 

N° 14. Copy of a Letter from Captain Maltby, 
of the Favorite, to the Spanifh Commodore, dated 
Port Egmont, the 8th of Fune 1770. ; 

Ne 15. Copy of a Letter from Captain Maltby to 
the Spanifh Commodore, dated Port Egmont, the 
gth of Zune 1770: And alfo, 

N° 16. Extract of a Letter from Captain Farmer, to 
Mr. Stephens, dated on board the Favorite, the 22d of 
September 1770; inclofing, 

N° 17. Copy of a Letter from the Spani/fh Commo- 
dore, Fobn Ignacio Madariaga to Captain Far- 
mer, dated in the Bay of Cruizada, the 8th of 
Fune 1770. : 

N° 18. Copy of a Letter from Captain Farmer to 
Sohn Ignacio Madariaga, dated Port Egmont, the 
8th of Fune 1770. 

N° 19. Copy of a Letter from the Spanifb Commo- 
dore, John Ignacio Madariaga, to Captains Far- 
mer and Maltby, dated in Cruizada Bay, the gth 
of Fune 1770. 

N° 20. Copy of a Letter from the Spanifh Commo- 
dore to Captains Farmer and Maltby, dated in 
Cruizada Bay, the gth ot Fune 1770. 

N° 21. Copy of a Letter from Captain Farmer to 
the Spanifb Commodore, dated Port Egmont, the 
gth of Fune 1770. 

N° 22. Copy of a Lift of Officers, Sailors, Marines, 
Soldiers, Guns, and their Calibre, on Board the 
Frigates of the Squadron under the Command 
of the Commodore and Major General of the 
Royal Forces, in the Expedition againft Port 
Egmont. 

N° 23. Copy of the Articles of Capitulation, be- 
tween Captains Farmer and Maltby, Command- 
ers of His Britannic Majefty’s Forces by Sea and 
Land, at Port Egmont and Falklands Iflands, 
and Don ohn Ignacio Madariaga, Major Gene- 
ral of the Royal Navy of his Catholic Majefty, 
dated the 1oth of June 1770. 

N° 24. Copy of a Certificate, from Yuan Baptifta 
Altoloquirre, of the Stores left by the English 
in Port Egmont, dated the 11th of Fune 
1770. 

N° i Copy of an Account of Stores, Provifions, 
&amp;c. received from Captain Farmer, at Port 
Egmont, by Don Fofeph Veanes, dated the 11th 
ot July 1770: And alfo, 

N° 26. Copy of a Letter from Captain Maitby to Mr. 
Stephens, dated at Port/mouth, the sth of Ogfober 1770; 
inclofing, 

N° 27. Copy of a Receipt, from Don Fernando de 
Rubalcava, for Stores had by him for the Ufe of 
the Saint Catharine Frigate, dated the 20th of 
‘June 1770. 

N° 28. Copy of an Account of Stores received from 
Captain Maltby, by Don Fofeph Veanez, dated 
Port Egmont, the 11th of Fuly 1770. 


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N° 29. Copy of an Account of Stores received 
from Captain Maltby, by Philip Lopez de 
Carrizoza, dated Port Egmont, the 14th of Fuly 
1770. . 

Together witha Lift of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Lift was read. 

And the faid Papers were alfo read. 

And the Papers this Day prefented to the Houfe by 
Mr. Sutton were alfo read. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Addreffes of this 
Houfe to His Majefty, upon Friday the 25th Day of Fa- 
auary \aft, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put; 
that an humble Addrefs be prefented to His Majetty, 
that He will be gracioufly pleafed to give Direétions, 
that this Houfe be informed, whether the Court of 
France did interfere in the late Negociation with the 
Court of Spain, relating to the Reftitution of Falkland’s 
Ylands, and, in cafe the faid Court did fo interfere, then 
that His Majetty will be gracioufly pleafed to direct, that 
there be laid before this Houfe, an Account of all Tranf- 
actions between His Majefty’s Minifters and the Mini-. 
fters of the French King, relative to the faid Negoci- 
ation ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Seymour, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Lord ¥obn Cavendiph : 


Mr. Onflow, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Lord Strange : 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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bays 


Ordered, That the Papers prefented to the Houfe by the 
Lord North, upon Friday the 25th Day of January laft, 
be taken into Confideration upon Wednefday Sevennight, 
the 13th Day of this Inftant February. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to. confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majetty. 


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


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





Martis, 5° die Februarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. ~ 


O RDERED, That all have Voices, who come to 
the Committee, to whom the Petition of the ho- 
nourable George Baillie, Efquire, of Fervifwood; Sir 
Sohn Paterfon, of Eccles, Sir Fobn Stewart, of Allan- 
bank; Sir Robert Pringle, of Stitchell ; Sir Alexander 
Purves, of Purves; Sir Alexander Don, of Newton, 
Baronets; fobn Swinton Junior, of Swinton, George 
Buchan, of Kello; David Gavin, of Langtoun ; i 
ome, 





140 


Home, of Wedderburn ; George Home, Clerk to the Signet, 
William Robertfon, of Ladykirk ; Thomas Cockburn, of 
Rowchefter , Captain David Home, of Paxton , Archbald 
Swinton, of Manderfton ; Robert Hepburn, of Clerkington ; 
Fames Lorain, of Angelraw ; Fohn Renton, of Lamerton ; 
Robert Robertfon, of Brownfbank, Fohn Renton, of Chef- 
terbank ,; George Gordon, of Gordonbank , Ffohn Mow, of 
Mains , Fokn Lumfdaine, of Blanern ; Charles Frank, of 
Bughtrig , Fohn Fordyce, of Ayton ; George Trotter, of Bel- 
cheer; Edward Marjoribanks, of Lees; Fobn Watfon, 
of Overmains ; Walter Ker, Junior, of Littledean , Fobn 
Spottifwood, of Spottifwood, Fohn Carre, of Nifbett ; 
James Haig, of Beimerfide , and Fobn Ferriar, of Colding- 
knows, Efquires ; is referred. 


Mr. Daniel La/celles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the 25th Year of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the Road from Kuare/borough, in the County 
of York, by Long Flatt Lane, Gouldjbrough Fields, Flax- 
by, Allerton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbam- 
merion, in the fame County, and for making the fame 
a High.Carriage Road: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

' Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing and widening the Road, from the 
Town of Tadcafter, through Collingham, Harewood, Ar- 
thington, and Pool, to the Town of Ofley, in the Weft 
Riding of the County of York: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuefday \aft, for hearing at the Bar of this Houfe, upon 
Thurfday the 14th Day of this Inftant February, the En- 
quiry into the Tranfactions of the Society affuming the 
Name of The Chriftian Society, at the Borough of New 
Shoreham, in the County of Suffex, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Inquiry be heard, at the Bar 
of this Houfe, upon Monday Sevennight, the 18th Day 
of this Inftant February. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons who were ordered 
to attend this Houfe, upon the faid 14th Day of Febru- 
ary, do attend this Houfe, upon Monday Sevennight, 
the 18th Day of this Inftant February. 

Ordered, That Fobn Partington, the Younger, do at- 
tend this Houfe, at the fame Time, with all the Books 
and Papers belonging to the faid Society, or which any 
wife relate to their Tranfactions. 


Mr. Page reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars, of 
the Univerfity of Oxford, and the Mayor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty of the City of Oxford; and alfo the Peti- 
tion of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, of 
the Counties of Oxford and Bucks, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, were feverally referred ; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Firft 
mentioned Petition (no Evidence having been produced 
in Support of the faid Second mentioned Petition) and 
had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr, 
Fohn. T ownfhend, being examined, faid, he lives near 
Magdalen Bridge at Oxford, and is a Mafon and Builder : 
— That the Mile Ways, Eaft of the City of Oxford, lead- 
ing to Marfton, Cowle, and Dorchefter, and about Half 
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Kidlington, are not included in any Turnpike A&amp;, and 
are all in bad Repair, particularly thofe to Mar/ton and 
Cowley ;—that the Laws in being are not fufficient to 
repair them ;—that a Tax is levied by an Act of Queen 
Elizabeth for that Purpofe upon the Lands near the City, 
which is applied by the Univerfity and Corporation, as 
the Act directs ;—that the annual Amount of it, in the 
Eaftern Diftrict, is about £. 35 :—Being afked, if he had 
made any Eftimate of what it would coft to repair the 
faid 3 Miles and an Half Eaftward of the City ? he faid, 
He had not, but that the Dorchs/ter Mile had been re- 
paired by Subfcription, and the Expence was upwards 
of £. 300: That it will coft as much to repair each of 
the other Mile Ways, except Marfton, which will be 
more expenfive :—Being afked, if the Parifhes, in which 
the faid Mile Ways lay had done any Statute Labour on 
them ? he faid, They had not, and that he did not know 
they were obliged to do any :— That all the Mile Ways 
are only a fingle Track ; and that leading to Hedding- 
ton, is a hollow Way. 

And being further examined, he faid, That the En- 
trance to the City of Oxford, through St. Clement’s, is 
very natrow and incommodious : That he has lately jur- 
veyed Magdalen Bridge, which is near 600 Feet long ;— 
that it is in One Place 26 Feet wide, and in another only 
13 ;—that it is in very bad Repair, and the late Floods 
have broke into fome of the Piers; and that it is in 
great Danger of being blown up :—That many of the 
Arches are done with Rough Stone, which are very bad ; 
—that it is at prefent very unfafe, and incapable of be- 
ing repaired ;—that One Third Part of it is a County 
Bridge, and the Paffage over the Remainder has been 
paved by the City, but he did not know that the City 
had any Fund for that Purpofe ;—that to rebuild the 
Bridge will coft about £. 6000. 

That the Roads from the Bridge through the Streets, 
which are Thoroughfares to the great Roads leading to 
Worcefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, Bath, Abingdon, New- 
bury, and Southampton, are badly paved, and in fome 
Places very narrow, particularly at the Eaf Gate, the 
North Gate, Round Holloway, and at Magdalen Church, 
where the Paflage is dangerous :—‘I hat the faid Streets 
are much incommoded and obftructed by Nufances, par- 
ticularly in the Butcher Row, where the Shambles ftand 
in the Middle of the Street, and in the High Street where 
a Market is held :—That the Turning by the Conduit, 
oppofite Carfax Church, is a very dangerous one, and 
he has known many Accidents happen there :—That all 
the Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Paffages in Oxford, want 
paving, cleaning, and lighting, and have many Nufances, 
Incroachments, and Annoyances therein. 

Mr. Fames Morrell, an Attorney at Oxford, and Steward 
to feveral of the Colleges there, faid, That the contin- 
gent Tenure of the College Eftates is productive of many 
Inconveniences :—That it would be a very great Ad- 
vantage to ali Bodies Corporate within the faid Univer- 
fity and City, if they were impowered to alienate their 
Eftates, as it would encourage Perfons to rebuild or re- 
pair their Houfes.' 

Thomas Walker, Efquire, confirmed Mr. Morrell’s 
Evidence, and alfo the Evidence given by Mr. Towz- 
foend, with Refpeé&amp; to the Mile Ways, the Entrance into 
the City through St. Clement’s, the Roads from the Bridge, 
the incommodious Condition of the Streets, Lanes, 
and Paffages in general, and the great Inconvenience of 
the prefent Manner of holding the Markets ;—and he 
further added, That as Town Clerk, he makes up the 
Accounts of the Surveyors of the Mile Ways annually ; 
that they have always been returned in Debt, and al- 
ways have been, and now are very bad;—that One, if 
not Two, are at prefent under Indictment :—He re- 
membered Heddington and Marfton Roads being indicted, 
when each of them paid a Fine of £. 50:—That the 
Mile Way at the Weitern Road was amended by Sub- 
fcription, and coft £. 630 ;—that it is now Part of a 
Turnpike—that upon the Fund of 4d. per Yard Land, 

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and the Statute Labour being reported infufficient to 
keep the Dorchefer Mile Way in Repair, the Sum of 
£.:308. 65. 6d. was raifed by Subfcription, which was 
all laid out upon it, except £. 39, which was expended 
upon Magdalen Bridge :—That Cowley Mile Way will 
coft a great deal of Money to repair it: —That he believes 
Part of Marfton Mile Way is to be repaired by private 
Tenure, but that it is now One of the worft Roads in 
the County: —That the Mile Way Tax is always col- 
lected and laid out, and the Accounts verified by the 
Surveyors upon Oath, if required, and then being 
figned by the Vice Chancellor and Mayor, are lodged in 
the Town Clerk’s Office; and that he believes there is 
a Debt of £.17 on One of the Eaftern Roads at this 
Time :—That as to the Turnpike Roads, of which the 
other Mile Ways make a Part, he faid, That the Tdlls, 
affifted by the Statute Duty and Mile Way Tax, are in- 
fufficient to keep them in Repair :—And being afked, 
who he apprehended ought to repair Magdalen Bridge ? 
he faid, That about One Fourth of it is within the 
County of Oxford, and the Remainder within the City, 
which they include in their Perambulation, but he does 
not know that they are therefore bound to repair it:— 
That he knows of no Law that can oblige them to do it ; 
that they have no Fund for it ; and are far from be- 
ing able to do it:—That the Parifhes in which the 
Faftern Mile Ways lie have other Road to repair ;— 
and he concluded his Evidence with faying, That none 
of the Inconveniences ftated in the Petition, can be re 
nedied by the Laws now in Force. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


. the more effectual amending fuch of the Roads as belong 


to, and are Part of, the Mile Ways leading to the 
Univerfity and City of Oxford, and which are not made 
a Part of any Turnpike Road; for the making a com- 
modious Entrance into the faid Univerfity and City, 
through the Parifh of Bridgefet, commonly called Saint 
Clement , for the widening, repairing, or rebuilding, the 
Bridge called Magdalen Bridge, for making a fate and 
commodious Road from the faid Bridge, through the 
Univerfity and City aforefaid, to join the great Roads 
leading to Worcefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, Banbury, 
Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, and other Places ; for 
cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, and Places, 
within the faid Univerfity and City, and the Suburbs 
thereof, and the faid Parifh of Saint Clement; for remov- 
ing Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing 
the like for the future; for holding and regulating a 
Market within the faid City; for impowering Col- 
leges and Corporations to alienate their Eftates there ; 
and for other Purpofes: And that Mr. Page, Sir Roger 
Newdigate, Mr. Fenkinfon, Colonel Harcourt, Mr. Mor- 
ton, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Alexander Popham, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Joba Palmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
and Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby Mallory, 
in the County of Leiceffer : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vanjittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, 
teveral Acts for repairing the Highways between the 
Bear Inn in Reading, and Puntfeld, in the County of 
Berks, and other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned ; and 
tor repairing the Highway between a Houfe in Speen- 
hamland, in the Occupation of Edward Sheppard, and 
the Weft End of the Highway by the faid Aéts directed 
to be repaired ; and alfo the Highway from Boftou Lane 
to Pangborne, in the faid County: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Hopkins reported from the Committee, to whom 
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the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com* 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Whitchurch, in 
the County of Bucks, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to bé true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee (except the Proprietors of 
about 360 Acres of Land, who were againft the In- 
clofure ; and alfo except the Proprietors of about 416 
Acres, who, being applied to, did not chufe to fign the 
Bill, but made no Objection to the Inclofure ; and that 
the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed are 
1,913 Acres, or thereabouts; and that the Owners of 
the Great and Small Tithes within the faid Fields, whofe 
Property is computed to be equal to 300 Acres, or 
théreabouts, had figned the Bill; and that no Perfon 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report, in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Fuller reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of feveralof the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, living in or 
near the Road leading from the Turnpike Road, at a 
certain Place called Vinehaill, in the Parifh of Mountfield, 
in the County of Suffex, to a certain Place called Cripps’s 
Corner, and from thence to Staple Cro/s, in the Parifh of 
Ewhurft, in the faid County, and from thence to the 
Turnpike Road near the Windmill, in the Parifh of Beck- 
ley, in the faid County ; and from Staple Cro/s aforefaid, 
to a certain Bridge called Bodiham Bridge, and through 
the Parifh of Bodiham, to Longley’s Water Corn Mill, at 
or near Kent Ditech ; and from Cripps’s Corner aforefaid, 
through the Parifhes of Brede and Udimore, to the an- 
cient Town of Rye, in the faid County, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of thé 
faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fobn Stapley, being examined, faid, That the above de- 
fcribed Road is, by reafon of the Deepnefs of the Soil 
thereof, and many heavy loaded Carriages paffing there- 
on, become very ruinous and bad; and in the Winter 
Seafori, the greateft Part thereof is quite impaffable ; and 
that it cannot be properly amended and kept in Repair 
by the Laws in being. , 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Turnpike 
Road at Vineball, in the Parifh of Mountfield, in the 
County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner; and from thence 
to Staple Crofs, and to the Turnpike Road near the 
Windmill, in the Parifh of Beckley; and from Staple 
Crofs to Long'ey’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch , and 
from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the faid 
County &gt; And that Mr. Fuller, Mr. Harcourt, and Mr. 
Norris, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Barrow prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue Male, 
to take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen: And the fame 
was received ; and read: the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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and Low Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Wret- 
ton, Wereham, Weft Derebam, and Roxbam, in the County 
of Norfolk, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Edward 
Aftley, Sir Simeon Stuart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Lord Clive reported from the Committee, to 
‘whom the Petition of the Truftees for putting in Exe- 
cution an Aét of Parliament of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An Aét for repairing and widening the Stone 
Bridge, in the Town of Shrew/bury, and of feveral Gen- 
tlemen, Freeholders, and others, whofe Names are there- 
under written, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of 
the Inhabitants of the County of Salop, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Aét was read; whereby it appeared, that certain 
Perfons therein defcribed, who fhould advance the Sum 
of £.20 by Free Gift, towards carrying on and com- 
pleting the Purpofes of the faid Act, fhould be Trutftees 
for putting the fame in Execution, with fuch Powers and 
Authorities as are thereby given and granted :—But no 
Power is given by the faid Act to raife Money for the 
pps thereof, by any Rate or Toll, or by any Me- 
thod, but by fuch voluntary Subfcription: And 

Mr. ‘fobn Gwynne, Architect, faid, That the. old 
Bridge had been taken down, and a temporary Bridge 
built, and feveral other Works done by Direction of the 
faid Truftees. 


Mr. William Jones produced an Account of the Money © 


which had been received by voluntary Subfcription, 
amounting to £.7,862. 135. 4.4.4. and of the Expenditure 
thereof; by which it appeared, that the Money remaining 
in Hand amounted to the Sum of £. 600 or thereabouts; 
and he faid, That the Money had been duly applied, 
and that the new Bridge cannot be completed, and the 
A&amp; fully executed, unlefs fome Power is given to raife 
Money for that Purpofe. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the Truftees appointed to put in Execution an 
A&amp;, made inthe Sixth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, for repairing and widening the Stone 
Bridge in the Town ot Shrew/fbury, to raife Money for 
building the faid Bridge, and for carrying the feveral 
Purpofes of the faid Act into Execution: And that the 
Lord Clive and Mr. Hill do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Captain Samuel Pitchford, and the Heirs Male 
of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname, and bear the 
Arms, of Sir Samuel Cornifh, deceafed, purfuant to his 
Will; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Refolutions of the 
Houfe, of the 26th Day of February 1728, might be 
read. 

And the fame were read accordingly ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. sg 

“ Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That it is an Indig- 
“ nity to, and a Breach of the Privilege of, this Houte, 
“‘ for any Perfon to prefume to give, in written or printed 
“&lt; News Papers, any Account or Minutes of the Debates 
‘ or other Proceedings of this Houfe, or of any Com- 
¢ mittee thereof. 


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“ Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That, upon Difco- 
*¢ very of the Authors, Printers, or Publithers, of an 
* fuch written or printed News Paper, this Houfe will 
“¢ proceed againft the Offenders, with the utmoft Se- 
“¢ verity.” 

Ordered, That the faid Refolutions be printed in the 
Votes of this Day. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe was called over; and the Names of fuch 
Members as made Default to appear, were taken down. 

And the Lift of the Defaulters being called over, {e- 
veral of them appeared ; and feveral of them were ex- 
cufed; fome upon account of their own Illnefs, or of 
their near Relations; and fome as being Abroad. 

Ordered, That the Names of fuch Members as have 
made Default to appear, and have not been excufed, be 
called over upon this Day Sevennight. 

Ordered, ‘That no Member do prefume to go out of 
Town, without Leave of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do write to fuch Sheriffs 
and Stewards of the feveral Counties in Great Britain, 
as have neglected to fend an Account to him of what 
they have done in Obedience to the Circular Letters 
written by Mr. Speaker, by Order of this Houfe, upon: 
Tuefday the 22d Day of Fanuary \aft, which direéted fuch 
Sheriffs and Stewards to fummon the Reprefentatives of 
their feveral Counties and Boroughs within the fame, to 
attend their Service in Parliament on this sth Day of 
February Inftant. 

A Copy of which Letter is as follows; viz. 


From the Houfe of Commons, 
5th February 1771. 
SIR, 

By the Command of the Houfe of Commons, I wrote 
to you on the 22d of laft Month, acquainting you, that 
immediately upon the Receipt thereof, you was to fum- 
mon the Reprefentatives of your County, and Boroughs 
within the fame, to attend their Service in Parliament, 
on Tuefday the 5th of this Inftant February, and to fend 
me an Account of the Receipt of my Letter, and your 
Proceedings thereon: But having received no Anfwer 
from you, the Houfe has commanded me to write to you 
again. I am, therefore, in Obedience to the Order of 
the Houfe, to require you to fend me fuch Account ; 
and I hope you will be able to give fome Reafon for 
this feeming Neglect. 


I am, 
Sir, 
Your humble Servant, 
Fl. Norton, Speaker. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


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





Mercurii, 6° die Februarii ; 


Anno 11° Georgii IIT“! Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Camplin, 
from the Committee of the Company of Mer- 
chants trading to Africa, attended at the Door ; he was 
called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to the Direétions of an Act of Parliament ; 
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A Paper, intituled, “ Ano 1769, The Account of 
“© the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading 
“to Africa; diftinguifhing every Article of Expence 
“ under its proper Title.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

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

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other Pa- 
pers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Sloane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants of 
the Ifle of Wight, in the County of Southampton, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read. 

And Notice being taken, that the faid Committee had 
not reported their Opinion to the Houfe, upon the Mat- 
ter contained in the faid Petition ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Petition was referred. 


Ordered, That Mr. Crowle be added to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in; a 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of Fobn Por- 
ter, Thomas Broadley, and Fofeph Sykes, Etquires, and of 
the other Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
having Cattle Gates in a certain Common Pafture, or 
Piece of Ground, called Myton Carr, in the Lordthip of 
Myton, in the County of the Town of Kingfton upon 
Full. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Mer- 
chants, Freeholders, Traders, and others, inhabiting in 
the City of York and County of the fame City, the Town 
of . Wetherby, and .the Welt Riding of the County 
of York, and: alfo of the Owners of Lands lying be- 
tween York atid” Wetherby aforefaid, whofe Names 
are thereuitto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had’éxaihined the Matter of the faid Petition; and 
had,direéted’thim to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Faimes Collins, being examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from Collingham, through Wetherby, Marfton, 
and Acomb, to the City of York, is, by reafon of the 
Narrownefs thereof in many Places, and from the Na- 
ture of the Soil, become very deep and ruinous, and 
that the fame cannot be effectually repaired and widened 
by the Laws in being : 

And further faid, That the putting the faid Road in 
fufficient Repair, will tend greatly to the Improvement 
of the Corn Markets of the City of York and Town of 
Wetherby, and to the Trade and Commerce carried on 
in thofe Places, and that Part of the Country in ge- 
neral. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Collingham, 
through Wetherby, to the City of York: And that Mr. 
Daniel Lafcelles, Mr. Lafcelles, and Mr. Wilkinfon, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Paftures 
and Open Fields, within the Townfhip of Hetton, in the 
Parith of Burnfal, and Weft Riding of the County of 
York, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel 


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Lajfcelles, Mr. Ryder, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 


Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields; 
Meadows, Commons, or Wafte Lands, within the Manor 
and Parifh of Hill Croome, in the County of Worcefter, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved; That the Bill be committed to Mr. Coven- 
try, Mr. Howard, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 


ternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


The Lord Ludlow repotted from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution feveral Aéts of Parliament, for repairing and 
amending that Part of the Road leading from a certain 
Place, called the White Poff, on Alconbury Hill, in the 
County of Huntingdon, and Wansford Bridge, in the faid 
County, called the North Divifion of the North Road, 
and for repairing the Road leading from Sté/ton, in the 
{aid County of Huntingdon, to the City of Peterborough, 
in the County of Northampton, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame; as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fobn Crichloe Turner, being examined; faid, That the 
Truftees have made great Progrefs in the Execution of 
the faid A@s, and have borrowed the Sum of £. 3,000 
on the Credit of the Tolls thereby granted, which is now 
due and unpaid; and that the faid Roads cannot be re- 
paired and kept in Repair, and the Money borrowed 
repaid, unlefs the Terms and Powers of the faid Aéts 
be further continued: and enlarged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of feveral Acts, made 
for repairing and amending that Part of the Road lead- 
ing from a certain Place, called the White Poft, on Al- 
coubury Hill, in the County of Huntingdon, and Wansford 
Bridge, in the faid County, called the North Divifion of 
the North Road, and for repairing the Road leading 
from Stilton, in the faid County of Huntingdon, to the 
City of Peterborough, in the County of Northampton : 
And that the Lord Ludlow, Mr. Lajcelles, and Mr. Bur- 
rell, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Page prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for the more effectual amending fuch of the Roads 
as belong to, and are Part of, the Mile Ways leading to 
the Univerfity and City of Oxford, and which are not 
made a Part of any Turnpike Koad ; for the making a 
commodious Entrance into the faid Univerfity and City, 
through the Parifh of Bridgefet, commonly called Saint 
Clement ; for the widening, repairing, or rebuilding, the 
Bridge called Magdalen Bridge ; for making a fafe and 
commodious Road from the faid Bridge, through the 
Univerfity and City aforefaid, to join the great Roads 
leading to Worcefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, Banbury, 
Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, and other Places ; 
for cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, and Places, 
within the faid Univerfity and City, and the Suburbs 
thereof, and the faid Parith of Saint Clements for re- 
moving Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and pre- 
venting the like for the future; for holding and regu- 
lating a Market within the faid City ,; for impowering 
Colieges and Corporations to alienate their Eftates there ; 
and for other Purpofes: And the fame was received , 
and read the Firft ‘Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Richard Willis, E{quire, the Devifce of 

“4 at ee 
Deniel Rich, Efquire, deceaied, and ef Daniel D’ Auvers 
Rich, 








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Rich, Efquire, the Son and Heir of the faid Daniel 
Rich, was prefented to the Hotife, and read , Setting 
forth, That a Petition has been prefented for Leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
from. Reading, in the County of Berks, to Monkey Dfland, 
in the faid County ; and that the Petitioners apprehend, 
that, if the faid Schemé fhould be executed, the faid 
Canal will be carried through the Garden o¢ Pleafure 
Ground adjoining to the Manfion Houfe of the faid Da- 
niel Rich, deceafed, which will be highly injurious to thé 
Petitioners : And therefore praying, That they may be 
heard, by themfelves, or Counfel, againft the faid Peti- 
tion, or that they may have fuch other Relief as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of 
the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, i is referred; and that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon thei Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the Firft mentioned Petition, 
acain{t the Petition now prefented. 


Lord Fobn Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the 23d Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from the City of York, 
over Skipbridge, to Boroughiiidge, in the County of York : 
And the fame was received ; i read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That all have Voicés who come to the Com- 
mittee, to ‘whidm the Bill to explain and amend fo much 
of an Aét, miade in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts ad- 
jacent, in the Cor unty of Surrey ; and for cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching, the fame, and alfo the Courts, Yards, 
Alleys, and Paflages, adjoining thereto ; and for pre- 
venting Annoyances therein, as relates to the Commif- 
fioners of Sewersy is Coftintitted. 


Ordered, Thiet Mr. Speaker do iffue his Wartant to 
the Clerk of: the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this pre- 
fent Parliament for the County of Huntingdon, in the 
room of the Right honourable ‘fobn Montagu, commonly 
called Lord Vilcount Hinchinbrook, who, fince his Elec- 


tion for the faid County, hath accepted the Office of 


Vice Chamberlain of His Majefty’s Houfhold. 


A Bill to continue an Act made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, indtuled, An Aét to continue an Aét, made 
in the laft Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for 
amending, and further sere an AG of the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Mayefty’ S Reign, intituled, An Aé 
to amend, and ren:ler more effectual in His Majefty’s 
Dominions in America, an Act paffed in this prefent Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for punifhing Mu- 
tiny and Deiertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Re) folved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
ro reiolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
yercy, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, “That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whele Houie, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Sapply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Mern- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Comunnittee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe ptoceeded to take into further Confidera« 
tion the Report, which was made trom the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to oblige the Company of Proprietors of 
the Birmingham Canal ‘Navigation, to complete the faid 
Canal, to a Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the 
Town of Birmitigham, in the County of Warwick, within 
a Time to be limited, was committed. 

And the Counfel were called in. 

And the faid Report was again read. 

And the Petitich of the Comfnittee of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, on Be- 
half of themfelves and the other Proprietors ; and alfo, the 
Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of certain Manu- 
facturing Mills, in the Neighbourhood of Birmingham , 
and alfo, the Petition of feveral Owners of Meffuages, 
Dwellinghoutes, and Buildings, erected and ftanding 
upon the Eftate of Charles Colmore, Efguire, 1 in Birming- 
bam, in the County of Warwick, and of the Tenants 
and Occupiers of the fame, were alfo read. 

And the Counfel for the Firft and Third mentioned 
Petitions (no Counfel appearing in Behalf of the Second 
Petition) were heard; and examined feveral Witneffes, 
in Support of the Allegations of the faid Petitions ; 
and went through the Evidence for the Petitioners. 

Then the Counfel for the Bill was heard. 

And then the Counfel on both Sides were directed to 
withdraw. 

And the Amendment made by the Cammittee to the 
faid Bill, being read a Second Time, was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houle. 

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


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





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Anno 11° Georgn II" Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according 

to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 

Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and 

Commonable Lands and Grounds, called Beanbail Fields, 

in the Manor and Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of 

Worcefter: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Timee 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
Tradefmen, and others, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, of the Borough and Parith of Chepping Wycombe, 
and the Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Petition hath 
been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for a Na- 
vigable Canal to be cut, from the Borough of Reading, 
in the County of Bucks, to Monkey Tffand, in the fame 

County ; 


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County ; and conceiving that, if. fach Canal is made, 
it will render the Carriage of all Kinds of Merchandize 
upon the River Tames much more expenfive to the 
Petitioners, and alfo throw great Part of their Trade into 
another Channel: And therefore praying; That they 
may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Petition, 
and have fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. . | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be refered to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to. whom the Petition 
of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Clergy, and others; 
of the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred; and that 
the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition; 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freé: 
holders, Tradefmen, and others, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, of the Borough and Parifh of Chepping 
Wycombe, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have obferved, by the Votes, that a 
Petition hath been prefented for Leave to bring in a Bill 
for the improving and completing the Navigation of the 
Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of London Wett- 
ward, tothe Town of Crick/ade, in the County of Wilts; and 
that fuch Improvement will tend to the Increafe of Com- 
merce, not only to the Counties and Places through 
which the faid Rivers run, but alfo to the Cities of Loz- 
don and Weftminfter, and Borough of Southwark: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
fuch Bill, and that the fame may pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the feveral Com- 
miffioners of the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and 
Jfis, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, and of the 
feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manu- 
facturers, and others, of the Counties of Middlefex, Sur- 
rey, Berks, Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves 
and others, is referred, 


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees for putting in Exe- 
cution an Act of the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for en- 
larging the Term and Powers granted by Two Aéts of 
Parliament, cne paffed in the Twelfth Year of the 
Reign of his Majefty King George the Firft, and the 
other paffed in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of his 
faid late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool 
to Prefcott, and other Roads therein mentioned, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter ; and alfo for repairing the 
Road from Prefcott, through Whifton, Rainbill, Bold, 
and Sankey, to the Town of Warrington, as alfo the 
Road from Saint Helen’s Chapel, to Afbton, in the 
faid Couinty Palatine, was referred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; arid had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; the 
faid Acts were read; ahd * * * Gildart, Efquire 
being examined, faid, That the Truftees have repaired 
the faid Roads, but that fome of them are much out 
of Repair again, for want of a proper Fund: That the 
Truftees have borrowed feveral Sums of Money on the 
Credit of the Tolls, and there now remains due £. 1,800, 
which cannot be repaid, and the Road§ kept in Repair; 
unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid Acts be enlarged. 

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Mr. Thomas Yate confirmed the above Evidence. 

_ Then Mr. Gildart, being again examined, faid, That 
the Powers of the faid Aéts are in feveral Refpetts de- 
fective, and in others bear too hard upon certain Places, 
and the Appropriation of fpecific Sums to the Repair of 
particular Parts of the Road, has been found detrimental 
and that the Trufts would be better executed, if the Aéts 
were reduced into One, and the Funds confolidated. : 

That if the Road leading from the Turnpike Caufe- 
way, at Bracklow Brow, Eaftwards, through Huyton, to 
the Sign of the Be//, to join the Turnpike Caufeway, 
leading from Prefcott to Liverpool, was to. be amended 
and kept in Repair; it would be of public Ufe, in open- 
ing a better Communication between, the Two Caufe- 
ways; and alfo that if the Lane, or Road, called Lime 
Kiln Lane, leading from the faid Turnpike Caufeway, 
oppofite the Eaft Wing of the Seamens Hoffpital, in 
Liverpool, to Ranelagh Houfe, in Ranelagh Street, in 
the faid Town, was alfo to be amended and kept in Re- 
pair, it would make the Entrance into the faid Town 
more eafy and commodious, which is at prefent very 
natrow, and often occafions Obftructions. 

And the Witnefs further faid, That if the Owners or 
Lefiees of Collieries, or Goal Works, adjacent to the 
faid Roads, from whence through thefe Roads, the 
Country and neighbouring Towns are {fupplied, were 
obliged to give Tickets, denoting the Quantity of Coal, 
to the Carters, to whom the fame fhall be delivered, 
and the Carters to deliver fuch Tickets to the Buyers 
thereof, many Frauds and Abufes, now practifed, would 
be prevented. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of Three Acts, paffed in 
the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and the 
Nineteenth and Twenty-fixth Years of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and 
other Roads in fome of the faid Acts mentioned, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing the 
fame into One Act; for amending the Road from the 
Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to the 
Turnpike Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liverpool, 
and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, from the faid Caufeway to Ra- 
nelagh Houfe in Liverpool, and to prevent Frauds and 
Abufes being committed by Perfons employed in con- 
veying Coals along the faid Roads: And that the Lord 
Strange and Mr. Pénnant do prepare; and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees for putting in 
Execution an Act of the Third Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to continue the Term, and 
enlarge the Powers, of Two Aéts of Parliament, for re- 
pairing the Highways, from Whitechapel Church, in the 
County of Middlefex, to Woodford, in the County of Effex, 
and fof enlightening and watching Part of the faid High- 
way, from Whitechapel Church to Stratford, and for re&gt; 
pairing the Road through the Parifhes of Chigwell and 


“Lambourn, in the County of Effex, was prefented to the 


Houfe,. and read ; Taking Notice of the Bill for the bet: 
ter paving that Part of the High Street, in the Parith of 
Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, which lies 
in the County of Middlefex , and for removing Obftruca 
tions and Annoyances therein ; and fetting forth; that it 
is propofed by the faid Bill, to lay a Toll upon certain 
Carriages and Saddle Horfes paffing through the Turn- 
pike at Mile End, for the Purpofe of paving the faid 
Street; and that the Petitioners ate defirous that the 
fame may be executed in a Manner the leaft burthen- 
fome to the Public ; and have agreed to apply a cer- 
tain Sum, out of the Produce of the Tolls under their 
Direction, for. carrying the fame into Execution: And 
therefore praying, That Provifion may be made in the 
faid Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid. 

, Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Confi- 
deration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is com- 
mitted. 


Pp Ordered, 








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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make Provifion in 
the faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Pe- 
tition. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, to regulate the Times for holding the Hay 
Market within the faid Street. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes 
of Saint George, Saint Saviour, Saint Olave, Saint Fobn, 
and Saint Thomas, and the Parts of the Partfhes of 
Saint Mary Newington, and Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondfey, and of the Streets called Blackman Street, 
Kent Street, Bermondfey Street, and Snow’s Fields, in and 
near the Town and Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, by Virtue of an Act, made in the 6th 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for paving 
the Streets, Laries, and other Places, within the faid 
Town and Borough, the Petitioners are affeffed, in 
Manner therein mentioned, towards the lighting, watch- 
ing, and cleanfing, the Streets, Lanes, and Places, 
comprifed within the faid Act; and that the Petitioners 
perceive, by the Votes, that a Bill is brought in, to ex- 
plain and amend fo much of the faid Act as relates to 
the Commiffioners of Sewers, which, if paffed into a 
Law, the Petitioners apprehend, will be highly injurious 
to their Intereft, and make them hable to the Pay- 
ment of farther Rates, to make good feveral Expenccs 
which ought to be borne by the faid Commiffioners of 
Sewers: And therefore praying, That they may be 
heard by themfelves or Counfel, againft the paffing 
the faid Bill into a Law, or be otherwife relieved in the 
Premifes, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee; to whom the Bill to 
explain and amend fo much of an Act, made in the 
6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving the 
Streets and Lanes within the Town and Borough of 
Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent, in the County 
of Surrey, and for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
fame, and alfo the Courts,-Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, 
adjoining thereto; and for preventing Annoyances there- 
in, as relates to the Commiffioners of Sewers, is com- 
mitted; and that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Mr. Skipwith prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Butler’s Marfton, 
in the County of Warwick: And the fame was re- 
ceived. 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, havin 
taken the Oaths, and made arid fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjura- 
tion ; and having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe; 
an Account of his Qualification, and taken and fub- 
feribed the Oath of Qualification, according to the 
Laws made for thofe Purpofes ; 

The faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for naturalizing Henry Renner, was read. a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Hopkins, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
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Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houf 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Bill to continue an Act, made in the lait Seftion 
ot Parliament, intituled, An Act to continue an Act 
made in the laft Sefiton of Parliament, intituled, An 
Aét for amending, arid further continuing, an Aé&amp; 
of the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aét to amend and render more effectual, in 
His Majefty’s Dominions in America, an Act paffed in 
this prefent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A@ 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read aecordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itielf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com2 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
that they had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto, which they had direéted him 
» report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 


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


Mr. Calcraft prefented to the Houfe, accofditig to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open , and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures; Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the 
Parith of Sprowton, in the County of Leicefter: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Calcraft prefented to the Houfe; according to 
Order, a Bill tor dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures,, Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the 
Parifh of Saltby, in the County of Leiceffer: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Howife, accord: 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Stinted Paftures, called the North Moor, “Longhill, 
Bark, and Garforth Clofe, within the Township of Ril- 
fton, in the Weft Riding of the County of 2urk: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfé, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing 
Prieft~o0od Common, in the Parifhes of Mackworth, 
Kedlefton and Meynell Langley, or fome of them, in the 
County of Derby: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord George Cavendifo prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 
Monyafh, in the Parith of Bakewell, in the County of 
a, : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill to oblige the Company of Pro- 
prictors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, to com- 
plete the faid Canal, to a Field called Newhall Ring, 
adjoining to the Town of Birmingham, in the County 
of Warwick, within a Time to be limited, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to oblige the Company of Proprietors of 
the Birin'ngham Canal Navigation, to complete the faid 

; .* Canal, 


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Canal, to a Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to thé 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
within a limited Time; and to maintain and keep the 
fame free and open for the Paffage of Boats, Barges, 
and other Veffels. 

Ordered, That the Lord Beauchamp do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Fletcher reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and others, Inhabitants of the County of Cum- 
berland, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petitions; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe, and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
Reverend Mr. Hudfon, being examined, faid, That he 
knows the feveral Roads mentioned in the Petition, 
which are, in general, ruinous, and in feveral Places nar- 
row, and that they cannot be effectually amended, 
widened, and kept in Repair, by the Laws in being. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Carlifle to Wig- 
ton, and from thence to the South End of Hunda Lane, 
and alfo the Road from Wigton to Abby Holme, and from 
Wigton to Chaldbeck, in the County of Cumberland : And 
that Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Curwen, atid Sir James Lowther; 
do prepare; and bring in, the fame. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 
‘mon Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parith of Whitchurch, in the County of Bucks, which 
Bill was, upon Tuefday laft, reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom thé fame had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill; gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

And the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Whit- 
church, in the County of Bucks. 

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


A Petition of the Perfons whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, Landholders of the Ife of Wight, in 
the County of Southampton, in Behalf of themfelves and 
the reft of the Landholders of the fame Ifland, being 
offered to be prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 

uainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
Seemed of the Contents of the faid Petition, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think 
fit. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That in Purfuance of the Acts of Parlia- 
‘ment for raifing the Militia of Great Britain, the Go- 
vernor of the faid Ifland duly appointed Deputy Lieu- 
tenants, for putting the fame into Execution ; and that, 
in the Year 1770, 4 Majority of Officers were allo 
appointed, and many other Steps taken for raifing the 
Militia of the faid IMand; but, by vatious Accidents, 
the fame was not fo complete as to enable the Governor 


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thereof to file, at the laft Seffions of the Peace for thé 
County of Southampton, the Certificate by Law directed ; 
by which Means, the Landholders of the faid Ifand 
may be liable to pay £. 5 a Man; and that ini Fenuary 
Jaft, the Militia Men of the faid Iffand were {worn and 
inrolled, arid are ready to be called out and exercifed 
at the Time directed by the faid Aéts; and that the 
Petitioners fear that, within the ftrié&amp; Letter of the 
Law, they may be liable to pay the faid £.5 a Man; 
but, as the Militia is now complete, within One Month 


‘of the Time prefcribed by the faid A€ts, and as they ap- 


prehend the Penalty was only meant to enforce the 
raifing the Militia, and not for the pecuniary Advan- 
tage: Therefore praying the Houfe, to give Leave 
for a Provifion to be made, for indemnifying the Land- 
holders of the faid Ifand from the faid Penalty of f£. 5 
a Man, incurred in the faid Year t770. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Faét con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Stanley, Mr. Sloane, &amp;c. + 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records: 


And all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


_ Ordered, That the feveral Papers which were pre- 
fented to the Houfe,; by Mr. Sutton and Mr. Buller, 
upon Monday laft, and then ordered to lie upon the 
Table, be taken into Confideration upon Wedne/day 
Morning next, at the fame Time that the Papers pre- 
fented to the Houfe by the Lord North, upon Friday 
‘the 25th Day of Fanuary laft, are ordered to be taken 


into Confideration. 


A Motion was miade,-and the Queftion being put; 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for more ef- 
fectually fecuring the Rights of the Eleétors of Great 
Britain, with refpec&amp;t to the Elegibility of Perfons to 
ferve in Parliament ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went fortli. 


Lord George Germaine, 
Tellers for the Yeas} Mr. Alderman Treco- f 103. 


thick: 
+ Lord Gage, | 
— for the Noes, Wa Charles Fox: t 167% 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Sevei- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the feveral Laws now in being, 
for the Encouragement of the Briti White Herring 
F ifhety é 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-tnorrow Morn- 
ing; Ten of the Clock: 





Veneris; 8° die Februarii ; 


Anno 11° Georgii IH’ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


ORéered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
dividing and inclofing the feveral Open Fields, 
Common Pafture, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Fownthip, Hamlet, or Liberty, of Fairfield, 


in 








148 


in the Parifh of Hope, and County of Derby, was com- 
mitted, be revived. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Anguifh : | 
Mr. Speaker, ; e 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to diffolve the Marriage of Henry Knight, Efquire, with 
Catharine Lynch, his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. jee 

And the faid ingroffed Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road, from a 
Place called Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, to Beadles 
Hill, in the Parith of Lindfield, and from thence to the 
Town of Cuckfield, and the Road branching out of 
the fame, at Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town of 
Lindfield ; and alfo the Road from the prefent Turn- 
pike Road between thé Towns of Cuckfield and Craw- 
ley, over Saint Leonard's Foreft, to the Town of Hor- 
foam ; all in the County of Sufex , was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ver- 
non, Mr. Burrell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for making the Exemplification of the Iaft 
Will and Teftament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, 
deceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equi- 
ty, in Great Britain and Ireland, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber, 


Mr. Lowndes prefehted to the Houfe, according fo 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Lammas Grounds, and other Commonable Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Great Brickhill, in the County 
of Bucks: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Afder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City 
of London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mions, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Complaining of the 
high Price of Wheat ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, 
that, if the Importation of Wheat was to be allowed, 
from His Majetty’s Colonies in America, or elfewhere, 
Duty-free, it would be the moft effectual Means of 
confining that neceffary Article of Life to a moderate 
Price : And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and to give them fuch Re- 
lief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the Town and Port of Liver- 
pool, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is re- 
ferred. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1771. 


Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath; 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of 
Boothby Graffoe, in the County of Lincoln: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time: 

Refélved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, and iniclofing; the Opet 
Fields, and Commonable Places, in Keybam, in the 
Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leicefter, was tead 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobz 
Palmer, Mr. Plumer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


Mr. Cholmley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Uninclofed Fields, Lands, Commons, and Wattes, with- 
in the Manor of Scalby, in the North Riding of the 
County of York; and alfoa certain Common, called 
Throxenby Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame 
ag : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 

ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Sloane reported from the Committee, to whoim 
the Report, which was made from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants 
of the [fle of Wight, in the County of Southampton, was 
referred, was re-committed ; That the Committee had 
further examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and had directed hiin to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, together with the Refolutions of the Committee 
therewpon, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; 
VIZ. 

To prove the Allegations of thé faid Petition, Mr. 
Richard Clarke, being examined, faid, That the Poor 
of the feveral Parifhes and Places, within the faid 
Ifland, amount to about 600, and are maintained at 
the Expence of about £. 5,500 per Annum. 

That if Powers were granted for the Régulation of 
the Poor, and providing proper Places for' their General 
Reception, it would tend to their more éffectual Relief, 
and be a gréat Eafe and Advantage to the Inhabitants 
of the faid IMand. 

Upon the whole Matter, your Cornniittee camé to 
the following Refolutions. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it would be a Benefit to the Poor, and an Advantage 
to the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes and Places 
within the [fe of Wight, if a Houfe or Houfes of In- 
duftry were provided for the Reception, Maintenance, 
and Employment, of fuch Poor. 
 Refolved, That it ts the Opiniort of this Committee, 
That the Houfe bé moved, That Leave be given to 
bring in 2 Bill for thofe Purpofes. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read 
a Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupori, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, in the 
The of Wight, tor the Reception, Maintenance, and Em- 
ployment, of the Poor belonging to the feveral Parithes 
and Places within the faid Ifland: And that Mr. 
Sloane, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Eames, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Morton prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for divefting out of the Crown, and to 
vett in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the County 
of Meath, in the Kingdom of Jreland, Efquire, and his 
Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral Lands in 


Ireland, 


XUM 


XUM 


i1 Geo. Ill. 


Ireland, therein mentioned : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, froth 
the Parifh of Aldgate; to Cable Street, alfo the faid 
Cable Street, the Footpath in Back Lane, the Precinct of 
Wellclofe, the Street leading from Nightingale Lane, to 
Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Row, and Brook Street, and the 
feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, opening into the 
fame ; and for removing all Obftructions and Annoyances 
therefrom, and preventing the like for the future, was 
read a Second Time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, Sir Robert Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Tra- 
ders, of the City of Dudlin, paffing and trading betwixt 
Jreland and England, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That very confiderable Quantities 


of Merchandize are now conveyed, from London and | 


the interior Parts of England, by Land Carriage, to 
Chefter, and from thence fhipped for the Port of Dud- 
fin; and that, in Time of War, a principal Part of the 
Trade from London to Dublin is carried on through the 
Channel of the Port of Cheffer, and the Trade between 
the Perts of Chefter and Dudiinis then greatly increafed ; 
and that, by reafon of the bad Roads, and the heavy 
Expence of Land Carriage, the Trade is fubject to 
very great Inconveniences; and the Petitioners, being 
informed, that Application is intended to be made, for 
an Aé&amp; to make a Navigable Canal from the City of 
Chefter to Middlewich, and there to communicate with 
the grand Canals now cutting through the Kingdom, 
are of Opinion, that the fame, if carried into Execution, 
will not only be produétive of the greateft Advantages to 
the Trade of the faid City of Chefer, and to the Country 
with which it will thereby become connected, but will 
alfo prove of infinite Service to the Commerce carried 
on between this City and the Parts beforementioned, 
and be attended with great public Advantages: And 
therefore praying, That the fame may pafs into a Law, 
under bak Reftri€tions and Regulations as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the feveral Gentle- 
men, Land Owners, Merchants, Traders, and others, 
being Inhabitants of the County and City of Chefer, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred: 


Sir Charles Whitworth, accotding to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to continue an Act made in the laft Seffion of Par- 
liament, intituled, An A&amp; to continue an Act made in 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp;ct for 
amending, and further continuing, an Act of the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act 
to amend and render more effectual, in His Majefty’s 
Dominions in America, an Act paffed in this prefent 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for punifhing 
Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment of 
the Army and their Quarters, was committed; The 
Amendment which the Committee had made to the Bill, 
and which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he tead the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was Twice 
read, and, upon the Queftion put theteupon, agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be 
ingroffed. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, of the printed 
News Paper, intituled, “The Gazetteer, and New Daily 
Vor. XXXIII. 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


bay 
“* Advertifer, Friday, February 8 1771,” printed for R, 
Thompfon; and alfo of the printed News Paper, in- 
tituled, “ Tbe Middlefex Fournal, or Chronicle of Liberty, 
“* from Tuefday, February 5, to Thurfday, February 7 
“1771,” printed for 7. Wheble; as mifreprefenting 
thie Speeches, and reflecting on feveral of the Members 
of this Houfe, in Contempt of the Order, and in Breach 
of the Privilege, of this Houfe ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion. being put, 
That the faid Papers be delivered in at the Table ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

- Colonel Onflow, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Dund uh y go. 

Sir William Meredith, 

Tellers for the Noes, } oy hggf inal t 55- 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Papers were delivered in at the Table 
ie ; and feveral Paragraphs therein were 
read. 

_, Ordered, That the faid R. Thompfon do attend this 
Houfe upon Monday Morning next. ar 

Ordered, That the faid 7. Wheble do attend this 

Houfe upon Monday Morning next. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, that fuch a Number of Copies of the Papers (pre- 
fented to this Houfé, on Monday the 4th Day of this In-- 
ftant February, by Mr. Buller and Mr. Sutton) be printed, 
as fhall be fufficient for the Ufe of the Members of this 
Houfe; | ; | ' 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the other Orders of the Day be now read; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the feveral Orders of the Day, for hearing, at 
the Bar of this Houfe, the Charge againft Hugh Ro- 
berts, contained in the Two Firft Refeluticns, which 
(upon the 17th Day of December aft) were reported 
from the Seleé&amp;t Committee, who were appointed to try 
and determine the Mérits of the. Petition of Thomas 
Rumbold, Efquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return fox the Borough of New Sharebam, in the 
County of Suffex ; and allo for the Attendance of Fob 
Browne, being read accordingly ;_ 

The faid Hugh Roberts was called in. 

And the faid Charge was read. 

And then he was direéted to withdraw. 

The Houfe was moved, thdt fo much of an A&amp; 
made in the 2d. Year of the Reign of his late Maijefty 
King George the Second; iritituled, An Act for the more 
effeérual preventing Bribery and Corruption, in the 
Eleéctions of Members to ferve in Parliament, as directs 
Returning Officers to take the Oath therein mentioned, 
might be read. _ ‘ 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The faid Hugh Roberts was again called in; and hav- 
ing faid, that he was not guilty of the Charge. contained 
in the faid Refolutions; _ 

The Original Poll, taken at the laft Election for the 
faid Borough, was produted ; and the Numibers for the 
feveral Candidates on the faid Poll were read. 

And the faid fobn Browne, being called in, was exe 
amined in Support of the faid Charge: 

And then the faid Hugh Roberts was heard in his De- 
fence ; and having propofed to produce Evidence in 
Support of what he had alleged in his Defence, he was 
again directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, ‘That the further Hearing of the faid Charge 
be adjourned till Zue/day Morning next, 

Ordered, That the faid Hugh Roberts do attend this 


Houfe upon Tuefday Morning next, to be further heard 
in his Defence. 


The other Orders-of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
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150 


ing next, refolve itfelf into 'a-Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majefty. : 


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


And then the Hou® adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 10° die Februari 5 


Anno 11° Georgii IMRegis, 1771, 


PRAYERS. 


( ~ BILL for dividing ard inclofing the Commons 
A and Wafte Grounds, ‘within the Manor of Mo- 
nyajb, in the Parith of Bakewell, in the County of Derby, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cur- 
zon, Mr. Barrow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing arid inclofing Prieftwood Common, 
in the Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and Meynell 
Langley, or fome of them, in the County of Dery, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cur- 
zon, Mr. Barrow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. - 


A Bill to-enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue Male, 
to take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen, was read a Se- 


cond Time. ie Bhs, 

- Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bar- 
row, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for better regulating the Poor, within the City 
of Oxford, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the. Allegations of the Bill, and: found the 
fame to be true; and that: the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill,. with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Fable: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. Pas 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
iagroffed. pias © 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing Barniker Moor, with- 
in the Manor of Nether Wyerfdale,in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancafter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Strange, 
Sir Henry Hoghton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


_ Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
_ Chamber. 


Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Commiffioners of the Na- 
vigation of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, whofe Names 
are thereunto: fubfcribed, ‘and of the feveral Gentlemen, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 199%, 


Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, ahd others, 
of the Counties of Middlefex, Surrey, Berks, Bucks, Ox- 
ford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others ; and 
alfo, the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons, of the City of Loxdon, in Common Council 
affembled ; and alfo, the Petition of the Inhabitants of 
Henley upon Thames, and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land- 
owners, Tradefmen; Manufaéturers; and others, of the 
neighbouring Country Towns and Villages, whofe Names: 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others; and alfo, the Petition of the Inhabitants of 
Maidenhead, Bray, Cookbam, the neighbouring Parifhes, 
and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradef- 
men, Manufacturers, and others, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others ; 
and alfo, the Petition of the Inhabitants of Néw Wind- 
for, and of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, of the neigh- 
bouring Country Towns and Villages, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others; and alfo, the Petition of the Inhabitants of the 
Borough of Wallingford, and of the feveral Gentle- 
men, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and 
others, of the neighbouring Country Towns and Vil- 
lages, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Be- 
half of themfelves and others; and alfo, the Petition 
of the Inhabitants of Great Marlow, and of the fe- 
veral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manu- 
facturers, and others, of the neighbouring Country 
Towns and Villages, whofe Narnes are thereunto fub- 
feribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others ; and alfo, 
the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 


holders, Tradefmen, and others, whofe Names are ‘ 


thereunto fubfcribed, of the Borough and Parifh of 
Chipping Wycombe, and Places adjacent, in the County 
of Bucks, were feverally referred ;, That the Committee 
had examined the Matters of the faid Petitions ; and had 
heard Counfel for the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Al- 
dermen, and Commons of the City of London’; and had 
alfo heard Counfel in Favour of the Firft mentioned Pe- 
tition, againft the faid Petition of the Lord Mayor, Al- 
dermen, and Commons of the City of London ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Matters 
of the faid Petitions, as they appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

And the Agent for the Petition of the feveral Com- 
miffioners of the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and 
-Tfis, having informed your Committee, that the Pe. 
titioners defired Leave to wave fo much: of their Peti- 
tion, as relates to the laying an additional Duty of One 
Peny per Chaldron on Coals, your Committee pro- 
ceeded to enquire into the other Matters contained in 
the faid Petition: And called 

Mr. Robert Bunker, a Bargeman, who being examin- 
ed, faid, That he knows the River Thames trom Lon- 
don to Reading, that in fome Places there is always 
want of Water, and in dry Seafons impaffable—T hat 
fome of the Locks are blown up, and others fo con- 
ftructed, that Veffels are obliged to be drawn up 
with a Cable—That the Witnefs has gone from Queen- 
bithe to Reading, in Three Days, and has fometimes 
been a Fortnight or Three Weeks for want of Water, 
and that he has lain a Month at Sunbury, for Want of 
Water to carry him up—That if there were Twenty 
Locks upon the River, it would render it navigable 
for Barges to go at all. Times.—That a Barge of 150 
Ton, which will take 50 or 55 Men to navigate, may 
be done by 12 or 13 Horfes, and that the Witnefs has 
feen 65 Men in a Line. 

The Reverend Mr. John Spicer, being examined, faid, 
That he is One of the Commiffioners of the Naviga- 


tion of the Thames and J/s, and has attended for Twelve : 


Years 








11 Geo. III. Journals of the 
Years paft--That feveral Complaints: have been made 
of the prefent State of the Navigation, and of the 
extravagant Demands of Bargemafters for Carriage of 
Goods, which has been a growing Evil for Forty Years, 
which, he faid, was owing to the enormous Size of 
the Barges, the extravagant Wages given to the Barge- 
matters Servants, the great Advance of the Price of 
Hirelings (or Perfons who hale the Barges) and of 
the Tonage on Locks. (which within thefe Forty Years 
has increafed near double) and the Combinations of the 
Reading Bargemafters ; and that the Locks and Gulls 
in the River being very difficult to pafs, renders it 
dangerous for Barges paffing, by reafon of the great 
Fall, which Fall increafes in Proportion to the Height 
of the Weir; but the Witnefs apprehends, the Occafion 
of the principal Obftructions to the Navigation of 
Barges upwards, is from the Locks and Gulls ; for that 
he computes upon an Average, that Three Hours are 
taken up in dragging a Barge through each of the 
Eight Locks, between..Reading and Monkey Tfland but 
that if Turnpike Pounds were erected, and fhort Canals 
cut for the Bafges to pafs by the Side of the Lock or 
Gull, they might pafs by the Eight Turnpikes in 
Two Hours, which would be a Saving of Twenty-two 
Hours; in.the Twenty-four—That by the prefent Mode 
of Navigation, every Barge is obliged to wait at the 
lower End of the Gull, till the Lock is opened, and 
a fufficient Quantity of Water let down to carry the 
Barge up to the Lock; that the Witnefs has feen the 
largeft Barges to the Weftward of Reading, waiting a 
Day, fometimes Two Days, for Water to carry them up, 
and when a Flafh of Water comes, the whole of it is 
watted, the Bed of the River above, drained, and no 
Water left for the Miller to work with; but that if 
Turnpikes were ufed, no more Water would be wafted 
than the Turnpike Pound holds, and. in this Inftance, 
the Miller would be remarkably benefitted by the pro- 
pofed Plan.—That he is perfuaded, if the Barges were 
reduced to One hundred Tons, and Horfe Towing 
Paths made ufe of, the Freight of Goods from Loudoun 
to Reading would be much the fame as it was Forty 
Years ago, and would fave Two or Three Miles in an 
Hour. 

Mr. William Grover, being examined, was afked, 
what the Expence was of navigating a Barge from 
Windfor to Hedfor Wharf ? He faid, That a Barge of 
Two hundred Tons with Men and Horfes would coft 
Twelve Pounds ; but if it was to be performed all by 
Horfes, it would not be more than £. 4. 65. or £. 4. 
105.; that upon an Average the Year round, there is 
about Seventy Men to tow a Barge, which might be 
done by Nine or Ten Horfes, which would be a Saving 
of £7. 135. in the ‘Thirty Miles; and that if the 
River was to be put into proper Order, and Pounds 
ufed inftead of Locks, the Navigation of the iver 
would be more fafe and conftant. 

Mr. Fofeph Nicols, an Engineer, being examined, 
informed your Gommittee, That the prefent Mode of 
navigating the Themes, was by drawing Flafhes from 
Letchlade and higher, by which Means the River be- 
comes nearly exhaufted in every Reach, which frequent- 
ly prevents the navigating up or down in the Sum- 
mer Seafon for many Days together between Letchlade 
and London ; which, the Witnefs faid, might be remedied 
by the Addition of Pound Locks from Leécblade to 
Boulter’s Lock, which would rerider the River navigable 
at all Times, (extreme Floods and Frofts excepted, and 
in thofe Two States much longer navigable than now) by 
fhort Cuts below and above Boulter’s Lock, and fome 
Ereétions and Horfe Towing Paths, the Navigation 
would be rendered both certain, and much more con- 
ftant, than now, and at half the/Expence. ot 

Mr. Thomas Newell, being examined, confirmed the 
Evidence of the foregoing Witneffes, with refpect to, the 
Utility of Pound Locks, and added, -That there are 
frequent Stoppages of Barges by reafon of Shoals and 


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other Impediments, which might be removed, and the 
Navigation otherwife improved, at the Expence; in his 
Opinion, of 40 or £. 50,000. 

The Counfel for the Lord Mayor; Aldermen, and 
Commons, of the City of London, offering to go into 
an Examination, to fhew, that a Canal Navigation 
might be made from Reading to Monkey Ifand, which 
would be preferable to the River in its propofed im- 
proved State, were reftrained from proceeding thereupon 
by your Committee, who thought that Enquity more 
proper for the Committee, to whom the Petition for the 
{aid Canal is referred. | 

The Counfel for the Lord Mayor, A‘lermen, ‘and 

Commons, of the City of Londou, afterwards infifting 
upon being heard in Regard to the Right of the 
City of Lozdon, to the Confervancy of the River Thames, 
and your Committee being informed by feveral Mem- 
bers prefent, that their Rights would be preferved in 
the propofed Bill, thought it unneceffary to hear them 
any further. 
_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
improving and completing the Navigation of the Rivers 
Thames and Vis, from the City of London, to the Town 
of Cricklade, in the,County of Wilts: And that Mr. 
Clayton, the Lord Strange, Mr. Sambroke Freeman, Ge- 
neral Conway, Mr. Rice, and the Lord Barrington, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. | 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an A&amp;, 
made in the a5th Year of his late Majefty, for repair- 
ing the Road from Kuarefborough, in the County of 
York, by Long Flat Lane, Gould/brough Fields, Flaxby; 
Allerton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbammer- 
ton, in the fame County, and for making the fame a 
High Carriage Road, was read a Second Tune: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr: Daniel 
Lafcelles, Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in thé 
Speaker’s Chamber. 3 


A Bill to enlarge the ‘Term and Powers of afi A&amp;, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Majefty, 
for repairing and widening the Road, from the Town 
ot Tadcafter, through Collingham, Harewood, Arthing- 
ton, and Pool, to the Town of Ofley, in the Weft 
Riding of the County of York, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Danie? 
Lafcelles, Mr. Crowle, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: ae 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, accord 
ing to Order, a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Chefterfield; in the County of Derby, through 
or near Workfop and Retford, to join the River Trent, 
at or near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Stinted 
Paftures, called the North Moor, Longhill, Bark, and 
Garforth Clofe, within the Townfhip of Rél/fon, in the 
Weft. Riding’ of the County of York, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 
 Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord George 
Cavendifo,. General Irwine, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the 23d Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the.Road from the City of York, over 
Skipbridge, to. Boroughbridge, in the County of York, 
was read-a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill.be committed to Lord. John 

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Cavendifo, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


Mr. Amcotts prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Common Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within 
the Manor and Parith of South Reffon, in the County 
of Lincoln : And the fame was reccived ; and read the 
Firft Time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Wal reported from the Committee, to whom 
thé Bill to explain a Claufe in an Act of the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, for better fupplying the City of Wor- 
cefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water, and for 
better paving ahd lighting the faid City; and for re- 
moving and preventing all Obftructioris and Anhoyahces 
therein, was committed; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found thé fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had dire€ted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered thé Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe.” 

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


Mr. Vanjittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Downs, and all other the Commonable Lands and 
Wafte Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Eaf Gar- 
fton, in the County of Berks: And the fame was re- 
ceived ;- ahd read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Secorid Time. 


A Bill to continue, and rerider more effectual, feveral 
Aéts for repairing the Highways between The Bear 
Inn in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, 
and other Rozds in the faid Aéts mentioned; and for 
repairing the Highway between a Houfe in Speenham- 
Jand, in the Occupation of Edward Sheppard; and the 
Weft End of the Highway by the faid Acts diretted 
to be repaired, and alfo the Highway from Bofton Lane 
to Pangborne, in the faid County; was read a Second 
Time. é 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Van- 
fittart, Mr. Penruddock, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. : 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allot- 
ting, the feveral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, 
within the Townfhip of Kelbam on the Woulds, in the 
County of York: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to explain, amend, and render more effectual, 
an Aé made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Ac&amp;t for making and main- 
taining a Navigable Cuf, or Canal, from the Firth or 
River of Forth, at or near the Mouth of the River of 
Carron, in the County of Stirling, to the Firth or 
River of Clyde, at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burn- 
foot, in the County of Dumbarton, and alfo a collateral 
Cut from the fame to the City of G/a/gow; and for mak- 
ing a navigable Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from 
the Port and Harbour of Borrowftounne/s, to join the 
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the Firth of Forth, was committed; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read‘ the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, bé 
ingroffed. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Oper and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in thé Parith of 
Sproxton, in the County of Leiceffér, was réad a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Thoro-, 
ton, Mr. Legh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afterrioon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber: 


A Bill for dividing and iriclofing the Open and Com* 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commionable Lands, in the Parith 
of Saltby, inthe County of Leicefter, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Thoro- 
ton, Mr. Ambler, &amp;c.;: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. : | 


Mr. Kynafton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing ‘ohn Peter Du Roveray and 
Fobn Daniel Naville, was committed; and to whom 
the Petition of ohn Peter Eynard and David Chollet, 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had confidered the faid Pe- 
tition, and thereupon had made feveral Amendments to 
the Bill; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards délivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agteed to by the Houfe. 

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


_ A Petition of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and Over- 
feérs of the Poor, and feveral Inhabitants, of the Parifh 
of St. Famés Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlefex, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of 
themfelvés, and feveral other Inhabitants of the faid 
Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Sets 
ting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, - 
that a Petition has been prefented, for Leave to brjng 
in a Bill for feparating the Parifhes of Saint fobm and 
Saint Fames Clerkenwell, and for paving, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the faid Parifh of Saint Fobn, and removing 
Obftructions and Anrioyances therein ; and reprefenting 
to the Houfe, that the faid Parith of Saint Fobn chiefly 
confifts of well-built Houfes, inhabited by Perfons of 
ae good Circumftances ; and that a great Part of the 
faid Parifh of Saint Fames confifts of {mall Houfes, and 
inhabited by the lower Sort of People, who are not of 
Ability to contribute to the Rates neceffary for repair- 
ing the Church, relieving the Poor, and repairing the 
Highways, within that Parifh; and that, if the faid Pa- 
tith of Saint Fobn fhould be feparated in Manner pro- 
pofed by the faid Petition, it would be very oppreffive 
and injurious to the Petitioners, and others refident 
within the faid Parifh of Saint Fames : And therefore 


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praying the Houfe, to take their Cafe into Confidera- 
tion; and that they may be heard, by themfelves or 
Counfel, before the Committee to whom the faid Peti- 
tion is referred, and have fuch Relief in the Premifes as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Reétor, Churchwardens, and principal Inhabitants, 
of the Parith of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, is referred ; and 
that the Petitioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft 
the Petition now prefented.” 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, called Beanball Fields, in the Manor 
and Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of Worcefer, 
was read a Second Time. ; 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dowde/- 
well, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Butlers Marfton, 
in the County of Warwick, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Earl of 
Catherlough, Sir Roger Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields and 
Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby Mallory, in the 
County of Leiceffer, was read a Second Time. 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubicribed the Oath of Abjuration ; 
and having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe, an 
Account of his Qualification, and taken and fubfcribed 
the Oath of Qualification, ‘according to the Laws made 
for thofe Purpofes, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Pal- 
mer, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Lord Robert Bertie prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fen belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parifh of 


_ Skirbeck and County of Lincoln : And the fame was re- 


ceived; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Stanley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Perfons whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, Landholders of the Ifle of Wight, in the 
County of Southampton, in Behalf of themfelves and the 
reft of the Landholders of the fame Ifand, was referred ; 
That the Commi tee had examined the Matter of Fact 
contained in the faid Petition; and had direéted him 
to report a State thereof to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth ; viz. 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid Pe- 
tition, is as fo!lows : 

Mr. Richard Clarke informed your Committee, That 
the Governor of the faid Ifle had appointed Deputy 
Lieutenants, for putting the Militia Laws into Exe- 
cution; and that in the Year 1770, a Majority of 
Officers were alfo appointed: That the Men were 


ballotted for, Warrants made out, and- Notices an- 
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nexed for their Attendance, but that the Seffion for 
the faid County iritervened before the faid Warrants 
could be returned, io that the Men could not be {wort 
in Time enough for the Governor to certify the fame at 
the faid Seffion: That the Men were afterwards fworn 
in and inrolled, and are ready to be called out and ex: 
ercifed at the Time appointed by the faid A&amp;s. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Hewry Renner, was 
committed; That the Commtitee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Qrdered, That the Bill be ingrofled. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Commons 
alwy of the City of Briftol, in Common Council affembled, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Complaining of 
the High Price of all Kinds of Grain ; and fetting forth, 
That, if an Importation of Corn and Flour from Ame- 
rica was permitted, Duty free, fur-a limited Time, the 
Petitioners apprehend, it would promote Trade and 
Manufactures, relieve the Hardfhips of the induftrious 
and labouring Poor, and be no real Prejudice to the 
Agriculture of the Kingdom: And therefore praying 
the Houfe, to grant fuch Relief in the Premifes as they 
fhall fee meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and prin- 
cipal Inhabitants of the Town and Port of Liverpool, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is referred. 


A Petition of Sir Charles Palmer, Baronet, Thomas 
Eyre, Efquire, and others, Owners and Occupiers of 
Land within the Parifhes of Taplow, Dorney, Wyrar- 
difbury, Eton; Buxnbam, Upton, and the Liberty of Bo- 
veney, in the County of Bucks, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, Theat 
the Petitioners obferve by the Votes, that a Petition hath 
been prefented, from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons of the City of London, for Leave to bring in 
a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from or 
near a Place called Monkey Ifland, near Bray, inthe 
County of Berks, to [leworth, in the County of Middle- 
fex, and another Cut, from the faid. propofed Canal, 
from: or near Weft Bedfont, in the faid County of Midd/e- 
fex, to the River Thames, at or near Staines; and that 
the Petitioners apprehend, if the fame fhould pafs into a 
Law, it will greatly injure them in their Properties : 
And therefore praying, That they may be heard, by 
their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, or have fuch other 
Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Pe- 
tition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of 
the City of London, in Common Council affembled, is 
referred ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the fame 
Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft the 
Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Chefter, in Council afflembled, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Petition hath 
been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for making 
and maintaining a Navigable Canal, from the River Dee, 
within the Liberties of the faid City, to Middlewich, and 

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there’to join the Canal now carrying on from the Treat 
to the Merfey, which, the Petitioners apprehend, will 
be attended with many confiderable Advantages to the 
Public: And therefore praying, That the faid Bill may 
pafs into a Law under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the feveral Gentle- 
men, Land Owners, Merchants, Traders, and others, 
being Inhabitants of the County and City of Chefter, 
whofe Names are thereunto fub{cribed, is referred. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue an Act, made in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aét to continue 
an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act for amending and further continuing an Act 
of the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to amend and render more effe€tual in His Ma- 
jefty’s Dominions in America, an A&amp; pafied in this pre- 
fent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for punifh- 
ing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment 
of the Army and their Quarters, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for further continuing Two Acts, made in 
the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the bet- 
ter Payment of the Army and their Quarters, in His 
Majefty’s Dominions in America: 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for the more effectual amending fuch of the 
Roads as belong to, and are Part of, the Mile Ways 
leading to the Univerfity and City of Oxford, and which 
are not made a Part of any Turnpike Road; for the 
making a commodious Entrance into the faid Univer- 
fity and City, through the Parifh of Bridgefet, commonly 
called Saint Clement, for the widening, repairing, or 
rebuilding, the Bridge called Magdalen Bridge ; for mak- 
ing a fafe and commodious Road from the faid Bridge, 
through the Univerfity and City aforefaid, to join the 
great Roads leading to Worcefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, 
Banbury, Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, and other 
Places; for cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, 
and Places, within the faid Univerfity and City, and the 
Suburbs thereof, and the faid Parifh of Saint Clement , 
for removing Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and 
preventing the like for the future ; for holding and re- 
-gulating a Market within the faid City; for impower- 
ing Colleges and Corporations to alienate their Eftates 
there; and for other Purpofes ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Page, 
Sir Roger Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to fend 
for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majetty, 
be now read. | 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of main- 
taining and fupporting the Civil Eftablifhment of His 
Majeity’s Colony of Nove Scotia, for the Year 1771, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablith- 
ment of His Majefty’s Province of Ea/ft Florida, and 
other incidental Expences attending the fame, from the 
24th of June 1770, to the 24th of Fume 1771, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifh- 
ment of His Majefty’s Province of Weft Florida, and 


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other incidental Expences attending the fame, ‘from the 
24th of Fune 1770, to the’24th of June 1771, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment 
of His Majefty’s Colony of Georgia, and other incidental 
Expences attending the fame, from the 24th of une 
1770, to the 24th of Fune 1771, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expences attending 
General Surveys of His Majefty’s Dominions ‘in North 
America, for the Year 1771, be referred to the ‘faid 
Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direféted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


Majetty. 


Ordered, That the feveral Orders of the Day, for the 
Attendance of R. Thompfon and F. Wheble, be now read. 

And the faid Orders being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid R. Thompfon and 7. Wheble do 
attend this Houfe upon Thurfday Morning next. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Aét made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
Aét to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the 
Firft, intituled, An Act for the general Quiet of the Sub- 
jects, againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfoever, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
peal a Claufe in the faid Act, which protects fuch Richts, 
Titles, or Claims, under any Grants or Letters Patent 
from the Crown, as are profecuted with Effeét, within a 
certain Time therein limited. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word “ repeal,” and in- 


ferting the Words “ explain and amend,” inftead there- 
of. 


And the Qu:ftion being put, That the Word « re- 
“© peal” ftand Part of the Quettion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Rides re f 152. 

Mr. Fenkin/on, ) 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. sce ; bia 3. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal a Claute in the faid Act, which proteéts fuch 
Rights, Titles, or Claims, under any Grants or Letters 
Patent from the Crown, as are profecuted with Effeét, 
within a certain Time therein limited: And that Sir 
William Meredith, Lord Charles Spencer, Mr. Dunning, 
Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Thomas Foley, Junior, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


The other Orders of the Day being read , 
| Refolved, 


XUM 


\- 


XUM 


11 Geo. IIL. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Petition of the Merchants, 
Traders, and principal Inhabitants of the Town and 
Port of Liverpool, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


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





Martis, 12° die Februarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


BILL for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields; Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, Lammas Grounds, and other Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Great Brickbill, 
in the County of Bucks, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lownats, 
Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir ohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Robert Palmer, Efquire, One 
of the Devifees and Truftees named in the Will of the 
Mott noble ¥obn Duke of Bedford, Lord of the Manor 
ot Thorney, and Sir Sampfon Gideon, Baronet, Owner of 
High and Low Borough Fen, and of the Governor, Bai- 
liffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of Conferva- 


tors of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called 


Bedford Level, and of the feveral Perfons whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, Proprietors of Lands lying in the North Level, 
Part of the faid Great Level, and of Lands in the 
Manor of Crowland, thereto adjoining, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 


To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, feveral 


Ads pafled in the 15th and 2oth Years of the Reign of 


Charles the Second, and in the 27th and 29th Years of 
the Reign of his late Majefty, were read; by which it 
appeared, That the Confervators of the Great Level of 
the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, by the faid 
A&amp;cts appointed and incorporated, are impowered to raife 
a certain Tax on all Lands comprized within the faid 
Level, which they are to apply to the Purpofe of ‘drain- 
ing and preferving the fame: And 

Mr. Fohn Browne, Clerk to the Regifter of the faid 
Level, informed your Committee, That the Tax on 
Lands within the North Level amounted to the yearly 
Sum of £.777. 35. 4d.—That feveral Proprietors of 
taxable Lands within the faid North Level, had, purfuant 
to the Power given by the faid laft mentioned Act, pur- 
chafed off £. 60 per Annum, Part of the Taxes chargeable 
on their Lands, whereby a Debt of £. 1,800 was paid off, 
and the yearly Produce of the Taxes upon the taxable 
Lands within the faid North Level, was thereby reduced 
to the Sum of £. 717. 35. 4d. as appeared by the 
Counterparts of Three Deeds by him produced: And 

Mr. Fobn Wing informed the Committee, That fe- 
veral Breaches were made in the Banks ere¢ted for the 
Prefervation of the faid Level in 1763 and 1764, for the 
Repair of which, it was neceflary to borrow the Sum of 
f£. 5,000, the Intereft upon which, at £. 5 per Cent. be- 
ing paid, the Income of the faid Tax was reduced to 
£. 467, 35. 44. as was proved by Mr. Browne; and 


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that other Breaches happening in the faid Banks in the 
Year 1767, the yearly Revenue of the faid Corporation 
arifing from the faid North Level, was not fufficient to 
repair the faid Breaches, and to carry on the neceflary 
Works directed by the faid laft mentioned A€ fo that a 
confiderable Sum of Money has been expended for fuch 
Works, over and befides the faid Sum of £. 5,000 :— 
That feveral other Breaches have happened lately ; that 
the Lands in the faid Level are now very much over- 
flowed, to the great Lofs of the Proprietors and to the 
Public in general ; and that there is a Neceffity for bor: 
rowing fome further Sums of Money for repairing the 
faid Breaches, and draining the Level. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Corporation of the Governor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty of the Company of Confervators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, to com- 
plete and maintain the principal Banks and Works ne- 
ceffary to the well-draining and preferving the North 
Level, Part of the faid Great Level; and for laying a 
Tax upon the Lands within the faid North Level, and 
on divers Lands adjoining thereto, in the Manor of 
Crowland: And that Sir Fobn Hynde Cotton, Sir Sampjon 
Gideon, Mr. Wyldbore, Mr. Fellows, and Mr. Fenyus, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the te- 
veral Parcels of Fen Land, within the Parifh of Algar- 
kirke cum Fofdyke, in the Parts of Holland, in the County 
of Lincoln: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Boothby Graffoe, 
in the County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Whichcot, &amp;c.: And they aréjto meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Simeon Stuart reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of many of the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
and Inhabitants, of the Counties of Southampton and 
Berks, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. = 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fohn Fames, Mr. Richard Townfhend, Mr. George Wood- 
ward Grove, and Mr. Fobn Aldridge, being feverally 
examined, faid, That the Roads deicribed in the Peti- 
tion, are in a very ruinous Condition, narrow, and crook- 
ed in many Places, and in others, deep, dangerous, and 
incommodious to Travellers, and cannot be effectually 
widened, turned, and amended, by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill fo 
amending, widening, turning, and altering, the Roads 
leading from the Village of Liphook, through Alton, Ba- 
fing ftoke, Kingsclere, and Newbury, to the Road leading 
from Speenbamland Water, to Chilton Pond, and alfo the 
Road from Bafing ftoke aforefaid, to Bugmore Hill, and 
feveral other Roads branching out of the aforefaid 
Roads, in the Counties of Sauthampton and Berks : And 
that Sir Simeon Stuart, Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
Henley, Admiral Craven, and Mr. Vanjfittart, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t to 
diffolve the Marriage of Henry Knight, Efquire, with Ca- 
tharine Lynch, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read a Second Time. 


4 Refolved, 








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Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refoived, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Commuttee of the whole 

Houle, upon the faid Bill. : 

+ Ordered, That it be an Inftraction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
nefles, for the faid Billi; and alfo that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witneffes, againft the faid Bill; 
if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Coun- 

- fel, or produce Witneffes. 

Ordered, That Mrs. Elizabeth Worgar do, wpon this 
Day Sevennight, attend the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the faid Bil} is committed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fames Davis do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. . 

Ordered, That Mrs. Elizabeth Davis do attend the 
faid Committee, at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mrs. Elizabeth Richards do attend the 
faid Committee, at the fame Time. . 

Ordered, That Mrs. Meliora Eaton do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Weft do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Téomfon do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mrs. Fane Freeman do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Holman do attend the faid 
Committee, at the fame Time. 


Mr. Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and 
others, refiding near, or travelling upon, and uling, 
the Road therein after mentioned, was referred; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Pe- 
tition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Henry Munby, being examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from the Low Water Mark of the River Hum- 
ber, at Brough Ferry, in the Parifh of Elloughton, in 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York, to the North 
End of Brough, and through the Market Town of 
South Cave, to a Place called Coney Clappers, in South 
Newbald Holmes, in the faid Riding, is become very 
ruinous and bad, and in many Parts is too narrow and 
incommodious ; and that the fame cannot be effectually 
repaired and widened by the Laws in being. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road, from the Low Water 
Mark at Brough Ferry, in the County of York, to Coney 
Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the faid County : 
And that Mr. Lafcelles and Sir George Savile do prepare,. 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the 
Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkeaweli, in the County of 
Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in 
Behalf of themfelves and many others refiding in the 
faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners having been informed, 
that a Petition hath been prefented, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill for the final and perpetual Separation of the 
faid Parifh, purfuant to the Intention of an Act of the 
roth Year of the Reign of Queen une; and for paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the jaid Parifh, and removing 
Obftructions and Annoyances therein; which Bill, if 
paffed into a Law, would be produdtive of great Incon- 
veniences to the Petitioners, and many others refiding 
within the faid Parifh : And therefore praying the Houfe, 
to take the Cafe of the Petitioners into Confideration ; 


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ALLI71, 


and that they may be heard, by themfelves or Couniel, 
before the Committee to whom the faid Petition is re- 
ferred, and have fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the 
Houte fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the laid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom. the Petition 
of the Reétor, Churchwardens, and principal Inhabi- 
tants, of the Parith of Saint Fobn, Clerkexwell, is re- 
ferred ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by themfelves 
or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon tueir Pe- 
fition, if they think fit. 

Ordeved, “That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Couniel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft 
the Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Na- 
vigation from the Trent to the Mer/ey, was prefented to 
the Houte, and read; Setting forth, That, by an Ad, 
made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
the Petitieners are empowered to make a Navigable Cut, 
or Canal, from the River Trent, near Wilden Ferry, in the 
County of Derby, to the River Merfey, at or near Runcora 
Gap; and that the faid Canal will be 87 Miles in Length; 
near 50 whereof are already made, at an Expence of up- 
wards of £. 100,000; and are proceeding to complete 
the Remainder thereof ; and that the Petitioners are in- 
formed, that a Petition has been prefented, for Leave to 
bring in a Bill to make a Navigable Canal, from the 
City of Chefier, to communicate with the faid Canal ar 
or near Middlewich , and reprefenting to the Houle, that 
fuch Canal would moft materially affect their Property, 
without a Probability of its being productive of any 
eflential Advantage to the Public: And therefore pray- 
ing the Houfe, to take the Cafe of the Petitioners into 
Confideration; and that they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againii the faid Petition and Bill, and that iuch 
Bill may not pais into a Law. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Merchants, Tra- 
ders, and others, being Inhabitants of the County and 
City of Cheffer, whole Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
is referred; and that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Countel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Countel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petiticn, againft 
the Petition now pretfented. 


Mr. Pennant reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bull to enable His Majefty to licenfe a Playhoufe, in 
the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
cajier, was committed, That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true,; and that the Committee had dire-:ed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Hewry Renner, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Henry Renner. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, 


XUM 


— — - 


— 2 


ek Be ie Se de, a, ee ee |, 


iS 


le 


YiuIM 


i1 Geo. III. 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five thoufand Seven hundred 
Ninety-fix Pounds Fen Shillings and Five Pence, be 
granted to His Majefty, upon Account, for maintain- 
ing and {upporting the Civil Eftablifhment of His Ma- 
jefty’s Colony of Nova Scotia, for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three thoufand and Eighty- 
fix Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, on Account, for 
defraying the Charges of the Civil Eftablifhment of His 
Majeity’s Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Ex- 


-pences attending the fame, from the 24th of Fune 1770, 


to the 24th of Fune 1771. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Three hun- 
dred and Fifty Pounds, be granted to His Majeity, upon 
Account, for detraying the Expences of the Civil Efta- 
blifhment of His Majeity’s Colony of Ea/t Florida, and 
other incidental Expences attending the fame, from the 
24th of Fune 1770, to the 24th of Fume 177". 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand One hundred 
Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, upon Account, for 
defraying the Expences of the Civil Eftablifhmenc of His 
Majefty’s Colony of Weft Florida, and other incidental 
Expences attending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 
1770, tothe 24th of Fume 1771. : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Eight hundred 
Eighty-five Pounds, and Four Shillings, be granted to 
His Majefty, upon Account, for defraying the Expences 
attending General Surveys of His Majefty’s Dominions 
in North America, for the Year 1771. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queition feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain a Claufe in an Act of the 
laft Sefion of Parliament, for better tupplying the City 
of Worcefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water, and 
for better paving and lighting the faid City, and for re- 
moving and preventing all Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances therein, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé to explain a Claufe in an Aét of the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, for better fupplying the City of 
Worcefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water, and for 
better paving and lighting the faid City, and for remov- 
ing and preventing all Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Yohx Peter Du Ro- 
veray, and Fobn Daniel Naville, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aéct for naturalizing Fobn Peter Du Roveray, 
Sohn Daniel Naville, Fohn Peter Eynard, and David 
Chollet. 

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


The Order of the Day being read, for calling over the 
Names of fuch Members as, upon this Day Sevennight, 
made Default to appear ; 

Ordered, That the Names of fuch Defaulters be called 
over upon this Day Sevennight. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe proceeded to the further hearing of the 
Charge againft Hugh Roberts, contained in the Two Firft 
Refolutions, which, upon the 17th Day of December laft, 
were reported from the Select Committee, who were ap- 
pointed to try and determine the Merits of the Petition of 

Vor. XXXII. 


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£57 
Thomas. Rumbold, Efquire, complaining of an wndué 
Election and Return for the Borough of New Shorchazt; 
in the County of Suféx. 

And the faid Hugh Roberis was called iti, and pro- 
duced feveral Witnetfes; who were examined in his De- 
fence. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 

Refolved, That Hugh Roberts, the late Returning Offi- 
cer for the Borough of New Shoreham, in the County of 
Suffex, having, at the laft Election for the faid Borough, 
received upon the Poll 87 Perfons who voted for Mr. 
Rumbeild, and who all, except One, had taken the Bribery 
Oath; and 37 who voted for Mr. Purling; and having, 
Immediately on the Clofe of the Poil, declared Mr. Pur- 
ling duly ele€ted, and returned him accordincly, hath 
thereby acted illegally, and in Breach of the Privilege of 
this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Hugh Roberts be, for his faid 
Offence, taken into the Cuitocdy of the Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe. 


Sir William Meredith prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to repeal a Claufe in an Aét, made in 
the Ninth Year of His prefent Majeity’s Reign, intituled, 
An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act 
made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King 
James the Firft, intituled, An Act for the General Quiet 
of the Subjects againit all Pretences of Concealment 
whatloever, which protects. fuch Rights, Ticies, or 
Claims, under any Grants or Letters Patent from the 
Crown, as are profecuted with Effe&amp;, within a certain 
‘Fime therein limited : And the fame was received. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir Wilham Meredith have Leave to 
make a Motiun, it bei g near Four of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And the faid Bill was read the Fir't Time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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





Mercurii, 13° die Februarit ; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIJ*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all have Voices, who core to 
the Committee, to whom the Peti:ion of the feveral 
Gentlemen, I.and Owners, Merchants, Traders, and 
others, being Inhabitants of the County and City of 
Chefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, is re- 
ferred. 


Sir Fobn Molefworth reposted from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of fobu Morfhead, Fobu Nicolls, George 
Woollcombe, Fofeph Squire, Reymundo Putt, and others, 
Commiffioners acting under an Act, of Parliament made 
and paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty King George the Third, intituled, An Act for 
paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, 
in the County of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen 
and Porters within the faid Town; and alfo, the Petition 
of the Mayor, Recorder, Juftices, Aldermen, Common 
Council Men, Freemen, together with the principai and 
other Inhabitants of the Boroughof Phymouth, were refer- 
red; Thatthe Committee had examined the Mattersof the 
faid Petitions ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as they appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 

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faid At was read ; and Mr. George Woodward Mallett 
produced an Abftraét of the Receipts and Difburfe- 
ments, which he extracted from the Book of Accounts 
of the Commiffioners for paving the Borough of P/y- 
mouth, whereby it appears, that they have expended 
£.913 115. 7d.—That the Total Amount of the Rates 
afleffed is £.936 3s. 14., of which they have received 
only £.507 7s. 10d. + befides £.40 of the Corpora- 
tion, and £.17 55. od. for Dung:—That they have 
borrowed £.400; and there is due for Lamps to the Se- 
cond of February £. 105, and alfo feveral Sums owing 
for Carts, Watch, Scavengers, Rent of a Room for their 
Meetings, and the Surveyor and Clerk’s Salaries:— 
That Difficulties had occurred in collecting the Rates : 
And he gave an Inftance where the Mayor refufed a War- 
rant of Diftrefs againft a Collector ; but upon reading 
the Aét it appeared, that to juftify the Mayor in granting 
fuch Warrant, a Conviction fhould have been previoufly 
had upon Oath before a Magiftrate, which in this Cafe 
was omitted: That the Aét is defective in feveral other 
Refpects. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend, and render more effectual, an Act pafied in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for paving, lighting, znd watching, the 
“ Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon; and for re- 
‘culating the Carmen and Porters within the faid 
«“ Town :’ And that Sir Foln Mole/worth, the Lord Bar- 
rington, ‘and Mr. Parker, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Ga/coyne reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Sir Yohu Gibbons, Baronet, and Knight 
of the honourable Order of the Bath, and alfo of the 
feveral Owners and Occupiers of Lands and Houfes, in 
the Parith of Stanwell, in the County of Méiddlefex, was 
referred; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Jo/eph 
Pickering, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the faid 
Sir Fobn Gibbons is Owner of the Manor of Stanwell, and 
of the capital Meffuage called Stanwell Place, and the 
Park thereto adjoining; over which there are at prefent 
certain Foot Paths, which make Part of a Path or Way 
from the South Corner of the Garden Wall of Edwin 
Francis Stanhope, Etquire, in Stanwell aforefaid, to a 
Piece of Grourd in the faid Parith, called Burrough Green, 
over certain Fields formerly called Burrough Fields and 
Hujvanours, now Part of the faid Park ; in which the In- 
habitants of the faid Parifhes, or fome of them, claim cer- 
tain Rights of Common, which the faid Sir fobn Gibbons 
difputes and denies ; and a Suit at Law is now depend- 
ing concerning the fame. 

That Sir obn Gibbons hath propofed, at. his own Ex- 
pence, to make a better and more convenient Foot Path 
from the Eaftern Garden Wall of the faid Mr. Stanbope, 
to the new River, and from thence to the faid Burrough 
Green, in Lieu of the faid Paths and Ways over the faid 
Fields; and to oblige himfelf, his Heirs, and Affigns, to 
maintain the fame for ever, and hath alfo propofed to 
convey to Truftees, for the Benefit of the Poor of the faid 
Parith, a Houfe called Rodinfon’s. with an Orchard there- 
to belonging, and alfo to pay into the Hands of fuch 
Truftees, the Sum of One hundred Pounds for the Ufe 
of the Poor of the faid Parifh, upon Condition that he 
fhall be authorized to fhut up the faid Paths and Ways 
over the faid Burrough Fields and Hufbanours , and that 
all Claims to any Right of Common in the faid Park 
fhall be extinguifhed ; to which Propofals the Inhabi- 
tants of the faid Parifh have confented. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
impower Sir Fobn Gibbons to fhut up the Foot Paths, 


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over certain Lands in the Parith of Stawell, in the 
County of Middlefex, and to extinguifh all Claims and 
Right of Common in and over the faid Lands; and to 
oblige the faid Sir John Gibbons to make and keep in 
Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof; and to veft cer- 
tain Premifes and a Sum of Money in Truftees, for 
the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifh: And that Mr. 


a and Mr. Fuller do prepare, and bring in; the 
ame. 


Lord George Cavendi/h reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Open Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Liberty, of 
Fairfield, in the Parifh of Hope, and County of Derby, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Proprietors of 53 Acres and 1 Rood of Land intended to 
be inclofed, and who, being applied to, refufed to fign the 
Bill, and that the whole Quantity of Land intended ta 
be inclofed confifts of 778 Acres; and that no Perfon 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) ard 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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

And Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft, in 
Right of His Duchy of Lancafter, is concerned in the faid 
Bill ; “ 

The Lord Strange, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the 
Houie may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders of the Counties of 2ork and Derby, 
was referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe,; 
and he’read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fonathan Oxley, being examined, faid, That he knows 
the feveral Roads defcribed in the Petition, which are, 
in general, very bad, and in feveral Places extremely 
narrow ; and that they cannot be repaired and widened 
by the ordinary Courte of Law. 

He added, That if the faid Roads were properly re- 
paired, it would be of great public Utility. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road leading trom Penniftone 
Bridge, in the County of York, to Grindleford Bridge, 
in the County or Derby; and the Roads feverally leading 
from Bamford Wood Gate, over Yorkfhire Bridge, to the 
Guide Poft, on Thornhill Macr, to or near the Eighth 
Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, and to the Village of 
Darwent, in the faid County of Derby: And that Lord 


George Cavendifo and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Sir Matthew Fetherftonbaugh have 
Leave to go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon 
Account of the Affairs of his Family. 


Ordered, That Mr. dufrere have Leave to go into the. 
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Country for a Fortnight, upon Account of the Affaits 
of his Family. 


Ordered, That Mr. Anderfon have Leave to go into 
the Country for a Fortnight, upon urgerit Occafions. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable His Majefty to licenfe a 
Playhoute, in the Town of Liverpool, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aé to enable His Majefty to licenfe a Play- 
houfe, in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancafter. 

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


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue, and render more effectual, an 
Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End of 
Middleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence 
to Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houtfe. 

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


The Earl of Catherlough reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees, 
appointed to put in Execution Three feveral Acts of Par- 
liament, pafied in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty. 
firft Years of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Roads from Birmingham, through Warwick, to Warming- 
ton, and from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, 
to Edgebill, in the County of Warwick, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as fol- 
loweth ; wiz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Aéts were read ; and Mr. William Hunt, being examined, 
faid, That great Progrefs hath been made in amending 
that Branch of the faid Road, which l:ads from Bir- 
mingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to Edgehill ; but 
that the fame cannot be completed, and kept in Repair 
for the future, unlefs the Term cf the faid Acts be fur- 
ther continued, and fome further Powers given. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual; Three Acts, made 
in the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and in 
the Eighteenth and Thirty-firft Years of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing the Roads from Birmingham, through 
Warwick, to Warmington, and from Birmingham, through 
Stratford upon Avon, to Edgehill, in the County of War- 
wick, fo tar as the fame relate to the Road from Bir- 
mingbam, through Siratford upon Avon, to Edgehill 
aforefaid: And that the Earl of Catherlough, Mr. Weft, 
and Mr. Skipwith, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Un- 
inclofed Fields; Commons, and Waftes, within the 
Manor of Scaléy, in the North Riding of the County 
of York ; and alfo a certain Common, called Throxenby 
Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame Riding ; 
was read a Second Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cholm- 
ley; Mr. Powlett, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Colonel Pringle reported from the Committee, towhom 
the Petition of the honourable George Baillie, Efquire, 
of Fervifwood ; Sir Fobn Paterfon, of Eccles, Sir Fobn 
Stuart, of Allanbank , Sir Robert Pringle, of Stitchell ; 
Sir Alexander Purves, of Purves ; Sir Alexander Don, of 
Newton, Baronets ; Fobn Swinton, Junior, of Swinton, 
George Buchan, of Kello; David Gavin; of Langtoun ; 
Patrick Home, of Wedderburn, George Home, Clerk to 
the Signet; William Robertfon, of Ladykirk ; Thomas 
Cockburn, of Rowchefter ; Captain David Home, of Pax- 
ton, Archbald Swinton, of Manderfton ; Robert Hepburn; 
of Clerkington, Fames Lorain, of Angelraw ,; John Ren- 
ton; of Lamerton; Robert Robertfon, of Brownfbank ; 
Jobn Renton, of Chefterbank ; George Gordon, of Gordon- 
bank ; Fohn Mow, of Mains ; Fohn Lumfdaine, of Bla- 
nern, Charles Frank, of Bughtrig,; Sohn Fordyce, of 
Ayton, George Trotter, of Belchefter ; Edward Marjori- 
banks, of Lees; Fobn Watfon, of Overmains , Walter 
Ker, Junior, of Littledean ; Fobn Spottifwood, of Spot- 
tifwood ; Fobn Carre, of Nifbett , “fames Haig, of Be- 
merfide; and Fobn Ferriar, of Coldingknows, Efquires ; 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had directed him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Sir 
Alexander Purves, Baronet, being examined, faid, That 
he knows the Roads from Ednom Bridge, to Compton’s 
Lanes, and from Ednom Bridge to Eymouth, and the 
feveral Roads branching therefrom ; that they are ex- 
tremely ruinous, arid narrow in many Parts, and that 
the Statute Labour is infufficient to repair the fame. 

A Member prefent confirmed the above Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Edzom Bridge, 
to Compton’s Lanes, and from Ednom Bridge to Eymouth, 
and feveral other Roads, in the County of Berwick: 
And that Colonel Pringle, Mr. Pringle, and Mr. Dick- 
fon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for paving Wapping Street, in the County of 
Middlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paflages leading 
into the fame ; and for removing all Encroachments and 
Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; and for opening a Paflage from Hermitage 
Street, into Nightingale Lane, and tor paving fuch Paf: 
face, and the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane, was read 
a Sécond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, the Lord Mayor of London, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afterncon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Weft prefented to the Hoife, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields; Common Meadows, Common Wood Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of A/vefon, in 
the County of Warwick: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. ames Dundas reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petitich of feveral Noblemen, 2nd the humble 
Petition of feveral of the Truftees to an Aét paffed in 
the 24th Year of the Reign of King George the Second, 
for repairing the Road leading from Cramond Bridge to 
Queen’s Ferry, in the County of Linlithgow, and ef the. 
Gentlemen, Land Owners, Merchants, Farmers, and 
Traders, in the Counties of Linlithgow and Fife, fub- 
fcribing, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
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mined the Matter of the faid Petition, and had di- 
rected him to repor: the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houte ; aad he read the Report in his Place, and 
aiterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
A&amp; was read ; and Mr. Thomas Rettray, being examined, 
faid, That the Truftees have proceeded in the Repair 
of the faid Road, but is not yet completed, and have 
borrowed the Sum of £. 250, which itill remains due, 
and cannot be repaid, and the Road repaired, during the 
fubfiiting Term of the fa.d Act. 

Which Evidence was confirmed by a Member prefent. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of fo much of an 
A&amp;, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Second, as relates to the repairing the 
Road from Cramond Bridge to the Town of Queensferry, 
in the County of Linlithgow: And that Mr. ames 
Dundas, Sir Alexander Gilmour, and Mr. Dundas, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Hugh Roberts, now in the Cuftody of 
the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, was _pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
‘the Petitioner, with all Humility acknowleging the 
Offence by which he hath incurred the Difpleafure of 
the Houfe, and their Juftice in punifhing him for the 
fame, and begging their Pardon, implores them to ex- 
tend their wonted Humanity and Compaiffion to him, by 
difcharging him from his Confinement. 

Ordered, That the faid Hugh Roberts be brought to 
the Bar of this Houfe, To-morrow Morning, in order 
to his being difcharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of all Monies received and paid, by the Go- 
vernors and Guardians of the Hofpital for the Main- 
tenance and Education of expofed and deferted young 
Children, between the 3ift Day of December 1769, and 
the 31ft Day of December 1770, with the Balance then 
remaining ; and alfo, an Account of the Number of 
Children, received into the faid Hofpital on or before 
the 25th Day of March 1760, who have been placed 
out Apprentices, between the faid 31ft Day of De- 
cember 176g, and the faid 31ft Day of December 1770; 
diftinguifhing the Number placed out in each Month, 
and how many with, and how many without, Appren- 
tice Fees, and how much fuch Fees have amounted to 
in each Month ; and alfo, an Account of the Number 
of the faid Children who have been returned to their 
Parents, between the faid 3:{t Day of December £769, 
and the faid 31ft Day of December 1770; and alfo, 
an Account of the Number of the faid Children who 
have died between the faid 31ft Day of December 1769, 
and the faid 31ft Day of December 1770; and allio, 
an Account of the Number of the faid Children who 
were living, under the Care of the faid Governors and 
Guardians, on the faid 31ft Day of December 1770. 

Ordered, That the Governors and Guardians of the 
Hofpital for the Maintenance and Education of expofed 
and deferted young Children, do lay before this Houfe, 
an Eftimate of the Expence of maintaining the Chil- 
dren, received into the faid Hoipital on or before the 
25th Day of March 1760, trom the grft Day of De- 
cember 1770, exclufive, to the gift Day of December 
1771, inclufive. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to reiolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into the faid Comunittee. 


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Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the {aid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
feveral Papers, which were prefented to the Houfe, by 
the Lord North, upon the 25th Day of Fanuary laft, 
by His Majefty’s Command; and by Mr. Sutton and 
Mr. Buller, wpon the 4th Day of this Inftant Fe- 
bruary. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty, to return His Majefty the Thanks of this 
Houfe, for the Communication which His Majefty has 
been gracioufly pleafed to make, of the Declaration 
figned and delivered by the Prince of Mafferano, on 
the Part of his Catholic Majefty, the 22d of Fanuary 
laft, and of His Majefty’s Acceptance thereof. 

To teftify to His Majefty our fincere Satisfaction, at 
finding that the King of Spain has; in Compliance with 
His Majefty’s juft Demand, difavowed the violent En- 
terprize againft Port Egmont, in Falkland’s Tfand, and 
engaged to give immediate Orders for reftoring all 
Things to the Situation in which they ftood before the 
Time of the faid Enterprize. 

To exprefs our Hope, that the Spirit of Modera- 
tion, as well as the Firmnefs, which His Majefty has 
manifefted in His Conduct upon this Occafion, will, by 
inclining the other Powers of Europe to concur with 
His Majefty in His Views of preferving the general 
Tranquillity, prove the Means of fecuring to His Ma- 
jefty and His People the permanent Enjoyment of ho- 
nourable Peace. 

And to affure His Majyefty, that, in every Situa- 
tion, His faithful Commons will fteadily perfevere in 


giving His Majefty their moft affectionate and zealous 
Support. 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out from the End of the Firft 
Paragraph, to the End of the Queftion. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words pro- 
pofed to be left out, ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

. Lord Beaucham 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Onflow : Ps t 275. 
Mr. Walfingbam, 

Tellers for the Noes, J Mr Spee . t 157. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Queftion being put ; 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, to return His. Majefty the Thanks of 
this Houfe, for the Communication which His Ma- 
jefty has been gracioufly pleafed to make, of the De- 
claration figned and delivered by the Prince of Ma/- 
ferano, on the Part of his Catholic Majefty, the 22d 
of Fanuary laft, and of His Majefty’s Acceptance 
thereof. 

To teftify to His Majefty our fincere Satisfaction, at 
finding that the King of Spain has, in Compliance with 
His Majetty’s juft Demand, difavowed the violent En- 
terprize againft Port Egmont, in Falkland’s Ifland, and 
engaged to give immediate Orders for reftoring all 
Things to the Situation in which they ftood before the 
Time of the faid Enterprize. 

To exprefs our Hope, that the Spirit of Moderation, 
as well as the Firmnefs, which His Majefty has mani- 
fefted in His Conduct upon this Occafion, will, by 
inclining the other Powers of Europe to concur with 
His Majefty in His Views of preferving the generat 

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Tranquillity, prove the Means of fecuring to His Ma- 
jefty and His People the permanent Enjoyment of ho- 
nourable Peace. 

And to affure His Majefty, that, in every Situa- 
tion, His faithful Commons will fteadily perfevere in 
piving His Majefty their moft affectionate and zealous 
Support. nad 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houle as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


And then the Houfe, having continued to fit till 
near Three of the Clock on Thurfday Morn- 
ing, adjourned till this Day, Twelve of the 
Clock. 





Fovis, 14° die Februarii; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*# Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


IR William Bagot prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Common and Wafte Ground, within the Townfhip or 
Hamlet of Horninglow, in the Parifh of Barton, in the 
County of Stafford: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 
Council, of the City of Bath, in Common Council af- 
fembled, was prefented to the Houfe; and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, 
that a Petition has been prefented for Leave to bring in 
a Bill for making, wideni g, and repairing, a Turn- 
pike Road, from Melk/bam, by or near Broughton, Wrax- 
ball, and Varlywick, in the County of Wilts, and from 
thence to the Bottom of the Hill near to Bathford, in 
the County of Somerfet, and for carrying the faid new 
Road acrofs the River Avon, by a Bridge near to Bath- 
ford, and from thence to Bathwick, and from thence 
to the new Bridge which is now building acrofs the 
River Avon, oppofite to the faid City of Bath, near to 
the prefent Ferry, thereby to avoid the prefent Road 
from Bath to Melkfbam, as alfo for making a new 
Turnpike Road from Bradford to Farlywick, and from 
that Part of Odd Down, near the Old Glafs Houfe, 
which communicates with the Turnpike Road lead- 
ing to Froome and Warminfter ; and from a Part of the 
Wells Road, near the Red Lion, to or near a Place 
called Barrocks, where the faid Two Roads would join, 
and from thence by or near Lyncomb, and from thence 
to the End of the faid Bridge, which is now building 
acrofs the River Avon, oppofite to Bath, near the Old 
Ferry; which is a Scheme intended only for private 
Emolument, and, if carried into Execution, will (by 
laying additional Duties on the Public) be highly in- 
jurious to the City in general, and to the Petitioners 
and their refpective Lefiees holding Eftates under them 
in particular : And therefore praying, That the faid Bill 
may not pafs into a Law, and that the Petitioners may, 
by themfelves or Counfel, be heard againft fuch Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill to make a Road from Mélkfbam, by or 
near Broughton, Wraxball, and Farlywick, in the County 
of Wilts, to the Bottom of the Hill near Bathford, in 
the County of Somerjet, over the River Avon, to Bath- 
wick, and from thence to the Bridge now building near 
the Old Ferry, oppofite the City of Bath; and alfo a 
Road from Bradford, to join the abovementioned Road, 
near Farlywick, and alfo a Road from the Froome 

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Turnpike Road on Odd Down, to a Place called Bar- 
rocks, and from a Place called the Red Lyon, in the 
Wells Turnpike Road, to Barrocks ; from thence by 


Lyncombe, and to the faid new Bridge; be brought 
in. 


Mr. Willoughby prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a-Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, 
within the Liberties of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the 
County of Nottingham: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ Mr. Crowle prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Com- 
mon Pafture, called Myton Carr, in the Lordfhip of 
Myton, in the Parifh of the Holy Trinity, in. the Town 
and County of Kingfton upon Hull: And the fame was 
teceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Fitzberhert prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for more effectually vefting the Reverfion 
in Fee Simple, of and in divers Lands and Heredita- 
ments, in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Nottingham, 
and Stafford, in Wafbington Ear\ Ferrers, and his Truf- 
tees; and fot confirming Letters Patent granted there- 
of, and of certain other Lands and Hereditaments in 
the County of Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the 
Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Re:gn, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. La/fcelles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividirig and inclofing certain Fields, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Melton, in the Parifh of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of 
the County of York: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the feveral Laws now in being, for - 
the Encouragement of the Briti/h White Herring Fithery, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of fobn, Robert, Fames, and William 
Adam, and Fames Paine, Architects, Dorothy Monck, 
Widow, Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitch- 
iner, Coal Merchant, was referred, be received upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order, made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of 
the Supply granted to His Majefty, be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order, made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 
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A Meffage from the Lords; by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Montagu : 

Mr. Speaker, &lt; 

The Lordshaveagreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing feveral Roads leading 
through the County of Se/kirk, without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in 
the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefiy, 
for repairing and widening the Road from Spernal Ah, 
in the County of Warwick, to a Street called Digbeth, 
in the Town of Birmingham, without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividirig and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
within the Townfhip and Liberties of Ayleury, in the 
County of Bucks, without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for carrying into Execution an Agreement made be- 
tween Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General of His 
Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden Cal- 
jege, in the County of Kewt, for enabling His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs, and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of 
Maidenftone Hill, in the Parifh of Eaft Greenwich, in 
the County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the 
Terms mentioned in the faid Agreement ; and for im- 
powering the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and 
Penfions of the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Mer- 
chants, in the faid College, without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord Ducie, 
and his Iffue, to take the Surname of Moreton, and to 
bear and ufe the Arms of Honour of the Right ho- 
hourable Matthew Lord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant to 
the Will of the faid Matthew Lord Ducie; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid ingroffed Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The feveral Orders of the Day being read, for the 
Attendance of R: Thompfon and F; Wheble; 

Ordered, That thé faid R. Thompfon and F. Wheble 
do attend this Houfe upon Tue/day Morning next. 


Hugh Roberts was, according to Order, brought to 
the Bar; where he, upon his Knees; received a Repri- 
mand from Mr. Speaker; and was ordered to be dif- 
charged out of Cuftody, paying his Fees. 

The Reprimand was as followeth ; viz, 


Hugh Roberts, 


You have been convicted, upon the cleareft and 
moft fatisfactory Proof, of returning a Member to this 
Houfe, againft a very great Majority of Votes ad- 
mitted by yourfelf, and which now ftand upon the 
Poll. 

This Offence, confidered in the Abftraét, and with- 
out the accompanying Circumfttances, is a Crime of an 
atrocious Nature ; it’ ftrikes at the very Being of this 
Houfe: for, if Practices of this Sort were to obtain, 
the Commons of Great Britain, who are now the Re- 

refentatives of the Free People of this Kingdom, would 
be merely the Delegates of corrupt Returning Officers. 

In vain have our Anceftors been anxioufly careful 
to fecure the Freedom of Eledtions, by all the Means 
Human Wildom and Forefight could fuggeft ; in vain 
have they particularly guarded againft the Partiality of 
the Returning Officer, and obliged him, by every Tie, 
to a faithful Difcharge of that Truft, which the Con- 
ftitution hath repofed in his Hands, if Men are to be 


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found daring enough to fend Members to this Houfe, 
who were never choferi by the legal Ele€tors. 

You have faid, that you did not receive the Votes 
abfolutely, but only admitted them to poll condition- 
ally, and fubje&amp; to future Revifion, as appears by the 
Queries fet againft their Names. 

I think this Circumftance, alone, was it true, would 
not much avail you ; for I have always been of Opinion 
(although I do not know that the Refolutions of the 
Houfe have gone fo fat) that the Practice of receiving 
Votes with Queries by the mere Authority of the Re- 
turning Officer; and without the Confent of the Par- 
ties, is illegal; I am fure it is dangerous ; for, if once 
it be admitted by this Houfe, that the Returning Of- 
ficer has a Right to receive Votes upon Terms which 
are to fubjeét them to his future Detifion, after the 
Poll is clofed, and the Numbers known, it will al- 
ways be in the Power of that Officer, fo to manage the 
queried Votes, as to return which of the Candidates 
he pleafes ; and, if he is either an artful Man himfelf, 
or artfully affifted by others, he will alfo be able ‘fo 
to do the Bufinefs, as to make it difficult to fet afide 
what he hath done, and more difficult to punifh him for 
doing it. 

But your Cafe does not afford you even this Ex- 
cufe; for it has been proved, that, although you re- 
ferved the queried Votes for future Difcuffioh and Re- 
confideration, you made your Return without either, 
as foon as the Poll was over; rejecting, as you de- 
clared, all thofe who had voted for One of the 
Candidates (which amounted to a great Majority of 
the Whole) on account, as you alleged, of Corruption ; 
notwithftanding you had adminiftered the Oath againft 
Bribery to all, except One, of thofe you thought pro- 
per to reject. 

There are, however, Circumftances in your Cafe 
which greatly extenuate your Offence, and which the 
Houfe hath, with Pleafure, laid hold of, to mitigate 
the Severity of your Punifhment; and this they have 
done at the Recommendation of thofe very refpectable 
Gentlemen who compofed that Committee, which, by 
its Conduct upon this Occafion, hath merited, not only 
the Thanks of this Houfe, but the general Applaufe 
of the Public.— By a fteady Attention to Juftice, and a 
firm Perfeverance in obtaining it, they have furmounted 
a Variety of Difficulties, in carrying into Execution a 
new Law, which has founded a new Court of Judi- 
cature, for the Trial of Parliamentary Elections ; a Law, 
which, if it continues to be executed for the future, 
with equal Abilities and Integrity, as it has been in 
this Inftance, will be a Blefling to this Country, and 
do Honour to the Memory of the Perfon who planned, 
and to the Parliament which adopted and paffed it. 

You have proved, that you were formerly a Member 
of a Club, in the Borough over which you prefided, 
which hath profanely affumed the Name of The Chriftian 
Club ; a Club, inftituted for the moft infamous Pur- 
pofe, that of felling the Borough to the higheft Bid- 
der, that this Club confifts of a great Majority of 
the Eleétors; and that the Members of it bind them- 
felves, to one another, and to Secrecy, by Oaths, in 
Writing, and Bonds with large Penalties; that they 
carry on this fcandalous Traffick by a felect Commit- 
tee, who never appear or vote at any Election, on ac- 
count of their Scruples of Confcience, having actually 
received the ftipulated Price of the Borough ; but that 
the reft of the Members of this Club vote as they are 
directed by their Committee, and, without Hefitation, 
take the Oath againft Bribery (as they did, in the pre- 
fent Inftance) and, when the Eleétion is over, receive 
their Share of the Price which has been paid to their 
Factors. 

You proved likewife, that you voluntarily quitted 
this Club in February \aft, when there was no Vacancy, 
and when you could have no Expectation of being the 


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Returning Officer, in cafe a Vacancy fhould happen :— 
It has ‘likewife-appeared in Evidence that you a¢ted ‘by 
the Advice of-Counfel.. 

And you have infifted, that though you may have 
acted illegally, ‘you have not a¢ted intentionally wrong ; 
and that you fhould not have rejected the queried 
Votes, if:you had not been convinced in your Conicience 
that they were all corrupted. 

Thefe are the favourable Circumftances under which 
the Houfe have confidered your Cafe ; and, on Account 
of them, have inflicted upon you the mildeft ‘Punith- 
ment that the Nature of their ‘Proceedings ‘will ‘per- 
mit. : 

And I am, in Obedience to their Commands, ‘to ‘RE- 
PRIMAND you for this Offence ; which I now do: 
And I am, by their Order, to acquaint you, which I alfo 
do, that you are difcharged, paying your Fees. 

Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That Mr. Speaker be 
defired to print the Speech ‘by him made, upon ‘repri- 
manding ‘the faid Hugh Roberts. 


‘Ordered, That Mr. Dundas have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being after Three of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and 

An ingroffed Bill to explain, amend, and render more 
effectual, an Act made in the Eighth Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Ac for making and 
maintaining a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth, 
or River of Forth, at or-near the Mouth of the River 
of Carron, in the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or 
River of Clyde, at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burn- 
foot, in the County of Dumbarton, and alfo a collateral 
Cut from the fame to the City of G/a/gow; and for mak- 
ing a navigable Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from 
the Port and Harbour of Borrow/tounne/s, to join the 
faid Canal, at or near the Place where it will fall into 
the Firth of Forth, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to explain, amend, and render more effec- 
tual, an A&amp; made in the Eighth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for making and 
maintaining a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth, 
or River of Forth, at or near the Mouth of the River of 
Carron, in the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or River 
of Clyde, at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in 
the County of Dumbarton, and alfo a collateral Cut from 
the fame to the City of Glafgow ; and for making a na- 
vigable Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from the 
Port and Harbour of Borrowffounne/s, to join the faid 
Canal, at or near the Place where it will fall into the 
Firth of Forth. 

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


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





Lund, 18° die Februarii; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


(pRéered, That the Copy of the Proceedings of the 

Commiffioners for putting in Execution the feveral 
Aéts of Parliament, made in the Second, Third, Fourth, 
and Fifth Years of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for pav- 
ing, cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, 
and other Places, within the City and Liberty of Wef- 
minfter, &amp;c. from the 23d Day of Fanuary 1770, to the 
27th Day of November 1770, both inclufive ; alfo an 
Account of all Contracts and Agreements made by the 
faid Commiffioners, from the 23d Day of Fanuary 1770, 


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to the 27th Day of November 1770, both inclufive ; 
and alfo the Copy of the Treafurer’s general State of Ac~ 
counts with the Commiffioners for paving, &amp;c. We/tmin- 
Ster, from the 29th September 1769, to the 29th Septem- 
ber 17703 and alfo, Copies of the general State of Ac- 
counts of the feveral Receivers to the Commiflioners for 
paving, Sc. Weftminfter, from Lady Day 1769, to Lady 
Day 1770, be referred to the Committee, to whom the 
Bill to amend, and render more effectual, feveral Acts 
made, ‘relating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the 
Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the 
City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent, is 
committed. : 


_ Sir George Colebrooke prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for the more effectually raifing a 
Military Force for the Protection of the Settlements and 
Poffeffions of the Eaft India Company: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 


upon Thurfday Sevennight, the 28th Day of this Inftant 
February. 


_ ‘Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, a 
State ‘of the Land Forces now in India, in the Pay of 
the Eaf?t India Company ; fpecifying the Numbers of 
each Corps, and the Pay of each Rank in each Corps, 
and diftinguifhing the Europeans from the Natives. 


Sir William Bagot prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Open Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, 
Commons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets 
of Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parifh of Burtot upon Trent, in the County of Sraf- 
ford: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir William Bagot prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields, Common, or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paf- 
tures, and Commonable Grounds; within the Hamlets of 
Stapenbill, and Winjbill, in the County of Derby: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Belafyfe prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Townfhips of North Mukham, 
Holme, and Bathley, in the Parith of North Mufkham, in 
the County of Nottingham: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for better paving the Streets, Squares, 
Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other public Paf- 
fages, in that Part of Goodman’s Fields, which lies in the 
Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, 
in the County of Middlefex, and alfo Red Lion Street and 
White Lion Street, \ying contiguous to the faid Fields ; 
and for removing and preventing Nufances, Annoyan- 
ces, and Obftructions therein, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 

‘at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One ; and, upon the Queftion feyerally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

5 Ordered, 












































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


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for better paving that Part of the 
High Street, in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, other- 
wife Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Middlefex, 
and for removitig Obftructions and Annoyances therein, 
was committed ; and to whom the Petition of the Free- 
holders, Farmers, and others, of the County of Effex, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of 
themfelves and others paffing ftom the faid County, 
through Mile End, to London, and Parts adjacent, on 
the Turnpike Road ; and alfo, the Petition of the fe- 
veral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
being Proprietors, Leflees, and Inhabitants of Houfes, 
on the South Side of the public High Street, in the Pa- 
rith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwile Whitechapel, in 
the County of Middlefex ; and alfo, the Petition of the 
Truftees, whofe Names are thereunder fubfcribed, ap- 
pointed (among others) to put in Execution Three fe- 
veral Acts of Parliament, for repairing the Highway 
from Stones End, at Whitechapel Church, in the County 
of Middlefex, to Shenfield, and other Places, in the County 
of Effex, and alfo of feveral Gentlemen and others fre- 
quently paffing the faid Roads ; and alfo, the Petition of 
divers Freeholders, Farmers, Traders, and others, refid- 
ing in the County of Effex ; and alfo, another Petition 
of divers Freeholders, Farmers, Traders, and others, re- 
fiding in the County of Efex; and alfo, another Petition of 
divers Freeholders, Farmers, Traders, and others, re- 
fiding in the Couhty of Efex; and alfo, the Petition of fe- 
veral of the Truftees for putting in Execution an Act of 
the 3d Year of His prefent Majeity’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé to continue the Term, and enlarge the Powers, 
of Two Aéts of Parliament, for repairing the Highways, 
from Whitechapel Church, in the County of Middlefex, to 
Woodford, in the County of Effex, and for enlightening 
and watching Part of the faid Highways, from White- 
chapel Church to Stratford, and for repairing the Roads 
through the Parifhes of Chigwell and Lambourn, in the 
County of Effex, were referred; That the Committee 
had confidered the firft and laft mentioned Petitions, and 
had heard Counfel in Support of the fecond mentioned 
Petition ; and that the Committee had examined the 


Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; . 


and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for making the Exemplification of the laft Will 
and Teftament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, deceafed, 
Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity, in Great 
Britain and Ireland, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Clayton prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for improving and completing the Naviga- 
tion of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of Lon- 
don, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Robert Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
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ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com. 
mon Fen belonging to Boffon Weft, in the County of 
Lincoln: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Captain Samuel Pitchford, and the Heirs Male 
of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname, and bear the 
Arms, of Sir Samue’ Cornifo, deceafed, purfuant to his 
Will, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Howard prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for difcharging from Tithe certain Lands, 
in the Parifh of Sebrabam, otherwile Sebergham, in the 
County of Cumberland, and for making Compenfation 
to the Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. . 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen 
belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parith of Skir- 
beck, and,County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Roéert 
Bertie, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ; 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Commiffidner to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Diftrict of Burghs of Bamff, Elgin, 
Cullen, Kintcre, and Inverary, in the room of Sir An- 
drew Mitchell, Knight of the Moft honourable Order of 
the Bath, deceafed. 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Act, made in the gth Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the 
Road, from the City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the 
County of Norfolk, and of feveral other Perfons, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe ;.and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read; and, Mr. Henry Browne and Mr. 
Edward Hibgame, being feverally examined, faid, That 
the Truftees have proceeded to put the faid Ac in 
Execution, and have borrowed the Sum of £. 3,900, 
which, together with other Debts neceffarily contraéted, 
amounting to £. 4,620. 6. 8. is now owing, and can- 
not be paid off, and the faid Road completed, and kept 
in Repair, unlefs the Term of the faid Aé&amp; be further 
continued, and the Powers thereof altered and enlarged : 
That the Actis in feveral other Refpects defective, par- 
ticularly by the Reftraint laid on the Truftees from 
erecting Gates but at particular Places, whereby the 
Payment of the Tolls are evaded, and do not produce 
fufficient to carry the Purpofes of the Act into Execu- 
tion. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the 
Ninth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, in- 
tituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road, 
from the City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County 
of Norfolk: And that Sir Edward Aftley and Mr. De 
Grey do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace, Gen- 
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of Norfolk, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, toge- 
ther with the Refolutions of the Committee thereupon, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the {aid Petition, the ho- 
nourable Henry Hobart, being examined, faid, That the 
Poor are extremely numerous in many Parts of the faid 
County :—That they are not properly maintained or 
taken Care of ; and that it would be a great Benefit to 
the Poor in general, as well as a confiderable Saving of 
Expence to the County, if proper Houfes were provided 
for their Reception and Relief. ; ' 

ohn Wodebouje, Efquire, confirmed the foregoing 
Evidence. 

Upon the whole Matter, the Committee came to 
the following Refolutions : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it would be a-Benefit to the Poor, and an Ad- 
vantage to the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes and 
Places within the County of Norfolk, if a Houfe or 
Houfes of Induftry were provided for the Reception, 
Maintenance, and Employment, of fuch Poor. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved, that Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. ; 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, in the 
County of Norfolk, for the Reception, Maintenance, and 
Employment, of the Poor, belonging to the feveral Pa- 
rifhes and Places within the faid County: And that Sir 
Edward Aftley, Mr. De Grey, Mr. Milles, Mr. Gilbert, 
and Mr. Fackfon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feve- 
ral Open Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and 
Watte Grounds, within the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Li- 
berty, of Fairfield, in the Parifh of Hope, and County of 
Derby, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and W afte Grounds, 
within the Township, Hamlet, or Liberty, of Fairfield, 
in the Parith of Hope, and County of Derby. 

Ordered, That Lerd George Cavendifo do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
Chefterfield, in the County of Derby, through or near 
Workfop and Retford, to join the River Trent, at or 
near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord George 
Cavendifo, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Collingham, through Wetherby, to the City of York : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the feve- 
ral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Kilbam on the Woulds, in the County of York, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel 


Lajcelles, Sit George Savile, 8c. : And they are to meet 
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165 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Earl of Caiberlough prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to continue, and render more 
effectual, Thtee Acts, madé in the Twelfth Year of 
King George the Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty- 
firft Years of his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
from Birmingham, through Warwick, to Warmington, 
and from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to 
Edgebill, in the County of Warwick, fo far as the 
fame relate to the Road from Birmingham, through 
Stratford upon Avon, to Edgehill aforefaid: Arid the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be tead a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlenieri, Freeholders, and 
others, of the County of Berks, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe; and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill to coritinue, and render more 
effectual, feveral Aéts, for repairing the Highways be- 
tween the Bear Inn, in Reading, and Puntfield, in the 
County of Berks, arid other Roads in the faid Aéts men- 
tioned ; and for repairing the Highway between a Houfe 
in Speenbamland, in the Occupation of Edward Sheppard, 
and the Weft End of the, Highway by the faid Aéts di- 
rected to be repaired, and alfo the Highway from Bo/- 
tock Lane to Pangborne, in the faid County ; and fetting 
forth, That the Highway leading from the great Bath 
Road at the Direétion Poft, to Aldermajton, near a Pub- 
lic Houfe, called The Rifing Sun, toa Brick Arch at the 
End of Froude’s Lane, on the Turnpike Road leading 
from Puntfeld to Aldermafton, is in a ruinous Condition, 
narrow, and incommodious, and cannot be effectually 
repaired and widened by the Laws in being: And there- 
fore praying, That Provifion may be made in the faid 
Bill, for repairing and widening the faid laft mentioned 
Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Vanjittart, Mr. Barrow, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Bill for dividing and allotting the Common Fields, 
Downs, and all other the Commonable Lands and Watte 
Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Eaf Garffon, in 
the County of Berks, was read a Second: Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Vanfit- 
tart, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, within the 
Liberties of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the County of 
Nottingham, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Biil be committed to Mr. Willough. 
by, Mr. Townfhend, 8&amp;cc.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
other Inhabitants, in the County of Suffex, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Road leading from a Place called the Swingate, in the 
Parifh of Burwajfh, in the faid County, to a Place called 
Stone Gate, in the Parith of Ticeburft, and through the 
Parifhes of Ticeburft and Wadburff, to a Place called 
Shover Green, where it joins the Turnpike Road from 
Tunbridge Wells to Swift{den, in the County of Suffex, is, 
in many Parts, very narrow and founderous, and, in the 
Winter Seafon, almoft impaflable : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Provifion may be made in the Bill, for re- 
pairing and widening the Road from a Place called 
Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, to Beadle’s Hill, in the 

Un Parifh 








166 


Parifh of Linfield, and from thence to the Town of 
Cuckfield, and the Road branching out of the fame at 
Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town of Linfield; and alfo 
the Road from the prefent Turnpike Road between the 
Towns of Cuckfield and Crawley, over Saint Leonard’s 
Foreft, to the Town of Horfoam, all in the County of 
Suffex, for repairing and widening the Road herein firft 
mentioned. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Fuller, 
&amp;c. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sit Fobn Palmer reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open Fields, and Commonable Places, in Keyham, 
in the Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leiceffer, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except Four Perfons, whofe Property confifts of 
Five Yard Lands and One Quarter, who refufed to fign 
the Bill, but made no Objection to the fame; and 
that the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed, 
confift of 43 Yard Lands and Three Quarters; and 
that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to op- 
pofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe, 

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


An ingroffed Bill for better regulating the Poor, 
within the City of Oxford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for better regulating the Poor, within the 
City of Oxford. 

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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Commen Meadows, Common Wood Grounds, and Com- 
monable Lanils, in the Parifh of A/vefton, in the County 
ot Warwick, was read a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wef, 
Mr. Skipwith, &amp;e.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bil for dividing and inclofing a certain Common 
Pafture, called Afvtox Carr, in the Lordthip of Myton, 
in the Parifh ot the Holy Trinity, in the Town and 
County of King fton upon Hull, was read a Second Time. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1771, 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Crowle, 
Mr. Lafcelles, 8c. : And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for the 
Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, from the Parifh of 
Aldgate, to Cable Street, alfo the faid Cable Street, the Foot 
Path in the Back Lane, the Precinct of Well Clofe, the Street 
leading from Nightingale Lane, to Ratcliff Crofs, Butcher 
Row, and Brook Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, 
and Paffages, opening into the fame ; and for removing 
all Obftructions and Annoyances therefrom, and prevent- 
ing the like for the future; and reprefenting to the 
Houfe, that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, as 
it is now formed, it would in many Refpects be im- 
poffible for the Petitioners to execute fuch Matters as 
they are by the faid Bill required to perform, as the 
Law now ftands; and that there are feveral Parts of 
the faid Bill relating to the Power of the Petitioners, as 
Commiffioners ef Sewers, which will bé extremely op- 
preffive and inconvenient :. And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft 
fuch Parts of the faid Bill; and that they may receive 
fuch Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houfe hall feem 
juft and reafonable. 

A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto, fubfcribed, Landlords, and Owners of Houfes, 
Lands, and Tenements, in Rofemary Lane, Ratcliff High- 
way, and other Places thereafter mentioned, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; alfo taking Notice of 
the faid Bill; and fetting forth, That, if the faid Bill 
fhould pafs into a Law, as it is now drawn, it will be 
highly injurious to the Petitioners: And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by themfelves or Coun- 
fel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as may affeé&amp; 
them; and that they may have fuch Relief as the 
Houfe fhall fee meet. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the faid Bill is committed; and the 
Petitioners are to be heard, by their Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon their Petitions, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petitions. 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant'to their Addreis to His Majetty, 

An Account of extraordinary Services incurred, and 
paid by the Right honourable Richard Righy, Paymatter 
General of His Majefty’s Forces, between the 26th of 
December +769 and the 26th of December 1770, and not 
provided for by Parliament: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of 
Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1771. 

the Titles of the faid Account and Eftimate were 
read. 


The faid Account and Eftimate are as followeth ; viz. 


An 


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An ACCOUNT of Extraordinary Services incurred, and paid by the Right honourable Richard Rigby, 
Paymafter General of His Majefty’s Forces, between the 26th of December 1769 and the 26th of December 1770, 
and not provided for by Parliament. 


Dates of 
Warrants. 


SN ee ee 


1770. 
Fanu 16% 


Dec’ 10% 


Fan? 16% 


April 27° 
Dec. 10% 


Fan’) 16" 


‘April 27" 
Dec. 10 


Dec. 10° 


April 27" 
March 21. 


Aug’ 16"- 
O@7o. ot 


Febru’ 23° 


June 20% 


Sept” 15% 


Fan? 22% 


9 


Febri g*- 


April 18" 


th, 


To Bills of Exchange drawn by Guy Carleton, Efg'; Governor of Que- 
bec, for Public Services there —— 860 — — 
To Bills of Exchange drawn by D®, for D* Ser- 
vices at D° _—_— — — 5499 7 2 


To Bills of Excha. drawn by Heéor Theophilus Cramabé, Efq'; for Pub- 
lic Services at Quebec -— 
To Bills of Exch. drawn by Ufffes Fitzmaurice, Efq'; Lieutenant 


ee 








vernor of Grenada, for Public Services there —= 715 3 = 
To Bills of Exch. drawn by D*, for D° Services atD° 3,500 — — 
To aD’, drawn by D*, for D° Services at D® —_ 200 — = 





To Bills of Exch. drawn by Robert Melville, Efq'; for Public Services 
in the Ceded Iflands — _ 
To a Bill of Exch. drawn by James Grant, Eig’; Lieutenant Governor 
of Weft Florida, for Public Services there — 422 18 — 
To a Bill of Exch. drawn by D°, for D® Services at D° 442 6 — 
To Bills of Exch. drawn by D°, for D® ServicesatD° 1,053 — — 





ee 





To a Bill of Excha. drawn by Francis Downman, Efq'; for Public Ser- 
vices — _ — 44 15 — 
To a Bill of Exch. drawn by D’, for D° Services — 46 10 — 





To a Bill of Exch. drawn by Fohn Phipps, Efg; for D° Services — 

To a Bill of Exch. drawn by Col! Rod! Boyd, Lieut. Governor of Gi- 
braltar, for Public Services there — — 703 15 Qt 

To aBill of Exch. drawn by D*, for D°ServicesatD° 651 8 1 





To a Bill of Exch. drawn by Sir William Trelawny, Bart. Gov' of Fa- 
maica, for the Service of the Mu/quitoShore — — — 
To Tho! Harley and Fobn Drummond, Ef{q"; to be by them applied and 

invefted in purchafing of Spanifh and Portugal Coins, for the Ufe 

and Services of the Forces in North America — 50,000 — — 
To D®, to be by them applied and invefted in pur- 

chafing of D®, for the Ufe and Services of the Forces 

in D° —_ —_ —_ — 20,000 — — 
To D*, to be by them applied and invefted in pur- 

chafing of D°, for the Ufe and Services of the 

Forces in D° — _ — 30,000 — — 





To Arnold Neftitt, Adam Drummond, and Mofes Franks, Efg™; for 
victualing the Forces at Quebec and Montreal, and. for Provifions 
iffued to fundry friendly Indians, between the 25"* of Auguft and the 
24% of Offo" 1769 —- — 1,725 14 11 

To D®, for victualing the Forces at New York, New 
Ferfey, Maffachufetts Bay, and South Carolina, be- 
tween the 24"" of Auguft and the 24" of Offe' 1769 «2,249 1 «QO 

To D*, for victualing the Forces at Fort Chartres and 
Kajfkafkais in the Illinois, between the 19'* of May 
and the 5'* of Sept. 1769 _ == 

To D», for victualing the Forces at New York, New 
Ferfey, and Maffachufett’s Bay, between the 25" 
of Ofober and the 24'* of Decem™ 1769 — 1,705 19 9 


4,771 t= 


6,359 7 2 
35325 10 7 


4415 3— 



















2,500 — ae 


1,918 4 — 


= 
76 10 — 


1,355 3 105 
194 3 —=5 


100,000 — — 





















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. Dates of 
Warrants. 
1770, 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at Quebec and Mon- i s. a. 
treal, between- the 25% of Oo’ and 24° of Decem" 
* 1769 — — 1,719 6 — 


To D’, for Gaiden the Forces in the Province of 
Penfylvania, between the 25th of Septem” and the 
; 24" of Decem” 1769 ae 796 6 4 
ayth. To D®, for Provifions decayed and damaged at Que. 
bec and Montreal, from the Year 1764 to the Year 
1768 2 _ 2,676 12 2 
Fune 6 To D°, by Way of Advance, but upon Account i? 
Provifions laid in Store at Quebec and Montreal — 5,100 
13 To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, and for Pro- 
vifions iffued to {undry friendly Indians, between 
the 25" of Decem’ 1769 and 23¢ February 1770 — 
To D*, for victualing the Forces in the Provinces of 
New York, New Ferfey, Maffachufetts Bay, and 
South Carolina, between the 25‘ of December aid 
and the 24th of March 1770 








85 6 
Fuly 4 To Arnold Neflitt, Adam Drummond, ond Mofes Franks, isk: ; 
Eq"; for vi€tualing the Forces in the Province of 
Penfylvania, between 25"&gt; Dect 1 769 and 24°" March 
177° eet _ 937 — 11 
18th To D°, for Provifions delivered at Montreal, for the 


Ure of the Forces in the feveral Forts in the upper 
Country, between 26 February and 26" March 
1770 toe — 6,531 19 § 
To D», for victualing the Forces in the Garifons of 
Quebec and Montreal, and for Provifions for the 
friendly Indians, between the 25% of February and 
the 24" of April 1770 — — — 1,658 
28 . To D*, for victualing the Forces in the Provinces of 
New York, New Ferfey, and the Maffachufetts Bay, 
between the eae. of March and 24% of — 
177° — 

Offo’ 10 To D’, for viualing the Forces at Quebec and Mon- 
treal, and for Provifions iffued to the friendly In- 
dians, and for the Troops at the Three Rivers, and 
at Kaminourafkas, between the 24" of April and the 
24° of Fune 1770 -- — 3,883 11 8 

To D*, for victualing the Forces in the Province of 
Penfylvania, between the 25% of March and the 
24 of Fune 1770 

To D®, for Provifions depofited in Store at Fort Char- 
tres, Kafkafkias, and Caboki in the Iljinois, between 
the 6t of Sept’ 1769 and the 1 of Fune1770 — 3,695 11 8 

Nov’ 8 To D*, for viétualing the Forces in the Provinces 

of New York, New Ferfey, and the Maffachufetis 
Bay, between the 25% of —_ and 24" of Fune 
1770 _ — 1,209 5 6 
go”. To D*, by way of Impreft, and upon Account — 8,000 
Dec. 3°. To D*, for viétualing the Forces at Quebec and Mon- 
treal, and for Provifions to fundry friendly Indians, 
at Quebec, between the 25" of Fune and 24" of 
Auguft 1770 aed —_ — 1,657 13 9 
To D®, for viétualing the Forces in the Provinces of 
New 7 ork, New Ferfey, and the Maffachufetts Bay, 
between the 25"" of Fuly and 24" Sept.1770 — 1,213 16 3 





1,344 4 11 











795 § = 
24th 





54,091 11 4 
Fanuary16%. To Chauncey Townfend, Efg', for victualing Part of the Forces in 


Nova Scotia, between 28m Auguft and 24% i 
176 — 
To De for victualing Part of the Forces in D®, be- 
tween the 25% of Sept” and the 19'* of Ofor 
176 — 
29% To De for victualing the Troops and Train of Ar- 
tillery for 365 D*, from 29" of Decem” 1768 to 28" 
Dec. 1769 _ — 2,392-5 5§ 
Febr) 14 To D’, for victualing Part of the Forces in Nova 
Scotia, between 20 Nov. and 17" Dec’ 1769 — 501 111 
Mar.21* ToD’, for victualing Part of the Forces in Nova 
Scotia, between 18" Dec’ 1769 and 14 Fanuary 
177° yi = 





490 9 8 


974 6 = 








482 1 6 








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Dates of 


Warrants. 


ee 


1770. 
April 27° 


Fune 1%. 


July 4 
Aug? 16 


Sept. 5th 
Offa. 2 4'h- 


Nov. 30" 


Dec. 20" 


Offo" 18" 
Fan 16. 


Mar. 28" 
Fune 1* 


Mug, 16" 


Nov. 30% 


Fan) 16% 


Mar. 13". 


May 10° 


Aug 16" 


Apr. 18" 
Fune 20% 


Aug 16% 


To the Reprefentatives of the late Chauncey Town/- 
end, Efq', for victualing Part of the Forces in 
D°, between the 15" anuary and 11" Febry 
1770 ae pain — 

To D°, for victualing Part of the Forces in D®, be- 
tween the 12" of February and 11" of March 
1770 — — 481 17 10 

To D*, for victualing Part of the Forces in D*, be- 
tween the 12" of March and the 8 April 1770 — 481 17 10 

To D°, for viétualing Part of the Forces in D», 
between the 19 of April and the 3° of Fune 
1770 — — —- 1,023 11 — 

To D*, for victualing Part of the Forces in De, 
between the 4" of Fune and the 1° of Fuly 1770 — 459 5 5 

To Dy’, for vict. the Troops and the Train of Ar- 
tillery in Newfoundland, trom 29" of Decem’ 1769 
to the 28'" of Sept” 1770 _ _— 

To D°, for victualing Part of the Forces in D®, be- 
tween the 2° of Fuly and the 26" of Aug'1770 — 94319 2 

To D° for viétualing Part of the Forces in D*, 
between the 27th'of Auguft and 23° Sept.1770 — 


479 7 § 





1,795 16 10 


309 18 11 





To Robert Fones, Efq'; by way of Impreft, and upon Account, for 

victualing Part of the Forces in Nova Scotia —_— _-_ — 
To Rich’ Vernon Sadlier, E{g'; for Provifigns iffued to the Forces in Nova 

Scotia, between 28'" Aug; and 19 Nov. 1769 —  g03 10 8 
To D*, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D*, 

between the 29'* Nov. 1769 and 14" anuary 

1770 — -_ a CS Oo 7 
To Richard Vernon Sadlier, Efq'; for Provifions iffued 

to the Forces in Nova Scotia, between the 15" of 

January and the 1" of March 1770 — 652 611 
To D‘, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D’, 

between the 12'* of March and the 3° of Fune 

1770 — —_ — 962 1 8 
To D*, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D°, 

between the 4" of June and the 26" of Auguft 


177° ben a&gt; — 908 5 7 





To Edward Codrington, Efg'; for victualing the Forces in Wet Florida, 
for the Hire of Storehoufes, and for Provifions damaged by long 
keeping, between the 25"" April and 24 Fune 1769 = 1,239 19 4 

To Ds, for victualing the Forces in D*, for Pro- .- 
vifions damaged by long keeping, and for 27 
Tierces of Rice deliver’d to the Troops, between 
25° Fune and 24° Offo' 1769 _ — 

To D’, for Provifions condemned, and for Provifions 
iffued to the Forces in the Garifons at Penfacola 
and Mobille — 2,317 I1 10 

To D», for victualing the Forces in Weft Florida, an 
for Provifions damaged by long keeping, be- 
tween the 25" of Oéto’ 1769 and the 24" of Fe- 
bruary 1770 — 935 13 5 

To D*, for victualing the Forces in D°, between the 
25hof February and the 24° of Fune 1770 833 18 7 

To D®*, for victualing the Forces in D®, between the 
25° of Augu/t 1768 and the 5 of Fuly1770 — 


1,825 4 9 








—_— 


1,342 3 1 





To Witter Cuming, and Kender Majfon, Efg’*; for victualing the Forces 
in Eaft Flerida, between the 25 of April and the go of Septem’ 
1769 — — — 2,586 18 5 

To D’, for victualing the Forces at St. Auguftine, 
and at the Out Pofts thereof, between the 25‘" of 
Aug' and the 24" of Decem™ 1769 _- - 

To D’, for victualing the Forces in Eaf Florida, 
between the 25" of Decem? 1769 and 23° Febr’ 


25999 12 9 


1770 _- _ 882 18 5 
To Dy, for victualing the Forces at St. Auguftine, 

between the 24" of February and 24th of April 

1770, and for victualing the Forces at the Out 

Pofts of D°, between the 25% of Decem™ 1769 and 

the 1% of May 1770 


—_— — 


1,140 19 6 


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169 


10,815 18 1i 


3,000 = = 


4031 14 5 


8,504 Il = 








179 


Dates of 
Warrants. 


Fanr? 16% 
March 28" 


May 10° 


Offo’ 24» 
Dec’ 33 


Fan? 22% 
March 21* 


April 27°» 
May 24" 


Sept. 15&gt; 


Dec. 17". 


Offe. 16» 
I gth. 


1769, 
Dec. 12% 


1770. 
Fan? \ 6th. 


Mar. +3'™ 


May 10% 
Fune 20 
Sept. 6% 


Of" I oth 


Nov. 23°. 


Jan's 29" 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Witter Cuming and Kender Majon, Efgt; for 
victualing the Forces at S¢. Auguftine, between the 
25" of April and 25% Auguft 1770, and for victual- 
ing the Forces at the Out Pofts of D°, between the 
gt of May and 24° Fune 1769, and alfo for Pro- 
vifions damaged, between the 30% of July 1769 
and the 19" of June 1770 — — 2,452 3 


5 





To William Smith, Efg'; for victualing the Forces in Senegambia, and 
other Services ano -_—: 876 6 1 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at Senegal, &amp;c. be- 











tween the 1* of Fuly and the 15‘ of Sept. 1769 — 1,323 3 6 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at Senegambia, and 

other Services, between 16° Sept. and 31% Dec" 

1769 an an 1,507 14 7 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 

1* of January and the 30% of Fune 1770 — 4,609 7 1 
To Dy, for victualing the Forces at D*, between the 

it of Fuly and the 31* of Aug’ 1770 1,033 18 5 
To Anthony Bacon, Efq'; for victualing the Forces in the Ifland of 

St. Vincent, between 1* Fan and 31% Aug’ 1768 - 2,756 1 6 
To D*, for victualing the Forces in the Ceded 

Iflands -_—— -- — 3,831 2 10 
To D’, for victualing the Forces in D® —- 3,685 14 5 


To D’, for Provifions fhipped at Grenada, for the 
Iflands of St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, and 
for victualing the Forces within the faid Ifand of 
Grenada, between the 1* of Fan and the 31 of 
March 1770 

To Ds, for Provifions hinpid from Grenada, for the 
Forces at St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, and 
for victualing the Forces at Grenada, between the 
31% of March and 30% of Fune 1770 

To D’, for Provifions for the Forces in the Ceded 
Iflands — 4,212 16 7 


3:046 4 7 





3,212 16 — 











To Fohn Durand, Efq'; by way of Impreft, and upon Account, for 


victualing the Forces in the Ceded Ifiands — 3,000 — — 
To D*, by way of further Advance, for victualing 
the Forces in D® Ifands oa — 1,500 — — 





To Zachary Philip Fonnereau and Sir Merrick Burrell, Bar‘, for vic- 
tualing the Forces at Gibraltar, between the 17 of Fuly and the 
rot of Sept’ 1769 — — 3,852 11 3 

To Dy», for Infurance of Provifions fent to D°® for One 
Year, from 12** Sept’ 1768 to 10% Sept. 1769 — 414 7 — 

To D’, for vittualing the Forces at D°, between the 
11" of Sept. and the 8% of Of0' 1769 — — 1,917 5 


To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 

g of Oétor and the 5° of Novem 1769 — 1,921 2 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D*, between the 

6bof Nov’ 1769 and the 31% of Decem" follow- 

in —- —- — 3,805 9 5 
To Dy’, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 

1* of Yanuary and the 25" of February1770 — 3,797 3 1 
To D*, tor victualing the Forces at D°, between the 

26" of February and the 22° of April 1770 — 3,798 15 7 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 


23° of April and the 17th of Fune 1770 — 3,856 8 9 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 

18 of June and the 12" of Auguft 1770 — 3,836 —— 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D*, between the 

13% ‘of Auguft and the g" of Septr 1770 — 1,873 -—-— 


To D», for Infurance on Provifions fent to D*, for One 
Year, from 11° Sept" 1769 to the g'" Sept. 1770 = 372 1 7 





To Nicholas Linwood, E{q', for Provifions fent to Minorca, for the 
Supply of the Garifon there, by way of Impreft and upon Ac- 
count aa 4,500 — — 














c sa 
9,962 12 6 
9,350 9 8 


20,744 15 18 


4,500 — — 


295444 5 — 


XUM 


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Dates of 
Warrants. 


ee 


Jandy 29" 


Feb? 14° 


April 18% 


May 10% 


June 13° 


goth. 


2g" 


Fury 25% 


Septr 6% 


qth. 


lo 


XUM 


To D’, for Provifions fent to D°, for the Ufe of D°, 
by way of Impreft and upon Account — 


7,000 —— — 





To Anthony Bacon, Efq'; for Provifions and Forage delivered to the 
Troops in the [le of Man, between the 8 of Fuly and the 30 of 


Sept’ 1769 





--- 


To D’, for Provifions and Forage delivered to D’, in 


D°, between 1* Ogfor and 31% Dec” 1769 — 
To Anthony Bacon, E{q'; for Provifions and Forage 
delivered to the Troops in the Je of Man, between 
the 1* of Fanuary and the 5° of April 1770 — 
To D°, for Provifions and Forage delivered to the 
Troops in D®°, between the 6% of April and 7* of 
July 1770 am oa oe 
To D*, for Provifions and Forage delivered to the 
Troops in D°, between the 11 of Fuly and 24" 
Sept. 1770 








189 9— 
238 5 7 
251 10 7 
231 9 8 
210 10 I 





To Aithony Bacon, Efg', and Lewis Chauvet, Efg'; for Forty Negroes 
{upplied and victualed by them in the IMand of Tobago, between the 


1* of April and 30" Fune 176g, for Public Service - 


To D’, for Sixty-feven Negroes. fupplied and vic- 
tualed by D*, in the Ifland of Grenada, between the 
1* of Fuly and the 3o* Sept. 1769, for Public 
Service — — an 

To Ds, for Forty-four Negroes fupplied and victualed 
by D°, in the Ifland of Dominica, between the 
30" of Fune and the 30* of Sept. 1769, for Public 
lic Service _ — = 

To D*, for Sixty-eight Negroes fupplied and victualed 
by D*, in the Ifland of Grenada, between the 
1* of Offor and the 31% of Decem’ 1769, for Pub- 
lic Service _ = 

To D», for Forty-two Negroes fupplied and victualed 
by De, in the Ifland of Tobago, between the 
1* of Fune'and 31* Dec. 1769, tor Public Service 

To D’, for Forty-four Negroes, fupplied and vic 
tualed by D? in the Ifland of Dominica, between 
the 30% of Septem’ 1769 and the 31* of March 1770, 
and for Sixty-five Negroes, fupplied and victualed 
in the Ifland of Grenada, between the 31% of Decem’ 
1769 and the 31* of March 1770, for Public Ser- 
vice -~ _- —- — — 

To Anthony Bacon, Efg'; for Negroes fupplied by him 
for the Public Service in the Ceded Iflands -— 

To Anthony Bacon, Efg', and Lewis Chauvet, Efq'; 
for One hundred Twenty-feven Negroes, fupplied 
and viétualed by them in the Ifland of 5S Vincent, 
between the 30 of Fume and the 31* of Decemr 
1769, for Public Service — — 

To Anthony Bacon, Efq'; for Negroes fupplied by him 
for the Public Service in the Ceded Iflands -- 

To Anthony Bacon and Lewis Chauvet, Ef{q"*; for Forty- 
two Negroes, fupplied and victualed by them in the 
Ifland of Tobago, between the 1* of Fanuary and 31* 
of March 1770, and for One hundred and Twenty- 
feven Negroes, fupplied and victualed by D® in the 
Ifland of S‘ Vincent, between the 31% of Decem’ 1769 
and the 30 of Fune 1770, for Public Service — 

To Ds, for Sixty-five Negroes fupplied and victualed 
by D*, in the Ifland of Grenada, between the 
1* of Apr. and the 30° of Fume 1770, for Pub- 
lic Service — os — 

To D®, for Forty-four Negroes fupplied and victualed 
by De, in the Ifland of Dominica, between the 
31" of March and the 30° of Fane 1770, for Pub. 





235 14 3 
, &gt; 28 
257 16 4 
386 18 4 
492 4— 
880 12 9 


3,500 — — 


1,472 3 10 


3,000 —- 


1,694 1 9 
374. 2 3 





255 — 4 





171 


ie a 


11,500 — — 


I,I2i 4 41% 
12,938 17 £ . 
Te 








192 
Dates of 


Warrants. 


oe ee oe 


1769. 
Dec. 23% 


759: 
Fuly 31% 


Fuly 28th» 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Authony Bacon, Fiq'; for Affurance on Provifions, fent by him to 


Senegal and Goree, for the Forces there _— 


To 365D* Pay of Tho’ Cuthbert, Efq'; as a Super- 
numerary Captain in the 19" Reg‘ of Foot, from 
25'" Dec’ 1769 to 24 Dec’ 1770 — — 


To 365D* D° of Sam! Leflie, Efq'; as a D® in the 14" 
Regiment of Foot, from D° to D° 





To 365 D* D° of George Monro, Efg'; as Commiffary of 
Stores in Scotland, from D° to D° nema 
To Melfi: Drummond and Cox, for the Pay of Five 
additional Surgeon’s Mates of the 36t* Regim' of 
Foot, ftationed in ‘Famaica, from the 25" of Decem’ 
1768 to the 24" of April 1769 —_ 


To D’, for De of D*, from 25 April to 24% Ofo. 
170900 
To D°, for D® of Six D’, from 25'* O@. ay to 24 
Fune 1770 _ _ _ 





To 366 D* D’, of Fenathan Mallet, as Surgeon to the 
Hofpital in North America, from 25“ of Decem’ 
1767 to 24° Decem” 1768 _ 

To the Reprefentatives of the late Lt Gen! Wynyard, 
for the additional Allowance for the Contingenc* of 
the Garifon of Minorca, for 337 D*, from the 26% of 

’ March 1745 to 25 February 1745 — 

To 365 D* Pay of James Porteus, Efq'; as Barrack Ma- 
{ter at Fort William pepe and Ofwegatchie in 
North America, from 25° hid 1768 to 24th — 
176 — 

To vobn Powell and Geo. Sobn Cooke, E{q"s Agius 
and Solicitors to the Invalids, for 365D* Pay of 
Two Supernumerary Captains, from the 25' of 
Dec’ 1768, to the 24" of Decem’ 1769 — _ 


To Lieut. Col. Morrifon, for 365 D* D° of his 2 Affifts 
as Quar’ Mafter Gen! of the om, from D®° to 


D° cm 
To Major Gen! ‘Sawe, for -"7 5D° iid Pay as 
Adjutant General, from D° toD® — _ 


To Major VMikvard, as Commandant at Louifbourg, 
for 183 D’ Pay, from 25% Fune to 24" Dec. 1767 - 

To Robert Adair, Efq'; for 365 D* Pay, as Infpector 
Gen' of the Hofpital, from 2 il Decr 1768 to pel 
Dec’ 1769 —_ _ 

To Fn’ Byron, Efq'; for 365 D* Pi, as Gov" and Com- 
mand’ in Chief of the Ifland of Newfoundland, and 
the Territories dependent thereon in America, from 
the 14% of February 1769 to the 13% of Febr? 1770 

To Dy, for 181 D* D*, as D° of D®, to the E33 of Au- 
guft 1770 re a 

To Major Barry S’. Leger, for 18 3D* Cae as Superin- 
tend‘ of the Recruiting esis from 2 25" Fune to 
24&gt; Dec. 1769 — —_ 

To D’, for 182 D* D%, as D’, from abs: Dec. iad to 
24&gt; June 1770 

To Melt Meyrick and Porter, for 183 D: Pay of Fight 
additional Surgeon’s Mates to the 66 Reg* of 
Foot ftationed at famaica, from the 25" of ume 
to the 24" of Decem’ 1769 — 

To L‘Col. Fn Campbell, for 365 D* Pay, as Command! 
at Jerfey, from 25% Dec. imme to 24% Dec. 
176 —— 

To ees Sohn Lind, for 406 D° » Pay, as Inipector of 
the Public Works at Modille in Weft Florida, and 
French Interpreter there, from the 22° of Of0" 1763 
to the 24% of Dec. 1764 

bs Col. Will" Amberft, for a Year’s Pay as-Aid de 

Camp to His Majefty, to 24th Dec. 1769 


_———— 











a aeaennl 


3 


182 


182 


182 


461 


73 


352 


242 


365 


253 


200 


| 


Ico— 
Io — 


30 == 


AS: 


12 45 





Ii°o— 


13 10 





i tb. 4 
4,000 = — 
To 


XUM 
















































































11 GEo. III. 


Dates of 
Warrants, 


ee ee ee 


Fuly 26% 


Aug’ 29" 


grt 


Sept. 27% 


Febid 28% 


Mar. 3i* 


March 21% 


Dect 1 3"b 


79th 


Barracks at Plymouth Dock —_ a 500 — — 
May 16% To De, for divers Utenfils for the Ufe of the Barracks 
at D», from 23 Sept. 1768 to 24% Decs 1769 —= igt 1 6 
Oéto’ 16" To D°, to enable him to provide Coals and Candles, 
for the Ufe of the Forces atD®? 9 — — 500 -- — 
1769. 
Nov. 2°. To Sir fob Mordaunt, for the Difference of keeping in the Houfe, in 
the Summer 1769, fundry Horfes belonging to his 
Regiment of Dragoons — a —_ 161 9o— 
VoL. XXXII. Yy 


To Capt. Frazer, for 177 D* Allowance as Commiffary 
for infpecting the demolifhing of the Cunette Forts 
and Batteries ‘at Dunkirk, from the 11th of Ofo’ 
1769 to the 5% of April 1770 _ 

To D®, for 188 D’ Allowance as D°, from 6th April to 
the rot of Of" 1770 _ 

To 365 D* Pay of Major Gen! Mulan as Major Gen! 
in North America, from 6% Dec. 1768 to 5% Dec. 
1769 

To James Rufeil, Efg'; for the Pay of the late Fa’ 
Campbell, as Barrack Mafter of Fort Chartres and 
Kajfkafkias, in N’ America, from 25'* Dec’ 1765 to 
24th Dec. 1769 

To Fames Stewart, for 365D* Pay as Comimiftizy p 
Stores and Provifions at S* Fokn’s, Newfoundland, 
from the 18" of Sept. 1762 to the 17% of = 
1763 oan 

To von Chriftopher Roberts, Efg'; for 183 Ds addi- 
tional Pay as Commiffary General of Stores and 
Provifions at Quebec, from 2 25" of Fune to 24" of 
Dec’ 17690 — _ 

To Lieut Gen' Monckton, Major Gen! Mitte and 
Major Gen! Fames Fobnfton, for their Trouble and 
Expence in reviewing His Majefty’s Land Forces, 
for the Year 1770 —_ _-_ 

To Brigad' Gen’ Fred‘ Hadlimand, as Brig' Gen’ in 
North America, from 12» to 24% Dec’ 1765 — 

To Lieut. Col. Wilkins, for 365 D* Pay, as Command- 
ing Officer at Fort Chartres Illinois, from 25 Dec. 
1768 to 24 Decem" 1769 _ 

To Major Blaguire, for 365 D* Allowance, in lieu of a 
Troop of Light tas from 25% Dec. 1769 to 
24th Dee. 1770 &lt;a 

To Major Rooke, for 365 D* DY, as Major | to the late 


-————— 


me 





——— 








98th Regiment, from D® to D° — — 


To George Rofs and Fobn Inglis, Efq"*; for Oatmeal; 
Firing, Candles, &amp;c. furmifhed to the Forces quar- 
tered in the Garifons of Fort Wi liam, in Lochaber, 
Cajftle Duart, and Fort Auguftus, in the Barracks of 
Bernera, Inverfnaid, Corgarff Caftle, and Braemar 
Cajtle, and in the Garifon of Fort George, from the 
1* of Fanuary 176g to the 31* of Dec’ following 

To Humphrey Bland Gardiner, Gent. for Neceffaries 
furnifhed to the Forces in N° Britain, for the 
Charges of the Encampment, and Money iffued to 
the Officers, &amp;Fc. Anno 1769 — 

To Fr Campbell, Efq'; Cafhier of the Royal Bank vl 
Scotland, for a Bill of Exchange drawn by him for 
furnifhing Specie to the Troops there, from oo 
Decem’ 1768 to 24° Decem™ 1769 — 

To the Marquis of Lorne, in full Satisfaction of the 
like Sum expended by him on divers Occafions in 
North Britain 

To the Duke of Argyll, in fall Satisfaction of the like 

’ Sum expended by him on divers Occafions in D® - 

To the Reprefentatives of the late Governor Caulfield, 
being the Balance upon his final Account, as In- 
{pector of the Roads in D° 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


gI2 10 — 


292 4— 


182 10 — 


54 18 — 





2,015 4 1 


1,826 7 5 


gs7, 8 = 


300 — — 


2,573 I1 11 





To Joba Powell, Efg'; for His Majefty’s Proportion of Coals, being 


go1 + Chaldrons delivered at Gibraltar for the Ufe 


of that Garifon, 


between the 5:8 of Offo" 1769 and the 7 of April1770  — — 
To Andrew Clinton, Efq', to enable him to provide Coals and Candles, 


for the Ufe of the Forces that are or may be in the 








10,901 x 6% 


79332 If 5 
1,397 6 6 
I,19t £ 6 

To 






























































174 
Dates of 
Warrants. 


1769. 
1770. 
Fanr) 16th 


April 30". 


Nev. 21% 
Nov. 21% 


Dec. 13% 


1%. 


April 2.7%. 
3 oth. 


Sept” 27th 


Sept? 27%. 


O¥fo" 16th. 


Mar, 14" 


— ss 
Dec. 25' 


May 16 











Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Lieutenant General Elliott, for D°, in D° Sum- 
mer, of his Regiment of Dragoons — a 


To Lord Robert Manners, for D°, in D° Summer, of 
his Regiment of Dragoon Guards — — 
To Lieutenant General Elliott, for Extra feeding of 
the Horfes, and for an Allowance to the Non- 
commiffion Officers and Private Men of his Regi- 
ment, during the Time they were employed on 
His Majefty’s Duty in the Year 1769 —_ — 
To Sir Fohn Mordaunt, for the Difference of keeping 
in the Houfe, in the Summer 1770, fundry Horfes 
belonging to his Regiment of Dragoons _— 
To the Earl of Pembroke, for the Difference of keep- 
ing in the Houfe, in the Summer 1770, fundry 
Horfes belonging to his Regiment of Dragoons — 
To Lord Robert Manners, for. D*, in D? Summer, of 


his Regim' of Dragoon Guards —_ 

To the “Marquis ot Lothian, for D°, in D® Misia 
mer, of his Regiment of Dragoons — _ 

To Lieutenant Gen' Moffyn, for D°, in D° Sum- 
mer, of his Regiment of Dragoon Guards —_ 

To Eatl Waldegrave, for D°, in D° Summer, of his 
Regiment of Dragoon Guards — 

To Lieut! Gen! Howard, for D°, in D° Summer, ‘of 
his Regiment of Dragoons = — — 

To Col. Burgoyne, for D°, in D° Summer, of | his Re- 
giment of Dragoons — 


To D*, for Extra feeding for oe Dntbe,: and for an 
Allowance to the Non- commiffioned Officers and 
Private Men, of his Regiment, employed on the 
King’s Duty, Anno 1770 

To the late Duke of Argyll’s Regim* of Dragoons, 
for the Difference of keeping in the Houfe, fundry 








Horfes in the Summer 1770 = —— 
To Gen! Cholmondeley, for D°, in D®° Summer, of his 
Regiment of Dragoons a — _ 


211 16 6 


167 4=— 





To Mr. Pearce, to make good the deficient Offreckonings of the 8* 


Reg* of Foot, from 6t July 1767 to 5 Fuly 1768 

To Colo! Mackay, in lieu of 57 D* Offreck*, for the 
Additionals of his Regiment of Foot — 

To Major Gen! Scott, in lieu of 68 D* D°, for the Ad- 
ditionals of his Regim' of Foot _ 

To Col! Cunynghame, in lieu of 50 D* D*, for the D° of 
his Regimt of Foot — 

To the Marquis of Lorne, in lieu of 50 D D°, for the 
D° of the 1* Battalion of his Regt of Foot — 

To Lieut. Gen' Colville, in lieu of 50D* D*, for the D° 
of his Regim' of Foot 

To the Earl of Eglintoune, in lieu of 50 D* D*, of the 
D° of his Regiment of Foot 

To Colonel Wal/, in lieu of 50 D* Offieckonings, fot 
the Additionals of his Regiment of Foot 

To Vincent Mathias, Efg'; to make good the defi- 
cient Offreckonings of the 24'* Regimt of Foot, 
from the 6 of Fuly 1768 to the 5 th of Fuly 1769 








— 3216 7 
61 
73 
62 
62 
62 
62 
62 


SY Ge &amp;@ ©) Ww en we 
~~ NM Se UFC. 6 


42 19 8 





To Col. Robert Cunynghame for Levy Money, for an Augmentation to 


his Regiment of Foot — — one 


To Major Gen! Gore, for D°, for an Augmentation to 


his Regim! of Foot 
To the Earl of Eglintoune, for D*, for an Augment" 








to his Regim' of Foot _ 
To Colo’ Walfh, for D*, for an Augment" to his Regi- 
ment of Foot —_ — _e 


To Levy Money, for an Augmentation to the Reg" 
of Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, and Light Dra- 
goons — _ oe 

To D», for an Augmentation to Forty-four Battalions 
of Infantry 








54,978 — — 


mo 
JI a ae 
799 — — 


1gO msm 


18,567 — — 





To Robert Adair, Efg'; Infpector General of Regimental Infirmaries, 
to enable him to fatisfy fuch Bills as are or may be drawn upon 





4.1971 


4,012 I if 


522 16 5 


75,465 —m — 





Vin 


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Dates of 
Warrants. 


1770. 
d, is him, for the Pay of divers Extra Surgeons and Surgeons Mates in f sd. 
the Ceded Iflands, &amp;¢c. upon Account — 1,000 — — 
Of. 31*. To D®, for the Pay of D® in D° _ — 396 — — 
Nov. 21% To D*, for the Pay of D° in D° — 1,300 —— 





2,696 — — 
1769. 7 


Mar. 30% To the Reprefentatives of Chriftian Boom, deceafed, for the Hire of 
a Veffel employed to carry a Flag of Truce from the Mo/quito Shore 
to the Bay of Honduras, in the Year 1763 _ 892 17. 1 
Odo, 18» To George Garnier, Efq'; Apothecary General, for 
Medicines, Drugs, Surgeons Inftruments, and other 
Materials, provided by him, for the Forces in 
North America, the Weft Indies, Africa, &amp;c. in the 
Years 1768 and 1769 —— — 1,766 14 5 
1770. 
ae? 3 6. To Fobn Blackburn, Merch‘ for fupplying Four Vef- 
fels employed. on the Lakes Champlain, Ontario, Erie, 
and Huron, in North America, from the 10% of 
May to the 10% of Nov. 1769 — 1,600 —— 
Fune 29" To D*, for fupplying Four Veffels on D’ &gt; Lakes, from 
the 10'* of Nov. 1769 to the ro of May 1770 — 1,600 — — 
Dec. 26% To D°, for fupplying Four Veffels on D° Lakes, from 
the 10‘ of May to the 10 of Nov. 1770 
Fan? 26" To Major Gen' Harvey, for contingt Difburfements 
: as Adjutant General, from the 25" of Decem” 1768 
to the 24" of Decem” 1769 
Febr’ g™ To Hugh Pallifer, Efg'; to indethnify him in an 
Aétion brought againft him for Matters done in 
the Execution of his Office, as Governor of New- 
foundland — a 989 15 3 
28} To Major Barry S' Leger, for his contingent Dif. 
burfements, as Superintendant of the recruiting 
Service, from the 25 of Fume to the 24 Dec. 
1769 Seat 9.) A eho 
Aug 31% To D®, for his D*, as Ditto, from the 25" of Dec” 77 
to the 24" of Funé 1770 — 107 — 2 
March 2 To Capt" Frazer, for his conting' Difburfements, as 
Commiffary at Dunkirk, for the Year 1769 _— 28 10 6 
12‘. To Charles O’Hara, for the Support of a Veffel em- 
ployed for the Defence of the Bar of the Rive, 
Senegal, from the 12" of Decem’ 1766 to 15% as 
176 - 1,069 5— 
go To tiie Col. Morrifon, for his conting* Difburfem 
as Quar’ Maf* Gen', from 25% Dec. 1768 to — 
Dec. 1769 — 342 8 7 
To William Rice, Surveyor of the Guar, to be 
paid over to feveral Artificers for Work done by 
them at the Tilt Yard, Scotland Yard, Somerfet 
Houfe, S' Fames’s, Whiteball, on and ee 
ton Court, Anno 1769 1,702 15 3 
Apr.26™ To Capt Scipio Rey, to reimburfe him the like Sum 
expended in 1763, in the purchafing, building, and 
repairing Houfes in the Ifland of S* Vincent, or the 
Accommodation of the Troopsthere — 1,500 — — 
28 To Lieut. General Whitmore, to make good a De- 
ficiency, in the Recruiting Fund, of the 9 Regim' 
5 of Foot, on their landing in Ireland _— 280 10 — 
May 10» To Col! Grant, Governor of Eaft Florida, for the 
Purchafe and keeping up a Schooner, for the Ser- 
vice of Eaft Florida, “for One Year, from the 29" 
of Auguft 1769 to the 29" of Auguft 1770 — 417 5— 
To Whitwell Butler, for the Rent of a Houfe in the 
Ifland of Senegal, for the Ufe of the Chief Juftice 
there, for One Year, from the 17' of osbaaigie 1769 
to the 7° of February 1770 — 60 — — 
16% To Fobn Trotter, Efq'; for Hofpital Bedding, &amp;c. 
for the Ufe of the Forces at Antigua and Gre- 
nada _ 610 11 — 
To Charles Conner and Dawid Algeo, in full Satis- 
faction and Difcharge of the appraifed Value of 
wish a Veffel impreffed into His Majefty’s Service at 
Quebec, on the 14'* of Fune 1760, and was after- 
wards ftranded and loft in the River S' Lawrance — 400 — — P 
1im, 





1,600 — — 








385 9 6 

















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176 
Dates of 


Warrants. 


—— a SS 


1770. 
22", 


Fune 6'&gt; 


27th. 


Fuly 3°. 


13% 


Fuly 24 


2 o7the 


Aug' 16°). 


git 


Sept. sth. 


Of 16th 


I §th. 


Nov. 28% 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To the Right honourable Thomas Harley and Fobn 
Hillman, Efq'; for Freight and Infurance, in fend- 
ing Cloathing to the Jnvalids doing Duty at fundry 
Garifons —_ 

To Major Rogers, towards repaying him fundry Ex- 
pences incurred by him in the Years 1766 and 
1767, in purchafing Goods for Prefents to the a5 
dians in North America 

To Fobn Ellis, Efg'; for the Purchafe : and keeping u 
a Schooner, for the Service of the Province of 
Florida for One Year, from 1* Fanuary 1770 to 
1* Fanuary 177% _ 

To Fobn Lamb, Eig’; to reimburfe a Sum charged 
twice againft the Pay of the 29" Reg‘ of Foot, for 
Provifions, between 25" une and 24" Aug’ 1766 — 

To Fonathan Carver, in Compenfation for his Lofs of 
Time, and Expences in making fundry Maps, 
Charts, Plans, Difcoveries, and Obfervations, in 
the interior Parts of North America 

To Meff"* Gompertz and Heyman, Merchants, for the 
Hire of a Veffel employed in the River Senegal, 
from the 14" of April to the 1* of May 1766, in 
landing the Troops there, under the Command of 
Charles O’ Hara, Efq' — —= 

To the Reprefentatives of Tho’ Power, deceafed, for 
fupplying the Indians, in the Province of Nova 
Scotia, with Provifions and other Neceffaries, in the 
Years 1761 and 1762 — — — 

To Col. Faucitt, as Secretary to the Marquis of 
Granby, for contingent Difburfements, for the Ser- 
vice of the met from Auguft 709 to shat 

1770 

To Mr. Watfon, for fundry Inhabitants of Nova Sco 
tia, for Provifions and Neceffaries fupplied by them 
to the Indians there, from 1761 to 1767 _ 

To Fohn Conrad Murbard, in Repayment of a De- 
duction made from a Warrant, dated the 23? of 
Fanuary 1762, for the Pay and — to the 
Landgrave of Heffe Cafel — 

To Robert Adair, Efq'; for his contingent ¢ Difburfe- 
ments, as Infpector General of Regimental In- 
firmaries, on the 25' of Fune shea to the 24% 
of Fune 17 — — 

To Fobn Campbell, Efq'; for Pay B Bills for Boatmen, 
€c. and for Provifions for them, belonging to a 
Scout Boat employed in South Carolina, from 28" 
of May 1769 to 27" of May 1770 —_ 

To Francis Lewis, in Reimburfement of the like Sum 
advanced by him, for &lt;a on the aie 
Works at O/wego 

To Col! Boyd, for the Subfieace of che Additionals 
to the 39'" Regt of Foot, and for the Pay of the 
Quarter Matter, previous to the Commencement of 
their Eftablifhment — — 

To Robt Browne, Efg'; for the Hire of a Sloop em- 
ployed in His Majefty’s Service in the River Sene- 
gal — _ 

To Samuel Smith, Efq', for the Hire yer Lofs of ‘a a 
Veffel employed in His Majefty’s Service in the Ri- 
ver Senegal —e — 

To the Earl of Panmure, to make good an Over- 
charge for Provifions iffued to the 21* Regiment 
of Foot, i in the Year 1766 _ _ 


_ oo 











3,000 — a 


323 11 2 


1,129 15 3 


872 17 II 


103 8 — 


2,521 12 18 


274 14 10 


586 10 6 


355 1 be 


2,613 5 — 


315 14 11 


20 = = 


363 14 6 





To the Difference of Pay between the Britifh and Jrifb Eftablifhment of 
Four Companies of Lord Fohn Murray’s Regiment of Foot, fent from 
Ireland to the Ifle of Man, from the 26* of Septem’ 1770, to the 24% 


of Decem’ following, both inclufive —_ 


28,977 6 =— Z 








91 17 It 
437,828 9 1 
Towards 


XUM 






Dates of 
Warrants. 


Towards which may be applied the following Sums ; viz. 


go D* Difference of Pay between the Britifo and Irifh 
Eftablifhments of Four Companies of Lieutt Gen! 
Browne’s Regiment of Foot, fent from the Ifle of 
Man to Ireland, from the 26% Septem’ 1770, to 


24% Dec, foll. both incl. ee gti7 1; 


The Sums voted for victualing the Forces at Gibral- 
tar, in North America, Eaft and Weft Florida, Ceded 
Iflands, and Africa —_— 

In the Hands of the Right hon’’* Rich? Rigby, for 
Provifions delivered to the Regiments ferving in 
North America and Minorca, between the 25“ of 
Fune 1769 and the 24% of Fune 1770 — 21,972 16 3 





55,836 15 1 





Remains to be provided for by Parliament - wm ff. 


War Office, Feb. 18% 1771. 


Barrington. 


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177 


77,901 8 53 








359:927 — 7* 








ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1771. 


15,873 Out Penfioners ftanding at prefent upon the Books of the Hofpital, at 
54. per Diem — _ — _ 

103 Letter Men, at 12 d. per Diem, each _ _ —_ 
31 Serjeants, at 9 d, per Diem. —. —. — 


16,007 





From which dedué&amp;, _ 
The Sum of Eleven thoufand Pounds, which, by Eftimation, may be applicable to- 


wards defraying the Expence out of the Poundage of the Forces, for the Year 
1771 —_— — 





Remains to be granted upon Account, for the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital, 
for the Year 1771 _ -- — ss 





War Office, 18" February 1771. 


Barrington. 








Per Diem. \ For 365 Days. 
330 13 9|120,700 18 9g 
5 3—| 1879 15 - 
1 3 3) 424 6 3 
337 —- ——|123,005 — = 
— — | 11,000 — = 


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112,005 — —~ 


Ordered, That the faid Account and Eftimate do lie Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the Third Year of His 
upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the prefent Majefty’s Reign, and for other Purpofes therein 
Houfe. mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fitz- 

A Bill for more effeétually vefting the Reverfion in herbert, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 

Fee Simple, of and in divers Lands and Hereditaments, Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Nottingham, and Staf- Chamber. 
ford, in Wafbington Earl Ferrers, and his Truftees; and 


for confirming Letters Patent granted thereof, and of A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, Lands, 
certain other Lands and Hereditaments in the County of and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Melton, 


Vor. XXXII. Zz 





















148 


the Parith of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lafcelles, 
Mr. Fitzberbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. : 


An ingroffed Bill ftom the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Right honourable Tomas Lord Ducie, and 
his Iffue, to take the Surname of Moreton, and to bear 
and ufe the Arms of Honour of the Right honourable 
Matthew Lord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant to the Will of 
the faid Matthew Lord Ducie, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alemander 
Gilmour, Colonel S' Leger, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the Houfe, 
that their Addrefs of Wedne/day \aft had been prefented 
to His Majefty ; and that His Majefty was pleafed to re- 
ceive the fame very gracioufly. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip 
of Melton, in the Parifh of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of 
the County of York ; which Bill was this Day read a Se- 
cond Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, from 
the Low Water Mark of the River Humber, at or near 
Brough Ferry, in the Parith of Elloughton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, to the North End of 
the Town of Brough, and from thence, through South 
Cave, to Coney Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the 
faid Riding: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
amend, and rerider more effectual, feveral Acts made re- 
lating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, 
Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the City and Li- 
berty of Weftminjter, and Parts adjacent, is committed, 
have Power to jend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1971. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Collingwood, Se- 
cretary to the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Edu- 
cation of expofed and deferted Young Children, attended 
at the Door ; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented 
to the Heufe, purfuant to their Orders. 

N° 1. An Account of all Monies received and paid, 
by the Governors and Guardians of the Hofpital for the 
Maintenance and Education of expofed and deferted 
Young Children between the 3rft Day of December 1769, 
and the grft Day of December 1770, with the Balance 
then remaining: And alfo, 

N° 2. An Account of the Number of Children, re- 
ceived into the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Edu- 
cation of expofed and deferted Young Children on or 
before the 25th Day of March 1760, who have been 
placed out Apprentices, between the 3 rft Day of Decem- 
ber 1769, and the 31ft Day of December 1770; diftin- 
guifhing the Number placed out in each Month, and 
how many with, and how many without, Apprentice 
Fees ; and how much fuch Fees have amounted to in each 
Month: And alfo, 

N* 3. An Account of the Number of Children, received 
into the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Education of 
expofed and deferted Young Children on or before the 
25th Day of March 1760, who have been returned to 
their Parents between the 31ft Day of December 1769, 
and the 31{t Day of December 1770: And alfo, 

N° 4. An Account of the Number of Children, re- 
ceived into the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Edu- 
cation of expofed and deferted Young Children on or be- 
fore the 25th Day of March 1760, who have died, be- 
tween the 31ft Day of December 1769, and the 31ft Day 
of December 1770: And alfo. 

N° 5. An Accountof the Numberof Children, received 
inta the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Education of 
expofed and deferted Young Children on or before the 
25th Day of March 1760, who were living, under the 
Care of the Governors and Guardians of the faid Hofpi- 
tal on the 31ft Day of December 1770: And alfo, 

N° 6. An Eftimate 6f the Expence of maintaining of 
the Children, received into the Hofpital for the Mainte- 
nance and Education of expofed and deferted Young 
Children on or before the 25th Day of March 1760, from 
the 31ft Day of December 1770 exchufive, to. the 31ft 
Day of December 1771, inclufive. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts and Eftimate 
were read. 

The faid Accounts are preferved amoneft the other 
Papers of this Seffion; and the faid Eftimate is as 
followeth ; viz. 


An 


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179 


An ESTIMATE of the Expence of Maintaining of the Children, received into the Hofpital for the Mainte- 
nance and Education of expofed and deferted Young Children on or before the 25th Day of March 1760, from 
the 31ft Day of December 1770, exclufive, tothe 31ft Day of December 1771, inclufive. 





The Number of the faid Children living, under the Care of the Goverriors and Guardians of 
the faid Hofpital, on the 31ft Day of December 1770, was Three hundred and Ninety-fix 


The Expence of maintaining whom, at the ufual Calculation of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings 
each, amounts to Zwo thoufand Nine hundred and Seventy Pounds only; which is no more than the 
Expence of Cloathing them at One Pound each, and Two Shillings and Six-pence a Week for 
Nurfing but a greater Expence muft accrue this Year, by reafon of thofe Children who are difeaf- 
ed and infirm, and confequently cannot be placed out Apprentice. 


Befide the above 396 Children, there have been taken into this Hofpital fince the 25th of 
March 1760, 358 Children, moft of whom were under the moft diftreffed Circumftances, or 
Orphans of Soldiers and Sailors, whereof 34 have been Apprenticed, g claimed, and 116 dead, 
fo that there are 199 Children now alive,which are wholly maintained and provided for out of 
the Income arifing from private Donations, and are not, or ever have been, eftimated to Par- 


liament. 


Signed by Order of the Committee, 


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


The Houfe, accérding to Order, proceeded to the 
Hearing of the Inquiry into the Tranfactions of the So- 
ciety, affluming the Name of “ The Chriftian Society,” at 
the Borough of New Shorebam, in the County of 
Suffex. 

And feveral Witneffes were examined, touching the 
Proceedings of the faid Society. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to in- 
capacitate Yohn Burnett, Charles Hannington, Francis 
Hajfelgrove, Thomas Hajfelgrove, Fohn Pedman Junior, 
Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook, Junior, Tho- 
mas Hannington, Fobn Haznington, Fohn Robinjon, William 
Cheefman, Richard Blair, George Browne, Fobn Parfons, 
obn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Sohn Sawyers, Ti homas Crowter, ‘fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
Yobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, Fohn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, John Bawcomb, Robert Parker, John Hogsflefh, fobn 
Purfe, Fobn Dean, Thomas Jennings, Fobn Snook Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charle. 
Mitchell, ‘Ffobn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, Fobn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hollingham, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fobn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, WilliamNewnham, Feffery Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randa'l Button, fames Carver, Fobn Mar- 
tin, Fobn Dedman Senior, William Fennings,William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Eleétion of Meimbers to ferve in Par- 


396 





Tho’ Collingwood, Secretary. 


liament, for the Borough of New Shoreham in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex: And that Mr. Fuller, Lord Charles Spencer, 
Mr. Montagu, Mr. Fielde, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, Sir 
Edward Aftley, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, Mr. Marfham, Mr. 
Richard Fuller, Sir Robert Ladbroke, Mr. Thomas Howe, 
Mr. Whately, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Ongley, the Lord Henley, 
and Mr. Danning, do pzepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, that He will be gracioufly pleafed to order 
His Attorney General to profecute Wiliam Hards, Tho- 
mas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinjon, and Henry 
Hannington, for an illegal and corrupt Confpiracy, in re- 
lation to the late Election of a Member to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Shoreham. 

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


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Petition of the Merchants, 
Traders, and principal Inhabitants, of the Town and 
Port of Liverpool, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed. 


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


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


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


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180 


Martis, 19° die Februarit, 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDEKED, That the Report from the Commit. 


tee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties of South- 
ampton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was referred, be received upon Thur/day 
Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for making the Exemplification of 
the laft Will and Teftament of Francis Macartney, 
Efquire, deceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and 
Equity, in Great Britain and Ireland,'was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for making the Exemplification of the laft 
Will and Teftament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity, in 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

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


Mr. Coventry reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, or Waite Lands, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Hil] Croome, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satistaction of the Commit- 
tec (except the Owners of about One Sixth Part in 
Value of Eftates, having a Right in the Lands to be in- 
clofed, who did not chuie to fign the Bill, though many 
of them made no Objeétion to the Inclofure ; and that 
no Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One ; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houtfe. 

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


Mr. Thoreton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parith of 
Sproxton, in the County of Leiceffer, was committed , 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houle; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bili for dividing and inclofing Barniker Moor, 
within the Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, in the County Pa- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


AL177%. 


latine of Lancafter, was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee (except the Heirs of One Man, whole 
Intereft is of the Annual Value of £. 15, and the Truf- 
tees of fome Lands left to Charitable Uies, of the Value 
of {.3 a Year; and that the Lands entitled to Right 
of Common on the faid Moor, are of the annual Value 
of £. 1,500; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more effec- 
tual, an Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End 
of Middleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence 
to Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aét to continue, and render more effeétual, an Act 
made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End of Mid- 
dleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence to 
Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir George Savile do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Thoroton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of 
Saltby, in the County of Leicefter, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agrecd to by the Houfe. 


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


Mr. Vanjittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, of the County of Berks, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Thomas Randal, being examined, faid, That the High- 
way leading from the Great Bath Road, at the Direc- 
tion Poft, to A/dermafton, near a Public Houfe, called 
the Rifing Sun, to a Brick Arch, at the End of a Lane, 
called Froude’s Lane, on the Turnpike Road, leading from 
a certain Place called Puntfield, to Aldermajfton, is in a 
ruinous Condition, and narrow, and incommodious to 


Paffengers, 


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Paffengers, and cannot be effectually repaired and widen- 
ed by the prefent Methods provided by Law. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to coritinue, and render more effectual, 
{everal Acts, for repairing the Highways, between the 
Bear Inn in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of 
Berks, and other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned ; and 
for repairing the Highway between a Houfe in Speen- 
bamland, in the Occupation of Edward Sheppard, and 
the Weft End of the Highway, by the faid Acts direéted 
to be repaired; and alfo the Highway from Boftock Lane, 
to Pangborne, in the faid County, is committed; That 
they have Power to make Provifion in the faid Bill, for 
repairing and widening the Highway, leading from the 
Great Bath Road, at the Direction Poft to Aldermafton, 
near a Public Houfe called the Rifing Sun, to a Brick 
Arch, at the End of a Lane called Froude’s Lane, on 
the Turnpike Road leading from a certain Place called 
Puntfield, to Aldermafton. 


An ingroffed Bill for better paving that Part of the 
High Street, in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, 
otherwife Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and for removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for better paving that Part of the High 
Street, in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife 
Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Middlefex, and 
for removing Obftructions and Annoyances therein. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. _ 


Sir Fohn Palmer reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields and Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby 
Mallory, in the County of Leiceffer, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, Common 
Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh 
of Weft Afbby, within the Manors of Horncaftle and Weft 
Afbby, in the County of Lincoln: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Lord ohn Cavendifo reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an 
Aét, made in the 23d Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from the City of York, 
over Skipbridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of 
York, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 


throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
Vor. XXXIIL 


181 


and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houte. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed: 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholdets, and 
others, of the County of Glamorgan, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Ho: fe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
Application has been made, for Leave to bring in a 
Bill for repairing the Road, from the Town of Lan- 
triffent to Velm Vawr, being Part of the Road leading 
from Lantriffent to Cowbridge, and feveral other Roads 
in the County of Glamorgan, and that the Roads lead- 
ing from Croes-fane or Crofta, to the Sycamore Tree, be- 
ing Part of the Road leading from Lantriffent to the 
Port of Barry, and from the Old Furnace to Newbridge, 
in the County of Glamorgan, are in a ruinous Condition, 
narrow in many Places, and incommodious, and cannot 
be effectually repaired and widened by the Laws in be- 
ing: And therefore praying, That Provifion may be 
made in the faid Bill, for repairing and widening the 
faid laft mentioned Roads, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of feveral Gentlemen and others of the County of Gia- 
morgan, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, is re- 
ferred : And that they do examine the Matter of this 


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


Mr. Ward reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution Two Aéts of Parliament, made in the [hir- 
teenth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and 
in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King George 
the Second, fo far as the faid Acts relate to the repair- 
ing the Roads leading from the Town of Birmingham, in 
the County of Warwick, to the Town of Brom/grove, in 
the County of Worcefter, was referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Acts were read; and Mr. Charles Stewart informed your 
Committee, That the Truftees for putting the faid Acts 
in Execution, have proceeded in the Repair of the faid 
Roads, and for that Purpofe have borrowed feveral Sums, 
amounting to £. goo, on the Credit of the Tolls by the 
faid Acts granted, which now remain unpaid; and that 
the faid Sum, together with the Tolls collected, have 
been duly applied towards the Repair of the faid Roads, 
but that the fame cannot be completely amended and 
kept in Repair, and the Money borrowed be repaid, un- 
jefs the Terms and Powers of the faid Acts be further 
coritinued and enlarged. 

Mr. Yames Woodhall, and Mr. Thomas Hanfon, being 
feverally examined, faid, That the prefent Road, leading 
from Birmingham, acrofs Bourn Brook to Brom{grove, is 
very ruinous, and leads through a hollow Way, and, on 
Account of the Scarcity of Materials, cannot be fufficient- 
ly amended and kept in Repair ; and that the Witneffes 
apprehend the Purpofes of the faid Aéts would be more 
effectually anfwered if the faid Road was difcontinued, 
and a new one made from Birmingham to Bourn Brook, 
over and through certain Grounds in the Parifhes of 
Birmingham and Edgbafton, which will be nearer and 
more eafily effected, as there are Plenty of Materials pro- 
per for that Purpofe; and that the feveral Land Own- 
ers, through whofe Lands the new Road is intended to 
pafs, are confenting thereto. 


3A Ordered, 








182 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of feveral 
Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Road, leading from the Town of Bromfgrove to the 
Town of Dudley, in the County of Worcefter, and from 
the faid Town of Bromfgrove, to the Town of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, fo far as the faid Acts 
relate to the repairing of the Roads leading from the faid 
Town of Birmingham to the faid Town of Bromfgrove : 
And that Mr. Ward, Mr. Dowdefwell, Sir Fobn Wrot- 
tefley, and Sir William Bagot, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Ward reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Execution 
Two Aéts of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth Year 
of the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the arft 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing 
the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, through 
the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bul- 
len, and to Great Bridge, and from thence to the End 
of Gibbet Lane, next adjoining to the Townfhip of 
Bilfon, and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to 
King Swinford, in the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, 
and Worcefter, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; the 
faid Acts were read ; and Mr. Charles Stewart, being exa- 
mined, faid, That the Truftees have proceeded to put 
the faid Acts in Execution, and have borrowed the Sum 
of Seven hundred Pounds, which, together with the 
Tolls collected, have been duly applied towards repair- 
ing the faid Road. 

That the faid Road cannot be effectually repaired, 
and the Money borrowed be repaid, unlefs the Term 
and Powers granted by the faid Aéts be further con- 
tinued and enlarged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of Two 
Acts, made in the 13th Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and in the 21ft Year of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for repairing the feveral Roads 
leading from Birmingham, through the Town of Wed- 
nefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, and to Great 
Bridge, and from thence to the End of Gibbet Lane, 
next adjoining to the Townfhip of Bil/on, and from 
Great Bridge, through Dudley, to King Swinford, and to 
the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of War- 
wick, Stafford, and Worcefter: And that Mr. Ward, Mr. 
Dowdefwell, Sir William Bagot, and Sir Fohn Wrottefley, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the 25th Year of his late Majefty, for repairing 
the Road from Kuarefborough, in the County of York, by 
Long Flatt Lane, Gould/brough Fields, Flaxby, Allerton, 
Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbammerton, in the 
fame County, and for making the fame a High Carriage 
Road, was cominitted; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill,.and made feveral Amendments thereunto, which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an A&amp;, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of hi. late Majefty, for 
repairing and widening the Road, from the Town oi Ted-. 
cafter, through Collingham, Harewood, Arthington, and 
Pool, to the Town otf Otley, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of York, was committed; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houte ; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houle. 

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


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Freeholders 
and Heritors of the County of Peebles, in North Bri- 
tain, was referred ; That the Committee had examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition; and had directed him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houle, 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 


livered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was ” 


read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Andrew Nielfon, being examined, faid, That the Roads 
defcribed in the Petition, are very ruinous and incom- 
modious, and in many Places narrow and dangerous, 
and cannot be amended, widened, and kept in Repair, 
by the Laws now in being. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of 
Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to Gatebope, Know- 
burnfoot, and to the Top of Minchmoor, and to Loch- 
bead, in the County of Peebles: And that the Lord Ad- 
vocate of Scotland and Mr. Dickfon do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Gilbert prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing Sheriff bales Com- 
mon, in the County of Stafford: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen and Freeholders of the 
County of Stafford, whofe Names are fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Petition has been 
prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for repairing and 
widening the Road from Stone, in the County of Stafford, 
to the Road between Newcaftle and Uttoxeter, at Lane 
End, and to the Road between Leek and Sandon, on Meir 
Heath, and alfo the Road from Stone to the Road be- 
tween Cheadle and Sandon, at or near Draycot ; and alfo 
the Road from the faid Road between Newcajffle and 
Uttoxeter, at Meir, to the Road in Trentham; and re- 
prefenting to the Houfe, that the Road from the Leek 
and Sandon Road, on Meir Heath, to the Road between 
Newcaftle and Uttoxeter, at Blithe Bridge, and alfo from 
Trentham to the Road between Stone and Nantwich, at 
Stableford Bridge, are in many Places ruinous, narrow, 
and incommodious, and cannot be effectually repaired, 
widened, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law: And therefore praying, That Provifion may 
be made in the faid Bill, for repairing, widening, and 
keeping in Repair, the faid Road, from Meir Heath to 
Blithe Bridge, and from Trentham to Stableford Bridge, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, of the 
County of Stafford, is referred: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter of this Petition; and report the fame, 
as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 


‘the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 


other Inhabitants, in the County of Suffex, was referred ; 
‘That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
{aid Petition; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Stephen 
Fuller, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the Roads 
defcribed in the Petition are, in many Parts, very narrow 
and founderous, and in the Winter Seafon almoft im- 
paffable for Carriages, and dangerous for Travellers on 
Horfeback, and cannot be repaired and widened by the 
ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
from a Place called Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, to 
Beadles Hill, in the Parith of Lindfield, and from thence 
to the Town of Cuckfield, and the Road branching out of 
the fame, at Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town of 
Lindfield; and alfo the Road from the prefent Turn- 
pike Road, between the Towns of Cuckfield and Craw- 
dey, over Saint Leonard’s Foreft, to the Town of Horfham, 
all in theCounty of Suffex, is committed; That they have 
Power to make Provifion in the faid Bull for repairing 
and widening the Road, from a Place called Swingate, 
in the Parifh of Burwaj/h, to a Place called Sever 
Green, in the Parith of Ticeburff, in the faid County. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for the 
Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for paving Wapping Street, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paffages leading into 
the fame, and for removing all Encroachments and Ob- 
ftruétions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; and for opening a Pafflage from Hermitage Street 
into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch Paffage, and 
the Fait Side of Nightingale Lane, and reprefenting to 
the Houfe, that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, 
as it is now formed, it would in many Refpects be im- 
poflible for the Petitioners to execute tuch.Matters as they 
are by the faid Bill required to perform, as the Law now 
fiaods; and that there are feveral Parts of the faid Bill 
relating to the Power of the Petitioners, as Commiffion- 
ers of Sewers, which will be extremely oppreffive and in- 
convenient: And therefore praying, That they may be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of 
the faid Bill; and that they may receive fuch Relief in 
the Premifes, as to the Houle fhall feem juft and rea- 
fonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
paving Wapping Street, in the County of Middlefex, and 
the feveral Streets and Paffages leading into the fame, 
and for removing all Encroachments and Obftructions 
therefrom, and preventing the like for the future ; and 
for opening a Paffage from Hermitage Street, into Night- 
éngale Lane, and for paving fuch Paflage, and the Kaft 
Side of Nightingale Lane, is committed ; and that the 
Petitioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before 
the jaid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
{ane Time, in Favour of the jaid Bill, againft the faid 
Pctition. 


183 


The Houfe was moved, that the Order, made Yefter- 
day, for the Second Reading of the Bill for the more 
effectually raifing a Military Force, for the Proteétion of 
the Settlements and Poffeffions of the Eaf India Com- 
pany, upon Thurfday Sevennight, the 28th Day of this 
Inftant February, might be read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly : 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the De- 
claration, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abju- 
ration, according to the Laws made for thofe Purpofes ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time, 
upon Monday Sevennight, the 4th Day of March 
next. 


A Petition of the Committee of the Company of 
Merchants trading to Africa, being offered to be pre- 
fented to the Houie ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Pctition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houie. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners have laid before the 
Houfe, an Account of the Sum granted for the Year 
1769, examined, and paffed, by the Curfitor Baron of 
the Exchequer, as required by an Act of the Twenty- 
third of George the Second, for extending and improv- 
ing the Tiade to /f/rica ; and that they have jnvefted 
the Money granted in 1770, for the Support and Main- 
tenance of the feveral Forts and Settlements on the faid 
Coaft ; and that the Forts and Settlements on the faid 
Coaft having been delivered to the Petitioners in a very 
bad State, by the Royal African Company, and the 
Sums annually granted by Parliament being nearly ex- 
pended in the Maintenance and Pay of the feveral Gari- 
fons, leaving very little for the Repair of the faid Forts, 
the Houfe granted the Sum of £. 2,000 in the Year 
1768, towards the Repair of Cape Coaft Cattle ; but, no 
Money having been granted for that Purpofe laft Year, 
that neceffary Work is in a great Meafure fufpended, and 
many of the other Forts likewife remain in a very ruin- 
ous Condition ; and that the Petitioners being fenfible 
of the great Regard fhewn by the Houfe for the Britifh 
Forts and Settlements on the Coaft of 4frisa, therefore 
praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confidera- 
tion, and grant fuch Sum for the neceffary Support and 
Maintenance of the faid Forts and Settlements, and like- 
wife for the Repairs {till wanted, as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 


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


The Order of the Day being read, for the Attendance 
of R. Thompfon and F. Wheble 

And the faid R. Thomp/on and 7. Wheble not attending ; 
the Meffenger to whom the Orders of the 8th Day of 
this Inftant February were delivered, being called upon 
to give an Account of the Service thereof, acquainted 
the Houfe, That he had ferved the Orders of the r. 
8th Day of February, for the Attendance of the faid R. 
Thompjon and F. Wheble, upon Monday the 11th Day of 
this Inftant February; but that he had not ferved them 
with any further Order for their Attendance, on this Day. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That R. Thompfon not having attended this 
Houfe, this Day, in Obedience to the Orders of this 
Houfe, is thereby guilty of a Contempt of this Houfe ; 

The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Jour- 
nals of this Houfe, of the 3d Day of March 1746, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe in relation to W. Lever- 
Jand, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Queftion ; viz. 

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184 


To leave out “ not having attended,” and infert “ do 
attend,” inftead thereof; and to leave out “ this 
«© Day, in Obedience to the Orders of this Houfe, 
“ is thereby guilty of a Contempt of this Houfe ;” 
and infert “ upon Thurfdey Morning next,” inftead 
thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ not 
*« having attended,” ftand Part of the faid propoied 
Queftion ; : 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “do 
«© attend,” be inferted inftead thereof ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ this 
“: Day, in Obedience to the Orders of this Houfe, is 
&lt;¢ thereby guilty of a Contempt of this Houfe,” ftand 
Part of the faid propofed Queftion ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words ‘ upon 
Thurfday Morning next,” be inferted inftead thereof ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put, 
That R. Thompfon do attend this Houfe upon Thur/day 
Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Lord Lifburne, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Onflow : } 115. 
Mr. Turner, 

Tellers for the Noes, } ol Diaaher ‘ t $4. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That 7. Wheble do attend this Houfe, at the 
fame Time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to diffolve the Mar- 
riage of Henry Knight, Efquire, with Catharine Lynch, 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Vernon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee, That they 
had examined Witneffes, and heard Counfel, for the faid 
Bill; and had alfo heard Counfel againft the faid Bill ; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Order of the Day being read, for calling over the 
Names of fuch Members as, upon this Day Fortnight, 
made Default to appear ; 

The Names of fuch Members were called over; and 
feveral of them appeared; and the reft were excufed ; 
Two as being in Town, One as being Abroad, and the 
other on account of Illnefs. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Fobn, Robert, ‘fames, and William 
Adam, and Fames Paine, Architects, Dorothy Monck, 
Widow, Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kit- 
chiner, Coal Merchant, was referred, be received upon 
Friday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


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


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4.1771. 


Mercuri, 20° die Februarit; 


Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Sloane prefented to the Houfe, according to 
I Order, a Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes 
of Induftry, in the [fe of Wight, for the Reception, 
Maintenance, and Employment, of the Poor belonging 
to the feveral Parifhes and Places within the faid 
Ifland : And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fields, Meadows, Cominons, or Waite Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Hill Croome, in the 
County of Worcefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;ct for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, or Wafte Lands, within 
the Manor and Parifh of Hill Croome, in the County 
of Worcefter. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Henry Knight, Efquire, with 
Catharine Lynch, his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vernon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and 
inclofing, the Open and Common Fields, in the Parith 
of Gumley, in the County of Leiceffer: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Stinted Paftures, called the North Moor, Longhill, Bark, 
and Garforth Clcfe, within the Townfhip of Rilton, in 
the Weft Riding of the County of York, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except Four 
Perfons, who are Proprietors of 16 } Cattle Gates, 
One of whom was not applied to, and the other Three 
did not chufe to fign the Bill; and that the Whole of 
the Property in the faid Fields confifts of 310 Cattle 
Gates; and that no Perfon appeared before the Commit- 
tee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and in- 
clofing, the Open Fields, and Commonable Places, in 
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Keybam, in the Parifh of Rothley, and County of Lei- 
cefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open Fields, and Commonable Places, in Keybam, in 
the Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leice/ter. 

Ordered, That Sir ‘ohn Palmer do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields and Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby 
Mallory, in the County of Lejceffer, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
and Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirky Mallory, 
in the County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Sir Fohn Palmer do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffled Bill for better paving the Streets, 
Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other pub- 


‘lic Paffages, in that Part of Goodman’s Fields, which 


fies in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife 
Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, and alfo Red 
Lion Street, and White Lion Street, lying contiguous to 
the faid Fields; 2nd for removing and preventing Nu- 
fances, Annoyances, and Obftructions therein; was read 
the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. : 

Pr. 29. 1. 15. To leave out “within,” and infert 

“from and after,” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for better paving the Streets, Squares, Lanes, 
Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, in 
that Part of Goodman’s Fields, which lies in the Parifh 
of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, in the 
County of Middlefex, and alfo Red Lion Street, and 
White Lion Street, lying contiguous to the faid Fields ; 
and for removing and. preventing Nufances, Annoy- 
ances, and Obftructions therein. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, lying in the 
Parifh of Appleby, in the Counties of Leiceffer and 
Derby, was committed; and to whom the Petition of 
feveral Owners of Lands, Grounds, and Right of Com- 
mon, in the Parifh of Appleby, in the Counties of 
Leicefter and Derby, was referred; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
of the Committee (except the Proprietor of 22 Acres 
of Land, who, on being applied to, declared himfelf 
againft the Bill, but did not appear before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe it; and alfo, except the Proprie- 
tors of 52 Acres, who are alfo Proprietors of 20 
Cottages having Right of Common on the Com- 
mons, who declared themfelves for the Inclofure, but 
would not fign the Bill, unlefs their Shares for their 
Cottage Rights were afcertained in the Bill; which was 
done by the Committee ; and that the whole Quantity 
of Field Land to be inclofed is 794 Acres) and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 

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Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and others, of the 
County of Glamorgan, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed ; and alfo, the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, and others, of the County of Glamorgan, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, were referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matters of the 
faid Petitions ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as they appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petitions, Wz!- 
liam Humpbreys, Efquire, being examined, faid, That 
he is well acquainted with all the Roads defcribed in 
the Firftmentioned Petition, which are in many Places 
narrow, and in others fo deep and founderous, as to be 
dangerous for Travellers on Horfeback, and impaffable 
for Carriages, and cannot be repaired and widened by 
the Laws in being. 

Robert ‘fones, Efquire, being examined, faid, That 
he knows the Roads mentioned in the Second Petition ; 
that they are in a ruinous Condition, narrow in many 
Places, and incommodious to Travellers, and cannot 
be effeétually repaired and widened by the prefent Me- 
thods provided by Law. 

Mr. Fones alfo confirmed the Evidence given by Mr. 
Humphreys, in Regard to the greateft Part of the Roads 
mentioned in the Firft Petition. " 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening feveral Roads leading to the 
Town of Lantriffent ; and alfo the Road leading from 
the Village of Newbridge, to a Place called The Old 
Furnace, all in the County of Glamorgan: And that 
Mr. Vernon and Mr. Mackworth do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Committee for conducting the Un- 
dertaking called the Birmingham Canal Navigation, on 
Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Proprietors of 
the faid Undertaking, was .prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by 
the Votes, that a Petition hath been prefented, from 
the Proprietors of the Worcefterfoire and Staffordfire 
Canal Navigation, alleging, that the Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigation have continued the faid 
Canal, and finifhed it to a Part of the fown of Bir- 
mingham, and have declined to proceed further, but 
have there made Wharfs, Weighing Machincs, and other 
Conveniences for Trade and Bufinefs ; notwithftanding 
which, they have neglected to make and complete their 
faid Navigation, fo as to communicate with the Canal 
between the Trent and Severn; and that, when the Act 
for making the Birmingham Canal Navigation paffed, 
no Perfon concerned in its Execution fuppofed it could 
poffibly be finifhed under Five Years, Three of which 
are not yet elapfed ; and have expended Two thoufand 
Four hundred Pounds more than the Act allows to be 
raifed in the Time, in completing the Canal towards 
each of its Terminations; and that they never did 
efteem the Canal to be finifhed to the Town of Bir- 
mingham ; but are defirous of completing the fame to 
the Junction at Autherley, agreeable to their Affurances 
to the Proprietors of the Stafford/bire and Worcefer- 
foire Canal Company, with all Difpatch; and are well 
affured that no Perfons whatever can complete it with 
the fame Expedition as they can: And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by their Counfcl, againft 
the faid Petition. 

Another Petition of the Committee for conducting 
the Undertaking cal'ed the Birmingham Canal Naviga- 

3 B tion, 








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tion, on Belialf of themfelves and the reft of the Pro- 
prietors of the faid Undertaking, was alfo prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That a Petition of a 
moft fingular Kind has been prefented to the Houle, 
by feveral Proprietors of Land and Coal Mines, and 
others, containing moft injurious Accufations and 
Charges, generally and indiftinétly fet forth, againft the 
Company of Proprietors of the faid Canal, who are 
confcious to themfelves that they have done every 
Thing in their Power to anfwer the Ends and Pur- 
pofes of their Act of Parliament, and with the moft 
difinterefted Views for the public Accommodation ; and 
that they have never exercifed the Powers of the Act 
contrary to the public Good ; nor do conceive that they 
have caufed ‘any Grievances, not redreffable by the 
Courts of Law: And therefore praying, That they 
may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Pe- 
tition. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Staffordfbire and Worcefterfbire 
Canal Navigation, is referred; and thefe Pe- 
titioners are to be heard, by their Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon their Petitions, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petitions, 
dagain{t the Petitions now prefented. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Exeter, was prefénted to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners lately pre- 
fented a Petition, to bring: in a Bill to remove cer- 
tain Markets, that are now held in the High Street of 
the faid City, and alfo to regulate the faid Markets ; 
and fetting forth, That it would be more conducive to 
public Unlity, to hold the faid Markets at a certain 
other Plot of Ground, within the faid City, bounded on 
the North by Saint Kerrian’s Church, and a Paflage 
leading therefrom to Saint Pancras Lane, within the 
Parifh of Saint Kerrian ; on the South, chiefly by the 
High Street, and partly by the Tenements in the Oc- 
cupation of Arthur Chave and Fobn Gifford, within the 
Parifh of Saint Petrock; on the Eaft, with that Part 
of the Tenement of the faid Arthur Chave, now in his 
Occupation, towards the faid High Street, and with 
Part of the Tenement in Poffeffion of the faid obn 
Gifford, towards Waterbeer Lane, in the Parifh of Saint 
Petrock, and a Tenement, now in the Occupation of 
Fobn Hookins and William Colfon, in the Parith of Saint 
Kerrian; and on the Weft with Northgate Street, and 
whereon feveral ruinous and decayed Houfes now 
ftand ; and that it would be of great Benefit and Con- 
venience to the Inhabitants of the faid City, and Suburbs 
thereof, and to all Perfons reforting thereto, if Pro- 
vifion was made for taking down the Signs, Sign 
Irons, Shew Boards, and Water Spouts, projecting from 
the Houfes into the public Streets and Lanes of the 
faid City and Suburbs: And therefore praying the 
Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confideration, and 
to grant the Petitioners fuch Relief therein, as to the 
Houtfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to Mr. Buller, Mr. Walter, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robert Harris, of the Stamp Of- 
fice, do attend this Houfe To-morrow Morning. 


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A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and others, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, refiding in and near the Town of Newbury, 
in the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Taking Notice of the Bill to continue, and 
render more effectual, feveral Acts for repairing the 
Highway between the Bear Inn in Reading, and Punt- 
field, in the County of Berks, and other Roads in the 
faid Acts mentioned ; and for repairing the Highway 
between a Houfe in Speenhamland, in the Occupation 
of Edward Sheppard, and the Weft End of the High- 
way by the faid Acts direéted to be repaired ; and alfo 
the Highway from Boffock Lane, to. Pangbarne, in the 
faid County; and fetting forth, That the Highway 
leading out of the faid Highway, in the Parifh of Speex, 
between the Little King’s Arms and the Robin Hood, 


near Speenhamland, through Shaw, over Shaw Field, to | 


the North End of Long Lane, in the Parifhes of Shaw, 
Thatcham, and Chieveley, in the faid County of Berks, 
is very ruinous, and in feveral Places narrow and in- 
commodious, and cannot be effectually repaired and 
widened by the prefent Method provided by Law: And 
therefore praying, That Leaye may be given to infert 
One or more Claufe or Claufes in the faid Ad, for re- 
pairing and widening the faid Highway. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Vanfittart, Mr. Congreve, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That Mr. George Pitt have Leave to go 
into Foreign Parts, for Two Months. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Fames Wartell do attend this Houfe 
To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Clarke do attend: this 
Houfe at the fame Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Aaguifh and Mr, 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Whitchurch, 
in the County of Bucks ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for further continuing Two Aéts, made in the Sixth and 
Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for punifhing 
Mutiny and Detertion, and for the better Payment of 
the Army and their Quarters, in His Majefty’s Do- 
minions in America; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Navigation from the Trent to the Merfey, was ptefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners are informed, Application is intended to be 
made to the Houfe, by the Proprietors of the Staf- 
fordfbire and Worcefterfoire Canal Navigation, for en- 
forcing a Junction of the Birmingham Canal Naviga- 
tion with the Staffordbire and Worcefterfbire Canal, at, 
or near, Autherley, in the County of Stafford, and that 
the Petitioners are convinced, that the effecting of the 
faid Junction will be of great Utility to the Public in 
general: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the making and com- 
pleting of fuch Junétion as aforefaid, and that fuch 
Encouragement may be given thereto as to the Houfe 
fhal! feem meet, 


Ordered, 


YUM 


te ut a eS bette ee oe he wo eS 


oe be 


XUM 


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Ordered, That, the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Stafford/ire and Worcefterfoire Canal 


Navigation, is referred. 


A Petition of the Owners and Proprietors of Houfes 
on the North Side of Rofemary Lane, in the Parifh of 
Saint Mary Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice 
of the Bill for paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, 
from the Parith of Aldgate to Cable Street, alfo the faid 
Cable Street, the Foot Path in the Back Lane, the Pre- 
cinét of Well Clofe, the Street leading from Nightingale 
Lane to Ratcliff Crofs, Butcher Row, and Brook Street, 
and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, opening into 
the fame, and for removing all Obftructions and An- 
noyances therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future ; and alfo of the Bill for the better paving the 
Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, Ways, and 
other public Paffages, in that Part of Goodman's Fields, 
which lies in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, other- 
wife Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex , and alfo 
Red Lyon Street and White Lyon Street, lying contiguous 
to the faid Fields, and for removing and preventing 
Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftruétions therein ; and 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend that the 
North Side of Rofemary Lane is included in the Second 
mentioned Bill, and the Owners and Occupiers of 
‘Houfes on the North Side of the faid Lane are liable 
to be taxed by the Commiffioners appointed for put- 
ting that Act in Execution ; but, as the former Bill 
is now drawn, they appear alfo to be included therein, 
which may occafion great Difputes, and be highly in- 
jurious to the Petitioners: And therefore praying the 
Youfe, to take the Matter intd their Confideration, 
and that they may be excepted Otit of the faid Firft 
mentioned Bill, or have fuch other Relief as to the 
Houfe fhall appear reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Firft 
mentioned Bill is committed. 


A Bill to repeal a Claufe in an Aét, made in the 
Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; to amend, and render more effectual, an Act 
made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King 
James the Firft, intituled, An Act for the General 
Quiet of the Subjects againft all Pretences of Conceal- 
ment whatfoever, which proteéts fuch Rights, Titles, 
or Claims, under any Grants or Letters Patent from 
the Crown, as are profecuted with Effect, within a cer- 
tain Time therein limited, was read a Secorid Tiine. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That the Bill be committed ; 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms, attendirig this 
Houfe, do go with the Mace into Weftminfter Hall, 
the Court of Requefts, and the Places adjacent, and 
fummon the Members there to attend the Service of 
the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; | 

The Queftion was put, That the faid Bill be com- 
mitted: 

The Houfé divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Ms aia i 155. 
Mr. Vane, 

Mr. Dundas : { eer 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. , 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Céminit- 
tee of the whole Houfé. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the faid Bill, 


Or 


Tellers for the Noes, 


i897 
Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 
The other Orders of the Day being read ; | 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


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


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





Fovis, 21° die Februarit : 
Anno 11° Georgii Iti Regis, 1771, 


PRAYERS, 


( Réered, That Sir Thomas Pym Hales have Leave to 
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon his pri- 
vate Affairs. 


Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields; Common Meadows, Common Pattures, 
Lammas Grounds, and other Commonable Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Great Brickhill, in the County 
of Bucks, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that thé Parties concerned had 
given their Corfent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of 
the Committee (except Charles Shipman, Efquire, whofe 
Property in the Lands intended to be inclofed confifts 
of 4 Acres, and who being applied to, faid, he difliked 
Inclofures, and therefore would not fign the Bill ; and 
that the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed 
confifts of about 1,326 Acres; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Comimittee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bili, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupori, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


Sir Fohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the feveral Owners and Pro- 

rietors of certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, ly- 
ing in Ladus, othetwife Ladwers, otherwife Laddoes 
Fen, in the Parifhes of Elm and Upwell, in the Ifle of 
Ely, in the County of Cambridge; whofe Names are 
thereurito fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and 
had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfé; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; VIZ. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
John Mayer, being examined, faid, That the faid Lands 
and Grounds confift of 1,280 Acres, and are over- 
flowed with Water, for want of a proper Ourfall to 

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the Sea, which renders the fame of lefs Value than 
they would be, if they were properly drained and kept 
dry, which cannot be done by any Law now in 
being. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
draining and preferving certain Fen Lands and Low 
Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the Ifle of Ey: And that 
Sir Fobn Hynde Cotton, Sir Sampfon Gideon, and Mr. 
Wyldbore, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Fletcher prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Carlifle to Wigton, and from thence to the South 
End of Hunda Lane; and alfo the Road from Wigton 
to Abby Holme, and from Wigton to Chaldbeck, in the 
County of Cumberland: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, re- 
fiding in and near the Town of Newdury, in the County 
of Berks, was referred; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Benjamin Brufhwood, laid, That the Highway in the 
Parifh of Speen, between the Little King’s Arms, and the 
Robin Hood, near Speenhamland, through Shaw, over Shaw 
Field, to the North End of Long Lane, in the Pa- 
rifhes of Shaw, Thatcham, and Chieveley, in the County 
of Berks, containing Three Miles and a Quarter, or 
thereabouts, in Length, is become fo bad and ruinous, 
that Waggons and other Carriages cannot pafs and re- 
pafs without great Danger, and in feveral Places is very 
narrow and incommodious to Paffengers, and cannot be 
effectually repaired and widened by the prefent Methods 
provided by Law. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill to continue, and render more 
effectual, feveral Acts, for repairing the Highways, be- 
tween the Bear Inn in Reading, and Puntfield, in the 
County of Berks, and other Roads in the faid Aéts 
mentioned; and for repairing the Highway between a 
Houle in Speenbamland, in the Occupation of Edward 
Sheppard, and tne Weit End of the Highway by the 
faid Acts directed to be repaired, and alfo the High- 
way from Be/fock Lane to Pangborne, in the faid County, 
is committed; That they have Power to make Pro- 
vifion in the faid Bill, for repairing and widening the 
Highway in the Parifh of Speen, between the Little 
King’s Arms, and the Robin Hood, near Speenbamland, 
through Shaw, over Shaw Field, to the North End of 
Long Lane, in the Parifhes of Shaw, Thatcham, and 
Chieveley, in the County of Berks. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants of the Town of 
Great Farringdon, in the County cf Berks, andof the Towns 
of Clanfield, Bourton, and Burford, in the County of Ox- 
ford, and of feveral other Perfons travelling the Road 
therein after mentioned, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was referred; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had dire&amp;ted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered it in. at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Taylor, being examined, faid, He knows the 
Road from Farringdon, in Berkfbire, through Clanfield 
and Bourton, to Burford, in the County of Oxford ; 


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that it is in a very ruinous Condition, in many Places 
narrow, and much incommoded by deep Waters, parti- 
cularly between Pidnell Bridge, and Clanfield, where it is 
frequently overflowed by the Thames, and thereby ren. 
dered very dangerous to Travellers, and at fome Times 
impaffable; that fome Parts of the faid Road are fo foun- 
derous and narrow, as to make it neceffary to turn the 
Courfe thereof, which will not only fave a confiderable 
Expence, but render the fame much more convenient ; 
that he apprehends the Laws in being are not fuf- 
ficient for the Purpofes of repairing, widening, and 
turning, the faid Road. 

Mr. Philip Comely confirmed the foregoing Evidence, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road 
from the Market Houfe in the Town of Great Far- 
ringdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford, in the 
County of Oxford: And that Mr. Vanfittart, Admiral 
Craven, and the Lord Wenman, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Mr. Kynajfton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, refiding in and near the Roads therein after 
mentioned, was referred ; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rested him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Francis Chambre and Mr. Fobn Hudjon, being examined, 
faid, That the feveral Roads defcribed in the Petition 
are in a ruinous Condition, narrow in many Places, 
and dangerous for Paffengers and Carriages ; and that 
the fame cannot be effectually repaired by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road leading trom Wem, in 
the County of Salop, to or near Chirk, in the County 
of Denbigh, from Horton to Knockin and Llanymynech; 
and alfo the Road from the End of Cotton Wood, to 
Whitchurch, in the County of Salop: And that Mr. 
Kynafton, Sir Nicholas Bayly, and Mr. Myddelton, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Dodd, according toOrder, reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, Clergy, and others, of the Counties of Southamp- 
ton, Wilts, and Berks, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed ; and alfo, the Petition of the Gentlemen, Ciergy, 
Freeholders, and Inhabitants, of the County of Berks ; 
and alfo, the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bure 
geffes, of the Borough of Reading, in the County of 
Berks, under their Common Seal, and of the Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Traders, and Inhabitants within the faid Bo- 
rough; and alfo, the Petition of the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in 
Common Council afiembled ; and alfo, the, Petition of 
the Gentlemen, Clergy, Traders, and other the princi- 
pal Inhabitants of the Borough of Abingdon, in the 
County of Berks; and alfo, the Petition of the Inha- 
bitants of Henley upon Thames, and of the feveral 
Gentlemen, Land Owners, Owners of Wood, Tradefmen, 
Manufacturers, and others, of the neighbouring Country 
Towns and Villages, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others; and alfo, 
the Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, Owners and Occupiers of Mills, Locks, 
Wharfs, and Warehoufes, in the Counties of Berks, 
Bucks, and Oxford; and alfo, the Petition of the In- 
habitants of Maidenhead, Bray, Cookbam, the neigh- 
bouring Parifhes, and of the ieveral Gentlemen, Land 
Owners, Tradefmen, Manufacturers, and others, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of them- 


felves and others ; and alfo, the Petition of the Gentle- 


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men, Clergy, Traders, and Inhabitants, of the Borough 
of Wallingford, and the feveral neighbouring Villages, 
in the County of Berks, and alfo of the Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Traders, and Inhabitants, of the Towns of 
Dorchefter, Shilling ford, and Benfon, and the feveral 
neighbouring Villages, in the County of Oxford; and 
alfo, the Petition of the Inhabitants of Great Marlow, 
in the County of Bucks, and of the feveral Gentlemen, 
Land Owners, Tradefmen, and others, of the neigh- 
bouring Towns and Villages, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed ; and alfo, the Petition of Richard Wil- 
lis, Efquire, the Devifee of Daniel Rich, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, and of Daniel D’anvers Rich, Efquire, the Son 
and Heir of the faid Daniel Rich; and alfo, the Pe- 
tition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
Tradefmen, and others, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubicribed, of the Borough and Parith of Chepping 
Wycombe, and Places adjacent, in the County of Bucks ; 
were referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matters of the 1ft, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, &amp;th, gth, 
and 11th mentioned Petitions ; and had heard Coun- 
fel for the faid 7th and 8th mentioned Petitions, no 
Evidence having been brought in Support of the faid 
6th, roth, and 12th mentioned Petitions ; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the fame, as they 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned Peti- 
tion, Mr. Benjamin Davis, an Engineer, faid, That he 
had made a Survey of the Lands from the Town of 
Bajingftoke, in the County of Southampton, through 
or near the feveral Parifhes of Eaftrop, Bafing, Shervill 
upon Loddon, Bramly, Stratfield Sea, Swallowfield, Ar- 
borfield, Shinfield, Sunning, Hurft, Rufcomb, Lawrence, 
Waltham, Shotte/brook, White Waltham, and Bray, to the 
River Thames, near a Place called Monkey Tfland, in 
the County of Berks; and he produced the faid Survey 
to your Committee. 

And being examined, he faid, That a navigable 
Canal may be made from the Town of Ba/ing/ffoke, to 
the River Thames, near Monkey Ifland aforefaid, for 
the Paflage of Boats, Barges, and other Veffels; and 
that he had made an Eftimate of the Expence thereof, 
amounting to £. 51,000; and he added, that when the 
Canal is made, the Price for Carriage of Goods, Wares, 
and Merchandizes, to and from the Places aforefaid, 
will be reduced Three-fourths, and that this Naviga- 
rion will be of great Utility to the County of Soucb- 
ampton, and Places adjacent. 

And being afked the neareft Place where the pro- 
pofed Canal from Bafingftoke might communicate with 
the Thames ? he faid, in the Parifh of Sunning, by fe- 
veral Miles ; but the Communication with the Thames, 
in the Parith of Sunning, would not be of equal Utility 
to the Public, as if it was to communicate near Monkey 
Jfland ; for the Navigation by the propofed Canal, from 
Bajfing ftoke to Monkey Ifland, would be only about 29 
Miles, and from Bafingftoke, by Sunning, and along the 
River Thames, to Monkey Ifland, would be about 55 
Miles, befides the Difadvantages of navigating upon 
the River, for more than half the Diftance: Then 

The Reverend Mr. Samuel Prince informed your Com- 
mittee, that the County of Southampton produces great 
Quantities of Corn, and alfo great Quantities of Tim- 
ber fit for the Ufe of the Navy and Merchants Service. 

That the Timber in general is fent by’ Land Carriage 


to Reading, or to Chertfey ; that Reading is fomething’ 


nearer than Chert/ey, and the Expence of Carriage of 
every Load of round Timber from Bafingftoke, to the 
Thames, is about 205., and from the Southern Parts of 
Hampfbire, about 245. or 255. , that great Quantities 
of large Timber grow Eaft of Bafingftoke, and that 
Timber is fent by Chert/ey, to London; and the Car- 
riage and Freight together of every Load, cofts about 
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40s.: And the Witnefs faid, He thought if the pro- 
pofed Canal was to be made, all fuch Timber might 
be conveyed to London, for Two-thirds lefs than at 
prefent ; that the Carriage ‘of Malt and other Grain 
fent from Bafingftoke to London, now cofts Half a 
Crown for every Quarter; and the Witnefs faid, he 
thought it might be carried by the propofed Canal for 
One Shilling a Quarter, and the Markets in London would 
be better and cheaper fupplied than they can be at pre- 
fent ; and he added, that this Canal would be of Advan- 
tage to the County of Southampton, and of public Utility. 

To prove the Allegations of the Second, Third, 
Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth mentioned Petitions, Mr. 
Charles Trufs, being examined, faid, That he had na- 
vigated Barges on the River Thames 20 Years, and 
the ufual Time of navigating a Barge of 120 Tons 
from Reading to Monkey Ifland, is 3 or 4 Days, and 
from thence to Reading, from 3 to 6 Days, the Ex- 
pence of which is about £. 50; in Summer he has 
known it 12 or 14 Days going from Reading, to Monkey 
Tfand, and in Times of Flood, have been ftopt 3 
Months ; that fuch Delay is owing in the Summer to 
the Shoals ; and the Attempts to remove them, by taking 
up of Ballaft, has not been attended with Succefs ; that 
this Expence is occafioned only by the Delay, and not 
by the Size, of the Veffel, fince a Barge of 60 Tons 
draws the fame Water as one of 200 Tons ; that thefe 
Shoals are occafioned by the Wears being built fo high, 
as to make the Water to run rapidly and tear up the 
Bed of the River ; that the Wears were lower 10 or 12 
Years ago, but have been raifing ever fince; that he 
thinks them and the Shoals the chief Impediments to the 
Navigation, except the Floods ; but if the Shoals were 
removed, he does not think there would be Water 
enough to navigate in Summer, as the Locks don’t 
pen high enough to go from Lock to Lock, there- 
fore it muft require more Locks; but thinks if there 
were Pound Locks erected, there would be Water 
enough; that he thinks the Shoals are increafed by 
the Barges lying aground, and has feen the Gravel rife 
2 Feet high round them. 

Being afked, whether, if many fmall Barges and 
fewer large ones were ufed, it would not leffen the 
Expence of Carriage? he faid, It would increafe it, 
for as all the Barges draw the fame Depth of Wa- 
ter, the fame Obftruétions would remain; and that 
the Barges ufed for 50 Years paft, have been as. 
deep and wide, but not fo long: Being afked, if Car- 
riage was not cheaper when the Barges were fhorter ? 
he faid, That he carried Coals to Reading in 1764, for 
8s. a Chaldron, which now coft 15 or 165.3; that they 
always ufed Flafh Boards to Barges, as they could not 
draw Four Feet of Water without them; fome draw an 
Inch or two more: That there are Nine Locks be- 
tween Reading and Monkey Ifland, including that at 
Reading, and if there were Pound Locks erected, and 
it was poffible to keep Four Feet Water in the River, 
a Barge might go from Monkey Iland to Reading in 
about 18 or 20 Hours; but that a Barge of 100 Tons 
will not make more Voyages in a Year than one of 
200; the Time of going and returning would be the 
fame, but that of loading and unloading would be 
more: That a large Barge is more fteady in fhoot- 
ing a Lock than a fhort one, and not fo liable to ftrike 
on Shore. Being afked, what Depth of Water the Barge 
drew, which was from 10 to 14 Days going from Reads 
ing to Monkey Ifland ? he faid, Many Barges have been 
as long going, which have only drawn Four Feet Wa- 
ter and have kept the Channel, but they might lofe 2 
or 3 Flafhes, which might be infufficient to float her ; 
that the Witnefs himfelf had been 14 Days in navi- 
gating a Barge from Reading to Monkey Ifland, and 
there was no Barge lay acrofs the River to objtruct him 
as he remembers; that he never heard Complaints by 
Bargemafters of the Weirs being too low, if they were 
kept in Repair: That in fair Weather, a Barge of 2c0 

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Tons may make about 8 or g Trips from Reading 
to London, in a Year: That he never knew a Barge 
loaded, fo as to draw 8 Inches more than 4 Feet Wa- 
ter, but has known them draw 3 or 4 Inches more ; 
and that he remembers when a Barge of 180 Tons was 
about 125 Feet long, and 18 broad, and one of 120 
Tons was 110 Feet long, and 16 broad. “anew 

Being afked, If Barges, which are 3 or 4 Days navi- 
gating from Reading to Monkey Iland, don’t uiually take 
a lighting Boat at Marlow, or elfewhere? he faid, In 
fhort Water they are obliged to do it, but they may be 
fo loaded as not to require it, but fuch Loading will not 
anfwer to the Bargemafter: Being afked, If, whether a 
Bargé was loaded fairly, and drew no more than 4 Feet 
Water, there would be any Occafion for Lighting 
Boats? he faid, That fometimes there is not more 
than 2 Feet and a Half Water, and there is a Neceffity 
for them 3 Parts of the Year out of 4 in general: 
That a Barge fairly loaded, and drawing but Four 
Feet Water, is often Ten Days going from Reading 
to Monkey Iftand, and cannot go in lefs than 3 or 4, as 
the Water is in general; and the Paflage from Reading 
to Marlow takes up from One to 5 or 6 Days: That he 
believes, when Barges have been near running aground, 
they have been thrown acrofs the River to prevent others 
pailing ; and the Channel is fo narrow in fome Parts, 
that a fhort Barge would ftop them ; and that the Ex- 
pence of navigating a large Barge, is not fo much, in 
Proportion, as a {mall one. 

That the Reafon of the Difference in the Price of the 
Carriage of Coals, from 8 to 165. arifes from the Rife 
of Mens Wages, Lock Dues, and feveral other Things, 
and not from any new Obftructions in the River, that he 
knows of, but from a general Rife in every Thing ; and 
if the Shoals were removed, and the Price of the Locks 
was the fame as in 1764, and Mens Wages reduced, 
the Navigation might be as cheap as it was then: 
That he believes the Locks on the River were origi- 
nally erected on Account of the Navigation : That if 
Barges were to be haled by Horfes, and Pound Locks 
erected, it would leffen the Expence of navigating — 
And being afked, if the Tames Navigation was amended 
in every Refpeét, it would not lower the Expence of 
navigating to near equal, if not lefs than on the intend- 
ed Canal? he faid, He did not think it would any 
thing near it. Then 

Mr. Robert Whitworth, Surveyor, being examined, 
faid, That he had furveyed the Lands, and drawn a 
Plan, which he produced, for a Navigable Canal from 
Reading to Monkey Ifland, that he has been employed 
in Works of this Nature, and has been employed in moft 
of the Navigable Cuts in this Country: That the pro- 
pofed Cuit will be as little injurious to Land Owners as 
any he has ever been employed in; and if carried into 
Execution, the Navigation thereof will be greatly pre- 
ferable to, and more expeditious than, any Navigation 
which can be made through the old Courfe of the Ri- 
ver Thames: That a Barge of 120 Tons, by the Canal, 
may go from Reading to Monkey Ifland in about 6 Hours, 
the Expence of which, at One Halfpeny a Ton per 
Mile, would be aboiit £. 4. 75.—That he had not mea- 
fured the Length, but has taken the Falls of the River, 
from Reading to Monkey Ifland, which is 49 Feet 11 
Inches from the higlieft Head that can be penned ; and 
the Fall from the Mouth of the River Kennet, to Monkey 
Iland, is 48 Feet, and there are 9 Locks, including the 
Kennet Lock; and believes they were erected for the Ufe 
of the Mills only, there beirig no Lock between Monkey 
Tland and IJfleworth, and he knows no Reafon why 
the Navigation from Reading to Monkey Ifland, might 
not be as good without Locks, as that from Monkey 
Tfland to Ifeworth, the Fall being no greater in Propor- 
tion to the Length ; the Fall from Monkey [land to 
Ifeworth being 62 Feet and an Half. 

Being afked his Opinion, as to the Pratticability of 
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Courfe of the River; he faid, It is impoffible to make it 
permanent, except it is conftant : He gave an Inftance in 
the prefent Winter, when it was ftopt, firft by Floods for 
about Two Months, and then by a Froft for near Three 
Weeks ; and added, that thefe are Obftructions above 
the Power of Art to remove: That the Navigation on 
the Canal may be as liable to Obftructions by Frofts as 
the Courfe of the River, but not more fo, as Locks are 
in the firft Inftance affected by Frofts in all Naviga- 
tions, but that Floods carinot obftruct the Navigation 
of the Canal, fince it will be made altogether out of the 
Reach of them. ? 

Being crofs examined, he faid, He furveyed the Land 
through which the Canal is to pafs, in Purfuance of an 
Order made at a Meeting at Reading in Fanuary lat, 
that he is not concerned in the Execution of it, but only 
as a Surveyor: That the Canal may be a permanent 
Navigation, except ftopt by Frofts, to which both the 
River and that are equally liable ; but the Rapidity of 
the Stream has fome Effect in preventing freezing : That 
there is a Stream in every Part of the River between 
Reading and Monkey Ifand, but it has been froze lately ; 
and that the River, in its prefent State, may not be fo 
liable to be ftopt by.Frofts as the Canal, but if Locks 
are to be built upon it it will; and that he never knew 
the Obftructions by Frofts at Locks removed, except in 
flight Frofts, but never in a Froft ftrong enough to freeze 
the Canal: That he is fure the Canal may be fo exe- 
cuted, as by carrying its Level above the Fioods, that 
they cannot affect it; and knows One fo conftructed at 
Birmingham, and feveral others. 

That the Expence of making the Canal will be about 
£. 51,000,. but that Calculations of this Kind have, in 
many former Inftances, turned out fallacious; but he has 
had more Experience fince, and can {peak with greater. 
Certainty :—Being afked, If he ever knew or heard of 
a Canal being executed at the eftimated Price? he 
faid, That he does not know of any completed at pre- 
fent, but he can form an Eftimate from what is already 
done: That Mr. Brindley is concerned in the Trent 
Canal, the Eftimate for which was £. 131,000, and that 
laft Year there was about £. 86,000 expended ; and that 
it hath been 4 Years and a Half in Hand; and he thinks 
it will greatly exceed the Eitimate. 

That there will be Flood Gates at the Head of the 
Canal, if neceffary, which, with a regulating Lock, will 
coft about £.300: That he cannot fay how many 
Culverts (which he explained to be Brick Arches, to 
convey the Water under the Canal) will be neceffary ; 
that there will not be above Four or Five that will 
amount to £. 100 apiece; that fome will coft £. go, 
and fo down to £.10; and that there will be One which 
will coit £. 60; but that he cannot exactly tell how many 
{mall ones will be wanted, but thinks about 40 in the 
Whole; that he cannot fpeak pofitively to the Num- 
ber, but is fure the Expence of them will not exceed 
£.650: That he knows the principal ones, which 
would be wanted, but not the {mall ones, and is pretty 
fure they won’t exceed that Sum, but cannot fay how 
many Springs they fhould have to cut away till they cut 
the Ground, but is fure there won’t be many, and 
believes there will be none that will require a large 
Culvert, for the {malleft Culvert will be fufficient for 
any Spring he ever faw in cutting a Canal :—That the 
Breadth of the Canal on the Surface will be about 45 
Feet, at the Bottom 33 Feet, and the Depth 4 Feet 
and a Half; and the Land to be paid for will be about 
192 Acres, including Towing Paths and Banks; but 
that fome of it will be returned again :—That he was 
not himfelf a competent Judge of the Price of Land 
there, but had eftimated 145 Acres, at £. 35 an Acre; 
and 47 Acres, which was Wafte Ground, at f£. 10 per 
Acre; and that he made his Eftimate from the Intor- 
mation of Farmers and others, who informed him of the 
Value of Land in thofe Parts :—That the Fall from the 
high Ground in Bray Tield to Monkey Iland, was 17 

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Feet to obviate which Inconvenience, it will be necef- 
fary to have Two Locks, and to ufe Culverts between 
the Place where the Water is firft locked down and the 
River, which Space is better than Half a Mile; and 
fuppofe, as he was there in Time of Floods, that 4 Cul- 
verts of about 10 Feet wide each will be fufficient, but 
could not be certain, but fpoke from Conjecture ; and 
the Expence of which, if funk deep, which he thinks 
they muft, would be about 4 or £. 500, which Sum he 
reckons is Part of the £. 650, which he mentioned be- 
fore :—That the Fall from the flat Part of Bray Field to 
Maidenhead Bridge, is 3 Feet One Inch in the River ; 


‘and from the high Part of the Field, to the Bridge, 


about 14 Feet. ge tel tay 

Being afked the Confequence of the Canal’s breaking, 
he faid, It could not poffibly break but in Time of 
Floods, and then it would overflow nathing more than 
which is at prefent flooded ; that it could not affeét the 
Town of Bray, as the Water would go off as freely by 
Means of the Four Culverts as it did at prefent, and 
would very little delay the clearing the Country of 
Floods. } 

Being afked, How the Water can go off fo well in the 
Space of 40 Feet as in Half a Mile? he faid, Not 
quite fo readily, but if the Water ftands on a Level on 
both Sides the Canal, it can have no Effect in drowning 
the Country ; for by Means of the Four Culverts, it will 
prevent the Water rifing many Inches higher, on the 
higher Side, than on the lower, and the Flood can have 
no Effeét above the Excefs of the perpendicular Height 
on the one Side more than the other :—That the blow- 
ing up of Canals muft be from the Infufficiency of the 
Banks, and the Preffure of Water in the Canal, but there 
never can be a greater Preffure of Water on the Outfide 
than on the Infide, fince the Water within will be higher, 
and that it never can overflow :—That no more Ground 
will be wanted on the Side of the Canal than for the 
Culverts, and the Water will be taken from the River 
Kennet, which will fall into the Tames again at Monkey 
Jfland, and will not take the 12th Part of an Inch Depth 
trom the Thames between the Mouth of the Kennet and 
Monkey Ifland :—That it may be prejudicial to Mills on 
the River if they are fhort of Water, but does not know 
whether they ever are or not; and if Barges go down the 
Canal they will be benefited, if not, they will remain in 
the fanve State they are : That the Paffage of One Barge 
upon the River now, hurts the Mills more than Six 
Months Paffage on the Canal would, for that he had 
been at Boulter’s Lock when the Reach has been full of 
Water, and feen the Lock opened for a Barge to go 
through, which was Three Hours in pafling, and the 
Water funk One Foot g Inches , at Sunning Lock, when 
‘drawn for Barges to go through, the Keach being about 
3 Miles long, and the mean Breadth of the River about 
50 Yards, it has funk 2 Feet; and that the Water fo 
difplaced would fupply 300 Locks full of Water on the 
‘Canal; and that, befides the above Quantity, there is 
the common Run of the River during the Time the 
Lock is drawn, which cannot be fuppoted lefs than the 
Water difplaced, as it is feldom 3 Hours in filling up 
the Reach again ; fo that in drawing this Reach, there 
4s 600 Locks full of Water expended, and in Time of 
fhort Water, it is no uncommon Thing to draw Two, 
fometimes Three, Locks Reaches to carry a Barge 
through One Reach; and this expends a Quantity of 
Water fufficient to fupply the Canal 6 Months, or elfe 
there muft be a very great Trade through it: That 
this Wafte of Water might be prevented, if the Locks 
were made on the beft Conftruction ; but that he fuppofes 
Floods would foon put them out of Order :—That the 
Length of the propofed Canal is 15 Miles 2 Furlongs; 
and that he propofes Eight Locks, including the regu- 
lating Lock; that the Expence of the other Seven will 
be about £. 700 each, and that of the regulating Lock 
about £. 300 :—That his Eftimate of the Expence of the 
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to be made for Barges of 2c0 Tons; the Expence of the 
Locks would be about £. 980 each, and the Canal muft 
be made 60 Feet broad at Top, 45 Feet at Bottom, and 
5 Feet Water to correfpond with the lower Part of the 
Canal propofed by the City of London; and that the 
Banks muft be wider :—That there are fome Hills to 
cut through from a Place near Twyford to Paley Street, 
which is above 6 Miles, but no Valleys to fill up, ex- 
cept what are neceffary to raife the aquaduct Bridge over 
the River Loddon to a proper Height:—That the Ex- 
pence of making Towing Fences and Drains, will be 
about f. 132 a Mile. ade 5 . 

Being aiked, If a Canal of Communication from 

Sprig’s Green could be made to ferve Great Marlow ? 
he faid, It is 6 Miles, and a confiderable Part of it muft 
be through Hills; and that he never heard of one pro- 
pofed. ; . ) 
Being afked, How the Water is to go off in Floods 
from the South Side of the Canal? he faid, There 
will be anew Cut, which will carry the Water to a Place 
near Stanlake, and thence it will go to Twyford in its 
old Courfe, and the Waters from the Lands will naturally 
fall into it. 

Then to. prove the Allegations of the Petition of 
the Inhabitants of Maidenhead, Bray, Ccokbam, 
the neighbouring Parifhes, and of the feveral 
Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Manu- 
facturers, and others, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 

others ; : 

Mr. Fobn Davis, a Surveyor, was examined, who 
faid, That he had taken the Level of the River Thames 
from Maidenhead Bridge to Monkey I/land, and found the 
Fall to be about 2 Feet 11 Inches, and the Height of 
the Lands is about 2 Feet from the Surface of the River, 
when at a proper Height for Navigation:—That in 
Floods the Water comes out of the River at Boulter’s 
Lock, which is juft above Maidenhead Bridge, and comes 
down by the Bridge at the Chapel, and fpreads itfelf 
along the Turnpike Road, and goes through fome fmall 
Arches to Maidenhead Bridge, down to Oldfield, Fore- 
leighs, and Queenleighs, and fo through fome Wooden 
Bridges into Bray Meadows, and has feen the Town of 
Bray flooded :—Being afked, What Surface of Ground 
the Water covers in Bray Meadows in a large Flood ? 
he faid, It goes through 6 Bridges, which are 246 Feet 
wide; yet it overflows the Banks, and runs into Bray 
Town, and afterwards into the lower Meads, and over 
the Arable Land between that and Monkey T/land :— 
That if the Canal is to be carried over Culverts of no 
more than 40 Feet in Width, he thinks it is impoffible, 
for 246 Feet of Water in the prefent Bridges can go 
through without great Impediment and Rifing of Water 
on the Outfide of the Banks of the Canal; that the 
Water has now more than a Quarter of a Mile to run 
off in: That he fuppofes the Culverts are to be 
fixed in the lower Part of the Meadows, and that the 
Wooden Bridges at Bray, are about a Quarter of a Mile 
from Monkey Ifland that he could not tell whether any 
Building between the high Ground and Monkey Sand 
would hinder the Water from paffing off, but that more 
Water will be penned back on the Town of Bray 
when the Canal is made than at prefent; and that he 
thought a free Paflage for Water was where there is no 
Obitruction at all: That if there is no more than 
Forty Feet Paflage for the Water, he thinks it will 
flood the Town of Bray more than it is liable to at pre- 
fent, and prevent the Inhabitants living in their Houtes ; 
and in his Opinion, in high Floods, it would render the 
Bath Road impaffable, as it often is now in Floods, and 
would damage Lands in the Parifh, if it happens when 
Corn is in the Ground. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, He had never tried 
the Depth or Velocity of the Floods in Bray Field with 
any Inftrument, and could form no Judgment of it, 
but by the Height of the Water at the Bridges, ‘es 
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Being afked, Whether the Sufficiency of the Forty 
Feet Culverts does not depend on the Rapidity of the 
Stream? he faid, It depends on the Width entirely, 
unlefs there is a new Cut, but that a Water nearly ftag- 
nate, or runs but a Quarter of a Mile an Hour, does 
not requiré an Aperture to carry it off equal to Water 
which runs Four Miles an Hour :—That there is no 
- Obftruction in that Part of Bray Field to carry off the 
Water now, and it was overflowed in the laft Flood, and 
is a Quarter of a Mile wide :—That the Fall from the 
Bath Road to the Canal in Bray Field, is about 3 Feet : 
Being afked, Whether in his Opinion, it was poffible the 
Banks of the €anal would throw back the Water to the 
Road, fuppofing there were no Culverts under the Ca- 
nal ?. he faid, It was; and that it would not go off at 
the End of the Bank before it would penn back the 
Water to Bray, becaufe the Bank of the River is Five 
Feet deep to the Surface of the Water; that to make 
the Bath Road impaffable, the Water muft be Two or 
Three Feet deep :—Being afked, Whether he thought 
the Water would be fo penned up, as to raife it Six Feet 
perpendicular ? he faid, If the Canal is to go no far- 
ther than to Monkey Ifland, he does not think it would ; 
and that his Evidence before given was upon that Sup- 
pofition :—That the Water rofe in the River the laft 
Flood Four or Five Feet, and that a fmall Rife would 
make the Bath Road more dangerous, but that was ac- 
cording to the Rapidity of the Flood coming down ; in 
the laft Flood it was about a Foot deep ; and he thinks 
that the Canal will occafion, in a Flood, the Water to 
rife Three Feet perpendicular at Bray and Maidenhead : 
—Being afked his Reafon why he thought the Rapidity 
of the Stream had no Effeét, in regard to the Sufficiency 
or Infuficiency of the Apertures for taking off the 
Water, and yet fuppofed it to have fo great an Effect 
in raifing the Water on the Bath Road? he faid, he 
looked on the Side of the Canal to dam up the Water 
like a Pond Head. Then 

Mr. Chriftopher Poulton, being examined, faid, That 
he knows Hollyport Field, which is low Ground, and about 
Half a Mile from Monkey Ifland: That the Water in 
Floods breaks out of the River at Cookbam Marfh, jutt 
above Monkey Ifland, and takes its Courfe by Cookbam 
to Maidenhead, and runs with fuch Rapidity, that it is 
hard for Two Men to get a Boat of about Two Tons 
trom the Turnpike at Maidenhead Bridge up the Road, 
and it fometimes runs into Houfes at Maidenhead: That 
a Coach with Nine Paffengers was overturned the laft 
Flood between the Turnpike and Maidenhead ; and about 
Two Years ago a Broad Wheel Waggon was overturned 
in Flood Time :—That Oldfield, Queenleighs, and Fore- 
leighs, lie between Maidenhead and Bray, are in Floods 
covered for Half a Mile in Width, and the Water paffes 
from thofe Places into Bray Mead, and Water comes 
there alfo from Shenfield Moor River: That Bray ftands 
between the Flood and the Thames, and that he has 
feen the Water come into the Houfes there; and the 
Water, after it has paffed between Braywick and Bray 
extends itfelf much wider all the Way to Monkey Ifland; 
and that the Flood extends itfelf Half a Mile in Width 
between the Bridges at Bray and Monkey Ifland, and runs 
with great Rapidity ; and likewife from Shenfield Moor 
River: That he has feen the Floods 3 Feet deep be- 
tween Bray and Monkey Iland, and that any Obftruc- 
tion of the Water at Mozkey I/land would flood the Town 
of Bray, and Lands near it. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, He was by Profeffion 
a Fifherman, and lived at Maidenhead Bridge : That 
Cookham 1s about Four Miles and an Half from Monkey 
Lfand: That he did not know the Fall between Cookhbam 
Marfh and Monkey Ifland, as he did not underftand 
levelling : That by the Current, the Water which 
comes out of the Thames at Cookham Marfh, runs into 
Bray Field, but could not be fure that no Part of it run 
into the Thames before it comes to Bray Mead: That 
the Current runs about Six Miles an Hour, but he never 

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made any Experiment, or meafured the Depth of Water 
in Bray Mead : —That when the Truftees of the, Bath 
Road raifed the Road between Maidenhead Bridge and 
the Town, it raifed the Floods in the Country about it, 
though they raifed Arches under it to carry off the Wa- 
ter ; but it did not, and the Water remained Two Feet 
deep in fome Houfes, and was Three Feet deep or more, 
in the Road, the laft Flood; and thinks if the Canal is 
made acrofs Bray Meadows, it will raife the Water on 
the Turnpike Road :—That if proper Sluices were made, 
he don’t think the Canal would keep back tne Wa- 
ter, but that. Four of Ten Feet wide each would not be 
fufficient; and means, by proper Sluices, that there 
fhould be the fame Vent for the Water there is at prefent : 
—That from Holyport Field, which is high Ground, to 
Bray Field, which is low, is Half a Mile ; and that the 
Canal is to go over the low Ground about a Quarter of 
a Mile. 

Mr. William Grover, being examined, faid, He was 
acquainted with the Country about Bray, Maidenhead, 
and Cookham : That the Water comes out of the Thames 
in Floods at Cookbam Mar/b , and he-confirmed the Evi- 
dence of the laft Witnefs, with reipect to the Kifect the 
Floods would have on the Town of Bray: That he is 
a Farmer and Maltman, and lives at Boveney: That he 
never meafured the Depth of the Water, or Strength of 
the Currents, not being an Engineer. 

That a Barge, Twenty or Thirty Years ago, would 
make about Eleven or Twelve Voyages in a Year, be- 
tween Reading and London, and now about Six or Seven, 
by Reafon of overloading them ; and the Shoals in the 
River are fome Impediment, which he faid may be eafily 
removed: That the Barges are fomething longer now, 
than at that Time, but the Width is the fame, and they 
draw as much Water. 

Mr. fofeph Nickalls, an Engineer, faid, He had fur- 
veyed the River Thames; and being afked, If he knew 
the Way propofed for bringing the Canal from Holyport 
Field to Monkey Ifland? he faid,, He knows Holyport 
Field and Bray Meadow , and as to the propofed Tract 
for the Canal paffing Bray Field, could only fpeak from 
the Plan, by which it is about Half a Mile below ‘Bray 
Town: That the Level of the Water in the Canal will 
be from Seventeen to Eighteen Feet above that of Bray 
Meadow: ‘That he thinks from his Knowlege of Bray 
and Parts adjacent, that the Top of the Water in the 
Canal in Holyport Field, will be at leaft Twelve Feet 
higher than the higheft Part in Bray, except the Church 
Yard; but he never took the Level. 

Being afked, Whether the Canal would affeé the 
Town of Bray? he faid, That from Cookbam, down to 
Bray, the Quantity of Water pafling at different Parts 
of the Bath Road, between Maidenhead Bridge and Maid- 
enhead Chapel, and breaking out of the Thames on the 
Berkfbire Shore, between Maidenhead Bridge and Bray 
Church, an Extent of near a Mile in Length, at which 
Places he had feen Currents run, he fuppofes, on an 
Average, at leaft from Three to Four Miles an Hour, 
the Major Part of which Water, pafies down between 
Bray and the Rife of Holyport Field into a more contract- 
ed Channel, which is the Scite where the Canal is pro- 
pofed to traverfe ; and that, without a Vent is made un- 
der the Canal, at leaft from One to Two hundred Feet 
wide, the Pafflage for the Waters would be inadequate 
for the Difcharge thereof ; and the Confequence muft be, 
the throwing the Water much deeper into Bray Town 
than under the prefent Circumftances : ~That whether 
the Banks of artificial Canals are liable to break down, 
depends entirely upon the Heighth of the Water is con. 
fined in fuch Canals above the common Level of the 
Ground on either Side; and that there is a Rifque where 
Banks muft be raifed to give Bounds to the Water, 
though done by the moft fkilful Hands: And that if 
fuch Accident fhould happen, the Confequence to Bray 
muft be in Proportion to the Length of that Reach of 
the Canal, where the Breach fhould happen below the 

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next Sluice or Lock above ; and thinks there is to be Being afked, Whether any ill Confequence could 
One Reach of feveral Miles long, which begins at Read- happen to Bray from a Breach in the Firft Reach from 
ing ; and if the Contents of that Reach fhould make its Reading ? he faid, That confining himfelf to the Courfe 
Way down, the Confequence would be very dreadful, of the intended Canal, there is a Length of Eleven Miles 
and, if in Summer, to the neighbouring Fields, whereon Seven Furlongs, to which is annexed the Word “ Le- 
great Quantities of Corn grow :—-Being afked, Whether “vel” on the Plan; from whence he inferred there. would 
the Coniequence would not be worfe, if a Failure was bea Reach of Two Miles; and if the Lock, at the lower 
to happen to a Canal of Sixty Feet wide, than to One End of that Reach fhould fail; tie Confequence muft 
of Thirty ? he faid, If the Lengths and Depths in both be, that the whole Contents, meafuring down to the 
Cafes were alike, the Quantity from that of Sixty would Sill of the upper Gates, muft be difcharged into the 
be Twice as much as that of Thirty, and the Rifque. next lower Reach ; and the Rifque of the adjacent Coun- 
would be in the fame Proportion. | try on either Side will be more or lefs, in Proportion to 
Being afked, Whether the Danger attending the the next lower Work’s Abilities to fuftain that Quantity 
Works of a Canal of Sixty Feet wide, is not greater than flowing from a fuperior Height; if the Banks fhould fuf- 
One of Thirty, fuppofing the greater Canalto be deeper tain it, it carries forward the Rifque even down to 
alfo than the leffer? he faid, That where the Locks are Bray.  . 3 Wah ve ; : . 
the fame Width, the Preffure is the fame againftthem, . Being afked, Whether he had never heard of Stops 
whether the Canal is wider or narrower ; and 1s only en- being put in long Reaches to prevent thefe Accidents ? 
creafed in a certain Ratio in Proportion to the Depths. __ he faid, He had; but if a Breach was to happen in a 
That if the Canal was to go by White Waltham and _ Froft, they may be prevented performing their intended 
Old Haywood, Bray would be affected as he has men- Operation, as it often happens at other Times ; and that 
tioned; but that he now underftands that Courfe is given he has known Floods in Time of Frofts. 
up: That if the Canal was to go from Old Haywood That the Stream of the Thames may be fo confined 
Two Miles and Six Furlongs towards Monkey Ifland, as to keep. its Channel; though at an extravagant Ex- 
and it fhould break, he thinks it would affeét Bray. pence, and if done, there is fcarce a paffible Means of 
Being afked (as he underftood the Courfe of the Ca- preventing Bray from.being flooded by the Floods com- 
nal by Old Haywood was given up) Whether his Evi- ing down Holyport Brook:—That it was poffible to 
dence relating to that Reach, and the Notion of its make Culverts under thé Canal of too or 200 Feet 
breaking at all, applied to affect that Courfe for the broad, but the Effeét of that Width maft be in Propor- 
Canal, which the Committee had agreed to adopt? he tion to the Depth of the Canal acrofs the Meadow ; but 
faid, In the fame Degree, and meant that it would af- if the Water, by Works of Art, could be prevented 
fect, fuppofing the Canal was to go by Old Haywood, from overflowing the Town of Bray, it. would affeét 
the Length of the Reaches confidered:—And being fome other Part of theCountry, in full as high a Degree 
afked, Whether the Reach he mentioned exifts or not, and as Bray would be relieved. 
whether his Evidence does not relate toa Reach which = That he made the Survey and Plan for the amend- 
does not affeét the Courfe which the Canal is intended to ing the River Thames, but is to be.no otherwife con- 
go? he anfwered, That neither of them exift ; ifeither did, cerned in carrying the Works into Execution, than as 
it would have the fame Effect on Bray; and thinks there is an Engineer. 


a Reach of Two Miles in the Courfe of the intended Canal. To prove the Allegations of the Petition of feveral 

That in a Canal, calculated for Barges of 200 Tons, Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
it would be neceffary for the Locks to be wider than for Owners and Occupiers of Mills, Locks, Wharfs, 
Barges of Thirty Tons. and Warehoufes, in the Counties of Berks, Bucks, 


Being afked, If a Wear, or Towing Bridge, be made and Oxford ; | 
acrofs the Thames at Monkey Ifland, it will not dam Mr. Fofeph Nickalls, Engineer; being examined, faid, 
back the Water upon the Lands, and affect Bray? he That he knows the Locks, Weirs, and Mills to each Lock 
faid, A Towing Bridge would bring an Inconvenience on the Thames between the River Kennett and Maidenhead 
upon the Trade of the River ; and if a Weir was erected, Bridge ; and that it is neceffary they fhould be maintained 
without a Means of Barges paffing, it would operate to as high and ftrong as they are at prefent, for the Pur- 
the flooding Bray much more than at prefent. pofe of Navigation only :—That there are Eight Locks, 
That whether artificial Canals are liable to ouze, de- and each Lock, and other Works belonging thereto, pro- 
pends entirely on the Strata of Matter they pafs through, duces annually, on an Average, £. 160, or upwards, for 
and the Treatment they receive in the making them: the Service of the Navigation ; and that the Navigation 
That many do ouze, and when they do, they affect the is neceffary for the Support of thofe Locks, the Trade 
Lands adjacent, by making them fwampy and rufhy, of the Mills being greatly inadequate ; and that if the 
and renders them of lefs Value. Canal from Reading to Monkey Ifland fhould take Place, 
Being crofs examined, he was afked, How many Locks and a confiderable Part of the Trade which now paffes 
would be ereéted in the Fall of Seventeen or Eighteen the Locks fhould go thereon, the remaining Part of th 
Foot, from the Top of the Water in the Canal above Trade would not be fufficient to maintain thofe Works, 
that of Bray Meadow ? he faid, He did not know; but paying the fame per Ton for Lockage as is now paid 
whether more or lefs, the upper Gates, which fhut the for the Mode of fupplying Water; for the Service of the 
Water into the Reach of the Canal, or any Part of the Navigation has fo worn the Bed of the River below each 
Reach, will be juft as liable to Breaches; and he _ refpective Work, as to bring on a much greater Expence 
having faid, that the Level of the Water in the Canal than would have happened, had thofe Works been en- 
would be Twelve Feet above the Soil in Bray Field, tirely for the Service of the Mills ; and that he thinks, 
was afked, How he formed his Judgement of the Height as a Means of continuing the Trade of the Navigation 
of Water above Bray Field, when he did not know and thofe Mills, it is neceffary the Locks fhould con- 
the Number of Locks? he faid, That the Fall from tinue to produce the like Income they now do, from the 
Holyport Field to Bray Field, being from Seventeen to great Expence the Proprietors muft be at. 
Eighteen Feet, and whether there are Seventeen or Eigh- § That he attended at feveral Meetings held at Read- 
teen Locks, or but One to defcend through that Space, img, concerning a Canal to be made from Sunning to 
the Height of Water is the fame in both Places; and Monkey Ifland, on Behalf of the Lock Owners, to re- 
the Effect of a Breach from Holyport Field will operate quire Satisfaction for the Lofs they might fuftain ,; and 
the fame ; and if a Breach in the upper Part, it rufhes received for Anfwer feveral Times; that ample Satisfac- 
-over all the lower Locks; but in Cafe of a Breach, tion fhould be made, if fuch Canal fhould take Place ; 
there is not more Water let out than between Lock and but was afterwards told by Mr. Page, who was one of 


Lock. that Meeting, that it was a Doubt in the Minds of the 
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Well-wifhers to the Canal, -whether the Lock Owners 
had any legal Right to expect Satisfaction :—That he 
was at a fubfequent Public Meeting, and it was then 
agreed to make {uch Satisfaction; but that he was doubt- 
ful afterwards, from his Information, whether they would 
or not ; but that this was mere private Conervfation, and 
that it was propofed at this Public Meeting, that the 
Lock Owners fhould be wrote to, to give an Account 
of the Damages they would fuftain, if the Canal took 
Place. 

Being afked his Opinion, Whether they are to receive 
Satisfaction or not ? he faid, From what had been told 
him, it was not meant to make Satisfaction ; and thinks 
it will not be in their Power (from the great Expence the 
Canal will ftand loaded with, if fuch Satisfaétion fhould 
be made, and a Means provided for the Continuation of 
the Trade below Maidenbead down to London on the 
Old River) to pay for it, confiftent with the Service of 
the Public, and the Reduction of the Price of Carriage, 
fuch as may be made by the Amendment of the Old 
River: That as to his Opinion, what Damages the 
Lock Owners would fuftain, he faid, from what he had 
feen publifhed, it appeared to him, that the Propofers 
of the Canal propofe to carry from, and bring to, Lon- 
don, upon the Canal only, and if that fhould be the 
Cafe, the Lock Owners will receive a Damage of near 
Half their prefent Income. 

Being afked, Whether he had eftimated the Profits 
of the Canal, and its Expences, in order to form his 
Judgement, whether they could make Satisfaction ? he 
faid, From his Knowlege of Trade he had ; and that 
the Expence of fuch Satisfaction, and the Amendment of 
the Old River, muft be from 30 to £. 40,000; and their 
Eftimate for making the Canal, is near £. 50,000 ; and, 
from the Quantity of Goods which will be carried there- 
on, he thinks it will not be fufficient. 

That in the Amendment of the Old River, there are 
feveral Canals to be made on the Sides thereof, and One 
of near Three Miles long; and none of the prefent Locks 
will be pafied through, but will take nearly the fame Ex- 
pence to keep them in Repair, as they muft be kept to 
the fame Height ; and that the prefent Lock Owners will 
receive the like Income as at prefent, fhould the propofed 
Amendment take Place ; and that to the Town of Abing- 
don, a Barge will be capable to pafs from Day’s Lock 
thither in Four Hours, which now takes up, on an Aver- 
age, Two or Three Days: That the Tolls for paffing 
on fuch Canals, are to be paid by the Bargemafters, and 
ard will be great Savings by ufing Horfe Towing 

aths. 

To preve the Allegations of the Petition of Richard 
Willis, Efquire, the Devifee of Daniel Rich, 
Efquire, deceafed, and of Daniel D’anvers Rich, 
Efquire, the Son and Heir of the faid Damel 
Rich &gt; 

Mr. Robert Woodroffe informed your Committee, That 
the intended Canal is to pafs the Petitioner’s Houfe, at 
only 110 Yards Diftance, through his Garden, which will 
be very injurious to him: That there was a Propofal 
to carry the Canal about Half a Mile below Sunning, 
which would have been Half a Mile from his Houie, 
and would have prevented the Inconvenience to him :— 
That he did not know how Barges could get into the 
Canal from Reading, if it was to begin at Sunning Mea- 
dow; but there was the fame Way as ever down the 
Thames, and would be no more liable to Floods, from 
Reading to the Mouth of the Canal, than they would if 
they had entered the Canal above Sunning Lock ; but they 
muft pafs that Lock in going from the Thames into the 
Canal, which is not eafier to pafs in Floods than other 
Locks upon the Thames. 

The Agent for the Petitions, in Favour of the Ca- 
nal, admitted that it will- go through Part of the Gar- 
den or Pleafure Ground of the faid Mr. Rich. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for making 

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a Navigable Canal, from the Town of Reading, in the 
County of Berks, to communicate with the River Thames, 
near a Place called Mfonkey Ilana, 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That fo much of the faid Report, as relates 
to the making a Navigable Canal trom Ba/ing ficke to 
Monkey Ifland, be re-committed to the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
Clergy, and others, of the Counties of Southampton, 
Wiits, and Berks, whote Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
was referred. 


The feveral Orders of the Day being read, for the 
Attendanee of R. Thompfon and F. Wheble ; 

And the faid R. Thompfon and F. Wheble not attend- 
ing, according to Order ; the.Meflenger, to whom the 
faid Orders were delivered, being called upon to give 
an Account of the Service thereof, acquainted the Houie, 
That he went to the Houfe of the faid R. Thomp/on on 
Tuefdey Evening laft; and being informed by his Ser- 
vant, that he was not at home, he left a Copy of the 
Order for the Attendance of the faid R. Thomp/on, with 
the faid Servant, and defired him to give the fame to his 
Matter when he came home; that he, the faid Meffen- 
ger, went again on Wednefday Morning to the Houfe of 
the faid R. Thompfon, and was again informed that he 
was not at home. 

The faid Meffenger alfo acquainted the Houfe, That 
he went on Tue/day Evening laft to the Houfe of the faid 
F. Wheble, that he was told he was not at home, but 
was expected every Minute; that he waited at the Houfe 
of the faid 7. Wheble fome Time; but he not return- 
ing, he, the Meffenger, left a Copy of the Order for 
the Attendance of the faid ¥. Wheble at his Houfe, 
and defired it might be given him on his Return; and 
that, on calling again on Wednefday Morning at the 
Houfe of the faid 7. Wheble, he was again informed that 
he was not at home. 

Ordered, That R. Thomp/on do attend this Houfe upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Service of the faid Order, by leav- 
ing a Copy of the fame at the ufual Place of Abode of 
the faid R. Thompson, be deemed equal to perfonal Ser- 
vice, and be good Service. 

Ordered, That 7. Wheble do attend this Houfe upon 
Tuefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the Service of the faid Order, by leav- 
ing a Copy of the fame at the ufual Place of Abode of 
the faid 7. Wheble, be deemed equal to perfonal Ser- 
vice, and be good Service. 

Ordered, That Robert Harris, Fames Wartell, and 
William Clarke, do attend this Houfe upon Tue/day 
Morning next. . 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Britifh White 
Herring Fifhery. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Cuddon : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aéct to 
enable William Mackenzie, David Gravier, and Fobn 
Gravier, refpectively, and the Heirs Male of their re- 
fpective Bodies, to take and ufe the Surname and Arms 
of Godfrey; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 


The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to , 


enable the Bifhop of Hereford to exchange certain Lands 
and Premifes, in the County of Hereford; to which the 


Lords defire the Concurrence ot this Houfe: And alfo, - 


The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 


Naturalizinge Auguftine Noverre ; to which the Lords de- — 


fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 


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The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
effectuating a Conveyance of the Real Eftates, late of 
John Effington, Efquire, deceafed, to the Purchafers 
thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High Court of 
Chancery ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac for 
explaining and amending an Adt, intituled, An Act for 
vefting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George late 
Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, in 
Truitees to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, 
and Incumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to be 
paid by, his Will; and for executing and effectuating 
feveral Contra¢ts entered into by him, for felling and 
leafing divers Farms and Lands in Jreland; and for mak- 
ing the Exemplification of his Will Evidence in Law 
and Equity ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
render valid and effectual certain Articles of Agreement, 
between William Lambton, Efquire, and the honourable 
and Right reverend Richard, Lord Bifhop of Durbem, 
and the other Perfons therein named; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
impower Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight of the Bath, 
or the Perfon or Perfons claiming under a Settlement of 
his Family Eftates, dated the 1gth Day of Fanuary 1748, 
to grant to Thomas Delaval, Efquire, his Heirs and Af- 
figns, a certain Parcel of Land and Buildings, Liberties 
and Privileges ; and alfo to grant Two feveral Leafes, 
for 99 Years each, to, or in Truft for, the faid Thomas. 
Delaval and Sir Fohu Huffey Delaval, Baronet, of certain 
Lands, Copperas Works, Buildings, Liberties, and Pri- 
vileges, in the Manors of Hartley and Seaton Delaval, in 
the County of Northumberland, Part of the fettled Eftates 
of the faid Sir Francis Blake Delaval, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Sir Fohn Huffy Delaval have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being after Six of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And an ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to impower Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight of the 
Bath, or the Perfon or Perfons claiming under a Settle- 
ment of his Family Eftates, dated the 19th Day of Fa- 
nuary 1748, to grant to Thomas Delaval, Efquire, his 
Heirs and Affigns, a certain Parcel of Land and Build- 
ings, Liberties and Privileges; and alfo to grant Two 
feveral Leafes, for gg Years each, to, or in Trutt for, the 
faid Thomas Delaval, and: Sir Fobn Huffey Delaval, Ba- 
ronet, of certain Lands, Copperas Works, Buildings, 
Liberties, and Privileges, in the Manors of Hartley and 
Seaton Delaval, in the County of Northumberland, 
Part of the fertled Eftates of the faid Sir Francis Blake 
Delaval, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Ordered, That General Lambton have Leave to make 
2 Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And an ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to render valid and effectual certain Articles of 
Agreement, between William Lambton, Efquire, and the 
honourable and Right reverend Richard, Lord Bifhop 
of Durbam, and the other Perfons therein named, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second ‘Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Phipps have Leave to make a Mo- 


tion. 
And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 


Houfe of Commons. 1Q5 


And an ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;ct for effe€tuating a Conveyance of the Real Eftates 
late of Fobn Effington, Efquire, deceafed, to the Pur- 
chafers thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High 
Court of Chancery, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cocks have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And an ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Bifhop of Hereford to exchange certain 
Lands and Premifes, in the County of Hereford, was 
read the Firft’Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Sir Fobn Huffey Delaval have Leave to 
make a Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And an ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aé to enable William Mackenzie, David Grevier, and 
Sobn Gravier, refpectively, and the Heirs Male of their 
refpective Bodies, to take and ufe the Surname and 
Arms of Godfrey, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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





Veneris, 22° die Februari ; 
_Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS. 


IR ohn Hynde Cotton prefented to the Houfe, ac- 

cording to Order, a Bill to enable the Corporation 
of the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Com- 
pany of Confervators of the Great Level of the Fens, 
called Bedford Level, to complete and maintain the prin- 
cipal Banks and Works neceffary to the well draining 
and preferving the North Level, Part of the faid Great 
Level, and for laying a Tax upon the Lands within the 
faid North Level, and on divers Lands adjoining thereto, 
in the Manor of Crowland: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for improving and completing the Navigation 
of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of London to 
the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, was read 
a Second Time. , 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Clayten, 
Mr. Freeman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, called Beanbalifields, in the Manor 
and Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of Worcefter, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Owner of an Undivided Moiety of Twelve Acres of 
Land, who would not confent, becaufe fhe thought the 
Inclofure would not anfwer the Expence ; that the Whole 
of the Lands intended to be inclofed is 234 Acres and 
upwards ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto, which they had direéted him to report to the 


Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and after-- &gt; 


wards 





196 


wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, Qne by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe ; and an Amendment was made, 
by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Cornmittee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Common 
Fields; Common Meadows, and Commonable Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Afton Subedge, 
in the County of Gloucefter, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties concern- 
ed had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
of the Committee (except the Truftee for Thomas Wi/- 
dom, a Minor, who is poffeffed of Two Yard Lands, and 
who, being applied to, faid he knew the Bill would 
pafs, therefore did not chufe to fign, for fear of affront- 
ing the Minor, and that the whole Number of Yard 
Lands intended to be inclofed are 31; and that no 
Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 


Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, - 


and made feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had 
dire€ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, wefe agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Low Water Mark of the River Humber, at or near 
Brough Ferry, in the Parifh of Elloughton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, to the North End of the 
‘Fown of Brough, and from thence, through South Cave, 
to Corey Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the faid 
Riding, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved; That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the 
-Parith of Saltby, in the County of Leice/ter, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of 
Saltby, in the County of Leicefer, 

Ordered, That Colonel S' Leger do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
-and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Pa- 
tith of Sproxton, in the County of Leicefter, was read the 
Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parith 
of Sproxton, in the County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Colonel 5‘ Leger do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing Barniker 
-Moor, within the Manor of Nether W’yerfdale, in the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 







A770. 


Sewer Palatine of Lancafter, was read the Third 
ime. : 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing Barniker Moor, 
within the Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter. 

Ordered, That the Lord Strange do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord Strange prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
Three Aéts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George 
the Firft, and the 1gth and 26th Years of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, 
and other Roads in fome of the faid Aéts mentioned, 
in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing 
the fame into One Act; for amending the Road from 
the Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to the 
Turnpike Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liverpool ; 
and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, from the faid Caufeway, to 
Ranelagh Houfe in Liverpool; and to prevent Frauds 
and Abufes being committed by Perfons employed in 
conveying Coals along the faid Roads: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the Counties of Flint, Denbigh, and Car- 
narvon; was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking 
Notice of the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
granted by an Act of the gth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turn- 
pike Gate, in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North 
Limits of the Townthip of Moftyn, and from Moftyn to 
Henllan, and from Lianerch y mér to Pen y Ford Waen, 
in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, and for extend- 
ing the faid Aét to feveral other Roads in the faid 
Counties; and for taking feveral Roads, within the faid 
Counties, out of the Power of the Truftees appointed 
by Two feveral Acts of Parliament, of the 29th and 
3oth Years of his late Majefty, and for putting the 
faid Roads under the Direction of the Truftees appoint- 
ed by the faid former and this prefent A@; and fetting 
forth, That the Roads from the Ferry Houfe, oppofite 
the Town of Conway, through Abergeley and Saint Afaph, 
to Brickhill Turnpike Gate, and from the Lower Brick- 
hill Houfe, to join the Denbigh Turnpike near Waen 
iffa, in the Parifh of Skeiviog, and from Pen yr Allt 
Moftyn, to Newmarket, and from Wall Wen, in the Pa- 
rifh of Hollywell, to the Dwelling Houfe of Edward 
Parry, in the fame Parifh, and from Mold to Kilken, 
in the Counties of Flint, Denbigh, and Carnarvon, are 
in a ruinous Condition ; and that the repairing the fame 
would be of public Utility : And therefore praying, 
That Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for repair- 
ing the faid Roads, under fuch Regulations as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. , 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Kynafton, Mr. Wynn, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Inha- 
bitants of the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; alfo taking Notice of 
the Bill mentioned in the preceding Petition ; and fet- 
ting forth, That, if the fame fhould pafs into a Law, 
the Petitioners conceive, it will be productive of many 
Ipconveniences and Hardfhips to them, and to feveral 
other Inhabitants of the faid Counties of Fijat and 
Denbigh: And therefore praying, That the Houfe will 
take their Cafe into Confideration ; and that they may 

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be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the Com- 


mittee, to whom the Petition for the faid Bill is refer- 
red, and have fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe 
{hall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the feveral Geritlemen, Merchants, 
Tradefmen, and Inhabitants, refiding in and near the 
Market Towns of Leeds, Bradford, Bingley, Kigbley, and 
Skipton, in the County of York, was referred ; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
A&amp; paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, for making 
a navigable Canal from Leeds to Liverpool, was read : 
And Mr. Fohn Smith, a Surveyor, being examined, faid, 
That he had furveyed the Land, through which the 
intended Canal from Bradford, to communicate with the 
faid Canal from Leeds, to Liverpool, is to be made, and 
had drawn a Plan of the fame (which he produced to 
your Committee) and faid, that the fame is very prac- 
ticable, and that it can be attended with no Difficulty, 
but what Lockage will relieve. 

And he produced an Eftimate of the Expence of 
making the faid Canal, amounting to £.6,055: And 

Mr. Abrabam Balme faid, That he had affifted in 
making the faid Eftimate, which was rather more than 
it would amount to; and added, that the great Object 
in making the faid Canal, is for the Carriage of Coal 
and* Lime, which now pay by Land Carriage 105. 
or more per Ton, but will then be carried for 25. 
6d. 

And being afked, from what he formed his Judg- 
ment of the Expence of the Locks ? he faid, From thofe 
on the other Canal, and upon confulting experienced 
Workmen: And he faid, that all the Land Owners 
through whofe Lands the Canal is intended to go (ex- 
cept the Owner of One Acre) have agreed to the 
fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Bradford, to 
join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at Windbill, in the 
Townfhip of Idle, in the County of York: And that 
Sir George Savile and Mr. Lajcelles do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. La/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Open Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and 
other Open and Common Grounds, within the Town- 
thip of Lifltt, in the Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Bee- 
ford, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Henry Hoghton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees named and 
appointed in and by the Acts of Parliament thereafter 
mentioned, was referred; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 

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afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the {aid Petition, Two 
Acts, paffed in the 8th and 21ft Years of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for repairing feveral Roads 
leading from the Town of Manchefter, were read: And 
Mr. Fonathan Buckley, Surveyor, faid, That £. 2,000 
has been borrowed on the Credit of the faid Aéts, 
which, together with the Tolls, hath been duly applied 
towards repairing the faid Roads, and great Progrefs 
hath been made therein ; but that the fame cannot be 
effectually completed, and the Money owing repaid, 
unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid Aéts be con- 
tinued and enlarged, and the faid Adts made more 
effectual.—T hat there is a Lane called Newton Lane, 
leading from a Plaee called Miles Platting, which is in a 
ruinous Condition, incommodious, and dangerous, which, 
if the fame was put into proper Repair, would be of pub- 
lic Utility; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term contained in Two feveral Acts of 
Parliament; and to repair, widen, and amend, the Road 
from the Guide Poft at the Wefterly End of Necwton 
Lane, within the Townfhip of Manchefter, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufterlands, in the Parifh of 
Saddleworth, in the County of York: And that Sir 
Henry Hoghton and the Lord Strange do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An‘: A&amp; 
to enable Captain Samuel Pitchford, and the Heirs Male 
of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname, and bear 
the Arms, of Sir Samuel Cornifh, deceafed, purfuant to 
his Will, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
S* Aubyn, Mr. Smith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An A&amp; 
7 Naturalizing Auguftine Noverre, was read the Fir(t 
ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Townfhips of North Mufkbam, Holme, and 
Bathley, in the Parifh of North Mujkbam, in the County 
of Nottingham, was read a Second Time. 

Refclved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wl. 
loughby, Lord Bellafyfe, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers 
of an Act, made in the 25th Year of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from Kuare/borough, in the County 
of York, by Long Flatt Lane, Gould/brough Fields, Flax- 
by, Allerton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbam- 
merton, in the fame County, and for making the fame 
a High Carriage Road, was read the ‘Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, 
made in the 25th Year of his late Majefty, for re- 
pairing the Road from Kuare/borough, in the County of 
York, by Long Flatt Lane, Gouldfbrough Fields, Flaxby, 
Allerton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbammer- 
ton, in the fame County, and for making the fame a 
High Carriage Road. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Lafcelles do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence: 


An ingroffed Bil to enlarge the Term and Powers 
of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of his late 
Majefty, for repairing and widening the Road, from 

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the Town of Tadcafter, through Collingham, Harewood, 
Arthington, and Pool, to the Town of Otley, in the W eft 
Riding of the County of York, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; to enlarge the Term and Powers of an 
A&amp;, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing and widening the Road, from the 
"Town of Tadcajter, through Collingham, Harewood, Arth- 
ington, and Pool, to the Town of Ofley, in the Weft 
Riding of the County of York. 

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


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from Col- 
lingham, through Wetherby, to the City of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel 
Lafcelles, Sir Fobn Wrottefley, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


Sir John Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Stafford, whoie Names are 
fubfcribed ; and alfo, the Petition of the Gentlemen 
and Freeholders of the County of Stafford, whofe 
Names are fubfcribed, were referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matters of the faid Petitions ; 
and had directed him to report the fame, as they ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned Pe- 
tition, Mr. ‘fobn Copeland, being examined, faid, That he 
knows the Road from Stone, to Lane End, and to the 
Turnpike Road between Leek and Sandon, on Meir 
Heath, and from Stone, to Draycot, and from Meir, to 
Trentham, that the fame are in a very ruinous Con- 
dition, narrow, and incommodious, and cannot be re- 
paired and widened by the Laws in being. 

To prove the Allegations of the Second mentioned 
Petition, a Member prefent informed your Committee, 
That the Road from the Leek and Sandon Road, on 
Meir Heath, to Blithe Bridge, and from Trentham, to 
Stableford Bridge, are extremely bad; and that it would 
be a great Convenience to the Country, to have the fame 
properly repaired. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Stone, in the 
County of Stafford, to Lane End, and to the Road be- 
tween Leek and Sandon, on Meir Heath, and from thence 
to Blithe Bridge, and allo, from Meir to Trentham, and 
from thence to Stableford Bridge, in the faid County : 


And that Sir Fohn Wrottefley and Mr. Gilbert do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freehold- 
ers, of the County of Stafford, whofe Names are fub- 
{cribed, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth,; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
John Copeland, being examined, faid, That the feveral 
Roads mentioned in the Petition, are in many Parts 
very ruinous, narrow, and incommodious ; and that the 
fame cannot be effectually repaired and widened by the 
prefent Methods prefcribed by. Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


repairing and widening the Road from Sheltex, in the 
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Journals of ibe Houfe of Commons. 


Miter. 


County of Stafford, to the Road between Cheadle and 
Leek, at Blakely Lane Head, and from Buckuall, to the 
Road between Leek and Sandon, at Wefton Coyney, and 
from the faid Road between Cheadle and Lee%, to the 
Road above Frogall Bridge, and from the fame Road 
on the Eatt Side Frogall Bridge, to the Road between 
Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Ruebill Gate, in the 
faid County: And that Mr. Gilbert and Sir Fobn 
Wrottefley do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Earl of Catherlough reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands, and Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Butlers Marfton, in the County of Warwick, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
fent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houtfe. 


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


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual, Three 
Acts, made in the Twelfth Year of King George the 
Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty-firft Years of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Birming- 
ham, through Warwick, to Warmington, and from Bir- 
mingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to Edgebill, in 
the County of Warwick, fo far as the fame relate to the 
Road from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, 
to Edgehill aforefaid, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Earl of 
Catherlough, Mr. Skipwith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


Mr. Alexander Popham prefented. to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Udly, in the County of Somerfet : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants and Land 
Owners, within the Divifion of Matterdale, in the Ba- 
rony of Grayftock, in the County of Cumberland, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, and thofe under whom they claim, 
Owners of Land within the faid Divifion, have, Time 
out of Mind, been intitled to Common of Pafture upon 
the Moor and Wafte Grounds, called Wefter Melfel, in 
the Parifh of Gray/tock ; and that the Petitioners have 
heard that the Tenants of the Manor of Hutton Fobn, 
and Inhabitants of Hutton Soil, are applying to inclofe 
the fame, along with other Commons, within the faid 
Manor of Hutton Fohn, or Hutton Soil; and therefore 
hope the Houfe will take Care of the Petitioners Right 
and Intereft in and upon the faid Wafte, or Parcel of 
Ground, called Wefter Melfel, and that the Petitioners 
Right thereof may be referved tothem. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the Prayer of 
the Petition of Andrew Hudlefton, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Hutton Fobn, in the Parilh of Grayfteck, in 
the County of Cumberland, the Right reverend Edmund 
Lord Bifhop of Carlifle, Rector of the faid Parifh, Adam 


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Afkew, Ekquire, Doctor of Phyfic, Patron of the faid Rec- 
tory of Grayfteck, and Fobn Stockdale, ‘fofeph Robdinfon, 
Thomas Wilfon, Ifaac Wilfon, Alfred Edmonfon, Nathan 
Todd, Fofeph Todbunter, and others, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubicribed, being refpectively Freeholders, Cuf- 
tomary Tenants, and Landholders, within the faid Ma- 
nor, in Behalf of themfelves and all other the F'ree- 


@holders, Cuftomary Tenants, Landholders, and others, 


having Right of Common upon the feveral Open, Com- 
mon, and Wafte Grounds, within the faid Manor. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the further quieting and eftablifhing Corporations, and 
for rendering more fpeedy and effectuai Proceedings in 
Writs of Quo Warranto, and Informations in Nature 
of a Quo Warranto, and Proceedings on Writs of Maz- 
damus ; and for regulating Admiffions into Corporations 
and Boroughs: And that Mr. Mackworth, Mr. Serjeant 
Glynn, Mr. Morton, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Hanmer, and 
Mr. Tudway, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Michell, Secre- 
tary to the United Company of Merchants of England, 
trading to the Eaff Indies, attended at the Door; he 
was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

A Paper, intituled, “State of the Land Forces in 
«¢ India, in the Pay of the Eaft India Company ; fpe- 
“‘ cifying the Number of each Corps, and the Pay of 
« each Rank.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
| The faid Paper is preferved amongit the other 

Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, ‘Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Oxford, and Parts adjacent, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have perufed a Bill, depending in 
the Houfe, for the more effectually amending feveral of 
the Mileways leading to the Univerfity and City of Ox- 
ford; for making a more commodious Entrance into 
the faid Univerfity and City, through the Parifh of 
Bridgefet, commonly called Saint Clement , for widening, 
repairing, or rebuilding, Magdalen Bridge , for making 
a fafe and commodious Road from the faid Bridge, 
through the faid Univerfity and City, to join the great 
Roads leading to feveral Places therein mentioned ; for 
cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, and Places, 
within the faid Univerfity and City, and the Suburbs 
thereof, and the Parith of Saint Clement ; for removing 
Nufances and Annoyances therefrom ; for holding and 
regulating a Market within the faid City, and for other 
Purpofes ; and that a Toll is intended to be laid on all 
Cattle and Carriages paffing through the faid Mile- 
ways, to be applied, not only for repairing the feve- 
ral Mileways not included in any Turnpike Act, but 
to Purpofes fo various and extenfive, as to leave the 
Petitioners. little Reafon to hope that they can be exe- 
cuted at an Expence that will not be too burthenfome 
to the Petitioners ; and that the Petitioners apprehend 
the Laws in being are fufficient for the effectual Re- 
paration of the faid Mileways and Bridge ; and that 
the laying a Toll upon Travellers, for the paving of 
Streets, the embellifhing or ornamenting any Town, or 
removing Annoyances therein, is contrary to the Tenor 
of all the Laws for repairing of Highways, repugnant 
to Juftice, appropriates, as it were, a Tax upon Land, 
for the local Improvement of a rich and opulent Town 
and Univerfity ; and, if adopted by the Houfe, may 
become an intolerable Grievance: And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by themfelves or Coun- 
fl, againft fuch Parts of the Bill as may affect them, 


Houfe of Commons. 


199 


or that they may have fuch Relief as the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Billi for 
the more effectual amending fuch of the Roads as belong: 
to, and are Part of, the Mileways leading to the 
Univerfity and City of Oxford, and which are not made 
a Part of any Turnpike Road; for the making a com- 
modious Entrance into the faid Univerfity and City, 
through the Parifh of Bridgefet, commonly called Saint 
Clement , for the widening, repairing, or rebuilding, the 
Bridge called Magdalen Bridge, for making a fate and 
commodious Road from the faid Bridge, through the 
Univerfity and City aforefaid, to join the great Roads 
leading to Worcefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, Banbury, 
Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, and other Places ; ior 
cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, and Places, 
within the jaid Univerfity and City, and the Suburbs 
thereof, and the faid Parifh of Saint Clement; for remov- 
ing Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing 
the like for ‘the future; for holding and regulating a 
Market within the faid City; for impowering Coi- 
leges and Corporations to alienate their Eftates there ; 
and for other Purpofes, is commitied; and that the 
Petitioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before 
the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of John, Robert, Fames, and William Adam, 
and Fames Paine, Architeéts, Dorothy Monck, Widow, 
Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kitchiner, Coal 
Merchant ; and alfo, the Petition of the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in 
Common Council affembled ; and alfo, the Petition 
of the Rulers of the Watermen and Lightermens Com- 
pany ; and alfo the Petition of Dorothy Monck, Widow ; 
were referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matters of the faid Petitions, and had heard the Peti- 
tioners the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of 
the City of London, and the Rulers of the Watermens 
Company, by their Counfel; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Matters of the faid Pe- 
titions, as they appeared to them, together with the 
Refolutions of the Committee upon the Firft mentioned 
Petition, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read. 

N. B. The faid Report being ordered to be printed, 
by a fubfequent Order made this Day, the fame, 
together with a printed Copy thereof, is pre- 
ferved amongft the other Papers of this Sef- 
fion. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
embanking a certain Part of the River Tames, near 
Durbam Yard, within the Liberty of the City of Weff- 
minfter, and County of Middlefex , 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that 
Queftion be now put ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ ord Peciod - i 78. 
Mr. Alderman Treco- 

thick, 
Mr. Alderman Town-{ 73° 

fend. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Queftion being put, That Leave be 
given to bring in a Bill for embanking a certain ys 

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of the River Thames, near: Durbam Yard, within the 
Liberty of the City of Weftminfter, and County of Mid- 
file lex 3 

"The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

ee _. (Lord Lifurne, 

Tellers for the Yeas, i Lord Burgherp : i 7 
Mr. Alderman Treco- 
Tellers for the Noes thick, I 

&gt;¥Mr. Alderman Town-¢ 79 
fend: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmonftone, Lord Frederick Camp- 
bell, Sic George Colebrooke, Mr. Pulteney, Mr. Wyld- 
bore, and Mr. Dempfter, do prepare, and bring in, the 
jaid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report, which was this Day made 
from the Committee, to whom the Petition of Fob, 
Robert, Fames, and William Adam, and Fames Paine, 
Architeéts, Dorothy Monck, Widow, Clementina Pawfon, 
Widow, and William Kitchiner, Coal Merchant; and 
alfo, the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council 
affembled; and alfo, the Petition of the Rulers of the Wa- 
termen and Lightermens Company; and alfo, the Petition 
of Dorothy Monck, Widow, were referred ; be printed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for explaining and amending an AG, intituled, An A@ 
for veiting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George late 
Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, 
in Truftees, to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, 
and Incumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to be 
paid by, his Will; and for executing and effectuating 
feveral Contraéts entered into by him, for felling and 
leafing divers Farms and Lands in Jreland; and for 
making the Exemplification of his Will Evidence in 
Law and Equity; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue Male, 
to take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen, was commit- 
ted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment ; and he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
toexplain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act 
made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for making and maintaining 
a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth, or River 
of Forth, at or near the Mouth of the River of Carron, in 
the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or River of Clyde, at 
or near a Place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in the County 
of Dumbarton ; and alfo a collateral Cut from the fame 
to the City of Gla/gow, and for making a Navigable 
Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from the Port and 
Harbour of Borrowffounne/s, to join the faid Canal at or 
near the Place where it will fall into the Firth of Forth ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ad, 
to oblige the Company of Proprietors of the Birming- 
bam Canal Navigation, to complete the faid Canal to a 
Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the Town of 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, within a limited 
Time, and to maintain and keep the fame free and open 
for the Pafflage of Boats, Barges, and other Veffels ; 
without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


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for eftablifhing and confirming an Exchange of a certain 
Piece of inclofed Land, in the Parith of Eat Barnet, 
in the County of Hertford, and Diocefe of London, for 
other inclofed Land, Parcel of the Glebe of the faid 
Parifh, purfuant to an Agreement between Benjamin 
Underwood, Clerk, Mafter of Arts, Reétor of the fuid 
Parith of Eaft Barnet, and Fohn Pybus, Efquire; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. ® 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithitanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider-of the Petition of the Merchants, 
Traders, and principal Inhabitants, of the Town and 
oe = Liverpool, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
cribed. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 26° die Februarii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIs Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
A to enable the Bifhop of Hereford, to exchange 
certain Lands and Premifes, in the County of Hereford, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cocks, 
Mr. Kynajfton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields, 
Common, or Watte Lands, Stinted Paftures, and Com- 
monable Grounds, within the Hamlets of Stapenbill, 
and Winfbill, in the County of Derby, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Willian 
Bagot, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Ground, within the Townfhip or Hamlet of 
Horninglow, in the Parifh of Burton, in the County of 
Stafford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Bagot, Mr. Cocks, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of 
Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parifh of Burton upon Trent, in the County of Staf- 
ford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Bagot, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 

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Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Spealeer’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to enable the Corporation of the Governor, 
Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of Con- 
fervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford 
Level, to complete and maintain the principal Banks 
and Works neceffary to the well draining and preferv- 
ing the North Level, Part of the faid Great Level ; 
and for laying a Tax upon the Lands within the faid 
North Level, and on divers Lands adjoining there- 
to, in the Manor of Crowland ; was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fohn 
Hynde Cotton, Sir Sampfon Gideon, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber : And all who come to the Commit- 
tee are to have Voices. 


The Lord Wenman prefented to the Houfe; accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for amending, widening, ae 
and altering, the Road from the Bottom of Gally Hill, 
near the Town of Witney, to the Crofs in Clanfield, in 
the County of Oxford: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Pafturés, Lammas Grounds, and other Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Great Brickhill, 
in the County of Bucks, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Lammas Grounds, arid other Commonable Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parith of Great Brickhill, in the County 
of Bucks. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to render valid and effectual certain Articles of Agree- 
ment, between William Lambton, Efquire, and the ho- 
nourable and Right reverend Richard Lord Bifhop of 
Durham, and the other Perfons therein named, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Huffey Delaval, General Lambton, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for explaining and amending an Aé, intituled,. An 
A&amp;t for vefting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George 
late Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, 
in Truftees, to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, 
and Incumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to 
be paid by, his Will; and for executing and effectuat- 
ing feveral Contraéts entered into by him, for felling 
and leafing divers Farms and Lands in Ireland ; and for 
making the Exemplification of his Will Evidence in 
Law and Equity ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Town- 
foend, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
to impower Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight of -the 
Bath, or the Perfon or Perfons claiming under a Settle- 
ment of his Family Eftates, dated the rgth Day of Fa- 
nuary 1748, to grant to Thomas Delaval, Efquire, his 
Heirs and Affigns, a certain Parcel of Land and Build- 
ings, Liberties and Privileges ; and alfo, to grant Two 
feveral Leafes, for 99 Years each, to, or in Truft for; 

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the faid Thomas Delaval, and Sir Fobn Huffey Delaval, 
Baronet, of certain Lands, Copperas Works, Buildings, 
Liberties, and Privileges, in the Manots of Hartley, 
and Seaton Delaval, in the Couhty of Northumberland, 
Part of the fettled Eftates of the faid Sir Francis Blake 
Delaval, and for other Purpofts thérein mentioned, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved,*T hat the Bill be committed to Genetal Lamb- 
ton, Sir Fobn Huffey Delaval, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for effectuating a Conveyance of the Real Eftates late 
of Fohn Effington; Efquire, deceafed, to the Purchafers 
thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High Court of 
Chancery, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Captain 
Phipps, Mr. Fenkinfon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houle, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road leading from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of 
York; to Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby ; 
and the Roads feverally leading from Bamford Wood 
Gate, over York/bire Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thorn- 
bill Moor, to or near the Eighth Mile Stone on He- 
therfage Moor, and to the Village of Darwent, in the 
faid County of Derby: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 7 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Stinted Paftures; called the North Moor, Longbill, 
Bark, and Garforth Clofe, within the Townfhip of Rif. 
Jton, in the Weft Riding of the County of Yor, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That-the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Stinted 
Paftures, called the North Moor, Longhill, Bark, and 
Garforth Clofey within the Townfhip of Ridfon, in the 
Wet Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifo do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Roger Moftyn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, of the Counties of Flint, Denbigh, and Car- 
narvon, was referred ; That the Committee had examin- 
ed the Matter of the faid Petition; and had directed 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the famie was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Lloyd, being examined, faid, That the Roads 
leading from the Ferry Houfe, oppofite the Town of 
Conway, through Abergeley and Saint Afaph, to Brick- 
bill Turnpike Gate; and from the Lower Brickhill 
Houfe, to join the Denbigh Turnpike near Waen iffa, in 
the Parifh of Skeiviog ; and from Pen yr allt Moftyn to 
Newmarket , and from Wall Wen, in the Parith of Holly- 
well, to the Houfe of Edward Parry; and from Mold 
to Kilken, in the Counties of Flint, Denbtgb, and Car- 
narvon, are in a ruinous Condition, and cannot be re- 
paired by the Laws in being. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act of the Ninth Year of His prefént Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate, 
in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North Limits of the 
Townfhip of Moflyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan, and 
from Lanerch y Mor to Pen y Fordd Waen, in the Coun. 
ties of Flint and Denbigh; and for extending the faig 


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A&amp; to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties; and 
for taking feveral Roads within the faid Couniies, out of 
the Power of the Truftees appointed by Two feveral 
Aéts of Parliament, of the 29th and 3oth Years of his 
Tate Majefty, and for putting the faid Roads under the 
Direction of the Truftees appointed by the faid former 
and*this prefent Act, is committed; That they have 
Power to make Provifion in the faid Bill, for repairing 
the Road from the Ferry Heufe, oppofite to the Town 
of Conway, through &lt;Abergeley and Saint Afaph, to 
Brickhill Turnpike Gate ; and from the Lower Brick- 
hill Houfe, to join the Denbigh Turnpike near Wain iffa, 
in the Parith of Skeiviog ; and from Pen yr allt Moftyn to 
Newmarket; and from Wall Wen in the Parifh of Holy- 
well, to the Houfe of Edward Parry, in the fame Pa- 
rifh; and from Mold to Kilken, in the Counties of Fiat, 
Denbigh, and Carnarvon. 


Sir John Palmer reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees for put- 
ting in Execution Two Acts of Parliament, paffed in 
the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his Majefty King 
George the Firft, and in the Nineteenth Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from 
Market Harbcrough to Loughborough, in the County of 
Leicefter, and feveral other Perfons, Inhabitants of the 
faid County of Leicefter, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was referred , That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; .and is as followeth ; 
Vid. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Aéts were read: And Mr. Fohbn Lambert, being ex- 
amined, faid, That the Truftees have proceeded to put 
the Adts‘in Execution, but that the Road cannot be com- 
pletely repaired, and the Money now owing on the Cre- 
dit thereof paid off, unlefs the Tolls are increafed, the 
Powers enlarged, and the Term continued: That the 
Road mentioned in the Petition, branching from the 
Road between Loughborough and Leicefter, and leading 
over Part of the Lordfhip of Waniip, to and through 
Long Wafh Ford, acrots the River Soar, to the Road 
leading from Thurmafton to Ratcliffe, called the Fofs, 
and from thence to the Turnpike Road leading from 
Melton Mowbray, to the Guide Poft in Saint Margaret’s 
Field, near Leicef-er, is in many Parts in a ruinous 
Condition, and incommodious to Paffengers, and by 
reafon of the low Situation thereof, and the Nature of 
the Soil, and the Floods upon the faid River, is very 
often impaffable ; that it would be more convenient to 
the Public, and a nearer Way, if a Road was made from 
the faid Road, leading from Zhurmajfton to Rateliffe, 
through certain Lands and Grounds, in nearly a ftrait 
Line into the faid Road, leading from Melton Mowbray, 
to the Guide Poff aforefaid ; but.that the fame cannot be 
done without the Aid of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, Two Acts pafied 
in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the 
Firft, and in the 1gth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from Market Harbo- 
rough to Loughborough, in the County of Leiceffer ; and 
for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road 
branching out of the aforefaid Road, at a Place called 
Filling Gate, to a Road called the Fo/s Road, and from 
thence to the Turnpike Road leading from Melton 
Mowbray, to the Guide Poft in Saint Margaret's Field, 
Leicefer: And that Sir Yobn Palmer and Sir Thomas 
Cave do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gumley, in the 
County of Leicefler, was read a Second Time, 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobs 
Palmer, Sit Thomas Cave, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, Common Meadows, 
and other Commonable Lands, in the Parith of Weft 
Afpby, within the Manors of Horncaftle and Weft Afbdy, 
in the County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brewn- 
low Bertie, Mr. Whichcot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Parcels 
of Fen Land, within the Parifh of Algarkirke cum Fof- 
dyke, in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill-be committed to Lord Browz- 
low Bertie, Mr. Whichcot, &amp;c.: And they are to’ meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaket’s 
Chamber, 


Mr. Yames Dundas prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of fo 
much of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, as relates to the 
repairing the Road from Cramond Bridge, to the Town 
of Queensferry, in the County of Linlithgow: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Mr. Gilbert prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, and the Common or Heath, called Kii/all Heath, 
and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Don- 
ington, in the County of Salop: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing Sheriffhales Com- 
mon, in the County of Stafford, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gilbert, 
Sir William Bagot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ° 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, mtituled, An A&amp; 
to enable William Mackenzie, David Gravier, and Fobn 
Gravier, refpectively, and the Heirs Male of their re- 
fpective Bodies, to take and ufe the Surname and Arms 
of Godfrey, was read a Second Time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed to Sir Foba 
Mole/worth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Sir Fohn Molefworth be added to the 
Gentlemen, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, 
a Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of {e- 
veral of the Proprietors of Lands, Meadows, and Com- 
mon Right, in the Common and Open Fields, Common 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable 
Places, in Waverton, otherwife Wareton, ir the Parifh 
of Polefworth, in the County of Warwick, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Seudamore be added to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of the fe- 
veral Owners and Proprietors of the Lands and Com- 
mons, in the Open and Common Fields of Stretton 
under Fo/s, in the Parifh of. Monks Kirby, in the County 
of Warwick, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 


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Sir ¥ohbn Molefworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 
mon Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in Waver- 
ton, otherwife Wareton, in the Parith of Polefworth, in 
the County of Warwick: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Scudamore prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields of Stretton under Fofs, in the Parith of 
Monks Kirby, in the County of Warwick : And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of 
the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and of the feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Hands and Names are thereunto 
fet and fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors of Fifheries 
in the River of Zweed, was referred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had direéted him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Anthony Lambert, being examined, faid, That many 
unwarrantable Practices and Abufes have of late Years 
been committed in the River of Tweed, and the Ri- 
vers and Streams which run into the fame, by taking 
and killing Salmon Gilfes, Salmon Trouts, and Whit- 
lings, at unfeafonable Times, and by deftroying the 
Spawn, Fry, and young Brood, in the faid Rivers and 
Streams, both in England and Scotland, and Liberties 
of Berwick upon Tweed:—That he has feen many Hun- 
dreds of Salmon killed out of Seafon, and great De- 
ftruction made amongft the young Fry, which is a great 
Detriment to the Owners and Occupiers of Fitheries, 
to the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and to the Pub- 
lic in general. | 

That if thefe Practices were reftrained and prevent- 
ed, Fifh would come cheaper and more plenty to 
Market than at prefent:—That there is no Power 
at prefent in any Perfon fufficient to reftrain and 
put a Stop to thefe illegal Praétices by the Laws now 
in Force, or by the Powers and Authorities vefted 
in the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of the Town of 
Berwick upon Tweed, as Confervators of fo much of the 
faid River, as lies in the Counties of Durham and Nortb- 
umberland, and Berwick, or within the Bounds and Li- 
mits thereof; and that if fome Stop be not put to fuch 
illegal Proceedings, this valuable Fifhery will continue 
to decreafe, to the great Prejudice of the Public. 

Mr. Thomas Strangeways confirmed Mr. Lambert's 
Evidence ; and added, He had known moft of the Rivers 
and Streams defcribed in the Petition many Years, 
and that the Tenants of the upper Part of the River 
kill many Salmon out of Seafon, and alfo deftroy the 
young Fry and Spawn; and that the Public fuftain a 
great Lofs by, thofe illegal Practices. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating and improving the Fifheries, in the River 
of Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams running into ‘the 
fame: And that Mr. Vane and Sir Thomas Clavering do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for eftablifhing and confirming an Exchange of a certain 
Piece of Inclofed Land, in the Parith of £a/ Barnet, 
in the County of Hertford, and Diocefe of London, for 
other inclofed Land, Parcel of the Glebe of the faid 
Parifh, purfuant to an Agreement between Benjamin 
Underwood, Clerk, Mafter of Arts, ReGtor of the faid 


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Parifh of Eaf Barnet, and Fohn Pybus, Efquire, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Henry Hoghton prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term contained in Two. 
feveral Acts of Parliament ; and to repair, widen, and 
amend, the Road from the Guide Poft at the Wefterly 
End of Newton Lane, within the Townfhip of Man- 
chefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufter- 
lands, in the Parith of Saddlewortbh, in the County of 
st And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 

ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord 
Ducie, and his Iffue, to take the Surname of Moreton, 
and to bear and ufe the Arms of Honour of the Right 
honourable MatthewLord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant to the 
Will of the faid Matthew Lord Ducie, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ment, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment 
was read; andis as followeth; viz. . 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. Leave out ‘ ufe refpettively,” and in- 

fert “ fhall ftile himfelf and themfelves 
“* in all Deeds and Writings, by” 
The faid Amendment, being read a Second Time, 


was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houle. 


A Petition of Archibald Earl of Eglington, Fobn Earl 
of Loudon, Patrick Earl of Dumfries, and the humble 
Petition of David Kennedy, Efquire, Member of Parlia- 
ment for the County of Ayr, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are in- 
formed, Application hath been made, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act 
made in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from 
Living fon, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Gla/- 
gow, and by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of 
Strathaven;, and reprefenting to the Houfe, that the 
Road leading from the Confines of the County of Ayr, 
at or near Lochgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the 
County of Lanerk, is in a ruinous Condition, and in 
many Places very narrow and incommodious, and can- 
not be repaired and widened by the ordinary Methods 
prefcribed by Law: And therefore praying the Houfe, 
to take the Premifes into Confideration ; and that Pro- 
vifion may be made for repairing and widening the 
faid Roads, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Truftees appointed by an Act, pafied in the 26th 
Year of his late Majefty, intituled, An Act for repair- 
ing the Roads from Living /ton, by the Kirk of Shetts, 
to the City of Glafgow, and by the Town of Hamiltor, 
to the Town of Strathaven, thereunto fubfcribing, is 
referred: And that they do examine the Matter of this 
Petition; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Freeholders and Heritors in the 
County of Lanerk, and Truftees in an Aét, made in the 
26th Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
Aé for repairing the Roads from Livingfon to the 
City of Gla/zow, ani by the Town of Hamilton, to the 


_ Town of Strathaven, thereto fubfcribing : And alfo, 


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A Petition of the Lord Provoft, Magiftrates, and 
Town Council of the City of Gia/gow: 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
Application has been made, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers 
granted by the faid Act; and that the Petition- 
ers apprehend, that the fame will, if paffed in 
the Terms prayed for, be prejudicial to the Pe- 
titioners, and alfo defeat the public Good pro- 
pofed by the faid Act of the 26th of his late 
Majefty: And therefore praying, That they may 
be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch 
Bill, or any Part thereof, immediately after the 
fame fhall be brought in. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to be referred to the Confideration of the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Truftees appointed by an Aét, pafied in 
the 26th Year of his late Majefty, intituled, 
An Act for repairing the Roads from Liv- 
ing fton, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City 
of Gla/gow, and by the Town of Hamilton, 
to the Town of Strathaven, thereunto fub- 
fcribing, is referred; and the Petition- 
ers are to be heard, by their Counfel, 
before the faid Committee, upon their Pe- 
titions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, ‘at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petitions now prefented. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Directions of an 
Act of Parliament, 

N° 1. State and Condition of Appolonia Fort, taken 
the 30th of March 1770: And alfo, 

N?® 2. State and Condition of Dixcove Fort, taken the 
ft of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 3. State and Condition of Succondee Fort, taken 
the 3d of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 4. State and Condition of Cape Coaft Caftle, taken 
the 4th of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 5. State and Condition of Commenda Fort, taken 
the 5th of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 6. State and Condition of Aunamaboe Fort, taken 
the 14th of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 7. State and Condition of Tantumquerry Fort, 
taken the 20th of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 8. State and Condition of Winnebab Fort, taken 
the 23d of April 1770: And alfo, 

N° 9. State and Condition of Accra Fort, taken the 
25th of April 1770. 

Together with a Lift of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Lift was read. 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Fitzherbert reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for more effectually vefting the Rever- 
fion, in Fee Simple, of and in divers Lands and Here- 
ditaments, in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Notting- 
bam, and Stafford, in Wafbington Earl Ferrers, and his 
Truftees ; and for confirming Letters Patent granted 
thereof, and of certain other Lands and Hereditaments 
in the County of Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the 
Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made an Amend- 


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ment thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was 
Twice read; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Weft reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill tor dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Wood Grounds, and Com- 
monable Lands, in the Parith of A/vefton, in the County 
of Warwick, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the 
Committee (except the Proprietors of Twelve Yard 
Lands, and Three Quarters of a Yard Land, who re- 
fufed to fign the Bill, but declared they would not op- 
pofe ; and that the Whole of the Lands intended to be 
inclofed, confift of Fifty-fix Yard Lands and Three 
Quarters of a Yard Land ; and that no Perfon appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed kim 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quettion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Wilbraham Bootle reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Own- 
ers, Merchants, Traders, and others, being Inhabitants of 
the County and City of Che/ter, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed ; and alfo, the Petition of the Gentlemen, 
Merchants, and Traders, of the City of Dudlin, paffing 
and trading betwixt Ireland and England, and alfo, the 
Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun- 
cil, of the City of Chefter, in Council affembled ; and 
alfo, the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Navigation from the Trent to the Mer/ey ; were feverally 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the Firft mentioned Petition (no Evidence being pro- 
duced in Support of any of the other Petitions) and 
had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 


‘Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 


Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. ’ 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned Peti- 
tion, the feveral Acts for improving the Navigation 
of the River Dee, were read: And Mr. Thomas Lane, 
being examined, faid, That he is Secretary to the Com- 
mittee for improving the faid Navigation : 

That the faid Navigation, from the City of Chefter to 
the Sea, has been completed at an Expence of more 
than £. 80,000 ; but that for want of an Inland Con- 
veyance by Water, to and from the faid City, the In- 
habitants thereof, and the interior Part of the Country, 
cannot fully enjoy the Advantages of the faid Naviga- 
tion : 

And that if the Canal, prayed for in the Petition, 
were completed, it would encreafe the Quantity of 
Goods for Exportation on the River Dee. 

Mr. Samuel Wefton, being examined, faid, That he 
is an Engineer :—He produced a Plan of the propofed 
Canal to your Committee, which he faid was a true 
Survey, and that the Levels were properly laid down 
therein; and faid, that the propofed Canal was prac- 
ticable according to the Plan laid down : 

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He alfo produced an Eftimate of the Expence, amount- 
ing to £. 38,6503; and faid, that the Canal might be 
completed for that Sum. pA mde 

Being crofs examined; he faid, He had been an En- 
gineer Three Years... ti, | : 

And being afked, What Experience he had as an 
Engineer, to enable him to make that Eftimate ? he {aid 
He had been employed by Mr. Brindley as a Staffholder, 
and in levelling :—That he levelled for the Cheffer Gen- 
tlemen about Two Years ago; and that he has under- 
taken Twenty-fix Miles of Cutting upon the Leeds 
Canal. , 

That he has no Experience of the Expence of Locks; 
nor any thing of that Kind, except making Culverts or 
Arches, of Three, Four, or Six Feet. — | 

That Twenty-feven Locks and Thirty-feven Bridges 
will be neceffary ; and that he never was employed in 
making Locks or Bridges. 

And that One Tunnel will be neceffary ; and that he 
never was employed in that Work. . 

Being afked, If he had ever been employed in valu- 
ing Land? he faid, He had not; but has followed 
Farming. | 

He added, That he has made near Four Miles of the 
Leeds Canal, fet it out, and did the Whole. 

That One Mill will be deftroyed by the Water being 
taken for the propofed Canal; and that he has not cal- 
culated the Expence of deftroying that Mill. 

That he has never carried any Navigation over a Ri- 
ver, which muft be done in this Cafe, and that an Aque- 
duct will be required of One hundred Yards long and 
Sixty Feet high from the Water, over the River Weaver, 
and another about Two hundred Yards of Banking, 
Thirty or Forty Feet high from the Water, over the Ri- 
ver Walling. 

That One hundred and Twenty Yards of Tunnelling 
will be neceffary, of Eighteen Feet high and Nine wide, 
which will go under One Houle in the City of Chefer ; 
and that he has no Experience in that Work. 

That he made all the Eftimate without any Affift- 
ance :—That he is acquainted with the Value of Land, 
and thinks his a fair Valuation at Thirty Years Pur- 
chafe. 

That Mr. Brindley’s Agents have acquainted him with 
the Expence of making Locks ; and that the Tunnelling 
and Cutting may be done at the Price eftimated. 

And that the Owner of the Mill he mentioned has 
confented to part with it, without any Agreement being 
made as to the Price. 

Mr. Yeomans, an Engineer, being examined, {faid, 
That he has been employed in making feveral Navi- 
gations :—That he has looked carefully over the Efti- 
mate produced, and was very particular in his Enquiries 
into the Prices of Materials and Labour, but never faw 
the Ground where the Canal is propofed to be carried : 
—That Mr. Weffon feems to have taken great Pains, 
and underftands the Subject :—That he is not acquaint- 
ed with the Price of Materials and Labour in that Part 
of the Country ; but if they are as he is informed, the 
Work may be done for the Prices fet down in that Efti- 
mate; but that he never carried on any Works under 
Ground. 

Mr. Fobn Lingard produced a Map of the propofed 
Navigation, a Paper of the Confents of the Proprie- 
tors, and alfo a Field Book, in which is fet down the 
Length of the propofed Canal through each Proprie- 
tor’s Land; and acquainted your Committee, that the 
Proprietors of Fourteen Miles of Land, through which 
the Canal was propofed to be carried, had figned their 
Confent to it. 

Mr. Fames Folliot, a Merchant at Cheffer, being exa- 
mined, faid, That a great Trade is carried on at Chefter, 
moft of the Manufactures that go to Ireland being fent 
that Way, particularly in Time of War, to avoid the 
Danger of the long Sea. 

That an inland Navigation to Chgfer is abfolutely necef- 

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fary for preferving the Trade thete; and that a Canal from 
Chefter to Middlewich would anfwer that Purpofe; and 
he thinks would be of public Benefit :—That he lias no 
Doubt about this, as Goods would be conveyed cheaper 
to Ireland this Way than they can bé by Liverpool, that 
being a greater Diftance. 88 sts &lt;2 
Being afked, What Tonnage the propofed Canal 
would produce? he faid; That the Goods that go 16 
and from Cheer by Land; ate at prefent upwards of 
17,060 Tons per Annum, which would go on this Canal; 
and that probably a Navigation would double this Quan- 
tity :—That the Carriage of Goods from Sheffield to Chef- 
ter, through. Middlewich, is Three Shillings and Six. 
Pence per Hundred Weight; and by Manchefter Four 
Shillings :—That the Carriage from Birmingham is Four 
Shillings, and great Quantities are fent from thence. _ 
That a thoufand Bales of Cloth are fent annually from 
Gloucefterfoire and the neighbouring Counties, which go 
by Land from Shrew/bury, at Two Shillings per Hun- 
dred Weight. ' Te ee 
. That great Quantities of Merchandize are fent from 
London by Land Carriage, particularly Wrought Silk, 
Raw Silk, Broad and Narrow Cloth :—That the Price 
of Carriage in Winter is Eight Shillings per Hundred 
Weight, and in Summer, Seven Shillings for Merchan- 
dize ; and that Baggage pays Fourteen Shillings. =| 
That if this Navigation was completed, all thele 
Goods might go upon it, and would go cheaper: — 
That if the Plan propofed does not take Effect, the. 
City of Chefter will lofe the Bufinefs they have long en- 
joyed, as the Goods will go to Liverpool by the Canal 
authorized to be made from the Trent to the Merfey. , 
‘That many Ships are employed between Cheffer and 
Dublin in carrying Merchandize; Thirteen conftantly, 
from Ninety to Two hundred and Fifty Tonsj. which 
are maintained at a great Expence; and that His Ma- 
yefty’s Troops are commonly tranfported that Way :— 
That the Witnefs himfelf employs Six Ships in. this 
Trade ; but if this Canal fhould not be executed, he 
muft fend them to fome other Port: ‘tee 
That about One hundred Ton of Hardware comes 
from Sheffield to Chefter in a Year ; upwards of that 
Weight of Goods from Mancbefter, including the Wool- 
len Trade of York/bire; about Two hundred Tons of 
Hardware from Birmingham and the neighbouring Places ; 
and about One hundred Tons of Woollen Goods from 
Oxford/bire, and Parts adjacent. es Bes 
Being afked, How far it would be from the River 
Dee to the River Merfey by a Canal? he anfwered, 
About Eight or Nine Miles, the neareft Way, and that 
this would be more beneficial to the Northern Trade 
than the Plan now defired ; but he afterwards faid, that 
he thought it would not be fo convenient, for that they. 
now fend Goods from thofe Parts to Cheffer by Land 
(though the Carriage to Liverpool is cheaper) for the Be- 
nefit of a better Port; me 
Being afked, Why the Navigation to tlie Merfey would 
not be more convenient, as being nearer ? he faid, It is 
out of the Way to all Parts, but the North; and al- 
though nearer to the Northern Parts, it would not be fo. 
commodious :—That a Junction with the Merfey would 
be a great Way round for the Southern Trade, and at- 
tended with extraordinary Expence ; and that the Trade 
of the North is not more than One Tenth, or One 
Twelfth Part of the Foreign Trade of Cheer, 
That the Inconvenience of going to the Merfey would 
be, that when Goods are Water-borne upon that Arm of 
the Sea called the Merfey, they will not come to Che/- 
ter, but would go to Liverpool, and Chefter would be 
hurt greatly; and if the Ruscorn Gep Navigation were 
made, and not the other, the Witnefs thinks the Trade 
of Chefter will be totally ruined, becaufe the new Ca- 
nals will carry the Goods of all the Kingdom, and th 
will not come to Chefter, having no Communication wi 
it; and this would put Chefer in a worfe Condition than 
other Parts of the Kingdom :—That the Trade from 
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thence to Ireland would be loft, as Goods could not be 
fent thither fo cheap as from Liverpool: — That all 
Goods which now go to Chefter would go to Liverpool, 
if a Navigation was made thither and none to Chefter. 

Being afkcd, If at would be worth while to make the Ca- 
nal, if no new Trade was to be thereby carried to Chefter ? 
he faid, He does not know that the prefent Trade would 
pay for it, but he believes it would bé increafed by 
the Navigation, and the Carriage of Coals alone would 
pay for it; and that the Increafe of Trade at Chefter 
would by no Means hurt Liverpool, as the Goods, 
which he fuppofes would increafe the Trade of Chefer, 
would not be carried to Liverpool, and that he con- 
fines himfelf to the Coal Trade principally. 

- Mr. Fchn Chamberlain, a Merchant at Chefter, being 
examined, faid, That a great Trade is carried on there, 
which is at prefent increafing, but that they have no 
Land Carriage to the interior Parts of the Kingdom ; 
and that if a Canai were made to Liverpool, and none to 
Chefter, that City would be ruined. 

That Chefer is well fituated for an Intercourfe be- 
tween England and Ireland. , 

That the Inhabitants of Cheffer are at prefent fupplied 
with Coals from Chefbire and Fhntfhire, which are deli- 
vered at about Ten Shiliings a Ton at Chefler :—That 
the propofed Canal would reduce the Price, not only at 
Chefter, but all the Way to Middlewich ; and about the 
Middle of the intended Canal, they are Fifteen Shil- 
lings perTon in Summer, and Twenty Shillings in Winter. 

That the Carriage of Coals would increafe the Ton- 
nage between the Trent and the Merfey: — That they 
would be brought from Hare Cafle Hill to the Country 
about Tarpoly, though not to Chefter. 

That he apprehends the Junction between the Port of 
Chefter and the Canal carrying on between the Trent and 
Merfey, would be of great Public Utility. 

That Goods coming from the South of England 
would: be fhipped at Chefter cheaper than at Liverpool, 
by One Shilling and Sixpence per Ton, the Paffage be- 
ing F ifteen Miles fhorter ; and that he apprehends the 
‘Trade to Chefter to be about 20,000 Tons annually, in- 
cluding Salt and Coals, which would produce about 
£. 1,500 per Annum clear. 

That he has feen the Eftimate of the Expence of mak- 
ing this Canal, and thinks it a reafonable one; and that 
ke is-acquainted with Building in that Country, and the 
Prices of Materials and Labour, but that he knows no- 
thing of Navigation Works, but was prefent when Mr. 
Wefton made his Eftimate, and faw Mr. Yeomans and him 
put down the Prices of Materials and Labour, which 
were the common Prices in that Part of the Country. 

That the City of Cheffer is‘a Place of great Trade, 

ays £. 15,000 per Annum to the King for Imports and 
Thiserts and that Twelve or Thirteen Ships are em- 
ployed there in the Dublin Trade only. 

That a Canal from the Trent to the Merfey, and none 
to Cheer, would ruin that City, as that would carry 
away all Importation and the Trade to Ireland :—That he 
was of this Opinion Five Years ago, when the Stafford- 
hire Navigation was in Contemplation; and that Ap- 
plication was then intended to be made from Cheffer, 
tor a Claufe to join that Navigation :—That this was the 
general Defire at that Time, and the Application for 
that Purpofe was dropped, upon a Prefumption that 
Parliament would give Leave at any Time to make a 
Canal for that Purpofe; which was the only Reafon why 
it was not profecuted at that Time. 

Mr. John Latham, being examined, faid, That he is 
Surveyor of the Port of Chefter, and well acquainted 
with the Trade there: —That Thirteen Vefiels conftantly 
trade from thence to Dublin, and many others occafion- 
ally to -and from other Ports in /reland;—and that if 
this Canal fhould not take Place, not only the greateft 
Part of the Neighbourhood of Cheffer will be ruined, 
but all the inland Counties of North Wales fuffer ma- 
terlally + —That all the Import Frade and ‘Trade 


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from Ireland will be deftroyed ; and that this is not only 
the neareft Way from London to Ireland, but the fafeit 
Navigation. 

That the Navigation of the River Dee will be greatly 
hurt, and a great Part of the Profits of the Proprietors 
(which arife from Tonnage) will be loft, as there will 
be no Importation to Cheffer, but for the Ufe of the In- 
habitants themfelves. 

Being afked, If he did not think that the City of Chefer 
would not carry on as much Trade from the Staffcrdfbire 
Navigation, as from this propofed Canal ? he faid, He 
thought not, as there will be a long Land Carriage to 
Chefter, and none to Liverpool; and that Goods would 
go fo much cheaper to Liverpoo), that it would carry 
all the Trade from Chefter. 

Mr. Folliot, being again examined, faid, That all 
that is intended by the Promoters of this Scheme, is to 
preferve their own Trade; and that he has Authority 
from the prefent Subfcribers to fay, that if the Pro- 
prictors of the Stafford/ire Navigation are willing to 
undertake the making of this Canal, they may have the 
Whole, or any Part of it that they pleafe. 

Mr. Chamberlain, being again examined, was afked, 
What Quantity of Trade he thought would come an- 
nually from Middlewich to Chefier ? he faid, He appre- 
hended 20,000 Tons, which cannot come from Runcorn 
Gap for lefs than Two Shillings and Six Pence per Ton 
increafed Expence :—-That he thinks this Canai would 
increafe the Carriage on the Stafford/bire Canal, as the 
Coals ufed in making Salt would come that Way, and 
as Merchants Goods make but afmall Part of the Car- 


. riage ; and upon the Whole, he thinks this propofed Ca- 


nal would be an Advantage to that Navigation. 

That the Trade of the North is not more than One 
Tenth of the Southern Trade; and that the Trade from 
the South would never come to Cheffer without this Ca- 
nal, but would be carried to Liverpool. 

That the Carriage from Mftddlewicb to Chefter conlifts 
chiefly of Coals and Salt; and that no Coals would come 
from Runcora Gap, as the additional ‘Iwo Shillings and 
Six Pence per Ton would make them too dear, and 
that all Goods from Chefer to Middlewich, round by 
Runcorn, would be loaded with this Two Shillings and 
Six Pence per Ton. 

That if this Canal fhould not be made, and a Com- 
munication were made between Cheffer and Ruucorn Gap, 
it would occafion the fame additional Expence of Two 
Shillings and Six Pence per Ton; for the Diftance is 
about Fifteen Miles, and the Carriage would be about 
Two Pence per Mile. 

That it is Nine Miles from Chefter to the Communica- 
tion with the River Mer/ey, and it cofts Eighteen Pence 
going there :—That it is then Six or Eight Miles in a 
boifterous Arm of the Sea, at the additional Ex; ence 
of 1s. per Ton; and that the common Expence’ from 
Runcorn Gap to Liverpool is Two Shillings per Ton at 
prefent. 

If a Canal was made to the Mer/ey, he thinks Salt 
would not come cheaper down the Weaver, and up the 
propofed Canal between the Merfey and Dee. 

That Salt cannot be conveyed from Northwich to the 
Mer/fey for lefs than Three Shillings and Six Pence, or 
Four Shillings per Ton; and he thinks it could not be 
carried for lefs than Five Shillings and Three Pence, as 
they carry it now to Liverpool. 

Being afked, If Chefter could not be fupplied cheaper 
with Coals by a Navigation between the Dee and Mer/ey? 
he faid, He thought not, as Coals are now Ten Shil- 
lings per Ton at Chefter, and Ten Shillings and Six 
Pence at Northwich ; and he thinks they would not g6 
cheaper to Chefter by the propofed Canal from the Mer- 
Sey to Chefter:—That from Chefter to Ince by Land is 
Fight Miles, and from thence to Runcorn about Eight 
Miles more. 

That no Staffordhire Coals are burnt at Chefer :— 
but if this Canal was made, Tarporly would be fupplied 


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with Stafferdjbire Coals, which is now chiefly fupplied ftom 
Chefter. 
No Evidence was called in Support of any of the 
other Petitions. a : 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making a Navigable Canal from the River Dee, within 
the Liberties of the City of Chefter, to or near Middle- 


wich, in the County of Chefter, and there to join the - 


Canal now making from: the River Trent, to the River 
Merfey: And that Mr. Wilbrabam Bootle, Mr. Grofve- 
nor, Mr. Egerton, and Mr. Crewe, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify them- 
felves for Offices and Employments; and to indemnify 
Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have omitted to 
regifter their Qualifications within the Time limited by 
Law and for giving further Time for thoie Purpofes : 
And that Mr. Wollafton and Sir Charles Whitworth do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Thomas Grundy, and his 
Iffue Male, to také and ufe the Surname of Swinfen, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue 
Male, to take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen. 

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


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Aéts, pafied in the i2th Year of King George the Firft, 
and the igth and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for re- 
pairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Roads in fome of the faid Acts mentioned, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing the fame into 


One Aét ; for amending the Road from the Caufeway at ~ 


Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to the Turnpike Caufe- 
way, leading from Prefcott to Liverpool, and alfo Lime 
Kiln Lane, from the faid Caufeway, to Ranelagh Houfe 
in Liverpool, and to prevent Frauds and Abufes being 
committed by Perfons employed in conveying Coals along 
the faid Roads ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Strange, 
Sir Henry Hoghton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Whitbread reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Freeholders, Leafeholders, Houfehold- 
ers, andother Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Luke, in 
the Courity of Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
re€ted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to 
the Houfe ; ard he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read’; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
David Bhth, being examined, faid, He knows the 
Streets in the Parifhy of Saint Luke; that they are in 
very bad Condition, and obftructed by many Nufances 
and Annoyances, particularly in Chifwell Street, where 
the Remains of an old Houfe, Part of which was burnt 
down, projeéts about Eight Feet into the Street, that 
it would make the Paffage of ‘the Street much more com- 
modious, if the faid Building was taken dawn ; and that 
if an Opening was made from Helmet Row, through 
Norman Street, and fome Garden Grounds and Fields, to 
the City New Road, and Power was given to widen the 
South End of Brick Lane, which leads to the City Road, 
and is at prefent very narrow, the Parifh would be much 
benefitted and improved, and the Public greatly accom- 
modated, 

Mr, Lancelot Dowbiggin confirmed the above Evi- 
dence. 

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_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, and keeping in Repair, the feveral Streets, Lanes, 
and Paffages, in the Parith of Saint, Luke, in the County 
of Middlefex ; for widening the Paflages at the Weft End 
of Chifwell Street, and at the South End of Brick Lane, 
and to make a Street or Way from the North End of 
Norman Street, through certain Garden Grounds and 
Fields, to the City Road; for removing Obftru&amp;tions 
and Annoyances from the faid Streets, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: And that Mr. Whitbread 


and Sir Charles Whitworth do pteparé, and bring in, thé 
fame. 


A Bill for dividirig and inclofing the Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Udbly, in the County of Somerfet, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved; That the Bill be committed ta Mr. Alex- 
ander Popham, Mr. Pulteney, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir William Maynard, from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of His Majefty’s Juftices of the 
Peace, acting in and for the County of Effex, is re- 
ferred, acquainted the Houfe, That he was'direéted by 
the Committee to move the Houfe, that the faid Com- 
mittee have Power to report their Opinion to the Houfe, 
upon the Matters contained in the feveral Petitions 
referred to their Confideration. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Committee have Power to report their 
Opinion to the Houfe, upon the Matters contained in 
the feveral Petitions referred to their Confideration ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Thomas Townfhend, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 71. 


Junior, 
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Sir Henry Hoghton ; 
Mr. Ga/fcoyne, 

Tellers for the Noes, Captai af Everton : 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Mr. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the Houfe, 
‘That their Addrefs of Monday, the 18th Day of this In- 
ftant February (that His Majefty would be gracioufly 
pleafed to order His Attorney General to profecute Wi/- 
liam Hards, Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry 
Robinfon, and Henry Hannington, for an illegal and cor- 
rupt Confpiracy, in relation to the late Election of a 
Member to ferve in Parliament for the Borough of New 
Shoreham ) had been prefented to His Majefty ; and that 
His Majefty had commanded him to acquaint this 


Houfe, that He will give Directions as defired by the 
faid Addrefs. 


A Petition of the Merchants, and others His Ma- 
jefty’s Britifh Subjects, concerned in the Whale F ifhery, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Bounty of Forty Shillings per Ton, on Ships 
employed in the Whale Fifhery, expires at the End of 
this Seffion of Parliament ; and that, fince the granting 
of the faid Bounty, many Ships from both Parts of the 
United Kingdoms have been annually employed there- 
in, and many more would have adventured, but from 
the Checks given to that Trade, by the late War and 
by the Shortnefs of the Time granted for Payment of 
the.faid Bounty; and that, if the fame is not further 
continued, the faid Trade muft be entirely at a Stand ; 
and that the Petitioners prefume, an Object of fuch great 
National Importance, as the Increafe of Shipping and 
Seamen, the Employment of many of our Manufac- 
turets, and the fupplying this Kingdom with Commo, 
dities, which, until of late, have been chiefly furnifhed 
by Foreigners, and have been in particular One of the 


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imoft valuable Branches of the Dutch Commerce, will be 
deemed deferving the Continuance of the Support and 
Encouragement of the Legiflature : And therefore pray- 
ing the Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confideration, 
and grant them fuch Relief therein, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. wn 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Merchants and Tradefmen of the Port of King /ton 
upon Hull, on Behalf of themfelves, and more particu- 
larly of thofe concerned in the Whale Fifhery to Green- 
land, Davis’s Straits, and the Seas adjacent, is referred : 
And that they do examine the Matter of this Petition ; 
and report the fame, as -it fhall appear to them; to the 
Houfe. | 


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the 23d Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from the City of York, 
over Skipbridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of York, 
was read the Third Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the 23d Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from the City of York, over 
Skipbridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of York. 

Ordered, That Lord Fobu Cavendi/h do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Edward Aftley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing and 
widening the Road, from the City of Norwich, to Scole 
Bridge, in the County of Norfolk : And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Frederick Campbell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for embanking a certain Part of 
the River Thames, near Durham Yard, within the Liberty 
of the City of Wefiminfter, and County of Middlefex : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Weduefday Sevennight, the 6th Day of March next. 


Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Chefterfield, in the County of Derby, through 
or near Work/op and Retford, to join the River Trent, at 
or near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham, is com- 
mitted. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of South Reffon, in the County of 
Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Amcotts, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majeity, that He be gracioufly pleafed to give Direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies of all 
fuch Papers or Inftruments, as have been received by 
either of His Majefty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
relative to the Refticution of Falkland’s Iflands, and Port 
and Fort Egmont therein, fince the 22d Day of Sanuary 
laft ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ Papers or.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 


Part of the Queftion ; 


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It paffed in the Negative. : 

Then the Main Queition, fo amended, being put ; 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be preiented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed'to give 
Directions, that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
of all fuch Infttuments as have been received, by either 
of His Majefty’s Principal Secretaries.of State, relative 
to the Reftitution of Falkland’s Iflands, and Port and Fort 
Egmont thetein, fince the 22d Day of Fanuary latt. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That there be laid before this Houfe, Extracts 
of Letters relating to what paffed with the Spaniards at 
Manilla and Fort S* George, retpecting the Ifland Sool, 
with the Copy of the Proteft of the Archbifhop or Go- 
vernor of the Manilla, in 1764; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Orders of the Day be now read; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the feveral Orders of the Day, for the Attend- 
ance of R. Thompfon and F.Wheble, being read ; 

And the faid R. Thompfon and 7. Wheble not attend- 
ing, according to Order, the Mefienger, to whom the 
faid Orders were delivered, being called upon, to give 
an Account of the Service thereof, acquainted the Houfe, 
that he went to the Houfe of the faid 7. Wheble, in Pa- 
ter Nojfter Row, on Thurfday Evening laft; and being 
informed by his Servant that he was not at home, he 
fhewed the faid Servant the original Order for the At- 
tendance of the faid 7. Wheble, and left a Copy thereof 
with the faid Servant, and defired him to give the fame 
to his Mafter when he came home; which the faid Ser- 
vant promifed to do. 

The faid Meffenger alfo acquainted the Houie, That 
he went to the Houfe of the faid R. Thomp/on, in New- 
gate Street, on Thurfday Evening laft, that he was told 
he was not at home ; and that then he fhewed the origi- 
nal Order for the Attendance of the faid R. Thomp/on 
to, and left a Copy thereof with, his Servant, and de- 
fired him to give the fame to his Mafter ; which he like- 
wife promifed to do. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Fobnu Wheble be, for his Contempt, in not 
obeying the Order of this Houfe, for his Attendance on 
the Houfe this Day, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 


jeant at Arms, or his Deputy, attending this Houfe ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ane re 3 t 160, 
Mr. Alderman Saw- 

bridge, 

Mr. Alderman Town-¢ 77° 
fend: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the faid R. Thompfon be, for his Con- 
tempt, in not obeying the Order of this Houfe, for his 
Attendance on the Houfe this Day, taken into the Cuf- 
tody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, attending 
this Houfe. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mora: 
ing, Ten of the Clock. ) 


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Mercurii, 27° die Februarii 3 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771: 


PRAYERS, 


R. Alderman Ofiver teported from the Committee, 
M to whom the Bill for paving Wapping Street, in the 
County of Middlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paflages 
leading into the fame, and forremoving all Encroachments 
and Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future ; and for opening a Paffage from Hermitage Street, 
_ into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch Paflage, and 
the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane, was committed ; and 
to whom the Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for 
the Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex, was re- 
ferred; That the Committee had confidered the faid 
Petition ; and had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for paving and regulating Ro/e- 
mary Lane, from the Parith of Aldgate, to Cable Street ; 
alfo the faid Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back Lane, 
the Precinct of Wellclofe, the Street leading from Night- 
ingale Lane, to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Row, and Brook 
Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paflages, open- 
ing into the fame; and for removing all Obitructions 
and Annoyances therefrom; and preventing the like for 
the future ; is committed. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Com- 
mons, Commonable Grounds, and Waftes, called Red- 
ditch Common and Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of the 
Manor of Tardebigg, which lies in the County of Wor- 
cefter, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Curzon prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Common, 
called Holland Ward, otherwife Hollin Ward, in the 
County of Derby: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Wollafton prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to 
qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments ; and 
to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who 
have omitted to regifter their Qualifications within the 
Time limited by Law, and for giving further Time for 
thofe Purpofes: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refeived, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills, made out 
by Virtue of an Act paffed in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Aét for raifing a certain Sum of 


Money, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service 
of the Year 1770. 


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209 

Mr. Mackworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the further quieting and eftablifhing Cor- 
porations ; and for rendering more {peedy and effectual 
Proceedings in Writs of Quo Warranto, and Informations 
in Nature of a Quo Warranto; and Proceedings on Writs 
of Mandamus ; and for regulating Admiffions into Cor- 
porations and Boroughs: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


An ingroffed Bill for more effectually vefting the Re- 
verfion, in Fee Simple, of and in divers Lands and 
Hereditaments, in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter; Not- 
tingham, and Stafford, in Wafbington Earl Ferrers, and 
his Truftees ; and for confirming Letters Patent granted 
thereof, and of certain other Lands and Hereditaments 
in the County of Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the 
Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned; was read the Third. 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for more effectually vefting the Reverfion, 
in Fee Simple, of and in divers Lands and Heredita- 
ments, in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Nottingham, 
and Stafford, in Wafbington Earl Ferrers, and his Truf- 
tees ; and for confirming Letters Patent granted there- 
of, and of certain other Lands and Hereditaments in 
the County of Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the 
Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzberbert do earry the Bill te 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields; Commons, and Wafte Grounds, lying in the Pa- 
rifh of Appleby, in the Counties of Leicefter and Derby, 
was read the Third Time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered to be added to the 
Bill, by Way of Ryder, for faving the Right of Sir 
Henry Harpur, to the Manor or Lordfhip of Repton. 

And the faid Claufe was Thrice read, and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill, by Way of Ryder. 

Then the Amendment following was propofed to be 
made to the Bill ; v7z. 

Pf. 1.1.8. After * inclofed,” to infert “ And where- 

“ as Sir Henry Harpur, Baronet, is 
Lord of the Hundred, Manor, or 
Lordfhip, of Repton, otherwife Rep- 
“© ingdon, within which the faid Manors 
© of Great and Little Appleby are fi- 
“ tuate.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, lying in the Parith of 
Appleby, in the Counties of Leicefter and Derby. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, :and defire their Concurrence. 


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Mr. Vanfittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, in the 
Pariih of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of Berks : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. . 


Mr. Vanjfittart reported fromm the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to continue, and render more effectual, feveral 
Atts for repairing the Highways, between the Bear Inn 
in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, and 
other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; and for repair- 

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ing the Highway between a Houfe in Speenhamland, in 
the Occupation of Edward Sheppard, and the Weft End 
of the Highway by the faid Aéts directed to be repaired ; 
and alfo the Highway from Boftock Lane to Pangborne, 
in the faid County, was committed; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Crowle reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Common 
Pafture, called Myton Carr, in the Lordfhip of Myton, 
in the Parith of the Holy Trinity, in the Town and 
County of Kingfton upon Hull, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faétion of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 


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by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there. 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, Lands, 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Melton, in 
the Parifh of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame te 
be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Corm- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direé&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe , and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. | 


The Lord Beauchamp reported from the Committee, 
appointed to prepare an Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, for the Year 1771; 
That the Committee had prepared an Eftimate accord 
ingly ; which they had directed -him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, for the Year 1771. 


























, s. d. 
Pay to 30,840 private Men, at 15. each, 28 Days —— _ _ — ae ain eee 
D° to 70 Adjutants, at 6s. a Day each a —_—- —_ _ 7,665 —— 
D° to 1,542 Serjeants, at 1s. a Day each _ = — | 28,141 to — 
D® to 1,2co Drummers, at 6 d. a Day each _ — | 10,950 — —¢ 
For additional Pay to 30,840 private Men, for going to the Place of Exercife and returning, | 
calculated upon an Average of 4 Days Pay each Man _-_ - — — 6,168 — — 
Additional Pay to 70 Serjeant Majors, at 25. 6d. a Week each _ — — 455—— 
Ditto — to 70 Drum Majors, at 6 d. a Day each -— oa — _ 638 15 — 
Ditto —  to1,542 Corporals, at 6d. a Day each, 28 Days _ — _ 1,079 8 — 
Salaries for 70 Battalion Clerks, at £. 50 a Year each -_ _—- = _-_ — 3,500 — — 
Allowances to Clerks of General and Sub-divifion Meetings, computed at — 4,000 —— == 
Ditto — to each Regiment, Battalion, and independant Company, for contingent Expences, 
at the Rate of 6 d. per Month for each private Man and Drummer —_ _ — | 10,023 = — 
Cloathing for 30,840 private Men, at f.1. 105, each = -- — | 46,260 — — 
De — for 1,542 Serjeants, at £.3. 10s.each — — _ _ 5397 —— 
D° — _ for 1,200 Drummers, at £. 2 each —_ — —_ 2,400 —— ao 
For additional Pay for Cloathing 54 Serjeant Majors and 54 Drum Majors, at £.1.each — 108 —— om 
Subfiftence to 498 Captains, at 75. 6d. per Day, for 28 Days -—~ — — 5:229 — — 
Subfiftence to 561 Lieutenants, including 2 Lieutenants to Grenadier Companies, at 35. 6d. . 
each, for 28 Days _— — — — — — 2,748 18 — 
Ditto — to 435 Enfigns, at 35. each for 28 Days _— — _-_ = 1,827 —— — 
£. |179,766 11 — 


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


Mr, Page prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for-dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture 
Grounds, Lammas Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Hamlets and Liberties of Kuightcot and North 
End, in the Parith of Burton Daffett, in the County of 
Warwick: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 





The Houfe being informed, That the Bill for improv- 
ing and completing the Navigation of the Rivers Thames 
and Jfs, from the City of London, to the Town of Crick- 
lade, in the County of Wilts, which Bill was, upon Friday 
laft, read a Second Time, and committed, contains feveral 
Provifions not included in the Petition of the feveral 
Commiffioners of the Navigation of the Rivers Thames 
and Js, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, and of 
the feveral-Gentlemen, Land Owners, Tradefmen, Ma- 
nufaéturers, and others, of the Counties of Middlefex, 
Surrey, Betks, Bucks, Oxford, Gloucefter, and Wilts, 

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whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of 
themfelves and others ; ; 
Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 


- js committed, be difcharged from proceeding there- 


upon. 
“ ondirel That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Bill, and to prefent another Bill inftead thereof. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Quantity of Raw Silk, Thrown Silk, and 
other Silk, unmanufactured, which have been imported 
into Great Britain, from the 1ft Day of Fanuary 1760 
to the 1ft Day of January 1771, or as far as the fame 
can be made up; diftinguifhing the feveral Years, and 
the Places from whence the faid Silk has been im- 

orted. 

. Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantity of Wrought Silk, and Raw and 
other Silk, exported from Great Britain to Foreign 
Parts, during the faid Period; diftinguifhing the feve- 
ral Years, and the Places to which the faid Silk has 
been exported. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr. Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for better paving the Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, 
Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, in that Part 
of Goodman’s Fields, which lies in the Parifh of Saint 
Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, in the County of 
Middlefex, and alfo Red Lion Street and White Lion Street, 
lying contiguous to the faid Fields; and for removing 
and preventing Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftructions 
therein ; without any Amendment: And alio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to explain a Claufe in an Act of the laft Seffion of Par- 
liament, for better fupplying the City of Worcefter, and 
the Liberties thereof, with Water, and for better paving 
and lighting the faid City, and for removing and pre- 
venting all Obftructions and Annoyances therein ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open Fields 
and Commonable Places, in Keybam, in the Parifh of 
Rothley, and County of Leiceffer ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, and Common 
Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby Mallory, in the County 
of Leicefter ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act for 
better regulating the Poor, within the City of Oxford; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better paving that Part of the High Street, in 
the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwite Whitechapel, 
which lies in the County of Middlefex ; and for remov- 
ing Obftructions and Annoyances therein ; without any 
Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, and render more effectual, an Act made in 
the Seventeenth Year of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from the End of Middleton Tyas Lane to Greeta- 
bridge, and from thence to Bowes, in the North Riding 
of the County of York ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making the Exemplification of the laft Will and Tef- 
tament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, deceafed, Evidence 
in all Courts of Law and Equity, in Great Britain and 
Ireland, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing Barniker Moor, within the 
Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, in the County Palatine of 
Lancajter ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, Mea- 
dows, Commons, or Waite Lands, within the Manor 
and Parith of Hill Croome, in the County of Worcefter ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for Naturalizing Heary Renner , without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Lunatics, entitled to renew Leafes, their Guar- 
dians and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of old 
Leafes, and grant new ones ; to which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Roote, Ac- 
comptant to the Society of the Free Britifh Fithery, at- 
tended at the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, 
prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Direétions of 
an Act of Parliament, 

An Account of Receipts and Difburfements made by 
the Society of the Free Britifs Fifhery, from 31 De- 
cember 1769 to 31 December 1770. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, be 
now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

_ Ordered, That the Account of extraordinary Services 
incurred, and paid by the Right honourable Richard 
Rigby, Paymafter General of His Majefty’s Forces, be- 
tween the 26th of December 1769, and the 26th of De- 
cember 1770, and not provided for by Parliament, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Out 
Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1771, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com» 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charies Whitworth reported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which 
they had directed him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, That 
he was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted te 
His Majefty. 


Mr. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the Houfe, 
That their Addrefs of Yefterday (that His Majefty would 
be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, that the Copies 
therein mentioned might be laid before this Houfe) had 
been prefented to His Majefty ; and that His Majefty 
had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, that He 
will give Directions accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. oy, 

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And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon friday Motn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to refoive itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to repeal a Claufe in an Act, made 
in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; to amend, ahd tender more effectual, an 
A&amp;t made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King 
James the Firft, meituled, An Act for the General Quiet 
of the Subjeéts againft all Pretences of Concealment 
whatfoever, which protects fuch Rights, Titles, or 
Claims, under any Grants or Letters Patent from the 
Crown, as are profecuted with Effect, within a certain 
Time therein limited ; 

- Anda Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, j ee Walfrgnem, 

r. Coxe : 
Mr. Charles Fox, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Robert Fletcher. 

The Tellers reported to the Houfe, that the Numbers 
were for the Ayes 155, for the Noes 165, fo Mr. Speaker 
declared, that the Noes had it. 

But it having happened, that among the Members 
who were coming in on the Divifion, a Stranger, who 
had continued in the Lobby, after it was cleared, had 
come in, and was told as One of the Noes, feveral 
Members objected to the Validity of the Divifion, and 
infifted, that the Queftion ought to be put again, and 
the Senfe of the Houfe again taken: Mr. Speaker im- 
mediately on declaring the Numbers, had ordered the 
Doors of the Houfe to be locked, in order that no 
Member might go forth: The Stranger wasthen brought 
to the Bar, and examined, and it. appearing that what 
he had done was from Ignorance and Inadvertency, and 
without any Intention of paffing for a Member on the 
Divifton, and being known to feveral Members as a 
Man of good Chara¢ter, he was for the prefent ordered 
to be taken from the Bar. 

The Queftion then, “ That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
«« the Chair ;” was again put. 


The Houfe divided again. 


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The Noes went forth. 


Mr. Seymour, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Byng : 


bis 
: . Mr. Onflow, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mn ili Bw + i 164. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

By which it appeared, that notwithftanding the imme- 
diate Orders of the Speaker, One Member had gone 
forth.—The Stranger was then again brought to the 
Bar, and by general Confent of the Houfe difmiffed, 
with a Caution from Mr. Speaker not to be guilty of 
the like Offence again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Months, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 1° die Marti; 


Anno 11° Georgii III‘! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Fulliott, 

from the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; he 
was Called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills, 
made out by Virtue of an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raifing a certain 
Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the 
Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as followeth ; vz. 





@o the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, in Parliament affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills, made out by Virtue of an Ad, paffed in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A@ for raifing a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for 
the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy. 


— 


The Exchequer Bills made out by Virtue of the above Act, amount to the Sum of One million Eight hundred 
thoufand Pounds. 


Exchequer, the ft Day 
of March 1771. 


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


Mr. Curzon reported from the Committee, to yhom 


S. P. Fulliott. 


the Bill for dividing and inclofing Pri¢fwood Com- 
mon, in the Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and 
Meynell Langley, or fome of them, in the County of 
Derby, was committed ; That the Committee had ex- 


amined 


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amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Conient to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Commit- 
tee ; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and thena 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houlfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments; be 
ingrofled. 


An ingroffed Bill from*the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for Naturalizing Augujtine Noverre, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wal- 
ter, Sir Fobn S* Aubyn, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms and 
Powers of Two Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King George the Second, 
for repairing the feveral Roads leading from Birming- 
bam, through the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place call- 
ed High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and from thence 
to the End of Gibbet Lane, next adjoining to the Town- 
fhip of Bilton, and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, 
to King Swinford, and to the further End of Brittel 
Lane, in the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, and Wor- 
cefter: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of 
feveral Acts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Road leading from the Town of Bromfgrove to the Town 
of Dudley, in the County of Worcefter, and from the 
faid Town of Bromfgrove to the Town of Birmingham, 
in the County of Warwick, fo far as the faid Acts relate 
to the repairing of the Roads leading from the faid 
Town of Birmingham to the faid Town of Bromfgrove : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, 
in the [fle of Wight, for the Reception, Maintenance, 
and Employment, of the Poor belonging to the feveral 
Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland, was read a 
Second Time. 

- Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sloane, 
Mr. Stanley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 


ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend fo much of an 
A&amp;, made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving the Streets and en within the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts 
adjacent, in the County of Surrey, and for cleanfing, 
ghting, and watching, the fame, and alfo the Courts, 
Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining thereto, and for 
preventing Annoyances therein, as relates to the Com- 
miffioners of Sewers, was committed; and to whom the 
Petition of the Commiffioners appointed to put in Ex- 
ecution an Aét of Parliament, made in the 6th Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for paving the Streets and Lanes within the Town and 

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413 
Borough of Southwark, and cértain Parts adjacent, in 
the County of Surrey, and for cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching the fame; and alfo the Courts, Yards, Alleys, 
and Paffages, adjoining thereto, and for preventing An- 
noyances therein ;‘ and alfo, the Petition of feveral Per- 
fons, Inhabitants of the Parifh of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondjfey, in the County of Surrey; and alfo, the Pe- 
tition of the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes of Saint 
George, Saint Saviour, Saint Olave, Saint Fobn, and 
Saint Thomas, and the Parts of the Parifhes of Saint 
Mary, Newington, and Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermond- 
Jey, and of the Streets called Blackman Street, Kent 
Street, Bermondfey Street, and Snow’s Fields, in and near 
the Town and Borough of Southwark, in the County 
of Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, were 
referred ; That the Committee had confidered the {aid Pe- 
titions ; no Counfel appearing on Behalf of the Firft and 
Third mentioned Petitions; and that the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gorie through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One ; and; upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon; were, with fe- 
veral Amendments to One of them, agreed to by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, bé 
ingroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
to enable the Right honourable Thomas Lord Ducie, and 
his Iffue, to take the Surname of Moreton, and to bear 
and ufe the Arms of Honour, of the Right honourable 
Matthew Lord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant to the Will 
of the faid Matthew Lord Ducie, was read the Third 
Time. 
pees That the Bill, with the Amendmertit; do 
afs. 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, with One Amendment; to which, 
Amendment this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of 
their Lordfhips. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and intclofing certain 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Melton, in the Parifh of Welton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Melton, in the Parith of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of 
the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lajcelles do carty the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. De Grey do make the Report 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill for draining and 
preferving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in 
the Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Werebam, Weft 
Derebam, and Roxbam, in the County of Norfolk, was 
committed. 

Mr. De Grey accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had exarnined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
fent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee 
(except the Proprietors of 176 Acres of Land, who re- 
fufed to fign the Bill; and alfo, except the Proprietors 
of 57 Acres and Two Roods of Land, wha could not 
be found; and that the Whole of the Lands intended 
to be drained confifts of 2,570 Acres and 2 Roods) 

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and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments. there- 
unto; which they had direéted to be reported to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe; and an Amend- 
ment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon T/ur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Briti/b White 
Herring Fithery. 


The Lord Ludlow prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
feveral Acts, made. for repairing and amending that 
Part of the Road leading from a certain Place, called 
The White. Poft, on Alconbury Hill, in the County of 
Huntingdon, and Wandsford Bridge,‘ in the faid County, 
called Ihe North. Divifion.of the North Road; and 
for repairing the Road leading from Svi/ton, in the faid 
County of Huntingdon, to the City of Peterborough, in 
the County of Northampton: And. the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. - 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Clive prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enabling the Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution an Act, made in the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Stone Bridge in the Town of Shrew/bury, to 
raife Money for building the faid Bridge, and for carrying 
the feveral Purpofes of the faid Act into Execution : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


"Mr. Vernon prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
cer, a Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
“leading to the. Town of Lantriffent, and alfo the Road 
leading from the Village of Newbridge, to a Place call- 
ed the Old Furnace, all in the County of Glamorgan: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. © 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Alder- 
~men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City of 
London, attended at the Door ; they were called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons, of the City of Zoudon, in Common Council af- 
lembled. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read; Taking Notice of 
the Bill for embanking a certain Part of the River 
Thames, near Durbam Yard, within the Liberty of the 
City of Weftminfter, and County of Middlefex ; and fet- 
ting forth; That if the fame fhould pafs into a Law, 
it would be injurious to the Navigation of the faid 
River, to the Trade, Commerce, and Intercourfe of this 
Metropolis with the adjacent Parts, and to the Rights of 
the Petitioners: And therefore praying the Houfe, that 
they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid 
Bill, and that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time ; and that the 
Petitioners be then heard by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


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The Lord Wenman prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, in the Parith of Swalclffz, in the 
County of Oxford: And.the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Charles Orby Hunter, Efquire, was pre: 
fented to the Houte, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioner obferves, by the Votes, that a Bill is brought 
in, to enable the Corporation of the Great Level of the 
Fens, called Bedford Level, to lay a Tax upon the 
Lands within the North Level, and on divers Lands 
adjoining thereto, in the Manor of Crow/and, for the 
Purpofes in the faid Bill mentioned ; and that the Pe- 
titioner is Lord of the faid Manor, and Owner of 
6,600 Acres lying within the fame, which, he conceives, 
will be materially affected by the Tax intended to be 
impofed by the faid Bill: And therefore praying, That 
he may be heard, by his Counfel, againft fuch Parts of 
the faid Bill as fhall lay a Tax upon the faid Lands and 
Manor of Crowland. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to 


.enable the Corporation of the Governor, Bailiffs, and 


Commonalty of the Company of Confervators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, to com- 
plete and maintain the principal Banks and Works ne- 
ceflary to the well-draining and preferving the North 
Level, Part of the faid Great Level; and for laying a 
Tax upon the Lands within the faid North Level, and 
on divers Lands adjoining thereto, in the Manor of 
Crowland, is committed; and that the Petitioner be 
heard, by his Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 


Petition. 


Mr. Walter reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, 
of the City of Exeter, was referred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and had dire¢ted him to report the fame, as it appear- 
ed to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
John Batterfby, being examined, faid, That a certain 
Plot of Ground within the faid City, bounded on the 
North by Saint Kerrian’s Church, and a Paffage leading 
therefrom to Saint Pancras Lane, within the faid Parith 
of Saint Kerrian ; on the South by the High Street, and 
certain Tenements in the Occupation of Arthur Chave 
and Fobn Gifford, Grocers, within the Parifh of Saint 
Petrock , on the Eaft, by that Part of the Tenement of 
the faid Arthur Chave, now in his Occupation, towards 
the faid High Street, and by Part of the Tenement in the 
Poffeffion of the faid Fohn Gifford, towards Waterbeer 
Lane, in the faid Parifh of Saint Petrock, and a Tene- 
ment now in the Occupation of Fobn Hookins and Wil- 
liam Colfon, in the Parilh of Saint Kerrian; and on the 
Weft, by Northgate Street ; on which Plot feveral ruin- 
ous and decayed Houfes now ftand; would be much 
more eligible and convenient for holding a. Market, than 
the Place defcribed in a former Petition of the faid Mayor 
and Corporation. 

That there are many Signs, Sign Irons, Shew Boards, 
and Water Spouts, projecting from the Houfes into the 
public Streets and Lanes of the faid City, which are a 
great Nufance and Inconvenience to the Inhabitants, and 
to all Perfons reforting thereto. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the Firft Day 
of February laft, “ That Leave be given to bring 

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« Bill to regulate and remove certain Markets within 
« the City of Exeter, and for that Purpofe to purchafe a 
« Plot of Ground ; and alfo to prevent the holding of 
« the faid Markets in the High Street of the faid City,” 
be difcharged. 

The Houfe was moved, That the Report, which, up- 
on the Firft Day of February latt,; was made from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Mayor, Bai- 
liffs, and Commonalty, of the City of Exeter, was re- 
ferred, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate and remove certain Public Markets in the 
City of Exeter; for that Purpofe to purchafe a Plot of 
Ground, and to prevent the Holding the faid Markets 
in the High Street of the faid City ; and alfo to remove 
and prevent Annoyances in the faid City and its Suburbs: 
And that Mr. Walter, Mr. Yobn Buller, Junior, and Mr: 
Serjeant Glynn, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the principal and other Inhabitants 
of Haydon Square, The New Square, Haydon Yard, Sheepy 
Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, otherwife The 
Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, in the 
Parith of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in the Minories, 
in the County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of His 
Majefty’s Tower of London, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
‘Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; 
Viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
‘Abraham Winterbottom, being, examined, faid, That the 
feveral Streets and other Places above mentioned, are 
very ill paved and cleanfed, and incommodious to Paf- 
fengers, from the many Nufances and Annoyances 
therein ; and that many Diforders are committed in the 
Night Time, for want of the fame being properly light- 
ed and watched. . } 

That it would be highly advantageous to the Inha- 
bitants, and to all Perfons reforting thereto, if the fame 
tvere properly lighted and watched, properly paved and 
cleanied ; and all Nufances and Annoyances therein re- 
moved and prevented; but that the fame cannot be done 
without the Aid of Parliament. 

Mr. Thomas Sharpe, being examined, confirmed the 
above Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
Haydon Square, The New Square, Haydon Yard, Sheepy 
Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, otherwife The 
Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, and the 
Paffages therein, or leading thereunto, in the Parifh of 
Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in the Minories, in the 
County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of His Ma- 
jefty’s Tower of London, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Sir Fobn 
Glynne, Mr. Serjeant Glynn, and Sir George Colebrooke, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aé to prohibit 
the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets 
for a limited Time ; and for preventing unlawful Com- 
binations of Workmen employed in the Silk Manv- 
facture. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
‘Account of the Recruits raifed, for the Service of the 
Regiments quartered in Great Britain, from the 24th 


Houfe of Commons. tg 


December 1764 to the 24th December 1769; dittingeithing 
each Year. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committéé of 
the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to con- 
fider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, be 
now received. ; 

Sit Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
{aid Committee, the Refolutions which the Commit- 
tee had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which 
he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as followeth ; viz. 4S hin 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred Fifty-nine 
thoufand Nine hundred ‘T'wenty-feven Pounds and 
Seven Pence Half Peny, be granted to His Majefty, to- 
wards defraying the extraordinary Expences of His 
Majefty’s Land Forces, and other Services incurred, to 
the Twenty-fixth Day of December, One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy, and not provided for by Parlia- 
ment. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Twelve thou- 
fand and Five Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, upon 
Account, towards defraying the Charge of Out Pen- 
fioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

_ The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon; 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


_ A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and other 
Open and Common Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Liffett, in the Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Beeford, in 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. La/~ 
celles, Lord Beauchamp, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Vanjittart prefented to the Houf, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing, widening, tuining, and al- 
tering, the Road from the Market Houfe, in the Town 
of Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, to Bur- 
ford, in the County of Oxford: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vanjfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and allotting the Common Fields, 
Downs, and all other the Commonable Lands and Waite 
Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Eaft Garfton, in 
the County of Berks, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


Mr. Pagé reported from the Committee, to whont 
the Bill for the more effectual amending fuch of the 
Roads as belong to, and are Part of, the Mile Ways 
leading to the Univerfity and City of Oxford, and which 
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are not made a Part of any Turnpike Road; for the 
making a commodious Entrance into the. faid Univer- 
fity and City, thtough the Parith of Bridze/et, commonly 
called Saint Clement ; tor the widening, repairing, or 
rebuilding, the Bridge called Magdalen Bridge ; for mak- 
ing a fafe and commodious Road from the faid Bridge, 
through the Univerfity and City aforefaid, to join the 
great Roads leading to Wercefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, 
Banbury, Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, and other 
Places; for cleanfing and lighting the Streets, Lanes, 
and Places, within the faid Univerfity and City, and the 
Suburbs thereof, and the faid Parifh of Saint Clement ; 
for removing Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and 
preventing the like for the future ; for holding and re- 
gulating a Market within the faid City; for impower- 
ing Colleges and Corporations to alienate their Eftates 
there; and for other Purpofes, was committed ; and to 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, of the County of Oxford, and Parts ad- 
jacent, was referred; That the Committee had con- 
‘fidered the faid Petition ; and had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Tuefday Morning next. 

And Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft 
is concerned in the faid Bill; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houte, that His Majefty, having been_in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein, as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That Colonel Pringle have Leave to go into 
the Country, on fpecial Affairs. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lyon have Leave to go into the 
Country, on fpecial Affairs. 


A Motion being made, that the Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the Common Fields, Common Meadows, 
Common Wood Grounds, and Commonable Lands, in 
the Parith of Alvefton, in the County of Warwick, be 
now read the Third Time: 

And Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft 
is concerned in the faid Bill; 

- The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

Then the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Wood Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Alvefton, in 
the County of Warwick. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Catherlough do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Roger Moftyn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
granted by an At, of the gth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turn- 
pike Gate, in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North 
Limits of the Townthip of Mo/tyn, and from Moftyn to 
Henllan, and from Llanerch y Mor to Pen y Fordd Waen, 
in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, and for extend- 
ing the faid Act to feveral Roads in the {aid Counties ; 


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and for taking feveral Roads within the faid Counties, 
out of the Power of the Truftees appointed by Two 
feveral Acts of Parliament, of the 2gth and 3oth Years 
of his late Majefty, and for putting the faid Roads 
under the Direction of the Truftees appointed by the 
faid former and this prefent A&amp;, was committed; and 
to whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
Inhabitants, of the Counties of Flint and Denbigh, was 
referred ; That the Committee had confidered the faid 
Petition; and had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion f¢verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That the 
Tolls fhall ceafe, when the Juftices fhall think the Road 
are properly repaired, 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


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


Mr. Fuller prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill to incapacitate Fobn Burnett, Charles Hannington, 

Francis Hafelgrove,T homas Ha;elgrove, John PedmanJ unior, 
Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Tho- 
mas Hannington, John Hannington, John Robinfon, William 
Cheefman, Richard Blair, George Browne, Fobn Parfons, 
Fobn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fohn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
John Dean, Fames Robinfon, Fohn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fohn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsficlh, fohn 
Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fohn Snock Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, Fohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, Fohn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hollingham, Richard Stoneham, James Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, James Mitchell, James 
Millar, otherwife Miller, William Newnbam, Feffery Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randall Button, James Carver, Fobn Mar- 
tin, Fobn Dedman Senior, William Jennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Eleétions of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament, for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the Coun- 
ty of Sujex: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Thurfday Sevennight, the 14th Day of this In- 
ftant March. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the faid Bill, and 
of the Order for reading it a Second Time upon Tbur/- 
day Sevennight, the 14th Day of this Inftant March, be 
ferved on all the feveral Perfons named therein. 

Refolved, That leaving the faid Copies at the re- 
fpective Places of Abode of the Petfons named in the 
faid Bill, be deemed good Service. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cuddon : 2 


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Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made by 
this Houfe to the Bill, intituled, An Aé to enable the 
Right honourable Thomas Lord Ducie, and his Iffue, to 
take the Surname of Moreton, and to bear and ufe the 
Arms of Honour of the Right honourable Matthew 
Lord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant to the Will of the faid 
Matthew Lord Ducie: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for Naturalizing Fobn Peter Du Roveray, Fobn Daniel 
Naville, Fobn Peter Eynard, and David Chollet , with 
fome Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Sutton, from the Office of One of His Majefty’s 
Principal Secretaries of State, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Addrefs to His Majetty, 

A Paper, intituled, ** Copy of his Catholic Majefty’s 
« Orders, fignified by the Balio Fray, D° Fulan de 
“© Arriaga, to D® Philip Ruiz Puente, dated Pardo, 7th 
« February 1771 ;” and Tranflation. 

And the Titles of the faid Papers were read. 

And the faid Tranflation was alfo read. 

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion; and the faid Tranflation 
is as followeth ; viz. 


Tranflation of his Catholic Majefty’s Orders, figni- 
fied by the Balio Fray D* Fulian de Arriaga, to 
D®* Philip Ruiz Puente, dated Pardo, 7th February 
1771. 

It aa agreed between the King and His Britan- 
nic Majefty, by a Convention figned at London, on the 
22d Fanuary laft paft, by the Prince of Mafferano and 
the Earl of Rochford, that the Great Malouine, called by 
the Englifb, Falkland, thould be immediately replaced in 
the precife Situation in which it was before it was evacu- 
ated by them on the roth Fune laft Year; 1 fignify to 
you, by the King’s Order, that, as foon as the Perfon 
commiffioned by the Court of London, thall prefent 
himfelf to you with this, you order the Delivery of the 
Port dela Cruzada or Egmond, and its Fort and De- 
pendencies, to be effected ; as alfo, that of all the Ar- 
tillery, Ammunition, and Effects, that were found there, 
belonging to His Britannic Majefty, and His Subjects, 
according to the Inventories figned by George Farmer 
and William Maltby, Efquires, on the 11th Fuly of the 
faid Year, at the Time of their quitting the fame; of 
which I fend you the inclofed Copies, authenticated un- 
der my Hand; and that as foon as the one and the other 
fhall be effeéted with the due Formalities, you caufe 
to retire immediately the Officer and other Subjects of 
the King, which may be there. God preferve you many 
Years, Pardo 7th February 1771. 


(Signed) 
The Balio Fray, D® Julian de Arriaga. 
ToD® Philip Ruiz Puente. 


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


Mr. Vanfittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for amending and widening the Road from 
Beffelleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the 
County of Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in 
the County of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road 
between Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny 
Lane, to The Old Red Houfe, upon Wantage Downs; 
and from thence to Lamborn, in the faid County of 
Berks : And the fame was received ;.and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
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a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the 
Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and principal In- 


habitants, of the Town and Port of Liverpool, whote 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Sir William Meredith took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 


Mr, Speaker refumed the Chair. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 
- Refalved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 


‘ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pownall have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being after Five of the Clock. 
And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Seven- 
night, the 12th Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of 
the prefent State of the Corn Trade. 


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





Lune, 4° die Marti; 
Anno 11° Georgii III'' Regis, 1771, 


PRAYERS. 


BILL to enlarge the Term and Powets of fo 

much of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year 

of the Reign of King George the Second, as relates to 

the repairing the Road from Cramond Bridge, to the 

Town of Queensferry, in the County of Linlithgow, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dun- 
das, Sir Alexander Gilmour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Jobn Molefworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to amend, and render more ef- 
fectual, an Act paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, “An Act for paving, 
“« lighting, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the 
«“ County of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and 
«¢ Porters within the faid Town:” And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Places, in Waverton, otherwife Ware- 
ton, in the Parifh of Pole/worth, in the County of War- 
wick, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fcbn 
Molefworth, Sir Fobn St. Aubyn, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Fohn St. Aubyn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Captain Samuel Pitchferd, and the Heirs Male 
of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname, and bear the 
Arms, of Sir Samuel Cornifo, deceafed, purfuant to his 
Will, was committed; That the Committee had ex- 

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amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true ; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. ; 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn St. Aubyn do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
granted by an Act of the gth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turn- 
pike Gate, in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North 
Limits of the Townfhip of Moftyn, and from Moftyn to 
Henllan, and from Llanerch y Mor to Pen y Fordd Waen, 
in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh ; and for extend- 
ing the faid Aét to feveral other Roads in the faid 
Counties ; and for taking feveral Roads within the faid 
Counties out of the Power of the Truftees appointed 
by Two feveral Acts of Parliament, of the 2gth and 
zoth Years of his late Majefty, and for putting the 
{aid Roads under the Direction of the Truftees ap- 
pointed by the faid former and this prefent Act, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act of the oth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turnpike 
Gate, in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North 
Limits of the Townfhip of Moftyn, and from Moftyx to 
Henllan, and from Llanerch y Mor to Pen y Fordd Waen, 
in the Counties of Flint and Denbigh ; and for extending 
the faid A&amp; to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties, 
and the County of Carnarvon; and for taking feveral 
Roads within the faid Counties out of the Power of the 
Truftees appointed by Two feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment, of the 29th and 3oth Years of his late Majefty, 
and for putting the faid Roads under the Direétion of 
the Truftees appointed by the faid former and this pre- 
fent Act. 

Ordered, That Sir Roger Moftyn do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for amending, widening, turning, and alter- 
ing, the Road from the Bottom of Gally Hill, near the 
Town of Witney, to the Crofs in Clanjfield, in the Coun- 
ty of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wen- 
yuan, Mr. Page, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Collingham, through Wetherby, to the City of 
York, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, to ex- 
empt Writings from Stamp Duties. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


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4.1771. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
and the Common or Heath, calied Kilja// Heath, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Donington, in 
the County of Salop, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gilbert, 
Mr. Dowdefwell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Gilbert prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Shelton, in the County of Stafford, to the Road between 
Cheadle and Leek, at Blakely Lane Head ; and from Buck- 
nall to the Road between Leek and Sandon, at Wefton 
Coyney, and from the faid Road between Cheadle and Leek 
to the Road above Frogall Bridge, and from the fame 
Road, on the Eaft Side Frogall Bridge, to the Road be- 
tween Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Ruebill Gate, in 
the faid County: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing Priefiwood 
Common, in the Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and 
Meynell Langley, or fome of them, in the County of Der- 
by, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing Priefwood Com- 
mon, in the Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and Meynell 
Langley, or fome of them, in the County cf Derby. 

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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Common 
called Holland Ward, otherwife Hellin Ward, in the Coun- 
ty of Derby, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Curzon, 
Lord George Cavendifh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of York, to Grin- 
dleford Bridge, in the County of Derby; and the Roads 
feverally leading from Bamford Wood Gate, over Yorkfire 
Bridge, to the Guide Poff, on Thornhill Moor, to or near 
the Eighth Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, and to the 
Village of Darwent, in the faid County of Derby ; was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord George 
Cavendifh, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, &amp;c. : And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Road, from a 
Place called Hodges, in the Parifh of Mayfield, to Beadles 
Hill, in the Parith of Lindfield, and from thence to the 
Town of Cuckfield, and the Road branching out of the 
fame, at Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town of Lindfield ; 
and alfo the Road from the prefent Turnpike Road be- 
tween the Towns of Cuckfield and Crawley, over Saint 
Leonards Foret, to the Town of Horfham all in the 
County of Suffex, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 


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the Provifions of the Bill fhall not extend to the Gate at 
Swingate. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend fo much of 
an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for paving the Streets and Lanes, within 
the Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts 
adjacent, in the County of Surrey; and for cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching the fame, and alfo the Courts, 
Yards, Alleys, and Paffages, adjoining thereto; and for 
preventing Annoyances therein, as relates to the Com- 
miffioners of Sewers, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
tothe Bill; viz. 

Pr. 15. 1. 13. To leave out “being Inhabitants 

“of the Parifh of Saint Mary 

“* Magdalen, Bermondfey, in the 

“ faid County of Surrey.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to explain and amend fo much of an Act of 
the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, for paving the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, 
as relates to the Commiffioners of Sewers ; and for re- 
gulating the Manner of Taxing Churches, and other 
public Buildings, within the Limits of the faid Act. 

Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Thomas Clavering prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for regulating and improving the 
Fifheries, in the River of Tweed, and the Rivers and 
Streams running into the fame: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Lord Clare have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon fpecial Affairs. 


Ordered, That Mr. Byrne have Leave to go into the 
Country upon fpecial Affairs. 


Mr. Clayton prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for improving and completing the Naviga- 
tion of the Rivers Tames and Js, from the City of Loz- 
don, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir fobn Palmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, Two 
Aéts, pafied in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and the 19th Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Market Harbo- 
rough, to Loughborough, in the County of Leicefter, and 
for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road 
branching out of the aforefaid Road, at a Place called 
Filling Gate, to a Road called the Fo/s Road, and from 
thence to the Turnpike Road leading from Melton Mow- 
bray, to the Guide Poft in Saint Margaret’s Field, Lei- 
cefter: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Fobn Palmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and all other Common 
and Wafte Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of Kildy, 
and Newton Harceurt, in the Parihh of Wiftew, and 


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County of Leicefer: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland prefented to the Houte, 
according to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the 
Roads from the Town of Peebles, to the King’s Eatedze, 
and to Gatebope, Knowburnfvot, and to the Top of Minch- 
moor, and to Lochbead, in the County of Peebles: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the 
electing of a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the City of Rochefter, in the County of Kent, in the 
Room of William Gordon, Efquire, who, fince his Elec- 
tion for the faid City, hath accepted the Office of Stew- 
ard or Bailiff of His Majefty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds 
of Stoke, Defborough, and Bouenbam, in the County of 
Buckingham. 


Mr. Dowde/well prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor of Broadway, in the County of Worcefer : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, 
Commonable Grounds, and Wattes, called Redditch Com- 
mon, and Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of the Manor of 
Tardebigg, which lies in the County of Worceffer ; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dowde/- 
well, Lord George Cavendifb, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Turner reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of feveral of the Truftees to an Act, made in the 
18th Year of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Adc to repair the Road leading from 
Tadcafter Bridge, within the County of the City of 
York, to a Place near the faid City called Hodmoor 
Lane End, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read; and Mr. William Smith, being examined, 
faid, That the faid Road has been repaired, in Purfuance 
of the faid Act ; for which Purpofe £. 500 has been bor- 
rowed upon Bond, which ftill remains due, befides the 
Sum of £. 186, which is owing upon the Credit of the 
faid Act, which cannot be paid off, and the faid Road 
completely repaired, during the fubfifting Term of the 
faid Act. 

And that fome Amendments will be neceffary to be 
made to the faid Act, for completing the Repairs of the 
faid Road. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Eighteenth Year of King George the Second, to repair 
the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, within the 
County of the City of York, to a Place near the faid City, 
called Hobmoor Lane End: And that Mr. Turner, and Sir 
x homas Frankland, do prepare, and bring in, the 

ame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen 
belonging to Bofton Weft, in the County of Lincoln, was 
read a Second Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Robert 
Bertie, Lord Burgherfh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qua- 
lify themfelves for Offices and Employments; and to 
indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have 
omitted to regifter their Qualifications within the Time 
limited by Law, and for giving further Time for thofe 
Purpofes, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Colonel St. Leger prefented to the Hloufe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Arable Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Watte 
Grounds, in the Parith of Miferton, in the County of 
Nottingham: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Watte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Afton 
Subedge, in the County of Gloucefter, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for dividing and inclofing certain Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Afton Subedge, 
in the County of Gloucefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dowdefwell do carry the Bill to 
the I.ords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Walter prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to regulate and remove certain Public Mar- 
kets in the City of Exeter, for that Purpofe to purchafe 
a Plot of Ground, and to prevent the Holding the faid 
Markets in the High Street of the faid City; and alfo 
to remove and prevent Annoyances in the faid City, and 
its Suburbs: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the acting Truttees under an 
A&amp;, paffed in the Firft Seffion of the prefent Parliament, 
intituled, “* An Act to continue, and render more effec- 
“ tual, Two Acts, for amending feveral Roads leading 
“ from the City of Exeter, and tor repairing and widen- 
« ing feveral other Roads therein mentioned ; and for 
“¢ rebuilding or repairing Exe Bridge, and making the 
« Avenues leading thereto more commodious ; and for 
“ building a Bridge over the River Exe, at or near 
“ Countefs Wear, in the County of Devon,” and of fe- 
veral of the principal Inhabitants of the City of Exeter, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That, by the faid Act, Power is given to alter, widen, 
and amend, a certain Bridge over the River Exe, leading 
from the City of Exeter, to the Hamlet and Parith of 
Saint Thomas, or to erect a New Bridge in Lieu thereof, 
of the Width therein mentioned; and that the Petition- 
ers have contracted for building fuch New Bridge, and 
making proper Approaches thereto, purfuant to the 
Powers and Limitations in the faid Act; and that the 
Petitioners find that the Sum granted by the faid Act is 
very inadequate to the Purpofe of building fuch Bridge, 
and making fuch Approaches tothe fame, as by the faid 
A&amp;t they are empowered and required to do; and that it 
will not be neceffary to extend the Width of the faid 
Bridge to the full Dimenfion of 35 Feet, but that a 
Bridge and Rampart of 30 Feet in Width will fully an- 
fwer every neceffary Purpofe, and be fufficiently conve- 

























































4.1771. 


nient and commodious: And therefore praying, That 
they may be permitted to contraét the Dimenfions of the 
Width of the faid Bridge and Rampart, to a Space not 
lefs than 30 Feet, and that they may have fuch other Re- 
lief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet ; 
and that a Claufe or Claufes for that Purpofe may be 
added to a Bill now depending in Parliament, for em- 
powering the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the 
City of Exeter, to purchafe a certain Plot of Land in 
the faid City, and to take down the Houfes thereon, for 
the Purpotes of making a Market Place, and for re- 
moving certain Markets, now held in the High Street 
of the jaid City. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houle. 

And it is referred to Mr. Palk, Mr. Walter, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


The Earl of Catherlough reported from the Commit. 
tee, to whom the Bill to continue, and render more 
effectual, Three Aéts, made in the Twelfth Year of 
King George the Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty- 
firit Years of his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
from Birmingham, through Warwick, to Warmington, 
and from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to 
Edgehill, in the County of Warwick, fo far as the fame 
relate to the Road from Birmingham, through Stratford 
upon Avon, to Edgehill aforefaid, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations cf the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
inoroffed, 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands and Grounds in the Parifh of Gum/ey, in the 
County of Leicefer, was prefented to the Hovufe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners being inform- 
ed, that a Bill is depending, or intended to be brought 
into the Houfe, for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields within the faid Parifh; and that the 
Petitioners are Owners of a very confiderable Part of the 
faid Open and Common Fields, and, fhould the fame 
be divided and inclofed, they would be put to a very 
great Expence on Account thereof; and {uch Inclofure 
will, in many other Refpects, be a very great Hardfhip 
to the Petitioners, and many of the Owners and Propri- 
etors of Lands lying in the faid Open and Common 
Fields: And therefore praying, That they may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and that the 
fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gumley, in 
the County of Leicefter, is committed ; and that the Pe- 
titioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. e 


Sir John Wrottefley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Stone, in the County of Stafford, to Lane End, 
and to the Road between Leek and Sandon, on Meir 

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Heath, and from thence to Blithe Bridge; and alfo from 
Meir to Trentham, and from thence to Stableford Bridge, 
in the faid County: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Mr. Lafcelles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Village, Hamlet, 
Townfhip, and Manor of Oxenbope, in the Parifh of 
Bradford, and County of York: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Inhabitants within the Town 
anu Townthip of Wakefield, in the County of York, and 
Owners and Occupiers of Houfes and Lands there, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 
in at che Clerk’s Table: Where the faine was read; and is 
as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Fobnfon, being examined, faid, That the Streets, 
and other public Paffages, within the faid Town, are very 
ill paved, repaired, cleanfed, and lighted; and the Paf- 
{.ges thereof greatly obftruéted by various Nufances and 
Annoyances: That in many Parts thereof they are fo 
narrow as to be extremely incommodious; and men- 
tioned particularly the Paflage oppofite the White Hart 
Inn, in the Road to Leeds, which is fo narrow that a 
Horfe cannot pafs a Carriage without great Danger; 
the Way between the North Gate and the Market 
Place, where Carriages are frequently ftopped by Rea- 
fon of fome detached Buildings, which make the Way fo 
narrow that Two Carriages cannot pafs; and the Paf- 
faze fron che Weft Gate to the Market, which is fo 

vaeh cramped by the Two Corner Houfes, that Two 
rriges cannot pafs; And alfo Kirk Gate, which is 
-red very incommodious by the Projection of Shep- 

43 Garden, 

Le faid further, That, if the faid Streets were properly 
widened, cieanfed, paved, and lighted, and the Nufances 
and Ov.tructions removed, it would tend greatly to the 
Safety and Advantage of the Inhabitants, and be of 
public Utility. 

William Ratcliffe, Efquire, being examined, faid, He 
acts as a Jufiice of the Peace in that Part of the County of 
York: That he apprehends the Inhabitants of Wakefield 
are liable, by Law, to pave the Streets in the Fronts 
of their refpeétive Houfes ; but that many of them are 
too poor to repair them ina proper Manner: That he 
has known numberlefs Inftances of their being indicted 
and fined for neglecting to keep their Pavements in Re- 
pair, and many of them committed for being unable or 
unwilling to pay their Fines; but, notwithftanding all 
that has been done, the Streets remain as bad as ever: 
And he is of Opinion,. they cannot be effectually re- 
paired by the Laws now in being, on Account of the 
Inability of many of the Inhabitants. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, 
the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, 
within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, which lies within the Eaft End of Wefgate 
Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North 
End of Kirkgate Bridge, (except fo much thereof as is 
repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid County of York) 
and the extreme Part of the Townthip of Wakefield 
aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor ; 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein; and 
for widening and rendering the fame more commodious : 
And that Mr. Lafcelles, Sir George Savile, Sir William 

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Meredith, the Lord Galway, and Mr: Turner, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the feve- 
ral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Town- 
thip of Kilbam on the Woulds, in the County of York, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the B:ll, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Vicar of the Parifh Church of Kilbam, who refufed 
to fign the Bill, unlefs an Allotment was made t6 him to 
the Amount of double the preferit Value of his Tithes, 
to be divided into as many Clofes as he fhould think con- 
venient, at the Expehce of the other Proprietors; and 
faid, That he would not have his Rights to be valued 
by a Set of Commiffioners ; and alfo, exc¢pt the Owner 
of One Meffuage, One Cottage, atid about 216 
Acres of Land, who had no Objeétion to the Inclofure, 
but refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo, except Two Cot- 
tagers, who faid they were againft the Inclofure; and 
allo Three other Cottagers, who lived at fo great a Dif- 
tance, could not be applied to; and that the Whole of 
the Land intended to be inclofed confifts of 7000 Acres; 
and the Meffuages and Cottages having Right of Com- 
mon thereon are upwards of 120; and that no Perfon 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gene through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Mr. Wilbraham Bootle prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for making a Navigable Canal 
from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of 
Chefter, and there to join the Canal now making from 
the River Trent to the River Merfey : And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and principal 
Inhabitants, of the Town of Northwich, in the County 
of Chefter, whofe Names are fubfcribed, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners are informed, that Application hath been made 
to the Houfe, for Leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Navigable Canal from the River Dee, within the Li- 
berties of the City of Chefter, to communicate with the 
Canal now making from the Trent to the Merfey, at, or 
near, Middlewich, in the faid County; and reprefenting 
to the Houfe, that the faid Canal would be injurious to 
the Petitioners, and not productive of any material Ad- 
vantages to the Public; but that a Navigable Canal is 
capable of being formed, from the faid River Dee, with- 
in the Liberties of the faid City, to the River Merfey, 
at or near Ince, in the faid County ; which would com- 
municate with the faid Canal from the Trent to the Mer- 
fey, as well as feveral other Navigations, and open many 
defireable commercial Intercourfes with the faid City, 
and be attended with great Public Utility: And there- 
fore praying the Houfe, That they may be heard, by 
their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and that the fame 
may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making a Navigable Canal from the 
River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Chefer, 
and there to join the Canal now making from the River 
Trent to the River Mer/ey, be read a Second Time: And 
that the Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, 

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againft the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. : 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for eftablifhing and confirming an Exchange of a certain 
Piece of inclofed Land, in the Parifh of Eaf Barnet, in 
the County of Hertford, and Diocefe of London, for 
other inclofed Land, Parcel of the Glebe of the faid 
Parifh, purfuant to an Agreement between Benjamin 
Underwood, Clerk, Mafter of Arts, Reétor of the faid 
Parifh of Eajft Barnet, and Fobn Pybus, Efquire, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bullock, 
Mr. Fox, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, at 
Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill to enlarge the Term contained in Two feveral 
Aéts of Parliament, and to repair, widen, and amend, 
the Road from the Guide Poft at the Wefterly End of 
Newton Lane, within the Townfhip of Manchefter, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufterlands, in the 
Parith of Saddleworth, in the County of York, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Henry 
Hoghton, Lord Strange, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Pennant reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Merchants and Tradefmen of the 
Port of Kingfton upon Hull, on Behalf of themfelves, 
and more particularly of thofe concerned in the Whale 
Fifhery, to Greenland, Davis’s Straits, and the Seas 
adjacent; and alfo, the Petition of the Royal Boroughs 
of Scotland , and alfo, the Petition of the Merchants, and 
others, His Majefty’s Britifh Subjects, concerned in the 
Whale Fifhery, were referred; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of Faét contained in the faid 
laft mentioned Petition, no Perfon having appeared in 
Support of the Two firft mentioned Petitions; and had 
directed him to report a State thereof to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table, together with an Ap- 
pendix thereunto: Where the fame was read ; and is as 
tolloweth, viz: 

A State of the Faéts contained in the faid laft men- 
tioned Petition, is as follows : 

By an At, paffed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for the further continuing feveral Acts 
of Parliament made for the Encouragement of the Whale 
Fifhery, carried on by his Majefty’s Subjeéts, which 
fets forth, That divers Acts of Parliament have been 
made for the Encouragement of his Majefty’s Subjects 
to carry on and improve the Whale Fifhery; which, by 
the Bounties given by the faid Acts, did greatly increafe, 
to the Advantage of the Trade and Navigation of thefe 
Kingdoms; all the Acts therein recited, together with 
the Bounties by them granted, are further continued to 
the 25th Day of December 1770, and to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament. | 


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A. 1771. 


And it appeared to your Committee, from the Evi- 
dence of Mr. Hames Mather, That, fince the Bounty 
was granted on Shipping employed in the Whale 
Fifhery, many Ships have entered into that Trade: 
—That in the Year 1749 only 3 Ships went out, and in 
1756 there were 83 fent:—That the Trade has de- 
creafed fince that Time, owing to the late War, and the 
Shortnefs of the Time for which the Bounties were 
granted, fo much, that in the Year 1770 only 53 Ships 
were employed in it:—That, if the Bounty was further 
continued, the Number of the Adventurers would be 
increafed more than double:—That each Ship carries, 
upon an Average, more than 50 Men; fo that in 1756, 
when 83 Ships were employed in that Trade, there were 
4,150 Men in the Service, and 300 Apprentices were 
taken ; each Mafter being obliged to take an Apprentice 
for every 50 Tons of his Ship:—That all the Imple- 
ments ufed in this Trade, which formerly were made in 
Holland, are now made by Englif Manufacturers ; and, 
if the Bounty is not continued, the Trade cannot as yet 

© on without it; and the Seamen employed in this 

ifhery, from the high Price of Wages, will be induced 
to go into the Dutch Service :—That a Ship of 350 
Tons, fitted-out for this Fifhery, cofts about £. 1,500 
more than one of the fame Burthen for any other Trade ; 
all of which is entirely loft, if the is not employed, be- 
caufe the Articles that caufe that Increafe-of Expence 
are not fit for any other Purpofe; and if fuch Ship was 
to return unfuccefsful, and there was no Bounty, the 
Adventurers would, in the prefent State of the Fifhery, 
lofe at leaft £. 1,200 by the Voyage: And he faid, he 
had loft £. 700 by One Ship, though he received the 
Bounty. 

Your Committee having proceeded to inquire into the 
Price of Whalebone ci Oil, and the Quantities of 
each brought from this Fifhery, have received Evidence 
from Mr. Mather :—That laft Year the Quantity of 
Whale Oil brought in was near 2,000 Tons, being almoft 
One Third of the whole Confumption of the Oil of this 
Kingdom, the Average of Whale Oil is now £. 18 or 
£.19 a Ton, that formerly was £.27 a Ton, The 
Quantity of Whalebone brought in laft Year was about 
100 Ton—the Average Price of Whalebone is now 
£. 400 a Ton—that it has been formerly fold for £. 860 
a Ton :—That the Bone brought in by this Fifhery, to- 
gether with what comes from North America, is not yet 
fufficient to fupply this Kingdom, there. being. large 
Quantities annually imported from Holland, notwith- 
ftanding the Duty of £. 84. 25. an the Importation of 
fuch Bone :—That large Quantities of Seals are taken in 
this Fifhery, the Skins of which are made ufe of as Lea- 
ther.—And he concluded his Evidence by faying, he 
makes no Doubt, but that this Fifhery may, in afew 
Years, fupply this Kingdom with its whole Confumption 
of Whalebone, and even enable the Merchants to export 
fome, if the Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland 
Trade is continued for a longer Time than heretofore it 
has been. 

And he produced an Account of the Number of 
Ships fitted out for the Whale Fifhery, from the Year 
1733 to the Year 1770, which your Committee have 
annexed hereunto. 

Mr. William Ward, and Mr. Thomas Wilkinfom, con- 
firmed the Whole of Mr. Mather’s Evidence, 


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An ACCOUNT of the Number of Ships fitted out for the Whale Fithery, from the Year 1733 to the 
Year 1770. 





Upon ant Average, the Ships in this Trade are eftimated to meafure 300 Tons each. From the Year 1733 
when the South Sea Company re this Trade, to the Year 1749, when the Bounty of 40s. per Ton was 


granted, there were no more S 
ployed. 


ps employed than 3 in each Year, which is goo Ton, and 132 Seamen em- 


In the Year 1750, when the Bounty of 405. per Ton took Place, there were fitted out, 


From 

England. 
In 1751 — 24 Ships 
In 1752 — 39 Ships 
In 1753 — 49 Ships 
In 1754 —= 52 Ships 
In 1755 — 66 Ships 
In 1756 — 67 Ships 
War In 1757 — 55 Ships 
In 1758 — 52 Ships 
In 1759 — 34 Ships 
In 1760 — 40 Ships 
In 1761 — 31 Ships 
In 1762 —= 28 Ships 
In 1763 — 30 Ships 
Bounty only renewed In 1764 — 32 Ships 
for 3 Years. In 1765 —= 33 Ships 
In 1766 — 35 Ships 
Bounty only renewed pin 1767 — 39 Ships 
for 3 Years. In 1768 — 41 Ships 
In 1769 — 44 Ships 


From Total of Number of Sea- 
Scotland. Ships. men employed. 
— 16 — 82 —— 4000 
—_— 16 —_ 83 -— 4150 
oes 15 — 7° — 3500 
me 1G, ae GP) emia ggg 
— 6 = “om 2450 
es 4— ‘4 2700 
—_—— 14 _ 45 oe 2250 
test 14 — 42 —_—— 2100 
shone 10 —_ 4 —— 2000 
— Io — 42 —— 2200 
— 8 _— 4! —— 2150 
— &gt; = 4 — 2200 
a 9 _ 48 —_—— 2400 
oe 9 — 50 —— 2500 
omenane 9 _ 53 —— 2650 


N. B. The Returns from Scotland are very incorrect, till the Year 1755. 


The above Calculation of Seamen is made at 50 Men for each Ship :—But they generally carry 56. By the A&amp; 
of Parliament, each y of 300 Tons muft carry every Voyage an Apprentice for each 50 Tons; that is, Six 
ro 


Apprentices; fo that, 
and have employed in that Time 40,600 Seamen. 


Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee of the whole Houtfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the faid Report. 


Mr. Whitbread prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for paving and keeping in Repair the re. 
ral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of Saint 
Luke, in the County of Middlefex ; for widening the 
Paffages at the Weft End of Chi/well Street, and at the 
South End of Brick Lane, and to make a Street or Way 
from the North End of Norman Street, through certain 
Garden Grounds and Fields, to the City Road ; for re- 
moving Obftruétions and Annoyances from the faid 
Streets ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Coal and Corn Lightermen, Navi- 
gators of Craft upon the River Thames, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
embanking Part of the River James, near Durham Yard, 
within che Liberty of the City of We/tminfter, and County 
of Middlefex; and fetting forth, That the Petitioners 


m the Year 1755 to 1769, this Fifhery muft have been the Nurfery for 5000 Seamen ; 


apprehend, if the fame fhould pafs into a Law, it would 
be of great Prejudice to the Trade and Navigation of 
the faid River in particular, and to the Public in gene- 
ral: And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and 
that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time: And that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


A Petition of Six of the Committee, and of feveral 
other Sharers and Proprietors, of the Undertaking of 
the Navigation of the River Dun, in the County of 
York, whofe Names are fubfcribed, on Behalf of them- 
felves, and the reft of the Proprietors of the faid Naviga- 
tion, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners obferve, from the Votes, 
that a Bill is depending, for making a Navigable Canal, 
from the Town of Chefterfield, in the County of Derby, 
to the Trent, at or near Stockwith, in the County of Not- 
tingbam ; and that the faid Canal is intended to be made 

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out of the River Rother, near Chefterfield, and, in its 
Courfe, is intended to receive a large Brook, called Doe 
Lee, which now falls in the faid River Rother, and makes 
a confiderable Part of the Water of the faid River, and 
~ will likewife receive feveral other.Brooks which now fup- 
ply the faid River with Water; and that the Petitioners 
are apprehenfive, that, if the Water of the faid River 
Rother, or of anyother Brooks or Rivulets now runnin 
into the fame, fhould, in Execution of the Plan of the 
{aid intended Canal, be carried out of the Country, {fo as 
not to be returned into the faid River Rother, it will be 
very prejudicial to the N avigation of the River Dun, at 
and below Rotherham: And therefore praying, That 
fuch Provifions may be made, in the faid intended Bill, 
for the Security and Prefervation of the Water of the 
faid River Rother, and of the Brooks, Rivulets, and 
Currents of Water, fupplying the fame, fo that the Pe- 
titioners may have the Benefit thereof as heretofore, in 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet; and that 
the Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as may affect the Pro- 
perty of the Petitioners. a4 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Chefterfield, in the 
County of Derby, through or near Work/op and Retford, 
to join the River Trent, at or near Stockwith, in the 
County of Nottingham, is committed: And that the Pe- 
titioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 

ame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 

Petition. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Offences committed by Hackney Coachmen 
and Chairmen, within certain Diftri¢ts and Places therein 
mentioned ; for renewing the Regiftry of Carts and 
Carriages; and for eftablifhing the Bye Laws of the 
Commiffioners for Licenfing Hackney Coaches and 
Chairs: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor 
General, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, in 
the Parifh of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of Berks, 

. »was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Bullock, &amp;c: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the 
Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to 
Africa, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 19th 
Day of February \aft, and then ordered to lie upon the 
Table, might be again read. | 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition. 

And it is referred to Mr. Cuff, Sir William Meredith, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Ordered, That the Bill for divefting out of the Crown, 
and to veft in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the 
County of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, 
and his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral 
Lands in Jreland, therein mentioned, be read a Second 
Time upon this Day Three Weeks, the 25th Day of 
this Inftant March, 


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A. 177%, 


A Meffage from the Lords by Mr. Hofford and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to énlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fitth Year of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from Kuarefborough, in the County of York, by 
Longflat Lane, Goldsbrough Fields, Flaxby, Allerton, Mau- 
leverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenhammerton, in ‘the 
fame County, and for making the fame a High Carri- 
age Road ; without any Amendment: And allio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of an,Aét, made in 
the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Majefty, for repairing 
and widening the Road from the Town of Tadcafter, 
through Collingham, Harewood, Arthington, and Pool, to 
the Town of O//ey,-in the Weft Riding of the County 
of York ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Lammas 
Grounds, and other Commonable. Lands and Grounds, 
in the Parith of Great Brickhill, in the County of Bucks; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Paftures, Common Meadows, Heath, and other 
Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Salthy, in the 
County of Leicefer, without any Amendment: And alfo, 
__ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Stinted Paftures, 
called the North Moor, Longhill, Bark, and Garforth 
Clofe, within the Townfhip of Ri//fon, in the Weft Rid- 
ing of the County of York; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open Fields, Com- 
mon Pafture, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Liberty of Fairfield, in the 
Parith of Hope, and County of Derdy; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Paftures, Common Meadows, Heath, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Sproxton, in 
the County of Leicefter ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Deputy Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
being called upon to give an Account of the Service of 
the Orders of the Houfe of Tue/day laft, for taking into 
Cuftody Fobn Wheble and R. Thompfon, acquainted the 
Houfe, that, though he had been feveral Times at the 
refpective Houfes of the faid Fohn Wheble and R. Thomp- 
fon, and had made diligent Search after them, in order 
to take them into Cuftody, he had not yet been able to 
meet with either of them. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to iffue 
His Royal Proclamation, for apprehending the faid Fohz 
Wheble and R. Thompfon, with a Promife of Reward for 
the fame. 

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


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to their Order, 

A Return of Recruits raifed for the Service of the 
Regiments quartered in Great Britain, from the 24th 
December 1764, to the 24th December 1769 ; diftinguifh- 
ing each Year. 

And the Title of the faid Return was read. 

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


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The faid Return is preferved amoneft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 


jetty, be now read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon ednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majeity, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill for the more effectually raifing 
a Military Force, for the Protection of the Settlements 
and Poffeffions of the Eaft India Company : 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Bill be 
now read a Second Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, plage ma H 105. 

Tellers for the Noes, j compet i 63. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Seven- 
night, the 13th Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 

ill. 

, Ordered, That Richard Smith, Efquire, do, upon Wed- 
nefday Sevennight, the 13th Day of this Inftant March, 
attend the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
faid Bill is committed. 

Ordered, That Colonel Charles Campbell do attend the 
{aid Committee at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Fobn Call, Efquire, do attend the faid 
Committee at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bryan Scotney do attend the faid 
Committee at the fame Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being after Eight of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly : 

And an ingrofied Bilt from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable Lunatics, entitled to renew Leafes, their 
Guardians and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of 
old Leafes, and grant new ones, was read the Firft 
Time. , 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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





Martis, 5° die Marti; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS, 


M&amp; Curzon reported from the Committee, to whom 

the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 

and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Monya/, in 
Vor. XXXII. 


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the Parith of Bakewell, in the County of Derby, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfa¢tion of the Committee (ex- 
cept the Proprietors of Lands of about the Annual Value 
ot £. 106; and that the Whole of the Lands intended 
to be inclofed are of the Annual Value of £. 860, or there= 
abouts ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Commit- 
tee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon,. 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, Vinat the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Catwne, Clerk 
of the Company of Mercers of the City of London, at- 
tended at the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, 
prefented to the Houfe, 

A Paper, intituled, “ The Accounts of the Wardens 
“ and Commonalty of the Myftery of Mercers of the 
“© City of Loxdon, from the roth of Ofober 1769, to the 
“© roth of Oéfeber 1770, directed to be laid before each 
“¢ Houfe of Parliament by Two Aéts, one of the 21ft 
“© Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
« Second, intituled, An Act for the Relief of the Annui- 
tants of the Wardens and Commonalty of the Myfiery 
“&lt; of Mercers of the City of Loudon ; and the other of the 
‘¢ 4th Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty King 
“ George the Third, intituled, An A&amp; for the Relief of 
*© the Bond and other Creditors of the Wardens and 


“© Commonalty of the Myftery of Mercers of the City 
“© of London.” 


And then he withdrew. 
And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 
Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture Grounds, 
Lammas Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Hamlets and Liberties of Kuightcct and North End, in 
the Parifh of Burton Daffett, in the County of Warwick, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Page, 
Sir Roger Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields of Stretton under Fo/s, in the Parifh of Moxks 
Kirby, in the County of Warwick, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Page, 
Sir Roger Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, in the Parifh of Swalcliffe, in the County 
of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wen- 
man, Lord Charles Spencer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, Gra- 
ziers, and Farmers, within the Counties of Nottingham, 
Leicefter, and Derby, on Behalf of themfelves and others, 

3 was 








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was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That a great Number of heavy Horfes are bred in the 
faid Countizs; and that the Mares kept for continuing 
that valuable Breed are neceffarily ufed by the Owners, 
in drawing Coals and Lime for Manure, and other hard 
Exercifes, and which is ufually performed in the Spring 
Months, in very bad Roads, when fuch Mares are 
either big with Foal, or fuckle; and that, by an Ac 
made in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, to 
explain, amend, and reduce into One Act of Parlia- 
ment, the feveral Laws in being, for regulating the 
Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, the Petitioners are reftrained 
trom drawing any narrow-wheeled Waggon on any 
Turnpike Road with more than Four Horfes, which 
Reftraint puts the Petitioners and others under infuper- 
able Difficuities ; and the Petitioners apprehend, that 
unlefs fome Relief is given in the Premifes, the Breed of 
the ufeful Animals above defcribed will be greatly di- 
minifhed, if not totally neglected; and that the Peti- 
tioners apprehend, Four Horfes drawing a heavy Carri- 
age upon a Turnpike Road do more Prejudice to fuch 
Road than Six Horfes would in drawing the fame Car- 
riage and Weight, and do not pay fo much Toll ; but 
that, if Liberty was given to draw Six Horfes in the 
like Carriages and Weight, much more Tolls would be 
received, and the Commiffioners thereby enabled to keep 
the Roads in much better Repair : And therefore pray- 
ing the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confideration, 
and permit narrow-wheeled Waggons, going for, or 
loaded with, Coals, or with Lime, or other Things for 
Manure, to be drawn by a greater Number of Horfes 
than are now by Law allowed ; or to give the Petitioners 
fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall 
feem proper. 

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


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees for putting in 
Execution fo much of feveral Acts for repairing the Road 
from Royfton, in the County of Hertford, to Wandesford 
Bridge, in the County of Huntingdon, as relate to the 
Road from Royton aforefaid, to Papworth, in the County 
of Cambridge, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Taking Notice of the Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers of feveral Acts made for repairing and amend- 
ing that Part of the Road leading from a certain Place, 
called the White Poft, on Alconbury Hill, in the County 
of Huntingdon, to Wandesford Bridge, in the faid County, 
called the North Divifion of the North Road; and for 
repairing the Road leading from Stilton, in the faid 
County of Huntingdon, to the City of Peterborough, in 
the County of Northampton ; and reprefenting to the 
Houfe, that the Road leading from Royffon, in the 
County of Hertford, to Papworth, in the County of 
Cambridge, commonly called the South Divifion of the 
Road from Roy/fton, to Wandesford Bridge, in the County 
of Huntingdon, is very ruinous and out of Repair, owing to 
the Infufficiency of the Tolls granted by the faid Act; and 
that, if Provifion was made in the faid Bill, for impower- 
ing the Truftees for the faid North Divifion (who are will- 
ing and confenting thereto) to make a certain Annual 
Allowance to the Petitioners, out of the Tolls colleéted 
in the faid Divifion, it would be a Means of facilitat- 
ing the Repairs of the Road under the Management of 
the Petitioners in the faid South Divifion : And therefore 
praying, That Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houte fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir ohn Hynde Cotton, Sir Roger 
Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


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ber; and have Power to fend for Perforis; Papers, and 
Records. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Collingham, through Wetherby, to the City of York, 
was read the Third Time. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
Collingbam, through Wetherby, to the City of York. 

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


Mr. Harcourt prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 
from Hand Crofs, to Corner Houfe, and from thence to 
the Turnpike Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, 
and from Corner Houfe aforefaid, to the Maypole, in the 
Town of Hexfield, in the Courity of Suffex: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Laj/ceiles do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing and wi- 
dening the Road, from the Low Water Mark of the 
River Humber, at or near Brough Ferry, in the Parifh 
of Elloughton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, 
to the North End of the, Town of Brough, and from 
thence, through South Cave, to Coney Clappers, in South 
Newbald Holmes, in the faid Riding, was committed. 

Mr. La/celles accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
to be reported to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofted, 


Mr. Bond reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act td.en- 
able the Bifhop of Hereford to exchange certain Lands 
and Premiffes, in the County of Hereford, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bond do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. ; 


General Lambton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, jntituled, An 
A&amp; to render valid and effeétual certain Articles of 
Agreement, between William Lambton, Efquire, and the 
honourable and Right reverend Richard Lord Bifhop of 
Durbam, and the other Perfons therein named, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And_the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pals. 

Ordered, That General Lambton do carry the Bill to 

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the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Unin- 
clofed Fields, Lands, Commons, and Waftes, within 
the Manor of Sca/by, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; and alfo a certain Common, called Threxenby 
Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame Riding, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confeiit 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (ex- 
cept the Proprietors of 28 Houfes; and 31 + Oxgangs of 
Land, Two Thirds of whom, on being applied to, did not 
chufe to fign the Bill, but declared they would not op- 
pofe it; and that the whole Number of Houtes, the Pro- 
prietors whereof have Right of Common, are 195, and 
the Quantity of Field Lands are 177 3 Oxgangs; and 
that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe 
the Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
‘Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe ; and an Amendment was made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 

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


Notice being taken, that there wete many Erafures and 
Interlineations in the Bill to regulate and remove certain 
Public Markets in the City of Exeter; for that Purpofe 
to purchafe a Plot of Ground, and to prevent the hold- 
ing the faid Markets in the High Street of the faid 
City ; and alfo toremove and prevent Annoyances in 
the faid City, and its Suburbs ; which Bill was Yefter- 
day read the Firft Time, and ordered to be read a Se- 
cond Time ; 

Ordered, That the Order for the Second Reading of 
the faid Bill be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Bill, and prefent a proper Bill inftead thereof. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
impower Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight of the Bath, 
or the Perfon or Perfons claiming under a Settlement of 
his Family Eftates, dated the 1gth Day of Fanuary 1748, 
to grant to Thomas Delaval, Efquire, his Heirs and Af- 
figns, a certain Parcel of Land and Buildings, Liberties 
and Privileges ; and alfo to grant Two feveral Leafes, 
for 99 Years each, to, or in Truft for, the faid Thomas 
Delaval and Sir Fohn Huffey Delaval, Baronet, of certain 
Lands, Copperas Works, Buildings, Liberties, and Pri- 
vileges, in the Manors of Hartley and Seaton Delaval, in 
the County of Northumberland, Part of the fettled Ef- 
tates of the faid Sir Francis Blake Delaval, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had directed 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gilbert do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms and 


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Powers of feveral Aéts, made in the 13th Year of the 
Reign of King George the Firft, and in the 21ft Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Road leading from the Town of Bromfgrove, to the 
Town of Dudley, in the County of Worcefter, and from 
the faid Town of Bromfgrove, to the Town of Birming- 
bam, in the County of Warwick, {0 far as the faid Aéts 
relate to the repairing of the Roads leading from the 
faid Town of Birmingham to the {aid Town of Brom/- 
grove, was read a Second Time. | 
Refolved, That the Bill be coriimitted*to Mr. Ward; 
Mr. Dowde/well, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms and Pow- 
ers of Two Acts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the 
Réign of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft 
Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for re- 
pairing the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, 
through the Town of Wednefbury; to a Place called High 
Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and from thence to the End 
of Gibbet Lane, next adjoining to the Townthip of Bil- 
fton, and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to King 
Swinford, and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the 
Counties of Warwick, Stafford, aud Worcefter, was tead 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Dowde/fwvell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads lead- 
ing to the Town of Leatriffent ; and alfo the Road lead- 
ing from the Village of Newbridge, to a Place called the 
Old Furnace, all in the County of Glamorgan, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Vernon, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 


noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Vernon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét for 
effectuating a Conveyance of the Real Eftates late of 
Fohn Effington, Efquire, deceafed, to the Purchafers 
thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High Court of 
Chancery, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Vernon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Garth do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill to enlarge the Term 
and Powers of an Aéct, made in the Twenty-fourth 
Year of King George the Second, for repairing the Road 
leading from Weft Lavington to The Devizes, and from 
The Devizes to Seend, in the County of Wilts, was com- 
mitted. 

Mr. Garth accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted 
to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered-the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the — 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the oufe ; 
and an Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

5 Ordered, 


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


A Petition of the Rulers of the Watermen and Ligh- 
termens Company, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by 
the Votes, that a Bill is depending in the Houte, tor 
embanking Part of the River Thames, near Durbam 
Yard, within the Liberty of the City of Wetminfter, and 
County of Middlefex, and that the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, the 
iame would be of great Prejudice to the Trade and 
Navigation of the faid River in particular, and to the 
Public in general: And therefore praying, That the 
Petitioners may be heard, by their Countel, again{t the 
faid Bill, and that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the faid Bill be read a Second Time ; and 
that the Petitioners be then heard, by their Countel, 
againft the faid Bill, upon their Petiion, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

Ordered, That Fohn Middlemarfh, Efquire, do attend 
this Houfe To-morrow Morning, when the faid Bill is 
ordered to be read a Secand Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fohn Corfe do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Scott do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Feremiah Clovee do attend this 
Houle at the fame ‘Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Chapman do attend this 
Houfe at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fofepb Coliman do attend this 
Houfe at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fobhn Grimes do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. —— Green do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Robert Glendoning do attend this 
Houtfe at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. —— Gurney do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of feveral 
Acts, made for repairing and amending that Part of the 
Road leading from a certain Place, called The White 
Poft, on Alconbury Hill, in the County of Huntingdon, 
and Wandsford Bridge, in the faid County, called The 
North Divifion of the North Road, and for repairing 
the Road leading from Stilton, in the faid County of Hun- 
tingdon, to the City of Peterborough, in the County of 
Northampton, was read a Second ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wyldbore, 
Lord Hinchingbrook, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further Confideration the Report which was made 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill for the more 
effectual amending fuch of the Roads as belong to, and 
are Part of, the Mile Ways leading to the Univerfity 
and City of Oxford, and which are not made a Part of 
any Turnpike Road; for the making a commodious 
Entrance into the faid Univerfity and City, through 
the Parifh of Bridgefet, commonly called Saint Clement ; 
for the widening, repairing, or rebuilding, the Bridge 
called Magdalen Bridge , for making a fafe and commodi- 
ous Road from the faid Bridge, through the Univerfity 
and City aforefaid, to join the Great Roads leading to Wor- 
cefter, Gloucefter, Birmingham, Banbury, Abingdon, New- 
bury, Southampton, and otherPlaces ; for cleanfing and light- 
ing the Streets, Lanes, and Places, within the faid Uni- 
-verfity and City, and the Suburbs thereof, and the faid 
Parith of Saint Clement ; for removing Nufances and 


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Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; for holding and regulating a Market within the 
faid City ; for impowering Colleges and Corporations to 
alienate their Eftates there ; and for other Purpofes ; was 
committed. 

And feveral of the Amendments, made by the Com. 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Another of the Amendments made by the Committee 
to the faid Bill, being read a Second Time, 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, 
by leaving out the Words “ more than One Half of the.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words ftand 
Part of the faid Amendment ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, j Mi Fane tee t 103. 

. Lord Charles Spencer, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Fofeph Bullock : t 44. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

The Refidue of the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
with an Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied, 


Mr. Sutton prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the 
Directions of feveral Acts of Parliament, 

Copies of fuch Returns of the Regiments, Battalions, 
and Independent Companies of Militia, at the Times of 
Annual Exercife, in the Year 1770: And allo, 

Such Copies of the Qualifications of Deputy Lieute- 
nants, and Militia Officers, as have been tranimitiea to 
His Majefty’s Principal Secretarics of State. 


Mr. Sutton alfo prefented to the Houie, purfnent to 
their Order, 
Lifts of the Commiffioned Officers, now in feveral of 


the Regiments of Militia ci this Kingdom, ftating the 
Counties in which they ferve, and their refpective Ranks, 

Together with Lifts of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Lifts were read. 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Copy of a Letter 
from Lord Vifcount Weymouth to Mr. Harris, N° 11, 
dated Saint Fames’s, 17°» Ofober 1770, by’ Potter, which 
was prefented to the Houfe upon the 4th Day of Fe- 
bruary \aft: And alfo, 

The Tranflation of the Paper intituled, «* Copy of his 
“ Catholic Majefty’s Orders, fignified by the Balio Fray 
“&lt; D" Fulian de Arriaga, to D® Philip Ruiz Puente, dated 
“© Pardo, 7th February 1771,” which was prefented to 
the Houfe upon Friday laft, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That in the late Negotiation with the Court of Spain, con- 
cerning Falkland’s Iland, His Majefty’s Minifters having 
neglected to demand an Explanation of the Oath of Of- 
fice taken by the Spanifh Governors in America, their ge- 
neral Orders, and the eftablifhed Laws of America, undet 
which thofe Governors pretend to aét, and under which 
the Court of Spain doth pretend to juftify them in com- 
mencing Hoftilities; His Majefty’s Rights and Poffef- 
fions in America remain thereby expofed, and liable to 
be difturbed by the faid Governors, under Pretence of 
fuch Oath of Office, their general Orders, and the efta- 
blithed Laws of America. 


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The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Junior, 43: 
Mr. Damer : 
Mr. Charles Fox; 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Cooper : f 130. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


The other Order of the Day being read , 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Report which was made from 
the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Merchants 
and Tradefmen of the Port of King/ton upon Hull, on 
Behalf of themfelves, and more particularly of thofe 
concerned in the Whale Fifhery, to Greenland, Davis’s 
Straits, and the Seas adjacent; and alfo, the Petition of 
the Royal Boroughs of Scotland; and alfo, the Petition of 
the Merchants, and others His Majefty’s Briti/b Subjects, 
concerned in the Whale Fifhery; were referred. 


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





Mercurii, 6° die Marti; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIT! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Fobn Hynde Cotton prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for draining and preferving 
certain Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in 
the Ife of Ely: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Common Pafture, called Myton Carr, in the Lordfhip of 
Myton, in the Parith of the Holy Trinity, in the Town and 
County of Kingfton upon Hull, was read the Third Time, 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing a certain Common 
Pafture, called Myton Carr, in the Lordihip of Myton, in 
the Parifh of the Holy Trinity, in the Town and County 
of the Town of Kingfton upon Hull. 

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


Mr. Milles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
explaining and amending an Adt, intituled, An Ac for 
velting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George, late 
Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, in 
Truftees, to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, and 
Incumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to be paid 
by, his Will ; and for executing and effectuating feveral 
Contraéts entered into by him, for felling and leafing 
divers Farms and Lands in Jreland;, and for making the 
Exemplification of his Will Evidence in Law and Equity, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concernéd had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And a Motion being made, That the faid Bill be now 
read the Third Time ; | 

The Houfe was moved, That the Standing Orders of 

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the Houfe, of the 6th Day of Felrnary 1707, concerning 
Notices to be given in Jreland, before any Private Bill 
relating to Eftates there, be brought in, might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly. 

The Houte was alfo moved, ‘That the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 17th Day of April 1766, 
of the Report from the Committee, to whom the in- 
groffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét for vett- 
ing Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George late Lord 
Vilcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, in Truf- 
tees, to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, and In- 
cumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to be paid 
by, his Will; and for executing and effectuating feve- 
ral Contracts entered into by him, for felling and leafing 
divers Farms and Lands in Jreland; and for making the 
Exemplification of his Will Evidence in Law and Equity, 
was committed, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The faid ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for explaining and amending an A@, intituled, An 
Ac for veiting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate of George 
late Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom of Ireland, 
in Truftees, to be fold, for paying the Debts, Legacies, 
and Incumbrances, mentioned in, and appointed to be 
paid by, his Will; and for executing and efieétuatin 
feveral Contracts entered into by him, for felling and 
leafing divers Farms and Lands in Ireland; and for 
making the Exemplification of his Will Evidence in 
Law and Equity ; was read the Third Time. 

Refalved, That the Bill do pafs. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Milles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Plumptre do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill to amend, and render 
more effectual, feveral Acts made, relating to paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, aad 
other Places, within the City and Liberty of Wefminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, was committed. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees appointed by an Act, 
paffed in the 26th Year of his late Majefty, intituled, 
An Act for repairing the Roads from Living/ton, by the 
Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Glafgow, and by the 
Town of Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven, there- 
unto fubfcribing ; and alfo, the Petition of Archiba d Earl 
of Eglington, Fobn Earl of Loudon, Patrick Earl of Dum- 
fries, and the humble Petition of David Kennedy, Efqu:re, 
Member of Parliament for the County of Ayr; and alfo, the 
Petition of the Freeholders and Heritors in the County of 
Lanerk, and Truftees in an Act, made in the 26th Year of 
his late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing 
the Roads from Livingfton to the City of Glafgew, and 
by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven, 
thereto fubfcribing ; and alfo, the Petition of the Lord 
Provoft, Magiftrates, and Town Council of the City of 
Glafgow, were referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matters of the Two firft mentioned {’etitions 
(no Evidence being produced in Support of the Two laft 
mentioned Petitions) and had directed him to report the 
fame, as they appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft Pecition; the 
faid A&amp;t, made in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, was read ; and Fames Conifon, Eiquire, being 
examined, faid, That the Truftees appointed by the faid 
A&amp; have made great Progrefs in amending the Roads 
thereby directed to be repaired, and have borrowed fe 
veral Sums of Money, which, together with the Tolls 
collected, have been duly applied ; but thar the faid 
Roads cannot be effectually repaired, and kept in Repa'r, 

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and the Money borrowed be repaid, unlefs the Term and 
Powers, granted by the faid Act, be further continued 
and enlarged. 

To prove the Allegations of the Second Petition, Mr. 
ohn Campbell, being examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or 
near Lochgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the County 
of Lanerk, is in aruinous Condition, and in many Places 
very narrow and incommodious ; and cannot be repaired 
and widened by the prefent Methods prefcribed by Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the ‘erm and Powers of an Act, made in the 
Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of King George the Se- 
cond, for repairing the Roads from Livingfton by the 
Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Gla/gew, and by the 


Town of Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven ; and for. 


repairing and widening the Road leading from the Con- 
fines of the County of Ayr, at or near Lochgate, to the 
Town of Strathaven, in the County of Lanerk : And that 
Sir Alexander Gilmoar and Mr. Fames Dundas do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Carters, Carts, Carriages, 
Loaded Horfes, Filling up of Coal Pits, Obftructions, 
and Nufances, within that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland, Vhat they do make Provifion in the faid Bill for 
regulating Hawkers, Pedlars, Huckiters, Tinkers, and 
Petty Chapmen. 


Mr. Plumptre, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill to amend, and render 
more effectual, feveral Acts made, relating to paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and 
other Places, within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, 
and Parts adjacent, was committed; and to whom the 
Petition of the Governors and Direétors of the Poor, in 
Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Inhabitants of 
that Part of the Parifh of Saint Andrew Holborn, which 
lies above the Bars, in the County of Middlefex, and the 
Parith of Saint George the Martyr, in the faid County ; 
and alfo, the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of 
Houfes in the feveral Parifhes of Saint ames, Saint Mar- 
garet, Saint Fobn the Evangelift, Saint Martin in the 
Fields, Saint Ann, Saint Clement Danes, Saint Mary le 
Strand, Saint Giles in the Fields, Saint George Bloomfbury, 
the Precinct of The Savoy, and the Liberty of Saffron 
Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Rents, in the Parifh of 
Saint Andrew Holborn, within the City and Liberty of 
Weftminfter and County of Middlefex, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and other 
the Owners and Occupiers of Houfes within the faid fe- 
veral Parifhes ; and alfo, the Petition of the feveral In- 
habitants, Owners, and Occupiers of Houfes, in the Pa- 
rith of Saint Paul, Covent Garden, within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfter, were referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had confidered the laft mentioned Petition ; and 
had heard Counfel in Support of the firft mentioned Peti- 
tion, and had alfo heard Counfel on Behalf of the Inha- 
bitants of the Parifhes of Saint Margaret and Saint Fobu 
the Evangelif? ; and that the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had 
directed to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. 

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


Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, to whom 


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the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Streets, Squares, 
&amp;c. on the South Side of Edinburgh, who are thereunto 
fubfcribing, for themielyes, and for Behoof of the other 
Inhabitants there, was referred; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz: 

In Support of the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Sohn Seton, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the 
Streets and other Paffages adjoining to the City of Edin- 
burgh, on the South Side thereot, lying between the 
Street leading from the Cowgate Port ct Edinburgh, ta 
the Toll Gate, called Gibbet Toll, on the Eaft; and the 
Street leading from the Twopeny Cuftom, near Edinburgh, 
to the Toll Gate, called Wright’s Heufes Toll, on the Weft, 
within the Parifhes of Saint Cuthberts, or Weftkirk, and 
Canon Gate, are very populous, but are very ill lighted 
and watched, and not properly cleanfed. 

That the faid Streets and Paflages are greatly annoyed 
by Signs, Pofts, and other Projections ; and that it would 
be of great Benefit to the Inhabitants of the faid Streets 
and Paffages, if Power was given to remove fuch Annoy- 
ances, and to prevent the like for the future: That the 
Laws in being are infufficient to light, watch, and cleanfe, 
the faid Streets and Paffuges, or to remove fuch An- 
noyances. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the feveral Streets, 
and other Pafiages, on the South Side of the City of 
Edinburgh, and tor removing Nufances and Annoyances 
therefrom, and preventing the fame for the future : And 
that Mr. Dundas, Sir Laurence Dundas, and Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Browxlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Cow Pattures, Ings, Common 
Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parith 
of Weft Afbby, within the Manors of Hornceftle and Weft 
Afpby, in the County of Lincoln, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Conjent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except Two Perfons, 
whofe Intereft in the Lands intended to be inclofed is 
of the annual Value of £. 41; and that the Whole of the 
Lands intended to be inclofed is of the annual Value of 
£. 627; and that no Perfon appeared before the Commit- 
tee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, One of them was difagreed to, and the reft were 
agreed to, by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Turner prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an A&amp;t, 
made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Secona, 
to repair the Road leading from Tadcajter Bridge, within 
the County of the City of 2%rk, to a Place near the faid 
City, called Hobmoor Lane End: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Mr. La/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
from Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at 
Windbill, in the Townfhip of Jd/e, in the County of 

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York: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Gilbert do carry to the Lords the 
ingroiied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
effetuating a Conveyance of the Real Eftates late of 
John Effington, Efquire, deceafed, to the Purchafers 
thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High Court of 
Chancery; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more ef- 
fef&amp;tual, Three Aéts, made in the Twelfth Year of 
King George the Firft, and in the Eighteenth and 
Thirty-firft Years of his late Majefty, for repairing 
the Roads from Birmingham, through Warwick, to War- 
mington, and from Birmingham, through Stratford upon 
Avon, to Edgehill, in the County of Warwick, fo far as 
the fame relate to the Road from Birmingham, through 
Stratford upon Avon, to Edgehill, aforefaid ; was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, 
Three Acts, made in the Twelfth Year of King George 
the Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty-firit Years 
of his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Bir- 
minghan, through Warwick, to Warmington, and from 
Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to Edgebill, 
in the County of Warwick, fo far as the fame relate to 
the Road from Birmingham, through Stratford upon 
Avon, to Stratford Bridge, in the faid County. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Catherlough do earry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defite their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more ef- 
fectual, feveral Aéts for repairing the Highways be- 
tween the Bear Inn in Reading, and Puntfeld, in the 
County of Berks, and other Roads in the faid Acts 
mentioned ; and for repairing the Highway between a 
Houfe in Speenbamland, in the Occupation of Edward 
Sheppard, and the Weft End of the Highway by the 
faid Aéts direéted to be repaired; and alfo, the High- 
way from Boftock Lane to Pangborne, in the faid County ; 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue, and render more effectual, fe- 
veral Aéts for repairing the Highways between the 
Bear Inn in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of 
Berks, and other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; 
and for repairing feveral other Roads, in this Act men- 
tioned. 

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


A Bill for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, 
the Road from the Market Houfe, in the Town of 
Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford, 
in the County of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dodd, 
Mr. Seymour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Sir ohn Molefworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable William Mackenzie, David Gravier, and 
Fobn Gravier, refpectively, and the Heirs Male of their 
refpective Bodies, to take and ufe the Surname and 
Arms of Godfrey, was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Committee had di- 
rected him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered, the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 


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And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Sir Fobn Mole/werth do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of the Mafters, Brothers, and Sifters; of the 
Hofpital or Free Chapel, of Saint Catharine, near Thé 
Tower of Loudon; in the County of Middlefex, on Behalf 
of themfelves, and the Inhabitants of the Precinét of 
Saint Catharine, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
taking Notice of the Bill for the better paving, repair- 
ing, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, fuch Parts of the 
Precinét of Saint Catharine, in the County of Middle/ex, 
as are not included in an Act of the 7th Year of His 
prefent Majefty, and for preventing Nufances and An- 
noyances therein; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that 
there are Claufes and Provifions in the faid Bill, which, 
if paffed intoa Law, will be very injurious to the Pe- 
titioners, and a great Hardfhip upon many of the In. 
habitants of the faid Precinét: And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may be heard, by themfelves or Coun- 
fel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as may be any 
ways prejudicial to them and the other Inhabitants, and 
have fuch Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed; and that the Petitioners be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel; before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the fatd Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of . the faid Bill, againtt the faid 
Petition: 


An ingroffed Bill for draining and preferving certain 

Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke 
Ferry, Wretton; Werebam, Weft Dereham, and Rox- 
ham, in the County of Norfolk, was read the Third 
Time. ; 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for draining and preferving certain Fen 
Lands, and Low Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke 
Ferry, Northwold, Wretton, Werebam, Weft Derebam, 
and Roxbam, in the County of Norfolk. 

Ordered, That Mr. De Grey do carry the Bill to the 
Lofds, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Gafcoyne do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the ingrofed Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An Act for naturalizing Auguftine 
Noverre, was committed. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Catherlough and Mr. Tho- 
mas Edwards Freeman be added to the Gentlemen, who 
are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, purfuant 
to the Prayer of the Petition of William Long ford, 
Clerk, One of the Patrons and Reétor of the Parith of 
Stretton on the Fofs, in the County of Warwick, and as 
Rector feifed of, and entitled to, all the Great Tithes 
of Corn and Hay arifing out of all the Lands and 
Grounds lying within the faid Parifh, and alfo en- 
titled to certain Vicarial and Small Tithes arifing and 
payable within the faid Parifh, and alfo entitled 
to certain Glebe Lands annexed to the faid Reétory, 
and of William Longford, John Wheatcroft, Edward 
Gibbs, Richard Grimmet, Fokn Grimes, and the feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
as Owners of, and interefted in, divers other Lands, 
Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the faid Parifh of 
Stretton on the Fofs. 


A Bill for difcharging from Tithe certain Lands, in 
the Parith of Sebrabam, otherwife Sebergham, in the 


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County of Cumberland, and for making Compenfation 
to the Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Co- 
ventry, Mi. Howard, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber. 


Mr. Gafcoyne, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for Naturalizing Auguftine Noverre, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had direéted the Bill to be 
reported to the Houfe, without any Amendment : And 
he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gafcoyne do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Gajfcoyne prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to impower Sir Fohn Gibbons to fhut up 
the Foot Paths, over certain Lands in the Parifh of 
Stanwell, in the County of Middlefex, and to extinguifh 
all Claims and Right of Common in and over the faid 
Lands ; and to oblige the faid Sir Hohn Gibbons to 
make and keep in. Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof ; 
and to veft certain Premiffes and a Sum of Money in 
Truftees, for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Pa- 
rifh: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ ABill for the further quieting and eftablifhing Cor- 
porations, and for rendering more fpeedy and effectual 
Proceedings in Writs of Quo Warranto, and Informa- 
tions in Nature of a Quo Warranto, and Proceedings on 
Writs of Mandamus; and for regulating Admiffions 
into Corporations and Boroughs; was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf iritto a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 


Harris: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
toenlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the 
‘Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from the City of York, over 
Skipbridge, to Beroughbridge, in the County of York; 

_ without any Amendment: And alfo, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for more effectually vefting the Reverfion in Fee Simple, 
of and in divers Lands and Hereditaments, in the 
Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Nottingham, and Stafford, 
in Wajfbington Earl Ferrers and his Truftees ; and for 
confirming Letters Patent granted thereof, and of cer- 
tain other Lands and Hereditaments in the County of 
Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the Third Year of 
His prefent Majeity’s Reign; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefly, be now read. 

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And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, That the Report, which was 
made from the Committee, who were appointed to pre- 
pare an Eftimate of the Charge of the Pay and Cloath- 
ing of the Militia, for the Year 1771, be referred to the 
{aid Committee. 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty recommends it 
to the Houfe, to make fuch Provifion, for detraying 
the Charges of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, 
= the Year 1771, as the Houfe fhall think necef- 
ary. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Amount of the 
Exchequer Bills made out by Virtue of an Act paffed in 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aét for 
raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer 
Bills, for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleaie 
to. receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for embanking a certain Part of 
the River Thames, near Durham Yard, within the Li- 
berty of the City of Weftminfter, and County of Middle- 
fex ; which Bill was upon Tuefday laft read the Firft 
Time, and ordered to be read a Second Time ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe was moved, that an Act, made in the gth 
Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, An A&amp; 
for licenfing and regulating Hackney Coaches and 
Chairs, and for charging certain new Duties on Stampt 
Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, 
and on the Exportation of Rock Salt for Jreland, and 
for fecuring thereby, and by a Weekly Payment out of 
the Poft Office, and by feveral Duties on Hides and 
Skins, a Yearly Fund of £. 186,670 for Thirty-two 
Years, to be applied to the Satisfa€tion of fuch Orders 
as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any 
Sum, not exceeding Two millions, to be raifed for carry- 
ing on the War, and other Her Majeity’s Occations, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to. the faid Com- 

oe mittee, 


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mittee, That they do confider of fo much of the faid 
Aé as relates to the licenfing and regulating Hackney 
Coaches. 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. . ' 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. ' 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which 
they had directed him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame. | 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was direéted by the Committet to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


A Petition of Francis Earl of Moray was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is informed, that a Petition has been prefented, 
for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the Town of 
South Leith, the Territory of St. Anthony’s, and Yard 
Heads thereunto adjoining, and for fupplying the fe- 
veral Parts thereof with frefh Water, and for erecting 
Fountains, Refervoirs, and Markets, within the fame ; 
and for the better Regulation of Porters, Carters, Coach- 
men, and Chairmen, in the faid Town, and Limits 
thereunto adjoining ; and that the Petitioner conceives, 
that the Tendency of the aforefaid Petition may, in 
fundry Refpects, be highly prejudicial to his Intereft in 
an Eftate belonging to him, adjacent to the faid Town 
of South Leith: And therefore praying the Houfe, to 
allow the Petitioner to be heard, by his Counfel, upon 
his Intereft in the Matter of the above-mentioned Peti- 
tion and Bill, when brought into the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Heretors and Inhabitants of the Town of South 
Leith, and Places thereunto adjoining, is referred; 
and that the Petitioner be heard, by his Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon his Petition, if he thinks 
fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Commit- 
tee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the fame 
Time, in Favour of the faid firft-mentioned Petition, 
again{t the Petition now prefented. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill for embanking a certain Part 
of the River Thames, near Durbam Yard, within the 
Liberty of the City of Weftminfter, and County of Mid- 
dlefex $ 

ithe Counfel for and againft the Bill were called 
in. 

And the Counfel againft the Bill having acquainted the 
Houfe, that they were Counfel only for the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in 
Common Council affembled: 

And the Houfe being alfo informed, That no Perfon 
appeared in Support of the Petition of the Rulers of the 
Watermen and Lightermens Company, or of the Pe- 
tition of the Coal and Corn Lightermen, Navigators of 
Craft upon the River Thames ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

And the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Commons of the City of London, in Common Council 
affembled, and alfo the other Petitions, were read. 


And the Counfel for the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and © 


Commons of the City of London, in Common Council 
afflembled, were heard. 


Vor, XXXII, 


233 

And then the Counfel on both Sides were direéted to 
withdraw. 

A Motion was made; and the Quéeftion being pro: 
pofed, That the Counfel for the Petitioners be reftrained 
from offering any Evidence touching the feveral Points 
to which Evidence was produced at the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Fobn, Robert, Fames, and Wil- 
liam Adam, and Fames Paine, Architects, Dorothy Monck, 
Widow, Clementina Pawfon, Widow, and William Kit. 
chiner, Coal Merchant, was referred, and which is con- 
tained in the Report which was made from the faid 
Committee upon the 22d Day of February lait, and 
which Report was then ordered to be printed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Burrell; 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Mackworth « 
oe Mr. 
Tellers for the Nots,4 


ts 
Alderman Town- 

Send, t 12. 
Mr. Calcraft : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Counfel on both Sides were again call- 
ed in; and Mr. Speaker acquaimted them with the faid 
Refolution. | 

And One of the Counfel for the Lord Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Commons, of the City of London, in Com- 
mon Council affembled, acquainted the Houfe, that he 
had been miftaken in declaring to the Houfe, that he 
was Counfel for the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled, only; having been fince credibly informed, 
that he was alfo to be of Counfel for the other Peti- 
tioners ; and that he was now ready to proceed. 

And then they were again directed to withdraw. 

A. Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the Petitioners, the Coal and Corn Lighter- 
men, Navigators of Craft upon the River Thames, be 
now admitted to be heard, and to produce Evidence in 
Support of their Petition ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by adding at the End thereof, the Words 
“‘the Council at the Bar having declared, that they 
“‘ were Counfel for the City of London only.” 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the faid 
propofed Amendment, by adding at the End thereof, 
the Words “ and having afterwards declared, that in fo 
‘¢ declaring, they were miftaken.” 

' The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the laft mentioned propofed Amend- 
ment; viz. 

To infert after the Word * afterwards” the Words 
“upon being called in, and the Refolution which the 
“* Houfe had come to, having been read to them;” after 
the Word “were” to infert ‘credibly informed that 
“they were” and at the End thereof, to infert the 
Words “ and that they were ready to proceed.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Then the faid propofed Amendment, fo amended, 
was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the faid pro- 
pofed Amendment, fo amended, be added to the Firft 
propofed Amendment ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the faid Firft propofed Amendment, fo amend- 
ed, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houle. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put, That 
the Petitioners, the Coal and Corn Lightermen, Naviga- 
tors of Craft upon the River Thames, be now admit- 
ted to be heard, and to produce Evidence, in Support 
of their Petition; the Counfel at the Bar having de- 
clared, that they were Counfel for the City of London 
only ; and having afterwards, upon being called in, and 
the Refolution which the Houfe had come to having 

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been read to them, declared, ‘that in fo declaring, they to take them into Cuftody, an humble Addrefs hath 


were credibly informed that they were miftaken; and 
that they were ready to proceed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. ; 

Mr. Alderman Saw- 

bridge, 17. 
Mr. Calcraft : 

Sir George Colebrooke, 

Telneearee eran, } Sir Mexeeder Gilmour : t 57° 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A. Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further hearing of Counfel upon the faid 
Matters, be adjourned till Friday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Lord Strange, 
Tellers for the Yeas, | ie E lie ; i 46. 
Mr. Alderman Treco- 
Tellers for the Noes,q thick, 13 
Mr. Byug: 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


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





Fovis, 7° die Marti ; 
Anno 11° Georgii II Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Mie: Onflow reported to the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Monday \aft (that His Majefty would 
be gracioufly pleafed to iffue His Royal Proclamation, 
for apprehending Fobn Wheble and R. Thompfon, with a 
Promife of Reward for the fame) had been prefented to 
His Majefty; and that His Majefty had commanded 
him to acquaint this Houfe, that He will give Direc- 
tions accordingly, 


His Majefty’s Proclamation, iffued in Purfuance of 
the faid Addrefs, is as followeth : 


By the KING, 
A PROCLAMATION, 
For apprehending Yobu Wheble and R. Thomp/on. 


GEORGE R. 


Whereas, on the Eighth Day of February laft, Com- 
plaint being made to the Houfe of Commons, of the 
printed Newfpaper, intituled, The Gazetteer and New 
Daily Advertifer, Friday, February 8, 1771, printed 
for R. Thompfon , and alfo, of the printed Newfpaper, 
intituled, Tbe Middlefex Fournal, or Chronicle of Liberty, 
from Tuefday, February 5, to Thurfday, February 7, 
1771, printed for 7. Wheble, as mifreprefenting the 
Speeches, and refle¢ting on feveral of the Members of 
the faid Houfe, in Contempt of the Order, and in 
Breach of the Privilege of the faid Houfe: It was or- 
dered, That the faid ¥, Wheble and R. Thomp/on thould 
attend the faid Houfe of Commons ; and they, not having 
obeyed the faid Order, it was thereupon ordered, by the 
faid Houfe of Commons, That the faid ohn Wheble and 
R. Thompfon fhould be taken into the Cuftody of the 
Serjeant at Arms attending the faid Houfe, or his De- 

uty: And whereas the faid Deputy Serjeant, having 
informed the Houfe that he had not been able to meet 
with the faid Fobn Wheble and R. Thomp/fon, or either of 
them, though he had been feveral Times at their réfpec- 
tive Houfes, and had. made diligent Search after them, 


been prefented to Us, by the Knights, Citizens, and 
Burgeffes, and the Commiflioners for Shires and Burghs, 
in Parliament affembled, ‘That We would be gracioufly 
pleafed to iffue Our Royal Proclamatiun for apprehend- 
ing the faid Fohu Wheble and R. Thompfon, with a Pro. 
mife of Reward for the fame ; We have thought fit, by 
and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to iffue this 
Our Royal Proclamation, hereby requiring and com- 
manding all Our loving Subjeéts whatfoever, to difcover 
and apprehend, or caufe the faid Fobn Wheble and 
R. Thompfon, or either of them, to be difcovered and 
apprehended, and to carry him or them before fome 
of Our Juftices of the Peace, or Chief Magiftrates of 
the County, Town, or Place, where he or they fhall be 
apprehended ; who are refpectively required to fecure, 


the faid Fohn Wheble and R. Thompfon, and thereof give © 


fpeedy Notice to One of Our Principal Secretaries of 
State, to the End he or they may be forthcoming to be 
dealt withal, and proceeded againft according to Law: 
And for the Prevention of an Efcape of the faid Fobn 
Wheble and R. Thompfon, or either of them, into Parts 
beyond the Seas, We do require and command all Our 
Officers of the Cuftoms, and other Our Officers and 
Subjects of and‘in Our refpective Ports and Maritime 
Towns and Places, within Our Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain, that they, and every of them, in their refpective 
Places and Stations, be careful and diligent in the Exa- 
mination of all Perfons that fhall pafs, or endeavour to 
pafs, beyond the Seas; and if they fhall difcover the 
iaid Fobn Wheble and R. Thompfon, or either of them, 
then to caufe him or them to be apprehended and fe- 
cured, and to give Notice thereof as aforefaid. And 
We do hereby ftri€tly charge and command all Our 
loving Subjects, as they will anfwer the contrary at their 
Perils, that they do not any Ways conceal, but do dif- 
cover, him or them, the faid John Wheble and R. 
Thompfon, to the End he or they may be fecured. And 
for the Encouragement of all Perfons, to be diligent 
and careful in endeavouring to difcover and apprehend 
the faid Fobn Wheble and R. Thompfon, We do hereby 
further declare, That whofoever fhall difcover and ap- 
prehend the faid Fobu'Wheble and R. Thompfon, or eci- 
ther of them, within Three Weeks from the Date there- 
of, and fhall bring him or them, the faid Fohn Wheble 
and R. Thompfon, before fome Juftice of the Peace, or 
Chief Magiftrate, as aforefaid, fhall have and receive, 
as a Reward for the Difcovery, apprehending, and 
bringing the faid Fohn Wheble and R. Thompfon, or ei- 
ther of them, before fuch Juftice of the Peace, or Chief 
Magiltrate, as aforefaid, the Sum of Fifty Pounds for 
each; which Our Commiffioners of Our Treafury are 
hereby required and directed to pay accordingly. 
Given at Our Court at St. Fames’s, the Eighth Day 
of March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Se- 
venty-one, in the Eleventh Year of Our 


Reign. 
God fave the King. 


Sit William Bagot reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Wafte Ground, within the Townfhip or Hamlet of 
Horninglow, in the Parifh of Burton, in the County of 
Stafford, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee 
(except one Perfon, whofe Property in the Lands in- 
tended to be inclofed is 15 Acres; and that the Whole 
amounts to 3,334 Acres, or thereabouts, and that no 
Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 


Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto, which 


they had dire&amp;ted hitn to report to the Houfe; and he 


read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered, 


the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
2 Where 


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Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by-One; and, upon the 
Queltion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, ‘ Anno 1769, 
« The Account of the Committee of the Company of 
« Merchants trading to Africa; diftinguifhing every 
« Article of Expence under its proper Title,” be re- 
ferred to the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to 
Africa, is referred. 

Ordered, That the feveral Papers containing the State 
and Condition of the Forts upon the Coaft of Africa 
(which were prefented to the Houfe upon the 26th Day 
of February laft) be referred to the faid Committee. 


Sir William Bagot reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Open Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, 
Commons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of 
Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parifh of Burton upon Trent, in the County of Staf- 
ford, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee 
(except "Four Perfons, who are poffeffed of 75 Acres of 
Land, who, being applied to, refufed to fign the Bill; 
and that the whole Quantity of Land intended to be 
inclofed, is 3,710 Acres; and that no Perfon appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Sir William Bagot reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields, Common, -or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and Commonable Grounds, within the Hamlets of 
Stapenbill and Winfpill, in the County of Derby, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (ex- 
cept the Proprietor of 17 Acres, who would not fign 
‘the Bill, being only Tenant for Life; and that the 
Whoke confifts of 1,977 Acres; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direé&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the ftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Mo- 
nyafo, in the Parifh of Bakewell, in the County of Derby, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for dividing and -inclofing the Commons 


and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Monyajfh, in 
the Parifh of Bakewell, in the County of Derby. 

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


_ An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road froma Place called Hodges, in the Parith of May- 
Jield, to Beadles Hill, in the Parith of Lindfield; and 
from thence to the Town of Cuckfield; and the Road 
branching out of the fame, at Beadles Hill aforefaid, 
to the Town of Lindfield; and alfo the Road from the 
prefent Turnpike Road between the Towns of Cuckfield 
and Crawley, over Saint Leonard's Foreft; to the Town 
of Horfham all in the County of Suffex; was read the 
Third Time. ‘ ii 7-3 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
Hodges to Beadles Hill; and from thence to the Town of 
Cuckfield; and from Beadles Hill aforefaid; to the Town 
of Lindfield, and from the Turnpike Road, between 
Cuckfield and Crawley, to the Town of Horfham; and 
alfo the Road from Swingate, in the Parith of Burwafby 
to Shover Green, in the Parifh of Ticeburft ; all in the 
County of Suffex. 

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


Mr. Walter prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to regulate and remove certain Public Mar- 
kets in the City of Exeter, and for that Purpofe to pur- 
chafe a Plot of Ground, and to prevent the Holding of 
the Markets in the High Street of the faid City; and 
alfo to remove and prevent Annoyances in the faid City, 
and its Suburbs: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bil] be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Thomas Edwards Freeman prefented to the Houfe; 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofin 
certain Open and Common Fields, called Stretton Com- 
mon Fields, and certain Common or Wafte Grounds; 
called Stretton Heath, and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the 
Parifh of Stretton on the Fofs, in the County of War: 
wick: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Robert Ladbroke prefented to the Houfe, actord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for further continuing the Tolls 
upon London Bridge, and for empowering the Mayor 
and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London to 
authorize Perfons, poffeffed for Terms of Years of cer- 
tain Houfes and Ground, defcribed in an Aét of the 7th 
Year of His prefent Majefty, to build upon and inclofe 
fuch Ground, in cafe én Owners of the Freehold and 
Inheritance are not to be found, or are not willing to in- 
clofe and build upon the fame: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Rector, Church. 
wardens, and principal Inhabitants, of the Parith of 
Saint Fohn, Clerkenwell, and alfo, the Petition of the 
Minifter, Churchwardens, and Overfeers of the Poor, 
and feveral Inhabitants, of the Parith of Saint Tames, 
Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlefex, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelves and 
feveral other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh; and alfo, 
the Petition of the Parifhioners and Inhabitants in the 
Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in the County of Md- 
“dlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Behalf 
of themfelves and many others refiding in the faid Parifh, 
were referred ; That the Committee had-examined the 
Matters of the faid Petitions, and had direéted him to 


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report the fame, as they appeared to them, to the Houfe ; 
dnd he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Sir 
George Booth, Baronet, being examined, faid, That the 
Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, is large and populous ; 
that the Streets are fo ill paved and lighted, as to be 
dangerous for Paffengers; are much annoyed by Spouts 
and Gutters ; rendered very incommodious by Pofts and 
Projections ; and are not fufficiently cleanfed. 

Mr. Fames Emonfon confirmed the above Evidence. 

_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, the Streets, 
Squares, Lanes, and other Paffages, within the Parifh 
of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlefex, 
and for removing Obftructions and Annoyances therein : 
And that Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, and Mr. Ser- 
jeant Glynn, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Hugh Roberts do attend this Houfe, 
upon this Day Sevennight, when the Bill to incapa- 
citate Fohn Burnett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hafel- 
grove, Thomas Hafelgrove, Fobn Pedman Junior, Ralph 
Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas 
Hannington, Fobn Hannington, Fobn Robinfon, William 
Cheefman, Richard Blair, George Browne, Fohn Parfons, 
obn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
Fobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, Fohn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefh, fobn 
Purfe, John Dean, Thomas Fennings, John Snook Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, Fohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, John Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hollingham, Richard Stoneham, James Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, ‘fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, WilliamNewmam, Feffery Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, Fobn Mar- 
tin, Fobn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament, for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex, is ordered to be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That John Innot do attend this Houfe at the 
fame Time. 

Ordered, That Thomas Pelbam do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Fohn Bedding do attend this Houfe at 
the fame Time. 


Ordered, That Fofeph Stevens do attend this Houfe at 
the fame Time. 


Mr. Laj/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
and lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other 
public Paffages, within that Part of the Town of Wake- 
field, inthe County of York, which lies within the Eaft 
End of Weftgate Bridge, the South Side of Northgate 
Bar, the North End of Kirkgate Bridge, (except fo much 
thereof as is repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid 
County of York) and the extreme Part of the Townfhip 
of Wakefield aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards 
Eaft Moor, for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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A771, 


Sir Alexander Gilmour prefented to the Houle, aécord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from 
Living ftone, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Giaf- 
gow, and by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of 
Strathaven , and for repairing and widening the Road 
leading from the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or 
near Lochgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the County 
of Lanerk: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Sir Alexander Gilmour prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carts, Carriages, loaded Horfes, Hawkers, Pedlars, 
Huckfters, Tinkers, and petty Chapmen ; and for fill- 
ing up of Coal and other Pits and Sinks, and removin 
of Obftruétions and Nufances, within that Part of Great 
Britain, called Scotland: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read aSecond Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon Monday laft, 
for the Second Reading of the Bill for making a Navi- 
gable Canal from the River Dee, within the Liberties of 
the City of Cheffer, and there to join the Canal now 
making from the River Trent to the River Mer/ey, upon 
Monday Morning next, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tue/day Sevennight, the 19th Day of this Inftant 
March. 

The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the 
Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from the 
Trent to the Merfey, which was prefented to the Houfe 
mat the 12th Day of February laft, might be again 
read, 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, at the Second Reading of the faid Bill, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. ~ 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 


the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Report, which was made from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the Merchants. and 
Tradefmen of the Port of King/ton upon Hull, on Behalf 
of themfelves, and more particularly of thofe concerned 
in the Whale Fifhery to Greenland, Davis's Straits, and 
the Seas adjacent; and alfo, the Petition of the Royal 
Boroughs of Scotland; and alfo, the Petition of the 


Merchants, and others His Majefty’s Britifo Subjests 
concerned in the Whale Fifhe 


ry, were referred, be now 
read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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


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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the feveral Laws now in being, for 


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the Encouragement of the Briti/o White Herring Fithery, 
be now read. &gt; 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Lajfcelles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Common 
Fields, Common Paftures, and other Lands, in the 
Townfhip of Great Heck, and Hamlet of Little Heck, in 
the Parith of Snaith, and the County of York: And the 
{fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Provifion be made for the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, and for their Subfiftence during the Time 
they fhall be abfent from Home, on Account of the 
annual Exercife, for the Year One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of One million Eight hundred thou- 
fand Pounds be granted to His Majefty, for paying off 
and difcharging the Exchequer Bills, made out by Vir- 
tue of an Aét, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, and 
charged upon the Firft Aids to be granted in this 
Seffion of Parliament. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refolu- 
tions which the Committee had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Whére the 
fame were read; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, there be licenfed an additional Number of Hack- 
ney Coaches, not exceeding Two hundred; and that 
the new Licences, fo to be granted, be extended to all 
Places within the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and 
the Suburbs thereof, and the Limits of the Weekly 
Bills of Mortality. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, there be referved, and made payable, to His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, upon every one of the 
faid Licences, fo to be granted, for Hackney Coaches, 
within the Limits aforefaid, a Rent of Five Shillings a 
Week, to be paid during the Continuance of fuch Licence. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all the Monies, to arife by Rents of the faid addi- 
tional Number of Hackney Coaches, be applied to fuch 
Ufes and Purpofes, and in the fame Manner, as the 
Monies arifing by Rents of Hackney Coaches, which 
were granted by an Aét made in the Ninth Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, are fubject and 
applicable to. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Vor. XXXII. 


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Houfe of Commons. 237 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid Re- 
folutions : And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mt. Cooper, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, and Mr. 
Robinfon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Lunatics, intitled to renew Leafes, their 
Guardians and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of 
= Leafes, and grant new ones, was read a Second 

ime, 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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

A Meffage from the Lords; by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Montagu : 

Mr. Speaker, , ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue Male, to take 
and ufe the Surname of Swinfen; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill; intituled, An Act for 
exemplifying or inrolling the Will of Charles Macarthy 
More, deceafed, and making the fame Evidence, as well 
in Ireland as Great Britain, to which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, —. 

The Lords have paffed a Bill; intituled; An Act for 
rendering effectual an Exchange of certain Lands, Parcel 
of the Glebe of the Rectory of Avington, in the County 
of Southampton, for certain other Lands in the faid Parifh 
of Avington, belonging to the Moft honourable the 
Marquis of Carnarvon; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
for exemplifying or inrolling the Will of Charles Ma- 
carthy More, deceafed, arid making the fame Evidence, 
as well in Ireland as Great Britain, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read 2 Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for rendering effectual an Exchange of certain Lands, 
Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory of vington, in the 
County of Southampton, for certain othet Lands in the 
faid Parifh of Avington, belonging to the Moft ho- 
iiourable the Marquis of Carnarvon, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Motion was made; and the Queftion being pfo- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for fet- 
tling Doubts and Controverfies concerning the Right of 
Jurors, in Trials of Perfons profecuted for writing, print- 
ing, and publifhing Libels, and for fecuring to the 
Subject the effectual and complete Benefit of Trial by 
Juries in fuch Cafes : 

A Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


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Tellers for the Noes, } Lo aor Codrington, t 72 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Houfe accordingly adjourned till To-morrow 
Morning, Ten of the Clock. 


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~ Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Bill to amend, and render more effectual, an Act 
A pafied in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 
and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County 
of Devon; and for regulating the Carmen and: Porters 
within the faid Town, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Yobn 
Molefworth, Lord Barrington, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber ; and all who come to the Commit- 
tee are to have Voices. 


A Bill for regulating and improving the Fifheries, in 
the River of Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams running 
into the fame, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Clavering, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual, Two 
Aéts, paffed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and the 19th Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Market Har- 
borough to Loughborough, in the County of Leicefter ; 
and for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the 
Road branching out of the aforefaid Road, at a Place 
called Filling Gate, toa Road called the Fo/s Road, and 
from thence to the Turnpike Road leading from Melton 


Mowbray to the Guide Poft in Saint Margaret’s Field, 


Leicefter ; was read a Second Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Palmer, Admiral Keppel, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Village, Hamlet, Town- 
fhip, and Manor of Oxenbope, in the Parith of Bradford, 
and County of York, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. La/celles, 
Mr. Staunton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Shelton, in the County of Stafford, to the Road between 
Cheadle and Leek, at Blakely Lane Head; and from 
Bucknall to the Road between Leek and Sandon, at Wefton 
Coyney; and from the faid Road between Cheadle and 
Leek to the Road above Frogail Bridge, and from the 
fame Road, on the Eaft Side Frogail Bridge, to the 
Road between Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Rye- 
bill Gate, in the fad County ; was read a Second 

2. 
ree: That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gilbert, 
Sir John Wrottefley, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five-of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Stone, in the County of Stafford, to Lane End, and to 
the Road between Leck and Sandon on Meir Heath, and 
from thence to Blithe Bridge, and alfo from Meir to 
Trentham, and from thence to Stableford Bridge, in the 
faid County ; was read a Second Time, 


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ANT: 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gilbert, 
Sir Fohn Wrottefley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the Speaker's Cham- 
ber, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Anguifh : | 

' Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable His Majetty to licence a Playhoufe in the 
Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Laz- 
cafter; without any Amendment. 

Andthen the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly- 
neux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 

.. Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend His Majefty, immediately, .in the Houfe of Peers, 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty. | 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Hovfe -had attended 
His Majefty in the Houfe of Peers: Where His Majefty 
was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
public and private Bills following ; viz. 

An A&amp; for further continuing Two Aéts, made in the 
Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for pu- 
nifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters, in His Majefty’s 
Dominions in America: 

An Aétto explain, amend, and render more effectual, 
an Act made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majetty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for making and maintaining a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Firth, or River of 
Forth, at or near the Mouth of the River of Carron, in 
the County of Stirling, to the Firth, or River of Clyde, 
at or near a Place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in the 
County of Dumbarton, and alfo a collateral Cut from 
the fame to the City of Gla/gow ; and for making a Na- 
vigable Cut, or Canal, of Communication, from the 
Port and Harbour of Borrow/tounnefs, to join the faid 
Canal at or near the Place where it will fall into the Firth 
of Forth: 

An Act for carrying into Execution an Agreement 
made between Peter Burrell, Efquire, Surveyor General 
of His Majefty’s Lands, and the Truftees of Morden 
College, in the County of Kent; for enabling His Ma- 
jefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, to grant Leafes of 
Maidenftone Hill, in the Parith of Eaff Greenwich, in the 
County of Kent, to the faid Truftees, upon the Terms 
mentioned in the faid Agreement; and for impowering 
the faid Truftees to increafe the Salaries and Penfions of 
the Treafurer, Chaplain, and poor Merchants, in the 
faid College : 

An Act for the better paving that Part of the High 
Street, in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife 
Whitechapel, which lies in the County of Middlefex ; and 
for removing*Obftructions and Annoyances therein : 

An Act for better paving the Streets, Squares, Lanes, 
Courts, Alleys, Ways, and other public Paffages, in 
that Part of Goodman’s Fields, which lies in the Parifh of 
Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, in the 
County of Middlefex, and alfo Red Lyon Street, and 
White Lyon Street, lying contiguous to the faid Fields ; 
and for removing and preventing Nufances, Annoyances, 
and Obftructions therein : 

An Act to oblige the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigation, to complete the faid Ca- 
nal toa Field called Newhall Ring, adjoining to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, within 
a limited Time ; and to maintain and keep the fame free 
and open for the Paffage of Boats, Barges, and other 
Veffels : 

An A&amp; to explain a Claufe in an Aét of the laft Sef- 
fion of Parliament, for better fupplying the City of Wor- 

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cefter, and the Liberties thereof, with Water; and for 
better paving and lighting the faid City; and for re- 
moving and preventing all Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein : 

An Aé&amp; for better regulating the Poor; within the 
City of Oxford : 

An Aétto enable His Majefty to licence a Playhoufe 
in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter : 

An Aé&amp; for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing and widening the Road from 
Spernal Afh, in the County of Warwick, to a Street 
called Digbeth, in the Town of Birmingham : 

An Aét for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Ad, 
made ‘in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An Act for repairing feveral Roads 
leading through the County‘of Se/kirk : 

An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, an 
Aét, made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the End of 
Middleton Tyas Lane, to Greetabridge, and from thence 
to Bowes, in the North Riding of the County of York: 

An Aét to enlarge the Term 2nd Powers of. an Act, 
made in the Twenty-fifth Year of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the Road from Kuarefborough, in the .County 
of York, by Long flat Lane, Gouldfbrough Fields, Flaxby, 
Allerton, Mauleverer, and Scate Moor, to Greenbammer- 
ton, in the fame County, and for making the fame a 
High Carriage Road : 

An Act to enlarge the Term. and Powers of an Ad, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of his late Majefty, for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Town of 
Tadcafter, through Collingham, Harewood, Arthington, 
and Pool, to the Town of Ofley, in the Weft Riding of 
the County of York: 

An A&amp; to enlarge the Term and Powers of an At, 
made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty, for repairing-the Road’ from the City of York, 
over Skipbridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of 
York: 

An Aét for more effectually vefting the Reverfion in 
Fee Simple of and in divers Lands and Hereditaments, 
in the Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Nottingham, and 
Stafford, in Wafbington Earl Ferrers and his Truftees ; 
and for confirming Letters Patent granted thereof, and 
of certain other Lands and Hereditaments in the County 
of Northampton, to the faid Earl, in the Third Year-of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned : 

An Aé to render valid and effectual certain Articles 
of Agreement, between William Lambton, Efquire, and 
the honourable and Right reverend Richard Lord 
Bithop of Durbam, and the other Perfons therein nained : 

An Aét to enable the Bifhop of Hereford to exchange 
certain Lands and Premiffes, in the County of Hereford : 

An Aé for explaining and amending an Ad, in- 
tituled, An Act for vefting Part of the Fee Simple Eftate 
of George late Lord Vifcount Midleton, of the Kingdom 
of Ireland, in Truftees, to be fold, for paying the 
Debts, Legacies, and Incumbrances, mentioned in, and 
appointed to be paid by, his Will; and for executing 
and effectuating feveral Contracts entered into by him ; 
for felling and leafing divers Farms and Lands in Jre- 
land; and for making the Exemplification of his Will 
Evidence in Law and Equity : 

An Aét to impower Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight 
of the Bath, or the Perfon’or Perfons claiming under a 
Settlement of his Family Eftates, dated the 19th Day of 
Fanuary 1748, to grant to Thomas Delaval, Efquire, his 
Heirs and Affigns, acertain Parcel of Land and Build- 
ings, Liberties and Privileges ; and alfo to grant Two 
feveral Leafes, for 99 Years each, to, or in Truft for, 
the faid Thomas Delaval, and Sir Hohn Huffey Delaval, 
Baronet, of certain Lands, Copperas Works, Buildings, 
Liberties, and Privileges, in the Manors of Hartley and 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 239 


Seaton Delaval, in the County of Northumberland, Part 
of the fettled Eftates of the faid Sir Francis Blake Dela- 
val; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Act for effeétuating a Conveyance of the Real 
Eftates late of Fobn Effington, Efquire, deceafed, to the 
Purchafers thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High 
Court of Chancery : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields within the Townfhip and Liberties of Aylef- 
bury, in the County of Bucks : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parith of Whit- 
church, in the County of Bucks : 

An A&amp;ct for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
and Common Paftures, in the Parifh of Kirkby Mallory, 
in the County of Leicefer : 

An Act \for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open Fields and Commonable Places, in Keybam, in the 
Parifh of Rothley, and County of Leiceffer : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Commom 
Fields, Meadows, Cominons, or Waite Lands, within 
the Manor and Parith of Hill Croome, in the County of 
Worcefter : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing Baruiker Moor, 
within the Manor of Nether Wyerfdale, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafer : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Pafture, Commons, and Watfte 
Grounds, within the Townfhip, Hamlet, or Liberty of 
Fairfield, in the Parith of, Hope, ‘and County of Derdy : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pattures, 
Lammas Grounds, and other Commonable Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parith of Great Brickhill, in the County 
of Bucks: . &gt; te 

An A&amp;ct for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the 
Parith of Sproxton, inthe County of Leicefer: 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Stinted 
Paftures, called the North Moor, .Longhill, Bark, and 
Garforth Clofe, within the Townfhip of Rilton, in the 
Weit Riding of the County of York: 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the 
Parith of Sa/tby, in the County of Leiceffer : 

An Act to enable the Right honourable, J 4omas Lord 
Ducie, and his Iffue, to take the Surname of Moreton, 
and to bear and ufe the Arms of Honour of the Right 
honourable Matthew Lord Ducie, deceafed, purfuant 
to the Will of the faid Matthew Lord Ducie : 

An A&amp;t to enable Captain Samuel Pitchford, and the 
Heirs Male of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname, 
and bear the Arms, of Sir Samuel Cornifh, deceafed, 
purfuant to his Will: 

An Aét to enable Thomas Grundy, and his Iffue Male, 
to take and ufe the Surname of Swinfen : 

An Act to enable William Mackenzie, David Gravier, 
and Fobn Gravier, refpectively, and the Heirs Male of 
their refpective Bodies, to take and ufe the Surname and 
Arms of Godfrey: . 

An Ac for making the Exemplification of the Jatt 
Will and Teftament of Francis Macartney, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, E.vidence in all Courts of Law and Equity, in 
Great Britain and Ireland : 

An Act to diffolve the Marriage of Henry Knight, Ef. 
quire, with Catharine Lynch, his now Wife; and to 
enable him to marry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned : 

An Act for Naturalizing Henry Renner. 


A Petition of the feveral Noblemen, and the hum- 
ble Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, whofe Hands are 
thereunto fet, and Names fubfcribed, in Behalf of 
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240 


themfelves and others, Owners of, and interefted in, 
Fifheries in the River Tweed, as well in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, as in that Part thereof 
called England, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners find, by the Votes, 
that a Bill-is depending for the Improvement of the 
Fifheries, and better Regulation of Fifhing, in the River 
Tweed ; and that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law 
as it now ftands, it will be very prejudicial to the In- 
terefts of the Petitioners: And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft 
fuch Parts of the faid Bill as may affect them. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
regulating and improving the Fifheries,~ in the River of 
Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams running into the 
fame, is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, 
by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Mr. Amcotts reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of South Refton, in the County of 
Lincoln, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


A Bill for improving and completing the Navigation 
of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of London, 
to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Clayton, 
Mr. Sambrooke Freeman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Kynafton prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road lead- 
ing from Wem, in the County of Salop, to or near Chirk, 
in the County of Denbigh, from Horton to Knockin and 
Llanymynech ; and alfo the Road from the End of Cotton 
Wood to Whitchurch, in the County of Saloep: And the 
{ame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Boothby 
Graffor, in the County of Lincoln, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 


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the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. : 


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


A Petition of Thomas Oldknow, Gentleman, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen belong- 
ing to Bofton Weft, in the County of Lincoln; and fet- 


_ ting forth, That, if the fame fhould pafs into a Law as 


it now ftands, the Property of the Petitioner will be 
greatly prejudiced: And therefore praying, That he may 
be heard, by himfelf or his Counfel, againit fuch Parts of 
the faid Bill as affect his Property ; and that he may have 
fuch Relief as to the Houfe thall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed: And that the Petitioner be heard, by 
himfelf or his Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 


fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and allotting the Com- 
mon Fields, Downs, and all other the Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of 
Eaft Garfton, in the County of Berks, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Downs, and all other the Commonable Lands 
and Wafte Grounds, in the Manor and Parith of Eaf 
Garfton, in the County of Berks. 

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


A Bill for paving and keeping in Repair the feveral 
Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of Saint 
Luke, in the County of Middlefex, for widening the 
Paffages at the Weft End of Chi/well Street, and at the 
South End of Brick Lane; and to make a Street or 
Way from the North End of Norman Street, through 
certain Garden Grounds and Fields, to the City Road; 
for removing Obftructions and Annoyances from the 
faid Streets; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Whit- 
bread, Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Ac for Naturalizing Fobn Peter Du Rove- 
ray, Fobn Daniel Naville, Fobn Peter Eynard, and David 
Chollet. 

And the faid Amendments were read; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1. 11. Leave out “ and” 

1. 14. After ‘* Switzerland” infert “ and Fobx 
“* Zacharias Gertcken, Son of George 
“* Gertcken, and Anna his Wife, born 
“© at Candan in Courland.” 

1. 28. Leave out “ and,” and after “ Chol/et” 
infert “ and Fobn Zacharias Gertcken.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 6. Leave out “ and,” and after “ Chollet” in- 

fert and Fobn Zacharias Gertcken.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 5. Leave out “ and.” 

1. 6. After “ Chollet” infert ** and Fobn Za- 
“ charias Gertcken.” 

1.18. Leave out “ and,” and after “ Chollet” 

infert “and Fobn Zacharias Gertcken.” 

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In the Title of the Bill, Leave out “and,” and after 
“« Chollet” infert “ and Fobn Zacharias 
“ Gertcken.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Garth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door ; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 


.Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 


An Account of the Quantity of Raw Silk, Thrown 
Silk, and other Silk, unmanufactured, which have been 
imported into England, from the 5th Day of Fanuary 
1760, to the 5th Day of Fanuary 1771 ; diftinguifhing 
the feveral Years, and the Places from whence the faid 
Silk has been imported: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wrought Silk, 
and Raw and Thrown Silk, and other Silk, exported 
from England to Foreign Parts, from the 5th Day of Fa- 
nuary 1760, to the 5th Day of Fanuary 1771; diftin- 
guifhing the feveral Years, and the Places to which the 
faid Silk has been exported: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Briti/h Wrought Silk, 
exported from England to Foreign Parts, from the 5th 
of January 1760, to the sth ot Fanuary 1771; diftin- 
guifhing the feveral Years, and the Places to which the 
{aid Silk has been exported. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred 
to confider of an Aé&amp;t, made in the Sixth Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Importa- 
tion of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited 
Time, and for preventing unlawful Combinations of 
Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture. 

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; to 
confider of the faid A&amp;t, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to 
qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments ; and to 
indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have 
omitted to regifter their Qualifications within the Time 
limited by Law, and for giving further Time for thofe 
Purpofes ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. , 

Mr. Staunton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Staunton reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made an Amend- 
ment thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantity of Briti/s Wrought Silks ex- 
ported from Great Britain to .the Weft Indies and Ame- 
rica, from the 1ft Day of Fenuary 1760, to the 1ft Day 
of Fanuary 1771, or as far as the fame can be made up. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Manor 
Vor. XXXII. 


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of Broadway, in the County of Worcefter, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Ed- 
ward Winnington, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Motion being made, That the Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the Open and Uninclofed Fields, Lands, 
Commons, and Waftes, within the Manor of Scaldy, in 
the North Riding of the County of York; and alfo a 
certain Common, called Throxenby Moor, otherwife New- 
by Moor, within the fame Riding, be now read the Third 
Time 5 

And Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft, 
in Right of His Duchy of Lancafter, is concerned in 
the faid Bill ; 

The Lord Strange, as Chancellor of the faid Duchy, 
by His Majefty’s Command, acquainted the Houfe, that 
His Majefty, having been informed of the Purport of 
the faid Bill, gives His Confent, as far as His Majefty’s 
Intereft is concerned, that the Houfe may do therein as 
they fhall think fit. 

Then the faid Bull, being ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and Un- 
inclofed Fields, Lands, Commons, and Waftes, within 
the Manor of Scalby, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; and alfo a certain Common, called Throxenby 
Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame Riding. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Efti- 
mate of the Expence of raifing and maintaining a Body 
of 2,000 Men, upon the Plan propofed in the Bill for the 
more effectually raifing a Military Force, for the Protec- 


tion of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the Ea/ft India 
Company. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfclf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

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

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


The Order of the Day being read, for the further 
Hearing of Counfel, upon the Bill for embanking a cer- 
tain Part of the River Thames, near Durham Yard, within 
the Liberty of the City of Veffminfter, and County of 
Middlesex ; 


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242 


The Counfei for and againft the Bill were called in. 

And the Counfel againit the Bill were further heard ; 
and examined feveral Witnefles, and produced Evidence 
in Support of the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Alder- 
men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common 
Council affembled. 

Then the Counfel for the Bilk was heard ; and pro- 
duced Evidence, in Suport of the Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. . 

And One of the Counfel for the Petitioners having 
been heard, by Way of Reply ; 

The Counfel on both Sides were directed to with- 
draw. ; 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill be committed. 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. _ 

Tellers for the Yeas, } oe Gilmour, 

Mr. Alderman Town- 

Tellers for the Noes, Fea nd, (me oe 

bridge : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Bill was committed to Mr. Edmonjtone, Sir 
Alexander Gilmour, &amp;c.: And they are to mect upon 
Monday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber ; and all who come to the Commit- 
tee are to have Voices. 


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10. 


The other Order of the Day being read; _ 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider of the 
Report, which was made from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Merchants and Tradefmen of the Port 
of King fton upon Hull, on Behalf of themfelves, and more 
particularly of thofe concerned in the Whale Fifhery, to 
Greenland, Davis’s Straits, and the Seas adjacent; apd 
alfo, the Petition of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, 
and alfo, the Petition of the Merchants, and others His 
Majefty’s Britifob Subjects concerned in the Whale 
Fithery ; were referred; be received upon Monday Morn- 
ing next. 


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





Lune, 11° die Marti; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*t Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Whichcot prefented to the Houfe, according to 
: Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip and 
Parith of Bifbop Norton, in the County of Lincoln: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bili be read a Second Time. 


Mr. La/celles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and other 
Oyen and Common Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Liffett, in the Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Beeford, in 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report 

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to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Mr. La/celles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Paftures 
and Open Fields, within the Townfhip of Hetton, in the 
Parifh of Burnfal, and Weft Riding of the County of 
York, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee (except the Owners or Proprietors of 32 Cattle 
Gates and an Half, who, being applied to, did not 
chufe to fign the Bill, but made no Objection to the In- 
clofure ; and that the whole Number of Cattle Gates 
intended to be inclofed is 311; and that no Perfon appear- 
ed before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


A Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public 
Paffages, within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in 
the County of York, which lies within the Eaft End of 
Weftgate Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, the 
North End of Kirkgate Bricge, (except fo much thereof 
as is repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid County 
of York) and the extreme Part of the Townfhip of 
Wakefield aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Eaft 
Moor ; for. preventing Nuiances and Annoyances there- 
in; and for widening and rendering the fame more com- 
modious ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. La/fcelles, 
Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, 
the feveral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within 
the Townfhip of Kilbam on the Woulds, in the County 
of York, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the 
Townfhip of Kilham on the Woulds, in the County of 
York. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, Common 
Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh 
of Weft Afbby, within the Manors of Horncaftle and Wejt 
Afbby, in the County of Lincoln, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, Common Mea- 
dows, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of 
Weft Afoby, within the Manors of Horncaftle and Weft 
Afpby, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. - 

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Mr. Alderman Oliver reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for paving and regulating Rofemary 
Lane, from the Parifh of Aldgate, to Cable Street, allo 
the faid Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back Laze, the 
Precinct of Wellclofe, the Street leading trom Nighsin- 
gale Lane to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Row, and Brook 
Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paflages, 


opening into the fame; and for removing all Obftruc-’ 


tions and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future, was committed; and to whom the 
Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for the Tower 
Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex ; and alfo, the Pe- 
tition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, Landlords, and Owners of Houfes, Lands, 
and Tenements, in Rofemary Lane, Ratcliff Highway, 
and other Places thereafter mentioned ; and alfo, the Pe- 
tition of the Owners and Proprietors of Houtes on the 
North Side of Rofemary Lane, in the Parifh of Saint 
Mary, Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, were 
referred ; That the Committee had heard Counfel in Sup- 
port of the Allegations of the Two laft mentioned Pe- 
titions, and had confidered the faid firft mentioned Pe- 
tition; and had alfo heard Counfel in Favour of the faid 
Bill ; and had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One, 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for paving Wapping Street, in the 
County of Middlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paflages 
leading into the fame ; and for removing all Encroach- 
ments and Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future ; and for opening a Paflage from Her- 
mitage Street, into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch 
Paflage, and the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for paving Wapping Street, in the County of 
Middlefex, and the feveral Streets and Paffages leading 
into the fame; and for removing all Encroachments and 
Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future ; and for opening a Paflage from Hermitage Street, 
into Nightingale Tan, and for paving fuch Paflage, and 
the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman O/iver do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for further continuing the Tolls upon London 
Bridge ,; and for empowering the Mayor and Common- 
alty and Citizens of the City of Zondon to authorize Per- 
fons, poffeffled for Terms of Years of certain Houfes 
and Ground, defcribed in an Aé&amp;t of the 7th Year of His 
prefent Majefty, to build upon and inclofe fuch Ground, 
in cafe the Owners of the Freehold and Inheritance are 
not to be found, or are not willing to inclofe and build 
upon the fame; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, Sir Robert Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


A Bill for draining and preferving certain Fen Lands, 
and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the Ifle of Ely, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Hynde Cotton, Sir Sampfon Gideon, 8&amp;cc.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


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A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and all other Commort 
and Wafte Lands; in the Liberties or Hamlets of Kilby 
and Newton Harcourt, in the Parith of Wiftow; and 
County of Leicefer, was read a Second Time: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn Pal- 
mer, Sir Thomas Cave, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and wideiting the Road 
from the Low Water Mark of the River Humber, at or 
near Brough Ferry, in the Parifh of Elloughton, in the 
Eaft Riding of the County of York, to the North End of 
the Town of Brough, and from thence, through South 
Cave, to Coney Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the 
faid Riding, was read the Third Time. 

Refelved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Low Water Mark of the River Huméer, at or near 
Brough Ferry, in the Parifh of Elloughton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, to the North End of the 
Town of Brough, and from thence, through South Cave, 
to Coney Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the faid 
Riding. . 

Ordered, That Sir George Savile do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at Wind- 
bill, in the Townfhip of Idle, in the County of 2ork, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Lajfcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Southwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, 
in the Parithes of Prefton and Stratton, in the County of 
Gloucefter: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time: _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir William Dolben prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Earls Barton, in the County of Northampton: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to impower Sir Fobu Gibbons to fhut up the 
Foot Paths, over certain Lands in the Parifh of Stau- 
well, in the County of Middlefex ; and to extinguifh all 
Claims and Right of Common in and over the faid 
Lands; and to oblige the faid Sir Zohn Gibbons to make 
and keep in Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof , and to 
veft certain Premiffes and a Sum of Money in Truftees, 
for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifh ; was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ga/- 
coyne, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Willoughby reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, 
within the Liberties of Stapleford and Brameote, in the 
County of Nottingham, was committed’; That the Com: 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faétion of tne Committee (except the Proprietors . 24 

Acres 








2.44 


Acres of Field Lands, 3 Cow Commons, 3 3 Horfe Com- 
mons, and 110 Sheep Commons, who, being applied to, 
faid, the Inclofure would be of no Service to them, 
and that they had rather it remained uninclofed; and 
that the whole Property in the faid Fields and Commons 
intended to be inclofed is 590 +. Acres of Field Lands, 
161 Cow Commons, 51 + Horfe Commons, and 1,506 
Sheep Commons ;. and that no'Perfon appeared berore 
the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


- An ingrofied Bill for the more effectual amending 
fuch of the Roads as belong to, and are Part of, the 
Mile Ways, leading to the Univerfity and City of Ox- 
ford, and which are not made a Part of any Turnpike 
Road ; for the making a commodious Entrance into the 
{aid Univerfity and City, through the Parifh of Bridge- 
fet, commonly called Saint Clement, for the widening, re- 
pairing, or re-building, the Bridge called Magdalen Bridge, 
for making a fafe and commodious Road from the faid 
Bridge, through the Univerfity and City aforefaid, to 
join the great Roads leading to Worcefter, Gloucefter, Bir- 
mingham, Banbury, Abingdon, Newbury, Southampton, 
and other Places ; for cleanfing and lighting the Streets, 
Lanes, and Places, within the faid Univerfity and City, 
and the Suburbs thereof, and the faid Parifh of Saint 
Clement ; for removing Nufances and Annoyances there- 
from, and preventing the like for the future; for hold- 
ing and regulating a Market within the faid City ; for 
impowering Colleges and Corporations to alienate their 
Eftates there; and for other Purpofes; was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for amending certain of the Mile Ways lead- 
ing to Oxford, for making a commodious Entrance 
through the Parifh of Saint Clement ; for re-building or re- 
pairing Magdalen Bridge , for making commodious Roads 
from the faid Bridge, through the Univerfity and City, 
and the Avenues leading thereto ; for cleanfing and light- 
ine the Streets, Lanes, and Places, within the faid Uni- 
verfity and City, and the Suburbs thereof, and the faid 
Parith of Saint Clement , for removing Nufances and 
Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; for impowering Colleges and Corporations to 
alienate their Eftates there ; for removing, holding, and 
regulating Markets, within the faid City ; and for other 
Purpofes. 

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


A Petition of Edward Wiils, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houie, and read ; Taking Notice of the Bill to 
enable the Corporation of the Governor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty of the Company of Confervators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, to com- 
plete and maintain the principal Banks and Works ne- 
ceffary to the well draining and preferving the North 
Level, Part of the faid Great Level, and for laying a 
Tax upon the Lands within the faid North Level, and 
on divers Lands adjoining thereto, in the Manor of 
Crowland , and repreienting to the Houfe, that, if the 
faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, in the Form it now 
ftands, it would be, in many Refpeéts, injurious to the 
Petitioner ; And therefore praying, That he may be 
heard, by himfeif, or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the 
faid Bill as may affect him ; and that he may receive fuch 
Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 


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MO OGFL. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bilf 
is committed : And that the Petitioner be heard, by him- 
felf, or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon his 
Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Mr. Hanmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pattures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Pattifball, with the Hamlets of 
Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the County of Nor- 
thampton: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aé&amp;, 
made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Second, 
to repair the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, within 
the County of the City of York, to a Place near the 
faid City, called Hobmoor Lane End, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tur- 
ner, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for rendering effectual an Exchange of certain Lands, 
Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory of Avington, in the 
County of Southampton, for certain other Lands in the 
faid Parith of Avington, belonging to the Moft honour- 
able the Marquis of Casparvon, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Bridges Rodney, Admiral Pye, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill to regulate and remove certain Public Markets 
in the City of Exeter, and for that Purpofe to purchafe 
a Plot of Ground; and to prevent the Holding of the 
Markets in the High Street of the faid City ; and alfo to 
remove and prevent Annoyances in the faid City, and 
its Suburbs ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Walter, 
Mr. Buller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of Fohn Harris, Gentleman, of the Town 
and Borough of Plymouth, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioner finds, by the 
Votes, that a Bill is depending, to explain and amend 
an Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 
and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and Porters within 
the faid Town; and that the Petitioner hath advanced 
the Sum of Four hundred Pounds upon the Credit of 


the faid former Aét, which ftill remains due with Intereft 


thereon: And therefore praying, That Provifion may 
be made in the Bill, now depending in the Houfe, for 
the fecuring to him the Repayment of the faid Sum, with 
the Intereft due, or which fhal! become due, thereupon. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to amend 
and render more effectual, an Act, paffed in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Ac for paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of 
Plymouth, in the County of Devex, and for regulating 
the Carmen and Porters within the faid Town, is com- 
mitted; and that they have Power to make Provi- 
fion 


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fion in the faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid 
Petition. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, Haydon Square, The New Square, 
Haydon Yard, Sheepy Y ard, Church Street, Little Church 
Street, otherwife the Church Paffage, Church Court, and 
Kenton Street, and the Paffages therein, or leading there- 
unto, in the Parith of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in 
The Minories, in the County of Middlefex, within the Li- 
berty of His Majefty’s Tower of London ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Common Fields, called Stretton Common Fields, and cer- 
tain Common or Wafte Grounds, called Stretton Heath, 
and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parith of Stretton on the 
Fos, in the County of Warwick, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Freeman, 
Mr. Sloane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Hand Crofs, to Corner Houfe, and from thence to the 
Turnpike Road leading from Horfbam to Steyning, and 
from Corner Houfe aforefaid, to The Maypole, in the Town 
of Henfield, in the County of Suffex, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Har- 
court, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refolutions 
which the Committee had direéted him to report to the 
Houle; which he read in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were 
read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the Mili- 
tia, in that Part of Great Britain called England, for 
One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one, be de- 
frayed out of the Monies arifing by the Land Tax grant 
ed for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy-one. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Sum of One million Fight hundred thoufand 
Pounds be raifed, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, to be 
charged upon the Firft Aids to be granted in the next 
Seffion of Parliament; and fuch Exchequer Bills, if not dif- 
charged, with Intereft thereupon, on or before the Fifth 
Day of April One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
two, to be exchanged, and received in Payment in fuch 
Manner as Exchequer Bills have ufually been exchanged 
and received in Payment. 

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

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, upon 
the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Cooper, Sir Charles 
Whitworth, the Lord Beauchamp, and Mr. De Grey, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sit Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider of the Report, which was made from 
the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Merchants 
and Tradefinen of the Port of King/ton upon Hull, on Be- 

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245 


half of themfelves, and more particularly of thof 
concerned in the Whale Fifhery to Greenland, Davis’s 
Straits, and the Seas adjacent; and alfo, the Petition of 
the Royal Boroughs of Scotland; and alfo, the Petition of 
the Merchants, and others His Majefty’s Britifh Subjects, 
concerned in the Whale Fifhery ; were referred; the 
Refolutions which the Committee had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame were read ; and are as followeth; viz. 

‘Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty be continued, on the Ships employed in 
the Whale Fifhery, to Greenland, Davis’s Straits, and 
Places adjacent, for a limited Time. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That from and after the Expiration of the prefent Boun- 
ty, a Bounty of Forty Shillings per Ton, on all Ships 
employed in the faid Fifhery, be granted, for the Term 
of Five Years ; and from and after the Expiration of the 
faid Five Years, a Bounty of Thirty Shillings per Ton ; 
and from and after the Expiration of the faid Second 
Term of Five Years, a Bounty of Twenty Shillings per 
Ton, for Five Years, and to the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament. , 

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

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions : And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Sir Wil- 
liam Meredith, and Mr. Pennant, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. ’ 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for regulating ahd improving 
the Fifheries in the River of Tweed, and the Rivers and 
Streams running into the fame, is committed. 


Mr. Staunton, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to in- 
demnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves 
for Offices and Employments ; and to indemnify Juttices 
of the Peace, and others, who have omitted to regifter 
their Qualifications within the Time limited by Law, and 
for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes, was com- 
mitted, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bitl, with the Amendment, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was 
Twice read ; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, was 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, that the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
erofied. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for limit- 
ing the Tonnage of Ships which fhall for the future be 
built for, or to be employed in, the Service of the Unit- 
ed Company of Merchants trading to the Eaft Indies ; 


_ And the previous Queftion being put, That that Quef- 
tion be now put; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Mr. Buller, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Captain Phipps : 23. 
r Mr. Dempfter, | 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. William Burke : 30. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
limiting the Tonnage of Ships, which fhall for the fu- 
ture be built for, or to be: employed in, the Service of 
the United Company of Merchants trading to the Eaf 
Indies: And that Mr. Buller, Mr. Hervey, the Lord Pal- 
merfton, Mr. Stephens, and Captain Pdipps, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


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Ordered, That aCommittee be appointed, to confider 
how His Majefty’s Navy may be better fupplied with 
Timber ; and to report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe : 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Burke, Mr. 
Dowdefwell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records; and all who come to the Committee are 
to have Voices. 


Refolved, That an humble Addtefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Direétions, that there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Men recruited by each Regi- 
ment of Dragoons and Marching Regiments, within 
Great Britain, from the Tenth Day of December 1770, 
to the Firft Day of March 1771, or as far as the fame 
can be made u 

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


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Months, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the further quieting and efta- 
blifhing Corporations; and for rendering more {peedy and 
effectual Proceeding in Writs of Quo Warranto, and In- 
formations in Nature of a Quo Warranto, and Proceed- 
ings on Writs of Mandamus ; and for regulating Admil- 
fions into Corporations and. Boroughs. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


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


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





Martis, 12° die Martii; 
Anno 11° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris, and Mr. 
Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, Common 
Meadows, Common,Wood Grounds, and Commonable 
Lands, in the Parith of A/vefton, in the County of War- 
wick ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
enable Francis Charteris, Eiquire, heretofore called Fran- 
cis Wemy/s, and the Heirs of his Body, and {feveral 
other Perfons therein named, and the Heirs of their re- 
{pective Bodies, to retain, affume, and fign, the Name 
of Charteris, and to bear the Arms of Charteris, and 
to hold and enjoy the Eftate therein mentioned, notwith- 
ftanding the Defcent to him or them refpectively of the 
Honour and Title of Wemy/s, or any other Honour or 
Title whatfoever ; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. ° 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 


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M1771. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 

Open Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and 
other Open and Common Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Liffett, in the Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Bee- 
ford, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was 
read the Third Time. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and other 
Open and Common Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Liffett, in the Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Beeford, in the 
Eaft Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. La/celles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to amend, and render more ef- 
fectual, feveral Acts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, 
and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other 
Places, within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and 
Parts adjacent, was read the Third Time. 
The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. 
Pr. 3. 1. 13. To leave out from ‘* Places” to the 
End of Line 17. 

Pr. 55. 1. 32. To leave out from “as” to the End 
of Line 33, and infert “is herein 
“ before directed” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to amend, and render more effectual, feve- 
ral Acts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, and light- 
ing, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, 
within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts 
adjacent. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. ‘ames Dyndas reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of {o 
much of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, as relates to the 
repairing the Road from Cramond Bridge to the Town 
ot Queensferry, in the County of Linlithgow, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 


made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had - 


dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 


with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where ° 


the Amendments were Oace read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Harcourt prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Turnpike Road at Vineball, in the Parifh of 
Mountfield, in the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner, 
and from thence to Staple Cro/s, and to the Turnpike 
Road near the Windmill, in the Parifh of Beckley; and 
from Staple Cro/s to Longley’s Water Corn Mill, at Kent 
Ditch, and from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, 
in the faid County : And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from Wem, in the County of Salop, to or near Chirk, in the 
County of Denbigh, from Horton to Knockin and Llauy- 
mynech ; and alfo the Road from the End of Cotton 

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Wood, to Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kyna- 
fton, Mr. Morgan, &amp;c.: And they are to mieet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners obierve, by the Votes, that a Bill is brought 
in, for repairing the Roads from Wem, through Elle/- 
mere, in the County of Salop, to or near Chirk, in the 
County of Denbigh, and feveral other Roads therein 
mentioned ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that the 
Road leading from the Finger Poft, near Pry/ewen, 
near Chirk, to the Lime Rocks at Bron y Garth, with a 
Branch leading out of the fame to Pont y Blew, in the 
County of Salop, and alfo from Lianymynech; to the 
River Tannat, at or near the Grove in the Townfhip 
of Carreghova, and County of Denbigh, are in a very 
ruinous Condition, narrow in many Places, and incom- 
modious and dangerous: And therefore praying, That 
Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for repairing and 
widening the faid laft mentioned Roads, in fuch Manner 
as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 

Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and oof the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 
And it is referred to Mr Kynajfton, Mr. Morgan, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons; Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from thé Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and iriclofing certain Com- 
mons, Commonable Grounds, and Watftes, called Red- 
ditch Common and Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of 
the Manor of Tardebigg, which lies in the County of 
Worcefter, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; arid 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Owners of Eftates, who are entitled to Right of Com- 
mon upon the Lands, to be inclofed, of the Value of 
{.223 per Annum, or thereabouts, who, being applied 
to, did not chufe to fign the Bill, though moft of 
them made no Objection to the Inclofure-; and that 
the whole Annual Value of the Eftates belonging to 
Perfons having Right of Common upon the faid Lands 
is £.1,264 or thereabouts; and that no Perfon appear- 
ed before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had directed 
him to report to the Houle; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion, feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


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


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
Three Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George the 
Firft, and the 19th and 26th Years of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and 
other Roads in fome of the faid Aéts mentioned, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing the 
fame into One Act; for amending the Road from the 


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Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to the 
Turnpike Caufeway leading from Pre/cott to Liverpool, 
and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, from the {aid Caufeway, to 
Ranelagh Houfe in Liverpool, and to prevent Frauds 
and Abutes being committed by Perfons employed in 
conveying Coals along the faid Roads, was committed ; 
That the Committee Had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, atid made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill; with the Ametdments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments wete Orice read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
th: Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 


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


_ Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of all Seizures made; of Foreign Wrought 
Silks arid Velvets, from the sth Day of Fanuary 1760; 
to the 5th Day of Fanuary 1771, or as far as the fame 
can be made up. ei 

Ordered, That the Order; made upon Friday laft, for 
the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Friday next, to confider of an Act 
made in the Sixth Yeat of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled; An Aé to prohibit the Importation of Foreign 
Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited Time, and for 
preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmén emé 
ployed in the Silk Manufacture, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That thé fai¢ Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow Se- 
vennight, the zoth Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into the faid Committee: 


A Bill for repairing and widehing the Roads from 
the Town of Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to 
Gatehope, Knowburnfoot, and to the Top of Minchmoor, 
and to Lochhead, in the County of Peebles, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Lord 
Advocate of Scotland, Mr. Wedderburn, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Francis Vincent réported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for eftablifhing and confirming an Exchange of a 
certain Piece of Inclofed Land, in the Parifh of Eaf 
Barnet, in the County of Hertford, and Diocefe of Lon- 
don, for other inclofed Land, Parcel of .the Glebe of 
the faid Parifh, purfuant to an Agreement between 
Benjamin Underwood, Clerk, Mafter of Arts, Rector of 
the faid Parith of Eaf Barnet, and Fobn Pybus, Efquire, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee; and that the Committee had direéted him to report 
the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And 
he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of feveral Commiffioners appointed to put 
in Execution an Aét, made in the 24th Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for the better carrying on 
and regulating the Navigation of the Rivers Tames and 


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Vis, from the City of London, Weftward, to the Town 
of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, by the faid 
A&amp;, the Regulation and Management of the River 
Kennet, between the Common Landing Place at Read- 
ing and the Mouth of the faid River, is vefted in the 
Petitioners ; and that a Bill is depending in the Houte, 
for improving and completing the Navigation of the 
faid Rivers Thames and Ifs, which, the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, cannot be effectually carried into Execution, 
unlefs Power is given to regulate the Navigation of the 
faid River Kennet, within the Limits aforefaid, in like 
Manner as the Petitioners are impowered to do by the 
faid At; and that the Fry of Salmon and other Fifh 
are frequently deftroyed in the faid Rivers, by Perfons 
fifhing at unfeafonable Times in the Year, and with 
unlawful Nets ; and the Petitioners apprehend, if Power 
was given to prevent fuch illezal Praétices in that Part 
of the River Thames which is out of the Jurifdiction 
of the City of London, and alfo in the River J/s, it 
would tend to the Prefervation of the Fry of Fifh with- 
in the faid Rivers: And therefore praying, That Pro- 
vifion may be made in the faid Bill, for the Purpofes 
aforefaid. . 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Freeman, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs, Burgeffes, and Common- 
alty, and other the Inhabitants, of the Town or Bo- 
rough of Ludlow, in the County of Salop, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there is 
a Bill depending in the Houfe, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Stone Bridge, in the Town of Shrew/bury, in 
the faid County ; and that the faid Town of Ludlow is 
by fuch Bill intended to be included and charged with 
the Payment of a proportionable Share with other Parts 
of the faid County ; and that there are Three large 
Bridges belonging to the faid Town of Ludlow (which 
is a diftiné&amp; Liberty, and not liable to contribute to the 
County Rates) which Bridges they are obliged to fup- 
port and keep in Repair at their own Charge; and that 
the Tolls or Pontage arifing from fuch Bridges is at 
all Times greatly inadequate to the Charge of repairing 
the fame, and which at prefent are greatly impaired and 
damaged ; and that a very large Sum of Money mutt 
be immediately expended in repairing the fame, which 
will be attended with a heavy Charge upon the In- 
habitants of the faid Town of Ludlow: And therefore 
praying the Houfe to exempt the Petitioners trom any 
Tax that is intended by the faid Bill to be laid or im- 
pofed on them, on Account of building the faid Bridge 
at Shrew/bury, or to grant them fuch Relief and Redrefs 
therein, as the Houfe fhall think meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the Bill for enabling the Truftces ap- 
pointed to put in Execution an Act, made in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repair- 
ing and widening the Stone Bridge in the Town of 
Shrew/bury, to raile Money for building the faid Bridge, 
and for carrying the feveral Purpofes of the faid Act in- 
to Execution, be read a Second Time. 


Lord Frederick Campbell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called The Intack or Cow Pafture, and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of 
Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durham ; and for ex- 
tinguifhing all Right of Common in certain inclofed In- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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tercommon Lands there: And the fame was received 3 
and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the feveral Truftees for putting in Exe: 
cution an Act, made in the Second Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aé&amp; for repair- 
ing and widening the Road leading from Ahborne, in 
the County of Derby, to the Town of Leek, in the 
County of Stafford, and from Rye Croft Gate, up- 
on Rufhton Common, to Congleton, in the County of 
Chefter ; and alio the Road leading from Bhth Marfh, 
in the County of Stafford, through Cheadle, Oakamoor, 
and Blore, to the Turnpike Road from Aborne, to 
Buxton, near Thorp, in the County of Derby, and of 
the feveral Perfons who have lent Money on the faid 
Road leading from Blyth Mar/h, to the Road from 4f- 
borne to Buxton, near Thorp, whofe Names are fub- 
{cribed, on Behalf of themtelves and the reft of the 
Creditors of the faid lait mentioned Road, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for repairing and widening the Road from Shelton, 
in the County of Stafford, to the Road between Cheadle 
and Leek, at Blakely Lane Head, and from Bucknal to 
the Road between Leek and Sandon, at Wefton Coyney, 
and from the faid Road between Cheadle and Leek, to 
the Road above Frogall Bridge, and from the fame 
Road on the Eaft Side Frogall Bridge, to the Road 
between Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Ruebill Gate, 
in the faid County; and that the Petitioners conceive, 
that if the faid Road from Blyth Marfh, to the Road 
between Afbborne and Buxton, near Thorp, and the faid 
Roads propofed to be repaired by the faid Bill, or fome 
Part thereof, were united, and made One Trutt only, 
and the Tolls to be colleéted on each of the faid Roads 
confolidated, it would be for the mutual Advantage of 
both the faid Roads, and the Benefit of the Public: 
And therefore praying, That Provifion may be made in 
the faid Bill for effecting the Purpofes aforefaid, in 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in 


the faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Peti- 
tion. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty- 
fifth Day of Merch, One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for licenfing an additional Number of 
Hackney Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing 
thereby: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for punifhing Offences committed by Hack- 
ney Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain Diftriéts 
and Places therein mentioned; and for renewing the 
Regiftry of Carts and Carriages: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1771: 

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And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Aét, made in the laft Sefflion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act for extending like Liberty, in the 
Exportation of Rice from Eat and We? Florida, to the 
Southward of Cape Finnifterre, in Europe, as is granted 
by former Acts of Parliament to Carolina and Georgia: 
And that Mr. Cooper and Sir Charles Whitworth do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Alderman O/iver do make the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the 
City of London, in Common Council affembled, was 
referred. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to enable Lunatics, entitled to renew Leafes, their 
Guardians and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of 
oid Leafes, and grant new ones, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Fack/on took the Chair of the Committee. 

- Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Fack/on reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and had directed him to re- 
port the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment ; 
and he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Michell, Se- 
cretary to the United Company of Merchants of Eng- 
land trading to the Eaft Indies, attended at the Door; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Eftimate of the Expence of raifing and main- 
taining a Body of Two thoufand Men, upon the Plan 
propofed in the Bill, for the more effectually raifing a 
Military Force, for the Protection of the Settlements 
and Poffeffions of the Eaft India Company. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

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

The faid Eftimate is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


_ Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Common Fields, and Commonable Grounds, with- 
in the Manor and Parifh of South Refton, in the County 
of Lincoln, which Bill was, upon Friday laft, reported 
from the Committee to whom the fame had been com- 
mitted ; 

The Lord Strange, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been inform- 
ed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Confent, 
as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the 
Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Complaint being made to the Houfe, of the printed 

ews Paper, intituled, “Tbe Morning Chronicle, and 
“‘ London Advertifer, Monday, March 4, 1771,” printed 
for William Woodfall; and alfo, of the printed News 
Paper, intituled, “The St. Fames’s Chronicle, or Britifh 
“ Evening Poft, from T, hurfday, March 7, to Saturday, 
“ March 9.1771, printed by Henry Baldwin ; and alfo, 
of the printed News Paper, intituled, “The London 
“ Packet, or New Evening Poft, from Wednefday, Fe- 


“ bruary 27, to Friday, March 1 heap Ai 
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249 


7. Evans; and alfo, of the printed News Paper, intitu- 
led, “The Whiteball Evening Poft, from Thurfday, Fe- 
“&lt; bruary 28, to Saturday, March 2, 1771,” printed and 
fold by IZ. Wright, and alfa} of the printed News Pa- 
per, intituled, ‘* Te General Evening Paft (London) from 
“&lt; Thutfday, March 7, to Saturday, March 9, 1771,” fold 
by S. Bladon , and alfo, of the printed News Paper, in- 
tituled, “Te London Evening Poft, from Thurfday, March 
“7, to Saturday, March 9, 1771,” printed tor 7. Miller ; 
as containing the Debates, and mifreprefenting the 
Speeches of feveral of the Members; of this Houfe, in 
Contempt of the Orders, and in Breach of the Privi- 
lege, of this Houfe : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Paper, intituled, “‘ Te Morning Chronicle, 
“ and London Advertifer, Monday, March 4, 1771,” print- 
ed for William Woodfall, be delivered in at the Table, 
and read ,; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Onflow, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Cooper : 


140. 
Tellers for the Noes, \Me tyes t 43: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
And the faid Paper was delivered in at the ‘Table ac- 

cordingly ; and feveral Paragraphs therein were tead. 

Ordered, That the faid William Wocdfall do attend this 
Houfe upon Thurfday Morning next. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Paper, intituled, “The St. Fames’s Chro- 
“ nicle, or Britifo Evening Poft, trom Thurfday, March 7, 
“ to Saturday, March 9, 1771,” printed by Henry Bald- 
win, be delivered in at the Table, and read ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Soli “i wee, t Ik. 

Tellers for the Noes, ; “9 a 37° 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Paper was delivered in at the Table ac- 
cordingly; and feveral Paragraphs therein were read, 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That feremiah Weymouth, Efquire, the D——-n 
of this Country, is not a Member of this Houfe : 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that 
Queftion be now put; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } Sommer Pip “i 


38. 
Tellers for the Noes, } eres t 120. 
So it paffed4n the Negative. 

' Then Two Members, Mr. Onflow and Colonel Barré, 

rifing to fpeak, and Mr. Speaker having called upon 

Mr. Onflow, as being firft in his Eyes but it being in- 

fifted upon, that Colonel Barré was firft up, and there- 

fore had a Right to fpeak firft ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Mr. Onflow not being firft up, do now 
{peak ; 

And an Amendment being propofed to be made to the 
faid propofed Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ not 
“¢ being firft up” and inferting the Words ‘to whom 
“‘ the Speaker has pointed, and whom the Speaker has 
«¢ declared to have been the firft in his Eye ;” 

The Houle was moved, That the Entry in the Jour- 
nals of the Houfe, of the 2d Day of May 1604, relat- 
ing to Sir Richard Levefon and Sir Francis Haftings, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 


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250. 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} a Meredith, 


bss 
Tellers for the Noes, 4 9 sy i 


f 114. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the faid propofed Queftion, together with the 
faid propofed Amendment, was with Leave of the Houfe 
withdrawn. 

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That the faid Henry Baldwin do attend this 
Houfe upon Tburfday Morning next : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Dempfter, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ; Clea ma wings : 
Mr. Cocks, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mir, Petes: 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion being put, That Henry 
Baldwin do attend this Houfe upon Thurfday Morning 
next 5 . 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


b 09, 


Tellers for the Yeas, } el . 109. 
Tellers for the Noes, } ne as ve t 29. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Paper, intituled, “Te London Packet, 
“or New Evening Poft, from Wednefday, February 27, 
“to Friday, March 1, 1771,” printed for 7. Evans, be 
delivered in at the Table, and read ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas went forth, _ 
Tellers for the Yeas, J - Sabin ~ Sea t 100. 
Tellers for the Noes, ; ri nt t 22. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Paper was delivered in at the Table 
accordingly ; and feveral Paragraphs therein were 
read. ' 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. _ 
Tellers for the Yeas,} “&gt; vel bw nod } 24, 
Lord Burgherfh, 
~ Tellers for the Noes, } Captain Yen rot 7 i go. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That Thomas Evans do attend this Houfe upon 
J bur{day Morning next: 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Cholmley, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Bi tiie i 22. 
Tellers for the Noes, j o7 Tomasriah. t 89. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the faid propofed Queftion, by leaving out the Word 
“- 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ next,” 
{tand Part of the faid propofed Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


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4.1771. 


Tellers for the Yeas,} =r lig i ‘ai 87, 
Tellers for the Noes, one ib Leg or, t 18. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. _ 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ky jy Vinleanyseonad . t 18, 

Colonel Fitzroy, 

Tellers for the Noes, } yy. 77 ner . 84. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then another Amendment being propofed to be made 
to the faid propofed Queftion, by adding at the End 
thereof, the Words ‘ together with all his Compofitors, 
«“ Prefsmen, Correctors, Blackers, and Devils :” 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, oa oo t 14. 
Mr. Marton 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr, Sloane t 79. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the Words, “ to- 
¢ sether with all his Compofitors, Prefsmen, Correétors, 
‘© Blackers, and Devils,” be added to the faid propofed 
Quettion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth, 

Sir Robert Clayton, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. William aid $ 

Sir Brownlow Cuft, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Colonel Onflow uh 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the previous Queftion being propofed, That the 
faid propofed Queftion be now put : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, That 
the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 


$7. 


b 74. 


The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, ee edith : 13. 
Tellers for the Nocs.{ ~% Soon 73: 


So it paffed in the Negative, 
Then the previous Queftion being put, That the faid 
propofed Queftion be now put ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. 
Mr. Cooper, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Site Mintaes t 776 
Tellers for the Noes, a — ‘ 12, 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put, That Thomas 
Evans do attend this Houfe upon Tburfday Morning 
next 5 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ st peti 7 76. 
Tellers for the Noes, Sa Coeil ee Townfend, i 12. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That the faid Paper, intituled, “ Te Whiteball Evening 
“ Poft, from Thurfday, February 28, to Saturday, March 
“© 2.1771,” printed and fold by 7. Wright, be delivered 
in at the Table, and read; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

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The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth —_, ; 
Tellers for the Yeas, | mi aa Pani : } Il. 
Tellers for the Noes, } a res t 68. 


So it paffed in the Negative: 
Then the Queftion being put, That the faid- Paper 
be delivered in at the Table, and read ; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
Mr. Sloane; 
Tellers for the Yeas,4 Mr. Brickdale : t 66. 
Mr. Turner, | 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Whitworth « } 10. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. |. 
And the faid Paper was delivered in at the Table ac- 
cordingly ; and feveral Paragraphs therein were read. 
And a Motion being made, and the Queftion bein 
propofed, That Thomas Wright do attend this Houfe 
wpon Thurfday Morning next : 
And the previous Queftion being put, That that Quef- 
tion be now put; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } = me * t 71. 
Tellers for the Noes, vm eee t 10. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put, That Thomas 
Wright do attend this Houfe upon Thar/day Morning 
next. 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth, 

Tellers for the Yeas, | a . t 70. 
7 Sir Cecil Wray, 

Tellers for the Noes, x4 Williom Burke : } 10. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That the faid Paper, intituled, “ The General Evening 
&lt; Poft (London) from Thurfday March 7, to Saturday, 
“© March 9, 1771,” fold by S. Bladon, be delivered in 
at the Table, and read : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, | prcineed 10. 
Tellers for the Noes, agg ~~ F } 69. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the faid Paper was delivered in at the Table ; 
and feveral Paragraphs therein were read. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Samuel Bladon do attend this Houfe upon Tbur/day 
Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, pM. Fk a t 71. 
Tellers for the Noes, j by nae a t 10. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Paper, intituled, “ Te London Evening Poft, 
“ from Thurfday March 7, to Saturday, March 9, 1771,” 
ptinted for . Miller, was delivered in at the Table; 
and feveral Paragraphs therein were read. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Fobn Miller do attend this Houfe upon Thurfday 
Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth, 


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Tellers for the Yeas. me oro ; t 72: 
Sir Cecil Wray, 
UMr. William Burke : t adh 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Fames Warteil do attend this Houfe at 
the fame Time: ; 
Ordered, That Robert Harris do atterid this Houfe at 
the fame Time: 


Tellers for the Noes, 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names ate 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and other 
Truitees in the Execution of an Act of Parliament, paffed 
in the 31ft Year of his late Majefty,; intituled, An Act 
for repaiting and widening the Roads from Dowing- 
ton High Bridge, to Hale Drove; and to the Eighth 
Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Wigtoft, and to Langret 
Ferry, in the County of Lincoln, at a Meeting of the 
faid Truftees for the Purpofes of the faid Aét, holden at 
the Crofs Chamber, in Bofton, on Thurfday, the 7th Day 
of March 1771, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Truftees, by the faid A&amp;, are 
impowered to take Materials, for repairing the faid 
Roads, from any Part of the Great Common, called 
Holland Fen, through which not lefs than Eleven Miles 
of the faid Roads do pafs, without paying for the fame ; 
and that the Petitioners obferve, in the Votes, feveral 
Bills for inclofing the Commons allotted to the Parifhes 
or Hamlets of Skirbeck Quarter, Algarkirk cum Fofdyke, 
and Bofton Weft, within the faid Fens ; and, fhould the 
fame pafs into Laws, and the faid Commons, with others, 
allotted upon the late Divifion of the faid Fen, become 
private Property, the Petitioners apprehend the fame 
will be highly injurious to the faid Truft, and rendér im- 
practicable the future Repair and Support of the Turn- 
pike Roads through the faid Fen, and thereby gréatly 
leffen the Securities given for the Sum of £. 8,675 bor- 
rowed upon Credit of the Tolls under the faid Adc, 
unlefs Provifion be made to prevent the fame: And 
therefore praying the Houfe to take the Premifes’ into 
their Confideration, and to grant them fuch Relief as 
fhall feem meet. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for divid- 
ing and inclofing the feveral Parcels of Fen Land, with- 
in the Parifh of Algarkirk cum Fofdyke, in the Parts of 
Holland, in the County of Lincoln, 1s committed. _ 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Previfion in the 
faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday the 4th 
Day of this Inftant March, for the Houte to refolve it- 
felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for the more effectually raifing a Military Force, for 
the Proteétion of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the 
Eaft India Company, upon Wednefday the 13th Day of 
this Inftant March, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. _ 

And it being then after Four of the Clock on Wedne/- 
day Morning ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons who were ordered 
to attend the faid Committee this Day, do attend the 
faid Committee To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday laf, for 
the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon this Day, to confider further of the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being tead accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
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Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday laft, for 
the Houfe to refolve itfelf into aCommittee of the whole 
Houfe, upon this Day, to confider further of ‘Ways and 
Means for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, 
be now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 21{t Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confi- 
cer of the prefent State of the Corn Trade. 


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





Fovis, 14° die Maritii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Zomkyns, 

from the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended 
at the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantity of Briti/o Wrought Silks 
exported from England to the Weft Indies and America, 
from the 5th Day of Fanuary 1760, to the sth Day of 
Fanuary 1771. 

_ And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred 
to confider of an Act, made in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Im- 
portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a 
limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Notice being taken of a Miftake in the Account of the 
Quantity of Raw Silk, Thrown Silk, and other Silk, un- 
manufactured, which have been imported into England, 
from the 5th Day of fanuary 1760, to the 5th Day of 
Fanuary 1771; diftinguifhing the feveral Years, and the 
Places trom whence the faid Silk has been imported ; 
which was prefented to the Houfe upon Friday latt ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Friday laft, for 
referring the {aid Account to the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom it is referred to confider of an A€t, made 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Act to prohibit the Importation of Foreign Wrought 
Silks and Velvets for a limited Time; and for prevent- 
ing unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the 
Silk Manufacture, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Account, in order to the prefenting a perfect Account. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to. whom the Bill for further continuing the 
Tolls upon London Bridge, and for empowering the 
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of Lon- 


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don to authorize Perfons, poflefied for Terms of Years 
of certain Houfes and Ground, defcribed in an A&amp; of 
the 7th Year of His prefent Majefty, to build upon and 
inclofe fuch Ground, in cafe the Owners of the Freehold 
and Inheritance are not to be found, or are not willing 
to inclofe and build upon the fame, is committed. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
and the Common or Heath, called Ki//all Heath, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Parith of Donington, in 
the County of Salop, was committed ; That the Com- 
mitteé had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faétion of the Committee ; and that the Committee kad 
gone through the Bili, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to indemnify Perfons who have 
omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employ- 
ments; and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and 
others, who have omitted to regifter their Qualifications 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further 
Time for thofe Purpofes ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Act to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qua- 
lify themfelves for Offices and Employments; and to 
indemnify Juftices of the Peace and others, who have 
omitted to regifter their Qualifications within the Time 
limited by Law, and for giving further Time for thofe 
Purpofes. 


Ordered, That Mr. Staunton do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Curzon do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclof- 
ing a certain Common, called Holland Ward, otherwife 
Hollin Ward, in the County of Derby, was committed. 

Mr. Curzon accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Owners of Land, having Right of Common on the 
faid Ward, which are rated to the Land Tax for £.151. 
gs. 63d. who refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo except 
the Owners of Lands, having Right of Common, which 
are rated tothe Land Tax for £. 147. 15.44 d. and who, 
living at a great Diftance, were not applied to; and that 
the Whole of the Lands, having Right of Common, are 
rated to the Land Tax for'f£. 1,920. 195. 10 4.d4.; and that 
no Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had directed to be reported to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


The Lord Wenman reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for amending, widening, turning, and al- 
tering, the Road from the Bottom of Gaily Hill, near 

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the Town of Witney, to the Crofs in Clanfield, in the 
County of Oxford, was committed ; That the Commit- 
‘tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon’ the Queftion feverally put thereupon, One 
of them was difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
Perfons fhall be liable to pay Tolls but Once a Day. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

And an Amendment was made _ by the Houfe to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingroffed. 


Lord George Cavendifhb reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
leading from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of York, 
to Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby; and the 
Roads feverally leading from Bamford Wood Gate, over 
Yorkfire Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thornhill Moor, 
to or near the Fighth Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, 
and to the Village of Darwent, in the faid County of 
Derby, was committed; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 


and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 


delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
no more than One Half of the Toll fhall be taken at any 
Gate within a Mile of the South Side of Penniftone. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


Sir Y¥obn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to enable the Corporation of the Go- 
vernor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company 
of Confervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called 
Bedford Level, to complete and maintain the principal 
Banks and Works neceffary to the well draining and 
preferving the North Level, Part of the faid Great 
Level; and for laying a Tax upon the Lands within the 
faid North Level, and on divers Lands adjoining there- 
to, in the Manor of Crowland, was committed; and to 
whom the Petition of Charles Orby Hunter, Efquire ; and 
alfo, the Petition of Edward Wills, Efquire, were re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had confidered the faid Pe- 
titions, no Counfel having appeared in Behalf thereof, 
and that the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Pro- 
prietors of 1,855 Acres, who refufed to fign the Bill; 
and except the Proprietors of 2,000 Acres, who could 
not be found, or, on Account of the great Floods, 
could not be applied to; and that the whole Number 
of Acres to be taxed, within the faid North Level, 
amounts to 39,622 ; and that no Perfon appeared before 
the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 

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Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Piace; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed, 


A Petition of Fobn Hart Cotton, Efquire, on Behalf 
of himfelf and others, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioner and fome other 
Perfons have petitioned for a Bill, for dividing and in- 
clofing the Open and Common Fields of Hartford, in 
the County of Huntingdon, and that there are, within 
the faid Parifh ef Hartford, feveral other Commonable 
Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Waite Grounds, which 
might be greatly improved, if divided and inclofed: 
And therefore praying, That Provifion may be made, in 
the abovementioned Bill, to include the faid laft men- 
tioned Meadows, Pattures, Lands, and Wafte Grounds. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the Petition of the Lord of the 
Manor, the Impropriator, of Hartford, in the County 
of Huntingdon, and of the Vicar of the faid Parifh of 
Hartford aforefaid ; and alfo of the feveral Freeholders 
and Copyholders, or cuftomary Tenants, and Proprie- 
tors of Lands and Eftates, in the Open and Common 
Fields of Hartford aforefaid, whofe Hands are thereunto 
fubfcribed ; That they do make Provifion in the faid 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition now pre- 
fented. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an A&amp; 
of the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate in the 
Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North Limits of the 
Townfhip of Moftyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan; and 
from Llanerch y Mor to Pen y Fordd Waen, in the Coun- 
ties of Flint and Denbigh; and for extending the faid A&amp; 
to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties, and the 
County of Carnarvon; and for taking feveral Roads, 
within the faid Counties, out of the Power of the Truf- 
tees appointed by Two feveral Acts of Parliamerit of 
the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of his late Ma- 
jefty ; and for putting the faid Roads under the Direétion 
of the Truftees appointed by the faid former arid this 
prefent A&amp;; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, and render more effectual, feveral Aéts, for 
repairing the Highways between the Bear Inn in Read- 
ing, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, -and other 
Roads in the faid Acts mentioned; and for repairing 
feveral other Roads in this A&amp; mentioned; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from Collingbam, 
through Wetherby, to the City of York, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Common Fields, Com- 
mon Meadows, and Commonable Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of fon Subedge, in the 
te of Gloucefter; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, itttituled, An A&amp; 
to explain and amend fo much of an Aé of the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, for paving the Town and 
Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, as re- 
lates to the Commiffioners of Sewers; and for regulating 
the Manner of taxing Churches and other public Build- 


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tgs, within the Limits of the faid A€t; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; for 
rendering valid and effectual certain Articles of Agree- 
ment, bearing Date the 21ft Day of Fuly 1770, made 
between Frances Countefs Dowager of Londonderry, 
Philip Earl Stanhope, and others; and for vetting fe- 
veral Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Coun- 
ties of Devon and Wilts, in Truftees, for the Purpofes 
in the Aé&amp; mentioned; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Common Fields, and Commonable Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of South Rejton, in the 
County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Common Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of South Refton, in the County of 
Lincoln. 

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


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being interefted in the feveral Di- 
vifions of a certain Fen, called the Haute Huutre, 
EFieht Hundred, or Holland Fen, and certain other Com- 
monable Places adjoining thereto, in the Parts of Hol- 
land, in the County of Lincoln, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, by an Act of 
the Thirty-firft of his late Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Roads from Donington High Bridge to Hale 
Drove, and to the Eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of 
Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry, in the County of Lin- 
coln, Power is given to collect Materials for repairing 
the faid Roads, from any Part of the faid Fen, over 
Part of which the faid Roads pafs; and that, by another 
A@, paffed in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, 
for dividing the faid Haute Huntre, Eight Hundred, or 
Holland Fen, and certain other Commonable Places ad- 
joining thereto, Power is given, within the Time there- 
in mentioned, to fet out any Parcel or Parcels of Land, 
within a Place called Amber Hill, in the faid Fen, not 
exceeding 30 Acres, for the Purpofe of getting Mate- 
rials for the Benefit of the faid Roads ; and that a Doubt 
having arifen, whether the faid Truftees have a Right to 
let or leafe out the Herbage of the faid 30 Acres of 
Land, as was intended by the faid Act, the Truftees 
have not hitherto made any Ufe of the faid Right: And 
therefore praying, That Provifion may be made, in the 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen be- 
longing to Bo/ton Weft, in the County of Lincoln, for 
vefting in the faid Truftees, for the Purpofes of amend- 
ing and repairing the faid Turnpike Roads, the Power 
of letting and leafing fo much of the faid 30 Acres of 
Land as the Perfons having Right of Common, on the 
{aid Common Fen belonging to Boffon Weft aforefaid, 
and the faid Parifh of Bo/fon, may or can claim, or be 
entitled to; referving to the Surveyors of the Highways 
of Bofton Weft aforefaid, the Right of getting Gravel, and 
other Materials, for the Purpofes of repairing the Roads 
within the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in the 
faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 

Another Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being interefted in the feveral 
Divifions of a certain Fen, called the Haute Huntre, 
Eight Hundred, or Holland Fen, and certain other Com- 
monable Places adjoining thereto, in the Parts of Hol- 
land, in the County of Lincoln, was alfo prefented to the 


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Houfe, and read; Containing the fame Allegations as 
the laft preceding Petition: And praying, That Provi- 
fion may be made, in the Bill for dividing and inclofing 
the Common Fen belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in 
the Parifh of Skirbeck, and County of Lincoln, for vetting 
in the faid Truftees, for the Purpofes of amending and 
repairing the faid Turnpike Roads, the Power of letting 
and leafing fo much of the faid 30 Acres of Land, as the 
Perfons having Right of Common on the faid Common 
Fen, belonging to Skirbeck Quarter aforefaid, and the 
faid Parifh of Skirbeck, may or can claim, or be entitled 
to; referving to the Surveyors of the Highways of 
Skirbeck Quarter aforefaid, the Right of getting Gravel 
and other Materials for the Purpofes of repairing the 
Roads within the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in the 
faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 

Another Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being interefted in the feveral 
Divifions of a certain Fen, called the Haute Huatre, 
Eight Hundred, or Holland Fen, and certain other Com- 
monable Places adjoining thereto, in the Parts of Hol- 
land, in the County of Lincoln, was alfo prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Containing the fame Allegations as the 
lait preceding Petitions: And praying, That Provifion 
may be made, in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
feveral Parcels of fen Land, within the Parith of A/gar- 
kirke cum Fofdyke, in the Parts of Holland, inthe County 
of Lincoln, for vefting in the faid Truftees, for the Pur- 
pofes of amending and repairing the faid Turnpike 
Roads, the Power of letting and leafing fo much of the 
faid 30 Acres of Land, as the Perfons having Right of 
Common on the faid Common Fen, belonging to Algar- 
kirke cum Fofdyke aforefaid, and the faid Parith of /- 
garkirke cum Fofdyke, may or can claim, or be entitled 
to; referving to the Surveyors of the Highways of 4. 
garkirke cum Fofdyke aforefaid, the Right of getting 
Gravel and other Materials for the Purpofes of repairing 
the Roads within the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in the 
faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition. 


Mr. Alderman Ofver prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for confolidating, extending, and 
rendering more effectual, the Powers granted by feveral 
Acts of Parliament, for making, enlarging, amending, 
and cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within 
the City of London and Liberties thereof; and for paving, 
cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, 
Yards, Courts, Alleys, Pafflages, and Places, and pre- 
venting and removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
within the fame: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Fobhn Molef/worth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pai- 
tures, and other Commonable Places, in Waverton, 
otherwife Wareton, in the Parifh of Polefworth, in the 
County of Warwick, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satif- 
faction of the Committee (except Phebe Prior, who is 
Tenant for Life only in One undivided Moiety of Two ° 
Yard Lands, who faid fhe was too old and infirm to give 
herfelf any Trouble about it ; and alio, except Fo/ep&gt; 
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Villers, who is feiféd of One undivided Moiety of One 
Half Yard Land, and who figned the Petition for the 
Bill; and alfo, except ohn Hull, who is feifed of One 
Quarter of a Yard Land, who alfo figned the Petition ; 
and alfo, except Thomas Poultney, who is feifed of One 
undivided Moiety of Half a Yard Land and Half a 
Quarter of a Yard Land, and who alfo figned the Peti- 
tion; and alfo, except Fobn Cox, of Wareton, who is 
feifed of Half a Yard Land, and who alfo figned the 
Petition, but refufed to fign the Bill; and that the 
Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed confifts of 
about 24 Yard Lands; and that no Perfon appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto, which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Notice being taken, That Lord Frederick Campbell, 
who, upon Txe/day laft, prefented to the Houfe a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing certain Moors, Waftes, or 
Commons, and Two Parcels of Ground, called The In- 
tack, or Cow Pafture, and Shaw Wood, in the Parifh of 
Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Chefer, in the County Pa- 
latine of Durham, and for extinguifhing all Right of 
Common in certain inclofed Intercommon Lands there, 
was not included in the Order of Leave for preparing, 
and bringing in, the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the Order made for the Second Read- 
ing of the faid Bill be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw the faid 
Bill, and to prefent another Bill inftead thereof. 

Ordered, That Lord Frederick Campbell be added to 
the Gentlemen, who were appointed to prepare, and 
bring in, the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, 
Commons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of 
Stretton, Horninglow,, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parith of Burton upon Trent, in the County of Staf- 
ford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of 
Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parifh of Burton upon Trent, in the County of Staf- 

ord. 
f Ordered, That Sir William Bagot do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields, Common, or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paf- 
tures, and Commonable Grounds, within the Hamlets 
of Stapenhill and Winfhill, in the County of Derby, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aéct for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields, Common, or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and Commonable Grounds, within the Hamlets of 
Stapenkill and Winfhill, in the County of Derby. 

Ordered, That Sir William Bagot do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Ground, within the Townfhip or Ham- 
let of Horninglow, im the Parifh of Burion, in the County 
of Stafford, was read the Third Time. 

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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing a certain Parcel 
of Common and Wafte Ground, called the Ourwoods, 
within the Townfhip or Hamlet of Horzinglow, in the 
Parifh of Burton, in the County of Stafford. 

Ordered, That Sir William Bagot do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Traders, and Manu- 
facturers of Earthen Ware, in the Town and Neigh- 
bourhood of Buiflem, and of the Town of Newcaftle- 
under-Line, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the 
Votes, that Leave is given to bring in a Bill, for making 
a Navigable Canal from the City of Chefter to Middle- 
wich, and there to join the Canal now carrying on from 
the Trent to the Merfey; and that the Petitioners are of 
Opinion, that, fhould the faid Bill pafs into a Law, it 
will be productive of many confiderable Advantages to 
the Trade and Manufactures of thofe Parts, and be of 
public Unity: And therefore praying, That the faid 
Bill may pafs into a Law, under fuch Forms and Re- 
{tri¢tions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Paftures and Open Fields, within the Townfhip of 
Hetton, in the Parifh of Burnfal, and Weft Riding of 
the County of York, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Paf- 
tures, within the Townfhip of Hetton, in the Parith of 
Burnfal, and Weft Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. La/celles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and 
Watfte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Boothby 
Graffoe, in the County of Lincoln, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Bocthby 
Graffoe, inthe County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Clayton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Commiffioners appointed to put in 
Execution an Act, made in the 24th Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty, for the better carrying on and regu: 
lating the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Jfis, from 
the City of London, Weftward, to the Town of Crick- 
lade, in the County of Wilts, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had directed him to report the fame, as jt 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read: And, Mr. Thomas Walker, being exa- 
mined, faid, That in order effectually to carry into Exe- 
cution the propofed Plan for improving and completing 
the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Js, it is ne- 
ceffary Provifion fhould be made to regulate the Navi- 
gation of the River Kennet, between the common Land- 
ing Place at Reading, and the Mouthof the faid River, 
which would be of great Ufe. 

And the Witnefs faid, That the Fry of Fith is fre- 
quently deftroyed in the faid Rivers, by Perfons fith- 
ing at unfeafonable Times, and with unlawful Nets; 


which, 








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which, if prevented, would tend to the Prefervation of 
the Fry of Fifh within the faid Rivers. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for improving and completing 
the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Ifs, from the 
City of London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the Coun- 
ty of Wilts, is committed ; That they have Power to 
make Provifion in the faid Bill, for extending the 
Power of the Commiffioners to the River Kennet, be- 
tween the common Landing Place at Reading, and the 
Mouth of the faid River; and alfo for the Preferva- 
tion of the Fry of Fith within fuch Parts of the faid 
Rivers as are not within the Jurifdi€tion of the City of 
London. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
‘and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Com- 
monable Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Butlers 
Marfton, in the County of Warwick, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, in the Parifh of Butlers Marfton, in 
the County of Warwick. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Catherlough do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for rendering valid and effectual certain Articles of 
Agreement, bearing Date the 21ft Day of July 1770, 
made between Frances Countefs Dowager of London- 
derry, Philip Ear] Stanbope, and others ; and for vefting 
feveral Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the 
Counties of Devon and Wilts, in Truftees, for the 
Purpofes in the Act mentioned; was read the Firft 
Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingtoffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for exemplifying or inrolling the Will of Charles 
Macarthy More, deceafed, and making the fame Evi- 
dence, as well in Jreland as Great Britain, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ambler, 
- Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afterrioon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, Carts, 
Carriages, Loaded Horfes, Hawkers, Pedlars, Huck- 
fters, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen ; and for filling up 
of Coal and other Pits and Sinks, and removing of Ob- 
{tructions and Nulances, within that Part of Great Bri- 
tain called Scotland, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, &amp;c. : And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Second, for repairing the Roads from Li- 
ving ftone, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Gla/- 
gow, and by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of 
Strathaven; and for repairing and widening the Road 


leading from the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or: 


near Loehgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the County 
of Lanerk ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, Lord Archibald Hamilton, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the Truftees for the Undertakers for 
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making navigable the Rivers dir and Calder, in the 
County of York, and of the faid Undertakers, and their 
Leffee, and alfo of divers Owners and Occupiers of 
Lands, Mills, and other Hereditaments, within the 
Townhhip of Wakefield, in the faid County of York, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That a 
Bill is depending, for paving, repairing, cleanfing, and 
enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other pub- 
lic Paflages, within the faid ‘Town of Wakefield; and for 
removing Nufances and Annoyances therein; and for 
widening, turning, and altering, feveral Streets within 
the faid Town ; and that, if the faid Bill fhould pais in- 
to a Law as it is now drawn, it will be fubverfive of 
the Law of the Land, and highly injurious to the Pe- 
titioners : And therefore praying the Houfe to take the 
Premifes into Confideration; and that they may be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of 
the Bill as may affect their Property, and have fuch Re- 
lief as may appear reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, 
the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, 
within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the 
County of York, which lies within the EKaft End of 
Weftgate Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, the 
North End of Kirkgate Bridge, (except fo much there- 
of as is repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid County 
of York) and the extreme Part of the Townthip of 
Wakefield aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Ea/t 
Moor ; for preventing Nufances and Annoyances there- 
in; and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious, is committed: And that the Petitioners be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Countel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill to incapacitate Fobnu Bur- 
nett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas 
Hajfelgrove, Fohn Pedman Junior, Ralph Mocr, Thomas 
Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, 
John Hannington, Fohn Robinfon, William Chee/man, 
Richard Blair, George Browne, Fohu Parfons, Fohn 
Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
Fobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, Fohn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fohn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefh, fobu 
Purfe, John Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fohn Snook Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, ohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fobu Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, fohn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, Fohn Weorton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hollingham, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, ‘Sohn Barnard, fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, WilliamNewnbam, Jeffery Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, Fohn Mar- 
tin, Fohn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Shoreham, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Petition of Fobn Burnett, Charles Hannington, The- 

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mas Hafelgrove, Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas 
Hannington, Fobn Hannington, Fobn Robinfon, Fobn Par- 
Sons, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Samuel Tuppen, Fobn 
Sawyer, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fobn Whit- 
ing, William Stevens, Fobn Bawcombe, Robert Parker, 
ohn Hogsflefo, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, Richard 
Tilftone, William Turner, Charles Mitchell, Fohn Far- 
mond, Fobn Wood, Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, 
Nathanael Hillman, Fobn Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Dur- 
rant, Walter Broad, Richard Stoneham, James Ben- 
nett, Clement Freeman, William Fupp, Fobn Curl, Fobn 
Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames Miller, William Newn- 
ham, Randall Button, ames Carver, Fobn Martin, Fobn 
Dedman Senior, William ennings, Thomas Gear, Wil- 
liam Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, Thomas Roberts, Emery 
Churcher, Thomas Snock Junior, Thomas Crowter, George 
Browne, William Cheefman, Fobn Purfe, Fobn Snook 
Junior, Walter Sawyer, Feffery Carver, William Hards, 
and Henry Hannington, was prefented to the Houfe and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners have been 
ferved with Copies of the faid Bill, and therefore hope 
the Houfe will give them an Opportunity of hear- 
ing, confronting, and anfwering, any Evidence, that 
tends to charge the Petitioners, or any of them, with 
any Act of criminal Conduct, and offering fuch .Rea- 
fons, and producing fuch Evidence, as may prevent 
the faid Bill from paffing into a Law: And therefore 
praying the Houfe, that they may be heard, by them- 
delves or their Counfel, againft the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the faid Bill be read a Second Time: And 
that the Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon To-morrow Sevennight, the 22d Day of this In- 
ftant March. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons, who were order- 
ed to attend the Houtiethis Day, at the Second Read- 
ing of the. faid Bill, do attend this Houfe upon To- 
morrow Sevennight, the 22d Day of this Inftant 
March. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook reported to the Houfe, That 
their Addrefs of Monday laft (that His Majefty would 
be gracioufly pleafed to give Dire¢tions, that the Ac- 
count therein mentioned might be laid before this Houfe) 
had been prefented to His Majefty ; and that His Ma- 
jefty had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, that 
He will give Directions accordingly. 


Sir Roger Newdigate prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Wedon and Wefton, other- 
wife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife Loys Wedon, in the Coun- 
ty of Northampton : And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloath- 
ing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain call- 
ed England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth 
Day of March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Se- 
venty-one, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe. 

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

The Houfe was moved, That the Report, which, 
upon Monday the 11th Day of February lait, was made 
from the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Per- 

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Houfe of Commons, = 287 


fons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, Land- 
holders of the De of Wight, in the County of South- 
ampton, in Behalf of themfelves and the reit of the 
Landholders of the fame Ifland; was referred, and then 
ordered to lie upon the Table, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee of the whole 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion. to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in the 
faid Bill, for the Relief of the Petitioners. 


A Petition of the Truftees a¢ting under an Aét, made 
in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Stones End, 
near Shoreditch Church, to the Center of the Bridge in 
Old Street Road, and through Old Street, in the Parifh 
of Saint Luke, Middlefex, to the Weft End of the faid 
Street, next the Pavement in Goftvell Street, and of 
feveral of the Creditors who have lent Money on the 
Security of the Tolls granted in and by the faid A&amp;: 
And alfo, 

A Petition of the Truftees acting under an Act; made 
in the Firft Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, ‘in- 
tituled, An Act for making, widening, and repairing, 
a Road from the North Eait Side of the Go/well Street 
Road, next [/ington, in the County of Middlefex, and 
near to the Road called The New Road, over the Fields 
and Grounds to Old Street Road, oppofite to the Dog- 
boufe Barr, and at and from the Doghoufe Barr, to the 
End of Chifwell Street, by the Artillery Ground, and of 
feveral of the Creditors who have lent Money on the 
Security of the Tolls granted in and by the faid 
Act ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill for paving, and keep- 
ing in Repair, the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paf- 
fages, in the Parifh of Saint Luke, in the County 
of Middlefex; for widening the Paffages at the 
Weft End of Chifwell Street, and at the South 
End of Brick Lane; and to make a Street or 
Way from the North End of Norman Street; 
through certain Garden Grounds and Fields, to 
The City Road; for removing Obftructions and 
Annoyances from the faid Streets, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned; and that, as the 
Bill now ftands, the Tolls colleéted on the faid 
Roads may be confiderably diminifhed, and 
confequently the Creditors, who have advanced 
Money on the fame, injured in their Security: 
And therefore praying the Houfe, That fome 
Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for 
preventing the Diminution of the Tolls collected 
on the faid Road (which is apprehended by the 
Petitioners) and that the Petitioners may be 
heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, againft 
fuch Parts of the faid Bill as affe&amp; them. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to be referred to the Confideration of the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is com: 
mitted: And the Petitioners are to be 
heard, by their Counfel, before the faid 
Committee, upon their Petitions, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account, fhewing how the Monies given for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1770 have been difpofed of; diftin- 
guifhed under their feveral Heads. 

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258 


Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, as it ftood on the Thirty-firft Day of De- 
cember, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, be 
laid before this Houfe. 


Ordered, That the other Orders of the Day be now 
read. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, 
for the Attendance of William Woodfall , 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Order be poftponed ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
. Mr. Alderman Town- 
Tellers for the Yer, fend, t 24. 
Sir Robert Clayton : 
Tellers for the Noes, “age ae eenaiiaie t (117. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

And the Houfe being informed, that the faid William 
Woodfall did not attend ; the Mefienger, to whom the 
Order of Tuefday laft was delivered, being called upon, 
to give an Account of the Service thereof, acquainted 
the Houfe, that he went to the Houfe of the faid Wil- 
Liam Woodfall ; and being informed, that the faid William 
Woodfall was then in Cultody of the Black Rod attend- 
ing the Houfe of Peers, he left a Copy of the Order 
with the Wife of the faid William Woodfall, and that 
he (the Meffenger) has fince heard, that the faid Wil- 
liam Woodfall is now in Cuftody at the Houfe of 
Lords. 

Then the Order of the Day for the Attendance of 
Henry Baldwin being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion’ being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Henry Baldwin be now called in 
to the Bar: ‘ 

- And the previous Queftion being put, That that 

Queftion be now put ; 
The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Sir Henry Hoghton, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Alexander Gilmour : 


Mr. Baker, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. William Burke « 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

The faid Henry Baldwin was called in; and the Com- 
plaint, which, upon Tuefday laft, was made to the 
Houfe, of the printed News Paper, intituled, * The 
&lt;&lt; St. Fames’s Chronicle, or Britifb Evening Poft, from 
“© Thurfday, March 7, to Saturday, March 9, 1771,” 
printed by Henry Baldwin, as containing the Debates, 
and mifreprefenting the Speeches of feveral of the Mem- 
bers, of this Houfe, was read to him. 

And he having faid, that he was not guilty of the faid 
Charge ; 

Several Witneffes were examined, in Support of the 
faid Charge. 

And the faid Henry Baldwin was heard in his Defence. 

And then he was direéted to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Henry Baldwin, in having printed, in a 
News Paper, the Debates, and mifreprefented the Speeches 
of feveral of the Members, of this Houfe, is guilty of 
a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Lord Burgher/h, 

Tellers for the Yeas,} Sir Samp on re ; Q2. 

Tellers for theNoes,f Mar if 2 20. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the faid Henry Baldwin was again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted him with the faid Refolution. 

And he confeffed, he was forry for the Trouble he 
had given the Houfe ; and that, if it was the Opinion of 


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the Houfe, that he fhould difcontinue printing the De- 
bates of the Houfe, he would certainly obey their Di- 
rections, though it would be attended with the Ruin of 
his Paper. 

And then he was again directed to withdraw ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Henry Baldwin be now brought ta 
the Bar of this Houfe; and, upon his Knees, repri- 
manded by Mr. Speaker, for his faid Offence; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
leaving out the Words “ upon his Knees, reprimanded 
“by Mr. Speaker, for his faid’Offence,” and to infert, 
“ be difcharged,” inftead thereof, 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words pro« 
pofed to be left out, ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ee t 86, 
Mr. Alderman Saw- 

Tellers for the Noes,} bridge, t 16, 
Colonel Hennings : 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative, 

Then the main Queftion being put, That the faid 
Henry Baldwin be now brought to the Bar of this 
Houfe; and, upon his Knees, reprimanded by Mr. 
Speaker, for his faid Offence ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, § my qe an Harley : t 86. 


Tellers for the Noes, { Sir Cecil Wray, t 12, 


Mr. Cholmley : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And he was brought in accordingly ; and, upon his 
Knees, reprimanded by Mr. Speaker; and was ordered 
to be difcharged, paying his Fees. 

Then the Order of the Day being read, for the At- 
tendance of Thomas Evans ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { ron Yennin ray } 10. 
Tellers for the Noes, ica eran, b 793 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

And the Houfe being informed, that the faid Tomas 
Evans did not now attend ; 

The Meffenger, to whom the Order of Tue/day laft 
was delivered, being called upon, to give an Account 
of the Service thereof, acquainted the Houfe, that he 
ferved the faid Order on the faid Thomas Evans, per- 
fonally, Yefterday at Six of the Clock in the Evening ; 
and that the faid Thomas Evans had attended this Day 
accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, that fome particular 
Circumftances had obliged him to withdraw himfelf frog 
his Attendance on this Houfe; 

A Member, in his Place, acquainted the Houfe, that 
he had heard in the Lobby, that the Wife of the faid 
Thomas Evans had broke her Leg. 

Ordered, That the faid Thomas Evans do attend this 
Houfe upon Txe/day Morning next. 

Then the Order of the Day being read, for the At- 
tendance of Thomas Wright ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j 4 ye hay 


. Mr. Cuf, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Captain Fenkinfon : t 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
A 


8. 
75° 
Mo- 


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ut, 


11 GEo. III. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Thomas Wright be difcharged ; 

' Jt paffed in the Negative. 

Then the faid Thomas Wright was called in; and 
the Complaint, which, upon Tue/day laft, was made to 
the Houfe, of the printed News Paper, intituled; “* Te 
« Whiteball Evening Poft, from Thurfday, February 28, 
« to Saturday, March 2, 1771, printed and fold by 7. 
« Wright,” as containing the Debates, and mifreprefent- 
ing the Speeches of feveral of the Members, of this 
Houfe, being read to him; he confeffed, that he is 
the Printer of the faid Paper; that he was forry he 
had incurred the Difpleafure of the Houfe; that he 
printed the Debates therein at the Inftance of feveral 
Applications from his Cuftomers in the Country; 
and that he was under Apprehenfions, that, if he had 
not printed the faid Debates, his Paper would have 
been ruined; but that he fubmitted himfelf to the 
Houfe. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 

Refolved, That the faid Thomas Wright, in having 
printed the Debates, and mifreprefented the Speeches 
of feveral of the Members, of this Houfe, is guilty of a 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Thomas Wright be now brought to the 
Bar ; and, upon his Knees, reprimanded by Mr. Speaker, 
for his faid Offence ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 
Mr. Norton, 

Tellers for the Yeas} nq.” Citporg « t 75. 
Sir Robert Clayton, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Whitworth « t 8. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And he was brought in accordingly ; and, upon his 
Knees, reprimanded by Mr. Speaker ; and was ordered 
to be difcharged, paying his Fees. 

Then the Order of the Day, for the Attendance of 
Samuel Bladon, being read ; he was called in. 

And the Complaint; which, upon Tue/day laft, was 
made to the Houfe, of the printed News Paper, in- 
tituled, “‘ Tbe General Evening Poff, (London) from 
“ Thurfday, March 7, te Saturday, March 9, 1771,” fold 
by 5S. Bladon, being read to him ; he confeffed, that he 
fold the faid Paper; and that his Reafon for printing 
the Speeches therein complained of, was, that he fhould 
have loft the Sale thereof; and that the Paper would 
have been ruined; that Care had always been taken 
that this Paper fhould give no Offence to this Houfe ; 
and that he now came to the Bar with a fixed Refolu- 
tion of acknowleging his Offence. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That the faid Samuel Bladon be difcharged 
from any further Attendance on this Houfe ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, 
by inferting after ** Samuel Bladon” the Words “ havy- 
“ing declared to the Houfe, that he came here with 
“a fixed Refolution to confefs, and having confef- 
“24.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there inferted ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Dempfter, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. William Burke « t 8. 


- Tellers for the Noes, { a fail ch ae 70 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; ™ 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth, 


Journals of the Houfe of Comnions. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


d 63. @ 
Ls 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now 
in being, for the Encouragement of the Britifo White 
Herring Fifhery. 


259 
fend, 9: 
r. Turner: 

Tellets for the Noes, Mr. Cocks : t 70. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Samuel Bladon be difcharged from any further Attend- 
ance on this Houfe; 
and open Declaration of his Senfe of his Offence ; 

Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Samuel 
this Houfe. 

Then the Order of the Day, for the Attendance of 

And the faid Yobn Miller not attending; the Mef- 
fenger, to whom the Order of Tue/day laft was deliver- 
vice thereof, acquainted the Houfe, that he went to 
the Houife of the faid Fobn Miller, Yefterday Evening ; 
(the Meffenger) left a Copy of the faid Order at his 
Houfe ; and that, on calling again this Morning; he 
ceived the faid Order. | 

Then a Motion being made, and the ey nae being 
tempt, in not obeying the Order of the Houfe, for his 
Attendance on this Houfe this Day, taken into the 
ing this Houfe ; 

A Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Alderman Oliver : 
Lord Garlies 
: 63. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to 
of, the Words “it being Half an Hour after Three of 
“ the Clock on Friday Morning.” 
there added ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Jobn Miller be, for his Contempt, in not obeying the 
Order of the Houfe, for his Attendance on this Houfe 
Arms, or his Deputy, attending this Houfe ; 

The Houfe divided. 

Mr. Fox, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr, Amecotts § 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Alderman Town- 
fend: 


Mr. Alderman Town: 
Sir Edward Blackett, 
Then the main Queftion being put, That the faid 
And the faid Samuel Bladon having made fuch 2 frank 
Bladon be difcharged from any further Attendance on 
Fobn Miller, being read ; 
ed, being called upon, to give an Account of the Ser- 
that he was told, he was gone into the Country ; that he 
faw the faid fohn. Miller, who told him, that he had re- 
propofed, That the faid Fobn Miller be, for his Con- 
Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, attend- 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 
Tellers for the Yeas, $ Sir Robert Clayton, i 8. 
Tellers for the Noes, } yy. vara 
the faid propofed Queftion, by adding, at the End there- 
And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
Then the main Queftion being put, That the faid 
this Day, taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
The Yeas went forth, 
Mr. Dempfter, 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hotife, upon the Bill for the more effectually raifing a 
Military Force, for the Protection of the Settlements 
and Poffeffions of the Eat India Company. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons, who were or- 
dered to attend the fad Committee this Day, do er 

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260 


tend the faid Committteé upon Thurfday Morning 
next. 


Ordered, That the Order nade upon Wednefday \att, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Friday, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly 5 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Motn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wedne/day latt, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Friday, to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn- 
ing next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 18° die Marti ; 
Anno 11° Georgii TT Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


HE Houfe being informed, That the Petition of 
the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and Inha- 
bitants, of the feveral Towns of Liverpool, Orm/kirk, 
Prefton, and of the Country lying between or adjacent 
thereto, in the County Palatine of Lencafter, which was 
prefented to the Houfe upon the 31ft Day of Fanuary 
laft, and referred to the Confideration of a Committee, 
was mifling : 
The Houfe was moved, That the faid Petition, as 
printed in the Votes, might be read. . 
And the fame being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
_ to whom the faid Petition was referred, That they have 
Power to proceed upon the Petition, as printed in the 
Votes. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Francis Charteris, Efquire, heretofore called 
Francis Wemy/s, and the Heirs of his Body, and feveral 
other Perfons therein named, and the Heirs of their re- 
fpective Bodies, to retain, affume, and fign, the Name 
of Charteris, and to bear the Arms of Charteris, and 
to hold and enjoy the Eftate therein mentioned, not- 
withftanding the Defcent to him or them refpectively 
of the Honour and Title of Wemy/s, or any other Ho- 
nour or Title whatfoever, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. For- 
refer, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bil) for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Common, called Holland Ward, otherwife Hollin Ward, 
in the County of Derby, which Bill was, upon Tbur/- 
day laft, reported from the Committee, to whom the 
fame had been committed ; 


The Lord Strange, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1771. 


quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con. 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fir. 


A Petition of Richard Michell, of Culbam Court, in 
the Parith of Wargrave, in the County of Berks, Efquire, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice 
of the Bill for improving and completing the Naviga- 
tion of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of 
London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of 
Wilts, and that Power is thereby intended to be given, 
to make Towing Paths, Roads, Bridges, and Ways, for 
Towing of Boats, Barges, and other Veffels ; and that 
the Petitioner apprehends he may be greatly affected and 
injured in his Property by fuch Bill, in cafe the fame 
fhall pafs into a Law as it now ftands: And therefore 
praying, That the Houfe will take the Cafe of the Pe. 
titioner into Confideration ; and that he may be heard, 
by himfelf or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid 
Bill as may affect him, in fuch Manner as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed: And that the Petitioner be heard, by 
himfelf or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
his faid Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 


fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road leading from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of 
York, to Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derdy; 
and the Roads feverally leading from Bamford Wood 
Gate, over Yorkfhire Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thorn- 
bill Moor, to or near the Eighth Mile Stone on: Hether- 
fage Moor, and to the Village of Darwent, in the faid 
County of Derby ; was read the Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road lead- 
ing from Penniftone Bridge, in the County of York, to 


‘Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby; and the 


Roads feverally leading from Bamford Wood Gate, over 
Yorkfbire Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thornbill Moor, 
to or near the Eighth Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, 
and bs the Village of Darwent, in the faid County of 
Derby. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifo do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Corporation of the 
Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company 
of Confervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called 
Bedford Level, to complete and maintain the principal 
Banks and Works-neceffary to the well draining and 
preferving the North Level, Part of the faid Great 
Level; and for Jaying a Tax upon the Lands within 
the faid North Level, and on divers Lands adjoining 
a in the Manor of Crowland ; was read the Third 

ime. 


The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. 
Pr. 11. 1. 32. To leave out “Eighty,” and infert 
*¢ Ninety” inftead thereof. 
Pr. 22. 1. 40. To leave out “*Tax,” and infert “Taxes” 
inftead thereof. 
Pr. 26. 1. 5. Toleave out*Tax,” and infert ** Taxes” 
inftead thereof. 
Pr. 28. 1. 28. After * faid” to infert « Governor.” 
And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houie; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


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11 Geo. IIL. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


be, An Aé to enable the Corporation cf the Governor, 
Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of Con- 
fervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford 
Level, to complete and maintain the principal Banks 
and Works neceffary to the well draining and preferving 
the North Level, Part of the faid Great Level; and 
for laying Taxes upon the Lands within the faid North 
Level, and on divers Lands adjoining thereto, in the 
Manor of Crowland. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobu Hynde Cotton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffcd Bill for amending, widening, turning, 
and altering, the Road from the. Bottom of Gally Hill, 
near the ‘lown of Witney, to the Crofs in Clanfield, in 
the County of Oxford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for amending, widening; turning, and alter- 
ing, the Road from the Bottorh of Gally Hill, near the 
Town of Witney, to the Crofs in Clanfield, in the County 
of Oxford. . 

Ordered, That the Lord Wenman do carry the Bill to 


. the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Coni- 
mon Fields, and the Common or Heath, called Ki//all 
Heath, and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh 
of Donington, in the County of Salop, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, and the Common or Heath, called Kil//ail Heath, 
arid other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Doning- 
ton, in the County of Safop. 

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


A Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for the 
Limits of Holborn and Finfbury Divifions, in the County 
of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill for paving, and keeping in 
Repair, the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the 
Parith of Saint Luke, in the County of Middlefex ; for 
widening the Paffages at the Weft End of Chi/well 
Street, and at the South End of Brick Lane; and to 
make a Street or Way from the North End of Norman 
Street, through certain Garden Grounds, and Fields, to 
the City Road ; for removing Obftruétions and Annoy- 
ances from the faid Streets; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned; and fetting forth, That in the faid 
Bill there are Claufes, which, the Petitioners conceive, 
are very improper, and will be very burthenfome to the 
Inhabitants living within the Limits of Long Alley 
Sewer, wherein the Streets mentioned in the faid Bill 
are fituate ; and that, by the Law of Sewers, and the 
conftant Ufage of the Petitioners, no Drain or Sewer 
ought to be cleanfed or amended, but on the Prefent- 
ment of a Jury, who conftantly make their Prefentments 
on Oath; but, by one of the aforefaid Claufes, the 
Commiffioners in fuch Bill are impowered to make 
Sewers, and cleanfe Drains, at their own Will and Plea- 
fure, which the Petitioners conceive to be very ar- 
bitrary, and contrary to the Laws of Sewers: And 
therefore praying, That the faid Claufes in the faid Bill 
may be itruck out; and in regard as the Petitioners 
have no Fund whereby to defray any Expences, that 
the Houfe will take the Matter into their Confideration, 
without the Petitioners employing any Counfel to attend 
on their Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 


Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed. 


A Petition of Samuel Kingdon, of the City of Exeter, 
Vos. XXXIII, 


261 

Ironmonger, and William Bate, of thé City aforefaid, 
Haberdafhier of fmall Wares, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
having been informed, that the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Common Council, of the faid City; intended to petition 
the Houfe; for Leave. to.bring in a Bill for removing 
the Markets of the faid City to fomé more convenient 
Place ; and that the Ground on which the Houfes of 
the Petitioners, and others, and all the Houfes Weft- 
ward; to the Entrance from the Fore Street into North- 
gate Street, had been fixed on for that Purpofe; and 
that the Petitioners are now informed, that a Bill hath 
been fince brought in for the above Purpofes, wherein 
fome of the Houfes are omitted, and the Houfes of the’ 
Petitioners are not only included, but reptefented to be 
old, ruinous, and in Decay; but, in Faét, are in good 
Condition; and that the Petitioners are informed, that, 
fhould the Petitioners Houfes be pulled down, the 
Mayor and Chamber intend building other Houfes in 
the Room thereof, for the Purpofe of fetting out the 
fame to a greater Advantage; and that the Petitioners 
are-perfuaded, that the faid Market-place may be made 
very convenient, and commodious, without pulling down 
the Petitioners faid Houfes, though they have no Ob- 
jection to the Back Part of their Houfes being taken 
down, if thought neceffary for the Purpofes aforefaid, 
fo that their refpective Shops, Kitchens behind the 
fame, and Chambers or Rooms over the faid Shops and 
Kitchens, are fuffered to remain: And therefore pray- 


ing the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confideration, 


and give the Petitioners fuch Relief therein as they fhall 
think fit. be : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
regulate and remove certain Public Markets in the City 
ok Exeter, and for that Purpofe to purchafe a Plot of 
Ground ; and to prevent the Holding of the Markets 
in the High Street of the faid City ; and alfo to remove 


and prevent Annoyances in the faid City; and its Sub- 
urbs, is committed. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, 
and others, refiding in the Towns and Neighbourhood 
of Middlewich, Nantwich, Winsford, Lawton, and other 
Parts; in the County of Chefer, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
obferve, by the Votes, that Leave is given to bring in a 
Bill, to make a Navigable Canal from the City of 
Chefter to Middlewich, and there to communicate with 
the Canal now making from the Trent to the Merfey ; 
and that the Petitioners are of Opinion, that, fhould 
the faid Bill pafs into a Law, it will be productive of 
many confiderable Advantages to the Trade and Ma- 
nufactures of the City of Cheffer, and the Countries 
with which the faid Canals will communicate, and be 
of great public Utility: And therefore praying, That 
the faid Bill may pafs into a Law, in fuch Form, and 
under fuch Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon’ the 
Table, until the Bill for making a Navigable Canal 
from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of 
Chefter, and there to join the Canal now making from 
the River Trent to the River Merfey, be read a Second 
Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parifh 
of Earls Barton, in the County of Northampton, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Wil- 
liam Dolben, Captain Phipps, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber, 


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262 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, refiding in or near Ofweftry, in the County of 
Salop, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are informed, that a Petition has been 
prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for repairing 
the Road from Wem, in the County of Salop, to or near 
Chirk, in the County of Denbigh, from Horton to Knockin 
and Llanymynoch, and alfo the Road from the End of 
Cotton Wood to Whitchurch, in the County of Salop ; 
and reprefenting to the Houfe, that there is a Lane, 
called Lhwyn Lane, near the Town of Ofweftry, afore- 
faid; another Road or Way oppofite Hal/fon, leading 
to Hindford; another Road or Way near Kinfall, lead- 
ing to Berghil],; another Road or Way near Cae Gwern, 
leading to Lower Frankton ; another Lane or Way leading 
from Haenbafod Houfe to Lower Frankton , another Lane 
leading from the Rhydychen Ford of the River Ceiriog to 
Bryngwila, another Lane called the Gledrydd Lane ; ano- 
ther Lane lying between the Gledrydd Lane, and the Road 
from Dopviil to Prys Gwen, another Lane leading 
from or near Prys Gwen aforefaid to Trebowel ; and alfo 
a Lane leading from onas’s Houfe to the Rhya , which 
faid feveral Roads or Ways are of little or no Ufe to 
Travellers, and may be ftopped up without Prejudice 
to them: And therefore praying, That a Claufe or 
Claufes for ftopping up the faid Roads or Ways may 
be inferted in the faid Bill, referving to the Occupiers 
of Lands, contiguous to the fame, free Paffage to and 
from their faid Lands; and likewife making Bridle and 
High Roads where neceffary, inftead and in Lieu of 
fuch Roads as fhall be ftopped up and difcontinued as 
aforefaid ; or that they may have fuch other Relief as 
the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, which was prefented to the 
Houfe upon Twe/day laft, is referred : And that they do 
examine the Matter of this Petition; and report the 
fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within 
the Parifh and Liberties of Pattifball, with the Ham- 
lets of Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the County 
of Northampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Han- 
mer, Sir Fobn Wrottefley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers 
of Three Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George 
the Firft, and the 19th and 26th Years of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool to 
Prefcott, and other Roads in fome of the faid A¢ts men- 
tioned, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for re- 
ducing the fame into One Act; for amending the Road 
from the Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, 
to the Turnpike Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Li- 
verpool, and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, from the faid Caufe- 
way, to Ranelagh Houfe in Liverpool , and to prevent 
Frauds and Abufes being committed by Perfons em- 
ployed in conveying Coals along the faid Roads; was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Aéts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George the Firtt, 
and the 19th and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Road: in fome of the faid Aéts mentioned, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing the fame 
into One Act ; for amending the Road from the Caufe- 


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way at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to the Turnpike 
Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liverpool, and alfo 
Lime Kiln Lane, from the taid Caufeway, to Ranelagh 
Houfe in Liverpool; and to prevent Frauds and Abuies 
being committed by Perfons employed in conveying 
Coals along the faid Roads. 

Ordered, That the Lord Strange do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing a cer. 
tain Common, called Holland Ward, otherwife Hol- 
lin Ward, in the County of Derby, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing a certain Com. 
mon, called Holland Ward, otherwile Hollin Ward, in the 
County of Derby. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Commons, Commonable Grounds, and Waftes, called 
Redditch Common and Webb Heatb, fituate in that Part of 
the Manor of Tardebigg which lies in the County of 
Worcefier ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, 
Commonable Grounds, and Wattes, called Redditch 
Common and Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of the Ma- 
nor of Tardebigg which lies in the County of Worcefer ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, 
within the Liberties of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the 
County of Nottingham, was read the Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, within 
the Liberties of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the County 
of Nottingham. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
fo much of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, as relates to 
the repairing the Road trom Cramond Bridge to the 
Town of Queensferry, in the County of Linlithgow, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of fo much 
of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, as relates to the re- 
pairing the Road from Cramond Bridge to the Town of 
Queensferry, in the County of Linlithgow. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of King 
George the Second, for repairing the Road leading from 
Weft Lavington to The Devizes, and from The Devizes 
to Seend, in the County of Wilts, was read the Third 
Time. 

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

Pr. 6. 1. 19. To leave out * faid.” 

1..20. To leave out “One,” and infert “ Three” 
inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 

feverally 


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feverally put thereupoh, agreed to-by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Twenty-fourth Year of King George the 
Second, for repairing the Road leading from Wef La- 
vingten to The Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, 
in the County of Wilts. 

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


Ordered, That Lord Frederick Campbell be added to 
the Gentlemen, who are appointed to prepare, and bring 
in, a Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of the 
honourable Spencer Cowper, Doctor of Divinity, Dean, 
and the Chapter of Durham, of the Cathedral Church 
of Chrift and Bleffed Mary the Virgin, Lords of the Ma- 
nor, Barony, and Borough of E/vet, in the Parifh of 
Saint Ofwaid, in the County Palatine of Durham, whofe 
Common Seal is thereunto affixed, and alfo of the feve- 
ral Freeholders and others, Owners of ancient Dwelling 
Houfes, fituate and being within the faid Manor, Barony, 
and Borough, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, for 
and on the Behalf of themfelves and others, the Owners of 
ancient Dwelling Houfes, having Right of Common in 
and upon a certain Moor or Common, and certain In- 
tercommon Lands and Grounds, therein after men- 
ticned. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguif&gt; and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for repairing and widening the Road from Hodges to 
Beadles Hill, and from thence to the Town of Cuckfield, 
and from Becdles Hill aforefaid, to the Town of Lind- 
field, and from the Turnpike Road, between Cuckfield and 
Crawley, to the Town of Horfham; and alfo the Road 
from Swingate, in the Parith of Burwaj/h, to Shover 
Green, in the Parifh of Ziceburft, all in the County 
of Suffex ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing a certain Common Pafture, 
called Myton Carr, in the Lordthip of Myton, in the Pa- 
rifh of the Holy Trinity, in the Town and County of the 
Town of Kingfton upon Hull, without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for dividing and allotting the Common Fields, Downs, 
and all other the Commonable Lands and Wafte Grounds, 
in the Manor and Parith of Eaf Garfton, in the County 
of Berks; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Commons, 
and Wafte Grounds, lying in the Parifh of Appleby, in 
the Counties of Leiceffer and Derby; with fome Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, Lands, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Towfhip of Melton, in the 
Parith of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York; with One Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
prevent any Bill from being brought into Parliament, 
tor the Diffolution of any Marriage, for the Caufe of 
Adultery, unlefs a Claufe or particular Words be iniert- 
ed, to prevent the Perfon, againft whom the Adultery 
has been proved, from marrying or contracting Matri- 
mony with the Perfon with whom he or fhe fhall be proved 
to have carried on fuch criminal Intercourfe; and to de- 
Glare the Iffue of fuch Marriage incapable of inherit- 


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ing; to which the Lords defire the Concurtehee of this 
Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Fobn Irifh, Fames Fobnfon, and George 
Wallis, Gentlemen, was prefented to thé Houfe, and 
read; Taking Notice of the Bill for paving and keeping 
in Repair the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Pafiages, in 
the Parifh of Saint Luke, in the County of Middlefex ; 
for widening the Paffages at the Weft End of Chifwell 
Street, and at the South End of Brick Lane; and to 
make a Street or Way from the North End of Norman 
Street, through certain Garden Grounds and Fields, to 
the City Road ; for removing Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances from the faid Streets, and for other Purpotes 
therein mentioned ; and fetting forth, That, by the faid 
Bill, a Power is given to open and make an Highway, 
er Street, from the North End of Norman Street, ina 
{trait Line to the City Road; and that, if the faid new 
Street fhould be opened in the Courfe directed by the 
Bill, ic would pafs over and through a Piece of Ground 
and Buildings belonging to the Petitioners, and in which 
they carry on a very extenfive and valuable Manufactory 
of Sail Cloth ; and that the Petitioners will receive very 
confiderable Detriment, if the faid Bill paffes into a Law 
as it now ftands: And therefore praying, That they may 
be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of 
the Bill as affect the Petitioners. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. | 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee,, That they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do go, with the Mace, into the Speaker’s Cham- 
bers, the Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and 
fuimmon the Members there to attend the Service of the 
Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, that he having, in 
Purfuance of the Order of the Houfe of Thurfday latt, 
iffued his Warrant to the Serjeant at Arms, or his De- 
puty, attending this Houfe, to take into Cuftddy ¥. 
Miller ; the Meffenger, to whom the faid Warrant was 
delivered, had, by Virtue thereof, arrefted the faid 7. 
Miller on Friday \aft, and that thereupon the faid Meffen- 
ger having been charged in Cuftody of a Conftable by 
the faid ¥. Miller, as having committed an Affault on 
the Perfon of the faid 7. Miller, the faid Meflenger was 
carried before the Lord Mayor of the City of London, by 
the faid Conftable, when the Deputy Serjeant at Arms 
attending this Houfe acquainted the faid Lord Mayor, 
that the faid Arreft of the faid 7. Miller was made by the 
faid Meffenger, under a Warrant figned by the Speaker 
of the Houfe of Commons, which Warrant was then pro- 
duced and fhewn to the faid Lord Mayor, and demanded 
of the faid Lord Mayor that the faid Meffenger fhould 
be difcharged, and the faid 7. Miller delivered up, to 
the Cuftody of the faid Meflenger ; and that the faid 
Lord Mayor, after fuch Information and Demand as 
aforefaid, having heard the feveral Parties fo brought 
before him, and feen the Warrant figned by the Speaker, 
for the Apprehenfion of the faid 7. Miller, declared it to 
be his Opinion, that the faid Warrant was illegal, and that 
the faid ‘¥. Miller ought to be difcharged, and ordered 
him to be difcharged accordingly ; and that a Warrant 
of Commitment was alfo figned by the faid Lord Mayor, 
and Two Aldermen of the City of Lezdon, to commit the 
faid Meffenger for the Affault pretended to be made " 

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the faid Miller; and that the faid Meffenger had given 
Security for his Appearance to anfwer the faid Charge 
at the next General Quarter Seffions of the Peace to be 
held for the City of London. 

And the Deputy Serjeant at Arms was examined as to 
the faid Matter. : 

And the Lord Mayor of the City of London being a 
Member of this Houfe, and not being in his Place in 
the Houfe ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pre- 
pofed, That Bra/s Cro/ly, Efquire, Lord Mayor of the 
City of London, a Member of this Houfe, do attend this 
Houfe in his Place To-morrow Morning : 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Friday Morning next ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the laft 
propofed Queftion, by adding, at the End thereof, the 
Words, “it appearing to the Houfe that the Lord Mayor 
“ is now ill.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there added ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Alderman Saw- 

Tellers for the Yeas,¢ bridge, 80. 
Mr. Baker : 

Tellers for the Noes, } — peri ‘ { 267. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the faid Debate 
be adjourned till Friday Morning next ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Firft propofed Queftion, by adding, at the End thereof, 
the Words « if his Health will permit.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there added ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Brafs Crofby, Etquire, Lord Mayor of 
the City of London, do attend this Houfe in his Place 
To-morrow Morning, if his Health will permit. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloath- 
ing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called 
England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day 
of March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
loufe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Briti/h White Her- 
ring Fifhery. 


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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


Ordered, That the Lord Strange have Leave to make 
a Motion, it being near Eleven of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; 

And prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of Alan Fobnfon, of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, Gentleman, on Behalf of himfelf, and of Pem- 
berton Milnes, Efquire, Mr. Francis Maude the Elder, 

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Mr. Daniel Maude, and the Reprefentatives of Mr. Vii- 
liam Beatfon, deceafed. 7 

And the faid Petition was read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is de- 
pending for paving, cleanfing, and lighting, feveral of 
the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, 
in the faid Town of Wakefield, and other Purpofes , and 
that the Owners and Occupiers of real Eftates within the 
faid Fows are indebted to the faid Petitioners in the Sum 
of £.125. 155. 8id. for the Balance of an Account 
for Money received and paid for various Purpofes, and 
particularly for repairing the Streets and Pavements of 
the faid Town, and to the other Perfons above named, 
refpectively, in feverat Sums of Money, amounting in 
all to £. 90. 175. 6d. being the Balance of their reipec- 
tive Accounts of Expences (with Intereft for the fame) 
incurred by feveral Applications to Parliament for affef- 
fing the Navigation of the Rivers ir and Calder, to- 
wards the Repair of the Highways within the faid Town, 
and other Parochial Ufes there: And therefore praying 
the Houfe, That Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, 
for fecuring to him and the faid other Perfons, refpec- 
tively, the Payment of the faid feveral Sums, | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for the 
better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, the 
Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, within 
that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County of 
York, which lies within the Eaft End of Weftgate Bridge, 
the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North End of 
Kirkgate Bridge, (except fo much thereof as is repaired 
by the Weft Riding of the faid County of York) and the 
extreme Part of the Townfhip of Wakefield aforefaid, 
leading from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor, for pre- 
venting Nufances and Annoyances therein; and for 
widening and rendering the fame more commodious ; is 
committed. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- ~ 


mittee, That they have Power to make Provifion in 
the faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the {aid Peti- 
tion. 


Ordered, That Mr. Crew have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; 

And prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Un- 
dertaking for recovering and preferving the Navigation 
of the River Dee. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that there is a Bill 
depending, for making a Canal from the River Dee, 
within the Liberties of the City of Cheffer, to or near 
Middlewich, and there to join a Canal now making from 
the River Trent to the River Merfey ; and that, by vir- 
tue of feveral Acts, paffed in the Reign of King George 
the Second, the Petitioners were impowered to make the 
faid RiverDee navigable ; and, towards defraying the Ex- 
pence thereof, feveral Duties were granted upon all Ships 
and Veffels navigating in the faid River ; and that the Pe- 
titioners, in Purfuance of the faid Acts, have proceeded, 


_to make the jaid River navigable, and have expended 


the principal Sum of £. 70,000 and upwards, and have 
made the fame navigable for Veffels of 300 Tons Bur- 
then; and though it is now more than 30 Years fince 
the faid Works were begun, the Petitioners have not 
hitherto been able to pay any Dividend to their Proprie- 
tors; and that, by an Act paffed in the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, Power is given to 
make a Navigable Canal from the Trent to the Merfey, 
which, the Petitioners apprehend, will be very preju- 
dicial, not only to the Trade and Commerce of the Port 
and City of Cheffer, but alfo to the Petitioners, unleis 
there is a Canal of Communication between the faid City 
of Chefter, and the Navigable Canal from the Ti-ent to 

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the Merfey, at or near Middlewich, and that the Peti- 
tioners apprehend, the propofed Canal from Chefter to 
Middlewich, will be of great Advantage to the Trade of 
the Port and City of Chefter, the Navigation of the River 
Dee, and the Country through which the faid Canal will 
go, and will likewife be of great public Utility: And 
therefore praying, That the faid Bill may pafs into a 
Law, under fuch Regulations and Reftriétions as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for making a Navigable Canal, from the 
River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Chefer, 
and there to join the Canal now making from the River 
Trent to the River Merfey, be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


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





Martis, 19° die Martii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


ORD George Cavendifh reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for making a Navigable 
Cut, or Canal, from Cheferfield, in the County of Derby, 
through or near Work/op and Retford, to join the River 
Trent, at or near Stockwith, inthe County of Nottingham, 
was committed; and to whom the Petition of Six of the 
Committee, and of feveral other Sharers and Proprie- 
tors, of the Undertaking of the Navigation of the Ri- 
ver Dun, in the County of York, whole Names are fub- 
fcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Pro- 
prietors of the faid Navigation, was referred; That no 
Counfei appeared in Support of the faid Petition; and 
that the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, 
One by One ; and, upon the — feverally put there- 
upon, feveral of them were difagreed to, and the reft 
were agreed to, by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for fecur- 
ing Water to Mrs. Cavendifo’s Forge. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
for faving the Navigation of the River Idle. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


Mr. Willoughby reported from the Committee, to whom 


~ the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Mea- 


dows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Townthips of North Mufebam, Holme, and Bathley, 
in the Parith of North Mujkbam, in the County of Not- 
tingham, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their-Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee (except the Owners ef 335 Acres of Land and 
Fight Cottages in the faid Townfhip, who refufed to 
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fign the Bill; and alfo except the Owhers of 12 Acres 
and One Cottage, who could not be found; and that the 
Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed confift of 
2,974 Acres, or thereabouts, and One hundred Cottages ; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee ta 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there. 
upon, were, with an Amendment to One of them, agreed 
to by the Houfe'; and an Amendment was made, by the 
Houfe, to the Bill. | 

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

An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for rendering valid and effeétual certain Articles of 
Agreement, bearing Date the 21ft Day of July 1770, 
made between Frances Countefs Dowager of Londonderry, 
Philip Earl Stanhope, and others ; and for vefting feve- 
ral Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Counties 
of Devon and Wilts, in Truftees, for the Purpofes in the 
Act mentioned ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Marfam, 
Mr. Damer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 


ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. ; 


Mr. Wyldbore reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of feveral 
Acts, made for repairing and amending that Part of the 
Road leading from a certain Place, called the White 
Poft, on Alconbury Hill, inthe County of Hustingdon, and 
Wandsford Bridge, in the faid County, called the North 
Divifion of the North Road; and for repairing the Road 
leading from Stilton, in the faid County of Huntingdon, 
to the City of Peterborough, in the County of Northanip- 
ton, was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for ex- 
empting the Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Saltree Saint 
Judith, and Wandsford, from Payment of Toll in cer- 
tain Cafes, 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agteed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


A Petition of Charles Ogilvy, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That at the laft 
Eleétion of a Member to ferve in Parliament for the Bo- 
roughs of Fedburgh, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, and 
Haddington, One of the Diftrifts of Burghs, intitled to 
fend Members to Parliament, the Petitioner and Lieute- 
nant Colonel Patrick Warrender, ftood Candidates ; and 
that, by the Rotation eftablifhed by Law, Fedburgh was 
the prefiding Borough, and its Commiffioner, or Delegate, 
the Praefes of the Meeting ; and in Abfence of the De- 
legate from Fedburgh, the Delegate from Haddington had 
the Right of prefiding ; and that the Borough of Jedburgh 
had no Delegate at the faid Election, and the Delegate 
of Haddington accordingly prefided, and gave his Caft- 
ing Vote in Favour of the Petitioner, tie Number of 

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Voices being before equal ; but the Sheriff of the County 
of Haddington, within which County the Boroughs of 
Dunbar, North Berwick, and Haddington, lie, having 
iffued his Precepts to thefe Boroughs, commanding their 
Delegates to go to Dunbar, as the preliding Borough and 
Place of Election; a Return was thereby procured in 
Favour of the faid Patrick Warrender, in Wrong of the 
Petitioner, who was then and there duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned the Burgefs accordingly ; and 
that the Return of the faid Patrick Warrender is inyuri- 
ous to the Petitioner, and in manifeft Violation of the 
Laws requiring fair and juft-Elections : And therefore 
praying the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confidera- 
tion, and grant the Petitioner fuch Relief therein as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration upon this Day Month, the 16th Day of April 
next, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon. 


Memorandum : 


The following Notices were fen to Charles Ogilvy, 


Efquire, and Lieutenant Colonel Patrick War- - 


render, in Purfuance of the Direétions of an Act, 
made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An A&amp; to regulate the Trials of Controverted 
Ele&amp;tions, or Returns of Members to ferve in 
Parliament. 


Martis, 19° die Martit 1771. 


Ordered, That Charles Ogilvy, Efquire, do, by 
himfelf, his Counfel, or Agent, attend this 
Houfe, upon this Day Month, the 16th Day 
of April next, at Two of the Clock, in the 
Afternoon. 

. Hatfell, 
Cl. Dom. Com. 


Charles Ogilvy, Efquire, having this Day pre- 
fented his Petition, complaining that at the 
laft Eleétion of a Member to ferve in Parlia- 
ment for the Boroughs of Fedburgh, Dunbar, 
North Berwick, Lauder, and Haddington, One 
of the Diftriéts of Boroughs intitled to fend 
Members to Parliament, the faid Petitioner, 
and Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Warrender, 
ftood Candidates : That, by the Rotation efta- 
blifhed by Law, ‘fedburgh was the prefiding 
Borough, and its Commiffioner, or Delegate, 
the Praefes of the Meeting; and in Abfence of 
the Delegate from Jedburgh, the Delegate from 
Haddington had the Right of prefiding : That 
the Borough of Fedburgh had no Delegate at 
the faid Election, and the Delegate of Had- 
dington accordingly prefided, and gave his 
Cafting Vote in Favour of the Petitioner, the 
Number of Voices being before equal ; but 
the Sheriff of the County of Haddington, within 
which County the Boroughs of Dunbar, North 
Berwick, and Haddington, lie, having iffued his 
Precepts to thefe Boroughs, commanding their 
Delegates to go to Dunbar, as the prefiding 
Borough, and Place of Election, a Return was 
thereby procured in Favour of the faid Patrick 
Warrender, in Wrong of the Petitioner, who 
was then and there duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned the Burgefs accordingly ; 
and that the Return of the faid Patrick Warren- 
der is injurious to the Petitioner, and in ma- 
nifeft Violation of the Laws requiring fair and 
jut Ele€tions: And the Houfe having appoint- 
ed Tue/day, the Sixteenth Day of April next, at 
Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, to take 
the faid Petition into Confideration ; you are 
therefore to take Notice, That the Houfe will, 


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at that Time, take the fame Petition into Con- 
fideration. 


Given under my Hand, the zoth Day of 
March 1771. 


Fr Norton, Speaker. 
To Charles Ogilvy, Efquire. 


The like Notice to Lieutenant Colonel Patrick War 

render. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant, or 
Warrants, for fuch Perfons, Papers, and Records, as 
fhall be thought neceffary by the feveral Parties, on the 
Hearing of the Matter of the faid Petition. 


Mr. Ward prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Naunton Beauchamp, in the 
County of Worcefter: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. i 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Dundas prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
feverai Streets, and other Paffages, on the South Side of 
the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nufances and 
Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the fame for 
the future: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft ‘Time. ; | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Alder- 
men, and feveral of the Common Council, of the City 
of London, attended at the Door; they were called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 


mons, of the City of London, in Common Council af- 
fembled. 


And then they withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners conceive, that the Bill depending in the Houfe, 
for improving and completing the Navigation of the Ri- 
vers Thames and Is, from the City of London, to the Town 
of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, materially affects 
feveral eflential Rights of the Mayor and Commonalty 
and Citizens of the City of Zondon: And therefore 
praying the Floufe will permit them to be heard, by 
their Counfel, againft fo much of the {aid Bill as tends 
to abridge or affect any of the faid Rights. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed : And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition 
if they think fit. ’ 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the {aid 
Petition. 


Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for embanking a certain Part of the River Thames, 
near Durbam Yard, within the Liberty of the City of 
Weftminfter and County of Middlefex, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and foupd the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto, which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
ov put thereupon, were agreed to by the 

oufe. 


Ordered, 


11 GEo. III. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendmients; be in- 
groffed. : 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Monday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingrofied. 


Mr. Pennant prefented to the Houfe; according to 
Order, a Bill for the better Support and Eftablifhment 
of the Greenland and Whale Fifhery : And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, prefented to the Houfe; 
according to Order, a Bill for paving; repairing, cleanf- 
ing, and lighting, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other 
Paffages, within the Parith of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in 
the County of Middlefex; and for removing Obftruétions 
and Annoyances therein: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Turnpike Road at Vineball, in the Parith of Mountfield, 
in the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner, and from 
thence to Staple Crofs; and to the Turnpike Road near 
the Wind Mill, in the Parith of Berkley, and from Staple 
Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch, and 
from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the faid 
County; was read a Second Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Har- 
court, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber: 


A Bill for confolidating, extending, and rendering 
more effecttial, the Powers granted by feveral Acts of 
Parliament, for making, enlarging; amending, and 
cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the 
City of London and Liberties thereof; and for paving, 
cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, 
Yards, Courts, Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and pre- 
venting and removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
within the fame ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Geerge 
Yonge, Sir Robert Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and in- 
clofing, the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, 
Paftures, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and 
belonging to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of 
Hartford, in the County of Huntingdon: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, Haydon Square, The New Square, Haydon Yard, 
Sheepy Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, other- 
wife the Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, 
and the Paffages therein, or leading thereunto, in the 
Parith of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in The Minories, 
in the County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of His 
Majefty’s Tower of London ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c. : And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and principal Tradefmen, of feveral Counties of North 
Wales, was. prefented to the Houfe, and read ;, Setting 
forth, That Application hath been made to the Houfe, 

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to make a Canal from the City of Chefer; to or near 
Middlewich; and there to join the Canal now carrying on 
frorh the Trent to the Merfey ; ari Undertaking which, as 
appears to the Petitioners, will, if carried into Execution, 
be of great public Advantage: And therefore praying 
the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confideration ; and 
that the Bill now depending; for making the propofed 
Canal, may pafs into a Law, under fuch Regulations as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie tipon the Table, 
until the Bill for making a Navigable Canal from the 
River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Cheffer, 
and there to join the Canal now making from the River 
Trent to the River Merfey, be read a Second Time. 


An ihgroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Oper 

and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Common- 
able Lands and Grounds, called Beanbail Fields, in the 
Manor and Parith of Feckenbam, in the County cf Wor- 
cefter, was read the Third Time. 
. Refolved; That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, called Beanball Fields, in the Manor 
and Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of Worcefter. 

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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Cont- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pattures, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor arid Parith of Wedon and Wefton, otherwife We- 
don Pinkney, otherwifeé Lays Wedon, in the County of 
Northampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill bé committed to Sir Willian 
Dolben, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in thé Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Heretors and Inhabitants of the Town 
of South Leith, and Places thereunto adjoining ; and 
alfo, the Petition of Francis Earl of Moray, weré re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the firft mentioned Petition (no Perfon appearing in 
Support of the fecond mentioned Petition) and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe;, and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. _ 

To prove the Allegations of the firft mentioned Peti- 
tion, ‘fobm Seton, Efquite, being examined, faid, That 
the Streets of the Town of South Leith, the Territory of 
Saint Anthony’s, and Yard Heads thereunto adjoining, are 
in general very ill cleanfed and lighted, and are not fuf- 
ficiently fupplied with frefh and wholefome Water ; and 
that if Provifion was made for cleanfing and lighting 
the faid Town, and for erecting Fountains and Refervoirs 
therein, it would tend greatly to the Advantage and 
Convenience of the Heretors and Inhabitants thereof. 

Mr. Thomas Parker, being examined, faid, That the 
eftablifhing Markets for the Sale of Corn and Meal; 
and alfo, if Provifion was made for better regulating 
Porters, Carters, Coachmen, and Chairmen, in the faid 
Town, and Limits thereunto adjoining, it would be very 
beneficial to the Inhabitants of the faid Town and Limits 
thereof. - 

George Chalmers, Efquire, confirmed the Evidence of 
Mr. Parker, with refpect to the Neceflity of eftablifhing 
Markets for the Sale of Corn and Meal. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the Town of South 
Leith, the Territory of Saint Anthony’s, and Yard Heads 
thereunto adjoining, and for fupplying the feveral Parts 


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thereof with freth Water: And that Mr. Dundas, Sir 
Laurence Dundas, and Sir Alexander Gilmour, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Fobn Cavendifh reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Second, 
to repairthe Road leading from Yadcafter Bridge, within the 
County of the City of York, to a Place, near the faid City, 
called. Hobmoor Lane End, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where-the Amendments were Once 
read throughout, and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Daniel La/fcelles reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Village, Hamlet, Town- 
fhip, and Manor of Oxenhope, in the Parith of Bradford, 
and County of York, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners of 
Eftates.in the faid Manor, which are affeffed to the Land 
Tax at £.155 per Annum, who refufed to fign the Bill, 
but had no Objection to the Inclofure ; and except the 
Owners of Eftates which are affefled at £.44 55. per 
Annum; and alfo except the Owners of Four new- 
ereéted Cottages, which are affefied at £.4 per An- 
num, who refufed to fign the Bill, and that the Own- 
ers of Eftates who are confenting to the Bill, are 
affefled at {£.307 155. per Annum, and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to, 
by the Houfe. 

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


Sir William Dolben prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within the Hamlet 
and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of Watford and. 
-Long Buckby, in the County of Northampton: And the 
{ame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Howard reported from the Committee, towhom the 
Bill for difcharging from Tithe, certain Lands in the Pa- 
rith of Sebrabam, otherwife Sebergham, in the County of 
Cumberland, and for making Compenfation to the Curate 
of the faid Parifh for the fame, was committed , That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
gone through he Bill, and made feveral .Amend- 


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ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re. 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. ; 

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


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Lunatics, entitled to renew Leafes, their Guar- 
dians and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of Old 
Leafes, and grant new ones, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Fobn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing Sheriffbales 
Common, in the County of Stafford, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, One of them was difagreed to 
and the reft were, with an Amendment to One of them, 
agreed to by the Houfe; and an Amendment -was 
made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


Mr. Dowde/well reported from the Committee, to whom 


the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 


mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Manor 
of Broadway, in the County of Worcefter, was committed: 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Propries 
tors of about 14. Yard Lands, who did not chufe to fign 
the Bill, but made no material Objection to the Inclofure: 
and alfo except the Proprietors of about Three Yard 
Lands, who were from Home when Application was 
made for their Confents; and that the whole Lands 


"intended to be inclofed confift of upwards of 90 Yard 


Lands ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 


mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Commi 

had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Sided 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
ne pened put thereupon, were agreed to by the 

oufe. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


Mr. Charles Fox prefented to the Houfe, accordi 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fickle 
in the Townthip of Butterwick, in the Parith of Foxholes, 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of York: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. | 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
5 The 


11 Geo. III. 


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freehold- 
ers, and Inhabitants, of the feveral Towns of Liver- 
pool, Ormfkirk, Prefton, and of the Country lying be- 
tween or adjacent thereto, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houle; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. John Eyes, being examined, faid, That the Road 
from Liverpool to Prefton, is very narrow, deep, and 
ruinous, and almoft impaffable-; that the repairing and 
widening of the fame would be of public Utility; but 
that it cannot be done by the Laws in being. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Patrick’s Cro/s, 
within the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine 
of Lancafter, to the Town of Prefon, in the fame County 
Palatine; and that the Lord Strange and Colonel Bur- 
goyne do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, ‘That Fobn Wilkes, Efquire, Alderman of the 
City of London, do attend this Houfe, To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Lord Mayor, according to Order, attending in his 
Place ; 

The Evidence, which was Yefterday given to the 
Houle by the Deputy Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, was read; and the faid Deputy Serjeant at Arms 
was further examined by the faid Lord Mayor. 

And then the Lord Mayor was heard in his Place. 

The Houfe was moved, that an Aét, made in the 
Second Year of the Reign of King William and Queen 
Mary, intituled, An A&amp; for reverfing the Judgment in a 
Quo Warranto againft the City of London, and for reftor- 
ing the City of London to its ancient Rights and Privi- 
leges, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

And the Lord Mayor acquainting the Houfe, that he 
found himfelf out of Order, and could not attend any 
longer, without Prejudice to his Health, he, with Leave 
of the Houfe, withdrew. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Matter be adjourned till Friday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of 
the City of London, do attend this Houfe, in his Place, 
upon Friday Morning next, if his Health will permit. 

The Lord Mayor having informed the Houfe, that he 
thought himfelf obliged to aét as he did, by the Oath he 
had taken, as Lord Mayor, to preferve the Liberties of 
the Citizens of London, granted by feveral Charters grant- 
ed to the City of London, and fuppofed to have been con- 
firmed by Act of Parliament, defired that Counfel might 
be heard to that Point : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That Counfel be at Liberty to be heard to that Point ; 

And the previous Queftion being put, That that Quef- 
tion be now put; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Seymour, 


Mr. Byng : i 79: 
Tellers fur the Noes, Sir Henry Hoghton, boa. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Cooper : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Morgan, Clerk to the Lord Mayor, do at- 
tend this Houfe To-morrow Morning, with the Minutes 
taken before the Lord Mayor, relative to the Meffenger 
of this Houfe giving Security for his Appearance, at the 
next General Quarter Seffions of the Peace for the City 


of London, to anfwer fuch Indi&amp;tments as may be prefer- 
Vou. XXXIII. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


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red againft him, for the fuppofed Affault and Imprifon- 
ment of ¥. Miller ; : 
The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
- §Sir Fohn Wrottefley 
Tellers for the Yeas, Me Cooper : fey, 188, 
. Sir Fofeph Mawbey, 
saben for the Noes, } re ‘4 Fennings - i 56. 
ts A was _—- pst: Affirmative. 
otion was made, and the Queftion being propofed 
That Richard Oliver, Efquire, ae, of te City of 
London, a Member of this Houfe, do attend this Houfe, 
in his Place, To-morrow Morning ; 

_ An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef: 
tion, by leaving out the Words “To-morrow Morning,” 
and inferting “upon Friday Morning next” inftead 
thereof. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Richard Oliver, Efquire, Alderman of 
the City of London, a Member of this Houfe, do attend 
this Houfe, in his Place, upon Friday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for making a Navigable Canal, from 
the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Cheffer, 
and there to join the Canal now making from the River 
Trent to the River Merfey, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time, 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing 
of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called Eng+ 
land, for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of 
March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon 7/urfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill, 


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





Mercurit, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Low Wa- 
ter Mark of the River Humber, at or near Brough Ferry, 
in the Parifh of Elloughton, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York, to the North End of the ‘Lown of 
Brough, and from thence, through South Cave, to Coney 
Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the faid Riding ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for draining and preferving certain Fen Lands and Low 
Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Northwold, 
Wretton, Wereham, Weft Dereham, and Roxham, in the 
County of Norfolk, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Commons and. Watlte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Monya/h, in the Parifh of 
Bakewell, in the County of Derdy ; without any Amend- 
ment : And alfo, ; 


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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing Prieffwood Common, in the 
Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and Meynell Langley, 
or fome of them, in the County of Derby ; without any 
Amendment: and alfo, _ . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Cow Paftures, Ings, Common Meadows, and other Com- 
monable Lands, in the Parifh of Wef Afbby, within the 
Manors of Horncajftle and Weft Afbby, in the County of 
Lincoln ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open Arable Fields, 
Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and other Open and Com- 
mon Grounds, within the Townfhip of Liffett, in the 
Parith of Beeforth, otherwife Beeford, in the Eaft Riding 
of the County of York ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the feveral Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Kilbam on the Woulds, in the County of York; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify them- 
felves for Offices and Employments, and to indemnify 
Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have omitted to 
regifter their Qualifications within the Time limited by 
Law, and for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing a certain Parcel of Common 
and Wafte Ground, called Zhe Outwoods, within the 
Townfhip or Hamlet of Horuinglow, in the Parifh of 


Burton, in the County of Stafford, without any Amend-: 


ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open Fields, Com- 
mon Meadows, Stinted Paftures, Commons, and Watfte 
Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of Stretton, Horninglow, 
Bond End, and Branfton, within the Parith of Burton upon 
Trent, in the County of Stafford, without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields, Common 
or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, and Commonable 
Ground, within the Hamlets of Stapenbill, and Win- 
frill, in the County of Derby; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Uninclofed 
Fields, Lands, Commons, and Waftes, within the Manor 
of Scalby, in the North Riding of the County of York ; 
and alfo a certain Common, called Throxenby Moor, other- 
wife Newby Moor, within the fame Riding; with fome 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Lands and Hereditaments, Part of the 
Real Eftate of Yobn Sutton, Efquire, fituate in the County 
of Lincoln, in Truft, to be fold for Payment of £. 8,000, 
the Portion of J/abella Sutton, deceafed, and for the other 
Purpofes in the faid Act mentioned ; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for confirming and carrying into Execution an Agree- 
ment, dated the 23d Day of Fune 1770, between Hum- 
phry Minchin, Efquire, and George Clive, Efquire ; and 
for vefting certain Eftates, in the County of Tippe- 
rary, in the Kingdom of Ireland, in certain Truftees, and 
their Heirs, for that Purpofe ; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; 


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A.N771, 


he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantity of Raw Silk, Thrown 
Silk, and other Silk, unmanufactured, which have been 
imported into England, from the 5th Day of Fanuary 
1760, to the 5th Day of Fanuary 1771; diftinguithing 
the feveral Years, and the Places from whence the faid 
Silk has been imported. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred 
to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Im- 
portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a 
limited Time, and for preventing unlawful Combinations 
of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufactures. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Kynajfton reported from the Committée, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freehold- 
ers, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed ; and alfo, 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, refiding in or near Ofwefry, in the County of 
Salop, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, were re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matters 
of the faid Petitions ; and had dire¢ted him to report the 
fame, as they appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the firft mentioned Peti- 
tion, the Reverend Mr. Maurice, and Mr. Francis Cham- 
bre, being feverally examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from the Finger Poft, near Prys Gwen, to the 
Lime Rocks at Bron y Garth, and the feveral other Roads 
in the faid Petition mentioned, are in a ruinous Condi- 
tion, narrow in many Places, and dangerous to Paffen- 
gers and Carriages ; and cannot be effectually repaired 
by the ordinary Methods prefcribed by Law. 

And to prove the Allegations of the laft mentioned Pe- 
tition, the Reverend Mr. Maurice, Mr. Francis Cham- 
bre, and ohn Hudfon, being examined, faid, That the 
Lane called Lkwyn Lane, near the Town of Ofweftry; the 
Road or Way oppofite Halton, leading to Hindford, and 
the feveral other Lanes or Ways in the faid Petition men- 
tioned, are of little or no Ufe to Travellers, and may be 
{topped up and difcontinued, without Prejudice to any Per- 
fon; and the {topping up and difcontinuing the fame will 
greatly tend to prevent evading the Payment of the Tolls. 

And a Member prefent confirmed the above Evidence. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
leading from Wem, in the County of Salop, to or near 
Chirk, in the County of Denbigh ; from Horton to Knockin 
and Llanymynech ; and alfo the Road from the End of 
Cotton Wood to Whitchurch, in the County of Salop; is 
committed ; That they have Power to make Provifion in 
the faid Bill, for repairing the Road leading from the 
Finger Poft near Frys Gwen, near Chirk, to the Lime 
Rocks at Bron y Garth, with a Branch leading out of the 
fame to Pont y Blew, in the County of Salop; as alfo 
the Road from the Village of Llanymynech to the River 
Tannat, at or near the Grove, in the Townfhip of Car- 
reghova, and County of Denbigh ; and alfo for ftopping 
up and difcontinuing the Lane, called Lkwyn Lane, near 
the Town of Ofweftry ; the Road or Way oppofite Hal- 
fton, leading to Hindford , the Road or Way near Kin/all, 
leading to Berghill ; the Way near Cae Gwern, leading to 
Lower Frankton; the Way leading from Haenbafod 
Houfe to Lower Frankton, the Lane leading from the 
Rhydychenfford of the River Ceiriog to Bryngwila;, the 
Lane called the Gledrydd Lane; the Lane lying between 
the Gledrydd Lane, and the Road from Bryngwila, to Prys 
Gwen; the Lane leading from or near Prys Gwen yr 

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{aid to Trebowel ; and alfo the Lane leading from Fonas’s 
Houfe to the Rhyn. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the faid 
Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the Open and Common Fields of Stretton under 
Fofs, in the Parifh of Monks Kirby, in the County of 
Warwick, was committed. 

Mr. Skipwith accordingly reported from the faidCom- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had dire¢ted to be reported to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One, 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the feveral Open and Common Fields, Arable, 
Meadow, and Pafture Grounds, Lammas Grounds, and 
Commonable Lands, within the Hamlets and Liberties 
of Knightcot and North End, in the Parifh of Burton 
Daffett, in the County of Warwick, was committed. 

Mr. Skipwith accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
direéted to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for im- 
powering the Commiffioners to allot a Piece of Land 
to the Vicar of Burton Daffett, in Lieu of his Stipend of 

a 
£ And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. ‘ 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor of Broadway, in the County of Worcefter, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor of Broadway, in the County of Worcefter. 

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


The Lord Wenman reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, in the Parifh of Swalcliffe, in the County 
of Oxford, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 


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the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion Sass put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


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


Sir Henry Hoghton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term contained in Two fe- 
veral Acts of Parliament, and to repair, widen, and 
amend, the Road from the Guide Pott at the Wefterly 
End of Newton Lane, within the Townthip of Manche/- 
ter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufterlands, 
in the Parifh of Saddleworth, in the County of York, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 


- and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 


made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, and other Commonable Places, in Waverton, other- 
wife Wareton, in the Parith of Polefworth, in the County 
of Warwick ; which Bill was, upon Thurfday laft, re- 
ported from the Committee, to whom the fame had been 
committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

And the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: Ard that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Places, in Waverton, otherwife 
Wareton, in the Parith of Polefworth, in the County of 
Warwick. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Molefworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral of the Noblemen, and the humble 
Petition of feveral of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Sa/op, in the Behalf of them- 
felves, and the other Owners and Occupiers of Lands 
within the faid County, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Taking Notice of the Bill for enabling the Truf- 
tees appointed to put in Execution an Aét, made in the 
Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for re- 
pairing and widening the Stone Bridge, in the Town of 
Shrewfbury, to raife Money for building the faid Bridge, 
and for carrying the feveral Purpofes of the faid Act 
into Execution ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that the 
faid Bridge belongs to, and is within the Jurifdiction of, 
the Town of Shrew/bury, and is by Law to be repaired 
by, and at the Expence of, the faid Town ; and that the 
Bill, by charging a Proportion of the Expences of rebuild- 
ing the faid Bridge upon the County of Sa/op ar large, 
lays an additional Land Tax upon the Eftates of the Pe- 
titioners : And therefore praying the Houfe, That the 
Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, 
againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as affect them. 

A Petition of feveral of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the County of Sa/op, was 
alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read; alfo taking No- 

tice of the faid Bill, and reprefenting to the Houfe, That 


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the faid Bridge belongs to, and is within the Jurifdiction 
of, the Town of Shrew/bury ; and that the Eftates of the 
Petitioners will be much injured, and their Property af- 
fe€ted, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law as it now 
itands : And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may 
be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts 
of the faid Bill as affect them. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Coun- 
cil, Burgefles, and other the Inhabitants, of the Town 
and Borough of Ofwe/try, in the County of Salop, was 
alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read; alfo taking No- 
tice of the faid Bill, and reprefenting to the Houfe, That 
the faid Bridge belongs to, and is within the Jurifdiction 
of, the Town of Shrew/bury ; and that the faid Town of 
Ofweftry is not contributory to the County Rates of the 
faid County, having for Time immemorial been a Town 
Corporate, and always affeffed and levied the necefiary 
Rates and Taxes within its own Jurifdiction ; and that 
the Eftates of the Petitioners will be much injured, their 
Property affected, and the ancient Rights and Privileges 
of the faid Town of O/weftry invaded, if the faid Bill 
fhould pafs into a Law as it now ftands: And therefore 
praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as 
affect them. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to lie 
upon the Table, until the faid Bill be read a 
Second Time. 


Lord Frederick Campbell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bull for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called the Jztack or Cow Pafture, and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parith of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Che/- 
ter, in the County Palatine otf Durbam; and for extin- 
guifhing ail Right of Common in certain Inclofed Inter- 
common Lands there: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Frederick Campbell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Moor or Common, called E/vet Moor, in the Parith ot 
Saint Ofwald, in the County Palatine of Durham, and for 
extinguifhing all Right of Common in certain Intercom- 
mon Lands in the faid Parifh: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Petition of the fe- 
veral Perions whofe Names and Hands are thereunto fet 
and fubicribed, in Behalf of themfelves and all others, 
claiming under fuch Right as therein aftermentioned, 
which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 28th Day 
of January laft, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the aid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the taid Bill be read a Second Time. 


. A Petition of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of England, trading into the Levant Seas, being 
offered to be prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recommends 
it to the Conficeration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Trade between this Kingdom 
and Turkey, has for a long Series of Years been carried 
on by a Society of Merchants incorporated by Charters, 
and regulated by Acts of Parliament ; and that, in order 
to carry on the faid Trade with Safety, and to protect 
His Majefty’s Subjects in the Turkifb Dominions, it has 
been found neceffary that there fhould be an Ambaffador 
tent from England to refide at Conftantinople, and that 
there fhould be Confuls, Vice Confuls, and other Offi- 


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A.1771, 


cers and Servants, in the other Parts of Turkey, where any 
Britifh Subjects refide, and where the Engli/b carry on 
Trade ; the whole Expence whereof has been borne by 
the Turkey Company ; which, together with other ne- 
ceflary Expences incident to the carrying on the faid 
Trade, has of late Years amounted to upwards of 
£. 10,000 per Annum, and that the faid Trade, to and 
from Turkey, once fo flourifhing, is now, from many 
unavoidable Events and concurring Circumitances, much 
reduced; and that the Affiftance which was granted to 
the Petitioners by Parliament, in the laft Seffion, was 
employed in paying off a confiderable Part of the Debt 
they had incurred; and they had Reafon to hope, that 
they fhould not now have been under a Neceflity of ap- 
plying for further Affiftance, nor fhould they have 
troubled the Houfe, but for the great Stagnatien of 
Trade, and Increafe of Expence, occafioned by the War 
which ftill fubfifts between the Turkifb and the Ruffian 
Governments ; and that the Petitioners are fenfible, that 
they fhould not dilcharge the Duty incumbent upon 
them by their Charter, nor the Juftice they owe to the 
Public, if they did not declare their Inability to fupport 
their neceflary Expences, unlefs relieved by Parliament : 
And therefore praying the Houfe to rake the Premifes 
into Confideration, and to grant them fuch further Af 
fiftance as may be thought neceffary and proper. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for the better Support and Eftablifhment of 
the Greenland and Whale Fifhery, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe. . 

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


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from Stone, 
in the County of Stafford, to Lane End, and to the Road 
between Leek and Sandon, on Meir Heath, and from 
thence to Blithe Bridge; and alfo from Meir to Tren- 
tham, and from thence to Stableford Bridge, in the faid 
County, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingroffed. 


Sir Fobn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Shelton, in the County of Stafford, to the Road 
between Cheadle and Leek, at Blakely Lane Head; and 
from Bucknall to the Road between Leek and Sandon, at 
Wefton Coyney; and from the faid Road between Cheadle 
and Leek, to the Road above Frogall Bridge, and from 
the fame Road, on the Eaft Side Frogall Bridge, to the 
Road between Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Rue- 
bill Gate, in the faid County, was committed; and to 
wnom the Petition of the feveral Truftees for putting in 
Execution an Act, made in the Second Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aé for repairing 
and widening the Road leading from Afbborne, in the 
County of Derby, to the Town of Leek, in the County 
of Stafford; and from Rye Croft Gate, upon Rujton 
Common, to Congleton, in the County of Chefter ; and 
alfo the Road leading from B4yth Marfb, in the County 

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of Stafford; through Cheadle, Oakamoor, and Blore, to 
the Turnpike Road from Afbborne, to Buxton, near 
Thorp, in the County of Derby, and of the feveral Per- 
fons who have lent Money on the faid Road leading 
from Blyth Marfb, to the Road from Ahdorne to Bux- 
ton, near Thorp, whofe Names are fubfcribed, on Behalf 
of themfelves and the reft of the Creditors of the faid 
laft mentioned Road, was referred; That the Commit- 
tee had confidered the faid Petition ; and had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration, the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, Lands, 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Melton, in 
the Parith of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York. 

And the faid Amendment was read; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

Pr. 1.1. 20. and 21. After “* Melton,” infert “ and 

“« whereas the King’s Moft 

* Excellent Majefty, in Right 
« of His Crown, is Patron of 
“&lt; the Vicarage of Welton afore- 
“© faid.” ; 

The faid Amendment, being read a Second Time, 
was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lafcelles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendment made by their Lordfhips. 


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Ordered, That Colonel Monro have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon his private Affairs. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords, to the Bill, intituled, 
An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Unin- 
clofed Fields, Lands, Commons, and Waftes, within 
the Manor of Scalby, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; and alfo, a certain Common, called Throxenby 
Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame —s 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz, 

Pr, 14. 1. 34. After  aforefaid,” infert “ except the 

«© Commons or Waftes in the ‘Town- 

“ fhip of Cloughton aforefaid.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 6. After “ refpettively,” infert ‘ Pro- 
«vided always, and it is hereby 

* further enacted, That, if the ma- 

«jor Part in Value of the Owners 

«&lt; and Proprietors of ancient Houfes, 

« Frontfteads, and Open Field 

“ Lands, within the faid Townfhip 

“ of Cloughton, intitled to Right of 

“Common, fhall be defirous of 

“ having the Whole of the Com- 

“mons and Wattes, lying within, 

“© andappertaining to, the faid Town- 

“ fhip of Cloughton, fet out and al- 

* lotted to them feparately, and in 

*¢ Exclufion of the Owners and Pro- 

“‘ prietors of ancient .Houfes and 

*Frontfteads, and Open Field 

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273 
“¢ ands, in other Parts of the faid 
** Parifh of Scadby, and thall fignify 
“¢ fuch their Defire in Writing to the 
“« faid Commiffioners, or any Three 
“of them, at the Firft General 
** Meeting to be held by the faid 
“ Commiffioners, purfuant to this 
** Act; that then, and in fuch Cafe, 
“‘ the faid Commiffioners, or any 
“« Three of them, fhall inquire into 
“and afcertain the Limits and 
** Boundaries of the Commons and 
“ Waftes of the faid Townfhip of 
“‘ Cloughton, and diftinguifh the 
“¢ fame from the other Commons and 
«© Waftes within the faid Parifh of 
‘© Scalby, if the fame can be done ; 
*¢ and in cafe the faid Commiffioners, 
“or any Three of them, fhall be 
“able to aicertain and diftinguifh 
“ the Limits and Boundaries of the 
** Commons, Wafte Grounds, and 
* Commonable Places, of the faid 
“© Townfhip of Cloughten, within 
«© Six Calendar Months next after 
*‘ the Firft General Meeting of the 
“ faid Commiflicners, purfuant to 
“ this Act; then, and in fuch Cafe, 
“and not otherwife, the faid Com- 
“ miffioners, or any Three of them, 
“ fhall, in the making of the Divi- 
“ fion or Allotment hereby directed 
“to be made (after the fetting out 
“and allotting unto, and for His 
“ faid Majefty, His Heirs and Suc- 
“ ceffors, One full and equal Thir- 
“‘ tieth Part of the faid Commons 

“and Wafte Grounds, and after 
** fetting out the Allotments in lieu 
“of Tythes within the faid Town- 


-  fhip of Cloughton, as herein be- 


*‘fore is directed) divide, fet out, 
* and allot, One full Moiety or Half 
“ Part of all the Refidue of the 
“Commons, and Wafte Grounds, 
“© and Commonable Places, which 
“ fhall be found to lie and be within 
“the Townfhip of Cloughton, unto 
*‘ the feveral Owners and Proprie- 
“ tors of ancient Houfes and Front- 
“ fteads, within the faid Townfhip of 
“ Cloughton, only, having Right of 
*¢ Common thereon; and fhall, in the 
“ next Place, divide, fet out, and 
“ allot, the other Moiety of the Re- 
“ fidue of the faid laft mentioned 
«Commons, Wafte Grounds, and 
*“*«Commonable Places, unto and 
* amongft the feveral Owners and 
*¢ Proprietors of Open Field Lands, 
‘within the faid Townfhip of 
“&lt; Cloughton, only, in lieu and full 
*¢ Satisfaction of all fuch Right of 
‘© Common, as the Owners and Pro- 
“‘ prietors of ancient Houfes or 
“‘ Frontfteads, and Open Field 
“* Lands, now have in refpeét there- 
“of, in, over, or upon, the faid 
“Commons or Waftes; and then 
*“‘ the faid Owners and Proprietors 
*¢ of ancient Houfes or Frontfteads, 
“ and of Open Field Lands, in the 
* Townfhip of Cloughton aforefaid, 
“¢ fhall be excluded from any Share 
&lt;¢ in the feveral Commons or Wattes, 
‘‘ which fhall, upon fuch Inquiry, 

« be 








&lt;7 


“ be found not to be within the faid 
“ ‘Townfhip of Cloughton.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lafcelles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, 
in the Parifhes of Prefton and Stratton, in the County of 
Gloucefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. South- 
well, Mr. Milles, &amp;c.: Ana they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for confirming and carrying into Execution an Agree- 
ment, dated the 23d Day of Sune 1770, between Hum- 
phrey Minchin, Efquire, and George Clive, Efquire ,; and 
for vefting certain Eftates, in the County of Tipperary, 
in the Kingdom of Jre/and, in certain Truftees, and 
their Heirs, for that Purpofe ; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, in the 
Parith of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of Berks, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except the Owners of Two Roods of Land in the 
{aid Common Field, who could not be found ; and that 
the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed is 1,450 
Acres; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bili, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the 
Road from the Market Houle, in the Town of Great Far- 
vingdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford, in the County 
of Oxford, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, feveral of them were difagreed to, and the reft 
were agreed to, by the Houfe; and an Amendment 
was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting certain Lands and Hereditaments, Part of 
the real Eftate of Fobm Sutton, Efquire, fituate in the 
County of Lincoln, in Truft, to be fold, for Payment of 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


MAF 7. 


Eight thoufand Pounds, the Portion of J/abella Sutton 
deceafed ; and for the other Purpofes in the faid A&amp; 
mentioned ; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads leading to the Town of Lantriffent; and alfo the 
Road leading from the Village of Newbridge, to a Place 
called the Old Furnace, all in the County of Glamorgan ; 
was committed; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


The Lord Strange prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Patrick’s Crofs, within the Town of Liverpool, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter, to the Town of 
Prefton, in the fame County Palatine: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Robert Ladbroke reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for further continuing the Tolls upon 
London Bridge, and for empowering the Mayor and 
Commonalty, and Citizens of the City of London, to au- 
thorize Perfons, poffeffed for Terms of Years of certain 
Houfes and Ground, defcribed in an Act of the 7th Year 
of His prefent Majefty, to build upon and inclofe fuch 
Ground, in cafe the Owners of the Freehold and Inhe- 
ritance are not to be found, or are not willing to inclofe 
and build upon the fame, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had dire¢ted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Fuller reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Freeholders, and Landholders, of the County 
of Pembroke, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on 
Behalf of themfelves and many other Inhabitants of the 
faid County, was referred; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as follow- 
eth; VIZ. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Charles Rees, being examined, faid, That the Roads from 
Tavernfpite, through the feveral Places mentioned in 
the Petition (being the great Road from London) to 
Tenby, in the County of Pembroke, are in a very ruinous 
Condition, narrow, and incommodious, and at fome 
Times impaffable ; and cannot be repaired and widened 
by the Laws in being: And 

Thomas Keymer, Efquire, being examined, faid, That 

great 


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y) to 
inous 
fome 
Jened 


That 
great 


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great Part of the faid Roads have been affifted by a vo- 
luntary Subfcription, which has increafed the Number of 
Carriages fo as to make the faid Roads in a very ruinous 
Condition; and cannot be repaired and widened without 
the further Aid of Parliament. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, feveral 
Roads, leading from Tavern/pite, to the Towns of Pem- 
broke and Tenby, and to Hudbberfton Haking, in the 
County of Pembroke: And that Mr. Fuller and Mr. 
Sloane do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prohibit the Exportation of certain Live Cattle, and other 
Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a limited 
Time: And that Mr. Milles, Sir Charles Whitworth, 
and Sir Thomas Pym Hales, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for paving and regulating Rof- 
mary Lane, from the Parifh of Aldgate, to Cable Street, 
alfo the faid Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back 
Lane, the Precinct of Wellclofe, the Street leading from 
Nightingale Lane, to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Row, and 
Brook Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Pal- 
fages opening into the fame; and for removing all Ob- 
ftructions and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing 
the like for the future; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, 
from the Parith of Saint Botolph, Aldgate, to Cable 
Street, alfo the faid Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back 
Lane, Part of the Preciné&amp; of Wellclofe, the Street lead- 
ing from Nightingale Lane, to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher 
Row, and Brook Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, 
and Paffages opening into the fame; and for removing 
all Obftructions and Annoyances therefrom, and pre- 
venting the like for the future. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Robert Holder do attend this 
Houfe, upon Friday Morning next, with the Minutes 
taken by him, on Friday laft, at the Manfion Houfe. 


The Lord Mayor having, Yefterday, informed the 
Houfe, that he thought himfelf obliged to aét as he did, 
by the Oath he had taken, as Lord Mayor, to preferve the 
Liberties of the Citizens of London, granted by the feveral 
Charters granted to the City of London, and fuppofed to 
have been confirmed by Act of Parliament ; and having 
defired that Counfel may be heard to this Point ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Counfel be at Liberty to be heard, upon 
Friday Morning next, to this Point : 

And an Amendment being propofed to be made to 
the Queftion, by adding, at the End thereof, the Words 
‘© That the Houfe of Commons have not a Right to en- 
* force the Execution of their Orders within the City of 
“ London; 

The Houfe was moved, that the feveral Entries in the 
Journals of the Houfe, of the 28th Day of Fanuary, and 
the 1ft and 6th Days of February, 1750, of the Proceedings 
relating to Alexander Murray, Etquire, might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 25th Day of Fanuary 
1768, of the Report from the Committee of Privileges 
and Eleétions, touching the Complaint made to the 
Houte, of a Breach of Privilege, ‘againft Simon Luttrell, 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Then the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
added, at the End of the faid propofed Queftion ; 


Houfe of Commons. 


The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


Doctor Burrell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. St. Leger Douglas : 


in 
; Sir Harbord Harbord, 
Tellers for the Noes, egg © ie wleaa i 83. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put, 
That Counfel be at Liberty to be heard, upon Friday 
Morning next, to this Point, That the Houle of Com- 
mons have not a Right to enforce the Execution of their 
Orders within the City of London; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the Lord Mayor of the City of London be 
at Liberty to be heard, upon Friday Morning next, by 
his Countel, upon all fuch Points as do not controvert 
the Privileges of this Houfe ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out from the Word “ Counfel” to 
the End of the Queition. 

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

It was refolved inthe Affirmative. 

Then the main Quettion being put ; 

Ordered, That the Lord Mayor of the City of Londox 
be at Liberty to be heard, upon Friday Morning next, 
by his Counsel, upon all fuch Points as do not contro- 
vert the Privileges of this Houfe. : 


at 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Attendance 
of Fobn Wilkes, Efquire, Alderman of the City of 
London: 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Fohn Wilkes, Efquire, do attend this Houfe 
upon Monday Morning next ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out “* Monday Morning next ;” 
and, it being after One of the Clock on Thurfday Morn- 
ing, to infert “ To-morrow Morning” inftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That “ Monday Morn- 
ing next” fiand Part of the Queftion ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That Fobn Wilkes, Efquire, do attend this 
Houfe upon Monday Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Attendance 
of Morgan, Clerk to the Lord Mayor of the City 
of London, with the Minutes, taken before the Lord 
Mayor, relative to the Mefienger of this Houfe giving 
Security for his Appearance at the next General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace for the City of London, to anfwer 
to fuch Indiétments as may be preferred againft him, 
for the fuppofed Affault and falfe Imprifonment of 
F. Miller : 

And ames Morgan, Clerk to the Lord Mayor, at- 
tending accordingly ; he was called in; and the Book, 
containing the faid Minutes, being produced by the faid 
James Morgan, was brought up to the Table; and the 
Entry of the faid Minutes, therein contained, was read. 

A Motion being made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That ames Morgan, Clerk to the Lord Mayor, 
do, at the Table, expunge the faid Entry. 

' A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
that the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the main Quettion being put ; 

Ordered, That Fames Morgan, Clerk to the Lord 
Mayor, do, at the Table, expunge the faid Entry. 

And the faid Fames Morgan expunged the faid Entry, 
at the Table, accordingly. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That no other Profecution, Suit, or Proceeding, 

be 
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be commenced, or carried on, for or on Account of the 
{aid pretended Affault or falfe Imprifonment : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the. Houfe do now adjourn ; 

It pafied in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That no other Profecution, Suit, or Pro- 
ceeding, be commenced, or carried on, for or on Account 
of the faid pretended Affault or falfe Imprifonment., 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of an A&amp;t, made in the Sixth Year of 
His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the 
Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a 
limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to ¢onfider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Burke have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion, it being Half an Hour after One of the Clock on 
Lhurfday Morning. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wrought Silks and 
Velvets imported into Great Britain, and the Duties that 
have been paid thereupon, from the Firft Day of Fa- 
nuary 1760, as far as the famecan be made up. 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon the rath Day 
of this Inftant March, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, this Day, to 
confider of the prefent State of the Corn Trade, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Weeks, the r1th Day of April next, refolve itfelf into 
the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon Thur/day laft, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, this Day, upon the Bill for the more 
effectually raifing a Military Force, for the Protection of 
the Settlements and Poffeflions of the Eaft India Com- 

any, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

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

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons who were ordered 
to attend the faid Committee this Day, do attend the 
faid Committee upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon Monday laft, for 
the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, this Day, to confider further of the feveral 
Laws now in being, for the Encouragement of the 
Britifo White Herring Fifhery, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


” Ordered, That the Order, made upon Tue/day laft, for 


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4.1771. 


the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, this Day, upon the Bill for defraying the 
Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, in that 
Part of Great Britain called England, for One Year, be- 
ginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, — 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


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





Veneris, 22° die Martii; 
Anno 11° Georgii ITI" Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS, 


S IR ob Palmer reported from the Committee, to 
J whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and all other Com- 
mon and Wafte Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of 
Kilby and Newton Harcourt, in the Parith of Wiftow, and 
County of Leiceffer, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee (except Woodroffe, 
who is poffefied of Two Yard Lands and Two Quarters 
of a Yard Land, who approved of the Bill, but would 
not fign, unlefs he was allowed to name a Commiffioner ; 
and alfo, except Caldecott, Attorney for a Per- 
fon Abroad, who is poffeffed of Five Yard Lands and Two 
Quarters of a Yard Land, and who refufed to fign the 
Bill, unlefs he was allowed to name a Commiffioner ; and 
that the whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed con- 
fifts of 86 Yard Lands and Two Quarters of a Yard Land; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. William Stewart have Leave to go 
into the Country, upon his private Affairs. 


An. ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the 
Second, to repair the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, 
within the County of the City of York, to a Place near 
the faid City, called Hobmoor Lane End, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Att, 
made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Second, 
to repair the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, within 
the County of the City of York, to a Place near the faid 
City, called Hobmoor Lane End. 

Ordered, That Lord Yobn Cavendifh do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Gray reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
exemplifying 


t= 


e Bill 


m the 
&amp; for 


ifying 


11 GEo. III. 


exemplifying or inrolling the Will of Charles Macarthy 
More, deceafed, and making the fame Evidence as well 
in Ireland as Great Britain, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gray do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and WafteGrounds, within the Village, Hamlet, 
Townfhip, and Manor, of Oxenbope, in the Parifh of 
Bradford, and County of York, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Village, Hamlet, Townhhip, 
and Manor, of Oxenbope, in the Parifh of Bradford, and 
County of York. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley do carry to the Lords 
the ingroffed Bill, intituled, An Act for dividing and in- 
clofing the Open and Uninclofed Fields, Lands, Com- 
mons, and Waftes, within the Manor of Scalby, in the 
North Riding of the County of York ; and alfo a certain 
Common, called Throxenby Moor, otherwife Newby Moor, 
within the fame Riding; and acquaint them, that this 
Houfe hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordfhips. 


An ingroffed Bill for further continuing the Tolls 
upon London Bridge , and for impowering the Mayor and 
Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, to au- 
thorize Perfons poffeffed for Terms of Years of certain 
Houfes and Ground, defcribed in an Act of the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty, to build upon, and inclofe, 
fuch Ground, in Cafe the Owners of the Freehold and 
Inheritance are not to be found, or are not willing to in- 
clofe and build upon the fame, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for further continuing the Tolls upon Lon- 
don Bridge, for the Purpofes therein mentioned ; and for 
empowering the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council aifembled, in certain 
Cafes, to grant Licences to Perfons poffeffed of Terms for 
Years, of andin Houfes defcribed in an A&amp; of the Se- 
venth Year of His prefent Majefty, to build upon and in- 
clofe Part of the Ground and Soil of the Streets, in the 
Front of their faid Houfes. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ladbroke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads leading to the Town of Lantriffent ; and alfo the 
Road leading from the Village of Newbridge, to a Place 
called the O/d Furnace, all in the County of Glamorgan, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
leading to the Town of Lantriffent ; and alfo the Road 
leading from: Newdridge to a Place called the Old Furnace, 
all in the County of Glamorgan. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Kemys Tynte do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for difcharging from Tithe, certain 
Lands in the Parifh of Sebrabam, otherwife Sebergham, in 
Vou. XXXII. 


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277 


the County of Cumberland, and for making Compenfation 
to the Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for difcharging from Tithe, certain Lands 
in the Parifh of Sebraham, otherwife Sebergham, in the 
County of Cumberland, and for making Compenfation to 
the Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Townfhips of North Mufkham, Holme, and 
Batbley, in the Parifh of North Mu/kham, in the County 
of Nottingham, was read the Third ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paitures, and Wafte Grounds, with- 
in the Townfhips of North Mu/kham, Holme, and Batbley, 
in the Parifh of North Mujkbam, in the County of Not- 
tingham. 

Ordered, That Mr. Willoughby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire ther Concurrence. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing and widening 
the Roads from the Town of Peed/es, to the King’s Eatedge, 
and te Gatebope, Knowburnfoot, and to the Top of Minch- 
moor, and to Lochbead, in the County of Peebles, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. | 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Parcels of Fen Land, within the Parith of Algarkirke, cum 
Fofdyke, in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincolz, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be-true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee (ex- 
cept the Owners of Two Commonable Houfes, Four 
Toftfteads, and 60 Acres, who were abfent, but had 
Notice ; and except the Owners of One Commonable 
Houfe, 2 Toftfteads, and 31 Acres, who refufed to fign 
the Bill; and that the whole Property, having Right of 
Common on the faid Fen, confifts of 83 Commonable 
Houfes, 85 Toftfteads ,and 2,411 Acres ; and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with Amend- 
ments to feveral of them, agreed to by the Houfe, 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for al- 
lotting to Mr. Chambers and Mr. Pelbam, Lords of the 
Manor, a Parcel of Ground, in Proportion to the Quan- 
tity of Fen to be divided, as a Compenfation for their 
Right of Drift. 

And the faid Claufe was Once read with Blanks. 


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And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be = Lord Rodert Bertie reported from the Committee, to 


read a Second Time; whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen 
It paffed in the Negative. belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parith of Skirbeck, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- and County of Lincoln, was committed; That the Com- 
eroffed. . mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 


found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties concerned 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to confider of of the Committee (except the Proprietors of Common- 
an Aé&amp;t, made in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty, in- able Houfes, Toftfteads, and old inclofed Lands, pay- 
tituled, An A&amp;t to prohibit the Importation of Foreign ing the Dyke Reeve Affefiment, of the annual Value of 
Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited Time; and for £10. 105. who refufed to fign the Bill; and the Own- 
preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen employ- ers of fuch Property, of the Annual Value of £. 20, 
ed in the Slik Manufacture ; That they have Power to 105. who were not applied to; and of £.11, who 
confider the State of the Manufacture of Crapes and could not be found; and that no Perfon appeared be- 
Tiffanies, lately eftablifhed in this Kingdom, and of a fore the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that 
proper Encouragement to be given thereto. the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 

feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 

Mr. Ward reported from the Committee, to whom the re&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
feveral Acts, made in the 13th Year of the Reign of King with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
George the Firft, and in the 21ft Year of the Reign of the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
King George the Second, for repairing the Road leading then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
from the Town of Brom/grove to the Town of Dudley, in Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with an Amend- 
the County of Worcefer, and from the faid Town of ment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 
Bromfzrove to the Town of Birmingham, in the County of § Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Varwick, fo far as the faid Aéts relate to the repairing of Report be adjourned till Monday Morning next. 
the Roads leading from the faid Town of Birmingham to 
the faid Town of Bromfgrove, was committed; That the | Mr. Fuller prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, der, a Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- pair, feveral Roads, leading from: Tavern/pite, to the 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Towns of Pembroke and Tenby, and to Hubberfton Hak- 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him ag, in the County of Pembroke: And the fame was re- 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then Mr. Laj/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing all the Open 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Fields, Lands, and Grounds, at Long Rifton and Arnold, 


pa in the County of York: And the iame was received ; 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be and read the Firft Time. 
ingrofied. _ Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, purfu- _ Mr. La/celles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
ant to their Addrefs to His Majelty, Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 


An Account of the Number of Men recruited by each and Wafte Grounds, within the Townthip of Brampton 
Regiment of Dragoons, and Marching Regiments, within ¢ le Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the County of 
Great Britain, from the 10th December 1770, to the 1ft York: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 


March 1771. ‘Time. : 
And the Title of the faid Account was read. Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. Mr. Milles prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
The faid Account is preferved amoneft the other der, a Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, 
Papers of this Seffion. and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a 


' limited Time: And the fame was received; and read 
Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- the Firft Time. 
cerned in the Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
from Chefterfield, in the County of Derby, through or near Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 
iWVorkfop and Retford, to join the River Trent, at or near Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham, which Bill was, upon Twe/day Morning next. 
upon Tue/day laft, reported from the Committee, to whom 


the fame had been committed ; A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and 
The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- Mr. Anguifh: 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- Mr. Speaker, 


formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Confent, _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the for amending certain of the Mile Ways leading to Ox- 


Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. ford, for making a commodious Entrance through the 
And the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the Third arith of Saint Clement, for rebuilding or repairing 
Time. Magdalen Bridge, for making commodious Roads from 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs:. And that the Title the faid Bridge, through the Univerfity and City, and 
be, An A&amp;t for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, the Avenues leading thereto ; for cleanfing and lighting 


from Chefterfield, in the County of Derby, through or the Streets, Lanes, and Places, within the faid Uni- 
neat Work/ep and Retford, to join the River Trent, at verfity and City, and the Suburbs thereof, and the faid 


or near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham. Parifh of Saint Clement ; for removing Nufances and 
Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifo do carry the Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the like for 
Bill co the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, the future ; for impowering Colleges and Corporations 


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to alienate their Eftates there; for removing, hold- 
ing, and regulating Markets within the faid City ; and 
for other Purpofes; without any Amendment : And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Paftures, within 
the Townfhip of Hetton, in the Parifh of Burnfal, and 
Weft Riding of the County of York; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Common Fields 
and Commonable Grounds, within the Manor and Pa- 
rith of South Refton, in the County of Lincoln; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing, and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Boothby Graffoe, in the 
County of Lincoln; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for impowering the Judges of the Court of Seffion in 

Scotland, to fell certain Parts and Portions of the Eftate 
and Barony of Carrington, in the County of Edinburgh, 
which formerly belonged to Hugh Lord Vifcount Prim- 
rofe, deceafed, and now to Neil Earl of Rofebery, for 
Payment of the Debts of the faid Vifcount; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
exchange Lands in Langham, in the County of Suffolk, 
between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward Burch, 
Rector of the Parifh Church of Langham aforefaid, 
within the Diocefe of Norwich ; to which the Lords de- 

~fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to exchange Lands in Langham, in the County of Suf- 
folk, between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward Burch, 
Reétor of the Parifh Church of Langham aforefaid, 
within the Diocefe of Norwich, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ack 
for impowering the Judges of the Court of Seffion in 
Scotland, to fell certain Parts and Portions of the Eftate 
and Barony of Carrington, in the County of Edinburgh, 
which formerly belonged to Hugh Lord Vifcount Prim- 
rofe, deceafed, and now to Neil Earl of Rojebery, for 
Payment of the Debts of the faid Vifcount, was read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens imported 
into Great Britain, from Chriftmas 1769 to Chrifimas 
1770, with the Duties paid thereon ; diftinguifhing each 
Species, and the Rates at which they are valued at the 
Cuftom Houfe. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens exported 
from Great Britain, from Chriftmas 1759 to Chriftmas 
1770, with the Drawback paid thereon ; diltinguifhing 
each Species. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Britifh and Irifh Linens 
exported, upon. Bounty, from Chri/tmas 1769 to Chrift- 
mas 1770, with the Amount of the Bounties paid there- 
oat diftinguifhing what Part are Britifh, and what 
rifh. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Britifh and Jrifh Linens exported, with- 
out Bounty, during the laft Five Years preceding Cdrif- 


S79 


mas 1770, diftinguifhing each Year, and what Part are 
Britifo, and what Irifh. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Culm exported from Great 
Britain, during the laft Five Years preceding Chrijt- 
mas 1770, with the Duties paid thereon ; diftinguifhing 
each Year; from what particular Ports, and to what 
particular Places, the fame were exported. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Culm tranfported from 
One Port of Great Britain to another, with the Duties 
levied thereon, fpecifying the Ports of Shipping and 
Delivery, during the laft Five Years preceding Chri/fmas 
1770; diftinguifhing each Year. 

Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Coals and Culm ufed in 
the Smelting of Copper and Tin Ores in Cornwall, and 
ufed in Fire Engines for draining Water out of the 
Mines of Tin and Copper in Cornwall, for which 
the Duties have been drawn back, for the laft Five 
Years preceding Chrifimas 1770; diftinguifhing each 
Year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this: Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Culm carried from Méil- 
ford Haven, for the Burning of Lime, in the Counties 
of Pembroke, Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Merioneth, as 
permitted by an Act pafied in the Thirty-third Year of 
George the Second, with the Duties paid thereon, for 
the laft Five Years preceding Chrifimas 1770; dittin- 
‘guifhing each Year. 


A Bill for licenfing an additional Number of Hackney 
Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing thereby, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


A Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1771, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The feveral Orders of the Day being read, for taking 
into further Confideration the Evidence, which, upon 
Monday \att, was given to this Houfe, by the Deputy 
Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe ; and for the At- 
tendance of Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of the 
City of London, in his Place ; , 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That he had re- 
ceived a Letter from the Lord Mayor, defiring him to 
inform the Houfe, that his late Attendance upon the 
Houfe had increafed his Diforder ; that he was at_pre- 
fent unable to go abroad; but would attend in his 
Place as foon as his Health would permit. 

And the faid Letter was read. 

Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Matter be adjourned till Monday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of 
the City of London, do attend this Houfe, in his Place, 
upon Monday Morning next, if his Health will then 
permit. 

Ordered, That the Lord Mayor be then at Liberty 
to be heard, by his Counfel, upon all fuch Points as do 
not controvert the Privileges of this Houfe. 


Mr. Alderman Oliver, according to Order, attending 
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in his Place, acquainted the Houfe, That he was ready, 
immediately, to enter into his Defence ; but that, being 
a Magiftrate of the City of London, he did not wifh to 
feparate his Interefts from thofe of the City of London, 
and that therefore he was defirous. not to feparate his 
Defence. ae 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That Mr. Alderman Oliver do attend this 
Houfe, in his Place, upon Monday Morning next; and 
= he then be at Liberty to be heard by his Coun- 
el 3 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Mr. Alderman Treco- 

Tellers for the Yeas, thick, t 48. 
Mr. Turner : 

Tellers for the Noes, } = ton ; i 148, 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to the. 
faid propofed Queftion, by adding, at the End thereof, 
the Words “upon all fuch Points as do not controvert 
“ the Privileges of this Houfe.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there added ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, ‘being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman O/iver do attend this 
Houfe, in his Place, upon Monday Morning next; and 
that he then be at Liberty to be heard, by his Counfel, 
upon all fuch Points as do not controvert the Privileges 
of this Houfe. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Holder do attend this Houfe, 
upon Monday Morning next, with the Minutes taken by 
him, upon Friday laft, at the Manfion Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill to incapacitate Fobn Bur- 
nett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas 
Hafelgrove, John Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas 
Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, 
obn Hannington, Fohn Robinjon, William Cheefman, 
Richard Blair, George Browne, Fobn Parfous, Fobn 
Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fokn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
Fobn Dean, James Robinfon, Fobn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fohn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefh, Fobn 
Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, John Snook Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, Fohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fobn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 


Emery Churcher, obn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas - 


Hollingham, Richard Stonebam, Fames Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, ‘fohn Barnard, James Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, William Newnham, Feffery Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randall Button, fames Carver, fobn Mar- 
tin, ohn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear,W illiam Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elettions of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Shoreham, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex, be read a Second Time upon Wednefday 
Morning next. 

Ordered, ‘That the feveral Perfons who were ordered 
to attend the Houfe this Day, upon the Second Read- 
ing of the faid Bill, do attend this Houle upon Wedne/- 
day Morning next. 


A971. 


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


Majetty. 


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


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 
mon Paftures, Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, 
in the Parifh of Earls Barton, in the County of Nortb- 
ampton, which Bill was, upon Monday laft, read a Se. 
cond Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Commonable Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Ubly, in the County of Somer/et, 
which Bill was, upon Tue/day the 26th Day of February 
laft, read a Second Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


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





Lune, 25° die Martii ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III" Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


QRéered, That the Order of the Day, for refuming 
the adjourned Confideration of the Report, which 

was made from the Committee, to whom the’ Bill for 
dividing and inclofing the Common Fen belonging to 
Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parith of Skirbeck, and Coun- 
ty of Lincoln, was committed, be now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of 
the faid Report. 
“i an Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to the 

lil. 

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


Mr. Amcotts reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen 
belonging to Bofton Wef, in the County of Lincoln, 
was committed ; and to whom the Petition of Thomas 
Oldknow, Gentleman, and alfo, the Petition of the feveral 
Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
interefted in the feveral Divifions of a certain Fen call- 
ed The Haute Huntre, Eight Hundred, or Holland Fen, 
and certain other Commonable Places adjoining thereto, 
in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln ; were 
feverally referred ; That the Committee had confidered 
the faid Petitions ; and had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 

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Parties concerried had giveh their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaétion of the Committee (except the Pro- 
prietors of Houtes and other Eftates, having Right of 
Common, of the annual Value of f£. 218. 105. who 
refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo the Proprietors of 
fuch Eftates of the yearly Value of £. 56 who could 
not be found, and of £. 34 per Annum, who were not 
applied to ; and that the whole annual Value of Eftates, 
having Right of Common in the faid Common Fen, 
amounts to f. 2,311. 55.3; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report. in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with an Amend- 
ment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
allowing the Vicars to leafe their Allotments. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read, and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houte, to be 
made Part of the Bill; and feveral Amendments were 
made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Freemen or Burgefies of 
the City of Durham, and Borough of Framwelgate, in 
the County of Durbam, for and on the Behalf of them- 
felves and the feveral other Freemen of the fame City and 
Borough, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, 
that a Bill is depending, for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Moors, Commons, or Watftes, within, or belonging 
to, the City of Durham, and Borough and Townfhip of 
Framwelgate, known by the feveral Names of Framwel- 
gate Moor, High Brafide Moor, Low Brafide Moor, 
Harber Houfe Moor, Potter Moor, Well Springs Moor, 
and Findon Hill Moor, and for extinguifhing, upon the 
Terms therein fpecified, all Right of Intercommon in 
and upon certain ancient Inclofed Lands thereisi men- 
tioned ; and that the Petitioners, as Freemen or Bur- 
gefles of the faid City and Borough, and of the feveral 
feparate Incorporated Fellowfhips, Fraternities, orTrades, 
of and within the fame City and Borough, and their 
Predeceffors, have, for Time immemorial, enjoyed a 
Right of Common of Pafture for their Cattle, at all 
Times in the Year, upon the Moors, Commons, or 
Wattes, intended to be divided by the faid Bill; and 
alfo a Right of Intercommon, at certain Times in the 
Year, upon the faid ancient Inclofed Lands; and that, 
if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, the Inte- 
reft and Right of the Petitioners, and their Succeffors, 
may be wholly taken away,. or greatly affected and pre- 
judiced : And therefore praying, That the faid Bill may 
not pafs into a Law; and that they may be heard, by 
their Counfel, again{t the fame; and that fuch Order 
may be made touching the Premifes as the Houfe. fhall 
think fit. 

A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of feveral Mef- 
fuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, adjoin- 
ing upon, and lying near unto, the feveral Moors, 
Commons, or Waftes, known by the feveral Names of 
Framwelgate Moor, High Braffide Moor, Low Braffide 
Moor, Harber Houfe Moor, and Well Springs Moor, in the 
County of Durham, in Behalf of themfelves, and feve- 
ral other Perfons who claim Right of Common, for and 
in refpect of their faid feveral Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, in and upon the faid Moors, 
Waites, or Commons, was alfo prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Taking Notice of the Bill for dividing and 

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inclofing certain Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two 
Parcels of Ground, called the Intack or Cow Pafture, 
and Shaw Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and 
Manor of Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durham, 
and for extinguifhing all Right of Common in certain 
inclofed intercommon Liands there ; and fetting forth, 
That the Petitioners, and otliers, have feveral large 
Fitates adjoining, and lying near to, the faid Moors, 
Wattes, or Commons, and, in refpect thereof, have, 
for Time immemorial, enjoyed Right of Common in 
and upon the faid Moors, yet were never confulted 
about the Propriety of the faid Bill; and, in order to 
deprive the Petitioners of their ancient Rights, as far 
as in them lies, have penned the faid Bill (as the Pe- 
titioners apprehend and are advifed) in fuch Manner 
as to lay the Petitioners under a Neceflity of trying 
their faid Rights at York, which is near 70 Miles 
diftant from the faid Commons ; and when fuch Rights 
fhall be recovered, the Commiiffioners are left at Liberty 
to give the Petitioners fuch Shares or Allotments as 
they fhall think fit, without any Rule or Proportion 
being prefcribed ; and that the faid Bill being brought 
into the Houfe fo late in the Seffion, the Petitioners 
have not had an Opportunity of fully confidering many 
other Things contained therein, which may be highly 
injurious to the Petitioners: And therefore praying, 
That the Petitioners may be heard, by their Counfel, 

againit the faid Bill paffing into a Law. 
And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
lie upon the Table, until the faid Bill be read a 
Second Time ; and the Petitioners are then to be 
heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, againtt 
= faid Bill, upon their Petitions, if they think 

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Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions: 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing, widening, turning, 
and altering, the Road from the Market Houfe, in the 
Town of Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, to 
— in the County of Oxford, was read the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing, widening, turning, and alter- 
ing, the Road from the Market Houfe, in the Town of 
Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford; 
in the County of Oxford. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of feveral Acts; made for repairing and amending that 
Part of the Rodd leading from a certain Place, called The 
White Poft, on Alconbury Hill, in the County of Hun- 
tingdon, and Wansford Bridge, in the faid County; called 
The North Divifion of the North Road, and for repair- 
ing the Road leading from Stilton, in the faid County 
of Huntingdon, to the City of Peterborough, in the 
County of Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of fe- 
veral Aéts, made for repairing and ameriding that Part 
of the Road leading from a certain Place, called The 
White Poft, on Alconbury Hill, in the County of Hun- 
tingdon, to Wansford Bridge, in the faid County, called 
The North Divifion of the North Road ; and for repair- 
ing the Road leading from Stilton, in the faid County of 
Huntingdon, to the City of Peterborough, in the County 
of Northampton. &gt; 


-. Ordered, That Mr. Wyldbore do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe was moved, that an Aét; made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Act for preventing the Mifchiefs which may 

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happen by keeping too gfedt Quantities of Gunpowder 
in sg nae, the ies of Fondoi and Weftminfter; or the 
Suburbs thereof, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that an Aét, made in the 
Eleventh Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, 
intituled, An A&amp; for making more effectual an Ac, 
paffied in the Fifth Year of His Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for preventing of Miichiefs which may 
happen by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder 
in or near the Cities of London and Weftminfter, or the 
Suburbs thereof, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that Part of an Act, 
made in the Fifth Year of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Act for the better Regula- 
tion and Government of Pilots, licenfed by the Cor- 
poration of Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, in the 
County of Kent; and to prevent Mifchiefs and Annoy- 
ances upon the River of Thames, below London Bridge, 
might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that an Act, made in the 
Fifteenth Year of his faid late Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp;é for preventing the Mifchief which may happen by 
keeping dangerous Quantities of Gunpowder in or near 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, might be read, 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that an Act, made in the 
Twenty-fecond Year of his faid late Majefty, intituled, 
An Aét to prevent the Mifchiefs which may happen by 
keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in any one 
Place, or carrying too great Quantities of Gunpowder 
together from one Place to another, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for re- 
ducing into OneAct of Parliament, the feveral Laws relat- 
ing to the Keeping and Carriage of Gunpowder ; and for 
more effectually preventing Mifchiefs, by keeping or 
carrying Gunpowder in too great Quantities: And that 
Mr. Fuller, Mr. Gilbert; and Sir Charles Frederick, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from Pa- 
trick’s Crofs, within the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, to the Town of Prefton, 
in the fame County Palatine, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Strange, 
Colonel Burgoyne, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing Sheriff 
bales Common, in the County of Stafford, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing Sheriffbales Common, 
in the County of Stafford. 

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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Naunton Beauchamp, in 
the County of Worcefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Dowdefwell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
in the Townbhip of Butterwick, in the Parifh of Fox- 
holes, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Charles 
Fox, Mr. Fitzpatrick, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


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this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Dundas prefented to the Houle, according to 
Order, a Bill for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of 
the Town of South Leith, the Territory of Saint Antho- 
ny’s, and Yard Heads thereunto adjoining, and for fup- 
plying the feveral Parts thereof with fréfh Water : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral of the principal Inhabitants of 
the Parith of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in the County 
of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill for paving, repairing, cleanf- 
ing, and lighting, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other 
Paffages, within the Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, 
in the County of Middlefex, and for removing Obftruc- 
tions and Annoyances therein ; and fetting forth, That 
the Laws in being for watching the faid Parifh are de- 
fective; and if Powers were given for keeping up and 
regulating a proper Nightly Watch within the faid Pa- 
rifh, it would tend to the Safety of the Inhabitants 
thereof, and all Perfons reforting thereto: And there- 
fore praying, That Provifion may.be made in the faid Bill, 
for keeping up and regulating a Nightly Watch within 
the faid Parifh, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe thall 
feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, 
Mr. Kynajfton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Swaicliffe, in the 
County of Oxford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;ct for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, in the Parifh of Swalcliffz, in the 
County of Oxford. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wenman do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, 
the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paflages, within 
the Parith of Saint Fohn, Clerkenwell, in the County of 
Middlefex ; and for removing Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances therein; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tomas 
Townfhend, Junior, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feve- 
ral Parcels of Fen Land, within the Parith of Alzar- 
kirke cum Fofdyke, in the Parts of Holland, in the 
County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Par- 
cels of Fen Land, within the Parifh of Algarkirke cum 
Fofdyke, in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Sir Brownlow Cuft do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Foreign Crapes and Tif- 
fanies, imported into this Kingdom, from the Firft of 
Fanuary, 1768 ; {tating the Quantities that have been 
imported in each Year. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr Cuddon: 
Mr. 


11 Geo. III. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for paving Wapping Street, in the County of Middle- 
fex, and the feveral Streets and Paffages leading into the 
fame; and for removing all Encroachments and Ob- 
ftruétions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; and for opening a Paflage from Hermitage Street 
into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch Paflage, 
and the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable the Corporation of the Governor, Bailiffs, 
and Commonalty of the Company of Confervators of 
the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, to 
complete and maintain the principal Banks and Works 
neceflary to the well draining and preferving the North 
Level, Part of the faid Great Level, and for laying Taxes 
upon the Lands within the faid North Level, and on di- 
vers Lands adjoining thereto, in the Manor of Crow- 
land, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for amending, widening, turning, and altering, the Road 
from the Bottom of Galley Hill, near the Town of Wit- 
ney, to the Crofs in Clanfeld, in the County of Oxford ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of fo much of an Act, 
made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Second, as rélates to the repairing the Road from 
Cramond Bridge to the Town of Queensferry, in the County 
of Linlithgow; without any Amendment: And allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, and the 
Common or Heath, called Kilfall Heath, and other 
Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Donington, in the 
County of Salep; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


_ An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term contained in 
Two feveral Acts of Parliament, and to repair, widen, 
and amend, the Road from the Guide Poft at the Weft- 
etly End of Newton Lane, within the Townfhip of 
Mancheffer, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, to 
Aufterlands, in the Parifh of Saddleworth, in the County 
of York, was read the Third Time. _ | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac to enlarge the Term contained in Two fe- 
veral Aéts of Parliament, and to repair, widen, and 
amend, the Road from the Guide Poft at the Wefterly 

End of Newton Lane, within the Townfhip of Man- 
chefter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufter- 
lands, in the Parith of Saddleworth, in the County of York: 

Ordered, That Sir Henry Hoghton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofirig the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within the 
Hamlet and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of 
Watford and Leng Buckby, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mu/- 
grave, Sit William Dolben, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
from Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 
at Windbill, in the Townthip of Idle, in the County of 
York, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 


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and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill; with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houle. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill, now ingrofled, for embanking a 
certain Part of the River Thames, near Durham Yard, 
within the Liberty of the City of Weftminffer, and 
County of Middlefex, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. 


Ordered, That the other Orders of the Day be now read. 

And the Order of the Day being read, for the At- 
tendance of Yobu Wilkes, Efquire, Alderman of the City 
of London ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be poftponed. 


The feveral Orders of the Day being read, for the 
Attendance of Bra/s Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of 
the City of London, and Richard Oliver, Efquire, Al- 
derman of the City of Zeudon, in their Places ; 

And the Lord Mayer attending accordingly in his 
Place, acquainted the Houle, that he had received the 
Refolution of this Houfe of Friday laft, for allowing 
him Liberty to be heard, by his Counfel, upon all fuch 
Points as do not controvert the Privileges ot this Houfe; 
but that finding the Counfel were, by thet Refolution, 
reftrained from {peaking to many Points material to his 
Defence, and that the Counfel he could depend upon, 
and whom he withed to employ, were on the Circuit ; 
he therefore would not give the Houfe the Trouble of 
hearing Counfel on this Occafion. | 

Then the Evidence, which, upon Monday laft; was 
given to the Houfe, by the Deputy Serjeant at Arms: 
attending this Houfe, was read; and the Minutes of 
what the Lord Mayor had offered to the Houfe, in his 
Defence, upon Tuefday laft, were alforead. __ 

And the original Charter, granted to the City. of 
London, upon the 6th Day of March, in the Firft Year 
of the Reign of King Edward the Third, was produced, 
and read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that a Perfon at- 
tended at the Door, with a Book, containing the Oaths 
taken by the Magiftrates of the City of London ; he was 
called in; and the Book being produced, the Copy of 
the Oath taken by an Alderman of the City of London, 
and alfo the Oath of the Lord Mayor, were read. 

And then the Lord Mayor was further heard. _ 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
propofed, That the diicharging out of the Cuftody of 
one of the Meffengers of this Houfe, 7. Miller, (for 
whom the News Paper, intituled, ** The London Even- 
“« ing Poft, from Thurfday, March 7, to Saturday, 
“© March 9, 1771,” purports to be printed, and of 
which Paper a Complaint was made in the Houfe of 
Commons, on the 12th Day of this Inftant March, 
and who, for his Contempt, in not obeying the Or- 
der of this Houfe, for his Attendance on the Houfe 
upon Tburfday the 14th Day of this Inftant March, was 
ordered to be taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at 
Arms, or his Deputy, attending this Houfe; and who, 
by Virtue of the Speaker’s Warrant, iffued under the 
faid Order, had been taken into the Cuftody of the faid 
Meffenger) is a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe : 

And the previous Queftion being propofed, That that 
Queftion be now put ; 

The Houfe was moved, that the Refolutions of the 
Houfe, of the 26th Day of February 1728, relating to 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, upon the Petition of Ro- 
bert Raikes, of the City of Gloucefter, Stationer and 
Printer, might be read, 


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_ And the fame were read accordingly ; and are as fol- 
loweth, viz. 

“ Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That it is an In- 
“ dignity to, and a Breach of the Privilege of, this 
« Houle, for any Perfon to prefume to give, in written 
“¢ or printed News Papers, any Account or Minutes of 
«« the Debates or other Proceedings of this Houte, or 
« of any Committee thereof.” 

“ Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That, upon Dif- 
“ covery of the Authors, Printers, or Publifhers, of any 
“© fuch written or printed News Paper, this Houfe will 
*« proceed againft the Offenders with the utmoft Se- 
‘© verity.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Refolutions, 
which, upon the 26th Day of February 1701, were re- 
ported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom it was referred to confider of the Rights, Liber- 
ties, and Privileges, of the Houfe of Commons, might 
be read. . 

And the fame were, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly ; and are as followeth; viz. 

“© Refolved, That to affert, that the Houfe of Com- 

“ mons is not the only Reprefentatives of the Commons 
“© of England, tends to the Subverfion of the Rights and 
Privileges of the Houfe of Commons, and the fun- 
damental Conftitution of the Government of this 
« Kingdom. . 
“© Refolved, That to affert, the Houfe of Commons 
have no Power of Commitment, but of their own 
«« Members, tends to the Subverfion of the Conftitu- 
« tion of the Houfe of Commons. 

*© Refolved, That to print or publifh any Books 
« or Libels, refiecting upon the Proceedings of the 
« Houfe of Commons, or any Member thereof, for or 
“ relating to his Service therein, is a high Violation 
« of the Rights and Privileges of the Houfe of Com- 
“* mons. 

“ Refolved, That it is the undoubted Right of the 
“© People of England, to petition or addrefs to the King, 
“ for the calling, fitting, or diffolving, of Parliaments, 
«&lt; and for the redrefling of Grievances. 

“ Refolved, That it is the undoubted Right of every 
«&lt; Subject of England, under any Accufation, either by 
«© Impeachment or otherwife, to be brought to a fpeedy 
« Trial, in order to be acquitted, or condemned.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Refolutions of 
the Houfe, of the 23d Day of Fanuary 1722, in rela- 
tion to the Complaint of the Proceedings of this Houfe 
being frequently printed in News Letters and Papers, 
might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

“© Refelved, That no News Writers do prefume, in 
© their Letters, or other Papers, that they difperfe as 
« Minutes, or under any other Denomination, to inter- 
meddle with the Debates, or any other Proceedings, 
of this Houfe. 

“© Refolved, That no Printer or Publifher of any 
&lt;¢ printed News Papers do prefume to infert in any fuch 
«© Papers, any Debates, or any other Proceedings, of this 
Houle, or any Committee thereof.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that an Aét, made in the 
13th Year of King Charles the Second, intituled, An 
Aét for Safety and Prefervation of His Majefty’s Per- 
fon and Government againft treafonable and feditious 
Practices and Attempts, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 13th Day of Fuly 1641, 
of the Repert, which was made from the Committee, 
who were appointed to confider of the printing of the 
Lord Digby’s Speech, concerning the Bill of Attainder 
of the Earl of Strafford, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly; and is as fol- 
Joweth; vz. 


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** a Copy, or publifh in Print, any Thing that he thal} 
“© {peak here, without Leave of the Houie.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 11th Day of Fedruary 1695 
of the Order then made, ** That no News Letter Writ. 
“* ers do, in their Letters, or other Papers, that they 
** difperfe, prefume to intermeddle with the Debates 
ss = any other Proceedings, of this Houfe,” might be 
read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Refolution of 
the Houfe, of the 13th Day of April 1738, in relation 
to the Complaint made to the Houfe, of the Publithers 
of feveral written and printed News Letters and Papers 
might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly ; and is as fol- 
loweth3 viz. 

“© Refolved, That it is an high Indignity to, and a 
“* notorious Breach of the Privilege of, this Houfe, for 
“* any News Writer, in Letters, or other Papers, (as 
“¢ Minutes or under any other Denomination) or for 
“¢ any Printer or Publifher of any printed News Paper, 
“* of any Denomination, to prefume to infert in the faid 
‘© Letters or Papers, or to give therein, any Account 
“ of the Debates, or other Proceedings, of this Houfé, 
‘© or any Committee thereof, as well during the Recefs, 
“¢ as the Sitting of Parliament; and that this Houfe 
‘ will proceed with the utmoft Severity againft fuch 
“ Offenders.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Refolution of 
the Houfe, of the 24th Day of November 1763, relating 
to the Privilege of Parliament, in the Cafe of feditious 
Libels, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

“ Refolved, That Privilege of Parliament does not 
** extend to the Cafe of writing and publifhing feditious 
«© Libels, nor ought to be allowed to obitruct the ordi- 
“« nary Courfe of the Laws, in the fpeedy and effectual 
** Profecution of fo heinous and dangerous an Offence.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Refolution of 
the Houfe, of the 3d Day of February 1769, relating 
to the Expulfion of Fobn Wilkes, Efquire, then a Mem- 
ber of this Houfe, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly ; and is as fol- 
loweth; viz. 

“ Refolved, That Fobn Wilkes, Efquire, 2 Member 
*¢ of this Houfe, who hath, at the Bar of this Houfe 
* confeffed himfelf to be the Author and Publither of 
«¢ what this Houfe hath refolved to be an infolent, fcan- 
« dalous, and feditious Libel, and who has been con- 
“¢ victed in the Court of King’s Bench, of having printed 
«¢ and publifhed a feditious Libel, and Three ob{cene 
«&lt; and impious Libels, and by the Judgment of the faid 
“‘ Court, has been fentenced to undergo Twenty-two 
«¢ Months Imprifonment, and is now in Execution un- 
‘ der the faid Judgment, be expelled this Houfe.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houle, of the rgth Day of Fuly 1689, re- 
lating to the Cafe of Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir 
Thomas Jones, might be read. . 

And the fame were read accordingly ; and are as fol- 
loweth; v7z. 

“ Refolved, That Sir Francis Pemberton, giving Judg- 
«¢ ment to over-rule the Plea to the Jurifdiction of the 
‘ Court of King’s Bench, in the Cafe between Fay 
“* and Topham, has broken the Privileges of this 
“ Houfe. 

© Refolved, That Sir Thomas Fones, giving Judgment 
“ to over-rule the Plea to the Jurifdiction ot the Court 
‘* of King’s Bench, in the Cafe between Fay and Top- 
“© bam, has broken the Privileges of this Houfe. 

“© Ordered, That Sir Francis Pemberton be taken into 
“ Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
“« for his Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe, in 
“ siving Judgment to over-rule the Plea to the Juril- 

“diction 


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« diction of the Court of King’s Bench, in the Cafe 
« between Fay and Topham. 

«“ Ordered, That Sir Thomas Fones be taken into 
«© Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, 
«“ for his Breach of the Privileges of this Houfe, in 
«¢ giving Judgment to over-rule the Plea to the Jurif- 
« dition of the Court of King’s Bench, in the Cafe 
«“ between Fay and Topham.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, that the Entry in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 6th Day of Fuly 1689, 
«© That a Bill be brought in, to reverfe the Judgment 
«© aoainft Fohn Topham, and for fettling the Rights and 
« Privileges of Parliament for the future,” might be 
read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe being informed of a tumultuous Crowd, 
in Palace Yard, and in the Paffages leading to the Houfe, 
who interrupted Members in their coming into the 
Houte : 

The High Conftable of the City of Weftminfter was 
called in, and examined as to the faid tumultuous 
Crowd ; and he acquainted the Houfe, that he had done 
every Thing in his Power to difperfe them, with the Af- 
fiftance of a great Number of the Conftables of Wef- 
minfter ; but that all his Endeavours had been in vain. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Entry in the Jour- 
nal of the Houfe, of the 27th of February 1699, of the 
Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to the Informa- 
tion given to the Houfe, of a Crowd of People being 
got together, in a tumultuous and riotous Manner, in 
the Palace Yard, Weftminfter Hall, and the Paffages to 
this Houfe, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral of the 
Juftices of the Peace of Middlefex and Weftminfter at- 
tended, they were called in; and, at the Bar, Mr. 
Speaker, by Order of the Houfe, acquainted them, that 
the Houfe had received Information of the faid tumul- 
tuous Crowd; and that the Houfe did expect that they 
fhould, together with the other Magiftrates now fitting 
at the Guildball of the City of Weftminfter, forthwith do 
every Thing in their Power to difperfe that riotous 
Crowd; and that they fhould, as foon as they were able, 
return, and inform the Houfe what they had done in 
this Matter. 

And then they withdrew. 

And, after fome Time, the Houfe being informed, 
that the faid Juftices were again attending; they were 
called in; and, at the Bar, acquainted the Houfe, that 
they had, in Obedience to the Orders of the Houfe, in 
a great Meafure difperfed the Crowd, and cleared the 
Paffages for the Members coming into the Houfe ; but 
that there was ftill a great Crowd in the Court of Re- 
quefts; and Mr. Speaker directed them {till to attend, 
and to continue and ufe their Endeavours to keep every 
Thing quiet. 

And then they again withdrew. 

The Lord Mayor then acquainting the Houfe, that 
he found himfelf extremely ill, and therefore hoped 
that the Houfe would difpenfe with his further Attend- 
ance at prefent; but hoped the Matter might go on in 
his Abfence ; and that he fhould fubmit himfelf to every 
Thing the Houfe fhould do ; 

He, with Leave of the Houfe, withdrew. 

Then the faid previous Queftion being put, That the 


firft propofed Queftion be now put; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Mr pe Fee: i 272. 

Tellers for the Noes, } oo rao ‘ i go. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Queftion being put ; 
Refolved, That the difcharging out of the Cuftody of 
One of the Meffengers of this Houfe 7. Miller (for 
Voi. XXXII. 


285 
whom the News Paper, intituled, “ Tbe London Evening 
** Poft, from Thurfday, March 7&gt; to Saturday, March 9, 
‘* 1771," purports to be printed, and of which Paper 
a Complaint was made in the Houfe of Commons, on 
the 12th Day of this Inftant March, and who, for his 


Contempt, in not obeying the Order of this Houfe, for 
his Attendance on the Houfe upon Tur/day the 14th 


’ Day of this Inftant March, was ordered to be taken in- 


to the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, 
attending this Houfe, and who, by Virtue of the Speak- 
er’s Warrant iffued under the faid Order, had been 
taken into the Cuftody of the faid Meffenger) is a 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. ; 

Refolved, That the figning a Warrant againft the 
faid Meffenger, for having executed the faid Warrant 
of the Speaker, is a Breach of the Privilege of this 
Houfe. } 

Refolved, That the holding the faid Mefienger to 
Bail, for having executed the faid Warrant of the 
Speaker, is a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor 
of the City of London, do attend this Houfe; in his 
Place, upon Wednefday Morning next, if his Health 
will then permit. 


AL Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Mr. Walfingham; ) 
Tellers for the Yeas, yy: Baker: t 97+ 
Tellers for the Noes, fir ‘voll: i 214, 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Alderman Oliver, according to Order, attend- 
ing in his Place ; 

And it being propofed to him, by Mr. Speaker, that 
the Deputy Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe 
fhould be again examined, or that the Evidence given 
to this Houte by the faid Deputy Serjeant, upon Mon- 
day \aft, fhould be again read ; 

He acquainted the Houfe, that he did not defire the 
faid Evidence to be read again, or any Witnefs to be 
called ; and that he fhould not fay any Thing in his 
Defence. 

And a Motion being made, That Richard Oliver, 
Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, having figned a 
Warrant for the Commitment of the Meffenger of this 
Houfe, for having executed the Warrant of the Speak- 
er, iffued under an Order of this Houfe, and having 
held the faid Meffenger to Bail, is guilty of a Breach of 
the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

Mr. Alderman Oliver withdrew. 

Then the Queftion being put ; 

Refolved, That Richard Oliver, Efquire, a Member 
of this Houfe, having figned a Warrant for the Com- 
mitment of the Meffenger of this Houfe, for having 
executed the Warrant of the Speaker, iffued under an 
Order of this Houfe, and having held the faid Meffen- 
ger to Bail, is guilty of a Breach of the Privilege of 
this Houfe. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Richard Oliver, Efquire, an Alderman of 
the City of London, and a Member of this Houfe, be, 
for his faid Offence, committed to the Tower of London , 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Words, ‘“ committed to 
«: the Tower of London,” and inferting the Words, “ re- 
«¢ primanded by Mr. Speaker in his Place,” inftead 
thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words, ‘ com- 
“ mitted to the Tower of London,” ftand Part of the - 
Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


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286 
Mr. Onflow, 


Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Whately : 


os 

Tellers for the Noes, § ar info t 38. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put; _ 

Ordered, That Richard Oliver, Efquire, an Alder- 
man of the City of London, and a Member of this 
Houfe, be, for his faid Offence, committed to the 
Tower of London. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants 
accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Bill for divefting out of the Crown, 
and to veft in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the 
County of Meath, in the Kingdom of Jreland, Efquire, 


and his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral ° 


Lands in Jreland, therein mentioned, be read a Second 
Time upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Support and Efta- 
-blifhment of the Greenland and Whale Fifhery. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the more effectually raifing a 
Military Force, for the Prote¢tion of the Settlements and 
Poffeffions of the Zaft India Company. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws 
now in being, for the Encouragement of the Britifh 
White Herring Fifhery. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for defraying the Charge of the 
Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great 
Britain called England, for One Year, beginning the 
Twenty-fifth Day of March One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy-one. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for licenfing an additional 
Number of Hackney Coaches, and applying the Mo- 
nies arifing thereby. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelt into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year 1771. 


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


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


The poftponed Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That Fohn Wilkes, Efquire, do attend this 
Houfe upon this Day Fortnight, the 8th Day of April 
next. 


- Ordered,. That all Corhmittees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for embanking a 
certain Part of the River Thames, near Durbam Yard, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 









177%. 
within the Liberty of the City of We/tminjter, and Coun 


of Middlefex, be read the Third Time upon Wedne/day 
Morning next. | 


And then the Houfe, having continued to fit till Half 
an Hour after Three of the Clock on Tuefday 
Morning, adjourned tll To-morrow Morning, 
Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 27° die Martii; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1774. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Forrefter reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act to enable Francis Charteris, Efquire, here. 
tofore called Francis Wemy/s, and the Heirs of his Body, 
and feveral other Perfons therein named, and the Heirs 
of their refpective Bodies, to retain, affume, and fign, 
the Name of Charteris, and to bear the Arms of Char- 
teris, and to hold and enjoy the Eftate therein men- 
tioned, notwithftanding the Defcent to him or them re- 
{fpectively of the Honour and Title of Wemy/s, or any 
other Honour or Title whatfoever, was committed; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s ‘Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. Forrefler do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Marfham reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
rendering valid and effectual certain Articles of Agree- 
ment, bearing Date the 21{t Day of July 1770, made be- 
tween Frances Countefs Dowager of Londonderry, Philip 
Earl Stanhope, and others ; and for vefting feveral Ma- 
nors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Counties of 
Devon and Wilts, in Truftees, for the Purpofes in the 
Aé mentioned, was committed; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Marfoam do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of 
Live Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Bri- 
tain, for a limited Time, be read a Second Time To- 
morrow Morning. 


Sir Thomas Clavering reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for regulating and improving the Fifh- 
eries, in the River of Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams 
running into the fame, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 

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11 GEO. III: 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time; Orie 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Garden have Leave to g0 into the 
Country, upon his private Affairs. 


Ordered, That Colonel Campbell have Leave to go 
into the Country, upon his private Affairs, 


Sir George Bridges Rodney reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Act for rendering effe€tual an Exchange of 
certain Lands, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory of 
Avington, in the County of Southampton, for certain 
other Lands in the faid Parith of Avington, belonging 
to the Moft honourable the Marquis of Carnarvon, was 
committed ; That the Sisnaieinn ban examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to_be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and. that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s ‘Table. , 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolvea, That the Bill do pafs. _ 

_ Ordered, That Sir George Bridges Rodney do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Lajcelles prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a B.ll for dividing and inclofing the Commons, 
and Wafte Grounds, in the Townfhip and Liberty of 
Scaftworth, in the County of Nottingham: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Watte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Brampton en le 
Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the County of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lafcelles, 
Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speakei’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for djviding arid inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, at Long Rifton and Arnold, in the 
County of York, was read a Secorid Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Laf- 
celles, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And théy are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in tlie Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields 
Lands, and Giiaidep-le the Townthip and’ Pari of 
Bifoop Norton, in the County of Lincoln, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolued, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wbich- 
cot, Mr. Amcotts, &amp;cc.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, 
Open and Commonable Fields, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parith, and Liberties, of Hartford, in 
the County of Huntingdon, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Hin- 
chingbrook, Mr. Fox, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
fernoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


and inclofing, the 
Meadows, Paftures, 


Ordered, That Mr. Medley 
the Committee, 
der more effeé 


Year of the Rei 


do make the Report from 
to whom the Bill to continue,. and ren- 


ual, Two Acts, paffed in the Twelfth 
gn of King George the Firft, and the 19th 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


287 


Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from Market Harborough to Loughborough, in the 
County of Leicefter ;. and for repairing; widening, turn- 
ing, and altering, the Road branching out of the afore- 
faid Road, at aPlace called Filling Gate, to a Road called 
the .Fofs Road, and from thence to the Turnpike Road 
leading from Melton Mowbray, to the Guide Poft in Saint 
Margaret’s Field, Leicefter, was committed. | 

Mr. Medley accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee liad examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill; and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill; and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted 
to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Ameridments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfé. 

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


_ Ordered, That Mr. Wemy/s have Leave to go into the 
Country, upon his private Affairs. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
regulate and remove certain public Markets in the City 
of Exeter, and for that Purpofe to purchafe a Plot of 
Ground ; and to prevent the Holding of the Markets in 
the High Street of the faid City ; and alfo to remove and 
prevent Annoyances in the faid City, and its Suburbs; 
is committed; be revived. 


. The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Grounds, lying in the Parith of Appleby, 
in the Counties of Leicefter and Derby. , 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
loweth; viz. 


Pr. 6. 1. 12. After “ of,” infert ¢ ancient.” | 

1.13. Leave out “no Land,” and infert 
«Common Right.” 

1,22. Leave out “ Allotments,” and in- 


«© fert Owners and Proprietors, of 

“ ancient Meffuages. and Cotta- 

“&lt; oes, having no Lands in the 

“ faid Fields or Inclofures, within 

“ the faid Parifh, except Home- 
“ fteads.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally puit there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 7 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the Amendments, made by theif Lord- 
fhips. 


Sir Sampfon Gideon reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for draining and preferving certain Fen 
Lands, and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the Ifle of 
Ely, was committed ; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
fent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon thé Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, One of therh was difagreed 
to, and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe ; and an 
Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffled, 


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288 


Sir ¥obn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Patftures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Pattifbal/, with the Hamlets of 
Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the County of Nor- 
thampton, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 

_mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 

be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except Elizabeth Merivale, who is poffeffed, as Te- 
nant for Life only, of about Two Yard Lands; and 
that the Whole of the Lands to be inclofed con- 
fit of about 84 Yard Lands; and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for al- 
lowing an Apreal to the Quarter Seffions. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting certain Lands and Hereditaments, Part of 
the Real Eftate of Fohn Sutton, Efquire, fituate in the 
County of Lincoln, in Truft, to be fold, for Payment 


of Eight thoufand Pounds, the Portion of Jfabella Sut-: 


ton, deceafed, and for the other Purpofes in the faid Act 
mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Colonel Hay, 
Mr. Hanmer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to exchange Lands in Langham, in the County of Suffolk, 
between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward Burch, 
Rector of the Parifh Church of Langham aforefaid, with- 
in the Diocefe of Norwich, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hanmer, 
Colonel Hay, &amp;c.: And they-are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Pattures, and all other Com- 
mon and Wafte Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of 
Kilby and Newton Harcourt, in the Parith of Wiftow, and 
County of Leiceffer, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and all other Common 
and Wafte Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of Kilby 
and Newton Harcourt, in the Parifh of Wiffow, and 
County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Sir fobn Palmer do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feve- 
ral Open and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, 
in the Parifh of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of 
Berks, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norreys, in the 
Parith of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of Berks. 


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


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
widening the Highways in that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland: And that Mr. Edmenftone and the Lord 
Advocate of Scotland, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, 'That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1771, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, 

when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for licenfing an additional Number of Hackney 
Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing thereby, be 
now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe retolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

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


A Bill for punifhing Offences committed by Hackney 
Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain Diftri€@ts and 
Places therein mentioned; and for renewing the Regiftry 
of Carts and Carriages; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. | 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Se- 
vennight, the Ninth Day of April next, refolve _itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 

Bill. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aét to exchange Lands in Langham, in the County of 
Suffolk, between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward 
Burch, Rector of the Parifh Church of Langham afore- 
faid, within the Diocefe of Norwich ; which Bill was, this 
Day, read a Second Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport ‘of the faid Bill, gives His Confent, 
as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the 
Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open, 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Com- 
monable Lands, within the Parifh of Naunton Beauchamp, 
in the County of Worcefter ; which Bill was, upon Mon- 
day \aft, read a Second Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 


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quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That the Bill for making a Navigable Canal 
from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of 
Chefter, and there to join the Canal now making from 
the River Trent to the River Merfey, be read a Second 
Time upon Tuefday Sevennight, the gth Day of April 
next. 


The Houfe being informed of a tumultuous Crowd 
affembled in Palace Yard, and in the Paffages leading to 
the Houfe, who had affaulted feveral of the Members in 
their coming to the Houfe: 

Several Juftices of the Peace of the County of Mid- 
dlefex and City of Weftminfter attending; they were 
called in; and, at the Bar, Mr. Speaker, by Order of 
the Houfe, acquainted them, that the Houfe, having re- 
ceived Information of the faid riotous Proceedings, did 
expect that they fhould go immediately and give the 
proper Orders for preferving the Peace, and difperfing 
the Crowd who were affembled about the Paffages lead- 
ing to the Houfe ; and that they fhould return, and give 
the Houfe an Account of what they had done. 

And then they withdrew. 

And, after fome Time, the Houfe being informed, 
that the faid Juftices were again attending ; they were 
called in; and, at the Bar, acquainted the Houfe, that 
they had endeavoured to put the Orders of the Houfe in 
Execution ; and had propofed to read the Riot Aét, but 
were prevented ; and were totally unable to do any thing 
further towards keeping the Peace. 

And the Sheriffs of London and Middlefex, being 
Members of this Houfe, were requefted to go them- 
felves, and endeavour to difperfe the faid Crowd. 

And they went accordingly. 

And being returned; they, in their Places, informed 
the Houfe, that they had been amongft the People, and 
perfuaded feveral of them to go away ; that they had di- 
rected the High Conftable to get an additional Number 
of Conftables ; that they had fent for the Under Sheriffs, 
who were coming with further Affiftance of the Civil 
Power; that at prefent the Crowd were confiderably dif- 
perfed ; and what remained feemed exceedingly quiet ; 
and that they were of Opinion, that the Houfe need not 
any longer defer proceeding upon Bufinefs. 


Ordered, That the other Orders of the Day be now 
read. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, for 
the Attendance of Bra/s Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor 
of the City of London, in his Place : 

And the faid Lord Mayor attending accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, That Bra/s Crofby, Efquire, 
Lord Mayor of the City of London, having difcharged 
out of the Cuftody of One of the Meffengers of this 
Houfe, 7. Miller (for whom the News Paper, intituled, 
“* The London Evening Poff, from Thurfday, March 7, to 
“* Saturdey, March 9, 1771,” purports to be printed, 
and of which a Complaint was made in the Houfe of 
Commons, on the 12th Day of this Inftant March, and 
who, for his Contempt, in not obeying the Order of this 
Houfe, for his Attendance on this Houfe upon Thurfday 
the 14th Day of this Inftant March, was ordered to be 
taken into the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his 
Deputy, attending this Houfe ; and who, by Virtue of 
the Speaker’s Warrant iffued under the faid Order, had 
been taken into the Cuftody of the faid-Meffenger) and 
having figned a Warrant againft the faid Meffenger for 
having executed the faid Warrant of the Speaker, and 
having held the faid Meffenger to Bail for the fame, is 
guilty of a Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe ; 

The Lord Mayor withdrew. 

Then the Queftion being put ; 

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Refolved, That Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of 
the City of London, having difcharged out of the Cuftody 
of One of the Meffengers of this Houfe 7. Miller (for 
whom the News Paper, intituled, “ The London Even- 
“* ing Poft, from Thurfday, March 7, to Saturday, March 
“© 9, 1771,” purports to. be printed, and of which a 
Complaint was made in the Houfe of Commons, on 
the 12th Day of this Inftant March, and who, for his 
Contempt, in not obeying the Order of this Houfe, for 
his Attendance on this Houfe upon Thurfday the 14th 
Day of this Inftant March, was ordered to be taken into 
the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, at- 
tending this Houfe, and who, by Virtue of the Speaker’s 
Warrant, iffued under the faid Order, had been taken 
into the Cuftody of the faid Meffenger) and having figned 
a Warrant againft the faid Meffenger, for having exe- 
cuted the faid Warrant of the Speaker, and having held 
the faid Meffenger to Bail for the fame, is guilty of a 
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Bra/s Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of the 
City of London, and a Member of this Houfe, be, for his 
faid Offence, committed to the Cuftody of the Serjeant 
at Arms attending this Houfe , 

The Lord Mayor was heard in his Place, 

And then he again withdrew. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ Cuftody of 
‘© the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe,” and in- 
ferting the Words “ Tower of London” inftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words ‘ Cuf- 
“ tody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe,” 
ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

It pafied in the Negative. . 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ Tower 
*¢ of London” be inferted inftead thereof; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put, That 
Brafs Crofby, Efquire, Lord Mayor of the City of Lon- 
don, and a Member of this Houfe, be, for his faid Of- 
fence, committed to the Tower of London ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth, 


Tellers for the Yeas,} we alan 


P2002. 
Colonel Jennings, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Whitworth « t 39. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrants ac- 
cordingly. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to examine 
into the feveral Faéts and Circumftances relative to the 
late Obftructions to the Execution of the Orders of this 
Houfe ; and to confider what further Proceedings may 
be requifite to enforce a due Obedience thereto; and 
that they do report their Proceedings, together with their 
Opinion, from Time to Time, to the Houtfe. 

Refolved, That the Number of the faid Committee be 
One and Twenty. 

Refolved, That the faid Committee be chofen by Way 
of Balloting. 

And it being after Twelve of the Clock on Thurfday 
Morning; 

Ordered, That the Members of this Houfe do, this 
Day at Two of the Clock, prepare Lifts to be put into 
Glaffes, of Twenty-one Perfons Names, to be the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the faid Glaffes be placed upon the 
Table, and the faid Lifts, held up between the Finger 
and Thumb, be put into the Glafles at the Table, by 
the Members called over for that Purpofe, according to 
the Counties and Places they ferve for, as the faid Coun- 
ties and Places are entered in the Return Book. 


Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That a Committee be 
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appointed, fo enquire into the Caufes and Occafions of 
the Riots and Tumults of the Perfons, who affembled on 
Monday \aft, Yefterday, and this Day, in the Avenues 
leading to this Houfe, and attacked the Perfons of the 
Members coming to attend their Duty in Parliament. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral, General Howard, 8ec.: And they are to meet this 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker's Cham- 
ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records ; and all who come to the Committee, are to 
have Voices. 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill to incapacitate Fohn Burnett, 
Charles Haunington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas Hafel- 
grove, Fobn Pedinan Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas Par- 
Jons, Thomas Snook, Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fohn 
Hannington, John Robinfon, William Cheefman, Richard 
Blair, George Browne, Fobn Parfons, Fobn Curl, Frederick 
Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, Samuel Tuppen, Fobn 
Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn Bicknell, Matthias Truf- 
ter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fohn Dean, Fames 
Robinfon, Fobn Whiting, William. Stevens, Fohn Baw- 
comb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefo, Fobn Purfe, Fobn 
Dean, Thomas Jennings, Fohn Snook, Junior, Richard 
Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, 
tohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, Friend Da- 
niel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, Thomas Ro- 
berts, Fohn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael 
Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, 
tohn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas Hollingham, Richard 
Stonebam, ‘fames Bennett, Samuel Wilfon, Clement Free- 
man, William Laffeter, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, 
Fobn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife 
Miller, William Newnham, ‘Feffery Carver, Thomas Ro- 
binfon, Randall Button, James Carver, Fohn Martin, Fobn 
Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, Tho- 
mas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing Bribery 
and Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in 
Parliament, for the Borough of New Shoreham, in the 
County of Sufex, be read a Second Time upon this 
Day Fortnight, the 11th Day of April next. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons, who were ordered 
‘to attend the Houfe this Day, upon the Second Read- 
ing of the faid Bill, do attend this Houfe upon this Day 
Fortnight, the 11th Day of April next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, this Day, refolve it- 
felf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of the feveral Laws now in being for the En- 
couragement of the Britif White Herring Fifhery. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 9th Day of April next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the 
Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called England, 
for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of 
March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Seven- 
night, the Tenth Day of April next, refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further 
of the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


_Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Seven” 
night, the Tenth Day of Apri next, refolve itfelf into a 


Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 


Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


Ordered, That the ingroffed Bill for embanking a 
certain Part of the River Thames, near Durham Yard, 
within the Liberty of the City of Weftminfter, and Coun- 


ty of Middlefex, be read the Third Time upon Tuefday 


Sevennight, the 9th Day of April next, 





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Ordered, That Mr. Pulteney have Leave to make a 


Motion. 


And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday Seven- 


night, the roth Day of April next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of an A&amp;; 
made in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, inti- 
tuled, An A¢t to prohibit the Importation of Foreign 
Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a limited Time ; and 
for preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen em- 
ployed in the Silk Manufacture. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till this Morning, Ter 
of the Clock. 





Fovis, 28° die Marti ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III" Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr. Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Cheffer- 
field, in the County of Derby, through or near Work/op 
and Retford, to join the River Trent, at or near Stock- 
with, in the County of Nottingham , without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening feveral Roads leading to the 
Town of Lantriffent, and alfo the Road leading from 
Newbridge to a Place called The Old Furnace, all in 
the County of Glamorgan ,; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Watte 
Grounds, within the Village, Hamlet, Townfhip, and 
Manor, of Oxenhope, in the Parifh of Bradford, and 
ee of York; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Meadows, 
Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Townfhips of North Mufkham, Holme, and Batbley, in 
the Parith of North Mu/kbam, in the County of Notting- 
bam; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend, and render more effectual, feveral Aéts made 
relating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the Squares 
Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent; without any 
Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for repairing and widening the Road leading from 
Peniftone Bridge, in the County of York, to Grindleford 
Bridge, in the County of Derby; and the Roads feve- 
rally leading from Bamford Wood Gate, over Yorkire 

Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thornbill Moor, to or near 
the Eighth Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, and to the 
Village of Darwent, in the faid County of Derby; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, and render more effectual, Three Aéts made 
in the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and in 
the Eighteenth and Thirty-firft Years of his late Ma- 
jelty, for repairing the Roads from Birmingham, through 
Warwick, to Warmington, and from Birmingham through 
Stratford upon Avon, to Edgebill, in the County of War- 
wick, fo far as the fame relate to the Road from Bir- 
mingham through Stratford upon Avon, to Stratford 

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Bridge, in the faid County; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, ea 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Meadows, 
Commons, and Common Paftures, within the Liberties 
of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the. County of Notting- 
bam; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, Common- 
able Grounds, and Wattes, called Redditch Common and 
Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of the Manor of Zar- 
debigg which lies in the County of Worcefter, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Manor of 
Broadway, in the County of Worcefer; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords haveagreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act for 
paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, from the Parith 
of Saint Botolpb Aldgate, to Cable Street, alfo the faid 
Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back Lane, Part of the 
Precinct of Wellelofe, the Street leading from Night- 
ingale Lane to Ratcliffe Crofs, Butcher Row, and Brook 
Street, and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages 
opening into the fame ; and for removing all Obftruc- 
tions and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fourth Year of King George the Second, for 
repairing the Road leading from We? Lavington to The 
Devizes, and from The Devizes to Seend, in the County 
of Wilts ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands 
and Grounds, called Beanball Fields, in the Manor and 
Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of Worcefter ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands 
and Grounds, in the Parifh of Butler’s Marfton, in the 
County of Warwick, without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing a certain Common, called 
Holland Ward, otherwife Hollin Ward, in the County of 
Derby ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Sale of Part of the fettled Eftates of Sir Fobn Shelley, 
Baronet, and of the Right honourable Fobn Svelley his 
Son, in the feveral Counties of Kent and Wilts, and 
alfo of a Farm, called King/ham Farm, in the Parifh of 
Saint Pancras, in the County of Suffex ; and for apply- 
ing the Monies, to afife by fuch Sale, in Difcharge of 
the Poftiofis of the Daughters of the faid Sir Fobn Shel- 
ley, affe€ting the Eftates of him and his faid Son; and 
for other Purpofes ; td which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfeé: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
confirming a Conveyance to Henry Flitcroft, Efquire, of 
certain Eftates, in the County of York, purchafed by 
the Truftees in the Martiage Settlement of Charles 
Goring, Efquire, and Fanriy his Wife; and for con- 
firming a Conveyance, made by the faid Henry Fiitcroft, 
to the Ufe of the fame Truttees, of otlier Eftates, in Lieu 
thereof, in the County of Surrey; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: Arid alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled; An Aé 
to enable the furviving Truftee named in the Settle- 
ment of William Pulteney, Efquire, and Frances his 
Wife, to grant Leafes of their Leafehold Eftate in Weft- 














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minfter; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill; intituled, An Aé&amp; for 
vefting Part of the Eftate late of Nicholas Corfellis, 
Eiquire, deceafed, at Wivenhoe and Elmfted, in the 
County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for raifing 
Money to difcharge Incumbrances ; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bil] for regulating and improving the 
Fifheries, in the River of Tweed, and the Rivers and 
Streams running into the fame, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for regulating and improving the Fiheries, 
in the River Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams run- 
ning into the fame, and alfo within the Mouth or En- 
trance of the faid River. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Clavering do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen belonging to Bofton Weft, in the County of 
Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common 
ys belonging to Bofton Weft, in the County of Lin- 
coln. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parifh 
&lt; Skirbeck, and County of Lincoln, was tead the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen 
belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parifh of Skirbeck, 
and County of Lincoln. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the furviving Truftee named in the Settle- 
ment of William Pulteney, Efquire, and Frances his Wife, 
to grant Leafes of their Leafehold Eftate in Weftminfter; 
was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Morice have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon extraordinary Occafions. 


‘Ordered, That General Mackay have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon extraordinary Occafions. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill for divefting out of the 
Crown, and to veft in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, 
in the County of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, 
Efquire, and his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in 
feveral Lands in Jreland, therein mentioned, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mack- 
worth, Lord Frederick Campbell, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Moor or Com- 
mon called Elvet Moor, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, in 
the County Palatine of Durham, and for extinguifhing 
all Right of Common in certain Intercommon Lancs 
in the faid Parifh, was read a Second Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Fre 
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derick Campbell, Mr. Graves, &amp;c. : And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; for impowering the Judges of the Court of Seffion 
in Scotland, to fell certain Parts and Portions of the 
Eftate and Barony of Carrington, in the County of Edin- 
burgh, which formerly belonged to Hugh Lord Vifcount 
Primrofe, deceafed, and now to Neil Earl of Rofeberry, 
for Payment of the Debts of the faid Vifcount, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘Vhat the Bill be committed to Lord Fre- 
derick Campbell, Lord Garlies, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of feveral of the 
principal Inhabitants of the Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerken- 
well, in the County of Middlefex, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid 
Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as 
it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Sir 
George Poole, Baronet, and Heaton Wilkes, Efquire, be- 
ing feverally examined, faid, That frequent Outrages 
and Felonies happen in the faid Parifh, in the Night 
Time ; and that if a well regulated Watch were kept 
there, it would tend greatly to the Safety of the Inha- 
bitants. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for paving, repairing, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paflages, 
within the Parifh of Saint Sohn, Clerkenwell, in the 
County of Middlejex, and for removing Obftructions 
and Annoyances therein, is committed ; That they have 
Power to make Provifion in the faid Bill, for keeping 
up and regulating a nightly Watch within the faid 
Parifh, 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Overfeers of 
the Poor of the Parifhes of Newport, Brooke, Brixton, 
Carifbrooke, Saint Helen’s, Shalfleet, Brading, Gatcombe, 
Arreton, Godfrill, and Newchurch, in the De of Wight, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
eftablifhing a Houle or Houfes of Induftry in the [fe of 
Wight, for the Reception, Maintenance, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, belonging to the feveral Parifhes and 
Places within the faid Ifland; and fetting forth, That 
the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes are in general Far- 
mers and Graziers, who employ great Numbers of poor 
Perfons in the Cultivation of the faid Farms, and are 
well fatisfied with the prefent Mode of laying on and 
collecting the Poor Rates, and maintaining and employ- 
ine the Poor in the faid Parifhes; and it is apprehend- 
ed, that the faid Bill will be very prejudicial and in- 
jurious to the faid Parifhes: And therefore praying the 
Houfe, that the faid Parifhes may not be included in 
the faid Bill ; and that they may be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, againft the faid Bill ; or may be other- 
wife-relieved, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall ap- 
pear juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
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A Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re. 
pair, feveral Roads, leading from Tevern/pite to the 
Towns of Pembroke and Tenby, and to Hubberfton Hak- 
ing, in the County of Pembroke, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sloaze, 
Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet'this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. ~ 


Mr. Kynajfton reported from the Committee, to whom © 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from Wem, in the County of Sa/op, to or near Chirk, 
in the County of Denbigh, from Horten to Knockin and 
Llanymynech ; and alfo the Road from the End of Cot. 
ton Wood to Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


A Bill for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the fe- 
veral Streets, and other Paffages, on the South Side of 
the City of Edinburgh , and for removing Nufances and 
Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the fame for 
the future ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Duz- 
das, Lord Frederick Campbell, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of. the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Brickdale reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parifh of Uédly, in the County of Somerfet, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Proprietors of Eftates of the annual Value of 
£.113. 105. who refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo ex- 
cept One other Proprietor of an Eftate of the annual 
Value of £.9, who could not be found ; and that the 
Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed is of the 
annual Value of £.607. 105.3; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with an Amend- 
ment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, to 
enable Tenants for Life to borrow Money. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ,; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
for allowing Perfons to affign Mortgages. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
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Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 

Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 

raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 

Bills, for the Service of the Year 1771, was commit- Queftion feverally put thereupon, wete agreed to by the 

ted; the Amendments which the Committee had madé Houfe. 

to the Bill, and which they had direéted him to report _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; ihgroffed. 

and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- ate 

ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 

ments were Once read throughout ; and then a Second the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 

Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally Turnpike Road at Vineball, in the Parith of Mountfeld; 


put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. _ in the County of Sufex, to Cripps’s Corner, and from 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be thence to Staple A and to the Turnpike Road near 
ingroffed. the Windmill, .in the Parifh of Beckley, and from Staple 


: Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch, 
Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do make the Report from and from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the 


the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill faid County, was committed; That the Committee 
for licenfing an additional Number of Hackney Coaches, had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
and applying the Moneys arifing thereby, was com- the fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
mitted. through the Bill; and made feveral Amendments there- 

Mr. Cooper accordingly repotted from the faid Com- unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
made to the Bill, and which they had directed to be re wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
ported to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 


Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the teadthroughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 


Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
‘Amendments were Once read throughout; and then agreed to by the Houfe. 


a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- — Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the ingroffed. 


Houle. . yest ; 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- | A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly. 
grofied. eux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 


_ Mr.. Speaker; ' 
Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
Reading of the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live tend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, Accordingly Mr, Speaker; with the Houfe, went up 


for a limited Time, be now read. to attend His Majetty. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; And — returned ; - 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time — Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 


upoti Tuefday Sevennight, the Ninth Day of /pril His Majefty in the Houfe of Peers; where His Majefty 
next. was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
; Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

A Bill for dividing and inclofing. the Open Arable An Act td indemnify Perfons who have omitted to 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, in qualify therhfelves for Offices and Employments; and to 
the Parith of Mijterton, in the County of Nottingham, indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have 
was read a Second Time. | omitte to regifter their Qualifications within the Time 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mon- limited by Law, and for giving further Timie for thofe 
tagu, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet Purpofes : 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s | An Act to enable Lunatics, entitled to renew Leafes; 
Chamber. their Guardians and Committees, to actept of Surrenders 


nfl of old Leafes, and grant new ones : 
An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An An Aé to amend, and render more effectual, feveral 


Act for confirming a Conveyance to Henry Flitcroft, Aéts made, relating to paving, cleanfing, and lighting, 
Efquire, of certain Eftates in the County of York, pur- the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within 
chafed by the Truftees in the Marriage Settlement of the City and Liberty of Wefminfter, and Parts adjacent : 
Charles Goring, Efquire, and Fanny his Wife; and for An Aé for amending certain of the Mile Ways lead- 
eonfirming a Conveyance made by the faid Henry Flit- ing to Oxford; for making a commodious Entrance 
croft, to the Ufe of the fame Truftees, of other Eftates through the Parith of Saint Clement; for rebuilding or 
in Lieu thereof, in the County of Surrey, was read the repairing Magdalen Bridge; for making commodious 
Firft Time. Roads from the faid Bridge, through the Univerfity and 
Refolved, ‘That the Bill: be read a Second Time. City, and the Avenues leading thereto; for cleanfing 
and lighting the Streets, Lanes, and Places, within the 
Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom faid Univerfity and City, and the Suburbs thereof, and 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Roads from the faid Parifh of Saint Clement , for removing Nufances 
Hand Crofs, to Corner foufe, and trom thence to the and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the like for 
Turnpike Road leading from Hor/ham to Steyning, and the future; for impowering Colleges arid Corporations 
from Corner Houfe aforefaid, to The Maypole, in the to alienate their Eftates there; for removing, holding, 
Town of Henfield, in the County of Suffex, was com- and regulating, Markets, within the faid City ; and for 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- other Purpofes : 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and An Act for paving Wapping Street, in the County of 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and Méddlefex; and the feveral Streets and Paffages leading 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had into the fame; and for removing all Encroachments and 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Objftructions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 


Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, future; and for opening a Paffage trom Hermitage Street 


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294 
into Nightingale Lane, and for paving fuch Paflage, and 
the Eaft Side of Nightingale Lane: 

An Act for paving and regulating Rofemary Lane, 
from the Parith of Saint Botolph, Aldgate, to Cable Street, 
alfo the faid Cable Street, the Foot Path in Back Lane, 
Part of the Precinét of Weilclofe, the Street leading from 
Nightingale Lane to Ratcliffe Cro/s, Butcher Row, and 
Brook Street ; and the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Pai- 
fages opening into the fame; and for removing all Ob- 
ftructions and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing 
the like for the future : 

An A&amp; to explain and amend fo much of an A&amp;, of 
the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, for paving the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, in the County of 
Surrey, as relates to the Commiflioners of Sewers; and 
for regulating the Manner of Taxing Churches and 
other public Buildings, within the Limits of the faid 
Act: 

An A&amp;é for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
Chefterfield, in the County ot Derby, through or near 
Workfop and Retford, to join the River Trent, at or 
near Stockwith, in the County of Nottingham: 

An A&amp; to enable the Corporation of the Governor, 
Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of Con- 
fervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford 
Level, to complete and maintain the principal Banks 
and Works neceffary to the well draining and preferv- 
ing the North Level, Part of the faid Great Level ; 
and for laying Taxes upon the Lands within the faid 
North Level, and on divers Lands adjoining thereto, 
in the Manor of Crowland : 

An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act, of the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate 
in the Townfhip of Greenfield, to the North Limits of 
the Townfhip of Mofyn, and from Moftyn to Henllan, 
and from Llanerch y Mor to Peny Fordd Waen, in the 
Counties of Flint and Denbigh, and for extending the 
faid Act to feveral other Roads in the faid Counties, and 
the County of Carnarvon; and for taking feveral Roads 
within the faid Counties out of the Power of the Truftees 
appointed by Two feveral Acts of Parliament of the 
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of his late Majefty, 
and for putting the faid Roads under the Direction of 
the Truftees appointed by the faid former and this pre- 
fent Act : 

An A&amp; to continue, and render more effectual, feveral 
Acts, for repairing the Highways between the Bear Inn 
in Reading, and Puntfield, in the County of Berks, and 
other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; and for repairs 
ing feveral other Roads in this Act mentioned : 

An Aét for repairing and widening the Road from 
Collingham, through Wetherby, to the City of York : 

An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
Hodges to Beadles Hill, and from thence to the Town of 
Cuckfield; and from Beadles Hill aforefaid, to the Town 
of Lindfield; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Cuckfield and Crawley, to the Town of Horfham; and 
alfo the Road from Swingate, in the Parith of Burwa/h, 
to Shover Green, in the Parifh of Ziceburff; all in the 
County of Suffex : 

An A&amp;ct for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Low Water Mark of the River Humber, at or near 
Brough Ferry, in the Parith of Elloughton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, to the North End of the 
Town of Brough, and from thence, through South Cave, 
to Coney Clappers, in South Newbald Holmes, in the faid 
Riding : 

An Aé to enlarge the Term and Powers of fo much 
of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Second, as relates to the repairing 
the Road from Cramond-Bridge to the Town of Queens- 
ferry, in the County of Linlithgow : 

An Act for amending, widening, turning, and alter- 
ng, the Road from the Bottorn of Galley Hill, near the 





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Town of Witney, to thé Crofs in Clanfield, in the County 
of Oxford: 

An Aét for repairing and widening the Road lead. 
ing from Peniftone Bridge, in the County of York, to 
Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby; and the 
Roads feverally leading from Bamford Wood Gate, over 
Yorkfbire Bridge, to the Guide Poft on Thornhill Moor, 
to or near the Eighth Mile Stone on Hetherfage Moor, 
and to the Village of Darwent, in the faid County of 
Derby: 

An A&amp; to continue, and render more effeétual, Three 
Aéts, made in the Twelfth Year of King George the 
Firft, and in the Eighteenth and Thirty-firft Years of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Birming. 
hai, through Warwick, to Warmington, and from Bir- 
mingham, through Stratfcrd upon Avon, to Edgebill, in 
the County of Warwick, fo far as the fame relate to the 
Road from Birmingham, through Stratford upon Avon, to 
Stratford Bridge, 1n the faid County : 

An Aét for repaiting and widening feveral Roads lead. 
ing to the Town of Lantriffent ; and alfo the Road lead- 
ing from Newbridge, toa Place called the Old Furnace ; 
all in the County of Glamorgan: . 

An Aé&amp; to enlarge the Term and Powers of an A&amp;, 
made in the. Twenty-fourth Year of King George the 
Second, for repairing the Road leading from Wef Ic. 
wington, to The Devizes, and from The Devizes, to Seend; 
in the County of Wilts: 

An A&amp; for rendering valid and effectual certain Ar- 
ticles of Agreement, bearing Date the 21ft Day of Fuly 
1770, made between Frances Countefs Dowager of Lon- 
donderry, Philip Ear\ Stanhope, and others ; and for vett- 
ing feveral Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the 
Counties of Devon and Wilts, in Truftees, for the Pur- 
pofes in the Aé&amp; mentioned : 

An A&amp; for rendering effectual an Exchange of certain 
Lands, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory of Avington, 
in the County of Southampton, for certain other Lands in 
the faid Parith of Avington, belonging to the Moft ho- 
nourable the Marquis of Carnarvon: 

An Act to enable Francis Charteris, Efquire, here- 
tofore called Francis Wemy/s, and the Heirs of his Body, 
and feveral other Perfons therein named, and the Heirs 
of their refpective Bodies, to retain, aflume, and fign, 
the Name of Charteris, and to bear the Arms of Char- 
teris, and to hold and enjoy the Eftate therein men- 
tioned, notwithftanding the Defcent to him or them 
refpectively of the Honour and Title of Wemy/s, or any 
other Honour or Title whatfoever : 

An Aét for eftablifhing and confirming an Exchange 
of a certain Piece of inclofed Land, in the Parifh of Eaf 
Barnet, in the County of Hertford, and Diocefe of Lon- 
don, for other inclofed Land, Parcel of the Glebe of the 
faid Parifh, purfuant to an Agreement between Benjamin 
Underwood, Clerk, Mafter of Arts, Rector of the faid 
Parith of Haft Barnet, and Fobx Pybus, Efquire : 

An A&amp;c&amp; for exemplifying or inrolling the Will of 
Charles Macarthy More, deceafed, and making the fame 
Evidence, as well in Ireland as Great Britain: 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Comnton Wood Grounds, and 
Commonable Lands, in the’ Parifh of Alvefton, in the 
County of Warwick: 

An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Watte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of fon Subedge, 
in the County of Gloucefter : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing a certain Common 
Pafture, called Myton Carr, in the Lordfhip of Myton, 
in the Parith of the Holy Trinity, in the Town and County 
of the Town of Kingfton upon Hull : 

An A&amp; for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Downs, and all other the Comimonable Lands 
and Wafte Grounds, in the Manor and Parith of Eaf 
Garfton, in the County of Berks; 

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An Aé for dividing arid inclofing the Commons and 
WWafte Grounds, within the Manor of Monya/h, in the 
Parith of Bakewell, in the County of Derby : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
‘Arable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Carrs, and other 
Open and Common Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Lifft, in the Parifh of Beeforth, otherwife Beford, in 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York : 

An A&amp;t for dividing and inclofing Prie/ttvocd Com- 
mon, in the Parifhes of Mackworth, Kedlefton, and 
Meynell Langley, or fome of them, in the County of 
Derby: 

ie Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Corm- 
mon Fields, Cow Paftures, Ings, Common Meadows, 
and other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Weft 
Afoby, within the Manors of Horncaftle and Weft Afhby, 
in the County of Lincoln: 

An Aé&amp; for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the 
Townthip of Kilbam on the Woulds, in the County of 
York : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing a certain Parcel of 
Common and Wafte Ground, called The Outwoods, with- 
in the Townfhip or Hamlet of Horainglow, in the Parifh 
of Burton, in the County of Stafford : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields, Common, or Wafte Lands, Stinted Paftures, 
and Commonable Grounds, within the Hamlets of 
Stapenbill and Winfbill, in the County of Derby : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Common Meadows, Stinted Paftures, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands, in the feveral Hamlets of 
Stretton, Horninglow, Bond End, and Branfton, within 
the Parith of Burten upon Trent, in the County of Staf- 


ford: 


An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the feveral Paf- 
tures, within the Township of Hetton, in the Parifh of 
Burnfal, and Weft Riding of the County of Yorr : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parith of South Rejfton, in the County of 
Lincoln : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Heath, and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Boothby 
Graffoe, in the County of Lincoln: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and un- 
inclofed Fields, Lands, Commons, and Wattes, within 
the Manor of Scalby, in the North Riding of the County 
of York; and alfo a certain Common, called Throxenby 
Moor; otherwife Newby Moor, within the fame Riding : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing certain Fields, 


Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of © 


Melton, in the Parifh of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of 
the County of York: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
and the Common or Heath, called Kil/all Heath, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Parifh of Donington, 
in the County of Salop : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing a certain Common, 
called Holland Ward, otherwife Holl Ward, in the 
County of Derby: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor of Broadway, in the County of Worcefter : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, 
Commonable Grounds, and Wales, called Redditch 
Common and Webb Heath, fituate in that Part of the Ma- 
nor of Tardebigg which lies in the County of Worcefter ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Commons, and Common Paftures, within 
the Liberties of Stapleford and Bramcote, in the County 
of Nottingham: | 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 


Houle of Commons. 295 


Lands and Grounds, in the Patith of Butler’s M: | 
in the County of Warwick : eee cei 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, Wide in dhs Parith of 
Appleby, in the Counties of Leicefter and Derby : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands and Grounds, called Beanbail Fields; in the Ma- 
nor and Parifh of Feckenbam, in the County of Wor- 
cefter: 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Com 

} mon and 
—— ae —_ the Village, Hamlet, Town- 

Ip, and Manor, of Oxenbope, j i 
pia Vossen td Pe, in the Parith of Bradford, 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofine the O i 
Meadows, Common “Pattures, and Wate Sebo 
poe the ke a 9 of North Mufkham, Holme. and 

athley, in the Parifh of North Mujkham, ; Ce 
&lt;6 Macatnen ifkham, in the County: 

An Act for draining and preferving certain Fen I, 
and Low.Grounds, in the Parifhes of Stoke Ferry, Oa 
wold, Wretton, Werehbam, Weft Derebam, and R ; 
in the County of Norfolk : 

An A&amp; for Naturalizing Yobn Peter Du Rover 
John Daniel Naville, Fobn Peter Eynard, David Chller 
and fobn Zacharias Gertcken : wait 


An Act for Naturalizing Auguftine Noverre, 


oxham, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for Sale of Part of the fettled Eftates of Sir Fobn Shelley 
Baronet, and of the Right honourable Foba Shelley his 
Son, in the feveral Counties of Kent and Wilts : and 
alfo of a Farm called King/bam Farm, in the Parith of 
Saint Pancras, in the County of Sufx; and for apply- 
ing the Monies to arife by fuch Sale, in Difcharze of the 
Portions of the Daughters of the faid Sir Fobn Shelley 
affecting the Eftates of him and his faid Son; and for 
other Purpofes, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That-the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put; 
That the other Orders of the Day be now read; 
The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. 

Sir Thomas Clavering, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir George Ofborn : s t 75. 
| Lord George Caven- * 
Tellers for the Noes, dif, 30. 
Mr. Montagu: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read; 
for the Members to prepare Liits, to be put into Glaffes, 
of Twenty-one Perfons Names, to be the Committee, 
who are appointed to examine into the feveral Facts and 
Circumftances relative to the late Obftructions to the 
Execution of the Orders of this Houfe; and to confider 
what further Proceedings may be requifite to enforce a 
due Obedience thereto; and to report their Proceedings, 
together with theirOpinion, from Time to Time, to the 
Houfe ; 

A Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 
That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three Months, 
proceed to the Appointment of the faid Committee ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, do go; with the Mace, into the Speaket’s Cham- 
bers, the Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and 
fummon the Members there to attend the Service of the 
Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 

The Order made this Day; direCting the Method of 
putting the faid Lifts into-Glaffes, was read. 
Then the Names. of the Members being called over 
according to that Order, thofe who then appeared, fe- 
verally 





296 


verally put the Lifts, by them prepared, into the Glaffes, 
at the Table. ; 

And the Names of fuch Members as did not then ap- 
pear were taken down. | 

And their Names being again called over, feveral of 
thofe Members appeared; and, in like Manner, put 
the Lifts, by them prepared, into the {aid Glaffes. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine 
the faid Lifts; and to report to the Houfe upon which 
Twenty-one Perfons the Majority falls. 7 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Fuller, Lord 
Burgherfh, &amp;c.: And they are to withdraw immediately 
into the Speaker’s Chamber 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
‘nieht, the Ninth Day of April next, refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houle, upon the Bill for the 
better Support and Eftablifhment of the Greenland and 
_ Whale Fithery. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the Eleventh Day of April next; refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the 
more effectually raifing a Military Foree, for the Protec- 
tion of the Settlements and Poflefliotis of the Ea/t India 
Company. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Saturday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Britifob White Her- 
ring Fifhery. : 


And then the*"Houfe adjourned till Saturday Morn- 
ing next, Ten of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 30° die Marti; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aét for 
confirming a Deed of Truft, dated the gift of December 
1770, and for the more effectual enabling the Trutftees 
to raife the Sum of £. 9000 for the Purpofes therein 
mentioned, by Mortgage or Sale of the Freehold Eftate 
of George Smyth the Elder, and George Smyth the oe a 
er, Efquires, fituate in the County of Gloucefter, or of a 
competent Part thereof ; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe; And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vefting certain Freehold and Leafehold Mills, Lands, 
and Tenements, comprifed in the Marriage Settlement 
of Fofeph Bullock, E{quire, in Truftees, to convey and 
affign the fame refpectively, purfuant to an Agreement 
for the Sale thereof; and for laying out the Money 
arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and 
Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as are 
mentioned in the faid Settlement; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Manor of Afley, and certain Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Aftley, Tylde- 

fey, and Bedford, in the County of Lancafter, comprized 
in the Marriage Articles of Thomas Froggatt and Hannah 
his Wife, in Truftees, to the feveral Ufes, upon the 
Trufts, and fubject to the Powers, Provifoes, and Re- 


— Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1771; 


ftri€tions therein mentioned; to which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the 
Town of South Leith, the Territory of Saint Anthony’s, 
and ard Heads thereunto adjoining ; and for fupplying 
the feveral Parts thereof with frefh Water, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Duy- 
das, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edmonftont do make the Report 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill to enlargé the 
Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for re- 
pairing the Roads from Livingftone, by the Kirk of 
Shotts, to the City of Glafgow, and by the Town of Ha. 
mitton, to the Town of Strathaven; and for repairing 
and widening the Road leading from the Confines of the 
County of yr, at or near Lochgate,; to the Town of 
Strathaven, in the County of Lanark; was committed. 

Mr, Edmonftone accordingly reported from the faid 
Committee, That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments ‘thereunto; which they had 
directed to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout, and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houf, 
ard feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, to 
the Bill. 

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


Mr. Gafcoyne reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to impower Sir Fobn Gibbons to fhut up the 
Foot Paths, over certain Lands in the Parith of Stanwell, 
in the County of Middlefex, and to extinguifh all Claims 
and Right of Common in and over the faid Lands; and 
to oblige the faid Sir ‘Fohu Gibbous to make and keep in 
Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof; and to veft certain 
Premiffes and a Sum of Money in Truttees, for the Ufe 
of the Poor of the faid Parifh, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to fuch Part 
of the Bill as relates to extinguifhing the Right of Com- 
mon (except Michael Crew, whofe Property in the faid 
Parifh amounts to about Four Pounds a Year, who 
refufed to fign the Bill, but faid he would do as the 
reft did) and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn to Tu#e/day Sevennight, the gth 
Day of April next. 


The Lord Burgherfh reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to examine the Lifts of Twenty-one 
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mine into the feveral Facts and Circumftances relative to. 
the late Obftruéctions to the Execution of the Orders: of: 
this Houfe ; and to confider what further Proceedings 
may be requifite to enforce a due Obedience thereto, 


and to report to the Houfe upon which Twenty-one 


Perfons the Majority fell; That the Committee had 


examined the fame accordingly; and had directed: him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houle; ' 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it.in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

The Committee find, that the Majority hath fallen 
upon the following Perfons; viz. 


The Right honourable Welbore Ellis, oe 125 
Mr. Solicitor General, — ints 125 
Mr. Attorney General, — _— 123 
Jeremiah Dyfon, Efquire, — —_ 118 
Rofe Fuller, Efquire, 118 


The Right honourable Sir Gildert Elliot, Baronet, 117 








Sir Henry Hoghton, Baronet, a 114 
Sir William Bagot, Baronet, —_ cami 114 
The Right honourable Hans Stanley, — 112 
Sir Thomas Clavering, Baronet, om owe III 
Robert Henley Ongley, Efquire, — omnes 1II 
Thomas De Grey, Efquire, — III 
The Right honourable Lord Fobn Cavendifh, 107 
The Right honourable Lord George Sackville Ger- 

- main, — _ 107 
The honourable Fobn Yorke, — _ 107 
The honourable Charles Marfham, — 106 
The Lord Advocate of Scotland, —— 105 
Doctor William Burrell, —— a 104 
John Buller of Exeter, Efquire, es 102 
Sir Roger Newdigate, Baronet, —— 101 
Frederick Montagu, Efquire, _-_ — 99 


Ordered, That the faid Committee, or any Seven of 
them,'do meet this Afternoon, at Three of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for 
Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Committee have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directions, that there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of all Sums of Money which have been .iffued, by 
His Majefty’s Orders, purfuant to Addreffes of this 
Houfe, and which have not been made good by Par- 
hament. . 

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


A Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Common 
Fields, Common Paftures, and other Lands, in the 
‘Townfhip of Great Heck, and Hamlet of Little Heck, in 
the Parifh of Snaith, and the County of York, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ga/- 
ccyne, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for -vefting certain Freehold and Leafehold Mills, Lands, 
and Tenements, comprized in the Marriage Settlement 
of Fofeph Bullock, Etquire, in Truftees, to convey and 
affign the fame refpectively, purfuant to an Agreement 
for the Sale thereof; and for laying out the Money 
arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and 
Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as are 
mientioned in the faid Settlement; was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Vor. XXXII. 





Houfe of Corimons. 297 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for vefting the Manor of -4fley, and cértain Meffuages, 


Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Aftley, Tyle/= 
ley, and Bedford, in the County of Lancafter, comprized, 
in the Marriage Articles of Thomas Froggatt, and Han- 
nab his Wife, in Truftéés, to thé feveral Ufes, upon, 
the Trufts, and fubjeét to the Powers, Provifoes, and 
Reftrictions therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for confirming a Deed of Truft, dated the 31{t of Decem-~ 
ber 177, and for the more effectual enabling the Truf- 
tees to raife the Sum of £. 9,000, for the Purpofes therein 
mentioned, by Mortgage or Sale of the Freehold Eftate 
of George Smyth the Elder, and George Smyth the 
Younger, Efquires, fituate in the County of Gloucefter, 
or of a competent Part thereof, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Order of the Day being read, 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the feveral Laws 
now in being for the Encouragement of the Briti/b White 
Herring Fifhery. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Edmonftone took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Sevennight, the gth Day of April next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tefday Seven- 
night, the 9th Day of April next, Ten of the 
Clock in the Morning. 





Martis, 9° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 11° Georgii IIT"! Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS, 
QReered, That all Committees be revived. 


Sir Robert Ladbroke reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for confolidating, extending, and render- 
ing more effectual, the Powers granted by feveral Aéts 
of Parliament, for making, enlarging, amending, and 
cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the 
City of London and Liberties thereof; and for paving, 
cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, 
Yards, Courts, Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and pre- 
venting and removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
within the fame, was committed; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
4G ‘tion 











248 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 41771. 


tion feverally put thereupon, were, with Amendments ‘ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
to feveral of them, agreed to by the Houfe. ingroffed. 


A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, that no 


Drain fhall be made to injure the Sewers near Saint 
Paul’s. ; 


And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 


Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


~ And feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 


Mr. Stephens (from the Commiffioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain) pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 


An Eftimate of the Debt of His Majefty’s Navy, on 
the 31ft December 1770. 


And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 
to the Bill. The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz. 





11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


299 


Navy Office, ap ESTIMATE of the Debt of His Majefty’s Navy, on the Heads hereafter mens 
ath February 1771. tioned, as it ftood on the. 31ft December 1770. 
ing | se 
re Heads of the Naval Eftimates. Pafticalars. Total. 
bat i Wear and Tear, Ordinary, and Tranfports. is £. &amp; &amp; L. s y 


XUM 








Due to pay off and difcharge all the Bills regiftered on the Courfe 
of the Navy, for Stores, Freight of ‘Tranfports, &amp;c. fup- 
plied for the Service thereof _ — — 

To pay off and difcharge Bills regiftered on the faid Courfe, 
for Premiums allowed by Act of Parliament on Naval 
Stores — — —_ 

For Freight of Tranfports and Tenders, and for Stores de- 
livered into His Majefty’s feveral Yards, &amp;c. for which 
no Bills were made out on the aforefaid 31ft December 
1770; as alfo to feveral Bills of Exchange 


To His Majefty’s feveral Yards and Rope Yards, for the - 


Ordinary and Extraordinary -— _ 

For Half Pay to Sea Officers, according to an Eftablifhment 

made by his late Majefty in Council on that Behalf — 
Seamen’s Wages. 

Due to pay the Men, &amp;¢. unpaid on the Books of Ships paid off - 

To Ships in Sea Pay on the aforefaid 31ft December 1770 — 

To difcharge and pay off all the Bills entered in Courfe, for 

Slop Cloaths, Bedding for Seamen, Surgeon’s Neceffaries, 

Free Gifts, &amp;¢. 


— — —_— @ 3 3 


Victualing Debt, as per Eftimate received from thofe 
Commiffioners ; viz. 
Due for fhort Allowance to the Companies of His Majefty’s 
Ships in Pay, and which have been paid off — 
For paying off all the Bills entered on their Courfe 
For Provifions delivered and Services performed, for which 
no Bills were made out on the aforefaid 31ft December 
1770 — — — 
For Neceffary Money, Extra-neceffary Money, Bills of Ex- 
change, and Contingencies — —_— = 
To the Officers, Workmen, and Labourers, employed at the 
feveral Ports 


oem 


—_—— a — 


Sick and Hurt; the Debt of that Office, as per Eftimate re- 
ceived from thofe Commiffioners ; viz. 
Due for the Quarters and Cure of Sick and Hurt Seamen, fet 
on Shore from His Majefty’s Ships at the feveral Ports, and 


for Prifoners of War, and Contingencies relating to the faid 
Office 


— ema ae —— — 


The Total amounts to the Sum of One million Eight hundred 
Forty-feven thoufand Eight hundred and Seven Pounds Six 
Shillings and Eight Pence Farthing 

From whence deducting the Money in 
the Treafurer’s Hands 

And alfo the Money that remained to 
come in of the Supplies 


—_ —_—_- iia 


as on the other 
Side. 


The Debt will then be One million Four hundred Ninety-feven 
thoufand Four hundred and Fifty-four Pounds Six Shillings 
and Four Pence Three Farthings —_— 

N. B. In this Debt is included for Charge of Tranfports between 
the 1 of Fanuary 1770, and 31{t December tollowing 

And it appears, by an Account received from the Commiffionets 
of the Viétualing, that the Expence of Victuals fupplied the 
Soldiers, between the 1 Fanuary 1770, and the 31ft of December 
following, amounts to 


For which Sum of £. 23,925. 14. 64 no Provifion has been 
made by Parliament; but if thought fit to be granted, as the 
like Service was provided for in former Years, 

The Net Debt of the Navy will then be One million Four hun- 
dred Seventy-three thoufand Five hundred and Twenty-eight 
Pounds Eleven Shillings and Ten Pence 


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il GEO. III. 


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


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for empowering the Judges of the 
Court of Seffion in Scotland, to fell certain Parts and 
Portions of the Eftate and Barony of Carrington; in the 
County ot Edinburgh, which formerly belonged to Hugh 
Lord Vifcount Primrofe, deceafed,; and now to Neil 
Earl of Rofeberry, for Payment of the Debts of the faid 
Vifcount, was committed; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment ; and he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate of Scotland do 
carry the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that 
this Houfe hath agréed to the fame, without any Amend- 


ment. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Roads from the Town of Peebles; to the King’s Eatedge, 
and to Gatebope, Knowburnfoot; and to the Top of Minch- 
moor, and to Loehbead, in the County of Peebles, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing and widening the Roads from 
the Town of Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to 
Gatebope, Knowburnfoot, and to the Top of Minchmoor, 
and to Lochhead, in the County of Peebles. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate of Scotlarid do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Common Fields, called Stretton Common Fields, and 
certain Common or Wafte Grounds, called Stretton 
Heath, and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parith of Stret- 
ton on the Fofs, in the County of Warwick, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee (except 
Two Perfons, each of whom have Half a Yard Land 
in the faid Fields, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that 
the whole Number of Yard Lands therein is 45 and an 
Half; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe; and an Amend- 
ment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields of Stretton under Fofs, in the Pa- 
rith of Monks Kirby, in the County of Warwick, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: Arid that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields of Stretton under Fofs, in the Parith 
of Monks Kirby, in the County of Warwick. 

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

Vor. XXXIIE 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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An ingrofted Bill for dividing and inclofing the feve. 
ral Open arid Common Fields; Arable; Meadow, and 
Pafture Grounds, Lammas Grounds, and Commonable 
Lands, within the Hamlets and Liberties of Knightces 
and North End, in the Parith of Burton Daffeti, in the 
County of Warwick, was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Biil do pafs : And that the Title be: 
An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture Grounds, 
L.ammas Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Hamlets and Liberties of Knightcot and North End, in 
the Parith of Burton Dafett, in the County of Warwick. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for vefting certain Freehold and Leafehold Mills, Lands, 
and Tenements, comprized in the Marriage Settlement 
of Fofeph Bullock, Efquire, in Truftees, to convey and 
affign the fame refpectively, purfuant to an Agreement 
for the Sale thereof; and for laying out the Money, 
arifing by fuch Sale, in the Purchafe of other Lands 
and Hereditaments; to be fettled to the fame Ufes as 
are mentioned in the faid Settlement, was read a Second 
Time. ¥ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. William 
Burke, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Manor of Afley, and certain Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Afley, Ty- 
lefley, and Bedford, in the County of Lancafter, com- 
prized in the Marriage Articles of Thomas Froggatt, and 
Hannab his Wife, in Truttees; to the feveral Ufes, up- 
on the Trufts, and fubject to the Powers, Provifoes, 
and Reftrictions therein mentioned, was read a Second 
Time. ; ) 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wilbra- 
ham Bootle, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they aré to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An A&amp; 
for confirming a Deed of Truft, dated the 31ft of De- 
cember 1770, anid for the more effectual enabling the 
Truftees to raife the Sum of £. 9,000 for the Purpofes 
therein mentioned, by Mortgage or Sale of the Freehold 
Eftate of George Smyth the Elder, and George Smyth the 
Younger, Efquires, fituate in the County of Gloucefter, 
or of acompetent Part thereof; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dowde/- 
well, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are ito meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more ef- 
feétual, Two Acts, pafied in the Twelfth Year of the 
Reign of King George the Firft, and the rgth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 
from Market Harborough to Loughborough, in the Coun- 
ty of Leicefter; and for repairing, widening, turning, 
and altering, the Road branching out of the aforefaid 
Road, at a Place called Filling Gaté, to a Road called 
the Fo/s Road, and from therice to the Turnpike Road 
leading from Melton Mowbray to the Guide Poff in Saint 
Margaret’s Field, Leicefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; to continue, and render more effeCtual, Two 
Aéts, paffed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and the 1gth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Market Har- 
borough to Loughborough, in the County of Leitefter 
and for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the 

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Road branching out of the aforefaid Road, at a Place 
called Filling Gate, to aRoad called the Fo/s Road, and 
from thence to the Turnpike Road leading from Melton. 
Mowbray to the Guide Poft in Saint Margaret’s Field, 
Leicefter. . 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for confirming a Conveyance to Henry Fii:tcroft, Efquire, 
cf certain Eftates in the County of York, purchafed by 
the Truftees in the Marriage Settlement of Charles Gor- 
ing, Efquire, and Fanny his Wife; and for confirming a 
Conveyance, made by the faid Henry Flitcroft to the Ufe 
of the fame Truftees, of other Eftates in Lieu thereof, in 
the County of Surrey, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ridley, 
Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
monable Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor 
and Parifh of Udly, in the County of Somerfet, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An, Act for dividing and inclofing the Common- 
able Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parifh of Udly, in the County of Somerfet. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
to enable the furviving Truftee, named in the Settlement 


of William Pulteney, Efquire, and Frances his Wife, to 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 






































A. 1771, 


grant Leafes of their Leafehold Eftate in Weftminfter, wag 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kynaftcn, 
Mr. Townfbend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet th’s Af. 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
leading trom Wem, in the County of Salop, to or near 
Chirk, in the County of Denbigh ; from Horton to Knockin 
and Llanymynech ; and alfo the Road from the End of 
Cotton Wood to Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from Wem, in the County of Salep, to the Lime Rocks at 
Bron y Garth ; and feveral other Roads in the Counties of 
Salop and Denbigh. 

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


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Speer, from the 
Treafury, attended at the Door ; he was called in, and, at 
the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Ad. 
drefs to His Majefty, 

An Account fhewing how the Money given for the 
Service of the Year 1770 has been difpoied of, diftin- 
guifhed under the feveral Heads, until the Ninth Day of 
April 1771 ; and the Part remaining unfatished, with the 
Overplus thereupon. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

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


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 






A.1771, 


Eftimate of the Expence of fupporting and maintaining 


the Civil Eftablifhment of the Government of Senegam- 
bia, for the Year 1771. 


And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 
The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz. 


ESTIMATE of the Expence of fupporting and maintaining the Civil Eftablifhment of the Government 
of Senegambia, on that Part of the Coaft of Africa fituate between the Port of Sallee, in South Barbary, and Cape 


Rouge, for the Year 1771. 





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Governor 
Chief Juftice 
Secretary of the Province 
Superintendant of Trade 
Two Minifters 

A School Matter 
Moorifh Interpreter 
Agent for the Province 


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An armed Cutter for the Defence of the Traders in the River | 
Duties, Prefents, &amp;¥c. to the Black Princes, and for contingent Expences of the Pro- 


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


A Petition of the feveral Noblemen, and the humble 
Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, and 
Inhabitants, of, and near, the Borders of the River of 
Thames, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ,; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for improving and completing the Navigation of 
the Rivers Thames and J/fis, from the City of London, to 
the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts; and 
fetting forth, That, by the faid Bill, Power is given for 
purchafing Houfes, Meffuages, Mills, Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, for the Ufe of the faid Na- 
vigation, and to make Cuts, Roads, and Ways, through 
fuch Lands, and alfo to make Cuts or Canals out of 
the faid River, which muft be attended with an im- 

enfe Expence, Danger, and Damage, to the Owners 
of Houfes, Gardens, Orchards, Lands, Wharfs, and 
other Property ; and that the Petitioners are advifed, 
and apprehend, that no fuch Cuts as are intended are 
at all neceffary for improving the Navigation of the 
faid River, which may be done much cheaper, with 
better Effect, and without injuring any Body, by only 
cleanfing and removing the Obftructions made through 
the Length of Time in the prefent Track, by regulat- 
ing the Size and Burthen of Barges, by reftoring the 
Stops that were taken up, in Purfuance of an Aé lately 
made, to the great Prejudice both of the Navigation and 
Fifth of the faid River, and by completing the Towing 
Paths, puriuant to an Act of the 24th Year of the Reign 

of his late Majefty: And therefore praying, That they may 
be heatd, by themfelves or Counfel, againft the faid Bull. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


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until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the faid Bill is committed : And that the Peti- 
tioners be then heard, by themfelves or Counfel, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 

count of Monies remaining in His Majefty’s Exchequer, 
on the Fifth Day of April 1771, difpofeable by Parlia- 
ment. , 
Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Monies that remained in the Receipt of 
His Majefty’s Exehequer, on the Fifth Day of April 
1771, on the Two Sevenths Excife, granted by an Act of 
Parliament of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of 
their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, after 
fatisfying the feveral Charges and Incumbrances there- 
upon for the Half Year then ended. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants, and 
Inhabitants, of the City of Exeter, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
obferve, that Application has been made to the Houfe, 
for Leave to bring in a Bill to regulate and remove cer- 
tain public Markets in the faid City, and for that Pur- 
pofe to purchafe a Plot of Ground ; and alfo to prevent 
the Holding of the Markets in the High Street of the 
faid City, and to remove and prevent Annoyances in 
the faid City and its Liberties; and that, by the faid 
Bill, the Mayor, Aldermen,. and Common Council, of 
the faid City, are defirous of affuming to themfelves fun- 
dry Powers, unlimited, and unufyal in fuch Bills, and, 

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a3 the Petitioners apprehend, of dangerous Tendency 
to the Right and Intereft of the Petitioners, and the 
other Inhabitants of the faid City: And therefore pray- 
ing, That the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law; and 
that they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
fame; or that they may have fuch other Relief as the 
Houfe fhall think fit. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to regulate and remove certain Public 
Markets in the City of Exeter, and for that Purpofe to 
purchafe a Plot of Ground ; and to prevent the Hold- 
ing of the Markets in the High Street of the faid City ; 
and alfo to remove and prevent Annoyances in the faid 
City, and its Suburbs ; is committed: And that the Pe- 
titioners be then heard, by themfelves or Counfel, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid-Petition. 


A Petition of Fofeph Haift, of Wakefield, in the 
County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner is informed, that, by 
a Bill now depending in the Houfe, for paving the 
Streets of Wakefield, the Petitioner’s Houfe (which is 
very commodioufly fituated for a Tradefman) is fub- 
jet to be pulled down, for the Purpofe of widening 
the adjoining Street, which will be a very great Injury 
to him; and that it would be hardly poffible for him to 
purchafe or rent any other Houfe, but at an extravagant 
Price; and his Trade and Livelihood mutft be greatly 
impaired ; and that the Petitioner and others were per- 
feét Strangers to the feveral Proceedings upon the Bill, 
and fcarce knew how to take the neceflary Meafures to 
fecure their Property : And therefore praying, That 
the Parliament will give him fuch Relief as fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and lighting, 
the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, 
within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, which lies within the Eaft End of Wefgate Bridge, 
the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North End of Kirk- 
gate Bridge, (except fo much thereof as is repaired by the 
Weft Riding of the faid County of York) and the ex- 
treme Part of the Townfhip of Wakefield aforefaid, lead- 
ing from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor, for preventing 
Nufances and Annoyances therein ; and for widening and 
rendering the fame more commodious, is committed. 


Sir William Dolben reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parifh of Earls Barton, in the County of Northampton, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee, (ex- 
cept the Owners of Eftates in the faid Parifh, of the An- 
nual Value of 166/. who, on being applied to, faid, 
they confented to the Inclofure, but did not chufe to 
fien the Bill; and except the Owners of Eftates in the 
faid Parifh, of the Annual Value of 136/.55. who 
made no particular Objection to the Bill, but refufed 
to fign the fame; and that the whole Annual Value of 
the Eftates in the faid Parifh is 1,304/. 11 5. ; and that 
no Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in’ his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 


aad, 
and then a Second Time, One by One; arid, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe; and an Amendment was made, by the 
Houfe, to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed, 


An ingroffed Bill for draining and preferving cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the 
Ifle of Ely, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for draining and preferving certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the Ifle of Ey. 

Ordered, That Sir Sampfon Gideon do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Hervey prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for limiting the Tonnage of Ships, which 
fhall for the future be built for, or to be employed in, 
the Service of the United Company of Merchants 
trading to the aft Indies: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firlt Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Charles Yarburgh, Efquire, and feveral 
other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
being Proprietors of Eftates, Rights of Common, and 
other Interefts, in the Inclofed Grounds, Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, and Pafture Grounds, 
within the feveral Townthips of Pollington, Balne, and 
Whitley, in the Parifh of Snaith, in the County of York, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners are informed, a Bill is ordered 
to be brought in, for dividing and inclofing certain 
Common Fields, a Common, and feveral Ings, and 
other Pafture and Marfhy Lands, mentioned to be 
fituated in the Townfhip of Great Heck and Little Heck, 
in the County of York; and that the Petitioners are 
very confiderably interefted in the Commonable Grounds 
intended to be comprized in fuch Bill, being Owners of 
Eftates in the feveral Townfhips of Pollington, Balne, 
and Whitley, in the faid County, the Commons of 
which faid Townfhips, and of the faid Townfhip of 
Great Heck, and Little Heck, lie all together, and un- 
divided, without any known Limits or Boundaries to 
diftinguifh them from each other; yet were not confult- 
ed, or had the leaft Intimation thereof, but from the 
Votes: Andtherefore praying, That they may have Leave 
to be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and 
that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, and other Lands, in 
the Townfhip of Great Heck, and Hamlet of Little 
Heck, in the Parifh of Snaith, and the County of York, 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be then heard, 
by their Counfel, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


An ingroffed Bill to impower Sir Hohn Gibbons to 
fhut up the Foot Paths over certain Lands in the Parifh 
of Stanwell, in the County of Middlefex ; and to extin- 
guifh all Claims and Right of Common in and over the 
jaid Lands; and to oblige the faid Sir Fobn Gibbons to 
make and keep in Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof; 
and to veft certain. Premiffes, and a Sum of Money, in 
Truftees, for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifh, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to impower Sir Fobn Gibbons to fhut up the 
Foot Paths over certain Lands in the Parith of Stan- 

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eell, in the County of Middlefex , and to extinguifh all 
Claims and Right of Common in and over the faid 
Lands ; and to oblige the faid Sir ohn Gibbons to make 
and keep in Repair a Foot Path in Licu thereof; and to 
veft certain Premiffes, and a Sum of Money, in Truftees, 
for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parith. ; 

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


A Bill for arnending and widening the Road from 
Beffelfleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the 
County of Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in 
the County of Wilts ; and from the Turnpike Road be- 
tween Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, 
to The Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs; and from 
thence to Lamborn, in the faid County of Berks; was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Vanft- 
tart, Mr. Dodd, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Edmonftone, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the Encouragement of the Britifo White Her- 
ring Fifhery, the Refolution which the Committee had 
dire&amp;ted him to teport to the Houfe ; which he read in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s ‘Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz: 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That Provifion be made, for the better Payment of the 
Bounties which are, or fhall be, certified to be due to 
fuch Perfons, in that Part of Great Britain called Scot- 
land, who have been encouraged to engage in the 
White Herring Fifheries, under the Laws now in 
Force. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, 
purfuant to the Refolutions which, upon the Firft Day 
of February laft, were reported from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider 


of the feveral Laws now in being for the Encouragement . 


of the Britifh White Herring Fifhery, That they do 
make Provifion in the faid Bill, purfuant to the Refolu- 
tion this Day-reported from the faid Committee, and 
which has been agreed to by the Houtfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool 
_ Canal, at Windbill; in the Townfhip of Idle, in the 
County of York, was read the Third Time. 
 Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal, at Windbill, in the Townfhip of Idle, in the 
County of York. 
Ordered, That Sir Ceci] Wray do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for licenfing an additional Number 
of Hackney Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing 
thereby, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for licenfing an additional Number of 
Hackney Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing 
thereby. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
‘by Loans or Exchequer Bilis, for the Service of the 
Year 1771, was read the Third Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


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be, An Ac for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by 
Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 


1771. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do Carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook reported. to the Houfe, That 


their Addrefs of Saturday the 30th Day ct March lat 


(that His Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directioris, that the Account therein mentioned might 
be laid before this Houfe) had been prefented to His 
Majefty ; and that His Majefty had commanded him 
to acquaint this Houfe, that He will give Directions 
accordingly. 


A Petition of the Proprietors and Inhabitants of N2. 
cholfon’s Park, One of the Diftri€ts on the South Side 
of the City of Edinburgh, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for cleanfing, 
lighting, and watching, the feveral Streets, and other 
Paffages, on the South Side of the City of Edin- 
burgh, and for removing Nufances and Annoyances 
therefrom, and preventing the fame for the future ; and 
fetting forth, That if Provifion was made in the faid Bill 
to pave the Streets, and other Paffages, of the {aid 
Diftri&amp;t of Nicholfon’s Park, and to fupply the fame 
with Water, and to make Sewers and Drains where ne- 
ceffary, it would be of great Conveniency to the Inha- 
bitants thereof: And therefore praying the Houfe, That 
Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for the Pur- 
pofes aforefaid. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Alexander Gilmour, Mr. Edmon- 
Jtone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ;. and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate 
Church of Saint Peter, in Weftminfter, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
embanking a certain Part of the River Thames, near 
Durham Yard, within the Liberty of the City of Wef- 
minfter, and County of Middlefex ; and {etting forth, 
That, by the faid Bill, it appears, that the Mayor, AL 
dermen, and Commonalty of the City of London, claim 
a Right to the Soil of the faid River, where the {aid 
Embankment is carrying on, who are empowered to try 
fuch Right at Law, within a limited Time; and that 
the Petitioners, by virtue of feveral Charters and Grants 
from the Crown, are Lords of the Manor of W eft min- 
fer, and the Liberties thereof, and intitled to the Soil 
of the Wafte within the fame, and to the Ground and 
Soil of the faid River, where the faid Embankment is 
now carrying on: And therefore praying, That they may 
be heard, by their Counfel, at the Bar of the Houfe; and 
that Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, to fave the 
Rights of the Petitioners, in fuch Manner as the Houfe 
fhall think moft proper. 

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

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill for embanking a certain Part of the 
River Thames, near Durham Yard, within the Liberty 
of the City of Weftminfter, and County of Middlefex, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Thurjfday Morning next. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Citizens, and 
Inhabitants, of the City of Worcefter, whofe Names are 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Complaining of the high Price of all Kinds of Grains 
and fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, if an 

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Importation of Corn and Flour from America was per- 
mitted, Duty-free, for a limited Time, Trade and Ma- 
nufatures would be greatly promoted, and the Com- 
plaints mentioned in the Petition much alleviated, with- 
out any real Prejudice to the Agriculture of this King- 
dom: And therefore praying the Houfe to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and grant fuch Relief as 
fhall feem meet. 


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


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to amend an Aét, made in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A¢t for ex- 
tending like Liberty in the Exportation of Rice from 
Eaft and Weft Florida, to the Southward of Cape Fini/- 
terre, in Europe, as is granted by former Acts of Parlia- 
ment to Carolina and Georgia: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day; for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live 
Catile, and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, 
for a limited Time, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
To-morrow Morning. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereto fubfcribed, in Behalf of themfelves, and others, 
Owners of certain Open and Inclofed Lands, in Mifer- 
ton, in the County of Nottingham, which immemorially 
have been, and are, claimed to be held and enjoyed, 
difcharged from the Payment of Tythes in Kind, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Arable 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, in 
the. Parith of Mifferton, in the County of Nottingham ; 
and that the Petitioners are informed, that Provifions 
are made in the faid Bill, for compelling the Petition- 
ers, and others fo interefted, to fubmit the Determina- 
tion of their Right of holding their faid Lands fo dif- 
charged of Tythes (which, the Petitioners are advifed, 
is a Matter triable only at Law) to Reference, and 
etherwife prejudicial to the Petitioners Interefts: And 
therefore praying the Houfe to take the Premifes into 
Confideration, and give fuch Relief as the Nature of 
the Cafe fhall require. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill 
is committed. 


Ordered, That the other Orders of the Day be now 
read. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for punifhing Offences 
committed by Hackney Coachmen and Chairmen, within 
certain Diftri€ts and Places therein mentioned ; and for 
renewing the Regiftry of Carts and Carriages ; 

The Houfe retolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
s report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 


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


The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for making a Navigable Canal, 


from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of 
Vor. XXXII. 


bint 
599 
Chefter, and there to join the Canal now making from 
the River Trent to thie River Merfey ; 

The Counfel for and againft the Bill were called in. 

And the faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

And the Pet.tion,of the Merchants, Traders, and 
principal Inhabitants, of the Town of Northwich, in the 
County of Chefter, whofe Names are fubfcribed; and 
alfo, the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Navigation from the Trent to the Merfey, were alfo read. 

And the Counfel againft the Bill was heard, and exa- 
mined feveral Witneffes in Support of the faid Petitions. 

Then the Counfel for the Bill were heard, and exa- 
mined feveral Witneffes in Support of the Bill, againft 
the faid Petitions. 

And the Counfel againft the Bill having been heard 
by Way of Reply; ~ 

The Counfel on both Sides were directed to withdraw. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Lord Strange, 
Tellers for the Yeas, vr Wilbraham Bootle « i 46. 


Sir Fehn Wrottefley, ? 
Tellers for the Noes, j Sir pac lau Begit 5 29: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Bill was committed to Mr. Wilbrabam Bootle, 
Lord Strange, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and all who come to the Committee, are to have 
Voices. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty- 


fifth Day of March One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Support and Efta. 
blifhment of the Greenland and Whale Fifhery. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pulteney have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being after Nine of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houte accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Thurfday the 
28th Day of March laft, for the Houte to refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon Thur/day 
Morning next, upon the Bill for the more effectually 
raifing a Military Force, for the Protection of the Settle- 
ments and Poffeffions of the Za/ Indie Company, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly 3 

Ordered, That the faid Order be d fchargcd. 

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

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons, who were ordered 
to attend the faid Committee upon Thurfdey Morning 
next, do attend the faid Committee upon Friday Morn- 
ing next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Carrick do attend this Houfe 
To-morrow Morning, at the Second Reading of the 
Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, and 
other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a limited 
Time. 


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


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310 


Mercurii, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III"! Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browning and Mr. 
Anguifh: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for further continuing the Tolls upon London Bridge, 
for the Purpofes therein mentioned ; and for impower- 
ing the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City 
of London, i Common Council affembled, in certain 
Cafes, to grant Licences to Perfons poflefled of Terms 
for Years, of and in Houfes, defcribed in an A&amp; of 
the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, to build upon, 
and inclofe, Part of the Ground and Soil of the Streets 
in the Front of their faid Houtes ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road 
from the Market Houfe, in the Town of Great Far- 
ringdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford, in the 
County of Oxford; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing Sheriffhales Common, in the 
County of Stafford ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 

































A. 1771, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Parcels of Fen 
Land, within the Parifh of Algarkirke cum Fofayke, in 
the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Wilford, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called in, 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to His Majefty, 

An Account of all Sums of Money which have been 
iffued, by His Majefty’s Orders, purfuant to Addreffes 
of this Houfe, and which have not been made good by 
Parliament. 

Mr. Wilford alfo, from the Exchequer, preefnted to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

An Account of the Monies that remained in the Re. 
ceipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, on the 5th Day of 
April 1771, on the Two Sevenths Excife, granted by an 
Act of Parliament, of the 5th and 6th Years of te 
Reign of their late Majefties King William and Queen 
Mary, after iatisfying the feveral Charges and Incum. 
a thereupon, for the Half Year then ended : And 
alfo, 

An Account of Monies, remaining in His Majefty’s 
Exchequer, on the 5th Day of April 1771, difpofeable 
by Parliament. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read, 

The faid Accounts are as followeth ; viz. 





To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes in Parliament affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of all Sums of Money, which have been iffued by His Majefty’s Orders, purfuant to Ad- 
dreffes of this Houfe, and which have not been made good by Parliament. 


To William Bowyer, Gentleman, towards defraying the Expence of printing 1,250 Copies 
of fuch Parliamentary and other Records, as His Majefty fhall think fit. 
To John Hatfell, Efquire, Clerk of the Houfe of Commons, towards defraying the Ex- 
pence of printing the Journals of the Houfe of Commons 
To Fohn Rofier, Gentleman, towards defraying the Expence of making a General Index 


of the Journals of the Houfe of Commons 


To Thomas Tyrwhitt, Efquire, towards defraying the Expence of printing and re-printing 
the Journals of the Houfe of Commons, with a proper Index thereto ; and alfo the Re- 


ports directed to be printed 


Exchequer, the roth 
Day of April 1771. 


Edward Wilford. 





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To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes in Parliament affembled, 


An ACCOUNT of the Monies that remained in the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, on the sth Day 
of April 1771, on the 2th Excife, granted by an Act of Parliament of the 5th and 6th Years of the Reign of 
their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, after fatisfying the feveral Charges and Incumbrances there- 


upon for the Half Year then ended, 


Cafh remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th Day of April 1771 


The Charge for the Half Year then ended 


Surplus of the faid Half Year’s Produce, carried to the Aggregate Fund, 


_purfuant to the Act of the sft of George the Firft 


Cafh remaining in the Exchequer onthe 5th Day of April 1771, after fatisfying the feveral 


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Charges and Incumbrances thereupon for the Half Year then ended. —_—— 30,29% 18 3% 
Exchequer, the roth Edward Wilford. 
Day of April 1771. 
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To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes in Parliament affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of Monies remaining in His Majeftp’s Exchequer on the sth Day of April 17715 difpofes 
able by Parliament. 


Money paid by William Lord Vifcount Barrington, being fo much received by him from the 
French Ambaffador, for the Maintenance of the late French Prifoners 


Duty on Gum Senega, granted by an Act 25° Git 2% 
Duty on Cambricks and Sugars fince ift 4uguft 1766 


Subfidy on Rice exported Anno 1767, which was imported Duty free 


Surplus of the Income of the Sinking Fund, for the Quarter ended the 5th Day of April 





1771 


ee 


Exchequer, the roth 
Day of April 1771. 


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

Ordered, That the Two laft of the faid Accounts be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
it is referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Mr, Cooper prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, 

A Paper, intituled “* Expences incurred by the Eg# 
‘¢ India Company in the Expedition to Manilba, ante- 
** cedent to the Surrender of the Ifland:” And alfo, 


&gt; tend 


16,990 16 8 
6 2 6 
2,529 10 6 
473 11 105 





20,000 1 64% 


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691,977 7 9 
£:711;977 9 3% 








Edward Wilford. 


Copy of a Letter from the Earl of Egremont to the 
Secret Committee of the Zaft India Company, refpect- 
ing the propofed Attack of Maniiba: And alfo, 

Extract of a Letter from the Court of Directors of 
the Eaft India Company to the Governor and Council of 
Fort St. George, dated 21ft Fanuary 1762. 

And the Titles of the faid Papers were read. 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. 























































































































312 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





A.5771. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, | by His Majefty’s Expences, incurred purfuant to the Order in Council, 


Command, 


for preventing the Spreading of the Infection amongft 


An Account of Monies paid by the Directions of the the Horned Cattle in North Britain. 


Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, as a 


Compenfation, and in full Satisfaction of Loffes and 


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











An ACCOUNT of Monies paid by the Directions of the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, 
as a Compenfation, and in full Satisfaétion of Loffes and Expences incurred, purfuant to the Order of Council 
for preventing the Spreading of the Infection amongft the Horned Cattle in North Britain. 


Value of Cattle killed at Port/ay 


p° —_ — at Glafa dies 
D° —_— — at Dylach ae 
D° —_ — at Brankanentum — 


Expence of Guards, Surveyors, and other unavoidable Expences 


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


Mr. Whichcot reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Lands and Hereditaments, Part of the 
Real Eftate of ‘ohn Sutton, Efquire, fituate in the County 
of Lincoln, in Truft, to be fold, for Payment of Eight 
thoufand Pounds, the Portion of J/abella Sutton, deceated ; 
and for the other Purpofes in the faid Act mentioned ; 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whichcot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Whichcot reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip and Parifh of 
Bifoép Norton, in the County of Lincoln, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except One 
Perfon, whofe Property confifts of 80 Acres, One Com- 
mon Right, and Two Toftiteads, who could not be 
found ; and that the whole Property to be inclofed 
confifts of 1,418 Acres, 23 Common Rights, and 27 
Toftfteads ; and that no Perfon appeared betore the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to the 


Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 


afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrofied. 








ree —_ 320 7 4 
or 7 34 3 4 

-- _ 1230 2 = 

—_ _— 243 16 6 

£:799 12 2 


Mr. Ward reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Naunton Beauchamp, in the 
County of Worcefter, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satif. 
faétion of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging and altering the Terms 
and Powers of feveral Acts, made in the 13th Year of 
the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the art 
Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for re- 
pairing the Roads leading from the Town of Brom/- 
grove to the Town of Dudley, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, and from the faid Town of Brom/grove to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, fo 
far as the faid Acts relate to the repairing of the Roads 
leading from the faid Town of Birmingham to the {aid 
Town of Brom/grove, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging and altering the Terms 
and Powers of feveral Acts, made in the 13th Year 
of the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the 
aft Year of the Reign of King George the Second, 
for repairing the Roads leading from the Town of 
Bromfgrove to the Town of Dudley, in the County of 
Worcefter, and from the faid Town of Brom/grove to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, fo far 
as the faid Acts relate to the repairing of the Roads 
leading from the faid Town of Birmingham to the faid 
Town of Brom/grove. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and sais. | the 
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11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commions: 


Road from Stone, in the County of Stafford, to Lane 
End, and to the Road between Leek and Sandon, on 
Meir Heath, and from thence to Bkthe Bridge; and alfo 
from Meir to Trentham, and from thence to Stable- 
ford Bridge, in the faid County; was read the Third 
e. 

ri efolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing and widening the Road from 
Stone to Lane End, and to the Road between Leek and 
Sandon, on Meir Heath, and from thence to Blithe 
Bridge ,; and alfo from Meir to Trentham, and from 
thence to Stableford Bridge, in the County of Staf- 
ord. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Sale of Part of the fettled Eftates of Sir Fobn Shelley, 
Baronet, and of the Right honourable Fobn Shelley, his 
Son, in the feveral Counties of Kent and Wilts, and alto 
of a Farm, called Kingfham Farm, in the Parith of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Sufex, and for applying the 
Monies to arife by fuch Sale, in Difcharge of the Por- 
tions of the Daughters of the faid Sir Yobn Shelley, 
affecting the Eftates of him and his faid Son; and for 
other Purpofes ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Whichcot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting Part of the Eftate late of Nicholas Cor/ellis, 
Efquire, deceafed, at Wivenhoe and Elmfted, in the 
County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for raifing 
Money to difcharge Incumbrances, was read the Firtt 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for punifhing Offences committed by Hackney 
Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain Diftri€ts and 
Places therein mentioned ; and for renewing the Regiftry 
of Carts and Carriages, was committed; the Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill; and 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by: One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

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


A Bill to amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for extending like Li- 
berty in the Exportation of Rice from Eaft and Weft 
Florida, to the Southward of Cape Finifterre, in Europe, 
as is granted by former Aéts of Parliament to Carolina 
and Georgia, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe. 

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


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Mort- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty. 

Vor. XXXII, 


313 

The Order of the Day being read; for the Houfe; to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; to 
confider further of Ways and Means for taifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty ; 

Ordered, That Sutpluffes, ftated the 5th Day of April 
1770; be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That Surpluffes, ftated the roth Day of 
Offober 1770, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Copy of Accounts of the Sales of 
Lands in the Ceded Ifands, tranfmitted by the Com- 
miffioners appointed for fuch Sales; the 1ft of uly 
1765, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 
24th Day of March 1766, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Sales. of Lands in 
the Iflands of Dominica, Tobago, anid Saint Vincent, in 
1766, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 
1oth Day of April 1767, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sale of Lands in 
the Ceded Iflands, in 1767, tranfmitted by the Com- 
miffioners appointed for fuch Sales; the 18th Day of 
July 1767, which was prefented to the Hou‘ upon the 
5th Day of February 1768, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the General Account of Sales of H’s 
Majefty’s Lands in the Southern Charibbee Iflands, in 
the Years 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, which 
was preferited to the Houfe upon the 10th Day of April; 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Produce of French 
Prizes taken before the Declaration of War; which was 
prefented to the Houfe upon the 7th Day of March 
1764, be referred to the faid Committee. | =) 

Ordered, That the Account; fhewing how the Money 
given for the Service of the Year 1770 has been dif: 
pofed of; diftinguifhed under the feveral Heads, until 
the Ninth Day of April 1771, and the Part remaining 
unfatisfied, with the Overplus thereupon, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, | __ oer 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed thé Chair. | 

Sir Charies Whitworth reported frorn the Commit- 
tee, That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which 
they had direéted him to report, when the Hotfe wili 
pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 2m | 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, That 
he was dire€ted by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. . 

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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Taefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aé to prohibit 
the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Vel- 
vets, for a limited Time; and for preventing unlawful 
Combinations of Workmen employed in the Silk Mant- 
facture. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prohibit the Exportation 
of Live Cattle; and other Flefh Provifions, from Great 
Britain, for a limited Time, be read a Second ‘Tim 
upon Monday Morning next. | 

4h Ordered, 








314 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. A177, 


. itted ; That the Commit. 
Ordered, That Mr. ¥obn Carrick do attend this Houle County of % ork, was committe 
: ine of tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
tet —— Sarin, norte: she a the fame to be true ; om that the Parties concerned 
a had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
. . orn- of the Committee (except the Owners of Two Ox. 
ms on ee sare ‘neato tig gangs, Two Common Rights, and Forty-eight Acres 
&amp; . in the Ings, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that there 
are Seventy Oxgangs of Land, and Eighty-three Com- 
mon Rights ; that the whole of the Lands intended to be 
inclofed, contain 3,200 Acres and upwards ; and that no 
Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and 
he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards deli: 
TPSERRS- vered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
and. Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Naunton the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
Beauchamp, in the County of Worcefter, was read the by the Houfe. ; 
Third Time. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
Refolved,; That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title ingroffed. 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 7) 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable _ An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Offences committed 
Lands, within the Parith of Naanton Beauchamp, in the by Hackney Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain 






























Fovis, 11° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771. 


N ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 


County of Worcefter. Diftriéts and Places therein mentioned ; and for renew- 
Ordered, That Mr. Ward do carry the Bill to the ing the Regiftry of Carts and Carriages ; was read the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. Third Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for punifhing Offences committed by 
Hackney Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain Dif- 


Ordered, That Mr. Dundas do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for cleanfing and 


lighting the Streets of the Town of South Leith, the tricts and Places therein mentioned; and for renewing 
Territory of Saint Anthony’s, and Yard Heads thereunto the Regiftry of Carts and Carriages. 
adjoining, and for fupplying the feveral Parts thereof Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 


with frefh Water, was committed. to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 
Mr. Dundas accordingly reported from the faid Commit- 


tee, That the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected to be reported to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe; and feveral Amendments were made, by the 
Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied, 


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Patrick’s Cro/s, within the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, to the Town of Prefton, in 
the fame County Palatine, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 
An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
“Road from Shelton, in the County of Stafford, to the grofied. 
Road between Cheadle and Leek, at Blakely Lane Head, 
and from Bucknall to the Road between Leek and San- 
don, at Wefton Coyney ; and from the faid Road between 
Cheadle and Leek, to the Road above Frogall Bridge ; 
‘and from the fame Road, on the Eaft Side Frogall mon Paftures, and other Commonable Lands and 
Bridge, to the Road between Blyth Marfh and Thorp, Grounds, within the Parifh and Liberties of Pattifhall, 
at or near Ruehill Gate, in the faid County ; was read with the Hamlets of Eaffcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, 
the Third Time. in the County of Northampton ; which Bill was, upon 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title Wednefday the 27th Day of Marc laft, reported from the 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Committee, to whom the fame had been committed ; 
Shelton, to the Road between Cheadle and Leek, and The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, -ac- 
from Bucknall to Wefton Coyney , and from the Road be- quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
tween Cheadle and Leek, to the Turnpike Road above informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Frogelt Bridge, and from the fame Road, to the Road Confent, as far as His Majelty’s Intereft is concerned, 
between Blyth Marfo and Thorp, at or near Ruebill that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fir. 
Gate, in the County of Stafford. 


Ordered, That Sir John Wrottefley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 






























































Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 



















































































Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within 
the Hamlet and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of 


Watford 














Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, at Long Rilton and Arnold, in the 


























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Watford anid Long Buckby, in thé County of Nortb- 

ampton ; which Bill was, upon Monday the 25th Day 

ot March laft, read a Second Time, and committed ; 
The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 


_ quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
‘ informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 


Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing all the 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, at Long Rifton and 
Arnold, in the County of York; which Bill was this 
Day reported from the Committee, to whom the fame 
had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of thé Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
,hat the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, 
within the Parifh and Liberties of Pastifball, with the 
Hamlets of Eaffcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the 
County of Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, 
within the Parifh and Liberties of Pattifball, with the 
Hamlets of Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the 
County of Northampton. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refo- 
lutions which the Committee had dire¢ted him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame were read; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Sum of £. 650,000 be raifed, by Way of Lot- 
tery; fuch Lottery to confift of 50,000 Tickets, at 
f{. 13 each; and that the Contributors towards the fame 
thall, on or before the 18th Day of this Inftant April 

1771, make a Depofit with the Cafhiers of the Bank of 
England of f. 1. in refpeét of the Money to be paid for 
every fuch Ticket, as a Security for making the future 
Payments to the faid Cafhiers, on or before the Times 
herein after limited ; that is to fay, for and in refpect of 
every fuch Ticket, £. 2. on or before the 7th Day 
of ‘une next; £..3. on or before the roth Day of 
Fuly next; £. 3. on or before the 21ft Day of Auguft 
next; £. 4. on or before the 3d Day of O/foder next : 
And that Tickets, as foon as the fame can be pre- 
pared, fhall be delivered to the Contributors fo com- 
pleting their Payments: That the Sum of £. 500,000 
fhall be divided into Prizes, from each of which Prizes 
there fhall feverally be a Deduétion after the Rate of 
{. 10. for every £. 100, and the Sums remaining, after 
{uch Deduétions, fhall be paid unto the Proprietors of 
the feveral fortunate Tickets in the faid Lottery, out of 
any the Aids or Supplies granted in this Seffion of Par- 
liament, for the Service of the Year 1771,’at the Bank 
of England, in Money, upon Demand, on the Firft Day 
of March 1772, or as foon after as Certificates can be 
made out, without any further or other Deduétion what- 
foever: And that all the Monies to be received by the 
faid Cafhiers fhall be paid into the Receipt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Exchequer, to be applied, from Time to Time, 


315 
to fuch Services as fhall then have been voted by thi 
Houfe in this Seffion of Parliament ; and aber vetsp Oe 
tributor, who fhall pay in the Whole of his Contribu- 
tion towards the faid Sum of £. 650,000; on of before 
the 15th Day of A4guft next, thall be allowed an Inte- 
reft, by Way of Difcount, after the Rate of L. 3. per 
Centum per Annum, oti the Sums fo completing his Con- 
tribution refpectively, to be computed from the Day of 
completing the fame, to the 3d Day of Ofober next 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commitice 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of Six hun- 
dred Ninety-one thoufand Nine hundred Seventy-feven 
Pounds Seven Shillings and Nine Pence, remaining in 
the Receipt of the Exchequer, on the Fifth Day of April 
1771, for the Difpofition of Parliament, of the Monies 
which had then arifen of the Surpluffes, Exceffes, or 
Overplus Monies, and other Revenues, compofing the 
Fund commonly called the Sinking Furid. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of One mil- 
lion Six hundred and Fifty thouiand Pounds, out of fuch 
Monies as fhall or may arifé, of the Surpluffes, Excefles, 
or Overplus Monies, and other Revenues, compofing 
the Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund. . 

Refolved; That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That theSum of Eighty-nine thoufand Six hundred F ifty- 
eight Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine Pence Farthing: 
now remaining in the Exchequer, being the Overplus 
of bm — for “ cate of the Yeat 1770, be iffued 
and applied towards making the Supp! 
oa Wok. Nr Sein oF Parlin? — 

efolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commi 

That the Sum of Four asia thoufand pies which, 
by an Act made in the Ninth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, Am Aé for carryitie into Exe- 
cution certain Propofals made by the Eaft India Com- 
pany, for the Payment of the Annual Sum of Four 
hundred thoufand Pounds, for a limited Time, in re- 
{pect of the territorial Acquifitions and Revenues lately 
obtained in the Eaft Indies, is direfted to be paid 
within the prefent Year into the Receipt of His Majefty’s 
Exchequer, by the faid Company, be applied towards 
making good the Supply granted to His Majefty. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty thoufand Pounds, 
out of fuch Monies as have been, or fhall be, paid into 
the Receipt of the Exchequer, on ot before the sth Day 
of April 1772, of the Produce of all or any of the Du- 
ties and Revenues, which, by any Act or Aétts of Par- 
lament, have been directed to be referved for the Dif- 
pofition of Parliament, towards defrayinig the hecéflary 
Expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring, the 
Britifo Colonies and Plantations in America, be applied 
towards making good fuch Part of the Supply as hath 
been granted to His Majefty, for maintaining His Majef- 
ty’s Forces and Garifons, in the Plantations ; and for Pro- 
vifions for the Forcesin North America, Nova Scotia, New- 
foundland, and the Ceded Iflands, for the Year 1 771. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch of the Monies as fhall be paid into the Re- 
ceipt of the Exchequer, after the 4th Day of “April 
1771, and on or before the 5th Day of April 5772, of 
the Produce of the Duties, charged by an Act of Par- 
liament, made in the Fifth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, upon the Importation and Exportation of 
Gum Senega, and Gum Arabic, be applied towards 
making good the Supply granted to His Majefty. 

Rh g aid ie cing feverally read a Second 
ime, were, upon the Queftion feverall 

—— to by dhe Houle iene 

rdered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in 

the faid Refolutions : And that Sir Charles Whitworth, 

the Lord North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon: 

Mr. Charles Townfbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. So- 

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316 
licitor General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Robinfon, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Alderman Townfend prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to explain, amend, and reduce 
into One Act of Parliament, the feveral Statutes now 
in Being; relative to Watermen, Wherrymen, Lighter- 
men, and Bargemen, rowing on the River Thames, be- 
tween Gravesend, in the County of Kent, and Windjor, 
in the County of Berks; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. ! 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Co- 
pies of all Minutes made by the Commiffioners of His 
Majefty’s Treafury, fince the 27th Day of November 
1764, for regulating the extraordinary Services to be 
incurred in America, and the Manner of drawing for or 
paying the fame; and of all Letters wrote thereupon 
by any of the Secretaries of His Majefty’s Treafury, to 
any of His Majefty’s Commanders in Chief there ; and 
of all Letters received thereupon, by any of the faid 
Secretaries, from any of the faid Commanders. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé to regulate the 
Trials of controverted Eleétions, or Returns, of Mem- 
bers to ferve in Parliament, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the faid Act: And that Mr. Solici- 
tor General, Mr. Whately, Mr. Dowdefwell, Mr. Dun- 
ning, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Pulteney, and Mr. Cornwall, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for raifing a certain Sum of Money,.by Loans or Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for licenfing an additional Number of Hackney Coaches, 
and applying the Monies arifing thereby ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enlarge the Term contained in Two feveral Acts of 
Parliament, and to repair, widen, and amend, the Road 
from the Guide Poft, at the Wefterly End of Newton 
Lane, within the Townfhip of Manchefter, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufterlands, in the Parifh of 
Saddleworth, in the County of York; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the 
Eighteenth Year of King George the Second, to repair 
the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, within the 
County of the City of York, to a Place near the faid 
City, called Hobmoor Lane End, without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for tegulating and improving the Fifheries in the River 
Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams running into the 
fame, and alfo within the Mouth or Entrance of the faid 
River ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of feveral Acts, made 
for repairing and amending that Part of the Road lead- 
ing from a certain Place, called the White Poff, on Al- 
conbury Hill, in the County of Huntingdon, to Wands- 
ford Bridge, in the faid-County, called the North Divi- 

fron of the North Road; and for repairing the Road 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 





A1771. 


leading from Stilton, in the faid County of Hunting- 
don, to the City of Peterborough, in the County of 
Northampton ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An AG 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields 
in the Parifh of Swalchffe, in the County of Oxford , 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An AG 
for difcharging the Manor of Coldbefeldon, and divers 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, Part. of the 
Eftate of Richard Earl of Scarborough, from the Ufes, 
Eftates, and Trufts, declared concerning the fame, by 
the Settlement executed previous to his Marriage with 
Barbara Countefs of Scarborough, his Wife, and by a 
certain Aé&amp; of Parliament, which paffed in the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign; and for fettling 
another Manor, afd other Lands and Hereditaments of 
greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe; a Lift 
of the Perfons who fubfcribed for Tickets in the Lottery 
of the Year 1769; fpecifying the Number of Tickets 
fubfcribed for by each Perfon. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, a Lift 
of the Perfons who fubfcribed for Tickets in the Lottery 
of the Year 1770; fpecifying- the Number of Tickets 
fubfcribed for by each Perfon. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 
_Refalved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider of the prefent State of the Corn Trade. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to incapacitate Fobu Burnett, Charles 
Hanuington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas Hafelgrove, Fobx 
Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas 
Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fobn Hannington, 
John Robinfon, William Cheefman, Richard Blair, George 
Browne, Fobn Parfons, fohn Curl, Frederick Dean, Wil. 
liam Dean, Harry Sawyers, Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, 
Thomas Crowter, Fobn Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas 
Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, 
John Whiting, William Stevens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert 
Parker, Fobn Hogsflefo, Fohu Purfe, John Dean, Thomas 
Jennings, Fobn Snook Junior, Richard Tilftone, William 
Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles, Mitchell, Fobn Far- 
mand, Robert Grover, FohnW ood, Friend Daniel, William 
Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, Thomas Roberts, Fobn Ap- 
man, William Cooter, Thomas. Froft, Michael Smith 
Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, obi 
Worton, Walter Broad; Thomas Hollingham, Richard 
Stonebam, Fames Bennett, Samuel Wilfon, Clement Free- 
man, William Laffeter, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, 
Fobn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife 
Miller, William Newnham, Feffery Carver, Thomas Ro- 
binfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, Fohn Martin, 
Fobn Dedman Sermmor, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and 
Henry Hanningtons from voting at Elections of Members 
to ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing Bribery 
and Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in 
Parliament for the-Borough of New Shoreham, in the 
County of Suffex ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion beino pro- 

pofed, That the faid Bill be read Sin Time oh 
Wedunefday Morning next ; 
_ An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ Wednefday Morn- 
“* ing next,” and inierting ‘* this Day Three Months” in- 
ftead thereof. : 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ Wed- 
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The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. pa 

Tellers for the Yeas, 1M jee 47. 
Tellers for the Noes, } “ Fines ss :. i 6. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the feveral Perfons, who were ordered 
to attend the Houfe this Day, upon the Second Read- 
ing of the faid Bill, do attend this Houfe upon Wedne/- 
day Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read for the Third Read- 
ing of the Bill, &lt;* now ingrofied,” for embanking a cer- 
tain Part of the River Thames, near Durbam Yard, within 
the Liberty of the City of Wefminfter, and County of 
Midulefex ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Bill be now read the Third Time 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef- 
tion, by leaving out the Word “ now”, in order to add 
at the End thereof, the Words “ upon this Day Three 
« Months.” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ now” 
ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Edmonftone, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Si Charles Wiimerss : i 54 
Mr. Alderman Town/end, 

Tellers for the Noes,¢ Mr. Alderman Saw-} 13 

bridge: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be now read the Third 
Time. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read the Third Time. 

An ingroffed Claufe was offered to be added to the 
Bill, by Way of Ryder, faving to all Perfons, Bodies 


Politic and Corporate, except the King’s Majefty, all 
fuch Right, Title, and Intereft, as they had or enjoyed, 
of, in, to, or out of, the Soil of the faid River Thames, as 
fhall be taken away for the Purpofe of embanking. 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
brought up; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Fuller, 
Tellers for the Yeas,¢ Mr. Thomas Ti vote 16. 
Junior : 

Tellers for the Noes, IM ps : t 44. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Another ingroffed Claufewas offered to be added to the 
Bill, by Way of Ryder, faving the Rights of the Dean 
and Chapter of Weftminfter, to be tried in a feigned Iffue 
within a limited Time. 

And the faid Claufe was Thrice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill, by Way of Ryder. 

Then the Amendments following were feverally pro- 
pofed to be made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 5. 1. 36. To leave out “ from Staines Bridge, in 

“© the County of Middlefex, to Yen- 
“¢ Jeet, otherwife Yendland, in the 
« County of Kent,” and infert * fo 
“* propofed to be enclofed and em- 
‘© banked as aforefaid” inftead there- 
of. 

Pr.7. 1 1. After “ thereupon,” to infert “ if the 

“© fame fhall be fatisfaétory to the 
** Court where the Caufe is tried.” 


Vor. XXXIII. 


Houfe of Commons. 317 


1. 24. After ‘* embanked,” to infert ** and to 
‘« indorfe the fame upon the Poftea.” 
1. 28.2 To leave out “ have been,” and in- 
29. fert “ be” inftead thereof. 
1.29. To leave out from “ fhall’” to “* caufe” 
in Line 32, and ‘infert “ upon the 
“ Application of either of the Par- 
“ ties” inftead thereof. 
Pr. 8. 1. 4. To leave out “ have been,” and in- 
3 fert “ be” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Bill do pafs ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. , 

_. § Mr. Clayton, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. — leans i 44. 
Mr. Alderman Treco- 

Tellers for the Noes,&lt; thick, 14 
Sir Robert Bernard : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Title be, An A&amp; for enabling 
certain Perfons to inclofe and embank Part of the River 
Thames, adjoining to Durham Yard, Salifbury Street, Cecil 
Street, and Beaufort Buzldings, in the County of Middlefex. 

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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Commiittee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to amend an Aét, made in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé for extend- 
ing like Liberty, in the Exportation of Rice from Eaf# 
and Weft Florida, to the Southward of Cape Finifterre, 


in Europe, as is granted by former Acts of Parliament 
to Carolina and Georgia. 


And then the Houfe adjourned ti!l To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III‘t Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Churchwardens and Overfeers of 
the Poor of the Parifhes of Whippingham, and Yar- 
mouth, in the Ifle of Wight, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking 
Notice of the Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of 
Induftry, in the Ile of Wight, for the Reception, Mainte- 
nance, and Employment, of the Poor belonging to the fe- 
veral Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland; and 
fetting forth, that the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes are, 
in general, Farmers and Graziers, who employ a great 
Number of Poor Perfons in the Cultivation of the faid 
Farms, and are well fatisfied with the prefent Mode of 
laying on and colleéting the Poor Rates, and maintain- 
ing and employing their Poor; and that the Petitioners 
apprehend the faid Bill will be very prejudicial and inju- 
rious to the faid Parifhes: And therefore praying, That the 
faid Parifhes may not be included in the faid Bill; and that 
the Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill, or may be otherwife relieved in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall appear juft and reafonable. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 
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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from the 
Cornmiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, attended at 
the Door ; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

An Account of all Seizures made in Scotland, of Fo- 
reign Wrought Silks and Velvets, from the 5th Fanuary 
1760, to sth Fanuary 1771, or as far as the fame can 
be made up: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Britis Wrought 
Silks exported from Scotland to the Weft Indies and Ame- 
rica, from the 1ft Day of January 1760, to the 1ft Day 
of Fanuary 1771: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wrought 
Silks and Velvets imported into Scotland, and the Duties 
that have been paid thereupon, from the 1ft Day of Fa- 
nuary 1760, to the 1ft Day of January 1771, being as far 
as the fame can be made up: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Raw Silk, Thrown 
Silk, and other Silk, unmanufaé¢tured, which have been 
imported into Scotland, from the 1ft Day of Fanuary 
1760, to the 1ft Day of Fanuary 1771; diftinguifhing 
the feveral Years, and the Places from whence the faid 
Silk has been imported : And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Wrought Silk, and 
Raw and other Silk, exported from Scotland to Foreign 
Parts, from the 1{t Day of Fanuary 1760, to the 1ft Day 
of January 1771; diftinguifhing the feveral Years, and 
the Places to which the faid Silk has been exported : 
And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Crapes and 
Tiffanies, imported into Scotland, from the 1ft of Fanu- 
ary 1768; ftating the Quantities that have been im- 
ported in each Year: And alfo, : 

An Account of the Quantities of Culm exported from 
Scotland, during the laft Five Years, preceding Chriftmas 
17703 with the Duties paid thereon ; diftinguifhing each 
Year, from what particular Ports, and to what particular 
Places, the fame were exported: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens im- 
ported into Scotland, from Chriftmas 1769, to Chriftmas 
1770, with the Duties paid thereon ; diitinguifhing each 
Species, and the Rates at which they are valued at the 
Cuftom Houfe: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens ex- 
ported from Scotland, from Chriffmas 1769, to Chriftmas 
1770, with the Drawback paid thereon; diftinguifhing 
each Species. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the Six firft of the faid Accounts be re- 
ferred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
it is referred to confider of an Act, made in the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Acttoprohibit 
the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, 
for a limited Time ; and for preventing unlawful Com- 
binations of Workmenemployed inthe Silk Manufacture. 
_ Ordered, That the Three laft of the faid Accounts do 
lie upon the Table, to be perufed by the Members of the 

Houte. 
| The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of 
. King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from 
Livingftone, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Gla/- 
gow, and by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of 
Strathaven; and for repairing and widening the Road, 
leading from the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or 
neat Lochgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the County 
of Lanerk, was read the Third Time, 


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A 1771. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs:. And that the Title 
be, An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an. Ag, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of Kino 
George the Second, for repairing the Roads from Living. 
Stone, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Glafgow, and 
by the Town of Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven ; 
and for repairing and widening the Road leading from 
the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or near Lochgate, 
to the Town of Strathaven, in the County of Lanerk, 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill far dividing and inclofing certain ° 
Open and Common Fields, called Stretton Common Fields, 
and certain Cammon or Watte Grounds, called Stretton 
Heath, and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parith of Stretton 
on the Fofs, in the County of Warwick, was read the 
Third Time. o 

‘Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aéct for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Common Fields, called Stretton Common Fields, and cer- 
tain Common or Wafte Grounds, called Stretton Heath, 
and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parith of Stretton on the 
Fofs, in the County of Warwick. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfkip and 
Parith of Bifhop Norton, in the County of Lizcolz, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip and Parith of 
Bifhop Norton, in the County of Lincoln. ' 

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


An ingroffed Bill for confolidating, extending, and ren- 
dering more effectual, the Powers granted by feveral 
Acts of Parliament, for making, enlarging, amending, 
and cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within 
the City of London and Liberties thereof ; and for pav- 
ing, cleanfing, and enlightening, the Streets, Lanes, 
Squares, Yards, Courts, Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and 
preventing and removing Obftructions and Annoyances, 
within the fame, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: Andchat the Title be, 
An Aé for confolidating, extending, and rendering more 
effectual, the Powers granted by feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment, for making, enlarging, amending, and cleanfing, 
the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the City of Loz- 
don and Liberties thereof; and for paving, cleanfing, 
and lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, Yards, Courts, 
Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and preventing and remov- 
ing Obftructions and Annoyances within the fame. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ladbroke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bil) from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for difcharging the Manor of Coldbefeldon, and divers 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, Part of the Eftate 
of Richard Ear] of Scarborough, from the Ufes, Eftates, 
and Trufts, declared concerning the fame, by the Settle- 
ment executed previous to his Marriage with Barbara 
Countefs of Scarborough, his Wife, and by a certain Act 
of Parliament, which paffed in the Seventh Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign; and for fettling another Ma- 
nor, and other Lands and Hereditaments of greater Va- 
lue, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes, was read the Firk 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Frederick Campbell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the Encouragement of the 
White 














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White Herring Fifhery : And the fame was received; and 


read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do make the Re- 
ort from the Committee, to whom the Petition of the 
Treen and Inhabitants of Nicholfon’s Park, one of 
the Diftriéts on the South Side of the City of Edinburgh, 
was referred. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted the fame to 
be reported, as it|appeared to them, to the Houle ; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
jt in at the Clerk's Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Zohn Se- 
ton, Efquire, being examined, faid, That if Provifion was 
made in the Bill now depending, for cleanfing, lighting, 
and watching, the feveral Streets, and other Paffages, on 
the South Side of the City of Edinburgh, and for re- 
moving Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and pre- 
venting the fame for the future ; to pave the Streets, and 
other Paffages, in the faid Diftrict, called Nicholfon’s Park, 
to fupply the fame with Water, and to make Drains where 
neceflary, it would be very convenient to the Inhabitants 
thereof. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the feveral Streets, and other Paffages, on the South Side 
of the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nufances 
and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the fame for 
the future, is committed ; That they have Power to make 
Provifion in the faid Bill, for paving the Streets, and 
other Paffages, of the Diftrict called Nicholfon’s Park, 
and to fupply the fame with Water, and to make Sewers 
and Drains where neceflary. 


Mr. Sloane reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, fe- 
veral Roads, leading from Tavern/pite, to the Towns of 
Pembroke and Tenby, and to Hubberfton Haking, in the 
County of Pembroke, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Cuf reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Committee of the Company of Merchants, 
trading to Africa, was referred; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of Faét contained in the faid Pe- 
tition; and had directed him to report a State thereof 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

A State of the Matter of Faét, contained in the 
faid Petition, is as follows. 

By the Account delivered to this Houfe, the Sixth 
Day of February \aft, and referred to your Committee, 
it appears that there was a Balance of £.1,471. 145. 10d. 
unaccounted for: Then 

Richard Camplin, Efg. (Secretary to the faid Com- 
mittee) being examined, faid, That the Money, granted 
in the Year_1769, was £.15,000, and the Money received 
was £.14,609. 85. 6d; and he produced the original Invoice 
Book, by which it appeared, that the Sum of £.14,045. 
Is. 114. was invefted in Goods, and fent to Africa: And 
faid further, that £.1,947. 175. 6d. was the net Money re- 


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ceived of the £.2,000 granted for Cape Coat Caftle, a 
was included in the ‘above Sum of rete i 6d. — 
‘reft being paid for Fees ; but that hitherto no Account 
had been received from the Coaft of Africa of the Ex- 
— thereof. ; 
ut he produced to your Committee the followi 
Extracts of Letters; viz. i 7 i 

Extract of a Letter from the Committee of the Com- 
pany of Merchants trading to Africa, to the Governor 
and Council at Cape Coaft Caftle, dated the 30th No- 
vember, 176¢. “ We have added fome Artificets, and a 
“ Quantity of Brick and Timber, in order to repair 
“* Cape Coaft Caftle, the Sum of £.2,000 having been 
** granted this Year, to enable us to fetabout that ne- 
*¢ ceflary Work.” 

Extract of a Letter from the faid Committee to the 
faid Governor and Council, dated the 9th of March, 
1770. * The Sum of £.2,000 having been granted laft 
“ Year, exprefly for the Repair of Cape Coaft Caffle, you 
‘© muft be very accurate in feparating the Accounts of 


. “ fuch Repairs from every other Charge whatever.” 


_ Extract of a Letter from the faid Governor and Coun- 
cil to the faid Committee, dated the 8th September, 
1759. ‘ The Grant of £.2,000 for repairing this Caftle, 
** is very feafonable indeed, and you may depend on 
“* that Sum being laid out with Frugality and to the beft 
“* Advantage.” 

_ Extract of a Letter from the faid Governor and Coun- 
cil to the faid Committee, dated 24th May, 1770. 
“The Accountant has Orders to be very accurate in 
** feparating the Accounts of fuch Repairs out of the 
“* £. 2,000 granted laft Year for the Repairs of Cape Coaft 
“* Caftle, from every other Charge whatever.” 

That the Sum, granted by Parliament for the Year 
1770, was £.13,000, which had been invefted in Goods and 
Stores, and fent to the Coaft of Africa to be employed 
in the Support and Maintenance of the feveral Forts 
there; but that no Money had been granted that Year 
for Cape Coaft Cajtle. 

And it appeared to your Committee, by an Account 
produced by Mr. Camplin, that the Expence of the Forts, 
for the Year 1768, exclufive of Repairs, was £.12,314 
175. 7d. and the net Sum received from Government was 
£.12,657. 6s. 6d. 

That it appeared to your Committee, by a Report en- 
tered in the Journal of the Houfe, upon the 6th Day of 
June, 1758, that the Forts and Settlements on the Coaft 
of Africa, were delivered to the Committee of the Com- 
pany in a very bad State, by the Royal African Company. 

And by an Eftimate, made by Gilbert Petrie, Efquire, 
Governor of Cape Coaft Caftle, it appeared, that over and 
above the £.2,000 granted for repairing Cape Coaft Ca/tle, 
in the Year 1769, the Materials for repairing the Caftle 
Will coft £.2,797. 5s. and that £.1,500 will be neceffary to 
be laid out in Slaves, and Salaries to Engineers, Carpen- 
ters, and Mafons, amounting in the Whole to the further 
Sum of £. 4,297. 55. 

Your Committee then proceeded to enquire into 
the prefent State of the feveral Forts, which, 
from the Papers referred to your Committee, ap- 
pears to be as follows. 

Appolonia. The Fort is in a Pofture of Defence; the 
Artillery being all mounted; but the Garifon confifts 
of People who have ferved their Time to the Company, 
and there will only Three Soldiers remain when they re- 
ceive their Difcharge. 

Dixcove. Of the Condition of this Fort no Account is 

iven. 

Succondee. This Fort is truly in a ruinous Condition ; 
the exterior Walls are entirely gone, and the Lodgings 
ready to tumble down. ; 

Cape Coaft Caftle. The new Building, facing the South 
or Tabra Rock, is almoft finifhed ; the Spur, and Build- 
ings thereon, are almoft entirely new, as is alfo the prin- 
cipal Building, containing the Governor’s and Fa¢tors 
Apartments. Greenbill Point fell to the Ground = 

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Mr. Petrie’s Government, which mutt be rebuilt as foon 
as poflible : Several of the Rooms, next the Town, mutt 
alfo be taken down and rebuilt, it being dangerous to 
live in them, on account of their crazy Condition. 

Commenda. This Fort is fpacious and well conftructed; 
with a few Repairs it will be in excellent Order. 

Annamaboe. The Weft Building wants a new Roof; 
the Parade to be paved; the Spur Wall to be rebuilt with 
Stone and Lime ; and the Fort, both infide and outfide, 
to be pointed and plaiftered; the Two new Rooms on 
the Top of the Eaft Curtain, which were began upon 
28th Fanuary (a Building of 49 by 18 Feet) are en- 
tirely finifhed, except the laying of the Roof, and will be 
as agreeable Rooms as any in Guinea: For the above re- 
pairing and completing the Fort, the Quantity of Lime 
wanted will be about Fifteen hundred or Two thoufand 
Hogtheads. 

Tantumquerry. The Fort at prefent much in Want 
of Repair ; Seven of the Guns unferviceable, the reft not 


very good, 


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4.1771, 


Winnebab. The South Eaft and North Weft Baftion 
are falling in; the Roofs of the Hall and Tower are 
very bad, fo bad that they are in Danger of coming down 
when the Guns are fired ; the Condition of the Fort, in 
general, is fo bad, that it needs a thorough Repair. 

Accra. The Forts wanting great Repairs. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 


it is referred to confider further of the Suppl 
to His Majefty. upply granted 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the i 
Majefty’s Commune ' Bena 

Eftimate of the Expence of the new Roads of Com- 
munication, and building the Bridges, in the High Lands 
of North Britain, purfuant to the Orders of his Grace 
the Duke of Argyle, for the Year 1771. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as followeth ; viz. 


ESTIMATE 





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ESTIMATE of the ar ae of the new Roads of Communication, 
lands of North Britain, purtuant to the Orders of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, 


Forces in North Britain, for the Year 1771. 


. 


and building the Bridges, 


21 


| in the High- 
commanding His Majeity’s 





To a Party to work on the Road leading from Stirling, by Drummond in 
Lenox, to Dumbarton ; confifting of 2 Subalterns, at 3 fb. each per Diem; 
2 Serjeants, at 1 /b. each; 2 Corporals, at 8d. each; 2 Drummers 
and 50 private Men, at 6d. each per Diem, for 92 Days ane 
Extraordinary Charges for Artificers, Carts, Tools, Under Ground Drains, 
Coals, Iron, Lime, and incident Expences _ — 
To a Party to work upon the Road from Fort Auguftus to Bernera and 
the Ile of Skey ; confifting of 2 Subalterns, 4 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 
2 Drummers, and roo private Men, at faid Rates, for g2 Days — 
Extraordinary Charges for Artificers, Carts, Tools, Lime, Under Ground 
Drains, Coals, Iron, and fundry incident Charges on Salis 
To a Party.to work from Fort William, over the Black Mount, to Stir- 


ling, from Tyndrom to Inverary, and from thence towards Branden; con- 


fifting of 2 Subalterns, 4 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drummers, and 
100 private Men, at D° Rates, including Extra Charges for Carts, 
&amp;e. Se. — — — — _ 
To a Party to work from Dunbarton up Lochlomondfide to Tarbet, and 


through Glenfallach and Glenfruen, to the Junétion of the Roads with 


the Black Mount Road; confifting of 1 Subaltern, 1 Serjeant, 1 Cor- 
poral, 1 Drummer, and 25 private Men, at D®° Rates — — 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. &amp;c. — — 
To a Party to work from Fort George, through Strathfpey, to Corgarff, 
Braemar Caftle, and Blairgowrie, to Cowpar in Angus; confifting of 
2 Subalterns, 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, 2 Drummers, and 50 private 
Men, at D° Rates — _ —_ — — 
Extraoridnary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. ce. = — 
To a Party to carry on the Road leading over the Cammount to Stratb- 
bogie ; confifting of 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, and 28 private Men, at 
D° Rates — — 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers, ce. &amp;e. —_ ~— 
To a Party to work from Strathbogie to Keith and Fochabers, on Speyfide ; 
confifting of 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, and 28 private Men, at the 
forefaid Rates — _- — — 


Extraordinary Charges of Artificers, &amp;c. Ge. _— _ 


To a Party to work from Srrathbogie to Aberdeen, over the Benbill , con- 
fifting of 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, and 28 private Men, at the fore- 
faid Rates _— —- — _— _— 

Extraordinary Charges of Artificers, &amp;c. 9c. — — — 

To a Party to work from Canton to Pollow in Rofsfbire; confifting of 2 


Serjeants, 2 Corporals, and 25 Private, at D° Rates _ _ 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers, &amp;e. &amp;e. _ _ 
To the Bridge over the River Leven _ —_ 

To Endrick Bridge — — —_ — 


To Six Bridges upon the Road leading from Dalmalie to Bonnea = — 
To Ten Small Bridges upon the Road from Stirling to Dunbarton = — 
To Seven Small D*° upon the Road from Fort Auguftus to Bernera — 
To build Office Houfes to the Inn built laft Year upon the Road from 
Fort Auguftus to Bernera, where there is no Houfe for 50 Miles — 
To repair the Bridges of Dee, Don, and Spey, and fundry other Bridges 
upon the Line of Road from Blairgowrie to Fort George, many of them 
being in great Danger of falling _ — —_ 
To rebuild T'wo {mall Bridges upon that Line of Road, carried away this 
Autumn — —_ _— _ _ _ 
To Four {mall Bridges upon the Line of Road from Stirling to Fort William 
To repair Bridges upon the Line of Road from Inverne/s to Fort William 
To repair Bridges upon the Line of Road from Fort William to Stirling - 
To build Six {mall Bridges upon the Line of Road from Dalnacardoch to 











Dunkeld —- — —_— — ony 
To feveral {mall Arches upon the new Line of Road from Fittercairn to 
Strathbogie 


To 26 fmall Arches upon the Line of Road from Strathbogie to Fochabers, 
upon Spey Side 

To the new Road carrying on between the River Sark and Port Patrick 

To Enfign M‘Corkell and Mr. Alexander Grant, for attending the Works 


os —— — 





and overfeeing the Parties, 92 Days, at 5 /b. each per Diem _ 
Total 
War Office, 
1ith April 1771. 
Barrington. 
Vout. XXXII. 4N 








162 10 8 
292 17 4 
230 10 — 
53° 7 4 
81 5 4 
SR pies 
162 10 8 
FP er 
79 14 8 
daa wien 
79 14 8 
a are as 
79 14 8 
47:10 — 
72 16 8 
48 10 


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Ordered, 





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


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednefday \att, 
for the Second Reading of the Bill to prohibit the Ex- 
portation of Live Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, 
from Great Britain, for a limited Time, upon Monday 
Morning next, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time, 
upon Thurfday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fobn Carrick do attend this Houfe, 
upon Thur/day next, at Twelve of the Clock, at the 
Second Reading of the faid Bull. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Surplufies, ftated the 5th Day of April 
1770, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That Surpluffes, ftated the roth Day of O&lt;7o- 
ber 1770, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence of fup- 
porting and maintaining the Civil Eftablifhment of the 
Government of Senegambia, for the Year 1771, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies paid by the Di- 
rections of the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s 
Treafury, as a Compenfation, and in full Satisfaction, of 
Loffes and Expences, incurred purfuant to the Order in 
Council, for preventing the Spreading of the Infection 
amongft the horned Cattle in North Britain, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of all Sums of Money 
which have been iffued, by His Majefty’s Orders, pur- 
fuant to Addreffes of this Houfe, and which have not 
been made good by Parliament, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

A Motion being made, that the feveral Accounts and 
Eftimate, which have been prefented to the Houfe in this 
Seffion of Parliament, relating to the Hofpital for the 
Maintenance and Education of expofed and deferted 
young Children, be referred to the faid Committee 

' The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty recommends to 
the Confideration of the Houfe the further Care of the 
faid Charity. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts and Eftimate be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Refolutions of the 
Houfe, of the 8th Day of February, 1760, might be 
read. 

And the fame were read accordingly ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 


“« Refolved, That the General Admiffion of all Chil- 


«« dren indifcriminately, under a certain Age, into the: 


«¢ Hofpital for the Maintenance and Education of ex- 
“ pofed and deferted young Children, to be maintained 
“there at the public Expence, has been attended with 
« many evil Confequences, and ought to be prevented. 

“ Refolved, That no Children fhould be received into 
“the Hofpital for the Maintenance and Education of 
“&lt; expofed and deferted young Children, after the 25th 
“-Day of March next, to be there maintained at the 
* Public Expence.” 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make an Allowance to 
the Governors and Guardians of the faid Hofpital, in 
full of any Expences which may hereafter be incurred 
by the faid Governors and Guardians, in maintaining 
and educating fuch Children as were received into the 
faid Hofpital on or before the 25th Day of March 
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Ordered, That the Petition of the Governor and Com. 
pany of Merchants of England trading into the- Levang 
Seas, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Debt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, on the 31ft December 1770, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com. 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions, which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, that 
he was direéted by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. i 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole Houfe, te 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain an Aét, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An 
Act giving further Encouragement for the Importation 
of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, fo far as relates to the Importation of unmanu-~ 
factured Wood of the Growth and Product of America: 
And that Mr. Cooper and Sir Charles Whitworth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Meflage, by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Uther 

of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion for declaring His Royal Affent to feveral 
Acts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance of this honourable Houfe, in the Houfe 
of Peers, to hear the Commiffion read. 

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

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the Defire 
of the Lords, authorized by Virtue of His Maijefty’s 
Commiffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of 
Peers; where a Commiffion under the Great Seal was 
read, giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Af- 
fent to feveral Public and Private Bills, therein men- 
tioned ; and alfo empowering the Lord Archbifhop of 
Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 
the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, 
the Duke of Grafton, and feveral other Lords, to declare 
and notify the Royal Affent to the faid Bills ; and that 
the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the 


’ Lord Prefident of the Council, and the Earl of March- 


mont, named alfo in the faid Commiffion, did according- 
ly declare and notify the Royal Affent to the faid Bills; 
which Bills are as followeth; viz. 

An Aét for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one : ‘ 

An A&amp; for licenfing an additional Number of Hack- 
ney Coaches, and applying the Monies arifing thereby : 

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An Aé for further continuing the Tolls upon Londou 
Bridge, for the Purpofes therein mentioned; and for 
empowering’ the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of 
the City of London, in Common Council affembled, in 
certain Cafes, to grant Licences to Perfons poffefied of 
Terms for Years, of and in Houfes, defcribed in an Act 
of the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, to build 
upon, and inclofe, Part of the Ground and Soil of the 
Streets in the Front of their faid Houfes : 

An Aé for regulating and improving the Fifheries in 
the River Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams running 
into the fame, and alfo within the Mouth or Entrance 
of the faid River: 

An Aét for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, 
the Road from the Market Houfe, in the Town of 
Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, to Burford, 
in the County of Oxford: 

An Aé for enlarging the Term and Powers of feveral 
Aéts, made for repairing and amending that Part of the 
Road leading from a certain Place, called the White Poft, 
on Alconbury Hill, in the County of Huntingdon, to 
Wandsford Bridge, in the faid County, called the North 
Divifion of the North Road; and for repairing the Road 
leading from Stilton, in the faid County of Huntingdon, 
to the City of Peterborough, in the County of North- 
ampton : 

An Aét to enlarge the Term and Powers of an A, 
made in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Se- 
cond, to repair the Road leading from Tadcafter Bridge, 
within the County of the City of York, to a Place near 
the faid City, called Hobmoor Lane End: 

An Aé&amp; to enlarge the Term contained in Two feveral 
Aéts of Parliament, and to repair, widen, and amend, 
the Road from the Guide Poff, at the Wefterly End of. 


Newton Lane, within the Townfhip of Manchefter, inthe . 


County Palatine of Lancafter, to Aufterlands, in the Pa- 
rith of Saddleworth, in the County of York : 

An Aét for empowering the Judges of the Court of 
Seffion in Scotland, to fell certain Parts and Portions of 
the Eftate and Barony of Carrington, in the County of 
Edinburgh, which formerly belonged to Hugh Lord Vif- 
count Primrofe, deceafed, and now to Neil Earl of Ro/e- 
berry, for Payment of the Debts of the faid Vifcount : 

An Aét for vefting certain Lands and Hereditaments, 
Part of the real Eftate of Fobn Sutton, Efquire, fituate in 
the County of Lincoln, in Truft, to be fold, for Pay- 
ment of Eizht thoufand Pounds, the Portion of T/abella 
Sutton, deceafed, and for the other Purpofes in the faid 
A&amp; mentioned : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing Sheriffbales Com- 
mon, in the County of Stafford : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Parcels 
of Fen Land, within the Parifh of Algarkirke cum Fof- 
dyke, inthe Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, in the Parifh of Swalcliffe, in the County of 
Oxford. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door, 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, ; 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Wrought 
Silks and Velvets imported into England, and the Duties 
that have been paid thereupon, from the 5th of Fanuary 
1760, to the 5th January 1771: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Crapes and 
Tiffanies, imported into England, from the 5th of Fa- 
nuary 1768; ftating the Quantities that have been im- 
ported ineach Year: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Britif2 and Irifh 
Linens exported from England, upon Bounty, from 
Chriftmas 1769, to Chriftmas 1770, with the Amount of 
the Bounties paid or payable thereon; diftinguifhing 
what Part are Britifh, and what Jrif/: And alfo, ~ 


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An Account of the Quantities of Britih and bifs 
Linens exported from England, without Bounty, during 
the laft Five Years preceding Chriffmas 1770; diftin- 
guifhing each Year, and what Part are Britifh, and what 
Irifp : And alfo, ; 

An Account of the Quantities of Culm exported from 
England, during the laft Five Years preceding Chri/tmas 
1770, with the Duties paid thereon ; diftinguifhing each 
Year, from what particular Ports, and to what particular 
Places, the fame were exported: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens ex: 
ported from England, from Chriftmas 1769, to Chriftmas 
1770, with the Drawback paid thereon; diftinguifhing 
each Species: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Foreign Linens im- 
ported into England, from Chriftmas 1769, to Chriftmas 
1770, with the Duties paid thereon; diftinguifhing each 
Species, and the Rates at which they are valued at the 
Cuftom Houfe. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, ‘That the Two firft of the faid Accounts be 
referred to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
It is referred to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to pro- 
hibit the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and 
Velvets, for a limited Time ; and for preventing unlaw- 
ful Combinations of Workmen employed: in the Silk 
Manufacture. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfé 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hout, 
upon the Bill for the more effectually raifing a Military 
Force, for the Protection of the Settlements and Poffef- 
fions of the Ea/t India Company ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Number of Private 
Men raifed for the Land Service of the Ea/t India Com- 
pany, from the 1ft Day of January 1763, to the 1ft Day 
of December +770, fpecifying the Numbers raifed each 
Year, and the Bounty given, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence of raifing 
and maintaining a Body of Two thoufand Men, upon the 
Plan propofed in the Bill for the more effectually raifing 
a Military Force for the Protection of the Settlements 
and Poffeffions of the Eaf India Company, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Return of Recruits raifed for the 
Service of the Regiments quartered in Great Britain, 
from the 24th December 1764, to the 24th December 1 769, 
diftinguifhing each Year, be referred to the iaid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “ State of the 
“Land Forces in India, in the Pay of the Eaf India 
** Company ; fpecifying the Number of each Corps, and 
“ the Pay of each Rank,” be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

\ A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 

Sir George Colebrooke, | 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir. Henry Hoghten : t 73. 
Tellers for the Noes, } agrees Sag i 40. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Mr. Kynajton took the Chair of the Committee. | ee 
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Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. sg 

Mr. Kynafton reported from the Committee, That 
they had examined a Witnefs, and made fome Progrefs 
in the Bill; and that he was directed by the Commit- 
tee to move, that they may have-Leave to fit again. 

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


Mr. Solicitor General prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Adt, made in 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act to regu- 
late the Trials of controverted’ Elections, or Returns of 
Members to ferve in Parliament: And the fame was 
received. ’ 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being near. Ten of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 
~ And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


“And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III# Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
A Road from the Turnpike Road at Vineball, in the 
arith of Mountfield, in the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s 
Corner, and from thence to Staple Cro/s, and to the Turn- 
pike Road near the Windmill, in the Parith of Beckley, 
and from Staple Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at 
Kent Ditch, and from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of 
Rye, in the faid County, was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Turnpike Road at Vinebal/, in the Parifh of Mount- 
field, in the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner, and 
from thence to Staple Crofs, and to the Turnpike Road 
near the Windmill, in the Parifh of Beckley, and from 
Staple Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch, 
and from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the 
faid County. 
Ordered, That Mr. Harcourt do carry thé Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 
from Hand Crofs to Corner Houfe, and from thence to 
the Turnpike Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, 
and from Corner Houfe aforefaid to The Maypole, in the 
Town of Henfield, in the County of Suffex, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Hand Crofs to Corner Houfe, and from thence to the 
Turnpike Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, and 
from Corner Houfe atforefaid to The Maypole, in the 
Town of Henfield, in the County of Suffex. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing all the 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, at Long Riffon and 
Arnold, in the County of York, was read the Third 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


be, An Act for dividing and inclofing all the Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, at Long Rifton and Ar- 


wold, in the County of York. 
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Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road from Patrick’s Crofs, within the Town of Liver- 


pool, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer, to the Town 


of Prefton, in the fame County Palatine, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
Patrick’s Crofs, within the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaffer, to the Town of Prefton, 
in the fame County Palatine. 

Ordered, That Colonel Burgoyne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for paving, repairing, cleanf- 
ing, and lighting, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and 
other Paffages, within the Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerken- 
well, in the County of Middlefex, and for removing Ob- 
ftructions and Annoyances therein, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


Mr. Vane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Moor, or Com- 
mon, called E/vet Moor, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, 
in the County Palatine of Durham ; and for extinguifh- 
ing all Right of Common in certain Intercommon Lands 
in the faid Parifh, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee (except the Proprietors or 
Owners of Ten Houfes, who haye Right of Common on 
the faid Moor or Common, who refufed to fign the Bill; 
and the whole Property, having Right of Common on 
the faid Moor or Common, confifts of 227 Houfes ; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee, to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Report was read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral other 
Amendments are neceflary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee to whom the fame was committed. 


Mr. Hanmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to 
exchange I.ands in Langham, in the County of Suffolk, 
between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward Burch, 
Rector of the Parifh Church of Langham aforefaid, 
within the Diocefe of Norwich, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satif- 
faction of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table, 

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And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hanmer do carry the Bill to the 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for the Encouragement of the White Herring 
Fifhery, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris, and Mr. 
Anguifa : 

Mr. Speaker, ' 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Meffuages, in the Strand, in the County 
of Middlefex, Part of the fettled Eftate of Zames Theo- 
bald, Efquire, in Truftees, to be conveyed to Fames Adam, 
Efquire; and for laying out the Purchafe Money in 
Lands, to be fettled to the Ufes to which the faid fettled 
Eftates do now ftand limited; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac for 
enabling Sir Henry Harpur, Baronet, to make Leafes 
of his Eftates, in the Counties of Derby and Stafford, for 
Three Lives, or gg Years, or fuch other Leafes as are 
therein mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

' The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vefting the fettled Eftates of Thomas Parkinfon, Edward 
Heathcote, and Catharine his Wife, and their refpective 
Children, lying in the Counties of Nottingham, Lincoln, 
and Chefter, in Truttees, to fell a fufficient Part thereof, 
for Payment of Debts and Legacies affecting the fame, 
and for making a Partition of the Remainder thereof, 


‘and fettling the entire Premiffes to the Ufes therein men- 


tioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for vetting the fettled Eftates of Thomas Parkinfon, Ed- 
ward Heathcote, and Catharine his Wife, and their re- 
fpective Children, lying in the Counties of Nottingham, 
Lincoln, and Cheffer, in Truftees, to fell a fufficient 
Part thereof, for Payment of Debts and Legacies affect- 
ing the fame, and for making a, Partition of the Re- 
mainder thereof, and fettling the entire Premiffes to the 
Ufes therein mentioned, was read the Firft Time. 

_ Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houtes 
of Induftry, in the Ile of Wight, tor the Reception, 
Maintenance, and Employment, of the Poor belonging 
to the feveral Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland; 
which Bill was, upon the Firft Day of March laft, read 
a Second Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hamilton 
do this Day attend the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom it is referred to confider further of the Bill for 
the more effe€tually raifing a Military Force, for the 


Protection of the Settlements and Pofféfions of the Eaft 
India Company. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 


for enabling Sir Hewry Harpur, Baronet, to make Leafes 
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of his Eftates in the Counties of Derby and Stafford, for 
Three Lives, or gg Years, or fuch other Leates as are 
therein mentioned, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
for vefting Part of the Eftate late of Nicholas Corfellis; 
Efquire, deceafed, at Wivenhoe and Elmfted, in the County 
of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for raifing Money to 
difcharge Incumbrances, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gray, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afters 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Be//, from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door 3 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of all Seizures made, of Foreign Wrought 
Silks and Velvets, from the 5th of Fanuary 1760, to 
the 5th of Fanuary 1771. . 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account be referred to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred 
to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Im- 
portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a 
limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seftion. 


Mr. Charles Fox reported from the Committee,. to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, in the Townfhip of Butterwick, in the Parifh 
of Foxboles, in the Eatt Riding of -the County of York, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Nine hun- 
dred and Seventy Pounds, be granted to His Majetty, 
upon Account, towards enabling the Governors and 
Guardians of the Hofpital for the Maintenance and 
Education of expofed and deferted young Children, to 
maintain and educate fuch Children as were received 
into the faid Hofpital, on or before the 25th Day of 
March 1760, from the 31ft Day of December 1770, 
exclufive, to the 31ft Day of December 1771, inclufive ; 
and that the faid Sum be iffued and paid for the Ufe of 
the faid Hofpital, without Fee or Reward, or any De- 
duction whatfoever. 

Refolved; That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a further Sum, not exceeding Twenty-feven thou- 
fand and Thitty Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, 

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to enable the Governors and Guardians of the faid Hof- 
pital to defray any Expences which may be hereafter 
incurred, in maintaining and educating fuch Children as 
were received into the faid Hofpital, on or before the 
25th Day of March 1760; and that the faid Sum be 
iffued and paid, for the Ufe of the faid Hofpital, with- 
out any Fee or Reward, or any Deduction whatfoever. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
‘hat no further Sum or Sums of Money be hereafter 
iffued, for the Maintenance and Education of fuch 
Children as were received into the faid Hofpital, on or 
before the faid 25th Day of March 1760. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred thoufand 
Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, towards paying off 
and difcharging the Debt of the Navy. 

Refclved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-five thoufand and 
Eighty-five Pounds, Two Shilliags, and Eleven Pence, 
be granted to His Majefty, to replace to the Sinking 
Fund the like Sum paid out of the fame, to make 
good the Deficiency, on the 5th Day of Fuly 1770, of 
the Fund eftablifhed for paying. Annuities, in refpeét of 
Five millions, borrowed by Virtue of an Act, made in 
the 31ft Year of the Reign of his late Majelty, towards 
the Supply granted for the Service of the Year 1758. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Fourteen thoufand Seven hundred 
Pounds be granted to His Majefty, to make good to His 
Majefty the like Sum, which has been iflued by His 
Mayefty’s Orders, in Purfuance of the Addreffes of this 
Houte. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Seven hundred Ninety-nine Pounds, 
Twelve Shillings, and Two Pence, be granted to His 
Majefty, to make good the like Sum, which has been 
paid to feveral Perfons in North Britain, as a Compen- 
tation, and in full Satisfaction, of their Loffes and Ex- 
pences incurred, purfuant to feveral Orders of Council, 


for preventing the Spreading of the infectious Diltemper , 


amongft the Horned Cattle. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand Three hun- 
dred and Thirty-fix Pounds, and Nine Pence Half- 
peny, be granted to His Majefty, on Account, for 
defraying the Expence of fupporting and maintaining 
the Civil Eftablifhment of the Government of Senegam- 
ia, on that Part of the Coaft of Africa fituate between 
the Port of Sallee, in South Barbary, and Cape Rouge, for 
the Year 1771. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Five thoufand Pounds be granted to 
His Majefty, to be advanced to the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Merchants of England trading into the Le- 
vant Seas, to be applied in affifting the faid Company 
in carrying on their Trade. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to His Majefty, to be employed in repairing, 
maintaining, and fupporting, the Briti/ Forts and 
Settlements on the Coaft of Africa. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Pounds, be 
granted to His Majefty, for the more effectually repair- 
ing the Fort of Cape Coaft Cajftle, on the Coaft of 
Africa. 

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


Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectually preventing the Counterfeiting the 
Copper Coin of this Realm: And that Mr. Cooper, 
Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Attorney General, and 
Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and bring in, the, 
jame. : 






















































Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1771. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
for vefting certain Meffuages in the Strand, in the 
County of Middlefex, Part of the fettled Eftate of Fames 
Theobald, Efquire, in Truftees, to be conveyed to Fames 
Adam, Eiquire; and for laying out the Purchafe Money 
in Lands, to be fettled to the Ufes to which the faid 
fettled Eftates do now ftand limited ; was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma. 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “ Expences incur. 
“red by the Ea/t India Company in the Expedition to 
“© Manilba, antecedent to the Surrender of the Ifand,” 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Copy of a Letter from the Earl of 
Egremont to the Secret Committee of the Eaf Indig 
Company, refpecting the propofed Attack of Manilba, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Extract of a Letter from the 
Court of Directors of the Eaft India Company to the 
Governor and Council of Fort St. George, dated 21f 
January 1762, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence of the 
new Roads of Communication, and building the Bridges, 
in the Highlands of North Britain, purfuant to the 
Orders of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, for the Year 
1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions, which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefiay 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houtfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed- the Chair. 

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

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that, 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow. Morn- 
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ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of proper Methods for raifing a Revenue 
in the [le of Man, to defray the Charges of amending, 
repairing, and fupporting, the feveral Harbours and 
Sea Ports in the faid Ifland. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill to 
explain an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, 
An Aét giving further Encouragement for the Importa- 
tion of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned, fo far as relates to the Importation of un- 
manufaétured Wood of the Growth and Produét of 
America ; That they do make Provifion in the faid Bill, 
to explain fo much of an Act, made in the 26th Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for enlarging and regulating the 
Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to the Importa- 
tion of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, landed at certain 
Places therein mentioned. : 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the 
Militia, in that Part of Greet Britain called England, 
for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of 
March, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. : 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

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


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Bill for the 
more effectually raifing a Military Force, for the Pro- 
tection of the Settlements and Pofleffions of the Eaf 
India Company. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Kynafton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Kynafton reported from the Committee, That 
they had examined another Witnefs, and made a fur- 
ther Progrefs in the Bill, and that he was directed by 


the Committee to move, that they may have Leave to 
fit again. 


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





Martis, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III‘? Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


M* Vane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Moor or 
Common called E/vet Moor, in the‘Parith of Saint O/- 
wald, in the County Palatine of Durham; and for ex- 


tinguifhing all Right of Common in certain Intercom- 


mon Lands in the faid Parifh, was re-committed ; That 
the Committee had made feveral other Amendments to 


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327 
the Bill, which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


Mr. William Burke reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Ac for vefting certain Freehcld and Leafehold Mills, 
Lands, and Tenements, comprized in the Marriage 
Settlement of Fofeph Bullock, Efquire, in Truftees, to 
convey and affign the fame refpectively, purfuant to an 
Agreement for the Sale thereof, and for laying out the 
Money arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other 
Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes, as are mentioned in the faid Settlement, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee “had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment : And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Burke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for difcharging the Manor of Coldhefeldon, and divers 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, Part of the 
Eftate of Richard Earl of Scarborough, from the Ufes, 
Eftates, and Trufts, declared concerning the fame, by 
the Settlement executed previous to his Marriage with 
Barbara Countefs of Scarborough, his Wife, and by a 
certain Act of Parliament, which paffed in the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign; and for fettling 
another Manor, and other Lands and Hereditaments of 
greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Whichcot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


’ Chamber. 


Mr. Dowde/well reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for confirming a Deed of Truft, dated the 3r1ft of 
December 1770, and for the more effectual enabling the 
Truttees to raife the Sum of £. 9,000 for the Purpofes 
therein mentioned, by Mortgage or Sale of the Free- 
hold Eftate of George Smyth the Elder, and George 
Smyth the Younger, Efquires, fituate in the County of 
Gloucefter, or of a competent Part thereof, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had dire¢ted him to report the Bill to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. : 

. Ordered, That Mr. ‘Dowdefzwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for cleanfing and lighting the 
Streets of the Town of South Leith, the Territory of 
Saint Anthony’s, and Yard Heads thereunto i aa: 

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328 
and for fupplying the feveral Parts thereof with frefh 
Water, was read the Third Time. ern 
" Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the 
Town of South Leith, the Territory of Saint Anthony's, 
and Yard Heads thereunto adjoining, and for fupplying 
the feveral Parts thereof with frefh Water. 

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


Colonel Burgoyne reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting the Manor of Afizy, and certain Met- 
fuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments 1n Aft- 
ley, Iyldefley, and Bedford, in the County of Lancafter, 
comprized in the Marriage Articles of Thomas Froggatt, 
and Hanuab his Wife, in Truftees, to the feveral Ufes, 
upon the Trufts, and {ubjeé&amp;t to the Powers, Pro- 
vifoes, and Reftrictions, therein mentioned, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. : 

Ordered, That Colonel Burgoyne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bacon do make the Report from 
the Committee, who were appointed to enquire what 
Laws are expired, or near expiring, and to report their 
Opinion to the Houte, which of them are fit to be re- 
vived or continued. 

Mr. Bacon accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had enquired according- 
ly ; and had come to feveral Refolutions, which they 
had direéted to be reported to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Refolutions of the 
Committee were read; and are as followeth; w/z. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act to impower the 
Importers or Proprietors of Rum or Spirits, of the Bri- 
tifo Sugar Plantations, to land the fame before Payment 
of the Duties of Excife charged thereon, and to lodge 
the fame in Warehoufes, at their own Expence; and 
for the Relief of Ralph Barrow, in refpect to the Duty 
on fome Rock Salt loft by the Overflowing of the Rivers 
Weaver and Dane; as relates to the Landing of Rum 
or Spirits, of the Briti/b Sugar Plantations, before Pay- 
ment of the Duties of Excife, and to the Lodging of 
the fame in Warehoules, at the Expence of the Importers 
or Proprietors thereof ; which was to continue in Force 
from the 29th Day of Septeméer 1742, to the 29th Day 
of September 1749, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seflion of Parliament ; and which, by feveral 
fubfequent Acts, of the Twenty-third and Thirty-firft 
Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, and the Fourth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, was further 
continued until the 29th Day of September 1771, and 
from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Par- 
liament ; is near expiring, and fit to be continued, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Nineteenth Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for the further Punifhment of Perfons 
going armed or difsuifed, in Defiance of the Laws of 
Cuftoms or Excile; and for indemnifying Offenders 
againft thofe Laws, upon the Terms therein mentioned ; 
and for the Relief of Officers of the Cuftoms in Informa- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A, E771. 


tions upon Seizures, as relates to the further Punifhment 
of Perions going armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the 
Laws of Cuftoms or Excife, and to the Relief of Oificers 
of the Cuftoms in Informations upon Seizures; which 
was to continue in Force for Seven Years, from the 24th 
Day of uly 1746, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament; and which, by feveral 
fubfequent Acts, of the Twenty-fixth and Thirty-fecond 
Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, and the Fourth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majelty, was further 
continued until the 29th Day of September 1771, and 
from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Par- 
liament ; is near expiring, and fit to be continued. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 6th Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King George the Second, for the better 
Reguiation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River 
Thames ; which was to continue in Force from the ift Day 
of Fune 1733, for Five Years, and from thence to the 
End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, 
by an Act, made in the 11th Year of the Reign of his 
faid late Majefty, was further continued, from the Ex- 
piration thereof, for Seven Years, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and 
which, by another Act, made in the 18th Year of the 


Reign of his faid late Majefty, was further continued, 


from the Expiration thereof, for Eleven Years, and from 
thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parlia- 
ment; and which, by another Aét, made in the 32d 
Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, was amended, 
and further continued, until the 24th Day of Fune 1770, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament ; is near expiring, and fit to be continued, 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Quettion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. | 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, purfuant to the 
faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Bacon, Mr. Gilbert, 
and Sir Charles Whitworth, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. . 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill, that they do make Provifion therein, for repealing 
fo much of an Aét, paffed in the 6th Year of the 
Reign of his Majefty King George the Firft; and alfo 
fo much of an Act, paffed in the Fourth Year of ‘the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, as limits the Quantities 
of Meal, Malt, and Coals, to be carried in the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, and within Ten Miles thereof, 
in Waggons or Carts having the Wheels thereof : fhod 
or bound with Tire or Streaks of Iron. 


The Hour, appointed for taking into Conficeration 
the Matter of the Petition of Charles Ogilvy, Efquire, 
complaining of an undue Eleétion and Return for the 
Boroughs of Fedburgh, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, 
and Haddington, being come; 

The Houfe proceeded to the Appointment cf a felec 
Committee, to try and determine the Merits of the {aid 
Election and Return, according to the Direétions of an 
Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act to regulate the Trials of controverted Elections, 
or Returns of Members to ferve in Parliament. 

The Serjeant at Arms was directed, by Mr. Speaker, 
to go with the Mace to the Plates adjacent, and require 
the immediate Attendance of the Members, on the Bufi- 
nefs of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

_ And being returned ; 

The Houfe was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 79 
Members only were found to be prefent. 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral Mem- 
bers ftill remained in the Committee Rooms, notwith- 
ftanding the Direction they had received for their At- 
tendance in the Houfe; 

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Speaker, to go again with the Mace, and require the 
immediate Attendance of the Members on the Bufinefs 
of the Houfe. 

And Mr. Speaker direéted the Serjeant to acquaint 
fuch Members as he fhould find in the Committee 
Rooms and Places adjacent, that the Houfe would ex- 
pet, that he fhould, at his Return, be able to inform 
the Houfe, of the Names of thofe Members who re- 
fufed to attend in their Places, on the Bufinefs of the 
Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 

The Houle was again counted by Mr. Speaker; and 
106 Members being found to be prefent, 

The Petitioner, his Counfel, and Agents, and the 
Counfel and Agents for the Sitting Member, who at- 
tended at the Door, were called in to the Bar —The 
Clerk of the Sele&amp; Committees of Elections attending 
alfo at the Bar. 

And the Door of the Houfe being locked, the Clerk 
was direéted by Mr. Speaker to read the Order of the 
Day, for taking the faid Petition into Confideration. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The Box, containing the Names of all the Members 
of the Houfe, and fealed with Mr. Speaker’s Seal, was 
placed upon the Table, and the Seal being infpected 
by Mr. Speaker, the Atteftation annexed to the Outfide 
of the faid Box, figned by Mr. Speaker, purporting, 
“That the faid Box was, on the 15th Day of pril 
1771, made up in his Prefence, in the Manner directed 
by an Act, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; to regulate the Trials of controverted 
Eleéctions, or Returns of Members to ferve in Parlia- 
ment,” was read. 

And the Seals being broken, and the Box opened, 
the Atteftation inclofed therein, and figned by the Clerk; 
purporting, ‘“ That the Names of all the Members were 
by him, in the Prefence of the Speaker, put into the 
faid Box, on the 15th Day of April 1771,” was read ; 

And the faid Names, written on diftinét Pieces of Pa- 
per, being all as near as might be, of an equal Size, 
and rolled up in the fame Manner, were by the Clerk 
taken out of the faid Box, and put in equal Numbers 
into Six Glaffes, placed on the Table for that Purpofe, 
and were there fhaken together; and then the Clerk 
publicly drew out of the faid Six Glaffes, alternately, 
the faid Pieces of Paper, and delivered them to Mr. 
Speaker, who read the fame to the Houfe. 

And the Names of 39 Members, then prefent, were 
drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Thomas Lockhart, E{quire, being 
drawn, and the Houfe being informed, and the faid Mr. 
Lockbart having admitted, that his Return toferve in Par- 
liament had not been brought in Fourteen Days, his 
Name was fet afide, with the Names of thofe who were 
abfent from the Houfe. 

- And the Names of Ten other Members, then prefent, 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the whole Number of 49 Members, fo drawn and 
not fet afide, being complete, the Counfel for the Peti- 
tioner and the Sitting Member were feverally called upon by 
Mr. Speaker to nominate each of them One, from among 
the Members then prefent, whofe Names had not been 
drawn, to be added to thofe chofen by Lot, to ferve on 
the faid Seleé&amp;t Committee. 

Whereupon the Counfel for the Petitioner named 
Lord George Germaine, and the Counfel for the Sitting 
Member named the Lord Advocate of Scotland, who 
were not objected to. 

And Two Lifts of the Names of the 49 Members, fo 
drawn as aforefaid, and not fet afide, having been pre- 
pared by the Clerk , 

And the Door of the Houfe being opened , 

One of the faid Lifts was delivered to the Counfel for 
the Petitioner, and the other of them to the Counfel for the 
Sitting Member ; and thereupon the Petitioner, with the 
Counfel and Agent cn both Sides, together with the 
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329 
Clerk appointed to attend the Sele&amp;t Committees of Elec- 
tions, immediately withdrew. 

And being, after fome Time, again returned to the 
Bar, the faid Clerk attending the jaid Committees of 
Elections, informed the Houfe, that the Counfel for the 
Petitioner, and the Counfel for the Sitting Member, had 
(in his Prefence) beginning on the Part of the Petitioner, 
alternately ftruck off One of the faid 49 Names, contained 
in the faid Lifts, until the Number was reduced to 135 
and he delivered in to the Houfe the Lifts fo ftruck, to- 
gether with a new Lift of the Names of the 13 Members 
then remaining unftruck ; which laft mentioned Lift was 
read to the Houfe, by Mr. Speaker, and is as follows : 

Thomas Thoroton, Efquire, Robert Paris Taylor, Efquire, 
honourable Charles Marfham, honourable Edward Bou- 
verie, Lord Charles Spencer, Paul Feilde, Efquire, Sir 
Fohn Glynne, Bart. William Huffey, Efquire, Frederice 
Montagu, Efquire, George Byng, Efquire, Richard Croftes, 
Efquire, Anthony St. Leger, Efquire, Arthur Vanjfittart, 
Efquire. 

And the Names of the faid Lord George Ger- 
maine, and the Lord Advocate of Scotland, nominated 
as aforefaid, being added to the faid Lift, the Names of 
the faid 15 Members were called over, and being come 
to the Table they were acquainted by Mr. Speaker, that 
they were a Select Committee appointed to try the Merits 
of the Petition of Charles Ogilvy, Eiquire, complaining 
of an undue Eleétion and Return for the Boroughs of Fed- 
burgh, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, and Haddington : 
And they were then fworn by the Clerk, as follows , 

You, and each of you, fhall well and truly try the 
Matter of the Petition of Charles Ogilvy, Efquire, 
referred to you, and a true Judgment give, ac- 
cording to the Evidence. ) 

So help you God. 

And the Petitioner; with the Couinfel and Agents on 
both Sides, were then directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the faid Sele€t Committee do meet forth- 
with in the Committee Chamber, appointed for hearing 
the Trials of controverted Elections. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That‘a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand Nine hundred 
and Twenty-eight Pounds and Two Shillings, be granted 
to His Majefty, upon Account of the Expences of the 
New Roads of Communication, and building Bridges, 
in the Highlands of North Britain, in the Year 1771. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty-eight thoufand Three 
hundred Sixty-five Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Eight 
Pence, be granted to His Majefty, to enable His Majeity 
to make good to the United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Eaft Indies, the Expences in- 
curred by the faid Company in the Expedition to Ma- 
nilba, antecedent to the Surrender of the Ifland to the Com- 
pany’s Servants on the Second Day of November 1762. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refolu- 
tions which the Committee had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame were reac; and are as followeth ; viz. : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

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That the Sum of Thirty thoufand Two hundred Nine- 
ty-one Pounds Eleven Shillings and Three Pence 
Three Farthings, remaining in the Receipt of the Ex- 
chequer, on the Fifth Day of April 1771, of the Two 
Sevenths Excife, granted by an Act of Parliament, made 
in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William 
and Queen Mary, aiter fatisfying the feveral Charges and 
Incumbrances thereupon for the Half Year then ended, 
be carried to, and made Part of, the Aggregate Fund; and 
that the faid Fund be made a Security for the Difcharge 
of fuch Annuities, and other Demands payable out of: 
the faid Sum, as the growing Produce of the iaid Two 
Sevenths Excife fhall not be fufficient to anfwer. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be applied the Sum of Twenty thoufand 
Pounds One Shilling and Six Pence Halfpeny, remain- 
ing in the Receipt of the Exchequer on the Fifth Day 
of April 1771, for the Difpotition of Parliament, over 
and above the Surplus of the Sinking Fund then re- 
maining for the fame Purpofe. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill or 
Bills, purfuant to the Refolutions which, upon Thur/fday 
laft, were reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, and were then agreed to by the Houfe; That 
they do alfo prepare the faid Bill, or One of the faid Bills, 
purfuant to the Refolutions now reported, and agreed to 
by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
ycfolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of proper Methods for raifing a Revenue in the 
Ife of Man, to defray the Charges of amending, repair- 
ing, and fupporting, the feveral Harbours and Sea Ports 
in the faid Ifland, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houle refolved itfelf into the 1aid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

‘Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had direAed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, in that Part ot Great Britain called England, 
tor One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one, was com- 
mitted; the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queflion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houle. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the better Support and Eftablifhment of the 
Greenland and Whale Fifhery, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houte refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair.- 


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Sir William Meredith took the Chair of the Committee, 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
Sir William Meredith reported from the Committee, 


That they had gone through the Bull, and made feverat’ 


Amendments thereunto, which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houte will pleafe to receive the fame. 

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


Mr. Fuller prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for reducing into One Act of Parliament the 
feveral Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage of 
Gunpowder; and for more effectually preventing Mifchiefs, 
by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in too great Quanti. 
ties : And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Refolved, That this Hou‘e will immediately refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of the Bill for the more effectually raifing a Mi. 
litary Force, for the Protetion of the Settlements and 
Poffeffions of the Zaft India Company. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Kynajfton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Kyzafton reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto, which they had directed him to report, 
when.the Houle will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, Vhat the Report be now received. 

Mr. Kynafion accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was read. 

Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be fuffi- 
cient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Friday Morning next. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, réfolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Impor- 
tation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a li- 


mited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combinations’ ‘ 


of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufaéture. 


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





Mercurii, 17° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 
PRAYERS. 
A‘ ingrofied Bill for repairing, widening, and keep- 


ing in Repair, feveral Roads leading from Ja- 
vernfpite, to the Towns of Pembroke and Tenby, and to 


Hubberfton Haking, in the County of Pembroke, was . 


read the Third Time. E 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- 
pair, feveral Roads leading from Tavern/pite, to the 
Towns of Pembroke and Tenby, and to Hubberfton Hak- 
ing, in the County of Pembroke. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sloane do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr.- 


lve 


ind 
aid 


11 Geo. III. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac for 
confirming a Conveyance to Henry Flitcroft, Efquire, of 
certain Eftates in the County of York, purchafed by the 
Truftees in the Marriage Settlement of Charles Goring, 
Efquire, and Fanny his Wife; and for confirming a 
Conveyance made by the faid Henry Fiitcroft to the Ufe 
of the fame Truftees of other Eftates in Lieu thereof, in 
the County of Surrey, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faétion of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ridley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir William Meredith, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for the better Support and Eftablifhment of the 
Greenland and Whale Filhery, was committed; the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle, 

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


Mr. Kynajton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to 
enable the furviving Truftee named in the Settlement 
of William Pulteney, Efquire, and Frances his Wife, to 
grant Leafes of their Leafehold Eftate in Weftminfter, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kynafton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Fohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Patftures, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Hartford, in the 
County of Huntingdon, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
of the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the 7 at feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to’ by the Houfe. . 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, direét- 
ing, that the Allotment to be made to the Duke of Man- 
chefter, fhall be near the reft of his Lands. 


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_ And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, td 
be made Part of the Bill. 


And feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the Open and Common Fields, Common 
Meadows, Common Paftures, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Lands, within the Manor and Parifh of 
Wedon and Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife 
Loys Wedon, in the County of Northampton, was. com- 
mitted. : 

Mr. Skipwith accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owner 
of One Quarter of a Yard Land, who could not be found ; 
and that the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed 
confifts of 50 Yard Lands and an Half) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed to be 
reported to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within the Ham- 
let and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of Watford 
and Long Buckby, in the County of Northampton, was 
committed; That the Committee had examined the Alle: 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that thé 
Committee had gone throuch the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto, which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider of proper Methods for raifing a 
Revenue in the Ifle of Man, to defray the Charges 
of amending, repairing, and fupporting, the feveral 
Harbours and Sea Ports in the faid Ifand; the Re- 
folutions which the Committee had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame were read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Duties, payable on Account of the Harbours. 
of the Ifle of Man, do ceafe and determine. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That a Duty of One Peny Halfpeny per Ton be laid upon 
all Ships and Veffels, not being laden, or in Ballaft, be- 
longing to any of His Majefty’s Subjects; which fhall 
arrive or put into any of the Harbours in the faid Ifland. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Pence per Ton be laid upon — 

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Ships and Veffels, being ladeh, or having any Cargo on 
Board, whether they fhall break Bulk, or deliver any 
Part of their Cargo, or not. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an additional Duty of One Peny per Ton be laid 
upon all Ships and Veffels, which fhall be repaired in any 
of the Harbours in the faid Ifand. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Pence per Ton be laid upon all 
Foreign Ships and Veffels, not being laden, or in Ballait 
only, which fhall arrive or put into any of the Harbours 
in the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Three Pence per Ton be laid upon all 
Foreign Ships and Veffels, which fhall arrive or put into 
any of the Harbours in the faid IMand, without break- 
ing Bulk, or delivering any Part of their Cargoes. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an additional Duty of Two Pence per Ton be laid 
upon all Foreign Ships and Veffels, which fhall break 
Bulk, and deliver any Part of their Cargo. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an additional Duty of Two Pence per Ton be laid 
upon all fuch Foreign Ships and Veffels as fhall repair 
in any of the Harbours in the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Shillings and Six Pence be laid 
upon every Foreign Ship and Veffel which fhall anchor 
in any of the Bays of the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Shillings and Six Pence per Ton 
be laid upon all Spirits imported into the faid Hfland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of One Shilling and Six Pence per Hogf- 
head be laid upon all Tobacco imported into the faid 
Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Shillings per Hundred Weight be 
laid upon all Teas imported into the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of One Shilling per Hundred Weight be 
laid upon all Coffee imported into the faid [fand. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Shillings and Six Pence per Ton 
be Jaid upon all Wines imported into the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Pence fer Chalder be laid upon all 
Coals imported into the faid IMand, to be reckoned ac- 
cording to the Cocquet at the Port of Exportation. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty, after the Rate of Ten Shillings per 
Centum, ad Valorem, be laid upon all Foreign Goods 
(Wines, Spirits, and Salt excepted) imported into the 
faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty, after the Rate of Five Shillings per Centum, 
ad Valorem, be \aid upon all other Goods, imported from 
Great Britain or Ireland, into the faid Ifland, except Li- 
cenfed Goods and Salt for the Fifheries, of above the 
Value of Five Pounds. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Three Pence per Quarter, be laid upon 
all Corn and Grain imported into, or exported from, the 
faid Ifiand. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of One Peny per Hundred Weight be laid 
upon all Meal and Flour imported into, or exported from, 
the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Six Pence per Head be laid upon all 
Horfes, and Black Cattle, imported into, or exported 
from, the faid Ifland. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Rates, Duties, and Impofitions, be ap- 
plied, from Time to Time, towards amending, repair- 





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ing, and fupporting, the feveral Harbours and Sea Ports 
in the faid Ifland. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid Re- 
folutions: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Cooper, 
Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Solicitor General, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the more effectually preventing the 
Counterfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according ‘to Or- 
der, a Bill to explain an Act, made in the Eighth Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, 
intituled, An Act giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Importation 
of unmanufactured Wood of the Growth and Product 
of America; and to explain fo much of an Aé&amp;t, made in 
the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act for enlarging and 
regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to 
the Importation of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, landed 
at certain Places therein mentioned: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Edmonftone prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for widening the Highways in that Part 
of Great Britain called Scotland: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carts, Carriages, Loaded Horfes, Hawkers, Pedlars, 
Huckfters, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen ; and for fill- 
ing up of Coal and other Pits and Sinks, and removing 
of Obftructions and Nufances, within that Part of Great 
Britain called Scotland, was committed ; That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the-Day, for.the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the Encouragement of the White 
Herring Fifhery, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Edmonftone took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


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


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Browaing and 
Mr. Anguifp ; 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
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11 Geo. III. 
for punifhing Offences committed by Hackney Coach- 
men and Chairmen within certain Diftricts and Places 
therein mentioned, and for renewing the Regiftry of 
Carts and Carriages; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of 
Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to Gatebope Know- 
burnfoot, and to the Top of Minchmoor, and to Loch- 
bead, in the County of Peebles; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, ; 

- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Road ftom Shelton, to 
the Road between Cheadle and Leek, and from Bucknall 
to Wefton Coyney ; and from the Road between Cheadle 
and Leek, to the Turnpike Road above Frogall Bridge, 
and from the famie Road, to the Road between Blyth 
Marfh and Thorpe, at or near Raebill Gate, in the County 
of Stafford; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for difcharging from Tithe certain Lands in the Parifh 
of Sebrabam, otherwife Sebergham, in the County of 
Cumberland, and for making Compenfation to the 
Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for draining and preierving certain Fen Lands and Low 
Grounds in Ladus Fen, in the Ifle of Ely; without 
any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Barlow Trecothick, Agent for the Pro- 
vince of New Hampjfhire, in New England, being offered 
to be prefented to the Houfe ; | 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command; ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom 
mends the fame to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That, in ordet to the effectual carrying 
on the late War in North America, it was fignified by 
Letter to the Governors of Maffachufetts Bay and New 
Hampfoire, and of the Colonies of Conneéticut and Rhode 
Tfland, that the raifing of Men, their Pay, Arms, and 
Cloathing, was all that would be required of thofe Pro- 
vinces; and that it had been determined, that Stores 
and Provifions of all Kinds for the whole Army fhould 
be provided at the fole Expence of the Crown ; and 
that, before their receiving the faid Letter, it was found 
neceflary for the Colonies tq raife and march their 
Troops, and to furnifh them with Provifions and Stores 
at their own Expence; and that, in the Year 1758, the 
Houfe voted for the Reimburfement of the Province of 
Maffachufetts Bay, the Sum of: £. 27,387. 195. 11 d. 
and for the Colony of Conneéicut the Sum of £. 13,736. 
17s. 74. and afterwards a Reimburfement to the Co- 
lony of Rhode Iland; and that the Coft of Provifions 
and Stores borne by the Province of New Hamp/bire, 
exclufive of the Charge of raifing, paying, and cloath- 
ing, their Quota of Troops, amounted to the Sum of 
£. 6,009. 135. 3d. Sterling, as by the Accounts ready 
to be produced ; and that the faid Account of Expence 
was long fince tranfmitted to their Agent, whofe IlIncfs 
prevented his making proper Application for its Pay- 
ment; and therefore, in Behalf of the faid Province, the 
Petitioner prays a Reimburfement of the aforefaid Sum of 
£.6,009. 135. 3d. fo long fince expended by the Province. 

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


Mr. Cocper prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, 

A Paper intituled, « Certificate of Benning Wentworth, 
** Efquire, Governor arid Commander in Chief in and 
“* over Elis Majefty’s Province of New Hamp/bire, of the 
““ Account of the Committee appointed by the Gene- 
“ ral Affembly of His Majefty’s Province of New Hamp- 


“ foire, to provide Provifions and Stores for the Expe- 
Vor. XXXII, 


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333 


‘¢ dition againft Crown Point, in the Year 1756, for 
“© Money advanced and paid for Provifions, and other 
‘¢ Charges and Expences, for promoting and carrying 
“* on faid Expedition, exclufive of the Charge of raifing, 
‘* cloathing, arming, and paying, the Forces, amounting 
“ to the Sum of £. 6,009. 135. 3} 4.”: And alfo, 

A Paper, intituled, ‘* Paymafter General, and Se- 
*¢ cretary at War’s Report on Mr. Trecothick’s Memorial, 
&lt; as Agent for the Province of New Hampfbire:” And 
alfo, 

A Paper, intituled, ‘* Report of the Earl of Loudoun, 
© on the Memorial of Barlow Trecothick, Efquire, and 
‘ the Papers afinexed.” 

And the Titles of the faid Papers were read. 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amoneft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly , 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houie will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Dav being read; for the 
Second Reading of the Bill to incapacitate Fohm Burnett, 
Charles Hannington, Francis Hafelgrave, Thomas Hafel- 
grove, Fobn Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas Par- 
Sons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fobn 
Hannington, Fobn Robinfon, William Cheefman, Rickard 
Blair, George Browne, Fobn Parfons, Fohn Curl, Frederick 
Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, Samuel Tuppen, jobu 
Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn Bicknell, Matthias Truf- 
ter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, John Dean, James 
Robinfon; Sfobn Whiting, William Stevens, Fobn Baw- 
comb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsfiefo, Fobn Purfe, Fobn 
Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fobhu Snook Junior, Richard 
Tilfone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, 
Fobn Farmend, Robert Grover, Fohn Weed, Friend Da- 
niel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, Thomas Ro- 
berts, Fobn Afhman, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael 
Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, 
John Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas Hollingham, Richard 
Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel Wilfon, Clement Free- 
man, William Laffeter, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, 
Fobn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, James Millar, otherwife 
Miller, William Newnham, Feffery Carver, Thomas Ro- 
binfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, Fohn Martin, fobn 
Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, Tho- 
mas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Memibers to 
ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing Bribery 
and Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve ia 
Parliament for the Borough of New Shoreham, ia the 
County of Suffex ; 

The Counfel againft the Bill were called in. 

And the faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

And the Petition of Yohn Burnett, Charles Hanning- 
ton, Thomas Hafelereve, Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, 
Thomas Hannington, John Hannington, Fobn Robinfen, 
John Parfons, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Samuel 
Tuppen, ‘fobu Sawyer, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
Sohn Whiting, William Stevens, ‘fohn Bawcomd, Robert 
Parker, Fobn Hogsfichh, Fobn Dean, Thomas Fennings, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Charles Mitchell, Fokn 
Farmand, Fobn Weed, Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, 

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334 
Nathanael Hillman, Fohn Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Walter Broad, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Clement 
Freeman, William Fupp, John Curl, Fohn Barnard, Fames 
Mitchell, Fames Miller, William Newnham, Randall But- 
ton, James Carver, Fobn Martin, Fobn Dedman Senior, 
William Fennings, Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry 
Robinfon, Thomas Roberts, Emery Churcher, Thomas 
Snook Junior, Thomas Crowter, George Browne, William 
Cheefman, Fohn Purfe, Fobn Snook Junior, Walter Sawyer, 
Feffery Carver, William Hards, and Henry Hannington, 
was alfo read. 

And feveral Witnelles were examined in Support of 
the Bill. 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners were heard. 

And then they were directed to withdraw. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ; 

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

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


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


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Fovis, 18° die Aprilis 5 
Anno 11° Georgii III Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


A ack from the Lords, by Mr. Angui/h and Mr. 


Montagu : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for confolidating, extending, and rendering more effec- 
tual, the Powers granted by feveral Acts of Parliament, 
for making, enlarging, amending, and cleanfing, the 
Vaults, Drains, and Sewers, within the City of London 
and Liberties thereof ; and for paving, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, Yards, Courts, 
Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and preventing and remov- 
ing Obftructions and Annoyances within the fame ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
tocontinue, andrender more effectual, Two Acts, paffed in 
the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, 
and the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing the Road from Market Harborough 
to Loughborough, in the County of Leice/fer, and for re- 
pairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road branch- 
ing out of the aforefaid Road, ata Place called Filling 
Gate, to a Road called the Fo/s Road, and from thence to 
the Turnpike Road leading from Melton Mowbray to the 
Guide Poft in Saint Margaret’s Field, Leicefer; without 
any Amendment: And allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from Stone to 
Lane End, and to the Road between Leek and Sandon on 
Meir Heath, and from thence to Blithe Bridge, and alfo 
from Meir to Trentham, and from thence to Stableford 
Bridge, in the County of Stafford; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from Bradford, to 
join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Windbill, in the 
Townhhip of Jd/e, in the County of York; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A771, 


Grounds, within the Manor of Hampftead Norrevys, in the 
Parifh of Hampftead Norreys, in the County of Berks , 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An AG 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Paitures, and other Com- 
monable Places, in Waverton, otherwife Wareton, in the 
Parifh of Polefworth, in the County of Warwick ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Naturalizing Jacob Matthias Fujtus and Theophilus Chrif- 
tian Blanckenhagen; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
Naturalizing Francis Harrand; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants of the feveral 
Parifhes of Brading, Brixton, Shalficet, Frefbwater, Yar- 
mouth, Carifbrook, and Gadfbill, in the Ile of Wight, in 
the County ot Southampton, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That a Bill is depending, for efta- 
blifhing Houfes of Induftry in the Ifle of Wight, for the 

eneral Reception and Maintenance of the Poor of the 
faid Ifland; and that Petitions have been prefented to 
the Houfe, by the Officers of the faid Parifhes, praying 
to be excepted out of the faid Bill; and that fuch Step 
was not taken with their Confent, who are the principal 
Inhabitants of the faid feveral Parifhes,; and that the 
Petitioners, having heard the faid Bill read and explained, 
and being convinced of its great Utility, pray, that the 
fame may pafs into a Law, under fuch Rules and Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall think proper, and that the Peti- 
tioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, on Be- 
half of the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, in the Ifle of 
Wight, for the Reception, Maintenance, and Employment, 
of the Poor belonging to the feveral Parifhes and Places 
within the faid INand, is committed ; and that the Peti- 
tioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the 
faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and principal In- 
habitants, of the Ifle of Wight, in the County of Southamp- 
ton, was alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, ‘That the Bill depending in the Houte, for eftablith- 
ing Houtfes of Induftry in the Ife of Wight, for the ge- 
neral Reception and Maintenance of the Poor, in the 
faid Ifland, will (if paffed into a Law) tend to their more 
effectual Relief and Support, and be of great Benefit and 
Advantage to the Inhabitants: And therefore praying, 
That the faid Bill may be paffed into a Law, under fuch 
Regulations as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


Mr. Sambrooke Freeman reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for improving and completing the 
Navigation of the Rivers Tames and Jfs, from the City 
of London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of 
Wilts, was committed; and to whom the Petition of the 
Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, of the City of 
London, in Common Council aflembled; and alfo the 
Petition of Richard Michell, of Culbam Court, in the Pa- 
rifh of Wargrave, in the County of Berks, Efquire, were 
referred ; That the Committee had heard the firft men; 
tioned Petitioners by their Counfel (no Perfon appear- 
ing in Support of the fecond mentioned Petition) and 
had alfo heard Counfel for the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
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read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, One of them was dif- 
agreed to; and the reft were, with an Amendment to One 
of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingrofied Bill for paving, repairing, cleanfing, 
and lighting, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paf- 
fages, within the Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in 
the County of Middle/ex, and for removing Obftructions 
and Annoyances therein ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paf- 
fages, within the Parith of Saint Fokn, Clerkenwell, in 
the County of Middlefex ; and for removing Obftruc- 
tions and Annoyances therein. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of ¥obn Dobfon, of Liverpool, Merchant, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioner’s Ship, called the Lord Molineux, failed 
from Liverpool, wponthe 27th of March 1770, duly fitted 
out, and bound for the Greenland Fifhery, and did, in 
Company with the Betty, of this Port, catch in thofe Seas 
Three Whales; and returned to Liverpool upon the 1gth 
of Auguft laft, having fully complied with every Requi- 
fition ftipulated by the Act of Parliament to intitle the 
Petitioner to receive the Bounty on the faid Ship ; but the 
Words of the Oath to be taken upon granting a Certifi- 
cate to receive the Bounty are, ‘ That all the Whale 
“« Fins and Blubber, imported in the faid Ship, this pre- 
« fent Voyage, were really and bona fide caught and taken 
“in the faid Seas by the Crew of the faid Ship only ;” 
and that the Petitioner, as fuch Oath could not, with 
Truth, be literally fworn to, had the Word “only” left 
out, and inferted, agreeable to the Faét, “ by the Crews 
«&lt; of the faid Ship, and the Befty, belonging to this Port,” 
to which the Captain and Mate, as required, made Oath; 
whereby the Bounty is withheld from the Petitioner, as the 
Lords of the Treafury adjudge themfelves not empow- 
ered to difpenfe with any Alteration of the Words or 
Form which the Law has prefcribed: And therefore pray- 
ing fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee ; and that they do examine, 
and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact contained in 
the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Sir William Meredith, Mr. 
Townfhend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords, 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, in the Townfhip of Butterwick, in the Parifh of 
Foxholes, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
in the Townhhip of Butterwick, in the Parifh of Foxboles, 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of York. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aé&amp;t for Sale of Part of the fettled Eftates of Sir Fobn 
Shelley, Baronet, and of the Right honourable Fobn 
Shelley, his Son, in the feveral Counties of Kent and Wilts, 
and alfo of a Farm, called King/ham Farm, in the Parifh 
of Saint Pancras, in the County of Suffex; and for apply- 
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335 


ing the Monies to arife by fuch Sale, in Difcharge of the 
Portions of the Daughters of the faid Sir fobm Shelley, af- 
fecting the Eftates of him and his faid Son; and for 
other Purpofes, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned -had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
_ Naturalizing Francis Harrand, was read the Firft 
ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Naturalizing Facob Matthias Fupus and Theophilus 
Chriftian Blanckenbagen was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
— of the prefent State of the Corn Trade, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An Aét for extending like Liberty, 
in the Exportation of Rice from Eaft and Weft Florida, 
to the Southward of Cape Finifterre, in Europe, as is 
granted by former Acts of Parliament to Carolina and 
Georgia, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly s 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live 
Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, 
for a limited Time, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Several Perfons, attending at the Door, were called in, 
and examined at the Bar. 

And then they withdrew. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 

Mr. Milles, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Charles Whitworth : i 66. 
Tellers for the Noes, } — pert cl “e 40« 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read 4 Secorid Time: 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Votes of 
the 31ft Day of fanuary laft, for referring the Petition 
of the Bailiff, Juftice, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, of the 
Borough of Kidderminfter, in the County of Worcefter, in 
Common Council affembled, and alfo of the principal 

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Tradefmen and ManufaGturers of the faid Borough; 
and alfo the Petition of the Proprietors of Land, and 
of Coal Mines, near or adjoining to the Birmingham Ca- 
nal, of Navigators and Dealers in Coal, and of others 
who are interefted in the proper Condutt of the faid Ca- 
nal; and alfo, the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Capital Burgeffes, principal Inhabitants and Tradef- 
men of the Borough of Stafford, in the County of Stafford, 
and alfo, the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Com- 
mon Council Men, and other the principal Inhabitants of 
the City of Worcefter, to the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Staffordfbire 
and Worce/terfoire Canal Navigation, was referred, might 
be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, that the Committee 
to whom the faid Petitions were referred, was dropped ; 

A Motion wes made, and the Queftion was put, That 
the faid Committee be revived. 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Lord Strange, 
Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. Gafe eae : 


els 
. m Mr. Ward, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir William Bagot : j 13. 
And it appearing upon the Report of the Divifion by 
the Tellers, that 40 Members were not prefent, and it 
being then after Four of the Clock, 
The Houfe was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, with- 
out a Queftion firit put, till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 19° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*! Regis, 1771, 


PRAYERS. 


f\_N ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for enabling Sir Henry Harpur, Baronet, to make 
Leafes of his Eftates in the Counties of Derby and Staf- 
ford, for Three Lives, or 99 Years, or fuch other Leafes 
as are therein mentioned, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Me- 
thuen, Mr.Hotham, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Willoughby reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Arable 
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Waite Grounds, in 
the Parith of Mifterton, in the County of Nottingham, 
was committed; and to whom the Petition of the fe- 
veral Perfons whofe Names are thereto fubfcribed, 
in Behalf of themfelves and others, Owners of certain 
Open and Inclofed Lands, in Mifferton, in the County 
of Nottingham, which immemorially have been, and 
are, claimed to be held and enjoyed, difcharged from 
the Payment of Tythes in Kind, was referred ; That 
the Committee had confidered the faid Petition, and 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction 
of the Committee (except the Owners of about Twenty 
Tofts, and of about 150 Acres of Open and Inclofed 
Lands, who are refpectively entitled to Right of Com- 
mon on the Commons and Wattes intended to be in- 
clofed, and the Owners of about 100 Acres of Arable, 
and about 26 Acres of Meadow, Land, propofed to be 
inclofed, although feveral of them made no material 
Objection to the Bill; and that the whole Number of 
Tofts is about 130, and the whole Quantity of Lands 


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entitled to Right of Common as aforefaid, is about 
3,000 Acres; and that the {aid Commons and Waftes 
are about 2,500 Acres) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bull, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there. 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


A Bill for reducing into One A&amp; of Parliament the 
feveral Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage of 
Gunpowder ; and for more effectually preventing Mif- 
chiets, by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in too great 

uantities ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ful- 
ler, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for widening the Highways in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, was read a- Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. £d- 
monftone, Lord Frederick Campbell, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of 
the Houfe this Day, adjourn till Adonday Morning 
next, 


Mr. ames Dundas reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the feveral Streets, and other Paffages, on the South 
Side of the City of Edinburgh, and tor removing Nu- 
fances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the 
fame for the future, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


A Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Jaft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to regulate 
the Trials of controverted Eleétions, or Returns of 
Members to jferve in Parliament, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed, 

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

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


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the Encourage- 
ment of the White Herring Fifhery, was committed, be 
now received. 

Mr. Edmonftone accordingly reported from the {aid 
Committee, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill, and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 

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Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were, with Amendments to fe- 
veral of them, agreed to by the Houfe; and feveral 
Amendments were made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


A Bill for the more effectually preventing the Coun- 
terfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm, was read a 
Second ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houtfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill to explain an Aét, made in the Eighth Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, 
intituled, An Aét giving further Encouragement for 
the Importation of Naval Stores, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Impor- 
tation of unmanufaétured Wood, of the Growth and 
Product of America; and to explain fo much of an 
Aét, made in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for 
enlarging and regulating the Trade into the Levant 
Seas, as relates to the Importation of Raw Silk and 
Mohair Yarn, landed at certain Places therein mention- 
ed, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for granting to His Majefty a 
certain Sum of Money, to be raifed by a Lottery: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for repairing, amending, and 
fupporting, the feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the 
Tle of Man: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for defraying the Charge of the 
Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great 
Britain called England, for One Year, beginning the 
Twenty-fifth Day of March, One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy-one, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty- 
fifth Day of March, One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one ; for indemnifying the Landholders of the 
The of Wight, from the Payment of the Monies due by 
Virtue of an A&amp; of the Ninth Year of His prefent 
Majefty ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
‘to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Impor- 
tation of Foreign Wrought Silks and. Velvets, for a 
limited Time ; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 337 


tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufaéture, 
be now read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
_Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. ; 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Petition of Barlow Trecothick, 
Agent for the Province of New Hampfbire, in New 
England, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, ‘ Certificate of 
“¢ Benning Wentworth, Efquire, Governor and Com- 
‘* mander in Chief in and over His Majefty’s Province 
“of New Hampfhire, of the Account of the Committee 
‘* appointed by the General Affembly of His Majefty’s 
‘* Province of New Hampfbire, to provide Provifions 
‘&lt; and Stores for the Expedition againft Crown Point, in 
‘the Year 1756, for Money advanced and paid for 
“¢ Provifions, and other Charges and Expences, for pro- 
‘“‘ moting and carrying on faid Expedition, exclufive 
“of the Charge of raifing, cloathing, arming, and pay- 
“ ing, the Forces, arsounting to the Sum of £. 6,009. 
“135. 34d.” be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “ Paymafter Ge- 
“‘ neral and Secretary at War’s Report on Mr. Tre- 
“* cothick’s Memorial, as Agent for the Province of New 
“© Hampfbire,” be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “ Report of the 
“ Karl of Loudoun, on the Memorial of Barlow Tre- 
“* cothick, Efquire, and the Papers annexed,” be referred 
to the faid Committee. , 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Anguifh : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open and Common 
Fields, called Stretton Common Field, and certain 
Common or Wafte Grounds, called Stretton Heath, and 
Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parifh of Stretton on the 
Fofs, in the County of Warwick, without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three Aéts, pafied 
in the 12th Year of King George the Firft, and the 19th 
and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other Roads in 
fome of the faid Aéts mentioned, in the County Palatine 
of Lancafter, and for reducing the fame into One Act; 
for amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow 
Brow through Huyton, to the Turnpike Caufeway lead- 
ing from Prefcott to Liverpool, and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, 
from the faid Caufeway, to Ranelagh Houfe in Liver- 
pool; and to prevent Frauds and Abufes being com- 
mitted by Perfons employed in conveying Coals a 
the faid Roads; with fome Amendments; to whic 
Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe: And alfo, 

he Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
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338 


for vefting the Manor, Capital Meffuage, Barton Farm, 
and Demefne Lands of Cadhay, fituate in Ottery Saint 
Mary, in the County of Devon, Part of the fettled 
Eftate of Sir Booth Williams, Baronet, in Truftees, to 
be fold, and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other. Lands and Heredita- 
ments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes which are now 
fubfifting with regard to the faid fettled Eftate; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac for 
vetting in Truftees and their Heirs, feveral Manors, Mef- 
fuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the County of 
Southampton, the Eftate of the Moft noble William Henry 
Cavendifb Duke of Portland, wpon Truft to fell the 
fame, and to apply the Money to arife by Sale thereof 
in Manner therein mentioned ; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in Truftees and their Heirs, feveral Manors, 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the County 
of Southampton, the Eftate of the Moft noble William 
Henry Cavendifo Duke of Portland, upon Truft to fell 
the fame, and to apply the Money to arife by Sale 
thereof in Manner therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aé to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Ads, paffed in the Twelfth Year of King George the 
Firft, and the rgth and 26th Years of his late Majetty, 
for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Pre/cott, and 
other Roads in fome of the faid Aéts mentioned, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for reducing 
the fame into One Act; for amending the Road from 
the Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, through Huyton, to 
the Turnpike Caufeway leading from Pre/cott to Liver- 
pool, and alfo Lime Kiln Lane, from the faid Caufeway, 
to Ranelagh Houfe in Liverpbol, and to prevent Frauds 
and Abufes being committed by Perfons employed in 
conveying Coals along the faid Roads. 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

Pr. 54. 1.27. Leave out from ‘ recoverable” to 

« And” in Pr. 57. 1. 3. 
In the Title of the Bill 1. 11, leave out trom “ Lsver- 
“« pool” to the End of the Title. 

Ordered, That the faid Amendments be taken into 
further Confideration upon this Day Three Months. 

The Houfe was moved, that the Petition of the 
Trufteestor putting in Execution an Act of the Twenty- 
ninth Year of his late Majefty King George the Se- 
cond, intituled, An Act for enlarging the Term and 
Powers granted by Two Atts of Parliament, One paffed 
in the 12th Year of the Reign of his Majefty King 
George the Firft, and the other paffed in the roth 

Year of. the Reign of his faid late Majefty, for repair- 
ing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Roads therein mentioned, in the County Palatine of 
Lancafter ; and alfo for repairing the Road from Pre/- 
cott, through Whifton, Rainbill, Bold, and Sankey, to 
the Town of Warrington, as alfo the Road from Saint 
Helen’s Chapel to Afbton, in the faid County Palatine, 
which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 31ft Day 
of January \aft; and alfo, the Report which was made 
from the Committee to whom the faid Petition was re- 
ferred, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Term and Powers of Three Acts, of the 
rath Year of King George the Firft, and the 1gth 





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4.17971. 


and 26th of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other Roads in 
the County Palatine of Lancaffer; and for amending 
the Road from Blacklow Brow to the Caufeway leading 
from Prefcott to Liverpool, and alfo through Lime Kiln 
Lane to Ranelagh Houfe in Liverpool aforefaid : And that 
the Lord Strange and Mr. Gafcoyne do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 

Mr. Montagu informed the Houfe, that the Selec 
Committee, to whom the Petition of Charles Ogilvy, 
Efquire, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Boroughs of Fedburgh, Dunbar, North 
Berwick, Lauder, and Haddington, was referred, have 
tried the Matter of the faid Petition, and have de. 
termined, 

That Patrick Warrender, Efquire, is duly elected a 
Commiffioner to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the faid Diftrict of Burghs. 

And the faid Determination was ordered to be entered 
inthe Journals of this Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Moor 
or Common called E/vet Moor, in the Parifh of Saint 
Ofwald, in the County Palatine of Durham, and for ex- 
tinguifhing all Right of Common in certain Inter- 
common Lands in the faid Parifh, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Moor or 
Common called E/vet Moor, in the Parifh of Saint O/- 
wald, in the County Palatine of Durham, and for ex- 
tinguifhing all Right of Common in certain intercom- 
mon Lands in the faid Parifh. 

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


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

Several Papers, containing Copies of all Minutes 
made by the Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, 
fince the 27th Day of November 1764, for regulating 
the extraordinary Services to be incurred in America, 
and the Manner of drawing for, or paying the fame; 
and of all [etters wrote thereupon, by any of the Se- 
cretaries of His Majefty’s Treafury, to any of His Ma- 

.jefty’s Commanders in Chief there ; and of all Letters 
received thereupon, by any of the faid Secretaries, from 
any of the faid Commanders. 

Together with Schedules of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Schedules were read. 

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

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
granting a Bounty upon the Importation of White Oak 
Staves and Heading, from the Province of Quebec, in 
America: And that Mr. Cooper and Sir Charles Whit- 
worth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Acé 
for vefting the fettled Eftates of Thomas Parkinfon, Ed- 
ward Heathcote, and Catharine his Wife, and their re- 
fpective Children, lying in the Counties of Nottingham, 
Lincoln, and Chefter, in Truftees, to fell a fufficient Part 
thereof, for Payment of Debts and Legacies affecting 
the fame, and for making a Partition of the Remainder 
thereof, and fettling the entire Premiffes to the Ufes 
therein mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Bagot, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
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An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the Manor, Capital Meffuage, Barton Farm, 


_ and Demefne Lands of Cadbay, fituate in Ottery Saint 


Mary, in the County of Devon, Part of the fettled 
Eftate of Sir Booth Williams, Baronet, in Truftées, to be 
fold, and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
+0 be fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfifting 
with regard to the faid fettled Eftate, was read the Firft 
Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Anguifa : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
to impower Sir ohn Gibbons, to fhut up the Foot Paths 
over certain Lands, in the Parifh of Stanwell, in the 
County of Middlefex, and to extinguifh all Claims and 
Right of Common in and over the faid Lands ; and to 
oblige the faid Sir Fobn Gibbons to make and keep in 
Repair a Footpath in lieu thereof; and to veft certain 
Premiffes and a Sum of Money in Trutftees, for the Ufe 
of the Poor of the faid Parifh; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for dividing and-inclofing the Open Fields, Meadows, 
Common Paftures, and all other Common and Wafte 
Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of Ki/by and Newton 
Harcourt, in the Parith of Wiftow, and County of Lei- 
softer; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Parifh of Naunton Beauchamp, in the County 
of Worcefter; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, Lands, 
and Grounds, in the Townfhip and Parith of Bijbop 
Norton, in the County of Lincoln; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture Grounds, 
F.ammas Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Hamlets and Liberties of Knightcot and Northend, in 
the Parith of Burton Daffett, in the County of War- 
wick; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields 
of Stretton under Fofs, in the Parifh of Monk’s Kirby, 
in the County of Warwick; without any Amend- 
ment. : 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe was moved, that the Entry in the Votes 
of the 3rft Day of Fanuary laft, for referring the Peti- 
tion of the Bailiff, Juftice, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, of 
the Borough of Kidderminfter, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, in Common Council affembled, and alfo of the 
principal Tradefmen and Manufacturers of the faid Bo- 
rough; and alfo, the Petition of Proprietors of Land, 
and of Coal Mines, near or adjoining to the Birming- 
ham Canal, of Navigators and Dealers in Coal, and 
of others who are interefted in the proper Conduct of 
the faid Canal; and alfo, the Petition of the Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Capital Burgeffes, principal Inhabi- 
tants and Tradefmen of the Borough of Stafford, in 
the County of Stafford, and alfo, the Petition of the 
Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council Men, and other 
the principal Inhabitants of the City of Worcefter, to 
the Committee to whom the Petition of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Staffordfbire and Worcefterfbire Canal 
Navigation, was referred, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, that the Commit- 


339 


tee to whom the faid Petitions were referred, was 
dropped ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Committee be revived ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Gafcoyne, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Colonel Burgoyne : 


Sir William Bagot, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr Ward : 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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A Petition of thofe, whofe Names are thereunder fet 
and fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners did fign a Petition, 
for Leave to bring in a Bill for eftablifhng Houfes of 
Induftry in the [le of Wight, and for the Reception, 
Employment, and Maintenance of the Poor of the fe- 
veral Parifhes therein; but that the orginal Scheme 
being varied in many effential Parts, particularly by 
increafing the original Sum of £. 10,000 propofed to 
be borrowed for the Purpofes of the Aéct, to £. 20,000, 
although it is admitted by all concerned, that the former 
Sum will be more than ample to anfwer the Ends pro- 
pofed ; and that the Petitioners have not had proper 
Time to weigh and confider the Operaticn and Confe-. 
quences of the faid Bill; but the Purport of feveral 
Claufes therein has lately tranfpired, of which the Pe- 
titioners greatly difapprove: And therefore praying, 
That the Petitioners may be now confidered as Peti- 
tioners againft the faid Bill, and that the Houfe will not 
fuffer the fame to pafs, as not fitting the intended Pur- 
pofe. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the Report be received from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for eitablifhing a Houfe or 
Houfes of Induftry, in the [le of Wighi, for the Re- 
ception, Maintenance, and Employment, of the Poor 
belonging to the feveral Parifhes and Places within the 
faid Ifand, is committed. 


The Lord Strange prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
Thred*Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George the 
Firft, and the rgth and 26th Years of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and 
other Roads in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and 
for amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow 
Brow, to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liver- 
pool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh 
Houfe, in Liverpool aforefaid: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second “Time. 


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for divefting out of the Crown, and to 
veft in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the County 
of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, and his 
Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral Lands 
in Jreland, therein mentioned, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined, and found that the Stand- 
ing Orders of the Houfe, concerning Notices to be 
given in Ireland, before any Private Bill relating to 
Eftates there be brought in, had been complied with ; 
and that the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
reéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

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340 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


The Houfe, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further Confideration the Report from the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the 
more effectually raifing a Military Force for the Pro- 
tection of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the Zaf 
India Company, was committed. 

And the Améndments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were; 
upon the — feverally put thereupon, agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

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

‘Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time, 
- upon Tue/day next, at Twelve of the Clock; if the faid 
Bull fhall be then ingroffed. 


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

Ordered, That the faid Order be poftponed. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 
The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill to incapacitate Fobn Bur- 
nett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas 
Hafelgrove, John Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas 
Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, 
John Hannington, Fobu Robinjon, William Cheefman, 
Richard Blair, George Browne, Fohn Parfons, Fobn 
Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, fofepb Dedman, 
John Dean, James Robinfon, Fobn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefh, Fobn 
Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fobn Snook Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, Fohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fohn Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Lvoft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, Fohn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hollingham, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel 
Wiljon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, WilliamNewnham, FefferyCarver, 
Thomas Rebinfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, Fobn Mar- 
tin, ‘fohn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rujfbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Montagu took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Montagu reported from the Committee, that they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto, which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Montagu accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill, and which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houle; and he read the Report in his 
rlace; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Re- 
port was read. 

Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be fuf- 
ficient for the Ule of the Members of the Houfe. 





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Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Monday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morn. 
ing next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 22° die Aprilis; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfé being informed, that Mr. Edward 

Stone, from the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England, attended at the Door; he was called 
in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Orders, 

Po Lift of Subfcribers to the Lottery 1769: And 
0, 
A Lift of the Subfcribers to the Lottery 1770, of Four 

Tickets for every £. 100 of the 4 per Cents. fubfcribed 

into 3 per Cents, Confolidated Annuities, 

And then he withdrew. 
And the Titles of the faid Lifts were read. 
Ordered, That the faid Lifts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Lifts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Sloane reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, 
in the [fle of Wight, for the Reception, Maintenance, 
and Employment, of the Poor belonging to the feveral 
Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland, was com- 
mitted, and to whom the Petition of the Churchwardens 
and Overfeers of the Poor of the Parifhes of Newport, 
Brooke, Brixton, Carifbrook, Saint Helen’s, Shalfleet, Brad- 
ing, Gatcombe, Arreton, Godfoill, and Newcburch, in the 
Tile of Wight, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed ; 
and alfo, the Petition of the Churchwardens and Over- 
feers of the Poor of the Parifhes of Whippingham and 
Yarmouth, in the Ife of Wight, whofe Names are-there- 
unto fubfcribed ; and alfo, the Petition of the principal 
Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes of Brading, Brixton, 
Shalfleet, Frefhwater, Yarmouth, Carifbrook, and God- 
Sill, in the Ife of Wight, in the County of Southamp- 
ton; and alfo, the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
and principal Inhabitants of the Te of Wight, in the 
County of Southampton, were referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had heard Counfel upon the Two. Firft-men- 
tioned Petitions; and had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report. to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
faving the Rights of the Lords of the Manor of the 
Foreit of Parkburft. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to 
be made Part of the Bill. 


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


Sir Anthony Abdy reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 


3 A&amp; 






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Act for vefting Part of the Eftate late of Nicholas Cor- 
fellis, Efquire, deceafed, at Wivenboe and Elmfted, in 
the County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for raifing 
Money to difcharge Incumbrances, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe; with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s ‘Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Thitd Time: 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs. . 

Ordered, That Sir Anthony Abdy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Southwell reported from the Committee, to whoni 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields; Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, in 
the Parithes of Preffon and Stratton, in the County of 
Gloucefter, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee (except the Owners and Proprietors of 
38 Acres 3 Roods of Land, who live at a Diftance, and 
were not applied to; and that the Whole of the Lands 
intended to be inclofed is 2,024 Acres ; and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amtendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 
theh a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quel- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 

ie. : 
wee That the Bill, with the Amendments; be in- 
gtofied, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; An A&amp; 
for Naturalizing Francis Harrand, was read a Second 
me. 
n Refloed That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kyna/- 
ton, Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Houfe was moved, that the Petition of Sir Lau- 
rence Dundas, Baronet, on Behalf of himfelf, and the 
other Land Owners, in the Stewartry of Orkwey and 
Zetland, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 
2d Day of February laft, and then ordered to lie upon 
the Table, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Refolutions, which, upon Te/day laft, were 
reported from the Committee who were appointed to 
enquire what Laws are expired, or near expiring, and 
to report their Opinion to the Hovfe, which of them 
are fit to be revived or continued, and were then agreed 
to by the Houfe ; That they do make Provifion. in 
the faid Bill, for authorizing the Exportation of a Quan- 
tity, to be limited, of an inferior Sort of Barley, called 
Bigg, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the Iflands of Orkney, 


Mr. Gilbert prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue feveral Laws for the better Re- 
gulation of Laitage and Ballaftage in the River Thames, 
and to the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed 
or difeuifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cultoms or 
Excife,; And to the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the 
Britifo Sugar Plantations ; for repealing fo much of an 

Vor. XXXII. 


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341 
Act; paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Gecrge 
the Firft, intituled, An Aét for preventing the Carriage 
of exceflive Loads of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and Coals, 
within Ten Miles of the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fer, as relates to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, and Corn ; 
and for authorizing the Exportation of a Quantity, to 
be limited, of an inferior Sort of Barley; called Bigg, 
from the Pott of Kirkwall, in the Iflands of Orkney : 
And the fame was teceived ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


An ingtoffed Bill for the Encouragement cf thie White 
Herring Fifhery, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. inges i 

Pr. 4. 1.28. After “ Jnverne/s” to infert “or to 

“ Braffey Sound, in Shetland.” 
After “* Invernefs” to infert “ or to 
“© Braffey Sound, in Shetland, Camp- 
‘© Delltown ,” and after “ Argyl- 
fire” to infert “ or Kirkwall; in 
“ Orkney.” ; 
Pr. ro. lL. r5. After ‘* Invernefs? to infert “ or to 
“ Braffey Sound, in Shetland, Camp- 
“ delitown.” . 
1.16. After “ Shire” to infert “ or Kirk- 
*¢ qwall, in Orkney.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and 
the Bill was athended at the Table accordingly: | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act fot the Encourdgément of the White Her- 
ring Fithery. eae ‘. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmonftoné do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurfence. 


Pr. 9. 1.27, 


An ingtoffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within 
the Hamlet and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of 
Watford and Long Buckby, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, was tead the Third Time. Se 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing dnd inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields; Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within 
the Hamlet and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of 
Watford and Long Buckby, in the County of Northampton. 

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


Tlie Houfe was moved, that the Order, made upon 
Friday \aft, ** That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
“¢ granting a Bounty upon the Importation of White 
“© Oak Staves and Heading, from the Province of Que- 
‘¢ bec, in America,” might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Order be difcharged, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, immediately, re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of a proper Bounty to be allowed tipon the Im- 
portation of White Oak Staves and Heading from His © 
Majefty’s Plantations in America. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions, which they 
had dire¢ted him to report, when the Houfé will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 


45 Ordered, 


















































































342 


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


Ordered, That the Order of. the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill to amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for extending like Li- 
verty, in the Exportation of Rice from Ea/t and Weft Flo- 
rida, to the Southward of Cape Finnifterre, in Europe, as 
is granted by former Acts of Parliament to Carolina and 
Georgia, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

The Houfe refolved itfelt into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to explain an Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Firft, intituled, An At giving further Encourage- 
ment for the Importation of Naval Stores, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Im- 
portation of unmanufactured Wood of the Growth and 
Produtt of America ; and to explain fo much of an Act, 
made in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for enlarg- 
ing and regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas, as 
‘relates to the Importation of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, 
landed at certain Places therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. ee 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the 


Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. ; 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the more effectually preventing the 
Counterfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm, be now 
read. 3 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 4 

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


An. ingroffed Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carts, Carriages, Loaded Horfes, Hawkers, Pedlars, 
Hucktfters, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen ;. and for filling 


up of Coal and other Pits and Sinks, and removing of 


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Obftruétions and Nufances within that Part of Grea 
Britain called Scotland, was read the Third Time. 

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

Pr. 6. 1.23. To leave out “ Hawkers,” and to 
leave out ** Huckiters.” 


l. 34. 
out “ Huckfter.” 


Pr.7. 1. 7, After ‘* Peace” to infert ‘ who are 
“© hereby authorized and required 

“¢ to grant the fame.” 
l. io. To leave out “ Hawker,” and to leave 


out “ Huckfter. 

l. 11. After “ his” to infert ‘¢ or her.” 

]. 14. To leave out “ Hawker,” and to leave 
out * Huckfter.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the better Regulation of Carters, Carts, 
Carriages, Loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty 
Chapmen ; and for filling up of Coal and other Pits and 
Sinks, and removing of Obftruétions and Nufances with- 
in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for improving and completing the 
Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Ifs, from the City 
of London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of 
Wilts, was read the Third Time. 

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

Pr. 24. 1. 5. To leave out “ Place,” and infert 

3 «* Cafe” inftead thereof. 

Pr. 43. |. 25. After “Grounds” to infert * now.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for improving and completing the Naviga- 
tion of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of 
London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of 
Wilts. | 

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


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum 
of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying 
certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 
Year 1771 ; and for carrying to the Agoregate Fund a 
Sum of Money which hath arifen by the Two Sevenths 
hal : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 

ime. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 
Money, to be raifed by a Lottery, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Whitbread reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for paving and keeping in Repair the feveral 


Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parith of Saint: 


Luke,.in the County of Middlefex , for widening. the 
Paffages at the Weft End of Chifwwell Street, and at 
the South End of Brick Lane; and to make a Street or 
Way from the North End of Norman Street, through 
certain Garden Grounds and Fields, to the City Road ; 

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for removing Obftructions and Annoyances from the faid 
Streets, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
committed ; and to whom the Petition of the Truitees 
acting under an A&amp;t, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Stones End, near Shoreditch Church, to the Cen- 
ter of the Bridge in Old Street Road, and through Old 
Street, in the Parifh of Saint Luke, Middlefex, to the Wett 
End of the faid Street, next the Pavement in Go/well 
Sireet,» and of feveral of the Creditors who have lent 
Money on the Security of the Tolls granted in and by 
the faid Act; and alfo, the Petition of the Truftees aét- 
ing under an Act, made in the Firft Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for making, 
widening, and repairing, a Road from the North Eaft 
Side of the Ge/well Street Road, next J/ington, in the 
County of Middlefex, and near to the Road called the 
New Read, over the Fields and Grounds to O/d Street 
Road, oppofite to the Doghoufe Barr, and at and from 
the Doghoufe Barr, to the End of Chifwell Street by the 
Artillery Ground, and of feveral of the Creditors who 
have lent Moncey on the Security of the Tolls granted in 
and by the faid Act; and alfo, the Petition of the Com- 
miffioners of Sewers for the Limits of Holborn and Fin/- 
bury Divifions, in the County of Middlefex ; and alfo, the 
Petition of Fobu Irifh, Fames Fobnfon, and George Wallis, 
Gentlemen; were feverally referred ; That the Commit- 
tee had confidered the faid Petitions ; and had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true ; and that’ the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Report was read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral other 
Amendments are neceffary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, Vhat the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Maj:fty ; the Refolution which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand and Nine 
Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Three Pence, be granted 
to His Majefty, for reimburfing to-the Province of New 
Hampfbire their Expences, in furnifhing Provifions and 
Stores to the Troops raifed by them for His Majefty’s 
Service, for the Campaign in the Year 1756. 

The faid. Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Mr. Page reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for amending and widening the Road from Beffel- 
fleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County 
of Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the 
County of Wilts ; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, to the 
Old Red Houfe wpon Wantage Downs, and from thence 
to Lamborn, in the faid County of Berks, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto, which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe, and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 


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343 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 4 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. 

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


The Houfe was moved, that an Aét, made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for preventing 
the Stealing of Dogs: And alfo, 

An Aét, made in the fame Seffion, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part 
of Great Britain called England, might be read. * 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to re- 
peal an Act, pafied in the laft Seflion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better Prefervation of the Game, 
within that Part of Great Britain called England ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef- 
tion, by leaving out the Word * repeal,” and inferting 
the Words “ alter, explain, and amend” inftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ re- 
peal” ftand Part of the Queftion, 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Alderman Town/end, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Alexander Pop i “me t 48. 

Lord Strange, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Ong ins t 93: 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words « al- 
“¢ ter, explain, and amend,” be inferted inftead thereof ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being fut, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to. bring in a Bill to 
alter, explain, and amend, an Act, paffed in the laft Sef- 
fion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the better Pre- 
fervation of the Game within that Part of Great Britain 
called England: And that Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Ju- 
nior, and the Lord Strange, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal 
an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act for preventing the Stealing of Dogs ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word “ repeal,” and in- 
ferting the Words “alter, explain, and amend”  in- 
ftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ re- 
“© peal” ftand Part of the Queftion; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,} 


Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, g. 
Mr. Byng : i 4 
Sir John Wrottefley, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Thomas Townfbend, f 94. 
Junior : 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ alter, 
‘¢ explain, and amend” be inferted inftead thereof ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter, explain, and amend, an Act, paffed in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for preventing 
the Stealing of Dogs: And that the Lord Strange and 
Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Sir William Meredith reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of ohn Dobfon, of Liverpool, Mer- 
chant, was referred; That the Committee had examined 
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‘had direéted him to report a State thereof to the Houle ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; vz. 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Petition, is as followeth : . 

Mr. Thomas Booth, Clerk to Mr. Dobfon, being exa- 
thined, faid, That he knows the Ship, called Lord Mol- 
lineux, was fitted out with every Requifite that the Law 
directs. 

That the faid Ship is of the Burthen of 190 Tons, 
or thereabouts, and had on board 60 Fifhing Lines, of 
120 Fathom each, 60 Harpoon Irons, and Six Boats, 
with Seven Men in each, and Two as an additional 
Number, together with Six Months Provifion. 

That the faid Ship failed from Liverpool on the 27th 
of March 1770; and did, in Company with the Betty 
of the faid Port, catch Three Whales; and returned to 
Liverpool on the 19th of Auguft following, where fhe 
went through the Examination required by the Act. 

That, upon Application for the Payment of the 
Bounty for the faid Ship, the Matter refuted to take the 
Oath prefcribed by the Act of Sth George the 2d; 
which Aét was produced, and read; alleging, that 
the faid Fih Bone and Oil, which he had on Board, 
was not taken by the faid Ship only, but in Company 
with the Betty from the faid Port: And he believes that 
all the Bone and Oil on board was taken in the Green- 
land Seas. 

That Mr. Dob/fon has not received the faid Bounty ; 
and that the Owner of the faid Ship the Betty hath re- 
ceived the Bounty due on the faid Ship. And, 

A Member prefent informed your Committee, That 
he had applied to the Lords of the Treafury, to enable 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms to pay the Bounty ; 
who thought it a hard Cafe; but that they were not at 
Liberty to difpenfe with the Oath, or any Part of it, 
contrary to Dire¢tion of the faid Act. | 

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


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Hartford, in 
the County of Huntingdon ; which Bill was, upon 
Wednefday \aft, reported from the Committee to whom 
the fame had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majcfty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majetty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Notice being taken, that his Majefty’s Intereft is con- 
cerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in 
the Parifh of Earls Barton, in the County of Northamp- 
ton; which Bill was, upon Tuefday the gth Day of this 
Inftant April, reported from the Committee, to whom 
the fame had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
jent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Paftures, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Hartford, in 
the County of Huntingdon, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Pattures, 





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Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Hartford, ih the 
County of Huntingdon. 

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


Mr. Wilbrabam Bootle reported from the Committec 


“to whom the Bill for making a Navigable Canal, from 


the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Che 
ter, and there to join the Canal now making from the 
River Trent to the River Merfey, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend: 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Report was read. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Amendments be now read a Second 
Time &gt; 

The Houfe divided: 

The Noes went forth. 


Lord Strange, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Whitworth « 


t 50. 
¢ Sir William Bagot, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Gilbert ¢ S 49. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Amendments were accordingly read a 
Second Time; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingroffed. | 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve ittelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, to 
confider of the prefent State of the Corn Trade ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houtfe, 
upon the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live 
Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, trom Great Britain, 
for a limited Time; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j Sir Edward Afiley, 


Mr. Milles : 
. wr Lord Garlies, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Pulteney : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

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


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to ex- 
plain and amend an Act, made in the lait Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An A&amp;t to regulate the Trials of 
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in Parliament. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Lord Fobn Cavendifh took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Lord Yobn Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. | 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Lord ohn Cavendifo accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Report was read. 

Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be 
fufficient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon Wednefday Morning next. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houle, to confider of an Aét, 
made in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty, inti- 
tuled, An Aé to prohibit the Importation of Foreign 
Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a limited Time; and 
for preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen 
employed in the Silk Manufacture. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Kynafton took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Kynajfton reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions, which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 

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


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to incapacitate 
ohn Burnett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hajelgrove, 
Thomas Hafelgrove, Fobn Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, 
Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Han- 
nington, John Hannington, John Robinfon, William Cheef- 
man, Richard Blair, George Browne, ‘fobn Parfons, Fobn 
Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry. Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, ‘Fohn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Ded- 
man, fobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, John Whiting, 


William Stevens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn | 


Hogsfiehh, Fobn Purfe, Fohn Dean, T homas Fennings, 
Yobn Snook Juniors Richard Tilfone, William Turner, 
Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, ‘John armand, Ro- 
bert Grover, John Wood, Friend Daniel, William Grat- 
svick, Nathanael Hillinan, Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afe- 
man, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael Smith, 
Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, 
‘ohn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas Hollingham, Rich- 
avd Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel Wilfon, Clement 
Lreeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, Thomas Crow- 
fer, Fokn Barnard, ‘ames Mitchell, Fames Millar, 
etherwife’ Miller, William Newnham, Feffrey Carver, 
Thomas Robinfon, Randall Button, ‘fames Carver, Fobn 
Martin, “Fobn Dedmas Senior, William fennings, 
William Hards, Thomas Gear, William Rujbridge, 
Henry Robinfon, and Henry Hannington, from voting 
at Eleétions of Members to ferve in Parliament, 
and for the preventing Bribery and Corruption in the 
Eleé&amp;tion of Members to ferve in Parliament for the 
Borough of New Shorebam, in the County of Sufex, was 
Vor. XXXII. 


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further Confiderati 
Weduefday Morning next. oe net ae 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To- rn 
ing, Ten of the Clock. oe 





Martis, 23° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III*i Regis, 1771: 


PRAYERS. 


A‘ ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
f Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, 
Common Paftures, Common Grounds, and Common- 
able Lands, within the Manor and Parith of Weden and 
Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife Loys Wedon 
in the County of Northampton, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Wedon and Wefton 
otherwife Wedon Pinkney, otherwife Loys Wedon, in the 
County of Northaipton. 

Ordered, That Major Egerton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open Arable Fields, Meadows, Commons, and Watte 
Grounds, in the Parith of Mifferton, in the County of 
Nottingham, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Arable 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and Wafte 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Mifferton, in the County of 
Nottingham. 

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


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Philips, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door ; he was called in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantities of Culm tranfported 
from One Port of Great Britain to another, with the 
Duties levied thereon, fpecifying the Port of Shipping 
and Delivery, during the laft Five Years preceding 
Chrifimas 1770; diftinguifhing each Year. 

And-then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion, , 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vetting in Truftees and their Heirs, feveral Ma- 
nors, Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in- the 
County of Southampton, the Eftate of the Moft noble 
William Henry Cavendifo Duke of Portland, upon Truft 
to fell the fame, and to apply the Money to arife by 
Sale thereof in Manner therein mentioned, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 7io- 
tham, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speakei’s 
Chamber. 


eh a 
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whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 
and. Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Bramp- 
‘ton en le Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the County of 
York, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the 
Committee (except 2 Perfons, who refufed to fign the 
Bill, who are poffefied of 58 Acres of inclofed Lands 
within the faid Township ; and that the whole Quantity 
of inclofed Lands within the faid Townfhip is about 
700 Acres; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout, and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aét for difcharging the Manor of Coldhefeldon, and 
divers Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, Part of 
the Eftate of Richard Earl of Scarborough, from the 
Utes, Eftates, and Trufts, declared concerning the 
fame, by the Settlement.executed previous to his Mar- 
riage with Barbara Countefs of Scarborough, his Wife, 
and by a certain Act of Parliament, which paffed in the 
Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign; and for 
fettling another Manor, and other Lands and Heredita- 
ments of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the like 
Ufes, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An inoroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for confirming and carrying into Execution an Agree- 
ment, dated the 23d Day of Fune 1770, between Hum- 
phrey Minchin, Efquire, and George Clive, Efquire, and 
for vefting certain Eftates, in the County of Tipperary, 
in the Kingdom of Ireland, in certain Truftees, and 
their Heirs, for that Purpofe, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hanmer, 
Mr. Cuff, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Aéts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George the Firtt, 
and the r9th and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Roads in the County Palatine. of Lancafer, and for 
amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow 
Brow, to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liver- 
pool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh 
Houfe, in Liverpool, aforefaid, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Strange, 
Sir William Meredith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 





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And a Motion being made, That the Committee 
have Leave to fit and proceed upon the faid Bill To. 
morrow Morning ; 

The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Jour. 
nal of the Houfe, of the Firft Day of Fume 1767, of the 
Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to the Bill for re- 
pairing and widening feveral Roads leading from the’ 
Town of Ayr, and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
the County of Ayr, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Committee have Leave to fit, 
and proceed upon the Bill to enlarge the Term and 
Powers of Three Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of King 
George the Firft, and the rgth and 26th Years of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Pref- 
cott, and other Roads in the County Palatine of Lazn- 
cafter ; and for amending the Road from the Caufeway 
at Blacklow Brow, to the Caufeway leading from Pre/- 
¢ott to Liverpool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to 
Ranelagh Houfe, in Liverpool, atorefaid, To-morrow 
Morning. 


Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for widening the Highways in that Part 
of Great Britain called Scotland, was committed; That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for vefting the Manor, Capital Meffuage, Barton Farm, 
and Demefne Lands of Cadbay, fituate in Ottery Saint 
Mary, in the County of Devon, Part of the fettled 
Eftate of Sir Booth Williams, Baronet, in Truftees, to 
be fold; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfitt- 
ing with regard to the faid fettled Eftate, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sutton, 
Mr. Townfhend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Mr. Whitbread reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for paving and keeping in Repair the 
feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of 
Saint Luke, in the County of Middlefex ; for widening 
the Paffages at the Weft End of Chifwell Street, and at 
the South End of Brick Lane; and to make a Street or 
Way from the North End of Norman Street, through 
certain Garden Grounds and Fields, to the City Road; 
for removing Obftructions and Annoyances from the 
faid Streets, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was re-committed; That the Committee had made feveral 
other Amendments to the Bill; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 

_ Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


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


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and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, . 
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the Parifh of Earls Barton, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parifh of Earls Barton, in the County of Northampton. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to explain an Act, made in the Eighth Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, inti- 
tuled, An Act giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Importation 
of unmanufactured Wood of the Growth and Product 
of America, and to explain fo much of an Aét, made 
in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act for enlarging and 
regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to 
the Importation of Raw Silk, and Mohair Yarn, landed 
at certain Places therein mentioned, was committed, 
the Amendments which the Committee had made to 
the Bill, and which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houle.’ 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for the more effectually preventing the Counter- 
feiting the Copper Coin of this Realm, was committed, 
the Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill, and which they had direéted him: to report to the 
Houle ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Aét for extending like Liberty, in 
the-Exportation of Rice from Eaf and Weft Florida, to 
the Southward of Cape Finifterre, in Europe, as is 
granted, by former Acts of Parliament, to Carolina and 
Georgia, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét 
for Naturalizing Facob Matthias Fuftus and Theophilus 
Chriftian Blanckenbagen, was vead a Second Time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


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A Bill to continue feveral Laws for the better Regu- 
lation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River Thames, 
and to the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed 
or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or 
Excife; and to the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the 
Britifo Sugar Plantations ; for repealing fo much of an Aét, 
pafied in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the 
Firft, intituled, An Aét for preventing the Carriage of ex- 
ceffive Loads of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and Coals, within 
Ten Miles of the Cities of London and Weftminfter, as 
relates to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, and Corn; and 
for authorizing the Exportation of a Quantity, to be 
limited, of an inferior Sort of Barley, called Bigge, 
from the Port of Kirkwall, in the Iflands of Orkney, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching, Haydon Square, The New Square, 
Haydon Yard, Sheepy Yard, Church Street, Little Church 
Street, otherwife the Church Paffage, Church Court, and 
Kenton Street, and the Paffages therein, or leading there- 
unto, in ‘the Parifh of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, 
in the Minories, in the County of Middlefex, within the 
Liberty of His Majefty’s Tower of London, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made {feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe ; 
and an Amendment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr. Cuddou : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Roads from Hand Cro/s 
to Corner Houfe, and from thence to the Turnpike 
Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, and from Cor- 
ner Houfe atorefaid to the Maypole, in the Town of 
Henfield, in the County of Sufex ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enlarging and altering the Terms and Powers of feveral 
Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the 
Roads leading from the Town of Brom/grove to the 
Town of Dudl » in the County of Worcefter, and from 
the faid Town of Brom/grove to the Town of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, fo far as the faid Aéts 
relate to the repairing of the Roads leading from the 
faid Town of Birmingham to the faid Town of Brom/- 
grove; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the 
Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of King George the 
Second, for repairing the Roads from Livingftone, by 
the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Gla/gow, and by the 
Town of Hamilton, to the Town of Strathaven; and 
for repairing and widening the Road leading from the 
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the Town of Strathaven, in the County of Lanerk; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Turn- 
pike Road at Vinehall, in thé Parith of Mountfield, in 
the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner, and from 
thence to Staple Crofs, and to the Turnpike Road near 
the Windmill, in the Parith of Beckley, and from Staple 
Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch, and 
from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the faid 
County ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Road from Patrick’s 
Crof:, within the Town of Liverpool, in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancaffer, to the Town of Preffon, in the fame 


County Palatine; without any Amendment: And alfo,. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, Lands, 
and Grounds, at Long Rifton and Arnold, in the County 
of York; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the Town of South 
Leith, the Territory of Saint Anthony's, and Yard Heads, 
thereunto adjoining ; and for fupplying the feveral Parts 
thereof with frefh Water; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Haufe, to whom the 
Bill to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, and other 
Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a limited 
Time, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, One of them was dif- 
agreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Kynafton, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider cf an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Im- 
portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for a 
limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture, 
the Refolutions which the Committee had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; which he read in his’ Place, 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame were read ; and are as followeth ; viz. 
 Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Im- 
portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets, for 
a limited Time ; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture, 
is near expiring, and fit to be continued for a further 
Time to be limited. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Importation of Foreign Crapes and Tiffanies in- 
to Great Britain be prohibited tor a Time to be limited. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereup- 
on, agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, upon 
the faid Refolutions: And that Mr. Kyna/ton, Mr. Al- 
cerman Harley, and the Lord Beauchamp, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for cleanfing, lighting, and watch- 
ing,-the feveral Streets, and other Paffages, on the 
South Side of the City of Edinburgh, and tor removing 

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Nufances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing 
the fame for the future, was read the Third.Time. ~ 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Tire 
be, An Act for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
feveral Streets, and other Paifages, on the South Side 
of the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nufances 
and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the fame 
for the future. ; 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilnour do catry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Thomas T ownfbend, Junior, prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill to alter, explain, and amend, 
an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, inti- 
tuled, An Act for preventing the Stealing of Dogs: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 
Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying cer- 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 
Year 1771; and for carrying to the Ageregate Fund 
a Sum of Money which hath arifen by the Two Se« 
venths Excife, was read a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to. whom it 
was referred to confider of a proper Bounty to be al- 
lowed upon the Importation of White Oak Staves and 
Heading from His Majeity’s Plantations in America, 
the Kefolutions which the Committee had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame were read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Six Pounds be allowed for every One 
thoufand and Two hundred (each hundred contain- 
ing Six Score) of Pipe Staves, each Stave not being lefs 
than Five Feet Six Inches long, from Four Inches and 
One Half of an Inch to Six Inches broad, and Two 
Inches thick at the thinneft Edge, which fhall be im- 
ported from the Firft Day of January 1772, to the 
Firft Day of Fanuary 1775; and in the like Proportion 
for any greater or lefs Number. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Six Pounds be allowed for every One 
thoufand and Eight fuch hundred of Hogfhead Staves, 
each Stave not being lefs than Four Feet Six Inches 
long, from Four Inches and One Half of an Inch to Six 
Inches broad, and One Inch and One Half of an Inch 
thick at the thinneft Edge, which fhall be imported 
from and after the faid Firft Day of January 1772, to the 
Firft Day of Fanuary 17753 and in the like Proportion 
for any greater or lefs Number. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Six Pounds be allowed for every Two 
thoufand and Four fuch hundred of Barrel Staves, each 
Stave being from Three Feet Six Inches to Three Feet 
Eight Inches at’ the leaft in Length, from Four Inches 
to Five Inches broad, and One Inch and One Half of an 
Inch thick at the thinneft Edge, which fhall be imported 
from and after the faid Firft Day of January 1772, to 
the Firft Day of Fanuary i775; and in the like Propor- 
tion for any greater or lefs Number. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Six Pounds be allowed for every 
Three thoufand and Six fuch hundred Pieces of Pipe, 
Hogfhead, and Barrel Heading, each Piece of Pipe 
Heading being Two Feet Eight Inches long, each Piece 
of Hogfhead Heading being Two Feet Four Inches 


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long, andeach Piece of Barrel Heading being Two Feet 
and One Inch long, at the leaft, and each fuch refpec- 
tive Piece of Heading being from Five to Six Inches 
broad, and Two Inches thick at the thinneft Edge, 
which fhall be imported, from and after the faid Firft 
Day of Fanuary 1772, to the Firft Day of Fanuary 1775; 
and in the like Proportion for any greater or lefs Num- 
ber. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Four Pounds be allowed for every 
1,200 fuch Pipe Staves, for every 1,800 fuch Hogfhead 
Staves, for every 2,400 ftich Barrel Staves, and for 
every 3,600 Pieces of fuch Heading, as before de- 
{cribed, which fhall be imported, from and after the faid 
Firlt Day of January 1775, to the Firft Day of Fanuary 
1778. 

T Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Bounty of Two Pounds be allowed for every. 
1,200 fuch Pipe Staves, for every 1,800 fuch Hogfhead 
Staves, for every 2,400 fuch Barrel Staves, and for 
every 3,600 Pieces of fuch Heading, as before de- 
fcribed, which fhall be imported, from and after the faid 
Firft Day of fanuary 1778, to the Firft Day of Fanuary 
1781. 

” Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Bounty be paid out of His Majefty’s 
Cuftoms. . 

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

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions ; and that Sir Charles Whitworth and Mr. 
Cooper do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That there be laid before this Houfe, a Lift of the Per- 
fons who have fubfcribed to the Lottery of the prefent 
Year, with the Number of Tickets for which each Per- 
fon has fubfcribed ; 

The Houfe divided: 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, SM oar } 0. 
Mr. Onflow, 
Tellers for the Noes, j Mr Rebiniin j i 93- 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Support and Efta- 
blifhment of the Greenland and Whale Fifhery, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better Support and Eftablifhment of 
the Greenland and Whale Fithery. | 

Ordered, That Sir William Meredith do carty the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for divefting out of the Crown, and 
to velt in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the 
County of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, 
and his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral 
Lands in Jreland, therein mentioned; which Bill was, 
upon Friday, the 19th Day of this Inftant April, re- 
ported from the Committee, to whom the fame had 
been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectually preventing the infamous Pra¢tice 
of Stockjobbing: And that Mr. Huféy, Mr. Walpole, 
and Sir George Colebrooke, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Vor. XXXII. 


Ordered, That the Bill to prohibit the Exportation of 
Live Cattle, and other:Flefh Provifions, from Great 
Britain, for a limited Time, be read the Third Time 


upon Friday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingroffed. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Third Reading of the Bill, now ingroffed, for the more 
effectually raifing a Military Force, for the Proteétion 
of the Settlements and Poffeffions of the Ea/t India Com- 
pany ; ; nage 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read the Third Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. . 

* (Mr. Pulteney, | 
‘Fellers for-the, Yeas, } Sir George Colebrooke : f 45° 
Colonel Burgoyne, 
Tellers for the Noes,¢ Mr. Thomas Townfhend,S 45. 
Junior : 

And the Numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker declared 
himfelf with the Yeas. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read the Third 
Time. 

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

Pr. 1. 1. 27. After &lt;‘ for” to infert ‘¢ raifing.” 

1. 29. To leave out “One Regiment or Corps, 
“for the Purpofe of levying, af- 
“ fembling, and training in Arms.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 27. To leave out “ Thirty-two,” and infert 
“« Twenty-eight” inftead thereof.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Quefticrt 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

A Motion was made, and thé Queftion being put, 
That the Bill do pafs; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


The Fail of Catberlough, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Sulivan : i 50. 
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Tellers for the Noes, ie George O/born, 
olonel Burgoyne : 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tucker have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being near Seven of the Clock: 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly : And, 

An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting certain Meffuages in the Strand, in the 
County of Middlefex, Part of the fettled Eftate of Fames 
Theobald, Efquire, in Truftees, to be conveyed to Fames 
Adam, Efquire, and for laying out the Purchafe Money 
in Lands, to be fettled to the Ufes to which the faid 
fettled Eftates do now ftand limited, was read a Second 
Time. ‘ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tuc- 
ker, Lord Burgherfh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


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


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PRAYERS. 


()Raered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 

Reading of the Bill, now ingroffed, for making a 
Navigable Canal, from the River Dee, within the Li- 
berties of the City of Cheffer, and there to Join the 
Canal now making from the River Trent to the River 
Merfey, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do Sa And that the Title 
be, An Act for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
trom the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of 
- Chefter, to or near Middlewich, in the County of Cheffer, 
there to join the Canal now making from the River 
Trent to the River Merfey. 

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


Mr. Alderman Harley prefented to the Houfes ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to continue for a further Time, 
to be limited, an Aét, pafied in the Sixth Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to prohibit 
the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets 
for a limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Com- 
binations of Workmen employed in the Silk Manu- 
fa€ture: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for divefting out of the Crown, and 
to veft in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the County 
of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, and 
his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral 
Lands in Ireland, therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

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

Pr. 16. 1. 32. To leave out ‘ at or before the making 

“ this Aét,” and infert “therein or 
“ thereto” inftead thereof. 

1, 34. After ‘ Purpofes,” to infert ‘¢ as if the 
* Reverfion of the faid Towns, Town 
« Lands, or Lands, had never been 
*¢ vefted in the Crown, or.” 

1. 35. To leave out “ made,” and infert “ paf- 
“ fed” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for divefting out of the Crown, and to 
vett in Gerald Fitz Gerald, otf Rathrone, in the County 
of Meath, in the Kingdom of /reland, Efquire, and his 
Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee, of and in feveral Lands 
in Jreland, therein mentioned, 

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


An ingroffed Bill to amend an A&amp;, made in the laft 
Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for extending 
like Liberty, in the Exportation of Rice from Eaff and 
Weft Florida, to the Southward of Cape Finifterre, in 
Europe, as is granted by former Acts of Parliament, to 
Carolina and Georgia, was read the Third Time. 

Refilved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to amend an A&amp;, made in the lait Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for extending like 
Liberty, in the Exportation of Rice from Eat and Weft 
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as is granted by former Acts of Parliament, to Caroling 
and Georgia. ' 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain an Aéct, made in the 
Eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Firft, intituled, An Aé giving further En- 
couragement for the Importation of Naval Stores, 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, fo far 
as relates to the Importation of unmanufactured Wood 
of the Growth and Product of America; and to ex- 
plain fo much of an Act, made in the 26th Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for enlarging and regulating the 
Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to the Importa- 
tion of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, landed at certain 
Places therein mentioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; to explain an Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Firft, intituled, An A&amp; giving further Encouragement for 
the Importation of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Importation 
of unmanufactured Wood of the Growth and Produét 
of America ; and to explain fo much of an Act, made 
in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Aé for enlarging and 
regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates 
to the Importation of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, 
landed at certain Places therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the more effectually preventing 
the Counterfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectually preventing the 
Counterfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
tothe Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for granting a Bounty upon the 
Importation of White Oak Staves and Heading, from 
the Britifh Colonies or Plantations in America: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to alter, explain, and amend, an Aét, paffed 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé&amp; for 
preventing the Stealing of Dogs, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tho- 
mas Townfbend, Junior, Mr. Clayton, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber ; and all who come to the Commit- 
tee, are to have Voices. 


The Lord Strange reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers of 
Three Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of Kin George 
the F irft, and the rgth and 26th Years of his Bec Ma- 
jefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, 
and other Roads in the County Palatine of Lancafter, 
and for amending the Road from the Caufeway at Black- 
low Brow, to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to 
Liverpool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh 
Houfe, in Liverpool aforefaid, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted hjm 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
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Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Huffey prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the more effectually preventing the’ in- 
famous Practice of Stockjobbing: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
‘To-morrow Morning. 

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking 
into further Confideration the Report from the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to in- 
capacitate Fobn Burnett, Charles Hannington, Francis 
Hafelgrove, Thomas Hoafelgrove, Fohn Pedman Junior, 
Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, 
Thomas Hannington, Fohn Hanuington, Fohn Robdin- 
fon, William Cheefman, Richard Blair, George Browne, 
John Parfons, Fobn Curl, Frederick Dean, William 
Dean, Harry Sawyers, Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, 
Thomas Crowter, Fobn Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas 
Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fobn Dean, Fames Robinfon, 
John Whiting, William Stevens, Fohn Bawcomb, Robert 
Parker, Fon Hogsflefh, Fohn Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas 
Jennings, Fohn Snook Junior, Richard Tilftone, William 
Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, fobn Far- 
mand, Robert Grover, FohnWeod, Friend Daniel, William 
Gratwick, Nathanael) Hillman, Thomas Roberts, Fohn Ah- 
man, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael Smith, 
Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, ‘fobn 
Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas Hollingham, Richard 
Stonebaim, Fames Bennett, Samuel Wilfon, Clement Free- 
man, William Laffeter, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, 
‘tobn Barnard, James Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife 
Miller, William Newnham, Jeffery Carver, Thomas Ro- 
binfon, Randall Button, ‘fames Carver, \fobn Martin, 
ohn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rujfbridge, Henry Robinfon, and 
Henry Hannington, from voting at Elections of Members 
to ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing Bribery 
and Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in 
Parliament for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the 

County of Suffex, was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That this Houfe will immediately refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of 
the faid Bill ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 
Junior, 80. 
Sir Harbord Harbord: 
Tellers for the Noes, ) y4- Coo per : i 30. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Mr. Montagu took the Chair of the Committee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
had made feveral other Amendments to the Bill ; which 
they had direéted him to report, when the Houfe will 
pleafe to receive the fame. 


Mr. Charles Fox, 
mittee. 
Mr. Montagu reported from the Committee, That they 
A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 


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351 
pofed, That the Report be received upon Friday Morn- 
Ing next ; 

The Amend nents following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Queftion ; viz. 

To leave out the Word “ Friday,” and infert the 
Word “To-morrow” inftead thereof, and to leave out 
the Word “ next.” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ Fri- 
‘¢ day” ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ To- 
** morrow” be inferted inftead thereof; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ next” 
ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received ‘1 0-morrow 
Morning. 


_ Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking 
into further Confideration the Report from the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to explain 
and amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, An Aé&amp; to regulate the Trials of con- 
troverted Ele¢tions, or Returns of Members to ferve 
in Parliament, was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Report into 
further Confideration. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the ne gps feverally put thereupon, agreed to 
by the Houfe; and feveral Amendments were made, by 
the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday next, at 
Twelve of -the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for granting to His 
Majefty a certain Sum of Money, to be raiied by a Lot- 


tery. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morninp, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain 
Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for ap- 
plying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year 1771 ; and for carrying to the Aggregate 
Fund a Sum of Money which hath arifen by the Two 
Severzhs Excife. | 


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





Fovis, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III'i Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Thomas Townfhend Junior prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Bill to alter, ex- 
plain, and amend, an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; for the better Preferva- 
tion of the Game, within that Part of Great Britain 
called England: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. _ Ordered, That Mr. Edmonffone do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 
A Bill for granting a Bounty upon the Importation , tae - 5 
of White Oak Staves and Heading, from the Britif A Bill to continue for a further Time, to be limited, 
Colonies or Plantations in Avierica, was read a Second an Aét, paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent Ma- 


Time. ; jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aét to prohibit the Im- 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed. portation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee limited Time; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 

of the whole Houtfe. tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture, 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, was read a Second Time. 

refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

the faid Bill. _ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 


of the whole Houfe. 

_ ABill for repairing, amending, and fupporting, the Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the J/le of Man, was ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hout, 
read a Second Time. upon the faid Bill. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ; 7. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee _An ingroffed Bill for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes 
of the whole Houfe. of Induttry, in the [le of Wight, for the Reception, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, Maintenance, and Employment, of the Poor belonging 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon to the feveral Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland, 
the faid Bill. was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 

Orderéd, ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to be, An Act for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of In- 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon duftry, in the Je of Wight, for the Reception, Main- 
the Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of tenance, and Employment, of the Poor belonging to 
Moncy out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying cer- the feveral Parifhes and Places within the faid Ifland. 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Ordered, That Mr. Sloane do carry the Bill to the 
Year 1771; and for carrying to the Aggregate Fund a_ Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

Sum of Money which hath arifen by the Two Sevenths 
Excife, be now read. An ingroffed Bill for amending and widening the 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; Road from Befélfleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- in the County of Berks, and from Wantage to Mar!- 
mittee, ‘That they have Power to receive a Claufe of dorough, in the County of Wilts; and from the Turn- 
Credit. pike Road between Reading and Walling ford, through 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- Halfpeny Lane, to The Old Red Heufe upon Wantage 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Ap- Downs, and from thence to Lamborn, in the faid County 
propriation. of Berks, was read the Third Time. 

Ordered, That fo much of His Majefty’s moft gra- Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
cious Speech to both Houfes of Parliament, upon the be, An Aét for amending and widening the Road from 
15th Day of November. 1763, as relates to the Money Befelfleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the Coun- 
arifing from the Sale of Prizes vefted in the Crown, and_ ty of Berks, and from Wantage to Mariborough, in the 
to the Sums which fhould arife by the Sale of the Ceded County of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Iflands being applied to the public Service, be referred Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, to 
to the faid Committee. The Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 

Ordered, That the Report which was made from the thence to Lamborn, in the faid County of Berks. 
Committee, to whom the Petition of Fobn Dobfon, of Ordered, That Mr. Vanfittart do carry the Bill to the 
Liverpool, Merchant, was referred; be referred to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 
faid Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, for in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enabling the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s regulate the Trials of controverted Eleétions, or Re- 
Treafury, to pay unto Fobn Debfon, Owner of the turns of Members to ferve in Parliament, was read the 
Greenland Ship, Lerd Molyneux, from Liverpool, the Third Time. 


Bounty, if they think fit, due for the faid Ship on the Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


laft Year’s Fifhery. be, An Act to explain and amend an Aé, made in 
Then the House refolved itfelf into the faid Com- the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp;t to re- 
mittee. gulate the Trials of controverted Eleétions, or Returns 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | of Members to ferve in Parliament. 
Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
mittee. Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made fe- OpenCommon Fields, Common Meadows, Commons, 
veral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted and Downs, in the Parifhes of Prefton and Stratton, in 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the the County of Gleuceffer, was read the Third Time. 


fame. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that-the Title 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow be, An A&amp;t for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
Morning. mon Fields, Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, 


. feat in the Parifhes of Prefton and Stratton, in the County 
An ingroffed Bill for widening the Highways in that of Gloucefter. 


Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was read the Third Ordered, That Mr. Southwell do carry the Biil to the 


Time. Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for widening the Highways in that Part Mr. La/celles reported from the Committee, to whom 
of Great Britain called Scotland, the Bill for the better paving, repairing, cleanfing, and 


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lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public 
Paflages, within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, 
in the County of York, which lies within the Eaft End 
of Weftgate Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, 
the North End of Kirkyate Bridge, (except fo much 
thereof as is repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid 
County of York) and the extreme Part of the Townfhip 
of Wakefield aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards 
Eaft Moor; for preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein; and for widening and rendering the fame more 
commodious, was committed; and. to whom the Pe- 
tition of the Truftees for the Undertakers for making 
navigable the Rivers 4r and Calder, in the County of 
York, and of the faid Undertakers and their Leffees, 
and alfo of divers Owners and Occupiers of Lands, 
Mills, and other Hereditaments, within the Townfhip 
of Wakefield, in the faid County of York ; and alfo, the 
Petition of Alan Fobnfon, of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, Gentleman, on Behalf of himfelf, and of Pem- 
berton Milnes, Efquire, Mr. Francis Maude, the Elder, 
Mr. Daniel Maude, and the Reprefentatives of Mr. 
William Beatfon, deceafed ; and alfo, the Petition of 
Fofeph Maift, of Wakefield, in the County of York, were 
feverally referred ; That the Committee had heard Coun- 
fel on Behalf of the Firft-mentioned Petition; and had 
alfo heard Counfel in Favour of the faid Bill, and had 
confidered the Two lait-mentioned Petitions ; and that 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, feveral of them were difagreed 
to, and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe, and 
feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, to the 
Bill. 

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


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Road leading from Wem, 
in the County of Salop, to the Lime Rocks at Bron y 
Garth, and feveral other Roads, in the Counties of 
Salop and Denbigh, without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Pattifball, within the Hamlets 
of Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darlefcote, in the County of 
Northampton ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Commonable Lands and 
Watte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Ud), in 
the County of Somerfet ; with fome Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Copyhold Eftate of Richard Maddock, 
Gentleman, deceafed, fituate at Norwood, in the County 
of Middlefex, in Truftees, to be fold, towards difcharg- 
ing the Principal Money and Intereft due upon a Mort- 
gage thereof, and of certain Freehold Eftates of the 
faid Richard Maddock, in the County of Wilts; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac 

Vout. XXXIII. 


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353 


for Naturalizing Carften Dirs and Facob Gloftein; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houte. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the more effectually preventing 
the infamous Practice of Stockjobbing, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was.read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Mr. Montagu, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to inca- 
pacitate Fobn Burnett, Charles Hannington, Francis Hafel- 
grove, Thomas Hafelgrove, Fohn Pedman Junior, Ralph 
Moor, Thomas Parfons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas 
Hannington, Fohn Hannington, Fobn Robinjon, William 
Cheefman, Richard Blair, George Browne, Fobu Parfons, 
Fobn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn 
Bicknell, Mathias Trufter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, 
John Dean, Fames Robinfon, Fohn Whiting, William Ste- 
vens, Fohn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefh, fohn 
Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fohn Snock Junior, 
Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles 
Mitchell, Fohn Farmand, Robert Grover, Fohn Wood, 
Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, 
Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afhman, William Cooter, Thomas 
Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, 
Emery Churcher, Fohn Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas 
Hlollingham, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samuel 
Wilfon, Clement Freeman, William Laffeter, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, WilliamNewnbam, FefferyCarver, 
Thomas Rebinfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, fobn Mar- 
tin, ‘fohn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hannington, from voting at Elestions of Members to 
ferve in Parliament ; and for the preventing Bribery and 
Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the Coun- 
ty of Suffex, was re-committed ; the Amendments which 
the Committee had made to the Bill, and which they 
had dire€ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Report was read. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Amendments be now read a Second Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ony os cay i 76. 
Mr. Charles Fox, 

Tellers for the Noes,} Sir Coot! Wray i 18. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Amendments were accordingly read a 
Second Time, and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
esi were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Monday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be then 
ingrofled. 


A Petition of William Allen being offered to be prefent~ 
ed to the Houfe ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be brought up, 

The Houfe divided. 


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354 


The Yeas went forth. | 
Vie Sir William Meredith, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Alderman Town- 
Jena: 
- Mr. Stanley, 
Tellers for the Noes, } “Fer daw 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for velting the Copyhold Eftate of Richard Maddock, 
Gentleman, deceafed, fituate at Norwood, in the County 
of Middlefex, in Truftees, to be fold, towards dit- 
charging the Principal Money and Intereft due upon 
a Mortgage thereof, and of certain Freehold Eftates of 
the faid Richard Maddock, in the County of Wilts, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for Naturalizing Carften Dirs and Facob Gloftein, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


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





Veneris, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Term and Powers 
of Three Acts, paffed in the 12th Year of King 
George the Firft, and the 19th and 26th Years of his late 
Majefty, for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Pre/- 
cott, and other Roads in the County Palatine of Lancafter; 
and for amending the Road from the Caufeway at Black- 
low Brow to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Li- 
verpool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh 
Houfe, in Liverpool aforefaid, was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Aédts, pafied in the 12th Year of King George the Firft, 
and the 19th and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for re- 
pairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Roads in the County Palatine of Lancafter; and for 
amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, 
to the Caufeway leading from Pre/cott to Liverpool, and 
alfo through Lime Kilz Lane to Ranelagh Houfe, in Liver- 
pool aforefaid. 
Ordered, That the Lord Strange do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Methuen reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for enabling Sir Henry Harpur, Baronet, to make Leafes 
of his Eftates in the Counties of Derby and Stafford, for 
Three Lives, or 99 Years, or fuch other Leafes as are 
therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Tabie. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais. 

Ordered; That Mr. Methuen do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


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Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for Naturalizing Facob Matthias Fuftus and Theophi- 
lus Chriftian Blanckenbagen, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. | 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houle 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee; 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for Naturalizing Francis Harrand, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. . 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Brampton en le Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of Zork, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Watte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Brampton en le 
Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Colonel St. Leger do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fohn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the fettled Eftates of Thomas Parkinfon, Ea- 
ward Heathcote, and Catharine his Wife, and their re- 
fpective Children, lying in the Counties of Nottingham, 
Lincoln, and Chefter, in Truftees, to fell a fufficient Part 
thereof, for Payment of Debts and Legacies affecting the 
fame, and for making a Partition of the Remainder 
thereof, and fettling the entire Premiffes to the Ufes 
therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir John Wrottefley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendmeat. 


Sir Brownlow Cuft reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for reducing into One Act of Parliament 
the feveral Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage 
of Gunpowder; and for more effectually preventing 
Mifchiefs, by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in 
too great Quantities, was committed ; That the Ccm- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, 

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One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe ; and an Amend- 
ment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

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


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments, made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for dividing and inclofing the Commonable 
Lands and Watfte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Udly, in the County of Somer/et. 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

Pr. 14. 1. 4. Leave out “ or Plots.” 

1. 24. Leave out “ or more,” and leave out 
“or Plots.” ’ 

1. 32. Leave out “all,” and after “ which” 
infert “ Two.” 


1. 32, b Leave out “ faid feveral Plots or.” 


33. | 
1. yr After “* Hay” infert “ only.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 1; — out ‘* Compofitions in Lieu of 
2.9 the faid Tythes, Modufes,” and af- 
ter “or” infert “ any,” and leave out 
“ other,” and after “ Payments” in- 
fert ** in Liew of the faid Tythes of 
* Corn and Hay,” and leave out 
“¢ whatfoever.” 
1. 16. After “ Tythes” infert “* of whatever 
“ Kind.” 
1. 44. After “ At” infert “* And be it fur- 
“ ther énacted, That fuch and the 
*“‘ fame Modufes or Compofitions 
“ in Lieu of Tythes, except of Corn 
“ and Hay, payable out of the an- 
“cient Inclofures or other Tene- 
*¢ ments, within the faid Manor and 
“¢ Parifh, fhall exteridto, and be pay- 
“&lt; able out of, fuch Inclofures to be 
“ made by Virtué of this Aét, as 
“ fhall be allotted to any Freeholder 
“¢ who is iow entitled to pay fuch 
“ Modules or Compofitions for the 
“ ancient Inclofures or other Tene- 
“ments belonging to him, her, or 
** them, within the faid Manor and 
“«&lt; Parifh: Provided always, That no- 
‘¢ thing herein contained fhall prevent 
“ the faid Peter Grigg and his Suc- 
“¢ ceffors, Rectors of the faid Pa- 
“ rifh, from calling in Queftion, by 
* due Courfe of Law, all fuch Mo- 
*¢ dufes or Compofitions, in Lieu of 
“ Tythes, as are now ot have been 
“ ufually paid or payable from any 
“¢ ancient Inclofures or other Tene- 
“¢ ments, within the faid Manor and 
“ Parifh; nor fhall the faid Peter 
“* Grigg and his Succeffors be deem- 
“ed to be excluded by any Thing 
“¢in this Act contained, from any 
“¢ Claim, which he or they may have 
“ by Law, to any Tythes, growing, 
“ renewing, or arifing, from and out 
“of, or in refpect of, the faid 
“¢ Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
*¢ Grounds, other than and except, 
“ the faid Tythes of Corn and Hay, 
*« and except fuch Species of fimail 
“ Tythes as have not ufually, for 
“¢ Thirty Years laft paft, been paid 
* and received within the faid Manor 
“ and Parith, for, or on Account of, 
“ fuch Kinds of Produétions, Cattle, 
“or other Tithable Subjeéts, as 
“have been raifed, fed, paftured, 


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** produced, or cultivated, within the 
*¢ faid Manor and Parith, for the faid 
30 Years laft paft.” 
Pr. 16. 1. 14. After “the” infert “© Two aforefaid,” 
‘&lt; and leave out “ Share,” and infert 

| _ © Shares” inftead thereof. 

The faid Amendments being feverally tead a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kyaafton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Money 
out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying certain Mo- 
nies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year 1771; 
and for carrying to the Aggregate Fund a Sum of Mo- 
ney which hath arifen by the ‘'wo Sevenths Excile, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill, and which they had dire€ted him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houie, 
upon the Bill for repairing, amending, and fupporting, 
the feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the Ifle of Adan, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Cominittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. __ 

Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next: 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon, 
the Bill for granting a Bounty upon the Importation of 
White Oak Staves and Heading, from the Briti/ Colo- 
nies or Plantations in America, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. . 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had dire¢ted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill, now ingroffed, to prohibit the Ex- 
portation of Live Cattle, and other Flefh Provifions, from 
Great Britain, for a limited Titne, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accerdingly ; 


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he faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

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

Pr. 2. 1.10. To leave out from * exported” to 

“ and” in |. 16. 
Pr. 3. 1. 29. To leave out from “ Act” to ‘ and” 
in |. 32. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the 
Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, 
and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a li- 
mited Time. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for paving and keeping in Repair 
the feveral Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of 
Saint Luke, inthe County of Middlefex , for widening the 
Paflages at the Weft End of Chifwell Street, and at the 
South End of Brick Lane; and to make a Street or Way, 
from the North End of Norman Street, through certain 
Garden Grounds, and Fields, to the City Road; for re- 
moving Obftructions and Annoyances from the faid 
Streets ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for paving and keeping in Repair the Streets, 
Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of Saint Luke, in the 
County of Middlefex ; for removing Obftructions and 
Annoyances therein; and for widening the Paffages at 
the Weft End of Chifwell Street, and at the South End of 
Brick Lane, in the faid Parifh ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned. 

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


A Bill to alter, explain, and amend, an Act paffed in 
the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the 
better Prefervation of the Game within that Part of 
Great Britain called England, was read a Second Time. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
‘That the faid Bill be committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


1, Lord Wenman, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Aubrey : i 24. 


Mr. Sambrooke Freeman, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Glayten ; t 34. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to continue for a further Time, to be limited, an 
A&amp; paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp;ct to prohibit the Importation of 
Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited Time, 
and for preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen 
employed in the Silk Manufacture, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cuddon: 





Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A.Y77%, 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Moor cr Common, called 
Elvet Moor, in the Parith of Saint Ofwald, in the County 
Palatine of Durham, and for extinguifhing all Right of 
Common in certain Intercommon Lands in the faid Pa. 
rifh ; without anyAmendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Arable Fields, Mea- 
dows, Paftures, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parith of Mifterton, in the County of Notéingham ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, ' 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paffages, within 
the Parith of Saint Fobu Clerkenwell, in the County of 
Middlefex, and for removing Obftructions and Annoy- 
ances therein; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, feveral 
Roads leading from Tavern/pite, to the Towns of Pem- 
broke and Tenby, and to Hubberftone Haking, in the County 
of Pembroke, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, in the Town- 
fhip of Butterwick, in the Parifh of Foxkoles, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called England, 
for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March, 
One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one; for in- 
demnifying the Landholders of the Ife of Wight from 
the Payment of the Monies due by Virtue of an A&amp; of 
the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Encouragement of the White Herring Fithery; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for improving and completing the Navigation of the 
Rivers Thames and Jfis, from the City of London, to the 
Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open and Com- 
monable Ficlds, Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Watfte 
Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the Manor, Pa- 
rifh, and Liberties of Hartford, in the County of Hunting- 
don without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, Common 
Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the Parith 
and Liberties of Watford, and within the Hamlet and Li- 
berties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of Watford and Long 
Buckby, in the County of Northampica ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Common 
Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the Manor 
and Parifh of Wedon and Wefton, otherwife Wedon Pink- 
ney, otherwife Loys Wedon, in the County of Northampton; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Common 
Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parith of Earls 
Barton, in the County of Northampton , without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 






























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- the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; 


11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


to prevent any Bill from being brought into Parlia- 
ment, for the Diffolution of any Marriage, for the Caufe 
of Adultery, unlefs a Claufe or particular Words be in- 
ferted, to prevent the Perfon againft whom the Adultery 
has been proved, from marrying or contraéting Matri- ’ 
mony with the Perfon with whom he or fhe fhall be 
proved to have carried on fuch criminal Intercourfe ; and 
to declare the Iffue of fuch Marriage incapable of in- 
heriting, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Monday Morning next. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 


he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

An Account of the Quantities of Coals and Culm 
ufed in the Smelting of Copper and Tin Ores, in Corn- 
wall, and ufed in Fire Engines for draining of Water 
out of the Mines of Tin and Copper, in Cornwall, for 
which the Duties have been drawn back, for the laft Five 
Years preceding Chrifimas 1770; diftinguifhing each 
Year: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Culm carried from 
Milford Haven, for the burning of Lime, in the Coun- 
ties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Merioneth, 
as permitted by an At, paffed in the 33d Year of George 
the Second, with the Duties paid thereon, for the laft 
Five Years preceding Chrifimas 1770; diftinguifhing 
each Year. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Dowdefwell, from the Committee to whom it was 
referred to confider how His Majefty’s Navy may be 
better fupplied with Timber, acquainted the Houfe, 
that the Committee had direéted him to move the 
Houfe, That that Part of the Order, made upon the 11th 
Day of March laft, which direéts the faid Committee to 
report their Opinion to the Houfe upon the Matter to 
them referred, might be difcharged. 

And Mr. Dowdefwell moved the Houfe accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Part of the faid Order be dif- 


charged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of Expences incurred in fitting up and furnifhing 
the new Committee Chamber and Apartments, belong- 
ing to this Houfe. 


A Motion being made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for fhortening 
the Duration of Parliaments ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Alderman Saw- 


Tellers for the Yeas, ae tin Pde, 54- 
fend: 
Tellers for the Noes, { Ln a ondiph : t 105. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 


the Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 


Money to be raifed by a Lottery ; 
Ordered, That a Lift of Subfcribers to the Lottery 
1769, be referred to the faid Committee. 


Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 


mittee. 
Vou. XXXII. 


” 

Es a 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Sir Charles Whitworth tock the Chair of the Com- 


mittee. 


Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 


That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 


Morning next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 

Houfe, upon the Bill to continue feveral Laws for the 

better Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River 

Thames; and to the further Punifhment of Perfons going 

armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms 

or Excife; and to the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the 

Britifo Sugar.Plantations ; for repealing fo much of an 

Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King 

George the Firft, intituled, An Act for preventing the’ 
Carriage of exceflive Loads of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and 
Coals, within Ten Miles of the Citics of London and 
Weftminfter, as relates to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, 
and Corn; and for authorizing the Exportation of a 
Quantity, to be limited, of an inferior Sort of Barley, 
called Bigge, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the IMands 
of Orkney. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, upon the Bill for the more effectually prevent- 
ing the infamous Practice of Stockjobbing. 


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





Luna, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS, 


Meffage by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman 
Uther of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion for declaring His Royal Affent to feveral 
Aéts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance of this honourable Houfe, in the 
Houfe of Peers, to hear the Commillion read, 

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

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the Defire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of 
Peers, where a Commiffion under the Great Seal was 

read; giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal 
Affent to feveral Public and Private Bills, therein men- 
tioned; and alfo impowering the Lord Archbifhop of 
Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 
the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, 
and feveral other Lords, to declare and notify the Royal 
Affent to the faid Bills ; and that the Lord Archbifhop 
of Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Bri- 
tain, and the Earl of Marchmont, named alfo in the faid 
Commiffion, did accordingly declare and notify the Royal 
Affent to the faid Bills ; which Bills are as followeth ; viz. 
An Aét for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia in that Part of Great Britain 
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called Exgland, for One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth 
Day of March One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
one; for indemnifying the Landholders of the Ifle of 
Wight from the Payment of the Monies due by Virtue of 
an Act of the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty ,; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Act for the Encouragement of the White Herring 
Fifhery : 

An A&amp; for confolidating, extending, and rendering 
more ¢éffectual, the Powers granted by feveral Acts of 
Parliament, for making, enlarging, amending, and 
cleanfing, the Vaults, Drains, and .Sewers, within the 
City of London and Liberties thereof; and for paving, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Squares, 
Yards, Courts, Alleys, Paffages, and Places, and pre- 
venting and removing Objtructions and Annoyances 
within the fame: 

An A&amp; for punifhing Offences committed by Hack- 
ney Coachmen and Chairmen, within certain Diftricts 
and Places therein mentioned ; and for renewing the Re- 
giftry of Carts and Carriages : 

An Aé for paving, repairing, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Streets, Squares, Lanes, and other Paffages, 
within the Parifh of Saint Fobn Clerkenwell, in the County 
of Middlefex ; and for removing Obftructions and An- 
noyances therein : 

An Aé&amp; for improving and completing the Navigation 
of the Rivers Thames and Jfs, from the City of London, 
to the Town of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts: 

An Aé for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
Bradford, to join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Wind- 
bill, in the Townthip of Idle, in the County of York : 

An Aét for cleanfing and lighting the Streets of the 
Town of South Leith, the Territory of Saint Anthony's 
and Yard Heads thereunto adjoining ; and for fupplying 
the feveral Parts thereof with irefh Water : 

An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Roads from 
the Town of Peebles, to the King’s Eatedge, and to 
Gatebope, Knowburnfoot, and to the Top of Minchmoor, 
and to Lochhead, in the County of Peebles : 

An Aé&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from 
Shelton to the Road between Cheadle and Leek, and from 
Bucknall to Wefton Coyney ; and from the Road between 
Cheadle and Leek to the Turnpike Road above Frog- 
all Bridge, and from the fame Road to the Road be- 
tween Blyth Marfh and Thorp, at or near Ruchill Gate, 
in the County of Stafford : 

An Aé&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from 
Stone to Lane End, and to the Road between Leek and 
Sandon on Meir Heath, and from thence to Blithe Bridge 
and alfo-from Meir to Trentham, and from thence to 
Stapleford Bridge, in the County of Stafford : 

An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, Two 
Aéts, pafied in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Firft, and the roth Year of the Reign 
of his late Mayefty, for repairing the Road from 
Market Harborough to Loughborough, in the County 
of Leicefter; and for repairing, widening, turning, and 
altering, the Road branching out of the aforefaid 
Road, at a Place called Filling Gate, to a Road called 
the Fo/s Road, and from thence to the Turnpike Road 
leading from Melton Mowbray to the Guide Poft in Saint 
Margaret’s Field, Leicefter : 

An A&amp; to impower Sir Fobu Gibbons to fhut up the 
Foot Paths over certain Lands, in the Parifh of Stan- 
weil, in the County of Middlefex , and to extinguifh all 
Claims and Right of Common in and over the faid 
Lands ; and to oblige the faid Sir Fobn Gibbons to make 
and keep in Repair a Foot Path in Lieu thereof; and to 
veft certain Premiffes and a Sum of Money in Truftees, 
for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifh: 

An Aé to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Second, for repairing the Roads from Liviny- 
fone, by the Kirk of Shotts, to the City of Glafgow, 
and by the Town of Haimilton, to the Town of Strat- 





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haven, and for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from the Confines of the County of Ayr, at or near 
Lochgate, to the Town of Strathaven, in the County of 
Lanerk : 

An A&amp; for enlarging and altering the Terms and 
Powers of feveral Acts, made in the Thirteenth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King George the Second, tor 
repairing the Roads leading from the Town of Brom 
grove to the Town of Dudley, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, and from the faid Town of Bromferove to the 
Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, io far 
as the faid A¢ts relate to the repairing of the Roads lead- 
ing from the faid Town of Birmingham to the faid 
Town of Bromfgrove : 

An Aé for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Hand Crofs, to Corner Houfe, and from thence to the 
Turnpike Road leading from Horfham to Steyning, and 
from Corner Houfe aforefaid, to The Maypele, in the 
Town of Henfield, in the County of Sufex : 

An Aé&amp; for repairing and widening the Read from 
Patrick’s Crofs, within the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, to the Town of Preffon, in 
the fame County Palatine : 

An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Turnpike Road at Vineball, in the Parith of Mountfield, 
in the County of Suffex, to Cripps’s Corner, and from 
thence to Staple Crofs, and to the Turnpike Road near 
the Windmill, in the Parifh of Beckley ; and from Staple 
Crofs to Longley’s Water Corn Mill at Kent Ditch, 
and from Cripps’s Corner to the Town of Rye, in the 
{aid County : 

An A&amp;t for repairing and widening the Road leading 
from Wem, in the County of Salop, to the Lime Rocks 
at Bron y Garth, and feveral other Roads, in the Coun- 
ties of Salop and Denbigh : 

An Aé for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- 
pair, feveral Roads leading from Taveru/pite, to the 
Towns of Pembroke and Tenby, and to Hubberfton Hak- 
ing, in the County of Pembroke : 

An A&amp; for difcharging the Manor of Coldkefeldon, and 
divers Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, Part of 
the Eftate of Richard Earl of Scarborough, from the 
Ufes, Eftates, and Trufts, declared concerning the fame, 
by the Settlement executed previous to his Marriage 
with Barbara Countefs of Scarborough, his Wife, and by 
a certain Act of Parliament, which paffed in the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign ; and for fettling 
another Manor, and other Lands and Hereditaments, 
of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes : 

An Ac for enabling Sir Hezry Harpur, Baronet, to 
make Leafes of his Eftates in the Counties of Deréy and 
Stafford, for Three Lives, or 99 Years, or fuch other 
Leafes as are therein mentioned : ; 

An Act for Sale of Part of the fettled Eftates of Sir 
John Shelley, Baronet, and of the Right honourable fbn 
Shelley his Son, in the feveral Counties of Kext and Hilts, 
and alfo of a Farm, called King/Lam Farm, in the Pa- 
rifh of Saint Pancras, in the County of Suffex; and for 
applying the Monies to arife by fuch Sale, in Difcharge 
of the Portions of the Daughters of the faid Sir ¥obn 
Shelley, affecting the Eftates of him and his faid Son; 
and for other Purpofes : 

An A&amp; to exchange Lands in Langham, in the County 
of Suffolk, between Patrick Blake, Efquire, and Edward 
Burch, Rector of the Parifh Church of Langham afore- 
faid, within the Diocefe of Norwich : 

An Act for vefting certain Freehold and Leafehold 
Mills, Lands, and Tenements, comprized in the Marri- 
age Settlement of Yo/eph Bullock, Efquire, in Trutftees, 
to convey and affign the fame refpectively, purfuant to 
an Agreement for the Sale thereof; and for laying out 
the Money arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other 
Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes as are mentioned in the faid Settlement: 

An Act for confirming a Conveyance to Henry Fiit- 


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croft, Efquire, of certain Eftates in the County of York, 
purchafed by the Truftees in the Marriage Settlement of 
Charles Goring, Efquire, and Fanny his Wife; and for 
confirming a Conveyance made by the faid Henry Fiit- 
croft, to the Ufe of the faid Truftees, of other Eftates 
in Lieu thereof, in the County of Surrey : 

An A&amp; to enable the furviving Truftee named in the 
Settlement of William Pulteney, Efquire, and Frances 
his Wife, to grant Leafes of their Leafehold Eftates in 
Weftminfter : 

An Aé&amp; for confirming a Deed of Truft, dated the 
gift of December 1770; and for the more effectual en- 
abling the Truftees to raife the Sum of £. 9,000 for the 
Purpofes therein mentioned, by Mortgage or Sale of the 
Freehold Eftate of George Smyth, the Elder, and George 
Smyth, the Younger, Efquires, fituate in the County of 
Gloucefter, or of a competent Part thereof : 

An Act for vefting Part of the Eftate late of Nicholas 
Corfellis, Efquire, deceafed, at Wivenhoe and Elmfted, 
in the County of Effex, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
raifing Money, to difcharge Incumbrances : 

An A&amp; for vefting the Manor of ley, and certain 
Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in 
Aftley, Tyldefley, and Bedford, in the County of Lanca/- 
ter, comprized in the Marriage Articles of Thomas Frog- 
gait, and Hannab his Wife, in Truttees, to the feveral 
Ufes, upon the Trufts, and fubjeét to the Powers, Pro- 
viloes, and Reftrictions, therein mentioned : 

An Aét for vetting the fettled Eftates of Thomas Park- 
infon, Edward Heathcote, and Catharine his Wife, and 
their refpective Children, lying in the Counties of Not- 
tingham, Lincoln, and Chefer, in Truftees, to fell a fuf- 
ficient Part thereof, for Payment of Debts and Legacies 
affecting the fame, and for making a Partition of the 
Remainder thereof, and fettling the entire Premiffes to the 
Ufes therein mentioned : 

An Aét for difcharging from Tythe, certain Lands in 
the Parifh of Sebrabam, otherwile Sebergham, in the 
County of Cumberland ; and for making Compenfation 
to the Curate of the faid Parifh for the fame: 

An Aét for draining and preferving certain Fen Larids 
and Low Grounds, in Ladus Fen, in the Ife of Ey: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paitures, and 
other Commonable Places, in Waverton, otherwife Ware- 
ton, in the Parith of Polefworth, in the County of War- 
wick : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Hampjtead Norreys, in 
the Parith of Hampjtead Norreys, in the County of Berks : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Common Fields, called Stretton Common Field, and cer- 
tain Common or Wafte Grounds, called Stretton Heath, 
and Stretton Horfe Slead, in the Parith of Stretton on the 
Fofs, in the County of Warwick : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pafture 
Grounds, Lammas Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Hamlets and Liberties ot Kauightcot and 
Northend, in the Parifh of Burton Daffett, in the County 
of Warwick : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Oren and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, and Commonable 
Lands, within the Parith of Naunton Beauchamp, in the 
County of Worcefter : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open F ields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and all other Common 
and Wafte Lands, in the Liberties or Hamlets of Kilby 
and Newton Harcourt, in the Parih of Wiffew, and 


’ County of Leicefter : 


An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields of Stretton under Fo/s, in the Parifh of Monk’s 
Kirby, in the County of Warwick : 

__ An At fer dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, 


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Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip ard Parifh of 
Bifoop Norton, in the County of Lincoln: — 

An Act for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, at Long Riffon and Arnold, in the 
County of York: 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Oren and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Pastifball, within the Hamlets of 
Eaftcote, Aftcote, and Darle/cote, in the County of Norib- 
ampton : 

An A&amp;t for dividing, allotting, and inclofiag, the Open 
and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Paftires, Lands, 
and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the 
Manor, Parifh, and Liberties of Hertford, in the County 
of Huntingdon: 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, in 
the Townfhip of Butterwick, in the Parith. of Foxholes, 
in the Eaft Riding of the County cf York : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon. Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paittures, 
Common Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parifl 
of Earls Barton, in the County of Northampten : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Wedou and Wefton, otherwife Wedon 
Pinkney, otherwife Leys Wedon, in the County of Nortb- 
ampton: 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parifh and Liberties of Watford, and within the Hamlet 
and Liberties of Murcott, in the Parifhes of Watford 
and Leng Buckby, in the County of Northampton : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Moor, or Com- 
mon, called Elvet Moor, in the Parith of Saint Ofwald, 
in the County Palatine of Durham, and for extinguifiing 
all Right of Common in certain Intercommon Lands in 
the faid Parifh : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Arable 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Commons, and Wafie 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Mjferton, in che County of 
Nottingham : 

An A&amp;é for dividing and inclofing the Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith 
of Ubly, in the County of Somer/et : 

An Aé&amp; for Naturalizing 7acob Matthias Fufus and 
Theophilus Chriftian Blanckenbagen : 

An A&amp; for Naturalizing Francis Harrand. 


Mr. Alderman Harley, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to continue for a further Time, to be limited, an 
A, paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act to prohibit the Importation 
of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited 
Time; and for preventing unlawful Combinations of 
Workmen employed in the Silk Manufature, was com- 
mitted ; the Amendment which the Committee had made 
to the Bill; and which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; andhe read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was 
Twice read; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
oroffed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for repairing, amending, and fupporting, the feveral 
Harbours and Sea Ports in the Ifle of Maz, was commit- 
ted ; the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill; and which they had directed him to report 

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360 


to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amend- 
ments were Orice read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Money 
to be raifed by a Lottery, was committed ; the Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill, and 
which they had dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houte ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for the better paving, repairing, 
cleanfing, and lighting, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and 
other public Paffages, within that Part of the Town of 
Wakefield, in the County of York, which lies within 
the Eaft End of Wefigate Bridge, the South Side of 
Northgate Bar, the North-End of Kirkgate Bridge, 
(except fo much thereof as is repaired by the Welt 
Riding of the faid County of York) and the extreme 
Part of the Townfhip of Wakefield atforefaid, leading 
from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor; for preventing 
Nufances and Annoyances therein ; and for widening and 
rendering the fame more commodiotis; was read the 
Third Time. 

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

Pr. 27, 1. 31. To leave out “ Five,” and infert 

_ .“ Nine” inftead thereof. 
1. 37. Tor leave out “ Five,” and infert 
“© Nine” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better paving, repairing, and cleanf- 
ing, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, 
within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, which lies within the Eaft End of Weftgate 
Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North 
End of Kirkgate Bridge (except fo much thereof as is 
repaired by the Weft Riding of the faid County of 
York) and the extreme Part of the Townfhip of Wake- 
field aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Ea/t Moor, 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein; and 
for widening and rendering the {ame more commodious. 

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


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, A Paper, intituled, “ Mr. France’s Bill for fur- 
“ nifhing the New Court at the Houfe of Commons.” 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

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

~The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other Pa- 
pers of this Seffion. : 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committze of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the prefent State of the Corn Trade ; 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
fefolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Amount of the Duties which have ariferi 
on all Grey or Scrow Salt, Salt Scale, Sand Scale, and 
Cruftings, or other foul Salt, firice the 1ft of May 1768, 
as far as the fame can be made up. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of all the Public Debts at the Receipt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Exchequer, ftanding out the 5th of Fanuary 1771, 
with the annual Intereft, or other Charges payable for 
the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to incapacitate Foba Burnett, 
Charles Hannington, Francis Hafelgrove, Thomas Hafel- 
grove, Fobn Pedman Junior, Ralph Moor, Thomas Par- 
Sons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fobn 
Hannington, Fobn Robinfon, William Cheefman, Richard 
Blair, George Browne, Fohn Parfons, Fobn Curl, Frederick 
Dean, William Dean, Harry Sawyers, Samuel Tuppen, Fobn 
Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Fobn Bicknell, Matthias Truf- 
ter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fohn Dean, ames 
Robinfon, Fobn Whiting, William Stevens, Fobn Baw- 
comb, Robert Parker, John Hogsfieh, Fobn Purfe, Fobn 
Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fohn Snook Junior, Richard 
Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, 
John Farmand, Robert Grover, Fokn Wood, Friend Da- 
niel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, Thomas Ro- 
berts, Fobu Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael 
Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, 
Fobu Worton, Walter Broad, Thomas Hollingham, Rickard 
Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Samael Wilfon, Clement Free- 
man, William Lafeter, William Jupp, Thomas Crowter, 
John Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife 
Miller, Williain Newnham, Feffery Carver, Thomas Ro- 
Linfon, Randall Button, Fames Carver, John Martin, Fobn 
Dedman Senior, William Jennings, William Hards, Tho- 
mas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry Robinfon, and Henry 
Hoaunington, from voting at Elections of Members to 
ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing Bribery 
and Corruption in the Election of Members to ferve in 
Parliament for the Borough of New Shorebam, in the 
County of Suféx; be now read 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill, now ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 3. 1.20. To leave out from “ Parliament” to 

the End of the Bill. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words pro- 
pofed to be left out ftand Part of the Bill 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to incapacitate Fobn Burnett, Charles Han- 
nington, Thomas Hafelgrove, Ralph Moor, Thomas Par- 
Sons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, fobn Han- 
nington, Fohn Robinfon, William Cheefman, George Browne 
Fobn Parfons, Fohn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fobn Sawyers, Thomas. Crowter, Thomas 
Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fobn Dean, Fchn Whiting, William 
Stevens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsfeh, 
Jobn Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fenuings, Fobn Snook 
Junior, Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, 
Charles Mitchell, Fobn Farmand, John Wood, Friend Da- 
niel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillinan, Thomas Ro- 
berts, Fohn Afbman, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael 
Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Emery Churcher, 
Walter Broad, Richard Stoneham, James Bennett, Clement 
Freeman, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, Fobn Barnard, 
James Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife Miller, William 
Newnham, Feffery Carver, Randall Button, Fames Carver, 
John Martin, Fobn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, 
William Hards, Thomas Gear, William Ruflridge, Henry 
Robinfon, and Henry Hannington, from voting at Eales 

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of Members to ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing 
Bribery and Corruption in the Eleétion of-Members to 
ferve in Parliament for the Borough of New Shorebam, 
in the Caunty. of Suffex. 

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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for ‘granting a Bounty tpon the Importation of 
White Oak Staves and Heading, from the Britifh Colo- 
nies or Plantations in America, was committed ; the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table : Whefe the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


An ingroffed Biil for reducing into One Act of Par- 
liament the feveral Laws) relating to the Keeping and 
Carriage of Gunpowder ; and for more effectually pre- 
venting Mifchiefs,; by keeping or carrying Gunpowder 
in too great Quantities, was read the Third Time. 

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

Pr. 1. 1.21. After “ Houfe,” to infert * Mill, 
** Magazine, Storehoufe.” 

To leave out from ‘ Perfons” to “ a” 

in Line 23. 

To leave out “ Aéct,” and infert 

“ fame” inftead thereof. 

To leave out “ Faét,” and infert 
“ Thing” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houle; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for reducing into One Act of Parliament, the 
feveral Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage of 
Gunpowder; and for more effectually preventing Mi- 
chiefs, by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in too great 
Quantities. 

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


Pr.) gs: Jan. 
Pr. 11. L. 10. 


1. 18. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Copyhold Eftate of Richard Maddock, 
Gentleman, deceafed, fituate at Norwood, in the County 
of Middlefex, in ‘Truftees, to be fold, towards difcharg- 
ing the Principal Money and Intereft due upon a Mort- 
gage thereof, and of certain Freehold Eftates of the faid 
Richard Maddock, in the County of Wilts, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynaffon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for Naturalizing Carften Dirs and Jacob Glofein, was 
read a Second Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act to prevent any Bill from being brought into 
Parliament, for the Diffolution of any Marriage, for the 
Caufe of Adultery, unlefs a Claufe or particular Words 


be inferted, to prevent the Perfon againft whom the. 
Vor. XXXII. 


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Adultery has been proved, from marrying or contract. 
ing Matrimony with the Perfon with whom he or fhe 
fhall be proved to have carried on fuch criminal Inter- 
courfe ; and to declare the Iffue of fiich Marriage in- 
capable of inheriting’; be now read. 
. And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queition being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


~ Tellers for the Yeas, _ aes ne t 63. 
Tellers for the Noes, eee ¢ 56. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill. was accordingly read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propofed, 
That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill; 

. An Amendment was propofed to be made to the Quef- 
tion, by leaving out the Words ‘* To-morrow Morning,” 
and inferting the Words ‘ upon this Day Sevennight” in- 
ftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ To. 
** morrow Morning” ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


7 Mr. Feilde, 
Tellers for the Yeas, 4 Mir Coventry : i 62. 


Tellers for the Noes, } ari prin . { 52. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Widows of the Commiffion and 
Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, being offered to 
be prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majeity, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That, for thefe Seven Years paft, the 
Petitioners Penfions have gradually decreafed ; and are 
now {fo greatly diminifhed, as for thefe Three Years: paft 
they have received confiderably lefs than what they did 
in Time of War; whereby many Widows have been re- 
duced to infuperable, and fome to infupportable, Dif- 
trefs ; therefore beg the Houfe to take their very un- 
happy Cafe into Confideration, and make an Addition 
to their Fund, which is at prefent fo low, and upon 
fuch an uncertain Eftablifhment, that they are not able 
to raife any Money on the Credit of their nominal Pen- 
fions, to procure them only a temporary Relief from the 
moft excruciating Diftrefs ; and as the melancholy dif- 
trefsful Profpect of leaving a beloved Wife, and help- 
lefs Children, expofed to all the Miferies and Calami- 
ties attendant upon Poverty and Want, can be no En- 
couragement for a good Officer freely and chearfully to 
venture his Life in the Service of his Country, the Pe- 
titioners hope, that that Confideration, added to the 
diftinguifhed and acknowleged Services rendered to the 
Public by their beloved, brave, but unfortunate Huf- 
bands, will recommend them and their Succeffors to the 
Notice of Parliament ; and they flatter themfelves, that, 
as the Land Officers Widows (who cannot claim a Merit 
fuperior to thofe of the Sea) have their Penfions fixed, 
and regularly paid every Four Months, by a Parliamen- 
tary Settlement, the Houfe will fo far honour His pre- 
fent Majefty’s godlike Recommendations, as effectually 

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to fecond his late Majefty’s moft humane, beneficent, 


and royal Intention, of fecuring a Settlement for the Mar tis, 30° die Aprilis 3 
Widows of Naval Officers ; that, agreeable to the above- 
mentioned Eftablifhment, by the Authority of Parliament, Anno 11° Georgii IIIt# Regis, 1771. 


their Penfions may be fixed, and regularly paid, which 
many of their Hufbands have dearly purchafed with the Prayers. ! 
Price of their Blood. 


gt " IR George Yonge reported from the Committee, to 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 


. . ; An Aét for vefting the Manor, Capital Meffuage, Barton 
The Banke, seating os Coty ne ae ek arm, and Demeine Lands of Cadbay, fitwate in Ofte 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill to con- . 
, . Saint Mary, in the County of Devon, Part of the fettled 
tinue feveral Laws, for the better Regulation of Laftage = ; 
and Ballaitage in the River Tames, and to the further Eftate of Sir Booth Williams, Baronet, in Truftees, to be 
allaitag &gt; fold, and for laying out the Money a by fuch Sale, 


ae re cme x Per pacar Pepe ee ie in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be 


Pr oe fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfifting with 
S he ° . . , 0 tal ag 
we oe sate were va a pafled in oa regard to the faid fettled Eftate, was committed ; That 
Sixth Year of the Raion of King George the Firtt, ‘in- the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
oD ? 


; ‘ : f and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
soxenennaee Mae ake “ ar ae prey cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 


&gt; faétion of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
Miles of the Cities of London and Weftminjter, as relates ,. : : ; 
to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, and Corn ; and for au- directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 


thorizing the Exportation of a Quantity, to be limited, en And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 


of an inferior Sort of Barley, called Bigge, from the Port best ie Ab A ee aes 
‘tin tt 4 ead the Third Time. 
of Kirkwall, in the IMands of Orkney. Refolved, That the Bill do pats, 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Bie oe abi ‘ Ordered, That Sir George Yonge do carry the Bill to the 
Sit Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 


mittee. : 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee Aa 3 : . 
: ? n ingroffed Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral lighting wane watching, Haydon ier, T. ie Now coat 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to Haydon 7, ard, Sheepy Yar 4. Church § oie *. Little Clerc b 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. oy, et, thesis dua Ghuaih Paffage, Cheah Caen . ana 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. Kenton Street, and the Paffages therein, or leading there- 
Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the unto, in the Parifh of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in 
{aid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee the Minories, in the County of Middlefex, within the a 
had made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him berty of Lise Majefty’s Sa evel uel ter aches 
te ‘ : 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his pyrpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third Time. 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Refolved, Thatthe Bill do pafs: And that the Title be 
Poorman = &lt; the alae bey bere the An Aé&amp; for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and 
“un risa Be ih a rig pr “+ &gt; nrg watching, Haydon Square, The New Square, Haydon Yard, 
pean dewinaia.dptancathe se. 8 200% Qe 1on 1€-  Sheepy Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, otherwife 


verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, wich Wie Alten aideers Soe the Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, and 


groffed. the Paffages therein, or leading thereunto, in the Parifh 


of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in The Minories, in the 
County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of His Majefty’s 
Tower of London, and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Houfe, according to Order, refolved itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the 
more effectually preventing the infamous Practice of 
Stockjobbing. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of theCom- = yr. Fpsham reported from the Committee, to whom 
mittee. the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. vefting in Truftees and their Heirs, feveral Manors, Mef- 
Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, fuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the re of 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Southampton, the Eftate of the Moft noble William pi 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him Cyopygj , Duke of Portland, upon Truft to fell the fame, 
: report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 314 to apply the Money to arife by Sale thereof in Man- 
ame. , ner therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Com- 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be now received. mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 


{aid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee . : : : 
had mnakde'co the Bill, asd whieh'dhey had defied Men “DMC. given their Content to: the, Bill, 20 the Setie- 


to teport to the Houle; and he read the Report in his faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 


Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without ow | 


ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was oe : And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk's 


read, id Bi : : 
Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid Reload 1 eared rtp re anes oe 


Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as thall be fuf- dered, That Mr. Hotham do carry the Bill to the 


ficient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. Lords ; and acquaint them, that this‘Houfe hath agreed 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- to the fame, without any Amendment. 


ing, Ten of the Clock. An ingroffed Bill for granting to His Majefty a cer- 


tain Sum of Money, to be raifed by a Lottery, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
3 be, 





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be, An Act for granting to His Majefly a certain Sum of 
Money, to be raifed by a Lottery. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for granting to His Majefty a cer- 
tain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for ap- 
plying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service 
of the Year One thonfand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
one; and for carrying to the Aggregate Fund, a Sum of 
Money which hath arifen by the Two Sevenths Excife, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 
Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying cer- 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one ; 
and for further appropriating the Supplies granted 
in this Seffion of Parliament; for carrying to the Ag- 
gregate Fund a Sum of Money which hath arifen by the 
Two Sevenths Excife; and for enabling the Commif- 
fioners for executing the Office of Treafurer of His Ma- 
jefty’s Exchequer, or the Lord High Treafurer for the 
Time being, to pay to ohn Dob/on, Owner of the Green- 
land Ship Lord Molyneux, the Bounty due for the faid 
Ship, on the laft Year’s Fifhery. 

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


An ingroffed Bill for repairing, amending, and fup- 
porting, the feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the Ifle of 
Maza, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing, amending, and fupporting, the 
feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the Ifle of Man. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting a Bounty upon the Im- 
portation of White Oak Staves and Heading, from the 
Britifo Colonies or Plantations in America, was read the 
Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill ; viz. 

Pr. 2. 1. 16. To leave out * Six,” and infert 
“‘ Five ” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for granting a Bounty upon the Importation 
of White Oak Staves and Heading, from the Briti/b Co- 
lonies or Plantations in America. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue feveral Laws, for the 
better Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the Ri- 
ver Thames, and to the further Punifhment of Perfons 
going armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of 
Cuftoms or Excife ; and to the Landing of Rum or Spi- 
rits of the Britif Sugar Plantations ; for repealing fo 
much of an Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Firft, intituled, An Aé for prevent- 
ing the Carriage of exceffive Loads of Meal, Malt, 
Bricks, and Coals, within Ten Miles of the Cities of Lon- 
don andWeftminfter, as relates to the Carriage of Meal, 
Malt, and Corn; and for authorizing the Exportation 
of a Quantity, to be limited, of an inferior Sort of 
Barley, called Bigee, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the 
Iflands of Orkney; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An Act for continuing feveral Laws, for the better Re- 
gulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River Thames , 
for the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed or 
difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuitoms or Excife; 


Houfe of Commons. 363 


and for the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the Briti/o 
Sugar Plantations, before Payment of the Duties of Ex- 
cife ; for repealing fo much of an Aét, paffed in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, intituled, 
An A&amp; for preventing the Carriage of exceflive Loads 
of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and Coals, within Ten Miles of 
the Cities of London and Weftminfter, as relates to the 
Carriage of Meal, Malt, and Coals; and for authorizing 
the Exportation of a limited Quantity of an inferior Sort 
of Barley, called Bigge, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the 
Iflands of Orkney. 

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


An ingroffed Bill to continue for a further Time, to 
be limiged, an Act pafied in the Sixth Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to prohibit the 
Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets for a 
limited Time ; and for preventing unlawful Combina- 
tions of Workmen employed in the Silk Manufacture, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue for a further Time, an Act pafied 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Aé&amp; to prohibit the Importation of Foreign 
Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited Time ; and for 
preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen em- 
ployed in the Silk Manufacture. 

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


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for confirming, and carrying into Execution, an 
Agreement, dated the 23d Day ot Fane 1770, between 
Humpbrey Minchin, Efquire, and George Chve, Efquire, 
and for vefting certain Eftates, in the County of Tippe- 
rary, in the Kingdom of Jreland, in certain Truftees, 
and their Heirs, for that Purpofe, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined, and found, that the ftand- 
ing Orders of the Houfe concerning Notices to be given 
in Ireland, before any Private Bill, relating to Eftates 
there, be brought in, had been complied with ; and that 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment : And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
acreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Kynafton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the inerofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vefting certain Meffuages in the Strand, in the County of 
Middlefex, Part of the fettled Eftate of James Theobald, 
Efquire, in Truftees, to be conveyed to Fames Adam, 
Efquire, and for laying out the Purchafe Money in 
Lands, to be fettled to the Ufes to which the faid fettled 
Eftates do now ftand limited, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Conient to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Mr, Kynafton do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that. this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendinent. 


Sir 





364 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for naturalizing Carften Dirs and Facob Gloftein, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment : And he deliver- 

ed the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
- And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment, 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, attended at 
the Door ; he was called in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the. Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

‘An Account of the Quantities of Britifh and Irifh Li- 
nens, exported from Scotland, upon Bounty, from Chrift- 
mas 1769 to Chrifimas 1770; with the Amount of the 
Bounties paid thereon ; diftinguifhing what Part are Bri- 
tifh, and what Jrifh: And alfo, 

An Account of the Briti/fh and Jrifh Linens exported 
from Scotland, without Bounty, during the laft Five Years 
preceding Chrifimas 1770; diftinguifhing each Year, 
and what Part are Briti/b, and what Jrifh: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantities of Culm tranfported 
from Scotland, to’ any other Port of Great Britain, with 
the Duties levied thereon, fpecifying the Ports of Ship- 
ping and Delivery, during the laft Five Years preceding 
Chriftinas 1770; diftinguifhing each Year. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty, that He will be gracioufly pleafed to confer 
fome Dignity in the Church upon the Reverend Doétor 
King, Chaplain to this Houfe. 

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


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to prevent any Bill from being brought into Parliament, 
for the Diffolution of any Marriage, for the Caufe of 
Adultery, unleis a Claufe or particular Words be in- 
ferted, to prevent the Perfon againft whom the Adultery 
has been proved, from marrying or contracting Matri- 
mony with the Perfon with whom he or fhe fhall be 

roved to have carried ,on fuch criminal Intercourfe ; 
and to declare the Iffue of fuch Marriage incapable of 
inheriting ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

, Mr. Cooper, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } sagan a Lt i 


60. 
80. 


Tellers for the Noes, } pee Penta . 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the 14th Day of May next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bi!l. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
‘Houte this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1771. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holferd and Mer. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do defire that this Houfe will communi. 
cate to their Lordthips the Grounds and Evidence upon 
which they paffed the Bill, intituled, An Aét to in- 
capacitate certain Perfons therein named, from voting 
at Eleétions of Members to ferve in Parliament , and for 
the preventing Bribery and Corruption in the Election of 
Members to ferve in Parliament for the Borough of 
New Shorekam, in the County of Suffex. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ftate 
upon what Evidence the faid Bill was grounded. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Fuller, Lord 
Fobn Cavendifb, &amp;c.: Andthey are to withdraw unmedi- 
ately into the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Ellis. reported from the. Committee, who were 
appointed to examine into the feveral Fats and Circum- 
{tances relative to the late Obftructions to the Execution 
of the Orders of this Houie, and to confider what fur- 
ther Proceedings may be requifite to enforce a due Obe- 
dience thereto ; and to report their Proceedings, together 
with their Opinion, from Time to Time, to the Houfe ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter to them 
referred ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read. 

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

N. B. The faid Report being ordered to be printed 
by a fubfequent Order of the Houle, nade upon 
the 6th Day of May, the fame, together with a 
printed Copy thereof, is prcferved amongft the 
other Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Fuller reported from the Committee, appointed 
to {tate upon what Evidence the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
to incapacitate certain Perfons therein named, from vot- 
ing at Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament ; 
and for the preventing Bribery and Corruption in the 
Eleétion of Members to ferve in Parliament for the 
Borough of New Shoreham, in the County of Suffex, was 
grounded ; That the Committee had prepared a State 
accordingly; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

That the Evidence upon which the faid Bill was 
grounded, was the Evidence given by Hugh Roberts, 
Fobn Innot, Fobn Pelbam, and John Bedding ; all of 
the faid Borough of New Shoreham. : 

Ordered, That a Meflage be fent to the Lords, to ac- 
quaint their Lordfhips, that the faid Bill was grounded, 
upon Evidence given by Hugh Roberts, Fobn Innot, 
John Pelbam, and Fobn Bedding, all of the Borough of 
New Shoreham ; which, in the Opinion of this Houte, did 
fully make out the Allegations contained in the faid Bill. 

And the Meffengers were again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them therewith. 

And then they again withdrew. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to 
the Gentlemen of the Select Committee, appointed upon 
the 27th Day of March laft, to examine into the feveral 
Facts and Circumftances relative to the late Obftruc- 
tions to the Execution of the Orders of this Houfe, and 
to confider what further Proceedings may be requifite 
to enforce a due Obedience thereto ; and to report their 
Proceedings, together with their Opinion, from Time 
to Time, to the Houfe; for the judicious and effectual 
Means they have chofen, for enforcing due Obedience 
to the Orders of this Houfe, and for advifing this Houtfe 
to apprehend ¥. Miller : 

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A Motion was made, and: the Queftion. being put, 


That the Houfe do now adjourn ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {or —— Clavering ’ 


Tellers for the Noes, } Pa “By 


So-it was refolved in the Affirmative. 


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And the Houfe accordingly adjourned, till Monday 
Morning next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 6 die Mai; 
Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Yobn Turner reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 

An Act for vefting the Copyhold Eftate of Richard Mad- 
dock, Gentleman, deceafed, fituate at Norwood, in the 
County of Middlefex, in Truftees, to be fold, towards dif- 
charging the Principal Money and Intereft due upon a 
Mortgage thereof, and of certain Freehold Eftates of the 
faid Richard Maddock, in the County of Wilts, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 
the Parties.concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at. the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the. Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Turner do carry the: Bill to 
the Lords-; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath. 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committees 
who were appointed to confider of fo much of the Cri- 
minal Laws as relate to Capital Offences, and to report 
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houle ; 
That the Committee had confidered the fame accordiag- 
ly ; and had come to feveral Refolutions,; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Refolutions of the Com- 
mittee were read; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of 
the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, intituled, The 
Penalty of a Captain or Soldier retained to.ferve the 
King in his intended Wars not doing their Duty, as 
fubjects Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refalved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the 1ft and ad of 
Philip and Mary, intituled, An Ac againit certain 
Perfons calling themfelves Egyptians, as tubjects Of- 
fenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the 5th Year of the 
Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for further 
Punifhment of Vagabonds calling themfelves Egyptians, 
as fubjeéts Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the sth Year of the 
Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Aé&amp; to re- 
tain her Majefty’s Subjects in their due Obedience, as 
fubjects Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration upon this Day Sevennight. 

Vor. XXXII, 


rr Geo. HI. Journals. of the Houfe of Commons. 


365 

Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, who 
were appointed to confider how His Majefty’s Navy 
may be better fupplied with Timber ; That the Commit- 
tee had:agreed upon a Report; which they had directed 
him to make to the Houfe; and-he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s. 
Table, together with an Appendix thereunto ; where the. 
Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report, with the Appendix. 
thereunto, be printed ; and. that Mr. Speaker do ap- 
point the Printing thereof; and that. no Perfon but 
fuch as he fhall appoint do prefume to priat the fame. 

The faid Report is preferved amongft. the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 
N..B. A printed Copy is with the Original, 


The Houfe being informed, that fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Salt Duties attended at the Door ; they 
were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An:Account of the Amount of the Duties which 
have arifen-ea all Grey or Scrow Salt, Salt Scale, Sand 
Scale, and Cruftings, or other foul Salt, from the 1ft 
of May 1768 tothe 2d of March 17713 being as far 
as the fame can be made up. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Accotint was read. 

Ordered, Fhat the faid Accovat do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Heute. 

The faid Account. is preferved amongft the ather 
Papers of-this Seffion. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, immediately, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
of-the prefent State of the Corn Trade. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sit Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleate 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the fame were read; and are as foliow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, if the Imporsation and Exportation of Corn were 
properly regulated, by fome permanent Law, it would 
afford Encouragement to the Farmer, be the Means 
of increafing the Growth of that neceflary Commodity, 
of affording a cheaper and more conftant Supply to the 
Poor, and of preventing Abufes in that Article of 
Trade. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion. of this Committee, 
That, when the Price of Wheat fhall be at, or above, 
48s. per Quarter, it will be expedient to permit the 
Importation thereof, upon paying a {mall Duty, merely 
to afcertain the Quantity imported. 

Refolved,. That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, when the Price of Wheat fhall be under 48 s. per 
Quarter, it will be expedient to permit the Imports- 
tion thereof, upon paying the Duties required by the 
Laws now in being. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, when-the Price of Wheat fhall be under 445. per 
Quarter, it will be expedient to permit the Exportation 
thereof. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, when the Price of Wheat fhall be under 44 s. per 


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366 


Quarter, it will be expedient to allow the prefent Bounty 
of. 55. per Quarter upon the Exportation of fuch 
Wheat as fhall be of the Growth and Produce of Great 
Britain, and fhall be exported in Britifb Ships, agreeable 
to the Laws of Trade and Navigation. 

~The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


- Ordered, That there be prepared, in order to be laid » 


before this Houfe in the next Seffion of Parliament, 
an Account of the Value of all Goods, Wares, and Mer- 
chandizes, exported from, or imported into, that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, from Chriftmas 1765 to 
Chriftmas 1767, diftinguifhing each Year, and each 
Place. 

- Ordered, That there be prepared, in order to be laid 
before this Houfe, in-the next Seffion of Parliament, 
an Account of the Quantity of Tallow, Hogs Lard, 
and Greafe, imported into, and exported from, that 
Part: of Great Britain called Scotland, fince Chriftmas 
1750 to the 25th of March 1767, and from the 8th of 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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December 1767 to the rft of January 1769, as far as 
the fame can be made up ; diftinguifhing each Year, 

Ordered, That there be prepared, in order to be laid 
before this Houfe, in the next Seffion of Parliament, 
an Account of the Quantity of Salted Beef, Pork, Ba- 
con, and Butter, and alfo of Tallow, Hogs Lard, and 
Greafe, and alfo’of the Number of Cattle, imported 
from Ireland into Great Britain, fince the 10th Day of 
Offober 1770, as far asthe fame can be made up; dif- 
tinguifhing each Year. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Wilford, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Order, 

An Account of all the Public Debts at the Receipt 
of His Majefty’s Exchequer, ftanding out tlie 5th Day of 
Fanuary 1771, being Old Chriftmas Day, with the annual 
Intereft, or other Charges, payable for the fame. 

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368 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. A. 177%, 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, was dowa: there furveying a Job for Mr. Bull—That 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. the Proprietor of that-Room eame and afked his Ad- 
vice, in Regard to the Coft of that Building —That he 
Sir William Maynard reported from the Committee, gave his Advice, and made feveral. Alterations in the 
to whom the Petition of feveral of His Majefty’s Juftices Plan, and was chofe Surveyor. : 
of the Peace, acting in and for the Couaty of Effex ; Being afked, If from his View of the Shire Hall, he 
and alfo, the Petition of feveral Farmers, Graziers, and knows how long it is fince it was repaired ?—he faid, 
others, who frequent the Markets and Fairs at Chelm/- He fhould fuppofe, by the State it is in, many Years 
ford, inthe County of Effex; and alfo, the Petition of —That the Nif# Prius Court has been built fince the 
the Gentlemen, Landowners, and Occupiers of Land, Affize Houfe, and One Side is fuppofed to be in the 
in the County. of Efex, on Behalf of themfelves, and fame Decay as the reft of the Building—That, in ex- 
the reft cf the Proprietors and Occupiers of Land in amining the Nifi Prius Court, he did not rip off the 
the faid County ; and alfo, the Petition of the principal Plaifter to fearch the Timbers; but that there is a 
Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, in the County Break of Six Foot, in which the Timbers appear in. the 
of Effex, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the fame State of Decay as the reft of the Building—That 
Inhabitants of the faid Town; and alfo, the Petition the Dimenfions of the Ni Prius Court are Thirty-one 
of Sir William Mildmay of Moulfham Hall, inthe County Feet by Fwenty-feven Feet Six Inches—That he did 
of Effex, Baronet; and alfo, the Petition of Edward not meafure the Heighth of itc—That the Infide is 
Revenel, of Dean Street, Sabo, in the Liberty of Wef- Twenty-four Inches by Twenty-eight Inches; and the 
minfter, Efquire, were feverally referred ; That the Com- Crown Court is Twenty-fix Inches by ‘Twenty-four 
mittee had examined the Matters of the Four Firft-men- Inches, or thereabouts—That he did not examine tha 
tioned Petitions ; and had heard Counfel on Behalf of Repairs of the Infide of the Crown Court, neither did 
the Second, Third, and Fourth-mentioned Petitions, no he ealculate the Expence of putting this in Repair ; 
Counfel appearing, or Evidence having been produced, but calculated the Expence of taking it down. 
on Behalt of the Two Jaft-mentioned Petitions; and Being afked, How long it would laft and ferve fuffi- 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the cient for the Purpofes it was now ufed, with a complete 
Matters of the faid Petitions, as they appeared to them, Repair?—he faid, H it was thoroughly repaired, it 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and would Jaft 50 or 100 Years, but by thoroughly re- 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where pairing, he meant rebuilding it—That the Columes 
the fame was read , and is as followeth; vz. might laft fome Years with proper Security—That he 
To prove the Allegations of the Firft-mentioned Peti- was firft called upon to furvey this in Zune or Fuly Jatt, 
tion, Mr. William Hillyer, a Surveyor, being examined, and was employed by Mr. Gafcoywe—That when he 
faid, That he furveyed the Shire Houfe at Chelmsford, took that Survey, it was to examine into the State of 
laft Tuefday and Wednefday, for the \aft ‘Time—That the Repairs of the Shire Hall; and that he furveyed 
it is a very old Building, very much out of Repair, and it Five or Six Times afterwards—That he weut down 


ftands upon Eight Columns. with a Plan to the Quarter Seffions to attend a Com. 
And he produced to your Committee, Plans for a mittee, and then furveyed it for his own Satisfaétion 
new Gaol and Shire Houfe. every Time—That he was not paid for the Plan, but 


Mr. William Robinfon, a Surveyor of the Board of prefumes he fhall—That he carried thofe Plans to Lord 
Works, and Mr. Charles Mills, a Builder and Sur- Rochford, and by his Order carried them down to the 
veyor, being examined, faid, That they have furveyed County; and when he was with the Gentlemen at the 
the Seffions Houfe with Mr. Hillyer—That it is‘ out of Quarter Seffions, after he was approved on as Surveyor, 
Repair, in Decay, and worn out. he told them, that if the Building went on, and he was 

Being afked, Whether it was in fuck Decay, that it continued Surveyor, at Five per Cent., the Expence of 
had better be rebuilt than repaired ? they faid, It might the Plans were included. 
be kept up and tied together for fome Time, but Mr. Rodinfon and Mr. Milis, both informed your 
would not fupport an additional Building—That it Committee, that they are not any ways concerned or in- 
ftands on Eight Columns, the Six outfide Columns have _ terefted in the carrying on this Bufinets. 
been decayed at Bottom, and cut off, and are pieced = Mr. Rodinfon faid, That he took this Survey laft 
about Four Feet—that they are very much twifted out Wednefday, and never took any before. 
of an Upright—That the Breft-fummer upon the Being afked, When he went down upon this Survey, 
Columns is rotten, and the Gutter Plates that come what Directions he had with Regard to taking it ; and 
into this Breft-fummer, are fwagged round feveral what he apprehended was the Object of it ?&gt;—he faid, He 
Inches, and tied together with Iron; and the main Tye went down to take a Survey of the Foundaticn of the 
that fhould have went acrofs, was ftopped fhort upon new and old Gaol—That when he was at Chelmsford, Mr. 
the Two Center Columns, which has occafioned the Hillyer defired he would examine the Shire Houfe; 
Rafters to thruft out the Side Breft-fummers—That which he did—He likewife told him, There was a new 
the Rafters are very much fwagged, and the Tiling Shire Houfe intended to be built upon Part of the Pre- 
lays hollow and round; and that it will be needlefs to miffes ; but did not defire him to give his Opinion upon 
repair it—That it would be unreafonable to think of the Valuation of the Repairs of the old Shire Houte. 
repairing it, by Reafon the Expence would be very © Mr. Mills, being further examined, faid, He went 
great, and it would be a very old Building when done down the Day before Mr. Robinfox ; and the fame Evi- 
—That they think it would be beft to rebuild it, and dence he has now given, he gives. 
moft for the Intereft of the County :—And added, That = Mr. Francis Smythies, Deputy Clerk of the Peace for 

it would be Money thrown away, to make any material the County of Effex, being examined, faid, That he 
Alterations by Repair. had attended almoft every Seffion and Affizes for thefe 
Mr. Hillyer, being crofs examined, faid, That he has Ten Years—That he has known very great Inconveni- 
practifed as a Surveyor about 14 or 15 Years, and ences arife from the Situation of the Crown Court— 
was bred, to the Bulinefs—That he was Surveyor to That being an open Court, and a very great Traffic of 
the Margate Public Affembly Room, and all the Build- Coaches and other Carriages paffing fo near, he has 
ing in that Square, except thofe Sir E¢ward Hales was known the Bufinefs of the Court frequently interrupted 
building. and delayed, from the Noife that has been made by 
Reing afked, Whether he was Surveyor only, or the Carriages and other Traffic; and befides, it is much too 

Defigner of that Building ?—he faid, The Foundation {mall for the Bufinefs of the County. 
of that Building was dug by fome Carpenters—That he Being afked, How near the Corner of the Court es 
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all the Carriages, Coaches, Beafts, &amp;c. that come from 
Braintree, Bocking, Norfolk, Suffolk, €2c. pafs ?—he faid, 
He could not {peak as to exact Admeafurement, becaufe 
he never furveyed it, but they come extremely near, 
and there is nothing to defend their coming immedi- 
ately clofe up to the Piazza of the Court Houfe—That 
he {uppofes, the High Road from the Corner of the 
Court Houfe to the Shops, on the other Side of the 
Road, to be about Fifteen Feet wide, and believes Two 
Catriages cannot pafs abreaft by the Court Houfe : That, 
in his Judgment, the Nif#f Prius Court is too fmall for 
holding either the Quarter Seffions or the Aflizes—and 
he has frequently found Inconvenience arifing there- 
from, both at the Quarter Seffions and Affizes—and 
that, at the Summer Affizes, by Reafon of its being fo 
fmall, he apprehends it to be extremely unwholefome 
for the Number of. People that refort there—That when 
the Special Jury or Common Jury have been fitting 
in the Ni# Prius Court, he has known frequent Inter- 
ruptions in paffing through the Midft of that Jury, 
by Reafon of the Avenue being ftopt up intirely on 
One Side of the Court—and that there is no Room in 
that Affize Houfe, or any Place in which the Grand 
Jury, doing the Bufinefs of the County, can retire to; 
nor any in the Crown Court. | 

Being afked, How far the Crown Court is fituate from 
the Gaol ?— he faid, The Court Houfe is at One End 
of the Town, and the Gaol at the other Extremity— 
That he has frequently feen the Criminal Prifoners 
brought all together upon a Chain through the Town 
to the Court Houfe—That at the Time of the Affizes, 
they are taken up in the Morning to the Court Houfe, 
they are together put into a fmall Box and kept till 
Dinner Time, unlefs they take their Trials before; and 
at Dinner Time they are taken back again to the 
Gaol, and brought up again after Dinner, and taken 
back again in the Evening—The Prifoners are put 
promifcuoufly into this Box—And that he has feen a 
Clergyman in his Gown and Caffock, againft whom no 
Bill has been found, ftanding there in the Midft of a 
Number of Felons—That he has heard the Shire Houfe 
is intended to be built, where fome Houfes now ftand, 
near or adjoining to the Church Yard in C€helmsford— 
And that if it is built there, it will be farther from the 
prefent Gaol than it is now, by about Fifty Yards. 

Being afked, Whether he himfelf perfonally heard the 
Judges complain, that they had felt any Inconvenience ? 
—he faid, He never heard any Judge make any Com- 
plaint—But has known the Judges of Affize ftop Coun- 
fel and Witneffes, becaufe they could not hear while 
Carriages were pafling by. 

Being afked, Whether he ever heard the Judges them- 
felves exprefs a Defire for the Removal of the Shire 
Houfe ?—he faid, He never had the Honour of any 
Converfation with the Judges—That during the Affizes, 
he never heard the Judges make any Complaint of the 
incommodious Situation of the Place. 

Being afked, Whether the Inconvenience arifing from 
Carriages going by, proceeds from the Court being an 
open Court, or from the Situation alone ?—he faid, He 
apprehended the Inconveniences arofe in fome Meafure 
from both—-That he believed the clofing up of the 
Court would in forme Meafure remedy the Inconvenience 
arifing from the Noife of the Carriages, but would in 
many other Refpects make it ftill more inconvenient. 

Being afked, Whether it would fufficiently remove 
the Inconvenience of the Noife of the Carriages ?—he 
faid, He could not certainly tell—That the Nif Prius 
Court is a very clofe Court; and in Summer Time 
the Heat thereof is almoft infupportable to every one 
that has any Bufinefs to do. 

Being afked, Whether he had heard the Judges in 
that Court ftop Witfiéffes and Counfel from any Noife 
being in the Street ?—he faid, He believed he had 
known the Bufinefs of that Court interrupted by Noife 
of Carriages, but not in fo great a Degree as the other ; 

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and that the Ni Prius Court is nearer to the Road thai 
the Crown Court. 

Being afked, Which of the Two Courts was neareft 
to the narrow Part of the Road he fpoke of, that was 
about Fifteen Feet wide ?—he faid, He could not tell, 
they were both extremely near—That he believed the 
Nifi Prius Court projeéts more. to the Road than thé 
Crown Court. : re 

Being afked, In what other Refpetts clofing up the 
Crown Court would be more inconvenient?—he faid, 
He apprehended it would make it more confined, and 
lefs capable of receiving the great Number of People 
that always refort to that Court. 

And the Witnefs produced to your Cotnimittee, 
Book of Orders of the Court of Quarter Seffions 
for the County of Effex, in his Cuftody as De- 
puty Clerk of the Peace. 

And faid, That about Twenty Years ago, there was 
an Order in the Seffions: Book for removing a Corner 
Poft—which was read ; and is as follows: 

Effex. At the General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, 
of our Sovereign Lord the King, holden at Chelmsford 
in and for the faid County, on Twefday in the Firft 
Week next after the Clofe of Eaj/ter (to wit) the Six 
teenth Day of April, in the Four-and-twentieth Year of 
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, 
now King of Great Britain, and fo forth, before Fobz 
Comyns, Efquire, Sir ‘fobn Cros, Baronet, Thomas Bram- 
Jton, Thomas Fanfball, Edmund Fowler, Fohn Lodwick; 
Efquires, and others their Companions; Juftices of our 
faid Sovereign Lord the King, affigned to keep the 
Peace of our faid Lord the King, in the faid County : 
And alfo, &amp;e. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That the Reverend Mr. 
Fobn Tindal doth order the Corner Poft on the further 
Side of the Market Crofs, from the Saracen’s Head at 
Chelmsford, in this County, to be removed at the 
Charge of the faid County ; and fet fo far into the 
Market Crofs as he fhall think proper, in order to 
make the Road more commodious for His Majefty’s 
Subjects, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of Six 
Pounds. i 

Then an Order of the Court of Quarter Seffiorts, on 
the roth of Fuly 1750, for taking down certain 
Buildings, was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

Effex. At the General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, 
of our Sovereign Lord the King, holden at Chelmsford 
in and for the faid County, on Tuefday in the Firft 
Week next after the Tranflation of Saint Thomas the 
Martyr (to wit) the Tenth Day of uly, in the Four- 
and-twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord 
George the Second, now King of Great Britain, and fo 
forth, before Thomas Bramfton, Charles Gray, Efquires, 
Sir Fobn Crofs, Baronet, Fa/per King fman, Robert Brage, 
Edmund Fowler, Efquires, and others their Companions, 
Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, affigned 
to keep the Peace of our faid Lord the King, in the faid 
County: And alfo, &amp;c. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That it be referted to 
Sir Fobn Crofs, Baronet, and the Reverend Fobn Tin- 
dal, Clerk, and they are hereby defired to wait upon 
the Right honourable Lord Fitzwalter, to know if his 
Lordfhip will confent to the Pulling down fome Build- 
ings oppofite to the Corner of the Shire Houfe, for 
enlarging the Highway there ; and if his Lordfhip will 
confent to it, then it is further Ordered by this Court, 
and they are hereby defired to confider, what Expence 
it will be to carry the fame into Execution, and to make 
their Report at the next General Quarter Seffion of the 
Peace, to be held for this County. 

Mr. Smythies, on his Crofs Examination, being afked, 
“Whether he ever faw any of the Shire Houfes or County 
Houfes upon the Home Circuit ?—he faid, He was 
not certain—That he was particularly acquainted with 
what.Counties are in the Home Circuit, but believed he 
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the Home Circuit, than the County of Effex—That he 
never heard any of the Judges who go the Home Circuit 
declare their Approbation of the prefent Pian of the Ni/é 
Prius Court at Chelmsford; and fhould have been very much 
furprifed if he had heard them exprefs their Approbation 
of a Court, which is evidently too fmall and inconvenient 
for tranfacting the Public Bufinefs of the County. 

Being afked, Whether he ever heard: the Judges or 
Practifers complain of the Inconveniences arifing from 
the Smailnefs ot the Court ?—he faid, He never heard 
the Judges make any Complaint, but has heard the At- 
tornies complain of it, both before and fince the Quef- 
tion has been in Agitation ; but fhould fuppofe it might 
hold them all. 

Being afked, Whether he had been acquainted with 
the Tranfactions of the Juftices in Quarter Seffions, or 
in Committees relative to the Building of a Gaol ?—he 
faid, He had attended every Quarter Seffions for Five or 
Six Years paft, and many of their Committees appointed 
to confider of repairing or rebuilding the Gaol ; and 
confequently had been acquainted with moft of their Pro- 
ceedings: That he did not know that they ever made 
any Application to Parliament, before this, for rebuild- 
ing the Shire Hall. 

Being afked, Whether any Application had been 
made to him at any Time by any of the Petitioners 
againft this Bill, or their Agents, for Copies of any Or- 
ders made relative to this Application to Parliament, 
and the Purpofes of it ?—he faid, There never had been 
any Application made to him fince he was appointed 
Deputy Clerk of the Peace ;—but faid, he received a 
Letter fome Time ago, long before he had any of the 
Records particularly in his Cuftody or any Power over 
the fame, from Mr. Fobn Griffith , the Purport of which, 
to the beft of his Recollection was, to defire him to afk 
Mr. Ennew to fend him (Mr. Griffith) a Copy of the 
Order of Seffions, relative to an Application to Parlia- 
ment, and to give him Notice of the Time of _prefent- 
ing any Petition. 

Being afked, Whether Mr. Griffith did, or did not, in 
that Letter, tell him that the Application was on Behalf 
of thofe who intended to petition againft the Bill ?—he 
faid, He did not recollect whether he particularly did or 
not, but he underftood it fo. ; 

Being afked what Anfwer he fent ?—he faid, He really 

could not tell whether he fent any Anfwer or not ; 
but he acquainted Mr. Exnew with the Purport of it, for 
it required no Anfwer from him:—That he did not 
know whether Mr. Ennew fent any Anfwer, but be- 
lieved the Copy of the Order was never fent :—That he 
thought the Shire Hall was inconveniently fituated, by 
being fo far from the Gaol. 
. Being afked, Whether it would be better for the Prifon- 
ers to come immediately from a Gaol into a Shire Houfe 
or not? —he faid, He imagined that either Extreme 
would be better to be avoided, of a Gaol being too far 
from, or too near to, a Shire Hall :—That the Road that 
runs by the Shire Hallis gravelled ; and from what he 
recollects of the Two Courts, he does not know which 
is neareft the Road. 

Fobn Strutt, Efquire, (One of the Juftices of the Peace 
for the County of Effex) being examined, faid, That 
he knows the Situation of the Shire Houfe in Chelmsford, 
but not the exact Size:—That he thinks the Situation 
very inconvenient, and the Size not large enough for 
the Bufinefs of the County :—That attending as a Ma- 
giftrate, he had frequently known the Bufinefs ftopt 
tor fome Time by the Noife of Carriages and Droves of 
Cattle paffing in the Road near the Shire Houfe :—That 
the’Grand Jury are obliged to leave the Court, and ad- 
journ to a Public Houfe, having no Room to retire to. . 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, He had aéted as a 
Juftice of the Peace, for the County of Efex, Ten or 
‘Twelve Years, and did not recollect any Application 
to Parliament, before this, for removing the Inconveni- 
ences complained’ of ; but knew it had been the Wifh 
of many Gentlemen, that the Inconveniences mentioned 


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might be removed :—That he never-attended the Affizes 
at any other Place in England. 

Being afked, Whether he thought that the Courts 
were big enough to contain thofe that attended upon 
mere Bufinefs ?&gt;—he faid, It was a Matter he could not 
anfwer, but knew that the Grand Jury were frequently 
incommoded by the Crowd of People attending in and 
near the Seffions Houfe :—That he never heard the 
Judges perfonally make any Complaint of the Situation 
of the Court Houfe:—That he thought the Inconveni- 
ences arifing from the Situation and Smallnefs of the Shire 
Houfe fo great, as to make it neceffary to pull down 
the prefent Court Houfe, and to build a.new one; and 
added, that he never heard any Methods propofed to 
rémove thefe Inconveniences without pulling it down. 

Mr. Chriftopher Griffenboofe, a Surgeon and Apothe- 
cary at Chelmsford, being examined, faid, That he has 
lived there Forty Years and upwards, and is acquainted 
with the Road between the Court Houle in Chelmsford 
and the Houfes on the oppofite Side:—That he has 
heard of many Accidents, which have happened in or 
near the fante:—That he was fent for to one Gentle- 
man, who was overturned in a Whifkey, Major Barry 
S* Leger, and apprehended that Accident happened by 
the Narrownefs of the Road:—That he never was fent 
for to any other Perfon that happened any Accident 
there :—’Fhat to his Knowlege there has been no Alte- 
ration made in that Part of the Road fince the Accident 
he mentioned happened; and thinks, if the Road had 
been made wider he fhould have known it. 

Being crofs-examined, he faid, That the Accident, he 
had mentioned, happened in Fanuary 1769, between One 
and Two o’Clock in the Day-time :—That that Part of 
the Road, in his Opinion, is a narrow and dangerous Road. 

Being afked, Whether that Road could be made 
wider, otherwife than by pulling down the Shire Hall ?— 
he faid, It might, by pulling down the Sheds oppofite, 
and Part of a Dwelling Houfe adjoining to the Sheds. 

Being afked, Whether he ever furveyed this Spot 
with an Intention to form any Opinion as to widening 


, the Road ?—he faid, That fince the Matter has been in 
Debate, he had .furveyed it and ftept it:—That the 


Meafure of it is about Fifteen Feet or Fifteen Feet and 
a Half; but never took any exaét Meafure of it :—That 
it is a hollow Road; and he does not believe it can be 
widened without pulling down Part of a Houfe. 

Then an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
for re-building the Common Gaol of the County of 
Effex, was read, 

Mr. Smythies (the Deputy Clerk of the Peace) pro- 
duced to your Committee, the Order Book of the Court 
of Quarter Seffions for the County of Efex, from 10th 
January 1764 to 10th Fuly 1770; and faid, That he 
was prefent at the Time thefe Orders were made, 

He alfo produced to your Committee a Copy of Pre- 
fentment of the Grand Jury at the Summer Affizes 1767; 
which was read ; and is as follows: 

Effex. The Return of the Grand Inqueft, to inquire 
for our Sovereign Lord the King, and the Body of the 
County of Effex, at the Seffion of Oyer and Terminer 
and General Gaol Delivery, held at Chelmsford, in and 
for the County of Effex, on Wednefday the Fifth Day of 
Auguft, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our So- 
vereign Lord George the Third, now King of Great Bri- 
tain, (Sc. before William Lord Mansfield, Chief Juftice 
of our faid Lord the King, affigned to hold Pleas before 
the King himfelf, and Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Knight, 
One of the Barons of His Majefty’s Court of Exche- 
quer Juftices, &amp;&amp;e. 

We the Gentlemen of the Grand Inqueft, whofe 
Names are hereunto fub{cribed, have made 
diligent Inquiry of all Matters and Things, 
and find nothing prefentable, except the Com- 
mon Gaol of this County, which we find to be 
in very bad Condition, in Point of Repair, 
and too ftraight in the Rooms where the, 
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in its prefent State, either for fecuring the Per- 
fons committed, or for the Prevention of con- 
tagious Diftempers. 


Will Maynard, Samuel Feake, 

Fobn Bullock, R. Lockwood, 

W* Mills, Cha. Gray, 

Fobn Archer, Peter Du Cane, Jun‘ 
Rich4 Beavior, W Altham, 

Fobn Luther, Facob Houblon, Jun" 
Tho Berney Bramfton, ‘Fobn Strutt, 

Fobn Conyers, Rich? Chifwell. 


Then an Order of the faid Quarter Seffions, on the 
Sixth Day of Ofober 1767, was read; and is as 
follows : 

Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion of 

6 O# 1767. §the Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holcen at Chelmsford, in and for the {aid County, 
on Tuefday in the Week next after the Featt of Saint 
Michael the Archangel {to wit) the Sixth Day of Ofoder, 
in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord 
George the Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before 
Charles Collyer, Efquire, Sir William Maynard, Baro- 
net, Fobn Luther, Charles Gray, Thomas Berney Bram- 
fton, William Round, fobn Whittle, William Wright, ‘fobn 
Yeldham, Archibald Douglas, William Mills, Fames Round, 
Fames Raymond, Fobn Blatch Whaley, Ynyr Burgefs, 
Efquires, Chriftopher Wilfon, Doctor in Divinity, Fobn 
Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Samuel How, 
Fobn Morgan, Henry Chalmers, Clerks ; and others, 
their Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord 
the King, affigned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord 
the King, in the faid County ; and alfo to hear and de- 
termine divers Felonies, Trefpaffes, and other Mifde- 
meanors, committed in the fame County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That it be referred to 
Sir William Maynard, Six William Mildmay, Baronets, 
Fohn Luther, Charles Gray, Bamber Gafcoyne, Chefter 
Moor Hall, Charles Collyer, Fobn Bullock, Thomas Ber- 
ney Bramfton, William Round, Archibald Douglas, Fobn 
Strutt, Charles Smith, William Wright, William Mills, 
Fames Round, Fohn Whittle, Efquires, and the Reverend 
‘tobn Tindal, Clerk, or any Five of them, to examine 
into the State of the Common Gaol at Chelmsford, in, 
and belonging to, this County, and for their Affiftance 
in fo doing, they are defired to employ fome able and 
experienced Perfon or Perfons, to furvey and examine 
the fame ; and they are requefted to make a Report at 
the next General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, whether 
the faid Gaol is capable of being effectually repaired, in 
fuch a Manner as to obviate the Inconveniences upon 
which it was prefented by the Grand Jury at the laft 
Affizes, or whether it muft be pulled down and rebuilt ; 
and if they are of Opinion that it fhould be rebuilt, 
they are further requefted to procure a Plan and Efti- 
mate for that Purpofe. ; 

He alfo produced to your Committee, an Order of 
the Committee appointed by the faid Quarter 
Seffion, dated 23 November 1767; which was 
read ; and is as follows : 

Effex. At a Meeting of a Committee appointed by 
the Court of Quarter Seffions, for repairing or rebuild- 
ing the County Gaol, held at the Black Bey, in Chelms- 
ford, on the Twenty-third Day of November 1767 ; pre- 
fent, Sir William Mildmay, Baronet, Fobn Bullock, ‘fobn 
Strutt, William Wright, Efquires, and Fobn Tindal, 
Clerk; ~ 

It is Ordered, That Mr. Richard Rawlins do take a 
Survey of the prefent Gaol, and the adjoining Grounds 
belonging to Mr. Pocklington, Mr. Wade, and another ; 
and alfo, of the Houfe and Premiffes oppofite the prefent 
Gaol, late the Swan Inn, and alfo the White Horfe Inn, 
and Premiffes thereto belonging; and to prepare a Sketch 
or Plan of a Gaol fuitable to each Situation, and be pre- 
pared to lay the fame before the Committee, at the Sa- 
racen’s Head Inn in Chelmsford, on Tuefday the Twelfth 
Day of January next, at Nine of the Clock in the Fore- 
noon ; and that the Clerk of the Peace do write to every 


371 
Gentleman of the Committee, to defire their Attend- 
ance. 


W Mildmay; Will” Wright; 
Fobn Bullock, Fobn Tindal. 
Fobn Strutt, 


He alfo produced the Proceedings of the faid Com- 
mittee, on the 12th of Fanuary 1768 ; which was 
read ; and is as follows : 7 

Effex. At a Meeting of the Committee appointed by 
the Court of Quarter Seffions, for repairing or rebuild- 
ing the County Gaol, held at the Saracen’s Head Inn in 
Chelmsford, on the 12th Day of January 1768. 

At this Meeting it was Refolved, from the Report of 
Mr. Richard Rawlins, the Surveyor, who had examined 
the State and Condition of the prefent Gaol; that the 
fame cannot be repaired, fo as to anfwer the intended 
Purpofes, but that a new Gaol muft be built; and having 
likewife examined a Survey of the Ground belonging to 
the White Horfe Inn, we are of Opinion that the fame 
would be a proper Place on which to build a new Gaol. 


W= Mildmay, Will” Wright, 
Fobn Bullock, Fames Round, 
Cha. Gray, Cha’ Smith, 
7. B. Braimfton, Fobn Strutt, 
F. Whittle, Fobn Tindal. 
W. Mills, 


Then an Order of the faid Court of Quarter Seffion, r: 
the 12th of Zanuary 1768, was read; and is as follows: 
Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion 
12°) Fan? 1768. bof the Peace, of our Sovereign Lord 
the King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid 
County, on Tue/day in the Week next after the Epiphany, 
(to wit) the Twelfth Day of Fanuary, in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 
Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before Charles 
Gray, Fobn Bullock, Thomas Berney Bramfton, Fobn Strutt, 
Fobn Whittle, Robert Andrews, William Wright, William 
Mills, Charles Smith, Fames Round, Fobn Blatch Whaley; 
Efquires, Randolph Ekins, Henry Chalmers, Clerks, and 
others, their Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign 
Lord the King, affigned to keep the Peace of the faid 
Lord the King, in the faid County; and alfo to hear 
and determine divers Felonies, Trefpaffes, and other 
Mifdemeanors, committed in the fame County. 

A Report being made to this Court, by the Commit- 
tee, to whom it was referred to examine into the Staté 
of the Common Gaol at Chelmsford, in, and belonging 
to, this County, that the fame cannot be repaired fo as 
to anfwer the intended Purpofes, but that a new Gaol 
muft be built ; and that the Ground belonging to the 
White Horfe Inn, in the faid Town of Chelmsford, would 
be a proper Place on which to build a new Gaol: It is 
Ordered by this Court, That the Gentlemen named of 
the faid Committee; or any Three or more of them, do 
apply to Fobn Richard Comyns, Efquire, the Owner of the 
faid Eftate, to know whether it will be agreeable to him 
to fell the faid White Horfe Inn, and the Ground thereto 
belonging, and at what Price; and they are defired to re- 
sae his Anfwer at the next General Quarter Seffion of the 

eace, to be holden for the faid County. 

And the Witnefs being afked, Whether any Report 
was made at any fubfequent Seffions, in Confequence of 
the laft mentioned Order ?—he faid, That at the next Sef- 
fion he heard Tomas Berney Bramfton, Efquire, report to 
the Court, that he had applied to the faid Mr. Comyns, to 
know if he would fell the White Horfe Inn, and the Ground 
thereto belonging ; and that the faid Mr. Comyns abfolutely 
refufed fo to do, alleging, that he thought it would be 
very difagreeable to the Tenants of his other Eftates. 

He alfo produced to your Committee, fundry Orders 

of the faid Court of Quarter Seffion, and the Pro- 
ceedings of their Committee relating to rebuilding 

the Gaol ; which were read; and are as follow: 
Effex, i At the General Quarter Seffion of 
12th April 1768. § the Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, ori 
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the Twelfth Day of April, in-the Eighth Year of the 
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, now 
King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before Charles Collyer, Eiquire, 
Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Sir William Maynard, Baro- 
nets, Fohn Luther, Charles Gray, Chefter Moor Hall, 
Thomas Berney Bramfton, William Round, Fofeph Clerke, 
Robert Andrews, Fames Wyatt, William Wright, William 
Mills, James Raymond, Thomas Clamtree, fohn Blatch 
Whaley, Efquires, Chriftopher Wilfon, Doctor in Divinity, 
ohn Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Samuel How, 
Henry Chalmers, Cierks, and others, their Companions, 
Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, affigned 
to keep the Peace of the faid Lord the King, in the faid 
County ; and alfo to hear and determine divers Felonies, 
Trefpaffes, and other Mifdemeanors, committed in the 
faid County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That it be referred back 
to Sir William Maynard, Sir William Mildmay, Baronets, 
ohn Luther, Charles Gray, Bamber Gafcoyne, Chefter 
Moor Hall, Fohn Bullock, Charles Collyer, Thomas Berney 
Bramfton, William Round, Archibald Douglas, Fobn 
Strutt, Charles Smith, William Wright, William Mills, 
Fames Round, Fohn Whittle, Efquires, and the Reve- 
rend Fobn Tindal, Clerk (being the Committee appoint- 
ed for that Purpofe at the General Quarter Seffion of 
the Peace held here, in and for the faid County, on the 
Sixth Day of Ofober laft; or any Five or more of them, 
to re-confider what will be the moft proper and conve- 
nient Place whereon to erect and build a new Gaol for 
this County ; and they are defired to meet for that 
Purpofe, at the Coffee Houfe in Chelmsford, on Friday 
the Twenty-fecond Day of April inftant, at Ten of the 
Clock in the Forenoon, and to make a Report at the 
next General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, to be holden 
for the faid County. 

Effex. Chelmsford, We whofe Names are here- 

22° April 1768. Finaiber written, having met this 
Day, accord:ng to the Order of the Court of Quarter 
Seffions, to re-confider of the moft proper and conve- 
nient Place whereon to erect a new Gaol for this County, 
agree to the following Refolutions : 

1* That a Field and Orchard, oppofite to the Work- 
houfe in this Town, in the Occupation of William Stokes, 
and the Property of Mrs. Freeman, Widow, and Mr. 
‘ohn Fudd, will be the moft proper and convenient 
Place for erecting the faid Gaol. 

2‘ That it be referred to Mr. Strutt to treat with the 
faid Owners of the above Piece of Land, for the Pur- 
chafe thereof. 

Laftly, That this Meeting fhall be adjourned to Tue/- 
day, the Firft Day of the next Quarter Seffions. 

W Mildmay, Will Wright, 
T. Bramfton, Fohn Tindal, 
John Strutt, J. Whittle, 
Fobn Bullock, W~ Round. 
Effex. Chelmsford, Whereas an Order was made 
Fuly 13 1768. bon the 22d Day of April laft by 
the Committee, That John Strutt, Efquire, fhould treat 
with Mrs. Freeman and Mr. Fobn Fudd, for the Piece of 
Land, then by the Committee thought the moft conve- 
nient Place whereon ‘to ereét a new Gaol; and Mr. 
Strutt having now informed this Committee, that the 
fame is not to be fold; It is Ordered, That it be referred 
to the faid Mr. Strutt, Thomas Berney Bramfton, Efquire, 
and the Reverend Mr. Tindal, to treat with the Proprie- 
tors of the Ground adjoining to the prefent Gaol, and 
alfo the Proprietor of the Houfe and Premiffes oppofite 
the prefent Gaol, late the Swan Inn; and they are de- 
fired to make a Report at the next Meeting of this Com- 
mittee, appointed to be held at the Coffee Houfe in 
Chelmsford, on Wednefday the Twentieth of 7uly inftant, 
at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, if the fame, or 
either of them, are to be difpofed of, and upon what 
Terms. 


W" Maynard, Fobn Strutt, 
Cha. Gray, W™ Round, 
Cheft. Moor Hall, Fobn Tindal. 


4.1971. 


At a Meeting of the Committee, appointed for re- 
pairing or rebuilding the County Gaol, held at the 
: Coffee Houfe in Chelmsford, the 20th July 1768. 

At this Meeting it is the Opinion of the Committee, 
That Mr. Pain, the Surveyor, fhould be employed to in- 
fpect the Situation of the prefent Gaol, with the Ground 
propofed to be added to it, and the Situation of the 
Ground belonging to the Swan Inn, and that he fhould 
report which Place he fhall think moft proper to build a 
new Gaol on, Regard being had to the Piling neceffary 
for the Foundation in each Place, and fuch other Circum- 
{tances as fhould occur to him on his View of both 
Places. 

The Committee alfo beg the Favour of Mr. Strutt to 
enquire what the certain Price may be of the Purchafe of 
the Swan Inn, and Ground belonging to it; and that Sir 
William Mildmay will be fo good as to enquire at what 
Price the additional Houfes and Ground adjoining to 
the prefent Gaol may be had; and that Sir Wiliam 
Mildmay, Mr. Bramfton, Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Tindal, 
will be fo kind as to give their Attendance whilft the Sur- 
vey is taking ; and that the Committee do meet to re- 
ceive the Report of the Surveyor, at the Cofice Houfe 
in Chelmsford, on Tuefday the 4th- of O@oder next, at 
Eleven in the Forenoon. 


Cha. Gray, We Round, 
Febn Strutt, John Tindal, 
Fobn Whittle, Wille Wright. 
Effex. At the General Quarter Seffion 


4"* Odicber 1768. koe the Peace, of our Sovereign 
Lord the King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the 
faid County, on Tuefdey in the Week next after the 
Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel (to wit) the Fourth 
Day of Oéfoder, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our 
Sovereign Lord George the Third, now King of Great Bri- 
tain, &amp;c. before Charles Gray, Efquire, Sir William May- 
nard, Baronet, Bamber Gafcovne, Fobn Conyers, Thomas 
Berney Bramfton, Fobn Strutt, Fobn Yeldbam, ames Wyatt, 
Thomas Drew, ‘fohn Godfalve, Charles Smiih, William 
Wright, Fchn Whittle, Fames Round, Eiquires, Henry 
Herring, Fobn Tindal, Samuel How, Clerks, and others, 
their Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord 
the King, affigned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord 
the King, in the faid County; and alfo to hear and 
determine divers Felonies, Trefpaffes, and other Mif- 
demeanors, committed in the fame County. 

Upon reading the feveral Papers now produced by 
the Gentlemen, to whom the Bufinefs of building a new 
Gaol, and a Place proper for that Purpofe, was referred, 
and hearing their Opinion thereon; It is the Opinion 
of this Court, That the Spot on which the Gaol now 
ftands, and the Ground oppofite to the fame, late the 
Swan Inn (which has alfo been infpeéted) are inconve- 
nient Places for the Continuance of the prefent, and for 
erecting a new, Gaol, the fame being unwholefome for 
the Prifoners, dangerous to the County, and imprac- 
ticable, from the Nature of their Foundation, to ereét 
thereon a fafe and conimodious Gaol. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That it be referred to Sir 
William Maynard, Sit William Mildmay, Baronets, Fobn 
Luther, Charles Gray, Bamber Gafcoyne, Chefter Moor 
Hall, Fobn Bullock, Charles Collyer, Thomas Berney 
Bramfton, William Round, Archibald Douglas, Fobu 
Strutt, Charles Smith, William Wright, William Mills, 
Fames Round, Fobn Whittle, Efquires, and the Reverend 
Fobn Tindal, Clerk, or.any Five or more of them, and 
fuch other of His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace aéting 
for the faid County, as will pleafe to attend to enquire for 
a convenient Piece of Ground for erecting-a new Gaol ; 
and that they do treat with the Proprietors of fuch Spot, 
as by them fhall be thought convenient for the Purpofe, 
for the Purchafe of the fame; and that they do adver- 
tife for, and receive, Plans and Eftimates for building a 
fpacious and commodious. Gaol; and they- are. de- 
fired to deliver fuch Plans and Eftimates, and, report 
their Opinion and Proceedings thereon, at the next Ge- 
neral Quarter Seffion of the Peace, tobe holden for this 

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County ; and they are further requefted to meet at the 
Coffee Houfe in Céelmsford, on Friday the Fourteenth 
of Ofober inftant, at Eleven of the Clock in the Fore- 
noon, to take the faid feveral Matters into Confideration. 

Chelmsford, Atan Adjournmentof the Com- 

Novem 11 1768. ¥ niente appointed by the Court of 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace, for the County of Effex, 
this Day held at the Coffee Houfe in Chelmsford atore- 
faid, to confider of a proper Place whereon to build a 
new Gaol for the faid County of Effex; Mr. Strutt re- 

orted to the faid Committee, That, in Purfuance of 
the Requett of the Committee, held on Friday the 14th 
Day of O@oder \aft, he had applied to Mr. Pocklington, 
to know whether Fohn Wallinger, Efquire, would fell a 
Part of a Field, his Property, firnate near the Coach 
and Horfes, at Chelmsford aforefaid, in order to build 
thereon a new County Gaol; and that Mr. Wallinger’s 
Anfwer was as follows : 

«« | imagine you are not unacquainted that my Eftate 
« at Chelmsford is entailed, and my Son a Minor, not 
« yet Three Years old; befides, I can never confent 
« any Part of my Land fhould be appropriated for a 
« Gaol, as you muft imagine it a Nufance and difagree- 
« able to my Tenants.” 

Mr. Strutt likewife reported, that, by the Requeft of 
the faid Commictee, he had applied to Dr. Ty/on, to 
know whether he would fell the Bell Inu at Chelmsford 
aforefaid, for the Purpofes above mentioned ; and that 
Dr. Zy/on’s Aniwer was as follows : 


Queen Square, near Great Ormond Street, 
&gt; Nev" 1* 1768: 
« SIR, 

“ As I promifed to give an Anfwer to the Queftions 
« you afked me on Weduefday \aft, at the Defire of the 
« Committee appointed to rebuild the Gaol for the 
“ County of Effex, Whether I would fell the Bell Inn, 
“ in Chelmsford, for the Purpofe of building upon thofe 
« Premiffes a County Gaol; and, if 1 would, what would 
« be my Terms? In anfwer, I beg you will acquaint the 
« Gentlemen of the Committee, that I have no Defire 
“ to fell any Part of my Property in the County of 
« Bijex ; but if it be deemed of Utility to the County, 
« ] fhall then be glad to oblige the Gentlemen con- 
“ cerned, by felling the Bell Inn, which is now in Leafe 
“ to a good Tenant for Twenty-one Years, from Lady 
“ Day 1764, and confequently the prefent Leafe will 
“ not expire till Lady Day 1785 : It is now let only for 
“ £. 30 per Annum to the prefent Tenant, upon Ac- 
“ count of his having laid out a confiderable Sum of 
“ Money towards the Repairing the faid Premiffes, 
“ but was formerly let for £. 40 per Annum: If there- 
“ fore, under thefe Circumftances, the Gentlemen are 
“ defirous of purchafing my Intereft, fubjeét to that 
“ Leafe, I will part with it for the Sum of One thoufand 
“ Guineas; but for the Purpofe of building a Gaol 
“ only, and not to be applied to any other Ute: The 
“ Premifies are Freehold, except the Hog Pens in the 
“ Front of the Houfe, which are Copyhold, and held 
“ of Sir William Mildmay, Baronet. I muft beg to be 
** favoured with an Anfwer as foon as you convenient- 
“ ly can. 

&lt; T am, Su, 
“ Your humble Servant, 
“ Rich. Tyfon.” 


Mr. Fceba Blatch, Tenant to the Bell Inn above men- 
tioned, having been applied to, to know whether he 
would give up his Leafe for the fame, refuled to quit 
the Premiffés on any Confideration, till the Time for 
which the faid Leafe is granted fhall be expired. 

Ordered, That this Committee be adjourned to Tue/- 
day the roth Day of ‘fanuary next. 

Will Wright, Fobn Strutt, 
Hi. Chalmers, Sam’ How. 
Fobn Tindal, 

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Effex; At the General Quarter Sef- 

10" Fanuary 1469. bon of the Peace, of our Sove- 
reign Lord the King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for 
the faid County, on Tuefday in the Week next after the 
Epiphany (to wit) the Tenth Day of Fanuary, in the 
Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George 
the Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before Charles 
Collyer, Fobn Luther, Charles Gray, William Round, Tho- 
mas Berney Bramfton, Fobn Strutt, William Wright, Fobn 
Whittle, Fohu Yeldbam, Efquires, John Tindal, Ran- 
dolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Samuel How; Henry Cham- 
bers, Clerks, and others, their Companions, Juftices of 
our faid Sovereign Lord the King, affigned to keep the 
Peace of our faid Lord the King, in the faid County ; 
and alfo tohear and determine divers Felonies, Trefpafles, 
and other Mifdemeanors, committed in the fame 
County. 

This Court, having taken into Confideration the Or- 
ders made at the laft General Quarter Seffion of the 
Peace here held, in and for this County, relative to the 
Rebuilding of a Gaol for the faid County, and the Re- 
ports of the Committee fubfequent thereto ; 

It is Ordered, That an eminent Surveyor be employed 
to furvey the Spot on which the prefent Gaol ftands, 
with the Ground and Houles contiguous thereto, and , 
offered to be difpofed of for the Convenience of the 
County, or any other Ground that may be had for the 
building a convenient Gaol; and that Mr. Exnew, Deputy 
Clerk of the Peace of the faid County, be employed to 
prefer a Petition to Parliament for a Bill to be brought 
in, for the Purchafing fuch Ground as fhall be thought 
proper to build fuch Gaol on, under the Direction of 
the Committee appointed at the latt Seffion; and that 
William Round, Efquire, be defired to apply to Mr. 
Dance, to make fuch Survey on the Monday before the 
next General Quarter Seffion of the Peace to be holden 
for this County. 

Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion of 

4" April 1769. bene Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, on 
Tuefday in the Week next after the Clofe of Eafter (to wit) 
the Fourth Day of April, in the Ninth Year of the Reign 
of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, now King of 
Great Britain, &amp;c. before Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Sir 
William Maynard, Baronets, Fobn Luther, Charles Gray, 
Bamber Gafcoyne, Ifaac Martin Rebow, Fohn Bullock, 
Thomas Berney Bramfton, William Round, Fohn Whittle, 
Fobn Strutt, Fofeph Keeling, Fames Raymond, Charles 
Smith, Anthony Todd, Fames Wyatt, Fobn Leapidge, Wil- 
liam Taylor How, Fobn Blatch Whaley, Yuyr Burges, 
Efquires, fobn Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, 
Samuel How, Robert Younge, Clerks ; and others, their 
Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord the 
King, affigned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord the 
King, in the faid County ; and alfo to hear and deter- 
mine divers Felonies, Trefpaffes, and other Mifdemea- 
nors, committed in the fame County. 

It is Refolved by this Court, That the Houfe and 
Ground, called the Bell Inn, in Chelmsford, belonging to 
Richard Tyfon, Doétor of Phyfic, together with fo much 
of the Houfes and Ground adjoining thereto, on each 
Side, as fhall be thought neceflary for that Purpofe, is 
the moft convenient Spot whereon to build a new Gaol, 
for the Ufe of the faid County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That Bamber Gafcoyne, 
Fobn Bullock, Thomas Berney Bramfton, William Round, 
Fobn Strutt, Fames Round, Fobn Whittle, William Wright, 
James Wyatt, Fofeph Gafcoyne, Ynyr Burges, Efquires, 
Fohn Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Charles Phillips, and Henry 
Green, Clerks, or any Five or more of them, ‘be a Com- 
mittee to treat with Doctor Richard Tyfon, for the Pur- 
chafe -of the Bell Ina, with the Ground and Appurte- 
nances thereto belonging, in Chelmsford aforefaid, and 
alfo with the Proprietors of the Houfes and Ground on 
each Side of the faid Inn,. for the.Purchafe of fo much 

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thereof refpectively, as fhall be fufficient for the erect- 
ing, on the Premifies fo to be purchafed, a new Gaol for 
the Ufe of the faid County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That Mr. Ennew, Deputy 
Clerk of the Peace of the faid County, do write to 
Doctor Richard Tyfoi, in anfwer to his laft Letter, about 
the Purchafe of his Eitate, called the Bell Inn in Chelms- 
ford, for the ere€ting a new Gaol thereon. 

The Committee, to whom it was referred by this 
Court to confider of, and fill up the Blanks in, the Bill 
depending in Parliament, for erecting a new Gaol for 
this County, reporting, That they have gone through the 
faid Bill, and filled up the Blanks therein ; and the fame 
being now read, this Court doth approve thereof ; and 
it is Ordered, That Mr. Exnew, Deputy Clerk of the 
Peace of the faid County, do proceed for paffing the faid 
Bill into a Law. 

. Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion of 
11th Fuly 1769. b he Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, 
on Tuefday in the Week next after the Tranflation of 
Saint Thomas the Martyr (to wit) the Eleventh Day of 
Fuly, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord George the Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c, 
before Bamber Gafceyne, Fobhn Luther, Charles Gray, 
Charles Collyer, Thomas Berney Bramfton, William Round, 
Fobn Strutt, William Mills, Charles Smith, Fofeph Clerke, 
Fobn Yeldbam, Fofeph Keeling Baker, Fobn Littlebales, 
Fames Round, William Taylor How, Fofeph Gafcoyne, 
Samuel Carter, Ifaac Bevan, EXquires, Charles Irwin, Doc- 
tor of Phyfic, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Fofeph 
Cuthbert, Samuel How, Charles Phillips, George Shep- 
heard, Henry Green, Clerks; and others, their Compa- 
hions, Juftices of cur faid Sovereign Lord the King, 
aflizned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord the King 
in the faid County ; and alfo to hear and determine di- 
vers Fe‘onies, Trefpaffes, and other Mifdemeanors, com- 
mitted in the fame County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That Mr. George Dance, 
the Surveyor, be defired to furvey the Eftate belonging 
to Dr. Richard Tyfon, called the Bell Inn, in Chelmsford, 
in order to fee whether the fame will be convenient for 
ereCting a large and commedious Gaol thereon, in as 
cheap a Manner as on the Ground where the old Gaol 
now ftands, with the adjoining Premiffes lately propofed 
to be added thereto ; and that the faid Mr. Daace be alfo 
defired to furvey the Ground belonging to Sir William 
Mildmay, Baronet, called Brickjield, in Chelmsford afore- 
faid, in like Manner, for the fame Purpofe ; and that he 
do prepare Eftimates thereof, and deliver the fame, 
and report his Opinion thereon, at the next General 
Quarter Seffion of the Peace, to be holden for the {aid 
County. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That Mr. Samuel Ennew, 
Deputy Clerk of the Peace of this County, do, pre- 
vious to the next General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, 
to be holden for the faid County, caufe an Advertife- 
ment to be inferted Three Times in the General and Lon- 
don Evening Pofts, and Twice in the Chelmsford and Ip/- 
wich News Papers, purporting, that on Wedne/day the 
Fourth Day of Offeber next (being the Second Day of 
that Seffion) Mr. Dance will deliver the Eftimates, and 
make his Report in regard to the feveral Places by him 
furveyed, for the erefting a new Gaol for the Ufe of the 


faid County; and requefting the Attendance of His Ma- 


jefty’s Juftices of the Peace thereon. 


To the worfhipful the Juftices affembled at the 


General Quarter Seffions of the Peace at Chelms- 
ford. 


Gentlemen, 


By an Order of this Court, dated Txe/day the Eleventh 
Day of July 1769, I was directed to furvey the Eftate 
belonging to Dr. Richard Tyfon, called the Bell Inn, in 


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Chelmsford, in order to fee whether the fame would be 
convenient for ereCting a large and commodious Gaol 
thereon, in as cheap a Manner as on the Ground where 
the old Gaol now ftands,: with the adjoining Premiffes 
lately propofed to be added thereto ; and alfo to furvey 
the Ground belonging to Sir William Mildmay, Baronet, 
called Brick Field, in Chelmsford, in like Manner, for the 
fame Purpofe ; and prepare Eftimates thereof, and de- 
liver the fame, and report my Opinion thereon, at the 
next General Quarter Seffions of the Peace. 

In Confequence of the faid Order, I have furveyed 
and examined the Premiffes ; and I find the Expence of 
the Foundation will be the fame in each of the Three 
Places mentioned in the. Order. 

Having caufed the Ground to be opened where the 
old Gaol now ftands, and the adjoining Premifits pro- 

ofed to be added thereto, in Seven different Parts, | 
found, at the Depth of about Five Feet, a Stratum of 
good hard Gravel, mixed with a fmall Portion of 

Loam. 

I likewife caufed the Ground to be opened at the 
Brick Field, where 1 found a fine Bed of hard Gravel; 
and there is no Room to doubt of there being a very 
good Foundation at the Bell Iu ; but as the Tenant re- 
fufed to let his Ground be dug, I could not have it 
opened as J did the other Places. 

I have eftimated the Value of the different Premifles 
to be purchafed, which are as follows; viz. 

1*} The Bell Inn. 

The Freehold of the Eftate belonging to 
D‘ Richard Tyfon 

Mr. Black, who keeps the Bell Ina, has a 
Leafe, 17 Years of which are unexpir- 
ed—He laid out upon Repairs £. 35 
Four Years ago—If the Premiffes are 
taken from him, he fhould be reim- 
burfed the Value of his Money for the 
17 Years to come, which amounts to 253 4 3 
But as his principal Lofs will arife from his Removal, 

the making him a Recompence mutt be left to the Dif- 

cretion of the Gentlemen, who will have the Manace- 

ment of this Bufinefs. * 

2"y&gt; The Brick Field. 

For afufficient Portion of the Ground, 
called the Brick Field, on which to erect 
a large and commodious Gaol -—- 

3° The Premiffes adjoining to the 
old Gaol. 

For fuch Part of the Premiffes, adjoining 
to the Ground on which the frefent 
Gaol now ftands, which will be necef- 
fary to build thereon a large and com- 
modious Gaol 496 0 © 
The Ground belonging to the Bell Inn is very ex- 

tenfive, but its Shape is inconvenient for the Purpofe of 
erecting a large and commodious Gaol; it extends from 
the Front next the Market, about 670 Feet in Length 
to the River, and does not exceed 82 Feet in Breadth, 
except in that Part next the River, where at the Time 
cf Floods the Water overflows. 

This narrow Form muft create unavoidable Incon- 
veniences in the Conftruétion of a Building which re- 
quires the freeft Communication to its feveral Parts, at 
the fame Time that the different Sorts of Prifoners, 
Debtors and Felons, Men and Women, fhould be kept 
entirely feparate; but as the Entrance to the Gaol, if 
erected on this Spot, muft be in the narroweft Side or 
End of the Building, the Parts next fuch Entrance 
muft neceflarily, in fome Meafure, be Paffages to thofe 
which are more diftant ; whereas, if the Plan was more 
extended in Breadth, the Entrance, by being more cen- 
tral to the whole Building, would open a much freer 
Communication to all its feveral Parts. 

Therefore, I am of Opinion, that the Eftate of Dr. 
Richerd Tyfon, called the Bell Inn, is not fo convenient 
for erecting thereon a large and commodious Gaol, as 4 
Piece 


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Piece of Ground where the Plan might be more extended 
in Breadth ; and, as the Whole of thefe Premiffes muft be 
purchafed, it appears by the foregoing Eftimate, that 
it cannot be erected fo cheap upon this Spot, as upon 
that on which the prefent Gaol now ftands, together 
with the adjoining Premifies propofed to be added there- 
to. 
The Ground belonging to Sir William Mildmay, Baro- 
net, called Brick Field, in Chelmsford, is an extenfive Field, 
any Part of which would be convenient for the Purpofe 
of erecting a large and commodious Gaol, with all its 
Appurtenances, which might be built on this Spot, as 
appears by the foregoing Eftimate, much cheaper than 
on either of the other Two Places. 
All which, I beg Leave to fubmit to this worfhipful 
Court, 
London, 
Oétober 2° 1769. 


Effex, } At the General Quarter Seffion of 

3° Offober 1769. Sthe Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, 
on Tuéfday in the Week next after the Feaft of Saint 
Michael the Archangel (to wit) the Third Day of Ofo- 
ber, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sove- 
reign Lord George the Third, now King of Great Bri- 
tain, &amp;c. before Charles Gray, Efquire, Sir Anthony Tho- 
mas Abdy, Six William Maynard, Baronets, John Luther, 
Thomas Berney Bramfton, William Round, Peregrine Ber- 
tie, John Strutt, William Taylor How, Fobnu Whittle, 
Charles Smith, Fames Round, Fohn Yeldbam, Anthony 
Todd Baker, fcbn Littlebales, Fofeph Keeling, Thomas 
Drew, Edward Parker, Fofeph Gafcoyne, Fames Barwick, 
Samucl Carter, Francis Allen, UViquires, Charles Irwin, 
Doétor of Phyfic, Fobn Tindal, Samuel How, Charles 
Phillips, Fofeph Cuthbert, Fobn Morgan, George Shep- 
heard, Henry Chalmers, Henry Green, Fohn Petvin, Clerks ; 
and others, their Companions, Jultices of our faid So- 
vereign Lord the King, affigned to keep the Peace of 
our faid Lord the King, in the faid County; and alfo to 
hear and determine divers Felonies, and other Mifde- 
meanors, committed in the fame County. 

The Report of Mr. George Dance, the Surveyor, in re- 
gard to the feveral Places {urveyed by him, for the Erecting 
a new Gaol for the Ufe of the faid County, purfuanttoan 
Order made for that Purpofe at the laft General Quarter 
Seffion of the Peace here held for the faid County, being 
now produced, and read: It is Ordered by this Court, 
That the faid Mr. Dance be directed to revife and re-confider 
his faid Report, in regard to the Field called Brick Field, 
and particularly fo far as refpects a full and fufficient 
Supply of Water, and an eafy Ditcharge of the Filth by 
the Common Sewers, with all other Matters relating 
thereto; and that he be defired to attend perfonally, and 
make his Report, at the next General Quarter Seflion of 
the Peace, to be holden for the faid County. 

Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion of 

o Fan? 1770. b che Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, 
on Tuefday in the Week next after the Epiphany (to wit) 
the Ninth Day of fanuary, in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, now 
King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before ames Round, Pere- 
grine Bertie, Thomas Berney Bramfon, Fobn Strutt, Wil- 
liam Mills, Anthony Todd, Fames Wyatt, Fobn Pardee, 
Samuel Carter, Daniel Scrattcn, Fobn Blatch Whaley, 
Efguires, Hugh Smith, Doctor of Phyfic, Fobn Tindal, 
Randolph Ekins, Samuel How, Henry Chalmers, Henry 
Greene, Walter Kervich, fohn Morgan, Clerks ; and others, 
their Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord 
the King, affigned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord 
the King, in the faid County; and alfo to hear and de- 
termine divers Felonies, Trefpaffes, and other Mifde- 

meanors, committed in the fame County. 
Upon hearing the Report of Mr. George Dance, the 
Surveyor, now made by him, in Purfuance of an Order 


Geo. Dance. 


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‘made for that Putpofe, at the laft General Quarter Sef- 
fion of the Peace, here held for the faid County: It is 
the Opinion of this Court, That the Field, called Brick 
Field, in Chelmsford, is a proper Place for erecting a 
new Gaol for the Ufe of the faid County; and Charles 
Gray, Bamber Gafcoyne, Peregrine Bertie, Thomas Berney 
Bramfton, and William Mills, Efquires, ‘are requefted by 
this Court, that they, or any Two or more of them, will 
apply to Sir William Mildmay, Baronet, the Owner of 
the faid Field, for the Purchafe of fo much thereof as 
Mr. Dance fhall think requifite, for the erecting fuch 
Gaol with every Convenience neceffary thereto ; and 
the faid Mr. Gray, Mr. Ga/coyne, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Bram- 
ton, and Mr. Mills, are turther requefted to take fuch 
Steps, as to them, or any Two or more of them, fhall 
feem neceffary, for obtaining an A&amp; of Parliament for 
the Purpofes aforefaid ; and they are defired to make a 
Report of their Proceedings, in the Matters aforefaid, at 
the next General Quarter Seflion of the Peace, to be 
holden for the faid County. 
Effex, At the General Quarter Seffion of 
24 April 1770. tthe Peace, of our Sovereign Lord the 
King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, 
on Tuefday in the Week next after the Clofe of Ea/er 
(to wit) the Twenty-fourth Day of 4pril, in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 
Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c. before Gecrge 
Gent, Charles Gray, William Round, William Mills, Fchu 
Yeldham, Thomas Adams, Henry Loviboud Collins, Fames 
Barwick, Daniel Scratton, Samuel Carter, Efquires, ‘fob 
Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Samuel Hew, 
Fofeph Cuthbert, ‘fohn Morgan, Robert Younge, Fobir 


_ Petvin, William Bening, George Shepheard, Clerks ; and 


others, their Companions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign 
Lord the King, affigned to keep the Peace of our faid 
Lord the King, in the faid County ; and alfo to hear 
and determine divers Felonies, Treipaffes, and other 
Mifdemeanors, committed in the fame County. 

This Court, taking into Confideration the A&amp; of Par- 
liament, lately paffed for rebuilding the Common Gaol 
of this County, and in order to carry the fame into Exe- 
cution, doth hereby direct Mr. Samuel Exnew, Deputy 
Clerk of the Peace of the faid County, forthwith to 
write to Mr. George Dance, the Surveyor, to defire he 
will immediately furvey, and make a Plan of, fuch con- 
venient Piece or Pieces of Ground, or Tenements ad- 
joining to, and communicating with, the prefent County 
Gaol, as he fhall think neceflary and proper for erecting 
a new Gaol for the Ufe of the faid County ; and that 
he alfo prepare a Plan and Eftimate of the Expence of 
fuch new Gaol, and attend with the fame at the next 
General Quarter Seffion of the Peace, to be holden for 
the faid County ; and that the faid Mr. Daxce, as foon as 
he fhall have furveyed and formed a Plan of the neceffary 
Ground or Tenements, do tranfmit a particular Ac- 
count and Defcription thereof to Mr. Exnew, in order 
that the fame may be contracted for, and purchafed for 
the Purpofe aforefaid. 

It is Ordered by this Court, That it be referred to 
Thomas Berney Bramfton, ‘fobn Strutt, John Yeldbam, 
William Mills, Henry Levibond Collins, Efquires, and 
the Reverend Fobn Tindal, Clerk ; and they, or any 
Three or more of them, are hereby authorized and de- 
fired to contraét and agree for fuch Piece or Pieces of 
Ground, or Tenements, adjoining to, and communicat- 
ing with, the prefent County Gaol, as Mr. George Daxce, 
the Surveyor, fhall think neceffary and proper, for ereét- 
ing a new Gaol for the Ute of the faid County, in order 
that the fame may be purchafed and conveyed for that 
Purpofe, according to the Direction of the Act of Par- 
liament in that Behalf made; and they are defired to 
make a Report thereof at the next General Quarter Sef- 
fion of the Peace, to be holden for the faid County. 

Effex, ? At the General Quarter Seffion of 

10 Fuly 1770. $ the Peace, of our Sovereign Lerd , 

the King, holden at Ckelasford, in and for the faid 
County, 








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County, on Tuefday in the Week next after the Tranfla- 
tion ot Saint Thomas the Martyr (to wit) the Tenth Day 
ot Fuly, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sove- 
reign Lord Geerge the Third, now King of Great Bri- 
tain, &amp;c. before Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Sit Wiiliam 
Maynard, Baronets, Charles Gray, Bamber Gafcoyne, Tho- 
mas Berney Bramfton, William Round, Fobn Strutt, Wil- 
liam Mills, Robert Andrews, Fobkn Yeldbam, George Gent, 
Archibald Douglas, James Round, Thomas Adams, Fohn 
Jolliffe Tufnell, Thomas Drew, Fofeph Keeling, William 
Taylor Howe, Samuel Bofanquet, Anthony Todd, Edward 
Parker, Fofeph Gafcoyne, Fames Barwick, Efquires, Fobn 
Tindal, Randolph Ekins, Henry Herring, Charles Phillips, 
Samuel How, George Shepheard, Walter Kerrich, fobn 
Morgan, Clerks ; and others, their Companions, Juftices 
of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, affigned to keep the 
Peace of our faid Lord the King, in the faid County ; and 
alfo to hear and determine divers Felonies, Trefpafies, 
and other Mifdemeanors, committed in the fame County. 

This Court, taking into Confideration the Act paffed 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for 
rebuilding the Common Gaol of the County of Efex, 
doth Order, that the Execution of the faid Act be poft- 
poned, and that a Committee be appointed to apply to 
Parliament, to explain and amend the fame; and that 
the Juftices of the Peace for the faid County, who are 
now prefentin Court, and all other the Gentlemen in the 
Commiffion of the Peace for this County, or any Seven 
or more of them, be a Committee to carry this Order 
into Execution; and it is further Ordered, that fuch 
Committee be requefted to meet for that Purpofe, at 
the Coffee Houfe in Chelmsford, on Monday the Thirtieth 
Day of uly Inftant, at Eleven of the Clock in the Fore- 
noon ; and that in the mean Time an Advertifement be 
Twice inferted in the Chelmsford and Ipfwich News Pa- 
pers, requefting the Attendances of the faid Juftices ac- 
cordingly. 

Effex. Ata Meeting of the Committee, purfuant to 
an Order made at the General Quarter Seflion of the 
Peace, held at Chelmsford, in and for the faid County, on 
the Tenth Day of Fuly 1770, to confider of an Appli- 
cation to Parliament, to explain and amend the Act 
lately paffed for rebuilding the Common Gaol of the faid 
County, at the Coffee Houfe in Chelmsford aforefaid, the 
30th of Fuly 1770; 

P 


RE. | RTS, 
Wiiliam Mills, 7 John Godfalve, . 
Charles Gray, Fobn Strutt, ST 
William Round, Fobn Whittle, {3 


Henry Lovibond Collins, 
Fames Round, 

John Yeldbam, Charles Phillips, 
Tho' Berney Bramfton, J Henry Herring, 

It is the Opinion of this Committee, That a Claufe 
fhould be added to excufe the Occupiers.of Lands and 
Tenements from Payment of more than One Half Part 
of the Rates for the new Gaol. 

‘That the Claufe for compelling the Corporations and 
Liberties in the County to be liable to the Rates, fhould 
be inforced by any additional Words that may be thought 
necefiary. 

That a Claufe fhould be inferted, to enable the Juf- 
tices to purchafe the White Horfe Inn, in Chelmsford, with 
the Ground and Appurtenances belonging thereto, for 
building thereon new Court Houfes, a large Room for 
the Grand Jury, a Record Room, and a new Gaol ; and 
that the County Members be defired to move for a Bill 
accordingly. 

That fuch further Words fhould be added, for indem- 
nitying the Sheriffs, as fhall be thought requifite. 

That a Claufe be inferted, That it may not be lawful, 
by any Thing in fuch Bill contained, for the Juftices to 
take away, divert, or by any. Means, or for any Pur- 
pofe whatfoever, to diminifh the Quantity of Water 
now flowing through the Conduit in the Town of Chelms- 


ford. 


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That Mr. Bramfton, Mr. Methew, and Mr. Millis, 
be requefted to treat with Mr. Comyns for the Purchafe 
of the White Horfe, and Premiffes aforefaid, 

‘That this Committee be adjourned to the Afternoon 
of Tuefday the Firit Day of the next Seffion. 

W. Mills, Chairman. 


Effex. At a Meeting of the Committee to confider of 
an Application to Parliament to explain and amend the 
A&amp;t for rebuilding the Common Gaol of the faid County, 
at the Saracen’s Head Inn, in Chelmsford, on Tuefday the 
zd Day of Offeber 1770; 


PR 2. ee, Bee Be 

Baber Gafcoyne, 7 Henry Lovibond Collins, ) ' 
Charles Gray, TF ofeph Gafcoyne, } 
Tho' Berney Brampton, Maurice Gough, D. D. 
Fobn Strutt, Fobn Tindal, 
Fames Round, r Sam' How, 
Sam! Carter, Charles Phillips, 
Fofeph Keeling, Henry Chalmers, 
‘fobn Whittle, J Bernard Fowler, 

Mr. Bramjton reported, That, by Defire of the Com- 
mittee, he has applied to Mr. Comyns for the Purchafe of 
the White Herfe Inn, in Chelinsford, for rebuilding a public 
Gaol for this County ; and that Mr. Comyns declared he 
was ready to fell the fame for a County Gaol; and that 
Dr. Gower, his Tenant, had been feen, and faid, he 
had no Obje¢tion thereto. 

Mr. Simythies alfo produced to your Committee, the 
Order Book of the faid Court of Quarter Seffions, be- 


ginning the 2d Offober 1770; out of which was read the 
tollowing Entry : 


q' $s 


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Eiq” 





Clerks. 


Effex, i At the General Quarter Seffion 

2° Ogfober 1770. § of the Peace, of our Sovereign Lord 
the King, holden at Chelmsford, in and for the faid Coun- 
ty, on Tuefday in the Week next after the Feaft of Saint 
Michael the Archangel (to wit) the Second Day of Oc- 
tober, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord George the Third, now King of Great Britain, &amp;c. 
before Bamber Gajfcoyne, Efquire, Sir Fames Efdaile, 
Knight, Charles Gray, Peregrine Bertie, Thomas Berney 
Bramfton, William Round, Fobn Folliffe Tufnell, Fe- 
Jeph Clerke, Fobn Strutt, Henry Lovibond Collins, Fo- 
Jeph Keeling, fohn Whittle, Fames Round, Samuel Car- 
ter, Richard Benyon, the Younger, Samuel Bofanquet, 
JFokn Leapidge, Fames Wyatt Baker, Fobn Littlebales, 
Fofeph Gafcoyne, Edward Parker, Thomas Adams, An- 
thony Todd, Ynyr Burgefs, Samuel leeley, Efquires, Mau- 
rice Gough, DoStor in Divinity, Fohn Tindal, Samuel 
How, Triftvam Evans, Charles Phillips, Henry Green, 
George Shepheard, Henry Chalmers, fobu Petvin, Bernard 
Fowler, Nicholas Toke, Clerks; and others, their Com- 
panions, Juftices of our faid Sovereign Lord the King, 
affigned to keep the Peace of our faid Lord the King, 
in the faid County; and alfo to hear and determine di- 


vers Felonies, ‘refpaffes, and other Mifdemeanors, 
committed in the fame County. 


At this Seffion, the Committee, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider of an Application to Parliament, for 
an Ac to explain and amend the Act lately paffed, for 
rebuilding the Common Gaol of the faid County, re- 
ported, That they had met and confidered the Matters to 
them referred; and were of Opinion, That a Claufe 
fhould be added, to excufe the Occupiers of Lands and 
Tenements from Payment of more than One Half Part 
of the Rates for the new Gaol; that the Claufe, fub- 
jecting the Corporations and Liberties in the County to 
the Payment of fuch Rates, fhould be inforced by any 
additional Words that might be thought neceffary ; that 
a Claufe fhould be inferted, to enable the Juftices to pur- 
chafe the White Horfe Inn, in Chelmsford, with the Ground 
and Appurtenances belonging thereunto, for building 
thereon a new Gaol ; and that new Court Houfes, a large 
Room for the Grand Jury, and a Room for the Records, 
fhould be alfo built ; that fuch further Words fhould be 
added, for indemnifying the Sheriff, as fhowld be thought 


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requifite; and that a Claufe fhould be inferted; that it 
fhall not be lawful for the Juftices to take away, divert, 
or by any Means, or for any Purpofe whatfoever, to 
diminifh the Quantity of Water now flowing through 
the Conduit in the Town of Chelmsford. And the 
faid Committee further reported, That Mr. Comyns, 
the Proprietor of the White Horfe Inn, had been ap- 
plied to for the Purchafe thereof, for the building a 
public Gaol there, for the Ufe of the faid County; 
who had declared, that he was ready to fell the fame for 
that Purpofe; and that Doctor Gower, his Tenant, 
had been alfo fpoke to, who faid he had no Objection 
thereto.—To which Report this Court doth agree.— 
And the Court alfo came to the following Refolutions ; 
V4. 

That the White Horfe Inn, in Chelmsford, is the moft 
proper Place for ereéting a new Gaol for the Ufe of 
this County; and that the Plan for the faid Building, 
recommended by the Right honourable the Earl of 
Rochford, Lord Lieutenant and Cujftos Rotulorum of this 
County, and now produced to this Court by Mr. Wil- 
liam Hillyer, the Surveyor, is unanimoufly approved : 
And alfo, that the Plan for ereéting public Courts of 
Juftice, a County Room, a Room for the Records, and 
other Conveniences, recommended by the faid Earl, 
and now produced by the faid Mr. Hillyer, is likewife 
unanimoufly approved. 

Whereupon it is Ordered by this Court, That an 
Application be made to Parliament, at the Beginning 
of the next Seffion, for bringing in a Bill, and obtain- 
ing an Aét, to repeal the laft Act; and for enabling 
the Juftices of this County to carry into Execution the 
faid feveral Plans now produced and approved; and 
that in fuch new Aé proper Claufes be inferted, for 
anfwering the Purpofes of the feveral Refolutions of the 


“Committee above reported and agreed to: And that 


the‘Members for this County, and the other Members 
in the fame, be informed thereof, and their Attendance 
and Attention defired. 

It is alfo Ordered by this Court, That the above 
named Mr. William Hillyer be, and he is hereby ap- 
pointed Surveyor, for fecing the feveral Works, agree- 
able to the Plans now by him produced, carried into 
Execution: And he is hereby direéted to caufe the faid 
feveral Plans, with the Elevations and Ground Plots, to 
be etched, and a fufficient Number fent to Mr. Samuel 
Ennew, Clerk of the Peacé of this County, to be by 
him diftributed and fent into the feveral Divifions of the 
{aid County, for the Ufe of His Majefty’s Juttices of 
the Peace acting there. And it is further Ordered by 
this Court, That Advertifements be inferted in the pub- 
lic News Papers, for all Artificers, and Perfons con- 
cerned in fuch Works, to prepare and deliver in Efti- 
mates for building and completing the fame, accord- 
ing to the faid feveral Plans, which are hereby directed 
not to be delivered out, but to remain in the Hands of 
the faid Mr. Hillyer, to be there infpected by fuch Arti- 
ficers and Workmen: And that the faid Mr. Hillyer 
do give fuch Directions for Advertifements accordingly. 

It is alfo Ordered by this Court, That Charles Gray, 
Peregrine Bertie, Ibomas Berney Bramfton, William 
Round, Fobn Strutt, William Mills, Fobn Whittle, Tho- 
mas Adams, Fefquires, the Reverend Samuel How, Charles 
Phillips, Henry Chalmers, ‘fobn Morgan, Clerks, and all 
other His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace, acting in 
and for the faid County, or any Five or more of them, 
be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee, to 
treat and contraét with ‘fobn Richard Comyns, Efquire, 
for the Purchafe of the White Horfe Inn, in Chelmsford, 
for the Ereéting a new Gaol, and other Purpofes, for 
the Ufe of the faid County ; which Contract, it is here- 
by Ordered, fhall be binding. And the faid Commit- 
tee are alfo authorized and defired to treat and agree 
with the feveral Proprietors of the Eftates near the 
Court Houfe in Chelmsford, for the Purchafe of fuch of 
them as may be neceflary for ere¢ting the new Courts, 


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and otlier Buildings and Conveniences; for the Ufe of 
the faid County, agreeable to the Plans now produced 
by Mr. Hillyer. And the faid Committée are likewifé 
defired to givé fuch Direétions as they fhall, from Time 
to Time, think neceffary, for applying to Parliament; 
and obtaining an Act for the Purpofes aforefaid: And 
they are requefted to meet at the Coffee Houfe in Chelms- 
ford, on Friday thé Second Day of November next, at 
Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon ; and that Notice 
of fuch Meeting be given by the Clerk of thé Peace, in 
the Chelmsford and Ipfwich News Papers. 

It is further Ordered by this Court, That ‘Mr. Sz- 
muel Ennew, Clerk of the Peace of the faid County, 
and his Agent, do obferve fuch Direétions as fhall, from 
Time to Time, be given to them by the faid Commit- 
tee; and that they do, upon all Occafions, apply to 
the faid Committee, or any Three or more of them, for 
Inftructions relative to the feveral Matters aforefaid. 

It is defired by this Court, That Bamber Ga/fcoyne, 
Efquire, the Chairman, do wait on the Right honour- 
able the Earl of Rochford, Lord Lieutenant and Cujtes 
Rotulorum of this County, and inform him, that the 
feveral Plans and Elevations recommended by-his Lord- 
fhip, for the erecting a new County Gaol, Court Hotifes, 
and other Conveniences, for the Ufe of the faid County, 
have been unanimoufly approved by the Juttices here 
affembled ; and that an Application to Parliament hath 
been ordered, for carrying the fame into Execution, in 
which his Lordfhip’s Affiftance is requefted: And that. 
the Surveyor who produced the faid Plans and Eleva. 
tions is ordered to be employed in executing the fame: 
And that the Thanks of this Court be given to his 
Lordfhip, for his kind Care and Attention in this Mat- 
ter, for the Benefit and Quiet of the faid County. 

_It is Ordered, That the Thanks of this Court be 
given to Yobn Richard Comyns, Eiquire, for the Offer 
of felling the White Horfe Inn, in Chelmsford, his Pro- 
perty, for the public Service of this County: And 
the faid Mr. Comyns being here prefent, the Thanks of 
this Court were given to him accordingly, by Bamder 
Gafeoyne Efquire, the Chairman. ; 

And the Witnefs being afked, Whether, in Purfu- 

ance of the Orders of the Quarter Seflions, Advertife- 
ments had been inferted in the public News Papers ?—~ 
he faid, They had—That they were various, according 
to the Directions of the Orders of the Quarter Seffions, 
and their Committees. 
_ Being afked, Whether there was any Thing expreffed 
in any Advertifement, to call the County together, to 
know the Opinion of the Gentlemen of the County 
about the Building a Gaol ?—he faid, He believed not 
—That thofe Advertifements were confined to the Juf- 
tices only ; and that the Reports of the Committees 
were made publicly in the Court of Quarter Seffions— 
That he attended the Committee of the Houfe of Com- 
mons in 1769, as profecuting a Petition from the Bo- 
rough of Colchefter, againft the Bill for rebuilding the 
Gaol at Chelmsford. 

Being afked, Whether it was an Agréement, that 
there fhould be a County Meeting called, and that the 
High Sheriff fhould publifh an Advertifement for that 
Purpofe ?&gt;—he faid, He did not know that there was 
any fuch Agreement entered into; but had heard there 
was fome fuch Converfation between Sir Anthony Abdy 
and Daniel Matthew, Efquire, who was then High She- 
riff —That there was no County Meeting advertifed 
for, or called, before the laft Act paffed. 

Being afked, Whether it was known, or fufpected, 
by the Juftices in Quarter Seffions, or thofe who applied 
for the Bill, that the Spot on which the prefent Gaol 
ftands, and the Grounds adjoining, would be the Spot 
fixed by the A@ of Parliament to build the new one? 
he faid, he believed not. 

Being afked, Whether, at any Quarter Seffions, or 
any Committee acting under Appointment therefrom, 
the Spot on which the Gaol now ftands, and the 

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Grounds adjoining, were approved by fuch Seffions, oF 
fach Committees, as a proper Place for building fuch 
new Gaol, for Four Years paft, or ever ?—he faid, he 
believed never—That he attended the Court of Quar- 
ter Seffions on 24 April 1770. 

Being afked, Whether there was not an Order rhade 
that Day, for Mr. Dance the Surveyor to be wrote to, to 
make a Plan of a convenient Piece of Ground, adjoin- 
ing to the prefent Gaol, for erecting anew Gaol ?—he 
faid, There was fome fuch Order made, and Mr. Dance 


was accordingly wrote to, and returned the following 
Anfwer : 


SIR, 


I have been confined with a fevere Illhefs for thefe 
Six Weeks paft, which is the Reafon I could not an- 
fwer your laft Letter. I am but juft recovered fo as to 
ftand on my Legs, and therefore it has been impoffible 
for me to take any further View of the Premifies.—I hope 
I fhall be well enough to attend the next Quarter Sef- 
fions : In the mean Time I can only fay, That the feve- 
ral Pieces of Ground which I think fhould be purchafed 
are as follows; viz. 

The Ground belonging to Mr. Pocklington, next ad- 

joining to the prefent old Gaol ; 

A Piece of Garden Ground next to Mr. Pocklington’s, 

belonging to Mr Wade ; 

Another Piece next adjoining to Mr. Wade’s, belong- 

ing to Mr. Tabram ; 

Two more Pieces next to Mr. Tabram’s, belonging 

to Mr. Ricket. 

Thefe are all the Premiffes neceffary to be purchafed. 
—I ain now fo weak I can hardly hold my Pen, which 
I hope will be my Excufe for this Scrawl, and my 
long Silence. 

I am, Sir, 


Your moft obedient 


humble Servant, 
London, Fuly 24 


1770. Geo. Dance. 

And the Witnefs faid, That this Letter was commu- 
nicated to the Juftices ; but believed nothing was done 
in Confequence of it—That he had attended every 
Quarter Seffions for thefe Five Years paft; but did not 
remember what the Bench faid when this Anfwer was 
delivered to them. 

Being afked, Whether, upon that Anfwer being fent, 
there was any other Surveyor appointed ?—he faid, 
There has been another Surveyor appointed fince, but 
not in Confequence of that Anfwer, to the beft of his 
Knowlege and Belief—That he never heard any Rea- 
fon given why another Surveyor was appointed. 

Being afked, Whether there was another Surveyor 
appointed the fame Seffions &gt;—he faid, he believed not ; 
but defired Leave to refer to the Order of Seffions. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, he did not attend at 
every Committee of the Juftices relative to this Bufi- 
nefs, fince it commenced—That he attended for Mr. 
Ennew, who was then Deputy Clerk of the Peace—T hat 
there were no Books kept for entering the Proceedings 
of the Committee; but that the Accounts of the Bufi- 
nefs there done, was taken down in Writing—That he 
did not know whether Mr. Rawlins made any Report or 
not—And that he could not tell whether he was prefent 
at the Meeting when Mr. Raw/ins attended, without re- 
ferring to the Entries of the Committees—He faid, he 
is acquainted with the Hand Writing of every Gentle- 

man who figned the Refolution of the Committee held 
at Chelmsford, in Fanuary 1768, having frequently feen 
them write; and believed the feveral Names thereto 
fubfcribed to be of their own proper Hand Writing re- 
{pectively—That he was prefent at the Court of Quarter 
Seffion on the Second of Offober 1770, when the Refo- 


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lution was come to; and to the belt of his RecolleGion 
the Chairman read a Letter, purporting to be a Letter 
from Lord Rochfcrd, recommending the faid Plan, and 
Mr. Hillyer—That he did not particularly recolleé any 
Examination at the Court of Quarter Seffions as to the 
Expence of executing the Plan ; nor did he particu- 
larly remember that there was any Eftimate produced 
or talked of, at the Time thefe Plans were recom- 
mended at the Quarter Seffions—And, that if he had 
ever feen any fuch Eitimate, he did not then remem- 
ber it—That he cannot tell what Expence had been 
or was to be, paid by the County, on Account of the 
Conteft that had arifen on this Subjeét of the Gaol: 
and knows no otherwife than what appears from the 
Books. 

Being aiked, Whether he knew of any Petitions pre- 
fented to the Juftices in Quarter Seffions, relative to 
the Spot on which the Gaol was to be built ?—he faid 
There was Two Reprefentations prefented’; but could 
not exactly tell when ; nor did he remember whether there 
was any Order given, or any Notice taken of them. 

He then produced to your Committee the Two laft 
mentioned Papers ; which are as follow: 

The humble Petition and Reprefentation of the In- 
habitants of Chelmsford, in the County of Effex, to 
the Chairman, and reft of His Majefty’s Juttices 
of the Peace, affembled at the General Quarter 
Seffions, held at Chelmsford, in the faid County, on 
the sth Day of April, in the Ninth Year of our 

ware Lord the King. 

e the Inhabitants of the Town of Cd 

whofe Names are hereunto fubfcribed, havine na 
formed, that, at the General Quarter Seffions of the 
Peace, held in this County in Fanuary laft, Complaint 
being made of the ruinous and bad State of the Count 

Gaol fituated in this Town, the Court was pleafed x 
direét, that a Petition fhould be prefented to the ho- 
nourable Houfe of Commons, for Leave to brine in a 
Bill for rebuilding the fame: And your Petitioners ob- 
ferve, that it appears, by the printed Votes of the Houtfe 
of Commons, that fuch Petition was prefented accord- 
ingly, on the 26th Day of Faxuary, in the Name of fe- 
veral of His Majefty’s Juftices of the Peace of the 
County of Effex, affembled at the laft Quarter Seffions 
of the Peace ; fetting forth, “ That the common Gaol 
“* belonging to the faid County, firuate at Chelmsford 
being a very ancient Building, and greatly gone to 
Decay, a Committee was appointed by the General 
Quarter Seffions of the Peace, held at Chelmsford 
aforefaid, upon the Ninth Day of Fanuary inftant, 
to inquire into the State of the faid Gaol ; and the 
Petitioners affembled at the laft General Quarter 
Seffions, having taken into Confideration the Report 
of the faid Committee, ordered, that an dedest 
Surveyor fhould be employed to furvey the prefent 
Spot, with the Ground and Houfes contiguous there- 
** to, and which had been offered to be difpofed of, or 
made Ufe of, for the Convenience of the faid Coun- 
ty, or any other Ground that might be had, for the 
Purpofe of building a convenient Gaol ; and that an 
Application fhould be made to Parliament, for an 
Act for purchafing Ground neceflary, and for re- 
building the faid Gaol; and therefore praying, that 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Pur- 
poies aforefaid, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Re- 
gulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet.” Which 
Petition was ordered to be referred to the Confideration 
of a Committee, to examine the Matter thereof. and 
report the fame, as fhould appear to them, to the 
Houfe. 

And we find, by feveral fubfequent Votes of the 
‘Houle of Commons, that the Committee to whom 
the faid Petition was referred, ving reported, that 

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been brought in accordingly, and read a Firft and Se- 
cond Time, was, on the 22d Day of Marcb laft; com- 
mitted ; and which Bill, being now printed, fets forth 
in the Preamble, That, 

Whereas the common Gaol of the County of Efex, 
fituate at Chelmsford in the faid County, is in a very 
unwholefome, obnoxious, and inconvenient Place, and 
is too fmall, and being a very ancient Building, and 
greatly gone to Decay, is fo incapable of being repaired, 
that it is neceffary a new Gaol fhould be built. 

Hereupon your Petitioners cannot forbear expreffing 
their Surprize, that fuch Allegations, relating to-the 
Place on which fuch Gaol now ftands, fhould be in- 
ferted in the Preamble of the Bill, being Matters not 
complained of, nor contained in the Prayer of your 
Petition; and as the Surveyor above appointed has not 
yet made any Report of his Survey of the prefent Spot ; 
and we being totally unapprifed that tuch Objections 
to the Situation of the old Gaol were intended to be 
thus previoufly alleged, the Truth of which might 
have been invalidated by the Evidence of Facts and 
Experience, if due Notice had been given; and con- 
ceiving ourfelves materially interefted in the Event, as 
moft likely to be firft affected by any Annoyance that 
may happen by altering the Situation of the faid Gaol , 
we do therefore now. moft humbly beg Leave to repre- 
fent, and doubt not but we fhall be able to prove, 
that the prefent Situation of the old Gaol, adjoining to 
the wide, deep, and running Stream of a large River, 
is the moft proper Place for a Gaol, with Regard to 
Health, Conveniency, and Safety, the three effential 
Points chiefly to be confidered in erecting any Building 
for that Purpofe. And we cannot but remark, that a 
very recent Inftance of the confined Felons con/piring, 
and attempting to fet the Gaol on Fire, in order to 
make their Efcape, was prevented by the Means of fo 
much Water being near at Hand, which is almoft evi- 
dent Proof of the Utility of fuch a Situation. 

And your Petitioners beg Leave further to obferve, 
that in and by the faid printed Bill, fuch general and 
extenfive Powers are propofed to be vefted in the Juf- 
tices of the Peace, to compel the Sale of Property for 
the Purpofe of building a Gaol, that, were it not for 
the Confidence we repofe in the Wifdom and Juttice of 
this Court, might create an Alarm of a moft threaten- 
ing Danger to our common Liberties, fince fuch com- 
pulfory Powers thereby propofed, without Exception or 
ReftriGtions, might authorize the building of the Gael 
in any Place detrimental to private Property, and even 
in our public Market Place, to the Annoyance of its 
Neighbourhood, and in Prejudice to the Rights, Fran- 
chifes, and Emoluments, this Town is intitled to enjoy, 
and has Time out of Mind enjoyed, of holding a Mar- 
ket once in every Week, and of keeping Fairs at cer- 
tain’ allotted Times in the Year, in the faid common 
Market Place, to which the Inhabitants of the adjoin- 
ing County refort, for the Sale or Purchafe of Provifions 
and other Neceffaries of Life, and whereby the Tradef- 
men in the Town, and the Farmers in its Neighbour- 
hood, gain a mutual Benefit for the Support of them- 
felves and their Families, in the general Intercourfe of 
Commerce and Dealing with one another: But fhould 
a Gaol be built at or near the Place of fo common a 
Refort, it might deter People from coming to our Mar- 
ket, for Fear of the many malignant and peftilential 
Dittempers which the unhappy Wretches under fo clofe 
a Confinement are liable unto. And we are forry to 
find, that the Propofal and Recommendation that has 
lately been publicly offered, for building the Gaol in 
this Market Place, has already infufed alarming Appre- 
henfions into the Minds of many People. 

Your Petitioners therefore moft humbly pray for 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Amendment to the faid Preamble as may be confit- 
ent to the Refolutions of the laft General Quarter Sef- 
fions, and the Prayer of your Petition, in order that we 
may not be panchaded or reftrained, by any implied Con- 
ftruction of the above recited Allegations, from proviric, 
that the Place whereon the prefent Gaol is fituated is 
neither unwholefome, obnoxious, or inconvenient. And 
as to the Objection that has been urged, of the pre- 
fent Building being too finall, it is obviated, by the 
voluntary Offers made, by the Proprietors of the Houfes 
and Lands next adjoining, to fell their Premifles, to be 
difpofed or made ufe of towards the Enlargement of 
the Place, for the Erection of a more fpacious Build- 
ing. Or, in cafe any material Objestion, not yet fug- 
gefted, fhould arife to its prefent Situation, we humbly 
hope no other will be fixed upon, that may any way? 
annoy the Health and Safety of the Inhabitants, or be 
prejudicial to their Market, and to the Rights, Fran- 
chiles, and Emoluments appertaining thereto. And 
your Petitioners fhall ever pray,- &amp;. 


W™ Mildmay, 
Fohn Pattinfon, 
In’ Lough, 

E¢ Hanfdon, 
Sam' Price, 
Timothy Toft, 
Edw? Wyles, 
James Wenden, 
Tho King, 
Eliz. Marfh, 
Sam" Fealous, 
Benj" Ingold, 
R?4 Pirffon, 
Fa‘ Taylor, 
W™ Schuldbam, 
Thomas Fage, 
Rich* Parfons, 


M.W. Pugb, 
Tho Battifon, 
W= Taylor Cutler, 
Fer? Foflin, 

W= Hunfdon, 
Matt” Foyce, 

R. Griffiths, 
Fofeph Boon, 


Char: Bearman, 
Folp. Clark, 
Sam' Lewis, 
Will” Towndrow, 
Henry Hunfdon, 
Fn’ Brecknock, 
William Lewin, 
Fobn Tindal, 
W Leapingwell, 
Fran: Smith, 
Geo. Simpfon, 
Fobn Stiffe, 
Rob Bajs, 
Fobn Stagg, 
‘tohn Trott, 

We Macroft, 
W= Reed, 

Tho' Hinde, 
Sarah Fenner, 
}" Ram, 
Edw* Payne, 
Tho' Till, Cik. 
Rebecca Barker, 
F. Tomlinfon, 


4nn Weftley, 
John Robinjon, 
E* Himfdon, Jun‘ 
Fob. Davis, 
Geo. Dewies, 
Tho Sweeting, 
Fobnjon Frith, 
Step" Fackfon, 
Jobn Guy, 

Fobn Heath, Clk. 
Fobn Beyley, 
George Clark, 
Mungo Rifk, 
Tho: Brown, 
Tho! Pocklington; 
William Garritt, 
Tho Clapham, 
Benj" Pugh, 

Geo. Tindal, 

W. Cropley, 
Rol Harling, 
Fofoua Hounfleg, 
James Scott, 
Boaz Guy, 

Ré Carden, 

Timy Holmftead, 
Thomas Guy, 
Tho: Marks, 
W" Menifa, 
Ja Rayment, 
Thomas Bundack, 
Stephen Levitt, 
Rob Greenwotd, 
Fobn Griffith, 
David Ogborne, 
Cha. Kerby, 

Fn Seaborne, 
Dan! Baker, 
Will” Scott; ° 
Benj. Feffery, 
W= Cowell, 

W= Crabb, Junt 
Fofeph Saurn, 

N. Hurrell, 
Christ Merritt, 
A. Shipman, 
Thos. Sheppards 
jn Blatch, 

Step. Dean, 
Benj. Birch. 


Effex. To the Worfhipful the Chairman, and the 


; f this Court, in making timely Appli- reft of the Worfhipful His Majefty’s Juftices of the 
saci Wr fas cles of the Houfe of Commons, to Peace for the faid County of Efex, at the General 
whom the faid Bill is referred, for procuring fuch Quarter Seffions of the Peace, holden at a 





































































































380 


and for the faid County, on Tue/day the Second Day of 
Oétober One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy; af- 
fembled 

The humble Reprefentation of the Inhabitarits of the, 

Town of Chelmsford, whofe Names are hereunto 
fubfcribed. 

We the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford, can- 
not forbear expreffing our great Surprize, as well as 
deep Concern, at the many Attempts that have been 
often made, and are now repeated, towards removing 
the County Gaol from the River, and rebuilding it in 
the Town, adjoining to the Market Place; which 
Situation for a Gaol, we have frequently and earneftly 
remonftrated, would prove an Annoyance to our Mar- 
ket, offenfive to the People reforting thereto, and pre- 
judicial to the Inhabitants, and the principal Part of 
this Town. 

We had great Reefon to hope, when the Legiflature 
had. paffed an At, the laft Seffions of Parliament; to 
authorize the Building a new Gaol, on the Ground ad- 
joining to, and communicating with, the old one, that 
all former Contefts about the Situation would have been 
finally terminated, and Peace and Tranquillity teftored 
to our Town and its Neighbourhood ; but on the con- 
trary, after all the Trouble and Expence that has been 
created to ourfelves and the County ; after all the Rea- 
fons and Arguments which have been offered, and at- 
tended to with Candour and Impartiality, by the honour- 
able the Houfe of Commons ; after the fulleft Evidence 
given by the moft eminent Surveyors in Favour of 
the old Place, as preferable to any other in or near 
the Town; and even after the Law above mentioned 
had been paffed, to fix the Gaol on its former Founda- 
tion; we are forry to find, that, notwihftanding all 
thefe Circumftances, a Committee of Juftices, appoint- 
ed to confider of an Explanation and Amendment of tome 
inaccurate Claufes in the above Act, have agreed, by 
a Majority of One Vote only, to propofe to this Court, 
to make another Application to Parliament, to repeal 
and annul the very Law, which, but a few Months 
before, had been paffed upon a former Application 
from this Court. : 

Our Concern has yet been farther increafed, upon 
hearing, that they not only propofe removing the Gaol 
to the Market Place, but pulling down and deftroy- 
ing the White Horfe Inn, a large, convenient, and well 
accuftomed Inn, fituate on the Eaft Side of the Mar- 
ket, in order to give Place to a Gaol to be built in 
the Room of it—Hence we mutt beg Leave to fuggeft, 
that as Markets are neceflary for the Sale of the com- 
mon Provifions of Life, fo Inns near the Market are ne- 
ceflary, for the Reception and Accommodation of thofe 
who deal in the Sale of thofe Provifions; and to this 
Purpofe, we cannot but take Notice, that the faid 
White Horfe Inn, now propofed to be demolifhed, is of 
great Convenience to the Farmers, Millers, and others, 
coming to fell or buy the feveral Sorts of Corn and 
Grain ; to which Inn, accordingly, great Numbers re- 
fort, and dine every Market Day, it being their Place 
of Rendezvous, where, at appointed Times, they are to 
be found, and where they finifh the Bargains they agree 
for in open Market; fhould fuch a refpectable Body 
of Men be driven from this Place of Accommodation, 
we are fearful they may look out for other Markets, 
to the Diminution of this, and to the Prejudice of the 
Town in general: And, with Refpect.to thefe Premiffes 
themfelves, belonging to the White Horfe, being im- 
proper for the Conftruction of fuch Gaol, we appeal 
to the Teftimony of the Surveyor. appointed by this 
Court to examine them; as we are informed, that the 
Grounds containing the Back Yard, Garden, and Bowl- 

ing Green, are too fmall, and the Soil too fwampy, for 
the Ereétion of a fufficient, ftrong, and ample, Edifice , 
and: no good Water to be procured, but through Pipes 
from.a Diftance; if any can be procured at all; for we 


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confide in the Proteétion of the Law, that none will 
be taken from the Spriigs that now help to fill the 
Refervoir of Water, from which the Town has by Pre- 
{cription the fole Right of being fupplied. 

Lajftl, We moft humbly fubmit to your Confidera- 
tion, as the Guardians and Truftees of the County 
Revenues, the Expences which will be created by thus 
pulling. down old, and erecting new, Buildings, and 
purchafing the Grounds fufficient for fuch Purpofes, 
which muft be paid by Rates levied on the Land- 
owners of this County; and how greatly muft thefe 
Rates be augmented, from the additional Expences in: 
curred by the many Difputes and Oppofitions inftigated 
on this Occafion? We, the Inhabitants of this Town, 
have already expended large Sums, raifed by our Vo- 
luntary Contributions, to avoid the Nufances as above; 
the County in general muft pay confiderably more, to 
defray the additional Expences of thefe renewed Dif- 
putes ; hence the Freeholders at large, on whom fuch 
encreafed Rates muft be levied, will become interefted 
in the Event: On their Behalf therefore, as well as of 
ourfelves, we humbly entreat the Interpofition of this 
Court, to oppofe any Application to Parliament, for 
altering the Situation of the Gaol, from the Place 
whereon it is now by Law authorized to be rebuilt. 


WW" Mildmay. Rob' Starling, 
N. Holmes, Fobn Griffith, 
Sam’ Lewis S. Lucas Bumpftead, 
Fa’ Taylor Benj. Feffery, 
Tho’ Bundock, Benj. Ingold, 

7. Griffith, W Leapingwell, 
I. Tomlinfon, Fn Lough, ; 
Tho' Weftley, Fra‘ Smith, 
Timothy Toft, Sam" Price, 

W™ Hebbing, Geo. Tindal, 
Stephen Levitt, Rob' Greenwood, 
Geo. Simpfon, john Brecknock, 
Fobn Tindal, David Ogborne, 
Tho Ford, Tho. Sweeting, 
Edw Wyles, Fer? Foflin, 

M. W. Pugh, Hen? Menifh, 
W™ Schuldbam, Fun? Blatch. 


In Support of the Allegations of the Second, Third, 
and Fourth, mentioned Petitions, Mr. George Dance, 
an Architect, being examined, faid, That he has been 
engaged in public Buildings, is a City Surveyor, and 
has been at Chelmsford on this Account—That he firft 
went down to Chelmsford, on this Bufinefs, about Three 
Years ago—That he received an Order from the Quar- 
ter Seffions, tranfmitted to him by the Clerk of the 
Peace, and went down in Purfuance of it—That the 
Firit Order was a general one, for him to furvey fe- 
veral Places; and believed it particularized the old Spot, 
the Bell Inn, the Brick Field, the Swan, and Two or 
Three other Places which he did not recolle?; and 
upon viewing them, the old Spot appeared to him to 
be the moft proper Place—That he tranfmitted his Opi- 
nion, in a Letter to Mr. Round, at the Quarter Seffions, 
as it was impoffible for him to attend in Perfon—The 
next Order he received from the Quarter Seffians, di- 
rected him to value the Grounds neceflary to be pur- 
chafed, adjoining to the old Spot, the Eftate of Do¢tor 
Tyfon, at the Bell Inn, and the Field belonging to Sir 
William Mildmay, called Brick Field, fach Part of it as 
was proper to build a Gaol on; and in Confequence of 
which Order, he fent a written Report to the Quarter 
Seffions—That he thought himfelf obliged, at that Time, 
to comply literally with the Order ; which Order, he 
underftood, was nothing more than to eftimate the 
Value of the Premiffes to be purchafed at the old Spot, 
the Bell Inn, and the Brick Field—That, after he had 
made the Report, he was ordered to reconfider the 
Matter relating to the Brick Field, and to attend in 
Perfon the next Quarter Seffions, which he did—That 
when he attended, he was afked feveral Queftions con- 

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cerning the Brick Field, which he faid, He anfwered to 
the beit of his Knowlege, with Refpe&amp; to the drain- 
ing that Spot. 

Being afked, Whether, at that Quarter Seffion, when 
he attended by Order, he did or did not offer to give 
his Opinion with regard to the Propriety of the Situ- 
ation of the Old Gaol, in Preference to any other Si- 
tuation ?—he anfwered, That upon the Subject of 
draining the Gaol, he remembered that he faid, He 
was going to compare it with the old Spot, but was 
told, by fome of the Gentlemen upon the Bench, that 
he need not fay any Thing with regard to the old Spot, 
or fomething to that Effect. 

Being afked, Whether, if he had not beén ftopt, he 
intended to have given his Opinion on the Preference 
of the Situation of the old Gaol ?—he faid, He meant 
only at that Time to have {poke what occurred to 
him, with .Refpeét to the Comparifon of draining the 
one Place and the other, and fhould have only faid, 
that the Circumftance of the River being fo near the 
old Gaol, would have been the Means of the Gaol be- 
ing drained and kept clean. 

Being afkéd, Whether he was ever examined at any 
other Time, touching the Propriety of the Situation of 
the old Gaol?—he faid, He was, at a Committee of 
the Houfe of Commons laft Seffiom, when the Bill 
was depending for rebuilding Chelmsford Gaol—That 
the Opinion he gave at that Time, with regard to the 
Propriety of the Scite of the old Gaol, was, that it was 
the Place which he fhould prefer—and that he was of 
the fame Opinion now. iP 

Being afked, the Grounds of his Opinion ?—he faid, 
The principal Advantage which that Place appeared 
to him to have, over all others, was the Nearnefs of a 
very deep River, which would be a Means of carrying 
away all Manner of Filth, and which, he apprehended, 
was of great Confequence to a Building of that Na- 
ture—That the Ground is fituated in a Manner out of 
the Town, diftant at leaft from the principal Part of 
the Town, and would therefore be of lefs Annoyance 
to the Inhabitants ; and, with the Addition of very {mall 
Pieces of Ground, it would become a very large and 
commodious Spot; wanting only in Breadth a very 
little, in its prefent Form—That clofe to it there is a 
very copious Spring, by which he tought the Gaol 
might be fupplied plentifully with Water. 

Being afked, Whether he had ever formed any Plan 
for building a Gaol upon this Scite ?—he faid, He had, 
which he produced to your Committee—That he pro- 
pofed, by his Plan, to new build Part of the Gaol upon 
the new purchafed Ground; and when the new built 
Part was fit, to remove the Prifoners into it, and after- 
wards go on in pulling down the old Part, and finifh- 
ing the whole Building—That he had made an Efti- 
mate of the Expence of building it, which he believed 
was {. 8,000. 

Being afked, What he eftimated the Purchafes ne- 
ceflary at?=he faid, £.496—That he examined the 
Scite cf the White Horfe Inn, the firft Time he went 
down ; but faid, It was fo long fince, he could not fpeak 
particularly to it. . 

Being afked, Whether a Gaol to be built upon that 
Ground, with the Purchafe of the Ground, would not 
coft a great deal more than the Gaol on the Plan he had 
propofed ?—he anfwered, That he imagined the Pur- 
chafe of the Ground would be more; but as to the Build- 
ing, it would depend upon the Plan—That he had feen 
the Plan of a Gaol produced by Mr. Hillyer, as recom- 
mended by Lord Rochford; and from the fhort View 
he had of it, he imagined, as it was much more ex- 
tended, it would undoubtedly coft much more than the 
Plan he produced—That he thought there could not 
be any great Difference between the Two Spots, with 
refpeét to Health; and added, that Experience had 
fhewn the old Spot was very healthy—That the Gaol 

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351 


being removed to the White Horfé Iin, would be bring: 
ing it up to the principal Part of the Town, the Market 
Place. 

Being crofs examined; he faid,; That the Nature of 
the Soil on the old Spot is a ftrong loomy Gravel, 
about Five or Six Feet deep from the Surface; and was 
of Opinion, it would not be neceffary to pile for the 
Foundation of a Gaol there ; for by giving proper Foot- 
ings to the Walls, he thought that Soil would be a 
very good Foundation; and added, That the Expence 
of making proper Footings was very inconfiderable— 
That he is not acquainted with the Soil at the Wbite 
Horfe Inn. 

Being afked, Whether he was not-one Time of Opi- 
nion, that fome Piling would be necetfary ?—he faid, 
He had not had the Ground opened at firft, therefore 
could not judge, whether it would be neceffary—but 
that having feen the Soil, he was always of Opinion, it 
would make a good Foundation without Piling—That 
he was not prefent himfelf when it was ovened, and 
had only Samples of the Earth, produced by the Perfon 
who dug it. 

Bemg afked, Whether he faw this Spot after the 
Holes were opened ?—he faid, He did not; and that if 
it was left intirely to him to build a Gaol in or about 
Chelmsford, he fhould prefer the old Spot. 

Being afked, Whether the Stratum of loomy Gravel 
was obferved by himfelf, or reported to him by thofe 
who bored it ?—he anfwered, By thofe who bored it; 
and that he had Samples of it brought by the fame Per- 
fon—and from this, he had made his Calculation of 
the Foundation, and the Propriety of Building the Gaol 
there—That he did not tafte the Water of the Spring 
he mentioned=-That it was a Pump, but did not know 
how deep the Spring lay that fupplied it, nor what 
Quantity of Water that Well would hold— That he did 
not make any Obfervation how high, in Floods, the 
Water flowed from the River to the Gaol—That if the 
new Gaol was raifed to a proper Height, it would not 
prevent the Facility of draining —And that he would 
raife it about Three or -Four Feet—But that Three 
Feet would be enough—And that he imagined, there 
would not be any Occafion to raife the new Gaol that 
Height at the White Horfe, for the Sake of draining 
it—That to the beft of his Opinion, the Surface of 
the prefent Gaol, from the Surface of the Water, when 
he furveyed it, was about Two Feet—That the Floor 
of the prefent Gaol is below the Highway ; but that 
he .could not pretend to fay, how many Feet, as he 
never confidered the Level with refpect to the Road, 
neither did he dig, bore, or try, the Ground at the White 
Forfe Inn, which is very near the Conduit at Chelm/- 
ford, and may be eafily fupplied with Water from 
thence—That it will be proper to build the Gaol with 
Bricks—That he does not know the exact Price, but has 
heard they are 22 5. a Thoufand; and does not know 
the Price of Cartage—And that, if there fhould be Brick 
Earth found at the White Horfe Inn, fo as to make a 
fufficient Quantity of Bricks to build a new Gaol, it 
would certainly be a great Saving. 

Being afked, What Grounds were neceffary to add to 
the old Gaol, fo as to make it convenient ?—he anfwer- 
ed, Pocklington’s, Wade’s, Tabram’s and Sir William Miid- 
may’s—but could not recollect what thofe Grounds 
were to coft—That he believed, he eftimated the Value 
of the Grounds that were to be purchafed to miake that 
Gaol commodious, but did not recolleét the Sum. 

And being afked, Whether, as an Architeét employ- 
ing proper Perfons to bore the Holes, he did not ufu- 
ally determine upon the Foundation from the Report 
of the People fo employed, and a View of the feveral 
Stratums ?—he replied, That in fuch a Cafe, where he 
could not go himfelf,- he judged upon Samples ; and 
added, That the Ground was dug—That the Hamlet 
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that the Road between the Houfes and the Gaol, at 
Moul/bam, is confiderably narrower than in the Town 
of Cheimsford, from the Bridge, to the White Horfe Inn 
—That he did not, duritg the Courfe of his Surveys, 
and Stay in the Town of Moulfham, hear any Perfon 
complain, that the Gaol, fo fituated, was obnoxious to 
any one Perfon in Moulfham. 

Being afked, Whether the Situation of the old Gaol 
did not ftand nearer to the Highway, leading from Lon- 
don to Harwich, and other Places, to the Eaftern Coun- 
ties, than the new Gaol would do to the Market 
Place at Chelmsford ?—he faid, That the Front of the 
old Gaol is clofe to the Road as can be; and he never 
heard that any Paffenger, by Coach or otherwife, fuf- 
fered from the Situation of that Gaol—That the Road 
by the White Horfe Inn, where the new Gaol is ap- 
plied for, is not a Place of any Traffick — he faid, He 
could not poffibly judge; that in his Plan for build- 
ing a new Gaol near the old Spot, he always intended 
to carry it about Forty Feet farther back from the 
Road—That the Reafon why he did not attend to the 
Difference of Level, between the Gaol and the Road, 
leading through Moulfam to Chelmsford, was, that he 
did not apprehend the Level of the Road was of any 
Confequence in his Survey, becaufe the Gaol being 
fet back at a Diftance from the Road, it never occur- 
red to him, that it was neceflary; and did not fee, that 
the Difference between the Level of the Road afore- 
mentioned, and the Level of the Gaol, removed Forty 
Feet back purfuant to his Plan, would be material at 
all—That he thought a Brick Kiln, made fo near the 
Town as the White Horfe Inn, would be a Nufance— 
That the White Horfe Inn is certainly a Place of great 
Refort, at the Fairs, Affizes, and all other public Meet- 
ings of the County. 

Being afked, Upon what Information he formed 
his Judgment of the Foundation?—he faid, Upon 
the Information of Mr. Baldwyn, who had a Share in his 
Bufinefs. . 

And being afked, Whether he formed his Eftimate 
of the Value of the Bricks, &amp;@c. from the Information 
of Mr. Baldwyn?——he faid, He informed himfelf at 
Chelmsford—That if the Water is diverted from the 
Conduit, fufficient to fupply the Ufes of the Gaol, he 
apprehends, the Inhabitants of the Town will not be 
put to very great Inconveniences. | 

Mr. Robert Baldwyn, a Surveyor and Architect, being 
examined, faid, That he had been concerned in building 
the Earl of Egremout’s, the Earl of Egmont’s, the Duke 
of York’s, and the Earl of Leicefter’s Houfes, and many 
other Things of lefs Confequence—That he had like- 
wife been Deputy Surveyor of Black Fryars Bridge— 
and that he was concerned, and had the Ordering all 
the Foundations of the Piers and Abutments of that 
Bridge, except One of the middle Piers, that was built 
before he had any Concern with the Bridge. 

Being afked, Whether he at any Time engaged 
with Mr. Dance ?—he anfwered, Yes, next Fune will be 
Three Years—That fince he engaged with him, he had 
been concerned in every Building Mr. Dazce had been 
engaged in—That he was now engaged in building 
Newgate —That he knows Chelmsford—That the Firit 
Time he went there was the 18th of February 1769, 
when he went down with Mr. Dance, to furvey {fe- 
veral Spots of Ground, in order to fee which was pro- 
pereft for erecting a Gaol on—That the Places he then 
viewed, were The Swan, The Dolphin, Mr. Leapingwel?s, 
The Bell, Two Fields belonging to Mr. Pocklington, 
and an Orchard oppofite the Workhoufe—That lie 
likewife looked at the White Horfe Premifies, but was 
acquainted they were not to be purchafed ; the Gentle- 
man to whom they belonged being not of Age, and 
therefore took but a very flight Survey of them— 
That, upon that Survey, he never drew up any Re- 
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Being afked, Whether he was at any Time examined, 
touching the Opinion he formed upon that Survey ?— 
he faid, Yes, about Mid/ummer 1769, at the Quarter 
Seffions ; and was afked feveral Queftions by moft of the 
Gentlemen then on the Bench. 

Being afked, Whether he was examined as to the 
Propriety of the Situation of the prefent Gaol ?—he 
faid,; He believed the Whole of the Queftions then afk. 
ed him, were intirely confined to that and nothing elfe ; 
and was of Opinion, that, with the Purchafes of Grounds 
and Houfes adjoining the old Gaol, it would be pre- 
ferable to any of the other Places he had been fhewn 
—That fince that Time, he had taken a particular Sur- 
vey of the Scite of the White Horfe Inn, and of the 
Scite of the prefent Gaol—had made different Plans ; 
One with only purchafing the Premiffes belonging to 
the Executors of Mr. Pocklington — The other Two 
Defigns comprehend purchafing Mr. Tadram’s, Mr. 
Wade's, Mr. Ricket’s, and Sir William Mildmay’s. Pre- 
mifies, as well as thofe of Mr. Pocklington’s—and that 
he apprehended either of the Three Defigns fufficient for 
a County Gaol for Effex. 

He then produced to your Committee Three Plans. 

And being fhewn One of them, and afked, Whether, 
in the executing that Plan, he propofed building and 
finifhing the new Gaol before he meddled with the old * 
one, or in what Way he propofed to execute it ?—he 
faid, He intended to: build that Part of the Gaol in- 
tended to be inhabited by the Keeper, the Wards for 
the Felons, the Wards for the Debtors, and to have 
inclofed both the Felons and Debtors Courts—That 
there would then remain the Debtors Hall, One of 
the Debtors Wards, Two Staircafes, and the Turn- 
key’s Room, unbuilt—That, when the Two Courts, and 
Wards for Felons and Debtors, were built, and fit to be 

inhabited, after the Prifoners in the prefent Gaol were 
removed into that of the new one, he then intended to 
take down the prefent Gaol, together with the Houfes 
in Front next the Road, and make ufe of the Materials 
in the remaining Part of the Building unbuilt. 

And being afked, What would be the Expence of 
the Gaol, built by that Plan, with the Purchates necef- 
fary to be made for that Purpofe, taking in the Advan- 
tage or Value of what the old Materials ufed or fold 
would amount to ?—he faid, Suppofing the Building to 
have Stone Fronts next the Road and River, it would 
then coft about f. 8,740, including the Purchafes; 
which Purchafes would amount to the Sum of £.539. 8. 
befides the Gratuity for quitting a Leafe, which he ima- 
gines will be 15 or £.16—- That a Gaol built in the 
Manner he now reprefented would hold from 30 to 40 
Felons; and might, upon an Emergency, hold 10 
more—That it will hold alfo from 50 to 60 Debtors; 
and may be extended to hold 60 Felons. 

Being afked, Whether he had confidered the Exten- 
fion of the Plan for that Purpofe ?—~he faid, He had con- 
fidered a larger Plan of a Gaol, fuppofing it to be built 
One Story in Height only, by which Means the Areas 
or Courts of the Gaol would admit to be larger than 
thofe of a Gaol of Two Stories in Height: Which he 
produced to your Committee. 

And being afked, Whether this Plan would require 
more Purchates ?—he faid, None, except that Piece of 
Sir William Mildmay’s, which was neceflary to be taken 
in in this Plan, but might be omitted in the others. 

Being afked, What would be the Difference of the 
Felons Wards, between this and the Plan N?® 2, as to 
the Numbers they would hold?—he faid, There is One 
Ward more, and Nine Cells —and that this will hold 
Threefcore Felons, or more: That the Expence of exe- 
cuting this Plan, including Purchafes, will be about 
£- 9,670. 

Being afked, Whether he could find any Man, or Set 
of Men, able to execute thofe Plans, and who would 
undertake it at the Expence he had calculated, giving 


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proper Security to the County for the Completion of it? 
—he faid, It was a Queftion he was no ways prepared to 
anfwer, as it was not a common Manner of having 
public Bufinefs.done ; for before any Works of this Sort 
are carried into Execution, a Particular, defcribing the 
Manner in which every Kind of the Work is to be done, 
but not common on the firft producing of a Plan— 
That he believed, when thefe Matters were fhewn and 
explained, a Man might be found who would undertake 
it for the Sums propoied, and fomething lefs- though 
he could not point out what People were fond of en- 
gaging in a public Work at a lefs Charge than private 
Works are done in general. 

Being afked, What the Plan, N° 1. differed in from 
N° 2 ?—he faid, It was narrower in Front; becaufe in 
that Plan he avoided, as much as poffible, the Expence 
of purchafing Grounds, to be added to the old Gaol 
Premiffes. 

And being afked, What it differed from N° 3. in ?— 
he faid, In the whole; N° 3. being intended to be 
built upon a Ground Floor only, excepting the Keeper’s 
Houfe, and Rooms intended for a better Kind of Debt- 
ors, who board in the Houfe with the Keeper—And 
that it was calculated to contain as many Felons and 
Debtors as that of N° 2; which was from 30 to 40 Fe- 


_lons, and from 50 to 60 Debtors. 


Being afked, What would be the Expence of the 


- Plan N° 1?—he faid, About £. 7,240—That in pub- 


lic Works, where publickly contraéted for, he has 
known a Difference between the Eftimates of a Thou- 
fand Pounds in Four; and therefore it was impoffible 
for any Surveyor to be certain what Workmen might 
undertake Bufinefs at. 

And being afked, Whether, fuppofing the Architect 
or Surveyor who forms a Plan, is himfelf to make the 
Contraéts, will not his Eftimate and the Expence nearly 
correfpond ?—he faid, It does fo in general, but it is not 
certain—That he had examined the Nature of the feve- 
ral Soils, on the Spots upon which thefe Plans were to 
be executed—That he had them dug—That Five 
Foot One was the deepeft, and Three Foot Six the 
fhalloweft—And that he dug deep enough fully to.exa- 
mine the Soil as to the intended Foundations. 

Being afked, If that Scite was proper, and equal to 
the Foundation of a Gaol ?—he faid, It was; and that 
he fhould propofe to furnifh that Gaol with Water by 
Pumps—And that upon opening the Ground, at all 
the different Places he examined for a Foundation, he 
found Water ; which fhewed there were Springs all over 
the Premiffes, and, upon finking a proper Depth, Water 
might be had—That he fhould apprehend there is 
Water proper for drinking, from a Pump which ftands 
in Mr. Pocklington’s Premiffes—That the River, by 
the Scite of the prefent Gaol, is 50 Feet wide, and 8 
or 10 deep; and that there is a Mill upon it, about a 
Quarter of a Mile below the Bridge :—That he appre- 
hends the Scite of the River would be an Advantage to 
the Gaol in draining, and of great Service in refpect of 
a free and good Air :—That he had examined the Situa- 
tion of the White Horfe Inn Twice , the Firft Time was 
the 16th of laft November, and the other the 16th of 
laft February ,; and that he had feen Mr. Hillyer’s Plans 
before he made his laft Examination. 

Being 2fked his Opinion, as to the Convenience of 
the Situation of the White Horfe Inn? —he faid, He ima- 
gined it to be fituated too near the Market, and to be 
too much confined upon the North and South Sides ; 
and that on the Eaft Side the flat Meadows are marfhy 
Land—That there is a Pump upon the Premiffes, but 
did not know of what Utility it was, having never tried 
it—And that he could not tell whether that fingle Pump 
would be fufficient to anfwer the Purpofes of a Gaol — 
That if Part of the Scite of the White Horfe Inn was to be 
formed into a Brick Kiln, he apprehended it would be 
a Nufance to the Town of Chelmsford, whilft the Kilns 
were burning, and more particularly fo when the Wind 


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was at the Eaft, as it would drive tlie Smell into the 
Market Place. 

Being afked, Whether he had formed any Calculatiori 
of the Expence of executing Mr. Hillyer’s Plan for a Gaol ? 
—he faid, He had formed a rough Calculation ; but not 
knowing in what Manner Mr. Hillyer’s Plan was intended 
to be executed, he could form that Calculation from no 
other Principle than comparing it with his own—That 
upon fuch Ground of Calculation, the Difference between 
the Expence of his Plan of the Gaol, N° 3, and Mr. Hil- 
lyer’s, would be about £. 7,000; his being 131 Square and 
an Half of Building, all which, except the Front, was in- 
tended to be only One Story in Height; Mr. Hillyer’s 
Plan being upwards of 200 Square of Building, greateft 
Part of it ‘lwo Story high, and the Gaoler’s Houfe 
Three Story high, exclufive of the high Wall that fur- 
rounded the aforefaid Defign. 

Being afked, Whether there were any more certain 
Method of making comparative Calculations of the 
Price of Building than by Squares ?—he faid, That ex- 
cept he knew the Manner in which the Works were to 
be executed, it would be impoffible for him to know, of 
a Certainty, another Man’s Intentions—That he appre- 
hended, if the Gaol was built upon his Plan, N° 3, it 
would anfwer as well the Ends of a County Gaol as 
that propofed by Mr. Hillyer ; and that the Front Line 
of his Gaol, by Plan N° 3, would be diftant 58 Feet 
from the London Road; and that the Gaol propofed to 
be built on the Scite of the White Horfe Inn will be 
44 Or 45 Feet from the Shire Houfe or Market. 

Being afked, Whether, fuppofing the Floods to rife 
high enough to be on a Level with the Wicker Gate of 
the Prefs Yard, what Effect would fuch Floods have 
upon his intended Gaol, Plan N* 3 ?—he faid, The 
Floor of the Gaol would be 4 Feet 10 Inches above 
the Water at that Time—And added, That if he was 
now to be afked his Opinion, which would be the 
propereft Scite for a County Gaol at Chelmsford, fup- 
pofing he might have any Situation there that he chofe 
to build it on, he would chufe the old Spot, with the 
Premiffes intended to be added to it. 

Being afked, Whether he had furveyed the Court 
Houfes at Chelmsford ?—he faid, He had—That he did 
not find there was any Thing abfolutely neceffary to be 
done, worthy the Name of a Repair—That he found 
but One fmall Bit of Timber, and that a Bafe Plate, 

which receives the Drippings of the Roof of the Build- 
ing, and was a little decayed—That he had the Plaifter- 
ing ripped off the Quartering immediately over it, and 
found net only the Oak, but likewife Fir, in a good 
Condition—That he had the Tiling ripped off feveral 
Places in the Roofs of the Building, and found the Raft- 
ers, Plates, and other Timbers, hard and found, and 
feemed not to him to be the leaft decayed—That he 
examined the Beams of the Ceiling likewife, and found 
them in the fame Condition—That he had a Hole broke 
through the Wainfcotting in the Nif Prius Court, in 
order to fee how the Timber was in that Partition ; and 
found that found likewife—He then examined the Co- 
lumns in Front, Six of whom had been pieced at the 
Bottom, and both the old and new Timber appeared to 
him intirely found. 

Being afked, Whether it was ufual, in furveying 
Buildings, to give an Opinion on the Condition of them 
merely by the Eye ?—he faid, No; he never knew it 
done; or at leaft he never made a Survey in that Man- 
ner—That he took the Admeafurement, and a Plan of 
the Courts (which Plan he produced to your Committee) 
—That he had examined and meafured the Court of 
King’s Bench—That the Nifi Prius Court at Chelmsford 
is Twenty-three Feet Nine Inches wide, and Twenty- 
feven Feet Eight Inches in Length—That of the King’s 
Bench is about Twenty-nine Feet fquare, to the Extent 
of the Bow—That the Court of King’s Bench is 829 
fquare Feet—and that at Chelmsford 636 Feet 4 Inches 
—That the Difference is 192 Feet 8 Inches. 

3 | Being 





384 
_ Being afked, What was the Size of the Crown Court 
in Squares ?—he faid, 637 fquare Feet. - 

Being afked, Whether the Court Houfes could be 
rendered more convenient by any Means, for prevent- 
ing the Noife, without pulling them down ?—he faid, 
The Crown Court can, by being inclofed, and by that 
Means it was intended to be made Nine Feet Six Inches 
longer than it is at prefent, and will then be 351 
fquare Feet larger than the Court of King’s Bench— 
That a Grand Jury Room may be added to the prefent 
Courts, without pulling them down ; and by purchafing 
the Houfes on the Eaft Side the Crown Court, and Two 
little Houfes at the Back of the Crown Court, there 
might be erected a Petty Jury Room, and Office of 
Records, a Bail-dock for Prifoners, or any other Offices 
of the like Kind, exclufive of a large County Room— 
That he had calculated the Expence of the Alterations 
he had mentioned, and apprehended the whole would 
not exceed £. 2,500, including the Purchafes neceflary — 
That he had feen the Plans that Mr. Hillyer had deli- 
vered in for building a new Shire Houfe, and had 
made a rough Calculation of the Expence. 

And being afked, What he apprehended, upon his 
rough Calculation, would be the Expence of the Plan 
delivered by Mr. Hillyer, exclufive of the Purchafe ?—he 
faid, He imagined it could not be built for lefs than 
£-'9,000, allowing £. 100 per Square; which he thought 
was as little as could poffibly be allowed for a Building 
of that Kind—And that he did not know what Houfes 
were neceflary to be purchaied for executing Mr. Hi/- 
lyer’s Plan. 

Being afked, Whether the High Road, that runs by 
the Court Houfes, could be enlarged without pulling 
down any Houfes ?—he faid, It might, by purchafing 
Two little Sheds, which would enlarge that Opening 
fufficient for two Carriages to pafs each other; and that 
the Width of it, when thofe Sheds were pulled down, 
would be, in the narroweft Part, 22 Feet. 

Being afked, Whether there were not fome, and 
what, Roads adjoining to the White Horfe Inn?—he 
faid, There is a Road runs by the Front of it, but be- 
lieved it was only a private one; and that he knew of 
no other—That he imagined a Gaol built clofe to the 
Side of a Market would be looked upon as a great 
Nufance. 

Mr. Fames Payne, an Architect, being examined, 
faid, That he knows the Town of Chelmsford, and had 
been there Twice for the Purpofe of taking a Survey, to 
confider of a proper Spot for a Gaol; and had examined 
the Bell Inn, the Brick Field, and the old Gaol, which 

"completed his Survey at that Time, which was on the 
roth of Auguft 1769—That fince that, about a Fort- 
night ago, he went down and furveyed the White Horfe 
Iun—That he had examined the Ground at the old Spot 
fufficiently to fatisfy himfelf that a very good Founda- 
tion was to be obtained; and at about 4 Feet deep un- 
der the prefent Surface he found a ftrong loomy Clay, 
impregnated with Gravel, which was very fatisfactory 
to his Judgement, without examining deeper; and 
added, That upon fome adjoining Premiffes, which he 
was told were intended to be purchafed for the Pur- 
pofes of enlarging the Spot, he found a very good Well 
of Spring Water, which he tafted, and which appeared 
to him to be exceeding good; and fuid, That the Si- 
tuation of the River was one of the great Reafons why 
he gave the Preference to that Situation, in a Letter to 
Sir Wilkam Mildmay, in -Odtober 1769—and that ‘his 
other Reafons were, that he apprehended the other 
Situations he examined could not be fo conveniently 
fupplied with Water. 

Being afked his Opinion of the Propriety of the Scite 
of the White Horfe Inn for building a Gaol on, when 
compared with that of the prefent Scite &gt;—he faid, The 
White Horfe Inn would want the Convenience of Drain- 
age, which the other Situation, the old Spot, has; and 
that it was very near to the Court Houfe, and to the 


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Market Place—Befides which, he always underftood 
that it was more falutary for a Gaol to be at a Dit- 
tance from the Court Houfe, becaufe it aired the Pri- 
foners as they paffed to Trial. 

Being afked, Whether he thought a Gaol, fituated 
where the White Horfe Inn is, would be a great Annoy- 
ance to the Inhabitants who lived near it, and to the 
People who'refort to the Fairs and Markets ?—he faid, 
He apprehended few Inhabitants would chufe to have a 
Gaol near them—And with refpect to the Marker 
People, he thought it was pretty near the fame; for 
thofe who came to Market from the Weft End of the 
Town mutt pafs by the prefent Gaol—But the Situation 
of a Gaol near to a Market Place muft poffefs the whole, 
Market People with Apprehenfions, if. agy Diftempér 
fhould happen to be-in the Gaol. 

That he had feen fome Plans in Print, and had exa- 
mined them, by taking the grofs Quantities of Build- 
lags intended to be erected by thofe Plans—And thought 
the Plan for the Gaol was incircled with high Walls, and 
narrow Paffages, that might be inconvenient—That he 
had feen the Plans produced by Mr. Baldwyn for the 
old Spot, and thought there was no Comparifon to be 
made—That he gave the Preference to that intended 
to be built upon the old Spot--That he had calculated 
the Quantity of Squares of Building each Plan contain- 
ed, and to the beft of his Remembrance, the Quantities 
were as 5 to 2, or thereabouts—That the Plan he faw 
was N° 2. 

And being afked, Whether the Expence of executing 
the Plan of the White Horfe Inn, and N° 2, would be 
as 5 to 2 ?-—he faid, No; becaufe a Part of that Plan 
is intended to contain Two Stories; but believed the 
Proportion of the Expence would be as Two to One— 
That he had feen a Calculation for executing the Plan 
N° 2, and was fatisfied refpe€ting that Eftimate—That 
to the beft of his Memory that Eftimate was about 
9 or £. 10,000, and had no Doubt but many People 
would engage to do it at that Price. 

Being afked, Whether he apprehended it was pof- 
fible to ferve a Gaol with Water, upon the Scite of the 
White Horfe Inn, without taking Water from the pub- 
lic Conduit, of diverting the Stream of ‘the Springs 
that fupplied it ?—he faid, He thought it would be dif 
ficult, and confequently expenfive. ? 

That he had furveyed the Court Houfes at Chelmsford 
very particularly, about 3 Weeks ago. 

And being afked the Condition of their Repair ?— 
he faid, Refpeéting the Stability, very good—That he 


. examined the principal Timbers of the Roof very clofe- 


ly, found them to be Oak, and very found—That the 
Covering is but in moderate Repair, and wants new 
Ripping—That they appeared to him to be fmail ; and 
thought would rather be noify, from the Roads round 
it—That he thought it no way neceflary to pull them 
down refpecting the Strength of the Building ; and ap- 
prehended they might be enlarged at a very moderate 
Expence, which, he faid, would remove, in fome De- 
gree, the Inconvenience of the Noife, and enlarge them 
to a fufficient Size, by inclofing fo much of the pre- 
fent Portico, to the firft Intercolumniation:; and that, 
inclofed with a Brick Wall, would anfwer the Purpofe 
of excluding the Noife, and enlarging the Courts— 
That there are adjoining Buildings to the Court Houfe, 
which, from the Nature of their Building, cannot be 
very valuable, and if added to the prefent Court Houfe, 
would make a fufficient Grand Jury Room, and’a 
Place for the Records—That he had feen Two Plans 
for building a new Shire Hall, One in Print, and an- 
other a Drawing; and had feen Mr. Hillyer’s Plan, 
which was recommended to the Juftices in Quarter Sef- 
fions, but never turned his Mind towards it, fo as to 
form any Calculation of the Execution of it—That he 
had examined the Road from London to Bury, which 
runs by the prefent Court Houfe, and believed it was 
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Being afked, Whether that Road could not be widen- 
ei, by pulling down fome Sheds, without pulling 
down any of the Houfes ?—he faid, He could not fay 
whether thofe on the Left Hand Side were Sheds or 
Dwelling Houfes; but are Buildings of no great Value 
—That, without Doubt, the Road may be widened by 
taking down thofe Buildings, at a {mall Expence, re- 
fpecting the Value of them. 

On his Crofs Examination, being afked, Whether he 
took the Level of the Ground from the White Horfe 
Jun to the River below ?&gt;—He faid, Not by any Inftru- 
ment, but gueffed it to be about 5 or 6 Feet ; and did 
uot examine whether there were Springs at the Wbite 
Horfe Inn or not. 

Being afked, How long he had known Chelmsford, 
or whether he ever knew it, before he went down in 
1769 ?—he faid, He had paffed through the Town at 
various Times, within the Space of 25 or 30 Years patt, 
but made no Obfervations refpecting thofe Matters, 

Being afked, Whether, in Auguft 1769, he dug into 
the Soil of the old Gaol, how often, and in what 
Parts, to find a good Foundation ?—he faid, He believed 
there were Two or Three different Parts dug with a 
Spade, about Four Feet deep from the Surface, till he 
came to what, in his Opinion, was a good Foundation ; 
and when he found that ftrong Loam, impregnated with 
Gravel, it fatisfied him very fufficiently. 

Being afked, Whether any Water rofe in the Holes 
he dug?—he faid, He thought no Water could rife 
through fo ftrong a Body as that Stratum was—That 
the Drainage oozing from the upper Ground covered 
that Stratum, and which was common to fuch low 
Ground—That he did not take the Level of the Water 
in the River then, to the Surface of the Ground he was 
digeing, but believed the Surface of the River at that 
Time was below the Depth he dug to. 

Being afked, Whether he tafted the Water that came 
into the Hole ?—he faid, It was rather too foul to incline 
him to tafte it. 

Being afked, Whether he opened the Well, to try 
what Quantity of Water it would contain ?—he faid, 
He did not meafure either to the Surface or to the Depth 
of it. 

Being afked, Whether he made frefh Experiments, 
by opening the Earth, or boring, at the laft Time, 
about Three Weeks ago ?—he faid, There was a Hole 
dug in the Garden—That he did not meafure the 
Depth of it, but tried with a Spade, till he met with 
Refiftance fufficient to induce him to believe that he 
was at the fame Stratum he had before funk to 
—That he did not take any of the Earth from 
the Bottom, to fee whether it was the fame Stra- 
tum, the Hole being fubjeét to the fame Inconvenience 
it was before, with Water—That there was about 2 
Feet Water in it. 

Being afked, What Height the Level of the Floor 
of the Gaol is to be, according to Plan N°* 2, from the 
Surface of the Earth ?—he faid, He did not remember, 
but appeared to him fufficient to keep it out of the 
Reach of Floods ; for from the Surface of the Earth to 
the Gaol Floor, by the Plan N° 2, will be about 4 Feet 
—That the Foundation will be about 4 Feet below 
that Surface ; and believed, by much the greateft Part of 
it would require no piling—That there might be fome 
Parts that require it, but they were very few in Num- 
ber—That he did not dig into the Premiffes adjoining 
to the old Gaol, to try for the fame Foundation; but 
was fatisfied in his own Opinion, that the Foundation 
would be better, the farther it was removed trom the 
River; and thinks the Ground is all upon the fame 
Level, but never tried it with an Inftrument—That if 
a Gaol is built there, he thought it would be neceffary 
to wharf the River, a Part of it being already done by 

the Wall of the old Gaol.—Being afked, In what Con- 
dition that was, as to Repair ?—he faid, As far as he 
could judge from an ocular View, it was in fubftantial 

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Repair, but it was irregular—That he never examined 
to know what Depth it was to the Foundation of that 
Wall, neither did he try the Bottom of the River, to 
know what the Soil was. 

Being afked, Whether he dug any of the Ground at 

the White Horfe Inn, to try the Soil for a Foundation ? 
—he faid, He did not—That Mr. Wallinger defired 
him to view thefe Premiffes, the laft Time, and to make 
a general Obfervation upon the whole—Being afked, 
Whether he knew, when he went to view thefe Spots, 
that it was with an Intention to give Evidence to the 
Houfe of Commons concerning this Matter ?—he faid, 
He believed he fhould be examined. 
, And being afked, Why he would not be as accurate 
in his Search at the White Horfe Inn, as he was at the 
old Spot, in trying the Spring and Nature of the Soil ? 
—he faid, The Time he was there was on a Sunday ; 
and thought it was rather improper to make more Buttle 
than was neceffary on fuch a Day; and was very well 
fatisfied, from the Appearance, that a Foundation might 
be as eafily obtained—And had no Reafon to believe; 
that the Foundation might be more eafily obtained at 
the White Horfe Inn. ; 

_ Being afked, Whether he did not infpect and view 
the Affize Houfe, the Roof, the Rafters, and open it, 
on Purpofe to look into it, on that Sunday ?—he faid, 
He did it in the privateft Manner he poffibly could, 
by pulling out fome of the Tiles with his own Hands ; 
and that fome Part was open before.—And being afked, 
Whether he could not have examined the White Horfe 
Inn Yard and Premiffes, as privately as he did the Affize 
Houfe, on the Suuday ?—he faid, No—becaufe many 
People would follow him into the White Horfe Inn, but 
few would chufe to follow him up the Ladder at the 
Affize Houfe—And he was very well fatisfied, that by 
digging at the White Horfe Inn, he fhould have found 
a Foundation for a Building, as fafe as he did at the 
old Gaol. | 

Being afked, Whether he knew any Gaol in England 
that was at that Diftance from the Seffions Houle as 
that at Chelmsford ?—he faid, He thought he remem- 
bered one in Suffolk, but did not know whether it was 
an old Gaol or a new one—-That it would certainly be 
fafer for keeping the Prifoners, to have an outer Wall 
to the Gaol; but, if there is an outer Wall to fecure 
the Prifoners, there fhould alfo be a larger Space be- 
tween that Wall and the Gaol itfelf, than there appears 
to be by the printed Plan.—Being afked, What Width 
the Paflage within that Wall is upon the Plan?—he 
faid, It varies ; that the narroweft Part does not exceed 
8 Feet, and the wideft might run to 12 or 14, or 
thereabouts—That he did not know whether the Plan, 
N® 2, was Mr. Baldwyn’s own planning and drawing, 
but that he had told him it was. 

Being afked, Whether, if that Plan, N° 2, and the 
Plan which he had feen of Mr. Hillyer’s, could be built 
for equal Sums, confidering the Size of Mr. Hillyer’s 
Plan, and the Conveniences of each, which would then 
be the moft preferable, in his Opinion?—he defired to 
be excufed from anfwering the Queftion. 

And being afked, If a Diftemper fhould be in the 
Gaol, and the Prifoners were fo to be carried Twice 
up and down to the Affize Houfe, whether it would not 
be more dangerous to communicate that Diftemper to 
the People at the Affizes, and to the Town, than if 
Two Prifoners were brought at a Time to the Affize 
Houfe ?—he faid, He cguld not help thinking, that by 
their pafling through fo great a Space of Air, it would 
be fafer than to come immediately out of a Gaol— 
That he has no Reafon to think the Well, the Water of 
which he tafted, is at any Time dry; and, if it was 
never dry, it would be fufficient for the Ufe of the 
Prifon for drinking Water—That he had no Doubt but 
many Wells might be funk, any where on the Pre- 
miffes, upon or near the Grounds adjoining the old 
Gaol, if neceffary, and drinking Water found in thofe 

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Wells ; and would venture, upon his Credit and Repu- 

tation as an Architect, to advife the building of a 
Gaol, on and near the Scite of the old Gaol, in Pre- 
ference to any of the other Spots he had furveyed, on 
Account of the Situation of the River, and for no 
other Reafon ; the Foundation of one being as good as 
the other. . 

Being afked, Whether, fuppofing that this, which -is 
now called a River, fhould be ftagnated Water in Sum- 
mer, and that there was not found Water, within the 
defctibed Premiffes, fufficient and wholefome for the 
Prifoners to drink, he would not inftantly relinquifh 
this Place for fome other ?—he faid, That if wholefome 
Water fhould not be found in thofe Wells, it would be 
a very great Inducement for him to remove to a Spot 
where wholefome Water could be found—and added, 
that if it was ftagnated, it would be of Ufe and Security 
to prevent an Efcape of the Prifoners, but not fo whole- 
fome to the Gaol as 2 running Water. 

Being afked, Whether he examined the W’bite Horfe 
Inn ? —he faid, He did, as far as he thought neceffary ; 
but did not examine particularly, whether there were 
any Springs there—That he remembered to have feen a 
Well, but could not charge his Memory whereabout 
it ftood ; and had no Doubr out there were Springs. 

Being afked, Why he did not examine particularly 
whether there were Springs at the White Horfe ?—he 
faid, He had no Doubt but there are Springs, equally 
good with thofe of the Situation of the old Gaol—And, 
being afked, Whether he formed any Calculation of the 
Expence of procuring Water to a Gaol built at the 
White Horfe ? he faid, No—That he took it for granted 
Water muft be brought to the Gaol; and which 
mutt either be taken from the Conduit, or raifed by 
Punips. 

Being afked, Which would be attended with the 
leaft Expence, procuring Water at the White Horfe, or 
at the old Spot ?—he faid, If to be raifed by Pumps, 
it would be equal, or nearly fo—but the Advantages at 
the old Spot, arife from a Power of working a Wheel 
by the Stream, for the common Ufes of the Gaol; that 
the Water ufed for drinking muft be Spring Water— 
And that furnifhing the Gaol, propofed to be built at 
the White Horfe Inn, with Water, from a Well or Wells 
to be funk for that Purpofe, will be:attended with no 
further Inconveniences, than that of the Pumps and 
Machines for raifing it, and the Expence attending 
thofe Machines; and thought, that finking a Well or 
Wells on the White Horfe Premiffes, would not draw 
off the Water that fupplies the Town from the Con- 
duit—That he believed; the Water in the Ditches, cn 
the White Horfe Premiffes, is ftagnate Water—And be- 
ing afked, Whether he made any Examination relative 
thereto?—he faid, He did not try with any Inftru- 
ment, but was convinced from the View he took; that 
being ftagnate Water would make it difficult ta drain 
a Gaol; and that the White Horfe Premiffes, in Part, are 
furrounded with Ditches of fuch ftagnate Water; and 
believed the Grounds, on the Back of the White Hor/2 
Premiffes, were low fwampy Grounds; and fhould not 
chufe to ereét a Gaol.on fuch fwampy Ground. 

Being afked, Whether he apprehended the Health 
of the Prifoners would be affected, if the Gaol was built 
on the fwampy Ground above mentioned ?—he replied, 
No fwampy Ground one would chufe to build upon— 
And being afked, Whether he apprehended any Part of 
the Premiffes at the White Horfe, intended to be pur- 
chafed by the County, for the Purpofe of building a 
Gaol, was fwampy Ground ? he faid, He could not fpeak 
particularly as to that. 

That he recollected, there were Two Springs of 
good Water on the Premiffes, in and adjoining to the 
old Gaol; but only attended particularly to One of 
them, becaufe he was fatisfied, in his own Opinion, that 
that One Spring would fupply any Gaol with a fuf- 


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ficient Quantity of drinking Water for the Prifoners— 
That he conceived the Water for common Purpofes 
would be beft raifed by a fmall Wheel, which, in cafe 
of Fire in the Gaol, might be fet to work, and raife 
Water eafily for extinguifhing it; which is a Conve- 
nience the other Situation does not admit of. 

Being afked, Whether, immediately on the digging a 
Hole, he found Water at the Bottom; or, whether it 
oozed through after it was dug?—he faid, He did not 
recollect it oozed through upon the Digging—and add- 
ed, That the Two Feet Depth of Water, in the Hole 
4 Feet deep, oozed through the Sides ; which was com- 
mon in wet Seafons.. 

Being afked, Whether, fuppofing the Water of the 
River Can, which runs by the Gaol, fhould overflow to 
the Surface of the prefent Gaol, might not that In- 
convenience be eafily remedied in building the new 
Gaol, and how ?—he faid, He apprehended it was in- 
tended to be remedied by raifing the Surface of the 
intended new Gaol, and which would be highly ne- 
ceffary, in order to make the Foundation of the Walls 
fufficiently below the Surface, for a Security to pre. 
vent the Prifoners from fapping underneath them, and 
thereby make their Efcape ; that it may eafily be done, 
and at a very trifling Expence, becaufe the Rubbith 
arifing from the old Buildings, and in Confequence of 
the new one, will be depofited of Courfe upon the faid 
Premifies. 

Being afked, Why he thought the Foundation would 
be better, the farther it was diftant from the River? 
he faid, It was common for the Banks of Rivers, in fuch 
low Situations, to be moorifh ; but did not know that 
this was fo—And, however that might be, the-removing 
of it farther back, would be moft likely to be firmer 
Ground. , 

Being afked, Whether he examined the Difference 
of Level of the Road in the Front of the Gaol, and 
the Floor of the Gaol ?—he faid, Not with a Level; 
but thought the Floor of the Gaol was below the 
Road; and his Reafon for not examining it with a 
Level was, believing the Architect or Builders would 
with of Courfe to raife the Surface. of the Ground, for 
the Conveniences before pointed at, of depofiting the 
Rubbifh upon the Premiffes, and effectually raifing 
the Gaol out of the Reach of Floods; And added, 
That the Front of the prefent Gaol is clofe to the 
Road. 

Being afked, What Diftance the Front of the Gaol, 
intended to be built, would be from the Road above 
mentioned? he faid, He could not charge his Memory 
to the Particulars of the Diftance; but believed there 
was intended to be a very good Area or Court before 
the intended Gaol—And being afked, Whether, if a 
proper Space is left between the prefent Road and the 
Front of the intended Gaol, the Difference of Level be- 
tween the Road and the Floor of the Gaol will be of 
any Confequence ?—he faid, It would be of great Con- 
fequence to keep the Floor of the Gaol above the Road;. 
which he apprehended was intended. 

Being afked, Whether the Wards of the new Gaol 
may not be built, before the old Wards are pulled 
down ?—he faid, He apprehended, by a printed Plan 
he had feen, that a Part of the Wards are intended to 
be built before the old Gaol is pulled down—And 
added, That if a Gaol is built on the old Spot, on 
the Plan propofed, there will be very fufficient Space 
of Ground, Air, and Water, fo as to render the Prifon 
wholefome. 

Being afked, Whether any Part of the White Horfe 
Inn is furrounded by Buildings, and what Part ?—he 
faid, There are Two Sides bounded with Buildings— 
And being afked, Whether thofe Buildings would not 

be an Obftruction, or prevent the free Circulation of 
Air ?—he faid, He apprehended that Part of it next the . 
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Inn itfelf; and that the other Side would obftruét in 
Part the free Circulation of Air, which he apprehended 
might be detrimental to the Health of the Prifoners— 
And that he did not know an Inftance of any Gaol, 
ftanding out of a Town, being removed into the Midft 
of a Town, 

Being afked, Whether, upon his Infpection of the 
Court Houfe, he found any ‘of the Side Timbers open 
and decayed ?—~he faid, He found Part of a Plate, at 
the Back of the Court Houfe, that was decayed a little, 
but not fo as to induce him, on his Judgment, to think 
the Building was in a State which required the fame to 
be taken down. 

Mr. Thomas Yeomans, an Engineer, being examined, 
faid, That in the Year 1762, he furveyed the River 
Chelmer, in order to its being made Navigable ; and that 
it is a running Stream. , 

Being afked, Whether a River does not flow by the 
prefent Gaol ?—he faid, Yes, and is called the Can— 
‘That it makes a Junction with the Che/mer a little below 
the Town, before it comes to Moul/ham Mill—And be- 
ing afked, Whether there are any Mills, either on the 
River Can or Chelmer, near the Gaol?—he faid, Yes; 
that he was not much acquainted with the whole Courfe 
ef the Caz, but knew more of the Chelmer—That there 
are a great many Mills upon the Chelmer, before it 
comes to Chelmsford—but did not know, whether there 
was more than One upon the Caz—And that thefe 
Rivers muft of Neceffity be running Streams, for the 
Working of thefe Mills. 

Being afked, To what Height the River rifes next 
adjoining to the Gaol? he faid, Moul/bam Mill pens up 
under that Bridge, by and above the Gaol—but the 
exact Height he did not know—That he did not re- 
member what the Fall was at Moulham Mill, but 
thought it could not be lefs than Six Feet—And faid, 
That he never was in the Gaol. ; 

Being afked, Whether the Circumftance of fuch a 
River flowing by the Gaol, is not of any, and what Uti- 
lity, in refpect to cleanfing the Gaol, and making it 
wholefome, in any and what Degree, and fupplying it 


with Water ?—he faid, That in general, where there is 


a living Stream or flowing Water, it is looked upon as a 
wholefome Situation—That the River Caz, which flows 
by the Gaol, when in Motion, muft be attended with the 
fame Conveniences he had before referred to, and fupply- 
ing it with Water—And that, in his Opinion, it would 
contribute to the Health of the Prifoners; for when the 
Water was in Motion, it would be a Means of prevent- 
ing Stagnation of the Air—And believed the Width of 
this River, by the Side of the Gaol, to be about 30 
Feet. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, That no Part of the 
River Chelmer runs near the Gaol ; and that, at the Time 
he furveyed the River Chelmer for a Navigation, he did 
not furvey the River Can—That Moulfbam Mill is fup- 
plied by the Chelmer and the Caz. 

Being afked, What Supply the Chelmer would give 
alone to Moul/bam Mill to work ?— he faid, He did 
not know in what Proportion, but confiderably more 
than the other—And being afked, Whether he believed 
it was Five or Ten Times more than the Can ?—he faid, 
It is very different at different Times in the Year—in 
Summer Time, Moulham Mill has the greateft De- 
pendance upon the Chelmer, but in what Proportion he 
could not fay—That in a dry Summer there is but little 
Water runs down the Can. 

Being afked, What Height Moulham Mill penned 
the Water, to work the Mill at Times ?—he faid, He 
did not know the Conftruétion of that Mill; but appre- 
hended, that that did not draw the Head down above a 
Foot in dry Seafons, before they fhut down for Water— 
That he was obliged to attend to this Circumftance, at 
the Time he took his Survey—-That the Mill he men- 


tioned was placed on the Cam, at or near Writtle, above 
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Being afked, What Bridge he meant, when he faid, 
the Water of Moujbam Mul was penned up under the 
Bridge ?—he faid, The Bridge in Chelmsford Town ; and 
believed it is called Moujfham Bridge—That it is very 
near the Gaol, and believed it joined to it, 

Being afked, What he meant by the Words, “ when 
‘* the Caz is in Motion ?” he anfwered, I mean in Sum- 
mer Time, when Moulfbam Mill is drawn; or in Win- 
ter, when the Land Waters come down. 

Being afked, Whether the River Cam is at any Time 
ftagnate Water ?—he faid, When Moulfam Mill is 
drawn, this cannot be called ftagnate Water in the drieft 
Seafon—But when Moulfam Mill is fhut down in the 
drieft Seafon, it is a ftill Water, and fo is the Che/mer 
too—And being again afked, Whether the River Cas 
is at any Time ftagnate Water ?—he faid, The River 
Can is at reft in dry Weather—and added, That in 
Summer Time there is a fmall Stream in the Caz, when 
the Mill above it is drawn—Being afked, Whether there 
is any Stream when the Mill is not drawn above it ?—he 
faid, As he never was up the Stream, he could not 
particularly fpeak to that; but Mills feldom fhut down 
fo clofe, but there is fome Water loft, and confequent- 
ly that muft come down ?—being afked, Whether he 
conceived that to be a ftagnate Water, where Water 
comes down? he faid, No—And being afked, Whether 
that Water, fo coming down, does not occafiom a con- 
tinual Stream ?—he faid, He apprehended, when Moul- 
Jeoam Mill is fhut down waiting for a Head, the Leake 
age of the Mill above would not produce a Stream in 
the Body of the Water, between Moulfbam Mill and fo 
far as it penned—But that, when Moulham Mill is 
drawn, the Leakage at Writtle Mill will contribute in 
its Proportion to the general Flow of the Water to- 
wards Moul/ham Miil.—Being afked, Whether it oc- 
cafioned any Stream ?—he faid, Yes, till it comes into 
the Body of the Water that is penned up—That he 
could not particularly fay how often Moulhbam Mill 
was let down in Four-and-twenty Hours ; that he appre- 
hended they worked every Day in Summer, but could 
not tell how long. 

Being afked, Whether he conceived that. Mouj/bam 
Mill was let down more than Once in Four-and- 
twenty Hours ?—he faid, He did not know—neither 
did he know that Writtle Mill does not work in Sum- 
mer. 

And being afked, Whether a Mill would be placed 
upon the River Caz, if there was not Water fufficient to 
work it in Summer ?—he anfwered, One would rea- 
fonably think not. 

Being afked, At what Diftance the River Chelmer run 
from the Gaol?—he faid, Within 220 Yards—That 
the Can joins the Chelmer below the Bridge, within a 
Furlong of the Bridge. 

Being afked, Whether he conceived, if the Caz was 
ftagnate Water in Summer, it would be an unwhole- 
fome Place for the Building a Gaol ?—he faid, He had 
given his Opinion before, that the Cam by the Gaol was 
not a ftagnate Water—and that, if the Can was a ftill 
Water in Summer, he fhould think the Spot adjoin- 
ing would not be unwholefome to build a Gaol on; 
and that he never heard of a Gaol, built at the End 
of a Town, removed into the Midft of it. 

Being afked, Whether he knew Maidftone Gaol ?— 
he faid, Yes—And being afked, Whether he did not 
know that, on the Rebuilding that Gaol, it was re- 
moved to a different Scite from that whereon it ftood 
before ?&gt;—he faid, No—he did not know Maidftone, 

when the prefent Gaol was built—That it now ftands in 
a Street tom fhoots down into the Market Place, and 


believes it to be 150 Yards from thence—That its Front 
is in a Street, and the Back Part of it opens towards 
Gardens. 

Mr. Nicholas Holmes, a Builder, being examined, faid, 
That he has known Chelmsford above thefe Forty Years, 
and has lived there about 25 Years, and lives oppofite 

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to the prefent Gaol, on the other Side of the River— 
That hé was concerned in Building the Houfe of Cor- 
reGtion, and has been employed in repairing the County 
Gaol .at Chelmsford for thefe 25 Years, and is therefore 
well acquainted with the Situation of the Gaol—That he 
knows the Grounds and Premiffes adjoining the Scite of 
the prefent Gaol, propofed to be laid to it for erecting 
a new Gaol thereon. 

Being afked, Whether the faid Grounds and Pre- 
miffes have been propofed to be fold by the Proprietors, 
and at what Price? he faid, Yes—Sir William Mild- 
may’s, at £.40—Mr. Tabram’s, 160 Guineas—Mr. Rick- 
ets, £.25—Mr. Wade's, 140 Guineas—Mr. Bridge’s (late 
Pocklington’s) £. 350—That he is well acquainted with 
the Foundation and Scite of the prefent Gaol, and has 
very often made Obfervations relating to that Founda- 
tion; that he could not fay how often, but believed, 
Four or Five Times; that the Firft Time was about 
3 Years ago, and the laft about 3 Weeks. 

Being afked, In what Way he found the Foundation ? 
—he faid, It was very good for a Foundation, at 3 Feet 
and a Half or 4 Feet deep—That it is a Mixture of 
Gravel in loomy Soil, a ftrong Body of Earth; and 
conceived it to be a Foundation proper to build a Gaol 
on—That he tried it by digging in Five or Six Places; 
and, to the beft of his Judgment, he thinks there muft 
be feveral Springs there, as there are feveral about a 
Couple of Rod from the Outfide of the Gaol ; and that 
he fpeaks from his own Knowlege. 

Being afked, Whether he fearched for any Springs 
in the Grounds intended to be purchafed ? —he faid, He 
did not, becaufe there are Two Wells in thofe Grounds 
8 or 10 Feet deep, of good Water, and that he mea- 
{ured the Depth of One of them—That the Firft is 
in Mr. Bridge’s (late Pocklington’s) 8 Feet and a Half 
deep of very good Water—The other Pump is in Mr. 
Ricket’s Ground—That he tafted the Water Once or 
Twice, and, in his Opinion, it was very good—And 
added, That the Firft of the Wells above defcribed 
will fupply a fufficient Quanity of good and whole- 
fome Water, for the Ufe of a Gaol. 

Being afked, Whether, if a Gaol was built on thofe 
Premifies, there would be a fufficient Space of Ground, 
Air, and Water, to render the Prifon wholefome ?— 
he faid, Yes, as any in Chelmsford, or about it—That 
the River Cam runs by the Gaol—That it is 54 Feet 
wide, and from Six to Ten Feet deep, in common. 

Being afked, If this, which he calls a River, is ftag- 
nate Water at any Time of the Year? he faid, No— 
That it is of Ufe to the Gaol, to take off all Excre- 
ment, Filth, &amp;c. and thinks it healthful and airy— 
That he remembers a Fire which happened about ‘Two 
Years ago, and that the Extinguifhing that Fire was 
entirely owing to the River being fo clofe to the 
. Gaol. 

- Being afked, Whether he had been employed by the 
.Juftices to furvey any, and what, Places, for erecting a 
Gaol on ?—he faid, Yes—The old Spot—The Swan— 
‘The Ground where Mr. Ram lives—The Dolphin—Mr. 
-Leapingwell’s Ground—Mr. Crufh’s—The Bell—Mr. 
Wallinger’s Two Fields—Mr. Bundick’s—Brick Field— 
Mrs. Freeman’s—and the White Horfe Inu. : 

Being afked, Whether there were any, and what, Mills 
upon the Can ?—he faid, He knew of but One, which is 
called Writtle Mill, and that it-works in Summer —And 
being afked, Whether he apprehended that Mill could 
work without a conftant Stream to fupply it ?&gt;—he faid, 
No, he did: not think it could without Water—That 
it did not work fo often in Summer as in Winter, and 
believed it worked every Day in Summer—That there 
are feveral Streams which fall*into the Can, above 
‘Writtle Mill, and below, between the Mill and Moul- 
foam Bridge, but could not name them—Being afked, 
What Mills were below Moulfham Bridge ?—he {faid, 
One juft below the Bridge, which is fupplied with Wa- 
ter by the River Chelmer, great Part of it, and the 


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River Can, and works conftantly in Summer—That he 
could not fay how often in 24 Hours, but is certain fe- 
veral Times. 

Being afked, At what Diftance from Moulbam Bridge 
the Can and Chelmer unite? he faid, He apprehended 
about 200 Feet, but never meafured. 

And being afked, Whether he attended the Juftices, to 
report his Opinion on thofe Places ; and which he then 
gave the Preference to, for building a Gaol on ?—he 
faid, He attended the Juftices at feveral Committees, 
but not at the Seffions ; and never preferred any other 
Place than the old Spot—That he had drawn a Plan 
for the Ereétion of a Gaol at the old Spot (which he 
produced to your Committee.) 

Being afked, By whofe Order he drew that Plan ?— 
he anfwered, By feveral of the Juftices at the Commit- 
tee—And being afked, Whether his Plan could be exe- 
cuted at the old Spot, by building any, and what, Part 
of the new Gaol before the old one was totally pulled 
down,?—he faid, Yes—the Turnkeys Apartment—the 
Debtors Apartment—and the Felons Apartment ; and 
that the Keepers Apartment might ftand, while the other 
was built—.That the Expence will be about £. g,200, 
exclufive of Purchafes. 

Being afked, Whether he had feen any, and what, 
Plan for building a Gaol at the White Horfe ?—he 
faid, He had juft feen the Plan, and if he could fee it 
again, he fhould be able to form an Opinion upon it— 
And being fhewn the Plan, and afked, Whether, from 
what he had feen of it, he was able to form any Opi- 
nion with Refpeé to the Convenience and Inconve- 
nience thereof ?—he faid, There are fome Inconveniences 
that attend it—The Paffage that goes round the Gaol 
is too {mall—it goes down a narrow Lane to the En- 
trance; and fhould fay no further about it—That he 
thought the Situation, whereon that Plan is propofed to 
be executed, a very bad Place, being houfed in fo 
much ; that it is a flat Place, and no Draught for 
draining the Filth from it—That he did not think there 
were any Springsy.on that Ground to fupply a Gaol 
with Water; but faid, There was a Well, which he 
did not conceive fufficient to fupply a Gaol with Wa- 
ter—And added, That that Ground was bounded on 
the North and South Sides by Ditches filled with ftag- 
nate Water, which are the Recefs for Filth from feveral 
Houfes and Stables; and did not think they could be 
eafily drained, by reafon the River Chelmer was fa 
high in the Meadow—That he could not fay he knew 
the Difference of Level, between the Surface of the 
River Chelmer and the Water in the Ditches above- 
mentioned, having never tried them, but took it to be 
much about the fame. 

Being afked his Opinion, as to the Expence of a 
Gaol, according to the Plan of Mr. Hillyer, on the White 
Horfe Premiffes, exclufive of Purchafes? he faid, He 
did not know. 

And being afked, Whether a Gaol built on the White 
Horfe Premiffes, on the Plan given in by him, would 
be more expenfive than if built on the old Spot ?&gt;—he 
faid, His Plan could not be built on the White Hor/e 
Spot. 

That he did not think the Foundation of the prefent 
Gaol, and the adjoining Premiffes, would require any 
piling in order to fecure it ; but faid, There might be 

Place or Two that would want Ten or Twenty Piles 
in the whole—That he did not think it would be ne- 
ceffary to have any Wharfing to fecure the Foundation 
of the new Gaal next the River—That he apprehended, 


the River Can was a Security — Efcapes of Pri- 


foners from the Gaol; and faid, There is a Boat kept 
at the Gaol, at the County Expence, to take out and 
break the Ice in the Winter, when the River is froze, 
all the Way up by the Side of the Gaol; which is con- 
ftantly done every Day in the Froft,; and apprehends, 
it is done, in cafe the Prifoners fhould break out, to 
prevent their getting over the River—That he would 

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undertake to execute his Plan at the old Spot for 
£. 9,200; and thinks the Premifles adjoining the old 
Gaol are worth about f. 650. 

Being afked, How near a Gaol, built at the White 
Horfe Inz, would be to the Market Piace and Court 
Houtes ?&gt;—he faid, The Market joins up to the //bite 
Horfe Inn, and the Court Houfes are about 42 Feet from 
it; and thinks aGaol in that Situation will be a very great 
Nufance to the Inhabitants of the Town, and an Injury 
to them, by alarming the Country People and others, who 
refort to the Market ; becaufe he has heard Abundance of 
Farmers fay,. that if any Diftemper fhould be in the, 
Gaol, they would not come to the Towa—That the 
Market of Chelmsford is the chief Support of the trad- 
ing Part of the Inhabitants ; that they have no Manufac- 
tory ; and if they lofe the Market, it will ruin them. 

Being afked, What was the Diftance of the White 
Horfe Premifles from the River Chelmer behind it ?— 
he iaid, 290 Feet from the Bowling Green, being the 
Extremity of the White Horfe Premifles; that the 
Ground between the faid Bowling Green and the River 
is a dead Flat; and thinks, if a Gaol is built at the 
White Horfe Premifles, and fupplied with Water from 
the Conduit at Chelmsford, it will injure the Inha- 
bitants very miuch—And being afked, in what Refpect ? 
—he faid, There is a middle Row cf Houfes; that 
the Water runs through the Yards and Vaults, which 
cleanfes and fweetens them; and likewife in Cafe of Fire 
in the Town—That he never heard any Complaints 
from the Inhabitants of the Town, on Account of the 
Prifoners being carried through the Town, at the Affizes, 
to the Courts; nor ever heard of any Diieafe being 
communicated to the Town, by the Prifoners being car- 
ried through the Town from the Gaol to the Courts. 

On his Crofs Examination, being afked, Whether he 
ever declared to Mr. Strutt and Mr. Bramftcu, or either 
of them, that the Foundation of the old Gaol was bad, 
or attended with Inconveniences ?—he faid, He did not 
know that he did. 

Being afked, How far the Houfes on the oppofite 
Side of the Road are diftant from the Front of the 
prefent Gaol ?—he faid, About 20 or 21 Feet, the nar- 
roweft Part; but that other Parts are wider—That he 
never heard of the Inhabitants of thofe Houfes, or any 
other Houfes, near or adjoining to the prefent Gaol, 
receiving, any Infeétion, or other Inconvenience, from 
the Gaol being fituated fo near— And that the great 
Road from London to Harwich runs betwixt the prefent 
Gaol and thofe Houfes. 

Being afked, Whether he had any, and what, Reafon 
to fuppofe, that the Inhabitants near to the Waite Horfe 
Jun would receive any more InfeCction, or Inconvenience, 
from a Gaol being built there, than the Inhabitants 
near or adjoining to the prefent Gaol ?—he faid, Yes ; 
becaufe, if any Diftemper fhould happen there, there 
is not the River to take off Excrement and Filth, 
as at the old Place; neither is it the fine airy Place that 
the old Spot is. a 

Being afked, Whether the Ground at the White Horfe 
is not higher than the Ground at the old Spot ?&gt;—he faid, 
A little Bit of it next the Market is, but he never took 
the Level of that Ground—That the Water from the 
Conduit runs down the Street; and that that Street leads 
towards the Bridge, but is a great Diftance from it— 
And faid, That the Plan he produced, was drawn about 
a Fortnight or Three Weeks ago, or lefs. 

Being afked, Whether, fuppofing the fame Quantity 
of Water to flow from the Conduit, through the Town, 
2s it now does, would any Inconvenience then arife to 
the Inhabitants, from an additional Quantity of Water 
being conveyed by Means of the Conduit, for the Sup- 
ply of a Gaol at the White Horfe ?—he faid, No, he 
did not think it would—That he lives oppofite the 
Gaol—That the Gaol is on one Side of the River, and 
he lives on the other; and that he built the Houfe at 
his own Expence—That he remembered the Red Lyon 
Inn being adjoining his Premiffes oppofite the Gaol ; 

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and that it was much frequented by the Gentlemen of 
the County, at public Entertainments and Meetings— 
That oppofite to that, there was another great Inn, 
called the Cock and Coach, much frequented by the 
Gentlemen of the County; and never heard of any 
Gentleman, Farmer, or Traveller, leaving either of 
thofe Inns, becaufe they ftood naer to the oid Gaol— 
That the Judges Lodgings, at the Affizes, are where 
the Ip/wich Arms was, near the Cock and Coach; and 
never heard any of the Judges, Officers, or their At- 
tendants, make any Complaint, or apprehend Danger, 
from being fo near the Gaol—That there is a public 
Houle oppofite the Gaol Door, called, the Swan; and 
had remembered it a public Houfe 40 Years; that he 
never knew or heard, that the Cuftomers of that Houfe 
made Obje¢tions to the Situation of the Houfe, on Ac- 
count of the Gaol; and thought the Landlord could 
make no Objection, becaufe he took a great deal of 
Money from the Gaol—That he never remembered, at 
any Time, when the Judges were at their Lodgings, 
any Diftemper being in the Gaol. 

Being afked, Whether he ever remembered any infec- 
tious Wiftemper in the Gaol?—he faid, There was a 
Fever about 4 or 5 Years ago, and the Gaoler died at that 
Time; and had heard it was brought by a Felon who 
came from Newgate. 

Being afked, Whether he ever heard the Cuftomers 
of the Swan Inz complain of the Nearnef$ of the Gaol 
to the faid Inn ?—he faid, No. 

That the Inhabitants of the Hamlet of Moujbam 
are a trading People—And being afked, Whether many 
of them are not little Shopkeepers and Alehoufe- 
keepers, depending wholly for Support on the Cuftom 
they have from the Gaol?—he faid, He could not 
fay wholly, becaufe other People go to them; but that 
thofe who live near the Gaol, chiefly depend on the 
Gaol—That the Foundation of his Houfe, on the op- 
polite Side of the River, is much about the fame Sort 
of Soil as that about the Gaol ; and thought there was 
not any Place about Chelmsford fo airy and wholefome 
as that whereon the prefent Gaol ftands, nor fo cood 
a Place — That the Red Lion Inn, and the Cock and 
Ccach, were frequented by the tiptop Farmers—And 
being afked, Whether either of thofe Inns were fre- 
quented by others than the tiptop Farmers? — he 
faid, Yes—by the lower Sort of People—That he be- 
lieved the Intervention of the River would prevent the 
Communication of any infectious Diftemper, becaufe 
of its being fo near to take off the Filth. 

Being afked, Whether he ever heard any Judge on 
that Circuit give his Opinion concerning the Situation 
of the prefent Gaol; who, and when ?—he faid, Yes— 
Judge Perrott, the laft Lent Affizes, and who faid, 
‘© That he had been up and looked at the Situation of 
** the White Horfe Spot, and thought the old Spot was 
** the propereft Place for a Gaol; for if a Gaol was 
“built at the White Horfe Premiffes, and any bad Dif- 
** temper fhould happen to be in it, it might be of Dan- 
‘¢ ger to the Market”—That when he faid thefe Words, 
he was upon the Bridge near the old Gaol; and like- 
wife faid, That was the propereit Place, on Account of 
the River. 

That he had furveyed the Court Houfes at Chelmsford, 
which are in very good Repair, except a little Matter 
of Tiling; and believed their Size and Conveniences to 
be very good—That the Width of the Road next the 
Court Houfes is 16 Feet 6 or 8 Inches, 

Being afked, Whether that Road could be widened 
without pulling any Part of the Court Houfes down, 
and how much wider it could be made ?—he faid, He 
never meafured it, but, according to his Judgment, from 
6 to 8 Feet ; that it might be more, but could not fay 
exactly—That Grand and Petty Jury Rooms, an Office 
for the Records of the County, and other Conveniences, 
might be added, without pulling them down, and at 
a much lefs Expence—That he knows the Houfes, pro- 
pofed to be pulled down, for erecting new. Court 

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Iefoufes, according to Mr. Hillyer’s Plan; and that the 
Amount of the annual Rents of thofe Houfes, as they 
are affeffed in the parochial Rates, is £.70 a Year— 
And being afked, How he knew that ?—he faid, Three 
Years ago, when he was Overfeer, he made it an equal 
Rate—That the White Horfe Premiffes are affeffed to 
the parochial Rates at £. 40 a Year. 

Eeing afked, Whether he knew the Gaol ?—he faid, 
Yes—That he had been in it as a Prifoner for Debt ; 
and releafed by the Infolvent Act about 27 or 28 Years 
ago—That during the Time he was there, he had the 
Ufe of the Garden, and had known it overflowed with 
Water; but never faw Water in the Prefs Yard — 
That he has feen it in the Back Yard, between the Gar- 
den and the Prefs Yard—Being afked, Whether the 
Level of the Gaol Garden was not below the Surface 
of the Gaol ?—he faid, It might be 18 Inches, but 
never levelled it ; that, according to his Plan, it is pro- 
pofed to raife the Floor of the Gaol, if rebuilt on the old 
Spot, and the adjoining Premiffes, 4 Feet or better, and 
which will be attended with very little Expence. 

Being afked, Whether the Floods in Winter do not 
flow up to the White Horfe Premiffes, and to what 
Part ?—he faid, To the Bowling Green, and up fome 
Part of the Yard; but never faw the Bowling Green over- 
flowed—And being afked, How the River flowed into 
the Yard of the White Horfe Premifies, without over- 
flowing the Bowling Green ?—he faid, Becaufe the lower 
Part of the Yard is lower than the Bowling Green. 

Being afked, Whether the Yard at the White Horfe 
Inn is not higher than the Bowling Green ?—he {faid, 
No—not that Part of the Yard—and added, That near 
100 Feet of that Yard had been overflowed, and that 
he had feen a great deal of the Yard above the Horfe 
Pond from the Meadows overflowed—Being afked, How 
many Feet the Bowling Green was above that loweft 
Part of the Yard ?—he faid, It might be about Two 
Feet, or better, but never meafured it-—That the upper 
Part of the Yard, next the Street, may be Two or 
Three Feet, or more, but never meafured it; and did 
not think it was any Thing like Six Feet. 

Being afked, What Part of the White Horfe Inn Yard, 
the Gaol is propofed to be built upon ?—he faid, He 
believed Part of it below the Yard where the Stables 
are—and being afked, How near the Horfe Pond ?&gt;— 
he faid, Perhaps 100 Feet or more—That the Water 
flowed out of the River into the Meadows, then into a 
Garden belonging to the Saracen’s Head Jun, and then to 
the Bowling Green—and being afked, Whether Part 
of the Overflux was not occafioned by the Water flow- 
ing from the ftagnate Ditches, after hard Rains ? — he 
faid, It muft come out of the River firft into the 
Ditches, but thofe Ditches are ftagnated—only in 
Floods. . 

Mr. Thomas Hills, a Carpenter, being examined, faid, 
That he has known Chelmsford about 25 or 26 Years, 
and knows the Situation of the County Gaol there — 
That it ftands in Moul/ham, adjoining the River Chelmer 
—That he knows the Grounds and Premiffes adjoining, 
and intended to be added to the Scite of the prefent 
Gaol, for the erecting a new Gaol upon; and is ac- 
quainted with the Foundation and Soil of the faid Gaol 
and the adjoining Premiffes ; and has made particular 
Surveys and Obfervations refpecting the fame. 

_ Being afked, How often, and in what Manner, he fa- 
tisfied himfelf therein ?—he faid, Three Times: That 
he attended the Labourers who were employed to dig, 
and carefully infpected the Soil— That there were 
Seven Holes opened on different Parts of the Premifies, 
about 4 Feet by 2—and from 3 Feet and a Half to 4 
Feet from the upper Surface in Depth; and that thofe 
Holes were dug in the loweft and moft fufpicious Parts 
of the Premiffles — That he found the Soil of thofe 
Seven Holes much alike, a gravelly loomy firm Soil, 
from 3 Feet and a Half to 4 Feet deep from the 
Surface—That there are Two Springs or Pumps in the 
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intended to be added to it: That he furveyed One 
of them, and found it to be 12 Feet, deep from the 
upper Surface to the Bottom of the Weil; and is fi- 
tuated on Mr. Pocklington’s Premiffes, about 33 Feet 
from the Gaol; and that thofe Premiffes, where that 
Well is fituated, are propofed to be included, in the 
Scite of a new Gaol there—That he did not examine 
the other Spring, which is fituated about 100 Feet 
further from the old Gaol, upon the Premiffes now 
in the Occupation of Edward Moody and Thomas Ed- 
wards—T hat it is a Pump, to fupply both thofe Houfes, 
and frequented by the neighbouring Inhabitants, and 
the Water much approved of for ‘Tea and boiling of 
Victuals. 

Being afked, How he knew it was fo much ap- 
proved of, as he had faid he did not examine it ?— 
he faid, That living within about 150 Yards of the 
Place, his Bufinefs occafioned him to pais by it many 
Times in a Day ; and he has feen the Inhabitants bring 
the Water from the faid Pump, and heard them give 
it the Preference to other Waters thereabouts ; and with 
refpect to the other Spring, that is neareft the Gaol, 
he faid, There is a full Supply of good and wholefome 
Water there — And being afked, How he knew that ? 
—he faid, The Inhabitants make ufe of it the fame as 
they do the other, and knew it by pafling backwards 
and forwards, and by the Inhabitants paffing the fame 
Judgment on it as on the other—That he had tafted 
it, and believed it, to the beit of his Judgment, to 
be foft and good—and thought a Gaol built on the 
old Spot, and the adjoining Premiffes intended to be 
laid thereto, would have Air, Space, Water, and every 
Convenience for the neceffary Ute of a Gaol. 

Being afked, Whether the River, clofe to the Gaol, 
was 2 running or ftagnate Water ?—he faid, A running 
Water ; and thinks it of Ufe to the Gaol, to carry off 
the Filth and Soil that may arife from it; and ufe- 
ful in’Cafe of Fire — That he remembered a Fire 
which happened in the Gaol about Two Years ago, 
and that the extinguifhing of it was owing to the 
Vicinity of the River. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, He had been a Maf- 
ter Carpenter nearly Three Years, and is employed in 
gathering the Tolls of Chelmsford Market for Sir Wil- 
liam Mildmay—Being afked, Whether he remember- 
ed any, and what, Inns near the prefent Gaol ?—he 
faid, He remembered Three; the Cock and Coach, the 
Ipfwich Arms, and the Red Lyon—and that they were 
frequented by Road Guefts, and not by Farmers in 
general—and added, That by Road Guefts he meant 
Gentlemen’s Families. 

Being afked, Whether he knew why they were not 
frequented by Farmers ?—he faid, By Reafon of their 
being too far diftant from the Market—That he knows 
the White Horfe Inn; that it is a Part of the Mar- 
ket, and believes it to be about 43 Feet from the 
Court Houfes; and had great Reafon to think, that 
a Gaol, built at the White Horfe Inn would be a 
great Nufance to the Inhabitants of the Town of Chelins- 
ford — Being afked, Whether it will not be a great 
Inconvenience and Alarm to the Farmers who at- 
tend the Marker, and probably leffen their Attend- 
ance thither ?&gt;—he faid, He believed it would, for if 
any Diforder fhould happen in the Gaol, it will bea 
Means of preventing their coming to Market, which 
certainly mutt prove detrimental to the Inhabitants 
and Trades People ; for the Inhabitants chiefly depend 
upon the Markets and public Meetings; and had 
great Reafon to believe the Tolls of the Market 
would thereby be leffened—That the White Horfe Inn 
is blocked up by Buildings on every Side, except 
the Eaft, and on that.Part bounded by Meadow 
Ground, often overflowed ; and thought a Gaol at the 
White Horfe Inn could not be drained of Filth, in any 
Degree equal to the prefent Gacl, by Reafon the 
Meadow Ground, which lies adjoining to the While 
Horfe Premiffes, is very flat, and confifts of many 

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Marfh Ditches; and thofe Ditches confift of ftagnated 
Mud —That his Reafon for the Mud ftanding there 
is, that it has no Way for making its Efcape. 

Being afked the Diftance between the End of the 
White Horfe Bowling Green, and the River Chelmer 
below ?—he faid, There is a Garden belonging to Mr. 
Reynolds at the Saracen’s Head ; that he did not know 
the Breadth of it, but the Water joins to Mr. Reynolds 
Garden, and parts the Meadow Grounds, and is be- 
tween the Garden and Meadow Grounds; and _ be- 
lieved it to be a Running Water, and a Cut from the 
River Chelmer — Being afked, Whether he had feen 
Mr. Hillyer’s Plan for a Gaol ?—he faid, Yes—That the 
Felons Wards, he fuppofes, will ftand upon the lower 
Premiffes, Part of the Bowling Green, and a Part of 
the Garden Ground. 

That he had furveyed the Court Houfes, which 
are in good Repair, except a Part of the Tiling; and 
looked upon them to be very handy and convenient 
—and faid, There are 2 Galleries in the Crown Court, 
each of which will hold Threefcore and Ten Perfons ; 
that there is only One Gallery in the Niff Prius Court, 
which will contain about Threefcore People—and that 
the Width of the Road, between the Market Crofs 
and the oppofite Sheds, is about 16 Feet, but never 
meafured it. 

Being afked, Whether he had heard any of the 
Judges, who go the Home Circuit, give their Opi- 
nion concerning the Court Houfes at Chelmsford ?—he 
faid, Yes, Baron Smythe, and was in Court at the fame 
Time : That he faid, “* I think this is a very pretty 
“© and commodious Court as ever I was in; it is ra- 
“ ther fmall, but very convenient?—That the Coun- 
fellors agreed to it, and faid it was a handy, pretty, 
convenient Court — That he knows the Houfes pro- 
pofed to be pulled down for erecting the new Court 
Houfes and Gaol on, which are rated at £. 103 a 
Year, as near as he could tell. 

Being afked his Reafon for faying the Farmers did 
not ufe the Inns before mentioned ?—he faid, By Rea- 
fon of the Diftance and Unhandinefs to the Market. 

And being afked, Whether that was grounded on 
his Knowlege, or his Opinion ?—he anfwered, On my 
Knowlege and Opinion. 

Benjamin Pugh, M.D. being examined, faid, That 
he has refided at Chelmsford upwards of Thirty Years, 
and is well acquainted with the Situation of the 
Gaol, and alfo with the Grounds and Premiffes ad- 
jacent to the Scite of the faid Gaol, and propofed 
to be added thereto for the Purpofe of rebuilding the 
Gaol upon, as well as the Nature of the Soil of the 
Foundation of the prefent Gaol, and fuch adjoining 
Premiffes, by attending the different Surveyors at dif- 
ferent Times, who caufed the Ground to be opened, 
and by feeing thofe Surveyors examine the Earth, which 
he alfo did at the fame Time—That from 3 Feet 
and Half to Four Feet from the Surface, there 
was a Bed of ftrong Gravel impregnated with Loom 
—That the upper Surface is irregular ; but he looks 
upon the Bed of Gravel in general to be nearly 
level—That there are Two Wells on the Grounds 
intended to be laid .to the prefent Gaol, One in the 
late Pocklington’s Premiffes, the other in thofe occupied 
now by one Moody, a Blackfmith — That the Well in 
the late Mr. Pocklington’s Yard is Twelve Feet deep, 
and ftands at Eight Feet and Half in Water, and Three 
Feet and Half from the upper Surface—The other 
is about Eight Feet deep, and ftands about 4 Feet 
and Half or Five Feet in Water—That the Water 
in the late Mr. Pocklington’s Yard, is remarkably foft 
and good, as any Water in the Hamlet of Moulham, 
or Town of Chelmsford—As to the Quality of the 
Water at the other Spring, he did not tafte it, on 
Account of the Sucker being bad, and they could not 
pump any up— That he thinks thofe Springs and 
Pumps will afford a full and ample Supply of Wa- 


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391 
ter for the Ufe of a Gaol, becaufe the chief of the 
Inhabitants of Moulfham make Ufe of it at this Time: 
—That if a Gaol is built on the Scite of the prefent 
Gaol, and the adjoining Grounds, there will be every 
Requifite for the Purpofe of a Gaol, with refpeét to 
fufficient Space of Ground, free Circulation of Air, 
and a full Supply of Water for every Ufe, fo as to 
render the Prifon wholefome — That there is a River 
running clofe to the prefent Gaol, called the River 
Can, and is from 12 to14, 15, and 16 Feet deep, clofe 
to the Gaol, and a running River, which cannot at 
any Time be a ftill or ftagnate Water — That there 
are Five confiderable Springs between Writtle Mill 
and the Gaol, which flow into the faid River, vz. 
the Great Water Houfe Spring —the Little Water 
Houfe Spring — Knightbridge’s Spring; each of which 
are capable of turning an over-fhot Mill—Great Vint- 
ner’s Spring, Little Vintner’s Spring, are not quite fo 
large; but all of them are conftant running Springs; 
as he had obferved himfelf, and’ which add to the 
Current—That there is a continual Rife and Fall in 
the River Can next the Gaol, of about 14 or 15 Inches, 
which caufes a conftant Flux and Reflux in the Ri- 
ver — That there is a Mill, called W7ittle Mill, 
about One Mile and a Quarter above the Gaol—That 
the River Chelmer unites with the Can, at a Place 
called the Cock Gullet, 45 Yards from the faid Gaol— 
That there are Two Mills upon the River Chelmer 
—Moulfham Mill, about 450 Yards below the Gaol 
— Springfield Mill, about 600 Yards North Eaft from 
the Gaol—Writtle Mill being Weft — That the River 
running clofe to the Gaol is of feveral Ufes—From 
its Depth and from its Width, being from 30 to €0 
Feet wide—It muft be of great Security to the Gaol, 
by hindering the Prifoners from efcaping, and caufes 
a conftant Circulation of Air, which is One of the 
greateft Requifites to make a Place of Confinement 
healthy—That it is of the greateft Ufe, as the Ne- 
ceffary Houfes of the Prifoners and Felons are jm- 
mediatly over it, which hinders any difagreeable Smells, 
either to the Prifoners themfelves, or to Paflengers or 
Neighbours —That he means the Paffengers that go 
over the Bridge, which joins immediately to the Gaol, 
and likewife the Pafiengers up, and in the Street of 
Moulfoam—That he was prefent when a Fire happened 
in the Gaol, about Two Years ago — That it began 
about Midnight, but was fpeedily extinguifhed by 
Means of the River, for at that Time the Engines 
of the Town were out of Repair, and the Fire was 
extinguifhed by common Buckets and Scoops from 
Two Boats that were upon the River, which con- 
{tantly fupplied the Men who extinguifhed the Fire 
—That he remembers all the Keepers of this Gaol 
ever fince he lived in Chelmsford; viz. Thomas Em- 
berfon, a very fenfible Man, about 28 Years ago, 
who had been Gaoler upwards of 40 Years at that 
Time—That the Witnefs had often talked with him 
refpecting the Healthfulnefs of the Situation ‘of the 
prefent Gaol, who affured him, the malignant Gaol 
‘Fever never, in his Time, happened in that Gaol, ex- 
cept when brought from Newgate or other Gaols— 
That the Witnefs has known it upwards of 30 Years, 
and the Gaol Fever never began there—That it has 
been in that Time brought 3 Times from Newgate— 
That the Gaol Fever never can properly or probably 
begin in that Gaol, from the Vicinity of that large 
River, and the conftant Current of Air that conftantly 
attends it—Moul/ham Bridge being clofe to One of the 
Corners of the Gaol, the Arches of that Bridge act as 
Air Funnels or Air Pipes, and quickens the Circula- 
tion of Air in that Place fo fenfibly, that hardly a 
Breath of Air is to be perceived in other Places ; 
therefore that muft add to the Health of that par- 
ticular Spot — That he means that there is a free Circu- 
lation of Air there, when there may be little or none 
elfewhere—That the Number of Prifoners ufually in 
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the faid Gaol, including both Felons and Debtors, to- 
gether with the Gaoler’s Family and Affiftants, are be- 
tween 50 and 60, upon an Average communibus Annis— 
That the Number of Perfons buried from thence 
ufually, one Year with another, is about Four. 

And he produced a Copy from the Regifter of Burials 
in Chelmsford; which is as follows : 


An Account of the Number of Prifoners buried from 
Chelmsford Gaol in each Year, from 1743, as appears 
by the Parith Regifter of Chelmsford. 


77 The Gaol Dittemper was brought 


12 by Prifoners from Newgate. 


Anno. N°. 
1743 = t 
4— I 
a 5 
6— 2 
7 — none 
$s — 2 
9 — 2 
1750 — “tt The Small Pox was rife in Chelms- 
oe 7 ford at this Time, and Gaol Dil- 
2— 9 temper brought from Newgate. 
3=— 6 
— 5 
. eae 4 
6— 2 
7, 2 
gs — 2 
cen 2 
1760 — 6 
I1— 2 
oo 3 
+ ver ad 2 
4 — none 
5— I 
iene 4 
7 — 
ipo 
9 oe 


; A bad Fever and Sore Throat was 
9 } rife in Chelmsford at this Time. 
8th April 1771. Compared the above carefully 
with the Regifter Book of Burials in Chelmsford, 
by us 
Benj. Pugh, j 
Chu 


1770 


William Wakeling, 
rch Clerk of Cheliusford. 


And the Witnefs faid, That there certainly is not fo 
proper a Place for building a Gaol in or about Chelms- 
ford, becaufe the fame Advantages cannot be had upon 
any other Spot — That it is One very great Advan- 
tage for a Gaol to ftand at a great Diilance from the 
Courts of Juftice ; becaufe, if any epidemic Fever fhould 
be in the Gaol, the Air will blow off the infectious 
Particles, and bring them more fafe and {weet into the 
Courts—For there are many fatal Examples now upon 
Record, of the Prifoners being immediately brought 
from a Place of Confinement into Courts of Juttice 
—That he alludes to many Places, and the Old Bailey 
in particular—That the White Horfe Inn ftands in the 
principal Part of the Market—and he thinks the Scite of 
that Inn, or the Grounds belonging to it, is a very im- 
proper Situation for a Gaol ; for its being in the prin- 
cipal Part of the Market will certainly fpoil that Market ; 
for an infectious Gaol Fever happening there, would 
terrify and drive the Farmers to other Market Towns— 
That his Bufinefs calls him daily among thofe Farmers, 
who are at this Time in the greateft Fear and Confter- 
nation—That about 20 Years ago the malignant Small 
Pox came into the Town, and had fuch an Effect upon 
the Markets, that it deftroyed them for fome Time— 
The Markets for fome Days were kept at the Red Cow, 
a Quarter of a Mile out of the Town—Therefore, if 
the Small Pox had fuch an Effect upon the Farmers 
Minds, a Gaol Fever would have much more —That he 
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fome Place for erecting a Gaol upon, being furrounded 
with Houfes and Buildings on every Side, except the 
Eaft—That on the Eaft of the White Horfe Premifies 
there is a Bowling Green, a Garden, and a flat Mea. 
dow; but he did not examine the Nature of the Soil 
on the Eaft of the Bowling Green, but it is Meadow 
Land —That there are feveral ftagnate Ditches next, 
or adjacent to the White Horfe Premifies—That the 
Drains of all the upper Part of the Eaft Side of the 
Town fall into thofe Ditches, which Ditches are ge- 
nerally full of ftagnate Mud—At this Time there is 
hardly a Foot of Water over the Surface of the Mud 
in any of them—Some of them have from 3 Feet of 
Mud to 10 Feet—-That he thinks thofe Ditches would 
certainly contribute to the Unhealthfulnefs of a Gaol at 
the Scite of the White Horje Inn, and obftrué&amp; the 
Drains from any Gaol built there—That a Gaol at 
the White Horfe Premifies can be fupplied with 
Water from no Place properly, but from the Con- 
duit at Chelmsford, which muft ruin the Town; for 
which he gave Four following Reafons: Firft, the 
Current of Water that runs from the Conduit, runs 
through all the Yards of that Part of the Town 
that is called the Middle Row, which forms the prin- 
cipal Part of the High Street, and all the Back Street ; 
it carries away all the Filth from the Neceffaries, 
and. other Filth belonging to their Houfes, which 
Houfes would not be habitable without the Conve- 
nience of that Water, the Current being fo large; 
it carries off all this Filth without the leaft Incon- 
venience to the reft of the Inhabitants of the Town. 
—Secondly, It is fo contrived at the Conduit, that 
the Inhabitants can turn it to every Street and every 
Part of the Town, by which Convenience the Town 
is kept perfectly clean all the Winter, and in hot 
dry Weather, in Summer, it is kept cool. — Thirdly, 
With Refpec&amp;t to Fires, it is of the utmoft Confe- 
quence, he having feen many Fires, fince he had lived in 
that Town, quickly extinguifhed by that Water— 
That One Inftance happened little more than a Year 
ago, of a very rapid Fire breaking out in the Wool 
Pack Inn Yard, which is in the very Middle of the 
Town —A Quantity of Mulch from the Common 
Dunghill, being laid acrofs the Street, will, in a few 
Minutes, form a Pond of Water from Two to Three 
Feet deep, and fupply any Demand from Three 
Engines, which was then the Cafe; for notwithftand- 
ing the Fire was very rapid, it was completely ex- 
tinguifhed in little lefs than an Hour; without which 
Convenience, the greateft Part of the Town would 
have been burnt down. — Fourthly, That he looks 
upon the Town of Chelmsford, in its prefent State, 
to be a remarkable healthy Town ; and believes it 
is chiefly owing to that Current of Water running 
through the Middle of it; for the Town of Chelms- 
ford \ies very low: That Two Rivers run, One on 
each Side of it; and it is chiefly furrounded by low 
Meadows, and many ftagnate Ditches ; therefore the 
Exhalations from the Rivers, Meadows, and Ditches, 
muft be very great, and would certainly form a large 
Body of ftagnate Air in that large Street, which mutt 
foon be very unhealthy ; but this Current of Water 
puts that Air in a continual Motion, and carries it 
off—That if Water is not brought from the Conduit 
to the White Horfe Inn, he believes it can be brought 
from no other Place but Burge/s Well, the Fountain 
Head of the Conduit at Chelmsford; and what little 
wafte Water may be found there, will be quite ina- 
dequate to the Ufe of the Gaol—That the Foun- 
tain Head is near a Mile from the White Horfe, and 
the Water muft be brought through the Grounds of 
obn Wallinger, Efquire,. chiefly — Through One 
Field, belonging to Mifs Parker, and another to 
Mr. Feph of Chelmsford -—That a Gaol built on the 
White Horfe Premiffes, would annoy and injure the 
Inhabitants of the Town in a very particular Man- 

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ner, as a Gaol built ther¢ muft be furrounded with 
very high Walls for the Security of the Prifoners ; 
which high Walls, and the furrounding Building, mutt 
ftop all free Circulation of Air; therefore the Air 
muft be ftagnant ; and ftagnant Air being often re- 
{pired by the Number of Prifoners confined there, will 
foon become putrid, and of Courfe generate infe¢ctious 
and malignant Fevers; which muft be exceeding dan- 
gerous, not only to the Inhabitants near it, but to 
the ‘Town in general, and the Farmers and others fre- 
quenting the Market—This can never happen at the 
old Gaol, becaufe the Principles that generate thofe 
infectious Fevers cannot exift there, from the Vieinity 
of the large deep River, and the conftant Circulation 
of Air that is upon the old Spot—That he can prove 
for upwards of Thirty Years (having conftantly attended 
the Gaolers and their Families, and many of the prin- 
cipal Debtors, which makes him fo thoroughly and 
well acquainted with the old Situation) that there is 
no other Spot, in or near the Town of Chelmsford, 
that can be equal to the old Spot; becaufe no other 
Place can have the Advantages that the old Spot 
has; and, notwithftanding Two very great Inconveni- 
ences that attend the prefent Gaol, which are that of 
being ancient, and much too fmall; yet Time, the 
Father of Knowlege, has proved the Healthfulnefs 
of this Situation, as the Number of Burials taken 
from the Church Regifter will fufficiently prove— 
That he never did hear any Complaints, from the In- 
habitants of Chelmsford, on Account of the Prifoners 
being taken through the Town, at the Affizes, from 
the Gaol to the Court Houfes, or of any infectious 
Diftemper being communicated, or caught thereby— 
That he never had declared his Opinion, that any other 
Place or Situation, in or about Chelmsford, was equal 
or preferable to the old Spot; and fo far from fay- 
ing any fuch Thing to any Man living, he never 
fo much as thought it—That he does not believe it 
poflible for a Gaol at the White Horfe Premifles to 
be drained of Filth, the Declivity or Fall of Ground 
down to the Meadows below, being fo very little , 
that the human Excrement, when in Quantities, very 
foon undergoes a Fermentation, and becomes fo ex- 
tremely tenacious, that even a large Stream of Water 
would not carry it off, where the Drains are fo flat 
—That the White Horfe Premiffes is about 18 Feet 
from the Church Yard—The Town in general are 
for the old Spot, as well as the County at large. 
Being crofs examined, he faid, He had praétifed as a 
Phyfician ever fince the Year 1758: That in 1758 he 
went to Edinburgh a perfeét Stranger — was examined 
by Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Simpfon in Phyfic, and by 
Dr. Young in Midwifery—That he has attended the 
Felons in the Wards of the prefent Gaol, as Sur- 
geon, Apothecary, and Phyfician ; but it was fo long 
fince, that he had forgot their Names and Number; 
but never was employed as Surgeon, Apothecary, or 
Phyfician, to the Gaol, by the County; but believes Mr. 
Griffenboofe is fo employed — That he certainly thinks 
the Situation of his own Houfe in Chelmsford to be 
very wholefome ; becaufe he has before faid, That he 
thinks the Town of Chelmsford, in its prefent State, 
a healthful Town—That it is a very fmall Afcent 
from his Houfe to the White Horfe Inn, but he ne- 
ver took the Level — That there is a Road to the 
Fields and Meadows below, on the North Side of 
the White Horfe Inn, for Foot Paflengers, a dirty 
narrow Lane, through which run the Drain from the 
Greyhound Inn, fome little Houfes adjoining to it, 
but he never faw a Cart or Waggon in it — That 
he believed there was a Cart Way to thofe Mea- 
dows out of Dr. Gore’s Yard, but knows {fo little 
of it, that he cannot fpeak to a Certainty about the 
Cart Way—That he did not remember feeing fuch 
a Cart Way, but always underftood there was One 
—That the Eaft Side of the White Horfe Premifies 
Vor. XXXII. 


s 
, 


Is open to the Meadows and the Country; but con- 
fined to Buildings and Houfes on the other Three 
Sides, and is not near to the River Che/mer—That 
he has meafured it—That the Bottom of the White 
Horfe Inn Yard is 160 Yards from the River Chel- 
mer, and it is 290 Feet from the Bottom of the Bow/- 
ing Green to the River Chelmer — That the White 
Horfe Premiffes, below the Stables, are not free of 
Buildings on the South Side, there being the Sara- 
cen’s Head Inn Yard, and the Cock Pit, below them. 

Being afked, How near thofe Buildings are to the 

Bowling Green ?—he anfwered, I cannot pofitively fay, 

becaufe I never meafured the Space —That he be- 

lieves the Area before the White Horfe Inn may be 

much broader than the Harwich Road oppofite to the 

old Gaol; and that there is a Garden, belonging to 

the Saracen’s Head Inn, between the Bowling Green 

and the Meadow behind it, which he believes is 

about 3 ‘Feet lower than the loweft Part of the 

White Horfe Premiffes—That a Branch of the River 

Chelmer runs at the Foot of his Garden, clofe by 

his Garden, to the Black Boy Inn below—That he 

has a Terras in his Garden, with a Summer Houfe 

and Seats on it, which looks upon the fame Mea- 

dows and Country as the White Horfe Premiffes ; viz. 

Springheld Mill, and upon Moulbam Mill; the Wheels 

ot Springfield Mull he can fee conftantly going ; be- 

lieves the Wheels of Moulham Mill do the fame; 

which proves that the River Cam, near the Gaol, 

cannot be a ftagnate Water—That if running Wa- 

ter could be conveyed through a Gaol erected. at 

the White Horfe Inn, it would not contribute to the 

Health of it, equal to the River Can by the old 

Gaol, except they could convey that River through 

the White Horfe Inn Yard—That Knightbridge’s Spring 

is about 100 Yards from Burgeffe’s Well; but fo 

much lower than Burgeffe’s Well, that he don’t think 

it poffible to bring that Spring to the bite Horfe 

Inn Yard; but he never took the Level, or mea- 
{ured it—That the Market at Chelmsford is a very large 

one, and a great deal of Bufinefs carriid on there— 
That the Town of Chelmsford is a large populous Town, 
but has no Manufactory carried on in it, or near it; 
therefore the Inhabitants in general are rather in low, 
than affluent, Circumitances—They are fupported in ge- 
neral by their various Occupations, which Occupa- 
tions are entirely fupported by their Markets, Fairs, 
and other Public Meetings ; therefore, whatever injures 
or deftroys thofe Fairs and Markets, muft certainly 
ruin that Town ; and he is very clear, if the Gaol is 
removed from the old Scite to the White Horfe Inn, 
that will be the Confequence ; becaufe the Town of 
Chelmsford ftands near the Middle of a Circle, fur- 
rounded by 10 or 12 Merket Towns; viz. Whittam 8 
Miles—Braintree 11—Dunmow 12—Bifhops Stortford 18 
— Onger 12—Burntwood 11—Rumford 18—Billricky 83— 
Malden 10—Therefore, if any Thing in the Town of 
Chelmsford fhould impede or difturb that Market, there 
are Plenty of other Markets for thefe Farmers to fell 
their Corn and other Commodities at—That he was 
examined laft Year at the Committee, on the Effex Gaol 
Bill; and the Purport of the Evidence he then gave 
was the fame as this. 

The Agent for Sir William Mildmay informed your 
Committee, That with regard to fo much of his Pe- 
tition, as 1s againft any Application for the Removal of 
the Gaol from its prefent Spot to the White Horfe 
Premiffes, Sir William Mildmay refts his Cafe upon the 
Evidence already laid before the Committee; and as to 
the reft of his Petition, referves it to be heard before 
the Committee, to whom the Bill fhall be committed, 
in Cafe a Bill fhould be ordered in. 

Then the Agent for Mr. Ravenel] informed your 
Committee, That he would defer producing any Evi- 
dence, until a Bill fhall be ordered in by the Houfe ; 
and if fuch Bill fhall be brought in, then to be heard 

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before the Committee, to whom the fame fhall be com- 
mitted, againft any Matters to be contained in fuch 
Bill, to the Prejudice of Mr. Ravenell. - 
In Anfwer to the 2d, 3d, and 4th, mentioned Petitions, 
Mr. John Phillips, being examined, faid, That he is 
Carpenter to the Board of Works, and has been in Bu- 
fines ever fince the Year 1735—That he has viewed 
the Two Places, at the Defire of the Juftices of Effex— 
That, on the 18th of Fedruary laft, he went with Mr. 
Robinfon to Chelmsford, and viewed the Two Spots be- 
fore mentioned; on One of which, he was told, a new 
Gaol was intended to be built—and did declare,—1f,, 
That a new Gaol may be built at either Place—2dly, 
That the Body of fuch Building, from the Ground Floor 
upwards, will be the fame at both Places — 3dly, 
Confequently the Difference will only lay in making 
the Support, or Legs, for the before mentioned Super- 
ftructions—4thly, If done at the White Horfe Inn, and 
the Level of the Ground Floor is made Two Feet above 
Ground at the Entrance, according to a printed Plan 
now in his Hand, marked D, or any other Plan that 
may be agreed upon, which, at the Diftance of not 
more than Seven Feet downwards from the faid Ground 
Floor, will terminate upon a Foundation of Gravel, 
which, in his Opinion, will be fufficient to fuftain the 
Weight of the whole Building—s5rdly, If it 1s done on 
the Scite of the old Gaol, and the Ground Floor mace 
Level with the Road or Street, a good Foundation, in 
his Opinion, cannot be found, at lefs than 15 Feet down- 
wards from the faid Ground Floor, and that an Un- 
certainty, without piling and planking.—The Witnefs 
begs it might be obferved—That if the Level of the 
Ground Floor, at the White Horfe Inn, fhould be made 
higher than Two Feet above Ground, the Expence of 
building on that Spot will increafe—That if the Level 
of the Ground Floor, at the Scite of the Old Gaol, fhould 
be lower than the Road or Street, the Expence of build- 
‘ing there will decreafe — But whatever Plan may be 
agreed upon, for a new Gaol at Chelmsford, the Expence 
of building it will be greater on the Scite of the old 
Gaol, than at the White Horfe Inzn—For Example, If 
the Plan D, fhould be built on the Scite of the eld Gaol, 
it would coft, including wharfing the River, £. 3,000 
more than at the White Horfe Inn—That he was alfo 
defired to view the Shire Houfe, which he did, and 
upon Examination it plainly appeared, that fome ne- 
ceffary Repairs were wanting, which can eafily be done, 
and fo in Proportion for a greater or leffer Plan— 
That the Difference between Footing and Piling is, that 
Footing may be of either Brick or Timber, but we gene- 
rally apply it to Timber that lays flatways upon the 
Ground, inftead of being drove as Piles—Planking is the 
fame—Piling is a Piece of Timber drove perpendi- 
cularly down. 

Being afked, If a Part of a new Gaol was to be ereét- 
ed at the old Spot firft, for the Purpofe of placing the 
Prifoners there when built, and then to proceed on the 
other Part, how long, in his Opinion, would it be be- 
fore the new built Part was fit for the Reception of 
the Prifoners ?—he faid, That as foon as that Part of 
the Building is completed, it will be fit for the Con- 
finement of Prifoners ; but he does not think it right to 
put them in, until the Walls were thoroughly dry, 
which, he thinks, fhould be Two Summers; the Sum- 
mer when built, and carried in the latter Part of the 
next—The other Part of the Building would require 
the fame Time to dry—That it would be better to 
carry all the Building up together, if poffible, upon Ac- 
count of its Settlements; but you may carry up de- 
tached Wings of a Building, belonging to the fame 
Place, without any Injury — That when they examin- 
ed and bored the Ground at the old Spot, there was 
Water in all the Places; but he does not apprehend 
there is any real Spring in the Depth that was bored, and 
in thofe Holes which he examined that were bored be- 
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Places, was the Weeping of the main Land, or came from 
the River, in his Opinion—That he bored from about 
10 Feet to 11 Feet 6 Inches—The Holes that he faw 


‘bored, were all a Sort of marfhy Clay; and there did 


not appear, from the Matter the Spoons brought up, 
that there was any Strata that fhewed there was a Spring ; 
but fometimes it happens, and he has known it by 
Experience, where a Layer of Sand, not more than a 
Straw’s Breadth, has produced Water, in a clayey Situa- 
tion—That he thinks it will be neceflary to wharf 
againft the River—and he included this in the £. 3,000 
k ftimate. 

Being afked, If he did, in the Survey of the White 
Horfe Premiffes and the Meadows below, obferve any 
Diches filled with Mud and Filth, which would, in 
his ,Opinion, obftruét the Draining the Premiffes at 
the White Horfe, or render that Situation unwhole- 
fome for a Gaol ?—he faid, He did not fee any Ditch 
that would do an Injury to the intended Buildings , 
becaufe he apprehends, whoever is employed in carry- 
ing on the Work, will keep the Level of the Ground 
Floor, fo as to make a fufficient Drain to a Branch of 
the River Chelmer—That the King’s Bench is built fo 
low, that it is very inconvenient—There are no Ditches, 
in his Opinion, that will obftruét the Draining at the 
White Horfe, if the Gaol is properly built, not lower 
than Two Feet above Ground at the Entrance; 
and, he fhould think, no Ditch, to render it unwhole- 
fome. 

Being afked, If the Premiffes at the White Horfe are 
fo furrounded with Buildings, as to render it clofe and 
unwholefome for a Gaol to be built, according to the 
Plan D ?—he anfwered, That there will be no Building 
adjoining it, but on the South Side ; becaufe the Front 
of the new Gaol will be to the Weft, the Back to the 
Faft, and the Entrance to the North, at the Lane 
which goes to the Meadows—There are Three Sides 
will be free from Buildings. 

Being afked, If that Ground was equally free from 
Buildings as the old Spot ?—he faid, They are pretty 
much alike. 

Being afked, Whether a Gaol built at the White Hor/e 
Inn, atter the Plan D, would be, in his Opinion, dan- 
gerous or obnoxious to the Market or Town of Chelns- 
ford ?—he faid, That depends entirely upon the Num. 
ber of Inhabitants this Gaol is to hold; for if you 
{tive a great Number of People together, it will cer- 
tainly be obnoxious, but if the Apartments of the 
Gaol are made fo, as to keep the Prifoners in Health, 
and the Gaol kept clean from Time to Time, he can- 
not apprehend it will be obnoxious. 

Being afked, If there is a Neceflity of adding Pub- 
lic Rooms, Grand Jury Room, Petty Jury Reom,- and 
Record Room, to the Court Houfes, whether he would 
advife the County to repair the prefent, or pull them 
down and erect a new, Edifice?—he faid, I think that 
Queftion relates to the Gentlemen of the County — My 
Opinion is, that Plans fhould be made with Additions 
to the prefent Shire Houfe, and alfo for a new Build- 
ing—which laft I fhould give the Preferénce to.— 
He hikewife faid, That in digging at the White Hor/e 
Inn, Part of the Earth appeared to be a Sort of Brick 
Earth—He faw a Well there, which, when he meafured 
it, it was 9 Feet from the Surface of the Ground to 
the Water, and the Water was 4 Feet 10 Inches deep, 
which is about 4 Feet higher than the Water in the 
Branch of the Chelmer—That the Level of the Ground 
in Front, at the White Horfe Inn, is 13 Feet higher 
than the Branch of the River Chelmer; and that he 
took the Level himfelf—That, in his Opinion, the Town 
will be much ornamented and benefited by Build- 
ings being made upon the Plan that-he has feen for a 
new Gaol and Shire Houfe; and that in his Judgment, 
as an Architect, he fhould prefer the White Horfe pre- 
ferable to the other Situation. 

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Chelmsford ?—he faid, at the Requeft of Bamber Ga/- 
coyne, Barney Bramfton, and Fobn Strutt, Efquires, fig- 
nified to him by Mr. Hillyer—and that he bored 10 
Feet down at leaft. 

Being afked, If he did not find a Bed of Gravel and 
Clay at the Depth of Three or Four Feet, or any other 
Depth ?—he faid, He faw Two Holes bored, and there 
did not appear any fuch Matter in them — That, pre- 
vious to his going down, Mr. Hillyer told him, he 
would have all the Holes bored, every one of which 
he examined with a Rod, and the Bottom of thofe Places 
was {till a Clay—That he afked the Pump Borer why 
he did not bore deeper ?—who faid, He had not Inftru- 
ments for that Purpofe —That, when Mr. Hillyer was 
with him in Town, he defired him to bore, where the 
oreateft Weight of Building would be fixed, in feveral 

laces ; and the Holes that he faw, Mr. Hillyer did fay 
it was under the moft weighty Part of the Building-—and 
that he knew nothing of it himfelf—That when he faw 
thefe Holes, there was fome Water in them, about 
Two Feet of the Surface—That moft of the Holes were 
full within Two Feet of the Surface, and about 8 Feet 
Depth of Water in the Holes. 

Being afked, If he apprehended, that, in a Hole filled 
8 Feet with Water, he could, by trying it with a Rod, 
form any accurate Opinion of the intermediate Strata be- 
tween the Bottom of the Hole and Level of the Wa- 
ter ?—he faid, It is impoffible any Man can—That the 
Holes dug in his Prefence were about 72 Feet diftant 
fiom the Holes dug by his Order before he came. 

Being afked, If he did not conceive, that, at the Dif- 
tance of 72 Feet, the Strata of Earth may differ ex- 
tremely ?—he faid, Undoubtedly, for Nobody can tell 
the Courfe of Nature. 

“Being afked, If he thought, becaufe no Stratum of 
Gravel was found in the Two Holes he bored, to 
the Depth of 1s Feet, fit for a Foundation of a 
Gaol, that therefore there was no proper Foundation, 
at any Space between thofe and the other Holes ?— 
he faid, Iam of Opinion, that, at the Scite of the 
old Gaol, there is not any Foundation that will 
do without planking, it appearing to me to be a 
marfhy Piece of Ground—That he means the whole 
Spot of Ground that was marked as intended to be 
built upon, and that only—That he apprehends the 
Spot where the prefent Gaol is built, is comprehended 
within the defigned Plan for erecting a new Gaol. 

Being afked, If there is not a Method in Build- 
ing, to fpread or widen the Foundation of the Walls 
at the Bottom, diminifhing the fame, in every Courfe 
of Brick or Stone upwards, to the Surface of the 
Ground of the intended Building, without ufing Piles ? 
—he faid, Paft a Doubt, from a good Foundation , 
and no one would do it from a bad one ; but that he 
could not tell the additional Expence of building in 
this Manner, if the Foundation fhould require it. 

Being afked, Whether the Ground, at the old Spot, 
will not allow a fufficient Foundation, equal to the 
erecting a Building Two Story high, fit for a Gaol, 
with Walls, not exceeding 24 Feet in Height ?—he faid, 
He was ftill of Opinion, that a fufficient Foundation can- 
not be found, at lefs than 15 Feetfrom the Road or 
Street, without Piling or Planking ; and is not certain 
that there is a good Foundation at 15 Feet, becaufe, 
when he put the Rods into the Holes, to probe them, 
he found nothing but Clay—That he thinks the Ex- 
pence of building a Gaol will be greater.on the old 
Spot than at the White Horfe; becaufe he is of Opi- 
nion, that a good Foundation can be found, in a lefs 
Depth from the Ground Floor of the Gaol, at the 
White Horfe Inn, than at the Scite of the old Spot— 
That he did not obferve any particular Ditch, that would 
be obnoxious or hurtful to any Building to: be erected 
at the White Horfe Inn—That if there had been any, he 
fhould have found them out—That he did not fee any 


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that would obftruét any Gentleman’s Houfe: The 
Ground of the White Horfe Inn \ying fo much above 
the Meadows, that it would be fufficiently drained, let 
the Ground be what it would—That there was a Ditch 
at the left Hand of the Garden, next the Road, that was 
dry, only the common Run of the Drain of the Inn— 
That he did not obferve whether the other, at the Bot= 
tom of the Garden, was ftagnate or not; nor is it mate- 
rial to the Building, in his Opinion—That he did not 
particularly obferve any other Ditches—There is a little 
Ditch, or Drain, on the Right Hand, he believes, but is 


- not fure—That he was as attentive to thofe Premifles as 


the other, but he does not know with Precifion the Num- 
ber of Ditches; for this Reafon, As the Ground at the 
White Horfe Inn is confiderably above the Branch of 
the River; and, in his Opinion, the Drain to it would 
meet no Obftruétion—That the Difference of the Level 
between One Part of the White Horfe Premiffes, and 
the other, at the Bowling Green, the Extent of the Pre- 
milfes, he thinks, is 7 Feet—That, according to Mr. 
Hillyer’s Plan, the Gaol is intended to be built at the 
White Horfe, from the Street to the Bowling Green, 
and upon Part of the Bowling Green—That no Part of 
the Gaol comes up to the Street, according to the Plan 
D ; but he cannot tell the Diftance of that Part of the 
Wall facing the Street, to the Street. 

Being afked, Why he apprehends there is no Spring 
on the old Spot ?—he faid, He could only anfwer for 
the Two Holes he bored, becaufe in thofe Two Holes 
there did not appear any Strata of Ground that would 
produce a Spring—That he means only the Spot he 
faw, which was near the old Pump, near the Back 
Ground—That he viewed the Grounds, which he was 
told were intended to be purchafed, near the Gaol. 

Being afked, Whether he obferved any Springs there ? 
—he faid, He did not examine any there—That there 
may be, for aught he knows—No doubt there are 
Springs every where—That he faw One Pump, and 
One in the Gaol, but does not remember feeing Two 
other Pumps—That it was late when the Well was 
opened ; and Mr. Hillyer faid, he would bring an Ac- 
count of it-~That a Gaol, properly built, on the White 
Horfe Premiffes, he thinks, will not be attended with 
great Inconveniences to the Inhabitants of Chelmsford— 
That he believes a Gaol built in the Heart of the 
Town of Chelmsford will probably be attended with 
greater Inconveniency to.the Inhabitants, in Cafe of an 
epidemical Diftemper therein, than a Gaol built on the 
old Spot, at the End of the Town, becaufe a Gaol 
built in the Center of a Town, furrounded by Inhabi- 
tants, in Cafe of an epidemical Diftemper, will be more 
dangerous than if the Gaol is at the End of the Town 
—That it was in regard to Magnificence and Duration 
that he was of Opinion to pull down the Shire Houfe, 
in Cafe it fhould be neceffary to add Grand and Petty 
Jury, and Record Rooms, rather than add them to the 
prefent Building. 

Mr. William Robinfon, Surveyor to the Board of 
Works, being examined, faid, That he had been down 
to Chelmsford, and viewed the Scite of the prefent Gaol, 
and Grounds adjoining, on which a new Gaol is pro- 
pofed to be built—That he was there on Wednefday the 
13th February—That he went to the old Spot, and 
found there had been 5 or 6 Holes bored, in order to 
examine the Foundation—That he defired a Well 
Borer, who was there, to put his Inftrument into the 
farne Holes, that he might fee what Kind of Ground it 
was—That they bored a little lower than they had done 
before, and the Ground that was brought up by the In- 
ftrument was a black Morafs—That he examined feve- 
ral other Parts of the Grounds, on the Scite of the old 
Gaol, and found it to be the fame—That he went 
down a Second Time, on Monday the 18th, and ftood 
by the Well Borer ‘till he had bored {wo frefh Holes 
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were the Grounds intended’ to be purchafed for build- 
ing the new Gaol on) about 11 Feet deep; and found 
that to be the fame Kind of Ground as upon the Scite 
of the old Spot—Thiat, a little below the Surface, there 
was a Kind of Sand, or fmall Gravel, which feemed to 
have been formerly fome Kind‘of Walk ; and that there 
can be no natural Gravel upon that Scite; it is not the 
Kind of Earth—That he did not find any Strata or 
Soil that he could depend on, as a good Foundation for 
a public Building of any confiderable Weight, without 
an artificial Foundation being made with Timber—That 
if it was his own Freehold, and he was to build upon 
it for Pofterity, he would pile and plank it. It can’t 
be lefs than 10 Feet deep, becaufe he did not come to 
any Bottom at that Depth—That he apprehends there 
can be no Footing of Brick or Stone fit to carry a pub- 
lic Brick Building on that Scite ; for, the wider the Foot- 
ing fpreads, the more the Weight ; and cannot be lefs 
than 3 Feet in Water, and that ought to be built all 
in Terras, fuppofing the Bottom under that was good ; 
which will be an Expence nearly equal to piling and 
planking. 

Being afked, How deep the Brick Work mutt be, 
above the Piling, to the Floor of the Gaol ?—he faid, 
He does not know the Floor of the Gaol; but to the 
Level of the Road the Brick Work will not be lefs than 
7 Feet above the Piling ; and that the Level between the 
Road and the Floor of the prefent Gaol is about 4 Feet 
6 Inches—The Water came into the Holes, after they 
were bored about the Level of the River—That he 
apprehends the Wells, in the Premiffes adjoining to the 
old Gaol, are fupplied with Water that filters through 
the Mould or Ground upon the Face of that Morafs, 
as he met with no Strata of Ground, in his Boring, where 
there was any Probability of Springs—That he fur- 
veyed the White Horfe Premifles—That there had been 
feveral Holes bored before he went there; and he 
examined thofe Holes as he had done them in the old 
Spot; and from Two to Three Feet deep from the Sur- 
face was a black Garden Mould; and from Two to 
Three Feet below that, was a ftrong Loom, from 
which good Bricks might be made; under that was a 
hard binding Gravel, fit to carry any Weight of Build- 
ing, without any other Affiftance in the Foundation— 
That he obferved the Springs there—That, at the Up- 
per End, or Weft End, there is a Well, the Bottom 
of which is 13 Feet 10 Inches below the Surface next 
the Street, and 4 Feet 10 Inches Water in it—That he 
obferved another Spring, at the Eaft End of the Pre- 
miffes, which runs into a fmall Branch of the River 
Chelmer. 

Being afked, the Level of the Ground, to the Branch 
of the River Chelmer, below ?—he faid, From the Weft 
End, which is next the Street, to the Branch of the 
River Chelmer, is 13 Feet ; from the Street to the Bowl- 
ing Green, being a Defcent of Six Feet, and from the 
Bowling Green to the Branch of the River Chelmer, Se- 
ven Feet. , 

: Being afked, If he obferved any Ditches, on the White 
Horfe Premiffes, which would, in his Opinion, obftruct 
the Draining of a Gaol to be built there, or render the 
Situation unwholefome ?—he faid, There is a Ditch on 
the North Side, which drains the White Horfe Inn, but 
can be no Inconvenience to the Draining any Building 
to be erected there—That he thinks there is no Ob- 
ftruétion whatfoever, from draining the Premiffes at the 
White Horfe better than any other Place he had feen,; 
becaufe the Top of the Spring at the Weft End is 
4, Feet above the River, which will wath and cleanfe all 
the Drains that can be made upon thofe Premifiles— 
He had ereéted a public Building (the Infirmary of 
Greenwich Hofpital) where there are between Two and 
Three hundred People in it, and the Rooms are all 
perfectly fweet; greatly owing to the Drains being wafhed 
from the Water behind it. 

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furrounded with Buildings, as to render it, in his Opi- 
nion, clofe and unwholefome for a Gaol?—he faid, 
That on the South Side there is a Building, which ap- 
pears to be a Barn or Stable ; on the Weft, is the White 
Horfe Inn; on the North, Two {mall Cottages ; and 
the Eaft is open to the River Chelmer ; fo that he does 
not apprehend any Inconveniency, from Buildings ad- 
joining it, for the Purpofe of a Gaol being built there—. 
That the White Horfe Inn is fituate at the North Eaft 
Corner of the Town of Chelmsford, and on the Eaft 
Side of the Market Place. 

Being afked, If there will be any, and what, Differs 
ence in the Expence of ere€ting a new Gaol, accord- 
ing to Mr. Hillyer’s Plan, on the Scite of the old Gaol, 
and the Grounds adjoining, and at the White Horfe 2— 
he faid, If Mr. Hillyer’s Plan was to be executed at 
the old Spot, the Expence of the Foundation, ac- 
cording to his Eftimate, is £. 3,019, at Ten Feet deep 
of Piling more than at the White Horfe ; exclufive of 
the Advantage of making Bricks from Part of the 
Ground which muft be dug, at the White Horfe; and 
exclufive of the Wharf, which is in a very ruinous 
Condition, and would be a farther Expence of about 
£. 250, not lefs, he is fure-—The Entrance of the 
Gaol to be built, according to Mr. Hillyer’s Plan, at 
the White Horfe, will be upwards of 200 Feet from 
the Market Place; and the Felons Wards about 240 
Feet from the Street—That, if ‘the prefent Shire Houfe 
is fet back in the Manner propofed, there will be a 
large Area from the Weft Front of the White Horfe 
Inn to the Conduit, much larger than now is. 

Being afked, If he thinks a Gaol built at the Wise 
Horfe, {o open to this Area in the Front, and to the 
Country and River on the Eaft, muft be lefs ‘infec- 
tious and dangerous to the Inhabitants of Che/ms- 
ford, than a Gaol built at the old Spot ?—he faid, He 
thinks it will be wholefomer for the Prifoners ; and, be- 
ing nearly the higheft Part of the Town, and open 
to the South Eaft, the Infeétion (fhould there be any) 
will not be fo dangerous as in the Bottom, where the 
prefent Gaol is, and lefs dangerous to the Inhabitants. 

Being crofs examined, he was afked, Who defired 
him to go to Chelmsford, for the Purpofe of taking the 
Surveys he had mentioned ?—and faid, On the rith of 
February, Mr. Hillyer came to me, and told me, that a 
Gao! was intended to be built at Chelmsford; and that 
Mr. Gajcoyne, and fome more Gentlemen, would be 
glad that I would go down, and examine the Founda- 
a of the wry Places ; which I did. 

eing afked, Whether the Greyhound Jun is 
to the White Horfe Premiffes, ai the North, init hot 
near ?—he faid, It is on the North, towards the Street 
but not near where the Gaol is intended to be built. 

Being afked, Whether the White Horfe Premiffes are 
not bounded on the South by the Cotfee Houfe and 
Saracen’s Head, with the Stables and other Buildinos 
to them belonging ?—he faid, The Saracen’s Head and 
Coffee Houfe are on the South Side towards the Street 
but will not be near the new Building ; fome Part 
of the Stabling (not a Sixth Part) will—That the Fence 
Wall of the Prifon, intended to be built at the White 
Horfe, is adjoining the Street—That he does not re- 
member he was ever there on a Market Day, or at a Fair ; 
and does not know where the Market People, and 
thofe who refort to the Fairs, generally affemble, as he 
knows but little of the Town—That the Scite of the 
White Horfe Inn is on the Eaft. Side of the Market 
Place, on the North Eaft Part of the Town, and 
thinks it is not near the Middle of the Town, That 
he did not meafure, but thinks it upwards of 100 
Feet from the Court Houfes—That the old Spot is 
adjoining the Bridge; and, he believes, at the End of 
Moulfham, before you enter into the Town of Chelms- 
ford — That there is a River, which he believes is 
borg the Can, fituate between Moulham and Chelms- 
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Being afked, If that River runs clofe to the pre- 
fent Gaol, and feparates the Town of Chelmsford from 
the Gaol? —he faid, When he faw that Water, it 
did not run at all, but it is fituated clofe to the 
Gaol, and feparates the Gaol from the Town of Chelzs- 
ford, and may be 20 Feet broad or upwards, but 
he does not know the Depth. 

‘Being afked, If he was of Opinion, that a Gaol, 
thus fituated before the Entrance into Chelmsford, 
and parted from the Town by this River, is more 
dangerous,.and would be a greater Annoyance to the 
Inhabitants of Chelmsford, in Cafe of an infectious 
Gaol Diftemper, than a Gaol built on the White 
Horfe Premiiles, although the White Horfe Premifies 
adjoin to the Market Place, and is furrounded by the 
Houfes of the Inhabitants, and fuch Market Place 
is the ufual Refort of Perfons frequenting the Markets 
and Fairs?—he faid, I think the White Horfe Pre- 
miffles more open than the old Spot is; and, from 
its Situation, a better Air, and capable of being 
much better drained —I think there is lefs Danger 
to the Inhabitants from a Gaol being built there— 
fhould think they would be equally dangerous to the 
Inhabitants ; but the White Horfe being neareft the 
Market Place, the Infection at the White Horfe would 
be more dangerous to the People attending the Market. 

Being afked, Whether a Brick Kiln, and making 
Bricks, at the White Horfe, would not in any Degree 
be an Annoyance to the Inhabitants of the Town of 
Chelmsford ?—he faid, Not any material one, becaufe 
it is only for Part of a Summer—That the Bricks 
would be made next the Branch of the River Chel- 
mer, which is not near the Town. 

Mr. Charles Mills, Surveyor and Carpenter, being 
examined, faid, He went to Chelmsford on the 12th 
of February, and was there, with a proper Man along 
with him to bore the Ground — That he faw Six 
Holes bored, and ftood by the Man the whole Time 
—Upon the old Spot, the Holes he bored were from 
10 to 12 Feet deep, and he found it all to be marfhy, 
except Three or Four Feet from the Surface, where he 
found a Sort of Sand Three or Four Inches thick, and 
the Soil rather drier than the other; but the lower 
he went, he looked upon the Foundation to be worfe, it 
was quite Mud and Water — After they had done 
boring, he tried Two of the Holes, and put his Rule 
down, and found Water, and that Water was level 
with the Water in the River, as near as he could guefs, 
by putting his Rule down— That he did not bore 
or examine the Grounds adjoining to the prefent Gaol ; 
but went into them, and obferved them to be upon the 
iame Level; and apprehends them to be the fame 
Soil— That he went to the White Horfe, and there 
bored; at about-20 Inches, or Two Feet, he found 

sround Mould; near 3 Feet deeper-a Brick Earth, 
and then a Gravel—That he went no further, think- 
ing it to be a very good Foundation—That he open- 
ed the Ground with a Spade, and found the Strata 
of the Earth the fame as where he bored — That 
where he bored at the old Spot, he found no Soil 
that he could depend on as a good Foundation ‘for 
a County Gaol, or any Building at all; and he would 
not rifque his. Credit and Charaéter by fo doing—That 
he would not put any Brick Work upon that Foun- 
dation, until he had planked and piled it —That he ap- 
prehends the Wells, adjoining to the old Gaol, are fup- 
plied with Water by the Draining from that marfhy 
Ground ; but he never bored the fame. 

Being afked, Which of the Two Spots, the White 
Horfe, or the old Spot, with the Grounds adjoining, 
he would chufe to build a Gaol upon; and what 
would be the Difference in the Expence, according 
to Mr. Hillyer’s Plan? —he faid, He fhould make 
Choice of the White Horfe, becaufe there is a Foun- 
dation ready made, without making one—and added, 

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that to make One at the old Spot, and the adjoin- 
ing Premiffes, will coft £. 3,000 and upwards, and 
the Wharf £. 250, or more than will be at the Wdite 
Horfe—That he thinks the Ground at the White Horfe 
may be fupplied with Water; for he would venture 
to fay, you might put Six Pumps upon it; and as 
for draining, there is 13 Feet Current; which will drain 
any Thing ‘that is wanted—That the Spring of Water 
rifes Six Feet below the Road, and 5 Feet upon the 
Bowling Green—Two Feet higher at the Bowling Green 
than the Level of the River—That, when he was 
there, he went down to the Arm of the River, and 
there faw the Springs, oozing out of the Premiffes at 
the White Horfe, running down to the Branch of the 
Chelmer, which was froze at that Time, but the 
Springs were not— That he was at the old Spot, 
February 12th and-13th, and went each Day to it along 
with Mr. Hillyer, Mr. Furrer, Pump Maker, and one 
Mr. Barnes, a Bricklayer; and the Gaoler was in and 
out with them, and pointed out the Premiffes to him— 
That he faw a Pump on the old Spot, but did not 
try it, and another on the Grounds adjoining, but 
did not examine it; fome of the Company laid hold 
of it, but could get no Water, to the beft of his 
Memory—That he believes there are no Springs upon 
the Place, according to the Nature of the Soil-—-That 
the adjoining Grounds, propofed to be purchafed, lie 
further from the River than the Scite of the prefent 
Gaol—That it is probable the further the Ground is 
from the River, the more proper it will be for the 
Foundation of a Gaol. 

Being afked, In what Part of the old Spot they 
bored ?—he faid, Down in the Garden, on the other 
Side of the Gaol, and then bored higher up, where 
they faid the Gaol was to ‘be built, and then bored 
One Hole in the Yard, where the Felons are; and 
found all alike, as near as poffible—That the Dit- 
ference between the Level of the Ground ‘of the 
Front of the prefent Gaol, and the Garden below, 
is about Six Feet, in his Opinion, but did not mea- 
fure it. 

Being afked, Whether he calculated the Expence of 
making good the Foundation, in the Manner he fpoke of, 
from his own Obfervations, or from the Obfervations 
of any Body elfe ?—he faid, from his own Obfervations, 
with Mr. Phillips, Mr. Robinfon, and Mr. Hillyer. 

Mr. William Hillyer, being again examined, faid, 
he had made an Eftimate for carrying into Execution the 
Plans produced by him—That the Expence of the 
Gaol 1s £.12,784 at the White Horfe, exclufive of 
Purchafe; and the Eftimate of the Affize Houfe is 
£. 9,704, exclufive of Purchafe; and that he can find 
feveral eminent People of Credit to execute both, and 
eive proper Security to execute them according to his 
Eftimate. 

Being crofs examined, he was afked, What Number 
of Houfes he intends to pull down, for carrying into 
Execution his Plan of the Court Houfes ?—and faid, 
He thought there are 8 little Houfes or Tenements, 
which. he values at £. 2,000, to be purchafed. 

Being afked, Whether he drew any Plans, or made 
any Eftimates, for improving or enlarging the prefent 
Court Houfes, without pulling them down ?—he faid, 
He had nct. 

Mr. Chriftopher Griffenboofe, being examined, faid, he 
has been Surgeon and Apothecary to the County Gaol 
at Chelmsford 15 Years, and was appointed by the Court 
of Quarter Seffions. 

Being afked his Opinion of the Situation of the pre- 
fent Gaol, with refpect to the Health of the Prifoners, 
particularly in the Felons Wards ?—he faid, I think it 
very unhealthy, the Situation being low, damp, and 
frequently overflowed in the Winter—In high Floods, 
have known it to come under the Wicket in the Prefs 
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the Felons lie—During the Time I have had the Care 
of the Gaol, have had, almoft every Winter, feveral 
Felons under my Care, with Gangrenes and Mortifica- 
tions—In the Year 1766 or 1767, I had Three under 
my Care, who died of Mortifications—And that he ap- 
prehends, the Dampnefs of the Situation occafioned, or 
contributed to, the ill Health of the Prifoners. 

Being afked his Opinion of the Situation of the 
White Horfe for a Gaol, with refpect to the Health and 
Convenience of the Prifoners?—he faid, I look upon 
it as an open airy Situation, a good Foundation, and 
if a Gaol is built on the Bowling Green, according to 
Mr. Hillyer’s Plan, I think the Health of the Prifoners 
will be better preferved than in the prefent Situation ; 
for there are no Buildings, except in the Front next the 
Town, and a Cockpit and Cow Houfe on the South 
Side ; and there are Two Gardens between the Bowling 
Green and thofe Buildings, 

Being afked, If he thinks a Gaol, built at the White 
Horfe, will be more likely to communicate any in- 
fetious Diforder that may happen to be in the Gaol, 
to the Inhabitants and Paffengers in the Town of 
Chelinsford, than a Gaol to be built over the old Spot 
and the Grounds adjoining ?—he faid, I do not, for 
it will ftand go or 100 Yards back from the Town— 
The Prifoners may be carried to the Court Houfes 
Two or Three at a Time, more or lefs, as they are 
wanted ; whereas, from the prefent Situation, they are 
obliged to be brought upon a Chain through the Heart 
of the Town, where Numbers of Country People flock 
to fee them, and attend them from the Gaol up to the 
Court Houfe; fo that if there was any infectious Dif- 
order, it would be more likely to fpread it—The Si- 
tuation of the White Horje, is in a Part of the Town 
where there is very little Traffic ; whereas the prefent 
Situation is the greateft Traffic I apprehend of any in 
England, from London down to Harwich; and _alfo, 
when the Prifoners are carried to the Court Houfe, 
they are confined in a narrow Pound, which is fcarcely 
big enough to contain the Number of Prifoners that 
are carried up, and the Stands round the Pound are 
filled with Country People—That the Number of 
Houfekeepers in Chelmsford, exclufive of the Hamlet of 
“Moul/bam, he believes to be 230, or upwards. 

Being crofs examined, he was afked, What Part of 
the Scite of the old Gaol he has feen overflowed ?—and 
faid, The Yard, below the Wicket, and the Brew Houfe; 
‘and, in high Floods, has feen it come under the 
Wicket, into the Prefs Yard, but never faw it in any 
of the Wards—That he never faw Mr. Baldwyn’s or 
Mr. Holmes’s Plans, but knows the Ground of the pre- 
fent Situation, and alfo the adjoining Grounds. 

Being afked, Whether, in Cafe the Foundation of a 
Gaol there, is elevated 3 or 4 Feet, he thinks it would 
not then be liable to any Inconvenience from Floods &gt;— 
he faid, He believes it would not be overflowed, but 
the Ground, being of a morafly Nature, would ftrike a 
Damp into the Prifon; and no way eligible to build a 
Gaol upon—That the prefent Gaol is out of the Town 
of Chelmsford. 

Being afked, Whether a Gaol in the Town would 
not be a greater Nufance and Annoyance to the Inha- 
bitants of that Town, than one that ftands out of it? 
—he faid, I do not think fo, for the Reafons already 
given—That the White Horfe Inn ftands clofe to the 
Market Place—That he thinks the Mortification, of 
which the 3 Felons died, in 1766 or 1767, was oc- 
cafioned by the Water’s overflowing this Gaol, for this 
Reafon—The -Water foaking under the Wards, and 
the Coldnefs of the Seafon, occafioned Obftructions, 


which brought on the Mortifications—That he. does. 


not remember, that thofe Felons were brought from 
Newgate—That they had not. any Gangrenes_ before 
they came into the Gaol, to his Knowlege, but he does 
not. know whether they had or not, that he could not fay 


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how long they had been confined in the Gaol, before 
he took Notice of the Gangrenes; but on the Firft At- 
tack of an Inflammation, which preceded the Mortifica- 
tion, he was fent for— That a Gaol, built at the 
White Horfe, may be fupplied with Water from 
Knightbridge’s Spring by Pipes—That he had made an 
Obfervation of it, and faw a Level taken of it Yefter- 
day—That Knightbridge’s Spring is a Quarter of a 
Mile, or rather better, from the White Herfe Inn; it is 
about 100 Yards from Burgeffes’s Well, that iupplies 
the Town—But there is another Spring, in a Field ad. 
joining to the End of the Town, belonging to Mr, 
Wallinger, which would fupply the Gaol with a fufi- 
cfent Quantity of Water. 

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


Ordered, ‘That the Journal of this Houfe, from the 
End of the laft Seffion of Parliament to the End of this 
preient Seffion, be printed. 

Ordered, That One thoufand Five hundred Copies 
of the faid Journal be printed, by the Appointment, 
and under the Direction, of Yobn Hatfell, Efquire, 
Clerk of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Journal be printed by fuch 
Petfon as fhall be licenfed by Mr. Speaker ; and that 
no other Perfon do prefume to print the fame. 

Refelved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to or- 
der the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds to be advanced 
to Fobu Hatfell, Efquire, Clerk of this Houfe, towards 
defraying the Expence of printing the Journal of ths 
Houle, from the End of the laft Seffion of Parliament to 
the End of this prefent Seflion, and to defray fuch extra- 
ordinary Expences as have been incurred on Account 
of the printed Journals of this Houfe; and to affure 
His Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the fame. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to 
order a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred Pounds, to 
be advanced to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the Speaker 
of this Houfe fhall authorize to receive the fame, to- 
wards further defraying the Expence of making a Gene- 
ral Index to the Journals of this Houfe ; and to affure 
His Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the fame. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majetty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to order the 
further Sum of Six thoufand Pounds to be advanced 
towards defraying the Expence of printing One thoufand 
Two hundred and Fifty Copies of fuch Parliamentary and 
other Records as His Majefty fhall think fit; and to af- 
ih His Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the 

ame. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to 
order the Sum of Two hundred and Eighty Pounds to 
be paid to William France, for furnifhing the New 
Committee Chamber, and Apartments belonging to this 
Houfe; and to affure His Majefty, that this Houfe 
will make good the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Addreffes be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
His Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Report, which was made from the 
Committee, who were appointed to examipe into the , 
feveral Facts and Circumftances relative to the late Ob- 
{tructions to the Execution of the Orders of this Houfe, 
and to confider what further Proceedings may be re- 
quifite to inforce a due Obedience thereto; and to re- 
port their Proceedings, together with their Opinion, 
from Time to Time, to the Houfe, be printed: And 
that Mr. Speaker do aproint the Printing thereof ; and 
that no Perfon, but fuch as he fhall appoint, do pre- 
fume to print the fame, 


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A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; to incapacitate Fohn Burnett, Charles Hannington, 
Thomas Hafelgrove, Ralph Moor, Thomas Parfons, Tho- 
mas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fobn Hanning- 
ton, John Robinfon, William Cheefman, George Browne, 
John Parfons, fobn Curl, Frederick Dean, William Dean, 
Samuel Tuppen, Fohn Sawyers, Thomas Crowter, Thomas 
Pockney, fofeph Dedman, Fohn Dean, fohnWhiting, William 
Stevens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, Fobn Hogsflefo, 


» Fohn Purfe, Fohn Dean, Thomas Fennings, Fobn Snook 


Junior, Richard Tilftone, William Turner, Walter Sawyers, 
Charles Mitchell, Fobn Farmand, Fohn Wood, Friend Da- 
niel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hillman, Thomas Ro- 
berts; Fobn Afoman, William Cooter, Thomas Froft, Michael 
Smith, Richard Carver, Michael Durrant, Eméry Churcher, 
Walter Broad, Richard Stoneham, Fames Bennett, Clement 
Freeman, William Fupp, Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, 
Fames Mitchell, Fames Millar, otherwife Miller, William 
Newnham, Feffery Carver, Randall Button, James Carvers 
John Martin, Fobn Dedman Senior, William Fennings, 
William Hards, Thomas Gear, William Rufbridge, Henry 
Robinfon, and Henry Hannington, from voting at Elections 
of Members to ferve in Parliament; and for the pre- 
veriting Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Mem- 
bers to fetve in Parliament for the Borough of New 
Shoreham, in the County of Suféx ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, © 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, belonging 
to Bofton Weft, in the County of Lincoln, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, belonging 
to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parith of Skirbeck, and County 
of Lincoln ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling certain Perfons to enclofe and embank Part 
of the River Thames, adjoining to Durbam Yard, Salif- 
bury Street, Cecil Street, and Beaufort Buildings, in the 
County of Middlefex ; without any Amendment : And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for divefting out of the Crown, and to veft in Gerald Fitz 
Gerald, of Rathrone, in the County of Meath, in the 
Kingdom of Jreland, Efquire, and his Heirs, the Rever- 
fion in Fee, of and in feveral Lands in Jre/and therein 
mentioned ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the more effectually preventing the Counterfeiting the 
Copper Coin of this Realm ; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend an Act, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, 
intituled, An Aé for extending like Liberty in the Ex- 
portation of Rice from Eaft and Weft Florida, to the 
Southward of Cape Finifterre in Europe, as is granted by 
former Acts of Parliament to Carolina and Georgia ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to explain an Aét, made in the Eighth Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, in- 
tituled, An A giving further Encouragement for the 
Importation of Naval*Stores, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, fo far as relates to the Importation 
of unmanufactured Wood of the Growth and Produét of 
America, and to explain fo much of an Aéct, made in the 
Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act for enlarging and 
regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to 
the Importation of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, landed 


at certain Places therein mentioned ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 


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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, and other 
Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a limited Time ; 
without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better Support and Eftablifhment of the Green- 
a and Whale Fifhery ; without any Amendment : And 
alio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to explain and amend an Aét, made in the lait Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Aét to regulate the Trials 
of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
ferve in Parliament; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for widening the Highways in that Part of Great Britain, 
called Scotland; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the feveral Streets 
and othet Paffages on the South Side of the City of 
Edinburgh, and for removing Nufances and Annoyances 
therefrom, and preventing the fame for the future; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enlarge the Term and Powers of Three Aéts, pafied 
in the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and the 
Nineteenth and Twenty-fixth Years of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and 
other Roads in the County Palatine of Lancaffer ; and 
for amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow 
Brow to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liver- 
pool, and alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh 
Houfe, in Liverpool aforefaid ; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for amending and widening the Road from Befelfeigh, 
ee Wantage to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, 
and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the County of 
Wilts, and from the Turnpike Road between Reading 
and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, to the Old Red 
Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from thence to Lam- 
born, in the faid County of Berks ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 
Money out of the Sinking Fund ; and for applying cer- 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one ; 
and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in 
this Seffion of Parliament ; for carrying to the Aggregate 
Fund a Sum of Money which hath arifen by the Two 
Sevenths Excife ; and for enabling the Commiffioners 
for executing the Office of Treafurer of His Majefty’s 
Exchequer, or the Lord High Treafurer for the Time 
being, to pay to Fobn Dobjon, Owner of the Greenland 
Ship Lord Molyneux, the Bounty due for the faid Ship 
on the laft Year’s Fifhery ; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Money to 
- raifed by a Lottery ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for granting a Bounty upon the Importation of Waite 
Oak Staves and Heading, from the Britifb Colonies or 
5 ens in America ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, for a further Time, an Aét, paffed in the 
Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét to prohibit the Importation of Foreign Wrought 
Silks and Velvets for a limited Time ; and for prevent- 
ing unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in 
the Silk Manufacture ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


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400 


for continuing feveral Laws for the better Regula- 
tion of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River Thames , 
for the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed 
or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or 
Excife; and for the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the 
Britifo Sugar Plantations before Payment of the Du- 
ties of Excife; for repealing fo much of an Aé@t, 
paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, intituled, An Act for preventing the 
Carriage of exceflive Loads of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and 
Coals, within Ten Miles of the Cities of London and 
Weftminfter, as relates to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, 
and Coals; and for authorizing the Exportation of a 
limited Quantity of an inferior Sort of Barley, called 
Bigge, from the Port of Kirkwall, in the Iflands of Ork- 
ney ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing, amending, and fupporting, the feveral 
Harbours and Sea Ports in the Ifle of Man; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for paving and keeping in Repair, the Streets, Lanes, 
and Paffages, in the Parifh of Saint Zvke, in the County 
of Middlefex, for removing Obftructions and Annoyances 
therein ; and for widening the Paffages at the Weft End 
of Chifwell Street, and at the South End of Brick Lane, 
in the faid Parifh ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and watch- 
ing, Haydon Square, the New Square, Haydon Yard, 
Sheepy Yard, Church Street, Little Church Street, other- 
wife The Church Paffage, Church Court, and Kenton Street, 
and the Paffages therein or leading thereunto, in the 
Parifh of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in The Mino- 
ries; in the County of Middlefex, within the Liberty of 


His Majefty’s Tower of Loudon ; and for other Purpofes . 


therein mentioned ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Commons and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Townfhip of Brampton-en-le-Mor- 
then, in the Weft Riding of the County of York ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 





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A771, 


for reducing into One A&amp; of Parliament, the fevers] 
Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage of Gun- 
powder ; and for more effectually preventing Mifchiefs, 
by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in too great Quan- 
tities ; without any Amendment: And alfo, — 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An A&amp; 
for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of Induftry, in the 
Ifle of Wight, tor the Reception, Maintenance, and Em- 
ployment, of the Poor, belonging to the feveral Parifhes 
and Places, within the faid Ifland ,; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the better paving, repairing, and cleanfing, the 
Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paffages, within 
that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County of 
York, which lies within the Eaft End of Wefgate Bridge, 
the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North End of 
Kirkgate Bridge, (except fo much thereof as is repair- 
ed by the Weft Riding of the faid County of York) 
and the extreme Part of the Townfhip of Wakefield 
aforefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor; 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein; and 
for widening and rendering the fame more commodious ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, | 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, in the 
Parifhes of Prefton and Stratton, in the County of Glou- 
cefer ; without any Amendment. ~ 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Jbdetfon, from 
the Commiffioners of Greenwich Hofpital, attended at 
the Door ; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented 
to the Houfe, purfuant to the Directions of an Act of 
Parliament, 

Report of the Commiffioners or Governors of the 
Royal Hofpital for Seamen at Greenwich, of what Money 
has been received out of the Rents and Profits of the 
Derwentwater Eftate, between 1ft of December 1769 and 
30th of November 1770, and of their Proceedings in car-,' 
rying on the Building. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Report was read. 

The faid Report is as followeth ; viz. 


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In 


XUM 


s1 Geo. III. « Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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On-Account of annual Rents 
Lead Mines 


In Obedience to the Direétions of an Aé of Parliament, paffed in the Eighth Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, 


intituled, An Act for the Application of the Rents and Profits of the Eftates forfeited by the Attainders of 


Fames, late Earl of Derwentwater, and Charles Radcliffe, 


Requiring the Commiffioners or Governors of the Royal Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, to contract and 
agree with able and fufficient Tradefmen, Artificers, and other Perfons, for the finifhing and completing, 
in a workmanlike and fubftantial Manner, on the eafieft and moft reafonable Terms, according to the 
Plan laid before the Houfe of Commons; and to lay their Proceedings therein before His Majefty and 


both Houfes of Parliament refpectively ; 


The Commiffioners or Governors of the faid Royal Hofpital do humbly report as followeth ; 


There has been received, between the 1ft of Decomber 1769, and the 30th November 1770, out of the Rents 


and Profits of the Eftate; wiz. 


wm 


As to the Proceedings in carrying on the Building. 


At the new Infirmary. 


Building Walls to inclofe the Drying Grounds, putting Iren Rails and Gates to the North 
Eaft and South Fence Walls, gravelling the Walks and Courts ; which Works have been 


brought to Account, and amount to the Sum of 


At the South Weft Pavilion of King Charles Building. 


Taking down Part of the old Building, and digging the Foundation for the new Building, and 
bringing up the Walls to the Top of the Floor over the Cellars; which amounts to the 


Sum of 





[ahem 


Ordinary Works; wiz. 


Repairs in the feveral Wards, Officers Apartments, Brewhoufe, Brewing Vefiéls, Sewers, Drains, 
Pipes, Walks, Courts, Roads, and other neceffary Works, for the Service of the Hofpital, 


amounts to the Sum of expat pone 


N.B. There has been paid by the Receivers, out of the Money arifing from the Rents | 
and Profits of the Eftate, between the 1ft December 1769 and 30th 


Account of Repairs 





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By Order of the Commiffioners, 


1 May 1771. 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table, 
to be: pérufed by the Members of the Houtfe. 


Ordered, That the Committee, appointed, upon Thar/- 
day the 28th Day of March oP ag pa into a 
Caufes and Occafions of‘the Riots and Tumults of the 
Perfons who affembled.on feveral Days, in the Ave- 
hues leading‘to this Houfe, and attacked the Perfons 


ef the Members coming; to attend their Duty in Parlia- 
Vou, XXXII. 


Fu? Ibbetfon: 


ment, do report to the Houfe, at their next Meeting, 


what Progrefs they havé made‘in the Matter to them 
referred, 


Ordered, That'the (aid Committee do meet To-mor- 
row Morning. — 


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

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402 


liament for the Borough of Wootton Baffet, in the 
County of Wilts, in the Room of the honourable Henry 
St. Fobn, who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, 
hath accepted the Office of One of the Grooms of His 
Majefty’s Bedchamber. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Wednefday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 8° die Mai; 
Anno 11° Georgii III Regis, 1771. 


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AL199t, 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Shafte/bury, in the County 
of Dorfets-in the Room of Sir Ralph Payne, Knight of 
the Moft honourable Order of the Bath, who, fince his 
Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office 
of Governor of the Leeward Iflands. 


Mr. Seymour reported frorn the Committee, appointed, 
upon Thurfday the 28th Day of March laft, to enquire 
into the Caufes and Occafions of the Riots and Ty. 
mults of the Perfons who affembled on feveral Days, in 
the Avenues leading to this Houfe, and attacked the 
Perfons of the Members coming to attend their Duty 
in Parliament ; That the Committee had inquired ac- 


. cordingly, and had directed him to report a State of 


PRAYERS. 


R. Treafurer of the Houfehold -reported to the 
M Houfe, That their Addrefs of Tue/day the 3oth 
Day of April laft (that His Majefty would be gracioufly 
pleafed to confer fome Dignity in the Church upon the 
Reverend Doétor King, Chaplain to this Houfe) had 
been prefented to His Majefty; and that His Majefty was 
pleafed to fay, that He will confer fome Dignity in the 
Church upon the Reverend Dottor King, Chaplain to 
this Houfe, as is defired. 

Mr. Treafurer of the Houfehold reported to the 
Houfe, That their Addrefies of Monday laft (that His 
Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to order the Sum 
of Eight hundred Pounds to be advanced to obn 
Hatfell, Efquire, Clerk of this Houfe, towards defray- 
ing the Expence of printing the Journal of this Houfe, 
from the End of the_laft Seffion of Parliament to the 
End of this prefent Seffion, and to defray fuch extraor- 
dinary Expences as have been incurred on Account of 
the printed Journals of this Houfe; and to aflure His 
Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the fame ; 
and alfo, a Sum not exceeding Five Hundred Pounds, 
to be advanced to fuch Perfon or-Perfons as the Speaker 
of this Houfe fhall authorize to receive the fame, to- 
wards further defraying the Expence of making a Ge- 


neral Index to the Journals of this Houfe ; and to affure’ 


His Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the fame; 
and alfo, the further Sum of Six thoufand Pounds to be 
advanced, towards defraying the Expence of printing 
One thoufand Two hundred and Fifty-Copies of fuch 
Parliamentary and other Records as His Majefty thall 
think fit; and to affure His Majefty, that this Houfe 
‘will make good the fame; and alfo, the Sum of Two 
hundred and Eighty Pounds to be paid to William 
France, for furnifhing the New Committee Chamber, 
and Apartments belonging to this Houfe; and:to affure 
His Majetty, that this Houfe will. make good the fame) 


had’ been “prefented to His Majefty; and that His 


Majefty had commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, 
that He will give Directions as defired by the faid Ad- 
drefies. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a. new Writ for 
the Eleécting of a Citizen to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the City of New Sarum, in the County 
of Wilts, in the Room of the honourable Edward 
Boaverie, who, fince his Eleétion for the faid City, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward. of His Majefty’s 
Manor of Eaft Hendred, in the County of Berks. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the'Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough .of- Orford, in. the County of 
Suffolk, im the Room of Edward Colemgn, Efquire, who, 
fince his Election’ for’ the faid Borough, hath accepted: 
the Office of Gentleman Ufher to His Majefty. 





the Evidence to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; 
Vid. 

Saunders Welch, Efquire, a Juftice of the Peace, faid, 
He attended at'the Houfe, on Wednefday the 27th of 
March, when the Mob was very diforderly, hooting 
and applauding the Members alternately—That. he at- 
tentively examined the Mob, but did not know any 
one Perfon; from whence he conjectures that they came 
from the Eaftern Part of the Town—That there ap- 
peared to be Management in their Difpofition, being 
drawn up § or 10 deep; and the Pelting came from 
thofe in the hindermoft Ranks, who were concealed b 
the Perfons in Front—That the Magiftrates made Ufe 
of both Threats and Perfuafions to difperfe the Mob, 
but without any Effect; nor was any Impreffion made, 
ull fome Gentlemen came down with the Sheriffs ; upon 
whofe Interpofition great Numbers of the Mob went 
away, and all was tolerablé quiet during the Remain- 
der of the Day—That he faw no other A&amp; of Violence 
but pelting with Dirt, nor obferved any Perfon particu- 
larly active, except a fall Man in White, and a fhort Man 
dreffed in Blue, who appeared to be Direétors of the Mob ; 
but they ftood in a Place where it was almoft impoffible to 
come_at them—-That one Man was taken up on the 
Steps of the Court of King’s Bench, who was brought 
afterwards to Guildball, and committed to the Gate- 
houfe. 

That he thinks Four Fifths of them went away when 
the Sheriffs came down; but that he did not fee any 
particular Signal for their Departure. 

That he knows of no Liquor or Provifions carried to 
the Mob; but there was fome Bread and Cheefe and 
Beer given to the Conftables. 

That there, are but 80 Conftables for the’City and 
Liberty of Wefminfter, who are: appointed by the De- 
puty High Steward and Burgefies ; and. that People of 
the better Sort ufually hire Men of mean Condition to 
officiate for them—That he thinks the Number of Con- 
ftables infufficient; and that it is impoflible to collect 
the whole Number together ; but it would be more eafy 
to collect them, if they were not fuffered to hire De- 
puties. 

That there was an Execution at Tyburn on the 27th 
of March, which he looked upon as an unfortunate Cir- 
cumftance, many of the Mob coming from thence to 
Weftminfter—That the Conftables came likewife from 
Tyburn, and complained of the,Hardnefs of their Duty ; 
and that he thinks an additional Number of Contftables 
will tend to the Prefervation of the Peace. 

Charles Marfb, Efquire, another. Juttice of the Peace, 
confirmed the Evidence of Mr. Welch, except that he 
faid, he could not obferve any Thing like Difcipline 
among the Mob. And, ~~ ' 7 
- William Keeling, Efquire, confirmed Mr..Weleb’s' Evi- 
dence in every Particular. ~~~ 


_Mr. Sampfon-Rainsford; High: Conttable of Wefiwin- 
fer, faid, That he attended the Houfe on the Days 
§ above 


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11 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


above mentioned; and confirmed the above Evidence, 
in regard to the riotous Proceedings of the Mob: And 
added, That feeing a great Buftle, he enquired the 
Caufe, and was informed that the Mob were ufing 
Lord North ill—That he went up with his Silver Staff, 
and found Lord North on One Knee; and faw much 
Dirt thrown at his Carriage—That he went to his Affift- 
ance, and the Door being opened, Lord North got into 
a Room; but that he was too anxious for his Preferva- 
tion to make any Obfervation of particular Perfons— 
That One Man was taken, who had ftruck Two Con- 
ftables—That the Mob was very outrageous, and 
threatened to pull down the Houfe, if the Prifoner was 
not delivered to them; notwithftanding which, he was 
committed to the Gateboufe, and afterwards bailed— 
That he xaw no Violence offered to any Member but 
Lord North; and that one Houjfely was apprehended for 
having a Piece of Lord North’s Hat, but afterwards 
difcharged; and one Manning, a Shoemaker, is now in 
Prifon, but does not know any particular Fact. 

That he made it the Object of his Attention to find 
out if the Mob were under the Difcipline of any parti- 
cular Leaders, but could fee nothing like it; and 
thinks he fhould have difcovered it, had there been any 
fuch Thing—That the Hiffings and Shouts were gene- 
ral, from whence he prefumes the Members Names were 
told by Somebody ; but he faw no Signal. 

- That he had no Reafon. to think, from any Thing 
that occurred before, at, or after, the Riots, that any Ma- 
giftrate of the City of London was direCtly or indireétly 
concerned in procuring or abetting the Riots, but en- 
tirely the Reverfe—That Mr. Martin and Mr. Baker, 
the Two Sheriffs, appeared to be exceedingly concerned 
for the Riot, and, together with fome Members of the 
Houfe, applied to the Magiftrates for more Peace Offi- 
cers—That Mr. Welch was of Opinion no more could 
be made; but the Witnefs was of a contrary Opinion, in 
Support of which, he inftanced Sir Fobn Fielding having 
fhort Staves in his Cuftody for occafional Conftables : 
Upon which the Sheriffs faid, If you’ll procure us fome 
good Men, we will take upon us. to make Peace Offi- 
cers; and Twelve or Fourteen Men were appointed ac- 
cordingly—That the Sheriffs ufed every Method in their 
Power to diffuade the Mob from Violence—That Mr. 
Baker expoftulated with them in the Midft of the Crowd, 
and ufed every Argument with them to difperfe, as well 
by kind Invitations, as by reprefenting their Proceed- 
ings difagreeable to. all Order, and contrary to Law. 

That the Witnefs, neither before nor fince this Af- 
fair, knows any Thing of any Means ufed for procuring 
this Mob—That he faw no Provifions or Drink given 
to the Mob; and that he had fince ordered the Con- 
{tables in the Neighbourhood to enquire if any Houfes 
had been opened for their Entertainment, and was in- 
formed they could not find that any fuch Thing had 
been done; and that all the Provifions he faw was fome 
which he ordered for. the Refrefhment of the Con- 
ftables. 

. David Wilmot, Efquire, Juftice of the Peace for 
the County of Middlefex, informed your Committee, 
‘That one Daniel Clarke, 2 Weaver, came to his Houfe 
about 12 o’Clock at Night, on Tuefday the 26th of 
March, and told his Servant that 500 People, would 
appear the next Day at the Houfe of Commons with 
Kire Arms—That he did not get up, becaufe he did not 
believe the Man ; but, on going to the Coffee,Houfe 
next Morning, he found Hand Bills delivered, acquaint- 
ing the Public, That the Lord Mayor was to come that 
Day to the Houfe; upon which he went to Lord Roch- 
ford’s Office, acquainted his Lordfhip with what he had 
heard ; but added, that he gave no Credit to the Man ; 
ftom thence. he came to the Guildhall at Wefminfer, 
where he found the reft of the Magiftrates attending 
—That a great Mob affembled, and he faw a. Car- 
riage drawn .without Horfes, and was told, Alderman 
Wilkes was init; that he faw a tall Man in a white 


403 
Coat, who feemed very active, jumping about in the 
Mob, but knows neither his Name or Perfon — That, 
afterwards, in the Palace Yard, he faw this Man again, 
and obferved, when he waved his Hat, Stones were thrown 
from behind, but noné from the Frofit—That the Man’s 
Coat was bad, but that the Witnefs obferved, his Linen 
appeared better than was fuitable to his outward Ap- 
pearance ,; that he was within Four or Five Yards of 
him ; that he waved his Hat Three Times, and Stones 
and Gravel were thrown from behind at each Time ; at 
Firft, a very {mall Quantity, but that the moft was 
thrown at the laft Signal—That he faw no Stones 
thrown before he waved his Hat, rior heard him fpeak, 
except, that being afked What he wanted ?—he fuid, 

—m you, we want our Lord Mayor. 

Being afked, Why he did not tell the Juftices at the 
Guildhall of the Information he had received the Night 
before ? — he faid, He did not believe it; and was 
unwilling to give an Alafm—And being afked, Why, 
in the Firft Inftance, he chofe to alarm a Secretary of State, 
and not afterwards to mention it to his Brother Juftices ? 
—he faid, Sir Fobn Fielding, being Chairman, and hear- 
ing no Reports had been made at Lord Rochfcrd’s Of- 
fice, he mentioned it only to Mr. Keeling, a Juftice of 
Peace, who thought it better to give no Alarm. 

Having faid, That, in his Opinion, the Man in the 
white Coat, beforementioned, was criminal to a certain 
Degree in this Riot; he was afked, Why he did not 
apprehend him, when he was near enough to him to 
diftinguifh his Linen ?—he faid, It was impoffible to get 
near enough to him; and that they looked upon it 
that their Lives were in Danger—That he looked upon 
this Mob as differently conftituted from any other he 
had feen, as they pelted upon this Man’s waving his Hat ; 
that the Third Waving was a general Sienal, and the 
Juftices then came directly in—That he was a tall Man; 
but that a fhort Man in a Mob could not fee him wave 
his Hat; but his only Reafon for thinking it a difci- 
plined Mob, was the Behaviour of this Man. 

That he heard the Carriage, without Horfes; was 
Alderman Wilkes’s ; but he faw Nobody in the Carri- 
age, nor faw any Thing particular in Regard to the Lord 
Mayor’s Coach. 

That when the Sheriffs and Gentlemen came from the 
Houfe of Commons, they difperfed the Mob; and he 
did not obferve them to be afraid of their Perfons— 
and that they were not pelted. 

. Being afked, Whether their attempting to read the 
Riot Act was not tlie Occafion of the Mob throwing 
Stones ?—he faid, They threw Stones before it was at- 
tempted to be read—That he believes it was after the 
Second Volly of Stones that the Act was attempted to 
be read, whereupon the Mob threw more Stones, and 
the Magiftrates went in—That he thinks the threaten-: 
ing to read the Riot Act, an unlikely Method to quiet 
the People; and wifhes it were otherwife. 

Being afked, Whether the Alarm fot their Magi- 
{trates might not be a Reafon for the People coming 
down ?—he faid, he thought the’ printed Bills brought’ 
many down; and he looked upon it to be a defiened 
Mob, by the Appearance of this tall Man. 

' Being afked, Why the Juftices and Conftables, looks 
ing upon this Man as the capital Offender, took no Me: 
thods to find out his Name, by dogging him, or in any’ 
other Manner ?—he faid, They enquired among the 
Officers, who faid, they’ had feen him, but did not 
know any Thing of him—That it was certainly the 
Duty of a Juftice of Peace, or Conftable, to feize this 
Man ;. and that Mr. Keeling and the Witnefs had de- 
figned to do it, but would not fpeak to the Conftables 
for Fear of having it divulged ; but Sir William Steveits 
fon’s Carriage drawing up, a Confufion enfued, the 
Man withdrew, and he never faw hin) afterwards—That 
from the Time of his firft obferving this Man to be 
ative, to his firft waving his Hat, might be Five Mi- 
nutes—That if they had taken hold of him before the 
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Pelting began, he believes they fhould have rifqued 
their Lives; but it is certainly the Duty of a Magi- 
{trate to rifque his Life upon fuch an Occafion ; and 
Mr, Keeling and the Witnefs had determined to feize 
him, and fhould have done it, -but for Sir Wiliam Ste- 
venfon’s Carriage coming up—That he has certainly no 
Reafon to apprehend, that any Magiftrate of the City of 
London, or other Perfon, were concerned in encouraging 
thefe Riots, except it was true that Alderman Wilkes 
was drawn down without Horfes; which he thinks 
caufed the Mob—That he was not in Palace Yard be- 
fore Alderman Wilkes’s Carriage appeared, nor does he 
know whether he fet out from the Manfion Houfe with- 
out Horfes. 

Your Committee then proceeded to examine into the 
Difperfion of the Hand Bills: And 

Anthony Wrangham, a Stationer, who difperfes News 
Papers, being examined, faid, he knew nothing of the 
Diftribution of Hand Bills. 

Rice Williams, New{man in Raffel Street, Covent Gar- 
den, faid, he faw a Hand Bill in his Shop ; but he was 
fure none were difperfed in his Papers, becaufe he folded 
them all up, and delivered them himfelf; and he en- 
quired of his Servants, whether any body had been 
there to put in any Bills, and they faid Nobody 
had. 

Edward Langaridge, a Porter at the Temple Gate, 
faid, That he had about 200 Hand Bills to attend my 
Lord Mayor upon his Return—That he does not know 
the Man from whom he received them—That he met 
him in Saint Paul’s Church Yard, and gave him Two 
Shillings for delivering them; which he did to any 
body he met: That he has feen the Man fince, but 
had no Converfation with him—That he was a thin 
Man, appeared in a good plain Drefs of Second Mourn- 
ing. 
eS bn Stevens, a Temple Porter, faid, That he only 
delivered Hand Bills, the 29th of March, for the London 
Packet, and no other. 

Mr. Fobn Fackfon, a Conftable, faid, he attended 
the Houfe of Commons on the 25th of March, and was 
the Perfon who Michael Keys ftruck, who was afterwards 
apprehended by One of the Conftables, and carried into 
R Lobby, and then to the Guildhall—That the Wit- 
nefs took no Notice of Keys when he ftruck him, but 


ftriking another Conftable, he was then taken into Cuf- 


tody; but knows nothing of any Ringleader. 

William Lawrence, a Conftable, faid, That attending 
his Duty, on the Day Lord Nort was affaulted, a Man 
ftruck a Conftable; upon which the Witnets faid, Why 
don’t you take hin into Cuftody ? upon which he ftruck 
the Witnefs, who upon that took him into Cuftody ; 
but he knows nothing of any Ringleader. 


Peter Senhoufe, a Conftable of Covent Garden Parith, © 


faid, he attended the Parliament Houfe on the 28th of 
March, when His Majefty came to the Houfe of Peers 
—That they took a Man into Cuftody about’ Two 
o’Clock, in Parliament Street, for crying out, “ No 
« Lord Mayor, no King,” while His Majefty was paff- 
ing by—That they took him before Sir Fobn Fielding, 
and the Witnefs indicted him at the laft Quarter Seffion, 
but the Bill was not found—That he laid no other 
Charge againft him than that of making a Noife, and 
hiffing the King ; and he did not perceive any Perfon 
particularly active in the Mob. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Report be printed ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the faid Debate be adjourned for Half 
an Hour. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Arundel, in the County of Su/- 


: « 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. — 4. 1771. 


fex, in the Room of Lauchlin Macleane, Efquice, who, 
fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward or Bailiff of His Majefty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Defberough, and Bonenbam, 
in the County of Buckingham. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 

Browning : . 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the better Regulation of Carters, Carts, Car- 
riages, Loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty 
Chapmen; and for filling up of Coal and other Pits 
and Sinks, and removing of Obftructions and Nufances, 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; with 
fome Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. : 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly- 
neux, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod; 

Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to 
attend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of 
Peers, 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty,; where His Majefty was pleafed 
to give the Royal Affent to the feveral public and pri- 
vate Bills following ; viz. ; 

An A&amp; for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum 
of Money, to be raifed by a Lottery: 

An Aétt for granting to His Majetty a certain Sum of 
Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying cer- 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one ; 
and for further appropriating the Supplies granted 
in this Seflion of Parliament; for carrying to the Ag- 
gregate Fund a Sum of Money which hath arifen by the 
Two Sevenths Excife; and for enabling the Commif- 
fioners for executing the Office of Treafurer of His Ma- 
jefty’s Exchequer, or the Lord High Treafurer for the 
Time being, to pay to fohn Dobfon, Owner of the Green- 
land Ship Lord Molyneux, the Bounty due for the faid 
Ship, on the laft Year’s Fifhery : 

An A&amp;t for repairing, amending, and fupporting, the 
feveral Harbours and Sea Ports in the Je of Man: 

An A&amp; for granting a Bounty upon the Importation 
of White Oak Staves and Heading, from the Britifp 
Colonies or Plantations in America : 

An A&amp; for continuing feveral Laws, for the bet- 
ter Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River 
Thames; for the further Punifhment of Perfons go- 
ing armed or difeuifed, in Defiance of the Laws of 
Cuftoms or Excife, and for the Landing of Rum or Spi- 
rits of the Britis Sugar Plantations before’ Payment of 
the Duties of Excife ; for repealing fo much of an A, 
pafied in-the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George 
the Firft, intituled, An A&amp; for preventing the Carriage 
of exceffive Loads of Meal, Malt, Bricks, and Coals, 
within Ten Miles of the Cities of London and Weftminfter, 
as relates to the Carriage of Meal, Malt, and Coals; 
and for authorizing the Exportation of a limited Quan- 
tity of an inferior Sort of Barley, called Bigge, from 
the Port-of Kirkwall, in the lands of Orkney : 

An ‘Aé to explain and amend an Aét, made in the laft’ 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to reguiate the 
Trials of controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
bers to ferve in Parliament : 

An Act to incapacitate Fobn Burnett, Charles Han- . 
nington, Thomas Hafelgrove, Ralph Moor, Thomas Par- 
fons, Thomas Snook Junior, Thomas Hannington, Fohn 
Hannington, Fohn Robinjfon, William Cheefman, George 
Browne, Fobn Parfons, Fohn Curl, Frederick Dean, Wil- 
liam Dean, Samuel Tuppen, fohn Sawyers, Thomas Crow- 
ter, Thomas Pockney, Fofeph Dedman, Fobn Dean, Fobn 

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Whiting, William Stevens, Fobn Bawcomb, Robert Parker, 
obn Hogsflef, Sohn Purfe, Fobn Dean, Thomas Fennings, 
ohn Snook Junior, Richard Tilftone, William Turner, 
Walter Sawyers, Charles Mitchell, ‘Fobn Farmand, Fobn 
Wood, Friend Daniel, William Gratwick, Nathanael Hill- 
man, Thomas Roberts, Fobn Afbman, William Cooter, 
Thomas Froft, Michael Smith, Richard Carver, Michael 
Durrant, Emery Churcher, Walter Broad, Richard Stone- 
bam, Fames Bennett, Clement Freeman, William Fupp, 
Thomas Crowter, Fohn Barnard, Fames Mitchell, Fames 
Millar, otherwife Miller, William Newnham, Feffery 
Carver, Randall Button, ‘fames Carver, Fobn Martin, 
John Dedman Senior, William Fennings, William Hards, 
Thomas Gear, William Rujfbridge, Henry Robinfon, and 
Henry Hannington, from voting at Elections of Mem- 
bers to ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing 
Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to 
ferve in Parliament for the Borough of New Shorebam, 
in the County of Suffex: 

An Act for the better Support and Eftablifhment of 
the Greenland and Whale Fifhery : 

An Act to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle, 
and other Flefh Provifions, from Great Britain, for a 
limited Time : 

An Act to explain an Act, made in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Firft, intituled, An Act giving further Encourage- 
ment for the Importation of Naval Stores, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, fo far as relates 
to the Importation of unmanufactured Wood of the 
Growth and Product of America; and to explain fo 
much of an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for enlarging and regulating the 
Trade into the Levant Seas, as relates to the Importa- 
tion of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, landed at certain 
Places therein mentioned : 

An Act for the more effectually preventing the 
counterfeiting the Copper Coin of this Realm: 

An A¢t to amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for extending hke Li- 
berty in the Exportation of Rice from Eaf and Weft 
Florida, *to the Southward of Cape Finifterre in Europe, 
as is granted by former Acts of Parliament, to Carolina 
and Georgia : 

An Aé&amp; for reducing into One Act of Parliament 
the feveral Laws relating to the Keeping and Carriage 
of Gunpowder; and for more effectually preventing 
Mifchiefs, by keeping or carrying Gunpowder in 
too great Quantities: 

An Aé to continue, for a further Time, an Act, paffed 
‘in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, inti- 
tuled, An Aé to prohibit the Importation of Foreign 
Wrought Silks and Velvets for a limited Time ; and for 
preventing unlawful Combinations of Workmen em- 
ployed in the Silk Manufacture : 

An Aét for widening the Highways in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland : 

An Aé for divefting out of the Crown, and to veft 
in Gerald Fitz Gerald, of Rathrone, in the Coun- 
ty of Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland, Efquire, 
and his Heirs, the Reverfion in Fee of and in feveral 
Lands in Jreland, therein mentioned : 

An Aé&amp; for cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the 
feveral Streets and other Paflages on the South Side of 
the City of Edinburgh ; and for removing Nufances 
and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the fame 
for the future : 

An A&amp; for enabling certain Perfons to inclofe and 
embank Part of the River Thames, adjoining to Dur- 
bam Yard, Salifbury Street, Cecil Street, and Beaufort 
Buildings, in the County of Middlefex : 

An A&amp; for eftablifhing a Houfe or Houfes of In- 
duftry, in the [fle of Wight, for the Reception, Main- 


tenance, and Employment, of the Poor, belonging 
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405 
to the feveral Parifhes and Places, within the faid 
Ifland : 

_ An Ac for the better paving, repairing, and cleanf- 
ing, the Streets, Lanes, Alleys,and other public Paflages, 
within that Part of the Town of Wakefield, in the County 
of York, which lies within the Eaft End of Weftgate 
Bridge, the South Side of Northgate Bar, the North 
End of Kirkgate Bridge (except fo much thereof as is 
repaired by the Weit Riding of the faid County of 
York) and the extreme Part of the Townfhip of Wake- 
field atorefaid, leading from Wrengate towards Eaft Moor ; 
for preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein; and 
for widening and rendering the {fame more commo- 
dious : 

An Act for the better paving, cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching, Haydon Square, The New Square, 
Haydon Yard, Sheepy Yard, Church Street, Little Church 
Street, otherwife the Church Paflage, Church Court, and 
Kenton Street, and the Paffages therein, or leading there- 
unto, in the Parith of Trinity, otherwife Holy Trinity, in 
The Minories, in the County of Middlefex, within the Li- 
berty of His Majefty’s Tower of London, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; for paving, and keeping in Repair, the 
Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, in the Parifh of Saint 
Luke, in the County of Middlefex, for removing Ob- 
ftruétions and Annoyances therein; and for widening 
the Paffages at the Weft End of Chi/well Street, and 
at the South End of Brick Lane, in the faid Pari; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Aét for amending and widening the Road from 
Beffelleigh, through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the Coun- 
ty of Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Reading and Walling ford, through Halfpeny Lane, to 
The Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 
thence to Lamdéorn, in the faid County of Berks : 

An Act toenlarge the Term and Powers of Three 
Atts, paffed in the 12th Year of King George the Firft, 
and the roth and 26th Years of his late Majefty, for re- 
pairing the Road from Liverpool to Prefcott, and other 
Roads in the County Palatine of Lancafter ; and for 
amending the Road from the Caufeway at Blacklow Brow, 
to the Caufeway leading from Prefcott to Liverpool, and 
alfo through Lime Kiln Lane to Ranelagh Houjfe, in Liver- 
pool sforehid 2 

An Aét for vefting in Truftees, and their Heirs, 
feveral Manors, Meffuages, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, in the County of Southampton, the Eftate of 
the Moft noble William Henry Cavendifb, Duke of Port- 
land, upon Truft to fell the fame, and to apply the 
Money to arife by Sale thereof in Manner therein men- 
tioned : 

An Aét for vefting the Manor, Capital Meffuage, Bar- 
ton Farm, and Demeine Lands of Cadbay, fituate in Ottery 
Saint Mary, in the County of Devon, Part of the fettled 
Eftate of Sir Booth Williams, Baronet, in Truftees, to be 
fold, and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch Sale 
in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be 
fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfifting with 
regard to the faid fettled Eftate : 

An Aé for confirming and carrying into Execution 
an Agreement, dated the 23d Day of June 1770, be- 
tween Humphrey Minchin, Efquire, and George Clive, 
Efquire, and for vefting certain Eftates, in the County 
of Tipperary, in the Kingdom of Jreland, in certain 
Truftees, and their Heirs, for that Purpofe : 

An Aé&amp;t for vefting certain Meffuages in the Strand, 
in the County of Middlefex, Part of the fettled Eftate 
of ames Theobald, Efquire, in Truftees, to be con- 
veyed to Fames Adam, Efquire, and for laying out 
the Purchafe Money in Lands, to be fettled to the 
Ufes to which the faid fettled Eftate do now ftand 
“limited : 

An A&amp; for vefting the Copyhold Eftate of Richard 

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Maddock, Gentleman, deceafed, fituate at Norwood, in 
the County of Middle/ex, in Truftees, to be fold, towards 
difcharging the Principal Money and Intereft due upon 
a Mortgage thereof, and of certain Freehold Eftates of 
the faid Richard Maddock, in the County of Wilts : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Commons, and Downs, 
in the Parifhes of Prefton and Stratton, in the County 
of Gloucefter: 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fen, belonging to Bofton Wef, in the County of Lin- 
coln : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fen, belonging to Skirbeck Quarter, in the Parifh of 
Skirbeck, and County of Lincoln : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Wafte Grounds within the Townfhip of Brampton-en- 
le-Morthen, in the Weft Riding of the County of 
York : 

An Act for Naturalizing Carften Dirs and Facob 
Gloftein. 


After which, His Majefty was pleafed to make a 
moft Gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houfes 
of Parliament, as followeth ; viz. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


As the State of Public Bufinefs no Tonger requires 
your Attendance, I think it right, at this Seafon of the 
Year, to put an End to the prefent Seffion of Parlia- 
ment. 

The Satisfaction I have obtained from his Catholic 
Majefty, for the Injury I had received, together with 
the Proofs which the Courts of France and Spain have 
given Me, by laying afide their Armaments, of their 
fincere Difpofition to preferve the general Tranquillity 
of Europe, have enabled Me to reduce My Forces by 
Sea and Land. The Zeal with which you exerted 
yourfelves, upon the Apprehenfion of a Rupture with 
Spain, muft convince the World of your affectionate 
Attachment to Me, and of your conftant Regard for 
the true Intereils of your Country. On that Support 
I fhall always rely for the Defence of My Honour, and 
for the Security of the Rights of My People. 

With regard to the Troubles which ftill agitate 
fome Parts of the Continent, My Endeavours have 
never been wanting to bring them to an End; and 
in thofe Endeavours, you may be ‘affured, I fhall per- 
fevere. 


Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 


It was with real Concern that I found Myfelf called 
upon, by the Situation of Public Affairs, to afk of 
_My faithful Commons more than ordinary Supplies 
for the Service of the current Year; and I cannot 
fufficiently thank you for the Unanimity, Chearful- 
nefs, and Public Spirit, with which they have been 
granted. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


While we acknowlege the Goodnefs of Divine Pro- 
vidence, in preferving Us from thofe Calamities with 
which fome Parts of Europe have been afflicted, let 
Me exhort you to employ your beft Endeavours, in 
your feveral Stations and Countries, to render the na- 
tional Happinefs complete, by difcouraging and fup- 
preffing all groundlefs Sufpicions, and dosti: Difturb- 
ances. I have no other. Object, and I can have no 
other Intereft, than to reign in the Hearts -of a free 
and happy People: And it is My earneft With, that 
My Subjeéts may not be prevented, by any, Miftakes, 
_or Animofities amongft themfelves, from ‘enjoying, :in 
“the fulleft Extent, the Bleffings of a mild and. Jegal 
Government. The Support of Our excellent Confti- 
‘tution is Ourcommon Duty and Intereft: By that 
Standard I would wifh My People to try all Public 
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A. 7771. 
Principles and Profeffions ; and to look upon thofe as 
their moft dangerous Enemies, who, under any Pre- 
tence whatfoever, would perfuade them te violate thofe 
Laws, and undermine that Authority, which the Con- 


ftitution has provided for the Purpofe of preférving the 
general Liberty and Happinefs. ' 


And afterwards the Lord Chancellor, by His Ma. 
jefty’s Command, faid, 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It is His Majefty’s Royal Will and Pleafure, that 
this Parliament be prorogued to Tuefday the 23d Day 
of July next, to be then here held; and this Parlia- 
ment is accordingly prorogued to Tuefday the 23d Day 
of July next. 





Mariis, 23° die Fulit 5 
Anno 11° Georgii III‘! Regis, 1771, 


HE Houfe being met, purfuant to the laft Pro 
rogation ; 

A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Quarme, Yeoman Uther of the Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
honourable Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the 
Commiffion read. " . 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers ; where the Commiffion was read, 
for the further Proroguing of the Parliament until 
Tuefday the 1ft Day of Oéfober next ; and the Parlia- 
ment was accordingly. prorogued until Tuefday the 
1ft Day of Offober ae ‘Ba ind 





‘Martis, 1° die O&amp;obris ; 


Anno 11° Georgii III“ Regis, 1771. 


HE Houfe being met, purfuant to the laft Pro- 

rogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Country 

A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Quarme, Yeoman Uther of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

The Lords, authorized’ by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
honourable Houfe, in: the : Houfe of Peers, to hear the 
Commiffion ‘read. 

Accordingly the Houfe, with the Clerk Affiftant, 
went up to the Houle of Peers; where the Commiffion 
was read, for the further Proroguing of the Parlia- 
ment, until Tivefday. the 26th Day of November next ; 
and the Parliament was. accordingly prorogued until 
Tuefday the 26th Day of November next. 


Maris, 


I. 12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 407 


e as Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
hofe ; 6° di igs Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
Martis, 2 die Novembris , honourable Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the 
Commiffion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers ; where the Commiffion was 
Ma- FISHE Houfe being met, purfuant to the laft Pro- read, for the further Proroguing of the Parliament, 

rogation 3 until Tuefday the 21ft Day of ‘fanuary next ; and the 
A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. Parliament was accordingly prorogued until TueMay 
Quarme, Yeoman Uther of the Black Rod: the 21ft Day of January next. 


r the Anno 12°Georgii III‘ Regis, 1771. 


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Martis, 21° Die Fanuarit ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III** Regis, 1772. 


lyneux, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty. 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the Houfe, That, in Purfu- 
ance of the Directions of an Aét, pafled in the roth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
“ An Aét to enable the Speaker of the Houfe of Com- 
“&lt; mons to iffue his Warrants to make out new Writs for 
« the Choice of Members to ferve in Parliament, in the 
&lt;&lt; room of fuch Members as fhall die during the Recefs 
“of Parliament,” he had iffued his Warrants to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out new Writs for the 
Election of Members to ferve in Parliament for the fol- 
lowing Places; viz. for the Borough of Caftle Rifing, 
in the County of Norfolk, in the room of Fennifon 
Shafto, Efquire; for the County of Monmouth, in the 
room of Thomas Morgan, Efquire ; for the Borough of 
Montgomery, in the County of Montgomery, in the room 
of Richard Clive, Efquire ; for the County of Lancafter, 
in the room of the Right honourable Yames Smith Stan- 
ley, commonly called Lord Strange; for the Borough 
of Plymouth, in the County of Deven, in the room of 
Francis Holburne, Efquire ; for the Borough of Bridge- 
north, in the County of Salop, in the room of William 
Whitmore, Efguire; for the Borough of Brackley, in 
the County of Northampton, in the room of Robert 
Wood, Eiquire; for the Borough of Callington, in the 
County ot Cornwall, in the room ot Fane William Sharpe, 
Esquire ; for the County of Suffolk, in the room of Sir 
jobn Rous, Baronet; for the Borough of Northampton, 
in the County of Northampton, in the room of the ho- 
nourable Thomas Howe , and for the Diftriét of Burghs 
of Peebles, Linlithgow, Selkirk, and Lanerk, in the room 
of Fames Dickfon, Efquire. 


A Meflage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Mo- 


A Member prefent,; and feveral Members returned 
VoL. XXXII. 


upon new Writs, took the Oaths, and made and fub- 
fcribed the Declaration, and took and fubfcribed the 
Oath of Abjuration, according to the Laws made for 
thofe Purpofes : And fuch of the faid Members as are; 
by Law, required to deliver in to the Clerk of this 
Houfe an Account of their Qualification, and to take 
and fubfcribe the Oath of Qualification, delivered in 


fuch Account, and took and fubfcribed the iaid Oath; 
accordingly. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing clandeftine 
Outlawries, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Thurfday Morning next. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
His Majefty in the Houfe of Peers; where His Ma- 
jefty was pleafed to make a moft gracious Speech front 
the Throne to both Houfes of Parliament; of which : 
Mr. Speaker faid he had, to prevent Miftakes, obtained 


a Copy ; which he read to the Houie; and is as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


It gives Me much Satisfaction, that nothing in the 
Situation of Our Affairs, either Foreign or Domettic, 
has obliged Me to require your Attendance earlier thar 
might have been confiftent with your private Conve- 
nience ; and that, now you are met together, you will 
find yourfelves at Liberty to give your whole Attention 
to the Eftablifhment of wife and ufeful Regulations of 
Law, and to the Extenfion of our Commercial Advan- 
tages. 

The Performance of the Engagement of the King of 
Spain, in the Reftitution of Port Egmont and Falkland’s 
Tfand, and the repeated Affurances I have received of 
the pacific Difpofition of that Court, as well as of other 
Powers, promife to My Subjeéts the Continuance of 
Peace: And We may, with the greater Confidence, hopé, 
That We fhall not be difturbed in the Enjoyment of 
this Bleffling ; as there is no Reafon to apprehend that 
We fhall become involved in the Troubles which ftill 
unhappily prevail in One Part of Europe. 

The Danger of the farther fpreading of the infectious 
Sicknefs in Europe is,'1 truft, very much abated: But I 
muft recommend it to you, Not to fuffer Our Happi- 


5M nels, 








410 


nefs, in having been hitherto preferved from fo dread- 
ful a Calamity, to leffen your Vigilance in the Ufe of 
every reafonable Precaution for Our Safety. 


Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 


I have ordered the Eftimates for the Service of the 
current Year to be laid before you. I make no Doubt 
but you will fee the Propriety of maintaining a refpec- 
table-Eftablifhment of My Naval Forces. I am pleafed, 
however, to find, That I fhall be under no Neceffity of 
afking of you, at this Time, any extraordinary Aid. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


The Concerns of this Country are fo various and ex- 
tenfive, as to require the moft vigilant and active At- 
tention ; and fome of them, as well from Remotenefs of 
Place as from other Circumftances, are fo peculiarly 
liable to Abufes, and expofed to Danger, that'the Inter- 
pofition of the Legiflature, for their Protection, may 
become necefflary. If in any fuch Inftances, either for 
fupplying Defects, or remedying Abufes, you fhall find 
it requifite to provide any New Laws, you may depend 
upon My ready Concurrence, in whatever may beft 
contribute to the Attairiment of thofe falutary Ends. 


 Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majeity, to return His Majefty the Thanks of this 
Houfe, for His moft gracious Speech from the Throne. 

To offer cur Congratulations to His Majefty, on the 
Birth of another Prince, and on the happy Recovery of 
the Queen ; who is {till more endeared to this Nation by 
every new Pledge of Security for the Happinefs we enjoy 
under His Majelty’s aufpicious Government, as well as 
by Her own amiable Virtues. 

To réturn His Majefty our Thanks for His gracious 
Communication of the Affurances He has received from 
the King of Spain, as well as from other, Powers, of 
their Difpofition to maintain the public Tranquillity ; 
and to declare our Satisfaction at the fair Profpect 
which thofe Affurances, and the Performance of His 
Catholic Majefty’s Engagement, by the Reftitution of 
Port Egmont and Falkland’s Ifand, afford His Majefty’s 
Subjeéts of the Continuance of Peace; at the fame 
Time, expreffing our Confidence, that the Refpeét de- 
rived to this Nation, by the Moderation ‘and Firmnefs 
of His Majefty’s Conduct, will continue to preferve His 
Majefty’s Dominions from the Calamities of War, 
which ftill unhappily prevail in the diftant Parts of 
Europe. : 

To acknowlege His Majefty’s paternal Care, in the 
Precautions He has taken to preferve this Kingdom 
from the infeétious Sicknefs with which We have of 
late been alarmed ; and though we have the Satisfac- 
tion to find, that, by the Bleifing of Providence, the 
Danger of its fpreading is now diminifhed, we will not 
be negligent, on our Part, in taking fuch Meafures as 
may, from Time to Time, appear beift calculated to fe- 
cure this Nation from the Vifitation of fo dreadful an 
Evil. 

That His Majefty’s faithful Commons will chearfully 
grant to His Majefty fuch Supplies as fhall be found 
neceffary for the Service of the current Year; and will 
be careful to make fufficient Provifion for the Eftablith- 
ment of a refpectable Naval Force, on which, they are 
truly fenfible, the Security, as well as the Importance, 
of this Nation mutt ever principally depend, 

To affure His Majefty, that we will not fail, during 
this Seafon of Tranquillity, to employ our Time in 
making fuch Provifions as may be found neceffary for 
the Improvement of our Laws, and the Extenfion of 
our Commerce; and that we-will give the moft vigilant 
and active Attention to thofe important Concerns re- 


commended to us by His Majefty; and wherever it» 


fhall be found that, with refpect to any of thefe, either 
from the Remotenefs of their Situation from the Seat of 
Government, or from other Circuinitances, fuch Abufes 


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4.1772, 


prevail as expofe them to Danger, we fhall think it our 
Duty to endeavour, by every Regulation in our Power, 
to remedy thofe Evils, which may, in their Confe. 
quenees, fo effentially affeét the Intereft'and Honour of 
this Country. 

Ordered, That a~Committee bé-appointed to draw 
up an Addrefs, to be prefented to His Majefty, upon 
the faid Refolution. 

And a Committee was appointed of Lord Hinching- 
brook, Mr. Vane, Lord North, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Ellis, 
Sir Gilbert Elliot, Lord Clare, Mr. Burrell, Mr. Stanley, 
Mr. -Charles Townfhend, Lord Barrington, Mr. Ful- 
ler, Lord Beauchamp, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr: Onflow, Sir 
Charles Whitworth, or any Five of them: And they 
are to withdraw immediately into the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 

Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houtes of Parliament, be referred to the faid Com- 


wmittee. _ j 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Lyme Regis, in the County of 
Dorfet, in the room of the Right honourable Fobn. Fane, 


commonly called Lord Burgherfb, now Earl of We/tmor- 
land, called up to the Houfe of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Commiffioner to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Shire of Argy//, in the room of Ro- 
bert Campbell, Efquire, who, fince his Election for the 
faid Shire, hath accepted the Office of Receiver General 
and Cafhier of His Majefty’s Cuftoms, in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County of Southampton, in 
the room of the Right honourable Robert Henley, com- 
monly called Lord Henley, now Earl of Northington, 
called up to the Houfe of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County of Lancafer, in the 
room of the Right honourable Archibald Hamilton, com- 
monly called Lord Archibald Hamilton, who, fince his 
Election for the faid County, hath accepted the Of- 
fice of Steward of His Majefty’s Manor of Eaft Hendred, 
in the County of Berks. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Caftle Rifing, in the County of 
Norfolk, in the room of Thomas Whately, Efquire, who, 
fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Keeper of His Majefty’s Private Roads, 
Gates, and Bridges, and Conductor, or Guide, of His 
Royal Perfon, in all the Royal Progreffes. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 


the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 


ment for the Borough of Derby, in the County of Derby, 


‘in the room of Wiliam Fitzberbert, Efquire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Wallingford, in the County of 
Berks, in the room of Robert Pigot, Efquire, who, 

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fince his Election for the faid Borough, lath accepted 
the Office of Warden of His Majefty’s Mint. 


Ordered, That the Reverend Doétor Nowell, Principal 
of St. Mary Hall, in the Univerfity of Oxford, be de- 
fired to preach before this Houfe, at Saint Margaret’s, 
Weftminfter, wpon Thurfday Sevennight, the 3oth Day of 
this Inftant Fanuary: And that Mr. Page and Sir Roger 
Newdigate do acquaint him therewith. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the Bo- 
rough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, and other 
Commiffioners for executing an Act of Parliament, 
paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for paving, lighting, and 
watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town, together with the principal and 
other Inhabitants of the faid Borough, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the faid Act 
hath in many refpeéts been found inconvenient and de- 
fective; and that Difficulties have attended carrying the 
fame into Execution: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for altering, ex- 
plaining, and amending, the faid Act, in order to pre- 
vent for the future fuch Inconvenience, and to remove 
fuch Difficulties, as at prefent it labours under. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Barrington, Mr. Rodinfon, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this maar Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Brecon, in the County of Bre- 
con, in the room of Fobn Morgan, Efquire, who, fince 
his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward of His Majefty’s Manor of Ea/t Hen- 
dred, in the County of Berks. 


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





Mercurii, 22° die Ffanuarit ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III'i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of William Lowndes Stone, Efquire, Lord 
A of the Manors of North Crawley, in the County 
of Bucks, the Reverend Thomas Lowndes, Clerk, ReCtor 
of the Parifh and Parifh Church of North Crawley 
aforefaid, and of feveral other Owners of Lands and 
Eftates within the faid Manors and Parifh, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
there are, within the faid Manors and Parifh, feveral 
ae Common Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, 
which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any 
confiderable Improvement ; but, if divided, and fpécific 
Shares thereof allotted to the Petitioners and others, ac- 
cording to their refpective Interefts therein, the fame 
might be confiderably improved: And therefore pray- 
ing the Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confidera- 
tion; and that Leave be. given tu bring in a Bill for 
dividing arid poy. the faid Lands and Grounds, in 
fuch Manner, and fubjeét to fuch Regulations, as the 
Houfe thall think fir. 


Journals of the Houfe of Comnions. 


‘Ait 
Oridered, That Leave be givert to bring in a Bill, pur 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr: 


Drake, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Hanmer, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Fames Samuel Féquier, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Mr. 
Lond and Mr. Hanmer do prepare; and bring in, the 
ame. 7 


_ A Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in Execu- 
tion Two Aéts of Parliament, of the Third and Seven- 
teenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty, for re- 
pairing and widening the Road, from that Part of Chat- 
bam which lies next the City of Rocheffer, to Saint Dun- 
ftan’s Crofs, near the City of Canterbury, in the County 
of Kent, and of feveral other Gentlemen of that Part o 
the faid County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That feveral Sums of Money have been 
borrowed on the Credit of the faid Aéts, which, with 
the Tolls colleéted, have been duly applied; and that 
there is now owing, on the Credit of the faid Aéts, the 
Sum of £. 700, which cannot be repaid, ahd the faid 
Road kept in good Repair, unlefs the Term and Powers 
thereby granted are continued and enlarged; and re- 
prefenting to the Houfe, that the Road branching out 
of, and leading from, the faid Road, at or near a Place 
called Makenade Corner, over Old Wives Lees, to Bay- 
ham Crofs and Shalmsford Lane Eid, in the faid County, 
isin aruinous Condition, and in fome Parts narrow ; 
and cannot be effectually amended, widened, and kept 
in good Repair, by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for continuing and enlarging the Term and 
Powers of the faid Acts, and for making fuch Provifion 
therein for repairing the faid laft mentioned Road, as 
the Houfe fhall think fit. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, Mr. 
Dempfter, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of fobn Henry Gentil, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and Sir Francis Vincent do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Francis Darius Laudumiey; was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for his Naturaliza- 
tion. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and Sit Francis Vincent do pre- 
pare, and bring in; the fame. 


A Petition of Diederich Meyerboff, was prefented to’ 
the Houfe, and read: Praying; That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and Sit Francis Vincent do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Peter Lewis De La Rive and Francis 
Menet; 





412 


Menet, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for their 
Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Charles Whitworth and Sir Francis Vincent do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Quantities of Jri/o Beef, Pork, and But- 
ter, imported into London, from the 1ft Day of Ofober 
1770 to the 1ft Day of December 1771. 


Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of an Aét, made in the laft Seffion of Par- 
liament, intituled, An Aét to continue the Prohibition of 
the Exportation’ of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, 
Bifcuit, and Starch; and alfo of the Extraétion of Low 
Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a 
further Time ; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of 
Malt for a limited Time. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Common 
Coiincil, Guardians of the Poor, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, and principal Inhabitants, of the City of Nor- 
wich, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, if an immediate 
Exportation of Corn, Grain, Malt, and other Neceffaries 
of Life, fhould be allowed, it would be productive of 
the greateft Diftrefies and moft alarming Confequences : 
And therefore praying, That the Exportation of Corn, 
Grain, and Malt, may be further prohibited for a 
limited Time ; or that the Petitioners may have fuch 
other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. © 
' Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee of the whole 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, for a further Time, an Act made in the 
Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé to contitue and amend an Act, made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, for a limited Time ; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/ Dominions in 
America, for a limited Time : And that Sir Fofeph Maw- 
bey, Mr. Alderman 7; recothick, and Mr, Alderman 
Crofby, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook reported from the Committee, 
appointed Yefterday to draw up an Addrefs to be pre- 
fented to His Majefty, That the Committee had drawn 
up-an Addrefs accordingly ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe , and he read the fame in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; vz. 


Moft Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, 
the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, 
return Your Majefty our humble Thanks for Your 
moft gracious Speech from the Throne. 

It is with unfeigned Joy we beg Leave to offer to 
Your Majefty our Congratulations on the Birth of ano- 
ther Prince, and on-the happy Recovery of the Queen ; 
who is ftill more endeared to this Nation by every new 
Pledge of Security for the Happinefs we enjoy under 
Your Majefty’s aufpicious Government, as well as by 
Her Majetty’s amiable Virtues. 3 2 

We return Your Majefty our warmeft ‘Thanks, for 
Your gracious Communication of the Affurances Your 
Majefty has received from the King of Spain, as well 


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M.1772. 


as from other Powers, of their Difpofition to maintain 
the Public Tranquillity ; and we cannot but feel the 
greateft Satisfaction at the fair Profpect which thofe 
Affurances, and the Performancé of his Catholick Ma- 
jefty’s Engagement, by the Reftitution of Port Egmont 
and Falkland’s Ifland, afford Your Majefty’s Subjects of 
the Continuance of Peace: At the fame Time, we have 
the greateft Confidence, that the Refpeét derived to 
this Nation, from the Moderation and Firmnefs of 
Your Majefty’s Conduét, will continue to preferve 
Your Majefty’s Dominions from the Calamities of War, 
which ftill unhappily prevail in the diftant Parts of 
Europe. 

We acknowlege with Gratitude Your Majefty’s pa- 
ternal Care, in the Precautions Your. Majefty has taken 
to preferve this Kingdom from the infectious Sicknefs 
with which we have of late been alarmed; and though 
we have the Satisfaction to find, that, by the Blefling 
of Providence, the Danger of its fpreading is now di- 
minifhed, we will not be negligent, on our Part, in 
taking fuch Meafures as may, from Time to Time, ap- 
pear beft calculated to fecure this Nation from the Vifi- 
tation of fo dreadful an Evil. 

Your Majefty’s faithful Commons will chearfully 
grant to Your Majefty fuch Supplies as fhall be found 
neceffary for the Service of the current Year ; and we 
will be careful to make fufficient Provifion for the Efta- 
blifhment of a refpectable Naval Force, on which, we 
are truly fenfible, the Security, as well as the Impor- 
tance, of this Nation muft ever principally depend. 

We affure Your Majefty, that we will not fail, during 
this Seafon of Tranquillity, to employ our Time in mak- 
ing fuch Provifions as may be found neceffary for the 
Improvement of our Laws, and the Extenfion of our 
Commerce: And Your Majefty may rely on our vigi- 
lant and active Attention to thofe important Concerns 
recommended to us by Your Majefty ; and wherever it 
fhall be found, that, with refpect to any of thefe, either 
from the Remotenefs of their Situation from the Seat of 
Government, or from other Circumftances, fuch Abufes 
prevail as expofe them to Danger, we fhall think it our 
Duty to endeavour, by every Regulation in our Power, 
to remedy thofe Evils, which may, in their Confequences; 
fo effentially affect the Intereft and Honour of this 
Country. 

The faid Addrefs being read a Second Time; __- 

Refolved, That this Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Addrefs to be prefented to His Ma- 
jetty. 

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

Ordered, ‘That fuch Members of this Houfe as are of 
His Majefty’s moft honourable Privy Council, do 


humbly know His Majefty’s Pleafure, when He will be 
attended by this Houfe. 


Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That a Meflage be 
fent to the Queen, with the Congratulations of this 
Houfe, on Her Majefty’s happy Delivery, and the 


Birth of another Prince ; and tg renew the moft hearty 
Affurances of the dutiful Awisohent of this Houfe to 
Her Majefty, and of the fincere Part they take in an 
Event, which, at the fame Time that it increafes Her 
domeftic Felicity, gives an additional Stability to the 
Bleffings this Nation has derived from the aufpi- 
cious Government of His Majefty’s moft illuftrious 
Family. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Spencer, Mr. Dillow, Sir 
Charles Bunbury, Mr. Vane, Mr. Charles Townfbend, and 
Mr. Byrne, do attend Her Majefty, with the faid 
Mefiage. 


Ordered, That this Houfe be called over upon Tue/- 
day the 25th Day of February next. 
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be fent for in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attend- « other corrupt Practices, this Houfe will proceed with 
ing this Houfe. ‘the utmoft Severity againft fuch Perfon. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Religion do 


Refolved, That, if it fhall appear that any Perfon hath 
fit every Tuefday in the Afternoon, in the Houle. 


been tampering with any Witne/s; in refpeét of his Evi- 
dence to be given to this Houfe, or any Committee 
thereof, or dire¢tly or indirectly hath endeavoured to 
deter or hinder any Perion from appearing, or giving 
. Evidence, the fame is declared to be a High Crime and 
Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Courts of Mifdemeanor; and this Houfe will proceed with the 


Juftice do fit every Saturday in the Afternoon, in the utmoft Severity againft fuch Offender. 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Grand Committee for Grievances 
do fit every Thurfday in the Afternoon, in the Houfe. 


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


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


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be ap- 


pointed. Refolved, That it is a high Infringement of the Li- 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Bacon, Mr. berties and Privileges of the Commons of Great Britain, 


Fuller, Mr. Staunton, Mr. Montagu, Mr. Harris, Mr. for any Lord of Parliament, or any Lord Lieutenant of 
Lowndes, Mr. Rice, Sir William Meredith, Mr. Edmonftone, any County, to concern themfelves in the Elections of 
Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Dowdefwell, Mr. Brudenell, Members to ferve for the Commons in Parliament: 

Mr. Onflow, Mr. Burke, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, Sir Alexan- 

der Gilmour, Mr. Tuckér, Mr. Ellis, Lord Li/burne, Colonel 

Luttrell, Mr. Grofvenor, Mr. Cocks, Mr. Coxe, Colonel 

Barré, Mr. Gafcoyne, Mr. Webb, Sir Francis Vincent, Mr. 

Cornwall, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Pownall, Admi- 

ral Pye, Lord Charles Spencer, Lord Robert Spencer, Mr. 

Attorney General, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Dunning, Sir Gil- 
bert Elhot, Lord North, Mr. Townfbend, Mr. Dempjfter, 

Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Mr. Legh, Mr. Fox, the Lord Ad- 

vocate of Scotland, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Pultenéy, Lord 
Wenman, Lord Frederick Campbell, Mr. Kynajton, Sir 
Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Mr. Brickdale, Mr. Soli- 
citor General, Sir Charles Hardy, Mr. Rigby : And they 
are to meet upon Monday Sevennight, at Seven of the 

Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and to fit every Wednefday, Friday, and Monday, in the 
Afternoon ; and all who come are to have Voices; and 
they are to take into Confideration all fuch Matters as 
fhall or may come in Queftion, touching Privileges ; 
and to report their Proceedings, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe, from Time to Time; and 
the Committee are to have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records, for their Information, and if any 
Thing fhall come in Queftion touching the Matter of 
Privilege of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
Time the Matter is in Debate. 


Refolved, That, in all Cafes of controverted Elections 
for Counties in England and Wales, the Petitioners do, 
by themfelyes or by their Agents, within a convenient 
Time, to be appointed by the Houfe; deliver to the 
Sitting Members, or their Agents, Lifts of the Perfons 
intended by the Petitioners to be objected to, who voted 
for the Sitting Members ; giving, in the faid Lifts, the 
feveral Heads of Objection, and diftinguifhing the fame 
againft the Names of the Voters excepted to; and that 
the Sitting Members do, by themfelves or by their 
Agents, within the fame Time, deliver the like Lifts, 
on their Part, to the Petitioners or their Agents. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from Time to Time, take into his Cuitody 
, any Stranger, or Strangers, that he fhall fee, or be in- 
formed of to be, in the Houle, or Gallery, while the 
Houfe, or any Committee of the’whole Houie, is fitting; 
and that no Perfon, fo taken into Cuftody, be difcharged 
out of Cuftody, without the fpecial Order of the Houte. 


Ordered, That the Back Door of the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber be locked up every Morning at the Sitting of the 
Houle, and the Key delivered to the Clerk, to be locked 
up by him; and that he do not prefume to deliver the 
fame to any Perfoh whatfoever, without Order of the 
Ordered, That all Perfons.who will queftion any Re- Houfe; and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
turns of Members to ferve in Parliament do queftion Houfe do take Care to clear the Speaker’s Chamber, 
the fame within Fourteen Days next, and fo within Four- every Day, before the Door is locked up. 
teen Days next after any new Return fhall be brought 
in; and that all Members who are returned for Two or Ordered, That no Member of this Houfe do prefume 
more Piaces do make their Election by this Day Three to bring any Stranger or Sttangers into the Houfe, or 
Weeks for which of the Places they will ferve, provided Gallery theteof, while the Houfe is fitting. 
there be no Queftion upon the Return for that Place ; / 
and if any Thing fhall come ‘in Queftion touching the Ordered, That the Conftables; and other Officers, of 
Return ot Election of any Member, he is to withdraw Middlefex and Weftminfter, do take Care, that, from 
during the Time the Matter is in Debate ; and that all Eleven of the Clock in the Morning till One in the 
Membets returned upon Double Returns do withdraw Afternoon, and from Four till Six in the Afternoon, 
till their Returns are determined. during the Seffion of Parliament, the Paffages through, 

- the Streets between Temple Bar and Weftminfter Hall 

Refolved, That no Peer of this Realm hath any Right hall be kept free and open; arid that no Obftrv&amp;ions 
to give his Vote in the Election of any Member to ferve be made, by Cars, Drays, Carts, or otherwife,; to hinder 
in Parliament. the Paffage of the Members to and from this Houfe ; 

and that the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe do 
_ Refolved, That whete the Houfe fhall judge any Pe- give Notice of this Order to thé Officets aforefaid, 
tition touching Eleétions to be frivolous and vexatious, 
the Houfe will order Satisfaction to be made to the Per- Ordered, That the Conftables in Waiting do take 
don petitioned againft, Care,. that there be no Gaming, or other Diforders, in 
a Weftminfter Hall, or the Paffages leading to the Houfe, 

Refolvéd, ‘That, if it fhall appear that any Perfon hath during the Sitting of Parliament; and that there be no 

procured: himfelf to be elected or returned a Member of Annoyance, by Chairmen, Foormen, or otherwife, there- 


this Houfe, or endeavoured fo to be, by Bribery or any in, or thereabouts, 
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414 
Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the High 


Bailiff of Weftminfter ; and that he do fee the fame put 
in Execution. 


Ordered, That no Footman be permitted to be within 
the Lobby of the Houfe, or upon the Stairs leading 
hereto. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take Care that there be no Gaming, or other 
Diforders, in the Room appointed for the Footmen at- 
tending the Members of this Houfe to wait in. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do take into his Cuftody fuch Footmen as fhall 
prefume to difobey the Orders of the Houle; and that 
no fuch Footmen be difcharged out of Cuftody but by 
the fpecial Order of the Houtfe. 


Ordered, That, to prevent the intercepting, or lofing, 
of Letters directed to Members of this Houle, the Per- 
fon appointed to bring Letters from the General Poft 
Office to this Houfe, or fome other Perfon to be ap- 
pointed by the Poftmafter General, do, for the future, 
every Day, during the Seffion of Parliament, Sundays 
excepted, conftantly attend, from Ten of the Clock in 
the Morning till One in the Afternoon, and for Two 
Hours at the leaft immediately after the Rifing of the 
Houfe; and alfo from Five of the Clock in the After- 
noon till Seven, at the Place appointed for the Delivery 
of the faid Letters; and take Care, during his Stay 
there, to-deliver the fame to the feveral Members to 
whom they fhall be direéted, or to their known Servant 
or Servants, or others bringing Notes under the Hands 
of the Members fending for the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Officer do, upon his going 
away, lock up fuch Letters as fhall remain undelivered ; 
and that no Letter be delivered but within the Hours 
aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Orders be fent to the Poft. 
mafter General. 


Ordered, That when any Letter or Packet direéted 
to this Houfe, fhall come to Mr. Speaker, he do open 
the fame, and acquaint the Houfe, at their next Sitting, 
with the Contents thereof, if proper to be communicated 
to this Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe do, from Time to Time, when the Houfe is go- 
ing to Prayers, give Notice thereof to all Committees ; 
and that all Proceedings of Committees in a Morning, 
after fuch Notice, be declared to be null and void. 


Ordered, That the Votes of this Houfe be printed, 
being firft perufed by Mr. Speaker; and that he do 
appoint the Printing thereof, and that no Perfon but 
fuch as he fhall appoint do prefume to print the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will receive no Petitions 
for private Bills after the 2gth Day of February next. 


Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be taken into Confideration 
To-morrow Morning. 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, 
Merchants, Traders, and others, the principal Inhabi- 
tants of the Towns of Liverpool, Wigan, and other Parts 
of the County Palatine of Lancafter, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That a Cut, or Canal, for the Na- 
vigation of Boats and other Veffels with heavy Burthens, 
may be made, from the faid Town of Liverpool, through 
the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, or Hamlets, of Liverpool, 
Everton, Kirkdale, Walton on the Hill, Weft Derby, Roby, 





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M1992, 


Huyton, W bifton,T arbuck, Cronton, Widnes, Appleton, Cuerd- 
ley, Bold, Burtonwood, Newton, Goldbourne, Lozweren, 
Abram, and Ince, within Mackerfield, in the faid County 
of Lancafler, to or near the faid Town of Wigan; and 
that the fame will open a fhort, eafy, fafe, and commo. 
dious Communication, for the Conveyance of Coal, 
Cannel, Lime, Timber, Stone, Manure, and other 
Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, to and from the faid 
Towns and Places, which will tend not only to the Ad- 
vantage of the Trade and Commerce thereof, but alfo to 
the Improvement of the Lands, and Prefervation of the 
High Roads, and will be of Public Utility : And there. 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina 
Bill for making and maintaining a navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Liverpool, to or near Wigan, in fuch Man. 
ner, and with fuch Powers and Provifoes, ana under fuch 
Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Sefton, Sir William Mere. 
dith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, ot 
the Town of Liverpool, in the County of Lancafter, in 
Common Council affembled, was alfo prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the making a 
Cut, or Canal, for the Navigation of Boats and other 
Veffels, from the faid Town of Liverpool, through the 
feveral Places mentioned in the preceding Petition, will 
be attended with the Advantages in the faid Petition 
mentioned : And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining 
a navigable Cut, from Liverpool, to or near Wigan, in 
fuch Manner, and with fuch Powers and Provifoes, and 
under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee to whom the laft pre- 
ceding Petition is referred. 


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





Fovis, 23° die Fanuarii ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the 
M Houfe, That His Majefty, having been waited 
upon, purfuant to the Order of Yefterday, humbly to 
know His Majefty’s Pleafure, when He would be pleafed 
to be attended by this Houfe, had been pleafed to ap- 
point to be attended this Day, at Half an Hour after 
Two of the Clock, at His Palace of Saint James. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fames Samuel Féquier: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Drake prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within the Ma- 
nors and Parifh of North Crawley, in the County of 
Bucks: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

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Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fob Heary 
Gentil: And the fame was received ; and read the Firit 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Diederich Meyerboff : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Francis Darius 
Laudumiey: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Peter Lewis De La 
Rive and Francis Menet : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgeffes, of 
the Town of Wigan, in the County of Lancafter, in 
Common Hall affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That a Cut, or Canal, for the 
Navigation of Boats and other Veffels with heavy Bur- 
thens, may be made, from the Town of Liverpool 
through certain Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, to 
the faid Town of Wigan, which will open a fhort, eafy, 
fafe, and commodious Communication, to and from the 
faid Towns, and the Towns and Places adjoining or 
lying near thereto, which will tend to the Advantage of 
the Trade and Commerce thereof, and to the Improve- 
ment of the Lands, and Prefervation of the High Roads, 
and will be alfo of Public Utility: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bil! for 
making and maintaining a navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
Liverpool to Wigan, in fuch Manner, and with fuch 
Powers and Provifoes, and under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Merchants, 
Traders, and others, the principal Inhabitants of the 
Towns of Liverpool, Wigan, and other Parts of the 
County Palatine of Lancaj/ter, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, is referred: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter of this Petition ; and report the fame, 
as it fhall appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of the Vicar and principal Inhabitants of 
the Town of J/ington, in the Parifh of Saint Mary 
Tfington, in the County of Middlefex, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Inhabi- 
tants of the faid Town, from its Situation, are expofed 
to frequent Murders, Robberies, Burglaries, and other 
Outrages; and that lighting the faid Town, and efta- 
blithing a proper and well-regulated Watch, would (as 
the Petitioners conceive) greatly contribute to remedy 
thefe Evils, and render the Petitioners and the reft of 
the Inhabitants of the faid Town more fecure in their 
Perfons and Property: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions as to 
the Houfe thall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Barrow, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


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415 

A Petition of feveral of His Majefty’s Juftices of the 
Peace, acting in and for the County of Effex, was pre- 
{ented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That by 
an Act pafied in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for rebuilding the common Gaol of the 
{aid County, the Juftices of the Peace for the faid 
County are authorized to purchafe a convenient Piece 
or Pieces of Ground, or Tenements, adjoining to, and 
communicating with, the prefent County Gaol, and to 
caufe to-be built thereon, and on the Ground on which 
the prefent Gaol ftands, a convenient Gaol, for the Con- 
finement of Criminals, Debtors, and others; and that 
there are feveral Omiffions and Inaccuracies in the faid 
Act, which, it is apprehended, mutt be rectified before 
the fame can be carried into Execution; and, at the 
General Quarter Seffions of the Peace for the faid 
County, holden at Chelmsford, on the Sixteenth of uly 
laft, it was agreed to apply to Parliament, for a Repeal 
of ehe faid Act, and to obtain a new Aét, for enabling 
the faid Juftices to pull down and remove the prefent 
County Gaol, and to build a new Gaol at the White 
Horfe, or in fome other Place in or near the Town of 
Chelmsford, that fhall be by them thought moft conve- 
nient, and to enable them to purchafe fuch Premifes, 
and to carry into Execution fuch new A&amp; accordingly ; 
and that Yobn Richard Comyns, Efquire, the Owner of 
the faid White Horfe Inn in Chelmsford, hath been ap- 
plied to, and is ready to fell the fame, with the Appur- 
tenances, for erecting thereon a new Gaol, for the Ufe 
of the faid County: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for repealing the faid 
Aét paffed in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majelty’s 
Reign, for rebuilding the common Gaol of the County 
of Effex, and for enabling the Juftices of the Peace for 
the faid County to purchafe the White Horfe Inn, in 
Chelmsford, with the Appurtenances, or fome other 
Ground and Tenements in or near the Town of Chelms- 
ford aforefaid, that fhall be by them thought moft con- 
venient, and, upon the Scite of the fame, to build the 
common Gaol of the faid County, in fuch Manner, and 
under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Gafcoyne, Mr. Gray, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power’ 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records ; and all who 
come to the Committee are to have Voices. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking into 
Confideration His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the fame into Confide- 
ration. 

And the fame was again read by Mr. Speaker. . 

Anda Motion being made, That a Supply be granted 
to His Majetty ; 

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


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrowMorn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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416 


Veneris, 24° die Fanuarii 5 
Anno 12° Georgis IIIti Regis, 177%. 


PRAYERS. 


PrRANC IS Darius Laudumiey, Diederich Meyerboff, and 
Fobn Henry Gentil, took the Oaths appointed, in or- 
der to their Naturalization. 


A Petition of the Truftees nominated, conftituted, 
and appointed, in, or by virtue of, an Act of Parlia- 
ment, paffed in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act-for 
continuing and giving further Powers to the Truftees 
for putting in Execution Two Acts of Parliament, for 
repairing che Roads, from the Parifh of Enfield, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hertford, and 
other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned, and of divers 
other Perfons, whofe Names are fubfcribed, refiding in 
the County of Hertford, was prefenged, to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That tl Paid Act is nearly 
expired; and that feveral Sums of Money, borrowed 
on the Credit thereof and of the other Two Aéts, are 
yet unpaid ; and that the faid Roads cannot be kept in 
Repair, unlefs the Term granted by the faid Aét be 
further continued, and the Tolls increafed; and al- 
leging, that the Road between the End of Hertford 
Town (commonly called The World’s End) and Amwell 
End near Ware, is the direét and proper Communica- 
tion between the Towns of Hertford and Ware, and 
joins at each End on the Roads directed to be repaired 
‘by the faid Acts, and is of public Utility, but can- 
not be repaired by the prefent Method prefcribed by 
Law: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for continuing the Tolls, 
Powers, and Authorities, granted by the faid Three fe- 
veral Acts, from the Expiration of the aforefaid A&amp;t of 
the 26th of his late Majefty ; and for vefting a dif- 
cretionary Power in the Truftees to be named in the 
faid Bill, to raife the Tolls, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet; and that the faid Road, be- 
tween the End of Hertford Town and Amwell End, be 
made Part of the Roads directed to be repaired by the 
faid Act, and be fubjected to all the Powers and Au- 
thorities thereof, 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter chereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houle : 

And it is referred to Mr. Plumer, Mr. Feilde, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of Zohn Poel was prefented tc the Houfe, 
and read; Praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for his Naturalization, | 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the {aid Petition: And that 
Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Gray do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Prifoners now confined for Debt in 
His Majefty’s Gaols for the County and City of Wor- 
cefter, in Behalf of themfelves and alfo of all other 
Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons in this King- 
dom, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Com- 
plaining of their Diftrefs, and praying Relief. 

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


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A Petition of the Owners and Proprietors of the 
Open and Common Field of Epweil, in the Parifh of 
Swalcliffe, in the County of Oxford, and of the Com- 
monable Land, Ground, and Tithes, lying and arifing 
within’the faid Common Field, Townthip, Liberties, 
and Precinéts, of Epwell aforefaid, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
and others are feized or otherwife poffefled of One large 
Open and Common Field, confifting of Twenty-feven 
Yard Lands, or thereabouts, together with fome odd 
Lands, lying in the Townfhip, Liberties, and Precinéts, 
of Epwell aforefaid ; and that the Petitioners and divers 
other Land:Owners, in refpect to their Yard Lands, or 
otherwife, are entitled to, and do enjoy, Common of 
Paiture, in and over the faid Open Field and Commons 
able Land, by a determinable Stint, exclufive of -all 
other Perfons whomfoever ; and that the faid Land and 
Ground lie intermixed and difperfed in fmall Parcels 
in-and over the faid Common Field, and are moft of 
them inconveniently fituated, and produce but little 
Profit to the Proprietors and Owners thereof, and are; 
in their prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement : 
And therefure praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, affigning, and 
allotting, the faid Common Field andCommonable Land, 
and for fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, Vhat Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer ot the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Wenman and Mr, Lowndes do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to enquire 
into the Management and Application of all fuch Sums 
of Money as have been colleéted, within Seven Years 
laft paft, by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament, 
for repairing any particular Highway or Highways; and 
to report the Matters, as they fhall appear to them, to- 
gether with their Objervations and Opinion thereupon, 
trom Time to Time, to the Houfe. 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Per- 


fons, Papers, and Records ; and all who come to the 
Committee are to have Voices. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to en- 
quire into the State of the Nightly Watch, within 
the City and Liberty of Weftmixfter ; and to report 
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houfe. 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records; and all who come to the 
Committee are to have Voices. 


Sir Fofeph Mawbey prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to continue for a further Time, an Act 
made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majelty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Aét to continue and amend an 
Aét, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act for Importation of Salt- 
ed Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Jre/and, for a 
limited Time; and for allowing the Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/h 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Speaker reported to the Houfe, That the Houfe 
attended His Majefty Yefterday, with their Addrefs ; 
to which His Majefty was pleafed to give this moft gra- 
cious Anfwer : 


Gentlemen, 


12 GEo. III. 


Gentlemen, 
I thank you very heartily for this moft dutiful Ad- 
drefs. Your affectionate Congratulations on the Birth 
of another Prince, and the Regard you exprefs for the 
a are highly acceptable to Me. 

receive with Pleafure and Approbation the Affuran- 
ces you give Me of your zealous Endeavours for the 
Extenfion and Security of the National Intereft and Ad- 
vantages. 

I have nothing fo much at Heart as to fee My King- 


doins flourifhing in Commerce, and My People happy 
under My Government. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Motion made Yefterday, That a Supply 
be granted to Flis Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Speech to 
both Houfes of Parliament be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. : 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth teported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of an Aét, made in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aét to continue the 
Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, 
Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch ; and alfo of the Ex- 
traction of low Wines,and Spirits from Wheat and 
Wheat Flour, for a further Time ; and alfo to prohibit 
the Exportation of Malt for a limited Time. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That Mr, Fuller have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being near Three of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Quantities of Corn imported into Great 
Britain, from Chriftmas 1765, as far as the fame can be 
made up. 


The Lord Barrington reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty 
of the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, 
and other Commiffioners for executing an Act of Parlia- 
ment, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 
and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town, together with the principal and 
other Inhabitants of the faid Borough, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

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Ordered, That the Lord Barrington havé Leave to 
make a Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. peat 

_And the faid Report was read ; ind is as followeth ; 
Vi. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read: And, e Bs payee 

Digory Mills, Efquire, being examiied, faid, That the 
Method of recovering Money on the Corporation di- 
rected by the faid Act is infufficient: That the faid 
Ac is not fufficiently explicit in regard to the Suanwem 
of the Rate; that the Method prefcribéd for Paving. is 
inconvenient, and it would be much better for each 
Perfon to pave for themfelves, fubjeét to the Infpéttion 
of a Surveyor ; that the Lamps and Number of Watch- 
mén appointed by the faid Aét are infufficient; dnd thai 
a Quarterly Collection of the Ratts would be _ rach 
more convenient than the prefent Mode ;, and that che 
faid A&amp; hath been found inconvenient and défective in 
other Particulars. ey weer pen 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring th 4 Bill to 
explain and dmerid an AG; paffed in the Tenth Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, lighting, and 
watching, the, Town of Plymouth, in the County, of 
Devon, and for regulating the’ Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town: And that the Lord Barrington 
and Sir Charles Hardy do prepare, and bring in; the fame. 


Orderéd, That Sir Charles Bunbury have Leave to 
take a Motion. iy oe sci bas 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefent- 
ed to the Houfe, . A each a Ot 

A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed t 
put in Execution an Act, made in the Tenth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Roads, from the Bo- 
rough of Bury Saint Edmund’s to the Town of New- 
market, in the Counties of Suffolk and Cambridge, and 
from the South End of the Ferry Street in Brandon, to 
Bury Saint Edmund's, in the {aid County of Suffolk, 
whofe Names ate thereunto fub{cribed. ‘ctoetine 

And the faid Petition was read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have proceeded in the Execution of the 
faid Aét, and have borrowed a.confiderable Sum of 
Money upon the Credit of the Tolls thereby granted ; 
but find the faid A&amp; cannot be carried into effeétual 
Execution, and the Money borrowed repaid, unlefs the 
Term granted by the faid Act is further continued, and 
the Tolls and Powers thereof are increafed, altered, and 
enlarged: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to continue the faid Tetm, and 
render more effectual the faid Aét, in fuch Manner as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet: 

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

And it is referred to’ Sir Charles Bunbury, Mr, Holt, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday’ Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
bers and have Power td fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Ordered, That Sir William Meredith have Leave to 
make a Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ;' 

Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That no Bill, or Claufe 
in any Bill, do pafs this Houfe, by which Capital Pus 
nifhment is to be inflicted, unlefs the‘fame fhall have 
been referred to a Committee of the whole Houfe: 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Camplin, from 
the Committee of the Company'of Merchanits trading 
to Africa, attended at the Door; he was called in 5 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the 
Direétions of an Act of Parliament; 


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418 


A Paper, intituled, “* Anno 1770, The Account, of 
** the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading 
“to Africa; diftinguifhing every Article of Expence 
“* under its proper Title.” | 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

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

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That Mr. Laroche have Leave to make a 
Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefented 
to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Sheriff’s Ward at Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, 
in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all the other Debtors 
confined in the feveral Prifons in that County. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Complaining of their 
Diftrefs, and praying Relief. 

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


Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh have Leave to 
make a Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefented 
to the Houfe, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
County Gaol of Derby, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo 
of all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of 
this Kingdom. 

And the faid Petition was read ; Complaining of their 
Diftrefs, and praying Relief. 

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


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





Luna, 27° die fanuarii; 


Anno 12° Georgii III*# Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS, 


pt ER Lewis De La Rive and Francis Menet took 
' the Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturaliza- 
tion. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open. Common 
Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within the Ma- 
nors and Parifh of North Crawley, in the County of 
Bucks, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Drake, 
Mr. Hopkins, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fohn Poel: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refoived, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands and Eftates, in the Parifh of Fincham, in the 
County of Norfolk, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, on Behalf of themfelves and the feveral other 
Owners of Lands and Eftates within the faid Parith, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That there are, within the faid Parith, feveral Common. 
Fields, Half Year Inclofures, Commons, and Wafte 


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Lands, belonging to the Petitioners and others; and 
that, if the fame were divided, and {pecific Allotments 
thereof made to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, 
the Petitioners Eftates within the faid Parifh would be 
greatly improved : And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bringin a Bill for dividing and inclofing 
the faid Lands, under fuch Regulations as the Houtle 
fhall think fit. | 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in 4 Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Edward Aftley and Mr. De Grey do prepare, .and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of Henry Peyton, Efquire, heretofore called 
Henry Dafhwood, Efquire, was prefented tothe Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioner’s late Uncle, Sir 
Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed, on or about the Four- 
teenth Day of Fanuary One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Sixty-five, made his laft Will and Teftament, and, 
amoneft other Things, thereby gave and devifed divers 
Eftates therein mentioned, unto the Reverend Thomas 
Moore, Clerk, and Eliab Breton, Efquire (Truftees 
therein named, and their Heirs, in Truft for the Ufe of 
the Petitioner for Life, and after his Deceafe to his 
firft and every other Son fucceffively in Tail Male, with 
divers Remainders over) and the faid Teftator did 
thereby direét, that the Petitioner, and fuch Perfon and 
Perfons as fhould refpettively enjoy the faid Eftates, 
fhould take and ufe the Surname of Peyton, and no 
other Surname, and bear his Coat of Arms ; and that 
the Petitioner is lately come into Pofleffion of the faid 
Eftates, by virtue of the faid Will, and hath, in Com- 
pliance therewith, taken upon himfelf and ufed the 
Surname of Peyton, and is defirous that the fame ma 
be eftablifhed upon him and the Heirs of his Body by 
Authority of Parliament, with Liberty to take and bear 
the Arms of the faid late Sir Thomas Peyton, deceafed : 
And therefore. praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable the Petitioner, and the Heirs 
of his Body, to take and ufe the Surname and Arms 
of Peyton, purfuant to the Will of the faid Sir- Thomas 
Peyton, deceafed. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Edward Aftley and Sir Harbord Harbord do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Parith 
of Chatham, in the County of Kent, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Streets 
and Lanes of the faid Parifh are very ill paved, lighted, 
and cleanfed, and incommodious to Paffengers ; and 
that it would tend greatly to the Benefit and Safety of 
the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, and of all Perfons 
reforting thereto, if the faid Streets and Lanes were 
properly paved, vo and kept clear and free from 
all Annoyances and Incroachments : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bil) for the 
Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Reftriftions and Limita- 
tions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. 
Fuller, 8c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
~ have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Bill for naturalizing Peter Lewis De La Rive and 
Francis Menet, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Bacon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

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A Bill for naturalizing Fobn Henry Gentil, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Bacon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Francis Darius Laudumiey,-was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c. : And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Diederich Meyerboff, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of Henry Duncombe, Efquire, and others, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, 
within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parifh of Kunare/- 
borough, in the County of York, Two large and ex- 
tenfive Moors, or Commons, called Rigg Moor and 
Brearton Moor, containing, by Eftimation, 650 Acres, 
or thereabouts ; and that the faid Moors, or Commons, 
are not, in their prefent Situation, capable of Improve- 
ment, nor can be occupied to fuch Advantage as they 
might be, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and 
fpecific Parts thereof allotted to the Petitioners and 
apers interefted therein, according to their refpective 

ights in and throughout the fame; and that fuch 
Divifion and Inclofure would tend greatly to the Benefit 
of the Petitioners, and be of public Utility: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be. given to bring in a 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Moors, or Com- 
mons, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
mect. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Daniel Lafcelles, Sir Cecil Wray, and Mr. Weddell, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Edward Bears, Chriftopher Ingham, 
Gentlemen, and others, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That there are, within the Manor of Fo/lifoot, in 
the County of York, feveral Open and Uninclofed 
Fields, commonly called Tofts Field, Birkhead Field, 
Flat Field, Inmans Field, Kirtabill Field, Aketon Field, 
Prieft Ings, Scur Land Ends, and Ing Land Ends, con- 
taining together, by Eftimation, 165 Acres, or there- 
abouts ; and alfo a large and extenfive Moor, or Com- 
mon, commonly called Follifoot Moor, containing, by 
Eftimation, 1,160 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that the 
fame are not, in their prefent Situation, capable of Im- 
provement, nor can be occupied to fuch Advantage as 
they might be, if the fame were divided and inclofed, 
and fpecific Parts thereof allotted to the Petitioners and 
others interefted therein, according to their refpective 
a in and throughout the fame ; and that fuch Di- 
vifion and Inclofure would tend greatly to the Benefit 
of the Petitioners, and be of public Utility : And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open Fields, and 
Moor, or Common, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Cecil Wray, Mr. Daniel Lajfcelles, and Sir George Savile, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, Gentle- 


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men, Clergy, Land Owners, and Inhabitants, of the 
County of Cheffer, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Port of Chefter is an 
ancient Sea Port ; and the Navigation of the River Deé, 
from the City of Chefter to the Sea, hath been improved, 
at a very great Expence, by virtue of feveral Acts of 
Parliament ; but, for Want of an Inland Conveyance 
by Water to and from the faid City, the Inhabitants 
thereof, and of the interior Parts of the County, cannot 
fully enjoy the Advantage of the faid Navigation and 
Sea Port; and that, proper Levels and Surveys having 
been taken, it appears that a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
for the Paffage of Boats, and other Veffels of heavy 
Burthens, may be made from the River Dee, within the 
Liberties of the faid City, to or near Middlewich, in the 
faid County ; and alfo, that a Branch may be made frorti 
a certain Part of the now propofed Canal, near Wardle 
Green, to or near the Town of Namptwich, which will 
be a Means of greatly facilitating the Conveyance, and 
of reducing the Prices of Carriage, of Goods, Wares, 
and Merchandizes, to and from the faid Port of Chefter, 
and the feveral Trading Towns and Places adjoinin 
to, or lying near, both the faid Canals; and will be 
of great Advantage, not only to the Trade carried on 
in the faid County and City, but alfo to the feveral 
Towns and Places through, or near, which the faid 
Canals are intended to be made, and will be of public 
Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the above Purpofes, in fuch 
Form and Manner, and under fuch Regulations and Re- 
ftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Crewe, Mr. Egerton, 8c. + 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records; and all who 
come to the Committee are to have Voices: 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Sheriffs Ward at Bodmyn, in the County of Cornwall, 
in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all the other Debtors 
confined in the feveral Prifons in this County: And 
alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt, in the 
Caftle of York, Rothwell, Hallifax, and Shefield Gaols, 
in the County-of York, in Behalf of themfelves, and 
alfo of all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons 
of this Kingdom ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
ern of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
ief. 


And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, feported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider of the Motion made upon 
Tburfday \aft, That a Supply be granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Refolution which the Committee had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; which he read in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

_ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That a Supply be granted to His Majefty. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time ; 

Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this Houfe doth 
agree with the Committee in the faid Refolution, That a 
Supply be granted to His Majefty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon re Mérn- 
ing next, refolve. itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty. | 


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Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Ordinary of the 
Navy, for the Year 1772, with an Eftiqate of the Half 
Pay of Officers of the Navy, and tuch of the Officers of 
the Marines as were employed in the lait War, be laid 
before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of what may 
be neceflary for the Buildings, Re-buildings, and Re- 
pairs, of Ships of War in His Majefty’s Yards, and 
other Extra Works, over and above what are propofed 
to be done upon the Heads of Wear and Tear and Or- 
dinary, for the Year 1772, be laid before this Houte. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge for Guards, 
Garifons, and other Land Forces, for the Year 1772, 
be laid before this Hauie. 
~ Ordered, That an Eftimgte of the Charge of the Office 
of Ordnance, for Land Service, for the Year 1772, be 
laid: before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That 2 Lift of the Regimental and Warrant 
Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and of iuch of 
the Officers of the Marines as were reduced before the 
{aft War, who are to be on Half Pay for the Year 1772, 
be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Charge of Out 
Peahoners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1772, be 

id before this Houfe. 
~~ Ordered, That an Account of Services incurred, and not 
provided for by Parliament, be laid before this Houfe. 

Ordered, That an Account be laid before this Houfe, 
fhewing the Monies arifen, within the refpeAive Half 
Years ended at the 5th Day of Apri] 1771, and the roth 
Day of Ofober.1771, as well of or for the Excefs or 
Surplus of the Fund commonly called the Aggregate 
Fund, as. of or. for the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund 
commonly called the South Sea Fund ; as alfo.of or for 
the Excefs or Surplus of the Fund commonly called the 
General Fund. 

’ Ordered, That an Eftimate of the Debt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, as. it ftood on the 31ft Day of December 
1771, be laid before this Houle. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Diretions to the. proper Officers, to lay before this 
Houfe the faid Eftimates, Lift, and Accounts, 

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


Mr. Bacon, according to Order, reported, from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of. an Aét made in the laft- Seffion of Par- 
liament, intituled, An Aé to continue the Prohibition 
of the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, F lour, Bread, 
Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo of. the Extraction of Low 
Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat F lour, for a 
further Time and. alfo.to prohibit the Exportation of 
Malt for a limited Time; the Refolution which the 
Committee had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
which he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and 
is as followeth; viz. is. 

Refolved, That it, is the Opinion of. this. Committee, 
That an Act made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An. Aé to continue the Prohibition of the Ex- 
portation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, 
and Starch ; and alfo.of the Extraction of Low Wines 
and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for.a further 
Time; and alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for 
a limited Time.; be continued. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion, put thereupon, agreed to by the 

oufe, 
pe That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Mr. Bacon, Mr. Cooper, and Sir 
Charles Whitworth, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Robert Spencer acquainted the Houfe, That the 





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M4.17°72, 


Gentlemen, appointed to attend Her Majefty with the 
Congratulatory Meflage of this Houfe, had attended 
Her Majefty accordingly ; and that Her Majefty was 
pleafed to fay, 


Gentlemen, 


This repeated Proof of your Duty to the King, and 
Regard to me, meets with My moft fincere Thanks, 


A Petition of Richard Croftes, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Roudbam, in the County of Norfolk, and 
Owner of great Part of the Lands within the faid Manor 
and Parifh, the Reverend Fobhn Boldero, Clerk, Vicar 
of the Parifh and Parifh Church of Roudbam aforefaid, 
and of Fobm Barker, Efquire, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That, within the faid Manor 
and Parifh, there are feveral Common Fields, Break 
Lands, Half Year Lands, Lammas Meadows, Heaths, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds ; and that the Property 
therein is very much difperfed, and inconveniently fitu- 
ated ; and that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, 
it would be advantageous to the faid Owners and Pro- 
prietors: And theretore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, un- 
der fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
De Grey and Sir Edward Aftley do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of James Buller, Efquire, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, at the late 
Election of a Burgefs to ferve in Parliament for the Be- 
rough of Callington, in the County of Cornwall, in the 
room of Fane William Sharpe, Efquire, deceafed, Wil- 
kam Skrine, E{quire, and the Petitioner, were Candi- 
dates; and that, at the faid Election, Mr. David Horn- 
don prefided, and acted as. the Portreeve and Returning 
Officer of the faid Borough; and that the Petitioner was 
duly elected by-a Majority of legal Votes, and ought ro 
have been returned ; neverthelefs the faid David Hormdon 
partially and: illegally refufed to accept the Suffrages of 
feveral qualified. Perfons, who offered to vote; and gave 
their Votes for the Petitioner; and admitted others who 
were not qualified to vote for the faid' William: Skrine, 
by which, and other unfair, unwarrantable, and illegal 
Practices and Proceedings, previous to’and at the faid 
Eleétion, a {mall colourable Majority was procured in 
Favour of the faid William. Skrine,; and the faid Port: 
reeve did thereupon think fit to declare and return the 
faid William Skrine duly eleéted to reprefent the faid 
Borough, in Wrong of the Petitioner, and in manifeft 
and open Violation of the Rights of Election: And 
therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into 
Confideration, and to afford him fuch Relief as the Na- 
ture and Circumftances of his Cafe thall appear to de- 
ferve. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Confi- 
deration upon Monday the 24th Day of February next, 
at One of the Clock in the Afternoon. : 

Memorandum: 

The following Notices were fent to ¥ames Buller, 
Efquire, and William Skrine, Efquire, in Purfu- 
ance of Two Atts, paffed in the roth and‘ 11th 
Years of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, to resu- 
late the Trials of controverted Eleétions, or Re- 
turns of Members to ferve in Parliament. 


Luna, 27° die Fanuarii, 1772. 

Ordered, That Fames Buller, Efquire, do, by 
himfelf, his Counfel, or Agent, attend this 
Houfe upon Monday the 24th Day of February 
next, at One of the Clock in the Afternoon. 

F. Hat/fell, 
Cl. Dom..Com. 


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12 Geo. III. 


James Buller, Efquire, having this Day pre- 
fented his Petition, complaining, That ‘at the 
late Election of a Burgeis to ferve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Callington, in the 
County of Cornwall, in the room of Fane 
William Sharpe, Etquire, deceated, William 
Skrine, Efquire, and the Petitioner, were Can- 
didates ; that at the faid Election, Mr. David 
Horndon prefided, and acted as the Portreeve 
and Returning Officer of the faid Borough , 
that the Petitioner was duly elected by a 
Majority of legal Votes, and Ought to have 
been returned as duly elected accordingly ; 
neverthelefs the faid David Horndon parually 
and illegally refufed to accept the Suffrages 
of feveral qualified Perfons who offered to vote 
and gave their Votes for the Petitioner, and ad- 
mitted others, who were not qualified, to vote 
for the faid William Skrine, by which, and 
other unfair, unwarrantable, and illegal, Prac- 
tices and Proceedings, previous to, and at, 
the faid Election, a fmall, colourable Majo- 
rity was procured in Favour of the faid 
William Skrine; and the faid Portreeve did 
thereupon think fit to declare, and return the 
faid William Skrine duly elected, to reprefent 
the faid Borough, in Wrong of the Petitioner, 
and in manifeft and open Violation of the 
Rights of Ele¢tion; and the Houfe having 
appointed Monday the Twenty-fourth Day of 
February next, at One of the Clock, in the 
Afternoon, to take the faid Petition into 
Confideration, you are therefore to take No- 
tice, That the Houfe will, at that Time, 
take the fame Petition into Confideration. 

Given under my Hand, this Twenty- 
feventh Day of January One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 


FY’. Norton, Speaker. 
To fames Buller, Efquire. 


The like Notice to William Skrine, Efquire. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County of Effex, in the room 
of Sir William Maynard, Baronet, deceafed. 


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





Martis, 28° die Fanuarit; 


Anne 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


S IR Edward Aftley prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enable Henry Peyton, 
Efquire, lately called Henry Dafhwood, and his Iftue, 
to take and ufe the Surname and Arms of Peyton, 
purfuant to the Will of Sir Thomas Peyton, Baronet, 
deceafed : And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the Houfe, 
That their Addrefs of Yefterday, That His Majefty would 


be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions to the proper 
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Ait 
Officers, that the Eftimates, Lift, and Accounts, therein 
thentioned, might be laid before this Houfe, had been 
prefented to-His Majefty ; arid that His Majefty had 
commanded him to acquaint this Houfe, that He will 
give Directions accordingly. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates and Council of the 
City of Glafgow, was prefented to the Houfe. 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, 
and having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe, ari 
Account of his Qualification, and taken and fubfcribed 
the Oath of Qualification, according to the Laws made 
for thofe Purpofes ; 

The faid Petition was read ; Settiig forth, That the 
Harbour of Port Glafgow has of late Years been greatly 
choaked and filled up, whereby Veffels of Burthen are 
hindered from getting into the Piers and Quays, and are 
thereby expofed to many Dangers and Inconveniences ; 
and that the Trade of the faid City and Port has of Jateé 
Years increafed, and the Ships and Veffels trading to and 
from the fame are now more numerous, and of larger 
Dimenfions than heretofore, and the Quays and Piers 
are not fufficient for the Reception and convenient Ly- 
ing of the Ships and Veffels reforting thereto, nor for 
the requifite and convenient Difpatch in loading and 
unloading the fame; which Dangers and Inconveniences 
render the deepening, cleaning, and fcouring, of the faid 
Harbour, and the building and erecting new and ad- 
ditional Piers, Breafts, Jettees, and Quays, highly ne- 
ceffary ; and that certain Rules and Regulations fhould 
be eftablifhed, for regulating Ships and Veffels trading 
or coming into, or going out of, the Harbour aforefaid : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, pre- 
ferving, and maintaining, the faid Harbour of Port 
Glafgow, and for enlarging and improving the Quays 
and Piers within the faid Harbour, and for building and 
erecting new and additional! Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, 
and for regulating all Ships, Veffels, Barks, or Lighters, 
trading or coming into, and going out of, the Harbour 
aforefaid,; and for exacting, collecting, levying, and 
receiving, fuch Tolls, Rates, and Duties, from all Ships, 
Veffels, Barks, and Lighters, coming into, and going 
out of, the faid Harbour, as fhall be judged reafonable 
and expedient ; and for giving to the faid Magittrates 
and Council of the City of Glafgcw, and their Suc- 
ceffors in Office, fuch cther Powers, Grants, and Pri- 
vileges, as fhall be neceffary for executing and com- 
pleting the Works aforefaid, and for maintaining, up- 
holding, and keeping the fame in Repair. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Frederick Campbell, Mr: 
Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


The Lord Barrington ptefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to theit Addrets to His Majefty, _ 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Guards, Garifons, and 
other His Majefty’s Land Forces in Great Britain, from 
the 25th December 1771; to the 24th December 1772, 
both Days inclufive, being 366 Days: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of His Majefty’s Forces in 
the Plantations and Africa, including thofe in Garifon 
at Minorca and Gibraltar, from 25th December 1771, 
to 24th December 1772, both Days inclufive, being 366 
Days: And alfo, ‘ 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Difference of Pay be- 
tween the Britifh and Irifh Eftablifhment of Five Bat- 
talions and Four Companies of Foot, ferving in the Je 


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of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and the Ceded Iflands, 
from 25th December 1771, to 24th December 1772, both 
inclufive, being 366 Days: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the General and General 
Staff Officers in Great Britain, for the Year 1772: And 
alfo, 

Eftimate of the-Charge of the Allowances to Widows 
of Officers who have died on Half Pay, for the Year 
1772: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Allowances 
to the Reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forces 
and Marines, for the Year 1772: And alfo, 


Eftimate of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chel- 


fea Hofpital, for the Year 1772: And alfo, 
Lift of the Reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land 
Forces and Marines, intitled to receive Half. Pay in 


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Great Britain, with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof 
for the Year 1772. 


The Lord Barrington alfo prefented to the Houfe, by 
His Majefty’s Command, 

A Lift of the Widows of fuch Reduced Officers of 
His Majefty’s Land Forces and Marines, who died on 
the Eftablifhment of Half Pay in Great Britain, and 
who were married to them before the 25th Day of De- 
cember 1716; with an Eftimate of the Charge thereof for 
the Year 1772. 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates and’ Lifts were 
read. 

The faid Lifts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion ; and the faid Eftimates are 
as followeth ; viz. 


ESTIMATE 

























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ESTIMATE of theCharge of the Guards, Garifons, and other His Majefty’s Land Forces ih Great Britain, 


from the 25th December 1771 to the 24th December 1772, both Days inclufive, being 366 Days. 





Horfe. 


Dragoons. 4 





| Marquis of Lothian’s 
Light Lieutenant General Eljio#’s 
Dragoons. Colonel Burgoyne’s 


Foot. ¢ 








Invalids. 5 
Cc 


War Office, 28th January 1772. 


Firft Troop of Life Guards 


Second Ditto 


Firft Troop of Grenadier Guard 


Second Ditto 


Royal Regiment of H 


rFirft Regiment of Dragoon Guards 


Second Ditto 
Third Ditto 


Earl of Pembroke’s Dragoons 
Earl of Panmure’s 
Earl of Albemarle’s 
Major General Carpenter’s 
General Cholmondeley’s 

* Lieutenant General Howara’s 
Sir Fobn Mordaunt’s 


Firft Regiment of Foot Guards 
Coldftream Regiment of Foot Guards 
Third Regiment of Foot Guards 

Sir Jeffrey Amherfi’s Regiment of Foot 
Lieutenant General Hodg/on’s 
Major General Rufane’s 
Lord Robert Bertie’s 
Lieutenant General Court's 
Sir Charles Hotham’s 
Lieutenant General Monckton’s 
Major General Graeme’s 


Colonel Hale’s 


Lieutenant General Gage’s 
| Lieutenant General Bo/cawen’s 
Lieutenent General Parflow’s 


Earl Cornwallis’s 


Colonel Fletcher Campbell's 
Lieutenant General Gray’s 
Lieutenant General Cary’s 
| Major General Lambari’s 


Colonel Wren’s Regiment 
20 Independent Companies 


Garifons with Fire and Candle 
Contingencies upon Account 





Pay of the Troops 
and Regiments 


for 366 Days. 


Total. 





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42.4 






Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A, 1772. 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of His Majefly’s Forces in the Plantations and Africa, including thofe in Ga- 
rifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, from 25th December 1771 to 24th December 1772, both inclufive, being 366 


Days. 





Lieutenant General We)b’s Regiment of Foot 
Lieutenant General Sandford’s 
Major General Keppel’s 

Major General Gi/borne’s 

Sir John Sebright’s 

Major General Mackay’s 
Major General Scoét’s 

Major General Evelyn’s 
Lieutenant General Oughton’s 
Lieutenant General Leighton’s 
Major General Pier/on’s 
Lieutenant General Clavering’s 
Major General Owen’s 

Royal American Regiment, 2 Battalions 
Colonel Pomeroy’s 
Major General Urm/ton’s 
Lord Adam Gordon's 
Lieutenant General Lambton’s — 
Lieutenant Colonel O’Hara’s Corps 


PET EEEEET TM 


momen 


BERAREARSAARRER ERS. 


BOSSA eeeweeees 


Garifons in North America, viz. Quebec, Montreal, S* 
Auguftine, Penfacola, Mobille, and South Carolina — 


Garifons at Annapolis Royal, Halifax, Placentia, S* Fobn’s | 


in Newfoundland, Louifbourgh, S* Fobn’s Ifland, Pro- 
vidence, and Bermudas — —_ 
Garifons in the Iflands of Grenada, S' Vincent, Dominique, 
and Tobago 
Officers ferving with the Forces in North Ametica 
Contingencies upon Account 


os ee 


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oomel 


MINORC A. 
Duke of Argyll’s 2d Battalion 
Major General Murray’s Regiment 
Lord George Lennox’s 
Earl of Egiington’s 


ees 
birt 


Officers of the Garifon, &amp;&amp;e. 


Gis2e 2 4°L. TF st Zs 
Colonel Clinton’s Regiment of Foot 
Colonel Boyd’s 
Colonel Wal’. 
Colonel Cunnifban’s 


Officers of the Garifon, &amp;c. 
Provifions for 15 Battalions of Foot in North America, 
Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, Fc. deducting 24 d. 
per Diem from each Non-commiffioned Officer and 
Private Man towards that Expence: 
Remains to be borne by Government 
Provifions for the Regiments at Gibraltar 
Provifions for the Regiments in the Ceded Fflands 
Provifions for Lieutenant Colonel O’Hara’s Corps ferv- 
ing in Africa, deducting 24d. per Diem from each 
Non-commiffioned Officer and Private Man, towards 
that Expence: 
Remains ta be borne by Government 


— men 


—— 


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Total — 


War Office, 
28th Fanuary 1772. 
Barrington. 


Pay of the ~~ 














Numbers. ments, €%c. for Total. 
366 Days. 
TA | Sep t7— 
7a" a 
a | Pye 87 
ah “= | egy ip = 
477| — | 105970 17 — 
7 ie 7 
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477, — +'8g79.17'— 
477} — |10,970 17 — 
oF =. | age et? 
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a «=| aagyot7 
955| — | 22,197 18 — 
Th (ee a 
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214] — 4,181 11 — 

—-—| 9,278 212,883 18 — 
a | a _ — 3,568 10 — 
—| — —_ — 3,052 6 of 
—}| — —_ — 9,461 2 — 
— — —_— — 4,000 — cme 
477| — | 10,714 13 — 
477| — |10,970 17 — 

Tn. aye a 
477| — {10,970 17 — 

———| 1,908 43,627 4— 
—-|-\|---=— 51933 15 6 
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477, “— | £0:970 17:— 
477| “~ | 10,970 17 — 

TR Tear 7 = 
1,908 43,883 8 — 
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—]| — | 22,303 2 6 
—j] — |21,579 8 10 
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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


425 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Difference of Pay, between- the Briti/&gt; and Irifo Eftablifhment, of 
Five Battalions and Four Companies of Foot, ferving in the Ifle of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and the Ceded 
Iflands, from 25th December 1771 to 24th December 1772, both inclufive, being 366 Days. 9 
































Pay for 
Numbers. |. 366 Days. Difference. 
Duke of 4rgyl?s 1ft Battalion, according to the Briti# Eftablith- 
ment — = ——| 477 | 10,970 17 — 
Paid by Jreland for this Battalion — —_ —| — — | 10,093 14 33 
Difference —| —# — 877 2 St 
Sit Charles Montagu’s Regiment, the fame _ —| 477 _-_— — 877, 2 8% 
Major General Gore’s, the fame  — -— —| 477 —_-_ —- — $972 | «83 
Lieutenant General Co/vill’s, the fame j .— _ —| 477 -—- = 877 2 8% 
Major General Trapaud’s, the fame — 477 —_-_—-— 877 2 8% 
Four Companies of Lord Fobn Murray’s Regiment, with the ufual | 
Staff Officers — —- — 189 4,157 3— 
Paid by Ireland for thefe Companies a —|— — | 3819 — 3 
Difference —| — — 338 2 9 
Total —J| 2,574 — — — [£4723 16 24 


War Office, 28th Fanuary 1772. 


Barrington. 








ESTIMATE of the Charge of the General and General Staff Officers in Great Britain, for the Year 1772. 


General and General Staff Officers 


War Office, 28th Fanuary 1772. 


Barrington. 


For 366 Days. 


pe ee 
11,322 7 3 











ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Allowances to Widows of Officers, who have died on Half Pay, for 


the Year 1772. 


Allowances to the Widows, for the Year 1772 — 
War Office, 28th Fanuary 1772. 
Barrington. 
Vou. XXXII. s5Q - 


ESTIMATE 





426 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons.. 


4.17972. 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of Half Pay and Allowances to the reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Land 


Forces and Marines, for the Year 1772. 





For reduced Officers of His Majefty’s Forces, for 366 Days, from the 25th 
December 1771 to the 24th December 1772, inclufive 

For Allowances to Officers of the reduced Horfe 

For the annual Allowances to Nine private Gentlemen of the 3d and 4th 
Troops of Horfe Guards, at £.10 per Annum each 

For Fifty-three private Gentlemen of th®4 Troops of Horfe Guards at 7d. 
per Diem each 





Per Diem. For 366 Days. 

— = 316 6 —| 115,765 16 — 

_ — 114 2 625°-5— 
ons &lt;a r 10 11 565 15 6 
Total =| = — | 117,046 16 6 





War Office, 28th Fanuary 1772. 


Barrington. 











ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Out Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital, for the Year 1772. 


16,066 Out Penfioners ftanding at prefent upon the Books of the Hofpital — 
103 Letter Men, at 12d. per Diem each 
31 Serjeants, at 9 d. per Diem each 


Per Diem. 


For 366 Days: 





334 14 2 
53&gt; 
23 4 


122,503 5 — 
1,884 18 — 


425 9 6 





(enna ee eee 


16,200 


War Office, 28th Fanuary 1772. 








341 — 5 | 124,813 12 6 








Barrington. 


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


A Petition of Richard Atkinfon, George Beecroft, and 
others, whofe Names are thereunto fubicribed, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there 
are, within the Manor of Clareton with Coneyftrop, in the 
County of York, feveral Open and Uninclofed Fields, 
commonly called Claroe Field, Miln Field, and Cold Gap 
Field, containing together, by Eftimation, 210 Acres, 
or thereabouts; and alfo, a Moor, or Common, called 
Clareton Moor, containing, by Eftimation, 250 Acres, 
or-thereabouts ; and within the Manor of Allerton with 
Flaxby, adjoining to the faid Manor of Clareton with 
Coneyfirop, there is a Piece or Parcel of Wafte Ground, 
Moor, or Common, called Short/i], containing, by Etti- 
’ mation, 70 Acres, or thereabouts’; and that the faid 
Open Fields and Moors, or Commons, are not, in their 
prefent Situation, capable of Improvement, nor can be 
occupied to fuch Advantage as they might be, if the 
fame were divided and incloied, and fpecific Parts there- 


ae 


of allotted to the Petitioners and others interefted there- 
in: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the {aid 
Open Fields, and Moors, or Commons, in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Thomas Frankland and Mr. Daniel Lafcelles do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Prifoners now confined in His Ma- 
jefty’s Gaol for the County of Cambridge, for them- 
felves and all others that labour under the Misfortune 
of being confined for Debt: And alfo, 

A Petition of the feveral Prifoners confined in War- 
wick Gaol for Debt, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, in Behalf of themfelves, and ‘alfo of all other 
Prifoners of this Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of ‘the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Caftle of Lincoln: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in His 

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Majefty’s Gaol the Caftle of Lancafter, in Behalf of 
themfelves, and alfo of all other Debtors confined in 
the feveral Prifons of this Kingdom: And allio, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in His 
Majefty’s Gaol for the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all 
other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this 
Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in Lof- 
witbiel, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all othe 
Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this King- 
dom: 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and fead; 
grape of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
ef. 
And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners for putting in Exe- 
cution an Act of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of his Majefty King Georgé the 
Firft, intituled, An Act for the effectual Draining and 
Prefervation of Haddenham Level, in the Ie of Ely, 
and of feveral other Owners and Occupiers of Fen 
Lands and Low Grounds in the faid Level, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, in 
Purfuance of the faid Aéct, the Lands and Grounds 
therein mentioned have been affeffed and rated at One 
Shilling per Acre; and that feveral Engines, and other 
Works, for draining the fame, have been erected; but 
that the faid Engines and Works are, by Length of 
Time, and other Accidents, become fo ruinous and de- 
cayed, that the prefent Tax is infufficient for that Pur- 
pofe, whereby the faid Commiffioners have been obliged 
to contract feveral Debts, which now remain unpaid, 
and which cannot be difcharged, nor the neceflary Works 
for Draining renewed and maintained, without the fur- 
ther Aid of Parliament; and that the Powers and Au- 
thorities given by the faid A&amp; are not fufficient for the 
effe€tual Draining and Prefervation of the faid Level: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for laying fuch farther Tax upon the 
Lands and Grounds in the faid Level, and alfo for 
granting fuch farther Powers and Authorities, for the 
better draining and preferving the fame, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And jt is referred to Sir Fobn Hynde Cotton, Sir 
Sampfon Gideon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Sir Charles Wbitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Francis Darius Lau- 
dumiey, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing ¥obn Henry Gentil, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had directed him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed, 

































12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 427 


_ Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Diederich Meyerkoff, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had direéted him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe; without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table, 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Conimittee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Peter Lewis De La 
Rive and Francis Menet, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Ametidmient: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table: 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofiéd: 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clerey, Free- 
holders, and others, Inhabitants of the County of Cum- 
berland, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
pretented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Road leading from a Place called Raffles, in the 
Parifh of Saint Mary Carlifle, by Wocdboufes, to the 
Town of Wigton; and from thence, by Weft Newton, 
through the Towns of Allonby and Mary Port, by Flim- 
by, to the Town of Workington, and from thence to the 
End of the prefent Turnpike Road at the South End of 
Hunda Lane, \eading from thence to Whitebaven, in the 
faid County ; and alfo, the Road leading from the faid 
Town of Wigton, to the Town of Abby Holme, in the faid 
County ; and alfo, the Road leading from Wigton afore- 
faid, to the End of the prefent Turnpike Road at Chalk 
Beck, in the faid County, are deep and ruinous, narrow in 
fome Parts, and carinot be fufficiently widened, altered, 
amended, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary Cour‘é 
of Law: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill to widen and repair the faid 
Roads, by fuch Ways and Means, and under fuch Re- 
gulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Fletcher, Sir Fames Low- 
ther, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
atid have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Bacon prefented to the Houle, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue, for a further Time, an Act made 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to 
continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch ; and alfo 
of the Extraction of low Wines and Spirits from Wheat 
and Wheat Flour, for a further Time; and alfo to 
prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a limited Time : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, That fome of the Com- 
miffioners of the Cuftoms attended at the Door; they 
were called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houte, 
purfuant to feveral Acts of Parliament, 

N° 1. An Account of prohibited Ea? India Goods, 
brought into Saint Helen’s Warehoules, in the Port of 
London, from Michaelmas 1770 to Michaelmas 1771; 
alfo, what exported during that Time; and what re- 
mained in the faid Warehoufes at Michaelmas 1771: 
And alfo, 

N° 2. An Account of prohibited Zaft India Goods, 
brought into Leadenball Warehoufes, in the Port of 
London, from Michaelmas 1770 to Michaelmas 177 4 
alfo, 













428 


mained in the fiid Warehoutes at Michaelmas 1771: 
And alto, - 
N° 3. An Acceynt of prohibited Eaft India Goods, 


remaining in His Majefty’s Warehoufe in the Port of 
London, at Michaelmas 1770; what, has been fince 
brought in, what exported; as alfo, what remained at 
Michaelmas 1771: Ana alfo, 

Ne 4. An Account of Laft India Goods, prohibited 
to be worn in this Kingdom, in the refpeétive Ware- 
houfes in the Out Ports, at Michaelmas 1770 5 what 
have been fince brought in; what exported’; as alfo, 
what remained at Michaelmas 1771: And allo, 

N° 5. An Account of prohibited Eaft India Goods, 
which have been delivered ‘out of thé Warehoutes at 
Saint Helen’s, Leadenball, Billiter Lane, and Cufiom 
Houje, in the Port of London, fince Michaelmas 1770, 
in order to be dyed, glazed, and refrefhed ; what have 
been returned; and what remained out at Michaelmas 
1771: And alfo, . 

N° 6. An Account of Naval Stores imported from 
Ruffia into the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1770 
to Michaelmas 1771: And alfo, 

N° 7. An Account of Naval Stores imported from 
Ruffia into the Ports »of England, commonly called the 
Out Ports, from Michaelmas 1770 to Michaelmas 1771 : 
And alfo, 

An Account of the Number of Ships whith have been 
employed in the Whale Fithery to Davis’s Straits and 
the Greenland Seas, with their refpeétive Names and 
Burthens, from whence they were fitted out,.and at what 
Port in Great Britain they were difcharged; and alfo, 
what Quantity of Oil or Whale Fins each Ship has im- 
ported in the Year 1771: And alfo, 

An Account of all Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt, Flour, 
Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, exported from England, to 
any Place whatfoever, by Virtue, or in Purfuance of any 
of the Liberties, or Powers, given or granted for that Pur- 
pofe, by an Act paffed lait Seflion, to prohibit the Ex- 
portation thereof; continued from laft Account; viz. 
from the roth of Oober 1770, exclufive, to the roth 
of Ofober 1771, inclufive. 

And then they withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

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

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 

Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; 
he was called in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantities of Jrifh Beef, Pork, 
and Butter, imported into London, from the roth Day 
of Ofober 1770 to the 1ft Day of December 1771. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 

Papers of this Seffion. 


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





Mercurti, 29° die fanuarit 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


gs HN Poel took the Oaths appointed, in order to 
ais Naturalization. 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


alfo, what exported during that Time; and’ what re- 


“Roudbam, in the Céunty of Norfolk’ 
‘veceived; and réad'the Firft Time: 


Ai1772. 


Mi. ‘De Grey prefenced to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for inclofing the Common: Fields, ‘Break 
Lands, Half Year ‘Lands, Lammas Meadows, ‘Heaths, 
Corimons, and ‘Wafte Grovinds, within the Parith of 
And the fame was 


“i Réfolved, Thar the Bill be read a Second ‘Time: 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt ‘in the 


‘New Prifon for the County ‘of Surrey, was pYeiented to 
~thé“Houfe, and read’, Complaining of their Dittrefs, and 


praying Relief. 
“Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Fable. on 


“A Petition of Ychn Parfons, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Kemerton,-in the County of Gloucefler, and of 
the feveral other Perfons whofe Names are thereunto 
fub{cribed, ‘being Proprietors ‘of Uninclofed and Com- 
monable Lands in the fame Parifh, was’ prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are fe- 
veral Open Fields and Commonable Lands,‘ within the 
faid Parith, belonging to‘the Petitioners and others, 
which, in their preient State, are incapable of any con- 
fiderable Improvement, but would be greatly increafed 
in Value, if the fame were divided and inclofed: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given’to bring 
in a Bill for dividing and ‘inclofing the faid Open Fields 
and Commonable Lands, under fuch Regulations as the 
Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Southwell and Mr. Hanbury do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fobn Henry Gentil, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing ‘ohn Henry Gentil. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill. to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Diederich Meyerbof,, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Diederich Meyerboff. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Peter Lewis De La 
Rive and Francis Menet, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Peter Lewis De La Rive 
and Francis Menet. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofied Bill for naturalizing Francis Darius 
Laudumiey, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Francis Darius Laudumiey. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, for putting in Execution an Act, 
made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Tunbridge Wells, 
in the County of Kent, to Swift/den, in the Parith of 
Etchingham, and from Frant to Pofingworth Great Wood, 
adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, leading to Black- 
boys, in the County of Suffex, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Act, and 
have borrowed feveral large Sums of Money on the 


Credit thereof, which now remains unpaid, and cannot 


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be repaid, and the faid Road made, and kept in good 
Repair, unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid Act 
are further continued and enlarged, and the Act in other 
refpects made more effectual: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for continuing 
the Term, and enlarging the Powers, of the faid Act, 
in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

ar to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Friday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Thomas Cookes, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manors or Liberties of Upper and Lower Bently, other- 
wife Bently Pauncefoot, in the Parith of Tardebig, in the 
County of Worcefter, and Owner and Proprietor of the 
greateft Part of the Farms and Lands there, and of the 
feveral other Perfons whofe Names are fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are feveral Open and Uninclofed Commons, or 
Watte Lands, lying within the faid Manors or Liber- 
ties, containing 350 Acres, or thereabouts, which are, 
in their prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement ; 
and that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and 
feparate Allotments thereof made to the Petitioners and 
others interefted therein, in Proportion to their refpective 
Rights, it would tend to the Benefit of the Parties con- 
cerned, and be of Public Advantage: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the {aid Commons or Watte 
Lands, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


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429 


Mr. Dowdefwell, Mr.' Thomas Foley, Juniot, and Mr. 
Ward, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill to continue for a further Time, an A&amp; made 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An 1&amp; to 
continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and. Starch; and 


- alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits from 


Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time; and alfo 
to prohibit the Exportation of Malt, for a limited Time ; 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


A Bill to continue for a further Time, an A&amp; made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aé to continue and amend an Aét, made 
in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majeity, 
intituled, An Aét for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, for a limited Time ; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/s Dominions in 
America, for a limited Time ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed toa Committee 


-of the whole Houfe. 


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


Mr. Cocks prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to His Majefty, 

Eftimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
for the Year 1772, Land Service. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 

The faid Eftimate is as followeth ; viz. 


sR ESTIMATE 


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ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for the Year 1772. 





LAND SERVICE. 























Ordinary of the Office, comprizing Repairs of Storehoufes, Maga- od 5. de f. a 
zines, Barracks, Platforms, Carriages, Stores for Garifons, Rents, 
Salaries, and incident Charges “= — —| 36,092 7 6 

{Gibraltar and North Britain — — 1,049 18 — 
Minorca _ 1,300 7 — 
St. Fobn’s, and ‘Tiare, 4 in Newfoundiond _ 1,006 10 — 
Eaft Florida —— —_ —_ 658 16 — 

Pay of Civil Officers } Weft Florida — _ _ 969 18 — 
and Artificers at } Grenada, St. Vincent, and Tobago — 1,537 7— 

Quebec _ _ _— 845 8 — 
New York _ a 329 8 — 
Senegal and Senegambia — wots 1,116 6 — 
| Halifax _ — —_ 521 11 — 

Pay of the Corps of Engineers — — 8,395 — — 

Pay of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, cabling - of 2,256 Men, 

Officers included —_ — | 72,748 12 — 
Eftablifhment of the Academy at Woolwich — — 1,364 14 — 
Eitablifhment of the Laboratory at Woolwich — _ 867 5 = 
Pay of Mafter Gunners at the feveral Garifons in Great Britain, and 

of the Gunners at St. Fames’s Park, andthe Tower of London - 2,150 5 — 
‘Pay of an Infpector of Artillery for North America, bs sor gener 

and the Weft India Iflands — 457 19 — 
Pay of an Infpector and Commander of Artillery at : Gibraltar ne 

Minorca _ —- 366 — — 
To Lieut. Col. Samuel Cleaveland, in Confideration of his good Ser- 

vices, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrant, 18 February 1771 -~— 91 10 — 
To Lieut. Gen! William Belford, for his good Services es 329 8 — 
To Fohn Chalmers, Efquire, late Major of peeerys in Confideration 

of his Services -— 274 10 — 
To Lieut. Col. William Roy, Engineer, for furveying the Coafts a 

Great Britain, and the adjacent Ifands thereto belonging — 366 — — 
To Col. Thomas Defaguliers, for his extraordinary Services, at the 

Siege of Palais in Belleifie, and upon feveral Expeditions —_ 457 10 — 
To Capt" Hugh Debbieg, Engineer, for his good Services upon fe- 

veral extraordinary Occafions _— — o— 366 — — 
To Lieut. Col. fofeph Brome, in Confideration of his Services in 

Flanders and Germany, purfuant to His meegenys s Warrant, 13 No- 

vemver 177 — — 182 —e ae 

Pay of fuperannaated and difabled Officers. and Men, who have . 
ferved well in the Trains of Artillery in Flanders, Germany, North 
America, Africa, the Eaft and Weft Indies, with the Half Pay of 
Officers reduced, and Widows Penfions _ _ 8,510 2 — 

2 6h 
EXTRAORDINARIES. pie 

For repairing the Fortifi- ¢ Gidraltar — — 6,642 11 6 

cations, Barracks, Store- } Minorca 3,648 15 — 
houfes, and carrying on ) St. John’s, Ferryland, Carboniere, oil 

the current Service at ~{ Trinity Harbour in Newfoundland _ 500 — — 
For keeping in Repair the Fort at Arderfeer, and other Fortifications 

and Barracks in Scot’and —- 2,565 — — 
Towards repairing the Sea Wharfing at Sheerne/s — _ 3,000 &lt;== = © 
Towards inclofing and fortifying the Dock Yard at Portf{mouth  — 7,000 — — 
For keeping in Repair the Fortifications at Port/mouth and Gofpert — 2,000 — — 
For keeping in Repair the Fortifications at Plymouth Citadel, and St. 

Nicholas Wand —_ — —_ 500 — — 
In further Part of the Charge of improving and ftrengthening the 

Fortifications at Gibraltar, according to Plans wate cer by His 

Majefty, eftimated at £. 51,126 —j| 10,582 15 — 
In further Part of the Charge of building Barracks for Two Bat- 

talions of Foot at Minorca, and removing the Arraval at St. Phi- 

kip’s, eftimated at £. 12,986. 8s. purfuant to His Majefty’s Or- 

der, 26 November 1770 a _ —_ 2,000 — — 
Towards fortifying and fecuring the Harbour of Sv, John’s New- 

foundland -- _ — 6,000 —— = . 

Charge 





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Charge of Twenty 13 Inch Iron Mortars with their Beds, ordered to feo 8". £: aa2&amp; 
be fent to Gibraltar, purfuant to His Majéfty’s Warrant, 11 Oc- 
tober 1771 — _— —_— 1,060 — — 
A Supply of Stores demanded for Gibraltar —_— en 45442 11 4 
A Supply of Stores demanded for Nevo YorR — — 33454 6 — 
To Alterations and Improvements to the Royal Obfervatory at 
Greenwich —_— — 700 — = 
ae Towards repairing and altering the Royal Brafs Foundery in /ooi- 
wich Warren od — —_— 5,000 — — 
Towards rebuilding the Sluice, and repairing the Wharfing, for Se- 
| curity of the Town and Citadel of Hull, and Country adjacent — 4,000 —= — 
a. Towards the Charge of relieving the Companies of Artillery in the 
Mediterranean — —- — 3,000 — — 
Arms for the additional Companies of Light Infantry to Five Regi- 
ments of Foot, purfuant te His Majefty’s Warrant, 15 January 1772 432 15 — 
Two hundred Tons of Salt Petre ania — 9,000 — —= 
; en 73,528 13 10 
Expence of Services performed, purfuant to His Majefty’s Or- — 
ders, and not provided for by Parliament in 1771. 215,883 17 4 
Pay of Officers at the Settlement of Halifax in Nova ff. 5s. d. : 
Scotia, from 1 Fanuary to 31 December 1771 — 520 2 6 
Money iffued to anfwer Bills of Exchange for carrying 
on the current Service — — 650—— | 
1,170 2 6 


Pay of fuperannuated and Half-pay Officers, with a Penfion to a Di- 
rector of Engineers’s Widow, to 31 December 1771 — se 9° 6 
To Lieut. Col. Fofeph Brome, in Confideration of his Services in 
Flanders and Germany, from 1 Oéfober to 31 December 1771, pur- 
fuant to His Majefty’s Warrant, 13 November 1771 —_ — 46— — 
‘Arms delivered to the 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, the rft 
2d and 7th Regiments of Dragoons, the 16th Regiment of Light 
Dragoons, 1{t 2d and 3d Regiments of Foot Guards, to 8 Com- 
panies of Artillery, and to fundry Regiments of Foot, pur- 
juant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 30 Fume, 5 Offober, and 14 
Decem’ 1770; the 8 and 27 February; 5, 9, and 15 March; 15 
April; 3 and g May; 5 and 14 Fune; 3, 8, 17, and 26 Fuly; 
9 Auguft, 4 November, and 4 December 1771 — — | 10,442 — 3 } 
An additional Supply of Ammunition delivered to the Three Regi- 
ments of Foot Guards, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 3 and 
23 May 1771 — -— _ 45219 2 f 
Arms and Accoutrements delivered to the Militia of the Counties of 
Norfolk, Cornwall, York, Lincoln, and Glamorgan, and the Ile of 
Wight, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrants, 29 May 1769; 9 May 
1770; 27 April, and26 March 1771 —_ —_ 45732 19 — 
Ammunition delivered to 50 Regiments of Militia, purfuant to His 
Majefty’s Order 18 May 1763 — _—-—- 2,108 15 1 
Money iflued to anfwer Bills of Exchange, drawn by the Paymatters 
of the Trains of Artillery in North America, on Account of the 
Staf and Contingencies, for 1771 —- -— 7,846 10 2 


1,215 16 — 
948 19 I0 
398 3— 
512 16 8 


Money iffued for carrying ax ork ie ite 


rent Service ae 
on the cur &gt;») Eaft Florida 
b and Contingencies, at 


Weft Florida — 





. 3:075 15 6 
Money iffued towards carrying on a Survey of the Ifland of Do- 
minica, and making Plans for the Defence, purfuant to His Ma- 
jefly’s Orders, 13 Febry and g March 1770 — 1,377 15 9 
Money iffued to anfwer Bills of Exchange, drawn on Account of 
repairing the Fortifications and Barracks at Senegal and Senegambia — 568 10 10 
The Charge of Freight and Provifions of Three Detachments of Ar- 
tillery, Sam New York to Woolwich — —— 623 3 6 
Bedding fent to Gibraltar for Ufe of 2 Regiments of Foot doing 
Duty there, purfuant to His Majefty’s Warrant, 18» Febr? 1771 = 2,052 3 6 
Arms and Ammunition delivered to Mr. Hutton, for Ufe of the 
People gone to fettle on the Coaft of ‘Labrador, purfuant to His 























Majefty’s Order in Council, 3 May 1769 _— _ 106 3 6 
341973 6 3 
Saved by the vacant Pofts of Mafter General, Secretary, Un- 
der Secretary, and Clerk to the Mafter General, for Five 
Quarters, ending 31 December 1771 — — 2475 — — 
: ee ee 
£- 248,382 3 7 


H. S. Conway. Charles Frederick. A. Wilkinfon. W. R, Earle. Cha! _ , 
Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the The Ordinary Eftimate of His Majetty’s Navy, for 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. the Year 1772. 
And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing The faid Eftimate is preferved amongft the other 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- Papers of this Seffion ; and the Abftraét thereof 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Addrefs to His is as followeth ; viz. 

Majetty, 





Abftraét of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1772. 


Ne 


1. To the Right honourable the Lords Commiffioners for executing the Office of 
Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, &amp;c. Commiffioners of the Navy, with 





the Secretaries, Officers, Clerks, and Inftruments, and Contingencies relating i. 5s. @ 

thereto — _ _ — — — 34:038 4 2 
if. s 
2, Superannuated Sea Officers — ~_ — 20,034 10 10 
3. Penfions and other Allowances _ -~ _— 6,276 16 7 

4.) [ Chatham — — _— 33295 1 6 3 73 
; Deptford — — 3,142 11 4 
6. Yards Woolwich — — — 2,520 8 8 
7? ‘  — % Port{mouth = — — 4,054 14 6 
8. Sheerne/s _ om — 48,829 4 6 
9. J L Plymouth - i. — 3:245 9. 6 














8, 
10. Mufter Mafters and other Officers of the Out Ports _ Soh 3a. '@ 





one nice »110 1 
11. Wages to Ships and Veffels in Ordinary — one ‘sine nie on 47 4 7 
12. Victuals to Officers and Men ferving therein _ —. —_—. — 19,773 3 0 
13. Charge of Harbour Moorings and Harbour Rigging — —— 53800 0 Oo 
14. Ordinary Repairs of His Majefty’s Ships in Harbour, and of the Docks, Wharfs, 
Buildings, &amp;c. re —— _— —_ — 100,241 0 o 
15. Half-pay to Sea and Marine Officers a — 91,000 0 o 
16. Bounty to Chaplains -_ —- —_  — 1,231 17 6 
Total of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1772 — 394.725 17. 6 
To which may be added, 
To the Governors-of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich, for the Support and Relief of 
Seamen worn out and become decrepit in the Service of their Country, who fhall 
not be provided for within the faid Hofpital, for the Year 1772, Ten thoufand 
Pounds — — _— — 10,000 0 0 








‘£404,725 17 6 


And then the Total of the Ordinary Eftimate of the Navy, for the Year 1772, amounts 
to Four hundred and Four thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-five Pounds 
Seventeen Shillings and Six, Pence. 


H. Pallifer, F. Williams, E. Mafon. 
Ti ea, - . R. Temple, 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do. iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown; to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Commiffionér to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Diftrict of Burghs of Kinghorn, Dy- 


fart, Kirkcaldie, and Bruntifland, in the room of ames 


Townfend Ofwald, Efquire, who, fince his Eleétion for 
the faid Diitrict of Burghs, hath accepted the Office of 
Secretary for the Leeward Iflands. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty ; 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

_ Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee; 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had direéted him to report; when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered; That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 

_ Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, that 
he was direéted by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

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


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morning, 
Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 31° die Fanuarit ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III‘' Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL for naturalizing Yobu Poel; was tead a 
Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: ‘And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Cécil Wray. prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, 2 Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Foili- 
foot, in the County of York: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Truftees ating by and in Purfuance 
of Two Aéts, made, One in the 26th Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Stones End near Shoreditch Church, to the Centre of the 
Bridge in Old Street Road, and through Old Street, in 
the Parith of Saint Luke, Middlefex, to the Weft End 
of the faid Street, next the Pavement in Go/well Street ; 
and the other in the 29th Year of the Reign of his faid 
late Majefty, intituled, An Aé to enable the Truftees 
for repairing Old Street Road, to repair, widen, and 
make a Road from the Sign of The Red Lion, on Wind- 
mill Hill, through Worfbip Street, to the Ditch Side next 
the Eaft Side of Holywell Mount, and through a certain 
Ground, to the Sign of The London Apprentice, in the 

Vor, XXXII 


Houfe of Commons. 433 


Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, iti 
the County of Middlefex, or to lay open, repair, and 
widen, a Road from the faid Red Lion, through the Dog 
Bar, into Old Street Road, in the faid County, was pre- 
fented to the Houle; and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners have proceeded in the Execution of the faid 
Aéts, and have borrowed confiderable Sums of Money 
on the Credit thereof, which cannot. be repaid, and the 
faid Road fufficiently repaired, -unlefs the Term and 
Powers of the faid Aéts are further continued and en- 
Jarged: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for continuing and enlarging 
the Term and Powers of the faid Acts; in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Richard Glynn, Colonel Lut- 
trell, &amp;c,: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers; and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition’ of the Prifoners confined for Debt in His 
Majefty’s Gaol for the County of Northampton, in Be- 
half of themfelves, and all others now fuffering under 
the like unhappy Circumftances, in the feveral Prifons 
of this Kingdoin: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners’' confined for Debt in 
His Majeity’s Gaol of Newgate, in the City of Briffol; 
in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all other Debtors 
confined in the feveral Prifons of this Kingdom: And 
alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifonets corifined for Debt in His 
Majefty’s Gaol, the Caftle of Lancafter, in Behalf of 
themfelves, and alfo of all other Debtors confined in 
the feveral Prifons of this Kingdom ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Complaining of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
lief, 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of feveral of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
and other Inhabitants, refiding in or near to the Parifhes 
herein after mentioned, in the Counties of Huntingdon 
and Cambridge, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Road leading from the Weft 
End of Saint Ives Lane; in the Town of Saint Neots, 
in the County of Huntingdon, through the Parifh of 
Eynefoury, in the faid County, and through or near the 
feveral Parifhes of Croxton, Eltifley, Elfeworth, Caxton, 
Bourn; Knapwell, Boxworth, Childerley, Caldecott, Dry- 
draton, Hardwick, Cumberton, Barton, Maddingly, and 
Coton, in the County of Cambridge, to the Town of 
Cambridge, is ruinous and narrow in many Places, and 
cannot be repaired and widened by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for repairing and widening the 
faid Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Ludlow, Lord Hinching- 
brook, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of the Landholders, Houfeholders, and 
Parifhioners,; of the Town and Parifh of Chatham, in 
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434 


the County of Kent, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That a. Petition has been pre- 
fented to the Houfe, for Leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing and enlarging the Term and Powers grant- 
ed by Two feveral Aéts of Parliament, of the Third 
and Seventeenth Years of his late Majefty, for repair- 
ing and widening the Roads, from that Part of Chat- 
bam, which lies next the City of Rochefter, to Saint 
Dunftan’s Crofs, near the City of Canterbury, in the 
County of Kent, and for repairing the Road leading 
from the faid Road, at or near a Place called Make- 
nade Corner, over Old Wives Leas, to Baybam Crofs and 
Shalmsford Lane End, in the faid County ; and that, by 
the faid A&amp;, of the Third Year of his late Majeity’s 
Reign, the Truftces thereby appointed are authorized 
to pay fuch Sum of Money as they fhall think proper, 
for repairing fuch Part of the Road leading from Ro- 
chefter to Chatham, which lies in the Parifhes of Saznt 
Margaret and Saint Nicholas, in Rochefter, between a 
Place called the Bank and the Gardiner’s Garden, ex- 
tending from Saint Catharine’s Hofpital to a Place near 
the Victualing Office in Chatham, which A&amp; was fur- 
ther continued by an Aét of the Seventeenth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty; and that, as no fpecific 
Sum is appropriated by the faid Act for repairing the 
faid Road, it depends upon the Will of the Truitees, 
whether any, or what, Sum fhall be granted for that 
Purpofe ; and for Twenty Years paft no more than 
f£. 150 appears to have been applied thereto; and the 
Petitioners are informed, that no further Affiftance is to 
be expected from that Truft, which they apprehend is 
contrary to the Intentions of the faid Act of the Third of 
his late Majefty ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, That 
the faid Aét has been executed in a Manner extremely 
partial, and contrary to the Intereft of the Petitioners, a 
Toll Bar having been erected at the End of the Town 
of Chatham, and that the Toll Bar next Canterbury is 
placed at leaft Three Miles diftant from that City ; and 
that divers Exemptions are granted in Favour of Goods 
paffing through the Canterbury Bar, which are fubyect to 
a Toll at Chatham, and that the faid Road from Ro- 
chefter to Chatham is of Public Utility, particularly to 
His Majefty’s Dock Yard, Office of Ordnance, and 
Barracks, is in a very ruinous Condition, and cannot be 
repaired by the ordinary Courfe of Law : And theretore 
praying, That Provifion may be made, in the faid .in- 
tended Aét, for the Petitioners Relief, by afcertaining 
the Sum to be paid by the faid Truft, removing the 
faid Gate the fame Diftance from the faid Town of Chat- 
ham, as the faid other Gate is diftant from the City of 
Canterbury, or in fuch other Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of feveral Truftees for putting in Execution Two Aéts 
of Parliament, of the Third and Seventeenth Years of 
the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Road from that Part of Chatham which lies 
next the City of Rochefier, to Saint Dunfian’s Cro/s, 
near the City of Canterbury, in the County of Kent, and 
of feveral other Gentlemen of that Part of the faid 
County, is referred: And that they do examine the 
Matter of this Petition; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of Arnold Meyer and Peter Boetefeur, was 
prefented to the Floufe, and read, Praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for thar Natu- 
ralization. , 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
according to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and Sir Cecil Wray do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Proprietgrs of Uninclofed 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A, 1772: 


and Commonable Lands, in the Parith of Quinton, in 
the County of Gloucefter, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That there are feveral Open 
Fields and Commonable Lands within the faid Parifh, 
which, in their prefent State, are incapable of any con- 
fiderable Improvement, but which would be greatly in- 
creafed in Value, if the fame were divided and inclofed - 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Open 
Fields and Commonable Lands, under fuch Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall think proper. _ 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Barrow and Sir William Guife do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Serjeant Ginn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Vicar and principal Inhabi- 
tants of the Town of Jfingten, in the Parith of Saint 
Mary, Ifington, in the County of Middlefex, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deliver- 
ed it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read; 
and is as followeth ; &lt;z. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Curtis, being examined, faid, That the Town 
of Sfington is very populous, and daily increafing in 
Buildings, and the Number of Inhabitants :—That fre- 
quent Robberies, Murders, and other Outrages, are 
committed there, feveral Inftances of which he men- 
tioned to the Committee; and added, That the light- 
ing the faid Town, and eftablifhing a regular Nightly 
Watch, would be the moft probable Means of prevent- 
ing fuch Enormities for the future. 

Ha:nmond Crofs, Efquire, and Mr. D. Calabaz, con- 
firmed the above Evidence. 

_ Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
lighting fuch Part of the Town of Jjington, as lies in 
the Parith of Saint Mary, Dflington, in the County of 
Middlefex, and for eftablifhing a regular Nightly Watch 
therein: And that Mr. Serjeant Giyua and Sir Fo/epb 
Mawbey do prepare, and bring in, the fame, 


Mr. Wilbraham Bootle reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, 
Gentlemen, Clergy, Land Owners, and Inhabitants, of 
the County of Cheer, was referred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
ane Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth 3 Viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Three 
Acts, pafied in the 6th, rath, and 17th Years of the 
Reign cf King George the Second, for improving, the 
Navigation of the River Dee, fram the City of Cheer, 
to the Sea, were read: And 

Mr. William.Griffith, being examined, faid, That the 
Port of Cheffer is an ancient Sea Port, and that up- 
wards of £. 70,000 has been expended in Purfuante of 
the abovementioned A&amp;s; but for want of an Inland 
Navigation, for Support of Trade, the Public cannot 
reap thofe Advantages from the faid Port they would 
do, if a Canal was made from the River Dee, within 
the Liberties of the faid City, to Middlewich and 
Nantwich ; and that the fame would be of Public 
Utility. 

Mr. Samuel Wefton, a Surveyor, produced a Plan 
of the intended Canal, with the ieveral Branches 
thereof, and faid, That he took the Surveys and Le- 
vels therein defcribed; and that the fame is very prac- 
ticable. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 

5 making 








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making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the River Dee, 
within the Liberties of the City of Chefter, to or near 
Middlewich and Nentwich, in the County of Chefer : 
And that Mr.. Wilbrabam Bootle, Mr. Grofvenor,. Sir 
William’ Meredith, and Mr. Crewe; do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put in 
Execution an Act of Parliament, niade in the Ninth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An Act for repairing and widening the Road, from the 
City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Nor- 
folk; and of feveral Perfons, who have advanced and 
lent Money on the Credit of the faid Act, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Truf- 
tees have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Aét, and 
have borrowed a coniiderable Sum of Money on the 
Credit thereof, which, together with the Tolls collected, 
have been applied in repairing the fame ; and reprefent- 
ing to the Houfe, that the Reftriction with refpect to 
the erecting Turnpikes on the faid Road has, as the 
Petitioners apprehend, prevented the Tolls producing fo 
much as they would otherwife have done; and that the 
Tolls authorized to be collected upon the faid Road will 
not be fufficient effectually to repair the fame, and to pay 
off and difcharge the Money already borrowed, during 
the fubfifting Term of the faid Act: And therefore 
praying the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confidera- 
tion; and that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of the faid Act, 
and extending the Provifions thereof, and for increaf- 
ing the Tolls upon the faid Road, by fuch Ways and 
Means, and in fuch Manner, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
mect. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine te Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: ° 

And it is referred to Sir Edward Aftley, Mr. Pennant, 
&amp;cc, : And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Eftates, Lands, and Grounds, within the feveral Town- 
fhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whitley Thorpe, 
Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes of Suaith 
and Kellington, in the Weft Riding of the County of 
York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are, within the faid Townfhips, feve- 
al Open Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, Commons, and Wafte Lands; and that it 
would be advantageous to the Petitioners and others, if 
the fame were divided, and allotted to the feveral Per- 
fons interefted therein: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Lands and Grounds before men- 
tioned, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir George Savile and Mr. Hawke do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, being the principal Owners and Proprietors of 
Land, in the Open and Common Fields of Wing, in 
the County of Rutland, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands of the Peti- 
tioners, in the faid Open and Common Fields, lie in- 
termixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and, in their 
prefent Situation, incapable of any confiderable Im- 
provement ; and that, if the fame were divided and in- 
clofed, it would be very advantageous to the Parties 
intereited therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


435 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofe afore- 
faid, under. fuch Reftri¢tions as the Houfe fhall ap- 
prove of. : 

. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


George Bridges Brudenell and Mr. Noel do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Truftees, whofe Names are there- 
unto fub{cribed, for putting in Execttion an Act, made in 
the Seventh Year of the Reign. of His prefent Majefty, 
for repairing the Roads from Tunbridge Wells, in the 
County of Kent, to Swift/den, in the Parifh of Etching- 
ham, atid from Fraut to Pofingworth Great Wood, ad- 
joining to the Turnpike Road there, leading to Black- 
boys, in the County of Saffex, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe , and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table :. Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Act was read: And 

Mr. Fchu Farmer, being examined, faid; That the 
Truftees have proceeded in the Execution of the faid 
Aét, and have borrowed feveral Sums of Money, 
amounting to £. 4,870, which now remains unpaid, and 
cannot be repaid unlefs the Term and Powers. of the 
faid Act be further continued and enlarged: That it 
will be neceflary to erect a Gate on that Part of the 
Road, between Sleeche’s Crofs and Tunbridge Wells, 
which by the Act the Truftees are reftrained from doing ; 
and that the Aét is defective in other Particulars. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, amend, and render more effectual, an A&amp; 
pafled in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Tunbridge Wells, 
in the County of Kent, to Swiftsden, in the Parifh of 
Etchingham, and from Frant to Pofingworth Great Wood, 
adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, leading to Black 
Boys, in the County of Sujfex: And that Mr. Harcourt, 
Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Medley, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
it was referred to confider of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards délivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Twenty-five thoufand Men be employed for the 
Sea Service, for the Year 1772, including Six thoufand 
Six hundred and Sixty-four Marines. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four Pounds per Man per 
Month, be allowed, for maintaining the faid Twenty- 
five thoufand Men for Thirteen Months, including Ord- 
nance for Sea Service. 

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


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


Memerandum: An Order was here made, “ That 
«« the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the 
“© Reverend Doéter Nowell, for the Sermon 

ber by 


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4.36 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1772, 


“ by him preached Yefterday before this 
“ Houfe, at Saint Margaret’s, Weftminfter ; 
“ and that he be defired to print the fame; 
“ and that Sir William Dolben and Mr. Alex- 
“* ander Popham do acquaint him therewith ;” 
which, by a fubfequent Order of the Houfe, 
of the 25th Day of February, was or- 
dered to be expunged from the Votes of this 
Houfe. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executi 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, 


préfented to the Hovufe, purfwant to their Addrefs to 
His Majefty, . 
An Eftimate of the Debt of His Majefty’s Navy, 
as it ftood on the g1ft December 1771: And alfo, 
An Eftimate of the Charge of what may be necef- 
fary for the Buildings, Rebuildings, and Repairs, of 
Ships of War in His Majefty’s and the. Merchants 
Yards, and other Extra Works, over and above what 
are propofed to be done upon the Heads of Weat and 
Tear and Ordinary, in the Year 1772. ) 
And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read, 
The faid Eftimates are as followeth ; viz, 


Navy 





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Navy Office, 
28th Fanuary 1772. 


——— 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


437 


An ES TIMATE of the Debt of His Majetty’ S Navy, on ‘the Heads hereafter men- 
tioned, as it ftood on 1 the gitt December 1771. 





Heads of the Naval Edunaces. 





Wear and Tear, Ordinary, and Tranfports. 
Due to pay off and difcharge all the Bills regiftered on the Courfe of 
the Navy, for Stores, Freight of Tranfports, &amp;Se. — 
for the Service thereof —- 
To pay off and difcharge Bills regiftered on the faid Courfe for 
Premium allowed by ‘A&amp; of Parliament on Naval Stores — 
For Freight of Tranfports and Tenders, and for Stores delivered 
into His Majefty’s feveral Yards, &amp;c. for which no Bills were 
made out on the aforefaid 31ft December 1771; as alfo to 
feveral Bills of Exchange 
To His Majefty’s feveral Yards and | Rope ed foe the Ordi- 
nary and Extraordinary 
For Half Pay to Sea Officers, according to Eftablifhment nei 
by his late Majefty in Council, on that Behalf — 


Seamen’s Wages. 
Due to pay the Men, &amp;c. unpaid on the Books of Ships paid off — 
To Ships in Sea Pay on the aforefaid 31ft December 1771 — 
To difcharge and pay off all the Bills “entered in the Courfe, for 


Slops, Cloaths, Bedding for Seamen, Surgeon’s Neceflaries, 
Free Gifts, &amp;c. 


-_—_~ — —s 


Victualing Debt, as per Eftimate received from thofe Com- 
miffioners ; viz. 
Due for fhort Allowance to Companies of His BayRy S 9 in Pay, y 
and which have been paid off 
For paying all the Bills entered on their Courts — 
For Provifions delivered and Services performed, for which no 
Bills were made out on the aforefaid 31ft December 1771 — 
For Neceffary Money, Extra-neceffary Money, Bills of Ex- 
change, and Contingencies aos 
To the Officers, Workmen, and Labourers, employed at the 
feveral Ports 


ae — ae 


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

Due for the Quarters and Cure of Sick and Hurt Seamen, fet on Shore 

from His Majefty’s Ships at the feveral Ports, and for Prifon- 

ers of War, and Contingencies relating to the faid Office — 


The Total amounts to the Sum of One million Six hundred and Forty- 
five thoufand Three hundred and Fifty Pounds Nineteen Shil- 
lings and Six Pence Three Farthings 

From whence deducting the Money in the 

Treafurer’s Hands 

And alfo the Money that remained to 

come in of the Supplies 


as on the other 
Side. 


The Debt will then be One million One hundred and Ninety-five 
thoufand Four hundred and Nine Pounds Twelve Shillings and 
Two Pence F arthing 

N. B. Inthis Debt is included, for Charge of Tranfports between the 
1ft Fanuary 1771 and 31ft December followi ing 

And it appears, by an Account received from the Commiffioners of 
the Victualing, that the Expence of Victuals fupplied the Soldiers 


between the 1ft of Jamey 1771 and 31ft December cae 
amounts to 


For which Sum of £. 16,033. 19. 3. no Provifion has been made by 
Parliament ; but if thought fit to be granted, as the like Service 
was provided for in former Years, 

The Net Debr will then be, One million One hundred Seventy-nine 
thoufang Three hundred and Seventy-five Pounds Twelve Shillings 
and Eléven Pence Farthing 


ae —, 


H. Palliffer. F. Williams. E.. Mafen. T. Brett. 


Vou, XXXII. 5T 


Particulars. 


Total. 








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442 
Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That a Commuttee be appointed, to confider 
of fo much of the Criminal Laws as relate to Capital 
Offences; and to report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe: 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Charles Bun- 
bury, Mr. Fox, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Mon- 
day Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records; and all who come to the Com- 
mittee are to have Voices. 


A Petition of the Truftees nominated, conftituted, and 
appointed, in, or by Virtue of, an Act of Parliament, 
pafied in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for 
continuing, and making more effectual, Three Acts of 
Parliament, paffed in the gth and 12th Years of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Avan, and the 5th Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the 
Highways between Dunftable and Hockliffe, in the County 
of Bedford; and alfo for repairing the Road from the 
Sign of The White Horfe to the Sign of The King’s Arms, 
in Hockliffe aforefaid, and of divers other Perfons, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, refiding in the County 
of Bedford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
tiny forth, That the faid Act of the 26th Year of his late 
Majefty is nearly expired; and that feveral Sums of 
Money, borrowed on the Credit thereof, and of the 
faid feveral other Acts, are yet unpaid; and that the 
faid Roads cannot be kept in Repair, except the Tolls, 
Terms, and Powers of the faid Acts, are continued and 
enlarged; and alleging, that the Road between the 


Waggon and Horfes Inn and the Bull Inn at Dunftable, ' 


being a fmall Part of another great Road, joining to the 
faid Roads, is greatly out of Repair, and cannot be re- 
paired without the further Aid of Parliament: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for continuing the Tolls, and enlarging the Powers 
and Authorities granted by the faid feveral Acts, for 
the further Term of Twenty-one Years, from the Expi- 
ration of the aférefaid Aé&amp; of the 26th Year of his late 
Majefty, and for repairing the faid {mall Part of the faid 
other ereat Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 
feem mett. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committ¢e And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to.the Houfe : . 

And it is referred to Mr. Oagley, Mr. Péamer, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morhing next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records,” 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Adonday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to continue, for a further Time, 
an Act made in the laft Seffien of Parliament, intituled, 
An Aét to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation 
ef Corn, Grain, Meal, Fiour; Bread, Bifeuit, and Starch; 
and alfo ‘of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits 
from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for 2 farther Time ; 
and alfo to prohibit the Exportation ef Malt for a li- 
mited Time. = 


Refolved, That this Houfewill, upon Adonday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to continue, for a further Time, 
an Act made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an Aé, 
made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His ‘prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An Act for Importation of Salted 
Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, for a 


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A. 1992, 


limited Time ; and for allowing the Importation of Salted 
Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Britif Do- 
minions in America, for a limited Time. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


7 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended:at the Door ; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantities of Corn imported into 
England, from Chriftmas 1765 to the 10th of Ofober 
1771, which is as far as the fame can be made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seflion. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. ~ 





Luna, 3° die Februarii ; 


Anao 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1972, 


Prayers. 


AME § Savmel Féquier took the Caths appointed, 
in order to his Naturalization. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
Church of Worcefter, Lords of the Manor of Stoke Prior, 
in the County of Worcefter, and Impropriators of the 
Great Tithes of the faid Patith of Stoke Prior, Fobn 
James Majendie, Doctor in Divinity, Vicar of the faid 
Parifh of Stoke Prior, and of the feveral other Perfons 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners 
and Proprietors of Lands and Tenements within the 
faid Manor, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the 
Owners and Proprietors of Lands and Tenements within 
the fame Manor, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That there are, within the faid Manor, 
feveral Commons, Wafte Lands, and Commonable 
Places, containing, by Eftimatien, 400 Acres, or there- 
abouts; which, in their prefent State, are incapable of 
any cenfiderable Improvement; and that, if the fame 
were inclofed, and allotted unto and amongft the Peti- 
tioners and other Perfons interefted, it would be very be- 
neficial to the Petitioners and the reft of the Proprie- 
tors: And therefore praying; That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for allotting and inclofing the faid Com- 
mons, Wafte Lands, and Commionable Places, under 
fuch Regulations and Reftrictions as to the Houfe fhall 
feem proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dowdefwell and Mr.Ward do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing fuch Part of 
the Commons and Wafte Lands, in the Parith of Tar- 
debig, as lies in the County of Worcefter: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for inclofing the Common Fields, Break Lands, 
Half Year Lands, Lammas Meadows, Heaths, Com- 
mons, and Wafte Grounds, within the Parith of Roud- 
ham, in the County of Norfolk, was read a Second Time. 

4 Refelved, 


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12 GEO IIT. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. De Grey, 
Sir Edward Aftley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Fames Samuel Fiquier, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Kynofton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing ohm Poel, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Daniel Lafielles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Moors,’ or Commons, called Rigg Moor and Brear- 
ton Moor, within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parifh 
of Knarefbrough, in the County of York: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accords 
ing to Order, a Bul for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and 
Peter Boetéfeur : And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second ‘Time. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, being the principal Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands, in the Open and Common Fields ef //ooley, in 
the County of Huntingdon, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands of the Pe- 
titioners, in the faid Open and Common Fields, lie in- 
termixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, and, in their 
prefent Situation, incapable of any confiderable Im- 
provement ; and that, if the fame were divided and in= 
clofed, it would be of great Advantage to the Parties 
interéfted therein: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given'to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes afore- 
faid, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall ap- 

rove of. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
the Lord Hinchingdrook and the Lord Ludlow do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Thomas Frankland prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Oder, a Bill for dividing and ‘iinclofing feveral 
Open Fields and Wafte Grounds, within. the Manor of 
Clareton with Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground, 
called Stortfill, in the Manor of Allerton with Flexby, 
all in the County of York: And the fame was received 
and read thé Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this: Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Nominees, upon Survivor- 
fhip, that have died between Mid/ummer 1693 and the 
sth Day of Fanuary 1772; diftinguifhing the Number 
that have died in each Year, together with an Account 
of the Numbet and Names of the Nominees now 
living, _ ' 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Public Debts ovtftanding at the Ex- 
chequer, on the 5th Day. of anuary'1772,, together 
with the annual Intereft payable thereupon. 


“A Petition of Charles Coxe, Efquire, and Elizabeth 


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443 


his Wife, and the feveral other Perfons whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of, or interefted 
in, the feveral Open Fields, Common of Pafture, and 
other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Manors and Parifhes of Kemble and Pool, in the County 
of Wilts, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the different Properties in the faid 
Fields lie intermixed, and, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of Improvement: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for inclofing 
the faid Fields, Common of Pafture, and other the Com- 
monable Wafte Lands, in fitch Manner, and under fuch 
Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Penruddock, Mr. Edward Popham, and Mr, Garth, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Prifonets confined for Debt in Pex- 
zance, in the County of Corrwall, in the Hundred and 
Liberty of Pénwith, in Behalf of themfelves and all other 
Debtors : And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in Jp/- 
wich Gaol, in the County of Suffolk, on Behalf of thems 
felves, and alfo of all othét Debtors confined in the {e- 
veral Prifons of this Kingdom ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
se of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
ief. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
he upon the Table. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Seddon, from 
the Commiffioners for building a Bridge crofs the Rivet 
Thames, ftom the City of Weftminfter, to the oppofite 
Shore in the County of Surrey, attended at the Door ; 
he was ealled in; and, at the Bar, prefented to thé 
Houfe, purfuant to feveral A&amp;ts of Parliament, 

A State of the Proceedings of the Commiflioners for 
a tec 4 Bridge, from the 12th Day of De- 
cember 1770 to the 29th Day of Fanuary 1772, inclue 
five: And alfo, : ao ae at a ” 

ccounts of the Treafurer to the Commiffioners for 
building Weftminfter Bridge, from the 16th Day of Ofo- 
ber 1970, to the 5th Day of January 1972; togethe? 
with a Rent Roll, and an Account of Bridge Rents re- 
ceived, from 5th July 1770 to sth Fuly 1771. 

And then he withdrew. : 

And the Titles of the Books containing the faid State 
and Accounts were read. 

' Ordered, That the faid Books do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Books are preferved amongit the other 
Papers of this Seffien. 


A Pétition of the feveral Freeholders and others, of 
Scaftworth, in the Parith of Everton, and County of 
Nottingham, whofe Names are thereunto fubferibed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are, within the Townfhip of Scaftworth aforefaid, 
feveral Open Commons, Pieces or Parcels of Wafte 
Lard, which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable 
of any confiderable Improvement; and that, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed, and Allotments thereof 
made to the Perfons interefted therein, it Would be an 
Improvement of their Eftates: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for divide 
mg ard inclofing the faid Lands and Grounds, in fuch 
Manner, and undet fuch Regulations, as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

Ordered; That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Thomas Frankland and Sir George Savile de prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant, or 
Warrants, for fuch Perfons, Papers, and Records, as 


fhall 








444, 


fhall be thought neceffary by the feveral Parties, on the 
Hearing of the Matter of the Petition of ‘James Buller, 
Efquire. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to continue, for a further Time, an Act made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aét to continue and amend an Act, made in 
the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, in- 
tituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland, for a limited Time, 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from the Briti/s Dominions in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Fofeph Mawbey took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Fofeph Mawbey reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto ; which they had direéted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

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


Sir Richard Glynn reported from the Commnttee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees ong by and in 
Purfuance of Two Acts, made, One in the 26th Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Stones End near Shoreditch Church, to the Cen- 
tre of the Bridge in O/d Street Road, and through Old 
Street, in the Parifh of Saint Luke, Middlefex, to the 
Weft End of the faid Street, next the Pavement in Go/- 
well Street ; and the other in the 29th Year of the Reign 
of his faid late Majefty, intituled, An Aé to enable the 
Truftees for repairing Old Street Road, to repair, widen, 
and make, a Road from the Sign of The Red Lion, 
on Windmill Hill, through Worfbip Street, to the Ditch 
Side next the Eaft Side of Holywell Mount, and through 
a certain Ground, to the Sign of Ie London Apprentice, 
in the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shore- 
ditch, in the County of Middlefex, or to lay open, re- 
pair, and widen, a Road from the faid Red Lion, through 
the Dog Bar, into Old Street Read, in the faid County ; 
was referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had directed him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe , 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame 
was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 
~ To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Aéts were read: And 

Mr. Benjamin Barnfley, Clerk to the faid Truftees, 
being examined, faid, The Acts have been put in Exe- 
cution and the Roads repaired, but that the Sum of 
£- 3,400 is owing on the Credit thereof: That the faid 
Aéts have been found deficient in many Refpetts, par- 
ticularly there is no Power to widen the Road, nor to 
erect Side Gates to prevent Evafion of the Tolls: And 
he added, That the faid Road cannot be continued in 
good Repair, and made commodious, nor the Money 
owing thereon be paid off, unlefs the Powers of the 
faid Acts are enlarged, and the Term further con- 
tinued. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 

enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts, made in 
the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth Years of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, for repairing 
and widening Old Street Road, in the Parifhes of Saint 
Luke and Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of 
Middlefex : And that Sir Richard Glyun, Mr. Whitbread, 
and Mr. Alderman Harley, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


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A. 17°72. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to continue for a further Time, an A&amp; made 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to 


continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, . 


Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch; and 
alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits from 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time; and alfo 
to prohibit the Exportation of Malt for a limited Time, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee, 

Mr. Speaker tefumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve. 
ral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

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


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

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
triittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may haye Leave to fit again. 

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


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty ; 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Guards, Garifons, and other His Majefty’s Land Forces, 
in Great Britain, from the 25th December 1771 to the 
24th December 1772, both Days inclufive, being 366 
Days, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of His 
Majefty’s Forces in the Plantations and Africa, includ- 
ing thofe in Garifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, from 
25th December 1771 to 24th December 1772, both Days 
inclufive, being 366 Days, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee, 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Dif- 
ference of Pay between the Britifb and Frifh Eftablith- 
ment of Five Battalions and Four Companies of Foot, 
ferving in the Ifle of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and 
the Ceded Iflands, from 25th December 1771 to 24th 
December 1772, both inclufive, being 366 Days, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
General and General Staff Officers in Great Britain, for 
the Year 1772, be referred to the faid Committee. 

-Ordered, ‘That the Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Allowances to Widows of Officers who have died on 
Half Pay, for the Year 1772, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

: Ordered, 





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t2 Geo. III. 


Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of Half 
Pay, and Allowances to the reduced Officers of His Ma- 
jelty’ Land Forces and Marines, for the Year 1772, be 
referred to the faid Committee, 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Out 
Penfioners of Chelfea Hofpital, for the Year 1772, be 
referred to the faid Committee. | 

Ordered, That the Lift of the Reduced Officers of 
His Majetty’s Land Forces and Marines, intitled to re- 
ceive Half Pay in Great Britain, with an Eftimate of the 
Charge thereof for the Year 1772, be referred to the 
faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Lift of the Widows of fuch Reduced 
Officers of His Majefty’s Land Forees and Marines, 
who died on the Eftablifhment of Half Pay in Great 
Britain, and who were married to them before the 25th 
Day of December 1716, with an Eftimate of the Charge 
thereof for the Year 1772, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of the Of- 
fice of Ordnance, for the Year 1772, Land Service, be 
referred to the faid Committee. | 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

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

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


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





Martis, 4° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*# Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


ARNOLD MEYER and Peter Bottefeur took 
** the Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturaliza- 
tion. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fobn Poel, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for naturalizing Yobn Poel. 
_ Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, arid defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing James Samuel Féquier, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofied, 


Sir Fofeph Mawbey, according to Order, 
rom the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
Bill to continue, 


the Eighth Year 
Vou, XXXII. 


reported 
to whom the 
for a further Time, an A&amp; made in 


of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 


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445 
tituled, An A&amp; to continue, and amend, an A&amp; madé 
in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, 
intituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork; 
Bacon, and Butter, from Jre/and, for a limited Time ; 
and for allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, from thé Briti/ Dominions in 
America, for a limited Timé, was committed; the 
Amendment which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, arid after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was Twicé 
read ; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

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


A Petition of feveral Lords of the Mano#, Clergy- 
men, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, of the te- 
veral Parifhes and Hamlets of Somerton, Cumpton Dua- 
don, Street, Walton, Aifbcott, Grienton, Murlinch, Shap-= 
wick, and divers other Parifhes and Hamlets, interefted 
in a Tract of Wafte Ground, called King’s Sedgmoor, in 
the County of Somerfet, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the faid Tract of Ground is 
very extenfive, confifting of feveral thoufaind Acres; 
and at prefent of little Value, being very marily, and 
fubject to be overflowed ; and that it is very difficult, 
if not impracticable, on Account of its vaft Extent, to 
detect and prevent Trefpaffes on the fame, in its pre- 
fent Situation ; and that the faid Ground is, in its Na- 
ture, very capable of Improvement, by beiiig properly 
drained ; ahd that Trefpafies on tlie faine would be eafily 


_ detected and prevented, if the faid Tract of Ground was 


divided and inclofed into feparate Diftricts, for the (e- 
parate Ufe of the feveral Parifhes, Hamiets, and MVia- 
rors, intitled tv Right of Common in the fame, which 
would be an Undertaking extremely beneficial to the 
Public, and particularly advantageous to the feveral 
Owners and Proprietors: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
inclofing, and draining, the faid Tract of Land, and for 
raifing Money ‘for thofe Purpofes by a Tax upon the 
faid Lands, ot otherways, under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictioris, as to the Houfe fhall ieem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Coxe, Mr. Allen, 8c.: And 
they are to meet To-morrow Morning; at Nine of the 
Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power to 
fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records; and all who 
comé to the Cominittee are to have Voices. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, teported 
from the Committee of thé whole Houfe, to whom thé 
Bill to continue, for a further Time, an A&amp; made in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An A&amp; to continue 
the Prahibition of the Exportation of Corn, Grain 
Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo of 
the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat 
and Wheat Flour, for a further Time; and dlfo to pro- 
hibit the Exportation of Malt, for a limited’Time; was 
committed ; the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments; in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth; according to Order, reported 
from the Committce of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
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446 
was referted to confider of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majefty , the Refolution 
which the Committee had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; which he read in his’ Place, and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Petry, 
which, by an Aét of Parliament of the Eleventh Year 
of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, have Continuance to 
the Twenty-fourth Day of Yune One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-two, be further continued, and 
charged upon all Malt viisich fhall be made, and all 
Mum which fhall be “made or imported, and all Cyder 
and Perry which fhall be made for Sale, within the 
Kingdom of Great Britain, from the Twenty-third Day 


of une One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two, 


to the Twenty-fourth Day of Fume One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-three. a 

The faid Refolution being read .a Second Time, 
was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. 
Charles Townfhend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Rodinfon, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 

Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee had di- 
reéted him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the fame were read; and are as followeth; 
VIZ. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Number of Land Forces, including One thou- 
fand Five hundred and Twenty-two Invalids, amount- 
ing to Seventeen thoufand Five hundred and Forty- 
feven Effective Men, Commiffion and Non Commiffion 
Officers included, be employed for the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six hundred Twenty-nine 
thoufand Four hundred and Ninety-one Pounds Twelve 
Shillings and Four Pence and Seven-eight Parts of a 
Peny, be granted to His Majefty, for defraying the 
Charge of Seventeen thoufand Five hundred and Forty- 
feven Effective Men, for Guards, Garifons, and other 
His Majefty’s Land Forces, in Great Britain, Ferfey, 
and Guernfey, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred Eighty- 
eight thoufand Nine hundred and Fifty-three Pounds 
‘Twelve Shillings and Seven Pence and Three Farthings, 
be granted to His Majefty, for maintaining His Ma- 
jefty’s Forces and Garifons in the Plantations and Africa, 
including thofe in Garifon at Minorca and Gibraltar, 
and for Provifions for the Forces in North America, 
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Gibraltar, the Ceded Iflands, 
and Africa, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Twenty-three Pounds Sixteen Shillings and 
Two Pence and One Farthing, be granted to His Ma- 
jefty, for defraying the Charge of the Difference of Pay 
between the Britifh and ZIJrifh Eftablifhment of Five 
Battalions and Four Companies of Foot, ferving in the 
Tile of Man, at Gibraltar, Minorca, and tne Ceded Iflands, 
for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
two, 


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41772, 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven thoufand Three 
hundred and Twenty-two Pounds Seven Shillings and 
Three Pence, be granted to His Majefty, for the Pay 
of the General and General Staff Officers in Great Bri. 
tain, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six hundred and Forty-four 
Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, for the paying of 
Penfions to the Widows of fuch Reduced Officers of 
His Majefty’s Land Forces and Marines, as died upon 
the Eftablifhment of Half Pay in Great Britain, and 
were married to them before the Twenty-fifth Day of 
December One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixteen, for 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy. 
two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and Fifteen 
thoufand Seven hundred Sixty-five Pounds and Sixteen 
Shillings, be granted to His Majefty, upon Account of 
the Reduced Officers of His Mayjefty’s Land Forces and 
Marines, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Two hun- 
dred and Eighty-one Pounds and Six Pence, be granted 
to His Majefty, for defraying the Charge for Allow- 
ances to the feveral Officers and private Gentlemen of 
the Two Troops of Horfe Guards Reduced, and to the 
Superannuated Gentlemen of the Four Troops of Horfe 
Guards, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 


Seventy-two. 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred Twenty-four 
thoufand Eight hundred and Thirteen Pounds Twelve 
Shillings and Six Pence, be granted to His Majetty, 
upon Account, towards defraying the Charge of Out 
Penfioners of Chel/ea Hofpital, for the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 

“Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and Fifteen 
thoufand Eight hundred and Eighty-three Pounds Se- 
venteen Shillings and Four Pence, be granted to His 
Majefty, for the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, for 
Land Service, for the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, . That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-two thoufand Four 
hundred and. Ninety-eight Pounds Six: Shillings and 
Three Pence, be granted to His Majefty, for defray- 
ing the Expence of Services performed by the Office of 
Ordnance, for Land Service, and not .provided for by 
Parliament, in One thoufand: Seven hundred and Se- 
venty-one. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 


Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punifhing Mutiny and Delerieh, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters: And that 
the Lord Barrington and Sir Charles Whitworth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution an Aét, paffed in the Twenty-fixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Roads leading from 
Labcombe Corner, in the Parith of Winterflow, to Harn- 
ham Bridge, in the County of Wilts, and‘ from the 
Weft Corner of Saint Ann’s Street, in the City of 
New Sarum, to the Parifhes of Landford and Brook, 
and from thence to Ealing, and from Landferd afore- 
faid, through Ower and Tefwood, to Ealing aforefaid, 
in the County of Southampton, and of the Creditors un- 


5 der 








42 Geo. IIL 


der the fame Act; and alfo of the Mayor and Com- 
monalty of the City of New Sarum, and {everal of the 
Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, refiding in and 
near the faid City, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, was prefented to the Houie, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Truftees have proceeded in the Execu- 
tion of the faid Act, and have borrowed a confiderable 
Sum of Money on the Credit of the Tolls thereby 
granted, which, together with the Money collected, 
have been duly applied, according to the Directions of 
the faid Aét; and that the faid Road cannot be fuffi- 
ciently amended and kept in Repair for the future, and 
the Money repaid, unlefs the Term and Powers granted 
by the faid Act are further continued and enlarged; and 
that the Road from that Part of the Rumfey and Ring- 
wood Turnpike which runs near the Houfe of Frazcis 
Fry, in the Parith of Cadenbam, through Pollards Moor, 
acrofs the Sarum and Ealing Turnpike, to Lambs Corner, 
and from thence to Lyndburff, in the County of South- 
ampton, and alfo a fhort Cut, or Branch, from the 
faid Scrum and Ealing Turnpike, near a Place called 
Hampton Ford, to Lambs Corner, are in a ruinous Con- 
dition, and in many Plaees very incommodious, and 
cannot be repaired and widened by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law; and that, if Power was given to enlighten 
fuch Parts of the faid Roads as lie within the faid 
City, it would be of great Convenience to all Perfons 
travelling thereon; and that, if Power was likewife 
given for repairing and paving the Footways within the 
faid City, and collecting a Sunday’s Toll, and a daily 
Toll during the Salifbury Race Week, to be raifed at 
all the Avenues leading to the faid City, and for erect- 
ing neceffary Gates for that Purpofe, it would be of 
public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for continuing and en- 
larging the Term and Powers of the faid Aét, and for 
repairmg and widening the faid propofed additional 
Roads, and enlightening fuch Parts of the Roads to 
be amended under the prefent Act as lie within the 
faid City, and alfo for repairing and paving the Foot- 
ways within the faid City, in fuch Manner, and under 
fuch Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Lord Folkeftone, Mr. Penrud- 
dock, 8&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Gaol at Reading, Berks, in Behalf of themfelves, and 
alfo of all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons 
of this Kingdom: And alfo, | 

A-Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in Car- 
diff Gaol, Glamorganfbire, in Behalf of themfelves, and 
alfo of all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons 
of this Kingdom : And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Sheriff’s Ward of the County of Devon, in Behalf of 
themfelves, and others confined for Debt in the different 
Prifons of this Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in tlie 
King’s Bench Prifon, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of 
all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this 
Kingdom ; 

Were feverally: prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Complaining of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
lief. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
Relief of Infolvent Debtors: And that Mr. Onflow,. 


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Mr. Fuller, Sir William Meredith, and Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, do prepare, aad bring in, the fame. : 


A Petition of the Mayor and Comnionalty of thé 
City of New Sarum, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
tead ; Setting forth, That, by an Aé&amp;, made in the 
16th and 17th Years of King Charles the Second, for 
making the River Avon navigable, from Cbrift Church 
to the City of New Sarum, the Haven, River, Channel, 
Trenches, and all Weirs, Wharfs, Saffes, Locks, Turn= 
pikes, Pens for Water, and all other Things what- 
foever, made arid erected in order to the making the 
Haven, and making navigablé the faid River and 
Channel, fhould from thenceforth be in the fole Rule, 
Order, and Survey, of the Undertakers and Commif- 
fioners, and not fubjeét to any Laws relative to Sewers ; 
and that, after paffing the faid Act, the Powers thereby 
given were partly carried into Execution; but the na- 
vigating the faid River was foon found to be attended, 
with fo many Difficulties and Inconveniences, that it did, 
not anfwer the Purpofes intended, and is now whol 
difcontinued, and many Nufances and Obftruétions 
have arifen, and been made, in the faid River, to the 
Prejudice of the faid City and its Neighbourhood, and 
may in Time fubject them to greater Injuries, unlefs the 
fame are removed, which, the Petitioners apprehend, 
cannot be done, but by repealing the faid Claufe, and 
making the faid River liable to the Laws of Sewers, as 
the fame was before making the faid A&amp;t: And there- 
fore praying, That the faid Claufe, exempting the faid 
River from a Commiffion and the Laws of Sewers, may 
be repealed, and that the Petitioners may have fuch 
further Relief as to the Houfe hall feem fit. 
ti — That the faid Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


A Bill to enable Henry Peyton, Efquire, lately called 
Henry Dajfbwood, and his Iffue, to take and ufe rhe Sur- 
name and Arms of Peyton, purfuant to the Will of Sir 
Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Edward 
Aftley, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. . 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
who are appointed to enquire into the State of the 
Nightly Watch, within the City and Liberty of Wef- 
minfter, and to report the fame, with their Opinion 
thereupon, to the Houfe ; That they do alfo inquire into 
the State of the Nightly Watch, within the Parith of 
Saint Clement Danes, the Liberty of the Savoy, the Li- 
berty of Saffron Hill, the Parith of Saint Andrew, Hol- 
born, the Parifh of Saint George the Martyr, the Parifh 
of Saint Giles, and the Parith of Saint George, Bloom/- 
bury, within the County of Middlefex, and report the 
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


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





Mercurii, 5° die Februarit ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III‘i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Richard Glynn prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and 


Powers of Two Aéts, made in the Twenty-fixth and 
. Twenty 








448 


Twenty-ninth Years of the Reign of his Jate Majefty 
King George the Second, for repairing and widening 
Old Street Road, in the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint 
Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlefex: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing ames Samuel Fé 
guier, was read the Third Time. 
. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Fames Samuel Fequier. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Proprietors, Landholders, Houfe- 
holders, and Parifhioners, of the Parifhes of Saint Mar- 
garet and Saint Nicholas, in the City of Rochefter, in 
the County of Kent, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the 
Votes, that a Petition has been prefented, for Leave to 
bring in a Bill for continuing and enlarging the Term 
and Powers granted by Two feveral Acts of the Third 
and Seventeenth Years of his late Majefty, for repairing 
and widening the Roads, from that Part of Chatham 
which lies next the City of Rochefter, to Saint Dunjftan’s 
Crofs, near the City of Canterbury, in the County of 
Kent ; and for repairing the Road leading from the 
faid Road, at or near a Place called Makenade Corner, 
over Old Wives Leas, to Baybam Crofs and Shalmsford 
Lane End, in the faid County ; and that the Truftees 
appointed by the faid Acts are authorized, out of the 
Tolls to be collected, or Money borrowed, by Virtue 
thereof, to pay fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they 
fhall think proper, for repairing fuch Part of the Road 
leading from Rochefter to Chatham, which lies in the 
Parifhes of Saint Margaret and Saint Nicholas, in 
Rochefter, between a Place called The Bank, and the 
Gardener’s Garden, extending from Saint Catharine’s 
Hofpital, to or near the Victualing Office in Chatham ; 
and that, as no fpecific Sum is thereby appropriated 
for repairing the faid Road, it depends on the Pleafure 
of the faid Truftees, what, or whether any, Sum fhall 
be applied for that Purpofe ; and that, from the Com- 
menceiment of the faid Act of the Third Year of the 
Reign of his faid late Majefty, a very fmall Sum of 
Money, no Way proportionable to the Sums raifed, 
hath been granted for repairing the faid Road ; and that 
the Petitioners have great Reafon to believe no further 
Affiftance will be granted them by the faid Truftees 
from that Fund, they having been informed that the 
Money already granted was only a voluntary Bounty ; 
and that the faid Road is of public Utility, is in a 
very ruinous Condition, and cannot be repaired by the 
ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore praying, That 
Provifion may be made, for repairing fuch Part of the 
faid Road from Rocheffer to Chatham, which lies in the 
Parifhes of Saint Margaret and Saint Nicholas, in Ro- 
chefter, between a Place called The Bank and the Gar- 
dener’s Garden there, extending from Saint Catharine’s 
Hofpital, to or near the King’s Victualing Office in 
Chatham, infuch Manner, and under fuch Reftrictions, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Truftees for putting in Execution Two Aéts of 
Parliament, of the Third and Seventeenth Years of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing and widening 
the Road, from that Part of Chatham which lies next 
the City of Rochefer, to Saint Dunftan’s Crofs, near the 
City of Canterbury, in the County of Kent, and of fe- 
veral other Gentlemen of that Part of the faid County, 
js referred: And that they do examine the Matter of 
this Petition ; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe: 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe,, ac- 


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4.1992, 


cording to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an A@, 
pafied in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for paving, lighting, and watching, the Town 
of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, and for regulat. 
ing the Carmen and Porters within the faid ‘Town: 
And the fame was received; and read the Firjt 
Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles V/bitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for continuing, and granting 
to His Majefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, 
and Perry, for the Service of the Year 1772: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Sheriff's Ward of the County of Devon, in Behalf of 
themfelves and others, confined for Debt in the different 
Prifons of this Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Caftle of Cheffer, on Behalf of themifelves, and alfo of 
all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this 
Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Prifon of the Town of Hertford, in. the County of 
Hertford, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of all other 
Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this King- 
dom H 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Complaining of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
lief. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upoa the Table. 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defer- 
tion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Robert Earl of 
Harborough, was prefented to the Houle, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner is the Owner of the 
principal Part of the Lands, in the Open Fields, Mea- 
dows, Paftures, and Common Lands, in the Liberties 
of Stainby, in the County of Lincola; and apprehends 
it would be for the Benefit and Advantage of all the 
Parties interefted therein, to have the fame divided and 
inclofed: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
faid Open Fields, Meadows, Paftures, and Common 
Lands, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe may feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
George Bridges Brudenell and Lord Brownlow Bertie do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Robert Earl of 
Harborough, was prefented to the Houte, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner is the Owner of the 
principal Part of the Open Field Lands, Meadows, and 
Commons, in the Liberties of Stapleford, in the County 
of Leicefter; and apprehends it would be for the Be- 
nefit and Advantage of all the Parties interefted therein, 
to have the fame divided and inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
tor dividing and inclofing the faid Open Fields, Mea- 
dows, and Commons, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
may feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
George Bridges Brudenell and Sir Fobn Palmer do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


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A Petition of the Heretors and others concerned in 
the Roads after mentioned, in the County of Lanark, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the High Road leading from Jngleffon Bridge, by 
Biggar, to Leadbills, and from thence to the March of 
the County towards Mennock and Enterkin, and the 
High Road from the Confines of the County of Lawark, 
near Corfethill, by -Carnwath, Carftairs, Douglafmiln, 
Parifo-bolm, and trom thence, to the Confines of the 
County, ‘near to Muirkirk ; and the High Road from 
the Confines of the County near to Loch-head, by or 
near Elfrickle, Carnwath, Carftairs, Carluke, Wifhaw, and 
to the Chapel of Eafe on the Road from Edinburgh to 
Glafgow , and the High Road from Hamilton, by Douglas- 
miln Elvanfoot, and to the Confines of the County of 
Lanark, near to Moffat, are, in the Winter Seafon or 
wet Weather, almoft impaffable for Carriages, and 
dangerous for Perfons on Horfeback, and many Parts 
thereof are very incommodious, and cannot be fufficient- 
ly repaired, widened, and kept in Repair, without fome 
Provifion be made by Parliament for thofe Purpofes, 
and alfo for removing Doubts that have arifen concern- 
ing the Interpretation of fome former Acts of Parlia- 
ment relating to the Highways: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Purpofes- aforefaid, or that the Petitioners may have 
fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Captain Rofs, Mr. Edmon- 
Jftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Cleck, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Petfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


The Lord Folke/tone reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the ‘Truitees appointed 
to put in Execution an Act, paffed in the Twenty-fixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majetty, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Roads leading from 
Lobcombe Corner, in the Parifh of Winterflow, to Harn- 
bam Bridge, in the County of Wilts, and from the Weft 
Corner of Saint Ann’s Street, in the City of New Sa- 
rum, to the Parifhes of Landford and Brook, and from 
thence to Ealing, and from Landford aforetaid, through 
Ower and Teftwood, to Ealing aforefaid, in the County 
of Southampton, and of the Creditors under the fame 
Aé&amp;; and alfo of the Mayor and Commonalty of the 
City of New Sarum, and feveral of the Gentlemen, 
Clergy, and Freeholders, refiding in and near the faid 
City, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was re- 
ferred; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth ; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Aé&amp;t was read: And, 

Mr. Fofeph Elderton, Treafurer and Clerk to the faid 
Truftees, produced an Account, whereby it appears, 
that £. 5,600 is owing on the Credit of the faid Act, 
which he faid, has been duly applied in repairing the 
faid Roads; but that they cannot be effectually amended 
and kept in Repair, unlefs the Term and Powers of the 
faid Act are further continued and enlarged. 

Mr. Fobn Newby, being examined, faid, That the fe- 
veral other Roads mentioned in the Petition, are ruinous 
and narrow, and cannot be repaired and widened by 
the ordinary Courfe of Law, 

Mr. Fofeph Elderton, being again examined, faid, 
That if Power were given for enlightening fuch Parts 
of the faid Roads, as lie within the City of New Sarum, 

Ver. XXXUHI. 


Journals of the Houfe of ‘Commons. 


449 
and for repairing and paving the Footways within the 
faid City, it would be of great public Utility —Which 
Evan was confirmed by feveral Members pre- 
ent. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and enlarge the Term and Powers of an Aét, 
made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Second, for repairing and widening the 
Roads leading from Lodcombe Corner, in the Parith of 
Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the County of Wilts, 
and from the Weft Corner of Saint Ann’s Street, in the 
City of New Sarum, to the Parithes of Landferd and 
Brook, and from thence to Ealing, and from Landford 
aforefaid, through Ower and Te/twood, to Ealing atore- 
faid, in the County of Southampton , and for repairing 
and widening the Road from the Rum/ey and Ringwood 
Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of Francis Fry, to 
Lyndburft, and from a Place called Hampton Ford to 
Lambs Corner, in the faid County of Southampton and 
for repairing the Footways within the faid City: And 
that the Lord Folkeffone, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Fox, and Mr. 
Huffey, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue for a further Time, an 
A&amp;, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, 
An A&amp; to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation 
of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, 
and alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines -and Spirits 
from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time ; and 
alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt, for a limited 
Time, was read the Third Time. 

An ingroffed Clauie was offered to be added to the 
Bill by Way of Ryder, for allowing Malifters who are 
Millers to have more than Five Quarters of Wheat. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read with a Blank, 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was read the 
Third Time, and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe, to be made Part of the Bill 
by Way of Ryder. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue and amend an A&amp;, made 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
to continue the Prohibition of the Exportation of 
Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, 
and alfo of the Extraction of Low Wines and Spirits 
from Wheat and Wheat Flour, for a further Time, and 
alfo to prohibit the Exportation of Malt, for a limited 
Time. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carty the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, for a further Time, an 
Aé&amp; made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majeity’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an 
Act, made in the Fitth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Act for Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Jreland, 
for a limited Time ; and for allowing the Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Britifh 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time, was read the 
Third Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aéct to continue, for a further Time, an 
Aé&amp; made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An Aé to continue and amend 
an Aét, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Jre/and, for 
a limited Time ; and for allowing the Importation of 
Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the Britifo 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time. 

Ordered, That Sir Fofeph Mawbey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Plumer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Truftees nominated, conftituted, and 


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appointed, in, or by Virtue of, an Act of Parliament 
paffed in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for con- 
tinuing and giving further Powers to the Truttees 
for putting in Execution Two Acts of Parliament, for 
repairing the Roads, from the Parifh of Enfield, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hertford, and 
other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned, and of divers 
other Perfons, whofe Names are fubfcribed, refiding 
in the County of Hertford, was referred, That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had directed him to report the fame, as it ap- 
peared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And a Member returned upon anew Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, 
and having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe an 
Account of his Qualification, and taken and fubfcribed 
the Oath of Qualification according to the Laws made 
for thofe Purpofes ; 

The faid Report was read; and is as followeth; 
VIZ. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Three 
Acts, One made in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of 
King George the Firft, and the others in the Sixth and 
Twenty-fixth Years of his late Majefty, were read: 
And, 

William Bayntun, Efquire, Treafurer, and William 
Windus, Clerk to the Truftees appointed by the faid 
Aéts, being feverally examined, faid, That the Sum of 
{,. 29300 is now owing on the Credit of the faid Acts; 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4 


4.1772. 


and when the Accounts were laft fettled, upon the 29th 
of Fuly 1771, no more than £. 83. 135. 3d. remained 
in the Hands of the Treafurer; and that the faid Roads 
cannot be effectually repaired, and the Debt difcharged 
during the Continuance of the faid Adts; but on the 
contrary, it will be neceffary to encreafe the Tolls, as 
the Roads grow worfe and the Debt encreafes: and 2 
great Sum of Money is now wanting to put the faid 
Roads in proper Repair. 

Mr. Fobn Scott, being examined, faid, That the Road 
between the End of Hertford Towa, and Amwell End 
near Ware, is ruinous and narrow, and cannot be re- 
paired and widened by the ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, feveral Aéts, for 
repairing the Roads from the Parifh of Enfield, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hertford, and 
other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned; and alfo, for. 
repairing the Road from the End of the Town of Hert- 
ford, to Amwell End, near Ware, in the faid County of 
Hertford: And that Mr. Plumer, Mr. Haley, Mr. Fobn 
Calvert, Mr. Feilde, and Mr. Baker, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Addrefs to His Majefty, 


Surpluffes, ftated the 5th Day of April 1771: And 
alfo, 
Surpluffes, ftated the roth Day of Odober 1771. 
And the Titles of the faid Surpluffes were read. 
The faid Surpluffes are preferved amongft the other 


Papers of this Seffion ; and the Abftracts thereof 
are as followeth ; viz. ‘ 


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


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directions, that there be laid before this Houfe, a Copy 
of a Propofal of the Directors of the Eaf India Com- 
pany, to the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s 
Treafury, relative to the Indemnity to be made to the 
Public by the faid Company, in refpect of the Defici- 
ency of the Duties on Tea. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Income of, and Charges upon, the 
Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund, from the 


roth Day of Oéfober 1771 to the 5th Day of Fanuary 
Jatt. 


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

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Horfes exported from Great 
Britain, together with the Amount of the Duty on the 
fame, from the 1ft Day of fanuary 1750, as far as the 
fame can be made up ; diftinguifhing each Year; and 
the Ports from whence the fame have been exported. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Weobley, in the County of 
Hereford, in the room of Bamber Gafcoyne, Efquire, who, 
fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of One of the Commiffioners for Trade and 
Plantations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk. of the Crown, to make out anew Writ for the 
Electing of a Knight of the Shire t0 ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the County of Sa/op, in the room of Sir 
John Aftley, Baronet, deceafed. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Honfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty. 


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


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Fovis, 6° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgeffés; and 
Commonalty, of the Town and Borough of Great 
Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Haven 
and Piers belonging to the faid Town and Borough, 
have for many Years been repaired and maintained by 
the Duty impofed by feveral Aéts upon Coals, and other 
Goods and Merchandizes, imported into the faid Haven ;. 
and that, by an A&amp; made in the Twenty-third Year of 
his late Majefty’s Reign for repairing, improving, and 
maintaining the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, 
and other Purpofes, the Duties payable by an A&amp; of 
the Twentieth Year of the Reign of his faid late’ Ma 
jefty, were difcontinued, and, in Lieu thereof, new 
Duties were thereby granted, to be applied for fuch 
Ufes and Purpofes as is therein mentioned ; and that the 
faid laft mentioned A&amp; is now near expiring; and the — 
faid Haven and Piers muft in a fhort Time fall into utter 
and irreparable Decay, and the Navigation of the Rivers 
emptying themfelves into the faid Haven be fubjeé&amp; to 
great Obftructions and Annoyances, and not only Ships 
wintering in the faid Haven, but alfo the faid Town, 
be expofed to frequent and terrible Accidents by Fire, if 
the faid Aét is not further continued and enforced : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for continuing the faid Aét for fuch fur- 
ther Term, and with fuch additional Powers and Au- 
thorities for the better effecting the feveral Purpofes of 
the faid Aét, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Townfhend, Mr. Walpole; 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the fevéral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are Proprie- 
tors of Houfes and Lands within the Manor of Great 
Ormfide, in the Parifhi of Orm/fide, in the County of Weft- 
moreland ; and that there are feveral Tra¢ts or Parcels of 
Common and Watte Grounds within the faid Manor, 
whereon the Petitioners are intitled to Right of Com- 
mon; and that, if the fame were divided into fpecific 
Allotments, and inclofed, a confiderable Advantage 
would accrue to every Perfon interefted therein: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid Common 
and Wafte Grounds, under fuch Rules, Regulations, 
and Provifoes, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Ge- 
neral Honeywood, Sir Anthony Abdy, Mr. Mufgrave, and 
Mr. Fletcher, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and Inhabitants; of the Counties of Berks and Southamp- 
ton, refiding in and near to the Towns of Aldermajton 
and Bafingftoké, in the faid Counties, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Road 
leading from a Place called the Cro/s Lanes, on the Wett 
Side of Aldermajton Park, in the Parifh of Aldermafton, 
in the County of Rerks, through Tadley, Pamber End, 
and Sherborn Saint Fobn, in the County of Southampton, 
to Bafingftoke Market Floufe; and from the ic? = 

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456 
Holy Gheft Hill to Rooks Down Gate, in the Parithes of 
Bafing ftoke and Sherborn Saint Fobn , and from Sherborn 
Saint Fobn, by a Farm rented by Wiliam Wix, acrois 
Lilly Down, through Monk Sherborn Wood, to a Pond 
called the Round Pond , and ftom Tedley Hill, in the faid 
County of Southampton, to a Boundary Mark, called 
The Imp, or Nymph Stone, between the Parifhes of Al- 
dermafton and Mortimer Silchefter and Pamber ; and alio 
the Road from the Weft End of one of the faid crofs 
Lanes, on the Weft Side of Aldermajton Park, called 
Burnhams Lane, through Baughurfi, and over Stoney 
Heath, Reoks Down, and Bafingftoke Field, to join the 
Turnpike Road leading from thence to Andover , and 
from the South Side of the faid Turnpike Road, over 
Bafing ftoke Down, to join the Turnpike Road leading 
from Bafingftoke to Winchefter, at Popham Lane, and from 
the New Inn at Baughurft Lane End, to join the Turn- 
pike Road leading from Aldermajton to King’s Clere, in 
the faid County of Southampten; near a Poft called the 
Hempfbire Poff, are ruinous and narrow, and cannot be 
effectually ‘repaired and widened by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in.a Bill for the repairing and widening 
the faid Roads, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Re- 
gulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Congreve, Mr. Hopkins, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Heretors concerned in the feveral 
Roads leading through the County of Lanark, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners obferve, from the Votes, that a Petition has 
been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for repair- 
ing, widening, and keeping in Repair, certain Roads 
leading through the faid County of Lanark ; and repre- 
fenting to the Houfe, That the Paffage over the River 
Clyde 1s often obftructed by Floods, and is dangerous to 
Travellers ; and that, if Power was given to erect a 
proper Bridge over the faid River, between the Road 
leading from Corfethill to Parifb-bolm, it would be of 
great Convenience to the Petitioners, and of Public 
Utility : And therefore praying, That Provifion may be 
made in the faid intended Bill, for the Purpofe afore- 
faid, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Heretors and others concerned in the Roads 
thereafter mentioned, in the County of Lanark, is re- 
ferred: And that they do examine the Matter of this 
Petiticn,; and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe. 


A Petition of William Hutton, and Mary Hutton his 
Wife, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That James Long, of Wedbampton, in the Parith 
of Erchfont, in the County of Wilts, did, by his laft 
Will, dated the 88th of Fanuary 1766, give all his 
Eftates in Bulkington and Keevil, in the Parith of Eding- 
ton, in the County of Wilts, in Truft for his Brother 
Thomas Long, with Remainders over, Remainders to the 
Petitioner Mary Hutton for Life, with Remainder to her 
Firft and other Son and Sons, and their Heirs Male, with 
Remainders over, upon Condition, that as foon as the 
Son or Sons of the Petitioner, Mary, or their refpective 
Heirs Male fhould come into Poffeffion of the Premiffes, 
they fhoul1 take and ufe the Surname and Arms of Long 
only, and apply for an Act of Parliament to confirm 
the fame; and that the faid Teftator did afterwards, by 
a Codicil to the faid Will, direct, that in Cafe the Pe- 


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titioner Mary Hutton fhould come into Poffeffion of any 
Part of the Premiffes, fhe, and the Petitioner William 
Hutton, and any future Hufband with whom the faid 
Petitioner Mary fhouid intermarry, fhould affume and 
take the Surname and Arms of the Teftator, and apply 
for an Act of Parliament for that Purpofe ; and that 
the faid Teftator is fince dead, and the faid Thomas Long 
is alfo dead without Iffue, and the Petitioners are now in 
Poffeflion of the Premiffes, and have taken and ufed the 
Surname and Arms of Lexg, purfuant to the faid Will, 
and are defirous the fame fhould be confirmed upon 
them, and the other Perfons defcribed in the faid Will: 
And therefore praving, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Mujfgrave and Mr. Fletcher do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, Juftices of the Peace, 
Commiffioners of Supply, and other Heretors, within 
the Counties of Dumbarton, Lanark, and Renfrew, in 
North Britain, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That by Two Aétts, paffed in the 26th 
and 27th Years of the Reign of his late Majefty for re- 
pairing feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, 
the Road leading from the City of Glafgow to the Town 
of Dumbarton is thereby directed to be repaired ; but is 
not yet, nor can be, completed during the fubfifting 
Term, or under the Provifions of the faid Aéts; and 
that it would be a Means of facilitating the making, re- 
pairing, and completing, of the faid Road, if the fame 
was made a feparate Diftrict and Truft; and that the 
faid before recited Acts fhould be explained and amend. 
ed, and the Terms of the fame enlarged fo far as re- 
{pects the faid feparate Road from the City of Gla/gow 
to the Town of Dumbarton ; and that the Statute Labour 
fhould be put under proper Regulations: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina 
Bill for the above Purpofes. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Edmonftone, Lord Frederick 
Campbell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday 
Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing all 
the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Staindy, 
in the County of Lincoln: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudeneil prefented to the Hout, 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing all 
the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and other 
Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Stapleford, in 
the County of Leicefter: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refa.ved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Wilbrabam Bootle prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the 
City of Chefter, to or near Middlewich and Nantwich, in 
the County of Cheffer : And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 


was read a Second Time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 


ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majelty ; the Refolu- 
tion which the Committee had directed him to report 
to the Houtfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 


_ jelty, the Sum of Three Shillings in the Pound, and no 


more, be ‘raifed within the Space of One Year, from 
the 25th Day of March 1772, upon Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, Peniions, Offices, and Perfonal Eftates, 
in that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and 
the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and that a propor- 
tionable Cefs, according to the Ninth Article of the 
Treaty of Union, be laid upon that Part of Great Bri- 
tain called Scotland. 

The faid Refoluticn being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houtfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dy/fon, Mr. 
Charles Townfhend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr, Solicitor 
General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Rodinfon, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the Counties of Berks and Wilts, was pre- 
{ented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Road from Hungerford, by Collingbourn Shears, to and 
over a certain Place called Leckford, otherwile Soufly 
Water, in the Road to Salifbury, is in a ruinous Con- 
dition, in many Places too narrow, and cannot be re- 
paired by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing, amending, and widening, the faid Road, 
under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Penruddock, Mr. Popham, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of certain of the Clergy of the Church of 
England, and of certain of the Two Profeffions of Civil 
Law and Phyfic, and others, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, being offered to be prefented to the Houfe ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Petition be brought up; 

The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, An 
A&amp; for an Union of the Two Kingdoms of England 
and Scotland, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Then the Queftion being put, That the faid Petition 
be brought up ;_ 

The Houfe divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 
Sir William Meredith, 
Tellers for the Yeas. Sir Henry Hoghton : t 71. 
Tellers for the Noes. j ih Salata ¢ i 217. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 
Voi, XXXIIL. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commions. 


457 


A Bill for continuing, and granting to His Majefty; 
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for 
the Service of the Year 1742, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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

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


Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe wilt, upon Menday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Ordet made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faia Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houie. 


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





Luna, 10° die Februarii; - 


Anno 12° Georgii III" Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL to explain and amend an A&amp;, pafied in 
A the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
for paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Ply- 
mouth, in the County of Devon, and for regulating the 
Carmen and Porters within the faid Town, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Bar- 
rington, Sit Charles Hardy, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records ; and all who come to the Committee are 
to have Voices. 


Mr. Mugrave prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable Mary and William Hutton, and 
the other Perfons therein deicribed, to take and ufe the 
Surname, Arms, and Creft, of Long, purfuant to the 
Will of Fames Long, deceafed : And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Fletcher reported from the Committee; to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and others, Inhabitants of the County of 
Cumberland, whofe Names are thereunto fubferibed, was 
referred 5 That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to re 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 


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To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
Reverend Mr. Hudjon, being examined, faid, That the 
Roads mentioned in the Petition are ruinous and _nar- 
row, and cannot be repaired by the ordinary Courfe of 
Law. 
Which Evidence was confirmed by a Member prefent. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road trom Raffles, near the 
City of Carlifle, to Wigton, and from thence to the South 
End of Hunda Lane; and alfo the Road from Wigton to 
Abbey Holme, and from Wigton to Chalkbeck, in the 
County of Cumberland: And that Mr. Fletcher and Mr. 
Wallace do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Drake, reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within the Ma- 
nors and Parifh of North Crawley, in the County of 
Bucks, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except the Owner of about 66 Acres of Land in 
the faid Fields, who refufed to fign the Bill ; and that 
the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed confifts 
of 1,569 Acres and 1 Rood ; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
dire€ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

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


Mr. Tre-furer of the Houfhold reported to the 
Houfe, That their Addrefs of Wednefday \aft (that His 
Majefty would be eracioufly pleafed to give Direétions, 
That there be laid before this Houfe, a Copy of a Pro- 
pofal of the Direciors of the Eaft India Company, to 
the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, 
relative to the Indemnity to be mace to the Public by 
the faid Company, in refpeét of the Deficiency of the 
Duties on Tea) had been prefented to His Majefty ; and 
that His Majeity had commanded him to acquaint this 
Houfe, that He will give Directions accordingly. 


Mr. Charles Townfbend reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur- 
veffes, and Commonalty, of the Town and Borough of 
Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
iaid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
_as it appeared to them, to the Houfe,; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s. Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as 
tolloweth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an A&amp; 
made in the 23d Year of his late Majefty, for. improv- 
ing the Haven and Piers of the faid Borough, and for 
depthening, and making more navigable the feveral Ri- 
vers emptying themfelves into the faid Haven, and for 
prelerving Ships wintering therein from Accidents by 
Fire, was read; by which it appears, that certain Du- 
ties therein mentioned are granted for the feveral Pur- 
pofes aforefaid, which have Continuance only -to the 
End of the prefent Seffion of Parliament: And 

Mr. ‘Fobn Spurgeon, being examined, faid, That un- 
lefs the Duties granted by the faid Act are further con- 
tinued, the faid Haven and Piers muft foon fall into 
Decay, and the Navigation of the Rivers be greatly ob- 
ftruéted and annoyed: 

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great Care taken to prevent Accidents by Fire happen- 
ing to the Ships wintering in the faid Haven, the Inha- 
bitants of Yarmeuth mutt be expofed to very great Dan- 
gers, as thofe Ships lay very clofe to the Town. 

And the Witnefs further faid, That feveral further 
Powers and Regulations are wanted to carry the feveral 
Purpofes of the faid Act into effectual Execution. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
clearing, depthening, repairing, maintaining, and im. 
proving, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, and 
for depthening and making more Navigable the feveral 
Rivers emptying themfelves into the faid Haven, and for 
preferving Ships. wintering therein from Accidents by 
Fire : And that Mr. Charles Townfbend, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Richard Walpole, Sir Edward Afiley, and Mr. De Grey, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Fobn Luke Ifelin, was prefented to the - 


Houfe, and read ; Praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. : 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Fane do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands and Eftates, in the Open and Common Fields 
of the Hamlet of Den/banger, in the Parith of Paffen- 
ham, in the County of Northampton, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Lands and Grounds of 
the Proprietors in the faid Open and Common Fields 
are, in their prefent Situation, incapable of any con- 
fiderable Improvement ; and it would be advantageous 
to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed : And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Open and Common Fields, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houte fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Hanmer, the Earl Verney, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. * 


A Petition of Yonathan Lovett, Efquire, Lord of the . 


Manor of Soulbury, in the County of Bucks, and of the 
feveral Owners and Proprietors of Lands, Commons, 
and Eftates, in the Open and Common Fields of Soul- 
bury atorefaid, with the Hamlet of Hollindon, whole 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and 
Grounds of the Proprietors in the faid Open and Com- 
mon Fields, in their prefent Situation, are incapable 
of any confiderable Improvement ; and it would be ad- 
vantageous to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Open and Common 
Fields, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Hanmer, the Earl Verney, and Mr. Lowndes, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the 
Gaol for the County of Leicefter, on Behalf of them- 
felves, and all other Debtors confined in the feveral 
Prifons of this Kingdom : . And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners for Debt in the County 
Gaol of Stafford, in Behalf of themfelves, and alfo of 
all other Debtors confined in the feveral Prifons of this 
Kingdom: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in His 
Majefty’s Gaol in Newgate, Newcaftle upon Tyne: 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
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Complaining of their Diftrefs, and praying Re- 
lief. 
And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Clareton with 
Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground called Shortfil, 
in the Manor of Allerton with Flaxby, all in the County 
of York; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Cecil 
Wray, Sit Thomas Frankland, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Common and Open Fields, and other Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parifh of Wooley, in the County of Huntingdon: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and Inhabitants, of the Counties of Berks and South- 
ampton, refiding in and near to the Towns of Alder- 
mafton and Bafing ftoke, in the faid Counties, was refer- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Matter of 
the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; 
and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Richard Chichley Plowden, being examined, faid, That 
the feveral Roads defcribed in the Petition are in a 
ruinous Condition, narrow in many Places, and that the 
fame cannot be effectually repaired and widened by the 
ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Which Evidence was confirmed by a Member prefent 
at the Committee. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening feveral Roads from Aldermafton, 
in the County of Berks, to Bafingftoke, and to the 
Turnpike Road from Bafing ftoke to Andover, and to the 
Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter at Popham Lane, 
in the County of Southampton: And that Mr. Congreve, 
Mr. Vanfittart, Admiral Craven, and Sir Simeon Stuart, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. . 


The Lord Folkeftone prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to continue and enlarge the Term 
and Powers of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing 
and widening the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, 
in the Parith of Winterflow, to Harnham Bridge, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Weft Corner of Saint 
Ann’s Street, in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes 
of Landford and Brook, and from thence to Ealing , and 
from Landford aforefaid, through Ower and Teftwood, 
to Ealing aforefaid, in the County of Southampton, and 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Ram/ey 
and Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of 
Francis Fry, to Lyndburff, and from a Place calied 
Hampton Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County 
of Southampton , and for repairing the Footways within 
the faid City: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. , 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Mef- 
fuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, fituate, 
lying, and being, in the feveral Parifhes, Hamlets, and 
Places, of Cuffington, Edington, Chilton, Catcott, Shap- 
wick, Stowell, Sutton Mallett, Moorlinch, Greinton,Woolav- 


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ington, Afbcott, Pedwell, Walton, Street, Butleigh, Comp- 
ton Dundon, Wefton Zoyland, Midlexoy, Otbery, Ligh 
Ham, Dunware, Bower, Horfey, Baudrip, Bradney, Ne- 
therbam, Aller, Chedzoy, Littleton, Hurcott, Somerton, 
Pitney Wearn, Wootton, Charlton Mackerel, Charlton 
Adam, and Long Sutton, in the County of Somer/et, 
having Right of Common on Kings Sedgemoor, in the ame 
County, was prefented to the Houfe, and read , Setting 
forth, That the faid Moor, which contains about 18,000 
Acres of Pafture Land, has ever been oen and un- 
inclofed, and without any Boundaries or Limits of Di- 
vifion, and the Produce thereof hath been always 
had and taken indiferiminately, from all Parts in and 
throughout the fame, by the Perfons having Right of 
Common therein; and that the Petitioners have been 
informed of a Bil. intended to be brought in, for drain- 
ing, dividing, and inclofing, the faid Moor, into feparate 
and diftinét Commons, for the feveral Parifhes, Hamlets, 
Manors, or Lordfhips, intitled to Right of Co:nmon, 
in Proportion to their feveral Annual Values, and for 
vefting fuch feparate Commons in the Proprietors of 
fuch Manors and Eftates; which Divifion and Drain- 
age, the Petitioners apprehend, is ufelefs and unnecef- 
fary, as fufficient Powers and Provifions for draining 
the faid Moor, and the Lands near the fame, are oranted 
by an Act of Parliament of the Tenth and Kieventh 
ot King William the Third; and that the Divifion and 
Inclofure of the faid Moor into feparate Commons, and 
the Allotment thereof to the feveral Parifhes, Hamlets, 
Manors, or Lordfhips; intitled to Right of Common, 
in Proportion to their feveral Annual Values, as _pro- 
pofed, will be partial and unjuft; and that any Di- 
vifion of the faid Moor into feparate Commons will be 
prejudicial and hurtful to the Petitioners in particular, 
and the Community in general: And therefore pray- 
ing, That the Petitioners may be heard by their Coun- 
fel, again{t the faid Bill ; and that the Houle will take 
the Premifes into Confideration, and proteét the Rights 
and Properties of the Petitioners inviolate, and grant 
them fuch Relief as to the Houfe thall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Lords of the Manor, Clergymen, Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, and others, of the feveral Parifhes and 
Hamlets of Somerton, Cumpton Dundon, Street, Walton, 
Aifbcott, Grienton, Murlinch, Shapwick, and divers other 
Parifhes and Hamlets, interefted in a Tract of Watte 
Ground, called Kings Sedgemoor, in the County of Somer- 
et, is referred: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition 
again{t the Petition now prefented. : 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Veftrymen 
and principal Inhabitants, of the Parifh of Saint Mary 
Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, and alfo of the Reétor, 
Churchwardens, Veftrymen, and principal Inhabitants, 
of the Parith of Saint Fobn of Wapping, in the County 
of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That, by an Act, made in the Fifth and 
Sixth Year of the Reign of King William and Queen 
Mary, for ereéting a new Parith, to be called the Parifh 
of Saint Fobn of Wapping, within the County of Middle- 
ex, the Inhabitants of the faid Parith of Saint Fobn of 
Wapping are made fubjeét to fuch Duties, Services, 
Affefiments, and Payments, for Reparation of the High- 
ways of the faid Parith of Saint Mary Whitechapel, as 
they were before the making of the faid A&amp; ; and that 
a Refervation was therein made to thé faid Parifh’ of 
Saint Fobn of Wapping, of their Part or Share of all 
Public Charities given to the faid Parith of Saint Mary 
Matfelon, in the fame Proportion as the Inhabitants of 
Wapping did then bear to the Charge of the Repairs 

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of Whitechapel Highways; and alfo that the Minifter, 

Churchwardens, and Overfeers of the Poor, of the Pa- 

rith of Saint Fobn of Wapping thall be called to, and have 

Power with, the Minifter and Officers of the faid Parifh 

of Saint Mary Matfelon, alias Whitechapel, in the fetting, 

fettling, and adjuiting, of all Rates and Taxes, and 
chufing Surveyors for the Repairs of the Highways, 
and the Accounts touching the fame; and that the Pe- 
titioners apprehend, that it would be for the mutual 
Eafe and Advantage of both the faid Parifhes, if the 
faid Provifions were repealed, and the faid Parifhes made 
in all Refpeéts feparate and diftinét, the Expence of re- 
pairing the faid Highways and the Benefit arifing from 
fuch Public Charities being nearly equal; and alleging, 
_ that the Provifions in an Act, made in the Seventh Year 
of His prefent Majefty, for reducing into One A&amp; of 
Parliament the feveral Laws for the Amendment and 
Prefervation of the Public Highways of this Kingdom, 
which direéts the Manner of performing the Statute 
Labour, have been attended with great Trouble and 
Inconvenience to the faid Parifhes, the Highways with- 
in the faid Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife 
Whitechapel, being very inconfiderable, except fuch Part 
as is repaired by an Act of the Third Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty’s Reign, to continue the Term and enlarge 
the Powers of Two Aéts, for repairing the Highways 
from Whitechapel Church, in the County of Middlejex, 
to Woodford in the County of Affex, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, for which the Petitioners pay 
a Compofition of £. 30 per Annum to the Truftees ap- 
pointed by the faid Act, in Lieu of all Statute Labour 
on the faid Road; and there being no Highways within 
the faid Parith of Saint Fchn of Wapping, the faid Act 
of the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty is altogether 
inapplicable to the faid Parifh; and it would be a great 
Benefit to the Petitioners, if both the faid Parifhes were 
to be exempted from the faid A&amp;, and that, by an 
Aét, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, for cleanfing and lighting the Squares, 
Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and other Open 
Paffages and Places, and regulating and keeping a 
Nightly Watch, within fuch Parts of the faid Parifh of 
Saint Mary Whitechapel as are not within the Liberties 
of the Tower of London, or City of London, and for 
other Pur;ofes therein mentioned, the Petitioners the 
Inhabitants of the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, other- 
wife Whitechapel, ave impowered to raife and levy a 
Sum, not exceeding Fourteen Pence in the Pound in 
any One Year, for the Purpofe of watching, lighting, 
and cleanfing, the Streets and other Places, within the 
faid Parifh; and the Petitioners apprehend, that, if a 
{mall Addition was made to fuch Rate, they would 
thereby be enabled to raife Money for repairing the 
Highways within the faid Parifh, in a Way more 
equitable and lefs burthenfome to the Parifhioners than 
is practicable under the prefent Laws; and that the 
Methods prefcribed by the laft mentioned Act, for levy- 
ing the Rates thereby granted, have been found in- 
effectual: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, 
under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Colonel 
Luttrell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, of the Counties of Berks and Wilts, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 


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ter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to re. 
port the fame, as it appearcd to them, to the Houfe . 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where thé fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; &lt;7z. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Seymour Mundy, being examined, iaid, That the Road 
from Hungerford, by Collingbcurn Shears, over a Place 
called Leckford, otherwile Soufiy Water, is in a ruinous 
Condition, in many Places too narrow, and cannot be 
repaired by the ordinary Courfe of Law ; and that the 
amending and widening the faid Road would be of 
public Utility. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road, from the End of 
the prefent Turnpike Road from Beffelfeigh to Hunger- 
ford, in the County of Berks, to Leckford, otherwife 
Soufly Water, in the County of Wilts: And that Mr, 
Penruddeck and Mr. Edward Popham do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the Counties of Berks and Wilts, living in 
or near the Towns of Hungerford, in the taid County of 
Berks, and Marlborough, in the faid County of Wilts, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That, by an Act paffed in the laft Seffion of Parlia- 
ment, for amending and widening the Rozd from Be/- 
Jeifleigh, through Waniage, to Hungerford, in the County 
of Berks, and other Roads therein mentioned, feverat 
Tolls and Powers are granted, for making, repairing, 
and keeping in Repair, the faid Roads; and that, by 
reafon of the great Extent of the Koads comprized in 
the Act, the Petitioners apprehend fome Alterations 
are neceffary to be made in the fame, for the more 
effectual Execution thereof, by increafing the Number 
of Truftees, and appointing Quarterly Meetings, to be 
held, alternately, at Wantage, Marlborcugh, Hunzerford 
and Lambourn; and that the faid A&amp; has in. Several 
other Particulars been found defeétive: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend the faid Aét, in fuch Manner, and 
under fuch Provifions and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe 
fhal] feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Penruddock, Mr. Edward 
Popham, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; 


weer Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Proprietors or Owners of 
Shares of and in Sankey Navigation, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancafter, on Behalf of themfelves and fundry other 
Perfons interefted therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, by Two Aéts, paffed in the 28th 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, and in the Second Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, the River or Brook called Sankey Brook, 
and the Three feveral Branches thereof, hath been made 
and completed, at a great Expence and Rifque, the 
Object of which was, to procure a fufficient Supply of 
Coal for the Town and Port of Liverpecl and its Ship- 
ping, and for the Salt Works upon the River Merfey, 
in the County of Lancafter, and at Northwich and other 
Places in the County of Chefter; and, in Confequence 
thereof, very great Quantities of Coal have been and 
are fent down the faid Navigation, to the faid Town 
and Port of Liverpool, and the faid feveral other Places ; 
and that the River Mer/ey is naturally navigable, from 
the Town of Liverpool, by the flowing and reflowing of 
the Tide, feveral Miles higher than its Junction with 

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the Sankey Navigation, by Means whereof there is a 
complete Navigation from of near the great Coal Mines 
adjoining or near the faid Navigation to Liverpool, for 
Veflels of upwards of Forty Tons Burthen; and that 
the Petitioners are inforrned, a Bill is intended to be 
brought in, for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, 
from Liverpool to or near Wigan, in the faid County of 
Lancafter, upon fuch a Height or Level, that it will 
be neceffary to carry or convey the fame by an Aque- 
duct, acrofs the faid Sankey Navigation, to the great 
Injury and Obftruction of Veffels pafling and repafiing 
thereon ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that, the prin- 
cipal Object of the propoied Canal being to bring down 
Coal to Liverpool, the Petitioners apprehend, that the 
{aid Sankey Navigation, the Canal authorized to be made 
by the Duke of Bridgewater, atid the Canal authorized 
to be made between Leeds and Liverpool, are fufficient 
to anfwer the Purpofes of the Public, and will be able 
to fupply a much greater Quantity of Coal than the 
Town and Shipping of Liverpool is likely to require: 
And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be 
heard, by themielves or their Counfel, againft any Pe- 
tition or Bill that may be brought into the Houfe in 
Favour of the faid propofed Canal, or any Patt thereof ; 
and that the fame may not pafs into a Law; or that 
the Petitioners may have fuch other Relief as to the 
Houie fhall feem meet. 

A Petition of the Right honourable Edward Earl of 
Derby, and the humble Petition of the feveral other Per- 
fons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was alfo pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; likewife taking Notice of 
the faid Application ; and fetting forth, That the faid 
Canal is intended to be made and cut through the 
Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, and other Per- 
fois fituated within the feveral Townfhips in the Pe- 
tition mentioned, which will be very injurious to the 
Petitioners, without affording any material public Ad- 
vantage ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that there are 
now Three Canals, or Navigations, all intended for, 
and fufficient; to fupply the Town of Liverpool and its 
Neighbourhood with; Coal; and that the faid Town of 
Liverpool and its Neighbourhood are now fupplied with 
great Quantities of Coal, at a moderate Price, by Land 
Carriage, from certain Coal Mines in and about Pr! 
coit, Whifton, and other Places adjacent thereto, in the 
{aid County of Lancafter, by means of a good Turn- 
pixe Road, which has been made’ for the Purpofe at a 
very great Expence, and that the Petitioners appre- 
hend, that the intended Navigable Canal to Liverpool is 
unneceffary, arid carinot be wanted for public Utility : 
And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, 
by themfelves or their Counfel, againft any Petition or 
Bill that may be brought into the Houfe in Favour of 
the faid intended Cana! ; and that they may have fuch 
Relief in the Premii¢s as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, was alfo pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, by 
an Aét, made in the Eighth Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, the Petitioners were impoweted to make 
a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Leeds Bridge, in the 
County of York, to the North Lady’s Walk in Liverpool, 
in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and from thence to 
the River Merfey ; and that, by an Act, paffed in the 
Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, the 
River Douglas, alias Afland, was directed to be made 
navigable trom the River Ribble to Wigan, in the faid 
County Palatine; and that, in Purfuance of the lait 
mentioned Act, the faid River Douglas has been made 
navigable, at a very great Expeénce, and the Petitioners 
have cut Thirty-five Miles in Length of the Canal 
authorized to be made by the firft mentioned A&amp;, and 
are proceeding to complete the fame; and that, under 
an Apprehenfion the making navigable a Cut, or 


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or Canal, at or near Newdrough, in the faid County 
Palatine, into the faid River Douglas, and improving 
that Navigation to the faid Town of Wigan, would be 
of ee Utility, fome of the Petitioners have -con- 
tracted for feveral Parts or Shares of the faid River 
Douglas and its Appurtenances, and, with the other 
Perions interefted in the faid Navigation, are preparing 
to make the faid Navigable Cut, or Branch, from the 
faid intended Cut, or Canal, at or near Newbrough 
aforefaid, and to improve the faid Navigation to the 
faid Town of Wigan ; and that the faid Cut, or Branch, 
and Improvements, and alfo fo much of the faid Cut, 
or Canal, authorized to be made by the faid firft men- 
tioned Aét, as will open a Communication between the 
{aid Towns of Liverpool and Wigan, will be completed 
insabout Twelve Months; and that the Petitioners ob- 
ferve, by the Votes, that a Petition has been prefented, 
for Leave to bring in a Bill for making znd maintain- 
ing a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Liverpool afore- 
faid, through divers Parifhes, Townfhips, or Hamlets, 
therein mentioned, to or near the Town of Vigan afore~ 
faid; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that there have 
been Four Navigable Cuts, or Canals, authorized to 
be made, for the Convenience and Extenfion of the 
Trade of the Port of Liverpool, and to fupply the fame 
with Coal, which, they conceive, will be fufficient to 
an{wer all public Purpofes; and that the Canal autho= 
rized to be made by the firft mentioned Act, with the 
Cut, or Branch, and Improvement of the Navigation ; 
of the faid River Douglas to Wigan, will open a nearer 
Communication, between that Town and Liverpool, 
than the propofed Canal; by means whereof, and the 
other Navigable Canals made and authorized to be made, 
the Town and Trade of Liverpool may be fupplied with 
whatever Quantities of Coal and Cannel they do or may 
ftand in Need of, upon very moderate Terms, and ren&gt; 
der the faid propoied Canal unnecefiary: And there- 
fore praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, by 
themtelves or Counfel, again{t the faid Petition or Bill; 
and that the fame may not pais into a Law ; or that 
they may have fuch other Relief as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the feveral Gentle- 
men, Land Owners, Merchants; Traders, and 
others, the principal Inhabitants of the ‘Towns 
of Liverpool, Wigan, and other Parts of the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, is referred: And the Pe- 
titioners are to be heard, by their Couniel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon their Petitions, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
thittee, That they do admit Countel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againit 
the Petitions now prefented. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com-= 
mittee, to whom the faid Petitions are referred: 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Bo- 
rough of Newark upon Trent; in the County of Notting- 
bam, and of feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners; Traders, 
Manufacturers, and others, refiding in the faid Bo- 
rough of Newark upon Trent, and in the Counties of 
Nottingham and Lincoln, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Navigation of a 
Branch of the River Trent, from a Place called The 
Upper Wear, in the Parith of Averbam, in the County 
of Nottingham, to a Place called the Crankleys, in the 
Parith of South Mufkbam, in the faid County, and run- 
ning by the Town of Newark, is, for Want of a pro- 
per Depth of Water in many Places, and from other 
Obftructions, rendered impraéticable at divers Times of 
the Year; and by the improving the faid Channel, and 

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making proper Cuts and other Works, fo as to rendet 
the fame Navigable at all Seafons of the Year, an eafier 
. and more regular Intercourfe of Trade would be open- 
ed betwixt the feveral Towns and other populous Places 
in the faid Counties, which would be an Advantage to the 
Traders, Manufatturers, and other Inhabitants, refiding 
in the faid Counties, and of Public Utility : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
improving and completing the Navigation of the faid 
Branch of the faid River Treat, from the faid Upper 
Wear, in the Parif of Averbam, to the faid Place 
called Crankleys, in the Parifh of South Mufkbam afore- 
faid, in fuch Manner, and with fuch Powers, and un- 
der fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear tothem, to the Houle: ~ 

And it is referred to Sir ohn Shelley, Mr. Mazn- 
ners, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 

‘cords. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Petersfield, in the County of 
Southampton, in the Room of William Folliffe, Efquire, 
who, fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of One of the Commiffioners for Trade 
and Plantations. 


A Petition of George Lee, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Rufbton ‘fames, in the Parifh of Leek, in the 
County of Stafford, and of William Armett, Efquire, 
and the feveral other Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, being Freeholders and Land Owners 


within the faid Manor, was prefented to the Houfe,, 


and read; Setting forth, That there are, within the 
faid Manor, divers large Tracts of Common and Watte 
Land, containing, in the Whole, by Computation, 550 
Acres, or thereabouts, which, in its prefent State, is of 
little Advantage to the Petitioners; and that, if the 
fame was inclofed and improved, it would be of Be- 
nefit to all Perfons interefted therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
tor inclofing, dividing, and allotting, the faid Common 
and Wafte Lands, to and amoneft the Petitioners, and 
the feveral other Perfons interefted therein, in fuch Pro- 
portions, with fuch Powers, and under fuch Reftrictions, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the hid Petition: And that Sir 
Sohn Wrottefley and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Tradefmen, 
Freeholders, €c. of the Town of Wolverhampton, in 
the County of Stafford, and Places adjacent, was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read ; Setting forth, That, by 
an Act, paffed in the Twenty-fecond Year of his late 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing the Roads leading from 
Sutton Coldfield Common, to the Town of Walfall, and 
other Places therein mentioned, the Roads therein de- 
{cribed are divided into Two feparate Diftriéts, the 
Walfall and Wolverhampton, and that the Term and 
Powers of the faid Act are near expiring, and the Roads 
are {till in very indifferent Repair; and that there is 
now owing on the Credit of the Tolls, One thoufand 
Pounds: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 

iven to bring in a Bill to renew the Terms, alter the 
Sawn of. and fhorten the Diftancé of fo much of 
the faid recited Act, as relates to the Roads inthe Wol- 


5 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.17972. 


verbampton Diftriét, in fuch and what Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Sir Fohn Wrottefley, Six Roger 
Newdigate, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable 
Lands, in the Liberties of Stainby, in the County of 
Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudenell, Mr. Dickenfon, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable 
Lands, in the Liberties of Stapleford, in the County of 
Leicefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudenell, Mr. Dickenfon, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cudden : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
to continue and amend an Aét, made in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Aé&amp; to continue the Pro- 
hibition of the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, 
Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch, and alfo of the Extraction 
of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and Wheat 
Flour, for a further Time ; and alfo to prohibit the Ex- 
portation of Malt, for a limited Time ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to continue, for a further Time, an A&amp; made in the 
Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to continue and amend an Aét, made in the 
Fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and But- 
ter, from Ireland, for a limited Time; and for allowing 
the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and But- 
ter, from the Britifo Dominions in America, for a limited 
Time; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for naturalizing Diederich Meyerhoff ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Foba Poel; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing John Henry Gentil; without any Amend- 
ment: And allo, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for naturalizing Francis Darius Laudumiey ; without any 
Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of 
Stoke Prior, in the County of Worcefer: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a’ Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a 


Lan 


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12 GeO. III. Journals of the Hole of Commons. 463 


Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two: And the fame was received ; and read the 


«Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Thomas Frankland prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands, and Grounds, in the Town- 
fhip of Scaftword, in the County of Nottingham: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, while 
on Shore: And that Mr. Stephens and Mr. Zucker do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, immediately, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelt into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houie will pleafe to receive the 
jame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wednefday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for faifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now tead. 

And the faid Order being read accofdingly; 

Ordered, That Surpluffes, ftated the 5th Day of April 
1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That Surpluffes, ftated the 1oth Day of 
Offober 1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitwirth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

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

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

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


A Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Che/- 
ter, to or neat Middlewich and Nantwich, in the County 
of Chefter, was read a Second Time. 

Rejolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wilbra- 
ham Bootle, Sit Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they afe 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


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


refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for continuing, and granting to His Ma- 
jefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
for the Service of the Year 1772. 

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

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, to di- 
rect that the Deficiency, which fhall be on the 25th 
Day of March 1772, of the Income of the Duties on 
Malt granted for the Year 1770, to fatisfy Principal 
and Intereft charged thereupon, be made good out of 
the Supplies for the Year 1772. 

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

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth tcok the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone throvigh the Bill, and thade fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
om to report, when the Houle will pleafe to receive the 

ame. 


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


The other Order of the Day being read ; 
Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Yed2e/day Mora- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to His Majefty, to exprefs our juft 
and deep Concern at the great Lofs which His Majefty 
has fuftained by the Death of. the Princefs Dowager of 
Wales, and to condole With His Majefty dn this melan- 
choly Occafion ; and to affure His Majefty, that His 
faithful Comrhons moft fincérely intereft themfelves in 
every Event that fo nearly affects Him, arid will, as far 
as in them lies, with the watrheft Gratitude, and moft 
affectionate Attachment t6 His Royal Perfon, ehdeavour 
to alleviate every Care that may difturb His domeftic 
Happinefs. 

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


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-rhorrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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HE Houfe being informed; that Mr. Wilford, 

from the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he 

was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Income of, and Charges upon, 

the Furd commonly called the Sinking Fund, from the 


"9 Day of Offober 1771, to the 5th Day of Fanuary 
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Ordered, That thé faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


The Houte being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commifiioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the 
Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Order of the 6th Day of 
May, in the latt Seffion of Parliament, 

An Account of the Quantity of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter, and allo of Tallow, Hogs Lard, and 
Greate, and alfo of the Number of Cattle, imported 
from Ireland into England, from the 10th of Ofoder 
1770 to the 10th of Ofober 1771, which is as far as the 
fame can be made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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

The faid Account is preferved amongit the other 
Papers of this: Seffion. 


Sir Edward Ajiley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to enable Henry Peyton, Efquire, lately 
called Henry Dafhwood, and his Ifiue, to take and ufe 
the Surname and Arms of Peyton, purfuant to the Will 
of Sir Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. . 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Sir Edward Aftley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Common Fields, Half Year Inclofures, and Com. 
mons and Wafte Lands, within the Parifh of Fincham, in 
the County of Norfolk: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be tead a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing arid ihclofing the Open 
Common Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, with- 
in the Manors and Parifh of North Crawley, in the 
County of Bucks, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Manor and Parifh of North Crawley, in the County 
of Bucks. 

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


A Meffage by Sir Francis Molyneux; Gentleman Uther 

of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue ef His Majefty’s 
Commiffion for declaring His Royal Affent to {feveral 
Aéts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance of this honourable Houfe, in the Houfe 
of Peers, to hear the Commiffion read. 

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

And being, returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the Defire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of 
Peers, where a Commiffion under the Great Seal was 
read ; giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Affent 
to feveral Public and Private Bills therein mentioned ; 
and alfo impowering the Lord Archbifhop cf Center- 
bury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, the 
Lord Prefident of the Council, the Duke of Grafton, 
and feveral other Lords, to declare and notify the Royal 
Affent to the faid Bills; and that the Lord Archbifhop 
of Canterbury, and the Lord High Chancellor of Great 
Britain, and the Earl of Sandwich, named alfo in the 
{aid Commiffion, did accordingly declare, and notify, the 
Vor. XXXIII. 


12 Gro. III. © Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 465 


Royal Affent to the faid Bills; which Bills are 48 fols 
loweth ; viz. 

An A&amp;ct to continue and amend an Aét, made in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled; An Aéctto continue 
the Prohibition of the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, 
Flour, Bread, Bifcuit, and Starch; and alfo- of the Ex- 
traction of Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat and 
Wheat Flour, for a further Time ; and alfo to prohibit 
the Exportation of Malt, for a limited Time : 

An Act to continue, for a further Time, an A&amp; made 
in the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Aé&amp; to continue and amend an Aét, made in 
the Fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act 
for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and But- 
ter, from Jredand, for a limited Time; and for allow- 
ing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and 
Butter, from the Britif Dominions in America, for a 
limited Time: 

An Act for naturalizing Dicderich Meyerhoff: 

An Aé for naturalizing John Peel : 

An Act for naturalizing ‘fob: Henry Gentil : 

An Act for naturalizing Francis Derius Laudumiey. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to theiz 
Addrefs to His Majetty, 

A Paper, intituled, “* Copy of a Propofal of the Di- 
** rectors of the Eaft India Company, to the Lords 
*¢ Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Treafiiry, relative to 
“ the Indemnity to be made to the Public by the faid 
** Company, in Refpect of the Deficiency of the Duties 
“ on Tea.” 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

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

The faid Paper is preférved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open, 
Common, Arable Fields; and the Common Meadows, 
Pafture Grounds, Commons, and Watte Grounds, within 
the Townbhips of Pollizgton, Baln, Whitley, and Wbitley 
Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes of 
Snaith and Kellington, in the County of York : And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Captain Lockhart Rofs reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Heretors and others, 
concerned in the Roads thereafter mentioned, in the 
County of Lanark; and alfo, the Petition of the Here- 
tors, concerned in the feveral Roads leading through the 
County of Lanark ; were referred, That the Committee 
had examined the Matters of the faid Petitions ; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as they appeared to 
them, to the Houte ; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; cz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned Pe- 
tition, Alexander M‘konochie, Efquire, being examined, 
faid, That the Road from Jnglifton Bridge, by Biggar, 
to Leadbills, and trom thence to the March of the C ounty 
towards Mennock and Enterkin , and the Road from the 
Confines of the County near Corfethill, by Carnwazh, 
Carjtairs, Douglafmiln, Parifobolm, and from thence 
to the Confines of the County near to Muirkirk ; and 
the Road from Hamilton by Douglafinila, Elvanfoot, and 
to the Confines of the County near to Moffat; are ina 
very ruinous Condition, and in many Places narrow and 
incommodious, and cannot be repaired and widened by 
the ordinary Methcds provided by Law. 

A Member prefent informed your-Committee, That 
the Road from the Confines of the County of Lanark, 
near to Lochhead, by or near Eljrickle, Carnwath, Car- 
Stairs, Carluke, Wifbaw, and to the Chapel of Eafe, on the 
Road from Edinburgh to Glafgow, is ruinous, and in many 
Places narrow and incommodious, and cannot be repaired 
and widened by the prefent Methods prefcribed by — 

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In Support of the Allegations of the Second mentioned 
Petition, Alexander M’konochie, Efquire, being again 
examined, faid, That the Paffage over the River Clyde, 
between Corfethill and Parifbbolm, is frequently ob- 
ftruéted by Floods, and is dangerous to Travellers, and 
that if a proper Bridge was erected over the faid River, 
it would be of great Convenience to the Country and to 
the Public in general. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening feveral Roads, Jeading through 
the County of Lanark , and for building: a Bridge over 
the River Clyde, at or near a Place called the Howford, 
in the faid County: And that Captain Lockart Ro/s 
and Sir Alexander Gilmour do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees named and ap- 
pointed in, and by, the Acts of Parliament hereafter 
mentioned, was preiented to the Houle, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That, by Two Aéts, pafied jn the Fifth and 
Twenty-third Years of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King Gesrze the Second, for repairing and amending the 
Road leading from the Town of Manchefter, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, through the Town of 
Afbton under Line, and the Parith of Mottram Longden- 
dale, and from thence to Salters Brock, in the County 
Palatine of Chefter, feveral Tolis and Duties were grant- 
ed and made payable, and divers Powers and Autho- 
rities given, for repairing the faid Roads ; in Purfuance 
whereof, the Truftees thereby appointed have borrowed 
feveral confiderable Sums of Money upon the Credit of 
the faid Aéts, and applied the fame, together with the 
Tolls and Duties, towards repairing the faid Roads, 
and for fuch other Ufes and Purpofes as are thereby di- 
rected ; but the faid Roads cannot be kept in good Re- 
pair, and the Money fo borrowed repaid, unlefs the 
Terms and Powers granted by the faid Acts be con- 
tinued and enlarged, and the faid Acts made more cf- 
fectual: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Terms and 
Powers granted by the faid feveral Acts, and making 
the fame more effectual, in fuch Manner, and with fuch 
Powers and Provifions, and under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictions, as to the Heufe fhall feem meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Egerton, Mr. Burrell, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Moft noble William Duke of De- 
wonfbire, and the humble Petition of the feveral Gentle- 
men and others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
Owners and Proprietors of the feveral Commons and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of Buxton, in the 
Parith of Bakewell, and County of Derly, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the feveral 
Commons and Wafte Grounds within the faid Liberty, 
in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any confider- 
able Improvement ; and that if the fame were divided 
and allotted amongft the feveral Perions interefted there- 
in, it would be a confiderable Improvement to their 
Eftates: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under 
fuch Regulations as fhall be thought proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
George Cavendifhb and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunto fet, 
being Owners of Lands and Common Right, in the 
Open Fields, Meadows, Paftures, Common and Watte 


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Lands, within the Liberties of Spondon and Ockbrook, 
in the County of Derby, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners Lands 
and Common Right, in the faid Open Fields, Meadows, 
Paftures, Common, and Wafte Lands, lie greatly ins 
termixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels; and that it 
would be advantageous to the Perfons interefted therein 
to have the fame divided and inclofed : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Biil 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Open Fields, Mea. 
dows, Paftures, Common, and Wafte Lands, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe may feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur» 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Lord 
George Cavendifh and Mr. Clarke do prepare, and bring 


in, the fame. 


A Petition of fob Thompfon, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is the fole Owner and Proprietor of a Common 
Ferry, for Horfes, Carts, and Carriages, over the River 
Ure, from Great Oufeborn, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of York, to Aldworth, in the North Riding of 
the faid County, which is the neareft Communication 
from the Market Town of Ea/ingwould, and feveral other 
Towns in the North Riding, to Kuare/borough, Wea- 
therby, Leeds, Otley, and feveral other Market Towns 
in the Weft Riding; and that the faid Ferry is at 
fome Seafons in the Year become dangerous for Paf- 
fengers ; and that the Petitioner is willing and defirous 
of erecting and building a Bridge, at his own Expence, 
for the better Conveniency and Safety of Paflengers 
over the faid River, at or near, and as conveniently may 
be to, the faid Ferry, whereby many Mifchiefs and In- 
conveniences will be remedied, and great Advantages 
will accrue to the Public: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to enable the Pe- 
titioner to erect and build a Bridge over the faid River 
Ure, in the faid County of York, at, and as near as con- 
veniently may be to, the faid Ferry ; and for maintain- 
ing and fupporting the fame, by fuch Ways and Means, 
and in fuch Manner, as to the Houle fhall feem 
meet. 

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

And it is referred to Mr. Cholmley, Mr. Thompjon, 
&amp;c. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Addis Archer, Edmund Robinfon, George 
Woolcombe, Efquires, and others, Commiffioners named 
in, and acting under, an Act of Parliament, paffed in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for paving, lighting, and watching, 
the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, and 
for regulating the Carmen and Porters within the faid 
Town, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That, in a Bill brought in on the Petition of the 
Mayor aid Commonalty of the Borough of Plymouth 
and others, are contained certain Claufes, which are 
very injurious and prejudicial to the Petitioners, and to 
the greater Part of the Inhabitants of the faid Town; 
and that the Petitioners and others, Commiffioners acting 
under the faid A&amp;, have done their utmoft to carry the 
fame into Execution, but have been prevented from fo 
doing, on Account of the Juftices of the faid Town re- 
fufing to grant Warrants to enforce the Payment of the 
Rate made agreeable to the Directions of the faid Act : 
And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and that 
fuch Claufes therein as fhall appear to the Houfe to be 
injurious and prejudicial to the Petitioners and others, 
Inhabitants of the {aid Town of Plymouth, may be 

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omitted and itruck out of the faid Bill; and that the 
Petitioners may be at Liberty to add fuch other Claufes 
to the faid Bill, and make fuch Alterations therein, for 
the more effectual carrying into Execution the faid Ac&amp;t 
of the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, as ta 
the Houfe fhall feem reafonable and jutft. 

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

lain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Tenth Year of 
Fis prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, lighting, and 
watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County of 
Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town, is committed: And that the Pe- 
titioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


A Petition of the Prifoners in the Stannary Prifon at 
Loftwithiel, in Behalf of themfelves, and all other Debtors 
confined in the feveral Prifons of this Kingdom, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Complaining of their 
Diftrefs, and praying Relief. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the 
City of New Sarum, in Common Council affembled, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Complaining of 
the high Price of Corn : And praying, That Leave may 
be given for the Importation of Corn and Flour ; and 
that fome effectual Laws may be enacted, to prevent the 
Evils arifing from the iniquitous Practices of fore- 
ftalling, regrating, and ingrofling, the Neceffaries of Life 
at Home; and that the Petitioners may have fuch other 
Relief as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

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


A Petition of Robert Fobnjon,Efquire, Lord of the Manor 
of Manton, in the County of Rutland, Nedham Chefelden, 
FrancisChefelden, and Robert Hotchkin, Efquires, and others, 
Owners and Proprietors of Lands in the Open and Com- 
mon Fields of Manton aforefaid, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Lands of the feveral Proprietors 
in the faid Fields lie intermixed and difperfed, and are, 
in their prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement ; 
and that, if the fame were divided and inclofed, and 
fpecific Parts thereof allotted to each Proprietor and 
Perfon interefted, it would greatly tend to the Improve- 
ment of their refpective Eftates: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
George Bridges Brudenell and Mr. Noel do prepare, and 


bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Bacon prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for naturalizing Fohn Luke Ifelin: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Stephens prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Ma- 
rine Forces, while on Shore : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and Peter Boete- 
feur, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


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this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock,,in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for continuing, and granting to His Majefty, cer- 
tain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for 
the Service of the Year 1772, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had directed him to report ta 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the. Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. . 


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


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refo- 
lution which the Committee had directed him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame 
was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of 
One hundred Thirty-fix thoufand Four hundred Six- 
teen Pounds and Eight Pence Half-peny, remaining 
in the Exchequer on the 10th Day of Ofoder 1771, for 
the Difpofition of Parliament, of the Monies which 
had then arifen, of the Surpluffles, Excefies, and Over- 
plus Monies, and other Revenues, of the Fund com- 
monly called the Sinking Fund. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 


upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houte. 


A Petition of William Farrell, Efgiire, Lord of the 
Manor, and Patron of the Reétory aiid Parifh Church, 
of Skeffington, in the County of Leicefter, and of Fames 
Dafbwood, Clerk, Rector of the faid Rectory and Church, 
Fobn Hewett, Efquire, William Brown, Gentleman, and 
Bartin Green, who are all the Perfons interefted in the 
Open Fields and Commonable Places in the Parith of 
Skeffington aforefaid, except about One Acre called 
Allen’s Ciofe, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That it will be very advantageous to the 
Petitioners, to have the faid Fields: and Commonable 
Places divided and inclofed, and a fpecific Part or Share 
thereof allotted to the Perfons interefted therein ; and 
that proper Allotments of the Land to be inclofed 
may be made, in Lieu of the Great and Small Tithes 
thereof, and of the Gardens, Orchards, and Home- 
fteads, or Homeclofes, in Skefington aforefaid, belone- 
ing to the Petitioners, for which no Modus or Com- 
pofition is now paid, or payable: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Purpofe aforefaid, in fuch Manner as the Houfe hall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Ge- 
neral Vernon and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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


Refolved, 








468 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morh- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Capital Burgeffes of 
the Borough of Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorfet, 
and of the principal Inhabitants now refiding therein, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented 
to the Houle, and read ; Setting forth, That the Parifh 
of Lyme Regis confifts of ‘Two Divifions, namely, the 
Borough, and a Tything called Colway , and that, when 
the Land Tax was eftablifhed, in the Fourth Year of 
the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, the faid 
Borough confifted of a great many good Houfes, in- 
habited by fubftantial Merchants, who carried on an 
extenfive Foreign Commerce, and who then manifefted 
their Zeal for the Government, by affeffing, on the 
Houfes, Lands, Salaries, and Perfonal Eftate, within 
the faid Borough, at the Rate of Four Shillings in the 
Pound, the Sum of Four hundred and Seven Pourids 
Eight Shiilings; and Co/way Tything was then affeiled 
at the further Sum of One hundred and Twenty Pounds 
Ten Shillings ; which feveral Sums, or a due Proportion 
thereof, adequate to the Quantum of the Land Tax, 
have been yearly affefled thereon ever fince ; and that, 
fince that Time, the Trade and Commerce carried on by 
the Inhabitants of the faid Borough have greatly de- 
creafed ; and above One hundred and Fighteen Houfes 
(which, when the Land Tax was firft eftablifhed, were 
inhabited) have fince fallen to Ruin; and many other 
Houfes have been burnt down, and not rebuilt; and 
feveral others, together with feveral Acres of Land, 
wafhed away by the Violence of the Sea; by reafon 
whereof, the remaining Houfes and Lands within the 
faid Borough are diminifhed above One full Third Part 
in Value ; and that the faid full Sum of Four hundred 
and Seven Pounds Eight Shillings, or a due Proportion 
thereof, adequate to the Quantum of the Land Tax, 
hath, ever fince the firft Inftitution, been yearly affeffed 
on the faid Borough ; which now amounts to the Sum 
of Six Shillings in the Pound, and upwards, on the 
full Rack Rents of the Houfes and Lands in the faid 
Borough; which, the Inhabitants being unable to pay, 
have been yearly returned Jufuper by the Receiver Ge- 
neral of the faid Tax, in divers large Sums of Mo- 
ney, amounting, within the Space of Fifteen Years paft, 
to the Sum of One thoufand Three hundred and Sixty- 
five Pounds, or thereabouts ; for Non-payment whereof, 
Procefs hath iffued half-yearly againft them, out of 
His Majefty’s Court of Exchequer, whereon divers large 
Sums of Money, not leis than One Shilling in the 
Pound, and, for the moft Part, every Half Year, have 
been returned, as Iffues forfeited by them for Non- 
payment of the faid Jn/upers ; many of which Sums they 
have been obliged to pay; and further Iffues will be 
returned againit them every Half Year in future; and 
that, by reafon of their Inability to pay the whole Sums 
fo yearly affeffed on them, new Jnfupers will be returned 
againft them every Year, whereon new Iffues will be 
returned againft them ; and that the levying fuch Iffues 
will tend greatly to the further Impoverifhment of the 
Petitioners, in regard that, notwithftanding the Pay- 

ment thereof, they will be ftill liable to Procefs for the 
whole Sums, which already have been, or hereafter 
fhall be, fo returned Jnfuper; and that, as fuch Defi. 
ciences will be Yearly encreafing, and the Inhabitants 
more and more unable to pay the fame, the Confequence 
thereof will be, that the few Perfons of Property, who 
now live in the faid Borough, will remove thereout, 
and the little Trade now carried on there muft inevit- 
ably fink, and the few remaining Inhabitants be ren- 
dered wholly unable to pay their Proportion of the faid 
Tax: And therefore praying the Houfe, to give the 
Petitioners fuch Relief, as well with refpect to the fe- 
veral Infupers already returned againft them, and the 


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Iffues forfeited thereupon, as alfo with refpect to the 
future Affeffments on the faid Borough, as the parti- 
cular Circumftances occafioning the Hardfhip of their 
Cafe fhall require, and as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table: 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
explaining and amending an Act, made in the” Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for 
taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling per Pound 
Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas confumed in 
Great Britein, and for granting a Drawback upon the 
Exportation of Teas to Ireland and the Britif Do- 
minions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in refpec thereof by the 
Eaft India Company, as is therein mentioned ; for per- 
mitting the Exportation of Teas in {maller Quantities 
than One Lot to Jre/and, or the faid Dominions in Ame- 
rica; and for preventing Teas feized ‘and condemned 
from being confumed in Great Britain; and for fettling 
certain Doubts and Diiputes, which have arifen upon 
the faid Aé&amp;t of Parliament: And that the Lord North, 
Mr. Onfiow, Mr. Senkinfon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Charles 
Townfbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Robinfon, Mr. Gregory, Mr. 
Fletcher, Sir ‘fames Cockburne, Mr. Sulivan, and Mr. 
Boulton, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Complaint being made to the Houfe, of a Delay 
in the Execution of the Writ iffued during the Jaft Re- 
cefs of Parliament, for the Electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the County 
of Monmouth , 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do 
attend this Houfe, upon Tuefday Morning next, to 
give an Account of the iffuing and fending down of 
the faid Writ. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Harmood, Meffenger attending the 
Great Seal, do attend this Houfe at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Samuel Long do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 


And then the Foufe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 12° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1772, 


PRayveERs. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cuddon : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Peter Lewis De la Rive and Francis 
Menet ; without any Amendment, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs, and Common- 
alty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great Level 
of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, was pte 
fented to the Houfe, and read , Setting forth, That, 
by an Aét, made in the Fifteenth Year of King Charles 
the Second, for draining the Great Level of the Fens, 
called Bedford Level, the Governor, Bailiffs, and Com- 
monalty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great 
Level of the Fens were impowered to lay Taxes upon 
the 95,000 Acres of Ground allotted to the faid Com- 


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pany as a Recompence for draining the faid Great Le- 
vel, for the Support, Maintenance, and Prefervation, 
of the faid Great Level ; and the faid 95,000 Acres 
have from Time to Time been taxed, by a gradual 
Acre Tax, according to the Proportion$ jet out and 
allotted by an Act of the Twentieth Year of King 
Charles the Second ; and that, by an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-ninth Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, for 
eftablifhing a Fund for Payment of the Bonds of the 
{aid Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, and for other 
Purpofes, it was directed, that, during fuch Time as 
any Money fhould be owing from, or upon Account 
of, the Middle and South Levels, all fuch Parts of the 
{aid 95,000 Acres as lie within the faid Levels, or either 
of them, fhould yearly be taxed with a fingle gradual 
Acre Tax, according to the faid Act of the Twentieth 
of King Charles the Second, and the Valuations made 
in Purfuartce thereof, provided that the faid Governor, 
Bailiffs, and Confervators, might tax fuch Part of the 
faid 95,000 Acres, as lie within the faid Middle and 
South Levels, with any further Tax which they fhould 
judge neceflary ; and that all the Rents, Taxes, and 
Revenues, of the faid Middle and South Levels, fhould 
be a Security for the Payment of the Money which 
fhould be mentioned in the Bonds which fhould be 
given by the faid Corporation upon Account of the faid 
Middle and South Levels ; and that the faid Governor, 
Bailiffs, and Confervators, were, by the faid Act, au- 
thorized to borrow, upon Bonds, fuch Sumi or Sums of 
Money as they fhould judge neceffary, for the Ufe of 
the faid Middle and South Levels, fo as, by the bor- 
rowing thereof, the Debt of the faid Corporation, upon 
Account of the faid Middle and South Levels, fhould 
not at any Time be made to exceed in the Whole the 
Sum of £. 32,000; and the Rents, Taxes, and Re- 
venues of the faid Middle and South Levels were 
thereby made a Security for Repayment of the Sums 
fo refpectively to be borrowed, with Intereft for the 
fame ; and that, foon after paffing the faid laft men- 
tioned A&amp;, the faid Corporation borrowed, upon Bonds, 
on Account of the faid Middle and South Levels, fo 
much Money, as, with the former Debt of £. 27,440, 
amounts to the Sum of £. 30,708 ; and that, by the 
Floods which happened laft Winter, great Damage has 
been done to the principal Works made for the Prefer- 
vation of the faid Middle and South Levels, which the 
Petitioners cannot fufficiently repair and preferve, from 
their ordinary Revenue; it was therefore agreed, that 
Application fhould be made to Parliament, to enable 
the Petitioners to borrow a Sum, not exceeding £.12,000, 
for the Prefervation of the faid Middle and South Le- 
vels, the Money fo to be borrowed to be applied to the 
Support and Repair of the principal Banks of the faid 
Middle and South Levels ; and that the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, that the Power to borrow fuch further Money, 
to be applied to the repairing and preferving the prin- 
cipal Works of the faid Middle and South Levels, will 
not only be to the Benefit of the County in general, but 
will tend to the better Security of their prefent Credi- 
tors, provided that fuch Parts of the faid 95,000 Acres, 
as lie within the faid Middle and South Levels, are, for the 
future, abfolutely charged and affeffed with a further Tax 
than the fame are charged and affeffed with by the faid 
Act of the Twenty-ninth of George the Second, for and 
during fuch Time as fuch additional Debt, or any Part 
thereof, fhall remain due and owing from the faid Cor- 
poration : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for effectuating the Purpofes 
aforefaid. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Commitee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Yohn Hynde Cotton, Mr. 
Jenyns, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chiam- 

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ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 


Records. 


A Petition of Sir Fohn Webb, Baronet, Lord of the 
Manor of Eaftleach Tourville, in the County of Gloucef- 
ter, and Owner of by much the greateft Part of the 
Open and Commonable Lands within the faid Manor, 
and the feveral other Perfons whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, alfo Proprietors of Lands within the 
faid Manor and Parith of Eaftleach Tourville aforéfaid, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That there are, within the faid Manor and Parith, One 
large Open Common Field, called Eaftleach Field, and 
cértain Downs, Commonable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
which, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any 
confiderable Improvement ; but, if the fame were di- 
vided and incloied, and fpécific Parts thereof allotted to 
the fevefal Proprietors thereof, according to their refpec- 
tive Interefts therein, the Parties concerned would be 
greatly benefited: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, un- 
der fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhali think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Barrow, Sir William Guife, and Mr. Southweil, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free- 
holders, of the County of Norfofk, and City of Nor. 
wich, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Road leading from Berfreet Gates of 


_the City of Norwich, to New Buckenbam, in the County 


of Norfolk, is in a ruinous Condition, and in fome Parts’ 
narrow and incommodious, and cannot be effectually 
amended, widened, and kept in good Repair, by the 
Laws in being: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring ina Bill for amending and widen- 
ing the faid Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to thé Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame; as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. De Grey, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock; in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturdlizing Arnold Meyer and Peter 
Boetefeur, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the 
fame to be true; ahd that the Committee had direéted 
him to report the Bill to the Hovfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of feveral Triftees for putting in Execu- 
tion an Act of Parliament, made in the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Mayefty; inticuled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Stone Bridge, in the 
Town of Shrewfbury, and of feveral Gentlenien,; Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants; of the faid Town and 
Neighbourhood, whofe Names are thereunder written, 
was pfefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the faid Truftees have taken down and rebuilt a 
confiderable Part of the faid Bridge, afd have pur- 
chafed feveral Houfes and other Buildings flanding on 
or contiguous thereto, and have alfo built a temporary 
Bridge near to the faid Stone Bridge ; and that the Sum 
of Seven thoufand Pounds and upwards hath been raifed 
by a voluntary Subfcription, which hath been applied 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, which faid Sum is nearly 
expended ; and the Petitioners are unable to finifh and 
complete the faid Bridge without the Aid of Parlia- 

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ment ; and that there are feveral High Roads leading 
to the faid Town, which are under the Care and Ma- 
nagement of Truftees appointed by particular Acts of 
Parliament; who are willing and-defirous to contribute 
Part of the Money arifing from the Tolls towards 
finifhing and completing the faid Bridge, upon having 
fome further Time added to the Terms already granted 
by the faid Aéts: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes afore- 
faid, with fuch Powers and Authorities, and under fuch 
Regulations, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Lord Clive, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to make 
Freehold Eftates Affetts for Payment of Simple Con- 
tract Debts ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by inferting, after the Word “ Freehold,” the 
Words “ and Copyhold and Cuftomary Freehold.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make Freehold and Copyhold and Cuftomary Freehold 
Eftates Affetts for Payment of Simple Contraét Debts : 
And that Mr. Ambler, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. 
Feilde, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. 
Cavendifb, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Brownlowe Earl of Exeter, Lord of the 
Manor of Thorpe Achurch and Moulton, with the Mem- 
bers, in the County of Northampton, and Patron of the 
Reétory of the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch aforefaid, and 
the humble Petition of William Chambers, Dottor in 
Divinity, Rector of the faid Parith of Thorpe Achurch, 
Thomas Powys, Efquire, and others, Proprietors of Lands 
and Grounds belonging to the faid Parifh of Thorpe 
Achurch, whofe Names are thereunder fub{cribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are, in the faid Parifh, feveral Open, Common 
Fields, and Meadow Grounds, containing together 
1,800 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that the Lands of 


the Proprietors lie intermixed, and difperfed in {mall . 


Parcels, and, in their prefent Situation, are incapable 
of any confiderable Improvement ; and that, if the fame 
were divided, inclofed, and allotted unto and amongft 
the Proprietors, in Proportion to their refpective In- 
tereft, the fame might be improved, to the great Ad- 
vantage of all the faid Proprietors: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
thofe Purpofes, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe 
fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. George Bridges Brudenell and Sir William Dolben do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, 
of the Borough of Warwick, in the County of Warwick ; 
and alfo of the feveral Inhabitants of the faid Borough, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Complaining of the high Price 
of Wheat, Barley, and other Provifions: And praying, 
That the Importation thereof may be allowed, Duty 
free. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


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allowing further Time for Inrollment of Deeds and 
Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of Proteftant 
Purchafers: And that Mr. Feilde, Mr. Cornwall, and 
Mr. Ambler, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 

pofed, That Mr. Speaker do iflue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
pra, oa a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Town of Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge, 
in the room of Soame Fenyns, Efquire, who, fince 
his Eleétion for the faid Town, hath accepted the 
Office of One of the Commiffioners for Trade and 
Plantations ; 
_ The Houfe was moved, That Part of an Aét, made 
in the Seventh Year of the Reign of her late Majeity 
Queen Anne, intituled, “ An A&amp; for the Security of 
*« her Majefty’s Pcrfon and Government, and of the 
“« Succeffion to the Crown of Great Britain, in the Pro- 
“ teftant Line,” might. be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 


The faid Motion was, with Leave of the Houfe, with. 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion was pro- 
pofed, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Warwick, in the County of Warvwick, 
in the room of the Right honourable George Greville, 
commonly called Lord Greville, who, fince his Election 
for the faid Borough, hath accepted the Office of One 
of the Commiflioners for Trade and Plantations. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Orders of the Day be now read ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Lord Clare, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ~ agg occa t 117, 

Mr. Alderman Saw- 
bridge, J 
Mr. Baker : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, for 
receiving the Report from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bill for punifhing Mutiny and 
Defertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, was committed ; 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the faid) Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
— in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was 
read. 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the further Confideration of the faid Report 
be adjourned till this Day Sevennight ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the Amendments made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the Queition feverally put thereupon, agreed to 
by the Houte. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolued, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majetty. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


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Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, 
feveral Acts for repairing the Roads from the Parifh 
of Enfield, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of 
Hertford, and other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; 
and alfo for repairing the Road from the End of the 
Town of Hertford, to Amwell End, near Ware, in the 
faid County ot Hertford: And the fame was received. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumer have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being after Four of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 13° die Februarii ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III*# Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
A thereunto fubicribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners, or fome 
of them, as Proprietors of Houfes and Lands within the 
Manor or Lordlhip of Sandford, in the Parifh of War- 
cop, in the County of Weftmorland, are intitled to Right 
of Common upon certain Tracts or Parcels of Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, called or known by the Names 
of Sandford High Moor. and Sandford Low Moor, and 
other Waite Grounds, within the faid Manor, and alfo 
intitled, as Tenants in Common, to a certain Stinted 
Pafture, within the faid Manor or Lordfhip, called 
Sandford Pafture; and that, if the faid Commons and 
Watte Grounds, and Stinted Pafture, were divided and 
inclofed, the Eftates of the Perfons interefted therein 
would be very confiderably improved: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given. to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Common and Wafte 
Grounds, and Stinted Pafture, under fuch. Rules, Re- 
gulations, and Provifoes, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. ) 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Ge- 
neral Honeywood, Sir Anthony Abdy, Mr. Robinfon, and 
Mr. Mufgrave, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Hanmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Hamlet of Denjfbanger, in the Parith of Pa/- 
fenbam, in the County of Northampton: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Hanmer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paf- 
tures, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, 
within the Manor and Liberties of Sou/bury,; with the 
Hamlet of Hollingdon, in the County of Bucks: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Captain Lockhart Rofs prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening fe- 
veral Roads leading through the County of Lanark, 
and for building a Bridge over the River Clyde, at or 


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near a Place called the Howford, in the faid County : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Serjeant Glynn prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for lighting fuch Part of the Town 
of Iflington as lies in the Parith of Saint Mary, Ijing- 
ton, in the County of Middlefex, and for eftablifhing a 
regular Nightly Watch therein: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


General Vernon prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open Fields and Commonable Places, in the Pa- 
rifh of Skefington, and County of Leicefler: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Henry Peyton, Efquire, 
lately called Heary Dajbwood, and his Iffue, to take 
and ufe the Surname and Arms of Peyton, purfuant ‘to 
the Will of Sir Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable Henry Peyton, Eiquire, lately 
called Henry Dafbwood, and his Iffue, to take and uie 
the Surname and Arms of Peyton, purfuant to the Will 
of Sir Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftiey do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sit Edward Afiley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Aét of Parliament, made in the Ninth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road, from the 
City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of 
Norfolk; and of feveral Perfons, who have advanced 
and lent Money on the Credit of the faid Act, was 
referred ; That the Commitzee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth ;: viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read; whereby it appeared, that the 
Truftees are reftrained from erecting any Gates, except 
at fuch Places as are therein particularly mentioned. 

Mr. Henry Browne, being examined, faid, That the 
Truftees appointed to put the faid Aét in Execution, 
have borrowed the Sum of {£. 5,900, which {till remains 


_ due ; and which has been applied towards repairing the 


faid Road. 

That a further Sum of £.1,887 is ftill neceffary 
to put the faid Road into Repair; which cannot be raifed 
unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid Act are enlarged 
and continued. 

That the Gates are not properly placed at prefent ; 
but he apprehends, that if the Gates were removed, and 
a {mall additional Toll granted, the faid Roads may be 
effe&amp;tually repaired. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act for repairing 
and widening the Road from the City of Norwich, to 
Scole Bridge, in the County of Norfolk: And that Sir 
Edward Aftley and Mr. De Grey do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Bridgemafters, and Bur- 
geffes, of the Town of Maydenbeth, otherwife Matden- 
head, in the County of Berks, under their Common 
Seal, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the prefent Bridge over the River Thames, 


near 








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near the faid Town, is an ancient Timber Bridge, and 
the Paffage over the fame is very narrow and incommo- 
dious, and, by Reafon of the exceflive Weights carried 
thereon, is fo greatly decayed, that it is neceflary the 
fame fhould be re-built, and in a more ftrong and 
durable Manner than the prefent, and in fuch Man- 
ner as to be paffable at all Times in the Year, which 
would be of public Utility; and that the Petitioners 
have caufed a Plan to be drawf, and an Eftimate made 
of the Expence of building fuch Bridge; and are willing 
and defirous, that the Tolls they are intitled to colle¢ct 
fhould hereafter be applied for that Purpofe: but it 
appears the fame will not be fufficient to defray the 
Expence thereof, without the Affiftance of Parliament : 
And therefore praying the Houfe to take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and that Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable them to build a Bridge, agree- 
able to the faid Plan, or upon fuch other Plan as the 
Houfe fhall think proper; and to defray the Expence 
thereof, either by granting the Petitioners certain ad- 
ditional Tolls, to be applied in Aid of their prefent 
Tolls, or by fuch other Ways or Means as to the Houfe 
fhall appear juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Vanfittart, Mr. Congreve, 
&amp;cc.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Henry James Pye, Efquire, Lord of the 

Manor of Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, 
and alfo Rector Impropriate of Great Farringdon afore- 
faid, Anthony Pye, Fohn Poole, William Ward, Thomas 
Boucher, Edward Coles, and others, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands, in the Open and Common Fields, Commonable 
Lands, and Meadow Ground, in the Manor and Parifh 
of Great Farringdon aforefaid, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands and 
Grounds of the Petitioners and others, in the faid Open 
and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Meadow 
~ Ground, lie intermixed and difperfed, and, in their prefent 
Situation, are incapable of any confiderable Improve- 
ment ; and that it would be advantageous to the Perfons 
interefted therein, if the fame were divided, inclofed, and 
allotted: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, 
the faid Open and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, 
and Meadow Grounds, within the faid Manor and 
Parifh, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Mr. 
Vanfittart and Admiral Craven do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. : 


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A Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradef- 
men, and Manufacturers, refiding at Bridgnorth, Bro/eley, 
Madeley, and Coalbrookdale, in the County of Salop, and 
alfo of the Owners of Barges and Vefiels navigated upon 
the River Severn, whofe Names are thereunto {ub{cribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Navigation of the faid River, between Bewdley 
Bridge and a Place called the Meadow Wharf, at Coal- 
brookdale, in the {aid County, is much impeded for Wane 
of a Towing Path; and that the major Part of the 
Proprietors of Lands along the faid River are willing to 
part with fo much of their Lands as may be deemed 
neceffary to promote and improve the Trade and Na- 
vigation of the faid River: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for making 
fuch a Towing Path, or Paths, along the River Severn, 
between the Places aforefaid, as fhall be fufficiently 
broad for the Ufe of Horfes, and for the better improv- 
ing the Navigation of the faid River, in fuch Man- 
ner, and under fuch Reftrictions, as the Houfe thall 
think fit. - 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Cor 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Baldwyn, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Yenyns, from the Commiffioners for Trade and 
Plantations, prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, 

Eftimate of the Charges of maintaining and fupport- 
ing the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of 
Nova Scotia, for the Year 1772 : And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s 
Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Expences at- 
tending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 1771 to the 
24th of Fune 1772: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s 
Province of Eaft Florida, and other incidental Expences 
attending the fame, from the 24th of Fume 1771 to the 
24th of Fune 1772: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s 
Province of Weft Florida, and other incidental Expences 
attending the fame, from the 24th of Fune 1771 to the 
24th of Fune 1772: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Expence attending General Surveys 
of His Majefty’s Dominions in North America, for the 
Year 1772: And alfo, 

Eftimate of the Expence of fupporting and main- 
taining the Civil Eftablifhment of the Government of 
Senegambia, on that Part of the Coaft of Africa fituate 
between the Port of Sallee in South Barbary, and Cape 
Rouge, for the Year 1772. 

And the Titles of the faid Eftimates were read. 

The faid Eftimates are as followeth ; viz. 


ESTIMATE 


yan ere re Te ee ee oe ee ee ee ee 


oS 


oo 


~~. CP FPR Ft 


12 GeO. III. —_ Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


473 


ESTIMATE of the Charge of maintaining and fupporting the Civil Eftablifiment of His Majetty’s 


Colony of Nova Scotia, for the Year 1772. 


‘ 





























To an additional Salary to the Governor —_—— 7 omnis — Fs 4 a 
To a Salary to the Chief Juftice — oilman nani pi 
To a Salary to the Attorney General ~ oie — 206 40 ied 
To an Allowance to the Secretary, for himfelf and Clerks and —_— $64 Awe 
To an Allowance to the Naval Officer — cme ow $24.16 ox 
To an Allowance to the Regifter ; _ _— nae $s sa os 
To an Allowance to the Surveyor of Lands, and for other contingent Expences attending that 
Eftablifhment — _ _ 321 ig = 
To the Salaries of a Secretary and Meffenger to the Council a ‘ue 96 12 — 
To the Hire of a Houfe, and other contingent Expences attending the Secretary’s Ofice — 62 6 — 
To fundry Stipends and Allowances for Houfe Rent, to the Minifters and Schooliriafters, in 
the different Diftri€ts of the Province — ome oie pt 
To an Allowance for Firewood, for the Ufe of the Governor’s Houfe, and Public Ofices — 288 15 — 
To the Expences of a Pilot Boat _ — — ie 35 aes 
To the Salary of the Agent oa —_—- — $00. etd ani 
To the Salary of the Treafurer _ — — Meas aks 
To the Expence of the Orphan Houfe — — _ 384 1 « 
To Allowances to Mrs. How, and fundry Perfons, who, after long and meritorious Services, f 
are left deftitute, under Age and Infirmity, by the Difcontinuance of fundry Eftablifhments 
heretofore maintained at the Public Charge — -_ oi ee 
To an Allowance for a Magiftrate in the Ifand of Breton — dona S60 ws’ ocak 
To an Allowance for a Prieft to the Micmac Indians, purfuant to a Treaty in 1761, beifig an 
Allowance heretofore paid out of the Contingencies, for which no Provifion is made in this 
Eftimate _ — —_ — a 
To an Allowance upon Account for Fees to be paid upon Orders for the Receipt, and upon | 
the Iffue, of the Monies granted upon this Eftimate — ‘na a 
Te £. 750, being in Part of £. 1,500, remaining to be allowed as per Eftimate of laft Year, 
for building a Church, a Court Houft, and a Gaol, at Charlotte Town, in the Ifland of Saint 
obn — — —_ a 
To an Allowance for the Repair of the parochial Church of Saint Paul, at Halifax — 7 etl 
To an Allowance in Aid of the Duties granted by the Legiflature of Nova Scotia, for the 
Maintenance and Support of a Light Houfe, near the Entrance of the Harbour of Ha- 
lifax _- _ —_—_—_- -- i00 — == 
£+ 55346 10 5 
, 
ESTIMATE of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Ex- 
pences attending the fame, from the 24th of June 1771 to the 24th of June 1772. 
| | f. 
To the Salary of the Governor _ _ =i —- 2,000 = == 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice — ines se pro eon 
To the Salary of the Secretary — — a ot eae 
To the Salary of the Clerk of the Affembly — nes wel asa 
To the Salary of the Surveyor of Lands | _ _ seule 10 on 
To the Salary of the Receiver General of the Quit Rents —— Semana pr ee 
To the Salary of the Attorney General —_ — omnia LgOtecnsden 
To the Salary of the Provoft Marfhal —_ i oka Son Satins wiih 
To an Allowance for a Minifter of the Church of England; and Two Schoolmatters — a a 
To the Salary of the Agent for the Affairs of the Colony Baral — SOC ded cd 
To an Allowance to the Pilot ftationed at the Mouth of Savannah River; with a Boat and 
fufficient Hands — tim _ amt 50 —— — 
To an Allowance for contingent Expences — — - BOO wen ects 
To an Allowance to Mr. Ottolenghe, Superintendant of the late Filature at Savannah, in Con- 
fideration of his long and faithful Services in that Office, which is now difcontinued  — 100 == &lt;u 
To an Allowance for the Purchafe of Implements and Utenfils, for improving the Manufacture 
of Raw Silk oo — —_ _ 100 — 
i. 3,186 —_— — 
Vou. XXXII. 6E ESTIMATE 





474 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 19772, 





ESTIMATE of the Civil Eftablithment of His Majefty’s Province of Ea/t Florida, and other incidental 
Expences attending the fame, from the 24th of Fune 1771 to the 24th of Fume 1772. 





fe 
To the Salary of the Governor in Chief -- —- — 1,200 ——= ot 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice — sicotiniicinion ros GOO mes 
To the Salary of the Attorney General —- — — 150 — — 
To the Salary of the Secretary and Clerk of the Council — —-- _ 150 — — 
To the Salary of the Regifter — ood oe —— 100 — = 
To a Salary to the Receiver General of the Quit Rents -- — — too — — 
To the Salary of the Surveyor of Lands — _ — i2z0— — 
To an Allowance for an Affiftant — _ _ — 30— 
To the Salary of the Agent _ _ — — 200 — — 
To a Minifter at S* Auguftine — + _ 100 — — 
Toa Minifter at S* Mark’s - _ _ ame 100'— — 
To a Schoolmafter at each of the above Places, £. 25 each a _ 5eo— 
To the Salary of a Provoft Marfhal oa —_ _ 100 — = 
To an Allowance for a Pilot eftablifhed at S* Auguftine —_ -- — 50 = 
To an Allowance for unforefeen contingent Expences — — — 1;000 +=-— 
To an Allowance for the Purchafe of a proper Affortment of Goods, for Prefents to the 
Indians, and contingent Expences relative to that Service a _ 1,000 — — 
£+ 45950 — — 











ESTIMATE of the Civil Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Province of Weft Florida, and other incidental 
Expences attending the fame, from the 24th of une 1771 to the 24th of Fune 1772. 








To the Salary of the Governor in Chief ror sai ois z. ak ati 
To the Salary of the Chief Juftice — —_ a “BOO “eae “esas 
To the Salary of the Attorney General — jan aint 150 = = 
To the Salary of the Secretary and Clerk of the Council — — —_ 260 am ont 
To the Salary of a Regifter _ we — i 106 -—&gt; == 
To the Surveyor of Lands — wens ‘iltie _— 120 &lt;= == 
To an Allowance to an Affiftant _ eine _ ates 30 — = 
To the Salary of the Agent — — wt 200 a= as 
To the Salary of a Minifter at Penfacola ante _ — 100 — — 
To the Salary of a Minifter at AZodile one ao one 100 — — 
To a Schoolmafter at each of the above Places, f.25 each — _ —- 5o— — 
To the Salary of the Provoft Marfhal ~—e _ — 106 = =n 
To an Allowance for unforefeen contingent Expences — — — 1,000 — — 

To an Allowance for a Purchafe of a proper Affortment of Goods, for Prefents to the Jn- 
dians — — —_ — 1,000 — — 

To Eight hundred and Fifty Pounds, being in Part of Two thoufand Five hundred and Fifty 

Pounds, to be allowed as per Eftimate of laft Year, for building a Houfe for the Refidence 
of His Majefty’s Governor of the Province of Weft Florida, for the Time being _ 850 — — 
lf. 5,650 — — 


ESTIMATE 





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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 475 





ESTIMATE of the Experice attending General Surveys of His Majefty’s Dominions in North America; 
| for the Year 1772: 








2 ohne , . &amp; &amp; 
To an Allowaitce for a Deputy Surveyor of Lands at Quebec, during the Time the Chief . 
Surveyor is employed in making Surveys in other Parts of the Northern Diftricts — 100 — — 
: To a Deputy Surveyor, at Ten Shillings per Day, and Two Afiiftant Surveyors, at Seven 
| Shillings per Day each — -- — —_ _ 438 — — 
To One Draughtfman, at Five Shillings per Day — — _- — gt 5— 
; To an additional Pay of One Shilling and Eight Pénce per Day to One Serjeant, One Shil- 
; ling per Day to One Corporal, and Six Pence per Day to Twelve private Men, to affift 
, in fuch Survey, and to ferve as Camp, Colour, and Chain, Men, and to make Signals along 
: Shore, and on the Tops of the Mountains — — _—_ — 155 2 = 
, To extraordinary Expences, for Horfes, Guides, &amp;c. — _— _ — 100 — — 
? To Expences and Allowances for the Survey of the Southern Diftrict — _— 700 17 — 
7 To an Allowance, upon Account of Fees to be paid upon Orders for the Receipt, and upon 
, _ the Iffue, of Monies granted upon the Eftimate -— — — _ 200 — — 
hs To an Allowance for defraying the Expence of making Copies, for the Ufe of the Public 
C3 Offices, of the Maps and Plans returned by the Surveyors, and for preparing them for 
Publication _ &lt;e — pan wins tie 800 &lt;= ia 
hag £- 1,88 the oe 








\ 


ESTIMATE of the Expence of fupporting and maintaining the Civil Eftablithment of the Government 


ntal of Senegambia, on that Part of the Coatt of Africa fituate between the Port of Sailee, in South Barbary, and 
Cape Rouge, for the Year 1772. 











ne To a Salary to the Governor — _ _ — 1,200 — — 
a To a Salary to the Chief Juftice _ _ ~ = + 400 —= — 
oll To a Salary to the Superintendant of Trade, at James Fort, in the River Gambia — 200 — — 
sai To a Salary to the Secretary of the Province _ — — — 200 — — 
a To an Allowance to Two Minifters _ _ _ —_ — 200 — — 
ae ‘To an Allowance for a Schoolmafter at S* Lewis — —_ — — 50 — — 
m6 To a Salary to the Secretary for. Moorifh Affairs _ — — — 100 — — 
pie To an Allowance for Repair of Forts, and other contingent Expences — oo 2,786 "— gt 
ron To the Expence of an.armed Sloop, to be employed under the Command of the Governor 1,000f—— — 
8 To a Salary to an Agent, for the Affairs of the Province _ _ _ 200 — — 
cae \£- 6,336 — 9t 





Ordered, That the faid Eftimates do lie upon the — Ordered, That the faid Petition “do fhe upon tlie 
Table, to be perufed by the Members ef the Houfe. Tales: &gt; 


1) 
plat 


Orderéd, That Mr. Howard be added to the Gentle- Mr. Onflow prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
men who are appointed to prepare, arid bring in, a Bill -der, a Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors : And the 
for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in the | Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 
Marfbalfea Prifon, Southwark, was prefented to the oN 3 
Houfe, and read; Complaining of theif Diftrefs, and An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and 
praying Relief, Peter Boetefeur, was read the Third Time. : 
TE | 4 Rejolved, 


XUM 








476 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and Peter 
Boetefeur. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore, was read a Second Time. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


A Petition of Dame Anne Cuft, Widow, William Hild- 
yard, Broxboln Brown, John Cortis, Edward Naylor, 
Samuel Hughfon, and Fobn Beech, Proprietors of Lands 
and Grounds in the Townfhip and Parifh of Welton, in 
the County of Lincoln, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, within the faid Townfhip 
and Parifh, there are feveral Open and Uninclofed 
Arable Fields, Heath Ground, Common Paftures, and 
Watte Grounds, or other Open and Common Lands 
and Grounds, which contain, by Eftimation, 3,000 
Acres; and that the Lands lie intermixed, and dif- 
perfed in fimall Parcels, and are in general fo incon- 
veniently fituated, as to render the Cultivation thereof 
difficult and expenfive, and, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of much Improvemerit; ‘and that, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed, it would be a general 
Advantage to all Perfons interefted therein : And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for dividing and inclofing of the faid Open and 
Uninclofed Arable Fields, Heath Grounds, Common 
Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, and other Open and 
Common Lands and Grounds, in the faid Townfhip 
and Parifh of Welton, in fuch Manner, and under fuch 
Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to confider 
of fo much of an Aét, made in the 7th Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, 
and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the general 
Laws now in being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
of this Kingdom, and for ether Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Car- 
riages ufed upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Number 
of Horfes allowed to be ufed therewith ; and to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe : 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. La/celles, 
Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records; and all who come to the Committee are 
to have Voices, 


A Petition of Daniel Fox, of Binfield, in the County 
of Berks, Efquire, and Elizabeth Caroline, his Wife, 
Lord of the Manor of Sandburft, in the Foreft of Wind- 
for, in the fame County, being offered to be prefented 
to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petition, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read , 
Setting forth, That Queen Elizabeth did, by Letters 
Patent, dated the 16th Day of February, in the 4th 
Year of her Reign, in Confideration of £. 248, grant to 
Sir Jobn Ma/fon, and his Heirs, her Lordfhip or Manor of 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A, 1772. 


Sandburff, in the County of Berks, by fuch Defcrip- 
tions as are therein mentioned, and together with all 
Lands, Commons, Waftes, Waftrith, Places, Heath, 
Grounds, Moors, Marfhes, Woods; Underwoods, Wa- 
ters, Pifcaries, Fifhings, Poids, Pools, and all Rents 
and Services, as well of Free as af Cuttomary Tene- 
ments and Tenants, by Copy of Court Roll, and all 
Fines and Amerciaments of the Tenants of the Lord- 
fhip and Manor aforefaid, Free Warrens, and all other 
her Rights, Jurifdictions, Franchifes, Liberties, Privi- 
leges, Biokts, Commodities, Emoluments, and Here- 
ditaments whatfoever, with their Appurtenances, in the 
Town, Fields, Parifhes, or Hamlets, of Sandburft, or 
elfewhere, in the faid County, to the faid Lordfhip or 
Manor of Sandburft, and other the Premiffes, belonging 
or appertaining ; arid did alfo grant to the faid Sir Fobn 
Majon, his Heirs and Affigns, all Manner of Woods, 
Underwoods, and Trees, whatfoever, growing and being 
in and upon the faid Lordfhip, Manor, and Premiffes, 
and every Part thereof, and all the Ground and Soil 
of the fame Woods, Underwoods, arid Trees, and the 
Rents, Services, Reverfions, Emolunients, and Annual 
Profits whatfoever, referved upon any Demife or Grant 
of the faid Lordfhip, Manor, and Premiffes, or any Part 
thereot, except as therein excepted, for ever to be holden, 
of her Majefty, her Heirs, and Succeffors, as of her 
Manor of Eaft Greenwich, in the County of Kent; and 
that the faid Manor and Wafte Lands do, by the Peti- 
tioner’s Marriage Settlement, now ftand limited to the 
Ufe of the Petitioners and their Affigns refpectively, for 
their natural Lives, and the Life of the Survivor of 
them, with Remainder to their Children, in fuch Man- 
ner as they fhall appoint ; with Remainder to the Sur- 
vivor of the Petitioners, his or her Heirs and Affigns ; 
but the Petitioners have not any Iffue, and are now in 
Poffeffion of the faid Manor and Premiffes, with the 
Appurtenances, and the Owners of the Ground and Soil 
of the Waftes of the faid Manor;-and that the faid 
Manor is in the Bailiwick of Finchampftead, in the 
County of Berks, and within the Bounds of the Foreft 
of Windfor ; and the Petitioners, and thofe under whom 
they claim, as Owners of the Soil of the Waite Lands, 
did, for many Years, annually cut, dig, and carry away, 
from. the Waftes of the faid Manor, ‘Turves, Peat, 
Heath, and Fern, growing thereon ; and the Benefit 
arifing therefrom was the fole Advantage arifing to the 
Petitioners, as Owners of the faid Manor and Waitte 
Lands, except fome {mall Quit-rents ; but, in the Year 
1763, an Information was exhibited againft the Pet.- 
tioners and their Workmen, complaining, that the get- 
ting of fuch Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, was a 


Prejudice to the Vert and Covert for His Majefty’s — 


Deer, and praying an Injunétion, to reftrain the Peti- 
tioners from ‘cutting the fame; and that, upon filing 
fuch Information, and before the Petitioners had put in 
an Anfwer thereto, the Court of Exehequer ordered aa 
Injunction to iffue, until the Petitioners fhould anfwer the 
Information ; and that the Petitioners put in their An- 
fwer to the faid Information, and infifted, that the Mat- 
ters in Queftion were not within the Jurifdiction of the 
Court of Exchequer, but ought to be determined in the 
Foreft Courts ; and that the Petitioners had a Right to 
cut, dig, and carry away, Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, and to difpoie of the fame, fo as they did not 
prejudice the Vert and Covert for His Majetty’s Deer; 
and that fech cutting and carrying away, in the Man- 
ner the fame had been exercifed in the Year 1763, and 
before, was no Prejudice thereto; and that the Wafte 
Lands lying within the faid Manor contain 3,600 Acres, 
and upwards; and not only the Petitioners, but thofe 
under whom they claim, did, for a great Number of 
Years previous to the granting the {aid Injunction, cut 
Peat and Turves from the Watte of the faki Manor, and 
fold the fame, whereby many of the Inhabitants of the 
neighbouring Parifhes, and varticularly the Pocr in that 


Neighbourhood, were fupplied with Fuel on reafonable . 
boy ? 


5 Terms, 


XUM 


=~ « «6CLA lO 


Sat ee eet 


. that 


nable . 


‘erms, 


XUM 


12 GEO, III. 


Terms, in a Country whete other Fiiel is very dear ; arid 
the reftraining the Petitioners from cutting Peat and 
Turves has been, and continues to be, not only a great 
Lofs to them, but a great Injury to the Country in ge- 
neral ; and that the Petitioners alone being intitled to 
the Soil of the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, 
the Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing thereon, 
cannot be cut for Sale, by any Perfon or Perfons 
except the Petitioners, who are willing, in order to 
terminate all Difputes with refpeét to the cutting of 
Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, upon the faid Wattes, 
and to put an End to thé Suit now depending in the 
Court of Exchequer, to be reftrained from cutting, in 
any One Year, more than 50 Acres of Ground for 
Turves, Heath, and Fern, and from digging more than 
One Acre of Ground for Peat, which, being lefs in 
the Whole than a 7oth Part of the Wafte Lands of the 
faid Manor, can be no Prejudice to the Rights of the 
Crown thereon: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the Purpote of ie- 
{training the Petitioners, and alfo all future Lords of 
the faid Manor of Sandburft, from cutting, digging, of 
carrying away, Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands lying within the faid Manor, ex- 
cept upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as be- 
fore is mentioned; and alfo for the Purpofe of au- 
thorizing the Petitioners, and all future Lords of the 
faid Manor for the Time being, to cut, dig, and carry 
away, Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, annually, upon 
fuch Proportion or Quantity of the faid Wafte Lands as 
herein before is exprefied. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Skynner and Mr. Gilbert do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


The Order of the. Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
two ; — 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe of Cre- 
dit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have. Power to receive a Claufe. to 
make good the Deficiency of the Land Tax of the 
Year 1770, out of the Supplies granted for the Year 
1772. 

"Phen the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Cori- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral, 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 


Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Vou. XXXIII. 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons. 


, ~ 
477 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majeity, be now read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Adcadzy Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjourninent of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 17° die Februarii; 


Anno 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1773. 
\ 
PRAYERS, 


BILL to continue and enlarge the Term and. 
Powers of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year 


of the Reign of King George the Second, for :repairing 
and widening the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, 
in the Parith of Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the 
County of Wilts, and from the Weit Corner ‘of Saint 
Ann’s Street, in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes 
of Landford and Brook, and from thence to Ealing; and » 
from Landford aforefaid, through Ower and Tef-wood; 
to Ealing aforefaid, in the County of Southampton ; and 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Raw/ey 
and Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe af Francis 
Fry, to Lyndburft, and from a Place called “Hampton 
Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of Southamp- 
ton; and for repairing the Footways within. the faid 
City, was read a Second Time. ‘ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lerd Folke- 
Jtone, Mr. Marfbam, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of Thomas Green the Elder, Thoswas Green 
the Younger, Edmund Tompkins, and other -the Pro- 
prietors of divers Farms, Lands, Hereditaments, and 
Right of Common, in the Open and Commen Fields, 
Common Meadows, and Common or Commonable Mea- 
dows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common or 
Watte Lands, fituate within the Manor of Listle King- 
ton Combrooke, and Brookebampton, in the County of 
Warwick, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was 
prefented to the Houfe,; and read; Setting ferth, That 
the Lands, Meadows, and Grounds, of the Proprietors 
in the faid Fields, lie greatly intermixed, and. difperfed 
in fmall Parcels, which, together with feveral’ Tracts of 
Common, or Wafte or Commonable Land, or Ground, 
within the faid Parifh, are, in their prefent Situation, 
capable of very little Improvement; and that, if the 
fame were inclofed and divided, it would be an Ad- 
vantage to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, and be 
of Public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for allotting, dividing, 
and inclofing, all the faid Open and Commen Fields, 
and Common or Commonable Meadows, - Paftures, 
Lands, and Grounds, and Common or Wafte Land or 
Ground, jn fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Skipwith, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Weft, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


_A Petition of the Right honourable Freacis Earl 
Brooke, of Warwick Caftle, and Earl of Warwick, I.ord 
6F of 





478 


and a Proprietor of Lands and Hereditaments in the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Commons 
able Meadows, Paftures, and Grounds, and Common or 
Wafte Land, fituate in the Parith of Saint Nicholas, 
within the Manor of Warwick aforefaid, and the humble 
- Petition of the Reverend Henry Wigley, Clerk, ‘fames 
Money, ohn Webb, and others, Proprietors of divers 
Farms, Lands, Hereditaments, and Right of Common, 
in the faid Open and Common Fields, and Common or 
Commonable Places, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Lands, Meadows, and 
Grounds, in the faid Fields and Common or Common- 
able Places, lie greatly intermixed, and in {mall Parcels, 
which, together with feveral Tracts of Common or Wafte 
Land, lying within the faid Fields and Parifh, are, in 
their -prefent Situation, incapable of much Improve- 
ment ; and that, if the fame were inclofed and divided, 
and fpecific Shares thereof allotted to the Perfons in- 
terefted therein, it would be an Advantage to them, and 
be of Public Utility: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for allotting, di- 
viding, and inclofing, the faid Open and Common 
Fields, and Common or Commonable Meadows, Paf- 
tures, and Grounds, and Common or Wafte Land, in 
fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Methuen, the Lord Greville, and Sir Edward Bayntun, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Thomas Doth, Richard Dobb, and Henry 
North, all of Liverpool, in the County of Lancafer, 
Gentlemen, and feveral of the Inhabitants of Everton, 
within the Parith of Walton, in the County of Lancaj- 
ter aforefaid, and the Neighbourhood thereof, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the 
Inhabitants of Everton and its Neighbourhood, who 
are now very numerous, and continue to increafe, lie 
at the Diftance of a Mile and a Half from any Church 
or Chapel; and that the Parifh Church of Walton, the 
neareft to Everton, is not fufficient to accommodate 
the Inhabitants of the Neighbourhood who are inclined 
to attend Divine Service; and that the faid Thomas 
Dobb, Richard Dobb, ‘and Henry North, have allotted 
and fet out a Part of a certain Field, or Parcel of 
Ground, within the Parifh of Liverpool, fituated near 
Everton aforefaid, for the Site of a new Church, toge- 
ther with a Church Yard for the Ufe thereof, and have 
already begun to erect upon the faid Ground, and at 
their own Expences are carrying on, a Building intend- 
ed for a new Church, ina proper, decent, and commo- 
dious Manner, fit for the performing Divine Service 
therein: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 

iven to bring in a Bill, to finifh and complete the 
Building now carrying on, and intended for a new 
Church, on the faid Ground ; and that the faid Church, 
when built and completed, may be fet apart, confe- 
crated, and dedicated, to and for the Service of Al- 
mighty God, as a Place of Divine Worthip, according 
to the Ufage of the Church of England, for ever ; with 
fuch other Additions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir William Meredith, Mr. Skip- 
with, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{cribed, Owners and Proprietors of Houfes 
and Buildings, fronting the Streets of the Town of Piy- 
mouth, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Taking 


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Notice of the Bill to explain and-amend an A&amp;, madé 
in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, 
in the County of Devon, and tor regulating the Carmen 
and Porters within the faid Town, and fetting forty, 
That the Petitioners conceive, the Amendments 
intended by the faid Bill, will not only affeét the 
Principles of the faid Aét, in divers Parts thereof, but 
tend to fubdject the Petitioners and others to. unequal 
Burthens, and will be otherwife very injurious to them, 
and others under the like Circumftances; and that 
the Petitioners have Redfon to apprehend the faid At- 
tempt is made for partial Purpofes: And therefore 
praying, That.they may be heard, by themfelves or 
Counfel, againft fuch Parts ef the faid Bill as may af- 
fet them, or be improper to pafs into a Law; or that 
they may have fuch other Relief as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. . 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee to whom the faid Bill 
is committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by 
themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


A Biil for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Wafte Lands, and Grounds, in the Townthip of Scaft- 
worth, in the County of Nottingham, was read a Second 
Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Frankland, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads; lead- 
ing through the County of Lanark ; and for building a 
Bridge over the River C/yde, at or near a Place called 
the Howford, in the faid County, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Captain 
Rofs, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to prepare 
an Eftimate of the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, for the Year 1772. 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, Mr. Cooper, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Charles Townjhend prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for clearing, depthening, re- 
pairing, maintaining, and improving, the Haven and 
Piers ot Great Yarmouth, and for depthening and mak- 
ing more navigable the feveral Rivers emptying them- 
felves into the 1aid Haven ; and for preferving Ships 
wintering therein from Accidents by Fire: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. William Mon- 
tague, from the Office of Chamberlain of the City of 
London, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Di- 
rections of feveral Acts of Parliament ; 

An Account of the Surplus of the Fund for the Relief 
of the Orphans, and other Creditors, of the City of Loz- 
don, on the Fifth Day of Yu/y 1771: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of the Acts for building and completing Black 
Friars Bridge, from the 28th Day of September 1770; 
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exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1771, inclu- 
five: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of an Act for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate, in 
the City of London, from the 28th Day of September 
1770, exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1771, in- 
clufive: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of an Act for the repairing the Royal Exchange, in 
the City of London, from the 28th Day of September 
1770, exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1771, 
inclufive: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of an Act for embanking Part of the North Side 
of the River Thames, from the 28th Day of September 
1770, exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 1771, 
inclufive: And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of an Act for the better paving, cleanfing, ‘and 
enlightening, the City of London and the Liberties 
thereof, from the 28th Day of September 1770, exclu- 
five, to the 28th Day of September 1771, inclufive : 
And alfo, 

An Account of Money received and paid, in Purfu- 
ance of the Aéts for continuing the Tolls on Londgn 
and Black Fryars Bridges, from the 28th Day of Sep- 
tember 1770, exclufive, to the 28th Day of September 
1771, inclufive. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Accounts are prefervéd amongit the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. Fletcher prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
from Raffies, near the City of Carlifle, to Wigton, and 
from thence to the South End of Hunda Lane; and 
alfo the Road from Wigton to Abbey Holme, and from 
Wigton to Chalkbeck, in the County of Cumberland : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Of- 
der, a Bill for explaining and amending an Act, made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled; 
An A&amp; for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling 
per Pound Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas con- 
fumed in Great Britain; and for granting a Drawback 
upon the Exportation of Teas to Ireland and the Britifh 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in refpect thereof by the Eaf 
India Company as is therein mentioned ; for permitting 
the Exportation of Teas in {maller Quantities than One 
Lot to Ireland, or the faid Dominions in America; and 
for preventing Teas feized and condemned from being 
confumed in Great Britain, and for fettling certain 
Doubts and Difputes which have arifen upon the faid 
A&amp; of Parliament : And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills made 
out by virtue of an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of Par- 
liament, intituled, An Act for raifing a certain Sum of 
Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of 
the Year 1771, y 


A Petition of his Grace the Moft noble George Duke 
of Marlborough, Lord: of the Manor of Handbeorcugh, in 
the County of Oxford, and the humble Petition of the 
Reverend Thomas Fry, Doétor in Divinity, Prefident of 
Saint Fobn’s College, in the Univerfity of Oxford, and 
Reétor of the Parifh Church of Handborough aforefaid; the 


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479 
Reverend Thomas Gregory; Clerk, Thomas Haynes, Willian 
Haynes, Fobn Prior, and the feveral other Perfons whofe 
Names are thereunder written, Proprietors of Common. 
Field Lands, Grounds, and Tithes; in the Parith of 
Handborough aforefaid, it the County of Oxford, was 
prefented to the Houfe; and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are feveral Open Common Fields and Common- 
able Lands within the faid Parifh; which lie greatly in- 
termixed, and are of fmall Advantage, and, in their 
prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement; and that; 
if the fame were divided and inclofed; and fpecific 
Shares thereof allotted to the feveral Proprietors, it 
would be a confiderable Improvement to their refpective 
Eftates: And therefore praying; That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for inclofing and-dividing the 
faid Common Fields and Commonable Lands, in fuch 
Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. Skynner and Mr. Cooper do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for punifhing Mutiny and Defer- 
tion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth co carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


General Hoxywood prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great 
Ormfide, in the Parith of Orm/ide, in the County of We/- 
re : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 

ime. : 

Refolved,; That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Wenman prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Open and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in 
the Townfhip, Liberties, and Precinés of Epwell, in 
the County of Oxford :' And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Skynner prefented to the Houfe; according to 
Order, a Bill to reftrain the Lord cf the Manor of Sand- 
burft, in the County of Berks; for the Time being, from 
cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing upon 
the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except upon 
fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid Bill 
is mentioned; and to authorize the Lord of the faid 
Manor for the Time being; to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in 
the faid Bill is mentioned: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whem the 
Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land 
Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two, 
was committed ; the Amendments which the Commit- 
tee had made to the Bill ; and which they had directed 
him to report to the Houle; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in, at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Lime, One by One ;,and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon,’were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 

A Bill 








450 

A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
€ommon Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Hamlet of Den/banger, in the Parith of Paffenbam, 
in the County of Northampton, was read a Second 
Time. oY 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Han- 
mer, Sit Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common. Pattures,. 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Manor and Liberties of Soulbury, with the Hamlet of 
Hollindon, in the County of Bucks, was read. a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Han- 
mer, Sit Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
Fields. and:Commonable Places, in the Parith of Skef- 
Singtom, and County of Leiceffer, was read a Second: 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to General Ver- 
non, Mr. Sloane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon,, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing, and granting to His 
Majefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1772, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do. pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing, and. granting co His Ma- 
jefty, certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and 
Perry, for the Service of the Year 1772. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to- the 
Lords,. and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Ambler prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for allowing further Time for Inrollment of 
Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of 
Proteftant Purchafers : And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft. Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Fobn Lewis Lautier was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be 
given to’ bring in a Bilt for his Naturalization. 


Ordered, That Leave be given: to bring in a Bill, ac- — 


cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and General Vernon do prepare, 
and bring in, the jame. 


A Bill. for dividing and inclofing the Open, Common, 
Arable Fields, and the Common Meadows, Pafture 
Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Townfhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whitley 
Fhorpe, Great Heck, and Litile Heck, in the'Parifhes of 
Snaith and Kellington, in the County; of York, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to- Sir George 


Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this . 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Freeholders, and others, of the 
Parith of Ackworth, in the Weft Riding of the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That there are, within the faid Parifh, feveral 
Open Fields, a Common Pafture, with a confiderable 
Tract of Commons and Wafte Grounds, belonging to 


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the Petitioners and others ; and that, if the fame were 
divided and inclofed, and fpecific Shares thereof allot. 
ted to the Petitioners, and others, according to their 
Interefts therein, it would. be a confiderable Improve- 
ment of their Eftates: And therefore praying, That, 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid’Open Fields, Common Pafture, Com. 
mons, and Wafte:Grounds,. under fuch Rules and Re. 
gulations as the Houfe fhall think fit.. 

. Ordered, That Leave be given.to bring in:a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
George Savile and Mr. Lajcelles do prepare, and. bring 
in; the fame. 


Mr. De Grey reported from the Committee,, to whoni 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freehold- 
ers, of the County of Norfolk, and City of Norwich, 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was. 
read ; and is as followeth; v7z. 

_ To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Algar, being examined, faid, That the Road 
from Berfreet Gates, of the City of Norwich, to New 
Buckenbam, in the County of Norfolk, is in a ruinous 
Condition, and in fome Parts narrow; and cannot 
be effectually amended, widened, and kept in Repair, 
by the Laws now in being ; and, if the iaid Road was 
amended, it would be very beneficial to Perfons paffing 
that Way. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending and widening the Road from Berftreet Gates, 
in the City of Norwich, to New Buckenham, in the 
County of Norfolk: And that Mr. De Grey and. Sir 
Edward. Aftley do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Zohn Wrottefley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 
Rufbton Fames,. in the Parifh of Leek, in the County of, 
Stafford :: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved; That the Bill be read a Second. Time.. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Watte Grounds, within: the Parifh and Manor of Stoke 
Prior, in the County. of Worcefter,. was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dowdef- 
well, Mr. Hanmer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon,. at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir ohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty, of the Company of Confervators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had dire&amp;ted him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to- them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Cierk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Act, made in the Fifteenth Year of King Charles the 
Second,, for draining the Great Level of the Fens, called 
Bedford Level, was read; by which it appeared, that 
Ninety-five thoufand Acres of Land were allotted to the 
Bedford Level Corporation, as a Recompence for drain- 
ing the Great Level of the Fens; and the faid Corpo- 
ration were empowered to tax the faid Ninety-five 
thoufand Acres, for the Support and Maintenance of 
the faid Great Level. And allio, 


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An A&amp;, made inthe Twenty-ninth Year of his late Ma- 


jelty King George the Second, for eftablifhing a Fund for 


Payment of the Bonds of the Governor, Bailitis, and Com- 
monalty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great Le- 
vel of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, and for 
exchanging the prefent Bonds of the {aid Corporation for 
other Bonds, payable out of the Revenues of the Middle 
and South Levels, Part of the faid Great Level, and for 
‘enabling the faid Corporation to borrow further Sums, 
-for the Ufe of the faid Great Level, was read ; whereby 
it appeared, that fuch Part of the faid 95,000 Acres, 
as he within the Middle and South Levels, were charged 
and affefied with a fingle gradual Acre Tax, according to 
Valuations made in Purfuance of an Act of the Twen- 
‘tieth Year of King Charles the Second, during fuch 
‘Time as any Debt fhould be owing ftom the faid Cor- 
poration, upon Account of the faid Middle and South 
‘Levels ; and the faid Corporation were thereby empowered 
to borrow Money upon Bond, fo as the Debt upon Ac- 
count of the faid Middle and South Levels was not made 
to exceed £. 32,000 ; and the Taxes of the faid Middle 
and South Levels were thereby made a Security for the 
Payment of the Money fo to be borrowed: Then 

Mr. Yobn Browne, Clerk to the Regifter of the faid 
Corporation, informed your Committee, That the Debt 
of the faid Corporation, upon Account of the faid 
Middle and South Levels, is increafed to £. 30,700. 

Mr. Richard Dunthorne, being examined, faid, That 
great Damage had been done to the principal Works 
made for the Prefervation of the faid Middle and South 
Levels, by the Floods of laft Winter; and that fuch 
Works could not be preferved from the ordinary Re- 
venue of the faid Corporation, nor without borrowing 

more Money for that Purpofe. 

Mr. Yohn Browne further faid, That at a General 
Meeting of the faid Corporation at Z/y, on the 20th 
of April laft, it was declared to be the unanimous 
Opinion of the Board, that an Application fhould be 
made to Parliament, for borrowing the further Sum of 
£. 12,000. 

Mr. Richard Dunthorne further faid, That he appre- 
hended, that the Power to borrow the faid further Sum, 
‘to be applied to the principal Works of the faid Cor- 
poration in the faid Middle and South Levels, might 
not only be for the Benefit of the Country in general, 
but of the Creditors of the faid Corporation, provided 
fuch Part of the faid 95,000 Acres, as lie within the faid 
Middle and South Levels, are charged with a further 
Tax than the gradual fingle Acre Tax, wherewith the 
fame are charged by the faid Act of the 29th Year of 
King George the Second, during fuch Time as fuch ad- 
ditional Debt, or any Part thereof, fhall remain due from 
the faid Corporation. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Governors, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the 
Company of Confervators of the Great Level of the 
Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to borrow upon 
Bonds further Money upon Account of the Middle and 
South Levels, Part of the faid Great Level; and for 
eftablifhing a further certain Fund for Payment of the 
Bonds of the faid Corporation, out of the faid Middle 

and South Levels: And that Sir Yobn Hynde Cotton, Sir 
Sampfon Gideon, Mr. Fenyns, Mr. Fellowes, and Mr. Wyld- 
bore, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Ong’ey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Truftees, nominated, conftituted, and 
appointed, in, or by Virtue of, an Act of Parliament, 
paffed in the 26th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Aé&amp; for conti- 
nuing, and making more effectual, Three Acts of Par- 
liament, paffed in the gth and 12th Years of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen 4m, and the sth Year of 
the Reign of His preient Majefty, for repairing the 
Highways between Dunftable and Hockliffe, in the County 
of Bedford; and alfo for repairing the Road from the 
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481 
Sign of the White Horfe to the Sign of the King’s Arms, 
in Hockiffe aforefaid, and of divers other Perions, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, refiding in the County 
of Bedford, was referted ; That the Committee had exd- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Att of the 26th Year of his late Majefty’s Reign was read; 
and Mr. Witiam Hampfon produced to your Committee, 
an Extraét from the Books of the Truft of the General 
State of Receipts and Difburfements, by which it appear- 
ed, that there now remains due-the Sum of £. 233. 12. 13, 
which, the Witnefs iaid, cannot be paid off, and the Roads 
kept in Repair, unlefs the Term and Powers zranted by 
the faid Act are further continued and enlarged. 

Mr. William Gutteridge confirmed the Evidence of Mr. 
Hampfon ; and added, That there is a fmall Part of a 
Road, which joins to the Roads directed to be ‘repaired 
by the aforefaid Act, which is greatly out of Repair, and 
cannot be repaired by any other Means, than by putting 
it under the Care of the Truftees of the former Road. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, feveral Acts for 
repairing the Highways between Duz/flable and Heckliffe, 
in the County of Bedford, and from the Sign of the 
White Horfe to the Sign of the King’s Arms, in Hock- 
life aforeiaid ; and alfo for making Provifion for the 
more effectual repairing the Road leading from the Sign 
of the Waggon and Horfes to the Buli Inn, in Dunftable 
aforefaid: And that Mr. Ongley and Sir Gecrge Oforz do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of ¥ames 
Buller, Efquire, which was prefented to the Houfe upon 
the 29th Day of January laft, complaining of an undue 


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Election and Return for the Borcugh of Callington, in 
the County of Cornwall, and alfo the Order for taking 
the faid Petition into Confideration upon Monday the 
24th Day of this Inftant February ; might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, That, fince the pre- 
fenting of the faid Petition, the faid James Buller, Efquire, 
is dead ; a 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, immediately, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, 
while on Shore. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens reported from the Committee, ,That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Bill for lighting fuch Part of the Town of [/ington, 
as lies in the Parifh of Saint Mary, I/lingten, in the County 
of Middlefex, and for eftablifhing a regular Nightly 
Watch therein, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alder- 
man Oliver, Mr. Serjeant Glyn, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual, feveral 
Aéts, for repairing the Roads from the Parifh of En- 
feld, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hert- 

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482 


ford, and other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned ; and 
alfo for repairing the Road from the End of the Town 
of Hertford, to Amwell End, near Ware, in the faid 
County of Hertford, was read a Second Time. .. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Plumer, 
Mr. HaJfey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon; 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Commitéee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 25th Day of this Inftant February, re- 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be’ given to bring in a Bill for quieting the 
Subjects of this Realm, againft dormant Claims of the 
Church ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } &lt; A “ i 117. 

Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 

Tellers for the N os) Junior, 141. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour : 

So it pafled in the Negative. 

The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply gtanted to His Majefty. 


Refelved, ‘Fhat this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 


whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 18° die Februarii; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, »772. 


PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and 
principal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the 
Towa and Borough of Taviftock, in the County of De- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1993, 
von, and of feveral of the Truftees for putting in Exe: 
cution an Aét, made in the Second Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing feveral Roads leading 
from the faid Borough of Taviftock; and alfo of the 
Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by the faid Act, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubicribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth; That the Truftees 
have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Aé&amp;, and 
have borrowed and expended a confiderable Sum of 
Money ; but find that the faid Roads cannot effectually 
be repaired, and the faid Debt difcharged, unlefs the 
Term granted by the faid Act be further continued, and 
the Powers thereby given enlarged: Andalleging, That 
the Road leading from the Guildhall of the faid Bo- 
rough, through Matthew Street and Brook Street, over 
the River Favy, by Tavyton, and over Little Down, 
and by certain Places called Merreville Bridge and Two 
Bridges, to a Place called Cherry Brook, in the - Foret 
of Dartmoer, in the faid County, in thé Road from 
Taviftock to Exeter, through the Town of Mortonbamp- 
ftead; and allo, the Road from the faid Place called Two 
Bridges, to or near a Place called Dunnabridge Pound, 
in the fame Foreft, in the Road from Taviftock to Als 
burton ; and alfo, the Road branching off from the Caj. 
lington Turnpike Road, leading through Morwellbam 
Lane, over Morwell Down, to certain Quays on the 
River Tamer, called Morwell Ham and New Quay, in 
the Parifh of Taviftock, are in a ruinous Condition, and 
in fome Places very narrow, and cannot be amended, 
widened, altered, rendered commodious, and kept in 
Repair, by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for prolonging the Term, and altering and enlarging 
the Powers, of the faid Act; and alfo, for the amend- 
ing, widening, altering, and keeping in Repair, the faid 
other Highways or Roads, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe thal feem meet. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referied to the Con-. 


fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Rigby, Mr. Buller, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Fulliott, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

An Account of all the Public Debts at the Receipt 
of His Majefty’s Exchequer, ftanding out the 5th Day 
of Fanuary 1772, being Old Chriftmas Day, with the 
Annual Intereft, or other Charges, payable for the fame. 

And then he withdrew. 

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434 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the | 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Mr. Methuen prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and 
Common or Wafte Land, within the Parifh of Saint 
Nicholas, in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of 
Warwick: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Robert Foxcroft, Efquire, Mayor of the 
Borough of Lancafter, in the County of Lancafter, Abra- 
kam Rawlinfon, William Dillworth, Fobn Bowes, Thomas 
Satterthwaite, William Watfon, Fokn Houfman, Samuel 
Simpfon, ‘fobn Barrow, Henry Fell, Fohhua Whalley, Rt- 
chard Salifbury, Fohn Rowlandfon, Edward Suart the 
Younger, Richard Millerfon, Fohn Rawlinfon, and Robert 
Dodfon, Merchants, being Commiffioners and Truftees 
nominated and appointed in, by Virtue, and in Pur- 
fuance of, an Act of Parliament, made and pafied in 
the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, for improving the Na- 
vigation of the River Leyne, otherwife called Lune, and 
for building a Quay or Wharf near the Town of Lan- 
cafter, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer ; and alfo of 
the feveral other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, being Merchants and Traders refiding with- 
in the Town of Lancafter aforefaid, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That One Moiety of 
the Duties, granted by the faid Act, expired on the goth 
Day of April laft ; and that it is neceffary, for the Be- 
nefit of Ttade and Commerce, that the whole Duties 
thereby granted -fhould be made perpetual; and that 
the faid A&amp; is in other Inftances incomplete for the 
Purpofes thereby intended: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the faid A&amp;, and for granting fuch further Powers as 
may be neceffary for the Purpofes thereby intended. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Pennant, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Dowager Vif- 
countefs Townfhend, Lady of the Manor of Cavenham, 
in the Ceunty of Suffolk, and Thomas Le Blanc, Efquire, 
Impropriator of the faid Parifh, and others, Owners of 
Lands lying in the Open and Common Fields, and cer- 
tain Commonable Meadows, Paftures, and Grounds, 
within the faid Manor, on Behalf of themfelves and the 
reft of the Owners and Proprietors of Lands in, and 
Perfons having a Right of Common upon, the faid 
Fields, Meadows, Paftures, and Grounds, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Lands 
of the Petitioners, in the faid Fields, lie intermixed, and 
difperfed in fmall Parcels, and are, in their prefent Si- 
tuation, incapable of Improvement; and that, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed, and fpecific Parts allot- 
ted to the feveral Perfons interefted, and all Right of 
Common and Sheep Walk, in the faid Fields, Meadows, 
Paftures, and Grounds, were extinguifhed, it would be 
of manifeft Advantage to the feveral Perfons interefted, 
and be of Public Utility: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the faid Fields, and for extinguifhing all 
Right of Common, and Sheep Walk, within and in the 
faid Meadows, Paftures, and Grounds, in fuch Manner 
as to the Houte fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1772. 


fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Charles Bunbury and Mr. Holt do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. | 


A Petition of the Earl of Carlile was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there.are, 
within the Townfhip and Parith of Terrington, in the 
North Riding of the County of York, Six Open Unin- 
clofed Common Fields, Three Common Paftures, and 
alfo, Three Moors or Commons, the Property of the 
Petitioner and others, which lie intermixed and difperfed, 
and fome Parts thereof are boggy, and fubjeét to be 
overflowed, and is, in its prefent Situation, incapable of 
Improvement ; and that, if the faid Lands were divided, 
inclofed, and drained, it would be very advantageous 
to the Petitioner and the reft of the Proprietors: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and draining, the faid 
Lands, under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe: thall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Charles Fox and Mr. Fitzpatrick do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the honourable Yob2 Dymcke, Fofeph 
Banks, and Fofeph Walls, Efquires, the Reverend Arthur 
Rockliffe, and Robert Beli, Clerks, and others, whofe 
Names are fubfcribed, Owners or Proprietors of, of 
otherwife interefted in, the Cpen ‘Fields, Ings, Lands, 
and Grounds hereinafter mentioned, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, within the 
Manor of Moorby cum Wilkfoy, in the Township of 
Moorby and Wilk/ly, in the County of Lincoln, there are 
certain Open and Uninclofed Arable Fields, Ings, Com- 
mon Paftures, and other Commonable Lands, which are 
computed to contain in the: Whole 1,000 Acres, or 
thereabouts, and, in their prefent Situation, are capable 
of very little Improvement; but if the fame were in- 
clofed, and fpecific Shares allotted to the feveral Pro- 
prietors, a confiderable Benefit would thereby accrue to 
all the Parties interefted therein, and to the Public in 
general: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for effecting the Purpofes above- 
mentioned, fubject to fuch Regulations as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petitign: And that Lord 
Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Mr. Ambler prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to make Freehold and Copyhold and Cuf- 
tomary Freehold Eftates Affetts for Payment of Simple 
Contract Debts: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time. . 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Henry Somerfet, Duke of Beaufort, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. &amp;c. the honourable Charles Henry Dillon, Row- 
land Holt, Efquire, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, 
and other Perlons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
on Behalf of themfelves and many other Perfons, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
a Set of Men, who call themfelves The Society of Free 
and Accepted Mafons (whereof the Petitioners are 
Members) have,.for Ages paft, affociated themfelves 
within this Realm, for the carrying on the good Pur- 
pofes for which their faid Society was originally inftitu- 
ted ; and have ever demeaned themfelves with Duty and 
Loyalty to His Majefty and His Predeceffors, with 
Reverence and Obedience to the Laws, and .with uni- 
verfal Benevolenée to all Mankind; and that, the faid 
Society being founded upon humane and charitable 
Principles, the Members of it have, from Time to Time, 


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12 GEo. III. 


by voluntary Contributions, raifed confiderable Sums of 
Money; and have, for feveral Years paft, applied to 
the Amount of £.600 and upwards, annually, upon 
an Average, to the Relief of the Diftreffed; and that 
ehe-faid Society are now poffefled of a Fund, which 
they call The Fund of Charity, confifting of One thou- 
fand and Three hundred Pounds Three per Cent. Con- 
folidated Bank Annuities, together with Ready Money 
not yet invefted in any Security ; and they are alfo pot- 
fefled of other Montes, which they call. The Grand 
Fund, for the building of a Hall, and other Purpotes ; 
and that the faid Society have it in Contemplation to 
purchafe Lands, in order to build themfelves a Hall, or 
convenient Place, wherein to affemble, and tranfact their 
Bufinefs ; and alfo Almshoufes for the Reception of ne- 
ceffitous People ; and that the faid Society cannot fo 
effeStually carry their faid Defigns into Execution, 
nor render their faid Funds fo fecure and extenfively 
ufeful, or otherwife profecute the good Ends of the 
faid charitable Inftitution, as if the fame was incor- 

ated: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be. gives to bring in a Bill for incorporating and 
making a Body Politic the faid Society of Free and. Ac- 
cepted Mafons; or that the Petitioners may have fuch 
other Aid in the Premifes as to the Houte fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Brickdale, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Bacon, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Fobn Thompfon, Efquire, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

In Support of the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Robert Stockdale, being examined, faid, That Mr. Tbemp- 
fon is the fole Owner and Proprietor of a Common Ferry 
for Horfes, Carts, and Carriages, over the River Ure, 
from Great Oufeborn, in the Weft Riding of the County 
of York, to Aldwork, in the North Riding of the faid 
County, which is the neareft Communication from the 
Town of Eafingwould, and feveral other Towns in the 
North Riding to Knare/borough, Weatherby, Leeds, Ott- 


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435 
ley, and feveral other Matket Towns in the Welt 
Riding. 

That the faid ‘Ferry is at fome Seafons dangerous, 
and at others utterly impaflable.for Paffengers, who are 
frequently obliged to travel feveral Miles about, Which 
occafions great Delays and Expences. 

That Mr. Thomp/on is willing and defirous of build- 
ing a Bridge at his own Expence, for the Convenicency 
of Paffengers over the faid River Ure, at or near the 
faid Ferry, whereby many Mifchiefs will be remedied ; 
and will be alfo of great Utility to the Public. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, from Great Ouje- 
born, to Aldwork, in the County of York: And that 
Mr. Cholmley and Sir Thomas Frankland do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names aré 
thereunto fubfcribed, Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Grounds in the Common Fields of Stratford, Wel- 
comb, and Bifbopton, in the Parith of Old Stratford, in 
the County of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the faid Lands and 
Grounds lie open and intermixed, and are inconveniently 
fituated ; and that it would tend to the Improvement 
of the refpective Eftates of all Perfons interefted therein, 
if the fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the {aid Lands and Grounds, 
and for allotting the fame amongft the Petitioners 
and all others interefted therein, according to their re- 
fpective Shares and Interefts in the fame, under fuch 
Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem neceffary and 
expedient. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Skipwith and Mr. Baker do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
appointed to prepare an Eftimate of the Charge of the 
Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, for the Year 1772; 
That the Committee had prepared an Eftimate accord- 
ingly; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe, and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeths viz. 


6H ESTIMATE 








486 


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4.1772, 





ESTIMATE of the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia for the Year 1772. 





ARS 
Pay to 30,840 Private Men, at 1s. each, 28 Days _ _ — 7 43,176 — — 
D* to 70 Adjutants, at 6s. a Day each —- _ _ 7,065 — — 
D° to 1,542 Serjeants, at 1s. a Day each — _ —- 28,141 10 — 
D° to 1,200 Drummers, at 6 d. a Day each oe — — _ 10,950 — — 
For additional Pay to 30,840 Private Men, for going to the Place of Exercife and return- 
ing, calculated upon an Average of 4 Days Pay each Man — — 6,168 — — 
Additional Pay to 70 Serjeant Majors, at 25. 6d. a Week each — —_ 455 — — 
D° — — to 7o Drum Majors, at 6d. a Day each — _ — 638 15 — 
D° — -— to 1,542 Corporals, at 6d. a Day each, 28 Days _ — 1,079 8 — 
Salaries for 70 Battalion Clerks, at £. 50 a Year each — — — 3,500 — — 
Allowances to Clerks of General and Sub-divifion Meetings, computed at — — 4,COO — — 
D° — toeach Regiment, Battalion, and independant Company, for contingent Ex- 
pences, at the Rate of 6d. per Month for each private Manand Drummer — 3 — 10,023 — — 
Cloathing for 30,840 Private Men, at £.1. 105. each —_ — _ 46,260 — — 
D° — for 1,542 Serjeants, at £.3. 105. each — _— - 5397 —- — 
D* — for 1,200 Drummers, at £. 2 each — — —— 2,400 — am 
For additional Pay for Cloathing 54 Serjeant Majors and 54 Drum Majors, at £.1 
each a _ — _ _— 108 — — 
Subfiftence to 498 Captains, at 75. 6d. per Day, for 28 Days — — 5.229 — — 
Subfiftence to 561 Lieutenants, including 2 Lieutenants to Grenadier Companies, at 3 5. 6 d. 
each, for 28 Days — — _ — 2,748 18 — 
D? = to 435 Enfigns, at 35. each, for 28 Days _ _ — 1,827 — — 
179,766 11 — 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill to enable Mary and William Hutton, and the 
other Perfons therein defcribed, to take and ufe the Sur- 
name, Arms, and Creft, of Long, purfuant to the Will 
of ‘James Long, deceafed, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mu/- 
grave, Mr. Ambler, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Frankland reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Clare- 
ton with Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground call- 
ed Shortfill, in the Manor of Allerton with Flaxby, all 
in the County of York, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satif- 
faction of the Committee (except the Owners of Three 
Meffuages having Right of Common, who refufed to fign 
the Bill; and except the Truftees of a Charity, poffefied 
of Two fuch Meffuages, who, not being impowered to 
act but at Half-yearly Meetings, could not fign the 
Bill, although One of them, on being applied to, ex- 
preffed his Approbation of the Inclofure ; and that the 
whole Number of Meffuages intitled to Common Right 
are Forty-two; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Commit- 
tee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 








Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Harcourt prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue, amend, and render more .ef- 
fectual, an Act paffed in the Seventh Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads from 
Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, to Swift’s Den 
in the Parifh of Etchingham, and from Frant to Poffing- 
worth Great Wood, adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, 
leading to Black Boys, in the County of Suffex: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Clive reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in 
Execution an Ac of Parliament, made in the Sixth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ac 
for repairing and widening the Stone Bridge, in the 
Town of Shrew/bury, and of feveral Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, of the faid Town and 
Neighbourhood, whofe Names are thereunder written, 
was referred; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Hou; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read ; whereby it appeared, that there is 
no other Provifion made by the faid Aé&amp;t for raifing Mo- 
ney for finifhing the faid Bridge, and carrying the faid 


Act into Execution, than by voluntary Subicription : 
Then, 


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Roger Kynafton, Efquire, informed your Committee, 
That the Truitees for repairing and widening the faid 
Bridge, have caufed a confiderable Part thereof to 
be rebuilt, and have nearly expended the whole Mo- 
ney fubfcribed, but that there is no Likelihood that a 
fufficient Sum will be raifed by voluntary Subfcription 
for completing the fame, and performing the neceffary 
Works direéted to be done by the faid Act; therefore, 
unlefs fome other Provifion is made for raifing Money, 
the Purpofes of the faid Act cannot be carried into Ex- 
ecution; and: that the Act wants amending in feveral 
refpects. 

And he further faid, That there are Five different 
Roads which lead into the Town of Shrew/bury, which 
are all repaired by particular Acts of Parliament, and 
that the finifhing the faid Bridge will be of Advan- 
tage to Travellers making ufe of thofe Roads: And, 

Mr. William Jones, Clerk to the Truftees for widen- 
ing and repairing the faid Bridge, being examined, faid, 
That Application had been made to the Truftees of 
the aforetaid Roads, and that they are willing to give 
up a certain Proportion of the Tolls collected thereon, 
to be applied towards finifhing the faid Bridge, pro- 
vided the Terms of the faid Acts are further con- 
tinued. 


And being afked, if the Creditors under the faid . 


Acts were confenting thereto? he faid, That the Truf- 
tees are the principal Creditors; and that no Creditor 
could object to it, becaufe their Securities would be 
benefitted by continuing the Terms of the Acts. 

Mr. Kynafton, being again examined, confirmed Mr. 
Fones’s Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be.given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the Stone 
Bridge in the Town of Shrew/bury ; and for appropri- 
ating Part of the Tolls, collected upon certain Roads 
leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifhing the fame ; 
and for granting additional Terms to the feveral Acts 
for repairing the faid Roads: And that the Lord Clive, 
Mr. Hill, and Mr. Gilbert, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Prifoners confined for Debt in His 
Majefty’s Gaol of Chelmsford, in the County of Effex, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Complaining of 
their Diftrefs, and praying Relief. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and principal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the 
Town of More‘onhbampftead, in the County of Devon, 
ufually travelling on the Highway, or Road, herein after- 
mentioned, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Road leading from the Exeter 
Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parifh of Dunsford, 
in the faid County, through the faid Parifh, and through 
the Town and Parifh of Moretonhampftead, and the fe- 
veral Parifhes of Bridford, North Bovey, Chagford, 
Widecombe, Lydford, and Foreft of Dartmoor, in the 
faid County, to a Place in the faid Foreft called Cherry 
Brook (being in Length about Fifteen Miles) in the 
Road to Taviftock, is fo very narrow, deep, founderous, 
ruinous, in Decay, and incommodious, that the fame 
is, for the greater Part of the Year, in a Manner im- 
pafiable, and cannot be amended, widened, rendered 
commodious, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for widening, amending, and 
keeping in Repair, the faid Highway, or Road, in fuch 
Manner as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 


Houfe of Commons. 487 


And it is referred to Mr. Duntze, Mr. Rigby, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Com- 
mon Fields, Half Year Inclofures, and Commons and 
Wafte Lands, within the Parifh of Fincham, in the 
County of Norfolk, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bili be committed to Sir Edward 
Aftley, Mr. De Grey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Bridgemafters, and Burgefles, 
of the Town of Maydenbeth, otherwife Maidenhead, in 
the County of Berks, under their Common Seal, was 
referred ; ‘That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Robert 
Taylor, Efquire, a Surveyor, being examined, faid, That 
he had lately furveyed the Bridge at Maidenbead—that 
it is a narrow wooden Structure, very old and fo much 
decayed, as to be unfafe for the Paffage of heavy Car- 
riages—that it would be a great Convenience to the 
Public, and of general Utility, if a Stone Bridge of a 
proper Width was built there—And he produced a Plan 
of a Bridge, the Expence of building which, he in- 
formed the Committee, would amount to f£. 16,000 or 
thereabouts. And, 

Mr. Fames Payne, Town Clerk of Maidenhead, being 
examined, faid, That the prefent Bridge is the Pro- 
perty of the faid Corporation, who are authorized by 
their Charter to take certain Tolls therein mentioned, 
for the Paffage of Cattle, Carriages, and Goods ; a Lift 
of which he produced, and alfo a Lift of thofe now 
taken—And the Witnefs faid, The Bridge ftands in the 
High Road to Bath, and the average Income of the 
Tolls taken at it is £. 70 per Annum, which is not near 
fufficient to defray the Expence of building a new 
Bridge. 

Mr. Fobn Gould, being examined, faid, That the Tolls 
now taken are not fufficient to keep the prefent Bridge 
in Repair, and that it will very foon become impaf- 
fable. 

Mr. Richard Lovegrove, being examined, faid, That 
the Bridge is fo narrow, that Carriages meeting on it 
are obliged to draw back, to the great Danger and In- 
convenience of all Perfons travelling that Road. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a Bridge over the River Thames, near the 
Town of Maidenhead, in the County of Berks: And 
that Mr. Vanfittart and Admiral Craven do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Serjeant Glynn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Vef- 
trymen, and principal Inhabitants, of the Parith of Saint 
Mary Matfelon, otherwife Whitechapel, and alfo, of the 
Reétor, Churchwardens, Veftrymen, and principal In- 
habitants, of the Parifh of Saint Fobn of Wapping, in the 
County of Middlefex, was referred; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and 
had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; 
Vi. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Aé, made in the Fifth and Sixth Year of the Reign of 
their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, for 

2 erecting 








488 


erecting a new Parifh, to be called the Parith of Saint 
Fobn of Wapping, within the County of Middlefex, was 
read; by which it is enacted, That the Inhabitants of 
the Parith of Saint John of Wapping, fhall be fubject to 
fuch Payments for the Repair of the Highways of the 
faid Parith of Saint Mary Whitechapel, as they fhould 
or might have been before the making of the faid Act ; 
and that the Parifh of Saint fohn of Wapping thould 
have referved to them their Share of all public Chari- 
ties given to the faid Parith of Saint Mary Whitechapel, 
in the fame Proportion as the Inhabitants of Wapping, 
did then bear to the Charge of the Repairs of White- 
chapel Highways, and that the Minifter, Churchwardens, 
and Overieers of the Poor, of Saint Fobn of Wapping, 
fhall be called to, and have Power with, the Minifter 
and Officers of the faid Parifh of Saint Mary White- 
chapel, in the fettling and adjufting of all Rates and 
Taxes, and chufing Surveyors for the Repairs of the 
Highways, and the Accounts touching the fame: 
And, 

Mr. Robert Tedman, Veltry Clerk of the Parith of 
Saint fobn of Wapping, Mr. William Brackfton, and Mr. 
Fobn Coverley, being examined, faid, That it would be 
for the mutual Eafe and Advantage of both the faid 
Parifhes, if the iaid Provifions were repealed; and that 
the Inhabitants of both the faid Parifhes are defirous 
of it. 

Then an Aé, paffed in the Seventh Year of the Reign 
-of His preient Majefty, to explain, amend, and reduce 
into One AG of Parliament, the feveral Statutes then in 
Being, for the Amendmentiand Prefervation of the Pub- 
lic Highways of this Kingdom, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, was read: And, 

Mr. Fob: Caverley, being examined, faid, That the 
Provifions of the faid Act have been found very in- 
convenient to the faid Parifhes, the Highways within 
the Parith of Whitechapel being very inconfiderable, ex- 
cept fuch Part as is repaired under an Act of Parlia- 
ment, of the Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
to continue the Term and enlarge the Powers of Twa 
Aéts, for repairing the Highways from Whitechapel 
Church in the County of Middlefex, to Woodford in the 
County of Effex, for which the faid Parifhes pay a 
Compofition of £. 30 a Year in lieu of Statute Labour 
on the faid Road ; and that there are no Highways with- 
in the faid Parifh of Saint Fohn Wapping, and it would 
be a Benefit to the faid Parifhes, if they were exempted 
from the Provifions of the faid Ac. 

And it appeared by another Act of the Third Year 
of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, that the Inhabitants of 
the faid Parifh of Saint Mary are impowered to raife 
Fourteen-Pence in the Pound in any One Year, for 
cleanfing and lighting the faid Parifh, and keeping a 
Nightly Watch therein: And, 

Mr. Fobn Coverley, being again examined, faid, That 
if a fmall Addition was made to that Rate, the Pa- 
rifhioners would be thereby enabled to raife a fuf- 
ficient Sum of Money for repairing the Highways within 
the faid Parifh, in a Way more equitable and lefs bur- 
thenfome than is practicable under the prefent Laws : 
And he added, That further Powers are neceffary to 
compel the Payment of the faid Rate. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repealing certain Provifions in Two Acts of Parliament, 
fo far as the fame relate to repairing the Highways in 
the Parith of Saint Mary Whitechapel, in the County of 
Middlefex ; and for ratfing Money for repairing the faid 
Highways : And that Mr. Serjeant G/ynz and Sir Charles 
Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Stephens, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine Forces, 
while on Shore, was committed ; the Amendments which 
the Committee had made to the Bill, and which they 


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A. 1772, 


had direé&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Wherethe Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houle. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; for the 
Attendance of the Deputy Clerk of the Crown, Mr, 
Harmood, Meflenger attending the Great Seal, and Mr, 
Samuel Long ; 

And the Deputy Clerk of the Crown atteriding ac- 
cordingly, with the laft Writ and Return of a Member 
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the County of 
Monmouth , 

The faid Writ and Return were read. 

And the faid Mr. Harmood, and Samuel Long, being 
feverally called in, were, at the Bar, examined, touching 
the Delay in the Execution of the faid Writ. 

And then they were feverally directed to with- 
draw. 

And the faid Samuel Long having, in his Examination, 
informed the Houle, that the faid Writ had been taken 
from him by Valentine Morris, E{quire, before he could 
deliver it to the Sheriff of the faid County ; and it ap- 
pearing, by the Receipt of the Sheriff endorfed upon 
the Writ, that the faid Writ, though iffued on the 4th 
Day of une, was not delivered to him till the a1ft Day 
of June. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pre- 
pofed, That Valentine Morris, Etquire, do attend this 
Houfe upon Friday Sevennight, the 28th Day of this 
Inftant February, to give an Account to the Houfe, of 
his having taken the Writ for the lait Election of a 
Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the County of Monmouth, from the Meffenger who 
was fent down to deliver the faid Writ to the Sheriff; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by adding at the End thereof the Words * and 
“‘ of the Delay in the Execution of the faid Writ.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Valentine Morris, Efquire, do attend 
this Houfe upon Friday Sevennight, the 28th Day of 
this Inftant February, to give an Account to the Houfe, 
of his having taken the Writ for the laft Eleétion of a 
Knight of the Shire to ferve in this prefent Parliament 

for the County of Monmouth, from the Meffenger who 
was fent down to deliver the faid Writ to the Sheriff, and 
of the Delay in the Execution of the faid Writ. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do 

attend this Houfe at the fame Time, with the laft Writ 
and Return of a Member to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the County of Monmouth. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Harmood, Meflenger attending the 
Great Seal, do attend this Houfe at the fame Time. 
Ordered, That Mr. Samuel Long do attend this Houfe 
at the fame Time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. | 


Mercurit, 


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Mercurii, 19° die Februarit; 


6 tithe ; 
Anno 12° Georgii II! Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS: 


R. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the 

Houfe, that their Addrefs of Monday the 1oth 
Day of this Inftant Febraary (to exprefs the juft and 
deep Concern of this Houte, at the great Lois which 
His Majefty has fuftained by the Death of the Princefs 
Dowager of Wales, and to condole with His Majefty on 
this melancholy Occafion; and to affure His Majefty, 
that His faithful Commons moft fincerely intereft them- 
felves in every Event that fo nearly affects Him; and 
will, as far as in them lies, with the warmeft Gratitude; 
and moft affectionate Attachment to His Royal Perfon, 
endeavour to alleviate every Care that may difturb His 
domeftic Happinefs) had been prefented to His Ma- 
jelly ; and that His Majefty was pleafed to give this 
moft gracious Anfwer. 

That He returns His hearty Thanks to this Houfe 
for their Addrefs : 

That His Majefty is fenfibly touched by the very 
kind and affectionate Part this Houfe takes in His 
Concern for the great Lofs He has fuffered in His 
Family ; and that His Majefty receives much real Com- 
fort and Satisfaction, from this frefh and convincing 
Proof of the Zeal and Attachment of His faithful Com- 
mons. 


Ordered, That a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi 
dence given Yefterday, at the Bar of this Houfe, by 
Mr. Harmood, Mefienger attending the Great Seal, and 
Mr. Samuel Long, be fent to Valentine Morris, Efquire. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
diffolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Edward 
Vifcount Ligonier with Penelope Pitt, and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting an Aid to His Majefty 
by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the 
Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Lancelot Roilefton, Efquire, and Fofepb 
Brackenbury, Clerk, Reétor of the Parifh Church of 
Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln, Owners of al- 
moft all the Lands and Common Right, and all the 
Tithes both Great and Small, within the Open Fields 
and Commonable Places in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or 
Liberties, of Low Toynton aforefaid, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Lands 
of the Proprietors in the faid Open Fields lie intermixed 
and difperfed, and are, in their prefent Situation, in- 
capable of any confiderable Improvement ; and that, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed, and {pecific Shares 
allotted to the Perfons interefted, it would be a great 

Vor, XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 489 


Benefit. to them: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the faid Open Fields and Commonable Places, 
under fuch Rules and Regulations as fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
age and Mr, Lowndes do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


A Petition of Fagues Louis Pourtal’s was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Mr. 
rn and Mr. Page do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners of Lands and Te- 
nements within the Manor and Townfhip of Car/tou, in 
the Parifh of Guiféley, and Weft Riding of the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That, within the faid Manor and Townthip, there 
is a Moor, called Carlton Moor, or Common, contain- 
ing 600 Acres, or thereabouts, whereon the Petitioners 
and others have Right of Common, and an Open and 
Uninclofed Arable Field, commonly called The Town 
Field, containing 22 Acres, or thereabouts; and that 
the faid Moor and Open Field, in their prefent Situa- 
tion, are incapable of Improvement; but, if inclofed 
and divided, would be of more equal and_ general Ad- 
vantage to all'Perfons interefted therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Mcor and Open 
Field, in fuch Manner as the Houle fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Hill, pur- 
fuant -to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Ridley, Sir Walter Blackett, Sir George Savile, Mr. La/- 
celles, and Sir Matthew White Ridley, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Zd- 
ward Vitcount Ligonier with Penelope Pitt; and to 
enable him to marry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cholmiley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, 
from Great Oufeborn, to Aldwork, in the County of 
York: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hotife, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Incomie of, and 
Charges upon, the Fund commonly called the Sinking 
Fund, from the roth Day of Ofober 1771, to the 5th 
Day of January laft, be referred to the faid Commit- 
tee. 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
direfted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be rece:v:d To-morrow 
Morning. 


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490 3 

Sit Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
‘Vhat he was dire¢ted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


The Houfe was moved; That an Aét, made in the 
Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An A&amp; for better Prefervation of the Game, 
within that Part of Great Britain called England, might 
be read. ; 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in 2 Bill to 
repeal the faid Act: And that Captain Phipps, Mr. 
Cholmley, Mr. Heywood, and Sir Charles Whitworth, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Edward Aftley prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from the 
City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Nor- 
folk: And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for the Regulation of His Majefty’s 
Marine Forces, while on Shere, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stephens do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. . 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Wooley, in 
the County of Huntingdon, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Hin- 
chingbrook, Admiral Keppel, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Commit- 
tee; who are appointed to confider of fo much of an 
Aét; made in the 7th Year of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into One 
Act of Parliament, the General Laws now in being, for 
regulating the Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom, and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the 
Breadth of the Wheels of Carriages ufed upon Turn- 
pike Roads, and to the Number of Horfes allowed to 
be ufed therewith, and to report their Opinion there- 
upon to the Houfe; that they do alfo confider of fo 
much of the faid Act, as relates to Carriages drawn by 
Oxen or other Beafts of Draught; and report the fame, 
with their Opinion thereupon, to the Houle, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do alfo confider of fo much of ano- 
ther Act, made in the 7th Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, 
and reduce into One Act of Parliament, wie feveral 
Statutes now in being, for the Amendment and Prefer- 
‘vation of the Public Highways of this Kingdom, and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to Car- 

" rlages drawn on the faid Public Highways by Horfes 
and other Beafts of Draught ; and report the fame, with 
their Opinion theteupon, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, loaded 
Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen ; and for 
filling up or inclofing Coal and other Pits and Sinks, 
and remeving of Obitructions and Nufances within that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland: And that Sir 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1773. 


Alexander Gilmour, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mr. 
Thomas Dundas, and Sir George Suttie, do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty 5 

Ordered, That the Ordinary Eftimate of His Majefty’s 
Navy, for the Year 1772, be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charge of what 
may be neceffary for the Buildings, Rebuildings, and 
Repairs, of Ships of War in His Majefty’s and the 
Merchants Yards, and other Extra Works, over and 
above what are propofed to be done upon the Heads 
of Wear and Tear and Ordinary, in the Year 1772, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Charges of main- 
taining and fupporting the Civil Eftablifhment of His 
Majetty’s Colony of Nova Scotia, for the Year 1772, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablith- 
ment of His Majefty’s Colony of Georgia, and other in- 
cidental Expences attending the fame, from the 24th 
of Fune 177% to the 24th of Fume 1772, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablith. 
ment of His Majefty’s Province of Haft Florida, and 
other incidental Expences attending the fame, from the 
24th of Fune 1771 to the 24th of June 1772, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Civil Eftablifhment 
of His Majefty’s Province of Weft Florida, and other 
incidental Expences attending the fame, from the 24th. 
of Fune 1771 to the 24th of Fune 1772, be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence attending 
General Surveys of His Majefty’s Dominions in North 
America, for the Year 1772, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence of fup- 
porting and maintaiaing the Civil Eftablifhment of the 
Government of Senegambia, on that Part of the Coaft 
of Africa, fituate between the Port of Sal/ee in South 
Barbary, and Cape Rouge, for the Year 1772, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
Fhat they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleaie 
to receive the fame. | 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
‘Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was direSted by the Committee to. move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider farther of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


Ordered, That Mr. Gray have Leave to make a Mo- 
tion, it being after Three of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly ; and prefented 
to the Houfe, é 

A Petition of the Truftees of the Britih Mu/feum. 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s-Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, -recom- 
mends the fame to the Confideration of the Houfe. 


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Then the faid Petition was brought up} and read ; 
Setting forth, That, in the Second Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, the Petitioners reprefented to 
Parliament, That the Sum allowed for the Eftablith- 
ment and Support of the faid Mufeum was reduced to 
a Capital of £. 30,000 Reduced Bank Annuities, the 
Dividend of which, amounting to £. 900, was, notwith- 
ftanding their utmoft Attention to the forming their 
Eftablifhment with Frugality, greatly infufficient for 
that Purpofe; upon which Reprefentation, they ob- 
tained a Grant of a further Sum of 7. 2,000; and, upon 
like Applications, in the Fourth, Sixth, Righth, and 
Tenth Years of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, the faid 
Truftees obtained Grants of the further Sum of £. 2,000 
each of the faid Years for the faine Purpofe; which 
Sums, together with the Produce of the faid £. 30,000 
are fo far ipent, that what remains is not more than fuf- 
ficient to defray the Expences of the prefent Year: And 
therefore praying the Houfe, to grant them fuch fur- 
ther Support, towards enabling them to carry on the 
Execution of the Truft repofed in them by Parliament, 
for the general Benefit of Leatning and ufefal Know- 
lege, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom it is referred to confider further of the Supply 
granted to His Majefty. 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft 1s con- 
cerned in the Bill to continue and enlarge the Term and 
Powers of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, in the Parifh 
of Winterflow, to Harnham Bridge, in the County of 
Wilts ; and from the Weft Corner of Saint Ann’s Stree?, 
in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes of Landford 
and Brook, and from thence to Ealing ; and from Land- 
ford aforefaid, through Ower and Teftwood, to Ealing 
aforefaid, in the County of Southampton; and for re- 
pairing and widening the Road from the Rumfey and 
Ringwood Turnpike Road near the Houfe cf Francis 
Fry, to Lyndburft; and from a Place called Hampton 
Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of Southamp- 
ton, and for repairing the Footways within the faid 
City ; which Bill was upon Monday \aft read a Second 
Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That Mr. Burrell have Leave to make a 
Motion. 

And he moved the. Houfe accordingly ; and prefented 
to the Houfe, 

A Petition of Wiliam Windham, Efquire. 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends the fame to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner is entitled to the Pro- 
fits of a Paflage over the River Thames, called Rich- 
mond Ferry, with the Appurtenances, in the County of 
Surrey; and that, if a commodious Bridge was built 
acrofs the faid River, between Richmond, in the County 
of Surrey, and Twickenham, in the County of Middlefex, 
it would be greatly for the Benefit of the Inhabitants of 
the faid Counties; which the Petitioner is defirous to 
do; but, being only Leffee of the faid Ferry for a 
Term of Years, he is unwilling to carry this Work into 
Execution, unlefs he can procure the faid Ferry to be 
vefted in him in Fee, for which he is willing to pay an 
adequate Compenfation ; and that, in order to make the 
faid Bridge commodious for Paffengers, it will be ne- 


4gt 
ceffary to Spen new Avenues to and from the fame: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch 
Regulations and Reftrictions as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. | 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition : ' 3 

And it is referred to Mr. Burrell, Lord North, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers; and Records. 


A Meffage from the Lords; by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, Sas 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing James Samuel Féquier ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 6 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill; intituled, An 
A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
Meadows, and Waite Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parifh of North Crawley, in the County of Bzcks , with 
fome Amendments ; to which Amendments thé Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houte. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That General Greme have Leave to make a 
Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly; and pre- 
fented to the Houfe, 

A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution an Act, pafled in the Twenty-fixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majeity, for repairing 
the Road from the North Queen’s Ferry, through the 
Towns of Inverkeithing and Kinrofs, to the Town of 
Perth; and alfo the Road from the faid Queen’s Ferry, 
to the Town of Dumfermiline, Torryburn, and Culrofs ; 
and alfo the Road from the faid Queen’s Ferry, through 
Inverkeithing,to Bruntifland and Kirkcaldie, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed. » 

And the faid Petition was brought up, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Truftees have proceeded in the 
Execution of the faid Aét, and have made a confider- 
able Progrefs in the repairing the faid Roads, and have 
borrowed a confiderable Sum of Money upon the Credit 
thereof ; but the faid Roads cannot be effectually re- 

aired and widened, and the Money now due and owing 
j repaid, unlefs the Term granted by the faid A&amp; 1s 
further continued, and the Powers thereof are altered 
and enlarged: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill to continue the Term, and 
alter and enlarge the Powers, of the faid Aét, by fuch 
Ways and Means, and in fuch Manner, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to General Greme, Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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492 


Fovis, 20° die Februarii 3 
Anno 12° Georgii isi Regis, 1772+ — 


PRAYERS. 


OTICE being taken, That the Bill for allot- 
ting, dividing, and inclofing, the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Common or Commonable Meadows, 
Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common or Watte 
Land, within the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, in the Manor of 
Warwick, in the County of Warwick, which was prefented 
to the Houfe upon 7¥e/day laft, and then read the Firft 
Time, and ordered to be read a Second Time, contains 
Provifions not authorized by the Order for preparing 
and bringing in the fame, nor included in the Petition 
of the Right honourable Francis Earl Brooke, of War- 
wick Caftle, and Earl of Warwick, Lord of the Manor 
of Warwick, and of the Reverend Henry Wigley, Clerk, 
ames Money, ‘fobn Webb, and others, Proprietors of 
divers Farms, Lands, Hereditaments, and Right of 
Common, in the faid Opens and Common Fields and 
Common or Commonable Places, which was prefented 
to the Houfe upon the 17th Day of this Inftant February ; 
Ordered, That the Order for the Second Reading of 
the faid Bill be difcharged. 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be withdrawn. 
And the faid Bill was withdrawn accordingly. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to prefent a. proper Bill 
“ inftead thereof. 


Mr. George Bridges Bradenell prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill tor dividing and inclofing 
the Common Fields, within the Parifh of Manton, in the 
County of Rutland : And the fame was received; and 
read the Firlt Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Lord George Ger- 
main, the Right honourable George Onflow, Sir Francts 
Vincent, Baronet, Peter Burrell, Efquire, George Wood- 
roffe, Efquire, Abrabam Tucker, Etquire, George Howard, 
Efquire, and George Ouflow, of Ockhain, Efquire, in Behalf 
of themfelves and others, Truftees of the Eftates of Henry 
Smith, Efquire, deceafed, and of Richard Webb, Bridget 
Webb, Elizabeth Burton, Fofeph Alleyn, and others, the 
poor Kindred of the faid Henry Smith, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That Henry Smith, 
late of London, Efquire, deceated, did, by his laft Will 
and Teftament, bearing Date the 24th Day of April 1627, 
give and bequeath, for the Ule of poor Captives, being 
Slaves urider the Turki/d Pirates, the Sum of £. 1,000 

‘to be laid out in the Purchafe of Lands of the yearly 
Value of £. 60 at the leaft ; and alfo £. 1,000 to the Ute 
of the pooreft of his Kindred therein defcribed, to be laid 
out in the Purchafe of Lands, in like Manner, and to 
be yearly paid to them in Manner therein mentioned ; 
and that the Petitioners are feifed of divers Freehold 
Meffuages, Farms, and Lands, fituate at Ken/ington, in 
the County of Middlefex, now lett at the yearly Rent of 
£. 151; out of the Rents of which, the Truftees for 
the Time being did, for feveral Years, apply the Sum of 
£. 60 annually, or fo much thereof as was from Time 
to Time required, towards the Redemption of fuch 
poor Captives; but that, the fame having been more 
than equal to the Claimis made, there have been confi- 
derable Savings thereout, which have been from Time 
to Time laid out in the Public Funds; and that no 
Claim of any Part of the faid Money has been made 
on Behalf of any Perfons defcribed in the faid Will, as 
being Captives under Turkifh Pirates, fince the Year 
1723; and that £. 8,030, Old South Sea Annuities has 
been transferred into the Names of the Petitioners Sir 


Journals of the. Houfe of Commions. 


A. 3774. 


Francis Vincent and George Onflow, together with Sir 
Fobn Evelyn, Baronet, fince deceafed, and is now ftandine 
in the Names of the faid Sir Francis Vincent, and Gearge 
Onflow, as Survivors; £. 7,530 whereof, is the Produce 
of the Savings of the faid £. 60 per Annum, {fo directed 
to be applied for the Redemption of Captives, and of 
the Dividends thereof, which have alfo been from Time 
to Time laid out in the Purchafe of Old South Sea An. 
nuities ; and fince the Deeeafe of the faid Sir Fobn Evelyn, 
the further Sum of f£. 1,628. 155. 4d. has been pur- 
chafed therein, with the Produce of the faid £. 60 per 
Annum, and the Dividends of the faid Stock, which has 
been transferred to, and is now ftanding in the Names 
of, the faid Sir Francis Vincent and George Onflow ; and 
that the Truflees for the Time being have annually di- 
vided amoneft the poor Kindred of the faid Henry Smith, 
the Sum of £. 60 out of the Rents of the faid Eftate, 
fo that the Share given to each is but very fmall, and 
moft of them are very poor and greatly diftreffed, and 
many of them old and unable to work ; and that, if 
the Dividends of the faid two Sums of £. 7,530 and 
£. 1,628.15 5. 44. were to be annually divided amongft 
them, together with the faid £. 60 per Annum out of 
the Rents of ‘the faid Eftate at Ken/ingson, until fome 
proper Application fhall be made to the Truftees on 
Behalf of tuch Captives as are defcribed in the Will of 
the faid Henry Smith, the fame would afford a comfort- 
able Subfiftance to the faid poor Kindred ; and that the 
faid Eftate at Kenfingtcn might be'confiderably improved, 
if the Truftees were enabled to grant Building Leafs 
thereof: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for empowering the Petitioners, 
the Truftees, to apply the Intereft and Dividends of the 
faid Capital Sums of £. 7,530 and £. 1,628 155, 44. 
towards the Relief and Support of the poor Kindred of 
the faid Henry Smith, and to apply the Surplus of the 
Rents of the faid Fftate to the fame Ufes, at all fuck 
Times as the fame fhall not be required by fome Perfon 
or Perfons anfwering the faid Defcription of Captives 
taken by Turkifh Pirates, mentioned in the Will of the 
faid Henry Smith, and to enable the Petitioners, the 
Truftees, to grant Building Leafes of the faid Eftate at 
Kenfington. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Howard, Sir Franeis Vincent, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Skynner prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common F ields, 
Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and Common- 
able Places, in the Parith of Handbercugh, in the County 
of Oxford : And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingrofied Bill for dividing and inclofing feverat 
Open Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 
Clareton with Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground 
called Shortfil, in the Manor of Allerton with Flaxby, alk 
in the County of York, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Clere- 
ton with Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground called 
Shortfill, in the Manor of Allerton with Flaxby, all in the 
County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Frankland do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace for the 
County 


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County of Surrey, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Prifon called The Houfe of Cor- 
reftion, inthe Borough of Southwark, in the County of 
Surrey, is too fmall, unhealthy, inconvenient, 4nd un- 
fafe ; and it has, by Enquiry, been found abfolutely ne- 
ceffary to rebuild the fame in a more convenient Situa- 
tion ; and that the County of Surrey are poffeffed of an 
Acre of Ground in Saint George’s Fields, called White 
Lion or Hangman’s Acre, and Oliver Baron, Efquire, is 
poffefled of another Acre of Ground, adjoining to the 
fame, called Saint Fohn’s Acre; which ‘Two Pieces of 
Ground are very commodious for erecting the faid in- 
tended Houfe of Correction; and that the faid Oliver 
Baron is willing to accommodate the Petitioners with 
fuch Part of his Lands as is neceffary to carry: the faid 
Scheme into Execution ; but, as the Owners of Lands 
in the faid Fields have a Right of Common for their 
Cattle at certain Times of the Year upon the faid Two 
Acres promifcuoufly with other Lands (though fuch 
Right is of no real Value with refpect to the faid Two 
Acres) the Petitioners cannot carry fuch their Defign into 
Execution, unlefs fuch Right fhall be extinguifhed as 
far as regards the faid Two Acres of Ground : And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill to enable them to carry the faid Defign into Execu- 
tion, with fuch Powers, Provifoes, and Reftrictions, as 
to the Houfe fhall appear juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Francis Vincent, Mr. Howard, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
‘Amendments made~by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parith of North Crawley, in the County of 

ucks. 

" And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 


Pr. 1. 17. Leave out “ Paramount.” | 
19,2 Leave out “ of Three diftinét” and 
10. infert “ or Owner of certain Fees, 
« Seignories, or.” 
Pr. 518. After “ fay,” infert * the Allot- 


« ment to be made to the faid 
«&lt; Brownlow Earl of Exeter, hall 
“: confift of Two Acres, more or 
“ Jefs, of Pafture Land, hereto- 
« fore in the Poffeffion of Henry 
‘ Sibthorpe, and of a Piece of 
«© Wafte Land called Hurft Green 
“ or Brook End, lying near to the 
« faid Pafture Land, containing, 
“ by Eftimation, Eight Acres, or 
“© thereabouts, together with the 
«© Hedges and Trees ftanding 
“and growing upon the fame 
« Land.” | 

Pr, 15. 1.34. After “ fame,” infert “* Provided 
«© always, That all Trees, Under- 
« woods, Thorns, Hedges, Bufhes, 
«¢ and Shrubs, ftanding and grow- 
«ing in and upon the Wafte 
‘«« Lands or Grounds, belonging to 
&lt;&lt; the faid Manor of North Crawley, 
‘¢ fhall and may be cut down and 
“* taken away by the faid Earl or 
“his Agents, or fold and dif- 
“© pofed of in fuch Manner as he 
* or they fhall think fit.” 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 


493 


Pr. 36. 1. 11. Leave out “* Paramount.” 


1. i4. Leavé out * of the faid Three di- 
ftinét,” and infert or Owner of 
“© the faid Fees, Seigniories, or.” 

1. 16. Leave out from “ the” to « but,” 
in 1. 18, and infert “‘ Rents, Dues, 
ee rare - het to them re- 
&lt; ive onging.” 

1. 22. Afier = then infert refpeétively.” 

1.25. After “* Rents,” infert « Dues, Du- 
“ ties.” 

1. 27,7 Leave out “ the faid Manors, inci- 

28. “« dent, appendant,” dnd infert 


** them refpettively.” 

I. 29. “Leaveout ‘* or appertaining.” 
1. 31} Leave out “ can or may be,” and in- 
32. fert-“* could, or might have been,” 
and leave out from * by” to “ re- 
-* fpectively” ih 1. 34, and infert 

“© them.” 

‘The faid Ameridments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. . 


Ordered, That Mr. Lowndes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, That this Houfe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordthips. 


A Petition of the Clergy, Gentlemen, F reeholders, 
Merchants, Traders, Farmers, and other Inhabitants, 
who live near the Highways and Roads leading from 
the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the River Ozze, in 
Downham Market, in the County of Norfolk, to and 
through the feveral Parifhes and Hamlets herein after 
mentioned, in the faid County, whofe Names are thereto 
fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Road leading from the Eaft End 
of the faid Bridge, to the Houfe in the Occupation of 
Thomas Noak, in Downham Market, now called the 
Queen’s Head, and from the Chequer Inn in Downham 
Market, towards Swaffham, through the feveral Parifhes 
of Bexwell, Crimplefham, Stradfet, Fincham, Shouldbam, 
and Barton, to the Eaft End of the Bounds of the {aid 
Parifhes of Shouldbam and Barton, near a Clofe there, 
called The Two Mile Clofe, and towards Watton, in the 
faid County, unto a Place, called Devil’s Ditch, are in a 
very ruinous Condition, and dangerous to Paffengers ; 
and that, if the faid Roads were repaired and widened, 
and kept in good Repair, it would be very advantageous 
to Travellers, and of Public Utility: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and widening the faid Roads, in feck Man- 
ner, and by fuch Means, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet and expedient. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. De Grey, Sir Edward Af- 
ley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to-fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. De Grey prefented to the Hotfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for amending and widening the Road, 
from Berftreet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New 
Buckenbam, in the County of Norfolk: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Right honourable 4adrew Lord 
Archer, Lord of the Manor of Kingfnorton, in the 
County of Worcefter, and the humble Petition of the 
Dean and Chapter of Worcefter, and of Fobn Taylor, 
Efquire, Fobn Rufeil, Thomas Ruffell, Humphry Lyttel- 
ton, mg William Guef, Gentlemen, and of the a 

other 








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other Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfctibed, 
Owners and Proprietors of Lands and Tenements within 
the faid Manor and Parifh of King/norton, on Behalf of 
themfelves and the reft of the Owners and Proprietors 
of Lands and Tenements within the faid Manor and 
Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are, within the faid Manor and Parifh, 
feveral Commons and Wafte Lands, containing, by 
Eftimation, 3,000 Acres, or thereabouts, upon which 
the Proprietors of Lands and Tenements, within the 
faid Manor, have. refpectively Right of Common ; and 
that the faid Lands, in their prefent Situation, are in- 
capable of any confiderable Improvement ; and that, if 
the fame were divided, inclofed, and allotted amongit 
the Petitioners and others interefted therein, the fame 
might be greatly improved: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for divid- 
ing and inclofing the faid Wafte Grounds, Commons, 
and Commonable Places, under fuch Regulations and 
Reftrictions as to the Houfe fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of a 
Dowdefwell and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. Barrow prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for naturalizing Faques Lewis Pourtalés: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Thomas Williamfon and Richard Beéil, 
Efquires, and the Reverend J/aac Thompfon, Clerk, and 
others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
Owners of divers ancient Meffuages, Cottages, Lands, 
Tenements, Hereditaments, ‘and Premiffes, within the 
Townfhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That there are, within the faid Townfhip, feve- 
ral Open Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, contain- 
ing 1,500 Acres, or thereabouts, which lie intermixed 
and difperfed, and in their prefent Situation are capable 
of very little Improvement; and that, if the fame were 
_ divided and inclofed, it would be a great Improvement 
of the Eftates of the Perfons interefted therein,. and of 
Public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclof- 
ing the faid Open Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, 
under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir George Savile and Mr. Daniel La/celles do prépare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freehold- 
ers, living and refiding in the feveral Towns, or on or 
near the ancient Road leading from Birmingham, through 
Solihull, in the County of Warwick, to Kenilworth, and 
from a certain Place called Stone Bridge, in the Parith of 
Hampton-in-arden, in the faid County, to Balfall Com- 
mon, there to unite to the faid Road leading from or near 
Solihull to Kenilworth aforefaid, and from the South End 
of Kenilworth Town, by Chesford Bridge, through the 
feveral Towns or Parifhes of Cubbington and Offchurch, 
to Southam, and from Chesford Bridge aforefaid, to Le- 
mington Priors, in the faid County of Warwick, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, with feveral others refiding in or near 
the Towns lying on each Side the faid Roads, have 
ufually been fupplied with Coals from Staffordhire, 
through the Town of Birmingham, along the faid Roads, 
and a vaft Quantity have been drawn through Kenil- 
worth in a Year, for the Supply of feveral Towns lying 
in the Counties’ of Northampton, Oxon, and Warwick, 
which ‘now, on account of the ruinous Condition of the 
faid Roads, carinot be-had but-a few Months in the Year, 


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aid Petition : And that Mr.- 


A. 1774, 


which happen at that particular Time when People are 
bufy in their Harveft, and, if deprived of that Opportu- 
nity, are obliged to go many Miles about, and pay Tolls 
at other Gates, with little or no Benefit to their Roads, 
and which has very confiderably advanced the Price of 
that Commodity ; and that many of them lie under the 
Inconveniency of paying to Roads, little Part of which 
they make Uie of in carrying their Corn to Market, 
which is not fo advantageous as this will be to them- 
felves and others ; and that Carriage to and from London 
is much dearer than at thofe Towns that lie on the 
Turnpike Roads; and that the Materials for mending 
the faid Roads, do lie very convenient for the Repairs 
thereof, in moft of the Parifhes through which the faid 
Roads do lead: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for repairing and widen- 
ing the Roads from the Warwick Road, near Solihull 
aforefaid, adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, lead- 
ing towards Warwick, to the Guide Poft in Kenilworth, 
there to unite to the Turnpike Road leading from the 
City of Coventry to Warwick aforefaid, and from Stone 
Bridge aforefaid, through the Hamlet of Diddington, in 
the faid County of Warwick, to unite to the faid Road 
leading from near Solihull, to Kenilworth, on Balfalt 
Common, and from the South End of Kenilworth Town 
aforefaid, by Chesford Bridge, through the ieveral Towns 
or Parithes of Cubbington and Offchurch, to Southam, and 
from Chesford Bridge aforefaid, to Lemington Priors 
aforefaid. 7 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Skipwith, Mr. Huffy, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Merchants, Manu- 
f2€turers, Traders, and others, of the Town of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Trades and 
Manufactures carried on in the faid Town have been of 
late Years fo much improved, that the Inhabitants are 
greatly increafed ,; and that there are but Two Churches 
and One {mall Chapel in the faid Town, which not be- 
ing fufficient to hold One Sixth Part of the Inhabitants, 
many of them are prevented from attending Divine Ser- 
vice ; and that the Petitioners are defirous of having One 
or more Church or Churches built and provided for in 
the faid Town, with proper Coemeteries or Burial Places 
thereto, and reafonable Stipends for the Minifters offici- 
ating therein: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, fubjeét to 
fuch Rules and Conditions, and under fuch Regulations, 
as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte : 

And it is referred to Mr. Skipwith, Lord Greville, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of fundry of the Freeholders, and Inhabi- 
tants of that Part of the Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which is 
in the County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houte, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Poor of that Part of 
the Parith of Saint Sepulchre, which lieth in the County 
of Middlefex, are very numerous, and are maintained 
and fupported at a very great Expence; and that the 
giving proper Powers, for better governing, regulating, 
employing, and maintaining, the faid Poor, would be a 
Means of their being more effectually relieved and pro- 
vided for, and be a great Eaie and Convenience to the 

2 Parifhioners 5 


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Parifhioners; and that the Squares, Streets; Lanes, 
Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Open Paffages and Places, 
within that Part of the faid Parifh, are not properly: 
paved, nor fufficiently cleanfed, lighted, or watched ; 
and feveral of the Houfes: in fome of. the faid Streets 
are frequently annoyed by Water, for want of proper 
Sewers or Drains; and that it would tend greatly to 
the Safety, Prefervation, and: Benefit, of the Inhabitants 
thereof, and all other ‘Perfons reforting thereto, if the 
fame were properly paved, cleanfed, drained, and light- 
ed, and the Obftructions and Annoyances therein re- 
moved, and an able Watch kept therein in ‘the Night- 
time; and that the Paffage leading from Charter-boufe 
Square to Saint Fobn’s Street, known by the Name of 
Charter-houfe Lane, is very narrow and incommodious 
to Paffengers ; and the widening thereof, or widening 
Part of the faid Lane, and making a new Opening from 
oiher Part thereof into Saint Fobn’s Street, would be a 
great Advantage thereto, and to all Perfons pafling 
through the fame: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the. above Pur- 
pofes, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think 
proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to. the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : | 

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Ghynn, Sir Charles 
Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. ' 


A Petition of the Right honourable Axne Holles Earl 
of Effex, in Behalf of himfelf and the Right honourable 
George Capell, commonly called Lord Vifcount Malden, 
his eldeft Son and Heir Apparent, now a Minor; and 
alfo, the humble Petition of Edward Woodcock, Doctor 
of Laws, Vicar, fobn Dummer, Fobn Hawthorne, Wefton 
Eve, Henry Lovett, and Henry Lomas, Churchwardens, 
and of Fobn Buckmafter, Fobn Afoby, Fames White, and 
fames Hill, Overfeers of the Poor, and other Inhabitants 
and Land Owners, of the Parifh of Watford, in the County 
of Hertford, on the Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the 
Inhabitants and Land Owners of the faid Parifh, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Church Yard of the faid Parith is too {mall for the In- 
terment of the Dead; and it appearing that Part of the 
moft commodious and contiguous Piece of Ground, 
which could be made Ufe of for the Enlargement there- 
of, was limited to, and fettled in ftriét Settlement on, 
the Petitioner the Earl of Efex and his Family, and 
that other Part thereof belonged to a {mall Court, or 
Alms Yard, which, together with certain Alms Houfes, 
were long fince fettled, by the Anceftors of the faid 
Earl, to charitable Ufes, it was agreed, that Applica- 
tion fhould be made to Parliament, with the Confent of 
the faid Earl, for enlarging the prefent Church Yard, 
and for making a new Road, inftead of the prefent 
Road, propofed to be inclofed as Part of fuch Enlarge- 
ment, and for inclofing a {mall Piece of the prefent 
Road, for the Ufe, and upon the Confideration, in the 
Petition mentioned (both which the Petitioner the faid 
Earl, on Behalf of himfelf and his Family, is confent- 
ing to wave) and for raifing the Money neceffary for 
the Purpofes aforefaid, and for making a competent 
Satisfaétion to the Perfons appointed to, and refiding 
in, the faid Alms Houfes, Yearly, for ever, out of the 
Poors Rates of the faid Parith, or otherwife, as to the 
Legiflature fhall feem meet, for fuch Part of the faid 
Court or Alms Yard as is propofed to be inclofed; and 
that, by the great Increafe of the Poor of the faid Pa- 
rifh, the prefent Workhoufe is become infufficient to 
contain them; it has therefore been found neceflary, 
that an additional Building fhould be made to the pre- 
fent Werkhoufe ; but that, the faid Parifh being chiefly 


495 


inhabited. by Tenants at Rack Rents, and burthened 
with a numerous. Poor, it.is conceived that the or- 
dinary Method of Parochial Levies will be infufficient 
to.raife a Sum: for defraying the Expences attending 
thofe feveral falutary Purpofes, without being very bir- 
thenfome to the prefent Occupiers of Lands and Houfes 
in the faid Parifh ; and, to alleviate, that Burthen, the 
Petitioners are willing and defirous, that a reafonable 
Part of the Expences fhould.be, raifed by granting An- 
nuities, to be paid out of the Parochial Rates or Levies 
of the faid Parifh; and that the Owners of Houfes and 
Lands in the faid Parifh, for the Time being, fhall 
bear Two Third Parts of the Expences and Levies at- 
tending the feveral Matters aforefaid, and the Tenants 
thereof the remaining Third ; or that the faid Expences 
fhall be provided for, in fuch other Manner, and in 
fuch Proportions, as fhall feem juft: And therefore 
praying, That.Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable them to enlarge the Coemetery, or Church 
Yard, of the Parith of Watford, and to make an ad- 
ditional: Building for the Reception of the Poor of the 
faid Parifh, and for other Purpotes, to be therein men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; ard report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : . 

And it is. referred to Mr. Plumer, Mr. Flelfey, 8c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


_ Mr. Skipwith prefented to the Houfe, aceording to 
Order, a Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common: 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Com- 
mon or Wafte Lands, of and within the Manor of 
Little Kington Combrooke, and Brookebampten, in the 
County of Warwick: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir ‘F¥chn Hynde Cotton prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to enable the Governor, Bai- 
diffs, and'‘Commonalty, of the Company of Confervators 
of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bed- 
ford Level, to borrow upon Bonds further Money, upon 
Account of the Middle and South Levels, Part of the 
faid Great Level; and for eftablifhing a further certain 
Fund, for Payment of the Bonds of the faid Corpora- 
tion out of the faid Middle and South Levels: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Febn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whoin the ‘Petition of the Commiffioners for puttin 
in Execution an Act of Parliament, made in the Thir- 
teenth Year of the Reign of his Majefty Kine George 
the Firft, intituled, An A&amp; for the effe&amp;ual Draining 
and Prefervation of Haddenham Level, in the Ile of Ely, 
and of feveral other Owners and Occupiers of Fen 
Lands and Low Grounds in the faid Level, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read 4 
and is as followeth; viz. 

To. prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read: And, 

Mr. Robert Reade, Clerk to the faid Commiftioners, 
being examined, faid, That they have from Time to 
Time affeffed and rated the Lands and Grounds men- 
tioned in the faid Act, and ereéted Engines and made 
other Works for draining the fame, from which the 
Owners and Occupiers of the faid Lands have found 

great 








great Benefit ; but the faid Engines and Works from 
Length of Time and Accidents, are become fo ruinous 
and decayed, that the prefent Tax of One Shilling an 
Acre has been, for fome Years paft, found infufficient 
for that Purpofe ; and that the Commiffioners have been 
obliged to contract feveral Debts, amounting to Sixteen 
hundred Pounds and upwards, which remain unpaid, 
and cannot be difcharged, and the Works for draining 
maintained, unlefs a further’Tax be laid on the faid 
Lands ; and that fome further Powers are neceflary for 
the effectual draining and preferving the fame. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
render more effectual an Act, made in the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of his Majefty King George the 
Firft, for the effectual Draining and Prefervation of 
Haddenham Level, in the I/le of Ely: And that Sir Fobn 
Hynde Cotton, Six Sampfon Gideon, Mr. Fenyns, and Mr. 
Yorke, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Sir William Milner, Baronet, Richard 
Wilfon, Efquire, Richard Burton, Efquire, eremiah 
Dixon, Efquire, and others, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, as well on Behalf of themfelves, as of 
the reft of the Undertakers of the Navigation of the 
Rivers Air and Calder, in the County of York, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That an 
A&amp; paffed in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of the 
Reign of King William the Third, for making and 
keeping Navigable the Rivers 47 and Calder, in the 
County of York; and that the feveral Works executed 
under the Authority of the faid Act have proved very 
beneficial ; and that, fince the pafling of the faid Act, 
the Trade and Commerce in the Neighbourhood of the 
faid Rivers have been increafed, and great Numbers of 
Veffels employed, and that Complaints have been 
made to the Petitioners, that Veffels navigating on the 
faid Rivers have, of late, not only been longer on their 
Paffage than heretofore, but Embezzlements more fre- 
quent ; and that the Petitioners find the Inconveniences 
complained of to be occafioned by Shoals, Obftructions, 
and other Caufes, in different Parts of the faid Rivers, 
as well within as below the Limits of the Navigation 
prefcribed by the prefent Act; and that, by the Re- 
moval of fuch Obftructions, the faid Navigation will be 
greatly improved, and the Defects and Inconveniences 
complained of remedied, the Freight of Goods lowered, 
and Veffels enabled to carry larger Burthens, and per- 
form their Paffage with greater Difpatch, Safety, and 
Certainty ; and the Petitioners are defirous at their own 
Cofts, and without any additional Tolls or Duties, to 
extend and make Improvements in the faid Naviga- 
tion; but a Doubt hath arifen, how far the Petitioners 
are enabled, under the Powers of the faid Aét, to re- 
move fuch of the faid Obftructions as are within the 
Limits of the faid Navigation, whereof the Petitioners 
are Undertakers as aforefaid, or make neceffary Cuts 
to pafs by the fame, and as other of the faid Obftruc- 
tions are in the River of Ar, between Weland and the 
River of Onze, out of the prefent Limits of the faid 
Navigation ; Therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for enabling the Petitioners 
to extend and make all neceffary Improvements in the 
Navigation of the faid Rivers, under fuch Regulations 
and Reftriétions as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. La/- 
celles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Ordered, That the Truftees of the Britis Mufeum 


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do lay before this Houfe, an Account of the Money 
granted by Parliament, for the Ufe of the Britih Mu- 
feum, and of the Expenditure thereof, - 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order} reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the 
Refolution which the Committee had directed him to 
report to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refoived, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of Fifty- 
five thoufand One hundred Ninety-two Pounds Six 
Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings, remain. 
ing in the Exchequer, on the Fifth Day of Fanuary latt, 
for the Difpofition of Parliament, of the Monies which 
had then arifen, of the Surpluffes, Exceffes, and Over- 
plus Monies, and other Revenues, of the Fund com- 
monly called the Sinking Fund. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houtfe. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are 
as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred Ninety-four 
thoufand Seven hundred and Twenty-five Pounds Seven- 
teen Shillings and Six Pence, be granted to His Ma- 
jefty, for the Ordinary of the Navy, including Half 
Pay to Sea and Marine Officers, for the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three hundred Seventy- 
five thoufand Nine hundred and Thirty-nine Pounds, 
be granted to His Majefty, towards the Buildings, Re- 
buildings, and Repairs, of Ships. of War, in His Ma- 
jefty’s Yards, and other Extra Works, over and above 
what are propofed to be done upon the Heads of Wear 
and Tear, and Ordinary, for the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five thoufand Three hun- 
dred Forty-fix Pounds Ten Shillings and Five Pence, 
be granted to His Majefty, upon Account, for main- 
taining and fupporting the Civil Eftablifhment of His 
Majefty’s Colony of Nova Scotia, for the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Three thoufand One hun- 
dred and Eighty-fix Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, 
on Account, for defraying the Charges of the Civil 
Eftablifhment of His Majetty’s Colony of Georgia, and 
other incidental Expences attending the fame, from the 
24th of Fune 1771 to the 24th of Fune 1772. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Nine hun- 
dred and Fifty Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, 
upon Account, for defraying the Expences of the Civil 
Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of Eaft Florida, 
and other incidental Expences attending the fame, from 
the 24th of Fune 1771 tothe 24th of Fune 1772. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five thoufand Six hun- 
dred and Fifty Pounds, be granted to His Majetty, 
upon Account, for defraying the Expences of the Civil 

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Eftablifhment of His Majefty’s Colony of Wet Florida, 
and other incidental Expences attending the fame, from 
the 24th of Fume 1771 to the 24th of Fune 1772. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand Three hun- 
dred and Thirty-fix Pounds and Nine Pence Half Peny, 
be granted to His Majefty, on Account, for defraying 
the Expence of fupporting and maintaining the Civil 
Eftablifhment of the Government of Senegambia, on that 
Part of the Coaft of Africa, fituate between the Port of 
Sallee, in South Barbary, and Cape Rouge, for the Year 


1772. 

7 Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Eight hun- 
dred Eighty-five Pounds and Four Shillings, be grant- 
ed to His Majefty, upon Account, for defraying the 
Expences attending General Surveys of His Majefty’s 
Dominions in North America, for the Year 1772. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houle. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Eftimate of the probable Expence of His Majefty’s 
Navy for the prefent Year, diftinguifhed under proper 
Heads, upon the Services voted by this Houfe; fhew- 
ing alfo how far the faid Expence may probably ex- 
ceed, or fall fhort of, the Sums already voted for thofe 
Services. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Seamen and Marines em- 
ployed in the Service of the Royal Navy, from the 
gift of December 1770 to the 31ft of December 1771, 
upon a Medium of each Month, diftinguifhing the Sea- 
men from the Marines; and what Number of each were 
borne, and what muftered, in the Service. 


The Lord North acquainted the Houfe, that he had 
a Meffage from His Majefty to this Houfe, figned by 
His Majefty ; and he prefented the fame to the Houfe, 
and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members 
of the Houfe being uncovered) and is as followeth ; viz. 


GEORGE R. 


His Majefty, being defirous, from paternal Affectton 
to His own Family, and anxious Concern for the future 
Welfare of His People, and the Honour and Dignity of 
His Crown, that the Right of approving all Marriages 
in the Royal Family (which ever has belonged to the 
Kings of this Realm, as a Matter of public Concern) 
may be made effectual, recommends to both Houfes of 
Parliament, to take into their ferious Confideration 
whether it may not be wife and expedient to fupply the 
Defect of the Laws now in being, and, by fome new 
Provifion, more effectually to guard the Defcendants 
of his late Majefty King George the Second (other than 
the Iffue of Princeffes who have married, or may here- 
after marry, into Foreign Families) from marrying 
without the Approbation of His Majefty, His Heirs or 
Succeffors, firft had and obtained. 

G. R. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to His Majefty, to return His Majefty 
the humble Thanks of this Houfe, for His moft gra- 
cious Mefiage. 

To affure His Majefty, that His faithful Commons, 
imprefied with a juft Senfe, as well of His Majefty’s 
paternal Affection to His Family, as His anxious Con- 
cern for the future Welfare of His People, and the 
Honour and Dignity of His Crown, will not fail to 
take His Majefty’s Meflage into their moft ferious Con- 
fideration. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 

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Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Meffage 
be taken into Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 21° die Februarit; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


A ka for repairing and widening the Road, from 
Raffles, near the City of Cariifle, to Wigton, and 
from thence to the South End of Hunda Lane; and 
alfo the Road from Wigton to Abbey Holme, and from 
Wigton, to Chalkbeck, in the County of Cumberland, was 
read a Second Time. 

_Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fletcher, 
Sir Fames Lowther, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral of the Mafters, Fellows, and 
Scholars, of the Univerfity, and of feveral of the Gentle- 
men and other Inhabitants of the Town, of Cambridge, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Pe- 
tition has been prefented, for repairing and widening 
the Road from Saint Ives Lane, in the Town of Saint 
Neots, in the County cf Huntingdon, to the Town of 
Cambridge, and that a certain Lane, called Bell Lane, 
in the faid Town, is very ruinous, and in many Places 
narrow and dangerous ; and that, if the firft-mentioned 
Road was extended to the End of the faid Lane, abut- 
ting upon the Pavement in the High Street, leading from 
the Caftle to the Bridge, in the faid Town, it would be 
a great Advantage to the Petitioners and others: And 
therefore praying, That the faid Lane may be repaired 
and widened, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe hall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Pe- 
tition of feveral of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, refiding in or near to the Parifhes therein 
after mentioned, in the Counties of Huntingdon and Cam- 
bridge, is referred: And that they do examine the Mat- 
ter of this Petition; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two 
Aéts, made in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth Years 
of the Reign of his late Majefiy King George the Se- 
cond, for repairing and widening Old Street Road, in 
the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard Shoreditch, 
in the County of Middlefex, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Richard 
Glynn, Mr. Alderman Oliver, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Rujbton 
ames, in the Parith of Leek, in the County of Stafford, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Wrottefley, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for clearing, depthening, repairing, maintain- 
ing, and improving, the Haven and Piers of Great 
Yarmouth, and for depthening and making more na- 
vigable the feveral Rivers emptying themfelves into 
the faid Haven; and for preferving Ships wintering 
therein from Accidents by Fire; was read a Second Time, 

6L Refolved, 








498 
— Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gharles 
Townfbend, Mr. Walpole, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to reftrain the Lord of the Manor of Sand- 
burft, in the County of Berks, tor the Time being; 
from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Martor, except 
upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the 
{aid Bilt is mentioned; and to authotize the Lord of 
the faid Manor for the Time being, to cut Turves, 
Peat, Heath, and Fern, Annually, upon fuch Quantity 
of and as in the faid Bill is mentioned, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gil- 
bert, Mr. Skynmer, &amp;cc.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at- Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ' 


Mr. Penruddock prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
from the End of the prefent Turnpike Road, from 
Beffelleigh to Hungerford, im the County of Berks, to 
Leckford, otherwife. Soufly Water, in the County of 
Wilts: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Treafurer of the Houfhold reported to the 
Houfe, Fhat their AddreS of Yelterday (to return His 
Majefty the humble Thanks of this Houfe, for His 
moft gracious Meflage:. To affare His Majefty, that 
His faithful Commons, impreffed with a juft Senfe, as 
well of His Majefty’s paternal Affection to His Family, 
as His anxious Concern for the future Welfare of His 
People, and the Honour and Dignity of His Crown, 
will not fail to take His Majefty’s Meffage into their 
moft ferious Confiderationy had beerf prefented to His 
Majefty ; arxt that His Majefty had been pleafed to re- 
ceive the fame very gracioufly. 


Lord Frederick Campbell reported from the Commit- 
fee, to whom the Petition of the Magiftrates and Coun- 
cil of the City of Gla/gow, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion ; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Fobn 
Colvill, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the Har- 
bour of Port Gla/gow, in the County of Renfrew, has 
of late Years been greatly obftructed, and filled up by 
the Flux and Re-flux of the Tide and other Caufes, 
whereby Veffels of Burthen are hindered from getting 
to the Piers and Quays of the faid Harbour, and are 
thereby expofed to many Inconveniences and Dangers : 
That the Frade of the faid City is fo much increafed, 
and the Dimenfions as well as Number of the Veffels 
trading to and from the faid Port, are fo much larger 
than formerly they were, that it would be much to the 
Benefit of the faid City, and of Public Utility, if the 
faid Harbour was properly deepened, cleanfed, main- 


tained, and regulated, and fome additional Piers, Breafts, © 


Jettees, and nays, were built for the unloading of 
Ships and Veffels reforting thereto. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
deepening, cleanfing, {cowering, preferving, and main- 
taining, the Harbour of Port Glafgow, tor enlarging 
and improving the Quays and Piers, for erecting new 
Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regulating Ships, 
Lighters, and other Veffels, trading into, and going 
out of, the faid Harbour, and for other Purpofes there- 
in mentioned: And that Lord Frederick Campbell, Mr, 


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4.1772. 


Edmonftone, the Lord Advocate of Sestland, and Mr. 
M’ Dowall, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Edménjftone teported frorn the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Freeholders, Juftices of the 
Peace, Commifiioners of Supply, and other Heretors, 
within the Counties of Duméarton, Lanark, and Rén- 
frew, in North Britain, was teferred,; That the Com- 
tnittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he réad the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered- it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; 
Viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Two 
Aéts of Parliament, One made in the Twenty-fixth, and 
the other in the Twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for repairing feveral Roads leading 
into the City of Glafgow, were read. 

~ Mr. Edward Browne, beihg examined, faid, That the 
Road leading from the City of Gla/gow, to the Towa 
of Dumbarton (Cne of the Roads direéted to be re- 
paired by the faid Acts) is ftill.in a ruinous Condition 
in many Places, and that the fame cannot be effectu- 
ally repaired during the fubfiiting Term of the faid Acts. 
That he apprehends, if that Part of the Roads was 
made a feparate arid diftinét Diftrit, it would greatly fa- 
cilitate the repairing thereof, 

And that the faid Act wants amending in many Re- 
fpects, particularly in Relation .to the Performance of 
Statute Labour. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Term, and alter and enlarge the Powers, of 
fo much of Two Acts, made in the 26th and 27th 
Years of King George the Second, for repairing feveral 
Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, as relates to 
the Road from the City of Glafgew to the Town of 
Dumbarton: And that Mr. Edmonftone and Lord Fre- 
derisk Campbell do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


__ A Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Open and 
Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Town- 
fhip, Liberties, and Precincts, of Epwell, in the County 
of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wen- 
man, Lord Charles Spencer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon,.at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral. Moors, 
or Commons, called Rigg Moor and Brearton Moor, 
within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parith of Kuaref- 
borough, in the County of York, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel 
Lafcelles, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free 
holders, and other Inhabitants, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, and refiding in or near the feveral 
Roads following, that is to fay, the Road leading from 
the Town of Crickhowell, in the County of Brecon, by 
Llanvibangell Crucorney, The Graige, alias Upper Blauelly- 
man, over Skenfreth Bridge, Broad-Oak Green, and to the 
Crofs Hands beyond the New Inn, in the Turnpike 
Road leading from the City of Hereford to the Town of 
Rofs, in the County of Hereford ; the Road. leading frora 
the Monmouth Turnpike Road, from a Place: called the 
Lower Crofs Way, in the Parith of Saint Maughans, 
through Norton, to the Town of. Grofmount, in the 
County of Monmouth , and the Road leading from. the 
Monmouth Turnpike Road, in the Parith of Wel New- 
ton, in the County of Hereford, over Broad Oak Green 
aforefaid, through Garway, Kent Church, Pont trylas, Ewys 
harrold, and to Ponttanaft, in the Rarith of Cluddock, ia 

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the County of Hereford aforefaid, was prefented to the. 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the faid Roads 
are very ruinous and dangerous, and in general very 
deep, narrow, incommodious, and founderous, and can- 
not be effectually amended and kept in good Repair by 
the ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for amend- 
ing, widening, and keeping the iaid Roads in Repair, 
or fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the - 


Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houie: 

And it is referred to Mr. Scudamore, Mr. Kynafton, 
&amp;c. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend: for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, and others, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, having Meffuages, 
Cottages, Lands, and Right of Common, in and upon 
the feveral extenfive Commons, within the Townfhip of 
Rafkelf, in the County of York, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there are, within 
the faid Townfhip, feveral large and extenfive Com- 
mons, containing, in the Whole, 1,229 Acres, and up- 
wards, which would be capable of great Improvement, 
if the fame were divided and inclofed, and exempt from 
the Payment of the Rectorial and Vicarial Tithes: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to. bringin 
a Bill for dividing and inclofing the faid feveral exten- 
five Commons, according to each Perfon’s Right in the 
fame, and for affigning certain Compenfations to the 
Impropriator of the Rectory, and the Vicar and Curate 
of the Vicarage and Curacy of Rafkelf aforefaid, and 
their Leffees, in Lieu of all Rectorial and Vicarial Tithes 
iffuing and payable out of the Lands in the fame Town- 
fhip, and for other Purpofes therein to be expreffed, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 


Lord Belafyfe, Sir George Savile, and Mr. Laj/celles, do 


prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. De Grey reported from the’'Committee, to whom 
the Bill for inclofing the Common Fields, Break Lands, 


‘Half Year Lands, Lammas Meadows, Heaths, Com- 


mons, and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh of Roud- 
‘bam, in the County of Norfolk, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations ‘of the 


Bill, and found the fame to be true; arid that the Par- 


ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they dah direétéd him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 


“Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 


Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 


_feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to qualify them- 
felves for Offices and Employments, and for giving fur- 


‘ther Time for that Purpofe ; and to give further Time 


to fuch Perfons as have omitted to. make and file Affi- 
davits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to At- 
tornies and Solicitors: And that Mr. Whitworth and Sir 
William Meredith do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great Orm/ide, in 
the Parith of Ormfde, in the County of Weftinoreland, 
was read a Second Time. 


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499 

_Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr: Muj- 
grave, General Honywood, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s | 
Chamber. 


Sir Charles Whitworth pfefentéd td the Houfe; at 
cording to Order, a Bill for naturalizing Fobn Lewis 
Lautier : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That thé Bill be tead a Second Time. 
A Meffage from the Liords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 


Harris : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed 4 Pill; mtituted; An A&amp; to 
diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with Elizabeth 
Hartnell, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry 
again ; and for other Purpoles therein mentioned; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. : 


A Bill for explaining and amending an Aét; made in 
the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, AA 
A&amp; for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling per 
Pound Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas confumed 
in Great Britain, and for granting a Drawback upon 
the Exportation of Teas to Ireland and the Britifb Do- 
minions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch Ins 
demnification to be made in refpect thereof by the Ea/ 
India Company as is therein mentioned ; for permitting 
the Exportation of Teas in fmaller Quantities than One 
Lot to Ireland, or the faid Dominions in America; and 
for preventing Teas feized and condeinned from being 
confumed ‘in Great Britain; and for fettling certain 
Doubts and Difputes which have arifen upon the faid 
A&amp;ét of Patliament, was read a Sécond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon’ Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Phipps prefented to the Houfe, accofding to Or- 
der, a Bill to repeal an Act, made in the Tenth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act 
for better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part 
of Great Britain called England: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tue/day Sevennight, the Third Day of March next. 


Mr. Burrell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Wiliam Windham, Efquire, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of Facét 
contained in the faid Petition; and had direé&amp;ted him to 
report a State thereof to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report-in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Petiiion, is a3 follows : 

It appeared, by Letters Patent, under the Exchequer 
Seal, bearing Date the Firft Day of September 1767, That 
His Majefty did demife to William Windbam, Efquire, 
all that Paflage over the River Thames, called Richmond 
Ferry, together with the Boats, ahd all and fingular the 
Profits, Privileges, and Advantages, to the fatd Ferry 
belonging, fituate, lying, and beimg, between Twicken- 
ham, in Middlefex, and Richmond, in Surrey, to hoid 
for a Term of Years, fubject to a yearly Rent of 
£. 3-135. 4d. 

A Member prefent informed your Committee, That 

if a Bridge was built acrofs the taid River, at, or near, 
the faid Ferry, it would be of great Public Utility ; 
but that, in order to make the {aid Bridge commodious, 

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it will be neceffary to open new Avenues to and from the 
faid Bridge. 

And His Majefty’s Surveyor General informed. your 
Committee, That he apprehends Mr. Windbam cannot 
poffibly build fuch Bridge, without certain Lofs, unlefs 
he has a Grant of the faid Ferry, from the Crown, in Fee 
Simple. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee of the whole Houtfe. 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon T/urfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the faid Report. - 


The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Jour- 
nals of the Houfe of the 31ft Day of Fanuary 1699, 
“ That for the future, no Perfon be recommended to 
“© preach before this Houfe, who is under the Dignity of 
«© a Dean in the-Church, or hath not taken his Degree 
“¢ of Doctor of Divinity,” might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Entry in the 
Journals of the Houfe of the 4th Day of Fune 1742, 
«“ That for the future, no Perfon, except the Chaplain 
‘&lt; of this Houfe, be recommended to preach before this 
*¢ Houfe, who is under the Dignity of a Dean in the 
«¢ Church, or hath not taken his Degree of Doctor of 
« Divinity,” might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queition being pro- 
pofed, That for the future, no Perfon do preach be- 
fore this Houfe on the 30th Day of Fanuary, except the 
Chaplain of this Houfe ; 

The faid Motion was, with Leave of the Houfe, with- 
drawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That for the future, the Thanks of this Houfe 
be not given for any Sermon preached before this Houfe, 
until fuch Sermon fhall have been printed and delivered 
at the Door of this Houfe ; 

Ordered, That the Orders of the Day be now read. 

And the faid Orders being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That His Majefty’s moft gracious Meffage 
be taken into Confideration upon this Day Sevennight. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tve/day Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 25° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of Catherine Macartney, Spinfter, Fulk 
A Greville, Efquire, and Frances his Wife, as well 
for and on Behalf of themfelves, as of William Fulk 
Greville, Fames Greville, Henry Greville, and Charles 
Greville, their Infant Sons ; and alfo of George Fulk 
Lyttelton and Charles Adam Lyttelton, Infants, by William 
Henry Lyttelton, Efguire, their Father and Guardian, 


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was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That Fames Macartney, \ate of Hanover Square, in the 
County of Middlefex and i ot Great Britain, and 
of Granard, in the County of Longford and Kingdom of 
Ireland, Efquire, deceafed, did duly make and pvublifh 
his laft Will and Teftament, bearing Date the Seven- 
teenth Day of Offober 1769, and thereby gave and de- 
vifed his Manor of Granard, in the County of Longford 
aforefaid, and-all other his Manors, Towns, Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, Mills, Reétories, Advowfons, Tythes 
Rents, and Hereditaments whatfoever, fituate, lying, be- 
ing, or arifing, in or within the Counties of Loagford and 
Weft Meath, 1m the faid Kingdom of Ireland; or either of 
them, or elfewhere, in the faid Kingdom of Ireland, with 
their,’and every of their, Rights, Members, and Appur- 
tenances, unto the Right honourable Wills Earl of Hills. 
borough, and the Right honourable Lord Vifcount Bar- 
rington, and their Heirs, to the Ufe, Intent, and Pur- 
pofe, that the faid George Fulk Lyttelton, his Grandfon, 
fhould thereout receive yearly, during his Life, or until 
he fhould come into the Poffeffion of, or fhould be in. 
titled to, the faid Eftates, or fome Part thereof, by vir- 
tue of the Limitations therein after declared concerning 
the fame, One Annuity or yearly Rent of Seven hun- 
dred Pounds Sterling, as Money is valued and current 
in Ireland, by Half-yearly Payments, at the Times and 
in Manner therein mentioned ; and to the further Ufe, 
Intent, and Purpofe, that Fane Churchill therein named, 
fhould alfo receive thereout, during her Life, One An- 
nuity, or yearly Rent Charge of Ten Pounds of like 
Money, by like Half-yearly Payments, and fubjeét to 
the faid Annuities, then as concerning One undivided 
Moiety, or Half Part of the fame Hereditaments and 
Premiffes (other than and except the Rectory or Ad- 
vowfon, Patronage, and Right of Prefentation of, in, 
and to, the Church of Granard, otherwife Maghery Gra- 
nara, in the faid County of Longford, with its Rights, 
Members, and Appurtenances, and the Reétory, Ad- 
vowion, Patronage, and Right of Prefentation of, in, 
and to, the Church of Strade, alias Street, in the faid 
County of Weftmeath, with its Rights, Members, and 
Appurtenances) to the Ufe of the Petitioner Catherine 
Macartney, his Daughter, and her Affigns, for and 
during her Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, with 
Remainder to the fame Truftees during her Life, in 
Truft, te preferve the contingent Remainders ; and after 
her Deceafe, to the Ufe of the Petitioner George Fulk 
Lyttelton and his Affigns during his Life, without Im- 
peachment of Wafte, with Remainder to the fame Truf 
tees during his Life, in Truft, to preferve the contin- 
gent Remainders ; and after the feveral Deceafes of the 
Petitioners Catherine Macartney and George Fulk Lyttel- 
ton, to the Ufe of the Firft and other Sons of the Peti- 
tioner George Fulk Lyttelton fucceffively, in Tail Male ; 
and for Default of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Peti- 
tioner Charles Adam Lyttelton and his Affigns, during his 
Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, with Remainder 
to the fame Truftees during his Life, in Truft, to pre- 
ferve the contingent Remainders ; and after his Deceafe, 
to the Ufe of his Firft and other Sons fucceffively, in 
Tail Male ; and for Default of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of 
the faid Wills Earl of Hillfborough and Lord Vifcount 
Barrington and their Heirs, during the joint Lives of the 
Petitioners Frances Greville and Fulk Greville, in Truft, 
during the joint Lives of the faid Petitioners, to pay the 
Rents, Iffues, and Profits of the fame undivided Moiety 
of the Hereditaments and Premiffes aforefaid, for the 
feparate Ufe of the Petitioner Frances Greville, in manner 
therein-mentioned ; and after the Deceafe'of the Peti- 
tioner Fulk Greville, in Cafe he fhall happen to die in 
the Life-time of the Petitioner Frances Greville, tothe 
Ufe of the Petitioner, Frances Greville and her Affigns, 
during her Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, with 
Remainder to the fame Truftees during her Life, in 
Truft, to preferve the contingent Remainders; and 


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after her Deceafe, to the Use of the Petitioner Villiam 
Fulk Greville, elder Son of the Petitioner Frances Gre- 
ville, and his Affigns, during his Lite, without Impeach- 
ment of Wafte; with Remainder ‘to the fame Truftees 
during his Life, in Truft, to preferve the contingent 
Remainders ; and after his Weceafe, to the U&amp; of his Firft 
and other Sons fucceéflively, in Tail Male; and for De- 
fault of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Petitioner James 
Greville, Second Son of the Petitioner Frances Greville, 
and his Affigns, during his Life, without Impeachment 
of Waite, with Remainder to the fame Truftees during 
his Life, in Truft, to preferve the contingent Remaind- 
ers; and after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his Firft and 
other Sons fucceffively, in Tail Male ; and for Default 
of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Petitioner Henry Gre- 
ville, then Third Son of the Petitioner Frances Gre- 
ville, during his Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, 
with Remainder to the fame Truttees during his Life, 
in Truft, to preferve the contingent Remainder ; and 
after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his Firft and other 
Sons fucceffively, in Fail Male ; and for Default of fuch 
Iffue, to the Ue of the Petitioner Charles Greville, then 
Fourth Son of the Petitioner Frances Greville, during his 
Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, with Remainder 
to the fame Truftees during his Life, in Truft, to pre- 
ferve the contingent Remainders ; and after his Deceafe, 
to the Uie of his Firft and other Sons fucceffively, in Tail 
Male; and for Default of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the 
Fifth and other Sons of the Petitioner Fraaces Greville 
fucceffively, in Tail Male ; and for Default of fuch Iffue, 
to the Ufe of the faid Teftator’s own right Heirs for 
ever: And as concerning the faid Rectory, or Advow- 
fon of the faid Church of Granard, otherwife Maghery 
Granard, with its Appurtenances ; and the faid Rectory 
or Advowfon of the faid Church of Strade, otherwife 
Street, with the Appurtenances: And as concerning the 
other undivided Mciety or Half Part of .all and fingular 
other the faid Hereditaments and Premiffes in the faid 
Kingdom of fre/and, fubje&amp;t and charged with the faid 
Annuities as aforefaid, to the Ufe of the faid Wills Earl 
of Hillfborough and Lord Vitcount Barrington, and their 
Heirs, during the joint Lives of the Petitioners Frances 
Greville and Fulk Greville, in Truft, for the like feparate 
Ufe of the Petitioner Frances Greville, in Mariner therein 
mentioned ; and after the Deceafe of the Petitioner 
Fulk Greville, in Cafe he fhould happen to die in the 
Life-time of the Petitioner Frances Greville, to the Ule 
of the Petitioner Frances Greville and her Affigns, dur- 
ing her Life, without Impeachment of Wafte, with Re- 
mainder to the fame Truftees during her Life, in Truft, 
to preferve the contingent Remainders; and after’ her 
Deceafe to the Ufe of the Petitioner Willian Fulk Gre- 
ville and his Affigns during his Life; without Impeach- 
ment of Wattle, with Remainder to the fame Truftees 
during his Life, in Truft, to preferve the contingent 
Remainders ; and after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his 
Firft and other Sons fucceffively in Tail Male ; and for 
Default of fuch Iffue; to the Ufe of the Petitioner 
Fames Greville and his Affigns during his Life, with 
Remainder to the fame Truftees during his Life, in 
Truft, to preferve the contingent Remainders ; and 
after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his Firft and other 
Sons fucceffively, in Tail Male ; and for Default of fuch 
iffue, to the Ule of the Petitioner Henry Greville during 
his Life, without Impeachment of Watfte, with Re- 
mainder to the fame Truftees during his Lite, in 
Truft, to preferve the contingent Remainders ; and 
after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his Firft and other 
Sons fucceflively, in Tail Male; and for Default of 
@uch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Petitioner Charles Gre- 
ville and his Affigns during his Life, without Impeach- 
tent of Wafte, with Remainder to the fame Truftees 
during his Life, in Truft, to preferve the contingent 
Remainders; and after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his 
Firft and other Sons fucceffively, in Tail Male ; and for 
Default of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Fifth and 
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other Sons of thé Petitioner Frances Greville fucceflive- 
ly, in Tail Male; and for Default of fuch Iffue, to the 
Ufe of the Petitioner George Fulk Lyttelton and his 
Affigns during his Life, without Impeachment of Watte, 
with Remainder to the fame Truitees during his Life, 
in Truft, to preferve the contingent Remainders ; and 
after his Deceafe, to the Ufe of his Firt and other 
Sons fucceffively; in Tail Male; and for Deiault of 
fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the Petitioner Chirles Adam 
Lyttelton and his Affigns during his Life, without Im- 
peachment of Wafte, with Remainder to th¢ fame 
Truftees during his Life, in Truft; to preierve the 
contingent Remainders ; and after his Deceafe, to the 
Ufe of his Firft and other Sons fuccefiively, in Tail 
Male; and for Default of fuch Iffue, to the Ufe of the 
Teftator’s own right Heirs for ever, with a Power for 
the feveral Tenants for Life, when in Poffeffion, to grant 
Leafes upon the Terms therein mentioned ; and appoint- 
ed the Petitioner Catherine Macartney and the faid Hills 
Earl of Hill/borough, and Lord Vifcount Barrington, 
Executrix and Executors of his faid Will; and that 
the faid Teftator departed this Life foon after the mak: 
ing his faid Will, without having revoked the fame; 
leaving the Petitioners Catherine Macartney and Frances 
Greville, together with Alicia Macartney, Spiniter, his 
other furviving Daughter, and the Petitioner George Fulk 
Lyttelton, the eldeft Son of Mary Lyttelton, one other 
Daughter of the faid Teftator, but who died in his Life- 
time, his Co-heirs at Law, and the Petitioner Catherine 
Macartnéy, and the faid Wills Earl of Hill/boro:.gb, and 
Lord Vifcount Barrington, foon after the faid Teftator’s 
Deceafe, proved the faid Will in common Form in the 
Prerogative Court of the Archbifhop of Canterbury; and 
that the Petitioners Catherine Macartney and Frances 
Greville are under and by virtue of the faid Will, be- 
come feized of, or intitled to, all the faid Eftates in thé 
Kingdom of Ireland (fubject as aforefaid) in equal Moie- 
ties during their refpeétive Lives; and that the faid 
Will was proved in the High Court of Chancery, in 
Great Britain, on the Twentieth Day of February 1772 ; 
and the Petitioners Catherine Macartney and Frances 
Greville in prefent, and the Petitioners William Fulk 
Greville, Fames Greville, Henry Greville, Charles Gre- 
ville, George Fulk Lyttelton, and Charles Adam Lyttelton, 
in future, may have frequent Occafion to produce, or 
give the faid Will in Evidence, as well in Gréat Bri- 
tain as in Jreland; and the faid Will cannot, as Occa- 
fion may from Time to Time requite, be carried from 
one Kingdom to the other} fo as to be made Ufe of at 
any Trial at Law without great Hazard, nor can the 
Witneffes, who are able to prove the due Execution of 
the faid Will, be compelled by ariy Procefs to attend in 
the faid Kingdom of Jreland, to give their Teftimony 
at any Trial at Law to be had there: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for making the Exemplification of the laft Will and 
Teftament of the faid ames Macartnéy, deceafed, Evi- 
dence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great Britain 
ahd Ireland. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Lowndes and Sir Fobn Si. Aubyn do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with Eliza- 
beth Hartnell, his now Wife ; and to enable him to marry 
again ; and for other Purpofés thetein mentioned; was 
read the Firft Time: 

Refolved, That the Biil be read a Second Time. 


Mr: Ridley prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing a Moor, ealled Car/- 
ton Moor or Common, and an Open. Field, called the 
Town Field, in the Manor and Townthip of Carlton, in 
the Parith of Guifeley, in the Weft Riding of the —— 

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of York : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. : 
Refolved, ‘That the Biil be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Lzélow reported from the-Committee, to 
whom the Petiticn of feveral of the Gentlemen, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, refiding in or near to the 
Parifhes therein after mentioned, in the Counties of 
Huntingdon and Cambridge, and alfo the Petition of 
feveral of the Matters, Fellows, and Scholars of the 
Univerfity, and of feveral of the Gentlemen and other 
Inhabitants of the Town, of Cambridge, were referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matters of the 
{aid Petitions ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as they appeared fo them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned Pe- 
tition, Edward Leeds, Efquire, being examined, faid, 
That the Road leading from the Weft End of Saint Ives 
Lane, in the Town of Saint Neots, in the County of 
Huntingdon, through the feveral Places mentioned in the 
faid Petition, to the Town of Cambridge, is in a very 
ruincus Condition, narrow in many Places, and that the 
fame cannot be effectually repaired and widened by the 
Laws in being : 

Which Evidence was confirmed by a Member prefent. 

To prove the Allegations of the Second mentioned 
Petition, 

Edward Leeds, Efquire, faid, That there is a Lane 
called Bell Lane, in the faid Town of Cambridge, which 
is very ruinous, and in fome Parts very narrow, and that 
if the Road mentioned in the Firft Petition was extended 
to the End of the faid Lane, next to the faid Town, it 
would be an Advantage to all Perfons refiding in, or 
reforting thereto. 

Which Evidence was alfo confirmed by the faid 
Meinber. | 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road, from the Weft End 
of Saint Ives Eane, in the Town of Saint Neots, in the 
County of Huntingdon, to the Pavement at the End of 
Bell Lane, in the Town of Cambridge: And that the 
Lord Ludlow, the Lord Hinchingbrook, Sir John Hynde 
Cotton, and Mr. Yorke, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
anto fubtcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Eftates, within the Parifh of Kings Riptox, in the 
County of Huntingdon, was prefented to the Houfe, ‘and. 
read ; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid Pa- 
rifh, feveral Open Common Fields, Meadows, Commons, 
and Wafte Grounds ; and that, if the fame were divided 
- and inclofed, the fame might be improved: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Lands and Grounds, 
im fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as the 
Houfe fhall think fir. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Ludlow and Mr. Baker do prepare; and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the principal Inhabitants, Manufaétur- 
ers, and Tradefmen, within the Borough and Parith of 
Kidderminfter, in the County of Worcefter, whofe Names 
are thereto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That.a confiderable Manufac- 
tory hath been, and now is, carried on within the faid 
Borough and Parifh, whieh of late Years has been much 
improved and increafed, and many thoufand Perfons are 
conftantly employed therein ; and that Perfons refiding, 
trading, or dealing, within the faid Borough and Parifh, 
contract feveral {mall Debts, which amount yearly to a 


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great Sum of Money, and often refufe Payment, pre- 
fuming on the Difcouragement their Creditors lie under, 
from the great Expence they are put to, in fuing for 
the fame; and that the Petitioners apprehend, that, if 
an eafy and fpeedy Method for reeovering {mall Debts 
within the faid Borough and Parifh was provided, it 
would greatly contribute to promote Induitry, and to 
fupport and encourage Trade and Credit therein: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of {mall 
Debts, within the Borough and Parifh of Kidderminjter, 
in the County of Worceffer, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Ward and Mr, Dowdefwell do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, and Common qr Commonable 
Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common 
or Wafte Lands, of and within the Manor of Littk 
Kington Combrooke, and Brookehampton, in the County 
of Warwick, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. to Mr. Skip- 
with, Mr. Baker, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of ancient Meffuages; 
or Burgages, within the City of Durham, and the Bo- 
rough and Townhhip of Framwelgate, was prefented to 
the Houle, and read, Setting forth, That there are, within, 
or belonging to, the faid City of Durbam, and Borough 
of Framwelgate, feveral Moors, Commons, or Waites, 
known by the feveral Names of Framwelgate Mcor, High 
Braffide Moor, Low Braffide Moor, Harberboufe Moor, 
and Well Springs Moor, containing, by Ettimation, 
1,214 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that there are, within 
the Townthip of Framwelgate aforefaid, Two Parcels of 
Ground, known by the Names of the Ja/ack, otherwite 
the Cow Pafture,.and Shaw Wood, containing, by Efti- 
mation,. 154 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that the Bifhop 
of Durham, in Right of his Church and See of Duar- 
bam, is Lord of the Manor of Cheffer, in the County of 
Durham, and the faid Two Parcels of Ground, called the 
Iniack, otherwife the Cow Pafture, and Shaw Wood, are 
within the faid Manor, and held of the Lord thereof, 
in Truft for the Burgeffes and Inhabitants of the faid 
City of Durbam, and Borough of Framwelgate, and of 
the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bow and Little Saint Mary, 
commonly called the North and South Baileys, in or near 
the faid City of Durham, who have refpectively enjoyed, 
and are intitled to, a certain Number of Cow Gates, in 
the faid Intack, otherwife Cow Pafture, at certain Times 
in the Year; and that the Petitioners, and the other 
Owners of ancient Meffuages, or Burgages, within the 
faid City of Durbam, confifting of the whole Parifh of 
Saint Nicholas, and within the faid Borough and Town- 
fhip of Framwelgate, and alfo within the faid feveral Pa- 
rifhes of Saint Mary le Bow and Little Saint Mary, or 
their Leffees or Tenants thereof, refpectively claim to 
be intitled to.a Right of Common upon the faid Moors, 
Commons, or Waftes, at all Times in the Year, and 
upon the faid Parcels of Ground, called the Jntack, 
otherwife Cow Pafture, and Shaw Wood, and allo to 
Commonage, called Right of Iutercommon, upon certain- 
Parcels of Inclofed Lands, within the faid Townfhip of 


Framwelgate,.called Intercommon Lands, at certain Times:» 


in the Year; and the Owners of Lands within the faid 
Townfhip of Framwelgate, and within other Townfhips 
or Places near adjoining thereto, in refpect of their {aid 
Lands, claim to be intitled to a Right of Common, in 
and upon the faid Moors, Common, or Waftes, and 
Inclofed Lands ; and the Petitioners conceive, it will 

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be advantageous, not only to the faid Bifhop, but to all 
other Perfons interefted or concerned in the Rights 
aforefaid, if the faid Moors, Commons, or Waftes, and 
Parcels of Ground, were divided into juft Allotments, 
and inclofed, and adequate Provifion made for the faid 
Bifhop, in refpect of his Right as Lord of the faid 
Manor, and alfo if fuch Rights of Intercommon as 
aforefaid were extinguifhed, upon reafonable and pro- 
per Terms: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill for effecting the Purpofes 
aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Vane and Sir Thomas Clavering do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Truftees named; appointed, and 
elected, to put in Execution Two feveral Acts of Par- 
Jiament, thé One made and paffed in the 2oth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Act for repairing the High Road leading 
from the City of Durham, in the County of Durham, 
to Tyne Bridge, in the faid County; and the other of 
them paffed in the Twenty-fixth Year of his faid late 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for enlarging the 
Term and Powers, granted by an Act, pafféd in the 
Twentieth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
for repairing the High Road leading from the City of 
Durbam, in the County of Durham, to Tyne Bridge, in 
the faid County ; and alfo, of feveral of the Creditors 
of the Tolls arifing from the feveral Turnpike Gates, 
érected in and upon the faid Road, by Virtue and in 
Purfuance of the faid Two feveral Acts, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
the reft of the Truftees and Creditors of the faid Road, 
Was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That great Progrefs has been made in repairing the faid 
Road, and, in order to carry on the Repairs thereof, a 
confiderable Sum of Money has been borrowed, upon 
the Credit of the faid Acts, which, together with the 
Tolls collected, has been duly applied, according to 
the Directions of the faid Acts ; but, by reafon of many 
heavy Carriages travelling on the faid Road with narrow 
Wheels, which are very detrimental to the fame, feveral 
of which Carriages are, by the faid former Ats, ex- 
empted from paying the Tolls thereby granted, and the 
Tolls annually received upon the faid Road not raifing 
a fufficient Fund to anfwer the Purpofes of the faid 
Road, the fame is ftill, in many Parts thereof, in a 
ruinous Condition, and cannot effectually be repaired 
and kept in Repair, unlefs the Tolls are increafed, the 
faid Adéts further continued, amended, and made more 
éffe€tual, and the faid Truftees enabled to borrow a 
further Sum of Money: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for continuing, 
explaining, amending, and enlarging, the faid Two fe- 
veral Aéts of Parliament, and for the more effectual re- 
pairing and keeping in Repair the faid Road, and for 
other the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Manner, and by 
fuci Means, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Thomas Clavering, Mr. 
Vane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for. Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
‘cords, , 


A Petition of William Conftable, Efquire, the Reverend 
Mark Sykes, Doétor in Divinity, George Clapham and 
Robert Farrah, Gentlemen, and othérs, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of certain Low 
Grounds and Cars, within the Seigniory of Holderne/s, 


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Houle of Commors.: 503 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are divers Low Grounds and Carxs, lying in the 
feveral Parifhes, Townthips, and Places; of Keyingbam, 
Keyingham Marfh, Rybill, and Cammertan Burftwick and 
Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and Ridgemont, Ottringham, 
Halfham, Owftwick, Roos, Rimfwell, Tunftall, Waxholm, 
Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Fitling,- Hilfton, Garton, 
Aldbrough, Flinton, and Tanfierne, within the faid Seigni- 
ory, containing 2,500 Acres, or thereabouts, which 
for many Years laft paft have been frequently over- 
flowed with Water, for want of proper Drains and 
Outfalls, and are thereby rendered in.a great Degree 
ufelefs to the Owners, and a Lofs to the Public, and 
are in Danger of being further injured, -by the Incroach- 
ments of the German Ocean, if fome ipeedy Means be 
not taken to prevent it ; and that the faid Grounds and 
Carrs are capable of being effectually drained, and of 
Confequence of being cultivated and improved, to the 
Advantage of the Proprietors and Behefit cf the Pub- 
lic: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for draining the fsid Low Grounds 
and Carrs, under fuch Regulatioris and Reftriétions as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. ‘ 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: : 
And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. La/- 
celles, 8c.: And they are to meet ‘Iyo-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgefiés of the Town 
of Kingfton upon Hull, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
and Freeholders, having Eftates in o? near the Parifhes 
of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York, and of Sutton in Holderne/s,:in the faid Eatt 
Riding, and of the feveral other Perjons whofe Names 
are thereto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Road leading from 
the Weft End of a Lane adjoiring the Turnpike 
Road between the Towns of Kingjton upon Huli and 
Beverley, near the Two Mile Stone, called Newland Clow 
Lane, in the faid Parith of Cottingham, through the fame 
Lane, unto or near a Place called: Newland Clow, on 
the Weft Side of the River Hull, and extending from 
the oppofite Bank of the faid River unto the South 
Eaft Corner of the Church Yard Wall, in the Town of 
Sutton in Holderne/s, and from thence to or near a Place 
called the Salts Gate, adjoining the Road between the 
faid Town of Kingfton upon Hull.and the Town of 
Hedon, in Holdernefs aforefaid,; ind alfo extending 
from the faid South Eaft Corner of the Church Yard 
Wall in Sutton, unto and through:a Street in Sutton, 
called Lowgate, and from thence to the Toll Bar near 
the Two Mile Stone on the Turnpike Road between 
King fton upon Hull and Hedon, is in many Places ruin- 
ous and incommodious, and cannot be fufficiently amend- 
ed, widened, and kept in Repair,. by the Laws in be- 
ing ; and that the building of a Bridge in order to con- 
tinue the faid Road crofs the River Hail, at or near 
Newland Clow, to the oppofite Side of the faid River in 
Stoneferry, in the faid Parifh of:Sutton, would be of 
general Utility and Advantage to the Public: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for repairing and ee the faid Road, and 
building a Bridve over the faid River Hull, at or near 
the faid Place called Newland Clow, by fuch Ways and 
Means, and under fuch Regulatzons, as to the Houfe 

fhall feem meet. : 

*" Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And thar they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houle : 


And 








504 

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re 
cords, 


A Petition of Humphry Ofbaldefton, Efquire, Lord of 

the Manor, and alfo Owner of feveral Oxgangs of Land 
and Tenements within the Townfhip, of Would New- 
ton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York ,; William 
€utchinfon, Gentleman, and others, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Owners of Eftates and Here- 
ditaments there, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, within the faid Townfhip, 
there are feveral Open Fields and Grounds, and alfo 
a large Pafture, called The Would, and that the fe- 
veral Properties in the faid Open Fields and Would 
lie intermixed, and are, in their prefent Situation, in- 
capable of Improvement; and that it would be of 
great Advantage to the Perfons interefted therein, if 
the fame were inclofed, and divided into fpecific Allot- 
ments, and exempted from the Payment of Tithes, and 
other Ecclefiaftical Dues: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe Pur- 
pofes; and for making a Compenfation to the Perfons 
intitled to the Great and Small Tithes, and other Eccle- 
fiaftical Dues, arifing within the faid Townfhip, in fuch 
Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 
. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
George Savile and Mr. Daniel Lafcelles do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners of Commonable 

Houfes and Toftfteads, in the Towns of Bourn, Dyke, 
and Cawthorpe, within the Manor and Parifh of Bourn, 
in the County of Lincoln, having Right upon, and be- 
ing otherwife interefted in, a certain Parcel of Land, 
lying in the South Fen, within the faid Manor and 
Parifh, and now ufed and enjoyed by the Owners of 
{uch Houfes and Toftfteads as a Cow-pafture ; and alfo 
of feveral other Perfons, interefted in the Fen Lands 
and other Grounds within the faid Manor and Parith of 
Bourn, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That, in Purfuance of an Aét, made in the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, for allotting, dividing, 
inclofing, and draining, feveral Open and Common 
Fields, Meadows, Waite and Fen Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, 
the Commiffioners thereby appointed did allot and 
affign unto the Petitioners and others, being Owners of 
Commonable Houfes and Toftfteads in Bourn, Dyke, 
and Cawthorpe aforefaid, a Parcel of Fen Land, con- 
taining 870 Acres, or thereabouts, to be ufed and en- 
joyed by them as a Cow Pafture; and that the faid 
Cow Pafture being in its prefent Tenure incapable of 
fupporting the Cattle depaftured thereon, and alfo, by 
reafon of its being frequently overflowed with Water, 
is very inconvenient to the Owners of the faid Com- 
monable Houfes and Toftfteads ; and that, if the faid 
Cow Pafture was divided, inclofed, and properly drain- 
ed, and the faid Ac in fome refpects amended, it would 
be a Benefit to the Eftates of the Perfons interefted 
therein: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, the faid Cow Pafture, and for amending the 
faid Aét, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. ; 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do ex- 
' amine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And itis referred to Lord Brownlow Bertie, Sir George 
Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


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Journals of the Houle of Commons. 4. 1772. 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of feveral of the Proprietors of the Open 
Common Fields, in the Parith of Hammeringham, in 
the County of Lincola, whofe Names are thereunto fub. 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are, in the faid Parith, certain Open 
Common Fields, called the Eaf Field and Weft Fiel, 
containing 1,000 Acres, or thereabouts, wherein the 
Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners and others lie 
intermixed and difperfed in fmali Parcels, and are, in 
their prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement ; and 
it would tend greatly to the Advantage of all the Parties 
interefted, if the fame were divided and inclofed: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for thofe Purpofes, in fuch Manner, and un- 
der fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Lord 
Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Reverend TZomas Wilfon, Clerk, 
Vicar of the Parifhes and Parifh Churches of Middle 
Raifin, in the County of Lincoln, and of Marmaduke 
Dixon, Efquire, Lord of the Manor, Impropriator of 
Part of the Great Tithes there, and a Proprietor of 
great Part of the Lands and Grounds lying in the faid 
Lordfhip; and of ohn Turner, Thomas Brown, and 
others, remaining Proprietors of Lands and Grounds 
within the Lordfhip of Middle Raifin aforefaid, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, 
within the {aid Manor and Lordfhip, there are certain 
Open and Uninclofed Arable Fields, Moors, and Com- 
mon Paftures, containing together 4,000 Acres and up- 
wards ; and that the Lands lie intermixed and in fmall 
Parcels, and, in their prefent Situation, are capable of 
very little Improvement; and that, if the fame were 
divided and inclofed, it would be to the Advantage of 
the Petitioners and the Public: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for the 
dividing and inclofing of the faid Fields, Moors, and 
Common Paftures, in the Lordfhip of Middle Raifin 
aforefaid, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Woicheot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Open Common Fields, Ings; Common Pattures, 
and other Commonable Lands, within the Manor of 
Moorby cum Wilk/ly, in the Townfhips of Moorby and 
Wilk/by, in the County of Lincoln: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


A Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution Two Acts of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and the 
Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for 
repairing the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, 
through the Town of Wedaefbury, to a Place called 
High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and from thence to 
the End of Gibbet Lane next adjoining to the Townbhip 
of Bilfon, and from thence to Great Bridge, through 
Dudley, to King Swinford, and to the further End of 
Brittel Lane, in the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, and 
Worcefer, was prefented to the Houle, .and read ; Set-. 
ting forth, That the Petitioners have proceeded in the 
Execution of the faid Acts, and have borrowed a con- 

fiderable 


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fiderable Sum of Money on the Credit of the Tolls 
thereby granted, which now remains due; and that, 
the Tolls being fixed at very low Rates, the faid Roads 
cannot be effectually repaired, widened, and kept in Re- 
pair, and the Money borrowed, and now owing, on 
the Credit thereof be repaid, unlefs the faid Tolls 
are increafed, and the Term and Powers granted by 
the faid Aéts, further continued and enlarged: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Re- 
gulations and Reftrictions as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houte : 

And it is referred to Mr. Skipwith, Mr. Moutagu, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprietors 
of certain Lands, called and known by the {feveral 
Names of The Setts, Great Oldeamere, and Near Wype, 
The Farr Doles, in Farr Wype, Little Oldeamere, The 
Turves, Eaftrea Fenn, and Glaffmoore, in the Townfhip 
of Whittlefey, within the [fle of Ely, in the County of 
Cambridge, was prefented to the Houfe, and read , Set- 
ting forth, That, by an Act, made in the Twenty-fecond 
Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, for the more effectual 
draining and preferving feveral Fen Lands and Field 
Lands, in the Bounds and Precincts of Whittlefey, in 
the Ile of Ely, the faid Lands were, amongft other 
Lands in the faid Townfhip, charged with an Annual 
Sum of Two Shillings per Acre for the Firft Year after 
the Paffing of the faid Act, and with an Annual Sum 
of One Shilling and Six Pence per Acre for every Year 
afterwards; and that the faid Tax has been found in- 
fufficient to anfwer the Purpofe of draining and pre- 
ferving the faid Lands; and that a confiderable Debt 
has been incurred, which cannot be difcharged, nor 
the faid Lands fully and completely drained, unlefs an 
additional Tax be laid upon the Lands: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may ‘be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual draining and preferving the faid 
Lands, in fuch Manner, and with fuch Powers and Pro- 
vifions, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred te Sir Sampfon Gideon, Six Fohn 
Hynde Cotton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprietors 
of certain Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, lying in a 
certain Place called Broadalls, otherwife Broadzwells, Great 
Hilks, Little Hilks, Pollins, and certain Lands called The 
Four hundred Acre Farm, and a Farm called Betty’s 
Nofe, in the Parifh of Ramfey, in the County of Huut- 
iagdon, and of certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, 
called or known by the Names of Chappel Farm, Lilly 
Holts, Benwick Lotts, Benwick Turf Fen, Benwick 
Meere, Dykeamoore, Mangers, Bezelings, Sedge Ten, Ran- 
fon Moor, Little Bradney, Burrough Moor, and Bed- 
lams, and bounded on the North by the River Nene, 
and on the South by a certain Sewer or Drain called 
Vermuydens Drain, otherwile The Forty Feet Drain, and 
on the Weft by Ram/fey Meere, and toward the North 
and Eaft by Burrough Moor Common, Linwood Farm, 
Coney Wood Fen, Bedlam, or Ranfon Moor Drove, and 
the Hard Lands of Doddington, and a certain, Turnpike 
Road, leading from the faid Hard Lands to Verinuy- 

Vor, XXXII. 


Journais of the Houle of Commoahs. 


505 
dens Drain aforefaid, in the feveral Patifhes or Town- 
fhips of March, Doddington, Benwick, and Chateris, in 
the [ile of Ely, in the County of Cambridge; was pre- 
fented to the Houle, and read; Setting forth, That the 
faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, trom the low ‘and 
flat Situation thereof, and the Decay of the Bank of the 
River Nene, and of feveral other Banks, Drains, and 
Outtfails to Sea, are liable to be overflown and covered 
with Water, to the great Lofs and Damage of the 
Eftates of the Petitioners; and that the North Bank of 
the faid Drain, called Vermuydens Drain, otherwifé The 
Forty leet Drain, at a Bridge called Carter’s Bridge, to 
a Bridge called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the Parifh of 
Ramfey, is a common High Road; and that the faid 
Bank and Road are become io ruinous, that the fame 
cannot be repaired and kept in Repair by the Laws in 
being: And therefore praying; That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for draining and preferving the 
faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, and for imbankirg 
the faid River Newe, and for amending and repairing 
the faid Bank and Road, in fuch Manner as the Houle 
fhall think proper. ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Samp/ou Gideon, Sir Fobn 
Hynde Cotton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to iend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


An ingroffed Bill for inclofing the Common Fields, 
Break Lands, Half Year Lands, Lammas Meadows, 
Heaths, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Parifh of Roudbam, in the County of Norfolk, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for inclofing the Common Fields, Break 
Lands, Half Year Lands, Lammas Meadows, Heaths, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh of 
Roudbam, in the County of Norfolk. 

Ordered, That Mr. De Grey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term. and Powers of an Act 
for repairing and widening the Road from the City of 
Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Norfolk, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. De 
Grey, Mr. Townfbend, &amp;c.: And they are to mect this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the Noblemen,; and the humble Peti- 
tion of the Gentlemen Heretors; in the County of Ber- 
evick, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Road leading ftom Eduam Bridge, by 
Eccles, Leitholm, Bugbtrigs, Szvinton Miln, Swinton 
Quarrys, and through the Lards of Whit/omebill and 
Ramrigg, on the North Side of ‘Horndean, and through 
the Lands on the North Side ef Fifowick, and by the 
South Side of the Town of Paxton, to Compion’s Lanes, 
on the Confines of the Libertics of the Town of Ber- 
wick ; as alfo the Roads from Swinton Quarrys afore- 
faid, by Whitfome, on the North Side of Dikebead, and 
from thence, through the Farms of New and Old Broom 
Dykes, to the Banks of the Water of Wbitadder, at or 
near The Blue Stoneford, and from thence, acrofs the faid 
Water, below or near the South Eaft Corner of Wbite- 
ball Plantaticns, and from thence, by the Farm Houfe 
called Dedball, or Dodhboufe, anc by or near Mow/mains, 
and from thence by Ayton, to Zymouth, in the County 
of Berwick; and alfo the Road from the faid Town of 
Eccles, by Orange Laue, Eafter Merington, Hunthall, 
Sinclair’s Hill, Whitelaw Muir, Kello, Chirnfide Bridge, 

6N : till 





506 


till it joins the Road aforefaid, near Mow/mains, by 
Ayton, to Eymouth, and alfo the Road from Whitelaw 
Muir, by Blackadder Bonk and Crefrigg, and through 
Liutton Bellmuir, and to the Weft Corner of Mr. Home 
of Wedderburn’s Park Dike, at Paxton, and from thence 
to Compton’s Lanés aforefaid, within the faid County of 
Berwick, and other Roads within the faid County, have 
become dangerous, and are frequently impaffable, and 
cannot be properly made, widened, and repaired, with- 
out the Aid of Parliament: And therefore praying, 
That Leave-may be given to bring in a Bill for mak- 
ing, repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, the 
faid Roads, and other Highways, in the faid County, in 
fuch Way and Manner, as to the Houle fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Pringle; Mr. Hotham, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Hugh Bethell, Efquire, the Reverend 
Thomas Conftable, Clerk, Rector of the Parifh and Pa- 
rifh Church of Siggle/thorne, in the County of York, 
Thomas Acklam, Gentleman, and another, whofe Names 
are fubfcribed, Proprietors of, or otherwife interefted in, 
the feveral Open Fields, Meadows, and Paitures, herein 
after mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That, within the Lorcfhip of Sigglefthorne, 
there are certain Open and Uninclofed Fields, Mea- 
dows, Paftures, and Grounds, which are computed to 
contain in the Whole about One thoufand Acres ; which, 
in their prefent Situation, are capable of very little Im- 
provement ; but, if the fame were inclofed, and fpecific 
Shares thereof allotted to the feveral Proprietors, a con- 
fiderable Benefit would accrue to all the Parties in- 
terefted therein, and to the Public in general: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for effeéting the Purpofes above-mentioned, 
fubjeé&amp;t to fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think 
proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Daniel Lafcelles and Mr. Lafcelles do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
feveral Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Li- 
berty of Buxton, in the Parifh of Bakewell, and County 
of Derby : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, being Owners or Proprietors of Lands 
in the feveral Townthips of Market Weighton and Holme, 
upon Spalding Moor, and other adjacent Townfhips or 
Parifhes, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
there are, within the faid Townfhips or Parifhes, feveral 
Commons, Carrs, Lands, and Grounds, containing 20,000 
Acres, or thereabouts, which are fubjeét to be over- 
flowed with Water, for want of proper Outfalls into the 
River Humber, and by that Means are rendered, in a 
confiderable Degree, unprofitable to the faid Proprietors; 
and that it would be very advantageous to the Parties 
interefted, if the fame were properly embanked and 
drained ; and would be a full further Improvement, if 
that Part ef the faid Drainage, lying between the 
Town of Market Weighton aforefaid, and the faid River 
Humber, was made navigable: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1772. 


the feveral Purpofes above-mentioned; under fuch Re- 
gulations as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Lord George Cavendifb, Mr. Men- 
tagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overfeers, and 
Parifhioners of the Parith of Saint Botolph, Bifbepgate; 
in the Liberties of the City of Zendon, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
the reft of the Houfekeepers of the faid Parifh, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the faid Parifh is of great Extent, and principally in- 
habited by Traders and Manufacturers, and the Poor 
thereof very numerous and burthenfome ; and that this 
Burthen, falling upon the induftrious Houfeholders, is 
ereatly increafed by the Number of Houfes within the 
faid Parifh lett out to Tenants or Lodgers, ready fur-. 
nifhed, which augments the Number and Expences of 
the cafual Poor, and renders it extremely difficult to 
affefs and recover the neceflary Rates for their Relief : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for enabling the Churchwardens, Over- 
feers of the Poor, and Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, 
afiembled in Veftry, to rate and affefs the Owners or 
Landlords of Houfes, within the faid Parifh, let out to 
Two or more Tenants, towards the Relief of the Poor, 
and for the more eafy and effectual Recovery of fuch 
Rates. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houte : 

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Trecothick, Mr, 
Alderman Ofiver, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records, 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands and Eftates, in the Open and Common Fields 
of Moulton, in the County of Northampton, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are pof- 
fefled of feveral Freehold Eftates, and other Properties, 
in the Open and Common Fields, Common Paftures, 
and Meadows, of Moulton aforefaid, which lie inter- 
mixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, by Means where- 
of great Inconveniences do arife to the Owners and Oc- 
cupiers thereof ; and that the fame are incapable of Im- 
provement in their prefent Situation; but, if divided 
anid inclofed, it would be of great Advantage: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, Heath Grounds, and Wafte Grounds, 
in the Parifh of Moulton aforefaid, in fuch Manner, and 
under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Montagu and Sir Charles Hardy do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
End of the prefent Turnpike Road, from Beffelfleigh to 
Hungerford, in the County of Berks, to Leckford, other; 
wife Soufly Water, in the County of Wilts, was read a 
Second Time, 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pen- 
ruddock, Mr. Hotham, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to continue; amend, and render more effectual, 
an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Tun- 
bridge Wells, in the County of Kent, to Swift’s Den, in 
the Parith of Etchingham, and from Frant to Pofingworth 
Great Weed, adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, lead- 
ing to Black Boys, in the County of Saffex, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Har- 
court, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


* Chamber. 


A Petition of the feveral Proprietors and Owners of 
Lands, within the Parifh and Precincts of Senth New- 
ington, in the County of Oxford, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed and fet, on Behalf of themfelves, 
and other the Proprietors and Owners of Lands within 
the faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Seiting forth, That there areyewithin the faid .Parifh 
and Precinéts, Two Open Bi¢idsyécalled The Eaft Side 
and The Weft Side, over whichrthe’Petitioners and others 
have Right of Common, containing large Quantities of 
Watte or other Common Grounds; which lie intermixed, 
and are inconveniently fituated ; and that, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed, and {pecific Allotments there- 
of made, it would tend to the Benefit and Advantage 
of all the Proprietors: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the Open and Common Fields, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Paftures,; and Commonable Lands, 
lying within the Parifh and Precinéts cf South New#ing- 
ton aforefaid; or to grant to the faid Petitioners fuch 
other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Page, Lord Charles Spencer, and the Lord Wenman, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Alderman Ofver reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for lighting fuch Part of the Town 
of Jfington, as lies in the Parifh of Saint Mary, Ifling- 
ton, in the County of Middleféx, and for eftablifhing a 
regular Nightly Watch therein, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegatioris of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once tread throughout ; ahd then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe: 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Sir Charles Bunbury prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inciofing the 
Open and Common Fields, and other Commonable 
Meadows, Paftures, and Grounds; within the Parifh of 
Cavenham, in the County of Suffolk: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meflage from the Lords; by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for granting an Aid to His Majefty by a Land 
4 


597 
Tax, to be ratfed in Great Britain, fot the Service of 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for continuing, and granting to His Majefty, certain 
Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, ihtituled, An A&amp; 
for the Regulation of His Majeity’s Marine Forces, 
while on Shore ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertioa, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable Henry Peyton, Efquire (lately called Henry 
Dafbwood) and his Iffue, to take and ufe the Surname 
and Arms of Peyton, purfuant to the Will of Sir Tdomas 
Peyton, Baronet, deceafed ; without any Amiendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and Peter Boetefeur ; with 
fome Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Lord Clive prefented to the Houfe; according 
to Order, a Bill to amend an Act of the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefiy, for repairing and 
widening the Stone B-idge in the ’Towh of Skrew/bury ; 
and for appropriating Part of the Tolls, collected upon 
certain Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifh- 
ing the fame; and for granting additional Terms to the 
feveral Acts for repairing the iaid Roads: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Sir William Dolben, Baronet, Guardian 
of Fobn Sparke, a Minor, Son and Heir of Havey Sparke, 
late of Knujton, in the County of Northampton, Eiquire, 
deceafed, and alfo one of the Truftees for the younger 
Children of the faid Havey Sparke, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the faid Havey 
Sparke died pofteffed of feveral Freehold and Copyhold 
Eftates, in the Counties of Northampton and Huntingdon, 
fome of which were devifed to his Widow Eiizedet’, in 
Fee ; others are vetted in her for Life ; others are fubject 
to a Settlement, made on his Marriage with the faid 
Elizabeth, for raifing Fortunes for his younger Children ; 
and others liable to the Payment of his juft Debts; all! 
of which cannot be effected, during the Minority of the 
faid Fobn Sparke, without the Aid of Parliament: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill to enable the faid Petitioner, in Concurrence 
with the faid Elizabeth Sparke, Widow, to fell either the 
Whole or fuch Parts of the faid Eftates, as may be 
thought requifite, for the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Montagu and Sir Charles Hardy do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Mu/grave reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to enable Mary and William Hutton, and the 
other Perfons therein defcribed, to take and ufe the 
Surname, Arms, and Creft, of Loag, purfuant to the Will 
of Fames Long; deceafed, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the AHegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and.that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Throckmorton, Baronet, Lord 
of 








508 
of the Manor of Throckmorton, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there are feveral Open Fields and Com- 
monable Lands, within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of 
Throckmorton, in the faid Manor, all which belong to 
the Petitioner, except only Seventy Acres, or there- 
abouts; and that the faid Fields and Lands are, in their 
prefent State, incapable of any confiderable Improve- 
ment; but would be greatly increafed in Value, if the 
fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the faid Open Fields and Commonable 
Lands, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall think 
proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Dowdefwell and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring 
m, the fame. 


Mr. Geerge Bridges Brudenell reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing all 
the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Stainby, 
in the County of Lincoln, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Conient to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing all 
the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Staple- 
ford, in the County of Leicefer, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration, the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Biil, intituled, 
An Act for naturalizing Arnold Meyer and Peter Boetefeur. 

And the faid Amendments were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Pr. 1. L. 6. Leave out “ and.” 

L. 8. After “* Hamburgh” infert “ Fobn Gotthelf 
“ Rucker, Son of Henry Rucker, by Anne 
“ Louifa his Wife, born at Hamburgh ; 

“ and Fobn Guth, Son of Fobn Adam 

“&lt; Guth, by Magdalena his Wife, born 

“ in the City of Cafel in Germany.” 

. Leave out “ and.” 

. After  Boetefeur” infert “ Fobn Gotthelff 
“ Rucker, and Fobn Guth.” 

. Leave out * and.” 

. After ** Boetefeur” infert “ Fohn Gotthelff 
“ Rucker, and Fobn Guth.” 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


Pr. 2. L. 34. Leave out “ and” and after “ Poctefeur” 
infert “* Fobn Gotthelff Rucker, and Foby 
* Guth.” 
Leave out “and” and after “ Boetefeur” 
infert “ John Gotthelff Rucker, and Fobu 
“ Guth.” 
In the Title of the Bill, L. 2: Leave out “ and” 
and after “ Boetefeur” infert * Fob, 
“ Gotthelf Rucker, and Fobn Guth.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hanmer do ¢arry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Hoofe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordfhips. 


Pr, 4. L. 4, 


A Petition of feveral Perfons intitled to, and interefted 
in, the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and 
Wafte Grounds, in the Parifh of Laneham, in the 
County of Nottingham, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Lands, belonging to the 
Petitioners and others, in the faid Open Fields and 
Meadows, lie intermixed, and difperfed in {mall Parcels, 
and are inconveniently fituated, fo that the fame are 
incapable of any confiderable Improvement ; and, if the 
fame were divided, and inclofed into feparate Allotments, 
in Proportion to each Perfon’s Intereft therein, and in 
Lieu of Tithes, the fame would tend to the Benefit and 
Advantage of all Parties concerned: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as 
the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Willoughby and Sir George Savile do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill to enable the Governor, Bailiffs, and Com- 
monalty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great 
Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to 
borrow upon Bonds further Money, upon account of 
the Middle and South Levels, Part of the faid Great 
Level ; and for eftablifhing a further certain Fund for 
Payment of the Bonds of the faid Corporation, out of 
the faid Middle and South Levels, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Joba 
Hynde Cotton, Sir Sampfon Gideon, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Clareton with Coney/trop, 
and a Piece of Wafte Ground, called Shortfil, in the 
Manor of Allericn with Flaxby, all in the County of 

‘ork ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Rigby reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and 
principal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the Town 
and Borough of Taviftock, in the County of Devon, and 
of feveral of the Truftees for putting in Execution an 
Aét, made in the Second Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing feveral Roads leading from the faid 
Borough of Taviftock, and alfo of the Mortgagees of the 
Tolls granted by the faid Act, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubferibed, was referred, That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition, and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; &lt;/z. . 

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To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
A&amp;t wastead: And, 

Mr. Chriftopher Gullett, being examined, faid, That 
the Truftees have proceeded in the Execution of the faid 
A&amp;t, for which Purpofe have borrowed and expended 
a confiderable Sum of Money ; but that the faid Roads 
cannot be effectually repaired, and the Debt difcharged, 
unlefs the Term and Powers of the faid A&amp; are further 
continued and enlarged. 

And he further faid, That the feveral other Roads 
mentioned in the Petition are in a ruinous Condition, 
and in fome Parts very narrow ; and that the fame cannot 
be fufficiently amended and widened by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law. . 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, paffed in the 
ad Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing, 
widening, and altering, feveral Roads; leading ftom 
Taviftock to Plymouth, and other Places in the County 
of Devon; and for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Guildhall in Taviffock aforefaid, through 
Matthew Street and Brock Street; to Cherrybrook, and 
to Dunnabridge Pound; and from the Callington Turn- 
pike Road to Morwell Ham and New Quay, in the faid 
County: And that Mr. Rigdy and Mr. Parker do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Folkeftone reported from the Committee; to 
whom the Bill to continue and enlarge the Term and 
Powers of an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing and 
widening the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, in 
the Parith of Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Weft Corner of Saint 
Ann’s Street, in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes 
of Landford and Brook, and from thence to Ealing ; and 
from Landford aforefaid, through Ower and Teftwood, to 
Ealing aforefaid, in the County of Southampton ; and for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Rum/ey and 
Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of Francis Fry, 
to Lyndburft , and from a Place called Hampton Ford to 
Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of Southampton, and 
for repairing the Footways within the. faid City, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments _ there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Howfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were, with an Amendment to One of them, agreed to 
by the Houfe: And an Amendment was made, by the 
Houfe, to the Bill. , 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


AA Petition of Fiennes Trotman, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the County of 
Oxford, George Lamb, Clerk, Rector of the Parith 
Church of Heath, otherwife Hethe, . aforefaid, Fobn 
Dagley, and Fobn Baylis, in Behalf of themfelves and 
others, the Proprietors of Lands and other Properties in 
the Open and Common Fields of Heath, otherwite Hethe; 
aforefaid, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting. 
forth, That the Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, 
in the faid Open and Common Fields, he greatly inter- 
mixed, and difperfed in {mall Parcels, and are, in their 
prefent Situation, incapable of Improvement; and that, 
if the fame were divided and inclcfed, and fpecific Shares 
allotted to the Perfons interefted therein, it would greatly 
improve their feveral Eftates: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill for dividing 
and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, Common 
Paftures, Common Meadows, and Common and Wafte 

Vor. XXXII. 


Journals of the 


Houfe of Commions. 509 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill; 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
the Lord Wenman, Lord Charles Speucer, and Mr. Aubrey; 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. : 


A Bill for aJlowing further Time for Inrollment of 
Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of 
Proteftant Purchafers, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ' 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day 
Sevennight, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle upon the faid Bill: 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill to 
indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to qualify them- 
felves for Offices and Employments, and for giving 
further Time for that Purpote ; and to give further Time 
to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make and file Affida- 
vits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to At- 
tornies and Solicitors; that they do make Provifion in 
the faid Bill, for allowing further. Time for paying Du- 
ties omitted to be paid upon Contracts with Clerks, 
Apprentices, and Servants, 


The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Votes 
of the Houfe, of the 31ft Day of Fazuary lat, “Theat 
§ the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the Reverend 
“ Doctor Nowell, for the Sermon by him preached 
‘¢ Yefterday before this Houfe, at St. Mergaret’s Weft- 
“* minfter, and that he be defirecl to print the fame: 
*: And that Sir William Dolben, and Mr. Alexander Pop- 
‘“* bam do acquaint him therewith ;” might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Entry be expunged from the Vetes 
of this Houfe ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Orders of the 
Day be now read ; : 

The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Jour- 
nals of the Houfe, of the 12th Day of May; 1660, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to an Ex- 
ception which was taken to fome Words fpoken by 
Mr. Lenthall, then a Member of this Houle, might be 
read. . 

And the fame was read accordingly. . 

Then the Queftion being put, That the Orders of 
the Day be now read ; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 
Mr. Hervey, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Page : i 
as Mr. Seyzizour, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Montagu : $ 152. 
So it paffed in the Negative. — 
Then thé Main Queftion being put; : 
_ Refolved, That the faid Entry be expunged from the 
Votes of this Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thompfon have Leave to go into 
the Country, upon extraordinary Occafions, 


Mr. Plumer reportet from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to continué, and render more effectual, feveral 
Acts for repairing the Roads from the Parifh of En- 
field, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hert- 
ford, and other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; and 
alfo for repairing the Road from the End of the Town 
of Hertford, to Amwell End, near Ware, in the faid 
County of Hertford, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the. Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 

6O - had 








510 


- had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Grofvenor do make the Report 
from the Committee, to whom the Bill for making a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the River Dee, within 
the Liberties of the City of Chefter, to or near Middle- 
wich and Nantwich, in the County of Cheffer, was com- 
mitted. 

Mr. Grofvenor accordingly reported from the faid 
Committee, That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed to be reported to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in-his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with feveral 
Amendments to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the ‘Bill, That 
the Navigation fhould not go within a certain Diftance 
of the Canal, from the Trent to the Merfey. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read with a Blank, 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houte, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the’ Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Duntze reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and 
principal Inhabitants, of, or refiding near to, the Town of 
Moretonhampftead, in the County of Devon, ufually tra- 
velling on the Highway or Road therein after mentioned, 
was referred, That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had dire¢ted him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houle; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. , 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Chriftopher Gullett, being examined, {aid, That the Road 
from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, through the 
Parith of Dunsford, the Town and Parifh: of Moreton- 
bampftead, and the feveral other Parifhes mentioned in 
the Petition, to a Place in the Foreft of Dartmoor, 
called Cherry Brook, in the Road to Tqviftock, is very 
narrow, deep, and founderous, and at fome Times of 
the Year impaffable; and that the faid Road cannot be 
repaired and widened by the Laws in being. ; 

Ordered, That. Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Exeter Turn- 
pike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parifh of Dunsford, in the 
County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dart- 
moor, in the faid County: And that Mr. Duntze and 
Mr. Brickdale do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Orders of the Day being read ; ; 
Ordered, That the Call of the Houfe be adjourned 
till Thurfday Sevennight, the 5th Day of March next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A772. 


Mercurit, 26° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{fcribed, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners, as “Pro- 
prietors of Houtes and Lands within the Manor of 4p. 
pleby, in the County of Weftmoreland, or within fome 
Part thereof, are intitled to Right of Common. upon 
certain Tracts or Parcels of Common and Watte 
Grounds, known by the Names of Bongate Moor and 
Burrells Moor, otherwife Burrells Whinns, lying and be- 
ing within the faid Manor ; and that, if the faid Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds were divided in fpecific Allot- 
ments, and inclofed, the Eftates and Interetts of the 
Petitioners, and others interefted therein, would be very 
confiderably improved: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Common and Wafte Grounds, under 
fuch Rules, Regulations, and Provifoes, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Ge- 
neral Honywood, Sir Anthony Abdy, and Mr. Robinfon, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


General Hoxywood prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Watte Grounds, and Stinted Pafture, within the Manor 
ot Sandford, in the Parith of Warcop, in the County of 
Wefimoreland: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Right Reverend John Lord Bifhop 
of Durham, was pretented to the Hovufe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That, by the Violence of the Flood, upon 
the 17th of November laft, in the River Tyne, the 
Bridge acrofs the faid River, from the Town of Gate/- 
head, in the County of Durham, to the Town of New- 
caftle, was broken down in feveral Parts thereof, and 
rendered impaffable, and which, the Petitioner appre- 
hends, fhould be repaired with all poffible Expedition ; 
and that, as One Third Part thereof hath of Right been, 
and ought to be, maintained by the Bifhop of Durham 
for the Time being, the Petitioner conceives, that the 
grofs Sum neceffary to be employed therein ought to be 
raifed out of, or fecured upon, the Poffeffions of the 
See of Durham, or fome competent Part thereof ; and 
that the Petitioner and his Succeffors ought not to bear 
any greater Burthen, than fhall depend upon, or relate 
to, the Intereft, or annual Charge, refulting from the 
Principal Money fo to be raifed for the Purpofe afore- 
faid: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill to enable the Petitioner and his Suc- 
ceffors effectually to repair the faid Part of the faid 
Bridge, and, for that Purpofe, to raife out of, or charge 
upon, the Poffeffions of the faid See, or fome competent 
Part thereof, fuch Sum of Money as will be fufficient 
for that Purpofe, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Rules, 
Reftrictions, and Direétions, as to the Houfe thall feem 
moft meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it hall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Major Egerton, Mr. Vane, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

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A Petition of the feveral Truftees appointed to 
put in Execution an Aé&amp; of Parliament, pafled in the 
zoth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Act for repairing and widen- 
ing feveral Roads, leading to, through, and from, the 
Town of Frome, in the County of Somerfet; and for 
civing further Powers to the Truftees in an Act, pafied 
in the 2 5th Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, for 
repairing the Roads from the Town of Warminfter, in 
the County of Wilts, to the City of Bath, in the County 
of Somerfet, and other Roads therein mentioned, and of 
the Creditors under the faid Act of the 30th Year of his 
faid late Majefty, and of feveral other Perfons, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the Truftees have 
proceeded in the Execution of the faid At of the 3oth 
Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, and have borrowed 
{. 7,000 on the Credit of the Tolls thereby granted, 
which, together with the Money collected, have been 
duly applied, according to the Directions of the faid 
A&amp;; and that the faid Roads cannot be fufficiently 
amended and kept in Repair, and the Money repaid, 
unlefs the Terms and Powers thereby granted are fur- 
ther continued and enlarged; and alleging, that the 
Roads, from a Place called Shepheards Steps, to the Swan 
Inn, and to Houfes in the Tenures of Mary Bowden and 
Eleanor Bailey, Widows (in the faid Parith of Frome, and 
adjoining to other Parts of the Roads mentioned in the 
faid Aét) from the Road adjoining to the faid Houfe of 
the faid Mary Bowden, over Blatch Bridge, and by the 
George Inn, or Alehoufe, in the Woodlands, in the faid 
Parifh, to the Cro/s in the Town of Maiden Bradley, in 
the faid County of Wilts, and from thence Eaftward, 
to a Place called Reynolds’s Grave, leading to the Town 
of Warminfter, in the faid County of Wilts, Weftward, 
One Furlong beyond Middle Weftham Gate, in the 
Counties of Somerfet and Wilts, and Southward to 
Gallows Gate, in the faid County of Wilts, adjoining or 
near to the Parifh of Norton Ferris, in the faid County 
of Somerfet; and from Blatch Bridge aforefaid, to the 
Horfe and Fockey, leading from Frome to Longleat, in 
the faid County of Wilts; and from the faid George Inn, 
or Alehoufe, to Bulls Quarries, adjoining to the Road 
leading from Frome to Brewton ; from the Houfe late 
of Mr. Robert Bleek, in the Town of Warminfter, in the 
faid County of Wilts, where the prefent Turnpike ends, 
to the Weft End of Chain Street, in the faid ‘Town, ad- 
joining to the Turnpike Road leading from Warminfter 
to Long Bridge Deveril, in the faid County of Wilts, trom 
the Eaft End of Water Lane, where the prefent Turn- 
pike ends, to a Houfe called the King’s Head, in the 
{aid Parifh of Frome; from the End of the prefent 
Turnpike Road, leading to Nunney, to Nunney Church , 
from the Firft Crofs Road Weftward of Little Elm, ad- 
joining to Part of the prefent Turnpike Roads, to a 
Houfe at Coleford, in the faid County of Somerfet, now 
or late in the Tenure of William Heale, and from the 
End of the prefent Turnpike leading from Frome, to the 
Town of Mells, to a Place called Standbrooks Afb, in 
the Parith of Mel/s, are in a ruinous Condition, and 
in many Places incommodious, and impaffable for Car- 
riages in the Winter, and cannot be repaired and widened 
by the ordinary Courfe of Law : And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for conti- 
nuing and enlarging the Term and Powers of the faid 
Act of the 30th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for the further Term of 21 Years from the Expiration of 
the aforefaid Aét, and for repairing and widening the 
faid additional Roads; and that the Petitioners may 
have fuch other Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houte 
fhall feem meet. ‘ 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 
And it is referred to Sir Charles Kemys Tynte, Mr. 


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Huffy, 8cc.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 


and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re« 
cords. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being of the Clergy, Traders, 
Dealers, and others, refiding within the Cities of Low- 
don and Weftminfter, and other Places within the Bills of 
Mortality, on Behalf of themfelves ard all others within 
the faid Cities and Places, and other Parts in the King- 
dom of Great Britain, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, by feveral Aéts, of the Firft 
of King James the Firft, the Third of King Charles the 
Firft, and the Twenty-ninth of King Charles the Second, 
for the better Obfervation of the Lord’s Day, certain 
Penalties are laid on all Perfons who fhall do or exercife 
any worldly Labour, Bufinefs, or Work of their ordi- 
nary Callings, upon the Lord’s Day, Gr any Part thereof, 
Works of Neceffity and Charity only excepted ; and that 
the Petitioners find the Powers in the faid Aéts infuffi- 
cient, and the Penalties too fmall to anfwer the Pur- 
potes thereby intended: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to explain, 
amend, and enforce, the feveral Acts abovementioned ; 
and that fuch other Relief may be given in the Premifes, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Seven- 
night the 6th Day of March next, refolve itfelf into a 


Committee of the whole Houfe to confider of the faid 
Petition. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and Common- 
able Places, in the Parith of Handborough, in the County 
of Oxford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Skynner, 
Lord Wenman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afters 


noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of the Magiftrates of Canongate, . for 
themfelves, and as reprefenting the Community of the 
faid Burgh, and of the Right honourable ohn Lord 
Colvil, for himfelf, and as Prefes, and.in Name of 
the other Heretors or Landholders within the faid Burgh, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Burgh of Canongate is the great Outlet from 
the City of Edinburgh, and lying without the Liberties 
of the Royalty, is not lighted along with the faid City, 
and has not the Protection or Security arifing from the 
City Guard ; and it is therefore neceflary, not only for 
the Safety of the Inhabitants of the faid Burgh, but alfo 
of the Inhabitants. of Edinburgh, and of all Perfons re- 
forting to and from the faid City, by the-Canongate, or 
its Dependancies of Pleafance and Leithwynd, that the 
Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, of the faid Burgh of Ca- 
nongate, and its Dependancies, be properly lighted and 
cleanfed, and a Watch eftablifhed therein ; and that Pro- 
vifion be made for lighting, cleaning, and watching, 
the faid Burgh of Canongate, and its faid Dependancies 
of Pleafance and Leithwynd, which cannot be done with- 
out the Aid of Parliament : And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, containing 
the neceffary Powers and Provifions for lighting, watch- 
ing, and cleaning, the faid Burgh of Canongate, and its 
faid Dependancies of Pleafance and Leithwynd, and for 
making the neceflary Provifion for defraying the Ex- 
pence thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe « 

And it is referred to the Lord Advocate of Scetland, 


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Mr. Edmcnjftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-mor- 
row Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perions, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Petition of the Owners and Proprietors of the Open 
and Common Fields of Afrop, in the feveral Parifhes ot 
King’s Sutton and Newbottle, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, and of the Commonable Land, Ground, and Tithes, 
lying and arifing within the faid Common Field, Liber- 
ties, and Precinéts, of /Zrop aforefaid, within the Pa- 
rifhes aforefaid, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners and others are feifed, 
or otherwife poffeffed, of One large Open and Common 
Field, confifting of 77 Yard Lands, or thereabouts, to- 
gether with fome odd Lands, lying in the Luiberties, 
Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrop aforefaid ; and that 
the feveral Lands and Grounds of the Petitioners, and of 
others, the Land Owners and Proprietors aforefaid, lie 
intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels, in and over 
the faid Common Field, and are moft of them incon- 
veniently fituated; and are, in their prefent Situation, 
incapable of Improvement : And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing, in- 
clofing, affigning, and allotting, the faid Common Field 
and Commonable Land, and for fuch other Relief in 
the Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be givento bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Methuen, Mr. Thomas Edwards Freeman, and Mr. Page, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for amending and widening the Road from 
Berftreet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New Bucken- 
ham, in the County of Norfalk, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. De 
Grey, Mr. Milles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A: Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Free- 
holders, and other Inhabitants, refiding in or near the 
feveral Towns and Parifhes of Bedford, Cardington, 
Cople, Willington, Barford, and Blunbam, in the County 
of Bedford, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, 
that a Petition has been prefented, for repairing and 
widening the Road, from S¢. Neots, in the County of 
Huntingdon, to the Town of Cambridge , and alleging, 
that the Road leading from the Town of Bedford, through 
the feveral Parifhes aforefaid, to the Great Northern 
Road near Tempsford, is very much out of Repair, nar- 
row in many Places, and at certain Seafons of the Year 
is impaffable, and cannot be effectually repaired and 
widened by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And there- 
fore praying, That Provifion may be made, for repair- 
ing and widening the faid Road from Bedford, to the 
Northern Road, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordercd, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Ongley, 
éc.: And they are to meet Fo-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Mefface from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly- 
nenx, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty. 


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And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
His Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers ; where Hs Ma-&lt; 
jefy was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Act for granting an Aid to His Majefty by 2 
Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two : 

An Act for continuing, and granting to His Majety, 
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, 
for the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-two : 

An Aé for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of His Majefty’s Marine 
Forces, while on Shore : ; 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of North Crawley, in the County of 
Bucks : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Clareton with 
Coneyftrop, and a Piece of Wafte Ground, called Shersfil, 
in the Manor of Allerton with Flaxby, all in the County 
of York: 

An Act to enable Henry Peyton, Efquire, lately called 
Henry Dafbwood, and his Iffue, to take and ufe the Sur- 
name and Arms of Peyton, purfuant to the Will of Sir 
Thomas Peyton, Baronet, deceafed: 

An Act for naturalizing Peter Lewis De la Rive and 
Francis Menet : 

An Aé for naturalizing James Samuel Féquier. 


A Petition of the Freeholders, Owners and Proprie- 
tors of Mefiuages, Lands, and Tenements, in Roy/fon, 
in the County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That there are, within the Town- 
fhip of Reyytex, Two uninclofed Commons, or Moors, 
commonly called by the Names of Weft Moor and Low 
Common, fituate within the faid Townfhip, and contain- 
ing, in the Whole, 180 Acres, or thereabouts, which lie 
Open, Commonable, and Uninclofed, incapable of any 
Improvement ; and that, if the fame were inclofed and 


divided, it would be of great Advantage to the feveral. 


Owners and Proprietors thereof : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for in- 
clofing and dividing the faid Commons, or Moors, ac- 
cording to every Perfon’s Rights therein. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir George Savile and Sir Cecil Wray do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of Sir William Milner, Ba- 
ronet, Richard Wilfon, Eiquire, Richard Burton, Efquire, 
Jeremiah Dixon, Efquire, and others, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, as well on Behalf of themfelves, as 
of the reft of the Undertakers of the Navigation of the 
Rivers Air and Calder, in the County of York, is referred. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Rowe, from 
the Treafury, attended at the Door; he was called in ; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
the Directions of an Act of Parliament, 

- A Paper, intituled, “* Report of Commiffioners and. 
‘&lt; Truftees for managing the annexed forfeited Eftates 
“ in Scotland, to the Lords Commiffioners of His Ma- 
“ jefty’s Treafury, which, by an Act of the 25th Year 
“* of his late Majefty’s Reign, is directed to-be laid be- 
‘¢ fore both Houtes of Parliament.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members. of the Houfe. 
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The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from the 
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, attended at 
the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented 
to the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders of the 6th Day 
of May, in the laft Seffion of Parliament, 

An Account of the Quantity of Salted Beef, Pork, 
Bacon, and Butter; and alfo of Tallow, Hogs Lard, 
and Greafe ; and alfo of the Number of Cattle; im- 
ported from Ireland into Scotland, fince the roth of 
Ofober 1770, to the roth of Ofober 1771, being as 
far as the fame can be made up: And alfo, 

An Account of the Value of all Goods, Wares, and 
Merchandizes, exported from, or imported into, that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, from Chriftmes 
1765 to Chriftmas 1767 ; diftinguifhing each Year, and 
each Place: And alfo, 

An Account of the Quantity of Tallow, Hogs Lard, 
and Greafe, imported into, and exported from, that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fince Chriftmas 
1750, to the 25th March 1767; and from the 8th of 
December 1767 to the 10th of Ofober 1771, being as 
far as the fame can be made up; diftinguifhing each 
Year. 

Mr. Rowe alfo, from the Commiffioners of the 
Cuitoms in Scotland, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to feveral Acts of Parliament, 

An Account of what Number of Ships, from Scotland, 
have been employed in the Whale Fifhery to Davis's 
Straits and the Greenland Seas, with their refpective 
Names and Burthens ; from whence they were fitted 
out, and at what Port they were difcharged ; and alio 
what Quantity of Oil and Whale Fins each Ship has 
imported, from the roth Ogober 1770 to the roth Odzeber 
1771: And alfo, 

An Account of all Cattle, and other Provifions, that 
have been exported from Scotland, to any Place what- 
foever, by virtue, or in purfuance, of any of the 
Liberties or Powers given or granted for that Purpote, 
by the Act 11 George III. Cap. 37, to roth Oéfober 
1771, being as far as the fame can be made up. 

Mr. Rowe alfo, from the Commiffioners of the 
Cuftoms in Scotland, prefented to the Houle, purfuant 
to their Order, 

An Account of the Quantities of Corn imported into 
Scotland, from Chrifimas 1765 to Chriffmas 1771, being 
as far as the fame can be made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Accounts are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Mr. De Grey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Clergy, Gentlemen, Freeholders, 
Merchants, Traders, Farmers, and other Inhabitants, 
who live near the Highways and Roads leading from the 
Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the River Ouze, in Dewzn- 
bam Market, m the County of Norfolk, to and through the 
feveral Parifhes and Hamlets therein after menticned, in 
the faid County, whofe Names are thereto fubfcribed, 
was referred, ‘That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the AWfegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. Bartholomew Ramfey and Mr. William Creajfy, 
being examined, faid,-“Ihat the Road leading from the 
Eaft End: of the faid Bridge, in Downham Aferhet, to 
the Queen’s Head, in Downham Market ; and from the 

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Chequer Inn, in Downham Market, through the feverah 
Parifhes mentioned in the Petition, to the Eaft End of 
the Bounds of the Parifhes of Shouldbam and Barton; 
near a Clote called the Iwo Mile Clofe, and towards 
Watton, to a certain Place called Devil’s Ditch; is in a 
ruinous Condition, narrow in many Places, and cannot 
be repaired and widened by the ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road leading from the Eaft 
End of the Bridge acrofs the River Ouze, in Dowabam 
Market, to the Queen’s Head; and from the Chequer 
Inn, in Downham Market aforefaid, to the Eaft End of 
the Two Mile Clofe in the Parifh of Barton, and to- 
wards Watton, to a Place called The DeviPs Ditch, in 
the County of Norfolk: And that Mr. De Grey, Sir 
Edward Aftley, and Sir Febn Hynde Cotten, do prepare; 
and bring in, the fame. ; 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Overfeers 
of the Poor, and other Inhabitants, of the Parifh of 
Chrift Church, in Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubicribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public 
Paffages and Places, within the faid Parifh, are not 
properly paved nor fufficiently cleanied, and are in 
general greatly obftruéted by Nufances; and that it 
would be of great Benefit to the Inhabitants, and to all 
Perfons reforting to the faid Parifh, if the fame were 
properly paved and fufficiently cleanfed, and all 
Nufances and Obftruétions removed therefrom, and 
prevented for the future; and that the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, if the Provifions of the Act of the 11th Year 
of his late Majefty’s Reign, for lighting the Streets, and 
regulating the Nightly Watch and Beadles, within the 
faid Parifh, were confolidated with the Provifions for 
the firft above mentioned Purpofes ; and that the Lane 
called Brick Lane (fome Parts whereof are not within the 
faid Parith of Chrift Church) isa very great Thoroughfare 
for Carriages, and is at prefent much out of Repair and 
incommodious; and it would be of great public Benefit, 
to have the fame properly paved, cleanied, lighted, and 
cleared of Nufances and Obftructions : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the above Purpofes, under fuch Rules and Regulations 
as the Houfe fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report, the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Colonel Lutire//, Mr. Alderman 
Sawbridge, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Petition of Fames Fergufon, Provoft, Georze Hut- 
chifon and William Mac Cormick, Baillies, and Fobn Hut- 
chifon, Dean of Guild, of the Royal Burgh of yr, in 
Scotland, William. Duff, David Ferguffon, and Fcbn 
Murdoch, Common Council Men of the faid Burgh, 
Robert Alexander and Fobn Frazer, Baillies of the Burgh 
of Barony of Newtoun upon Ayr, William Ballantyne, 
William Logan, Fobn Campbell, fames Hunter, and Fobn 
Chriftian, Merchants and Traders in the faid Burgh of 
Ayr, and Fames Mac Fie, pretent Conveener of the 
Trades of faid Burgh, a Committee named and ap- 
pointed by a general Meeting of the Council and Com- 
munity of the {gid Burgh of 47, upon the Fifth Day of 
February 1772 Years, to make this prefent Application, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Harbour of Ayr hath of late Years been 
ereatly chogked and filled up, whereby Ships and 
Veffels of Burthen are prevented from getting into the 
Pier or Qty, arid are thereby expofed to many Hazards 

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and Inconveniences; and that the Trade of the Burgh 
of Ayr, and adjacent Burgh of Newtoun upon Ayr, hath 
of late Years confiderably increafed, and a large Coal 
Trade hath been carried on to Jreland and other Parts, 
fo that the Ships and Veffels trading to and from the 
Harbour of Ayr, are now much more numerous, and of 
larger Dimenfions than heretofore, and the prefent Quay 
or Pier is by no means fufficient for their Reception, nor 
for the requifite and convenient Difpatch im loading and 
unloading the fame: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for deepening, 
cleaning, fcouring, preferving, and maintaining, the 
faid Harbour of Ayr, and for enlarging and improving 
the Quays and Piers within the faid Harbour, and for 
building or erecting a Dock or Docks, Dykes, and 
Locks, and additional Breafts, Jettees, and Piers ; and 
for regulating all Ships, Veffels, Barks, or Lighters, 
trading or coming into, and going out of, the faid 
Harbour; and for exacting, collecting, levying, and 
receiving, fuch Tolls, Rates, and Duties, from all Ships, 
Vefiels, Barks, and Lighters, coming into, or going 
out of, the faid Harbour; and fuch Tax or Duty upon 
Wines and Spirits imported for Home Confumption, 
and upon Malt confumed within the faid Towns and 
Neighbourhood, as fhall be judged reafonable and ex- 
pedient; and for giving unto the Provoft, Baillies, and 
Dean of Guild, of the Burgh of Ayr, the eldeft Baillie 
of the Burgh of Newtoun upon Ayr, the Sheriff of the 
County of Ayr, the Conveener of the Trades of Ayr, 
all for the Time being, and Eight more Directors, to 
be chofen by the Subfcribers to the Fund, fuch other 
Powers, Grants, and Privileges, as fhall be neceffary 
for executing and completing the Works aforefaid, 
and for maintaining, upholding, and keeping the fame 
in Repair. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Stuart, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s'Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to diffolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Edward 
Vifcount Ligonier with Penelope Pitt, and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. : 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Seven- 
night, the 5th Day of March next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Witneffes, 
for the faid Bill; and alfo that they do hear Counfel, 
and examine Witnefles, againft the faid Bill, if the Par- 
ties concerned think fit to be heard by Counfel, or pro- 
duce Witneffes. 


A Petition of the Provoft and Scholars of Queen’s 
College, in the Univerfity of Oxford, Robert Fettiplace, 
and Samuel Roycroft, Efquires, and others, whofe Names 
or Seals are thereunto refpectively fubfcribed, being 
Proprietors of Lands in the feveral or refpective 
Parifhes of Childrey and Letcomb Bafet, otherwife Upper 
Letcomb, in the County of Berks, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That the faid Parifhes 
adjoin and lie open to each other, and that there are, 
within the fame, certain Common Fields and Com- 
monable Grounds, in which the Petitioners Lands lie 
intermixed, and very inconveniently fituated ; and that, 
if the fame were divided into fpecific Shares and Allot- 
ments, a great Advantage would arife to the Proprietors 


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thereof, and Perfons interefted therein: Abd thertfore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina Bilt 
tor thofe Purpofes, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe 
fhall think proper. ’ . 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill; 
purfuant to the Prayer. of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Vanfittart and Admiral Graven do prepare, and 
biing in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Tenants of the Manor of 
Sandburft, within His Majefty’s Foreft of Wind/or, in the 
County of Berks, on Behalf of themfelves and others, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners find, by the Votes, that a Bill hath 
been brought in, to reftrain the Lord of the Manor of 
Sandburft, im the County of Berks, for the Time being; 
from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except 
upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the {aid 
Bill is mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the {aid 
Manor for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in’ 
the faid Bill is mentioned; and reprefenting. to the 
Houfe, that the Petitioners have an indifputable un- 
{tinted Right of Common, over all the Waite Grounds 
of the faid Manor; and, by Cuftom, for Time imme- 
morial, have alfo a Right todig and cut Turves, Heath, 
Peat, and Fern, from off the faid Wafte Grounds, for 
Firing ; and neither the prefent or any former Lord or 
Lords of the faid Manor ever had any Right to cut 
Turves, Heath, Peat, and Fern, from off the faid Wattes, 
for Sale; and that fuch Cutting, by the prefent Lord 
of the faid Manor, within thefe few Years pait, for Sale, 
has been of great Prejudice to the Depafturage on the 
faid Wafte for Cattle, and for the Feed and Prefervation 
of His Majefty’s Deer ; and that, if the faid Bill fhould 
pafs into a Law, the Petitioners apprehend that they 


will, in a few Years, be deprived of any Advantage’ 
arifing to them from their Right of Common as aforetaid : 
And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be 


heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft the faid Bill, 
and that the fame may not pafs into a Law; or that the 
Petitioners may have fuch other Relief in the Premifes 
as to the Houfe fhall appear juft and reafonable. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, . 


until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to. reftrain the Lord of the Manor of 
Sandburft, in the County of Berks, for the Time being, 
from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except 
upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid 
Bill is mentioned; and to authorize the Lord of the 
faid Manor for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, 
Heath, and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of 
Land as in the faid Bill is mentioned, is committed ; and 
that the Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 


the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford 
Strond, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That by an Adt, paffed in the 6th Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, Power was given to Leonard 
Thompfon, of Sheriff Hutton, in the County of York, to 
take down the old Light Houfes ftanding near the Spurn 
Point, at the Mouth of the Humber, and to ereét others 
inftead thereof, according to the Plan and Eftimate as 
fhould be given by the Petitioners, and who was to be 
intitled to One Fourth Part of the Dues and Duties 
arifing from the fame; and which Light Houfes, when 
built, were to be under the Infpettion of the Trinity 


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Houfe at Hull; and- that, in cafe the faid Leonard 
Thompjon, or fuch other Perfon or Perfons as fhould 

come into Poffeffion of his Share in the Premiffés, 

fhould negleé&amp; to perform the Works above mentioned, 

within Two Years after receiving fuch Plan and 

Eftimate, then the Petitioners fhould caufe the fame to 

be completed, and that the Duties fhould then be 

vefted in them, in Manner, and for the Time, men- 

tioned in the faid Aét ; and that the laid Leonard Thomp/on 

hath proceeded to take down the old Light Houfes, and 

hath erected Two temporary ones; but he, not being 

able to borrow a Sum fufficient to enable him to erect 

Two new Light Houfes, applied to the Petitioners, to 

do it, which they accordingly undertook, and are now 

proceeding with Diligence to finifh thé fame; and have 

expended fevetal largé Sums of Money, and will be 

under a Necelfity to expend a further confiderable Sum 

before the faid Light Houfes and Works can be com- 

pleted ; and that the other Three Fourth Parts of the 

faid Duties and Premiffes are the Property of Fobn 

Angell, of Stockwell, in thé County of Sirey, and no 

Part thereof is vefted in the Petitioners by the faid Ad, 

until the faid Light Houfes fhall be finifhed, and Lights 

placed thereon; and that the Petitioners have no Means 

of reimburfing themfelves what they have already ex- 

pended, by reafon that the erecting and completing the 
faid Two Light Houfes have been greatly obftructed 
and impeded by thé faid ‘fobn Angell, and that the 
Petitioners think it highly neceffary, that the faid Two 
new Light Houfes fhotld be completed as foon 4s 
poffible, and that the Expentes already incurred by the 
faid Corporation and the {did Leonard Thomp/on fhiould 
be repaid them: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to veft the Duties 
granted by the faid recited Act in the Petitioners, for 
the Purpofes above mentiched, or to grant them, fuch 
other Relief, and fuch further Powers, for effecting the 
good Purpofes defigned by the faid Act, as the Houfe 
fhall think proper. 

_ Orderéd, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confidération of a Cémmittee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report thé fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it i8 réferred to Sir George Savile, Mr. Turner, 

&amp;c.: And théy are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of thé Clock, in fhe Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, ahd Records. 
_ Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committée, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Trufteés appointed» 
to put in Execution an A&amp;; made in the Tenth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for 
repairing and widening the Roads, from thé Borough of 
Bury Saint Edmund’s to the Town of Newmarket, in 
the Counties of Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the 
South End of the Ferry Street, in Brandon, to Bury 
Saint Edmund’s, in the faid County of Suffolk, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred, That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; 
and had direéted him to report the fame, as it appexred 
to them, to the Houfe ; arid he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards deliveted it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where thé fame was read ; and is as followeth ; 
Viz. ) 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act was read: And, 

Mr. ‘Yobn Harrold, being examined, faid, That fome 

Progrefs has been made towards carrying the faid Act 
into Execution, and £.2000 borrowed on the Credit 
thereof, which remains due, arid cannot bé repaid, and 
the Roads put in proper Repair, seopt the Tolls are 
encreafed, the Term of the faid AG en arged, and fur- 
ther Powers given. ape se sit 
Ordered, That Leave be giveri to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the Term, and altering and enlarging the 
Powers, of an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the Roads, 


from the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's to the Town 
of Newmarket, in the Counties of Suffolk and Cambridge , 
and from the South End of the Ferry Street, in Brandon, 
to Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the faid County of Suffolk : 
And that Sir Charles Bunbury and Sir Foba Griffin Griffin 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, ta 
whom the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, of the Counties of Berks and Wilts, living 
in or near the Towns of Hungerford, in the faid County 
of Berks, and Marlborough, in the faid County of Wilts; 
Was referred, That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houle; 
and he réad the Report in his Place ; and afterwards 
elivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; arid is as followeth ; viz. |. 

_ To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
A&amp; made in the Eleventh Year of His prefent Majefty 
Westend: ANG 

Mr. Samuel Hawkes, being examined, faid, That, by 
Reafon of the great Extent of the Roads directed to be 
repaired by the faid Act, the Number of Truftees are 
infufficient: That the Quarterly Meetings are all ap- 
pointed to be held at Wantage, which would be more 
convenient to be held at different Places alternately : 

And that the Act direéts the Road to be repaired to the 
End of the Town of Marlborough, which Direction is 
not fufficiently accurate: And that the faid Ad is de- 
fective in mary other Particulars. _ 

Charles Bill; Efquire, being eXamined, confirmed the 
above Evidence. . j 

Ordéred, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explairi and amend an Act of the Eleventh Year of the 

Reign of His prefent Majefty, for amending and widen- . 
ing the Road from Befelfleigh, through Wantage, to 
Hungerford, in the County of Berks ; and from Wantage 
to Marlborough, in the County of Wilts; and from the 
Turnpike Road between Reading and Wallingford, 
through Halfpenny Lane, to the Old Red Houfe upon 
Wantage Downs , and from thence to Lambourn, in thé 
faid County of Berks: And that Mr. Pewruddock and 
Mr. Edward Pipbam do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Mr. La/celles reported from the Committee, to whom 
it was referred to confider of fo much of an Aét, made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; to explain, amend, and reduce into One A&amp; of 
Patliamefit, tlié General Laws now in Being, for re- 
gulating the Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom ; aiid for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the 
Breadth of the Wheels of Carriages ufed upon Turnpike 
Roads, and to the Number of Horfes allowed to be ufed 
therewith ; and who were inftructed to confider of fo 
much of the faid Aét as relates to Carriages drawn by 
Oxen or other Beafts of Draught ; and who were alfo 
inftructed to confider of fo much of another A@t, made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty; intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to explain, amend, and reduce into One Aé&amp; of 
Parliament, the feveral Statutes now in Being, for the 
Amendment and Preférvation of the Public Highways 
of this Kingdom, and for other Purpofés therein men- 
tioned, as relates to Carriages drawn on the faid Public 
Highways, by Horfes and other Beafts of Draught, 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe; 
That the Committee had confidered the Matters to them 
referred ; and had come to feveral Refolutions ; which 
they had dire¢ted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
réid the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Refolutions of 
the Committee were read; and are as followeth ; 
Vi. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Carriages with Wheels of the Breadth of Six 
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Inches ought to be encouraged to pafs on all Turn- 
pike Roads, in Preference to Carriages with Narrower 
Wheels. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion: of this Committee, 
That Four Wheel Carriages, ‘with Wheels of the 
Breadth of Six Inches, and drawn by Six Horfes, Mules, 
or Affes, be permitted to pafs on all Turnpike Roads, 
on Payment of the Tolls, for every Horfe, Mule, or 
Afs, drawing the fame, which are payable on every 
fuch Horfe, Mule, or Afs, drawing Narrow Wheel 
Carriages. 

Refolved, That it is the Opihion of this Committee, 
That Carts with Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches, 
and drawn by Four Horfes, Mules, or Affes, be per- 
mitted to pafs on all Turnpike Roads, on Payment of 
the Tolls, for every Horfe, Mule, or Afs, drawing 
the fame, which are payable on every Horfe, Mule, or 
Afs, drawing Narrow Wheel Carriages. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, the Two foregoing Refolutions fhall not extend 
to Common Stage Waggons, or Carts, employed in 
carrying Goods by any Common Waggoner or Carrier, 
which are now fubjeét to be regulated in the Price of 
their Carriage by an At, paffed in the Third Year of 
King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Ac for 
the better repairing and amending the Highways, and 
for fettling the Rates of Carriage of Goods. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Provifion be made, that Carriages having the 
Wheels of the Breadth of Nine Inches, may be per- 
mitted to be drawn on Turnpike Roads, by any Number 
of Oxen, or other Neat Cattle, in Pairs, not exceeding 
Two Oxen or other Neat Cattle for,One Horfe, as far 
as the Number of Horfes permitted by Law to draw in 
fuch Carriages, on Payment, for every Pair of Oxen or 
Neat Cattle, the fame Tolls that are now payable for 
every Horfe, Mule, or Afs, drawing fuch Waggons, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Encouragement be given to Waggons and 
Carts, having Rollers of Sixteen Inches broad, to go 
upon all Turnpike Roads. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch Waggons and Carts, having Rollers of Six- 
teen Inches broad, be exempted from the Payment of 
Tolls for Three Years. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the Con. 
fideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Rejolved, That this Houle will, upon Monday Seven- 
night, the gth Day of Marcb next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the faid 
Report. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
Freeholders, living and refiding in the feveral Towns, 
or on or near the ancient Road leading from Birmingham, 
through Solibull, in the County of Warwick, to Kenil- 
worth; and from 2 certain Place called Stone Bridge, in 
the Parith of Hampton-in-arden, in the faid County, to 
Balfall Common, there to unite to the faid Road leading 
from or near Solibull to Kenilworth aforefaid ; and from 
the South End of Kenilworth Town, by Chesford Bridge, 
through the feveral Towns or Parifhes of Cubbington and 
Offchurch, to Southam , and from Chesford Bridge afore- 
faid, to Lemington Pricrs, in the faid County of War- 
wick, was referred, That the Committee had examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed him 
to report. the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houle; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read ; and isas followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. Fofoua Harbcrne, being examined, faid, That 
the Roads from Birmingham, through Solibull, to Kexil- 
worth, and from Stone Bridge, in the Parifh of Hampton- 
in-arden, to Balfall Commen aforefaid, are in a ruinous 
Condition, and in many Places narrow; and that the 


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fame cannot be effectually amended and widened by the 
ordinary Courfe of Law. 

No Evidence was produced in regard to the Road from 
Kenilworth to Southam, or from Chesford Bridge to Leming- 
ton Priors. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Warwick 
Road near Solihull, to the Guide Pofts in Kenilworth , 
and from Steze Bridge, to meet the aforefaid Road on 
Balfail Common, in the County of Warwick: And that 
Mr. Skipwith and Sir Robert Ladbroke do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fub{cribed, being Owners and Proprietors of, 
or otherwife interefted in, Lands, Commons, and other 
Properties and Eftates, in the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands, of and within the Hamlet, 
Liberties, Precincts, and Territories, of Charlton, in 
the Parifhes of Newbottle and King’s Sutton, or One of 
them, in the County of Northamptou, was pretented to the 
Houfe and read; Setting forth, That the Eftates of the Pe- 
titioners, in the faid Open and Common Fields, Common 
Paftures, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands, 
within the faid Hamlet, Liberties, Precinéts, and Terri- 
tories, lie intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Parcels; 
and, in their prefent Situation, are incapable of any 
confiderable Improvement ; and it would be very ad- 
vantageous to the feveral Perfons interefted therein, if 
the fame were divided and inclofed, and fpecific Shares 
thereof allotted to the feveral Proprietors, according to 
their Interefts therein: And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for dividing and 
iiclofing the faid Open and Common Fields, Common 
Paftures, Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands, 
in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Skipwith and Sir William Delben do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Fobn Skull do, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, attend the Committee, to whom the Bill to 
reftrain the Lord of the Manor of Sandburff, in the 
County of Berks, for the Time being, from cutting 
Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing upon the 
Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except upon fuch 
Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid Bill is 
mentioned; and to authorize the Lord of the faid 
Manor for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in 
the faid Bill is mentioned, is committed; to give 


Evidence, in relation to the Matters contained in the faid 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve iticli into 2 Committee of the whole Houf, 
upon the Bill for explaining and amending an A&amp;, made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An A&amp; for taking of the Inland Duty of One Shilling 
per Pound Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas con- 
fumed in Great Britain, and for granting a Drawback 
upon the Exportation of Teas to Ireland and the Briti/b 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in refpect thereof, by the 
Eaft India Company, as is therein mentioned ; for per- 
mitting the Exportation of Teas in fmaller Quantities 
than One Lot to IJreland, or the faid Dominions in 
America ; and for preventing Teas feized and condemned 
from being confumed in Great Britain, and for fettling 
certain Doubts and Difputes which have arifen upon the 
faid Act of Parliament, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

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Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles lV bitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


A Petition of Sir Roger Burgoyne, Baronet, and the 
Right honourable Lady Frances his Wife, Thomas Clarke, 
Colonel in His Majefty’s Coldfream Regiment of Foot 
Guards, and Ann Lucy his Wife, late Ann Lucy Becher, 
Spintter, .Foyner Becher, of Wokingham, in the County 
of Berks, Gentleman, and Frederick Montagu, of Papple- 
wick, in the County of Nottingham, Etquire, being 
offered to be prefented to the Houte ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majeity, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, gives His 
Confent, that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall 
think proper; and recommends the faid Petition to the 
Confideration of the Houte. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read, 
Setting forth, That Lieutenant General Yobn Brown, 
late of Hubbards Hail, in the County of Effex, decealed, 
by his laft Will and Teftament, bearing Date the 17th 
Day of April 1756, did (amongft other Things) give 
and devife his Houfes in Fenchurch and Addle Streets, 
London, to the Charity of the Foundling Hofpital ; and 
he thereby appointed the faid Lady Frances Burgoyne 
fole Executrix of his faid Will ; and that the faid General 
Brown, by a Codicil to his faid Will, dated the 23d 
Day of April 1756, did (if legal Forms fhould be 
wanting in his Bequeft to the Foundling Hofpital) give 
thofe Houfes to Mrs. Ann Becher, fhe paying her Brother 
£.500; and that the faid Codicil was attefted only by 
One Witnefs ; and that the Petitioner, Aun Lucy Clarke, 
(in the faid Codicil called Ann Becher) in the Year 1763 
intermarried with the Petitioner the faid Thomas Clarke ; 
and that the faid Fohn Brown died in the Year 1764, 
without Iflue of his Body, and without having made 
any other Difpofition of the faid Houfes ; and that the 
faid ‘fob Brown was the natural Son of General Henry 
Lumley, deceafed, who was the Great Uncle of the 
Petitioner the faid Lady Frences Burgoyne, and that the 
faid Devife, by the faid Will, . of the faid Houies to 
the Foundling Hofpital was void in Law; and that the 
faid Devile, by the faid Codicil, to the Petitioner Aun 
Lucy Clarke could not take Effect, as the faid Codicil 
was not attefted by Three Witnefies ; and that, by In- 
denture of Four Parts, dated the 28th of March 1770, 
and made between the Petitioners Sir Roger Burgoyne 
and Lady Frances his Wife, of the Firft Part, the Pe- 
titioners Thomas Clarke and Ann Lucy his Wife, of the 
Second Part, the Petitioner ‘foyner Becher, Brother of 
the Petitioner 4un Lucy Clarke, of the Third Part, and 
Henry Lake, of Sunning, in the County of Berks, Gen- 
tleman, of the Fourth Part; it was (amongft other 
Things) agreed, that the Parties fhould endeavour to 
procure an Inquifition to be found for vefting the faid 
Houfes in His Majefty,; and. after fuch Inquifition 
fhould be found, the Petitioners Thomas Clarke and Ann 
Lucy his Wife, and Sir Roger Burgoyne and Frances his 
Wife, fhould ufe fuch other. Means, by Application to 
Parliament, or otherwife, in order that the faid Houfes 
might be granted to, or vefted in, the Petitioner Frederick 
Montagu, his Heirs and Affigns, upon Truft, to fell 
the fame, and to apply the Money to arife by Sale 
thereof, in Manner, and for the Purpofes, therein men- 
tioned; and that, in Confequence of a Writ which 
iffued the 19th of April 1770, direéted to the Lord 
Mayor of London, an Inquifition was taken at Guildball, 
Londen, on the 16th ot Fuly 1771, whereby it was 
found, that the faid Feb Brown died at Dijon, in France, 
about the Beginning of the Year 1764, without any 

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517 
Heir; and that he was, at his Death, feifed in Fee of 
Two Mefiuages, in the Parith of Saint Gadriél, in the 
City of London, and of One Meffuage in Addle Street; 
in the Parith of Saint Faith the Virgin, Aldermanbury, in 
the faid City, therein defcribed ; and that the faid Jobu 
Brown had made fach Will and Codicil, of fuch re- 
fpective Dates and Purports, and attefted, as herein 
before mentioned; and the Lord Mayor of London, 
Efchéator of His Majefty within the City, did thereby 
certify, that he had feiied the faid Three Mefluages, 
with their Appurtenances, into the Hands of His Ma- 
Jefty ; and that the Inheritance in Fee Simple of the faid 
Houfes, now vefted in the Crown, cannot be effectually 
granted or difpofed of; without the Aid and Authority 
of Parliament: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to enable His Majeity 
to grant the faid Houtes; now eftheated to the Crown, 
unto the faid Petitioner Frederick Montagu, his. Heirs 
and Affigns, upon the Truft; and for the Purpofes, 
mentioned in the faid Indenture of the 28th of March 
1770, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet, 
and the Nature and Circumftances of the Cafe may 
require. . yes ot 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Thurfday Seven- 
night, the 5th Day of March next, refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the {aid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into’a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majetty, 
be now read. ¢ 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

A Motion was made, That the Report which was 
made from the Committee, who were appointed to 
prepare an Eftimate of the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, for the Year 1772, be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted ‘the Houfe, That His Majefty recommends it 
to the Houfe, to make fuch Provifion, for defraying the 
Charges of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, for 
the Year 1772, as the Houfe fhall think neceffary. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commir- 
tee. ( 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houle will pleaie 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. : 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 

The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe; to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tilt To-morrow Morn= 
ing, Tén of the Clock. 


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618 


Fovis, 27° die Februarii 3 
Anno 12° Georgii III*' Regis, 1772: 


PrayERs 


ye HN Lewis Lautier took the Oaths appointed, in 
J order to his Naturalization. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Veftrymen, 
and Overfeers of the Poor, of the Parifh of Saint Martin 
in the Fields, within the Liberty of Weftminfter, in the 
County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That an AG pafied in the Tenth 
Year of His ptefent Majefty’s Reign, for building a 
new Workhoufe, and other neceffary Buildings and 
Conveniences, for the Reception and Employment of 
the Poor; and other Purpofes; and that the Petition- 
ers have proceeded in the Execution of the faid Ad, 
and have made a confiderable Progrefs in the feveral 
Works before mentioned; but find the Money they 
are authorized to raife for thofe Purpofes is not fufficient 
for completing the fame ; and that, unlefs the Petitioners 
are enabled to raife a further Sum of Money, the faid 
Aét cannot be carried into Execution ; and that feveral 
Amendments and Alterations are neceflary to be made 
thereto ; and that Power fhould be given to contract 
for the Employment of the Poor for a certain Term : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill to amend the faid Aé&amp;, and to enable 
the Petitioners to raife a further Sum of Money, and to 
do and perform the feveral Works aforefaid, with fuch 
Powers and Authorities for thofe Purpofes as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to the Earl Percy, Mr. Bacon, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Common Fields, Half-year Incloiures, and Com- 
mons and Wafte Lands, within the Parifh of Fincham, 
in the County of Norfolk, was committed, That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houle. ~ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ineroffed, 


A Petition of the Reverend Spencer Madan, Doétor 
of Divinity, Rector of the. Parifh and Parifh Church of 
Weft Halton, in the County of Lincoln, and of William 
Watfon, Gentleman, Leffee of the Right Worfhipful 
the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of 
Weftminfter, Lord of the Manor of Wef Halton afore- 
faid, and a Proprietor of great Part of the Lands and 
Grounds lying in the faid Lordfhip, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, within the 
Manor and Lordfhip of We? Halton, there are certain 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1972. 


Open uninclofed Arable Fields and Common Pattures, 
containing together 4,200 Acres, or thereabouts; and 
that the Lands lie intermixed, and in {mall Parcels, and, 


in their prefent Situation, are capable of very little . 


Improvement; and that, if the fame were divided and 
inclofed, it would be to the Advantage of the Petitioners, 
and of the Public: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for the dividing and 
inclofing of the faid Fields and Common Pattures, in 
the Lordfhip of Weft Halton aforefaid, in fuch Manner; 
and under fuch Regulations, as to the Houfe thall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunder 
written, Proprietors of Commonable Houfes, Toft. 
fteads, and Lands, in the Parith of Kirton, in the 
County of Liacoln, on the Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That there is, in the faid Parifh, a Common 
Fen, containing 3,448 Acres and 23 Perches, or there- 
abouts, and allio feveral Open and Common Fields and 
Wafte Lands, which, in their prefent Situation, are 
incapable of any confiderable Improvement; and that it 
would be advantageous to the Perfons interefted therein, 
if the fame were divided and inclofed: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, 
in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunder 
written, Proprietors of Commonable Houfes, Toft- 
fteads, and Lands, in the Parith of Wigtoft, in the 
County of Lincoln, on the Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there is, in the faid Parifh, a Common Fen, 
containing 994 Acres 1 Rood and 34 Perches, or 
thereabouts, and alfo feverat Open and Common Fields 
and Wafte Lands, which, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of any confiderable Improvement; and 
that it would be advantageous te the Perfons interefted 
therein, if the fame were divided and inclofed: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in 
a Bill, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations, as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whicheot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunder 
written, Proprietors of Commonable Houfes, Toft- 
fteads, and Lands, in the Parifh of Sutterton, in the 
County of Lincoln, on the Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That there is, in the faid Parifh, a Common 
Fen, containing 2,488 Acres 2 Roods and 23 Perches, 
or thereabouts, and alfo feveral Open and Common 
Fields and Wafte Lands, which, in their prefent Si- 
tuation, are incapable of any confiderable Improvement ; 
and that it would be advantageous to the Perfons in- 
terefted therein, if the fame were divided and inclofed : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regu- 
lations, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whichcot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 

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Mr. Congreve prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
from Aldermajfton, in the County of Berks, to Bafing ftoke, 
and to the Turnpike Road from Bafingftoke to Andover, 
and to the Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter, at 
Popham Lane, in the County of Southampton: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, and principal Inha- 
bitants, and Land Owners, of, and contiguous to, the 
Village or Towns of Burlton, Marton, Ryton, Shottat- 
ton, Knockin, and Llanymynech, in the County of Salop, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Road leading from Burlton to Marton, by 
Mear Bank and Boreaton, through Ryton and Shottatton, 
to the Road between Shrew/bury and Ofweftry, and 
from. thence, through the Town of Kickin, by and 
through Mae/brook, to that Part of the Road leading 
from Pool to Ofweftry, which lies in the Town of Liany- 
mynecb, is in a ruinous Condition, narrow in many 
Places, and incommodious, and cannot be effectually 
amended, widened, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill for repairing, widening, 
and keeping in Repair, the faid Road from Buriton, in 
the County of Salop, through Knockin, to Llanymynech, 
in the fame County, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Congreve, Sir Heary Bridge- 
man, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue and enlarge the Term 
and Powers of an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year 


. of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing 


and widening the Roads leading from Lodcombe Corner, 
in the Parifth of Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Weft Corner of Saint 


Ann’s Street, in the City of New Satum, to the Parifhes 


of Landford and Brook, and from thence to Ealing ; and 
from Landford aforefaid, through Ower and Teftwood, 
to Ealing aforefaid, in the County of Southampton; and 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Rumfey 
and Kingwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of 
Francis Fry, to Lyndburft; and from a Place called 
Hampton Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of 
Southampton ; and for repairing the Footways within the 
faid City, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue and enlarge the Term and 
Powers of an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing and 
widening the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, in 
the Parith of Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Weft Corner of Saint 
Ann’s Street, in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes 
of Laudford and Brook, and from thence to Ealing ; 
and from Landford aforefaid, through Ower and Teft- 
wood, to Ealing aforefaid, in the County of Southampton ; 
and for repairing and widening the Road from the Rum/ey 
and Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of Francis 
Fry, to Lyndburft ; and from a Place called Hampton Ford 
to Lamb's Corner, in the faid County of Southampton ; and 
for repairing the Footways within the faid City. 

Ordered, That the Lord Folkeftone do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Lord of the Manor, and Reétor of 
the Parifh, of Great Paunton, otherwife Great Ponton, 
in the County of Lincolz, and of other Perfons, being 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


519 
Proprietors of Eftates within the faid Manor and Parifh, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That an Indenture was executed on or about the 27th of 
November 1717, for confirming Articles of Agreement 
made for inclofing and allotting the Common Pafture, 
and Part of the then Open Fields, within the faid Manor 
and Parifh, and that the fame is completed; but the 
Whole of the Lands are ftill liable to Payment of 
Tythes ; and that there are yet remaining, within the 
faid Manor and Parifh, feveral Open Fields, a Heath, 
and Waite Grounds, which, in their prefent Situation, 
are incapable of Improvement: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to confirm 
and eftablifh the faid Indenture, and the feveral Matters 
therein contained, except fuch Parts thereof as hall be 
thought neceffary to be altered, atid for dividing and 
inclofing the faid Open Fields, Heath, and Waite 
Grounds, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Regulations; 
as the Houfe thall think proper. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Whiebcot do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, being Truftees appointed in purfuance 
of an Act, made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty, intituled, An Act for enlarging and 
maintaining the Harbour of Ram/gate ; and for cleanfings 
amending, and preferving, the Haven of Sandwich, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
great Progrefs has been made towards making and finifh- 
ing the faid Harbour, which, when done, will be very 
uieful and commodious, and a confiderable Sum of 
Money hath been expended in carrying on the faid 
Works; and that feveral Sums of Money have been 
raifed, by Sale of Annuities chargeable on the Duties 
impofed by the faid Aét, and another Act made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, by 
which the Sum of £. 50,000 by the faid Firft mentioned 
A&amp;é authorized to be raifed by Sale of Annuities, is in- 
creafed to £. 70,000, and the Whole of the Annuities 
now payable in refpe&amp; thereof, to the furviving An- 
nuitants, amount together to the yearly Sum of £. 4,482 
105.; and that, from the Time of the Firft Collecting 
of the faid Duties, until very lately, all Ships and other 
Veffels paffing by the faid Harbour, whether they 
pafied through the Dowhs or not, were confidered as 
liable to the Payment of the fame; but it hath been 
lately judicially determined, that fuch Ships and Veffels 
paffing by the faid Harbour, and not paffing through the 
Downs, are not, by the faid Firft mentioned Act, fub- 
ject to the Payment of the faid Duties ; and that, fince 
the faid Determination, the Duties have fallen fhort of 
raifing Money fufficient to anfwer the Purpofes intended 
by the faid Aét, although the Petitioners have fettled 
and impofed the Duties by the faid Act directed to the 
full Amount thereof, which hath been, and ftiil continue 
to be, a Burthen upon the Trade of this Kingdom, and 
principally on the City of London: And therefore prays 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring ina Bill, to 
amend and explain the, faid Aé&amp;t made in the Twenty- 
fixth Year of his faid late Majefty’s Reign ; and that 
the Duties thereby authorized to be collected may be 
charged on all Ships coming into, or paffing through, 
the Narrow Seas between Dover and Calais, or that the 
Petitioners may have fuch other Relief in the-Premifes, 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe ¢ 

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Trecothick, Mr. 
Alderman Oliver, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To- 
morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, 


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Papers, and Records; and all who come to the Com- 
mittee are to have Voices. 


- General Graeme reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed 
to put in Execution an Act, paffed in the Twenty-fixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefly, for repairing. the 
Road from the North Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns 
of Inverkeithing and Kinrofs, to the Town of Perth; and 
alfo the Road from the iaid Queen’s Ferry to the Town 
of Dumfermline, Torryburn, and Culrofs; and alfo the 
Road from the faid Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, 
to Bruntifland and Kirkaldie, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, was referred; ‘That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared, to 
them, to the Houle; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 

faid Act was read: And, 
_ John Adam, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the 
Truftees have proceeded in the Execution of the faid 
Ac, and have made a confiderable Progrefs in repair- 
ing the faid Roads; but that there is a large Sum of 
Money owing on the Credit of the faid Act, and that it 
will be impofiible to complete the Repairs of the faid 
Roads, and pay off the Money owing, unlefs the faid 
Act be further continued. 

That the faid Aé&amp;t is defeétive in many Particulars, 
and particularly in Regard to the Method of holding’ 
Meetings, and in requiring Three Commiffioners from 
each County to. make a Quorum. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, an Act, pafied in 
the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Road from the North Queen's Ferry, 
through the Towns of Inverkeithing and Kinro/s, to the 
Town of Perth; and alfo the Road from the faid Queen’s 
Ferry to the Towns of Dumfermline, Torryburn, and Cul- 
rofs; and alfo the Road from the faid Queen’s Ferry, 
through Juverkeithing, to Bruntifland and Kirkcaldie : 
And that General Greme, General Scott, and Mr. Demp- 
fier, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more ef- 
fectual, feveral Acts for repairing the Roads from the 
Parith of Enfield, in the County of Middlefex, to the 
‘Town of Hertford, and other Roads in the faid Acts 
mentioned ; and alfo for repairing the Road from the 
End of the Town of Hertford to Amwell End, near 
Ware, in the faid County of Hertford, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue, and render more effeétual, 
feveral Acts for repairing the Roads from the . Parifh 
of Enfield, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of 
Hertford, and other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned ; 
and alfo for repairing the Road from the End of the 
Town of Hertford, to Amwell End, near Ware, in the 
{aid County of Hertford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Mary and William Hutton, 
and the other Perfons therein defcribed, to take and 
ufe the Surname, Arms, and Creft, of Leong, purfuant 
to the Will of James Long, deceafed, was read the Third 
Time. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to enable Mary and William Hutton, and 
the other Perfons therein defcribed, to take and ufe the 
Surname, Arms, and Creft, of Long, purfuant to the 
Will of Fames Long, deceafed. 

*. Ordered, That Mr. Mujgrave do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. . 


~ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 199%, 

A Petition of James Laman and others, Proprietors 
of the late Antigallican Private Ship of War, on Behalf 
of themfelves, the Officers and Crew of the faid Ship; 
and their lawful Prize The Penthievre, a French Ship 
from China, worth near £. 306,000, which have been 
legally feized in the Bay of Cadiz, and unjuftly given 
up to the French, by the Order of the Court of Spain, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, Thar 
the Petitioners, at the Expence cf £. 10,453, legally 
fitted out the above-mentioned Private Ship of War, 
of which William Fofter was Commander, who pro-= 
ceeded upon his Cruize from the Port of London, and 
on the 26th of December 1756, fairly and legally took 
the above-mentioned Prize, after a long and obftinate 
Engagement, more than Five Leagues diftant from any 
Part of the Territories of Spain, and that Captain Fofter, 
on the 24th of Fanuary following, carried the Prize into 
the Bay of Cadiz, where the French Prifoners, in the 
Prefence of the French Conful, acknowleged the 
Legality of the Capture; and that, on the 28th of 
February, the Prize was legally condemned at Gibraltar, 
on the voluntary Evidence of the French Officers and 
Marines; and that, on the 2d of March, the Prize was 
violently taken from the lawful Captors, with the moft 
unparalleled A&amp;ts of Barbarity, whereby One of His 
Majefty’s Subjects was killed, and Seven wounded, by 
the Spaniards, in the Bay of Cadiz; and that Captain 
Fofter was feized in the Houfe of the Britifh Conful at 
Cadiz, and forced to a very clofe and difmal Prifon, as 
alfo were his Officers and Crew, who were confined 
there feveral Days, without any Allowance, even of 
Bread or Water, being treated worfe than Felons, 


_though they had given no Kind of Offence; and that 


the Governor of Cadiz reftored the Prize to the French, 
after fhe had been legally condemned; and the 
Britifb Colours ftruck, with the greateft Mark of Con- 
tempt, by treading them under Foot, kicking them 
about, and tearing them to Pieces; and that His 
Majefty’s Contul at Cadiz acquainted Sir Benjamin Keene, 
by Letter of the 5th of March, that he was in the 
greateft Confternation imaginable; becaufe, fays the 
Conful, “I have feen the Flag of my Royal Mafter 
“ infulted, our Nation degraded, our Treaties violated, 
“ the Luftre of our Sovereign’s Crown tarnifhed and 
‘¢ defpifed, and my Houfe invaded ; and as there is na 
“ Miniter here of greater Dignity than myfelf, I con- 
«¢ fider the Affront and Infult, done and offered to my 
« Perfon,. as an Indignity on the Sacred Perfon of my 
“ Royal Matter ;” and that the Briti/h Conful at Cadiz 
and Captain Fofer protefted againit this illegal and 
arbitrary Way-of Proceeding, which, Sir Benjamin Keene 
faid, “‘ was fo irregular, unreafonable, and unprece- 
“« dented, that it would neither bear Light nor Juftifi- 
“ cation,” and-that His Majefty’s Minitter, the Secre- 
tary of the Embaffy, and Confuls in Spain, have in 
vain made the ftrongeft Remonftrances againft thefe 
Proceedings to His Catholic Majefty ; and the Petition- 
ers have been put to the Expence of many thoufand 
Pounds, in endeavouring to procure Juftice at the Court 
of Spain; and the Council of War at Madrid were ap- 
pointed to take Cognizance of this Affair; but that 
Council was not affembled till the gth of March, when 
they had their Firlt Conference, though the Prize was 
violently forced from the legal Captors Seven Days 
before, and no Opportunity was given them to make 
their Defence ; and that Sir Benjamin Keene applied to 
His Catholic Majefty, for Juftice to be done the 
Petitioners ; and informed the Right honourable Mr. 
Secretary Pitt, he hoped the Prize would be reftored 
to Captain Fofer in a few Days, as the Depofitions of 
the French Officers were fo ftrong, that the French could 
not have any thing to fay, that could prevent her being 
deemed a juft and lawful Prize; and that infuperable 
Difficulties were laid upon Captain Fofer, to prevent 
him from making his neceffary Juftifications; and he 
was ordered to produce all his Proofs in the fhort T e 

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‘of Three Days, which was infifted upon in a peremptory 
Manner, though it was ftrongly oppofed by the Britih 
Ambaffador and Confuls; and that the Governor of 
Cadiz, who was appointed to take the Proofs and Juftifi- 
cations of Captain Fofer in Three Days, never ap- 
peared for that Purpofe ; but ordered his Catholic Ma. 
jefty’s Notary at War to examine the Witnefles againft 
the Petitioners, and refufed to hear any of Captain 
Fojfter’s Witnefies, though he had a great many to pro- 
duce, that could have fully proved the Legality of the 
Prize ; and that, op the 1ft of Auguff 1757, it was de- 
creed, that The Penthievre, and her Cargo, fhould be 
immediately delivered to the French, without admitting 
any further Application ; and that the French fhould 
be heard, with refpeé&amp;t to the Damages refulting from 
her Detention, which Captain Foffer fhould be bound to 
an{wer ; and that the Britis Conful at Madrid, on the 
5th of Auguft, wrote to the Britifh Conful at Cadiz, in 
thefe Words, “ Sir, The Completion of Iniquity has at 
«¢ Jaft taken Place, and our Enemies have triumphed 
* over Law, Honour, and Equity, with the Refolu- 
« tion which his Catholic Majefty has been pleafed to 
« take, by ordering The Penthievre to be entirely given 
“up to the French, as I have learnt from private In- 
«© formation and public Report ; no Communication of 
« this Refolution having been made to His Majefty’s 
“© Ambaffador, though feveral of his Offices upon the 
«© Subject are ftill unanfwered : The Iffue of this Affair 
“ has been fo long forefeen, by every Step that has at- 
*¢ tended it, that, I dare fay, it will not furprize you, 
« any more than it has His Majefty’s Servants here, 
«‘ though no other Reafon can be given for fo ftrange 
«© 4 Procedure than, Sic volo, fic jubeo.” And that, the 
Britifo Conful at Cadiz, on the 10th of Auguff, replied 
by Letter, ‘* That the Sentence had not furprized him, 
&lt; as he had long expected it would be fuch as it had 
« proved; but it hurt him much, to fee what Methods 
« had been made Ufe of, from the very Beginning of 
« the Affair, to bring it to fuch a Conclufion ;” and he 
declared, that Redrefs for fo much Wrong and In- 
juftice fhewn to the Petitioners was only to be fought 
for, and expected at Home ; and that, on the rith of 
Auguft, the Governor of Cadiz forcibly took Poifeffion 
of Ihe Antigallican, in the Name of his Catholic Ma- 
jefty ; in Confequence of which, the Crew were obliged 
to truft themfelves in an open Boat, to feek Proteétion 
in Portugal ; and that, on the 13th of Auguft, his Ca- 
tholic Majefty iffued an Order of Permiffion, for the 
French to fell the Cargo of The Penthievre ; and all fur- 
ther Reprefentations that were made by the Britis Am- 
baffador and Confuls, in Behalf of Captain Fofer, for a 
fair and open Hearing, were difregarded and rejected ; 
upon which, the Petitioners entered a formal Proteft 
againft all the Proceedings of the Court of Spain; and 
that the Petitioners have great Reafon to believe, that 
His Majefty’s Minifters at London and Madrid, and alfo 
the Britifo Confuls in Spain, were thoroughly fenfible 
of the Legality of the Prize, and of the Injuftice done 


* to the Petitioners, whofe private Interefts are infeparable 


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Ordered, That the faid Petition do li¢ upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Richt honourable Brownlow Earl 
Of Exeter, and alfo the humble Petition of the feveral 
Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
the principal Owners and Proprietors of Lands, in the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 
monable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, in A/dwinckle, in 
the County of Northampton, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Lands of the Peti- 
tioners and others, in the faid Open and Common Fields 
and Places; lie intermixed, and difperfed in fmall Par- 
cels ; and are, in their prefent Situation, incapable of 
any contiderable Improvement; and that, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed, it would be very advantage- 
ous to the Parties interefted therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Regulations as 
the Houfe fhall direé. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Kynafton and Sir William Dolben do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. n 


A Petition of Conrad Rucker, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for his Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
omg and Mr. Kynaffon do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


A Petition of the Impropriator, and Lord of the 
Manor, of the Parifh of Wroughton, in the County of 
Wilts, and of the feveral Owners or Proprietors of Lands, 
Commons, and Eftates, in the Open and Common 
Fields of that Part of the faid Parith of Wroughton, 
which is in the Hundred of Eltud on Everly, in the faid 
County of Wilts, whofe Hands are thereunto fubfcribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Eftates of the Petitioners and others in the 
faid Open and Common Fields, in that Part of the faid 
Parith of Wroughten, which, is in the Hundred of Ejftub 
on Everly aforefaid, lie intermixed, and difperfed over 
the whole Fields in {mall Parcels; and that the fame 
are incapable of Improvement in their prefent Situa- 
tion: And therefore praying, That Leave may be given 
to bring in a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Ground, and Wafte Ground, of and in that Part of 
the Parifh of Wroughton, which is in the faid Hundred 
otf Elfub on Everly, in the County of Wilts, according 
to each Perfon’s Right in the fame, in fuch Manner as 
to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Alexander Popham and Mr. Feilde do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


from the Honour of His Majefty, and the public In- , 


tere(ts of the Britifh Nation; and that the Petitioners, 
at the Conclufion of the laft War, laid this their har 
Cafe before His Majefty, who was pleafed to order His 
then Minifter, the late Lord Egremont, to charge the 
late Duke of Bedfard, then at Paris, to have it made an 
Article in the Preliminaries of Peace ; which Command 
of His Majefty’s was not put in Execution for Three 
Weeks after, when the Preliminaries were fettled and 
figned by the refpective Minifters : And therefore pray- 
ing, That they may receive fuch Redrefs and Satistac- 
tion, as the Houfe fhall think proper, for the great 
Lofs and Damages the Petitioners have fuftained ; and 
that the Petitioners may be relieved in fuch Manner as 
the Houfe fhall think requifite, and to which it fhall 
be thought the Petitioners are intitled from the Nature 
of their Cafe. 
Vou. XXXII. 


Mr. Amcotts prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
and Commonable Places, in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or 
Liberties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Hanmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Hamlet of Denfbanger, in the Parifh of Paffenbam, in 
the County of Northampton, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 

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Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners of 50 
Acres of Land, and One Cottage having Common 
Right, who refufed to fign the Bill, and that the Fields 
iniended to be inclofed contain about goo Acres, and 
that there are Eight Cottages which have Right of Com- 
mon ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Commit- 
tee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houie ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


A Petition of many Owners and Proprietors of Lands 
and Eftates, within the Borough of Plymouth, in the 
County of Devon, and of the Freemen, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
of far the greateft Part of the very numerous Inha- 
bitants, Freemen, and ‘Trades-people, within the Town, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read Setting forth, 
That, by an Aét, pafled in the Tenth Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving and lighting the 
Streets of Plymouth, many of the Petitioners have been 
grievoufly opprefied ; and that, under Colour of the 
faid Act, certain Sums of Money have been unequit- 
ably laid on fome Parts of the Lands within the Town 
and Borough, whilft other Parts have been left free ; 
and great Numbers of the Inhabitants and Tradef- 
people within the Town have had Money illegally ex- 
torted from them, and in a Manner utterly unknown to 
them before the Paffing of the faid A&amp; ; and that it is 
apprehended, the Act is a manifeft Violation of the 
Town’s Charter ; and reprefenting to the Houfe, that, 
by the ancient Charters granted to the Mayor and 
Corporation, they have full Authority to put in Exe- 
cution every neceflary and needful Purpofe, for the 
good Government and real Benefit of the Town and 
Corporation: And therefore praying, That the faid Act 
may be repealed. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hasmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within 
the Manor and. Liberties of Souldury, with the Hamlet 
of Hollindon, in the County of Bucks, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee (except Mrs. Kent, 
whofe Property confifts of Ten Acres, who refufed to 
fign the Bill; and alfo except Sir William Stanhope, 
who is abroad in Italy, whofe Property confifts of One 
Acre; and that the Whole of the Lands intended to 
be inclofed confifts of 2,275 Acres; and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
egrofied. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in .a Bill for 


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4.1772, 


regulating the Admiffion of Freemen into Corporations : 
And that Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Mr. Alexander Popham, 
Mr. Cornwall, and Mr. Feilde, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of thofe whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, being the principal Owners and Proprietors of 
Lands, in the Open and Common Fields, Commonable 
Lands, and Commons, of Brampton, in the County of 
Huntingdon, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Lands of the Petitioners, in the 
faid Open and Common Fields, Commonable Lands, 
and Commons, lie intermixed, and difperfed in fmall 
Parcels, and, in theit prefent Situation, incapable of 
any confiderable Improvement ; and that, if the fame 
were divided and inclofed; it would be very advan- 
tageous to the Parties interefted therein: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Reftrictions 
as the Houfe fhall approve of. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 


Mr. Ong/ey and the Lord Ludlow do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Bill for naturalizing Fobn Lewis Lautier, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Sir Fofeph Mawbhey, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to en- 
quire into the State. of Settlements gained by Battard 
Children, born in Lying-in Hofpitals, and other Houfes 
of public Charity ; and report the fame, with their Opi- 
nion thereupon, to the Houfe. 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Fofeph Mawe 
bey, Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to mect 
To-morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, 


Papers, and Records ; and all who come to the Commit- 
tee are to have Voices. 


General Vernon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
Fields and Commonable Places, in the Parifh of Skef- 
jington, and County of Leiceffer, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
-o tgs put thereupon, were agreed to by the 

oufe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ia- 
grofied. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
within the Parifh of Manton, in the County of Rutland, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudenell, Mr. Hopkins, &amp;c.: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber, 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, the Refolution which the Committee had di- 


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rected him to report to the Houfe ; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; vz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Provifion be made for the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, and for their Subfiftence, during the Time 
they fhall be abfent from Home on account of the An- 
nual Exercife, for the Year 1772. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, 


was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to b 
the Houte. : of 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee to whom the Petition of William Windbam, 
Efquire, was referred, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell reported ftom the Committee, That he 
was directed by the Committee to make a Motion, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Burrell accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That he was directed by the Committee to 
move the Houfe, that Leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite 
Shore, in the County of Middlefex, and to enable His 
Majelty to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Rich- 
snond aforelaid to William Windbam, Efquire, in Fee 
Simple. 

And Mr. Burrell moved the Houfe accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


, building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from Rich- 


mond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, 
in the County of Middlefex, and to enable His Ma- 
jefty to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Richmond 
aforefaid to William Windbam, Efquire, in Fee Simple : 
And that Mr. Burrell and Sir Charles Whitworth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Tanners in and near the City of 
London, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Tan- 
ners in Great Britain, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That, in Confequence of the Act 
of the Ninth of His prefent Majefty, a great Quan- 
tity of Hides have been imported into this Kingdom, 
and the Slaughter in England fince that Time has been 
greatly increafed ; but that the great Scarcity and ex- 
orbitant Price of Oak Bark, which is advanced from 
£.7. 105. to £.12 per Load of Hatch, hath prevented 
the Advantages to be hoped either from Home Con- 
fumption or an Export Trade ; and that the Petitioners 
apprehend, the prefent Scarcity of Bark, not near fufi- 
cient to fupply the Trade, arifes from the great Decreafe 
of Oak ‘Timber, the grubbing up Underwoods to turn 
into Pafture and Corn, and the large Proportion of 
Winter-felled Timber every Year for the Navy and 
private Ship-builders, the Bark of which is thrown away, 
and alfo the free Exportation of Bark for the Ufe of 
Foreign Manufactures ; and that the Petitioners fear, 
that, unlefs fome Remedy is foon applied, the inevitable, 
Confequence mutt. be, the Lofs of the Export Trade, 
not only greatly beneticial, as being the Produce of 
our own Country worked up here, burt alfo retaining 
a Duty of 65. per Cwt. on Exportation, inftead of 
which, for Want of this Material, great Numbers of 
Raw Hides have lately been exported ; and that the 
Duty on the Importation of Foreign Bark is fo heavy, 
as tO amount to a Prohibition ; and that, if the Houfe 


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fhould think proper to take off the Duty on imported 
Bark, and lay a fmall Tax on Bark exported, it would 
fecure this valuable Trade Abroad, reduce the Price of 
Leather at Home, and add confiderably to the Revenue : 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Pre- 
mifes into Confideration, and to grant fuch Relief there- 
in as the Cafe of the Petitioners fhall require, and as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee : And that they do examine, 
and ftate tothe Houfe, the Matter of Faét contained in 
the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Burrell, Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers; and Re- 


cords ; and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Fob2 Earl of 
Sandwich, Firft Commiflioner for executing the Office 
of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and others, Commiffioners or Governors of the Royal 
Hofpital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the County of 
Kent, affembled in a General Court, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That their late 
Majefties King William and Queen Mary did grant to 
Sir Fobn Somers, Knight, and others, a certain Building 
at Greenwich, for the Purpofe of converting the fame 
into an Hofpital for the Reception and Maintenance of 
Seamen worn out and become decrepit in the Service 
of their Country ; and that their Jate Majefties, Queen 
Ann, King George the Firft, King George the Second, and 
His prefent Majefty, by their Letters Patent under the 
Great Seal, did appoint certain Perfons, therein named, 
to be Commiffioners for carrying on and completing 
the Buildings of the faid Hofpital, and for other Pur- 
potes ; and that the feveral Commiffioners named in 
fuch Letters Patent have, as far as they were able, exe- 
cuted the feveral Powers thereby committed to them ; 
and that Part of the Revenues of the faid Hofpital 
arifes from fome Freehold Eftates, devifed to the faid 
Hofpital before the making the late Statute of Mort- 
main; and fuch Revenue would have been greatly in- 
creafed, as the Petitioners apprehend, by Deviles, Gifts, 
and Bequefts of well-difpofed Perions, defirous of aflift- 
ing the faid Charity, if the Commiffioners or Governors 
of the faid Hofpital had been incorporated by Statute, 
and thereby enabled to accept Devifes of Lands, and to 
have made Purchafes with fuch Gifts and Bequefts ; 
and that the Petitioners alfo apprehend, that the in- 
corporating of the faid Commiffioners or Governors 
would tend to the better enabling them to profecute 
the good Ends of the faid Charitable Inftitution, the 
better Government of the faid Charity, and the better 
Management of the Revenue of the faid Hofpital: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for incorporating the Commifiioners or Go- 
vernors and Direétors of the faid Royal Hofpital, by 
the Name and Style of “‘ Guardians of. the Royal Hof- 
“ pital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the County of 
“© Kent ;” or that the Petitioners may have fuch other 
Aid in the Premifes as to the Houfe may feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Truftees whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, 
the Truftees appointed to put in Execution an Act, 
made and paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for building a 
new Parifh Church, and declaring the prefent Parith 
Church a Chapel, for making a Coemetery or Church 
Yard, and for building an Houfe for the Ufe of the 
Minifter of the Parifh of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the 
County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, - 

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524 
tead , Setting forth, That, by the faid Act, the Peti- 
tioners are impowered to caufe a Church and Steeple to 
be built upon certain Lands therein particularly de- 
{cribed, and to caufe the Ground in the faid Act men- 
tioned, or fuch Part thereof as fhould be thought ne- 
ceffary, to be taken in and inclofed for a Coemetery 
“or Church Yard; and that the Petitioners find it will 
be more convenient, and a confiderable Benefit to the 
Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, that the 
intended new Church fhould be built upon . another 
Piece of Ground than therein defcribed ; and another 
Piece of Ground appropriated for a Coemetery for the 
faid Parifh inftead of the Ground in the faid Act men- 


tioned ; and that the Petitioners have made fome Pro- : 


grefs in the Execution of the Trufts in them repofed 
but cannot effectually complete the Purpofes thereby 
intended, unlefs the faid Act is in other refpeéts amend- 
ed, and made more effectual: And therefore praying, 
That they may have Leave to bring in a Bill for the 
Purpofes abovementioned, in fuch Manner as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Mackworth, Mr. Mon- 
tagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, 
Lord of the Manor of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wen- 
lock Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County of 
Salop, and Patron of the Vicarage of the Parifh Church, 
and Impropriator of the Great Tithes, within the faid 
Manor, and alfo Proprietor of great Part of the Lands 
and Common Fields lying within the faid Manor, and 
‘ alfo, as Lord thereof, of a certain large Tra¢t of Land 
called Weftwood Common, the Reverend Stephen Pryth- 
erch, Clerk, Vicar of the faid Parifh, and of Brooke Fo- 
refter, Efquire, and others, Proprietors of Lands with- 
in the faid Manor, on Behalf of themfelves and others 
interefted therein, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That, within the faid Manor, there are 
certain Open and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and 
Pafture Ground, and alfo a large Tract of Land, called 
W eftwood Common, containing, by Eftimation, 350 Acres, 
or thereabouts; and alfo feveral inclofed Grounds, the 
Property of which, as well as of the Uninclofed Grounds, 
is not at prefent fully afcertained; and that the faid Lands 
lie intermixed, and, in their prefent Situation, are in- 
capable of Improvement ; and it would be advantageous 
to all Perfons interefted, to have the fame divided and 
incloied: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and 
allotting, the faid‘Common and Common Fields, within 
the faid Manor, and alfo for afcertaining the Property 
of each of the refpeétive Owners in and to the faid In- 
clofed and Uninclofed Grounds, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. : 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 


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fuant to the Prayer. of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 


Kynafton and Mr, Baldwyn do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harvis and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé to 
diffolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis, with Sufannab 
Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for more effec- 
tually fecuring the Rights of the Electors of Great Bri- 
tain, with refpect to the Eligibility of Perfons to ferve 
in Parliament ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, j Bong “ } 135. 
Mr. Thomas Edwards 
Telle:s for the Noes, Freeman, 181 
ea Dundas : 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled,, An A@ 
to diffolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis with Sufannab 
Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 12° Georgi III": Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on, 

from the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he 
was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills 
made out by Virtue of an Adt, paffed in the laft Seffion 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raifing a certain 
Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the 
Service of the Year 1771. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

The faid Account is as followeth ; viz. 


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To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefles, in Parliament affembled. "1 


An ACCOUNT of the Amount of the Exchequer Bills: made out by Virtue of an Act, paffed in the laft 
Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raifing a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for’ 
the Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 


The Exchequer Bills made out by Virtue of the above Ac, amount to the Sum of One Million Eight hundred 
thouiand Pounds. 


Exchequer, the 28th Day 
of February 1772. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 

to whom the Petition of feveral of the Owners of Com- 
monable Houfes and Toftfteads, in the Towns of 
Bourn, Dyke, and Cawthorpe, within the Manor and Pa- 
rith of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, having Right 
upon, and being otherwife interefted in, a certain Parcel 
of Land, lying in the South Fen, within the faid Ma- 
nor and Parifh, and now ufed and enjoyed by the Owners 
of fuch Houfes and Toftfteads as a Cow Pafture, and 
alfo of feveral other Perfons, interefted in the Fen 
Lands and other Grounds within the faid Manor and 
Parith of Bourr, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 
- To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
A&amp;, paffed in the 6th Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Mea- 
dows, Wafte, and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, was read: 
And, 

An Extract from the Award made in purfuance of 
that Act was produced, whereby it appeared, that 877 
Acres of Land were allotted to the Towns of Bourn, 
Dyke, and Cawthorpe, for a Cow Pafture: And, 

“Daniel Douglas, Efquire, being examined, faid, That 
the faid Cow Pafture is liable to be frequently over- 
flowed, and is at this Time intirely under Water ; and 
that it would be much more valuable to the Perfons 
having Right of Common thereon, if the fame was 
drained and divided into fpecific Allotments, amongft 
the Perfons intitled to the fame. 

And he added, That the former Act has been found 
in many Relpetts defective. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, inclofing, and draining, a certain Parcel 
of Land, called or known by the Name of The Cow 
Pafture, \ying in the South Fen, in the Parifh of Bourn, 
in the County of Lincoln, and for amending and ren- 

ydering more effectual an Act, made in the Sixth Year of 

Voi. XXXUL 


Joba Hughfon. 


‘ 


His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for allot. 
ing, dividing, inclofing, and draining, feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, Wafte, and Fen Grounds, 
within the Manor and Parith of Bourn, in the County of 
Lincoln: And that Lord Brownlow Bertie and Mr. 
Wbichcot do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to confirm and eftablifh an In- 
denture of Agreement, for dividing and inclofing fe- 
veral Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Manor ‘and 
Parifh of Great Paunton, in the County of Lincoln, 
and for dividing and inclofing feveral other Common 
Fields, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the fame Manor 
and Parifh: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for lighting fuch Part of the Town 
of [fington as lies in the Parifh of Saint Mary, [fington, 
in the County of Middlefex; and for eftablifhing a 
regular Nightly Watch therein; was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for lighting fuch Part of the Town of J/ing- 
ton as lies inthe Parith of Saint Mary, I[fington, in the 
County of Middlefex; and for eftablifhing a regular 
Nightly Watch therein. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Oliver do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of 
feveral Grounds and Houfes, and Inhabitants of that 
Part of the Parith of Saint Pancras, in the County of 
Middlefex, as lies and is fituated on the Weft Side of Tot- 
tenbam Court Road, in the fame Parifh and County, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the faid Parifh is very large and extenfive ; and that 


fuch Part thereof as’lies on the Weft Side of Zottenban: 


Court Road, or the greateft Part thereof, is wholly new 
.built, and in building ; and that, in Procefs of Time, 
the faine will probably be more extenfively built upon 
than at prefent; and that Percy Street, Windmill Street, 
Goodge Street, Stephen Street, and Greffe Street, are all 
of them public Ways, leading from Tottenham Court 

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Road, through Charlotte Street, to the interior Parts of 
the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, and the new Build- 
ings in the Parith of Mary le Bone ; and that, by Rea- 
fon thereof, and of the great Number of Carriages paf- 
fing through the faid Streets, the Pavements thereof are 
continually repairing ; and that the Pavements in gene- 
ral, through the Whole of the Streets, Courts, Alleys, 
and other public Paflages, in that Part of the faid Parifh, 
are in a ruinous Condition; and that the Petitioners con- 
ceive, it would be of great Benefit to have the fame 
hew paved ; and that, from the Vicinity of that Part of 
the faid Parith to Tottenbam Court Road, and the Fields 
thereunto adjoining, the fame is dangerous, as being 
liable to diforderly People ; and therefore the Petition- 
ers apprehend, if a Nightly Watch was to be eftablith- 
ed, and a Power granted to remove Nufances and In- 
croachments, and to prevent the fame for the future, 
and if the faid Streets were regularly cleanfed, lighted, 
and watered, it would be of great Benefit to the Peti- 
tioners and others, the Inhabitants of that Part of the faid 
Parifh, as well as to the Public in general; and that the 
paving and repairing of fuch Part of Zottenham Court 
Road as lies in the faid Parifh, is under the Direétion and 
Management of the Commiffioners of the Turnpikes, 
but that the fame is in a very bad Condition, and the 
Petitioners are defirous of taking the fame under their 
Management, upon receiving from the faid Commif- 
fioners an annual Payment, and being exempted from 
the Rate at prefent impofed upon the Inhabitants of 
that Part of the faid Parifh : And therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for paving, re- 
pairing, Irghting, cleanfing, watering, and watching, 
the faid feveral Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and other public 
Paffages, in that Part of the faid Parifh as lies on the 
Welt Side of Tottenbam Court Road, and for impower- 
ing the Petitioners to treat with the faid Commiffioners 
for an annual Payment for the Confiderations above {pe- 
cified ; and that the Commiffioners may alfo be impower- 
ed to enter into and complete the fame, in fuch Man- 
ner, and under fuch Regulations, and with fuch proper 
Claufes therein, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Hopkins, Colonel Fitzroy, 
é&amp;c. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker's Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Sir Charles Kemys Tynte reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the feveral Truftees appointed 
to put in Execution an Act of Parliament, paffed in 
the 3oth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An A&amp; for repairing and 
widening feveral Roads, leading to, through, and from, 
the Town of Frome, in the County of Somerfet ,; and for 
giving further Powers to the Truftees in an Act, paffed 
in the 25th Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, 
for repairing the Roads from the Town of Warminfter, 
in the County of Wilts, to the City of Bath, in the 
County of Somerfet, and other Roads therein mentioned, 
and of the Creditors under the faid Act of the 30th 
Year of his faid late Majefty, and of feveral other Per- 
fons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was re- 
ferred; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deh- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
A&amp; was read: And 

Mr. William Barnes, being examined, faid, That the 
Sum of £. 7,000 has been borrowed on the Credit of the 


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faid A&amp;t, which, together with the Tolls colleéted, has 
been applied towards repairing the faid Roads ; but that 
the faid Roads cannot be kept in Repair, and the Money 
borrowed repaid, unlefs the Term and Powers of the 
faid Act are continued and enlarged. 

And the Witnefs further faid, That he knows the 
feveral other Roads, defcribed in the Petition, adjoining 
to the Roads direéted to be repaired by the faid Act 
(being Sixteen Miles, or thereabouts) which are in a 
ruinous Condition, in fome Places very narrow, and 
cannot be repaired and widened by the Laws in being ; 
the repairing of which Roads will amount to abour 
£. 4500. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Ferms and Powers of Two Aéts, of the 
25th and 3oth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing the Roads leading from the Towns of 
Frome and Warminfter, and other Roads therein men- 
tioned, in the Counties of Somerfet and Wilts, and for 
repairing and widening feveral other Roads, therein de- 
{cribed, in the faidCounties : And that Sir Charles Kemys 
Tynte and Mr. Coxe do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Colonel Pringle reported from the Committee, towhom 
the Petition of the Noblemen, and the humble Petition of 
the Gentlemen Heretors, in the County of Berwick, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, a 
Member prefent informed the Committee, That the 
Roads froin the Confines of the County of Bercvick, at 
or near Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes, and from 
Swinton Quarries to Eymouth, and from the Town of 
Eccles to Eymouth, and from Whitelaw Muir to Compton's 
Lanes, are fo narrow and ruinous as to be almoft im- 
paffable, and cannot be repaired and widened by the 
ordinary Courfe of Law, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Roads, from the Confines of 
the County of Berwick, at or near Banghoufe Walls, to 
Compton's Lanes and Eymouth, and from the Town of 
Eccles to Eymouth, and from Whitelaw Muir to Comp- 
ton’s Lanes, in the County of Berwick : And that Co- 
lonel Pringle, Sir George Suttie, and Sir ‘fames Cock- 
burne, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Magiftrates of 
Canongate, for themfelves, and as reprefenting the Com- 
munity of the faid Burgh, and of the Right honourable 
Fokn Lord Colvil, for himfelf, and as Preefes, and in 
Name of the other Heretors or Landholders,. within the 
faid Burgh, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had dire@ed 
him to report the fame, .as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Phineas Hall, being examined, faid, That the Burgh of 
Canongate is the great Outlet from the City. of Ediz- 
burgh, and lies without the Liberties of the Royalty ; 
that if the Streets, Lanes, and Paffages, of the faid 
Burgh of Canongate and its Dependancies of Pleafance 
and Leithwynd was properly lighted, cleanfed, and 
watched, it would tend to the Satety of the Inhabitants 
of the faid Burgh and to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh ; 
and alfo to all Perfons reforting to and from the faid 
City, by the Canongate;, but that the fame cannot be 
done without the Aid of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
lighting, cleanfing, and watching, the Streets, Lanes, 

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and other Paffages, of the Burgh of Canongate, and the 
Liberties of Pleafance and Leithwynd, adjoining to the 
Royalty of the City of Edinburgh: And that the Lord 
Advocate of Scotland and Sir Alexander Gilmour do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Common Fields, Half Year Inclofures, and Com- 
mons and Wafte Lands, within the Parith of Fincham, 
in the County of Norfolk, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill*do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Common Fields, Half Year Inclefures, and Commons 
and Wafte Lands, within the Parith of Fincham, in the 
County of Norfolk. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Brickdale prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for incorporating and well governing the 
Society of Free and Accepted Mafons ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Fohn Thornton, Robert Nettleton, Fobn 
Lodge, Thomas Walker, Beefton Long, Thomas Najh, ‘Fobn 
Dorrien, Fohn Blackburn, fames Mathias, ‘Jonas Hanway, 
Fowler Walker, Fahn Anthony Rucker, ‘John Smith, and 
Andrew Thomfon, Efquires, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
torth, That divers of the Petitioners, and others, in 
Sune 1756, formed themfelves into a Society (called The 
Marine Society) and, in Confequence thereof, they 
colleéted by voluntary Donations and Subicriptions, 
during the late War with France and Spain, the Sum of 
£. 233692. 7s. 2d. which was expended in cloathing 
and fitting out 5,451 Landfmen Volunteers, to ferve as 
Seamen on Board His Majefty’s Fleet, and 5,174 poor 
Boys, as Servants to the Officers in the Navy ; and that, 
at the Clofe of the late War, the faid Society alfo pro- 
vided in the moft fafe and fatisfaétory Manner, by Land 
and Sea, for all the Boys who applied for Rehef after 
being difcharged from the King’s Ships ; and that, fince 
the Commencement of the Peace, the Petitioners (with 
Part of the Intereft of a Legacy bequeathed to them by 
the Will of William Hicks, \ate an E-nglifo Merchant, in 
Hamburgh, deceafed, and further voluntary Donations 
and Subfcriptions) have placed out to Officers in the 
King’s Ships, and to the Merchant Service, 1,132 more 
diftrefied Boys; and that the Affairs and Bufinefs of 
this Society, have been conducted and managed, from 
Time to Time, with the utmoft Order and GEconomy; 
and that the Petitioners apprehend, that a Society of 
this Nature, countenanced and fupported by the Laws 
of this Realm, and eftablifhed upon a refpectable and 
permanent Foundation, and vefted with proper Powers, 

for enabling them to carry into Execution their charit- 


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able Defigns, of cloathing, fitting out, and apprentic- 
ing, or placing out, poor diftreffed Boys who have not 
any vilible Means of Support, and who fhall voluntarily 
offer themfelves for the Service of the Navy, and of other 
Ships and Veffels, the Property of, and belonging to, 
Great Britain, would be of confiderable Ufe and Ad- 
vantage to thefe Kingdoms: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for in: 
corporating the Petitioners, and their Succeffors, to be 
elected in tuch Manner as in the Bill is intended to be 
mentioned, or as Parliament fhall think proper, and 
for vefting them with due conftitutional Powers; for the 
more effectually carrying on the charitable and ufeful 
Defigns aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
William Dolben, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Alderman Trecothick; 
Mr. Gray, and Mr. Marfoam, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


A Petition of the Burgeflés of the Borough of Wig- 
more, in the County of Hereford, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was preiented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That there are certain Common 
Woods, within the faid Borough, called Woodzwoed, 
Barnet, and Part of Oakley, containing about Goo Acres, 
or thereabouts ; and alfo a Piece or Parcel of Pafture, 
or Moor Land, called Wigmore’s Moor, containing about 
80 Acres, or thereabouts ; and that the faid Woods being 
cut and mangled improperly, and at improper Seafons, 
and the Springs not preferved, but fuffered to be eaten 
up by Horfes, Cattle, and Sheep, are of lefs Value than 
they would be, if duly cut and regularly preferved ; and 
the faid Moor, being in a low Situation, and not fuffi- 
ciently drained, is often overflowed with Water, efpe- 
cially in the Winter Seafon ; and that, if the faid Woods 
and Moor Land were inclofed, divided into Lots, and 
improved, it would be greatly to the Advantage of the 
Petitioners, and the other Burgeiles interefted therein : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for inclofing, dividing, allotting, and 
improving, the faid Woods and Moor Land, in fuch 
Manner, arid under fuch Regulations, as-:the Houfe 
fhall think juft. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr: 
Alderman Harley and Mr. Bacon do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


The Houfe being informed, That Dr. Morton, from 
the Truftees of the Britifh Mufeum, attended at the 
Door ; he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Account of the Truftees of the 
Britifo Mufeun.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

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Ordered, That the faid Paper be referred to the Coni- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


A Petition of the Owners and Proprietors of Common 
Lands, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Com- 
mon Grounds, Wafte and Commonable Lands, lying 
within the Fields, Liberties, Territories, Precinéts, and 
Townhhips, of Sibford Gower and Burdrup, in the Parifh 
of Swalcliffe, in the County of Oxford, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That there is, in 
the faid Libert.es, Territories, and Townfhips, One large 
Open and Common Field, known by the Name of Sid- 
ford Gower Field, confifting of Eighty Yard Lands, or 
thereabouts, and containing together 2,000 Acres, or 
thereabouts ; and that the feveral Lands and Grounds of 
the Petitioners and others lie intermixed, and difperfed 
in {mall Parcels in and over the faid Common Field; 
and are moft of them inconveniently fituated, and pro- 
duce but little Profit, and, in their prefent Situation, are 
incapable of Improvement: And therefore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for divid- 
ing, inclofing, affigning, ance allotting, the faid Com- 
mon Field, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Com- 
mon Grounds, Wafte and Commonable Lands, or fuch 
other Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that the 
Lord Wenman, Lord Charles Spencer, and Mr. Page, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriff, and Com- 
mon Council, of the Town of Newcajtle upon Tyne, in 
the County of the Town of Newcajftle upon Tyne, in 
Common Council affembled, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That, by the Violence of a 
moft extraordinary Flood in the Night between the 16th 
and 17th of November \aft, a great Part of the Stone 
Bridge over the River Tyne, at Newcajtle, was deitroy- 
ed, and thereby the principal Paffage from the Northern 
to the Southern Parts of this Kingdom is in a great 
Meafure obftructed; and that the Erection of a tem- 
porary Bridge, from the Town of Newcajlle, to the op- 
polite Shore, in Gatefbead; in the County of Durham, 
in the mean Time, until a new Stone Bridge can be 
built, would be of public Utility: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a temporaryBridge, over the River Tyne, from 
the Town of Newcaftle, to the oppofite Shore, in Gate- 
foead, in the County of Durham, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed; being interefted in an Open and 
Commonable Parcel of Land, called Newton Heath, 
and in an Open and Commonable Piece of Meadow or 
Pafture Ground, called The Towm Clofe, both lying in 
Newton Burgalon, in the Parifh of Swep/ton, and County 
of Leicefer, was prefented to the Houle, and read ; Set- 
ting forth, That the Properties of the Petitioners, in the 
faid Newton Heath and Town Clofe, lie intermixed, and, 
in their prefent Situation, are incapable of Improvement ; 
but if the fame were divided and inclofed, and ipecific 
Allotments made to the Perfons interefted therein, it 
would be a great Improvement of their Eftates, and 
ef public Utility: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be giten to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes afore- 
faid, under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. : 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bull, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr, 
Kynafton and Sir Francis Vincent do prepare,. and bring 
in, the fame. 


Vou, XXXII. 


529 

A Petition of the feveral Owners of sands; Tene 
ments, and Hereditaments, fituate within the Parifh and ~ 
Manor of Lanchefter, in the County of Durham, whole 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, for and on the Behalf of 
themfelves and others, the Owners of Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, having Right of Common 
upon the Moor or Common, or Tract of Wafte Ground; 
herein after mentioned, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That there is a large Moor or 
Common, or Tract of Wafte Ground, lying within, and 
belonging to, the faid Manor, commonly called Ham- 
fieel’s Moor, containing 1,000 Acres, or thereabouts ; 
and that the Lord Bifhop of Durbam is Lord of the faid 
Manor ; and that the faid Moor or Common, in its 
prefent State, is of very little Ufe or Service, but is 
capable of Cultivation and [mprovement ; and that the 
faid Lord Bifhop of Durbam, and the Petitioners, are 
willing and defirous that the fame may be inclofed, cul- 
tivated, and improved, as the fame will be of public 
Utility, as well as an Improvement of the Eftates of the 
feveral Perfons intitled to Right of Common upon 
the fame: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Thomas Glavering and Mr. Vane do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Mr. Plumer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Right honourable Anne Holles Eart 
of Effex, in Behalf of himfelf and the Right honourable 
George Capell, commonly called Lord Viicount Malden, 
his eldeft Son and Heir apparent, now a Minor, and alfo 
the humble Petition of Edward Woedcock, Doétor of 
Laws, Vicar, Fobn Dummer, Fobu Hawthorne, Wefton 
Eve, Henry Lovett, and Henry Lomas, Church Wardens, 
and of ‘fobn Buckmafter, John Afbby, Fames White; and 
Fames Hill, Overfeers of the Poor, and other Inhabi- 
tants and Land Owners, of the Parith of Watford, in the 
County of Hertford, on the Behalf of themfelves and the 
reft of the Inhabitants and Land Owners of the faid 
Parith, was referred ; That the Committee had examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fames Hickman, being examined, faid, That the Church 
Yard of the faid Parifh is too fmall for the convenient 
Interment of the Dead, and that it was agreed by the 
Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, to apply for a Bill to en- 
large the Church Yard, and for making a new Road 
inftead of the prefent Road propofed to be inclofed as 
Part of fuch Enlargement, and for inclofing a {mall Piece 
of the prefent Road (which*by the propofed Alteration. 
will become ufelefs to the Public) for the private Ufe of 
John Whitfield, Efquire, and his Heirs, who hath agreed 
to purchafe the fame of the faid Parifh. . 

Mr. Thomas Clutterbuck, being examined, faid, That 
Part of the moft commodious Piece of Ground, which 
could be made Ufe of for that Purpofe; was fettled 
upon the Earl of Effex and his Family, and the other 
Part belonged to a Court or Alms Yard, which, toge- 
ther with certain Alms Houfes, were fettled by the 
Anceftors of the faid Earl to charitable Ufes ; and that 
the faid Earl is willing, on Behalf of himfelf and Fa- 
mily, to difpofe of his Right to the faid Piece of Ground 
and that the faid Parifh have agreed to make a yearly 


‘ Allowance out of the Poors Rates to the Perfons refid- 


ing in the faid Alms Houfes, for fuch Part of the faid 
Court or Alms Yard, as is propofed to be inclofed. 
Mr. William Haffe'l, being examined, faid, That by the 
great Increafe of the Poor of the faid Parifh, the Work- 
houfe belonging thereto, is infufficient to contain them ; 


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houfe is neceffary, for the better Reception andi Regula- 
tion of the Poor of the faid Parifh. 

Mr. William Hickman, being again examined, faid, 
That the prefent Parochial Levies will be infufficient to 
raife Monies for defraying the Expences attending the 
enlarging the faid Church Yard, and making fuch ad- 
ditional Building to the prefent Workhoufe, without 
being very burthenfome to the Land Owners and Inha- 
bitants of the faid Parith ; and that it will be neceffary 
to grant Powers to raife Monies for effecting the Pur- 
pofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard of the Parith of 
Watford, in the County of Heriford, and to make an 
additional Building to the prefent Workhoufe, for the 
Reception of the Poor of the faid Parifh ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: And that Mr. Plumer and 
Mr. Haley do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Reverend Ptolomy Humfrey, Clerk, 
Reétor of the Parifh Church of Thorpe Mandeville, in 
the County of Northampton, the Reverend Fobn Fepheott, 
of Hardingiton, in the faid County, Clerk, and Catharina 
Dorethea his Wife, and Richard Jennens, of Wefton, in 
the faid County, Efquire, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioner Psolomy 
Humfrey is feiicd of the Advowfon of the Rectory 
of the Parifh Church of Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, 
and of all the Glebe Lands thereunto belonging, 
and, in Right thereof, is alfo feifed of all the Great 
and Small Tithes arifing within the faid Parifh; in 
which Advowfon, Reétory, and Premifies, the Peti- 
tioner Catharina Dorothea, Wite of the faid Yobn Jeph- 
cott, hath an Intereft, to take Place in Remainder, after 
the Deceafe of the faid Prolomy Humfrey , and that 
Richard Fennens is feifed of a very good Manfion Houle, 
and feveral Meffuages, Clofes, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, in Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, of the yearly 
Value of Five hundred Pounds, or thereabouts; and 
that Part of the Glebe of the faid Reétory, called The 
Grindles, containing about 30 Acres, with a fmall Mef- 
fuage thereon ftanding, lies remote from any other Part 
of the faid Glebe, but intermixed with the Eftate of the 
faid Richard Fennens, and very near to the faid Manfion 
Houle ; and that a Meffuage and Two {mall Cottages, 
and feveral Clofes and Ponds, of the faid Richard Fen- 
nens, in Thorpe Mandsville aforefaid, lie, fome adjoining 
to,.and others very near, the Parfonage Houfe, in 
Thorpe Mandeville atorefaid , and it would greatly ac- 
commodate, as well the faid Eftate belonging to the faid 
Rectory, as the faid Eftate of the faid Richard Fennens, 
in Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, if an Exchange was made, 
with the faid Richard Fennens, of the faid Part of the 
Glebe called The Grindles,. for the faid Meffuage or Te- 
nement, Two {mall Cottages, feveral Clofes and Ponds, 
of the faid Richard Fennens, adjoining and lying near the 
faid Parfonage Houfe ; and it would alfo be of great 
Utility and Advantage, as well to the faid Rector and 
others interefted in the faid Rectory, as to the faid 
Richard Fennens, if a due Proportion of other Parts of 
the Lands and Eftate of the faid Richard Fennens, in 
Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, were fet out for the faid 
Ptolomy Humfrey, and his Succeffors, Reétors of the 
Parifh Church of Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, in Lieu 
of, and as a Satisfaction for, all the Great and Small 
Tithes or Payments, in Lieu thereof, arifing, or becom- 
ing due, from and out of all and fingular the Meffu- 
ages, Cottages, Clofes, Lands, Ponds, and Heredita- 
ments, of him the faid Richard Fennens, in Thorpe Man- 
deville aforefaid: And therefore praying, That Leave 
may be given to bring in a Bill to empower the faid 
Ptolomy Humfrey, Fobn Fepbcott, and Catharina Doro- 
thea his Wite, by and with the Confent of the Right 
Reverend the Lord Bifhop of Peterborough, and certain 
Commiffioners in the Bill to be named, for that and 
other the Purpofes in the Bill to be expreffed, to ex- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


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change, with the faid Richard Yennens, the faid Meffuace 
or Tenement, and Clofes called The Grindles, for the 
{aid Mefiuage, Two fmall Cottages, and feveral Clofes 
and Ponds therein, in Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, being 
Part of the Eftate of the faid Richard Fennens ; and allo 
for the fetting out, affigning, and: appointing, for the 
faid Rector and his Succeffors, by Commiffioners in the 
faid Bill to be for that Purpofe named, fuch -othet 
Part or Parts of the Eftate of the faid Richard Fennens, 
in Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid, in Lieu of the Tithes 
or Payments in Lieu thereof, as aforefaid, as in the 
Judgment of the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part 
of them, fhall be deemed a full Satisfa¢tion for all the 
Great and Small Tithes, which are iffuing out of, and 
payable to the faid Reétor, for, and in refpedct of, the 
Mefiuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of 
him the faid Richard Fennens, in Thorpe Mandeville afore- 
faid ; and, upon fuch Satisfaction made as aforefaid, for 
the Tithes and Payments, in Lieu thereof as aforefaid, 
for the exonerating and difcharging the faid Meffuage, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the {aid 
Richard Fennens, in Thorpe Mandeville aforefaid; from 
the Payment of all future’Tithes, or other Payments in 
Lieu thereof ; and for fuch other Relief in the Premifes 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr, Strachey, Lord Clive, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the honourable Thomas Penn, Efquire, 
was prefented to the Houte, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioner is Lord of the Manor of Sroke Poges, 
in the County of Bucks, and Owner of the Soil of cer- 
tain Commons, or Wafte Lands, lying within the faid 
Manor, containing, by Eftimation, 1,500 Acres, or 
thereabouts ; and that the faid Commons or Wafte 
Lands, in their prefent uncultivated State, yield very 
little Benefit; and that Application hath been made to 
the Petitioner, by Lieutenant General George Howard, 
and Fames Squib, of High Wycomb, in the County of 
Buckingham, to take in and inclofe certain {mall Parts of 
the faid Commons, or Wafte Lands, not exceeding 15 
Acres, at their own Expence, upon paying fuch valu- 
able Confideration for the fame as fhall be thought rea- 
fonable, to be applied for the Benefit of the feveral 
Peffons having Right of Common, or other Intereft, in 
the fame ; which will be for the Benefit of all Perfons 
having any Right or Intereft therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill, 
tor the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch Reftri@tions and 
Regulations, as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Baker, Sir Francis Vincent, and Mr. Conyers, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Fones, Clerk, on 
the Behalf of himfelf and many others, principal Owa- 
ers and Proprietors of Lands, m a certain Fen, called 
the Middle Fen Diftrié, lying between Ely and Sobam, 
in the County of Cambridge, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That, by an Aét, made in the 
33d Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, certain Fen 
Lands therein mentioned were charged and affeffed 
with a certain yearly Acre Tax, as a Fund’ for drain- 
ing the faid Fen Lands, and for the Support, Main» 
tenance, and Prefervation, of the feveral Works; and 
Power was alfo given, to borrow, at Intereft, any Sum 
or Sums of Money, which they fhould think neceffary, 
for making, carrying on, repairing, and pteferving, the 
faid Works, and to affign the faid Taxes as 2 Security 


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for the fame; and that the Commiffioners appointed by 
the faid Act have proceeded in the Execution thereof, 
and, for the aforefaid Purpofes, have borrowed divers 
Sums of Money, to a.large Amount, and affigned the 
faid ‘Taxes as a Security for the fame; which Sums have 
been applied in making and carrying on the Works for 

refervine the faid Fen Lands ; and that, by the Floods 
which happened the laft Winter, and in fome preceding 
Winters, great Damage has been done to the principal 
Works made for the Prefervation of the faid Fen Lands, 
which cannot be fufficiently repaired and preferved trom 
the ordinary Revenue of the faid Taxes, and by the 
Powers in the faid Act, and that the Petitioners appre- 
hend, further Powers will be neceffary, which wili not 
only be to the Benefit of the County in general, but will 
tend to the better Security of the prefent Creditors, as well 
as be the Means of preferving the aforefaid Fen and 
Low Grounds from Inundation : And theretore praying, 
That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending the faid A, for draining and preferving cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Ile of Ely, 
and County of Cambridge, between the Cam, otherwife, 
Grant, Qufe, and Mildenball Rivers, and bounded on 
the South Eaft, by the Hard Lands of Jfeham, Ford- 
hom, Sobam, and Wicken , and for impowering the Go- 
vernor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of 
Confervators of the Great Level of the Fens, called 
Bedford Level, to fell certain Lands within the faid 
Limits, commonly called Invefted Lands , for the bet- 
ter Security of the Perfons who have advanced divers 
Sums of Money on the Credit of the faid Act ; and alfo 
for the better draining of the faid Fen, in fuch Manner, 
and under fuch Powers and Reftrictions, as to the Houfe 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
thall appear to them, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Sir ohn Hynde Cotton, Mr. Fel- 
lowes, &amp;cc. : And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Mayor and principal Burgeffes and 
‘Affiftants of the Town and Borough of Oakbampton, in 
the County of Devon, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and 
principal Inhabitants, refiding in and near the Town and 
Parifh of Oakbampton aforelaid, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read ; Setting forth, That, inthe Year 1760, 
an Aét paffed for repairing feveral Roads, leading to the 
Town of Oakbampton, in the faid County ; among 
which, were the Roads leading from Crockerton Well, in 
the Parith of Cheriton Bifhop, through Oakbampton, to 
Coombe Bow Bridge, in the Parith of Brideffow, in the 
Road to Launcefton, in Cornwall, and from Oakbamp- 
ton aforefaid, to the Crofs Way near the Village of Dows 
Town, in the Parifh of Lydford, in the Road to Tavi- 
fiock ; and that the faid Roads are in good Repair, a 
great deal of Money having been laid out for that Pur- 
pofe; and that the Petitioners obferve, that a Petition 
has been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Road through Mortonbampftead, in the County 
of Devon, and from thence over the wild uninhabited 
Foreft of Dartmoor (where a Road never was) towards 
Taviftock, which, if obtained, will greatly affect the 
private Properties and landed Intereft on all the Roads 
from Exeter, through the Boroughs of Oakbampton, 
Launcefton, Newport, Bodmyn, Camelford, and Mitchell ; 
and likewife, as the Petitioners apprehend, from Exeter 
to Plymouth, through Aburton, or Totne/s : And there- 
fore praying, That the Houfe will not fuffer an A&amp; to 
pafs fo very injurious to private Property, and particu- 
larly to Widows and Orphans, who have advanced the 
greateft Part of their Fortunes on the Credit of the 
Tolls. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 


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until the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parith of 
Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, in 


the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County, be brought 
in. 


Mr. Hanmer prefented to the Houfé; according to 
Order, a Bill for naturalizing Conrad Rucker: And the 
fame was received; and réad the Firft Tirhe. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Mayor and divers Inhabitants of 
the City of Norwich, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking 
Notice of the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act for repairing and widening the Road from. 
the City of Norwich to Scole Bridge, in the County of 
Norfolk; and fetting forth, That there are feveral 
Claufes and Provifions in the faid Bill, which, if pafled 
into a Law, will be very prejudicial to the Petitioners, 
and feveral other Perfons having Occafion to make ufe 
of the faid Road: And therefore praying, That they 
may be heard, by themfelves or Countel, againit fuch 
Parts of the faid Bill as may affeét the Petitioners, and 
have fuch Relief in the Premifes as the Houfe thall 
think juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act for repairing 
and widening the Road from the City of Norwich, to 
Scole Bridge, in the County of Norfolk, is committed ; 
and that the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee; upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


A Petition of Maria Fofeph Williams, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for her Naturalization. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, ac- 
cording to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Bacon and Mr. Charles Townfbend do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Charles Howard, Junior, Efquire; and 
others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, in Be- 
half of themfelves and others; was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That, within the Town- 
fhips of Stainton, Newbiggins and Great Blencow, in the 
Barony of Grey/tock, in the County of Cumberland, there 
are feveral Tracts or Parcels of Common and Watte 
Ground, and alfo feveral Open and Common Fields ; 
and that a confiderable Advantage would accrue to the 
Perfons interefted therein, if the fame were divided into 
{fpecific Allotments, and inclofed : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
dividing and inclofing the faid Common and Wafte 
Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, under fuch 
Rules, Regulations, and Provifoes, as to the Houle 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Fletcher and Mr. Mu/grave do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Mr. Dowdefiweil prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 
and Wafte Lands within the Manor and Parifh of King/- 
norton, in. the County of Worcefter : And the fame was 
received ;- and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Right Reverend James Lord Bifhop 
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of Worcefer, Lord of the Manor of!Block/ey, in the County 
of Worcefter, and Patron of the Vicarage of Blockley, of 
the Right honourable Sir John Rufhout, Baronet, Lefiee 
of the Glebe Lands and Great ‘lythes of Blockley, and 
a principal Proprietor of Eftates in the faid Parifh, and 
of Fobn Pett, Kfquire, Thomas Wilkes, Edward Collier, 
Proprietors of Eftates in the faid Parifh, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That there are, 
within the Townfhip of B/ockley, and in the Hamlets 
of Draycott and Paxford, in the faid Parifh, feveral Open 
and Common Fields, and Common Meadow Grounds, 
Lammas Lands, and Fivery-other-Years Land, and alfo 
feveral Common Paftures, and other Commonable 
Lands and Places, containing in the Whole 2,300 
Acres, or thereabouts; and the different Properties, in 
the faid Fields, Meadows, and Lands, lie fo difperfed 
and intermixed, that the Cultivation thereof is very dif- 
ficult and inconvenient; and that the faid Common 
Paftures, and other Conimonable Lands and Places, in 
their prefent Condition, yield ,very little Profit, but if 
the fanie were inclofed, and divided into fpecific Allot- 
ments, it would be very advantageous to ail Perfons 
interefted therein, and of Public Utility : And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
tor thoie Purpofes. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Adair and David Urquhart, 
Efquires, Commiffioners appointed under an Act of 
Parliament, made.in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, for repair- 
ing, improving, and maintaining, the Haven and Piers 
ot Great Yarmouth, and for depthening and making 
more navigable the feveral Rivers emptying them- 
felves into the faid Haven, and for preierving Ships 
wintering therein from Accidents by Fire, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for clearing, depthening, repairing, maintaining, 
and improving, the Haven and Piers of Great Yar- 
moyibh, and tor depthening and making more navi- 
gable the feveral Rivers emptying themfelives into the 
jaid Haven, and for preferving Ships wintering therein 
from Accidents by Fire; and fetting forth, That the 
faid Bill, as it now ftands, appears to the Petitioners to 
be partial, and in many Refpects defective, and tends 
to fubject the Public to unneceffary Burthens: And 
therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill, as 
io appear to them objectionable ; and alfo in Support 
of fuch Amendments thereto, as the Petitioners con- 
ceive proper and neceffary to be made therein, for the 
more effectually anfwering the true Ends and good 
Purpofes of the faid intended Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to wham the faid Bill 
is committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


A Petition of Fo/epb Cradock, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of Gumiey, in the County of Leicefter, and a Pro- 
prietor of a.confiderable Part of the Land in the Open 
Fields there, of Richard Wynne, Clerk, Reétor of the 
Rectory and Parifh Church of Gumley aforefaid, and of 
others, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, Pro- 
prictors of Land in the faid Fields, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That it will be 
very advantageous to the feveral Perfons interefted in 
the faid Fields, to have the fame divided and inclofed, 
and {fpecific Parts thereof allotted to them, according 
to their refpective Properties therein ; and the Peti- 
tioners are défiraus thereof, and that a proper Recom- 


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4.1992. 


pence in Land (Part of the faid Fields) may be made, 
in Lieu of the Great and Small Tithes thereof, and of 
fome other Parts of the faid Parifh, and alfo in Lieu of 
certain other Dues or Payments to the faid Reétory : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid. 

. Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Sir Cecil Wray and Mr. Cooper do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Landhold- 
ers, Inhabitants, and others, interefted in the better 
Prefervation of the Great Bank of the River Welland, in 
the Counties of Lincoln and Northampton, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the faid 
Great Bank, from Spalding High Bridge, through Cozw- 
bit, Peakill, Crowland, and Peckirk, is, at prefent, fup- 
ported and repaired under the Direction, and at the Ex- 
pence, of the Corporation of Bedford Level, Charles 
Orby Hunter, Ef{quire, and the Adventurers of Deeping 
Fen; and that the faid Bank is too low, and not of fuf- 
ficient Width and Strength to refift the Eorce of 
the Waters in Times of Floods, fo that the Country 
and Lands, intended to be defended by the faid Bank, 
are fubjeét to be overflowed ; and that, if the faid Bank 
was made of fufficient Height and Strength to fecure 
the faid Country and Lands from Inundations, the 
Value of the fame would be very confiderably increafed; 
and that the prefent Road along the faid Bank, from 
Spalding High Bridge, to Peakirk, and from thence to 
the Road between Peterborcugh and Linceln, is in a 
ruinous Condition, and would, in cafe of Floods, bé 
rendered impaffable, and is alfo much too narrow, and 
if the fame was widened, and made fafe and commo- 
dious at all Times, for Paffengers and Carriages, it 
would be of great Utility and Advantage to the Pub- 
lic; and that the faid Corporation of Bedford Level, 
Charles Orby Hunter, Efquire, and the Adventurers of 
Deeping Fen, are willing to contribute an annual Sum, 
to be applied towards making and maintaining fuch 
Bank and Road aforefaid, in cafe they may be exoner- 
ated from any other Charge for fupporting the faid 
Bank ; and that the Petitioners apprehend, that the faid 
Road may be more effectually made, and kept in Re- 
pair, under the Direétion of Commiffioners to be ap- 
pointed for that Purpofe, than by the prefent Methods 
now in being; and that it appears to the Petitioners, 
from accurate Eftimates, that a reafonable Contribu- 
tion, together with a Toll to be collected upon the 
faid Road, will be fufficient for the Purpofes aforefaid : 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes 
into Confideration; and that Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Purpofes aforefaid, under fuch 
Regulations as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Hobart, Lord Gage, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. - 


A Petition of Catherine Lady Vifcountefs Fitzwil- 
liam, Maurice Dreyer, and Fobn Daniel Dreyer, of Lon- 
don, Merchants, Truftees on Behalf of the faid Catharine 
Lady Fitzwilliam, being offered to be prefented to the 
Houte ; | 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Contideration of the Houfe. 


Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read na 


Setting forth, That the Petitioners Maurice Dreyer and 
‘fobu Danie! Dreyer are poffefled, for certain Terms of 
Years, 





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Years, of, and in, a Meffuiage, called the Bake-bouje, 


at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, with Two Gardens ° 


thereto belonging ; and alfo a Parcel of Land, Orchard, 
or Garden, containing One Acre, or thereabouts, re- 
puted to be Part of the Park called Richmond Old Park, 
with the free Ufe of a Paffage thereto belonging ; and 
alfo Three Clofes of Land, called Bentley Park, other 
Parcel of the faid Park called Richmond Old Park, and 
of Two Tenements thereto belonging ; and alfo of a 
{mall Piece of Land, lately inclofed from the Watte ; 
all which Premifies are Parcel of the Manor of Richmond, 
and Part of the ancient Pofieffion of the Crown of 
England; and that, by Virtue of the Will of Dame 
Henrietta Decker, deceafed, and by divers Conveyances 
and Affignments, the faid Maurice Dreyer and Fobn 
Daniel Dreyer are pofiefled, as aforefaid, in Truft, for 
the fole and feparate Ufe of the faid Catharine Lady 
Fitzwilliam and her Heirs; and that the Petitioners 
Maurice Dreyer and Fobn Daniel Dreyer have alfo been 
duly admitted, according to the Cuftom of the faid 
Manor of Richmond, to Half an Acre of Land; fituate 
in a Shot called Marfo Furze, and alfo to a Capital 
Meffuage or Tenement, with the Coach-houfes, Stables, 
Gardens, and Appurtenances, thereto belonging, now 
in the Occupation of the faid Lady Fitzwilliam, and 
alfo to a Parcel of Land, formerly Part of the Watte of 
the faid Manor, lying on the Road leading to Weft 
Sheene, containing in Length 14 Feet, and in Breadth 
12 Feet; all which Premiffes are Parcel of the faid 
Manor of Richmond; and by Virtue of the iaid Will of 
the faid Dame Henrietta Decker, and divers Surrenders 
had of the Premiffes, the Petitioners Maurice Dreyer and 
Fohn Daniel Dreyer are now feiled of fuch Copyhold 
Eftates, in Trufl for the fole and feparate Ufe of the 
Petitioner Catharine Lady Vifcounteis Fitzevilliam, and 
her Heirs; and that the faid Copyhold and Leafehold 
Eftates lie interfperfed together, and that Part thereof 
are immediately contiguous to His Majefty’s Gardens 
at Richmond; on which Account an Agreement hath 
been made, on Behalf of His Majefty, with the faid 
Catharine Lady Fitzwilliam, and her Truftees, that a 
Part of the Premiffes, which lie annexed to the faid 
Gardens, fhall be taken into the fame; and that a 
Fence, in a ftrait Line, pretty near from Eaft to Weft, 
fhall be erected, and kept up, at the Expence of His 
Majefty, in order to divide the fame from the Refidue 
of the faid Premifles ; for which Purpofe, it hath been 
agreed, that the Petitioner Catharine Lady Fitzwilliam 
fhall furrender up to His Majefty’s Ufe fuch Part of 
the faid Leafehold Premiffes, ‘as lie North of the faid 
Line, in order that the Leafe thereof may fink into the 
Freehold and Inheritance of the Premiffes, and that the 
fame may be made Part of the faid Gardens ; and it has 
been alio further agreed, that His Majefty, when 
enabled thereto, fhall grant to the faid Lady Fitzwilliam 
the Freehold and Inheritance of all fuch Part of the faid 
Leafehold and Copyhold Premiffes, as lie South of the 
faid Line, but fuch Leafehold-and Copyhold Premiffes 
being Part of the faid Manor of Richmond, and Part of 
the Pofleffions of the Crown, His Majefty is not enabled 
to grant fuch Freehold and Inheritance of the faid Pre- 
mifies, without being enabled by Parliament fo to do: 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable His Majefty to grant fuch 
Freehold and Inheritance. of the faid Leatehold and 
Copyhold Premiffes, and to enfranchife the faid Copy- 
hold Eftates, to and for the faid Lady Fitzwillzam, or 
to her Truftees and their Heirs; and to do fuch other 
Things as fhall be necefflary for carrying the faid Agree- 
ment into Execution. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 
Rejolwed, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the faid Petition: 
Vou, AXXILT, 


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A Petition of the Right Reverend Edmund Lord 
Bifhop of ly, being offered to be prefented to the 
Houfe ; 
_ The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command; 
acquainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 
Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 


. Setting forth, That the Petitioner is feifed, in Right 


of his See, of a Capital Manfion Houfe, called Ely 
Houfe, or Palace, fituate in Holbourn, in the County of 
Middlefex, and all the Ground thereunto belonging, with 
the feveral Houfes thereon erected ; and that, fince the 
Death of the Right Reverend Matthias, late Lord Bithop 
of Ely, the Petitioner’s immediate Predeceffor, an Ac- 
count hath been adjufted between his Reprefentatives 
and the Petitioner, of the Dilapidations incurred on the 
faid Manfion Houfe and Buildings, during his Lord- 
fhip’s Occupancy of the faid See, and the fame having 
been eftimated at £. 3,000, that Sum hath been paid or 
fecured to the Petitioner; but, upon a proper Survey 
lately made, of the faid Houfe and Buildings, it appears, 
that the fame are, from Length of Time, and other 
Caufes, fo ruinous and decayed, that it hath been ad- 
vifed, by experienced Workmen, to rebuild, rather than 
to attempt the Repair thereof; that thereupon, and as 
no fufficient Fund offered for rebuilding, an Agreement 
hath been made between the Commiffioners of the 
Treafury and the Petitioner, bearing Date the 27th Day 
of Fenuary \aft, whereby it was witneffed, and the 
Petitioner agreed and undertook, that he would, with 
all convenient Speed, fo far as in his Power lay, at his 
own Expence, procure an Act of Parliament for the 
Purpofe of carrying the faid Treaty into immediate 
Execution, and of giving the Petitioner and his Suc- 
ceflors proper Power to convey a Piece of Ground, in 
the faid Agreement mentioned, and the Houfe and 
Buildings thereon erected; to fuch Perfons, and for fuch 
Ufes, as fhould be directed by the Commiffioners of 
the Treafury for that Purpofe ; and likewife for fecuring 
to the Petitioner, or his, Succeffors, a clear Sum of 
£. 6,500, and an Annuity of £. 200; the Produce’ of 
which fhould be paid to the Petitioner, and his Suc- 
ceffors, from Time to Time, as Part of the Revenues 
of the faid Bifhoprick, or in fuch other Manner as 
fhould therein be diref&amp;ted; and that, fince the faid 
Agreement, a Piece of Ground hath been offered to the 
Petitioner, late belonging to Lord Vifcount Chetwynd, 
deceafed, fituate in Dover Street, in the Parifhes of Saint 
ames and Saint Martin in the Fields, or One of them, 
in the County of Middlefex, as a proper and commodious 
Spot whereon to erect a fuitable Manfion Houfe for the 
future Refidence of the Petitioner and his Succeffors, the 
Bifhops of Ely, in the Room of the faid ancient Manfion 
Hovfe and Buildings in Holbourn, and a Treaty is now 
depending for the Purchafe of the faid Piece of Ground, 
at the Price, or Sum of £. 5,600, Part of the faid Sum 
of £.6,500 to be fo paid by the Commiffioners of the 
Treafury, in cafe their faid Agreement fhall be eftablithed 
by Parliament; and if fuch Purchafe fhall take Place, 
it hath been propofed to pull down the Houfe now 
ftanding on, the faid Piece of Ground, which is in 4 
decayed Condition, and, inftead thereof, to erect fuclt 
new Manfion Houfe as aforefaid ; and to apply the faid 
Sum of £. 33000, f6 received by the Petitioner for 
Dilapidations, and the Whole, or a fufficient Part of 
the Confideration, to be paid by the Commiffioners of 
the Treafury, agreeable to the aforefaid Contract, for 
the Purpofe of building and fitting up the fame for 
Habitation ; and the Surplus, if any fhall remain, for 
thé Benefit of the See, in fuch Manner, and under fuch 
Reftrictions,, as to Parliament fhall appear juft and 
reafonable; but, if the faid depending Treaty fhall 
prove ineffectual, the Petitioner then propofes to apply 
the Whole of the faid Confideration, to be paid by the 
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Commiffioners of the Treafury, together with the faid 
£. 3,000 received for Dilapidations, or a fufficient Part 
thereof, in the erecting and fitting up fuch Manfion 
Houfe on fuch other convenient Spot as fhall offer, and 
in purchafing the fame for that Purpofe, under fuch 
Reftrictions and Regulations; and the Surplus, if any, 
to be applied in fuch other Manner, for the Benefit of 
the See, as fhall be approved by Parliament, and that 
the Rents referved in and by feveral of the Leafes, 
granted by the Bifhops of Ely in Right of their See, are 
made payable at the faid Manfion Houfe, or Palace, in 
Holbourz , and it hath been ufual for the Bifhop of Ely 
for the Time being, to hear and determine Appeals 
from feveral Colleges in the Univerfity of Cambridge, as 
Vifitor thereof, at his faid Houfe, or Palace, in Hol- 
bourn, and to cite all Parties, concerned in fuch Appeals, 
to appear at the faid Houfe or Palace; but it will be 
proper, upon the Alienation of the faid laft mentioned 
Houte or Palace, to transfer the Payment of fuch referved 
Rents, and the Exercife of fuch Appellate Jurifdiction, 
to fuch new Manfion Houfe, when the fame fhall be 
fo erected ; and, in the mean Time, to provide fome 
other proper Place, or Refort, for the faid feveral Pur- 
pofes: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for carrying the faid Agreement 
with the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury into 
Fxccution, and for applying the Money therein men- 
tioned, together with the aforefaid Sum of £. 3,000 in 
the Petitioner’s Hands, for the Purpofes before-men- 
tioned, under fuch Reftrictions and Provifions, or in 
fuch other Manner, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the faid Petition. 


A Petition of Charles Irving, one of the Surgeons of 
His Majefty’s Royal Navy, being offered to be prefented 
to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner, from a clofe, un- 
wearied Attention, and Application, to difcover a plain 
and practicable Method of making Sea Water frefh, and 
fit for drinking, hath, at a very confiderable Expence, 
happily difcovered a Method of rendering Sea Water 
freth, wholefome, and agreeable to the Tafte, and that 
the Procefs thereof is plain and fimple, and may be 
carried on at Sea without Difficulty, or any Incon- 
venience or Hindrance whatfoever to the Bufinefs of 
the Ship; and that the Petitioner hath communicated 
to the Commiffioners of the Admiralty, the Officers of 
the Royal Navy, to the Ea India Company, and feveral 
others, the Whole of fuch Procefs, from which, by 
repeated Experiments made at Spithead, it has been 
afcertained, that a Quantity of Frefh Water, fufficient 
for the daily Supply of any Ship or Tranfport, may be 
diftilled from Sea Water, without any Ingredient what- 
foever, and with a very fmall, if any, Addition to the 
Fuel neceffary for the ordinary Bufinefs of the Ship ; and 
that not only the Quality of fuch Water, but alfo the 
Practicability, and great Eafe, of producing it from 
Sea Water in fufficient Quantities, have, as the Petitioner 
apprehends, been fully proved, as well by the faid Ex- 
periments as by frequent Practice in the Courfe of a long 
‘Voyage; and, inafmuch as the Petitioner has relinquifhed 
all other Purfuits, in order more effectually to make 
practicable, and to introduce into general Ufe, fo great 
a National Benefit, and hath thereby impaired his own 
private.Fortune; therefore praying the Houle to take 
the Premifes into Confideration, and to grant fuch public 


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A. 1792. 


Reward to the Petitioner for this Difcovery as the Im- 
portance thereof fhall deferve. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to tlie 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Faét con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Sir George Colebrooke, Lord Howe, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records , 
and all who come to the Committee are to have 
Voices, 


A Petition of the Committee of the Company of 
Merchants trading to Africa, being offered to be pre- 
fented to the Houie ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed ef the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
miends it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners have laid before the 
Houle an Account of the Sum granted for the Year 
1770, examined and paft by the Curfitor Baron of the 
Exchequer, as required by an- Act of the 23d of George 
the Second, for extending and improving the Trade to 
Africa; and that they have invefted the Money granted 
in 1771, for the Support and Maintenance of the feveral 
Forts and Settlements on the faid Coaft, and likewife the 
Money granted for the Repairs of Cape Coaft Cajtle; and 
that the Forts and Settlements on the faid Coaft having 
been delivered to the Petitioners in a very bad State by 
the Royal African Company, and the Sums annually 
granted by Parliament being nearly expended in the 
Maintenance and Pay of the feveral Garifons, leaving 
very little for the Repair of the faid Forts, the Houfe 
granted in the Year 1769 the Sum of £. 2,000, and in 
the Year 1771 the further Sum of £. 2,000, towards the 
Repairs of Cape Coaft Cajftle, which faid Sums are in- 
fufficient to finifh that neceflary Work, and many of the 
other Forts ftill remain in a very ruinous Condition ; 
and that the Petitioners being fenfible of the great Re- 
gard fhewn by the Houfe for the Briti/a Forts and 
Settlements on the Coatt of Africa, therefore praying 
the Houfe to take the Premifes into Confideration, and 
grant fuch Sum for the neceffary Support and Main- 
tenance of the faid Forts and Settlements, and likewife 
for the Repairs ftill wanted, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Cuff, Sir Fobn Turner, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records; and all who 
come to the Cominittee are to have Voices, 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “* Azno 1770, 
« The Account of the Committee of the Company of 
«© Merchants trading to 4frica; diftinguifhing every 
“Article of Expence under its proper Title,” be re- 
ferred to the faid Committee. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Commons and Wafte Lands, within the Manor and 
Parifh of Kingfnorton, in the County of Worcefter; 
which Bill was this Day read the Firft Time, and or- 
dered to be read a Second Time ; 

The Lord North, by His Majelty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fic. 

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A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for inclofing the Common Fields, Break Lands, Half- 

ear Lands, Lammas Meadows, Heaths, Commons, 
and Waite Grounds, within the Parifh of Reudbam, in 
the County of Norfolk; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
enable Reginald Pole, Efquire, to take, ufe, and bear, 
the Surname and Arms of Carew, purfuant to the Will 
of Sir Coventry Carew, Baronet, deceafed; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual proceeding againft Perfons ftanding 
mute on their Arraignment for Felony or Piracy: And 
that Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Ihomas Townfbend, 
junior, and Mr. Onflow, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of Gregore Cojamaul, late of Bengal, in 
the Eaft Indies, on Behalf of himfelf and others, was 
prefented to the Houle, and read, Setting forth, ‘That 
the Petitioner, who is an Armenian Chriftian, and Native 
of I/phaban, in Perfia, has for many Years refided in 
Indie as a Merchant, particularly in the Provinces of 
Bengal and its Dependancies, where thofe of his Nation 
have ever been allowed to carry on Trade, according to 
the ancient Ufages of thofe Countries, and even were 
indulged with certain Privileges in that refpect; and 
that the Petitioner, who has ever ftrictly conformed 
himfelf to the Ufages of thofe refpective Countries, has, 
with many others of his Nation, of late been greatly 
impeded in their Bufinefs as Merchants, by the moft 
cruel, deftructive, and injurious, Regulations, and 
grievoufly opprefied by long and cruel Imprifonments, 
and otherwife, by the nominal Nabobs, and other 
Servants of the .Exzlifh Eaft India Company in Bengal, 
notwithftanding the Petitioner never in any Degree in- 
jured the faid Company, nor was ever guilty of any 
Breach of the Laws, either of Jndia or this Nation, to 
the known Juftice of which laft he has already applied 
for Satisfaction for the great Loffes and Injuries he has 
fuftained ; and that, when the Petitioner and others 
have been injured and oppreffed by fuch Imprifonments 
within the Diftricts to which His Majefty’s Charter of 
Juftice granted to the faid Company is not allowed to 
extend, they have applied to the faid nominal Nabobs 
of Bengal for Juftice, who have referred them and the 
Petitioner to the Prefident or Secret Committees of Ca/- 
cutta in Bengal, alleging fuch Imprifonments to have 
been effected by their Orders ; and when, on the Part 
of the Petitioner and fuch other Perfons, Application 
has been made for Juftice at Caleutia, to the ta1d Com- 
pany’s Governor and Prefident of the Secret Commit- 
tees, they have been referred back to the faid Nabobs ; 
and in this grievous Situation, without ever being able 
to know of what Crime he was accufed, the Petitioner, 
by fuch Evafions, has been ruined, and left without any 
other Remedy than the precarious Redrefs which he 
may poffibly obtain from the Courts of Law in this 
Country, under all the Difadvantages of feeking Juftice 
in a Foreign Land, at fuch a Diftance from the Scene 
of Aétion, without Friends or Money; and that the 
Petitioner, upon his Arrival in England, was advifed to 
apply to the Directors of the Eajt India Company for 
Redrefs, in Confequence of the Injuries he had iuftained 
by their Servants Abroad; which the Petitioner ac- 
cordingly did, in the moft humble Manner, but has 
never-yet been able to obtain any fatisfactory Anfwer 
from that Board; and that the Petitioner is about to 
return to his Family and Bufinefs in Bengal, where, 


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under the prefent double Government, he is appreheri- 
five his Perfon, Property, and Family, as well as the 
re{t of his Nation, will be expofed to greater Hardfhips 
than before, ori account of his having applied for 
Juftice in England, unlefs protected by fome effectual 
Regulations of Government by the Briti/&gt; Legiflature : 
And therefore praying the Houfe to take this Cafe into 
Confideration, and grant fuch Relief in the Premifes, 
with refpeét to the future Security of Pérfons and Pro- 
perty in Bengal, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Owners, and Occupiers 
of Land, Merchants, Manufaéturers, Woolftaplers, 
Traders, arid othefs, in the County of York, and the 
adjoining Counties, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting 
forth, That the extenfive Commerce of the County of 
York, arid the Counties adjoinirig, labours under great 
Hardfhips and Difficulties, for Want of a more free and 
fufficient Navigation between the Open Tideway into 
the River Humber, atid the Towns of Leeds and Wake- 
field, and the Calder and Hebble Navigation, in the 
County of York; that the prefent Navigation, on the 
Rivers Air and Calder, is very infufficient to do the ne- 
ceffary Bufinefs of the Country in a proper Manner; 
and the Powers exercifed on the fame are very grievous 
and oppreffive, and tend to the eftablifhing an exclufive 
Monopoly in the Hands of the Undertakers of the faid 
Navigation, and their Leffees, not only of the Carriage 
and Freight of all Goods conveyed along the faid 
Rivers, but alfo of the Sale and Merchandize thereof; 
and that the Petitioners apprehend the moft effectual 
Means of removing the Hardfhips and Difficulties, and 
fupplying the Defects, and remedying the Grievances 
aforelaid, and of preventing the like tor the future, and 
of promoting the public Utility, would be to make 
One or more navigable Canal, or Canals, from the Calder 
and Hebble Navigation, at or near Wakefield, and from 
the Canal now making from Liverpool to Leeds, at or 
near Leeds, into the River Don, the River Ouze, or the 
River Air, below Weeland, or any of them, in fuch 
Manner as to be intirely unconnected with the prefent 
Navigation on the Rivers Air and Calder, or with the 
Undertakers of the fame: Arid therefore praying, That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for making fuch 
Canal, or Canals, as aforefaid, with fuch Powers and 
Authorities, and under fuch Regulations, as to the 
Houtfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the iaid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houte: 

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. La/celles, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider further of Ways arid Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelt into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair ef the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report’ be received upon Monday 
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_ Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, that 
he was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution; which they had 
direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houle, 

That he was directed by the Committee to move, 
that they may have Leave to fit again. 
 Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majelty. 


» Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking into 
Confideration His Majefty’s moft gracious Mefiage, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
_ Ordered, That the faid Meflage be taken into Con- 
fideration upon Wednefday Morning next. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
the Bill for explaining and amending an Act, made in the 
Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling per 
Pound Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas con- 
fumed in Great Britain; and for granting a Drawback 
upon the Exportation of Teas to Ireland, and the Britifh 
Dominions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in refpeét thereof by the 
Eaft India Company as is therein mentioned ; for per- 
mitting the Exportation of Teas in fmaller Quantities 
than One Lot to Jre/and, or the faid Dominions in 
America ; and for preventing Teas feized and condemned 
from being confumed in Great Britain; and for fettling 
certain Doubts and Difputes which have arifen upon the 
faid Ac of Parliament, was committed, the Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill, and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Ordered, That the feveral Orders of the Day, for the 
Attendance of Valentine Morris, Efquire, the Deputy 
Clerk of the Crown, Mr. Harmood, Meffenger attend- 


ing the Great Seal, and Mr. Samuel Long, be now 
read. 


And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The faid Valentine Morris, Efguire, was called in. to 
the Bar; and being afked by Mr. Speaker, what he had 
to fay in Anfwer to the Charge that had been made 


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againft him, ‘ That he had taken the Writ for the laft 
« Election of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
“ prefent Parliament for the County of Monmouth, 
“ from the Meffenger who was fent down to deliver the 
‘¢ faid Writ to the Sheriff, and of the Delay in the 
« Execution of the faid Writ,” 

He acknowleged, that the faid Writ did come into his 
Hands on the 5th Day of Fume laft, and was not de- 
livered to the Sheriff till the 21ft of the fame Month, 
but affured the Houfe, that he did not take the Writ 
from the Meffenger by Force ; but that the {aid Mefien. 
ger did freely deliver the fame to him: That, when he 
took the Writ, he did not mean thereby to delay the 
Eleétion ; but fome Doubts arifing with refpeét to the 
Place of Election, and whether the County Court ought 
not to be held at Monmouth, which he faid he much 
withed, fearing there would not be a fair Eleétion ‘at 
Newport, that he fent feveral Expreffes to: London for 
the Opinion of Counfel, which delayed the Delivery of 
the Writ; and that the faid Delay had been very detri- 
mental to his Intereft at the Time of the Election; and 
added, that no Perfon was blameable for any Part of 
this Tranfaction but himielf and Samuel Long the 
Meffenger : 

That he was extremely forry for the Trouble which 
he had given; that he was very fenfible of his Offence ; 
and humbly fubmitted himielf to the Houfe. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Valentine Morris, Efquire, having taken 
the Writ for the laft Election of a Knight of the Shire 
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the County of 
Monmouth, from the Meffenger who was fent down to 
deliver the fame to the Sheriff, and having delayed the 
Delivery thereof for Fifteen Days, is thereby guilty of 
a Violation of the Law, and a Breach of the Privilege 
of this Houfe ; 

And the previous Queftion being propofed, That that 
Queftion be now put ; 

The fame was, with Leave of the Houfe, withdrawn. 

Then the main Queftion being put; 

Refolved, That Valentine Morris, Efquire, having 
taken the Writ for the laft Election of a Knight of the 
Shire to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the County 
of Monmouth, from the Meffenger who was fent down 
to deliver the fame to the Sheriff, and having delayed 
the Delivery thereof for Fifteen Days, is thereby guilty 
of a Violation of the Law, and a Breach of the Privilege 
of this Houfe. 

Refolved, That the faid Mr. Morris, having acknow- 
leged his Offence, and fubmitted himfelf to the Houfe, 
he be called in, and acquainted by Mr. Speaker, That 
the Houfe, notwithftanding the Greatnefs of the 
Offence, taking Notice of the very full and ingenuous 
Manner in which he hath acknowleged the fame, and 
expreffed his Concern for it, doth forbear to proceed any 
farther againft him; and that he be difcharged from 
any further Attendance on this Houfe. 

Mr. Morris was accordingly called in to the Bar, 
without the Mace; and, ftanding there, was acquainted, 
by Mr. Speaker, with the faid Refolutions. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Aé&amp;, made in the 
7th and 8th Years of King William the Third, in- 
tituled, An Act for the further regulating Elections of 
Members to ferve in Parliament; and for the preventing 
irregular Proceedings of- Sheriffs and other Officers in 
the electing and returning fuch Members, might be 
read, a 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain, amend, and render more effectual, the faid 
Aét, with refpeét to the Delivery of Writs for the 
Ele&amp;ting of Members to ferve in Parliament: And that 
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Mr. Van, Mr. Dy/fon, Sir George Yonge, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Barrow, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Coxe, Mr. Walfngham, and 
Mr. Hotham, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





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Sabbati, 29° die Februarii; 


Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Common Fields, Ings, Common Paitures, and 
other Commonable Lands, within the Manor of Moorby 
cum Wilkfby, in the Townfhips of Moorby and Wilkfby, 
in the County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Amcotts, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A.Petition of George Fiefchi Heneage, of Hainton, in 
the County of Lincoln, Efquire, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; Setting forth, That George Heneage, 
Efquire, late Uncle of the Petitioner, by his laft Will, 
bearing Date the 2oth of Fuly 1751, gave and devifed 
his Manors of Benniworth, South Willingham, and Bruck- 
enborough, in the County of Lincoln, with their Rights, 
Meinbers, and Appurtenances, fubject to an Eftate for 
Life therein to his then Wife Mary. Heneage, who is fince 
deceafed, and to certain other Eftates fince determined 
to the Petitioner, for his Life, with feveral Remainders 
over; and that the faid Teftator died on the 25th of 
Auguft 17533; and that the Petitioner hath Two Sons 
now living, George Robert Heneage, his eldeft Son, and 
Thomas Fiefchi Heneage, both Infants; and reciting Part 
of an Act for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Common Fields and Grounds within the Parifh of Bex- 
niworth, in the County: of Lincoln ; in Purfuance where- 
of, thé Commiffioners thereby appointed did fet out 
fuch.Parts and Parcels of the faid Open and Uninclofed 
Grounds as they thought fit to each Proprietor, in Lieu 
of their former Shares in the faid Open Fields and 
Grounds, and did thereby give fuch Directions con- 
cerning the dividing, inclofing, feacing, and embank- 
ing the fame, as they thought fit ; and that 1,228 Acres 
were fet out and allotted to the Petitioner, as, and for, 
his Share of the faid Allotments ; but that the faid Com- 
miffioners omitted, in their Award, either to afcertain, 
or to order, direét, or appoint, in what Manner the Ex- 
pences incident to, and attending, the paffing the faid 
A&amp;ét, fhould be defrayed ; and that a Copy of the Award 
being, long before the Execution thereof, laid before 
the feveral Proprietors, for their Perufal, and it bein 
perceived thereby in what Manner each of the faid: fe- 
veral Allotments fo intended to be fet out were in- 
tended to be quicked with Hedges, embanked, ditched, 
fenced, and inclofed, feveral of the Proprietors, and 
among others, the Petitioner, proceeded to fence, 
ditch, hedge, quick, and embank, the Allotment which 
was intended to be fet out for him, and expended 
in that Work, not only a large Sum of Money by 
him borrowed on that Occafion, but alfo feveral 
Sums of Money of his own, the Whole amounting to 
{.2,600 and upwards ; and that the Petitioner appre- 
hended, that he fhould have been able, under the Au- 
thorities of the aid A@, to have raifed, by Way of 
Morizage, on the Credit of the faid Allotments, a fuffi- 
cient Sum of Money to reimburfe himfelf all the Ex- 


pences he had been at, there appearing to be a Power 
Vou, XXXII. 


537 


contained in the faid Aét, enabling the Petitioner to 
raife a Sum of Money equal to Forty Shillings an Acre, 
of the Land which had been by him {fo fenced and in- 
clofed ; and for that Purpofe he applied for the Loan 
of that Sum, offering to make a Mortgage of the faid 
Allotments to the Perfons who fhould lend the fame, for 
fecuring the Repayment thereof ; but the neceffary Work 
and Labour, in making the Hedges, Ditches, Embank- 
ments, and Fences, of the Petitioner’s Allotments, having 
been actually performed, it was deemed to be fruitlefs to 
endeavour to comply with the Directions of the faid A@, 
with refpect to the depofiting any fuch Sum or Sums as 
fhould be fo borrowed in the Hands of any Perfons, to 
be by them applied in, and for, the performing of 
Works which had been then already performed ; for 
which Reafons the Perfons who were in Treaty with the 
Petitioner for the Loan of the faid Sum declined to ac- 
cept of any Mortgage, which the Petitioner could make 
by Virtue of the faid Act, they being advifed, that the 
Powers and Authorities given to the Petitioner, by the 
faid Act, for that Purpofe, were defective and infuffi- 
cient, and that the Petitioner had not, under the faid 
Act, any Power to make any Mortgage for any Sums 
of Money, not fpecified in the faid Award; and as 
the Charges and Expences which the Petitioner has 
been at, as aforefaid, are for the Benefit of the Eftate, 
and of all Parties interefted therein, the Petitioner 
hopes it will not appear reafonable, that he fhould be 
perfonally incumbered thereby, any farther than to be 
made liable to keep down the Intereft of what has 
been fo expended as aforefaid during his Life; and, 
from the particular Circumftances of the Cafe, that the 
Houte will deem it to be juft and reafonable, that the 
Defects of the faid Act fhould be rectified, by enabling 
the Petitioner to charge all fuch Sums of Money as he 
has expended, in paying and defraying the feveral Cofts, 
Charges, and Expences, aforefaid, upon the Inheritance 
of the faid Premiffes, the Petitioner being conienting 
and willing to keep down the Intereft thereof during 
his Life; and that Windfor Heneage, half Brother to 
the faid Teftator George Heneage (which Wind/cr Heneage 
hath no Iffue Male) is willing and confenting, that fuch 
Aid and Relief fhould be given to the Petitioner: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for fupplying the faid Omiflion, of the Com- 
miffioners: in their faid Award ; and alfo the Defects 
and Infufficiencies of the Powers and Authorities con- 
tained in the faid Act of Parliament, herein befcre men- 
tioned, by fuch Ways and Means as to the Houfe fhall 
feem meet. ; : 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Lord 
Brownlow Bertie and Mr. Amcotts do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral Owners and Proprietors of 
Chalk Wharfs on the River Thames, and of feveral 
Mafters and Owners of Colliers and Coafting Veffels, 
in Behalf of themfelves and others, was preiented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That, by an Adt, 
made in the Sixth Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, for 
the better Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the 
River Thames, no greater Quantity of Chalk, or Chalk 
Rubbith, is allowed to be fhipped, tranfported, or car- 
ried as Ballaft, from London, or any Part of the River 
Thames, in any One Year, than’ 3,000 Tons, or of Flints, 
and other Commodities enumerated in the faid A&amp;, 
than 2,000: Tons; and that on the River Thames, be- 
tween London Bridge and the main Sea, there are fe- 
veral confiderable Lime Wharfs, which carry on a very 
extenfive Trade, to London, Wefiminfter, and the Ma- 
ritime Counties; and that .Flints are fold to the Ma- 
nufaéturers of Englifob China or Hardware Chalk, for 
the Purpofe of burning into Lime or of mending River 
and Sea Banks, and Chalk Rubbifh for the Manure 

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538 
and Improvement of Lands; and that the Prices of 
Flints and Chalk are fo high and confiderable, it 1s ap- 
prehended that no Majiters of Colliers, or Coafting 
Veffels, would carry them as Balla‘t, to be flung into 
the Sea like common Ballaft; and that the Chalk Rub- 
bith is, by the Mafters of Coafters and Colliers, fold to 
the Farmers, for the Purpofe of manuring their Land, 
at the Rate of Two Shillings and Six Pence or Three 
Shillings a Load; and if not allowed to be taken and 
carried away from the Lime Wharfs, on board the 
Colliers and Coafters, muit be removed by Land Car- 
riage at an enormous Expence, or elfe the Lime and 
Chalk Works would be choaked up and deftroyed ; and 
that the Quantity of Flints, Chalk, and Chalk Rubbifh, 
allowed by the faid A&amp; to be tranfported on board of 
Veffels as Ballaft, is fo fmall and inconfiderable, as to 
operate but little in removing the Difficulties with which 
the Lime Trade is burthened, owing, in a great Mea- 
fure, to this Reftriction; and that if a Quantity, not 
exceeding in One Year 23,000 Tons of Flints, Chalk, 
and Chalk Rubbifh, was allowed to be tranfported on 
board of Coafters or Colliers as Ballaft, fubject to the 
Regulations prefcribed by the faid Act, the Proprietors 
of the Lime Wharfs on the River would be enabled to 
fell their Lime without an advanced Price, the Manu- 
facturers and Farmers would be fupplied with a necef- 
fary Article for carrying on their Manufactures and for 
improving and manuring their Land, the Mafters and 
Owners of Colliers and Coafting Veffels would more 
eafily find Freights for their Ships, and the Public in 
general would be confiderably benefited, by the Increafe 
of Trade, Corn, and other Provifions: And _ therefore 
praying. the Houfe, to, take the Premifes into Con- 
fideration, and to give them fuch Relief as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of ‘a Committee: And that they do examine, 
and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fa¢t contained in 
the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Serjeant Leigh, Sir Rodert 
Ladbroke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday 
Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. » 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and other Mem- 
bers, of the feveral Companies of Carpenters, Bricklayers, 
and Joiners, of the City of London, and of other Builders 
and Workmen refiding in the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, and the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, and in 
the feveral Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places, within the 
Weekly Bills of Mortality, the’ feveral Parifhes of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, and Paddington, Saint Pancras, and Saint 
Luke at Chelfea, in the County of Middlefex, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of them- 
felves, and other the Builders and Workmen within the 
faid Cities, Suburbs, and Liberties, Parifhes, Precinéts, 
and Places, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; 
Setting forth, That there are feveral Acts in Force, for 
regulating Buildings and Party Walls, and preventing 
Mifchiefs happening by Fire, ‘within the faid Cities, Li- 
berties, Parifhes, brecinéts, and Places, which Regula- 
tions have been, in many Refpects, found infufficient 
to anfwer the good Purpofes intended thereby ; and that 
the Petitioners conceive, it would tend to the Safety of 
the Inhabitants, and prevent great Inconveniences to 
Builders and Workmen employed in building within 
the Limits aforefaid, if fome of the faid Laws were 
wholly repealed, and the others reduced into One Aé, 
and fuch further and other Regulations made, in re- 
lation to fuch Buildings, and preventing Mifchiefs by 
Fire, as fhall be thought proper: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Purpofes abovementioned, in fuch Manner as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 


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4.57974, 


Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exaz 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Colonel Onflow, the Earl Percy, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


Mr. Lowndes prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making the Exemplification of the 
laft Will and Teftament of Fames Macartney, Etquire, 
deceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in 
Great Britain and Ireland: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second-Time. 


Sir William Meredith reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Thomas Dobb, Richard Dob}, 
and Henry North, all of Liverpool, in the County of 
Lancafter, Gentlemen, and feveral of the Inhabitants 
of Everton, within the Parith of Walton, in the County of 
Lancafter aforefaid, and the Neighbourhood thereof, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the 
fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth ; viz. | | 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Scrope 
Colquit, Efquire, being examined, faid, That the In- 
habitants of Everton, who are very numerous, are at 
leaft a Mile and an Half from any Church or Chapel ; 
and that the Parifh Church of Walton, which is the 
neareft, is not large enough to accommodate the Inha- 
bitants of the Neighbourhood, who are inclined to at- 
tend divine Service: And he added, That Thomas and 
Richard Dobb, and Henry North, of Liverpool, have 
allotted a Piece of Land in the Parith of Liverpool, 
near Everton, for the Purpofe of ereéting a Church, and 
have begun to build the fame, and are proceeding 
therein at their own Expence, but that their Defign 
cannot be effectually executed without the Aid,of Par- 
liament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
completing a Building intended for a new Church or 
Chapel, at Richmond, near Everton, in the County Pa- 
latine of Lancafter, and for other Purpofes: And that 
Sir William Meredith, Mr. Pennant, the Earl Seften, and 
Sir Thomas Egerton, do prepare, and bring in, the 


fame. 


A Petition of Yohn Gilpin Sawrey, Efquire, Lord of 
the Manor of Broughton, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
cafter, on Behalf of himfelf and of his Demefne Tenants 
within the faid Manor, and alfo on Behalf of himfelf 
as Owner of certain ancient Cuftomary Tenements 
formerly holden of the faid Manor, and alfo on Be- 
half of the feveral Cuftomary and Free Tenants of 
the faid Manor, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That there are, within the faid Ma- 
nor, divers Parcels of Common or Wafte Ground called, 
The Fells, and by divers other Names ; and alfo divers 
large Parcels of Mofs Ground, by the Names of Augerton 
and Wrieck’s Marfhes, Greedy Gate Marfb, and by other 
Names; and that, within the faid Manor, there are 
divers Cuftomary Lands and Tenements, holden of the 
faid Manor; and that the faid Common or Watfte 
Ground afford little or no Profit or Advantage, but are 
capable of great Improvement ; and the fame would, 
if divided and inclofed, fo that they might be con- 
verted into Tillage and Pafture, be of great Advantage 
to the Perfons interefted therein, and be of Public 
Utility : And therefore praying, That Leave may be 

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iven to bring in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and 
allotting, the Commons and Wafte Grounds, Mofs 
Rooms, and Parcels of Mofs Grounds, within the faid 
Manor of Broughton, in the County Palatine of Lan- 


cafter. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
{uant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Sir 
Fobu Molefworth and Mr. Rajbleigh do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Rulers, Auditors, Afiftants, and 
Comptrollers, of the Watermen and Lightermens Com- 
pany, in Behalf of themfelves and the whole Body of 
Watermen, and their Apprentices, working on the River 
Thames, in the Port of London, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That there are at pre- 
fent a Variety of Laws in being, for the Government 
of the faid Company, and to regulate other Matters 
relative thereto, which effentially concern the Public ; 
and that, in Confequence of the faid Laws, or fome 
of them, feveral By Laws, Rules, and Orders, have 
been made, for the better regulating of the Company, 
and other Purpofes relating thereto, and to the Water- 
men in general working on the River Thames ; fome 
of which Laws, By Laws, Rules, and Orders, are be- 
come obfolete; others, from a Variety of Caufes that 
have arifen fince the making thereof, are become in- 
adequate to anfwer the good Ends intended thereby ; 
and the faid Laws are in feveral refpects defective ; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend, it would be of Public 


- Benefit, if the faid Company was incorporated, and all 


the Laws relating thereto were reduced into One Aét, 
and explained and amended, where neceffary: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for fuch Purpofes, and that fuch further and 
other Relief may be given in the Premifes as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 


‘the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 


pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Alderman Townfend, Mr. 
Alderman Oliver, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Mon- 
day Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of Bux- 
ton, in the Parifh of Bakewell, and County of Derby, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Fobn 
Cavendifb, Lord Frederick Cavendijh, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in Execu- 
tion feveral Aéts, made in the Ninth Year of Queen 
Ann, the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and 
the Fourteenth Year of his late Mayefty King George 
the Second, for repairing the Highways from Sheet- 
bridge, in the Parifh of Petersfield, to the Town of 
Port/mouth, in the County of Southampton, and of fe- 
veral other Perfons, being Inhabitants of the Counties 
of Southampton and Surrey, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; Setting forth, That the faid Acts have been 
continued to be put in Execution, for which Purpofe 
feveral Sums of Money have been borrowed upon the 
Credit thereof, a confiderable Part of which now re- 
mains due, and the faid Aéts are near expiring; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend, it would be of public 
Benefit, if the Traét of fome Parts of the faid High- 
Ways was varied, in order to avoid feveral Hollow 
Ways, and other inconvenient Places, and likewife if 
the Road from a Place at or near the Village of Horn- 
dean, in the faid County of Southampton, to the Town of 


Houfe of Commons. £39 


Havant, and alfo the Road from Petersfield, to a Plaeeé 
at or near Ropley, where thé Turnpike Road from Win- 
chefter to Alton goes, all in the faid County of South- 
ampton, were widened and amended, and for that Pur- 
pofe included in an Aét with the Roads from Sheet- 
bridge to Port{mouth, with Power to alter the Courfe of 
the faid laft mentioned Roads, and fecure the Mort- 
gagees under the faid Acts, and to repair and: keep iri 
Repair all the faid Roads: And therefore praying; That 
Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for thofe 
Purpofes, under fuch Regulations as the Houfe fhall 
think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: tig 

And it is referred to Mr. Yolliffe, Mr. Vanfitiart, &amp;e. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
pre have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. | 


Mr. De Grey p sgpacee to the Houfe; accotdiiig td 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
leading from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the 
River Ouze, in Downham Market, to the Queen’s Head, 
and from the Chequer Inn, in Downham Market afore- 
faid, to the Eaft End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the Pa- 
rifh of Barton, and towards Watton, to a Place called 
The Devil’s Ditch, in the County of Norfolk: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in Execu- 
tion an Act of Parliament, made and paffed in the 2rft 
Year of the Reign of his late Majelty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Act for repairing and widen- 
ing the Roads leading from Sutton Coldfield Common to 
the Town of Walfall, and from Sueals Green to Wal- 
fall, and from Walfall to Park Brooke, in the County 
of Stafford; and alfo of the Mayor and Capital Bur- 
gefies of the Borough of Wailfall, and feveral of the 
Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, 
of the faid Town of Wal/all, and Places adjacent, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
have proceeded: in the Execution of the faid Act, and 
have borrowed a confiderable Sum of Money on the 
Credit thereof, which, together with the Money col- 
lected, have been duly applied, according to the Di- 
rections of the faid Act; but that the faid. Roads are 
ftill in many Parts very narrow and crooked, and not 
fo wide as is directed by the late Act of Parliament re- 
fpecting Turnpike Roads, and cannot be fufficiently 
widened, amended, and kept in Repair for the future, 
and the Monies fo borrowed be repaid, unleis the Term 
and Powers granted by the faid Act are further con- 
tinued and enlarged, and the Aét in other Refpects made 
more effectual ; and that the Road, leading from the 
prefent Termination of the Branch of the {aid Turn- 
pike Road, at or near Barr Beacon, over Part of Sutton 
Coldfield Common, to the Turnpike Road between eff- 
chefter and London, on the Weftern Side of Sutton Park, 
and alfo a Part of the Road leading from Wal/fall to- 
wards Birmingham, to wit, from the Termination of 
the Turnpike Road at Sxeals Green, in the faid A&amp; 
mentioned, acrofs the River Tame, at Hamp/tead, in the 
Parifh of Handfworth and County of Stafford, and from 
thence to and over a certain Watercourfe there, running 
to Hampftead Mills, are in many Parts very narrow, in- 
commodious, and out of Repair ; and that, there be- 
ing only an Horfe Bridge over the faid River Tame, at 
Hampftead aforefaid, and an imiufficient Bridge over 
the faid Watercourfe, it is frequently impracticable for 
Carriages or Travellers to pafs the faid laft mentioned 
Road and River; and that the faid Roads cannot be 

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540 


fufficiently amended, widened, and kept in Repair, nor 
the neceffary Bridges built over the faid River and 
Watercourfe, by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for continuing and enlarging the Term and 
Powers of the faid Act, as to the Roads therein men- 
tioned; and for giving further Power to the Commif- 
fioners, in the faid Act named, for repairing the faid 
laft mentioned Roads; and for building Bridges over 
the faid River Tame and Watercourfe at Hamp/tead afore- 
faid, by fuch Means, and in fuch Manner, as to the 
Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Sir Fobn Wrottefley, Mr. Hill, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


A Bill to amend an A&amp; of the Sixth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Stone Bridge in the Town of Shrew/bury, and 
for appropriating Part of the Tolls, collected upon cer- 
tain Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifhing 
the fame ; and for granting additional Terms to the fe- 
veral Aéts for repairing the faid Roads, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hill, 
Lord Clive, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Reginald Pole, Efquire, to take, ufe, and bear, 
the Surname and Arms of Carew, purfuant to the Will 
of Sir Coventry Carew, Baronet, deceafed, was read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and others, 
Proprietors of the Common and Open Fields, and Com- 
monable Lands, within the Parifh of Shilton, in the 
County of Warwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That there are feveral Common 
Fields, ‘Waftes, and Commonable Lands, within the faid 
Parifh, which, in their prefent State, are inconvenient- 
fy fituated ; and, that it would be advantageous, if the 
faid Common Fields and Premiffes were divided and 
inclofed, according to the refpective Rights and Pro- 
perties of the Parties interefted therein: And therefore 
praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing and inclofing the faid Common Fields, 
Watftes, and Commonable Lands, under fuch Regula- 
tions, and in fuch Manner, as the Houfe fhall think 
fit. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Mr. Skipwith and Sir ohn Mole/worth do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Houfes, 
Wharfs,. and Lands, in the Street called the Bank Side, 
in the Parifh of St. Saviour, Southwark, in the County 
of Surrey, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That, fince the Opening of Black Friars 
Bridge, the Paffage through the faid Street is greatly 
increafed ; and that many Encroachments have been 
lately erected, by which the Paffage through the fame 
is rendered extremely inconvenient and dangerous; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend the faid Street might be 
rendered of great Public Utility, by an Embankment, 
on the South Side of the River Thames, from the Faul- 
con, to Bank End, within the faid Parifh, fo as to render 


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4. 19792. 


the faid Street of a fufficient Width ; and that the Pe. 
titioners are willing to execute fuch Embankment, in 
the Front of their refpeétive Properties, at their own 
Expence: And therefore praying, That Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for the Purpofe aforefaid, and 
for removing any Encroachments or Annoyances within 
the faid Street, under fuch Regulations and Reftrictions 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it thal} 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Thrale, Sir Fofeph Maw. 
bey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morning 
next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


A Petition of Fob: Williams, Clerk, Vicar or In- 
cumbent of the Parifh Church of Oakham, in the Coun- 
ty of Rutland, Mary Davie, William Burton, Fobn Bel- 
laers, Samuel Adcock, Henry Cooke, Richard Hubbard, 
Mary Hubbard, Fofiah Cramp, Thomas Rudkin, Thomas 
Tomblin, Fames Bellars, Andrew Meadows, Henry Gil- 
bert, Samuel Adcock, and others, Owners of Lands, and 
Perfons interefted, in the Open and Common Fields, 
Commons, and Common Grounds, within the Hamlet 
of Barlythorpe, inthe faid Parifh of Oakham, in the ‘aid 
County of Rutland, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Property of the feveral 
Owners of Land in the faid Fields, lies greatly i. ter- 
mixed and difperfed ; and it would tend greatly to the 
Advantage of the Perfons interefted therein, if fuch 
Fields and Commons were divided and inclofed: And 
therefore praying, That Leave may be given to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the faid 
Fields and Commons, in fuch Manner as to the Houle 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the. Prayer of the faid Petition : And that Mr, 
George Bridges Brudenell and Lord Brownlow Bertie do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of feveral of the Truftees appointed to put 
in Execution an Aét, pafled in the Fifth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; to 
continue the Term, and enlarge the Powers, of an Adc, 
paffed in the Second Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing and widening the Road from 
Mullen’s Pond, in the County of Southampton, to the 
Eighteen Mile Stone from the City of Salifbury, and fe- 
veral other Roads in the faid Act mentioned, and alfo 
for repairing and widening feveral other Roads leading 
out of the faid Roads, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned, and alfo of feverat Gentlemen and others, 
refiding in the Counties of Hants and Wilts, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Trutftees 
have proceeded to put the faid A&amp; into Execution, and 
find it neceffary that fome Alterations fhould be. made 
in the Powers of the faid Act ; and that the Road leading 
out of the Turnpike Road from Amefbury to Chicklade 
on the Hill, in the Parifh of Fonthill, in the County of 
Wilts, to the Turnpike Road in Fonthill Street, and 
alfo the Road leading from the Road near the Market 
Houfe in Amefbury, through Allington, to the Road 
leading from Andover to Sarum, and from thence to the 
Road near the Three Mile and Half Stone from Stock- 
bridge, in the County of Hants, to Salifbury ; and alfo 
the High Road leading from Wily, through Hanging 
Langford, to the End of the Parifh of Hanging Lang- 
ford, towards Wilton, in the faid County of Wilts; and 
alfo the Road leading out of the laft mentioned Road, 
near the Houfe of William Winter, in the Parith of 
Hanging Lang ford aforefaid, acrofs the River there, to 
the Road in the Parith of Steple Langford, in the faid 

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County of Wilts; and alfé the Road leading from the 
Road at the Top of the Hill in the Parith of Chittern 
All Saints, to a Road called Stord Way, leading to War- 
minfter, in the faid County of Wilts, are in general ina 
ruinous Condition, and in fome Parts dangerous to 
Travellers, and cannot be repaired and kept in Repair 
by the prefent Methods provided by Law: And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring ina 
Bill for repairing and widening the faid Roads, and for 
effecting the Purpofes aforeiaid, by fuch Ways and 
Means, and in fuch Manner, as to the Houte fhall 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame; as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houte : 

And 1t is referred to Mr. Hanmer, Mr. Folliffe, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and 
have Power to fend for Perforis, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of Edmand Fenings, Samuel Bofworth, Mau- 
rice Griffiths, Graham Frank, and William Francis Bick- 
erton, ‘Lruitees appointed by Power of Attorney from 
the Executors of the Will ot Chrifiopher Robinfon, of the 
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, Efquire; tor feveral 
of the Purpoies of the faid Will, was prefented to the 
Houte, and read; Setting forth, That the faid Chrifto- 
pher Robinfon, by his lait Will and Teftament, made in 
Virginia, on or about the 16th Day of Fuly 1768, did 
detire, if his Eftate in York/bire, in England, fhould be 
fold by virtue of a Power of Attorney which he had fent 
Home for that Purpofe, the Money arifing by fuch Sale 
fhould be laid out in Lands and Negroes proportion- 
ably ; which he bequeathed to his Son Chriftopher Ro- 
binfon, and the Heirs Male of his Body for ever; and 
in Failure thereof, then in the Manner dirééted in his 
Will, with divers other Legacies therein mentioned ; 
and the Teftator foon after died, and the faid Will was 

roved in common Form in Virginia, where the faid 
Will now is, in the proper Office in that Province; and 
that the faid Chriftopher Robinfon, the Son, is a Minor, 
of the Age of 18 Years, or thereabouts ; and that the 
Whole ot the faid York/bire Eftate remained unfold at 
the Time of the Teftator’s Death, and a Mortgage for 
£. 2,000, then before made, of the Manor ot Hewick, 
in the faid County, and other Eftates there, is a fubfitt- 
ing Charge on the Freehold Part of the faid Eftate ; 
and that the faid Teftator, at the Time of his Death, 
was confiderably indebted in Virginia; and his Family 
are defirous of having the Whole of the faid York/ire 
Eitate fold, for the Purpofe of paying off the faid Mort- 
gage, and to apply the Overplus Money to the proper 
Uies ; but it is apprehended, the fame cannot be done, 
unlefs the Exemplification of the faid Will be made 
Evidence in the Courts of Law and Equity in Great 
Britain, and fome further Powers given, to make legal 
Conveyances, and to do fuch other Acts as may be ne- 
ceflary, notwithftanding the Minority of the Heir at 
Law, and to effectuate an Agreement entered into by 
the Petitioners, the Truftees, with the Prebendary of 
Duunington, for the enfranchifing of Part of the faid 
Yorkfbire Eftate, and other Purpofes ; and for fettling a 
Cémpenfation, in Confideration thereof; upon the Pre- 
bendary of Dunnington, for the Time being : And there- 
fore praying, That Leave may be given to bring in a 
Bill tor making the Exemplification of the faid Will 
Evidence as aforefaid, and tor giving fuch other Power 
and Relief as may be neceffary, and for effectuating 
and eftablifhing the faid Agreement, in fuch Manner as 
to the Houfe fhall feem proper. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that 
Lord Brownlow Bertie, Sir George Savile, and Mr. La/- 
celles, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

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54i 

A Petition of Fobn Angell was prefented to the Houfe; 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioner being feifed 
in Fee of the Spurn Point, fituate in the County of York; 
and of certain Light Houfes erected thereon, and the 
Duties collected and paid for the fame ; and Complaints 
having been made, by the Trinity Houfe at Deptford 
Strond, that the Situation of the Lights were not alto- 
gether fo commodious for Trade as they defired, and 
the Petitioner being defirous of enquiring into the Truth 
thereof, as the faid Lights had for above 100 Years paft 
been in their then Situation, the faid Trinity Houfe pre- 
vailed upon Leonard Thomp/on, Efquire, who claims One 
Fourth Part, which the Petitioner contefts, of the Duties 
arifing from fuch Lighthoufes, to apply for an A&amp;t, to 
take down and rebuild the faid Lighthoufes in a more 
corivenient Spot upon The Spurn, very near their pre- 
fent Situation ; for which Purpofe, an Act was pafled 
in the Sixth of His prefent Majefty, whereby the faid 
Leonard Thompfon was impowered to take down and 
remove the faid Lighthoufes, and build others, with 
Powers to borrdw Money, and containing many Claufes 
oppreflive upon the Petitioner, and injurious to his 
Property ; and that the faid Leonard Thompfon, from 
Inability of Circumftances arid otherwife, hath not been 
able to raife Money fufficient for the Purpofes of re- 
building the faid Lighthoufes, fo that the fame have only 
the Foundations laid; and that the Petitioner always 
has beer, and ftill is, ready and willing to build the 
faid Lighthoufes, at his own Expence, fubject to the 
Infpection and Direction of the Trinity Houfe, and to 
repay the faid Leonard Thompfon and the Trinity Houfe 
all fuch Charges legally incurred under, and fubfequent 
to, the faid Act: And thetefore praying, That Leave 
may be giveri to bring in a Bill to repeal certain 
Claufes in the aforefaid Act of the Sixth of His pre- 
fent Majefty, and fot altering and amending certain 
other Clautes therein, fo as ta enable the Petitioner to 
build afd ereé&amp;t the faid Lighthoufes, to the Satisfac- 
tion of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom in 
general, and the Trinity Houfe aforefaid in particular. 

Ordered, Vhat the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
thine the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houle: 

And it is referred to the Lord Advocate of Scotland; 
Sir George Savile; &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber; and liave Power to fend for Per- 
fons, Papers, and Records; and all who come to the 
Comunittee are to have Voices. 


A Petition of the Reétor, Chitchwardens, Veftry, 
and principal Inhabitarits,; of the new Church and 
Parifh of Saint Sohn, Clerkenwell, in the County of 
Middlefex, being offered to be prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petitiori, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houfe. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up; and read 3 
Reciting feveral Aéts, of the 9th andioth Years of 
Queen Anne, and the Firft Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, for granting certain Duties on the 
Importation of Coal and Culm, for the Purpofe of 
building Fifty new Churches in and near the Cities of 
London and Weftminfter, or the Suburbs thereof; and for 
other Purpofes ; and that; by virtue of the laft men- 
tioned Act, the additional Duty thereby impofed is 
appropriated for the fole Purpofe of providing Mainte- 
nance for the Minifters of the intended new Churches, 
of which the faid Parith of Saint ‘Fobn, Clerkenwell, was 
the Second in order of Time ; but; through Neglect or 
Mifmanagement, no Act has as yet paffed for the En- 
dowment of the fame, though moft, if not all, of the 
other Parifhes, have been endowed by Parliament, ac- 

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cording to the faid A&amp;t, made in the Firft Year of the 
Reign of King George the Firft: And therefore pray- 
ing, That, in regard the faid Parith of Saint Fobn, 
Clerkenwell, is one of the new Parifhes erected by the 
Commiffioners under the above Aéts of Parliament, and 
the Provifion for the Maintenance of the Minifter thereof 
being very fmall and precarious, that Leave may be 
given to bring in a Bill for endowing the faid Church 
of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, and providing a Maintenance 
for the Minifter thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Faét con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Mr. Thomas Townjfhend, Junior, 
Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Mon- 
day Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, 
Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the honourable Fames Archibald Stuart, 
being offered to be prefented to the Houle ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houte. 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That His Majefty King Charles the Second, 
by His Letters Patent, bearing Date the Third of Fe- 
bruary, in the Fifteenth Year of His Reign, did grant 
unto Edward then Earl of Sandwich, and the Heirs 
Male of his Body lawfully begotten, amongft feveral 
Manors and Lands, and other Annual or Fee Farm 
Rents therein particularly mentioned an Annual Fee 
Farm Rent of £. 113 per Annum, iffuing out of the 
Parks of Bewdufh and Shelley, then lately difparked, 
with their Appurtenances, in the County of Sujfex, for 
ever; and that the Right of the Grantee, in the faid 
Fee Farm Rent, by ieveral mefne Conveyances, be- 
came velted in Edward Wortley, Efquire, who, by his 
Will, bearing Date the 22d of May 1755, devifed the 
faid Fee Farm Rent to Truftees therein named, and their 
Heirs, in Truft, for the Second and every other younger 
Son of his the Teftator’s Daughter, the Countefs of Bute, 
fucceffively, in Tail General, and in Default of fuch 
Iffue, in Truft for the Right honourable obs Earl of 
Sandwich, and the Heirs Male of his Body; and in 
Default of fuch Iffue, to his the Teftator’s own right 
Heirs; and that the faid Edward Wortley died fome 
Time afterwards, leaving the Petitioner, the Second Son 
of his the faid Edward Wortley’s Daughter, the faid 
Countets of Bute, who, as fuch, became intitled to the 
faid Fee Farm Rent, as Tenant in Tail General; and 
that, by Indenture of Bargain and Sale, inrolled in the 
High Court of Chancery, bearing Date the 5th Day of 
February 1772, and made between the Moft noble 
Evelyn Duke of Kingfton and Edward Woodcock, of 
Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlefex, Efquire, Gran- 
tees under the Right honourable Leve/on Earl Gower, 
the furviving Truftee of the Real Eftate of the faid 
Edward Wortley, and the Petitioner, of the Firft Part ; 
Thomas Barnard, of Lincoln’s Inn, aforefaid, Gentle- 
man, of the Second Part; Richard Thurfton, of Lin- 
coln’s Inn, aforefaid, Gentleman, of the Third Part; 
and Elborough Woodcock, of Lincoln’s Inn, aforefaid, 
Gentleman, of the Fourth Part, and by Virtue of a 
common Recovery, thereupon duly fuffered, the faid 
Annual Fee Farm Rent was and ftands conveyed to, 
and to the Ufe of, the faid Elborough Woodcock, his 
Heirs and Affigns, in Truit, for the Petitioner, his 
Heirs and Affigns for ever; and that the Petitioner is 
advifed, -that the Reverfion or Remainder in Fee of the 
faid Fee Farm Rent, expectant upon the Failure of 
Heirs Male of the Body of the faid ohm Earl of Sand. 
wich, the Grantee in the -faid beforementioned Letters 
Patent, is vefted in the Crown; and the Petitioner, 


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being in Manner aforefaid, feiled of, and intitled to, 
the fame Fee Farm Rent, to him and his Heirs, unti} 
fuch Failure of Heirs Male of the Body of the faid 
Fobn Earl of Sandwich, the Petitioner is defirous of be- 
coming a Purchafer of the faid Reverfion or Remainder 
in Fee of the faid Fee Farm Rent, fo vefted in the Crown 
as aforefaid: And therefore praying, That Leave may 
be given to bring in a Bill to enable His Majefty to grant 
the Inheritance, in Fee Simple, of the faid Annual Fee 
Farm Rent, in Truft, for the Ufe of the Petitioner, his 
Heirs and Affigns, upon a full Confideration to be paid 
for the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 10th Day of March next, refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the 
faid Petition. 


A Petition of Holland Cook/ey, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is Proprietor of a Part of the River Colney, and 
divers Mills erected thereon, in the Parifh of Horton, in 
the County of Bucks, ufed for grinding Corn, manu- 
facturing Paper, Oils, and Snuff, which Manufac- 
tures are greatly injured and impeded, by the Difficul- 
ties and Delays attending the Navigation of the River 
Thames, between Maidenhead Bridge and Jfeworth, and 
which Inconveniences and Impediments would be re- 
moved, and great Benefit accrue to the Petitoiner in carry- 
ing on the faid Trades and Manufactories, and tothe Pub- 
lic in general, by opening a more fafe and fpeedy Convey- 
ance of Goods to and from the Metropolis, if a Navigable 
Cut, or Canal, were made, from the Petitioner’s {aid 
Mills, to communicate with the faid River Thames, at 
Tfleworth, in the County of Middlefex, and at or near 
Maidenhead Bridge, in the faid County of Bucks; to- 
wards which Purpofes, the Petitioner and many others 
are willing and ready to fubfcribe a Sum fufficient for 
carrying the fame into Execution : And therefore pray- 
ing, That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill for 
making fuch Navigable Cut, or Canal, in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the {aid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Petition of Catharine Lady 
Vifcounteis Fitzwilliam, Maurice Dreyer, and John Daniel 
Dreyer, of London, Merchants, Truftees on Behalf of 
the faid Catharine Lady Fitzwilliam. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning, 
Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIti Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


C° NRAD Rucker and Fobn Luke Telin took the 
Oaths appointed, in order to their Naturalization. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called 
in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Order, 

An Account of the Number of Nominees upon Sur- 
vivorfhip, that have died between Mid/ummer 1693, and 
the 5th Day of Fanuary 1772, diftinguifhing the Num- 
berthat have died in eachYear ; together with an-Account. 
of the Number and Names of the Nominees now living. 

And then he withdrew. 

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And the Title of the faid Account was réad. 
Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is preferved amoneft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
4~Wafte Grounds, and Stinted Pafture, within the Manor 
of Sandford, in the Parifh of Warcop, in the County of 
Weftmoreland, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Anthony 
Abdy, Lord Fobn Cavendijh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Reynolds reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of Robert Foxcroft, Efquire, Mayor of the 
Borough of Lancafter, in the County of Lancafter, Abra- 
bam Ravwlinfon, William Dilkworth, Fobn Bowes, Thomas 
Satterthwaite, William Watfon, Fohn Houfman, Samuel 
Simpfon, John Barrow, Henry Fell, Fofoua Whalley, 
Richard Salifbury, John Rowlandfon, Edward Suart the 
Younger, Richard Millerfon, John Rawlinfon, and Robert 
Dodfon, Merchants, being Commiffioners and Truftees 
nominated and appointed in, by Virtue and in Purfuance 
of, an Act of Parliament, made and pafied in the Twenty- 
third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, for improving the Navigation of the River 
Loyne, otherwife called Luve, and for building a Quay 
or Wharf near the Town of Lancajter, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter, and alfo of the feveral other Per- 
fons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being 
Merchants and Traders refiding within the Town of 
Lancafter aforefaid, was referred , That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the faid 
Aé&amp; was read, whereby it appeared, That One Moiety 
of the Duties granted thereby expired on the 3oth Day 
of April lat : That the Commiffioners and Truftees ap- 
pointed to execute the faid Aét, are reftrained from 
borrowing any further Sum than {. 2,000; and that 
they are impowered to contract for the Purchafe of a 
certain Building, called the Weigh Houfe, for the Pur- 
pote of widening the Road to the new Quay, or Wharf; 
but have no Power to compel the Proprietors to fell the 
fame. 

Mr. William Barrow, being examined, produced an 
Account of the Receipt and Difburfements of the faid 
Commiffioners, by which it appeared, that £. 2,000 had 
been borrowed upon the Credit of the faid Act, £. 1,100 
of which ftill remains owing, upon Bond, 

It alfo appeared by the faid Account, that fince the 
Expiration of the faid Moiety of the Duties, the Debt 
is encreafing. 

The Witnefs then informed your Committee, That 
the remaining Moiety of the faid Duties is infufficient 
for carrying on the Works already begun; and that 
other Works are ftill neceffary for improving the faid 
Navigation. 

That it will be neceffary, for completing the Pur- 
pofes of the faid Aét, to purchale certain Common 
Paftures or Wafte Grounds, near the faid River, and 
alfo the faid Weigh Houfe, which was formerly Part of 
the Cuftom Houle, but is now a Warchoufe for Pots: 

That the faid A&amp; is defective in many Particulars , 
and that the good Purpofes thereby intended cannot be 
carried into Execution, unlefs the Commiffioners are 
impowered to borrow a further Sum of Money. 

William Lindow, Efquire, being examined, confirmed 
the Evidence of Mr, Barrow. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


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explain and amend an Aé, made in the Twenty-third 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, for improving the Navigation of the River 
Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and for building a Quay, 
or Wharf, near the Town of Lancafer, in the County 
Palatine of Lawcafer: And that Mr. Reynolds and Sir 
George Warren do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


_ Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, in the Parifh of Hammeringham, in the 
County of Lincola: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and drain- 
ing, a certain Parcel of Land, called or known by the 
Name of The Cow Pafture, lying in the South Fen, in 
the Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln ; and for 
amending, and rendering more effectual, an Aé&amp;t, made 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reien, inti- 
tuled, An Act for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Watte, and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and Parifli 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Methuen prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and 
Common or Wafte Land, within the Parith of Seut 
Nicholas, in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of 
Warwick: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ Sir Charles Bunbury prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for continuing the Term, and al- 
tering and enlarging the Powers, of an Aét, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint 
Edmuna’s, to the Town of Newmarket, in the Counties 
of Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the South End of 
the Ferry Street, in Brandon, to Bury Saint Edmund’s, in 
the faid County of Suffolk : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cornwall prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for regulating the Admiffion of Freemen 
into Corporations: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields and 
Commonable Places, in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or Liber- 
ties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 4m- 
cotts, Lord George Cavendifo, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing a Moor, called 
Carlton Moor or Common, and an Open Field, called 74e 
Town Field, in the Manor and Townfhip of Car/ton, in 
the Parith of Guiféley, in the Weft Riding of the Couniy 
of York, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Rid- 


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lay, Lord Febn Cavendifh, &amp;c.: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and other Commonable Meadows, Paftures, 
and Grounds, within the Parifh of Cavenham, in the 
County of Suffolk, was read a Second Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Bunbury, Mr. Wallace, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. q 

Sir Fobn Wrottefiey reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 
Rufbton Fames, in the Parith of Leek, in the County of 
Stafford, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee (except the Proprietor of an Eftate, intitled 
to Right of Common, of the annual Value of 405.; 
and that the Whole of the Eftates intitled to fuch Com- 
mon Right, are of the annual Value of £. 525. 185. 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee, to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads from 
‘Aldermaften, in the County of Berks, to Bafing ftoke, and to 
the Turnpike Road from Bafing/toke to Andover, and to 
the Turnpike Road leading toWinchefter, at Popham Lane, 
in the County of Southampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cozgreve, 
Mt. Hopkins, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, and other Inhabi- 
tants, of the County of Southampton, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of the Bill for re- 
pairing and widening feveral Roads from A/dermaften, 
in the County of Berks, to Bafing ftoke, and to the Turn- 
pike Road’ from Bafingftoke to Andover, and to the 
Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter, at Popham Lane, 
in the County of Southampton , and fetting forth, That 
the Road leading from Baughurft Street, in the Parith 
of Baughurft, over Browning Hill, to the Place where 
it will join the faid Road from Aldermafton to Popham 
Zane, is rvinous and narrow, and cannot be repaired 
and widened by the Laws in being: And therefore 
praying, That Provifion may be made in the faid Bill 
fot repairing and widening the faid Road, in fuch Man- 
ner as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee : And that they do exa- 
mine thé Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall 
appear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Congreve, Mr. Dodd, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Sir Charles Hardy reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, 

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in the County of Devon, and for refulating the Carmen 
and Porters within the faid’ Town, was committed, and 
to whom the Petition of Addis Archer, Edmund Robin- 
fon, George Woclcombe, Efquires, and others, .Commif- 
fioners named in, and acting under, an Act of Par- 
liament, pafled in the Tenth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for paving, light- 
ing, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County 
of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town; and alfo the Petition of the fe- 
veral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed; 
Owners and Proprietors of Houfes and Buildings, front- 
ing the Streets of the Town of Plymouth; were referred ; 
That the Committee had heard Counfel in Support 
of the faid Petitions, and had alfo heard Countel in 
Favour of the faid Bill; and that the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houte ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time,.One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Colonel Pringle prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 


_from the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or 


near Banghoufe Wails, to Compton’s Lanes and Eymouth, 

and from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and from 

Whitelaw Muir to Compton's Lanes, in the County of 

not ah And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
ime. 


Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Truftees appointed to put in Exe- 
cution Two Aéts of Parliament, made in the Thirteenth 
Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and the 
Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of his late Majetty, for 
repairing the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, 
through the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called 
High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and from thence 
to the End of Gibbet Lane next adjoining to the 
Townfhip of Bilfon, and from thence to Great Bridge, 
through Dudley, to Kingfwinford, and to the further 
End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of Warwick, Staf- 
ford, and Worcefter, was referred ; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had 
directed him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houie ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Charles Stuart, being examined, faid, That the Truftees 
have proceeded to put the faid Aéts in Execution, and 
have borrowed the Sum of Seven hundred and Fifty 
Pounds, which, together with the Tolls colleéted, have 
been duly applied towards repairing the faid Roads: 

That the faid Roads cannot be effectually repaired, 
and the Money borrowed be repaid, unlefs the Ferm 
and Powers granted by the faid Aéts, be further con- 
tinued and enlarged, and the Tolls increafed. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two Aéts, made in 
the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Geerge the 
Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign ot King 
George the Second, for repairing the feveral Roads lead- 
ing from Birmingham, through the Town of Wednefury, 
to 4 Place called High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, and 
from thence to the End of Gibbet Lane, next adjoining 
to the Townfhip of Bilfon; and from Great Bridge, 

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through Dudley, to King fwinford, and to the further End 
of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of Warwick, Stafford, 


and Worcefter: And that Mr. Skipwith and Sir Fobn 
Molefworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame: 


Mr, Alderman Trecothick reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Petition of the Churchwardens, 
Overfeers, and Parifhioners, of the Parifh of Saint Bo- 
tolph, Bifbopgate, in the Liberties of the City of London, 
whole Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of 
themfelves and the reft of the Houfe-keepers of the faid 
Parifh, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to thé 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; 
Mr. William Sims, being examined, faid, That the 
faid Parifh is of great Extent, and the Poor thereiri 
very numerous and burthenfome: That the Burthen is 
greatly increafed by the Number of Houfes let out to 
feveral Tenants, or to Lodgers, ready furnifhed, which 
augments the Number of occafional Poor, and, at the 
fame Time, renders it extremely difficult to affefs and 
recover the Rates for their Relief: And that there 
are Five hundred Houfes, within the faid Parifh, let in 
that Manner. . 

Mr. Deputy Fudd, being examined, faid, That there 
are 555 Houfes, within the faid Parifh, under Ten 
Pounds a Year; the greateft Part of which are let out 
in Tenements, 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual affeffing and collecting of the Rates 
for Relief of the Poor, in the Parifh of Saint Botolph, 
Bifbopgate, in the Liberties of the City of London: And 
that Mr. Alderman Trecotbick and Mr. Alderman Ofiver 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


General Greme prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, 
an Ad, pafied in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the North 
Queen’s Ferry, thtough the Towns of iInverkeithing and 
Kinro/s, to the Town of Perth; and alfo the Road from 
the faid Queen’s Ferry to the Towns of Damfermline, 
Torryburn, and Culrofs ; and alfo the Road from the faid 
Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to Brunttfland and 
Kirkcaldie: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty ; the Refolution which the Committee had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Pounds, be 
pranted to His Majefty, towards enabling the Truftees 
of the Britifh Mufeum to carry on the Execution of the 
Trutt repofed in them by Parliament. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe; to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Mears 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty; the Re- 
folution which the Committee had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followéth ; viz; 

Vou. XXXIIL 


Journals of she Houle of Commioiis: 


. Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee: 
That the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia; 
in that Part of Great Britain called England, for One Year; 
beginning the 25th Day of March One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-two, be defrayed out of the 
Monies arifing by the Land Tax, granted for the 
Service of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two. 3 3 

_ The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was; 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. | 

. Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, the Lord 
North, Mr. Onflow, Mr, Fenkinfon, Mr. Dyfon; Mr. 
Charles Townfbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General; Mr. Cooper; and Mr. Robinfon, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame: 


. An ingroffed Bill for explaining and amending an 
Ac, made in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty; 
intituled, An Act for taking off the Inland Duty of 
One Shilling per Pound Weight upon all Black and 
Singlo Teas confumed in Great Britain, and for granting 
a Drawback upon the Exportation of Teas to Ireland 
and the Britis Dominions in America, for a limited 
Time, upon fuch Indemnification to be made in refpeét 
thereof by the Eaf India Company, as is therein men- 
tioned ; for permitting the Exportation of Teas in 
{maller Quantities than One Lot to Jre/and, or the faid 
Dominions in America; and for preventing Teas feized 
and condemned from being confumed in Great Britain ; 
and for fettling certain Doubts and Difputes which have 
arifen. upon the faid Act of Parliament, was read the 
Third Time: ., Shien 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for explaining and amending an Aét, made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An A&amp; for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling 
per Pound Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas con- 
fumed in Great Britain, and for granting a Drawback 
upon the Exportation of Teds to Ireland and the Briti/h 
Dominiotis in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in refpect thereof by the 
Eaft India Company, as is therein mentioned ; for per- 
mitting the Exportation of Teas in {maller Quantities 
than One Lot to Jreland, or the faid Dominions in 
America , and for preventing Teas feized and condemned 
from beirig confumed in Great Britain, and for fettling 
certain Doubts and Difputes which have arifen upon the 
faid A&amp; of Parliarnent. fic, | 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and defire their Concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That it be an Inftruction to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is re- 
ferred to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, that they do confider of 4 proper Method of 
fecuring to the Public the Poffeffion of a large Col- 
le&amp;tion of Etrufcan, Grecian, and Roman Antiquities, 
brought from Italy by Sir William Hamilton, and of 
preferving the fame for the Ufe of the Public, by de- 
pofiting the fame in the Britifb Mufeum ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe; that His Majefty recommends to 
the Houfe, the Confideration of a proper Method of 
fecuring td the Public the Poffeffion of the faid An- 
tiquities, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to confider 
further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, that, they 
do conifidér of a proper Method of fecuring to thé Public 
the Poffeffion of a large Collection of Etru/can, Grecian, 
and Roman Antiquities, brought from Jtaly by Sir Wil- 
liam Hamilton, and of preferving the fame for the Ufe 
of the Public, by depofiting the fame in the Britijb 


Mufeum, 


6 Z A Motion 








“546 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the Electing of 
a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the 
Borough of Reading, in the County of Berks, in the 
room of Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, deceafed, 

It paffed in the Negative. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, 
intituled, An Act for the Attainder of feveral Perfons 
guilty of the horrid Murther of his late Sacred Majefty 
King Charles the Firft, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal 
fo much of the faid Aét, as direéts that every Thirtieth 
Day of Fanuary fhall be for ever kept and obferved, in 
all His Majefty’s Dominions, as a Day of Fafting and 
Humiliation ; 

The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the Jour- 
nals of the Houfe, of the 23d Day of Auguf 1660, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, on the Report of the 
Conference with the Lords, on the Bill of General Par- 
don and Indemnity, might be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Then the Queftion being put, That Leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to repeal io much of the faid Act, as 
directs that every 30th Day of Fanuary thall be for ever 
kept and obferved, in all His Majefty’s Dominions, as 
a Day of Fafting and Humiliation ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr Montagu, 

Tellers for the Yeas,} Mr. Coxe - 

Tellers for the Noes, i na ; 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Lon 
fs 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Petition of the Right Reverend Ed- 
mund Lord Bifhop of Ely. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Fen of the Clock, 





Martis, 3° die Marti; 
- Anno 12° Georgii TI' Regis, 1772. 


PRAVERS. 


IR Anthony Abdy reported from the Committee, to 

whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great 
Ormfide, ‘in the Parifh of Ormfide, in the County of 
Weftmorelana, was committed, That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found.the fame 
to be true. and. that the Parties concerned had given 
their ‘Confent :to. the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committée ; .and.that the-Committee had gone through 


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Ai792, 


the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto. 
which they had directed him to report to the Houte; 


‘and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 


delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One b 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon 
were agreed to by the Houfe. ‘ 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
if any Difference fhall arife between the Parties, the 
fame may be tried at Law. 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks, 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was, upon the 


-‘Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 


made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Watte Lands, within the Manor and Parith of* Kingf- 
norton, in the County of Worcefter, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Corz- 
wall, Mr. Dowdefwell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Earl Percy reported from the Committee, to ™ 


whom the Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, 
Veftrymen, and Overfeers of the Poor, of the Parifh of 
Saint Martin in the Fields, within the Liberty of Weft- 
minfter, in the County of Middlefex, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid 
Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, An 
Act, paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty, for building a Workhoufe, in the Parith 
of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the Liberty of We/t- 
minjter, in the County of Middlefex, was read: And, 

Mr. Hohn Marfhall, One of the Overfeers of the faid 
Parifh, being examined, faid, That great Progrefs hath 
been made in the Execution of the faid A@; but that 
the Sum of £.6,000, authorized to be raifed thereby, is 
infufficient for completing the faid Workhoufe ; and 
the Act cannot be carried into Execution, unlefs the 
faid Parifh are enabled to raife a further Sum for that 
Purpofe: That it is alfo neceffary that the faid Vicar, 
Churchwardens, Veflrymen, and Overfeers, fhould be 
empowered to contract with fome Perfon or Perfons for 
the Employment of the Poor; and that the faid Ad is 
defective in other Refpects. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for building a Workhoufe, in the 
Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the City of 
Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex; and for better 
Employment of the Poor of the faid Parifh: And that 
the Earl Percy and Sir Robert Bernard do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


A Bill to confirm and eftablifh an Indenture of 
Agreement, for dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, in the Manor and Parith of Great 
Paunton, in the County of Lincoln; and. for dividing 
and inclofing feveral other Common Fields, Heath, and 


. Wafte Grounds, in the fame Manor and Parifh, was 


read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 





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XUM 


12 Gro. III. Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
to diflolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis with Sufannab 
Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again, and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Seven- 
night, the 11th Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
neffles, for the faid Bill; and alfo, that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witneffes, againft the faid Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counfel, 
or to produce Witnefles. 


A Bill for naturalizing John Luke Ifelin, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bacon, 
Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they ate to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five*of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with Eliza- 
beth Hartnell, his now Wife; and to enable him to 
marry again ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houtfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Seven- 
night, the 12th Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of thé whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
neffes, for the faid Bill, and alfo, that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witnefles, againft the {aid Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counfel, 
or to produce Witneffes. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Petition of the Right Reverend Ed- 
mund Lord Bifhop of Ely, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Six Fobn’ Hynde Cotton took. the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed. the Chair. 

Sir John Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to make a 
Motion, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the. 
fame, 

 Ordered,.'That the Report be now received. 

Sir fohn Hynde Cotton accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, that he was directed by the Committee 
to move the Houfe, That Leave be given to bring ina 
Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, ‘in Holbaurn, in .Truftees, to 
be conveyed to the Lords Commiffioners of His Ma- 
jelty’s Treafury, or as they fhall direct, and for applying 
the Purchafe Money, together with a Sum of £. 3,000 
to be paid for Dilapidations, in the building and fitting 
up another Houfe, and purchafing Ground for that 
Purpofe, for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of 
Ely, and for applying the Surplus for the Benefit of 
the See; and for other Purpotes to be therein men- 
tioned. 


And Sir fobn Hynde Cotton moved the Houfe ac- 
cordingly. 


547 


_ Ordered, That Leave be. given to bring in a Bill for 
vefting Ely Houje, in Holbourn, in Truftees, to be con- 
veyed to the Lords Commiffioners of His Majetty’s 
Treafury, or as they fhall direét, and for applying the 
Purchafe Money, together with a Sum of £.3,000 to 
be paid for Dilapidations, in the building and fitting up 
another Houfe, and purchafing Ground, for that Pur- 
pofe, for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of Ely, 
and for applying the Surplus for the Benefit of the See ; 
and for other Purpofes to be therein mentioned: And 
that Sir Yobn Hynde Cotton, Mr. Yorke, and Sir Charles 
Whitworth, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir SampJon Gideon reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Owners and Pro- 
prictors of certain Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, lying 
in a certain Place called Broadalls, otherwife Broadwells, 
Great Hilks, Little Hilks, Pollins, and certain Lands 
called The Four Hundred Acre Farm, and a Farm called 
Betty's Nofe, in the Parifh of Ramfey, in the County of 
Huntingdon; and of certain Fen Lands and Low 
Grounds, called or known by the Names of Chappel 
Farm, Lilly Holts, Benwick Lotts, Benwick Turf Fen, 
Benwick Meere, Dykeamoore, Mangers, Bezelings, Sedge 
Fen, Ranfon Moor, Little Bradney, Burrough Moor, and 
Bedlams, and bounded on the North by the River Nene, 
and on the South by a certain Sewer or Drain called 
Vermuydens Drain, otherwife The Forty Feét Drain, and 
on the Weft by Ramfey Meere, and toward the North 
and Eaft by Burrough Moor Common, Linwood Farm, 
Coney Wood Fen, Bedlam, or Ranfon Moor Drove, and 
the Hard Lands of Doddington ; and a certain Turnpike 
Road, leading from the faid Hard Lands to Vermuydens 
Drain aforefaid, in the feveral Parifhes or Townfhips of 
March, Doddington, Benwick, and Chatteris, in the Ife 
of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid 
Petition; and had directed him to report the fame, as 
it appeared tothem, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was redd; and is as 
followeth ; viz. . 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. Thomas Moore, being examined, faid, That the 
Lands above defcribed are, from their low Situation, 
and the Decay of the Banks of the River Nene, and 
of their Outfalls to Sea, often overflown, to the great 
Damage of the Proprietors thereof ; and that the North 
Bank of Vermuyden’s Drain, from Carter’s Bridge to The 
Forty Feet Bridge, is 4 Common High Road, and in 
a ruinous Condition ; and cannot be repaired by the 
Laws in being. 

Mr. Henry Lawrence Maydweéll confirmed the fore- 
going Evidence: 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
imbanking, draining, and preferving, certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of Ramjfey, in the 
County of Huntingdon, and in the Parifhes of Dod- 
dington, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, within the Ifle 
of Ely, in the County of Cambridge ; and for amending 
the Road from a certain Bridge, in the Parifh of Chat- 
teris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by a Drain called 
Vermuyden’s, or The. Forty Feet Drain, to a Bridge called 
The Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Parifh of Ram/fey : And 
that Sir Saimpfon Gideon, Sir ‘fobn Hynde Cotton, Mr. 
Fellowes, and Mr. Wyldbore, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


Sir Sampfon Gideon reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Owners and Pro- 
prietors of certain Lands, called and known by the 
feveral Names of The Setts, Great Oldeamere, and Near 
Wype, The Farr Doles in Farr Wype, Little Oldeamere, 
The Turves, Eaftrea Fen, and Glaffmoore, in the Town- 
thip of Whittlefey, within the Ifle of Ey, in the County 

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548 
Of Cambridge, was referred That the Committee had 
€xamined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the.Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; viz. eh 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
An A&amp;, of the Twenty-fecond Year of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, for draining feveral Lands, 
within Whittlefey aforefaid, was read; whereby it ap- 
peared, That the faid Lands were, amongft other Lands 
in the faid Townfhip, charged with a certain annual 
Payment of Two Shillings per Acre for the Firft Year 
after the paffing of the faid Ac, and One Shilling 
and Sixpence for every fucceeding Year. ; 

Mr. Henry Lawrence Maydwell, being examined, pro- 
duced an Account, by which it appeared, That the 
following Sums are owing on the Credit of the faid Act, 
in the feveral Diftriéts; and that the further Sums 
herein mentioned are ftill neceffary to complete the Pur- 
pofes of the faid AQ; viz. 


Third Diftric. 


Sum owing ——— 461 12 17 g2112 13 
Sum wanting =—— 460 0 O 


Fourth Diftrict. 
Sum owing — 1,018 12 3 
Sum wanting — 460 0 0 1,478 12 3 
Fifth Diftrict. 
Sum owing — 90812 71 ; 
Sum wanting oe 200 0 O i 1,108 12 7z 


And he informed your Committee, That the faid 
Debts cannot be difcharged, nor the faid Lands com- 
pletely drained, without an additional Tax. 

Mr. George Fawne, being examined, confirmed the 
above Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend, and render more effectual, an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the more 
effectual draining and preferving of feveral Fen Lands, 
and Field Lands, in the Bounds and Precinéts of 
Whittlefey, in the Ifle of Ely, in the County of Cam- 
bridge, fo far as the fame relates to the feveral Fen and 
Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth 
Diftriéts, defcribed in the faid A€&amp;t: And that Sir Samp- 
Jon Gideon, Sir Fobn Hynde Cotton, Mr. Fellowes, and 
Mr. Wyldbore, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Common- 
alty, of the Art or Myftery of the Curriers of the City 
of London, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners have feen a Petition 
from the Tanners to this Houfe, refpecting the prefent 
great Scarcity and exorbitant Price of Oak Bark, which, 
the Petitioners apprehend, arife from the Caufes in the 
faid Petition affigned, and mutt, if not fpeedily remedied, 
produce the Confequences mentioned in the faid Peti- 
tion: And therefore praying the Houfe to take the 
Premifes into Confideration, and to grant fuch Relief 
therein as fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Tanners in and near the City of London, on Be- 
half of themfelves and the reft of the Tanners in Great 
Britain, is referred: And that they do examine, and 


ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Faét contained in this 
Petition. 


Ordered, "Fhat Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectually fecuring fufficient Quantities of Oak 


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MA. 1973, 


Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal Navy: And that 
Mr. Hervey, Mr. Buller, and Mr. Stepbens, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill to make Freehold and Copyhold, and Cuftomary 
Freehold Eftates, A ffetts for Payment of Simple Contraét 
Debts, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Sir Charles Whitworth preferited to the Houfe, ac. 
cording to Order, a Bill for defraying the Charge of the 
Pay and Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great 
Britain called England, for One Year, beginning the 
25th Day of March 1772: And the fame was recéived ; 
and read the Firft Time, 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Ordered, That the Committee, who are appointed to 
confider of fo much of the Criminal Laws as relate to 
Capital Offences, and to report their Opinion thereupon 
to the Houfe, have Power to report their Proceedings, 
from Time to Time, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


upon the Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors, be now 


read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurjday Mern- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for making a Navigable Cut or 
Canal from the River Dee, within the Liberties of the 
City of Chefer, to or near Middlewich and Nantwich, 
in the County of Chefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for making a Navigable Cut or Canal from 


the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Chefter, 


to or near Middlewich and Nantwich, in the County 
of Chefter. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Bunbury do carry the Bill 
tothe Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill to repeal an A&amp;t, made in the 
Tenth-Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, inti- 
tuled, An A&amp; for better Prefervation of the Game, 
within that Part of Great Britain called England, be read 
a Second Time To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for allowing further Time for Inrollment of 
Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of 
Proteftant Purchafers. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of theClock, 


Mercuri, 








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XUM 


32 Geo. III. 


Mercuri, 4° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Metl- 
A fuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 
ituate, lying, and being, in the feveral Parifhes, Ham- 
lets, and Places, of Cuffington, Edington, Chilton, Cattcott, 
Shapwick, Stowell, Sutton Mallett, Moorlinch, Grienton, 
Woolavington, Afbcott, Pedwell, Walton, Street, Butleigh, 
Compton Dundon, Wefton Zoyland, Midlezoy, Othery, 
High Ham, Dunware, Bower, Horfey, Bawdripp, Brad- 
ney, Netherham, Aller, Chedzoy, Littleton, Hurcott, 
Somerton, Pitney, Wearn, Wootton, and Long Sutton, in 
the County of Somerfet, having Right of Common on 
King’s Sedgemoor, in the fame County, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the faid 
Moor, which contains about 18,000 Acres of Pafture 
Land, has ever been Open and Uninclofed, and without 
any Boundaries, or Limits of Divifion, marking or 
denoting any particular Part thereof as belonging to any 
one Manor, Hamlet, or Place, and the Produce thereof 
hath been always had and taken indifcriminately ; and 
that the Petitioners have been informed of a Plan, lately 
meditated, for bringing ina Bill for draining, dividing, 
and inclofing, the faid Moor into feparate and diftinct 
Commons, for the feveral Parifhes, Hamlets, Manors, 
or Lordfhips, intitled to Right of Common, in 
Proportion to their feveral annual Values, and for 
vefting fuch feparate Commons in the Proprietors 
of fuch Manors and Eftates, to their fole and exclufive 
Ufe; which, the Petitioners think, is altogether ufelefs 
and unneceffary, as fufficient Powers for draining the 
faid Moor, and the Lands near the fame, are given by 
an Act of the arith and rath Years of King William 
the Third ; and that any Divifion of the faid Moor into 
feparate Commons will be highly prejudicial and hurtful, 
not only to the Petitioners in particular, but to the 
Community in general: And therefore praying, That 
the Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
againft the Petition for the faid Bill ; and that the Houfe 
will take the Premifes into Confideration, and protect 
the Rights and Properties of the Petitioners inviolate, 
and grant them fuch Relief as to the Houfe hall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of feveral Lords of the Manor, Clergymen, Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, and others, of the feveral Parifhes and 
Hamlets of Somerton, Compton Dundon, Street, Walton, 
Aifocott, Grienton, Murlinch, Shapwick, and divers other 
Parifhes and Hamlets, interefted in a Tract of Wafte 
Ground, called King’s Sedgmoor, in the County of Somer- 
fet, is referred; and that the Petitioners be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


Sir Thomas Frankland reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands and Grounds, in the Town- 
fhip of Scaftworth, in the County of Nottingham, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
‘Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 

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and then a Second Time, One by One; aad, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Burrell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for building a Bridge acrofs the River 
Thames, from Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to 
the oppofite Shore, in the County of Middlefex ; and 
to enable His Majefty to grant the Inheritance of the 
Ferry at Richmond aforefaid to William Wyndham, 
Efquire, in Fee Simple: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Moors, or Commons, called Rigg Moor, and Brearton 
Moor, within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parifh of 
Knarefbrough, in the County of York, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners 
of Eftates in the faid Parifh of the annual Value of 
£.44, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the whole 
Eftates within the faid Parifh are of the annual Value of 
£. 454. 105.; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill; with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Mr. Rigby prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
Aé&amp;, paffed in the Second Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, feveral 
Roads leading from Taviftock to Plymouth, and other 
Places, in the County of Devon ; and for repairing and 
widening the Road from the Guildhall in Taviftock 
aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook Street, to 
Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound, and from the 
Callington Turnpike Road to Morwell Ham and New 
Quay, in the faid County: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen and other Inhabitants 
of the County of Southampton, was referred ; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had direfted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; 
Vid. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
George Woodward Grove, Efquire, being examined, 
faid, That the Road from Baughurft Street to the Place 
where it will join the Turnpike Road from Aldermafton 
to Popham Lane, at Weft Heath, in the faid County of 
Southampton, is ruinous and narrow, and cannot be re- 
paired and widened by the Laws now in being. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads from &lt;Aldermafton, in the County of Berks, to 
Bafingftoke, and to the Turnpike Road from Bafing/loke 
to Andover, and to the Turnpike Road leading to Win- 
chefter, at Popham Lane, in the County of Southampton, 


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is committed, that they have Power to make Provifion 
in the faid Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from Baughurft Street, to its Junction with the intended 
Turnpike Road from Aldermafton to Popham Lane, at 
Weft Heath, in the County of Saxuthampton. 


Mr. Howard reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Right honourable Lord George Ger- 
maine, the Right honourable George Onflow, Sir Francis 
Vincent, Baronet, Peter Burrell, Efquire, George Woodroffe, 
Efquire, Abraham Tucker, Efguire, George Howard, 
Efquire, and George Onjlow, of Ockham, Efquire, in Be- 
half of themfelves and others, Truftees of the Eftates of 
Henry Smith, E{quire, deceafed, and of Richerd Webb, 
Bridget Webb, Elizabeth Burton, Fofeph Alleyn, and 
others, the poor Kindred of the faid Heury Smith, was 
referred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of Fact contained in the faid Petition; a State 
whereof they had direéted him to report to the Houle ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Petition, is as followeth : 

A Member prefent informed your Committee, That 
the faid Mr. Smith died poffefled of a confiderable 
Eftate: And 

Mr. William Bray produced to your Committee, a 
true Copy of the Will of Mr. Smith, examined at the 
proper Office; by which it appeared, that the Teftator 
bequeathed, to the Ufe of poor Captives, being Slaves 
under Turkifh Pirates, the Sum of £. 1,000, to be laid 
out in the Purchafe of Lands, of the yearly Value of 
£. 60; and did alfo devife, for the Ufe of the pooreft 
of his Kindred £. 1,000, to be laid out in the Purchafe 
of Lands, in Manner therein mentioned. 

The faid Mr. Bray alfo produced to your Committee 
a Deed of Conveyance to the ‘Truftees under the faid 
Will, of an Eftate in Kenfington, now let at £. 151 a 
Year, out of which, he faid, the Truftees for the Time 
being did for feveral Years apply the Sum of f. 60 an- 
nually (or fo much thereof as was applied for) towards 
the Redemption of poor Captives ; but it appeared, by 
the Minute Book of the Truftees, that there has been 
no Claim made in Behalf of Perfons under that De- 
{cription, fince the Year 1723; and that the Savings 
arifing thereout, amounting to £. 7,530, with the Di- 
vidends thereof, have been laid out in the Purchafe of 
Old South Sea Annuities ; and that the further Sum of 
£. 1,628. 15. 4. of the like Annuities has been pur- 
chafed with the Produce of the faid £. 60 per Annum, 
and the Dividends of the former Sum. 

The Witnefs alfo produced to your Committee, an 
Account of Money paid to the poor Kindred of the 
Teftator (many of whom he faid were old and infirm) 
amounting to £. 71. 175. per Anm.; and he faid, That 
if the Dividends of the aforefaid Sums of £. 7,530 and 
£. 1,628. 15. 4. were to be fhared amongft them, it 
would amount to about £. 400 a Year in the Whole, 
which would be a comfortable Subfiftance to them : And 

Mr. Edward Glanville informed your Committee, 
That he had furveyed the Eftate at Ken/ington, and that 
the invefting the Truftees with Power to grant Building 
Leafes, would greatly improve the fame in Value. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Truftees of the Eftate of Henry Smith, 
Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of Money to 
the Relief of-his poor Kindred, and to enable the faid 


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Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an Eftate in the 
Parifhes of Kenfington, Chelfea, and Saint Martin in the 
Fields, in the County of Middlefex: And that Mr, 


Howard and Mr. Cholmley do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


A Petition of the Right honourable George Earl of 
Egremont, Lord of the Honor or Manor of Spofforth, in 
the County of York, an Infant, by the Right honour- 
able Alicia Maria, Countels of Egremont, and the Right 
honourable Percy Wyndham O Brien, Earl of Thomond, 
in the Kingdom of Ireland, his Guardians, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Manor of Foliifoot, in the County 
of 2ork; and fetting forth, That, by the faid Bill, 
Daniel Lajfcelles, Eiquire, hath affumed himfelf to be 
Lord of the faid fuppofed Manor of Fellifect, and as 
fuch, feifed of, or intitled to, the Soil and Royalties 
of a Moor or Common therein deicribed as containing 
1,100 Acres, or thereabouts, as being Parcel of the faid 
{uppofed Manor ; and, by the faid Bill, a certain Allot- 
ment is propofed to be made to him, of a Proportion 
of the faid Moor or Common, as a Compenfation to 
him, as Lord of the faid fuppofed Manor, for his fup- 
pofed Right to the Soil of the faid Moor, or Common ; 
and that the Petitioner is advifed, and apprehends, that 
there isnofuch Manor exifting as the faid {uppofed Manor 
of Follifoot, or, if there be fucha Manor, that the faid 
Moor or Common is not Parcel thereof, but is Parce] 
of the Petitioner’s Honor or Manor of Spofforth ; and 
that the Petitioner, as Lord of the faid Honor or Manor, 
is intitled to the Soil and Royalties of the faid Moor or 
Common: And therefore praying, That the Petitioner 
may be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and 
in Support of the Petitioner’s Rights in the faid Honor 
or Manor of Spofforth. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the faid Bill be read a Second Time; and 
that the Petitioner be then heard, by his Counfel, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit. , 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at the 
ieone. Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 

etition. 


A Petition of the Bailiffs and Citizens of the City of 
Lichfield, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Com- 
plaining of the great Decreafe in the Quantities of Corn 
brought to Market, owing, as the Petitioners appre- 
hend, to the combined Body of Millers and principal 
Farmers: And praying the Houfe, to take the Pre- 
mifes into Confideration, and provide fome fpeedy Re- 
lief for this great and growing Evil, 
ni at That the faid Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, prefented 
to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Number of Seamen and Marines 
employed in the Service of the Royal Navy, from the 31ft 
December 1770 to the 31ft December 1771, upon a Me- 
dium of each Month; diftinguifhing the Seamen from 
the Marines, and what Number of each were borne and 
muftered in the faid Service. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

The faid Account is as followeth ; viz. 


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Navy Office, An ACCOUNT of the Number of Seamen and Marines employed in the Service of 
5th February 1772. J the Royal Navy, from the 31ft December 1770 tothe 31ft December 1771, upon a Mé- 
dium of each Month, diftinguifhing-the Seamen from the Marines, atid what Number 

of each were borne and muftered in the faid Service; prepared purfuant to an Order of 

the honourable Houfe of Commons, dated zoth February 1772. 
Seamen, Marines. 

Months. ~ - -_——— 

&amp; Borne. |Muftered.| Borne. |Muftered. 

January — — — — — — 31,127} 30,919 4,077 1,725 
February —_ _ — _ - — 33048) 32,887) 4,251) 1,852 
March — _ =~ —_ _ — 32,057] 31,568 4,384] 2,246 
April _ _ _ _ _ — 31,267] 31,682 4595 2,731 
May — _— — _ -- — 31,202] 29,994 4,590] 2,766 
June —_ _ oa —_ —_ _ 24,502} 23,691 4,775, 2,986 
Fuly one — —_ _ _ — 22,964) 22,2441 457444 3,090 
Auguft _— _ _ _ _ — 22,939) 22,3781 4,924] 3,096 
September _~ _ _ —_ _ ~ 22,367] 21,591 5,218 33439 
Offober — _ ~- _ _ _ 22,090} 21,353 5487 3,169 
November = - _ sil ~“ — | 21,836) 20,954] 55754, 39147 
December — — —~ _ — — 21,601] 20,782 5,961 3,152 
: 317,000} 310,043} 585730) 33,099 

Upon a Medium _ _— _ — 26,416} 25,836] 4,894 23758 

H. Pallifer: J: Williams. E. Majfon. T. Brett. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of 
Freemen into Corporations, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, 
within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in 
the County of Worcefter: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords by the Lord Chief Baron 

Parker and Mr. Baron Smythe : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intityled, An A&amp; for 
the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal 
Family ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, td 
whom the Petition of the Mayor and Burgefies of the 
Town of King fton upon Hull; and of the Gentlemen; 
Clergy, and Freeholders, having Eftates in or near the 
Parifhes of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, and of Sutton in Holdernefs; in the faid Eait 
Riding, and of the feveral other Perfons whofe Names 
are thereto fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition , 
and had directed him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition; Mr. 
William Wadman, being examined, faid, That the Road 
from the Weft End of Newland Clow Lane, ini Cotting- 
ham, ta and through the feveral Places mentioned in 
the Petition, to the To// Bar, near the Two Mile Stone, 
on the Road between Kingfton upon Hull and Hedon, is 
in a ruinous Condition, and cannot be amended, widened, 
and kept in Repair, by the Laws in being, _ 

And he further faid, That the building a Bridge crofs 
the River Hull, from Newland Ciow, to the oppofite 
Side, will promote an eafy Communication between the 
different Parts of the Country, and be of general Uti- 
lity. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
widening, amending, and keeping in Repair, the Road 
from the Weft End of Newland Clow Lane, in the Pa- 
rith of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding of the County le 

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York, unto or near Newland Clow, on the Weft Side of 
the River Hu]; and from the oppofite Bank of the faid 
River, to the South Eaft Corner of the Church Yard 
Wall in Sutton in Holderne/s, and from thence to or near 
Salts Gate, adjoining to the Turnpike Road between 
Kingfton upon Hull, and Heden in Holderne/s aforefaid ; 
and from the faid South Eaft Corner of Sutton Church 
Yard Wall, unto and through Low Gate Street, and 
from thence to the Toll Bar near the Two Mile Stone 
on the faid Turnpike Road between King/ton upon Hull 
and: Hedon aforefaid ; and alfo for building a Bridge 
acrofs the River Hull, at or near Newland Clow afore- 
faid: And that Sir George Savile and the Lord Clare do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for lighting, cleanf- 
ing, and watching, the Streets, Lanes, and other Paf- 
fages, of the Burgh of Canongate, and the Liberties of 
Pleafance and Leithwynd, adjoining to the Royalty of 
the City of Edinburgh: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of feveral Owners or Occupiers of Fulling 
Mills, Rafping, Grinding, and other Mills, fituate upon 
the River /ir, in the Weft Riding of the County of 
York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that 
a Petition has been prefented to the Houfe, for Leave 
to bring in a Bill to extend and make all neceffary Im- 
provements in the Navigation of the Rivers dir and 
Calder ; and that, by the Report of Mr. Smeaton, an En- 
gineer, who has been employed to furvey the faid Ri- 
vers, it appears that feveral additional Cuts are propofed 
to be made near the faid Rivers, and other Works done 
for improving the faid Navigation; and reprefenting to 
the Houfe, That, if the feveral Works mentioned in the 
faid Report as neceffary to be done for the Improve- 
ment of the faid Navigation fhould be made, and carried 
into Execution, the working the faid Mills will be very 
much obftructed, to the great Lofs and Detriment, not 
only of the Petitioners, but of all Perfons who make 
Ufe of the faid Mills: And therefore praying the Houle, 
to take the Premifes into Confideration, and that the Pe- 
titioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before 
the Committee to whom the faid Petition is referred, in 
Support of the Allegations of their Petition, in order that 
the whole Matter in Queftion may be fully inquired 
into, and that nothing may be done in any wife to 
prejudice the faid Mills, which are of fo great Im- 
portance to the Trade and Manufactures of this King- 
dom. 

A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Land Owners, Farmers, 
Builders, and Confumers of Lime, in the City and 
County of York, and the Town of Kingfton upon Hull, 
was alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners, and others in the faid City, County, 
and Town, have for many Years paft been fupplied with 
Lime from the Town of Knottingly, in the County of 
York, fituate upon the Banks of the River Air, which hath 
been found to be very beneficial ; and that the Peti- 
tioners are informed, an Application is intended to be 
made, to make a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the 
faid River Air, above the faid Town of Knottingly, 
through Brotherton Marfb, and fo as to defert the {aid 
Town of Knottingly, and which faid Navigable Cut,: or 
Canal, is intended to be fupplied with Water from the 
faid River 4ir; which if carried into Execution, and 
the Navigation from the faid Town of Knottingly fhould 
be thereby totally loft or prejudiced, which the Peti- 
tioners have great Reafon to apprehend, they and others, 
within the faid City, County, and Town, would be de- 
prived of the Benefit of being furnifhed with Lime from 
the faid Town of Knottingly, and would be unable to 

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procure any Lime of fo good a Quality, and at fo eafy 
a Rate, from any other Place, which would reduce them 
to the greateft Diftrefs, and efpecially with refpec% to 
the Land within the faid County, which, for Want 
thereof, would remain unimproved and uncultivated : 
And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft any fuch in- 
tended Application, whereby they may, or are likely in 
any wife to be prejudiced, or affected in the Premifes , 
and that the Petitioners may have fuch Relief as the 
Houfe fhall think fit. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of Sir William Milner, 
Baronet, Richard Wilfon, Efquire, Richard Bur- 
ton, Efquire, ‘feremiah Dixon, Efquire, and others, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, as well 
on Behalf of themfelves, as of the reft of the 
Undertakers of the Navigation of the Rivers 
Air and Calder, in the County of York, is re- 
ferred ; and the Petitioners are to be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petitions now prefented, 


A Bill for incorporating and well governing the So- 
ciety of Free and Accepted Mafons; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee, 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, uponTo-morrow Seven- 
night, the 12th Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to reftrain the Lord of the Manor of 
Sandburft, in the County of Berks, for the Time being, 
from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except 
upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid 
Bill is mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the faid 
Manor, for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in 
the faid Bill is mentioned, was committed, be received 
upon Tuxefeay Morning next, 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An A&amp; for the better regulating the future Marriages 
of the Royal Family, be now read the Firft Time ; 

The Houfe was moved, That His Majefty’s moft 
gracious Meffage, which was ordered to be taken into 
Confideration upon this Day, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to fearch 
the Journals of the Houfe of Lords, as to what Pro- 
ceedings are therein, with relation to a Bill fent this 
Day by the Lords, to this Houfe, intituled, An Act 
for the better regulating the future Marriages of the 
Royal Family ; and to make Report thereof to the 
Houfe : 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Seymour, Mr. 
Dowdefwell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
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The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } te etapa 


Tellers for the Noes, } ok pert P 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


; 109. 
{ 193. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for fhortening 
the Duration of Parliaments ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Alderman Saw- 
bridge, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Alderman Town/-( 83. 
end: 
Tellers for the Noes, aa eal ; t 251. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Stephens prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the more effectually fecuring fufficient 
Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal 
Navy: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Friday. Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to repeal an Aé&amp;t, made in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Aét for better Prefervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain called England , 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr "PPS ,, gs 
Tellers for theNoes, Me Cie onges t mt 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time upon 
this Day Four Months ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word ‘* Months,” and in- 
ferting the Word * Weeks” inftead thereof. | 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word 
“*Months” ftand Part of the Queftion; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word 
“ Weeks” be inferted inftead thereof; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Four Weeks. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Act, made in the Tenth Year of 
His prefent Majetty, intituled, An Act for better Pre- 
fervation of the Game within that Part of Great Bri- 

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tain, called England: And that Sir George Yonge, Mr: 
Clayton, Mr. Whitworth, Sir Fohn Wrottefley, Mc. Gilbert, 
Colonel Onflow, Mr. Mackworth, and Mr. Beauclerk, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for allowing further Time 
for Inrollment of Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, 
and for Relief of Proteftant Purchafers. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Gilbert took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty of the 
A City of York, and of the Gentlemen and Mer- 
chants in the fame City, Traders, Owners of Vefiels, 
and others, interefted in, or affected by, the Navigation 
of the Rivers 4ir and Calder, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of York, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That, by Virtue of an Adt, pafled in the 
roth and 11th Years of King William the Third, for 
making the faid Rivers navigable, the Tolls and Duties 
thereby authorized to be taken were vefted in the ori- 
Rg Undertakers of the faid Navigation; and the pre- 
ent Proprietors thereof, claiming under them, are im- 
powered by the faid Act to take the Tolls therein men- 
tioned, for Goods carried upon the faid Rivers, within 
the Limits of the faid Navigation ; and that, by the In- 
creafe of the Woollen Manufactures in that Part of the 


_ County of York, and the great Increafe of Exports from 


Leeds, Wakefield, and other Places, the Yearly Profits 
of the faid Navigation are, and have been for feveral 
Years paft, very confiderable, and are ftill increafing ; 
and that the faid Proprietors might have eafily pre- 
vented any Impediments, occafioned by Shoals, and 
other fuch Obftructions, in the faid Rivers, but the 
Powers vefted in the faid Proprietors by Virtue of the faid 
A&amp; have been of late very much abufed, by the Leffee 
or Agents of the faid Proprietors; and that the Peti- 
tioners have the greateft Reafon to apprehend, that the 
real Objeét of the Proprietors, and the Farmers of the 
Tolls and Duties, is to facilitate the Defign of com- 
pleting a Monopoly of the Trade upon the faid River: 
And therefore. praying, That the Petitioners may be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft the Petition 
of, and the Bill applied for by, the Proprietors of the 
faid Navigation, or fuch Parts thereof as may affect 
the Intereft of the Petitioners ; and that they may have 
fuch further or other Relief in the Premifes, as may be 
fuitable to the Nature of their Cafe, and as the Houfe 
fhall think proper. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Sir William Milner, Baronet, Richard Wilfon, Efquire, 
Richard Burton, Efquire, Feremiab Dixon, Etquire, and 
others, whofe Names are théreunto fubfcribed, as well 

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on Behalf of themfelves, as of the reft of the Under- 
takers of the Navigation of the Rivers dir and Calder, 
in the County of York, is referred ; and that the Peti- 
tioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, “Fhat it be an Inftrnétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame ‘Fime, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


Notice being taken, that the Bill for repairing and 
widening the Road leading from the Eaft End of the 
Bridge acrofs the River Ouze, in Downham Market, to 
the Queen’s Head, and from the Chequer Inn, in Downham 
Market aforefaid, to the Eaft End of the Two Mile 
Clofe in the Parith of Barton, and towards Watton, to 
a Place called Fhe Devil’s Ditch, in the County of Nor- 
folk, which was prefented to the Houfe upon Saturday 
laft, and then read the Firft Time, and ordered to be 
read a Second Time, contains Provifions not authorized 
by the Order for preparing and bringing in the fame, 
nor included in the Petition of the Clerey, Gentlemen, 
Freeholders, Merchants, Traders, Farmers, and other 
Inhabitants, who live near the Highways and Roads 
leading from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the 
River Ouze, in Downham Market, in the County of 
Norfolk, to and through the feveral Parifhes and Ham- 
lets therein after mentioned, in the faid County, whofe 
Names are thereto fubfcribed, which was prefented to 
the Houfe upon the 2oth Day of February lTatt ; 

Ordered, ‘Chat the Order for the Second Reading of 
the faid Bill be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be withdrawn. 

And the faid Bill was withdrawn accordingly. 

Ordered, Yhat Leave be given to prefent a proper 
Bill inftead thereof. 

A Petition. of feveral Gentlemen and others, Inha- 
bitants of the County of Norfolk, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Taking Notice of the faid Bill; and reprefenting 
to the Houfe, that, if a Gate or Turnpike is ereéted: be- 
tween Fincham and the Eaft End of the Two Mile 
Clofe, the Tolls or Duties to be granted by the faid 
Bill may be evaded, unlefs the Road from Strad/et, 
through Barton Layes, towards Watton, be totally fhut 
up and difcontinued, fo as to prevent all Perfons paffing 
through the faid Barton Layes: And therefore praying, 
‘Fhat Provifion may be made in the faid Bil for the fhut- 
ting up and difcontinuing the faid Road; in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That it be an. Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare and bring in the faid Bill, 
that they do make Provifion therein, for fhutting up and 
difcontinuing the Road leading from Stradfet, through 
Barton Layes, towards Watton, fo as to prevent all Per- 
fons paffing through the faid Barton Layes. 


Mr. Ongley prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, {e- 
veral Acts for repairing the Highways between Dun- 
ftable and Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, and from 
the Sign of the White Horfe, to the Sign of the King’s 
Arms, 10 Hocklife aforefaid ,; and alfo for making Pro- 
vilion for the more effectual repairing the Road leading 
from the Sign of the Waggon and Horfes, to the Bull Inn, 
in Dunjtable aforefaid: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Bacon reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Fobn Luke Ifelin, was commit- 
ted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Hovfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Fable, 


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Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for allotting, dividing, ard inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, and Common or Commonable 
Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common 
or Watfte Lands, of and within the Manor of Little King- 
ton Combrooke, and Brookehampton, in the County of 
Warwick, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee (except Fane Paine, Widow, who refufed to 
fign the Bill, unlefs a Claufe was inferted, to empower 
her to fell her Eftate within the faid Fields, confifting of 
Three Yard Lands and One Quarter, of which fhe is 


only Tenant for Life, and unlefs fhe might name a 


Commiffioner ; and that the faid Fields confitt of 19 Yard 
Lands and an Half; and that no Perfon appeared be- 
fore the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 
verat Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe,; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Fable: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Queftion fe- 
verally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Reginald Pole, Efquire, to take, ufe, and 
bear, the Surname and Arms of Carew, purfuant to the 
Will of Sir Coventry Carew, Baronet, deceafed, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Rafb- 
leigh, Sir George Yonge, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Afiftants, 
of the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford 
Strond, was prefented to the. Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That it appears, by the Votes, that a Petition 
hath been prefented, for allowing any Quantity of 
Flints, Chalk, and Chalk Rubbifh, not exceeding, in 
One Year, 23,000 Tons, to be tranfported, on board 
of Coafters or Colliers, as Ballaft, and alleging, That, 
by divers Acts of Parliament and Charters, the Laftage 
and Ballaftage of all Ships and Veffels in the River 
Thames is granted to the Petitioners, for cleanfing and 
depthening the faid River; and the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, that if fo large a Quantity as 23,000 Tons 
of Flints, Chalk, and Chalk Rubbifh, fhould Yearly be 
allowed to be tranfported, on board of Coafters and 
Colliers, as Ballaft, the fame would greatly tend to 
prejudice the Navigation of the River Thames, and be 
very injurious to the Trade of this Kingdom, and the 
Navy of England: And therefore praying, That the 
Petitioners may be heard, before the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the feveral Owners and Pro- 
prietors of the Chalk Wharfs on the River Thames, and 
Mafters or Owners of Colliers and Coatting Vefiels, is 
referred, either by themfelves or their Counfel; and 
that the Houfe will give them fuch Relief as fhall be 
thought meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
feveral Owners and Proprietors of Chalk Wharfs on 
the River Thames, and of feveral, Mafters and Owners 
of Colliers and Coafting Veffels, in Behalf of themfelves 
and others, is referred; and that the Petitioners be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 


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fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented, 


Sir George Yonge prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parifh 
of Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, 
jn the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, that the Petition of the 
Mayor and principal Burgefies and Affiftants of the 
Town and Borough of Oakbampton, in the County of 
Devon, and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and principal 
Inhabitants, refiding in and near the Town and Parifh 
of Oakhampton aforefaid, which was prefented to the 
Houfe upon Friday laft, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time. 


Admiral Pye reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Parith 
of Chatham, in the County of Kent, was referred; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the faid 
Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as 
it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place,-and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is 
as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
George Taylor and Mr. William Witheridge, being feverally 
examined, faid, That the Streets and Lanes of the faid 
Parifh, are ill paved, lighted, and cleanfed, and are very 
incommodigus to Paflengers, by Annoyances and In- 
croachments therein; that it would tend to the Benefit 
and Safety of the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, if the 
fame were properly paved, cleanfed, and lighted, and 
kept free from Annoyances and Incroachments, which 
cannot be done without the Aid of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the Streets and Lanes, in the Town and Parifh of 
Chatham, in the County of Kent, and for removing and 
preventing Nufances and Annoyances therein : And that 
Admiral Pye, Sir Charles Whitworth, and Mr. Calcraft, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Edmonjftone prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to continue the Term, and alter and en- 
large the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in 
the 26th and 27th Yeats of King George the Second, for 
repairing feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/- 
gow, as relates to the Road from the City of Glajgow 
to the Town of Dumbarton: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to diffolve the Marriage of the Right honourable 
Edward Vifcount Ligonier with Penelope Pitt; and to 
enable him to marry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfeif into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow reported from the Committee, That they 
had examined Witneffes, and heard Counfel, for the faid 
Bill ; and had alfo heard Counfel againft the faid Bill, 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 


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directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleaf to re: 
ceive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Petition of Catharine Lady Vifcountefs 
Fitzwilliam, Maurice Dreyer, and Fobx Daniel Dreyer, 
of London, Merchants, Truftees on Behalf of the faid 
Catharine lady Fitzwilliam, be now read: _ 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declara- 
tion, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration; 
according to the Laws made for thofe Purpofes 3 

The faid Order was read accordingly. _ 

The Houfe refolved itflf into the faid Committee: 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Onjlew took the Chair of the Committee: 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow reported from the Committee, That he 
was directed by the Committee to make a Motion; wher 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, Fhat the Report be now received. 

Mr. Onflow accordingly reported from the faid.Com- 
mittee, That he was directed by the Committee to 
move the Houfe, that Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable His Majefty to grant and convey certain 
Leafehold and Copyhold Premiffes, at or near Richmond; 
in the County of Surrey, to the Truftees named in the 
Will of Dame Henrietta Decker, deceafed, to and for 
the fole and feparate Ufe of Catharine Lady Vifcountefs 
Fitzwilliam, and her Heirs; and for enfranchifing the 
faid Copyhold Premiffes ; and for other Purpofes therein 
to be mentioned. 

And Mr. Onflow movéd the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable His Majefty to grant and convey certain Leafe- 
hold and Copyhold Premiffes,; at or near Richmond, in 
the County of Surrey, to the Truftees named in the 
Will of Dame Henrietta Decker, deceafed, to and for the 
fole and fepatate Ufe of Catharine Lady Vifcountefs 
Fitzwilliam, and her Heirs ; and for enfranchifing the 
faid Copyhold Premiffes, and for other Purpofes therein 
to be mentioned: And that Mr. Onflow, Sir Charles 
Whitworth, and Mr. Cooper, do prepare, and bring in, 
the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, 
the Open Fields and Commonable Places, in the Pa- 
rifh of Skefington, and County of Leiceffer, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open Fields and Commonable Places, in the Parith of 
Skeffington, and County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That General Vernon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and iriclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great 
Orinfide, in the Parith of Ormfide, in the County of 
Weftmoreland, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great Ormfide, 
in the Parifh of Ormfide, in the County of Wefimere- 
land. 

Ordered, That Sir Anthony Abdy do earry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons, and Wafte Lands and Grounds, in the Town- 
thip of Scaftworth, in the County of Nottingham, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the — 

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be, An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Commons, 
and Wafte Lands and Grounds, in the Townfhip of 
Scaftwerth, in the County of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Frankland do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Petition of Sir Roger Burgoyne, Ba- 
ronet, and. the Right honourable Lady Fraaces his 
Wife, Thomas Clarke, Colonel in His Majefty’s Cold- 
fiream Regiment of Foot Guards, and Aum Lucy his 
Wife, late 4un Lucy Becher, Spinfter, Joyner Becher, of 
Wokingham, in the County of Berks, Gentleman, and 
Frederick Montagu, of Papplewick, in the County of Not- 
tingham, Efquire, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. ! 

Mr, Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to make a 
Motion, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report.be now received. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, That he was direéted by the Com- 
mittee to move the Houle, that Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to enable His Majefty to grant certain 
Houfes, in Fenchurch Street and Addle Street, in the 
City of London, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of 
Lieutenant General Fohbn Brown without Heir, unto Fre- 
derick Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Trufts 
therein mentioned. 

And Sir Charles Whitworth moved the Houfe accord- 
ingly. 

dered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable His Majefty to grant certain Houfes, in Fen- 
church Street and Addle Street, in the City of London, 
efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of Lieutenant 
General Fobn Brown, without Heir, unto Frederick 
"Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Trufts there- 
in mentioned: And that Sir Charles Whitworth and Co- 
lone] Burgayze do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to be called over, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 


Mr. Gilbert, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
allowing further Time for Inrollment of Deeds and Wills 
made by Papifts, and for Relief of Proteftant Purchafers, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Commit- 
tee had made to the Bill ; and which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


A Bill for making the Exemplification of the laft 
Will and Teftament of James Macartaey, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in 
Great Britain and Ireland, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lowndes, 
Mr. Buller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
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Mr. Barrow prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parith of Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Skynner reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and Common- 
able Places, in the Parifh of Hanborough, in the County 
of Oxford, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee (except Two Perfons, who .are Owners 
of One Yard Land and an Half in the faid Fields, who 
refufed to fign the Bill; and that the Whole of the 
Lands intended to be incloted confifts of 51 Yard Lands 
and an Half; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend. 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue and enlarge the Term and Powers of an 
Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for repairing and widening the 
Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, in the Parith of 
Winterflow, to Harnham Bridge, in the County of Wilts ; 
and from the Weft Corner of Saint Ann’s Street, in the 
City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes of Landford and 
Brook, and from thence to Ealing; and from Land- 
ford aforefaid, through Ower and Teftwood, to Ealing 
aforefaid, in the County of Southampton , and for re- 
pairing and widening the Road from the -Rum/ey and 
Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of Francis 
Fry, to Lyndburft, and from a Place called Hampton 
Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of Southamp- 
ton; and for repairing the Footways within the faid 
City ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, and render more effectual, feveral Acts for 
repairing the Roads from the Parith of Enfield, in the 
County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hertford, and 
other Roads in the faid Aéts mentioned; and alfo for 
repairing the Road from the End of the Town of 
Hertford to Amwell End, near Ware, in the faid County 
of Hertford, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Mary and William Hutton, and the other 
Perfons therein defcribed, to take and ufe the Surname, 
Arms, and Creft, of Long, purfuant to the Will of Fames 
Long, deceafed, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Box, from the 
Commiffioners for paving, cleanfing, and lighting, the 
Squares, Streets, and Lanes, within the City of Weff- 
minfter, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament, 

A Copy of the Proceedings of the Commiffioners for 


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made in the 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, 6th; and 11th Years of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, cleanfing, and 
lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, 
within the City and Liberty of We/tminfter, and Parts 
adjacent, from the 4th Day of December 1770 to the 
gift Day of December 1771; both inclufive; alfo, an 
Account of all Contra¢ts and Agreements made by 
the faid Commiffioners, from the 4th Day of December 
1770 to the 31ft Day of December 1771, both inclufive : 
And alfo, 

A Copy of the Treafurer’s general State of Account 
with the Commiffioners for paving, &amp;c. Weftminfter, 
from the 29th September 1770 to the 29th September 
1771: And alfo, 

Copies of the general State of Accounts of the feveral 
Receivers to the Commiffioners, for paving, &amp;c. We/t- 
minfter, from Lady Day 1770 to Lady Day 1771. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the Books, containing the faid Ac- 
counts, were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Books do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Books are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, Proprietors of Lands, in the Coun- 
ties of Norfolk and Suffolk, on Behalf of themfelves, and 
feveral other Land Owners and Inhabitants of and in 
the faid Counties, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Setting forth, That the Bill now depending, for 
altering, depthening, repairing, maintaining, and im- 
proving, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, and 
for depthening and making more navigable the feveral 
Rivers eniptying themfelves into the faid Haven, and 
for preferving Ships wintering therein from Accidents 
by Fire, is, in the Opinion of the Petitioners, very de- 
fective: And theretore praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid 
Bill'as to them appear objectionable, and in Support 
of fuch Amendments thereto as they conceive proper 
and neceffary to be made therein, fo as more effectually 
to anfwer the true Intent and Purpofes thereof. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for clear- 
ing, depthening, repairing, maintaining, and improv- 
ing, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, and for 
depthening and making more navigable the feveral 
Rivers emptying themfelves into the faid Haven; and 
for preferving Ships wintering therein from Accidents 
by Fire, is committed; and that the Petitioners be 
heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Committee, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft,the faid 
Petition. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock, 


Vor. XXXII. 


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putting in Execution the feveral Aéts of Parliament; 


557 
Veneris, 6° die Marti; 


Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772: 


Prayers. 


PMs for dividing, inclofing, and draining, a 
certain Parcel of Land, called or known by the 
Name of The Cow Pafture, lying in the South Fen, in 
the Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln; and 
for amending, and rendering more effectual, an Aé, 
made in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, An Aét for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Watte and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown 
low Bertie, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, in the Parith of Hammeringham, in the County 
of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c. : And they ate to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chatnber. 


Mr. Kennedy reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of ames Ferguffon, Provott, George Hutchi- 
Jon and William Mac Cormick, Baillies, and Fobn Hutchi- 
fon, Dean of Guild, of the Royal Burgh of Air, in Scot- 
land, William Duff, David Ferguffon, and fobn Murdoch, 
Common Council Men of the faid Burgh, Robert Alex- 
ander, and Fobn Frazer, Baillies of the Burgh of Barony 
of Newtoun upon Ayr, William Ballantyne, William 
Logan, John Campbell, ‘fames Hunter, and ‘fabn Chriftian, 
Merchants and Traders in the faid Burgh of Ayr, and 
Fames Mac Fie, prefent Conveener of the Trades of 
faid Burgh, a Committee named and appointed by a 
general Meeting of the Council and Community of the 
{aid Burgh of Ayr, upon the Fifth Day of February, 
1772 Years, to make this prefent Application, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it 
in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Cap- 
tain Gilbert M’ Adam, informed your Committee, That 
the Harbour of Ayr is greatly choaked and filled up, 
whereby Ships and Veffels are prevented from getting 
into the Pier or Quay; that the Trade of the Burgh of 
Ayr, having greatly increafed of late Years, the Quay 
or Pier is not fufficient for the Reception of Ships re- 
forting thereto; and that it will be neceffary to eftablifh 
Rules and Regulations, for Ships and Vefiels coming 

into, and going out of, the faid Harbour. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
deepening, cleaning, fcouring, preferving, and main- 
taining, the Harbour of Ayr; for enlarging and im- 
proving the Quays and Piers; for erecting Docks, 
Breafts, Jettees, and Piers; and for regulating Ships, 
Lighters, and other Veffels, trading into, and going out 
of, the faid Harbour; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned: And that Mr. Kennedy and Mr. James 
Stuart do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for allotting, dividing, afd inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, and Common or Commonable 
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Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common 
or Wafte Land, within the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, 
in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Me- 
thuen, Mr. Skipwith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and all who come to the Committee are to 
have Voices. 


Mr. De Grey prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road, 
leading from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the 
River Ouze, in Dowuham Market, to the Queen’s Head, 
and from the Chequer Inn, in Downham Market aforefaid, 
to the Eaft End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the Parifh 
of Barton, and towards Watton, to a Place called The 
Devil’s Ditch, in the County of Norfolk, and for ftop- 
ping up the Road leading from Stradjet, through Bar- 
ton Layes, towards-Watton : And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


' Mr. De Grey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for amending and widening the Road from 
Berfireet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New Bucken- 
bam, in the County of Norfolk, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were, with an Amendment to 
One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. _ 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Roads from 
the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or near 
Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes and Eymouth, and 
from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and from White- 
law Muir to Compton’s Lanes, in the County of Berwick, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Colonel 
Pringle, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and all who come to the Committee are to 
have Voices. 


A Petition of the Aldermen and Common Council 
cf the Borough of Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, 
and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and princi- 
pal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the faid Bo- 
rough, and of feveral of the Truftees for putting in 
Execution an Act, made in the Ninth Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for repair- 
ing and widening feveral Roads leading to and through 
the Borough of Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, 
and alfo of the Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by the 
faid Aé&amp;t, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, 
that a Petition has been prefented, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act, made in the Second Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing feveral Roads leading 
from the Borough of Tavifiock, and other Roads there- 
in mentioned, in the County of Devon; and alfo of 
another Petition, for Leave to bring in a Bill for widen- 
ing, ‘amending, and keeping in Repair, the Highway, 
or Road, leading from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy 
Gate, in the Parith of Dunsford, in the faid County, 
through the feveral Places therein mentioned, to a Place 


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Jd. I V]t. 
in the Foreft of Dartmoor, called Cherry Brook, in Length 
about Fifteen Miles, in the Road to Taviftock, and. re- 
prefenting to the Houfe, that there are at prefent Three 
great Turnpike Roads completed, and in goed Re- 
pair, leading from the County of Devon, through the 
County of Cornwall, to the Port of Falmcuth, and all 
other Parts of the faid County, diftinguifhed by the 
North, South, and Middle Roads, and that the Truftees 
of the Middle Road, through Bodmin, have already 
borrowed and expended near Five thoufand Pounds, 
and that about Twenty-three Miles of the Branches of 
the Roads comprized in the Bodmin Acts ftill remain 
ruinous, and Two Bridges are to be erected thereon, 
and that the Income of the Tolls will but barely keep 
down the Intereft of the Money borrowed, and pa 
other incidental Charges; and fhould a Bill pafs, as 
prayed for by the faid Petitions, it would effentially 
affect the Creditors and Mortgagees under the Bodmin 
Aé&amp;, and alfo leffen the Value of the Lands adjoining 
to the faid Roads; and that no public Road was ever 
yet known over that Part of the Foreft where the faid 
Roads are intended to be made; and as no Benefit can 
arife therefrom either to the Public in general, or In- 
dividuals in particular; therefore praying, That the 
Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
againft fuch Parts of the faid Petitions as may affect 
them, and that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parith of 
Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, in 
the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County, be read a 
Second Time, 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Yobn Luke Ifelin, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Joby Luke Ifelin. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bacon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofied Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Paftures, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, 
within the Manor and Liberties of Soulbury, with the 
Hamlet of Hollingdon, in the County of Bucks, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Manor and Liberties of Soulbury, with the Hamlet of 
Hollingdon, in the County of Bucks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hanmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for naturalizing Conrad Rucker, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hanmer, 
Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of 
Carters, Carriages, loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, 
and Petty Chapmen; and for filling up or inclofing 
Coal and other Pits and Sinks, and removing of Ob- 
ftructions and Nufances within that Part of Great Bri- 
tain called Scotland: And the fame was received ; and 
read the F'irft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual, an A&amp;; 
pafled in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his 
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late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the North 
Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns of Inverkeithing and 
Kinrofs, to the Town of Perth; and alfo the Road 
from the faid Queen’s Ferry, to the Towns of Dum- 


fermiline, Torryburn, and Culrofs; and alio the Road 


from the faid Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to 
Bruntifland and Kirkcaldie, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to General 
Graeme, Mr. Ediaouftone, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Common Fields, within the Parifh of Manton, in the 
County of Rutland, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except One Perfon, who 
is poffefled of 20 Acres of Land in the faid Fields, 
who refufed to fign the Bill, but did not appear to 
oppofe it, and that the whole Quantity of Land to be 
inclofed is+*1,223 Acres) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing all the 
Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and other 
Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Stainby, in the 
County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing all the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Patftures, and other Com- 
monable Lands, in the Liberties of Séainby, in the Coun- 
ty of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Bridges Brudenell do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing all the 
Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and other 
Commonable Lands, in the Liberties of Stapleford, 
in the County of Leicefer, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing all the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Com- 
monable Lands, in the Liberties of Stapleford, in the 
County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Bridges Brudenell do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Hamlet of Dex/hanger, in the Parith of Pa/- 
fenbam, in the County of Northampton, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Hamlet of Denfhanger, in the-Parith of Pa/- 
JSenbam, in the County of Northampton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hanmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 


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to Order; a Bill for widening, amending, and keeping 
in Repair, the Road ftom the Weft End of Newland 
Clow Lane in the Parith of Cottingham, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, unto or near Newland 
Clow, on the Weft Side of the River Hul] ; and from 
the oppofite Bank of the faid River, to the South Eaft 
Corner of the Church Yard Wall in Sutton in Holder- 
nefs, and from thence to or near Salis Gate, adjoining 
to the Turnpike Road between King/ton upon Hull, and 
Hedon in Holderne/s aforefaid ; and from the faid South 
Eaft Corner of Sutter Church Yard Wall; unto and 
through Low Gate Street, and from thence to the Toil 
Bar near the Two Mile Stone on the faid Turnpike 
Road between King/ton upon Hull and Hedon aforefaid ; 
and alfo for building a Bridge acrofs the River Hull, at 
or near Newland Clow aforeiaid: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time: 
Refolved; That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Infolvent 
Debtors more equal and expeditious , and for regulating 
the Diligence of the Law, by Arreftment and Poind- 
ing ; and for extending the Privilege of Bills to Pro- 
miffory Notes ; and for limiting Actions upon Bills and 
Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate of Scotland, 
Lord Frederick Campbell, Mr. Edmonftone, Mr: Pul- 
— and Mr. Dempfter; do prepare, and bring in, the 

ame. 


An ingroffed Bill for allotting, dividing, and in: 
clofing, the Open and Common Fields, and Com- 
mon or Commonable Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and 
Grounds, and Common or Watte Lands, of and within 
the Manor of Little Kington Combrooke, and Brookebamp- 
ton, in the County of Warwick, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Com- 
mon or Wafte Lands, of and within the Manor of 
Little Kington Combrooke, and Brookehampton, in the 
County of Warwick. x 

Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Alderman Trecothick prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the more effectual affeffing 
and coilecting of the Rates for Relief of the Poor, in 
the Parith of Saint Botolph, Bifbopgate, in the Liberties 
of the City of London: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. | . 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Onflow, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to diffolve the 
Marriage of the Right honourable Edward Vifcount 
Ligonier with Penelope Pitt ; and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill, and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Pr. 4. 1. 11. Leave out “ fince” and infert “ after” 

inftead thereof. 
1. 11, 7 Leave out “ May laft paft, have, or 
ms “¢ hath been,” and infert ‘ March 
“© 1772, fhall be” inftead thereof. 
}. 20. Leave out * fince” and infert “after” 
inftead thereof, and after * the” in- 
fert ** fai.” 
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l. 21. Leave out ‘ May laft” and infert 
“© March” initead thereof, 
}. 22. Leave out “ hereafter.” 
1. 23. After * Ligonier” infert “ after that 
“ Day.” 
Pr. 5, 1. 18. After ‘* Ligonier” infert “ to or for 


“ the Benefit of the faid Penelope 
*¢ Vilcountels Ligonier, or any Iffue 
* of her Body, which fhall be born 
“ after the faid 6th Day of March 
“c 1772.” 
1. 26. After ‘* Body” infert * which fhall 
« be born after the faid 6th Day 
“© of March 1772.” 
1. 27. Leave out * from henceforth.” 
The faid Anfendments, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


Colonel Luttrell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Reétor, Churchwardens, 
Overfeers of the Poor, and other Inhabitants of the 
Parifh of Chriftchurch, in Middlefex, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had direéted 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, 
Mr. Edward Hawkins, being examined, faid, That 
the public Paffages within the faid Parifh are very ill 
paved, and infufficiently cleanfed, and in general greatly 
obftructed by Nufances and Encroachments; and it 
would be a great Benefit to the Inhabitants if they were 
properly paved and cleanfed, and fuch Obftructions and 
Nulances removed. 

Then an Act, made in the Eleventh Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, for 
lighting the faid Parifh, and for regulating the Nightly 
Watch and Beadles, was read: And, 

Mr. William Carter, being examined, faid,, That it 
will be convenient for the Parifhioners of the faid Parifh, 
if the Provifions for thefe Purpofes were confolidated 
with the Provifions for the Firlt above mentioned Pur- 

ofes. 

‘ Mr. Edward Hawkins, being again examined, faid, 
That the Lane, called Brick Lane, lies Part within the 
faid Parifh, Part in the Parifh of Whitechapel, and Part 
in the Parith of Bethnell Green; that the faid Lane is a 
very great Thoroughfare, being the only convenient 
Way from the Water Side, through the Parith of White- 
chapel, to Spittle Fields, and Parts adjacent. 

That the Pavement in the faid Lane is much out of 
Repair, and the Paffage through the fame incommo- 
dious ; and it would be of great public Benefit to have 
the fame properly paved, cleanfed, lighted, and cleared 
of Nufances. : 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, 
the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Alleys, and other 
public Pafflages and Places, within the Parifh of 2bri/f- 
church, in Middlefex, and for removing Nufances and 
Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the like for the 
future; and for paving and regulating fuch Parts of 
Brick Lane as are not within the faid Parifh: And that 
Colonel Luttrell and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the more effectually fecuring 
fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the 
Royal Navy, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 


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Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tuefday Morning next. 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


The Lord Hinchingbrook reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and. Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands 
and Watte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of 
Wooley, in the County of Huntingdon, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied, 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
feveral Moors or Commons called. Rigg Moor and 
Brearton Moor, within the Manor of Brearton, in the 
Parith of Kuarefbrough, in the County of York, which 
Bill was, upon Wedne/fday laft, reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom the fame had been committed , 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 


informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His © 


Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 

And the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Moors 
or Commons called Rigg Moor, and Brearton Moor, 
within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parifh of Kuaref- 
brough, in the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Daniel Lafcelles do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


A Motion being made, That Leave be given to bring 
in a Bill for the more effectual vefting in the Royal 


Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited and ..- 


unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy ; 


The Lord North acquainted the Houfe, That His - 


Majefty, having been acquainted with the Purport of the 
faid Bill, had commanded him to acquaint the Houfe, 
that His Majefty gives His Confent, as far as His 
Majetty’s Intereft is concerned, to the bringing in fuch 
a Bill. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual vefting in the Royal Hofpital for 
Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited and unclaimed 
Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy: And that Sir 
Charles Hardy, the Lord Howe, Mr. Stephens, and Mr. 
Burrell, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Seymour reported from the Committee, appointed 
to fearch the Journals of the Houfe of Lords, as to what 
Proceedings are therein, with relation to a Bill lately 
fent by the Lords to this Houfe, intituled, An Ac for 
the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal 
Family, and to make Report thereof to this Houfe; That 
the Committee had fearched the faid Journals accord- 
ingly, and had taken Copies of what Proceedings are 
therein, with relation to the faid Bill; and he read the 
fame in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Report 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth ; viz. in 

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12 Geo. Il. 


The Committee appointed to fearch the Journals 
of the Houfe of Lords, as to what Proceedings 
are therein, with relation to a Bill fent from the 
Lords to this Houfe, intituled, An Aét for the 
better regulating the future Marriages of the 
Royal Family, and to make Report thereof to 
the Houfe, have fearched the Journals ac- 
cordingly, and have taken Copies of what Pro- 
ceedings are therein, with relation to the faid 
Bill; which are as follow; viz. 


Die Fovis, 20° Februarii, 1772. 


The Earl of Rochford acquainted the Houfe, That 
he had a Meffage from His Majefty, under His Royal 
Sign Manual, which His Majetty had commanded him 
to deliver to this Houfe; and the fame was read by 


" the Lord Chancellor; and is as follows; viz. 


GEORGE R. 


His Majefty, being defirous, from paternal Affection 
to His own Family, and anxious Concern for the future 
Welfare of His People, and the Honour and Dignity 
of His Crown, That the Right of approving all Mar- 
riages in the Royal Family, which ever has belonged to 
the Kings of this Realm, as a Matter of public Concern, 
may be made effectua!, recommends to both Fioules of 
Parliament to take into their ferious Confideration, 
whether it may not be wife and expedient to {upply the 
Defect of the Laws now in being; and by fome new 
Provifion, more effectually to guard the Defcendants of 
his late Majefty King Gearge the Second, other than the 
Iffue of Princefles who have married, or may hereafter 
marry into Foreign Families, from marrying without 
the Approbation of His Majefty, His Heirs or Suc- 
ceffors, firft had and obtained. G. R. 

Then the faid Meffage was again read by the Clerk. 

Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in 
Parliament affembled, That an humble Addreis be 
prefented to His Majefty, to return His Majefty the 
Thanks of this Houie for His moft gracious Meflage ; 
to exprefs our Senfe of His Majefty’s paternal Affection 
to His Family, His anxious Concern for the fucure 
Welfare of His People, and the Honour and Dignity of 
His Crown, which muft ever be infeparably connected ; 
and to affure His Majefty, that we will immediately 
take the fame into our moit ferious Confideration. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majeity by the Lords with white Staves. 

Die Veneris, 21° Februarit, 1772. 

The Lord Steward reported, That the Lords with 
white Staves had, according to Order, prefented to His 
Majefty the Addrefs of this Houfe of Yeiterday, and 
that His Majefty was pleafed to receive the fame very 
gracioufly. 

The Earl of Rochford prefented to the Houfe a Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the better regulating the future 
Marriages of the Royal Family. 

The faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be read a Second Time on 
Wednefday next, and that the Lords be fummoned, 

Die Mercurii, 26° Februari 1772. 

The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill, intituled, An Act for the better 
regulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family, 
for the Lords to be fummoned, and for the Judges to 
attend ; 

The faid Bill was accordingly read a Second Time. : 

Then it was moved, That His Majeity’s Meflage, 
relating to the faid Bill, might be read. 

The faid Meflage was accordingly read by the 
Clerk. 

Then it was moved, That the following Queftion be 
put to the Judges; viz. 

Is the King entrufted by Law with the Care and 
Approbation of the Marriages of the Deicend- 
ants of his late Majefty King George the Second, 

Vou. XXXII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commoas. 


561 
other than His prefent Majefty’s own Children; 
during their Minorities ? 

Which being objected to ; 
After Debate, 

The faid Queftion was accordingly put to the 
Judges : 

Whereupon, 

Mr. Baron Smythe, having confetred with the reft of 
the Judges prefent, delivered their unanimous Opiniort 
upon the faid Queftion in the Negative. —The Queftion 
extending to all the Defcendants of his late Majetiy 
King George the Second, whether within this Kingdoni 
or not, 

Then the following Queftion was put to the Judges. 

Whether the Caie and Approbation of the Mar- 
riages of the Royal Family, other than the Iffue 
of Princeffes married into Foreign Families, does 
belong to the Kings of this Realm ? 

Whereupon, 

Mr. Baron Smythe, having conferred with the reft of 
the Judges prefent, acquainted the Houfe, That they 
defired Time to confider of the faid Queftion. 

Then it was moved, That the faid Bill be committed 
to a Committee of the whole Houfe on Friday next. 

Which being objected to ; 

After long Debate, 

The Queftion was put thereitpon. 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 


E. Weftmorland, aera 78 ‘ 93: 
Tellers Non Contents h 
E. Stagford, Proxies, , tm f 35° 


Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be committed to a Com- 
miitee of the whole Houfe on Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Judges do attend this Houfe on 
Friday next, to deliver their Opinions upon the Quef- 
tion to them propofed; and that the Lords be ium- 
moned. 

Die Veneris, 28° Februari, 1772. 
For regulating the} The Order of the Day being 
future Marriages of bread, for the Judges to deliver 
the Royal Family. bs Opinion upon the following 
Queftion : 

Whether the Care and Approbation of the Marriage 
of the Royal Family, other than the Iffue of 
Princeffes married into Foreign Families, does 
belong to the Kings of this Realm ? 

Mr. Baron Smythe delivered the unanimous Opinion 
of the Judges preient, upon the faid Queftion, in thé 
following Words: 

We are all of Opinion, That the Care and Ap- 
probation of the Marriages of the King’s 
Children, and Grand Children, and of the pre- 
fumptive Heir to the Crown, other than the Iffue 
of Princeffes married into Foreign Families, do 
belong to the Kings of this Realm; but to what 
other Branches of the Royal Family fuch Care 
and Approbation extend, We do not find pre- 

. Citely determined. 

Then the Order of the Day being read, for the Houfé 
to be in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled; An A&amp; 
for the better regulating the future Marriages of the 
Royal Family ; . : 

The Houle was adjourned during Pleafure, and put 
into a Committee upon the faid Bill. 

Lord Sandys in the Chair. 

The Title read, and poftponed. 

The Preamble read; and poftponed. 

The Firft enacting Claufe read. 

Then it was propofed, That the following Queftion 
be put to the Judges : 

If the King be entrufted with the Care and Approba- 
tion of the Marriage of the King’s Children, and 
Grand Children; and of the prefumptive Heir to 
the Crown, other than the Iffue of Princeffes mar- 
ried into Foreign Families, to what other De- 


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562 


erees of Kindred, and to what Ages of the con- 
tracting Parties, does fuch Right of Approbation 
extend? 

Which being objected to ; 

_ After long Debate, - 

The Queftion was put, Whether this Queftion fhall 
be put to the Judges. 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Tellers Send Wycombe, Contents, 32. 
Lord Willoughby de Broke, § NotContents, go. 

Then the following Queftion was propofed to be put 
¢o the Judges: 

Whether the Kings of this Realm have by Law the 
Care and Approbation of the Marriages of all 
their Defcendants, other than the Iffue of 
Princefles married to Foreign Princes ? 

Which being objected to; 

After Debate, 

The Quettion was put, Whether this Queftion fhall 
be put to the Judges. 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Then the following Queftion was propofed to be put 
to the Judges: 

If any of the Defcendants of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, of the Age of legal Confent, 
fhall marry without the previous Approbation of 
the King, is fuch Marriage valid as the Law now 
ftands, and does the Crown poffefs any, and what, 
Power to enforce its Right of Approbation of 
fuch Marriage ? 

Which being objected to ; 

After Debate, 

The Queftion was put, Whether this Queftion fhall 
be put to the Judges. 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Which done, 

The Houfe was refumed; and the Lord Sandys re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had made a 
Progrefs in the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Houfe be again put into a Com- 
mittee upon the faid Bill on Monday next ; and that the 
Lords be fummoned. 

Die Luna, 2° Martii, 1772. 

The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
be again in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for regulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family; 
and for the Lords to be fummoned; 

The Firft enacting Claufe of the faid Bill was again 
read. 

Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the faid Claufe, in fol. 3, 1. 4, by leaving out the fol- 
lowing Words; viz. ‘¢ That no Defcendant of the Body 
“ of his late Majefty King George the Second, Male or 
*¢ Female, other than the Iffue of Princefies who have 
“married, or may hereafter marry, into Foreign 
«&lt; Families,” and inftead thereof, inferting thefe Words, 
«© That none of the Defcendants of the Body of his late 
«¢ Majefty King George the Second, being the Children 
“¢ or Grand Children of the reigning King, or being the 
“ prefumptive Heir to the Crown, other than the 
« Iffue of Princeffes who may hereafter marry imto 
« Foreign Families.” 

The fame was objected to : 
After long Debate, 

The Queftion was put, Whether the Words in the 
faid Clauie fhall ftand Part thereof. 

It was refolved in the Affirmative, 

E. Sandwich, Contents, 
Tellers SF Fitzwilliam, t Not Contents, , 

Then it was moved, That the Lord Sandys do leave 
the Chair. 

Which being objected to; 
After Debate, 

The Queftion was put thereupon. 

it was refolved in the Negative, 


88. 


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4.17972, 


E. Radnor, Contents, 
Tellers E. Weftmorland, Not Contents, 7 
Then an Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the faid Claufe, in fol. 3, 1. 7, by inferting after the 
Word ‘ Families” thefe Words, ‘ being under the 
“ Age of Twenty-one Years.” 
Which being objected to ; 

The Queftion was put thereupon. 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Then another Amendment was propofed to be made 
to the faid Claufe, in fol. 3, 1. 12, by inferting after the 
Word ‘“ be” thefe Words, “ together with fuch Re- 
“ gifter fhall.” 

Which being objected to 5 
After Debate, 

The Queftion was put thereupon. 

It was refolved in the Negative, 

Then the Firft Claufe was, upon the Queftion, agreed 
to without Amendment, 

The next Claufe read. 

Propoted to leave out the whole of this Claufe : 

Which being objected to ; 

The Queftion was put thereupon. 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Then this Claufe was, upon the Queftion, agreed to 
without Amendment. 

The next Claufe read. 

Propofed, in fol. 5, 1. 11, after the Word * fhall” 
infert ‘¢ wilfully. ” 

Which being objected to ; 

The Queftion was put thereupon, 

It was refolved in the Negative. 

Then this Claufe was, upon the Queftion, agreed to 
without Amendment, 

The Preamble again read and agreed to. 

The Title again read and agreed to. 

The Houfe was refumed; and the Lord Sandys re- 
ported from the Committee, That they had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the fame to the 
Houle without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be ingroffed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Third Time 
To-morrow ; and that the Lords be fummoned. 

Die Martis, 3° Martit 1772. 
For the better re-) The Order of the Day being 
gulating the future { read, for the Third Reading of the 
Marriages of the( Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
Royal Family. better regulating the future Mar- 
riages of the Royal Family; and 
for the Lords to be fummoned : 
The faid Bill was accordingly read the Third Time, 
Propofed, That the Bill do pafs. 
Which being objected to ; 
After long Debate, 
The Queftion was put, Whether this Bill fhall pafs. 
It was refolved in the Affirmative. 


, Contents, 6 
E, Sandwich, Prosics, a i go. 
Tellers iene 
E. Radnor, p rnmennhinn t 26. 
| roxy, I 
Diffentient, 


17, Becaufe We think the Declaratory Principle in 
the Preamble of the Bill to be without Foundation in 
Law, in the Extent there ftated, to be unneceflary for 
the avowed Purpofes of the Bill, and likely to be at- 
tended with very dangerous Confequences; as that 
Preamble does affert «* That We are fenfible that Mar- 
“ riages in the Royal Family are of the higheft Jm- 
“© portance to the State; and that sherefore the Kings 
“‘ of this Realm have ever been entrufted with the 
s Care and Approbation thereof.” 

The Maxim here laid down, *“* That becaufe Mar- 
“ riages of the Royal Family are of the higheft Jm- 
&lt;&lt; portance to the State, they are therefore entrufted to 
* the Kings of this Realm,” is founded on a Dottrine 
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abfurd and unconftitutional, but which hereafter will 
have the Force of a Parliamentary Declaration of Law, 
the immediate Tendency of which is to create as many 
Prerogatives in the Crown, as there are Matters of Im- 
portance in the State ; and indeed, to extend them in a 
Manner as vague and exceptionable as had ever been 
done in the worft and moft defpotic Periods in the Hif- 
tory of this Nation; and we apprehend, that fome future, 
and even more dangerous, Ufe may be made of this Pre- 
amble, as it is much more extenfive than is neceflary for 
any Purpofe avowed in the Bill. 
_ 2dly. Becaufe this declaratory Preamble feems to 
juitify the Words, which His Majefty has been advifed 
(we think very improperly) to ufe in His Meffage to 
His Parliament, whereby a Prerogative is affumed in an 
Extent, for which Nine of His Judges in their unani- 
mous Opinion delivered to this Houfe, do not find any 
Authority. 
3dly. Becaufe the Term Royal Family being general, 
and not qualified by the Exception of “ the Iffue of 
« Princefles married into foreign Families,” feems to 
carry very idly (as we ‘apprehend) the Royal Prero- 
gative beyond the Jurifdiction of the Crown of Great 
Britain, can therefore, as applied in the Preamble, be 
warranted by no Law, and is indeed contrary to common 
Senfe. 
4thly. Becaufe if this Parliamentary Declaration of 
Law can operate in any Degree as a Retrofpect (an 
Operation againft which we have no Security by any 
Thing contained in the Bill) it is pernicious and unjutt ; 
if it can have no fuch Retrofpect (as was afferted in 
Argument by the Friends of the Bill) it is then at beft 
frivolous and unneceffary. é 
5thly. Becaufe the enacting Part of the Bill has an 
inconvenient and impolitic Extent, namely to a// De- 
Scendants of George the Second : In Courfe of Time that 
Defcription may become very general, and comprehend 
a great Number of People; and we conceive it would 
be an intolerable Grievance, that the Marriages of 
fo many Subjects, perhaps difperfed among the va- 
rious Ranks of civil Life, fhould be fubject to the Re- 
ftrictions of this Act, efpecially as it has been afferted 
in Argument, and endeavoured to be maintained by the 
Authority of the grand Opinion given by the Judges in 
the Year 1717, that the Care and Approbation of the 
Marriage includes the Education and Cuftody of the 
Perfon : We fear that this extenfive Power would come 
in Time to make many of the Firft Families in the 
Kingdom totally dependant on the Crown; and we 
therefore lament, that the Endeavours fo earneftly ufed 
in the Committee, in fome Degree to limit the Generality 
of that Defcription, were not fuffered to take Effect. 
6thly. Becaufe as the Line is too large, with regard 
to the Defcription of the Royal Family, fo we. think, 
that the Time of Nonage for that Family, is alfo impro- 
perly extended : We conceive that the Age of Twenty- 
one Years is that Limit, which the Laws of this Coun- 
try, and the Spirit of the Conftitution, have with great 
Wifdom given to Minority: It feems indecent to the 
Royal Family, to fuppofe they will not be arrived at 
the Age of Difcretion as foon as the loweft Subject of 
the Realm; and we cannot conceive but they may be 
as capable of chufing a Wife at the Age of Twenty- 
one, as of being entrufted with the Regency of the 
Kingdom, of which, by Law, they are at that Age 
capable: We alfo conceive, that the deferring their 
Age of Majority, as to Marriage, till Twenty-fix, is 
impolitic and dangerous, as it may tend to drive them 
into a diforderly Courfe of Life, which ought the more 
to be guarded againft in Men of high Rank, as the 
Influence of their Example is the moft forcible and ex- 
tenfive, 
7thly. Becaufe the Power given by this Bill to a 
Prince to marry after the Age of Twenty-fix, having 
firft entered in the Books of the Privy Council his In- 
tention fo to do for Twelve Calendar Months, is totally 


Houfe of Commons. 562 


defeated by the fubfequent Provifo “ unlefs both Houfes 
‘* of Parliament ihall, before the Expiration of the faid 
“¢ Twelve Months, exprefsly declare their Difapproba= 
** tion of fuch intended Marriage.” 

We think this Provifo lays great Difficulties on futuré 
Parliaments, as their Silence in fuch a Cafe muft exprefs 
a Condemnation of the King’s Refufal ; and their Con- 


‘currence with fuch Refufal may prove a perpetual Pro- 


hibition from Marriage to the Perfon concerned. 

We conceive the Right of conferring a difcretionary 
Power of prohibiting all Marriages (whether vefted in 
the Crown alone, as intended by the Meflage, or in the 
manner now enacted by the Bill) to be above the Reach 
of any Legiflature, as contrary to the original inherent 
Rights of human Nature, which as they are not de- 
rived from, or held under, Civil Laws, by no Civil 
Laws whatloever can be taken away. We freely allow, 
that the Legiflature has a Power of prefcribing Rules to 
Marriage, as well as to every other Species of Contract ; 
but there is an effential and eternal Difference between 
regulating the Mode, in which a Right may be enjoyed, 
and eftablifhing a Principle, which may tend entirely to 
annihilate that Right. To difable a Man during his 
whole Life from contracting Marriage, or, what is tanta- 
mount, to make his Power of contracting fuch Marriage 
dependant neither on his own Choice, nor upon any fixed 
Rule of Law, but on the arbitrary Will of any Man, or 
Set of Men, is exceeding the Power permitted by the 
divine Providence to human Legiflators ; it is direétly 
againft the earlieft Command given by God to Man- 
kind ; contrary to the Right of domeitic Society and 
Comfort; and to the Defire of lawful Pofterity, the firft 
and beft of Inftinéts planted in us by the Author of 
our Nature, and utterly incompatible with all Religion, 
natural and revealed; and therefore a mere Act of 
Power, having neither the Nature nor Obligation of Law. 

8thly. Becaufe we conceive this Bill to be pregnant 
with civil Difcord and Confufion: It has a natural 
Tendency to produce a difputed Title to the Crown: If 
thofe who may be affected by it are in Power, they will 
eafily procure a Repeal of this Act, and the Confirma- 
tion of a Marriage made contrary to it; and if they 
are not, it will at leaft be the Source of the moft dan- 
gerous Party that can exift in any Country, a Party 
attached to a Pretender te the Crown, whofe Claim, he 
may affert, has been fet afide by no other Authority 
than that of an Aé,. to which the Legiflature was not 
competent, as being contrary to the common Rights of 
Mankind : Such a Claim, iupported as it may be, by 
peculiar Hardfhip in the Cafe, muft, as we conceive, at 
no very remote Period, create great Mifchief and Con- 
fufion. 

Laftly. Becaufe this Bill, which reforts to fuch harfh 
and unufual Methods, at the fame Time provides for 
its own Purpofe very uncertainly and very imperfectly ; 
for it fecures no Remedy againft the improper Marriages 
of Princeffes married into foreign Families and thofe 
of their Iffue, which may full as materially affeét the 
Intereft of this Nation, as the Marriages of Princes 
refiding in the Dominions of Great Britain: It pro- 
vides no Remedy at any Age againft the improvident 
Marriage of the King reigning, the Marriage of all 
others the moft important to the Public: It provides 
nothing againft the indifcreet Marriage of a Prince of the 
Blood being Regent at the Age of Twenty-one, nor 
furnifhes any Remedy againft his permitting fuch Mar- 
riages to others of the Blood Royal; the regal Power 
fully vefting in him as to this Purpofe, and without 
the Affiftance of his Council. We cannot therefore, on 
the Whole, avoid expreffing our ttrong Difapprobation 
of an Aét, fhaking fo many of the Foundations of Law, 
Religion, and public Security, for Ends wholly dif- 
proportioned to fuch extraordinary Efforts, and in 

Favour of Regulations fo ill calculated to anfwer the 
Purpofes, for which it is pretended they are made , 
and we make this Proteft, that it may ftand ene" 
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that Pofterity, which may fuffer from the mifchievous 
Confequences of this Act, that we have no Part in the 


Confufions and Calamities brought upon them, by ren- 
dering uncertain the Succeffion of the Crown. 


Richmond, Portland, 
Fitzwilliam, Dorfet, 
Devonfhire, Craven, 
Abergavenny, Abingdon, 
Stamford, Torrington, 
Albemarle, John Bangor, 
Milton, Rockingham. 
Diffentient. 


Becaufe the Liberty of Marriage is a natural Right 
inherent in Mankind. 

Becaufe this Right is confirmed and enforced by the 
Holy Scriptures, which declare Marriage to be of di- 
vine Inftitution, and deny to none the Benefit of that In- 
ftitution. 

Becaufe the Law of Nature and divine Inftitutions 
are not reverfible by the Power of human Legiflatures. 

Becaufe there is a total Difference between regulating 
the Mode of exercifing a Right derived from the Law 
of Nature, and affuming, or granting, a difcretionary 
Power of taking it quite away. 

Becaufe though we think it expedient and agreeable 
to the Dictates of Reafon, that Minors fhould not 
marry without the Confent of their Parents or Guardi- 
ans, and that fuch Confent fhould be neceflary to render 
their Marriages good and valid, as it likewile is in the 
Exercife of all their other Rights during the Term of 
their Nonage, it can no more be inferred from thence, 
that we acknowlege a Right to continue fuch Reftraint 
throughout their whole Lives, than that we acknowlege 
a Right to keep Men or Women in a State of endleis 
Nonage, which, unlefs in the Cafe of Idiots, or incur- 
able Lunaticks, would be abfurd, unjuft, and a mani- 
feft Violation of the Law of Nature. 

Becaufe if a perpetual Reftraint upon Marriage, or 
Power given to reftrain it, without Limitation of Time 
or Age, be contrary to the natural and divine Laws (as 
we apprehend it to be) a Law authorifing fuch Reftraint, 
or conferring fuch a Power, muft be null and void in itfelf. 

Becaufe in any Cafe, where the Right of fucceeding to 
the Crown of thefe Realms may come to depend on the 
Force or Invalidity of the Power given by this Bill, an 
Appeal made againft it would probably bring upon 
the Royal Family and the Nation, all the Miferies and 
Horrors of civil War. 

Becaufe, though the placing fuch a Power in the 
King, with the Interpofition of both Houfes of Parlia- 
ment, isa better Security againft the Abute of it,- than 
if it had been entrufted to the King alone, yet it may 
be fo u‘ed, in corrupt or violent Times, as to be made 
in fome Cafes a perpetual Negative on the Freedom of 
Marriage. 

Becaufe, if the Power be grievous and contrary to the 
inherent Rights of Mankind, the Grievance is encreafed 
by the infinite Number of Perfons over whom, in the 
Courfe of Time, it is likely to extend. 

Becaufe we are convinced, that all the good Purpofes 
and Objects of the Bill, which we have greatly at Heart, 
might have been anfwered without giving that Perpe- 
tuity of Reftraint over the Freedom of Marriage, which 

we think ourfelves bound in Confcience to oppofe. 
, Radnor, Temple, Abingdon, 
Clifton, . Lyttelton, Craven. 

And becaufe the Bill is effentially wanting to its a- 
vowed Purpofe, in having provided no Guard againft 
the greater Evil, the improper Marriages of the Princes 
on the Throne. 


‘ 


Raduor. 


A Motion being made, That Leave be given to bring in 

a Bill to enable their Majefties to enfranchife Copyhold 
Fftates, holden of the Manor of Xichmond, in the County 
of Surrey’s- 


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The Lord North acquainted the Houfe, That His 
Majetty, having been acquainted with the Purport of the 
faid Bill, had commanded him to acquaint the Houle; 
That His Majefty gives His Confent, as far as His Ma- 
jefty’s Intereft is concerned, to the bringing in fuch a 
Bill. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable their Majefties to entranchife Copyhold Eftates 
holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the County of 
Surrey: And that Mr. Ambler and Mr. Onflow do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Vanjittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Mea- 
dow Ground, within the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Farringdon, in the County of Berks: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

The Houle refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the Petition of the feveral 
Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being of 
the Clergy, Traders, Dealers, and others, refiding within 
the Cities of Londen and Weftminfter, and other Places 
within the Bills of Mortality, on Behalf of themfelves 
and all others within the faid Cities and Places, and 
other Parts in the Kingdom of Great Britain. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee, 
That he was directed by the Committee to make a Mo- 
tion, whert the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. — 

Ordered, That the Report be new received. 

Mr. Alderman Harley accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, That he was directed by the Commit- 
tee to move the Houfe, That Leave be given to bring 
in a Bill for amending, and rendering more effeciual, 
the feveral Laws now in being, for the better Obferva- 
tion of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday. . 
_ And Mr. Alderman Harley moved the Houtfe accord- 
ingly. 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for amending, 
and rendering more effectual, the feveral Laws now in 
being, for the better Obfervation of the Lord’s Day, 
commonly called Sunday ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

sid, Mr. Alderman Harley, 

Tellers for the Yeas, } Sie Meise 4 t 41, 
Mr. William Burke 

Tellers for the Noes, { ea, , t 3. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Harley, Mr. Mackworth, 
and Sir Charles Whitworth, do prepare, and bring in, 
the faid Bill. fs 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into 2 Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned tili Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock, 


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Anno 12° Georgii III** Regis, 1772: 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of thé Noblemeri- Gentlemen, Free- 

holders of the Shire of Berwick, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That a Bill is 
intended to be brought in for making and mending 
certain Roads within the Shire of Berwick, and for other 
Purpofes, which Bill has been drawn up in fo private a 
Manner, that it never has been fubmitted to the Con- 
fideration of thé Freeholders ; and the Petitioners have 
the ftrongeft Reafon to believe, that not only they, but 
the greateft Part of the Shire, will be much aggrieved, 
fhould the faid Bill pafs into a Law: And therefore 
praying, That the faid Bill miay not pafs into a Law, 
until thé Approbation and Concurrence of the Noble- 
men and Gentlemen, Freeholders of the Shire, fliall 
have been obtained, in the ufual fair and regular Man- 
ner, at a general Meeting of the Freeholders of the 
County, held for that Purpofe, or to allow the Peti- 
tioners to be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before 
the faid Bill pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Report be received froim the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 
from the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or near 
Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes and Exmouth, and 
from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and trom White- 
law Muir to Compton’s Lanes, in the County of Ber- 
wick, is committed; and that the Petitioners be then 
heard, by their Counfel, upon tlieir faid Petition, if 
they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill; againft the 
faid Petition. 


A Bill for continuing the Term, and altering and 
enlarging the Powers, of an Act, made in the Tenth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint 
Edmund’s, to the Town of Newmarket, in the Coun- 
ties of Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the South 
End of the Ferry Street in Brandon, to Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s, in the faid County of Suffolk, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Bunbury, Mr. De Grey, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers of an Act, pafied in the 2d Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, 
feveral Roads leading from Taviftock to Plymouth, and 
other Places, in the County of Devon; and for repair- 
ing and widening the Road from the Guildhall, in Zevi- 
Stock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook Street, 
to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound, and from 
the Callington Turnpike Road to Morwell Ham and New 
Quay, in the faid County, be read a Second Time upon 
Thurfday Morning next. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the Second Reading of the faid Bill, in Favour of the 
Petition of the Aldermen and Common Council of the 
Borough of Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, and of 
the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and principal In- 
habitants of, or refiding near to, the faid Borough, and 
of feveral of the Truftees for putting in Execution an 
Aé, made in the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening 

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555 
feveral Roads leading to and through the Borough of 
Bodmin, ini the County of Cornwall, and alfo ot the 
Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by the faid AG. | 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard at the 


fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill; againft the faid 
Petition. 


_. Ordered, That the Bill for repairing and widening 
the Road from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in 
the Parifh of Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to 
Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid 
County, be read a Second Time upon Thirfdzy Morn- 
ing next. : . 
Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the Second Reading of the faid Bill, in Favour of 
the Petition of the Aldermen and Common Council 
of the Borough of Bodmin, in the County cf Cornwall, 
and of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and _prin- 
cipal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the faid Bo- 
rough, and of feveral of the Truftees for putting in Exe- 
cution an Act, made in the Ninth Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, iritituled, An Aét for repairing and 
widening feveral Roads leading to and through the Bo- 
rough of Bodmin, in the County of Cornwall, and alfo 
of the Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by the faid A&amp;t. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


_ Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Moors, and Common Paftures, in the 
Lordthip of Middle Raifin, in the County of Lincoln : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Colonel Burgoyne prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to enable His Majefty to grant certain 
Houfes, in Fenchurch Street and Addie Street, in the City. 
of Lendeu, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of 
Lieutenant General Fohbn Brown, without Heir, unto Fre- 
derick Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Trufts 
therein mentioned: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain ahd amend an Ad, paffed 

in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
paving, lighting, and watching, the Town of Piymouth, 
in the County of Dévon, and for regulatirig the Carmen 
and Porters within the faid Town, was read the Third 
lime: } 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, 
lighting, and watching, the Town of Plyméuth, in the 
County of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and 
Porters within the faid Town. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defife their Concurrence, 


Ani ingfoffed Bill for amending and widening the 
Road from Berftreet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to 
New Buckenham, in the County of Norfolk, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for amending and widening the Road from 
Berftreet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New Bucken- 
ham, ii the County of Norfolk. 

Ordered, That Mr. De Grey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor 
of Rufhton Fames, in the Parifh of Leck, in the County 
of Stafford, was read the Third Time. 


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_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Ru/bton 
fames, in the Parifh of Leek, in the County of Stafford. 

Ordered, That Sir Fohn Wrottefley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Howard prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of 
Henry Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums 
of Money to the Relief of his poor Kindred , and to 
enable the faid Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an 
Eftate, in the Parifhes of Kenfington, Cheifea, and Saint 
Martin in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex : And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Hardy prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for the more effectual vetting in the 
Royal Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited 
and unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Friday Morning next. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


Mr. Reynolds prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Act, made in 
the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, for improving the Navigation 
of the River Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and for build- 
ing a Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lancafter, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
an Act for repairing and widening the Road from the 
City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, n the County of Nor- 
folk, was committed ; and to whom the Petition of the 
Mayor, and divers Inhabitants of the City of Norwich, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, was referred ; 
That no Counfel appeared in Behalf of the faid Peti- 
tion; and that the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for re- 
gulating the Topping of Timber Trees. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon 
the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, 
to be made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Bill to continue the Term, and alter and enlarge 
the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in the 26th 
and 27th Years of King George the Second, for repairing 
feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, as relates 
tothe Road from the City of Gla/gow to the Town of 
Duinbarton, was read a Second Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Edmon- 


fone, Lord Frederick Campbell, &amp;c.: And they ate to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Harcourt reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to continue, amend, and render more effeétual, 
an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Tunbridge 
Wells, in the County of Kent, to Swift’s Den, in the 
Parith of Etchingham, and from Frant to Poffingworth 
Great Wood,adjoining to the Turnpike Road there, lead- 
ing to Black Boys, in the County of Suffex, was com. 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
hin to report to the Hovfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Biil, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Lord Frederick Campéell prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for deepening, cleanfing, f&lt;ower- 
ing, preferving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port 
Gla/gow, for enlarging and improving the Quays and 
Piers, for erecting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and 
for regulating Ships, Lighters, and other Veffels, trad- 
ing into, and going out of, the faid Harbour, and for 
other Purpefes therein mentioned : And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Wenman reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Open 
and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the 
Townfhip, Liberties, and Precinéts, of Epwell, in the 
County of Oxford, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, pur: 
fuant to their Addrefs to His Majefty, 

An Account of Extraordinary Services incurred and 
paid, bythe Right honourable Richard Rigby, Paymafter 
General of His Majefty’s Forces, between the 2oth of 
December 1770 and the 20th of February 1772, and not 
provided for by Parliament. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as followeth ; viz. 


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567 


An ACCOUNT of Extraordinary Services incurred and paid, by the Right honourable Richard Righy, 


Paymatter General of His Majefty’s Forces, between the 20th of December 1770 and the 2oth of February 1772; 
and not provided for by Parliament. 





Dates of 
Warrants, 





1771. 
March 28th. 


Aug’ 16th. 
1771. 

May oth. 

3oth. 


1772. 
Feb. 4th. 


1771. 


May 30. 


1772. 


Febry 4. 


1771. 


May 30. 


1772. 


Feb) 4. 


1771. 


May 30th. 


1772. 


Feb. 4. 


1771. 


May 30. 


1770. 


Dec. 20. 


1771. 


Mar. 11. 
Fuly 18th. 


1772. 


Feb. 20th. 


1771. 


Jan’) 29. 


Feb. 14th. 


To a Bill of Exchange drawn by Col! Rodert Boyd, Lieut. Governor of Gi- 


braltar, for Public Services there —- — 562 11 11 
To a Bill of Exchange drawn by Lieut. General Cornwallis, 

Gov' of Gibraltar, for Public Services there — 823 12 11 
To a Bill of Exchange drawn by D®, for D®° Services —- 683 11 3 





To a Bill of Exchange drawn by Major Gen' Yobnfon, Lieut. Governor of 
Minorca, for Public Services there —_ 

To Bills of Exchange drawn by Robert en Efq', , Gov of Grenada, 
for Public Services there —_ —— 7,100 — — 


To D° drawn by D°, for D® Services —_ — 6,300 — — 





To Bills of Exchange drawn by Guy Carleton, Efg', Gov' of Quebec, for 
Public Services there _ —_ 975 11 6 





To D° drawn by D®, for D® Services 


— 1,003 6 3 





To Bills of Exchange drawn by Heéfor Theophilus Cramabé, , Ela » for Pub- 
lic Services at Quebec — 4,022 17 2 


nm 


To D° drawn by D*, for D®° Services, at D® —_ — 5,300 — — 





To a Bill of Exchange drawn by Uhjfes Fitzmaurice, Efq', Lieut. Gov’ of 
Grenada, for Public Services there 334 8 — 


To a D® drawn by D’, for D° Services 300 — — 





To a Bill of Exchange drawn bss We Trelawny, oes for Public Ser- 

vices 
To a Bill of Exchange drawn be We Young, Efq', for P Public Se Services ~ 
To aBill of Exchange drawn by Fa‘ Grant, Efq', for Public Services — 


—— 





To a Bill: of it 8 drawn by Francis ensaines Fig’, » for Public Ser- 
vices 
To a Bill of Exchange drawn yi Walter Paterfo, Eq’, » for Public Sie 


To the Right honourable Tho: Harley and Henry Drummond, Efq', to be 
by them “invefted in purchafing Spanifh and Portugal Coins, for the Ufe 
and Services of the Forces in North America — 20,000 — — 


To D’, for the Service of the Forces in D° ~ 


, ; _—— 30,000 — 
To D*, for the Service of the Forces in D® 


30,000 — — 





To D*, for the Service of the Forces in D® 





soped= _-— 





To Arnold Nefbitt, Adam Drummond, and Mofes Franks, E{q", for: viétual- 
ing the Forces in the Province of Penfylvania, between the 25th of une 








and gath Septem" 1770 - 1,387 — 10 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at Quebec and Montreal, 
between the 25th of Auguft and 24th Offebler 1770 —= 1,633 6 6 





13,400 


1,978 


9,922 


634 
280 
1,400 
81 
92 
82 


110,000 


Te 





568 


Dates of 
Warrants. 


1771. 
Mar. 28. 


May to. 
29th. 


Faly 8th. 
Aug' 16th. 


Sept, 24th. 


Sept. oath. 
Oo" 4th. 
Dec. 6th. 

16th. 


A772. | 
Feb. 20th. 


1771. 
Fany 29th. 


April 23d. 


May 15th. 


June 12th. 
29th. 
O€for 4th. 


Dec’ 6th. 


1772. 


Feb. 20th. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Arnold Nefbitt, Adam Drummond, and Mojfes Franks, 
Efq", for victualing the Forces in the Provinces of New 
York, New Ferfey, and Maffachufetts Bay, between the 

_ 265th Sept and 24th Decem™ 1770 

To D’, for viétualing the Forces at Quebec and Montreal, 
between the 25th Offo" and 24th Decembr 1770 

To D®, for victualing the Forces at New York, New Fer- 
Jey, and Maffachufetts Bay, between the 25th December 
1770 and the 24th of March 1771 —. a 

To D*, for victualing the Forces in the Province of Penfji- 
vania, between 25th Sept. and 24th Decem’ 1770 — 

To D®, for victualing the Forces at Quebec and Montreal, 
between 25th Deer 1770 and 23d February 1771 

To D’, for victualing the Forces in the upper Country, 
between 25th Septem 1770 and 24th April 1771, and 
for Batteau Men employed in the Tranfportation of Pro- 
vifions for extra. Services, between the 4th of May 1770 
and the 4th of April 1771 _ 

To D*, fer victualing the Forces in the Province of Penfyl- 
vania, between 25th Dec. 1770 and 24th March 1771 
To Ds, for victualing the Forces at Fort Chartres, Kafkafkias, 
and Cabo, in the Jilinois, between the 2d une 1770 and 
24th Fanuary 1771 OTS 

To D», for victualing the Forces at New York, New Ferfey, 
Maffachufetts ‘Bay, and South Carolina, between the 25th 
of March and 24th of Fune 1771 — — 

To D», for viétualing the Forces at Quebec and Montreal, 
between the 24th Feby and 24th April 1771 

To D’, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 24th 
of April and 24th Fune 1771 — 

To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, between 25th of 
Fune and 24th of Auguft 1771 — —_— 

To D’, for victualing the Forces at New York, New Ferfey, 
Maffachufetts Bay, and South Carolina, between 25th Fune 
and 24th Sep" 1771 saa 





To D’, for victualing the Forces in the Forts in the up- 
per Country, between 5th April and 24th of Septemr 
a 772 ane 

To D*, for Provifions delivered to the Commiffary Ge- 
neral at Quebec, for the Ufe of the Forces at the Three 
Rivers, &amp;c. 

To D’, for victualing the Forces in the Province of Pen/y/- 
vania, between the 25th of March and 24th of June 
1771 wR 

To D°, for vidtualing the Forces at’ Quebec and Montreal, 
between 25th Auguft and 24th Offo" 1771 


1,059 4 II 


1,232 Il 1% 





To Robert Fones, Efg', for victualing Part of the Forces in Nova Scotia, 


between the 24th Septem’ and 18th Novem’ 1770 —— 
To D*, for victualing Part of the Forces in D°, between 
the 19th Novem and 16th Decem" 1770 a 
To D*, for victualing the Troops and Train of Artillery 
in Newfoundland, between the 29th Septem’ 1770 and 
28th March 1771 
To Dy, for viétualing Part of the Forces in Nova Scotia, 
between the 17th of Decem™ 1770 and the 13th any 
1771 — —— —— a 
To D*, for viétualing Part of the Forces in D°, between 
the 14th of Fanuary and the 10th of February 1771 — 
To D*, for victualing Part of the Forces in D°, between 
the 11th of February and the 7th of Aprili771 =-—— 
To D’, for victualing Part of the Forces in D°, between 
the 8th of April and the 30th of Fune 1771 nme 
To D®, for victualing Part of the Forces in D°, between 
the ift of Fuly and the 22d of Septt 1771 —_—— 


To D*, for victualing Part of the Forces in D*, between 
the 23d of Septem’ and the 20th of Ofor 1771 =—-— 


gas 2. % 
468 7 10 


1,186 6 1 


460 17 6 
464— 4 
g2r 8 8 
554 811 


1,352 10 4% 


463 3 42 





4A. 1772. 





72. 


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+14, 


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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Dates of 
Warrants. 


TT 


1771. 
Fany 29th. 


May 10th. 


June 25th. 
Sept. 24th. 
Decem’ 6th. 


1772. 
Feby 20th. 


1771. 
Fan 29th. 


March 28th. 


June 29th. 


Septr 24th. 
Nov’ 19th. 


1772. 


Fely 20th. 


1771. 


Fan 2gth. 


April 15th. 
Fune 6th. 


July 13th. 


1772. 


Fan) 6th. 


1771. 


Augt 16th. 
Nov, 7th. 


17726 


Feb, 20th. 


1771. 


June 20th. 


Aug* 16th, 


Vor. XXXIII, 7F 


To Robert Fones, Efg', for victualing Part of the Forces 


in’ Nova Scotia, between the 21{t of “Offor and the 17th of 
Novem 1771 
To D°, for viétualing the Troops si Train of Ar- 


tillery in Newfoundland, from 25th March to 28th 
Da tet. — 





455 8 55 





—— 1,802 7 11 





To Richard Vernon Sadleir, Eq‘, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in Nova 
Scotia, between the 27th Auguf and 18th Nov. 1770 1,059 13 OF 
To D°, for Provifions ificed to the Forces in D*, between 
the roth of Nov 1770 and the 13th Fanuary 1771 — 556 16 7 
To D*, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D*, between 
the 14th of Fanuary and the 7th of April 1771 








-- 812 7— 
To D*, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D°, between 
the 8th of April and the 30th of Fune 1771 1,126 8 51 
To D°, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in Ds, 
between the rft of Fuly and the 22d of Septemr 
1771 om a SO 
To Dy’, for Provifions iffued to the Forces in D°, between 
the 23d of Septem and the 17th Novem’ 1771 —— 563 11 4 





To Edward Codrington, Efq', for victualing the Forces in Weft Florida, be- 
tween 10th May and 24th Auguft 1770 _— — 1,189 15 3 
To D*, for victualing the Forces in D*, between 25th 4u- 
guft and 24th Offor 1770, and for Provifions damaged 
and condemned, having been in Store above Six Months 





939 16 4 
To D*, for viétualing the Forces in D°, between the 25th 
of Oéfor 1770 and the 23d of February 1771 — 1,799 12 3 
To D*, for victualing the Forces in D°, between the 24th 
of February and the 24th of April 1771 - 675 5 1 


To D*, for victualing the Forces in D°, between the 25th 
of April and 24th of Fune 1771 — — 1533017 3 


To D®, for victualing the Forces in D°, between the 25th 
of Fune and 24th of Auguft 1771 — —_—— 705 13 5 

To Witer Cuming and Kender Mafon, Efq', for victualing the Forces at S*. 
Auguftine, between the 25th of Agu and the 24th of 
Offo" 1770 _ — 1,014 8 2 

To D’, for victualing the Festes ia in Eaft Florida, between 
the 25th of Oéfor and the 24th of Dec’ 1770 

ToD’, for viétualing the Forces in the Garifon of Eaf Flo- 
rida, between the 25th of Decem 1770 and the 24th of 
February 1771, and for Provifions iffued to the Forces 
at the Out Pofts of the faid Garifon, between 25th of 
une 1770 and the 23d of Feby 1771 ome 

To D’, for victualing the Forces at S* Auguftine, and for 
Provifions iffued to the Out Pofts of D°, between the 
24th of February and 24th of April 1771 —— 1,486 12 11 





990 — 4 


1,288 12 5 


ToD’, for victualing the Forces in Zaft Florida, between 
the 25th of April and 24th of Auguft 1771 — 1,060 16 6 





To Samuel Smith, Efq', for victualing the Forces at Senegal and Gambia, &amp;c. 


between 11th May 1770 and 28th April 1771 — 3,637 18 3 
To Ds, for victualing the Forces at D*, and other Ser- 

vices, between the r1ft of March and the 31ft of May 

1771 -_ aa - — 2,098 1 8 


To D’, for victualing the Forces at Senegal, between the 
1ft of Fune and the 31ft of Auguft 1771; and at Gam- 
bia, between the 1ft of May and the28th of Auguf 


1771 — — — 1,863 14 5 





To Anthony Bacon, Efq', for Provifions fhipped from Grenada, for the Ufe 
of the Forces in the Ifand of Tobago — _— 663 7 2 
To D*, for Provifions delivered to the Forces in the Ifland 
of Grenada, between the 30th Fune and 30th September 


1770 — 780 1 6 














fis ses 
9,052 1 63 
&gt; 6,640 19 7 
: 5.840 10 4 
72599 14 4 
1,443 8 8 
To 








57° 


Dates of 
Warrants. 
—_——$$&lt;_—_ 


1771. 
June 20th. 
Aug’ 16th. 
Sept. 24th. 


Nov. 26th. 


1772. 
Jan. 26th. 


17716 
Fan 20th. 
Fel 20th. 
April 6th. 
May ioth. 
June 25th, 

Fuly 8th. 
Sept. 24th. 


Offo’ 3ift. 


Dec, 16th. 
24th, 


1772. 
Fan. 6th. 


1771. 
Fany 29th. 


March 18th. 
Dect 19th. 


April 12th. 


June rath, 
Aut 16th. 
Nov’ 16th, 


July sth. 


Fan 25th. 


April 16th. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To John Durand, Efq', for victualing the Forces in Ceded 
Iflands — 
To Dy’, for victualing the Forces in the Ifland of Grenada, 
between the 1ft of Of0" 1770 and the 31ft of March1771 1,560 2 11 
To D*, for Provifions fhipped from Grenada, for the Forces 





3.474 10 8 


in the Ifland of Tobago -- —_ — 481 5 7 
To D’, for Provifions delivered for the Ufe of the Forces 
at S* Vincent’s and Dominica -— — 1,997 611 


To D’, for Provifions fhipped from Grenada, for the Ufe 
of the Forces at S' Vincent’s, Dominica, and Tobago — 4,217 9 4 





To Philip Zachary Fonnereau, Efg', and Sir Merrick Burrell, Bar‘, for viétual- 
ing the Forces at Gibraltar, between the 1oth of Septem" and the 4th of 


Novem’ 1770 — — — 3,701 — 6 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the sth of 

Novem and the 2d of Decemr 1770 _ — 1,848 1 10 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D®, between the 3d of 

Decem” 1770 and 27th Fanuary 1771 — — 3,798 10 9 
To D, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 28th 

of Fanuary and 24th February 1771 -- — 1,950 —— 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at D*, between the 25th 

of February and 24th of March 1771 — — 2,462 6 1 
To D*, for victualing the Forces at D*, between the 2 sth 

of March and 21h of April 1771 — — 2,264 2 — 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at D*°, between the 22d 

of April and the 19th of May 1771 _ — 2,284.15 1 
To D’, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 2oth 

of May and 14th of Fuly 1771 — — 4,498 10 — 
To D*, for viétualing the Forces at D°, between the 15th 

of Fuly and 11th or Auguft 1771 ~- — 2,237 5 6 
To D°, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the 12th 

of Auguft and 8th of Septr 1771 —— — 2,246 6 7 
To D’, for Infurance of Provifions fent to D°, between the 

roth of Septem’ 1770 and Fany 1771 — — 610 19 3 


To D’, for victualing the Forces at D°, between the gth 
of Septem and the 6th of Ofo" 1771 — — 2,274 13 4 
To Nicholas Linwood, Efg', for Provifions fent to Minorca, for the Supply of 
the Garifun there _ -- — 3,000 — — 
To D*, for Provifions fent to D°, for the Supply of the 





Garifon there — —_ — — 3,500 —— 
To D*, for Provifions fent to D°, for the Supply of the 
Garifon there — a ae eS 


3,700 — mee 


To Anthony Bacon, E{q', for Provifions and Forage delivered to the Troops in 
the J/le of Man, between the 22d of Septem 1770 and the 11th of Fa- 
muaryt77e — -- — 404 2 3 

To D’, for Provifions and Forage delivered to the Troops 
in D°, between 12th Fanuary and 5th April1771 300 3. 6 

To D’, for Provifions and Forage delivered to the Troops 





in D°, between 7th April and 24th Fune 1771 — 265 1 1 
To D*, for Provifions and Forage delivered to the Troops 
in De, between 25th Fune and 28th Sept 1771 — 288 —— —- 





To Anthony Bacon, E{q', being the Balance of his Account as Contraétor for 
victualing the Troops at Senega/ and Goree, between the Months of Augu/t 
1759 and March 1764 — —_ —-&gt; —_—_ — 

To Anthony Bacon and Lewis Chauvet, Eig", for 42 Negroes employed and 
victualed in the Ifland of Tobago, between the sft of April and goth of 
June 1770, and for 44 Negroes employed and victualed at Dominica, be- 
tween the ift of ‘uly and goth of Septem 1770, and alfo 64 Negroes 
employed and victualed by them at Grenada for the fame Time, and for 
the Public Service “= -— -—- 869 3 6 

To D®, for 65 Negroes in the IMand of Dominica, and for 
78 Negroes in the IMand of Grenada, between the sit of 
Oftor and 31ft of Decem™ 1770, for Public Service — 654 2 — 

To D®, for 100 Negroes in the Ifland of S* Vincent’s, be- 
tween the 30th of une and the 30th of Septem’ 1770, 
for the Public Service --- _ — ae |“ GET 46. 4 


1772. 


11,730 15 5 


30,176 10 12 





1,257 6 10 


329040 —— 4 





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Dates of 
Warrants. 


——— ee Se 


177%. 
May ys gth ° 


Fune 6th. 


Fuly Sth. 
1771. 
5 Oéfo" 5th. 


1772. 
Fan'y 8th. 


Feb. 20th. 


1770. 
Feb. gth. 


1771. 
Fan) 26th. 


1772. 
Fans 16th, 


{7/1 


Fan) 22d. 


1772. 


Fan’ 7th. 


1771. 


Fany 31K. 


6 10 


1771 


March 28th. 


Sept. 27th. 
April 5th. 


XUM 


To Anthony Bacon and Lewis Chauvet, Efg'*, for 42 Negtoes 
in the Ifland of Tobago, between the 1ft of Fuly and 31 ft of 
Decem’ 1770, and for 120 Negroes in the IfMland of §* Via- 
cent’s, between the 1ft of Odo" and 31ft of Decemr 1470, 
for Public Service ) inane 

To D*, for 84 Negroes in the Ifland of S' Vincent, be- 
tween the 31ft of Decem’ 1770 and the 31ft of March 
1771, and for 132 Negroes in the Ifland of Dominica, 
for the fame Time, for Public Service ils 

To D*, for 78 Negroes at Grenada, between the 1ft of Fa- 
nuary and the 31it of March 1771, for Public Service ~ 


oy —- 


1,180 17 6 


928 18 4 


432 12 9 


To D®, for 77 Negroes at Grenada, 103 Negroes at S! Vin- 
cent’s, and 116 Negroes at Dominica, employed and vic- 
tualed by them, from the 1ft of April to the 30th of 
June 1771, for Public Service 





1,518 2 


ios) 


To D’, for 41 Negroes in the Ifland of Tobago, between the 
ift of Fanuary and 30th of Fune 1771, and for 405 Ne- 
groes in the \fland of Dominica, between the 1ft of Fuly 
and the 3oth of Septemr 1771, tor Public Service — 

To D°, for 74 Negroes in the Ifland of Grenada and 38 
Negroes in the Iiland of Tobago, between the 1{t of Fuly 
and the 3oth of Septemr 1771, and for 102 Negroes in 
the Ifland of S+ Vincent’s, from the 30th of une to 
goth Sept. 1771, for Public Service 


1,018 12 — 





1,205 5 4 


To George Monro, Efq', for 365 Days Pay, as Commiffary of Stores in Scot- 
land, from 25th Dec? 1770 to 24th Dect 1771 _ 
To Major Rooke, for 365 D* Allowance, as Major to the 
late g8th Regim* of Foot, from D* to D° 
To Major Blaguire, for 365 D* Pay, in lieu of a Troop 
of Light Dragoons, from D° to D® 


182 10 — 


eee 


273 15 


282 17 6 


To Fobn Byron, Efg’, for 133 D* D°, as Governor of New- 
foundland, from 14th Auguft to 24th Dec. 1770 — 
To D’, for 365 D* D®’, as D*, from 25th of Decemr 1770 
to 24th of Decem’ 1771 


199 10 





a ew 


547 10 


To Lieut. Col' Morrifon, for 365 D* D® of his Two Affif- 
tants, as Quarter Mafter General, from 25th of Decem 
1769 to the 24th of Decem™ 1770 





182 10 


To D’, for 365 D* D°, of his Two Affiftants, as D°, from 
25th Decem’ 1770 to 24th Decem 1771 


182 10 


Coie 


To Robert Adair, Efg', for 365 Days D*, as Infpector 
Gen! of Hoipitals, from 25th Decem™ 1769 to 24th of 
Decem’ 1770 — _ 


547 


To D’, for 365 D’, asD°, from the 25th of Dec 1770 
to the 24th of Decem’ 1771 


547 to 


To Major Gen' Harvey, for 365 D* additional Pay, as 
Adjutant Gen', from 25th Dec. 1769 to 24th Dec. 
1770 — 

To ames Porteous, as Barrack Mafter at Fort William Au- 
gufus and Ofwegatchie, 183 D° D°, from the 25th of 
‘June 1769 to the 24th of Decem” following 


oe 





oe 


To Sames Meyrick, Efg', for the Pay of Twelve additional 
Surgeon’s Mates to the 66th Regim‘ of Foot at Famaica, 
from 24th of February 1769 to the 24th of Fune 1770 

ToD», for 183 Days D° of Eight D° to the 66th Regiment 
of Foot at D°, from 25th of fume 1770 to the 24th of 
Decem’ following — 

To D*, for 182 D* D° of D* to D° Regim', from 25th of 

| Dec’ 1770 to 24th of Fune 1771 — 

To Captain Andrew Frazer for 177 D* D*, as Commiffary 
at Dunkirk, trom the 11th of Ofer 1770 to the sth of 
fpril 177% 

3 


358 11 3 








242 13 10 


24t 7 3 


ae —_— me — 


265 10 « 


és 























—— 





s7* 


Dates of 
Warrants. 





1771. 
Oéior 23d. 


April 15th. 


Aug’ 26th. 


April 15th. 


Aug’ 26th. 


goth. 


Nov’ 30th. 


1772. 


Fan. 16th. 


177K6 
Fely 2d. 


Mar. 28th. 


April 19th. 


1772+ 


Yan, 16th. 
Fed. 18th. 


1771 
Feb, 18th. 


June 29th. 


Fuly 31ft. 


1772. 
Fan, 7th. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Captain Andrew Frazer, for 188 D* Pay, as Commiffary 

at Dunkirk, from the 6th of April to the 10th of Ofor1771 282 — — 
To Jfaac Barré, Efg’, in lieu of 665 D* Half Pay, as Lieut. 

Col! Commandant of the late 106th Regim' of Foot, 

from 28th February 1769 to 24th Dec’ 1770 — 275 11 2 
To Major Barry S‘ Leger, tor 183 D* Pay, as Superintendt 

of the Recruiting Service, from 25th of June 1770 to 

24th Decem’ following — — _ 160 2 6 
To D*’, for 182 D* D:, as D*, from the 25th of Dec. 

1770 to the 24th of Fune 1771 _ — — 59 5=— 
To Colonel George Monfon, for One Year’s Pay, as Aid 

de Camp to His Majefty, from the 3oth of Nowr 1769 





to the 29th of Novem 1770 200 — — 
To Col! Fobn Wilkins, for 365 D* Pay, as Command at 

Fort Chartres Illinois, from 25th Decem™ 1769 to 24th 

Decem’ 1770 — —_ _ — 136 17 6 
To Col! Fobn Bradftreet, for 365 D* D°, as Deputy Quar- 

ter Matter General in North America, from D° toD°® 182 10 — 


To Richard Cox and Henry Drummond, Efq'*, for the Pay 

of Seven additional Surgeons Mates to the 36th Regi- 

ment of Foot at Famaica, from 25th of Fune 1770 to 

24th of April 1771 — _— — 307 17 3 
To Lieut. Gen! Robert Monckton, Major Gen' Fames Murray, 

and Major Gen! Yames Fobnfton, for their Trouble and 

Expence in reviewing His Majefty’s Land Forces for 

the Year 1771 a — — — 2,737 10— 


To Fohn Powell, Efq', for the Pay of the Supernumerary 
Officers belonging to the Regiments of Invalids late- 
ly reduced, from 25th Dec’ 1770 to 24th Decem* 
1771 pene 








2,938 II 10 





To Humphrey Bland Gardiner, Gent. for Neceffaries furnifhed to the Forces 

in North Britain, Sc. tor the Year 1770 1,674 I 5 
To Fobn Brown, Mafon, for Ten Years Salary as Archi- 

tect and Overfeer of Bridges and other Works, on His 

Majefty’s Roads in the Highlands of North Britain, from 

Oto" 1757 to Ofte" 1767, at Eighty Pounds a Year — 800 — — 
To Fobn Campbell, Efg', Cafhier of the Royal Bank of Scot- 

land, for a Bill of Exchange drawn by him for furnifh- 

ing Specie to the Troops there, from 25th of Decem’ 

1769 to 25th of Decem’ 1770 —— 404 6 8 
To Fames Mafterton and Fobn Inglis, Efq", in full Satisfac- 

tion of the Account of Charges of Oatmeal, Firing, 

Candles, &amp;¥c. furnifhed to the Forces quartered in feveral 

Garifons and Barracks in North Britain, from 1ft of Fa- 














nuary to 31ft of Dec. 1770 -~—— 1,895 3 9¢ 
To Humphrey Bland Gardiner, for Neceffaries furnifhed to 
the Forces in North Britain, for the Year 1771 2,190 17 10 


To Fobn Campbell, Efg', Cafhier of the Royal Bank of 
Scotland, for a Bill of Exchange drawn by him, for fur- 
nifhing Specie to the Troops there, for the Year 1771 356 4 9 





To Andrew Clinton, Efg, for Coals, Candles, and fundry Utenfils, provided 
by him for the Ufe of the Troops quartered in the Citadel of Ply- 
mouth and S* Nicholas’ Wland, from the 8th of Septem to the 24th of 
Decem’ 1770 —— _-— 231 2 8 

To D*, for providing and repairing divers Utenfils for the 
Ufe of the Barracks at Plymouth Dock, from the 25th of 





Dec’ 176g to the 24th of Dec 1770 — 162 12 3 
To D°, for providing Coals and Candles, for the Ufe of 
the Forces at Plymouth Barracks, upon Account — 500 — — 


To D*, for providing and repairing divers Utenfils for the 
Ufe of the Barracks at Plymouth Dock, from 25th Decem™ 


1770 to 24th Fune 1771 — —_ 280 6 3 


To D*, for providing Coals and Candles for the Ufe of 
the Forces at Plymouth Barracks, upon Account. — 500 — — 





4.1772. 


11,836 2 


79320 14 by 


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Dates of 
Warrants. 
1772. . | 
Fan. 7th. To Andrew Clinton, Efq', for providing Coals, Candles, and 
fundry Utenfils, for the froops quartered in the Citadel i 2 @ 
aa of Plymouth and S* Nicholas’ Wand to 24th Dec 1771 = 167 17 2 
hope oun 
March 8th. To Mr. Stukeley, in full Satisfaction for providing and repairing divers Uten- 1,841 18 4 
fils, and for furnifhing Coals and Candles, for the Ufe of the Forces in the 
Barracks at Port/mouth — oe pa i. 112 139 
Dec’ 14th. To Fobn Powell, Efq', for His Majefty’s Proportion of 1,220 Chaldrons ' 
of Coals, landed and delivered at Gibraltar, for the Ufe of the Garifon 
there, between 2d of Offer 1770 and 22d of Ofor 1771 on gage 1,891 — &lt;a 
Mar. 28th. To the Earl of Albemarle, for Grafs Money, for his Regi- es 
ment of Dragoons in the Summer 1770 28 13 6 
June 29th. To Lieut. Gen! Elliott, for Grafs Money, for his Regimt of 
Dragoons, in D° Summer — 230 9 3 
Nov’ 30th. To the Earl of Panmure, for Grafs Money, for his Regimt 
of Dragoons, in the Summer 1771 is 167 4 — 
To the Marquis of Lothian, for Grafs Money, for his Re- 
gim' of Dragoons, in D® Summer _— _— 241 13 6 
To the Earl of Pembroke, for Grafs Money, for his Regimt 
of Dragoons, in D° Summer — 167 4— 
To Major Gen! Carpenter, for Grafs Money, for his Regim' 
of Dragoons, in D° Summer — ons 146 4— 
To the Earl of Albemarle, for Grafs Money, for his Regim' 
of Dragoons, in D® Summer 204 9 1% 
Dec 10th. To Lieut. Gen! Moftyn, for Grafs Money, for his Regimt 
of Dragoon Guards, in D° Summer — -— 167 4— 
To Karl Waldegrave, tor Grafs Money, for his Regim! of 
Dragoon Guards, in D° Summer — sna 240 14 — 
To Col. Burgoyne, for Grafs Money, for his Regim' of Dra- 
» goons, in D° Summer —_— —_—— — 227 13 — 
1772. ; 
Fan’ 16th. To Sir fobn Mordaunt, for Grafs Money, for his Regim' of 
Dragoons, in D° Summer — — — 167 4— 
To Lord Robert Manners, for Grafs Money, for his Regim' 
of Dragoon Guards, in D° Summer —— — 21815 — 
24th. - To Lieut. Gen' Howard, tor Grafs Money, for his Regim' of 
Dragoons, in D° Summer _- — — 466 5 1 
Feby 7th. To Lieut, Gen! Elliott, for Grafs Money, for his Regimt of 
Dragoons, in D* Summer — -— — 495 17 — 
477% 3,162 g &amp;% 
Jan'y 18th. To the feveral Colonels of the Regiments of Dragoon Guards and Dragoons, 
for Horfe Furniture, and Accoutrements for their additional Corporals 
and Private Men —— — 3,025 1 9 
To the Colonels of the Regiments of the Light Dragoons, 
for D°, for their additional Serjeants, Corporals, and 
Private Men — 1,577 11 — 
202° 42 
Jany26th. To Major Gen' Lambart, in lieu of 49 D* Offreckonings, for the Additionals 9 
to the 67th Regiment of Foot : — 59 17 10 
gift. To Lieut. Gen’ Sir Charles Montagu, in lieu of 110 D* D’, 
for the Additionals to the 2d Regimt of Foot — 137 9— 
4 5s Feb'y 25th. ‘To Lieut. Gen' Browne, in lieu of 50 D* D®, for the Addi- 
tionals to Four Companies of the 48th Reg‘ of Foot $9. '2.:9 
April 2gth. To Sir Feffery Amberff, in lieu of 182 D* D°, for Two Com-~ 
panies of Light Infantry, added to the 60th Regim' of 
Foot — eT _ 130 19 4 
May 21ft. To the Colonels of 42 Battalions of Foot, in lieu of 182 
D‘ D°, for the Companies of Light Infantry added to 
the faid Battalions _ — 2,750 6 = 
June 29th. To Major Gen! Gore, in lieu of 50 D* D*, for the Addi- 
tionals to the 61ft Regim' of Foot — ins 62 9 7 
Ang roth. To Col! Rod Boyd, in lieu of 213 D* D°, for the D* to the 
3gth Regim' of Foot mos — 32610 3 
1772. F 
Jan. 24th. To Lieut. Gen' Sir Char: Montagu, in lieu of 182 D’ D, 
for the D° of the 2d Regim‘ of Foot -- mo 65 9 8 
To the Colonels of the 1ft Battalion of the 1ft Regim', the 
67th, 69th, and 7oth Regim“ of Foot, in lieu of 182 
Te D: D’, for a Company of Light Infantry added to each 261 18 8 
1771, $548 4. 7 
Aug 26th. To Robert Adair, E{q', to be paid over to feveral Surgeon’s Mates, ferving 
in the Ceded Iflands, &amp;e. —— = _ 763 2— 
Vou. XXXIIL 7G To 











574 


Dates of 

Warrants. 
1771. 

Sept. 30th, 





19. 
Fune 5th. 


aif. 


Nov’ 11th. 


1771. 
Aug 30th. 


Nov’ 11th. 


Fan 24th. 
28th. 
Febry 8th. 
15th. 
1772. 


Fan. 24th, - 


1771. 
Feb 20th. 


21ft. 


26th. 


1772. 
Fan. 29th. 


1771. 
March 28th. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


To Robert Adair, Eig’, to be paid over to feveral extra. 
Surgeons and Surgeon’s Mates in the Ceded Iflands, 
for whom there is no Provifion made on the Efta- 


blifhment 





600 — —— 





To 17 D* Pay of Lieut. Gen' Whitmore’s Regim'. of Foot, from 25th 
Dec. 1769 tothe 10th of Faw» 1770, both inclufive, at £. 29. 10. 4. 
a Day 501 15 8 
To Fames Meyrick, Efg', for the Difference of Pay be- 
tween the Britifb and Irifh Eftablifhments, to the 64th 
Regim of Foot, for the Year 1768 
To Fobn Powell, Efq', for the Pay of the Officers and Pri- 
vate Men of the Invalids, from their ceafing on the Efta- 
blifhment to their refpective Periods of Reduction — 
To 115 D* Pay of an Augmentation to the Five Battalions 
of Foot ferving out of Ireland, on Irifh Pay ; viz. the 
1ft Batt® of the 1ft Regim', the 2d Regim', 67th, 69, 
and oth Regim, from the rit of Septem’ 1771 to the 
24th of Decemr following, both inclufive, at £.2. 5. 10. 
a Da 
To ra Rofs, Efq’, for the Difference between the Bri- 
tifp and Irifo Pay, for the 65th Regim‘ of Foot, for the 
Year 1768 








467 5 10 


5,617 17 11 





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263 I0 10 





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— 467 §10 
To Nathanael Clements, Efg', to replace the Subfiftence for 

the Augmentation to the 64th Regiment of Foot, in the 

Year 1768 
To D®, to replace the Subfiftence for the Augmentation 

to the 65th Regim' of Foot, in the Year 1768 








456 1 10 


me 


456 1 10 





To the Reprefentatives of the late Major Gen' Wat/on, for a Survey of 
Scetland, made by him between the Years 1747 and 1755 
To Lieut. Col! Scheiter, in full Satisfaction for his Expences, &amp;c. incurred on 
Account of the recruiting Service, 4uno 1771 
To Captain Tho: Prefon, to reimburfe him his Expences attending his Trial 
at Bofton in New England 
To Major Gen! Harvey, as Adjutant General, for his contingent Difburfe- 
ments, from 25th Dec’ 1769 to 24th Dec’ 1770 


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To D*, as D*, for his contingent Difburfements, from the 25th of Decem* 
1770 to the 24th of Decem™ 1771 


To the Inhabitants of the Landgraviate of Hefe Cafel, in full for Services 
performed in the late War in Germany — — 
To Henry Cunningham, Efg', Deputy Commiffary of Stores and Provifions 
for Eaft Florida, for Expences incurred for Provifions put in Store, for 
the Ufe of the Forces there anni 
To Cha: O’Hara, Efg', Governor of the Province of Senegambia, for con- 
tingent Expences incurred in his Government, between the 1ft of Fanw- 
ary 1769 and 31ft of Auguft 1770 — — 
To Sir ohn Major, Bart. and Fobn Henniker, Efg', in full Satisfaction of all 
Demands whatever, on Account of their late Contract 
To Lieut. Chriftopher Pauli, for Prefents made to the Indians in the Neigh- 
bourhood of Lake Erie in North America, in the Years 1761 and1762 — 
To the Reprefentatives of Henry Wauchope, deceafed, late Barrack Matter 
at Plymouth, being the Balance on his final Acco‘ — 
To Lieut. Fohu Thomas, for Loffes he fuftained at Fort Abberville in North 
America, in the Year 1765, the Time that Garifon was pillaged by the 
Indians 
To Lieut. Col' Roy, for travelling Expences incurred in making Surveys in 
Great Britain and Ireland, in 1765, 1763, 1768, and 1770 


— — 


To D*, for D°, in making Surveys in South and North Britain, in the Year 
1771 


To W« Rice, Surveyor of the Guards, to be by him paid over to the Arti- 
ficers, for Work done by them in Repairs, €c. at the Tilt Yard, Scotland 
Yard, Somerfet Houfe, St. Fames’s, Whitehall, Kenfington, and Hampton 
Court, in 1770 —~ — —_" — 

To Robert Adair, Efq', as Infpe€tor General of Regimental Infirmaries, for his 
contingent Expences, from 25th of Fume 1770 to 24th Decem* following — 

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Dates of 
Warrants. 
ws ) | par ine een: - | £ Sd 
Ss. March 28th. To Fobn Trotter, Efq', for providing Hofpital Beddiiig, for the Ufe of the 
Forces at Dominica, Gambia, and Senegal = — — —— 118 13 5 
To D*, for providing Hofpital Bedding, for the Ufe of the Forces at Sene- 
gambia — — = en — 281 19 5% 
2— To Major Barry St Leger; for his contingent Difburfements as Superintendant 
of the recruiting Service to 24th Dec’ 1770 _ — 88 12 3 
Auguft 30th. ToD*, for his contingent Difburfements as D° to 24th Fune 1771 oa 123 10 2 
April 5th, To Capt® Aidrew Frazer, as Commiflary at Dunkirk, for his contingent Ex- 
pences, for the Year 1770 — — — — 29 9 6 
17726 
Feby 7th. ToD, as D’, for his contingent Expences, for the Year 1771 — 32 12 — 
1771. ' 
April 15. ToLieut.Col. Morrifon, as Quarter Mafter General, for his contingent Dif- 
burfements, from 25th Dec. 1769 to24th Dec.1770 leotan 375 6 &amp; 
22d. ToWbitwell Butler, for a Year’s Rent of a Houfe at Senegal, for the Ufe of 
the Chief Juftice there, from the 7th of February 1770 to the 7th of Fe. 
bruary 1771 — —_— | —_ — es 
May 21{t. To Col! Fobn Molefworth, for the Marclies of the Cornwall Regim* of Militia, 
from 25th Dec’ 1764 to 24th Dec’ 1762 — a 296 12 — 
24th. To George Garnier, Efg', Apothecary General to the Army, for Medicines 
and Materials furnifhed by him for the Forces in England, the Weft Indies, | 
Africa, and North America, in the Years 1769, 1770, and 1771 —_— 2,456 13 &amp;E 
June 11th. To Fobn Ellis, Efq', for the Purchafe of a Schooner, and keeping her up for 
the Service of the Province of Wef Florida, from the 1ft of January 1771 
to the 1ft of Fanuary 1772 — _ — _ 315—— 
21ft. To ames Meyrick, Efg', to be by him paid over to Lieut. Herbert, for Bed- 
_ ding, ce. provided by him, for a Detachment of the 59th Regim' of Foot 
doing Duty at Placentia —_ _— — a 163 15 — 
22d. To Thomas Francis, Efg', for the Trouble and Expence in defending feveral 
9 9 vexatious Suits brought againft Officers and Soldiers in the Army in the 
Years 1764 and 1765 —_ — — 207 — 4 
—_- — Fuly 12th. To Fobn Blackburn, Merch', for fupplying four Veffels on the Lakes Cham- 
plain, Ontario, Erie, and Huron, in N° America, from the 10th of Nov" 
9— 1770 to the 1ethof May 1771 _ — — — 1,600 — — 
1772. 
7— Fas sth. ToD, for fupplying Four D° on D° Lakes, from the roth of May to the 
roth of Novem" 1771 — _ ses wert 5,600 = &lt;ist 
5 10 1771. 
Fuly 17th. To Robert Grant, Efg', for the Purchafe and keeping up of a Schooner, for 
the Service of the Province of Eaft Florida, for One Year, from 29th Au- 
29 guft 1770 to 29th Auguft 1771 — 417 5— 
Aug' 26th. ‘To Ffobn Campbell, Efg', for Pay Bills for Boat Men, &amp;c. and for Provificns 
for them belonging to a Scout Boat, employed in South Carolina, from 28th 
3 6 May 1770 to 27th May 1771 — — _ — 366 9 — 
Ofor 2d. To Fames Clark, for the Hire of a Veffel employed by Governor O’Hara in 
the River Gambia, Africa _ — _ — a 
7— Nov’ 30th. To Vincent Matthias, Efg', late Agent to the 24th Regimt of Foot, to make 
good an Overpayment on the Non-effective Fund of the faid Regiment, on 
their being reduced in the Year 1769 — a — 211 5 113 
si Dec. 6th. To the Right hon”* Tho: Harley and Fobn Hilman, Efq, for Freight, Pack- 
ing, Carriage, Infurance, and Charges, in fending Cloathing to the In- 
8 7 valids doing Duty at fundry Garifons _— _ _- 155 8 = 
1gth. To the Reprefentatives of Fofeph Debat, Efq', late Lieut. Governor of the 
-_— Province of Senegambia, and Governor of James Fort in Africa, to reim- 
burfe the Sums of Money expended by the faid Governor for Contingen- 
; 4 cies, between the 6th of May 1766 and the 29th of May 1770 — 1,620 12 1 
1772. 
Bob. 5th. ‘To Major Gen' fames Murray, for his Allowance for Fire and Candle, as 
4 6 Governor of Quebec, from the 29th of Fune 1766 to the 24th of Fune 1768 189 19 8 
[— £-353,633 5 ix 
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576 


Towards which may be applied the following Sums ; viz. 


The Difference-between Britifb and Irifo Pay of the 64th 
Regim' of Foot, from 1ft Sept. to 24th Dec. 1768, 
voted in Account of Extraordinaries 1769 pian’: Tes 31 16 11 
The Difference between Britifb and Irifb Pay of the 65th 
Regim' of Foot, from D* to D®, voted in D° 
In the Hands of the Right honourable Richard Rigby, for 
Provifions delivered to the Regim" ferving in N° Ame- 
rica and Minorca, between the 25th of Fune 1770 and 


the 24th of Fune 1771 — 


Savings upon the Vote of Parliament, for the Pay of an 
Augmentation to His Majefty’s Land Forces, for the 


Service of the Year 1771 —_ 


Savings, being Part of the Sum of £. 73,545, voted in 
Account of Extraordinaries in the Year 1770 for Levy 


Money, for the faid Augmentation 


The Sums voted for victualing the Forces at Gibraltar, 
North America, Eaft and Weft Florida, Ceded Iflands, 





— 


and Africa — 


Savings on the feveral Votes of Parliament, for the Pay 
of reduced Officers and Marines, from the 25th ot June 
1757 to 24th December 1768 ~~ 


Remains to be provided for by Parliament — 


Pay Office, Horfe Guards, 
5th March, 1772. 


Barringtoit. 
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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


A Petition of feveral Inhabitants and Owners of Lands 
and Eftates, within the Parifh of Richmond, in the 
County cf Surrey: And alfo, 

A Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Parifh of 
Twickenham, in the County of Middlefex ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill for building a Bridge 
acrofs the River Thames, from Richmond, in the 
County of Survey, to the oppofite Shore, in the 
County of Middlefex ; and to enable His Majefty 
to grant che Inheritance of the Ferry at Richmond 
aforefaid to William Windham, Efquire, in Fee 
Simple; and fetting forth, That if a fafe and 
commodious Bridge was built crofs the River 
Thames, from Richmond to the oppofite Shore, 
of proper and durable Materials, and Arches of 
proper Dimenfions, fuch Bridge would be of 
great Benefit ; and reprefenting to the Houle, 
That the Place where the faid Bridge 1s propofed 
to be built is not the moft convenient Place for 
that Purpofe; but if the faid Bridge is built 
either at the Place propofed; or any other Place 
within the faid Parifh, the Petitioners hope the 
fame will be made fubject to all Parochial and 
other Rates: And therefore praying, That they 
may be heard before the Committee to whom 
the faid Bill is committed, with refpeét to any 
Provifions therein that may any wife affect them ; 
and that they may have fuch Relief as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table, until the faid Bill be 
read a Second Time. 


Sit Feancis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and other 
Members, of the feveral Companies of Carpenters, Brick- 


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layers, and Joiners, of the City of London, and of other 


-Builders and Workmen refiding in the Cities of London 


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and Weftminfter, and the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, 
and in the feveral Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places, within 
the Weekly Bills of Mortality, the feveral Parifhes of 
Saint Mary le Bone and Paddington, Saint Pancras, and 
Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of Middlefex, whofe 
Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of themfelves, 
and other the Builders and Workmen within the faid 
Cities, Suburbs, and Liberties, Parifhes, Precincts, and 
Places, was referred; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed 
him to. report the fame, as it appeared to them, to thé 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Piace ; and aficr- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, feveral 
Acts of the Nineteenth of Charles the Second, the Sixth 
and Seventh of Queen Ayn, the Eleventh of George the 
Firft, the Thirty-fecond of George the Second, and the 
Fourth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for regulating Buildings, and preventing Mil- 
chiefs happening by Fire, were read: And, 

Mr. George Wyatt, a Builder, being examined, fd, 


That the‘faid Acts are ineffectual to anfwer the Purpotes 


thereby intended, particularly with refpect to Party 
Walls, and to the Latitude left open, with refpect to 
Buildings ; for though Houfes are direéted to be 
built of Stone or Brick, there is no Provifion againtt 
building Timber Sheds clofe to them; and that the 
— Acts do not extend to Half the Bills of Mor- 
tality. 

Mr. Fames Wood, a Builder, confirmed the above 
Evidence ; and added, That if fome of the faid Acts 
were repealed, and the others confolidated and made 
One Act, it would be of public Utility. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of Buildings and Party Walls, 
within the Cities of London and Weftininfter, and the 
Liberties thereof, and other the Parifhes, Precinéts, and 

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Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, the Parifhes 
of Saint Mary le Bone and Paddington, Saint Pancras, 
and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of Middlefex ; 
and for the better preventing of Mifchiefs by Fire, 
within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Precinéts, and 
Places; and for amending and reducing the Laws re- 
Jating thereto into One Act; and for other Purpofes : 
And that Sir Francis Vincent, Sir Fofeph Mawbey, Mr. 
Baker, Mr. Onflow, and Mr. Alderman Oliver, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the 
Piftrict or Parifh of Saint Fobn, Clerkenwell, in the 
County of Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, in Behalf of themielves and others refiding in 
the faid Parifh, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners find, by the Votes, 
that a Petition hath been prefented to the Houfe, for 
Leave to bring in a Bill for endowing the faid Church, 
and providing a Maintenance for the Minifter thereof 
and reprefenting to the Houfe, that before the faid 
Diftri&amp; or Parifh was feparated from the Parifh of Saint 
Yames, the Inhabitants of the ancient Parifh purchafed 
the Church, Church-yard, and Right of Patronage ; 
fince which Time the Inhabitanis have been exempt from 
all Tythes or Rates for the Maintenance of a Minifter; 
and that the-Petitioners apprehend that this Diftriét or 
Parifh is not a diftinét Parith feparated from the Parifh 
of Saint James, and that the faid Church was originally 
a Chapel of Eafe, in the Hands of private Perfons, and 
fupported by the Proprietors out of the Rents of the 
Pews; but that, fince the faid Divifion has been made, 
the Petitioners have been heavily taxed for the Repairs 
of the faid Church, and very much burthened with other 
Rates and Taxes ; therefore any new Tax will be more 
than they can well bear, and be otherwife prejudicial to 
the Rights, Privileges, and Intereft, of the Petitioners : 
And therefore praying the Houfe to confider their 
Cafe; and that they may be heard, by themfelves or 
Counfel, before the Committee to whom the faid Petition 
is referred; and have fuch Relief in the Premifes as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

A Petition of William Sellon, Clerk, Minifter or 
Curate of the Parifh Church of Saint Fames, Clerkenwell, 
in the County of Middlefex, and of the Churchwardens 
and principal Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the faid 
Parifh, on Behalf of themfelves and many others, In- 
habitants within the fame Parifh, was alfo prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; likewife taking Notice of the faid 
Application ; and Setting forth, That in the Year 1656 
the Perpetual Advowfon and Patronage of this Parifh 
was purchafed for a valuable Confideration, out of the 
Parifh Stock, and ever fince, the Right of Nomination 
and Appointment to the Vicarage or Curacy of the faid 
Parith hath belonged to, and been exercifed by, the 
Parifhioners and Inhabitants of the fame; and that the 
Church or Chapel, commonly called Saint Fobn’s 
Church, Clerkenwell, was originally a Chapel of Eafe to 
the Parith of Saint Fames; and that, by an Act of the 
oth of Queen Anne, it is directed, that no Divifion 
and Separation concerning Parifh Rates fhall take Place 
in fuch Parifhes, without the Confent of the Minifters, 
Churchwardens, and other Inhabitants, of the ancient 
Parifh ; and that, till an Agreement or Settlement is 
made between the Commiffioners and the Patrons of the 
ancient Parifh, concerning the Advowfon of the new 
Parifh, the Vicars and Curates, and their Succeffors, 
fhall hold and enjoy the faid Vicarages and Curacies, 
and the Dues and Profits thereof ; and that, in the Year 
1723, the Commiffioners under the faid Act purchafed 
the {aid Chapel, and converted it into a Church, and 
defcribed a certain Diftrit taken out of this Parifh, 
calling the faid Chapel Saint Fobn’s Church, and the faid 
Diftrict Saint Fobn’s Parifh; but that, at that Time, 
and afterwards, the Parifhioners and Inhabitants of Sant 

Vou, XXXIII. 5 


577 
James objected to fuch Divifion, and have conftantly 
refufed to give their Confent to it; and that the Parifls 
Rates in general have been ever fince affeffed in the Veftry 
of Saint Fames; and that the New Church or Chapel; 
which was 6riginally repaired out of the Income ariling 
from the Pews, hath been, fince the faid Divifion, an 
additional Burthen to the faid Parifh of Saint Fames 
and the Miniter or Curate of the faid Parifh has no 
Endowment of any Kind, except £.4. 185. gd. anda 
{mall Legacy for preaching Sermons preparatory to the 
Sacrament; that he depends for Support and Mainte- 
nance upon Surplice Fees, which are precarious, and 
upon voluntary Colleétions and Contributions ; and that 
it hath been the uninterrupted Cuitom, from the Time 
of the Purchafe of the faid Living, to make {uch Col- 
leCtions and Contributions throughout the whole Parifh 
of Saint Fobn’s, as well as Saint fames, for the Support 
of the faid Minifter; and that, fhould any Tax or Rate 
be levied upon the Inhabitants of the Diftri€t or Parith of 
Saint Fobn, the Rights and Interefts of the Minifters of 
this Parifh would be greatly injured, and his Income 
greatly diminifhed: And therefore praying the Houfe 
to take the Premifes into Confideration, and to grant, 
that the Veftry Book of Saint Fobn’s, and fuch Deeds 
and Writings as relate to the Subject Matter fet forth in 
the faid Petition, may be produced; and that they may 
be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft the Petition, 
or fuch Parts of it as they apprehend may be prejudicial 
to them ; and that they may be relieved in fuch Manner 
as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referted to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Rector, Church- 
wardens, Veftry, and principal Inhabitants, of 
the New Church and Parifh of Saint Fobn, 
Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlefex, is 
referred; and the Petitioners are to be heard, by 
their Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fir. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, agai-ft 
the Petitions now prefented. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better paving, cleanfing; 
lighting, and watching, the Streets and Lanes in the 
Town and Parifh of Chatham, in the County of Kent ; 
and for removing and preventing Nufances and Annoy- 
ances therein: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, 
and Commonable Places, in the Parith of Handborough, 
in the County of Oxford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Places, in the Parifh of Handboréugh, in 
the County of Oxford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Skynner do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the 25th Day 
of March 1772, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole. 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

mas The 








The Lord Ladlow prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Weft End of Saint Ives Lane, in the Town of 
St. Neots, in the County of Huntingdon, to the Pave- 
ment at the End of Bell Lane, in the Town of Cambridge: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of 
Woolley, in the County of Huntingdon, was read the 
Third Time: 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Watte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Woolley, in 
the County of Huntingdon. | 

Ordered, That the Lord Hinchingbrook do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom it was referred to Confider of fo 
much of an Aét, made in the Seventh Year of His 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, 
and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the General 
Laws now in Being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
of this Kingdom ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Carriages 
ufed upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Number of 
Horfes allowed to be ufed therewith, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the Houfe, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Commons or Moors, within the Townfhip of Roy/ton, 
in the County of York: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, 
loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen ; 
and for filling up or inclofing Coal and other Pits, and 
Sinks, and removing of Obftructions and Nufances 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Lanebam, in the County of 
Nottingham: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir ‘fohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to enable the Governor, Bailiffs, and 
Commonalty, of the Company of Confervators of the 
Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford 
Level, to borrow upon Bonds further Money, upon 
account of the Middle and South Levels, Part of the 
faid Great Level; and for eftablifhing a further certain 
Fund, for Payment of the Bonds of the faid Corporation 
out of the faid Middle and South Levels, was committed; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 


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A, 1772. 


the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com. 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made fevera} 
Amendments thereunto; which they had dire&amp;ed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ineroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 
to diffolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Edward 
Vifcount Ligonzer with Penelope Pitt ; and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; was read the Third Time, 

eam That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pafs. | 

Ordered, That Mr Onflow do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of their 


Lordfhips. 


Sir William Meredith prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for completing a Building intended 
for a new Church or Chapel, at Rechmend, near Everton, 
in the County Palatine of Lancafter; and for other Pur- 
pofes: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, within 
the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in the 
County of Worcefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dow- 
defwell, Mr. Kynajton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


Mr. Hanmer reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for naturalizing Conrad Rucker, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Mr. Solicitor General prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the more effeétual pro- 
ceeding again{t Perfons ftanding mute on their Arraign- 
ment for Felony or Piracy: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, That His Majefty’s moft 
gracious Meffage might be again read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Two Queftions, 
put by the Lords to the Judges, and their Anfwers, 
which are contained in the Report, which, upon Friday 
laft, was made from the Committee, who were appointed 
to fearch the Journals of the Houfe of Lords, as to what 
Proceedings are therein, with relation to a Bill lately fent 
by the Lords to this Houfe, intituled, An Act for the 
better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal 
Family, and to make Report thereof to the Houte, 
might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it does not appear that the Propofition 
affirmed in His Majefty’s Meffage to this Houfe, viz. 
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« Royal Family has ever belonged to the Kings of 
« this Realm,” is founded in Law, or warranted by the 
Opinion of the Judges of Ezyland , 

The Houle was moved, ‘Vhat an Aét, made in the 
16th Year of the Reign of King Charles the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Act for the regulating of the Privy Council, 
and for taking away the Court commonly called the 
Star Chamber, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the other Orders of the Day be now read ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, } ie y~: t 268. 
Tellers for the Noes, } a hom ‘Pek, i 140. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, for 
the Second Rea.ing of the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for the better regulating the future 
Marriages of the Royal Family ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
poted, That the faid Bill be now read a Second 
Tine; 

And Notice being taken, that it was then Half an 
Hour after One of the Clock on Twe/day Morning ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn; 

The Houie divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, J = yom Towunfend, t 134. 


‘ Lord Lifurne, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. pny y « 226. 

So it paffed in the Negative. : 

The Houfe was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journals of the Houfe; of the 16th Day of May 1765, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to a Claufe 
offered to be added to an ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act to provide for the Adminiftration of 
the Government, in cafe the Crown fhould defcend to 
any of the Children of His Majefty, being under the 
Age of Eighteen Years, and for the Care and Guardian- 
fhip of their Perfons, to prevent the Perfon nominated 
Regent, if a Femaie, from marrying without the Conient 
of Parliament, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Houfe do now adjourn; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then the faid ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled; 
An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages of 
the Royal Family, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
Ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Saturday the 29th 
Day of February \aft, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon Tuefday the 
roth Day of this Inftant March, to confider of the 
Petition of James Archibald Stuart, be now read. 


Houfe of Commons. 579 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon T4urfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Tuefday laft, for 
the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon that Day Sevennight, upon the Bill to 
make Freehold and Copyhold and Cuftomary Freehold 
Eftates Affetts for Payment of Simple Contra¢t Debts, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Order be difcharged. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wedne/day laft, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Tuefday, upon the Bill for regulating 
the Admiffion of Freemen into Corporations, be now 
read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednefday \aft, 
for receiving the Report from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to reftrain the Lord of the Manor of Sandburft, 
in the County of Berks, for the Time being, from cutting 
Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing upon the 
Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except upon fuch 
Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid Bill is 
mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the faid Manor 
for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in the 
faid Bill is mentioned, was commutted, upon Tue/day, 
be now read. | 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Orderea, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon 
Tburfday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Thur/day latt, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Tuefday, upon the Bill for Kelief 
of Infolvent Debtors, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tze/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf inte the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Friday Jaf, for 
the Second Reading of the Bill for the more effectually 
fecuring fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber for the Ufe 
of the Royal Navy, upon Tue/day, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Orderéd, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Txefday Morning next. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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Anno 12° Georgii Ill"! Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


ORéered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;t to diffolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis, with Sufan- 
nab Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife, and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; __ 

The Houfé refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker lett the Chair. 

Mr. Hotham took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. [Hotham reported from the Committee, That 


they had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and that he 


was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the igth Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider 
further of the faid Bill. 


A Bill for lighting, cleanfing, and watching, the 
Streets, Lanes, and other Paffages, of the Burgh of 
Canongate, and the Liberties of Pleafance and Leith- 
wynd, adjoining to the Royalty of the City of Edim- 
burgh, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Lord 
Advocate of Scotland, Mr. Edmonftone, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland prefented to the 
Houfe, according to Order, a Bill for rendering the 
Payment of the Creditors of Infolvent Debtors more 
equal and expeditious, and for regulating the Dili- 
gence of the Law, by Arreftment and Poinding, and 
for extending the Privilege of Bills to Promiffory Notes, 
and for limiting Actions upon Bills and Promiffory 
Notes, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland : And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


A Bill for the more effectual affeffing and collecting 
of the Rates for Relief of the Poor, in the Parifh of 
Saint Botolph, Bifbopgate, in the Liberties of the City 
of London, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alder- 
man Trecothick, Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fields, within the Parifh of Manton, in the County 
of Rutland, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, within the Parifh of Manton, in the County of 
Rutland. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Bridges Brudenell do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
the City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of 
Norfolk, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1972, 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
Act for repairing and widening the Road from the 
City of Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Nor- 
folk. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road leadine 
from the Eaft End ot the Bridge acrofs the River Ovzc, 
in Downham Market, to the Queen’s Head, and from the 
Chequer Inn, in Downham Market, atorcfaid, to the 
Fait End of the Jwo Mile Clofe, in the Parith of Bar- 
ton, and towards Watton, to a Place called The Devil's 
Ditch, in the County of Norfolk, and for ftopping up 
the Road leading from Stradfet, through Barton Layes, 
towards Watton, was read a Second ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. De 
Grey, Sir Edward Afiley, &amp;c.: And they are to meer 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Conrad Rucker, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Comrad Rucker. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Hanmer do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Governor, Bailiffs, 
and Commonalty, of the Company of Confervators of 
the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford 
Level, to borrow upon Bonds further Money, upon 
Account of the Middle and South Levels, Part of the faid 
Great Level ; and for eftablifhing a further certain Fund, 
for Payment of the Bonds of the faid Corporation out 
4 the faid Middle and South Levels, was read the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable the Governor, Bailiffs, and Com- 
monalty, of the Company of Confervators of the Great 
Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to 
borrow upon Bonds further Money, upon Account of 
the Middle and South Levels, Part of the faid Great 
Level ; and for eftablifhing a further certain Fund, for 
Payment of the Bonds of the faid Corporation our of 
the faid Middle and South Levels. 

Ordered, That Sir ‘fobn Hynde Cotton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Parith 
of Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir W7i//iam 
Guife, Mr. Townfhend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. . 


A Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Mea- 
dow Ground, within the Manor and Parith of Great 
Farringdon, in the County of Berks, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Van- 
fittart, Mr. Lajfcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for allowing further Time for In- 
rollment of Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, and for 
Relief of Proteftant Purchafers, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for allowing further Time for Inxollmens 
of Deeds and Wills made. by Papifts, and for Relief of 
Proteftant Purchafers. 

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Ordered, That Mr. Ambler do carry thie Bill to the 


Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Richard Willis, Efquire, Devifee in 
Truft of the real Eftates of Daniel Rich, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioner is Lord of the Hundred and 
Manor of Sonning, in the Counties of Oxon and Berks, 
as Devifee in Truft under the Will of the faid Daniel 
Rich ; and that the Parith of Sandburft, in the County 
of Berks, lies within the faid Hundred and Manor ; and 
that the Petitioner obferves by the Votes, that a Bill 
is depending, to enable Daniel Fox, Efquire, and Eliza- 
beth Caroline his Wife, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, within the faid Parifh ; which, the Petitioner 
apprehends, will be injurious to the Eftate late of the 
faid Daniel Rich: And therefore praying, That the 
Petitioner may be heard, by himfelf or his Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill, or that he may have fuch other 
Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do Jie upon the Table; 
until the Report be received from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to reftrain the Lord of the Mager of 
Sandburft, in the County of Berks, for the Time being, 
from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing 
upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except 
upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in the 
{aid Bill is mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the 
faid Manor, for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, 
Heath, and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of 
Land as in the faid Bill is mentioned, is committed ; 
and that the Petitioner be then heard, by hiznfelf or Coun- 
fel, upon his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

A Petition of the feveral Perfons whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners or Occupiers of 
Land, in the Parifhes of Sunning, Hurft, Wokingham, 
Barkham, Binfield, Warfield, Winckfield, Eafbampftead, 
and Finchampftead, in the Counties of Berks and Wilts, 
or fome or one of them, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, Owners and Occupiers of Land in the faid Pa- 
rifhes: And alfo, 

Another Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners or Occupiers 
of Land, in the Parifhes of Sunning, Hurft, Woking- 
ham, Barkham, Binfield, Warfield, Winckfield, Raftbamp- 
ftead, and Finchampftead, in the Counties of Jerks and 
Wilts, or fome or one of them, on Behalf of themfelves 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of Larid in the faid 
Parifhes ; 

Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read , 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners have been 
informed that a Bill is depending, to authorize 
the Lord of the Manor of Sandburft, for the 
Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land, 
Part of the Wafte Lands of the faid Manor, as 
in the faid Bill is mentioned, and to fell and 
difpofe of fuch Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern ; 
and alleging, That the faid Parifhes are of very 
confiderable Extent, and contain a great Num- 
ber of Inhabitants,.and adjoin or are near to 
the faid Manor of Sandburft ; and the Petitioners 
and others, Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes, for 
a great Number of Years previous to the Year 
1763, were fupplied with Turves and Peat for 
Fuel at a reafonable Rate, which was a great 
Advantage and Convenience to the Inhabitants 
of the faid Parifhes, and efpecially to the Poor, 
as Coal and Wood for Fuel are fold at a high 
Rate, and the Quantity of Fuel produced is 
very infufficient for the neceflary Confumption 
of the Inhabitants; and that, fince the Year 
1763, ‘when, as the Petitioners have been in- 

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Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


5 8 i 
formed, Daniel Fox, and Elizabeth Caroline his 
Wite, Lord of the faid Manor, were. reftrained 
from cutting Turves and Peat for Sale from the 
Waite Lands of the faid Manor, the Inhabitants 
of the faid Parifhes have been put to confider- 
able Expence ahd Inconvenience, in purchafing 
Coal and Wood for Fuel; and that the Peti- 
tioners conceive, it will be of great Advantage; 
not only to the Petitioners, but to all the In- 
habitants of the neighbouring Parithes, if the 
Lord of the faid Manor for the Time being is 
permuted to cut Turves and Peat, from the 
Wafte Lands of the faid Manor, for Sale: And 
therefore praying the Houfe; That the faid Bill 
may pais into a Law. | 
And the faid Petitions were feverally otdered 
to lie upon the Table, until the Report be 
received from-the Committee, to whom the. 
Bill to: reftrain the Lord of the Manor of 
Sandburft, in the County of Berks; for the 
Time being, from cutting Turves, Peat; 
Heath, and Fern, growing upon the Watte 
Lands within the faid Manor, except upon 
fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in 
the faid Bill is meritioned ; and to authorize 
the Lord of the faid Manor, for the Time 
being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of 
Land as in the faid Bill is mentioned, is 
committed. 


Mr. Vanfittart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bilk for building a Bridge over the River 
Thames, near the Town of Maidenbead, in the County 
of Berks: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing and widening féveral Roads from 
Aldermaften, in the County of Berks, to Bafing ftoke, and 
to the Turnpike Road from Ba/ingftoke to Andover; 
and to the Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter at 
Popham Lane, in the County of Southampton; was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time; One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. ’ 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 
and Wafte Lands, within the Manor and Parith of 
King fnorton, in the County of Worceffer, was commit- 
ted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Proprietors of Eftates of the Annual Value of 
£.675. 155: or thereabouts ; and that the whole An- 
nual Value of the Eftates belonging’ to Perfons having 
Right of Common upon the Lands intended to be in- 
clofed is £. 8,373. 185. 6d. or thereabouts ; and that 
no Perfon appeared before the Committee, to oppole 
the Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in — and afterwards aaa 

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582 


the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, One of them was 
difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by the Houie ; 
and feveral Amendments were made, by the Houie, to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
oroffed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Amcotts do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing certain Open Common Fields, Ings, Common 
Paftures, and other Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor of Moorby cum Wilk/ly, in the Townfhips of 
Moorby and Wilk/by, in the County of Lincoln, was com- 
mitted. 

Mr. Amcotts accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
Two Perfons, whofe Property in the faid Fields amounts 
to the Annual Value of £.2. 55. who had been ap- 
plied to by Letter, tut no Anfwer had been as yet re- 
ceived; and that the Whole of the Annual Value of 
the Property in the faid Fields amounts to £. 287 or 
thereabouts ; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed to be re- 
ported to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second Tithe, 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe ; and feveral 
Amendments were made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 

A Bill for widening, amending, and keeping in Re- 
pair, the Road from the Weft End of Newland Chw 
Lane, in the Parith of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding 
of the County of York, unto or near Newland Clow, on 
the Weft Side of the River Hull, and from the op- 
pofite Bank of the faid River, to the South Eaft Corner 
of the Church Yard Wall in Sutton in Holderne/s, and 
from thence to or near Salts Gate, adjoining to the 
Turnpike Road between King/ton upon Hull, and Hedon 
in Holderne/s aforefaid, and from the faid South Eaft 
Corner of Sutton Church Yard Wall, unto and through 
Low Gate Street, and from thence to the Toll Bar near 
the Two Mile Stone on the faid Turnpike Road be- 
tween King /ton upon Hull and Hedon aforetaid ; and alfo 
for building a Bridge acrofs the River Hull, at or near 
Newland Clow aforetaid, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Al/an- 
fon, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 

Chamber. 


A Bill for building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, 
from Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to the op- 
pofite Shore, in the:County of Middlefex ; and to enable 
His Majefty to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at 
Richmond atorefaid, to William Windbam, Efquire, in 
Fee Simple, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the rgth Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of feveral 


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Inhabitants and Owners of Lands and Eftates, within 
the Parifh of Richmond, in the County of Surrey ; ang 
alfo, the Petition of feveral Inhabitants of the Parith of 
Twickenham, in the County of Middlefex, which were 
prefented to the Houfe upon Monday laft, and then 
ordered to lie upon the Table, until the Second Read- 
ing of the faid Bill, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petitions be referred to the 
Confideration of the faid Committee: And that the Pe. 
titioners be heard before the faid Committtee, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit. 


Ordered, That General Honywood do make the Re. 
port from the Committee, to whom the Bill for di- 
viding and inclofing the Common and Wafte Grounds, 
and Stinted Pafture, within the Manor of Sandford, in the 
Parifh of Warcop, in the County of Weftmorland, was 
committed. 

General Honywood accordingly reported from the faid 
Committee, Thatthe Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except Henry Cha- 
tor, Dottor of Laws, who being applied to, refufed to fign 
the Bill, but did not oppofe; and alfo except Fames 
Maddifon, who is Abroad, and whofe Property in the 
Lands to be inclofed is very fmall; and that no Per- 
fon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had direéted to be reported to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queition feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed., 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, amend, and render 
more effectual, an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the 
Roads from Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, to 
Swift's Den, in the Parifh of Etchingham, and from 
Frant to Pofingworth Great Wood, adjoining to the Turn- 
pike Road there, leading to Black Boys, in the County of 
Suflex, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs :' And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue, amend, and render more ef- 
fectual, an Act, paffed in the Seventh Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
from Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, to Swift’s 
Den, in the Parith of Etchingham, and from Frant to 
Poffingworth Great Wood, adjoining to the Turnpike 
Road there, leading to Black Boys, in the County of 
Suffex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Harcourt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Captain Ro/s reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing and widening feveral Roads, lead- 
ing through the County of Lanark ; and for building 
a Bridge over the River C/yde, at or near a Place called 


_ the Howford, in the faid County, was committed ; That 


the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 
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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


Mr. Hobart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Landholders, 
Inhabitants, and others, interefted in the better Prefer- 
vation of the Great Bank of the River Welland, in the 
Counties of Lincoln and Northampton, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had directed him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and is 
as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fullwood Saunderfon, being examined, faid, That the 
Great Bank of the River Welland, from Spalding High 
Bridge, through Cowbit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk, 
is fupported and repaired at the Expence of the Cor- 
poration of Bedford Level, Charles Orby Hunter, Efquire, 
and the Adventurers of Deeping Fen. 

That the faid Bank is too low, and not of fufficient 
Strength to refift the Waters in Times of Floods; and 
that if it were made of a fufficient Heighth and Strength, 
the Value of the adjacent Low Grounds would ‘be 
greatly encreafed. 

That the prefent Road along the faid Bank, and from 
thence to the Turnpike Road, between Peterborough 
and Lincoln, is in a ruinous Condition, much too narrow, 
and impaffable in cafe of Floods ; and if the fame was 
made fafe and commodious, at all Seafons, it would be 
of great public Advantage: And, 

That he apprehends, that the faid Road and Bank 
may be more effectually made and kept in Repair, un- 
der the Direétion of Commiffioners, than by the Laws 
now in being. 

Gibbs Crawfurd, Efquire, Mr. Fobn Browne, and Mr. 
George Thompfon, being feverally examined, faid, That 
the faid Corporation of Bedford Level, Charles Orby Hun- 
ter, Efquire, and the faid Adventurers, are willing to 
contribute an annual Sum of Money for the Purpofes 
aforefaid, in cafe they may be exonerated from the 
Charge of fupporting the faid Bank. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Prefervation of the Great Bank of the River 
Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, through Cowdit, 
Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk ; and for making and 
keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and from thence to 
the Village of Glenton, in the Counties of Lincoln and 
Northampton: And that Mr. Hobart and Lord Rodert 
Bertie do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Southwell prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parith of Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Major General Fobn Salter, Palt De- 
puty Grand Mafter of the Society of Free and Ac- 
cepted Mafons, Richard Ripley, Efquire, and Fleming 
Pinkfton, Efquire, Paft Grand Wardens, and other Per- 
fons, Members of the faid Society, whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed} on Behalf of themfelves and many 
others, being Members of the faid Society, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, Fhat the Peti- 


tioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill has been pre- . 


fented, for incorporating and well governing the So- 
ciety of Free and Accepted Mafons, and for other Pur- 
pofes , and that, in the Opinion of the Petitioners, the 
faid Bill, if it fhould pafs into a Law, will not in any 
refpect contribute to the well governing of the So- 
ciety to which the Petitioners belong; but, on the con- 
trary, will be very detrimental and oppreflive to them 
and many others of the Society, and cannot poffibly be 
attended with any good Confequences to the Public: 


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And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be at 
Liberty to be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft 
the faid Bill; and that the fame may nét pafs; or that 
the Houfe will grant fuch other Relief as fhall feem 
meet. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Montagu: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for explaining and amending an Act, made in the Seventh 
Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling per Pound 
Weight upon all Black and Singlo Teas confurhed in 
Great Britain, and for granting a Drawback upon the 
Exportation of Teas to Ireland and the Britifh Do- 
minions in America, for a limited Time, upon fuch 
Indemnification to be made in tefpeét thereof by the 
Eaft India Company, as is therein mentioned ; fof per- 
mitting the Exportation of Teas in fmaller Quaritities 
than One Lot to Ireland, or the faid Dominions in Ame- 
rica; and for preventing Teas feized and condemned 
from being confumed in Great Britain, and for fettling 
certain Doubts and Difputes, which have arifen upon 
the faid Aét of Parliament; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, Aa 
Act for dividing, alletting, and inclofing, the Open 
Fields and Commonable Places, in the Parifh of Skef- 
Jington, and County of Leicefer; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, ae 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, iritituled, An Act 
for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Common 
Fields, Half Year Inclofures, and Commons and Waite 
Lands, within the Parifh of Fixcham, in the County of 
Norfolk ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for lighting fuch Part of the Town of [/izgton, as lies 
in the Parifh of Saint Mary, I/lington, in the Cotinty of 
Middlefex, and for eftablifhing a regular Nightly Watch 
therein ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the River 
Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Chefer, to or 
near Middlewich and Nantwich, in the County of Chefer’; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by 
this Houfe to the Bill, intituled, An Aét to diffolve the 
Marriage of the Right honourable Edward Vifcount 
Ligonier with Penelope Pitt ,; and to enable him to marry 
again; and for other Purpotes therein mentioned: And 
allo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
diffolve the Marriage of William Skinn with Ann Skinn, 
his now Wife; and to enable him to marry again , and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed' a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
diffolve the Marriage of Sir John Colleton, Baronet, with 
Ann Fullford, his now Wife ; and to enable him to marry 
again; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; ta 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingrofféd Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Sir ohn Colleton, Baronet, 
with Ann Fullford, his now Wife ; and to enable him to 
marry again; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; 
was read the Firft Time. 

Kefolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
further continuing Two Acts, made in the Sixth and 
Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for pumbhing 
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584 
Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment of 
the Army and their Quarters, in His Majefty’s Domi- 
nions in America: And that the Lord Barrington and Sir 
Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Amcotts reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields and 
Commonable Places, in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or Li- 
berties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
directed him to report'to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
prevent fraudulent Admiffions into the Company of 
Merchants for extending and improving the Trade. to 
Africa: And that Sir William Meredith, the Lord Clare, 
Mr. Alderman Trecothick, Mr. Weddell, Mr. Ridley, and 
Mr. Dempfter, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An AG for the better regulating the future 
Marriages of the Royal Family: 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,} oi robs tals om, t 300. 

Tellers for the Noes, } “ior : } 64. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis reported from the Committee, That they 
had made fome Progrefs in the Bill; and that he was 
direéted by the Committee to move, that they may have 
Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a‘Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order made upon the 3d Day of 
this Inftant March, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into 
a Committee cf the whole Houfe, upon the 12th Day 
of the fame Month, upon the ingroffed Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An Act to diffolve the Marriage of 
Richard Draper with Elizabeth Hartnell, his now Wife ; 
and to enable him to marry again; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly , 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

And the Houfe having continued to fit till near One of 
the Clock on Thurfday Morning ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, the r9th Day of this Inftant Ada7ch, refolve itfelf 
into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 4th Day of 
this Inftant March, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into 


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A. 1772. 


a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the rath Day 
of the fame Month, upon the Bili for incorporating and 
well governing the Society of Free and Accepted Ma- 


fons, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; be now 
read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 


night, the 26th Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfel¢ 
into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday lat, for 


the Second Reading of the Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers of an Aét, pafled in the 2d Year of His prefenc 


Majefty’s Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, 


feveral Roads, leading trom Taviffeck to Plymouth, and 


other Places, in the County of Devon ; and for repair- 
ing and widening the Road frem the Guildhall in Yavi- 


Stock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook Street, 


to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound; and from 
the Callington Turnpike Road to Morwell Ham and New 
Quay, in the faid County, upon Thurfday; be now read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
‘Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday laft, 
for the Second Reading of the Bill for repairing and 
widening the Road from the Exeter Tupha, at Reedy 
Gate, in the Parifh of Duxsford, in the County of De- 
von, to Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the 
faid County, upon Thurfday, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 


Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time | 


To-morrow Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday lat, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Thurfday, to confider of the Peti- 
tion of Fames Archibald Stuart, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, 


Ordered, That- the Order made upon Monday \att, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Thurfday, upon the Bill to make 
Freehold and Copyhold, and Cuftomary Freehold, Eftates 


ren for Payment of Simple Contract Debts, be now 
read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 


night, the rgth Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 


into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday laft, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Thur/day, upon the Bill for regulat- 
ing the Admiffion of Freemen into Corporations, be now 
read. ® 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday latt, 
for receiving the Report from the Committee, to whom 
the Billto reftrain the Lord of the Manor of Sandburf, 
in the County of Berks, for the Time being, from cut- 
ting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing upon 
the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except upon 
fuch Quantity of Land. in each Year as in the an 

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Bill is mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the faid 
Manor, for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, 
and Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in 
the faid Bill is mentioned, was committed, upon Tue/day, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon this 
Day Sevennight, the rgth Day of this Inftant March. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





V eneris, 13° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Georgii III’ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. Te } 
R. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road from the End of the prefent Turnpike Road 
from Befelfeigh to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, 
to Leckford, otherwife Soufly Water, in the County of 
Wilts, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made} feveral Amendments thereunto; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houle ; 
and he réad the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and ther a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, 
with feveral Amendments to One of them, agreed 
to by the Houfe ; and feveral Amendments were made, 
by the Houfe, to the Bill. : 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Weft End of Saint Ives Lane, in the Town of Saint 
Neots, in the County of Huntingdon, to the Pavement at 
the End of Bell Lane, in the Town of Cambridge, was 
read a Second ‘Time. _ 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Lud- 
low, Sit Matthew Ridley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, 
Moors, and Common Paftures, in the Lordfhip of 
Midale Raifin, in the County of Lincoln, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Lajfcelles, 8cc.: And they are io meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Common Fields, Ings, Common Paftures, and 
other Commonable Lands, within the Manor of Moorby 
cum Wilk/by, in the Townfhips of Moorby and Wilk/by, in 
the County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Common Fields, Ings; Common Paftures, and other 
Commonable Lands, within the Manor of Moorby cum 
Wilk/by, in the Townthips of Moorby and Wilk/hy; in 
the County of Lincoln. 

Vor. XXXII. 


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Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Sampfon Gideon prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for imbanking, draining, and preferv- 
ing, certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parith 
of Ramfey, in the County af Huntingdon, and in the 
Parifhes of Doddington, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, 
within the Ifle of iy, in the County of Cambridge , and 
for amending the Road from a certain Bridge, in the 
Parith of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain called Vermuyden’s, or the Ferty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Parith 
of Ramfey: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ Sir Sampfon Gideon prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to amend, and render more effectual, 
an Act, made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
An Aé for the more effectual draining and preferving 
of feveral Fen Lands, and Field Lands, in the Bounds 
and Precincts of Whittlefey, in the Ife of Ely, in the 
County of Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the 
feveral Fen and Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth, 
and Fifth Diftricts, defcribed in the faid Aét: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act, paffed in the 2d Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, {e- 
veral Roads leading from Taviftock to Plymouth, and 
cther Places, in the County of Deven ; and for repair- 
ing and widening the Road from the Guildhall in Tavi- 
Stock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook Street; 
to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound ; and from 
the Callington Turnpike Road to Morwell Ham and New 
Quay, in the faid County, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed that no Counfel at- 
tended ; Baty 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Righy, 
Sir George Yonge, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parifh 
of Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, 
in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County; be now 
read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. —. 

And the Houfe being informed that no Counfel 
attended ; can 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Yonge, Mr. Rigby, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of Henry 
Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of 
Monty to the Relief of his poor Kindred ; and to enable 
the faid Trufteés to. grant Building Leafes of an Eftate 
in the Parifhes of Ken/ington, Chelfea, and Saint Martin 
in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex ; was read a 
Second Time.. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. How- 
ard, Mr. Onflow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
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586 


Reading of the Bill for the more effectual velting in the 
Royal Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited 
and unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy, 
be now read. ' 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing 
the Open and Common Fields, Commons, and Common 
Grounds, within the Hamlet of Barlythorpe, in the Pa- 
rifh of Oakbam, in the County of Rutland: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, for improving the Navigation of the 
River Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and for building a 
Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lancafter, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Egerton, Mr. Egerton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Egerton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral of the Truftees named 
and appointed in and by the Acts of Parliament there- 
after mentioned, was referred ; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di- 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Two 
Aéts, paffed in the Fifth and Twenty-third Years of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from 
Manchefer to Salter’s Brook, were read : And, 

Mr. James Worthington, being examined, faid, That 
the Truftees have borrowed £. 2,300 upon the Credit 
of the faid Aéts, which remains due, and cannot be re- 
paid, and the Roads kept in good Repair, unlefs the Term 
and Powers of the faid Acts are further continued, and 
made more effectual. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue, and render more effectual, Two feveral Acts 
for repairing the Roads leading from the Town of Man- 
chefter, in the County of Lancafter, through the Town 
of Afhton under Line, and Parifn of Mottram Longden- 
dale, and from thence to Salter’s Brook, in the County 
Palatine of Cheffer: And that Sir Thomas Egerton and 
Mr. Egerton do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of 
Buxton, in the Parith of Bakewell, and County of Derby, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill; and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (ex- 
cept One Perfon, poffeffed of 15 Acres of Land in the 
faid Parifh, who refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo a 
Perfon poffeffed of One Quarter of an Acre, who was 
not applied to; and that the Perfons confenting to the 
Bill, are poffefled of 833 Acres within the faid Parifh ; 
and that no Pérfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppole the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 


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unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after: 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And a Motion being made, That the faid Report be 
now read; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac. 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majetty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Interetft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhail think fit, 

Then the ifaid Report was read. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, fome of 
them were difagreed to; and the reft were, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields, Meadow, Pafture, Common and Watte 
Grounds, within the Liberties of Ockdrook, in the County 
of Derby: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


_ A Bill to enable His Majefty to grant certain Houfes, 
in Fenchurch Street and Addle Street, in the City of Lon- 
don, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of Lieute- 
nant General Fobn Brown, without Heir, unto Frederick 
Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Truits 
therein mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
: Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Se- 
vennight, refolve itfelf into 2 Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. | 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons and Wafte Lands, within the Manor and Parith 
of King/norton, in the County of Worcefter, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Wafte Lands, within the Manor and Parifh of King/ior- 
ton, in the County of Worcefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dowdef/well do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Bill for dividing and inclofing fe- 
veral Open Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor 
of Follifoot, in the County of York, be read a Second 
Time upon Monday Morning next. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for naturalizing Fohn Lewis Lautier, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had directed him to report the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


A Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and 
watching, the Streets and Lanes, © he Town and 
Parifh of Chatham, in the County or Kent; and for 
removing and preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Calcraft, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

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Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of feveral Juftices of the Peace for 
the County of Surrey, was referred ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and 
had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; 
U1Z. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Francis 

awfon, Efquire, Clerk of the Peace for the County of 
Surrey, being examined, faid, That the Houfe of Cor- 
rection, in the Borough of Southwark, in the faid County 
of Surrey, is too fmall, unhealthy, inconvenient, and 
un{afe, and was prefented as fuch by the Grand Inqueft, 
at the Aflizes at Kingfton in April 1770 (which Pretfent- 
ment was produced to your Committee) in Confequence 
whereof, a Committee was appointed by the Juftices 
of the Peace, at the Quarter Seffions, to inquire into 
the State of the faid Prifon; which Committee re- 
ported, That it was abfolutely neceflary to rebuild the 
fame in a more convenient Situation ; and the faid Juf- 
tices, at the laft Quarter Seffion, agreed that a new 
Houfe of Correétion fhould be built, and the old Build- 
ing fold—-And he produced to your Committee the Re- 

rt of the faid Committee, and the Refolution of the 
faid Juftices thereupon. 

He further faid, That the County of Surrey are pof- 
feffed of an Acre of Ground, in Saint George’s Fields, 
called White Lyon or Hangman’s Acre, over which the 
Owners of Lands in the faid Fields have a Right of Com- 
mon for their Cattle, at certain Times of the Year, pro- 
mifcuoufly with the other Lands, which Piece of Ground 
is very conveniently fituated for the Purpofe of erecting 
the faid intended Houfe of Correction ; but that by Rea- 
fon of the Right of Common, claimed as abovemen- 
tioned, which 1s not of any Value to the Perfons intitled 
thereto, the County cannot ufe the fame for that Pur- 
pofe, neither has the Cotinty ‘ever received the leaft 
Emolument therefrom, the greateft Part of it having 
many Years being employed as a common Layftall or 
Dunghill. 

Mr. .... Gwillet, aSurveyor, being examined, confirm- 
the above Evidence, fo far as relates to the Condition 
of the prefent Houfe of Correction ; and added, That 
as none of the Apartments in the faid Prifon are fepa- 
rated from one another, Offenders of both Sexes, and 
for all Crimes, are confined together, which is produc- 
tive of many Evils and Inconveniences. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extinguifh the Right of Common, upon an Acre of 
Ground, called White Lyon or Hanzman’s Acre, in Saint 
George’s Fields, in the County of Surrey : And that Sir 
Francis Vincent, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Howard, and Sir Fofeph 
Mawbey, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Ridley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing a Moor, called Car/- 
ton Moor or Common, and an Open F ield, called Ti be 
Town Field, in the Manor and Townfhip of Carlton, in 
the Parith of Guiféley, in the Welt Riding of the County 
of York, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houte ; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


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Houie of Commons. 587 
A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Commons; 
or Moors, within the Townthip of Ray/ton, in the County 
of York, was read a Second Time. ; 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Matthew 
Ridley, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Stuart prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for deepening, cleaning, {couring, preferving, 
and maintaining, the Harbour of yr, for enlarging and 
improving the Quays and Piers, for erecting Docks, 
Breatts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regulating Shipss 
Lighters, and other Veflels, trading into, and going 
out of, the faid Harbour; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr, Skipwith prefented to the Houfe, accorditig to 
Order, a Bill for enlarging the Terms and Powers of 
Two Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firit Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing 
the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, through 
the Town of Wednefbury, to_a Place called High Bullen; 
and to Great Bridge; and trom thence to the End of 
Gibbet Lane next adjoining to the Townfhip of Biljx, 
and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to King/winford, 
and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Coun- 
ties of Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter : And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingrofied Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds and Stinted Pafture, within 
the Manor of Sandfcrd, in the Parith of Wercop, in the 
County of /Veffmorland, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common ard 
Watte Grounds and Stunted Pafture, within the Maner 
of Sandford, in the Parifh of Warcop, in the County of 
Weftmorland, 

Ordered, That General Honywoed do carzy the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

A Bill for deepening; cleanfirg, fcouring; preferv- 
ing, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port Glafgow, 
for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, for 
erecting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regu- 
lating Ships, Lighters, and other Veffels, trading into, 
and going out of, the faid Harbour; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read a Second Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Fre- 
derick Campbell, Mr. Dundas, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Colonel Luttreil do take the Report 
ftom the Committee; to whom the Petition of fund:y of 
the Freeholders and Inhabitants of that Part of the 
Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which is in the County of 
Middlefex, was referred. 

Colonel Luttrell accordingly reported from the faid 
Committee, That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed the fame 
to be reported, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Flace ; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr- 
Fames Nokes, being examined, faid, That the Poor with- 
in the faid Parifh are very numerous, and maintained at 
a great Expence, a confiderable Part of which might be 
faved, and the Poor be more effectually relieved and 
provided for, if proper Powers were given for better 

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overning, regulating, and employing them: That the 
push Streets, and other Paffages, within the faid 
Parifh, are not properly paved, nor fufficiently lighted, 
cleaned, or watched; and many of the Houfes are fre- 
quently annoyed by Water for want of proper Sewers 
and Drains:—That if the faid Parifh was properly 
paved, watched, regulated, and freed from Annoyances, 
it would be a great Eafe and Convenience to the Inha- 
bitants thereof, and all Perfors reforting thereto: And 
he added, that the Paffage from Charterbou/fe Square to 
Saint Fobn’s Street, called Charterhoufe Lane, is very nar- 
row and incommodious to Paffengers, infomuch that at 
one End of it, a Perfon on Foot cannot pafs a Carriage : — 
That the widening thereof, or widening a Part of it, and 
making anew Opening from thence into Saint Fobn’s 
Street, would be a great Advantage thereto, and to all 
Perfons paffing through the fame. 
Mr. Fobn Yeates confirmed the above Evidence. 
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Relief and Employment of the Poor, within 
that Part of the Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which is in the 
County of Middlefex , and for paving, cleanfing, light- 
ing, watching, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, 
Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Open Paffages and 
Places, within the fame, and for removing Annoyances 
therefrom ; and for making the Communication between 
Charterhoufe Square and Saint Fobn’s Street, through 
Charterboufe Lane, more convenient: And that Colonel 
Luttrell and Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Mr. Cuft reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Committee of the Company of Merchants 
trading to Africa, was referred; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of Faét contained in the 
faid Petition ; a State whereof they had direfted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth; V1Z. 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Petition, is as folioweth : 

By the Account delivered to this Houfe, upon the 
Twenty-fourth Day of Fanuary laft, and referred to 
vour Committee, it appears that there was a Balance of 
{. 2,196. 145. 5d. unaccounted for. Then 

Richard Camplin, Efquire, Secretary to the faid Com- 
mittee, being examined, faid, That the Money granted 
for the Year1771 was {£. 15,000, and the Money re- 
ceived was £. 14,609. 8s. 6d.; and he produced the 
Original Invoice Book, by which it appeared, that the 
Sum of £. 14,561. 135. 9d. was invefted in Goods and 
Stores, and fent to Africa ; and that £. 1,947. 175. 6d. 
was the net Money received of the £. 2,000 granted for 
Cape Coaft Caftle, and was included in the above Sum 
of £. 14,609. 8s. 6d, the reft being paid for Fees ; 
but that no Account as yet has been received from the 
Coaft of Africa of the Expenditure thereof. 

And the Witnefs produced to your Committee, the 
following Extracts of Letters ; viz. 

Extract of a Letter from David Mill, Efquire, Gover- 
nor of Cape Coat Caftle, to the Committee of the 
Company of Merchants trading to Africa, dated 
25th Auguft 1770. 

By the Helena there came out a large Quantity of 
Timber, all of which was not wanted for the Repairs of 
this Caftle ; and although you direéted that every Part 
of that Cargo fhould be folely applied for this Place, 
yet as many of the Roofs of the Out Forts were falling 
down, and as the Timber was lying here, growing 
worfe daily by lying in the Air, fome of it has been 
fent to the Out Forts, and exaét Accounts fhall be kept 
of it, that when we receive more, it may be replaced : 
All the other Part of the Helena’s Cargo remains here, 
and the Accountant is direéted to keep very exaét and 
particular Accounts of its Expenditure. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A499, 


Extract of a Letter from David Miil, Efquire, Go- 
vernor of Cape Coaft Caftle, to the Committee of the 
Company of Merchants trading to Africa, dated 
gth O.fober 1770. 

Part of the Bricklayets, fince my coming up here, have 
been employed about building a new Brick Hofpital in 
the Town for the Sick, which is now very near com- 
pleted, and which will be of the greateft Utility to 
the Health of all your Servants refiding here. 

The reft of the Bricklayers and Labourers here have 
been, and now are, employed in pulling down the old 
Wall at Greenhill Point, next the Landing Place, in, order 
to clear Room to ereét the new Work, which was 
planned by Mr. Gro/sle, and which fhall be carried on 
with all the Frugality and Affiduity I am capable of, 
and in which (as I don’t underftand Building myfelf) 
I fhall be affifted by Mr. TZrinder. For this laft Reafon, 
let me repeat to you to fend out, by the Firft Ship, either 
from Liverpool or Briftol, a Perfon to act here as Affif- 
tant Surveyor, and who underftands Building. 

Extract of a Letter from the Committee of the Com- 
pany of Merchants trading to Africa, to the Go- 
vernor and Council at Cape Coaft Cajftle, dated the 
1gth Fune 1771. 

You miftake our Orders, with regard to the Helena’s 

Cargo, when you imagine that Cargo was directed by 
us to be fet apart folely for the Repairs of Cape Coaft 
Caftle: To fet you right in this Point, which is a very 
material one, we muit refer you to our Letter of the 
30th November 1769, by the Jamaica, Hamilton, in 
which you will find the following Paragraph. 
“ We have added fome Artificers and a Quantity of 
Brick and Timber, in order to repair Cape Coaft 
Cajtle, the Sum of £. 2,000 having been granted this 
Year, to enable us to fet about that neceflary 
“ork 

And in our Letter by the Helena, dated gth March 
1770, you will find what follows. 

“ The Sum of £.2,000 having been granted laft 
“© Year, exprefsly for the Repair of Cape Coaft Cajlle, 
“* you muft be very accurate in feparating the Account 
“&lt; of {uch Repairs from every other Charge whatever.” 

“By this you fee clearly, that the Account of fuch 

Repairs muft begin immediately, from and after you 
received the Supplies by the Famaica, Hamilton, Part of 
which Cargo was appropriated to that Service, as well 
as Part, not the Whole, of the Helena’s Cargo; and 
fuch a feparate and accurate Account muft be carried 
on till the whole Repairs are finifhed, as the Sum of 
{. 2,000 is granted again this Year for that Service; the 
Parliament will always expect a feparate Account ren- 
dered of Sums of Money fo fpecifically applied by them- 
felves to any particular Service. And by the firft Con- 
veyance fend us the Account of fuch Repairs as far as it 
goes, that we may be enabled to lay it before the Houfe 
of Commons early in the next Seffions. The laft men- 
tioned Sum of £. 2,000 we fhall inveft in our next 
general Cargo by the annual Store Ship, which we fhall 
endeavour to difpatch this Year earlier than the laft ; in 
the mean time direét the Chiefs of the Out Forts, to or- 
der Shells to be collected to burn into Lime for the 
Purpofe of Repairs. 

That it appeared to your Committee, by a Report en- 
tered in the Journal of the Houfe, upon the 6th of Fune 
1758, that the Forts and Settlements on the Coatt of 
Africa, were delivered to the Committee of the Com- 
pany in a very bad State by the Royal African Com- 

any. 

. Then the Entry in the Journals of the Houfe, of the 
12th Day of April, in the laft Seffion of Parliament, of 
the Report from the Committee upon the Petition of the 
Company ofMerchants trading to Africa,was read , where- 
by it appeared, that the Expences of the Forts, for the 
Year 1768, exclufive of Repairs, was £.12,314.175. 74 
and the net Sum received from Government for that Year 
was £.12,657. 65. 6d.—That by an Eftimate made by 

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Gilbert Petrie, Efquire, Governor of Cape Coaft Caflle, 
that over and above the £. 2,000 granted for repairing 
Cape Coaft Caftle, in the Year 1769, the Materials for 
repairing the Caitle would coft £. 2,797. 5s. and that 
{. 1,500 would be neceffary to be laid out in Slaves and 
Salaries to Engineers, Carpenters, and Mafons; amount- 
ing in the Whole to the further Sum of £. 4,297. 5 5. 
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And Mr. Camplin faid, That out of the Sum of 
{.2,000 granted laft Seflions, a Cargo is gone out to 
Cape Coaft Caftle, for the Purchafe of Twenty-five Slaves, 
intended to be fet to Work on the Repairs of Cape Coaft 
Cajtle ; and that another Cargo is intended to be fent out 
for the Purpofe of purchafing the fame Number thisYear, 
if Parliament think proper to grant the above Sum of 
£. 2,409. 65. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom it is referred to confider further of the Supply 
granted to His Majefty. 


Mr. Rafbleigh reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act td 
enable Reginald Pole, Efquire, to take, ufe, and bear, the 
Surname and Arms of Carew, purfuant to the Will of 
Sir Coventry Carew, Bardnet, deceafed, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

R folved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rafbleigh do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whor 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, and principal Inhabitants, 
and Land Owners, of, and contiguous to, the Village 
or Towns of Burlton, Marton, Ryton, Shottatton, Knockin, 
and Llanymynech, in the County of Salop, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Mat- 
ter of the faid Petition; and had directed him to re- 
port the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Fames Baylies, being examined, faid; That the Road 
from Burlton to Marton, and by Mear Bank and Boreat- 
ton, through Ryton and Shottatton, to the Turnpike 
Road between Shrew/bury and Ofweftry, and from thence 
through Knockin, by and through Maefbrook, to that 
Part of the Turnpike Road, from Pool to Ofwefrry, 
which lies in the Town of Lianymynech, in the County 
of Salop, is ruinous and narrow, and cannot be properly 
amended, widened, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law. 

Mr. ohn Heaton, being examined, confirmed the fore- 
going Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, the Road 
from Burlton, in the County of Salop, through Knockin, 
to Llanymynech, in the fame County: And that Mr. 

Vor. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commois. 589 


Congreve, Sir Henry Bridgman, and Mr. Baldwyn, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes; and Common- 
alty of the City of Briffel, under their Common Seai; 
was prefented to the Houte, and read ; Complaining of 
the high Price of Corn and other Provifions, which, as 
the Petitioners apprehend, might be remedied in jome 
Degree, if the Importation of Corn and Flour from 
America was permitted, for a limited Time, Duty-free : 
And therefore praying, That Leave may be given to 
bring in a Bill for the above Purpofe, or fuch other 
Relief in the Premifes as to the Houie fhall feem meet 
and expedient. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Baldwyn reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradefmen, 
and Manufacturers, refiding at Bridgnorth, Brofeley, 
Madeley, 2nd Coalbrookdale, in the County of Salep, 
and alfo of the Owners of Barges and Vefiels navigated 
upon the River Severn, whofe Names are thereunto 
fubfcribed, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; arid he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 

Samuel ‘Jones, an Owner of Veflels navigating on the 
faid River, being examined, faid, That the Navigation 
between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called The Meadew 
Wharf, at Cealbrookdale, in the County of Salop, is much 
impeded tor want*ot a Towing Path fufficiently broad 
for the Ufe of Hories along the Sides of the faid River, 
between the Places aforefaid. 
_ That the prefent Method of Towing Veffels is with 
Men, who frequently refufe ; and when all the Veflels 
are employed, there is a great Want of fuch Men, 
which hath frequently caufed Delays and Inconveni- 
ericés : That all Veffels (of which there are between Four 
and Five hundred employed in the Coal Trade) may 
navigate between the faid Limits at all Times ; and by 
haling of Veffels with Horfes, inftead of Men, it would 
fave near Half the prefent Expence, as it requires 
Thirty Men to a loaded Veffel, which might be done 
with Three Horfes, and be more certain, and lefs de- 
trimental to the Land Owners, as Men frequently tref- 
pafs on the Lands, by which the Farmers fuffer. 

Mr. Fohu White informed the Committee, That he 
believes Three Fourths of the Owners of Lands are 
confenting to the prefent Application. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and keeping in Repair a Road or Paflage for 
Horfes, on the Banks of the River Severn, between 
Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called Meadow Wharf, at 
Coalbrookdale, for haling and drawing Veffels along the 
faid River ; and for making Compentfation to the Own- 
ers of Lands, for as much Ground as may be neceffary 
for that Purpofe: And that Mr. Baldwyn, the Lord 
Pigot, Major Whitmore, and Mr. Gilbert, do prepare; 
and bring in, the fame. 


A Meffage fiom the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Montagu : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to explain and amend an Aét, pafiéd in the Tenth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, light- 
ing, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the County 
of Devon; and for regulating the Carmen and Porters 
within the faid Town; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Open Fields, 
and other Commonable Lands and Waite Grounds, with- 

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in the Manor and Parifh of Woolley, in the County of 
Huntingdon ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Waite 
Grounds, within the Manor of Great Ormfide, in the 
Parith of Orm/fide, in the County of Weftmorland ; with- 
out any Amendment : And alfo, nhy 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Att for dividing and inclofing the Commons, and Wafte 
Lands and Grounds, in the Townfhip of Scaftworth, in 
the County of Nottingham, without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for Naturalizing Fohn Luke Ifelin ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alto, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for eftablifhing and regulating a Charity, called Foxley 
Charity, in the County of Northampton, founded by Lady 
Katharine Levefon ; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill from the Lords was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill to 
indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to qualify them- 
{elves for Offices and Employments, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for that Purpofe ; and to give further Time 
to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make and file Afi- 
davits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to At- 
tornies and Solicitors, that they do make Provifion 
in the faid Bill, to indemnify Members and Officers, in 
Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns, whofe Ad- 
miffions have been omitted to be ftamped, according to 
Law, or having been ftamped, have been loft or mif- 
laid, and for allowing them Time to provide Admif- 
fions duly ftamped ; and alfo to indemnify Juftices of 
the Peace, who have omitted to-regifter or deliver in 
their Qualifications, within the Time limited by Law ; 
and for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for further continuing Two Acts, 
made in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s 
Reign, for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, in His 
Majefty’s Dominions in America: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the 25th Day 
of March 1772, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Thur/fday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. , 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jetty, be now read. [ 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolwed, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


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4.1972, 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Tomkyns, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended at the Door; 
he was called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the 
Houle, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Number of Horfes exported from 
England, together with the Amount of the Duty on the 
fame, from the 5th of Fanuary 1750 to the 5th of Fann. 
ary 1772; diftinguifhing each Year, and the Ports from 
whence the fame have been exported ; which is as far as 
the fame can be made up. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houte. 

The faid Account is preferved amongit the ohter 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Refolutions, which, 
upon the 8th Day of April 1767, were reported from the 
Committee, who were appointed to confider of the Laws 
relating to Badgers, Engrofiers, Foreftallers, and Regrat- 
ors ; and to report their Opinion to the Houfe, which of 
the fame were fit to be continued, amended, or repealed, 
and were then agreed to by the Houfe ; might be read. 

And the fame were, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly; and are as followeth ; viz. 

“ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

“© That the feveral Laws relating to Badgers, En- 
** groflers, Foreftallers, and Regrators, by preventing 
the Circulation of, and free Trade in, Corn, and other 
Provifions, have been the Means of raifing the Price 
thereof in many Parts of this Kingdom.” 
“ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
*¢ That the Houfe be moved, for Leave to bring ina 
“¢ Bill to remedy the Evils occafioned by the faid 
“ Laws.” 

Ordered, Nemine centradicente, That Leave be given 
to bring in a Bill for remedying the Evils occation- 
ed by the Laws now in being, relating to Badgers, 
Engroffers, Foreftallers, and Regrators: And that Mr, 
Alderman Harley, Mr. Morton, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Fuller, 
Mr. Burke, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Gilbert, Sir George Sa- 
vile, Mr. Dowde/well, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Pow- 
nall, Mr. Gafcoyne, Mr. Fackfon, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Dun- 
das, Mr. Wilbraham Bootle, and Mr. Huffey, do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


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A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and 

Mr. Montagu : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
diffolve the Marriage of Ambrofe Godfrey Hanckwitz, 
with Dorothy Afbcroft, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better regulating the future 
Marriages of the Royal Family ; 

Ordered, ‘Chat His Majefty’s moft gracious Mefiage 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, ap- 
pointed to fearch the Journals of the Houfe of Lords, 
as to what Proceedings are therein, with relation to a 
Bill lately fent by the Lords to this Houfe, intituled, 
An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages 
of the Royal Family, and to make Report thereof to this 
Houte, be referred to the faid Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 


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Mr. Speaker left the Chair. , 

Mr. Ellis took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ane 

Mr. Ellis reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and that he 
was directed by the Committee to move, that they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Howfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Lune, 16° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads from Aldermafton, in the County of Berks, 
to Bafingftoke, and to the Turnpike Road from Ba/fing- 
ftoke to Andover, and to the Turnpike Road leading to 
Winchefter, at Popham Lane, in the County of South- 
ampton, was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
from Aldermafton, in the County of Berks, to Bajing- 
ftoke, and from Aldermafton aforefaid to the Turnpike 
Road from Bafingftoke to Andover, at or near Werting, 
and to the Furnpike Road leading to Winchefter, at 
Popham Lane, in the County of Southampton. 
Ordered, That Mr. Congréve do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of 
the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of 
the Petition of Fobn Angell, and Setting forth, That 
the feveral Matters therein contained are mifreprefented ; 
and that the Petitioners apprehend, if the erecting the 
Light Houfes near the Spurn Point fhould be entrufted 
to the faid Fobn Angell, the fame would be neglected, and 
the good Purpofes of the Act of the 6th Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, for taking down and rebuilding 
the faid Light Houfes, defeated : And therefore praying, 
That the Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or their 
Countel, before the Committee to whom the Petition of 
the faid fohu Angell is referred, and that the Houfe 
will give the Petitioners fuch Relief in the Premifes as 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
‘tohn Angell, is referred, and that the Petitioners be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft 
the Petition now prefented. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields; 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, in 
the Parith of Lanehbam, in the County of Nottingham, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Willoughby, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Fohn Lewis Lautier, 
was read the Third Time. 


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_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing John. Lewis Lautier. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for making the Exemplification of the laft Will 
and Teftament of Fames Macartiey, Eiquire, deceated, 
Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great 
Britain and Ireland, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be ingrofied. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to amend an A&amp;ct of the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of his prefent Majeity, for repairing and 
widening the Stone Bridge in the Town of Shrew/bury 
and for appropriating Part of the Tolls collected upon 
certain Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifhing 
the fame; and for granting additional Terms to the feveral 
A&amp;ts for repairing the faid Roads, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments,. in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That the Lord Folkeffone be added to the 
Gentlemen who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, 
a Bill for remedying the Evils otcafioned by the Laws 
now in being, relating to Badgers, Engroflers; Fore- 
ftallers, and Regrators: 


Mr. Congreve prefented to the Houfe; according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing, widening; and keeping in 
Repair, the Road from Bur/ton, in the County of Szlop, 
through Knockin, to Llanymynech, in the fame County : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Francis Vincent preferited to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to extinguifh the Richt of Common 
upon an Acre of Ground called: White Lion, or Hang- 
man’s Acre, in Saint George’s Hields, in the County of 
Surrey: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Biil be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Southwell prefented to the Hotife, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Opeh and 
Common Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Ea/tleach Tourville, in 
the County of Gloucefter: And the fame was teceived , 
and read the Firft Time. i 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh 
of Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Souzh- 
well, Mr. Barrow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


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_ An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Road 

from the End of the prefent Turnpike Road from Be/e/- 
fleigh to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, to Leck- 
ford, otherwife Soufly Water, in the County of Wilts, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
the End of the prefent Turnpike Road from Befelfleigh 
to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, to Leckford, 
otherwite Soufly Water, in the County of Wilts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Penruddock do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Penruddock prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Aét of the 
Eleventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for 
amending and widening the Road from Befelfleigh, 
through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of 
Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road be- 
tween Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpenny Lane, 
to the Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 
thence to Laimbourn, in the faid County of Berks: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Thomas Egerton prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to continue, and render more effectual, 
Two feveral Acts for repairing the Roads leading from 
the Town of Mancheffer, in the County of Lancafter, 
through the Town of Afton under Line, and Parifh of 
Mottram Longdendale, and from thence to Salters Brook, 
in the County Palatine of Chefter: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to diffolve the Marriage of Sir Yobn Colleton, Baronet, 
with Aun Fullford, his now Wite ; and to enable him to 
marry again ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be*committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 24th Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
nefles, for the iaid Bill; and alfo, that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witnefles, againft the faid Bill, if 
the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counfel, 
or produce Witnefles. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of William Skinn with Ann 
Skinn his now Wife ;.and to enable him to marry again ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of 
Buxton, in the Parifh of Bakewell, and County of Derby, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of Buxton, 
in the Parifh of Bakewell, and County of Derby. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifob do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for the more effectual. Proceeding againft Per- 
fons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for Felony or 
Piracy, was read a Second Time. 


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4.1994, 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Cominittee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 24th Day of this Inttant March, re. 
folve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the faid Bill. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 
Follifoot, in the County of York, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read acgordingly, 

And the Houfe being informed that no Counfel at- 
tended ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Ceci] 
Wray, Mr. La/fcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Cecil Wray prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, in the Parith of Gumley, in 
the County of Leiceffer: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft ‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 28th Day of February laft, “« That Leave be given 
‘© to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Terms and Powers 
“ of Two Acts, of the 25th and 3oth Years of the 
“© Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Roads 
‘“* leading from the Towns of Frome and Warminfter, 
“and other Roads therein mentioned, in the Counties 
“ of Somerfet and Wilts , and for repairing and widening 
«¢ feveral other Roads therein defcribed, in the faid 
«* Counties,” might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to brinz in a Bill for 
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in the 
3oth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing 
and widening feveral Roads leading to and from the 
Town of Frome, in the County of Somerfet, and feveral 
other Roads in the Counties of Scmerfet and Wilts: And 
that Sir Charles Kemys Tynte and Sir Charles Whitworth do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Kemys Tynte prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers of an Act, made in the goth Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty, for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads leading to, through, and from, the Town of 
Frome, in the County of Somerfet, and feveral other 
Roads in the Counties of Somerfet and Wilts: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firit Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Open and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in 
the Townfhip, Liberties, and Precin¢ts, of Epwel/, in 
the County of Oxford, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing a certain Open 
and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the 
Townfhip, Liberties, and Precinéts, of Epwell, in the 
County of Oxford. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wenman do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing a Moor, 
called Carlton Moor or Common, and an Open Field 
called The Town Field, in the Manor and Townfhip of 
Carlton, in the Parith of Guiféley, in the Weft Riding of 
the County of York, was read the Third Time. 

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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing a Moor called 
Carlton Moor or Common, and an. Open F ield, called 
The Town Field, in the Manor and Townthip of Carlton, 
in the Parifh of Guifeley, in the Weft Riding of the 
County of York. | P | 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Ridley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for further continuing Two Aéts, made in the 
Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters, in His Majefty’s 
Dominions in America, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. bia auex” 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening feveral 
Roads leading through the County of Lanark; and for 
building a Bridge over the River Clyde, at or near a 
Place called the Howford, in the faid County; was read 
the Third Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
leading through the County of Lanark; and for build- 
ing a Bridge over the River Ciyde, at or near a Place 
called the Howford, in the faid County. | 

Ordered, That Captain Lockhart Rafs do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence.” 


A Bill for building a Bridge over the River Thames, 
near the Town of Maidenbead, in the County of Berks, 
was read a Second Time. 
 Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Var- 

fittart, Mr. Ambler, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. , 


General Greme reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue and render more effectual an 
Act, paffed in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the North 
Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns of Inverkeithing and 
Lorof to the Town of Perth; and alfo the Road from 
the faid Queen’s Ferry to the Towns of Dumfermiine, 
Torryburn, and Culrofs; and allo the Road from the 
faid Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to Bruntifland 
and Kircaldie, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments _ there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were once 

read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agteed to by the Houfe. | ) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingroffed. 


Mr. Daniel Lafcelles prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the 
Townhhip of Sigle/thorne, in Holdernefs, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. i, 

Refolvéd, That the Bill be redd a Second Time. 


Fields and Commonable Places, in the Par 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
IC ne Loni 
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593 
or Liberties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln; 
was read the Third Time. 
. Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields 
and Commonable Places, in the Parifh, Lordthip, or 
Liberties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lin- 
coln. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Amcotts do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fobn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Tradef- 
men, Freeholders, &amp;¢c, of the Town of Wolverhampton, in 
the County of Stafford, and Places adjacent, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth; viz. fe ah ter 3 
_ To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Act, paffed in the 21ft Year of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An A@ for repairing the 
Road leading from Sutton Coldfield Common, to the 
Town of Walfall,,and from Sneal’s Green to Waljall, 
and from Walfail to Park Brook, which divides the Pa- 
tithes of Wolverhampton and Walfall; and from Gibbet 
Lane to Wolverhampton, and from Compton to the End 
of the County of Stafford, and from Wolverhampton to 
the Wergs, and from thence to Shiffnall, and from 
the Wergs to Hales Heath, and from Wolverbampton to 
Cannock Wood, in the Road to Lichfield, was read: 
And, 

Mr. . . . Horton, being examined, with refpect 
to the Second Diftri&amp;t of Roads mentioned in the Act, 
called The Wolverhampton Diftrid, faid, that they are 
ftill in very bad Repair, though the Tolls taken thereon, 
and the Sum of £. 1,000, which was borrowed on the 
Credit thereof, and is ftill owing, have been duly ap- 
plied in amending the fame—That, in order effectually 
to repair the moft material Parts of the faid Roads, the 
Truftees are defirous of being difcharged from the 
Care of certain Branches thereof, making a proportion- 
able Reduction in the Tolls they now take, but that 
the fame cannot be done, or the Money owing on the 
Credit of the Truft be repaid, unleis fome further 
Powers are granted and the Term of the faid Ad, fo far 
as relates to the faid Diftri€t of Roads, is further con- 
tinued. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue thé Term, and vary the Powers; of fo much 
of an Aét, made in the 21ft Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for ny th, the Road from Sutton Cold: 
field Common, and feveral other Roads therein de: 
{cribed, in the County of Stafford, as relates to the 
Wolverhampton Diftric&amp; of Roads: And that Sir Fobn 
Wrottefley and Sir William Bagot do prepare; and bring 
in, the fame. 


A Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, from! 
Great Oufeborn, to Aldwork, in the Cotinty of York; was 
ee ee eae 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cho/m- 
ley, Mr. Lajfcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock; in the Speaker’s Cham~ 
ber. 


_ A Bill for completing a Building intended for 2 new 
Church, or Chapel; at Richmond, neat Everton, in the 
County Palatine of Lancajfter; and for other Purpofes, 
was read a Second Time. . __ % 

Refolved, That the Bill bé committed to Sir Wiz 
Meredith, Mr. Hotham, 8c.: And they are to meet 
this Aen at Five of the Chock, in the Speaker's 

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594 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That, when any Per- 
fon fhall from henceforth be brought to the Bar of this 
Houfe, to receive any Judgment of this Houfe, or to be 
difcharged from the Cuftody of the Serjeant:at Arms 
attending this Houfe, or from any Imprifonment in- 
flicted by Order of the Houfe, fuch Perfon fhall receive 
fuch Judgment, or the Order of the Houfe, for his 
Difcharge, ftanding at the Bar, unlefs it fhall be other- 
wife directed in the Order of the Houfe made for that 
Purpole. 

Ordered, That the faid Refolution be made a Stand- 
ing Order of the Houle. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, 
prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the Directions ot 
an Act of Parliament, 

N° x. Extract of a Letter from Captain Fielding, of 
the Rainbow, to Philip Stephens, Efquire, dated in Cape 
Ccaft Road, the 12th April 1771: And alfo, 

Ne 2. State and Condition of Secundee Fort, taken 
12th April 1771: And allo, 

N° 3. State and Condition of Commenda Fort, taken 
roth April 1771: And alto, 

N° 4. State and Condition of Annamabee Fort, taken 
14th April 1771: And alfo, 

N° 5, State and Condition of Apolonia Fort, taken 
April 1771: And alfo, 

N° 6. State and Condition of Czpe Coaft Caftle, taken 
April 1771: And alfo, 

N° 7, State and Condition of Dixcove Fort: And 
allo, 

N° 8. Extra of a Letter from Captain Young, of 
the Weazle, to Philip Stephens, Efquire, dated at Spit- 
bead, 7th Fly 1771: And alfo, 

N° 9. State and Condition of Winnebab Fort, taken 
April 1771: And alfo, 

N° ro. State and Condition of Tantumquerry Fort, 
taken 17th April 1771: And allio, 

N° 11. State and Condition of Accra Fort, taken 
18th April 1771. 

Together with a Lift of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Lift was read. 

Ordered, that the faid Papers do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 

Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes, 
of the Town of Beverley, in the County of York, and 
of the Merchants, Tradefmen, and other Inhabitants 
of the faid Town, was prefented to the Houle, and 
read; Setting forth, That all the Coals ufed with- 
in the faid Town, as alfo all other heavy Goods, Wares, 
and Merchandize, for the Ufe of the faid Town, and 
other neighbouring Places, are brought, by Water Car- 
riage, up the River Hull, by Means of a Navigable 
Creek, or Cut, called Beverley Beck, for which the Pe- 
titioners are intitled to certain Tolls and Duties, in 
Confideration of their making and maintaining the faid 
Navigable Creek or Beck ; and that the Petitioners ob- 
ferve, by the Votes, that Leave has been given to bring 
in a Bill for repairing certain Roads therein mentioned, 
and alfo for building a Bridge acrofs the faid River 
Hull, at or near a Place called Newland Clow, in the 
Parith of Cottingham, in the faid County; and that the 
Petitioners apprehend, if the fame fhould pafs into a 
Law, as now intended, the Trade and Commerce there- 
by carried on to the Town of Beverley, muft by Means 
of erecting fuch Bridge, be unavoidably obftruécted, and 
delayed, to the Prejudice of the Petitioners, as well 
with refpect of the faid Tolls and Duties, as to the 
Trade and Commerce of the faid Town:in general : And 
therefore praying, That’ the Petitioners may be heard, 
by themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Part of the faid 


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4.177%, 


Bill as they apprehend fo materially affeéts their Interett 
as aforefaid; and that the Houfe will grant them fuch 
Relief in the Premifes as the Merits of their Cafe may 
require, and the Houfe hall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be-referred to the Con. 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
widening, amending, and keeping in Repair, the Road 
from the Weft End of Newland Clow Lane, in the Pa. 
rifh of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York, unto or near Newland Clow, on the Welt Side 
of the River Hull; and from the oppofite Bank of the 
faid River, to the South Eaft Corner of the Church Yard 
Wall in Sutton in Holdernefs, and from thénce to or 
near Salt’s Gate, adjoining to the Turnpike Road be. 
tween King /ton upon Hull, and Hedon in Holdernefs, afore. 
faid; and from the faid South Eaft Corner of Sutton 
Church Yard Wall, unto and through Low Gate Street, 
and from thence to the Toll Bar near the Two Mile 
Stone on the faid Turnpike Road between King /ton upon 
Hull and Hedon atorefaid; and alfo for building a 
Bridge acrofs the River Hull, at or near Newland Clow, 
aforefaid, is committed; and that the Petitioners be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com. 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com. 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard a 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Report which was made from the Com. 
mittee, to whom it was referred to confider of fo much 
of an Act, made in the 7th Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, intituled, An A&amp; to explain, amend, and reduce 
into One Act of Parliament, the General Laws now in 
being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads of this King. 
dom; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as re- 
lates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Carriages ufed 
upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Number of Horfes 
allowed to be ufed therewith; and to report their Opi- 
nion thereupon to the Houfe ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Seven. 
night, the 26th Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 
into the faid Committee, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee, 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 


jefty 5 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Aét for the better Re- 
gulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. £ilis reported from the Committee, That they 
had made’a further Progrefs in the Bill; and that he 
was dire€ted by the Committee to move, that they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

And it being then Half an Hour after One of the 
Clock on Tuefday Morning ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 

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refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to 
confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not- 


| with{tanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercuri, 18° die Martii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL for dividing and inclofing feveral Operi 

Fields, Meadow, Pafture, Common and Wafte 

Grounds, within the Liberties of Ockbrook, in the Coun- 
of Derby, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord George 
Cavendifo, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Town- 
thip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Notice being taken, That the Bill for repairing, widen- 
ing, and keeping in Repair, the Road from Burlton, in 
the County of Salop, through Knockin, to Llanymynech, 
in the fame County, which was prefented to the Houfe 
upon Monday \aft, and then read the Firft Time, and 
ordered to be read a Second Time, contains Provifions 
not authorized by the Order for preparing and bring- 
ing in the fame, nor included in the Petition of the 
Gentlemen, and principal Inhabitants, and Land Owners, 
of, and contiguous to, the Village or Towns of Burl- 
ton, Marton, Ryton, Shottatton, Knockin, and Llanymy- 
uech, in the County of Salop, which was prefented to 
the Houfe upon the 27th Day of February latt. 

Ordered, That the Order for the Second Reading of 
the faid Bill be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be withdrawn. 

And the faid Bill was withdrawn accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to prefent a proper 
Bill inftead thereof. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open, 
Common, Arable Fields, and the Common Meadows, 
Pafture Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Townhhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whitley 
Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes of 
Snaith and Kellington, in the County of York, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Right honourable the Earl of Egremont, an Infant, 
whofe Eftate in the Fields intended to be inclofed is 
rated at £.3 per Annum, and alfo except feveral other 
Perfons, fome of whom could not be found; and the 
others, being applied to, faid they would not interfere, 
and whofe Eftates in the Fields intended to be inclofed, 
are rated at £. 47. 55. per Annum ; and that the Whole 
of the Lands intended to be inclofed is rated at the 
Annual Value of £. 2,782. 125. 64.3 and that no Per- 


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595 
fon appeared before the Committed to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
dire&amp;ted him to report to the Moufe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in ai the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One ‘by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, One of them 
was difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by thé 
Houfe. é 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
if any Perfon fhall think himfelftagetieved as to the 
Expence, he may appeal. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read, and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments; be 
ingroffed. 3 


A Bill for imbanking, draining, and preferving, éer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Ramfey, ix the County of Huntingdon, and in the Pa- 
rifhes of Doddington, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, 
within the [fe of Ely, in the County of Cambridge , and 
for amending the Road from a;certain Bridge, in the 
Parith of Chatteris aforefaid, cailed Carter’s Briage, by 
a Drain called Vermuyden’s, or :?The Forty Feet Drain; 
to a Bridge called The Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid 
Parifh of Ramfey, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be cémmitted to Sir Samp/on 
Gideon, Mr. Fellowes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Glock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. : 


A Bill to ametid ahd render more effectual an A&amp;; 
made in the Twenty-fecond Yéar of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act 
for the more effectual draining and preferving of fe- 
veral Fen Lands, and Field Lands, in the Bounds and 
Precinéts of Whittlefey, in the Ye of Ely, in the County 
of Cambridge, fo far as the fare relates to the feveral 
Fen and Field Lands lying is the Third, Fourth, and 
Fifth Diftri€ts, deferibed in the faid Aét, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 4 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Samp/ox 
Gideon, Mr. Fellowes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the -Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ‘oer 


An ingroffed Bill for making the Exemplification of 
the laft Will and Teftament of ames Macartney, 
Efquire, deceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and 
Equity in Great Britain and freland, was read the Third 
Time. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill de pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for making the Exemplification of the laft 
Will and Teftament of Fames Macartney, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, Evidence «in all Courjs of Law and Equity. in 
Great Britain and Ireland. : . 

Ordered, That Mr. Lowniles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Con¢urrence. 


Mr. Alderman Trecothick ‘reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for the more effectual affeffing and 
collecting of the Rates for Relief of the Poor, in the 
Parith of Saint Botolpb, Bifsopgate, in the Liberties ot 
the City of London, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill,: and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had dire¢ted him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place 
and afterwards delivered ‘the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout ; and then a Second — 

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One by Ones and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Matter, War- 
dens, and Affiftants, of the Corporation of the Trinity 
Houfe of Deptford Strond, is referred. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for eftablifhing and regulating a Charity, called Fox/ey 
Charity, in the County of Northampton, founded by 
Lady Katharine Levefon, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Kyna/- 
ton, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to amend an A&amp;t of the Sixth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Stone Bridge in the Town of Shrew/bury ; 
and for appropriating Part of the Tolls, collected upon 
certain Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifh- 
ing the fame ; and for granting additional Terms to the 
feveral Aéts for repairing the faid Roads; was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to amend an Act of the Sixth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Stone Bridge in the Town of Shrew/fbury ; and 
for appropriating Part of the Tolls collected upon 
certain Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifh- 
ing the fame; and for granting additional Terms to the 
feveral Acts for repairing the faid Roads. 

Ordered, That the Lord Clive do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunder written, fome of them Owners and Occu- 
piers of Houfes, Wharfs, and Lands, in the Street, 
called the Bank Side, in the Parihh of Saint Saviour, 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, and others of 
them Lightermen, navigating Barges, Lighters, and other 
Veffels on the River Thames, was prefented to the 
Houle, and read; Setting forth, That the Petitioners 
obferve, by the Votes, that a Petition has been pre- 
fented, to embank the faid Street, on the South Side 
of the Thames, from the Falcon to the Bank End, and 
for other Purpofes ; and that, if a Bill fhould pafs into 
a Law, as prayed for in the faid Petition, the Petitioners 
will be greatly injured ; and that the River Thames, at 
the faid Street, called the Bank Side, is much narrower 
than at any other Part; and by reafon of the Embank- 
ments a:ready made on the North Shore of the faid 
River, the Current on the South Side is become very 
rapid, and the Floods much increafed; and fhould the 
faid River be further contracted, by an Embankment 
on that Side, the Rapidity of the Current will be fo 
increafed, that the Navigation will thereby receive fur- 
ther Damage, and be rendered dangerous : And there- 
fore praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, by 
themfelves or Counfel, againft the Matter of the faid 
Petition ; or that the Houfe will grant them fuch Re- 
lief in the Premifes, as the Nature of their Cafe may 
require, and the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the Owners and Occupiers of Houfes, Wharfs, and 
Lands, ‘in the Street called the Bank Side, in the Parifh 
of Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, 
is referred ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

_ Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admjt Counfel to be heard, at 


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A, 1772. 


the fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
again{t the Petition now prefented. 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft jg 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open, Common, Arable, Fields, and the Common Mea- 
dows, Pafture Grounds, Commons, arid Wafte Grounds, 
within the Townfhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and 
Whitley Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the 
Parifhes of Snaith and Kellington, in the County of Yor}, 
which Bill was this Day reported from the Committee, 
to whom the fame had been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac. 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 


_fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 


the Houfe may do therein as they thall think fit. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A@ 


to diffolve the Marriage of Ambrofe Godfrey Hanckwitz, 
with Dorothy Afhcroft, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 26th Day of this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houft; upon the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com: 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
neffes, for the faid Bill; and alfo that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witneffes, againft the faid Bill, 
if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Coun- 
fel, or produce Witnefles. 


Mr. Ambler prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enable their Majefties to enfranchife 
Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor of Richmond, in 
the County of Surrey: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Biil be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednefday laft, 
for receiving, To. morrow Morning, the Report from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill to reftrain the Lord of 
the Manor of Sanaburft, in the County of Berks, for the 
Time being, from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, growing upon the Wafte Lands within the faid 
Manor, except upon fuch Quantity of Land in each 
Year as in the faid Bill is mentioned ; and to authorize 
the Lord of the faid Manor, for the Time being, to 
cut Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, Annually, upon 
fuch Quantity of Land as in the faid Bill is mentioned, 
was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be dilcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon 
To-morrow Sevennight, the 26th Day of this Inftant 
March. 


Mr. Skipwith prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Warwick Road near Solibull, to the Guide Potts. in 
Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge, to meet the afore- 
faid Road on Bal/all Common, in the, County of War- 
wick: And the iame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two 
Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King 
Géorge the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the fe- 
veral Roads leading from Birmingham, through the 

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Town of /ednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, and 
to Great Sridge, and from thence to the End of Gibdet 
Lane next adjoining to the Townfhip of Bil/on; and 
from Creat Bridge, through Dudley, to Kingswinford, and 
ro the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of 
Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Skip- 
with, Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet. this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of Freemen 
into Corporations. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and other Commonable Meadows, 
Paftures, and Grounds, within the Parifh of Caven- 
bam, in the County of Suffolk, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Pill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments théreunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion fevetally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 


Houle. cr 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 


grofied. 


Mr. Alderman Trecothick repotted ftom the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of the feveral Perfons 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, being Truftees 
appointed in Purfuance of an Act, made in the Twenty- 
fecond Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, 
An Aé for enlarging and maintaining the Harbour of 
Ramfgate , and for cleanfing, amending, and preferving, 
the Haven of Sandwich, was refetred; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; 
and had direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared 
to them, to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as follow- 
eth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petititn; the faid 
Act was read ; whereby it appeared that all Foreign Ships 
are made liable to the fame Rates as Ships cleared out or 
entered in any of the Briti/o Ports: And, 

Mr. John Scott, Secretary to the faid Truftees, faid, 
That the Works have been begun and carried on, and 

reat Progrefs made towards completing the faid Har- 
Sees: which, when finifhed, will be very ufeful and 
commodious, and be of public Utility ; in which Works 
upwards of £. 120,000 has been expended. 

Then another Act, made in the Fifth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for enlarging the Powers 
granted by the faid Act of the 22d of his late Majefty, 
was read; whereby it appeared, That the feveral Sums 
of Money raifed by Annuities, in refpect whereof An- 
nuities were then charged upon the faid Rates and Duties, 
amounted to the Sum of £. 46,999 55. 4d. which, by 
the faid Aét, was increafed to £. 70,000. 

And Mr. Scott informed your Committee, That the 
annual Amount of the Annuities now payable to the 
Annuitants now exifting, is £. 4,482 10s.: And, 

‘tobn Barker, Efquire, One of the Truftees, being 
afked, how much Money had been borrowed in pur- 
fuance of the laft mentioned Act? he faid, between 
Eleven and Twelve thoufand Potnds only, the Truftees 

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not thinking it eligible to borrow any more, the Security 
not being fo good as if the A¢t, applied for in the Year 
1769, had pafied. 

Then Mr. Scott, being again examined, faid, That 
from the Firft.collecting of the Rates impofed by the 
Firft mentioned Aé, all Ships; as well Fotzien as Exgiifh, 
paffing on the Outfide the Gecdwin Sands, have paid the 
Duties till within thefe few Years, it having been de- 
termined at the. Affizes at Bodmin, in Mey 176g, “ That 
** Shipping failing between the Goodwin Sands and the 
** Coaft of France, are not within the Preamble or 
“© Letter of the Aét, or within the aétual Benefit of it ;” 
in confequence of which Determination the Payment of 
the Duties, which were never refufed before, are now 
greatly evaded, rendered precarious, and in Danger of 
being loft, ee 

And he produced to your Committee an. Account of 
Receipts and Difburfements of the faid Truflees, from 
Midfummer 1761 to Midfummer 1771; which is hereunto 
annexed. 

And Mr. Evans, Deputy Secretary to the Truftees, 
faid, That, according to his Calculation, the Duties 
paid by Foreign Ships in 1760, at Three Pence a Ton, 
amounted to £.850; andin 1771, atSix Pence, about 
£. 700. 

Thomas Nuthall, Efquire, being examined, confirmed 
the Evidence of Mr. Scott; and added, That the Rates 
have been raifed from Three Pence Three Farthings to 
Six Pence a Ton, which is the whole Duty allowea by 
the Act, and is fo great a Burthen, that Ships. which 
ufed to pay the Three Pence Three Farthings, refufe to 
pay the Six Pence, pretending they come round the 
Goodwin, and therefore not liable to the Rate; by 
which Means the Revenue falls confiderably fhort of 
What was intended. : 

Mr. Stephen Reed, a Pilot, being examined as to the 
Utility of the Harbour, faid, That a great many Ships, 
Foreign as well as Exglifo, from ‘Three hundred Tens 
dowriwatds, fome drawing Thirteen Feet Water, have 
been brought into Ram/gate in Diftrefs, many of which 
have been afhore upon the Goodwin Sands; and One 
of which, a Ship belonging to Haméburgh, ot One hundred 
and Fifty Tons Burthen, the Witnets faid he faw on 
Shore there, and went on Board; that all her Crew 
had left her, and he brought her into Ram/gete, when 
after having been repaired, was taken away by the 
Owners.—He likewife informed your Committee of a 
Dantzick Ship, of Four hundred Tons; in Diftrefs, 
which had paffed the Back of the Goodwin, the Matter 
whereof wanted to go into Dover Pier, but being in- 
formed there was not Water enough, was obliged to 
come into Ramfgate, where fhe got new Rigging and 
Sails, was fitted out, and failed again without taking 
out any Part of her Cargo. 

Then he produced a Plan of the Harbour, which he 
explained to your Committee; and faid, That at the 
Pier Heads at low Water there is Four or Five Feet 
Water, and within the Pier Heads from Ten to Four- 
teen and Fifteen Feet at High Water; and that the 
Harbour is capable of being made deeper. Then, 

Mr. Thomas Prefton, a Mafon, being examined, faid, 
That the Works remaining to be done for completing 
the faid Harbour will amount to between Fifteen and 
Twenty thoufand Pounds. 

And Mr. Evans produced feveral Letters from the 
Collectors of the Out Ports to the Secretary, which 
were read ; whereby it appeared that feveral Mafters of 
Ships have refufed paying the Ram/gate Duty, alleging, 

that they did not go through the Dowus, therefore were 
not compellable to pay: And, 

John Barker, Efquire, being again examined, con- 
firmed the foregoing Evidence,- with refpeét to the 
Evafion of the Duty, the Utility of the Harbour, and 
the Decline of the Income of the Six Pence Duty, in 
Proportion to that of Three Pence; and added, That 
unlefs the Duties are put under fome more certain Re- 
gulation, the Harbour muft go to Deftruction. 


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A. 1772. 


An ACCOUNT of Receipts and Difburfements by the Truftees for Ram/gate Harbour. 



































Receipts. Difburfements. 
Sandwich Ha- 
ven, £.200Sa-| Charges of col- 
Years end- | Amount of the Du- | Raifed by Sale of For building the |laries to Offi- | leéting the Du 
ing Mid- | ties on Shipping. Annuities. To Annuitants, Harbour. cers, Rent, In- | ties. 
Summer cidents, &amp;ec. 
1761 | 5,025 10 43) 7,936 13 4| 3,002 18 4} 10,561 7 0/613 3 51333 6 6; 
1762 4,760 6 11] 3,783 6 83,487 10 6| 4,678 8 6)602 4 3/302 6 3% 
1763 6,144 0 8t| —— —= [3,451 10 Of 2,199 1 8)612 6 81398 14 64 
1764 6,250 0 0 | 3,440 O O| 3,294 § 10| 2,509 16 9|/623 9 2/405 Oo 8 
1765 5,630 3 2)|1,197 0 2\ 3,414 18 4] 5,309 15 9/608 2 61357 1 Oo 
1766 6,224 1 9314,700 O 0] 3,546 3 4| 6,114 11 2]601 5 21414 4 7% 
1767 | 6,371 18 54] 8,992 © 0} 3,935 10 10] 9,676 13 3/647 35 3/427 4 5 
1768 6,395 16 10:] 8,590 0 0] 4,247 © 5) 9,571 17 10/621 3 4/437 90 7% 
1769 8,183 14 63] 3,900 o 014,723 17. 6| 6,976 6 6/605 2 5/584 0 8% 
1770 | 10,300 10 O0| — — 44,658 10 oO} 925 9 61523 6 8|678 10 6 
1771 {10,140 5 6 | —= — 14,596 15 Ol 6,271 7 11/624 2 3/667 3 4 

















N. B. The Officers Salaries at Ram/fgate are included in the Sums for building the Harbour. 
The Duties were colleéted at 3d. per Ton till Mid/ummer 1768, and then railed to 33d. till Mid/ummer 176g, 


at which Time 6d. per Ton was laid on. 


In 1765 an Act paffed to enable the Truftees to borrow £. 20,000 more on Annuities, 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to ex- 
plain and amend an Aét, made in the Twenty-fecond Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, for enlarging and 
maintaining the Harbour of Ram/gate ; and for cleanfing, 
amending, and preferving, the Haven of Sandwich: And 
that Mr. Alderman Trecothick and Mr. Anthony Bacon do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelt into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itielf into the iaid Commit- 
tec. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleaie 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majeity. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Pechel: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Moors or Com- 
mons, Called Rigg Moor and Brearton Moor, within the 


Manor of Brearton, in the Parith of Kuare/lorough, in the 
County of York; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Com- 
monable Lands and Grounds, within the Manor and 
Liberties of Soulbury, with the Hamlet of Hollindon, 
in the County of Bucks; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, Common 
Meadows, Common Grounds, and Commonable Places, 
in the Parifh of Handborough, in the County of Oxford ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Paftures, Common Meadows, Common 
Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the Hamlet 
of Denjbanger, in the Paril of Pafenbam, in the County 
of Northampton, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Common or Commonable Meadows, 
Paftures, Lands and Grounds, and Common or Watte 
Land, of and within the Manor of Little Kington Com- 
brooke and Brookehampton, in the County of Warwick ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Right honourable Fohn Earl of Sandwich, 
and the honourable Yobn Montagu, commonly called 
Lord Vifcount Hinchingbrook, and the Survivor of them, 
to grant Leafes of the Countefs of Sendwich’s Moicty of 
Eftates, in the Counties of rdmagh and Limerick, in 
the Kingdom of Ireland; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houte. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


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Commons and Wafte Lands, in the Parifh of Turde- 
digg, as lies in the County of Worcefter, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dow- 
defwell, Mr. Ward, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. . 


Mr. Plumer prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard 
of the Parifh of Watford, in the County of Hertford ; 
and to make an additional Building to the prefent Work- 
houfe, tor the Reception of the Poor of the faid Parith ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: And the 
{ame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfé 
to relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for further continuing Two Aéts, made 
in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters, in His Ma- 
jefty’s Dominions in America, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houie retfolved itlelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
My. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

fr; Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
‘That they had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Bill to continue; and render more effeétual, feveral 
‘Aédts for repairing the Highways between Dunftable and 
Hockliffe, in the County ot Bedford, and from the Sign 
of the White Horfe to the Sign of the King’s Arms, in 
Hockiiffe aforefaid ; and alfo for making Provifion for 
the more effectual tepairing the Road leading from the 
Sign of the Vaggon and Horfes to the Bull Inn, in Dun- 
fable aforefaid, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ongley, 
Mr. Seymour, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majetty ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the better re. 
gulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker rcfumed the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis reported from the Committee, That they 
had made a further Progrefs in the Bill; and that he 
was directed by the Committee to move, that they may 
have Leave to fit again. 

And it being then Half an Hour after Two of the 
Clock on Thurfday Morning ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill, 


Houfe of Commons. 599 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the rith Day 
of this Inftant March, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the rgth Day 
of the fame Month, to confider further of the ingroffed 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to diffolve the 
Marriage of Hugh Lewis with Sufannab Hale, otherwite 
HHeale, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry again 3 
0 for other Purpofes therein mentioned, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon Wednefday 
the rith Day of this Inftant March, for the Houie to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the 19th Day of the fame Month, upon the Bill for 
building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from Rich- 
mond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, 
in the County of Middlefex ; and to enable His Ma- 
jefty to grant'the Inheritance of the Ferry at Richmond 
aforefaid to William Windham, Efquire, in Fee Simple, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be diicharged. | 

Refolved, That this Hovife will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, relolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Thur/day laft, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon that Day Sevennight, upon the in- 
grofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to diffolve 
the Marriage of Richard Draper with Elizabeth Hartnell 
his now Wife; and to enable him to marry again; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. __ 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Tue/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, not 
withftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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Anno 12° Georgii IT"! Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, 
attended at the Door; he was called in; and, at the 
Bar, prefented to the Hotife, purfuant to their Order, 
An Account of the Number of Horfes exported from 
Scotland, together with the Amount of the Duty on the 
fame, from the 5th January 1750 to the 5th Fanuary 
17723 diftinguifhing each Year, and the Ports from 
whence the fame have been exported. 
And then he withdrew. 
And the Title of the faid Account was read. 
Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Right honourable ohn Earl of Sand- 


wich, 








600 


wich, and the honourable ¥ohn Montagu, commonly called 
Lord Vifcount Hinchingbrook, and the Survivor of them, 
to grant Leafes of the Countefs of Sandwich’s Moiety of 
Eftates, in the Counties of Ardmagh and Limerick, in 
the Kingdom of Ireland, was read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Daniel Scott, of Weftminfter, in the 
County of Middlefex, Gentleman, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That George Scott, of 
Knightfbridge, im the faid County, did, on the 16th Day 
of February 1769, obtain His Majetty’s Letters Patent, 
for inventing and bringing to Perfection a Boiler, Pot, 
or Utenfil, for the more convenient drefling of Ships 
Provifions with Sea Water, or any Kind of Water, for 
making Sea Water frefh, for purifying and making {weet 
any Kind of Water, and for the more expeditious Method 
of boiling any Kind of Provifions; and that the faid 
George Scott, tor a valuable Confideration, did afterwards 
affign his Intereft in the faid Letters Patent to the Pe- 
titioner; and that the Petitioner has obferved in the 
Votes, that a Petition has been prefented by Charles 
Irving, whereby he claims the Difcovery of a plain and 
practicable Method of making Sea Water frefh, and fit 
for drinking, by Diftillation, and prays a public Reward 
for fuch Difcovery ; and that the Petitioner is appre- 
henfive, that the Claim of the faid Charles Irving will 
be of Detriment to the Petitioner: And therefore pray- 
ing the Houfe to take the Merits of his Cafe into their 
Confideration, and that he may be heard, by himfelf or 
Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Petition as may 
affect the Petitioner’s Intereft. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of Charles Irving, One of the Surgeons of His Majefty’s 
Royal Navy, is referred; and that the Petitioner be 
heard, by his Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, 
within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in 
the County of Worcefter, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to betrue; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was read. 

And the Houfe being informed that fome other 
Amendments are neceffary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee to whom the fame was committed. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the Right 
Reverend James Lord Bifhop of Worcefter, Lord of the 
Manor of Blackley, in the County of Worcefter, and Pa- 
tron of the Vicarage of Blockley, of the Right honourable 
Sir John Rufhout, Baronet, Leffee of the Glebe Lands 
and Great Tithes of Block/ey, and a principal Proprietor 
of Eftates in the faid Parifh, and of Fobn Pott, Efquire, 
Thomas Wilkes, Edward Collier, Proprictors of Eftates in 
the faid Parifh, which was prefented to the Houfe upon 
the 28th Day of February laft, and then ordered to lie 
upon the Table, might be again read. 

. And the fame being read accordingly ; 


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4.1772. 


Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the faid Petition: And that Mr. 
Dowdefwell and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring ip, 
the fame. 


A Bill to continue, and render more effectual; Two 
feveral Acts for repairing the Roads leading from the 
Town of Manchefter, in the County of Lancafter, through 
the Town of Afoton under Line, and Parifh of Mottram 
Longdendale, and trom thence to Salters Brook, in thé 
County Palatine of Cheffer, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Egerton, Mr. Egerton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, 
made in the 3oth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing and widening feveral Roads leading. to, 
through, and from, the Town of Frome, in the County 
of Somerfet, and feveral other Roads in the Counties of 
Somerfet and Wilts, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Kemys Tynte, Mr. Brudenell, &amp;c. : And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to extinguifh the Right of Common upon an 
Acre of Ground, called White Lyon, or Hangman’s Acre, 
in Saint George’s Fields, in the County of Surrey, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis 
Vincent, Mr. Onflow, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to explain and amend an Aéct of the Eleventh 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for amend- 
ing and widening the Road from Beffélfeigh, through 
Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, and 
from Wantage to Marlborough, in the County of Wilts ; 
and from the Turnpike Road between Reading and Wal- 
lingford, through Halfpeny Lame, to the Old Red Houfe 
upon Wantage Downs, and from thence to Lamboura, 
in the faid County of Berks ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pen- 
ruddock, Mr. Brudenell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Charles Townfbend reported from the Committee; 
to whom the Bill for clearing, depthening, repairing, 
maintaining, and improving, the Haven and Piers of 
Great Yarmouth, and for depthening and making more 
navigable the feveral Rivers emptying themfelves into 
the faid Haven ; and for preferving Ships wintering 
therein from Accidents by Fire, was committed ; and 
to whom the Petition of William Adair and David Urqu- 
bart, Efquires, Commiffioners appointed under an Act 
of Parliament, made in the Twenty-third Year of the 
Reign of his late.Majefty King George the Second, for 
repairing, improving, and maintaining, the Haven and 
Piers of Great Yarmouth, and for depthening and mak- 
ing more Navigable the feveral Rivers emptying them- 
felves into the faid Haven; and for preferving Ships 
wintering therein from Accidents by Fire ; and alfo ihe 
Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there- 
unto fubfcribed, Proprietors of Lands, in the Counties 
of Norfoik and Suffolk, on Behalf of themfelves, and fe- 
veral other Land Owners and Inhabitants of and in the 
faid Counties ; were feverally referred; That the Com- 
mittee had confidered the faid Petitions ; and had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 

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and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards tually widened, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Courfe of Law; And therefore praying, That Provifion 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once may be made in the faid Bill, for repairing, widening; 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by and keeping in Repair, the faid Roads, in {uch Mannet 
One; and, upon the —— feverally put thereupon, as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 


were agreed to by the Houfe. Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- fideration of a Committee : And that they do examiné 
grofied. the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 


pear to them, to the Houfe : 

Mr. Page prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- And it is referred to Mr. Congreve, Sir Henry Bridge- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and man, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liber- ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ties, Territories, and Precincts, of Afrop, in the Parifhes ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
of King’s Sutton, and Newbottle, in the County of Nor- Records. 
thampton: And the fame was received; and read the ; 
Firft Time. A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. mon Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, within 

the Manor and Parith of Eajftleach Tourville, in the 

A Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open County of Gloucefter, was read a Second Time. 

Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Townfhip of Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. South= 

Siglefthorne, in Holdernefs, in the Eaft Riding of the well, Mr. Kynajffon, 8c. : And they are to meet this Af- 

County of York, was read a Second Time. ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Daniel ber. 

Lafcelles, Str George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 

this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 

Chamber. to refelve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to enable His Majetty to grant certain 

Mr. Congreve prefented to the Houfe, according to Houfes, in Fenchurch Street and Addle Street, in the City 
Order, a Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in of London, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of 
Repair, the Road from Buriton, in the County of Salop, Lieutenant General Yoba Brown, without Heir, unto 
through Knockin, to Llanymynech, in the fame County: Frederick Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. _‘Trufts therein mentioned, be now read. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 
Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Mr. Fuller took the Chair of the Committee. 
Common Fen, Common Marfh, and other Common- Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
able Places, within the Parith of Suéterton, in the County Mr. Fuller reported from the Committee, That they 
of Lincola: And the fame was received ; and read the had gone through the Bill, and made an Amendment 
Firft Time. thereunto ; which they had direéted him to report, when 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- Morning next. 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Common Fen, and certain other Commonable Places Qydered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen, 
and Open Fields, within the Parifh of Kirton, in the who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill for 
Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln: And the amending, and rendering more effectual, the feveral 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. | Laws now in being, for the better Obfervation of the 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, that they do make 


Aes, ae h 
Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, accord- Vidwaling Hons, = oa er Public noo “4 


ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- : , 
men feu, Coen Paik sad casino 5 dem ad ae being elected into, or ferving, any Parith 
monable Places, belonging to, and in, the Parifh of ’ 
Wigtoft, in the County of Lincoln: And the fame was Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
received ; and read the Firft Time. the Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the Open 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Meadow 
Ground, within the Manor and Parifh of Great Fars 
A Petition of feveral Land Owners, in and near the ringdon, in the County of Berks, was committed ; That 
Villages or Towns of Knockin and Llanymynech, in the the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
County of Salop, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; _ Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Par- 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, a Bill is ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
brought in for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners of 
pair, the Road from Burlton, in the County of Salop, 114 Acres in the faid Fields, and Thirteen Acres and an 
through Knockin, to Llanymynech, in the fame County ; Half, One Yard, and One Swarth, in the Meadow, who 
and that the Road from the Town of Knockin, to the Eaft refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo except the Leffee 
End of the Llanriader Road, and allo the Road from under Brazen Nofe College, in Oxford, of 32 Acres and 
that End of Place Carrick Lane, which adjoins to the One Yard, in the faid Fields, and One Acre and One 
Road from Maeflrook to Llanymynech, to the Turnpike Swarth in the Meadow, who refufed to fign the Bill, 
Road from Lianymynech to Ofweftry, near the Mountain though the faid College had confented to the fame ; and 
called Coid [ffa, and the Road from Ofweffry Turnpike that the Whole of the faid Fields and Meadow Ground 
Road, near the Wolf’s Head on Knockin Heath, to the contain 872 Acres, or thereabouts) and that the Com- 
Finger Poft at the Eaft End of Knockin Lane, do re- mittee had: gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
fpectively adjoin to, and for a fhort Space branch out Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
of, the Road in the faid Bill mentioned and defcribed; to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
and are narrow and incommodious, and cannot be effec- Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
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Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout, and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Commons, and Common Grounds, within 
the Hamlet of Barlythorpe,; in the Parifh of Oakbam, in 
the County of Rutland, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudenell, Mr. Congreve, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for further continuing 
Two Aéts, made in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His 
Majefty’s Reign, for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, 
and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters, in His Majefty’s Dominions in America, was com- 
mitted, be now received. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill ; and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingtofied. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Comimittée of the 
whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider fur- 
ther of the Supply granted to His Majefty, be now re- 
ceived. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee 
iad directed him to report to the Houfe ; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Collection of Etrufcan, Grecian, and Roman 
Antiquities, brought from Italy, by Sir William Hamil- 
ton, Knight of the moft honourable Order of the Bath, 
be purchaied, for the Ufe of the Public, and vefted in 
the Truftees of the Britifo Mufeum. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eight thoufand Four hun- 
dred and Ten Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, to 
enable His Majefty to purchafe, for the Ufe of the Pub- 
lic, the faid Collection of Etrufcan, Grecian, and Roman 
Antiquities, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Eight hundred and Forty 
Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, to enable the 
Truitees of the Britifh Mufeum to provide a proper 
Repofitory for the Reception of the faid Collection of 
Etrufcan, Grecian, and Roman Antiquities. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Sir William Bagot and Mr. Hill be 
added to the Gentlemen, who are appointed to prepare, 
and bring in, a Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Pe- 
tition of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, Lord of 
the Manor of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, 
-otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop, and 
Patron of the Vicarage of the Parifh Church, and Im- 
propriator of the Great Tithes, within the faid Manor, 
and ‘alfo Proprietor of great Part of the Lands and 


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A. 1772; 


Common Fields lying within the faid Manor, and alfo, as 
Lord thereof, of a certain large Tra of Land, called 
Weftexood Common, the Reverend Stephen Prytherch, 
Clerk, Vicar of the faid Parifh, and of Brooke Forefter, 
Efquire, and others, Proprietors of Liands within the 
faid Manor, on Behalf of themfelves and others interefted 
therein. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pennant be added to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring ih, a Bill 
to prevent fraudulent Admiffions into the Company of 
Merchants for extending and improving the Trade to 
Africa. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appeinted, to enquire 
what Laws are expired, or near expiring ; and to report 
their Opinion to the Houfe, which of them are fit to be 
revived, or continued, 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Charles Whit- 
worth, Mr. Fuller, &amp;c:: And they are to meet upon 
Monday Morning -next, at Nine of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr, Holford and Mr. 
Anguifh : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Governor, Bailiffs; and Commonalty, 
of the Company of Confervators of the Great Level of 
the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to borrow 
upon Bonds further Money upon Account of the Mid- 
dle and South Levels, Part of the faid Great Level 
and foreftablifhing a further certain Fund for Payment of 
the Bonds of the faid Corporation, out of the faid Middle 
and South Levels; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing arid irclofing the Common and Wafte 
Groufrds, and Stinted Paiture, within the Manor of 
Sanford, in the Parifh of Warcop, in the County of We/t- 
moreland , without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Common Fields, 
Ings, Common Paftures, and other Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor of Moorby cum Wilkfby, in the Town- 
fhips of Moorby and Wilk/by, in the County of Lincoln; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for naturalizing Conrad Rucker; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act for re- 
pairing and widening the Road from the City of Nor- 
wich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Norfolk ; .with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Commons and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Rujfbton Fames, in 
the Parifh of Leek, in the County of Stafford ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
granting to William Fones, Efquire, on certain Contin- 

nces therein mentioned, a Term for Ninety-nine Years, 
if he fhall fo long live, in the Real Eftates late of Wii- 
liam Fones, Efquire, deceafed, in the feverat Counties of 
Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms as are therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more effec- 
tual, an Aét, paffed in the Twenty-fixth Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from 
the North Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns of Jnver- 
keithing and Kinrofs, to the Town of Perth; and alfo 
the Road from the faid Queen’s Ferry to the Towns of 
Dumfermline, Torryburn, and Cxlrofs ; and alfo the a 

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from the faid Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to 
Bruntifland and Kirkcaldie, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, an 
Act, pafied in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the North 
Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns of Inverkeithing and 
Kinro/s, to the Town of Perth; and alfo the Road from 
the faid Queen’s Ferry to the Towns of Dumfermline, 
Torryburn, and Culrofs; and alfo the Road from the faid 
Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to Bruntifland and 
Kirkcaldie. 

Ordered, That General Greme do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open, 
Common, Arable, Fields, and the Common Meadows, 
Pafture Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, with- 
in the Townhhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whit- 
ley Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes 
of Snaith and Kellington, in the County of York, was 
read the Third Time. | 

Refolvéd, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open, Com- 
mon, Arable, Fields, and the Common Meadows, Paf- 
ture Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Townfhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whit- 
ley Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes 
of Snaith and Kellington, in the County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir-Georze Savile do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of William Conftable, Efquire, the Re- 
verend Mark Sykes, Doctor in Divinity, George Clapham 
and Robert Farrah, Gentlemen, and others, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners of certain Low 
Grounds and Cars, within the Seigniory of Holderne/s, 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had directed him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
William Ivefon, being examined, faid, That he knows 
the Lands mentioned in the Petition; that they are 
Kable to. be overflowed and to be encroached upon by 
the Sea; and that they may be drained and preferved 
from fuch Encroachments ; and that the Land is very 
good, and will be much improved by Drainage. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
draining the Low Grounds and Cars, lying in the fe- 
veral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of Keyingham, 
Keyingham Marfh, Ryhill, and Cammerton, Barftwick, 
and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and Ridgmont, Ottring- 
bam, Halfoam, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tunftall, Wax- 
holm, Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Fithing, Hilfton, 
Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton and Tanjfterne, within the 
Seigniory of Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of the County 
of York: And that Sir George Savile and Mr. La/celles, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will immediately refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing 
of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called Eng- 
land, for One Year, beginning the 25th Day of March 
1772. 

"Te Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker tefumed the Chair: 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 


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That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


_A Petition of Leonard Thompfon, of Sheriff Hutton, in 
the County of 2’ork, Efguire, was prefented to the Houfe, 
and read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioner obferves, 
by the Votes, that a Petition has been prefented, by the 
Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of the Corporation of 
the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, for Leave to bring 
in a Bill to veit in them the Duties granted by an Act 
of the 6th Year of His prefent Majelly’s Reign, for 
taking down, removing, and rebuilding, certain Light 
Houtes, near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth of the 
Humber ; and alfo a Petition of Fobn Angell, for Leave 
to bring in a Bill to repeal certain Clautes in the faid 
A&amp;, and for altering and amending other Claufes, fo 
as to enable him to build and erect the faid Light Houtes ; 
ana that the Petitioner is Tenant for Life of One Fourth 
Part of the Premiffes, with fuch Remainders over, as in 
the faid Act are mentioned ; and that the Petitioner, in 
Purfuance of the faid Act, has taken down the old Light 
Houtts, and erected Two Temporary Lights, at a great 
Expence, and would have proceeded to erec&amp;t Two new 
Light Houfes, with fuitable Offices and Conveniences, 
but was not able to borrow Money fufficient for that 
Purpofe, on Credit of the faid Tolls and Duties, 
Diving (as the Petitioner believes) to the vexatious Dii- 
turbances and Obstructions of the faid fobm Angell and 
his Agents ; and that the Petitioner applied to the faid 
Corporation, who thereupon undertook, and are now. 
proceeding in erecting the Two new Light Houfes, ac- 
cording to the faid Act ; and that the Petitioner hopes, 
Provifion may be made in the faid Bill for repaying the 
Petitioner all his Expences and Difburfements already in- 
curred ; and that the Petitioner’s Life Eftate in the faid 
Light Houfes and Duties be not thereby impeached, or 
fubjeéted to any further Payment than the Intereft of 
the Money charged or to be charged on the fuid Fourth 
Part: And thetefore praying, ‘That the Petitioner may 
be heard, by himfelf or his Counfel, acainft the faid 
Petition of the faid Fobu Angell, and that the Houfe will 
take the Premifes into Confideration, and protect the 
Property of the Petitioner, and grant him fuch further 
and other Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of the Corpora- 
tion of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strona, is referred 
and that they do examine the Matter of this Petition ; 


arid report the fame, as it fhall appear to them, to the 
Houfe. 


A Petition of John Angell, of Stockwell, in the County 
of Surrey, Efquire, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner obferves, by tlie Votes, 
that a Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, 
of the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford 
Strond, has been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill 
to veft the Duties arifing from the Light Houtes, ftand- 
ing near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth of the Humber, in 
the faid Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, and for other 
Purpofes ; and that the faid Petition of the faid Trinity 
Houfe of Deptford Strond is calculated further to oppreis 
the Petitioner, and injure his Freehold and Eftate : And 
therefore praying, That he may be heard, by himfelt 
or his Counfel, before the Committee to whom the Peti- 
tion of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond is referred, 
againft the fame; and that the Houfe will give the Pe- 
titioner fuch Relief in the Premifes as fhall fee meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of the Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants, of the Corpo- 
ration of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, is té- 
ferred ; and that the Petitioner be heard, by himfelf 

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or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, hat it be an Inftru€ion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Anguifh : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for allowing further Time for Inrollment of Deeds and 
Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of Proteftant 
Purchafers ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, within 
the Parifh of Manton, in the County of Rutland ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the feveral Commons and 
Watte Grounds, within the Liberty of Buxton, in the 
Parith of Bakewell, and County of Derby; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
Sale of a Capital Freehold Meffuage in Saint Fames’s 
Square, in the County of Middlefex, Part of the entailed 
Kftate of the Right honourable Allen Lord Bathurft, 
unto Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Baronet, purtuant to 
an Agreement ; and for fettling an Eftate in the County 
of Northampton, of greater Value, in Licu thereof; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill from the Lords was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for lighting, cleanfing, 
and watching, the Streets, Lanes, and other Paffages, 
of the Burgh of Canongate, and the Liberties of Plea/- 
ance and Leithwynd, adjoining to the Royalty of the 
City of Edinburgh, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


A Bill for rendering the Payment of the Creditors of 
Infolvent Debtors more equal and expeditious, and for 
regulating the Diligence of the Law, by Arreftment and 
Poinding; and for extending the Privilege of Bills to 
Promifiory Notes ; and for limiting ACtions upon Bills 
and Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland, was read a Second Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 31ft Day of this Inftant March, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and principal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, .the 
Towns and Boroughs of Dunbeved, otherwife Launce/- 
ton, and Newport, in the County of Cornwall, and of 
feveral of the Truftees for putting in Execution an 
Aé, made in the 33d Year of the Reign of -his late 


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4.1772. 


Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An A@ 
for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, fevera} 
Roads leading to the Borough of Launcefton, in the 
County of Cornwall, and alfo of the Mortgagees of 
the Tolls granted by the faid Act, and alfo of the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Free Burgeffes of the Borough 
of Camelford, in the faid County, and alfo of the 
Mayor and Free Burgefles of the Borough of Bofinney 
and Trevena, in Tintagel, in the County aforefaid, was 
prefented to the Honfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is de. 
pending, for enlarging the Term and Powers granted 
by an Act, made in the Second Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, for repairing feveral Roads leading 
from the Borough of Taviftock, in the County of Devon, 
and for extending a Road leading trom the Guildhall 
of the faid Borough of Taviffock, through Matthew 
Street and Brook Street, over the River Tavy, by Tavi- 
ton, and over Little Down, and by certain Places called 
Merriville Bridge and Two Bridges, to a Place called 
Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid 
County of Devon (in the Road from Taviffock to Exeter, 
through the Town of Mortonhamp ftead) and alfo the 
Road from the faid Place called ave Bridges, to or near 
Dunnabridge Pound, in the fame Fureft (in the Road 
from Taviftock to Afbburton) and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned ; and that the Petitioners, having ob- 
tained the faid Act of the 33d Year of his late Majefty’s 
Reign, have proceeded to repair the feveral Roads 
therein mentioned, and that the fame are in very good 
Repair; and that there are already Three great Turn- 
pike Roads leading from the Eaft to the Weft, Two 
trom the E:aft to the South, and One from the North to 
the South; and that Mortonhampftead is a {mall and 
inconfiderable Place; the Foreft of Dartmoor is very 
hilly, wild, and uninhabited; and that all the Roads 
aforelaid to the Weft of Exeter, and (as the Petitioners 
conceive) the Roads to the South of Exeter, through 
the Towns of A/bburton and Totnefs, to Plymouth, and 
the Lands and Property adjoining or near the fame, 
will be greatly affected fhould the faid Bill take Place, 
and the Mortgagees will be greatly injured thereby : 
And therefore praying, That they may be heard, by 
themfelves or Counfel, againft fuch Part of the faid 
Bill as may affect them, and that the fame may not pafs 
into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for en- 
larging the Term and Powers of an Aét, paffed in 
the 2d Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for re- 
pairing, widening, and altering, feveral Roads leading 
from Yaviftock to Plymouth, and other Places, in the 
County of Devon; and for repairing and widening the 
Road from the Guildhall in Taviffock aforefaid, through 
Matthew Street and Brook Street, to Cherry Brook, and 
to Dunnabridge Pound, and trom the Callington Turn- 
pike Road to Morwellbam and New Quay, in the faid 
County, is committed; and that the Petitioners be 
heard, by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for continuing the Term, and altering 
and enlarging the Powers, of an Act, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majelty, for repairing and 
widening the Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint 
Edmund's, to the Town of Newmarket, in the Counties 
of Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the South End of 
the Ferry Street in Brandon to Bury Saint Edmund’s, in 
the faid County of Suffolk, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
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had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amehd- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to re- 

rt to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, and other Commonable Mea- 
dows, Paftures, and Grounds, within the Parifh of Ca- 
venbam, in the County of Suffolk, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields; and other Commonable Meadows, 
Paftures, and Grounds, within the Parifh of Cavenbam, 
in the County of Suffolk. | 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Bunbury do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


‘The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jetty s ao 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majeity ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the ingroffed Bill 
from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the better re- 
gulaging the future Marriages of the Royal Family. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | ws 

Mr. Eilis took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Ellis reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 23° die Marii; 


Anno 12° Georgii III" Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


ORD Browilow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, at- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing 
certain Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Town- 
thip atid Parifh of Welton, in the County of Lincoln: 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, principal Burgeffes, Affift- 
ants, and Inhabitants, of the Town, Borough, and Pa- 
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60: 


rith, of Okebampton, in the County of Devon, and of 
the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and principal In- 
habitants, within the Neighbourhood thereof, and of 
the Truftees for putting in Execution an Aé&amp;, made in 
the Year 1760, intituled, An Act for repairing feveral 
Roads leading to Okehampton, in the County of Devon, 
and alfo of the Mortgagees of the Tolls granted by the 
faid Act, was prefented to the Houfe, and read, Tak- 
ing Notice of the Bill for enlarging the Term and 
Powers of an-Act, paffed in the Second Year cf His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign; for repaiting, widening, and 
altering, feveral Roads, leading from Taviffock to Ply- 
mouth, and other Places in the County of Devon; and 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Guild- 
hall in Taviftock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and 
Brook Street, to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge 
Pound, and from the Callington Turnpike Road to 
Morwelbam and New Quay, in the faid County ; and 
alfo taking Notice of the Bill for repairing and widen- 
ing the Road from the Exeter Turnpike at Reedy Gate, 
in the Parifh of Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to 
Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid 
County ; and Setting forth, That there is at prefent a 
great Turnpike Road, leading from Okehampton to 
Crockerton Well, in the Road to Exeter ; from Okebamp- 
ton, to Lydford, in the Road to Taviftock ; and from 
Okehampton to Coombe Bow Bridge, in the Road to 
Launcefton ; wpon which there hath been already bor- 
rowed ahd expended upwards of £ 5,000. ; and that the 
Income of the Tolls will but barely pay the Intereft; 
and keep the faid Roads in Repair ; and that the greater 
Part of the new intended Road from Teaviftack te Cherry 
Brock, and from thence to Mortonhampftead, is a wild, 
bleak; mountainous, and uninhabited Country, and im-. 
paffable for many Months in the Year, the making of 
which will not be of any public Utility, but greatly 
prejudicial to the Petitioners: And therefore praying; 
That they may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, 
againft fuch Patts of the faid Bill, as may materially 
affect them; to wit, the Road leading from the Guild- 
hall to Taviftock aforefaid; through Matthew Strect and 
Brook Street, to Cherry Brook aforefaid, and from Mor- 
tonbampftead aforefaid, to Cherry Brook aforefaid. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for eri- 
larging the Term and Powers of an At, paffed in the 
2d Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairisig, 
widening, and altering, feveral Roads, leading from Ta- 
viftock to Plymouth, and other Places, in the County of 
Devon ; and for repairing and widéning the Road from 
the Guildhall in Taviffock aforefaid, through Mazikhew 
Stréet and Brook Street, to Cherry Brook, and to Dunna- 


. bridge Pound, and from the Callington Turnpike Road 


to Morwelbam and New Quay, in the faid County, is 
committed ; and that the Petitioners be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of tlie faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Lord- 
fhip of Weft Halton, in the County of Lincoln: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Tinie. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to amend and enlarge the 
Powers and Authorities given to George Fie/chi Hencage, 
Efquire, by an Act, made in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
dividing and inclofing certain Open and Common Fields 
and Grounds, within the Parifh of Benniworth, in the 

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County of Lincoln, to charge certain Lands and Here- 
ditaments, Parcel of the Manor of Bexniworth, in the 
County of Lincoln, of which he.is now ftrict Tenant for 
Life, with a certain Sum of Money, for reimburfing 
to him the Expences, which he has been at in the in- 
clofing the fame, and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned: And the fame was received ; and read the Firit 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Moors, and Common Paftures, in the 
Lordfhip of Middle Raifin, in. the County of Lincoln, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had curected him to report to the Houte ; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
hivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feveraily put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe ; and an Amendment was made, 
by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


Sir William Guife reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Commen Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parifh of Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (ex- 
cept the Proprietors of One Yard Land and One Quarter 
of a Yard Land, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that 
the Whole of the Fields intended to be inclofed con- 
tain 39 Yard Land, and One Quarter of a Yard Land ; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe,; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
crofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for granting to William Jones, Efquire, on certain Con- 
tingencies therein mentioned, a Term for Ninety-nine 
Years, if he fhall fo long live, in the Real Eftates late 
of William Jones, Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral 
Counties of Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms as are 
therein mentioned, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Fuller, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
enable His Majefty to grant certain Houfes, in Fen- 
church Street and Addle Street, in the City of London, 
efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of Lieutenant 
General John Brown, without Heir, unto Frederick 
Montagu, Efguire, and his Heirs, upon the Trufts 
therein mentioned, was committed; the Amendment 
which the Committee had made to the Bill and which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 


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livered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendment was Twice read ; and, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
grofled. 


Sir William Bagot prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and Pafture Grounds, 
Common and Waite Lands, in the Manor of Much 
Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwile Great 
Wenlock, in the County of Salop: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

A Bill to enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard of 
the Parith of Watford, in the County of Hertford; and 
to make an additional Building to the prelent Work- 
houfe, for the Reception of the Poor of the faid Pa- 
rifh; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hal- 
Jey, Mr. Plumer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 


ber. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the 
Bill for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloath- 
ing of the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain calied 
England, tor One Year, beginning the 25th Day of 
March 1772, was committed ; the Amendments which 
the Committee had made to the Bill, and which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houtfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for draining the Low Grounds and 
Cars, lying in the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and 
Places, of Keyingham, Keyingham Marfo, Rybill, and Cam- 
merton, Burftwick, and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and 
Ridgmont, Ottringham, Halhham, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimj- 
well, Tunftall, Waxholm, Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, 
Fitling, Hilfton, Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton and Tanjfterne, 
within the Seigniory of Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of 
the County of 2ork: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, 
the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and other Unin- 
clofed Grounds, within the Townthip of Would Newton, 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of York: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bili be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are te meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come te the Com- 
mittee, to. whom the Bill for widening, amending, and 


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keeping in Repair, the Road from the Weft End of New- 
land Clow Lane in the Parith of Cottingham, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, unto or near Newland 
Clow, on the Weft Side of the River Hu//, and from 
the oppofite Bank of the faid River, to the South Eaft 
Corner of the Church Yard Wall in Sutton in Holder- 
nefs, and from thence to or near Salts Gate, adjoining 
to the Turnpike Road between King /ton upon Hull, and 
Hedon in Holdernefs aforefaid, and from the faid South 
Eaft Corner of Sutton Church Yard Wall, unto and 
through Low Gate Street, and from thence to the Toll 
Bar near the Two Mile Stone on the faid Turnpike 
Road between King /ton upon Hull-and Hedon aforefaid ; 
and alfo for building a Bridge acrofs the River Hu//, at 
or near Newland Clow aforefaid, is committed. 


Mr. Penruddock prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
and a Common of Pafture, and other Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes 
of Kemble and Pool, in the County of Wilts: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firit Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Dowde/well prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bull for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, 
Common Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in 
the Townfhip of Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycot and 
Paxford, in the Parith of Blockley, and County of Wor- 
cefter : And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for further continuing Two Aéts, 
made in the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s 
Reign, for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 
in His Majefty’s Dominions in America, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for further continuing Two Aéts, made in 
the Sixth and Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Army and their Quarters, in His Ma- 
jefty’s Dominions in America. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to enable Their Majefties to enfranchife Copy- 
nold Eftates, holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the 
County of Surrey, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for clearing, depthening, repairing, 
maintaiiing, and improving, the Haven and Piers of 
Great Yarmouth, and for depthening and making more 
navigable the feveral Rivers emptying themfelves into 
the faid Haven, and for preferving Ships wintering 
therein from Accidents by Fire, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for clearing, depthening, repairing, maintaining, 
and improving, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, 
and for depthening and making more navigable the fe- 
veral Rivers emptying themfelves into the faid Haven ; 
and for preferving Ships wintering therein from Acci- 
dents by Fire. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Townfbend do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


607 

Mr. Dowdefwell reported from: the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, 
within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in 
the County of Worcefter, was re-committed ; That the 
Committee had made One other: Amendment to the 
Bill, which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Secorid Time; One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of William Skina with Ann 
Skinn, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry 
agein ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was 
read a Second Time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 31ft Day of. this Inftant March, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru&amp;ion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Witnef- 
fes, for the faid Bill; and alfo, that they do hear Coun- 
fel, and examine Witneffes, againft the faid Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counfel, or 
produce Witnefles. ; 


An ingroffed Bill for the more effectual affefling and 
collecting of the Rates for Relief‘ of the Poor, in the 
Parifh of Saint Botolph, Bifhopgate, in the Liberties of 
the City of London, was read the Third ‘Fime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for the more effectual affeffing and collect- 
ing of the Rates for Relief of the Poor, in the Parith 
of Saint Botolph, Bifoopgate, in the Liberties of the City 
of London. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Trecothick do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carriages, loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty 
Chapmen; and for filling up or inclofing Coal and 
other Pits and Sinks, and removing of Obftructions and 
Nufances within that Part of Great Britain called Scot- 
land, was committed; That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committce of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Petition of the honourable 
Faues Archibald Stuart. 


Mr. Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted 
to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and 
to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or deliver in their aaa 

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within the Time limited by Law, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify Mem- 
bers and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law; or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft, or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors: And the fame was 
received; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Refolved, That this Houde will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to make Freehold and Copyhold, 
and Cuftomary Freehold, Eftates Affetts for Payment of 
Simple Contract Debts. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better fecuring and preferving His Majefty’s Dock 
Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition, and Stores : 
And that the Lord North, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Solicitor General, and Sir Charles Whitworth, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of William Hall, Efquire, Heritor of the 
County of Berwick, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Taking Notice of the Bill for repairing and widen- 
ing the Roads from the Confines of the County of 
Berwick, at or near Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes 
and Eymouth ; and from the Town of Eccles to Ey- 
mouth , and from Whitelaw muir to Compton’s Lanes, in 
the County of Berwick: And Setting forth, That the 
faid Bill, if paffed into a Law as it now ftands, will 

reatly affect, and be injurious to, the Petitioner and 
the Public: And therefore praying, That the Peti- 
tioner may be heard, by himfelf or Counfel, againft fuch 
Parts of the faid Bill as may be injurious to him. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed ; and that the Petitioner be heard, by him- 
felf or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon his Pe- 
tition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing the Term, and alter- 
ing and enlarging the Powers, of an Act, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and 
widening the Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint 
Edmund’s, to the Town of Newmarket, in the Counties 
of Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the South End of 
the Ferry Street in Brandon to Bury Saint Edmund’s, 
in the faid County of Suffolk, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for continuing the Term, and altering and 
enlarging the Powers, of an Aét, made in the Tenth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widen- 
ing the Roads, from the Borough of Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s, to the Town of Newmarket, in the Counties of 
Suffolk and Cambridge, and from the South End of the 
Ferry Street in Brandon, to Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the 
faid County of Suffolk. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Bunbury do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Net Produce, at the Receipt of His Ma- 
jefty’s Exchequer, of the feveral Stamp Duties granted 
by the Acts 32d George the Second, and 2d and 4th 
George the Third, for augmenting the Salaries of the 


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Judges of England and Wales, for Four Years, ended 
the 5th Day of January 1772; diftinguifhing each 
Year. 


_ A Meffage from the Lords, by Mt. Harris and Mr; 
Browning : 
Mr. Speaker; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to amend an A, of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the Stone 
Bridge, in the Town of Shrew/bury; and for appro- 
priating Part of the Tolls, collected upon certain Roads 
leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifhing the fame; 
and for granting additional Terms to the feveral Acts 
for repairing the faid Roads ; without any Aniendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, and Com: 
monable Places, in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or Liberties, 
of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, ’ 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
naturalizing Henry Francis Sellon, to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Ellis, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the in- 
eroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; for 
the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal 
Family, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were read; and are as follow- 
eth; wiz. 

Pr. 2. 1. 6. Leave out ‘this or their Sign Manual,” 

and infert “the Great Seal.” 

1. 8. Leave out “ the better.” 

1.31. Leave out “ and fhall be good.” 

1. 33. After “ Succeffors,” infert “and fuch 
** Marriage fhall be good.” 

1.40. Leave out “fhall” and infert “to,” 
and after the 2d “or” infert “to.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for li- 
miting the Duration of the Bill. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read with a Blank, 


which was filled up. 
And a Motion being made, and the pe arg being 
put, That the faid Claufe be made Part of the Bill; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Lord Bellaf/y/e, . 

Tellers for the Yeas, j Sir Cecil bl oF t 132. 

Tellers for the Noes, j “q pe : ¢ 150. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
16th Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second, in- 
tituled, ‘“ Pramunire for purchafing Bulls from Rome. 
“ lg Crown of England fubject to none,” might be 
read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
That no Perfon fhall be conviéted for any Offence 
againft this Act,-but upon the Verdict of a Jury, in 
One of His Majefty’s Courts of Record at Weftminfter. 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
brought up; 

It paffed in the Negative. 
Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
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That nothing therein contained fhall be conftrued by 
Implication, or otherwife, to veft in His Majefty, His 
Heirs, or Succeffors, the Care of the Education, and 
Cuftody of the Perfons, of any of the Defcendants of 
George the 2d, other than the Children and Grand Chil- 
dren of the reigning King. 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe 


‘be brought up; 


It paffed in the Negative. , 

The Amendments following were féverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill ; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1. 36. To leave out “ no Defcendant of the 

“ Body of his late Majefty King 
*¢ George the 2d, Male or Female,” 
and to infert “the Defcendants of 
“¢ any reigning King for the Time be- 
% ing, the Brothers and Sifters of ariy 
«¢ reigning King, and their Defcen- 
s¢ dants, the Perfon next in Succef- 
‘¢ fion to the Crown to thofe above 
“ mentioned, and his Defcendants, 
&lt;¢ the Brothers and Sifters of the faid 
&amp; Perfon, and their Defcendants, the 
* prefumptive Heir to the Crown, 
t and his or her Defcendants, thé 
‘¢ Brothers and Sifters of the faid 
* prefumptive Heir, and their De- 
« fcendants, the Perfon ftanding 
“ next in thé Succeffion to thofe 
“¢ abovementioned, and his or her 
‘© Defeendants, the Brothers and 
“¢ Sifters of the faid Perfon ftand- 
*¢ ing next in Succeffion, and their 

“ Deicendants.” ' 

And the Queftion being put, That thé Words pro- 
pofed to be left out, ftand Part of the Bill ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was propoted to be made to thé 
Bill, in Pr. 2.1. 3, by inferting after the Word * fhall,” 
the Word * not” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word * aot” 
be there inferted ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 2. 1. 13, by inferting after the Word “ De- 
“ fcendant,” the Words “ which after the Pafling of 
« this A&amp;t hall be folemnized or made.” 

And the Queftion being put, That thofe Words be 
there inferted ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was propofed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 2. 1.19, by leaving out the Word 
« Five,” and inferting the Word ‘ One” inftead 
thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word * Five” 
ftand Part of the Bill ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 24° die Martii; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for lighting, cleanfing, and watch- 
ing, the Streets, Lanes, and other Paflages, of 
the Burgh of Canongate, and the Liberties of Pleafance 
and Leithwynd, adjoining to the Royalty of the City of 
Edinburgh, was read the Third Time. 
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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for lighting, cleanfing, and watching, the 
Streets, Lanes, and other Pafiages, cf the Burgh of 
Canongate, and the Liberties of Pleafance and Leithwynd, 
adjoining to the Royalty of the City of Edinburgh. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate of Scotland do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofféd Bill for defraying the Chargé of the Pay 
and Cloathing of the Militia,*in that Part of Great Bri: 
tain called England, for One Year, beginning the 25th 
Day of Merch 1772, was read the Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of thé Militia, in that Part of Great Britain 
called England, for One Year, beginning the 25th Day 
of March 1772. ry 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitwerth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, uport 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
diffolve the Marriage of Sir Fobi Colletén, Baronet, with 
Ann Fullford, his now Wife ; and to enable him to 
marry again ; and for other Purpofes thereii mentioned ; 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Major Egerton took thé Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chait. 

Major Egerton reported from the Committee, That 
they had examined Witneffes, and heard Counfel, for 
the faid Bill, and that no Counfel or Party appeared be- 
fore the Committee to oppofe the Bill; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 


An irngroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 

and Common Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, 
within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in 
the County of Worcefter, was read the Third Time: 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Opin and 
Common Fields, and all ether Commonable Lands, 
within the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in 
the County of Worcefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dowdefwell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Moors, and Common Paftures, in the 
Lordthip of Middle Raifin, in the County of Lincoln, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Moors, and Common Paftures, in the Lordfhip 
of Middle Raifin, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Bartholomew Dominiceti, M: D. was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the 
Petitioner hath obtained His Majefty’s Royal Patent, as 
a Reward for his Invention of a Method of making Sea 
Water frefh by Diftillation; arid that the Petitioner is 
informed, that Dr. Jrving has claimed the Merit of the 
faid Invention; and therefore confidering himfelf effen- 
tially injured by the faid Dr. Jrving’s Claim, defires 
to be heard, by his Counfel, before the Committee to 
whom Dr. Jrving’s Petition is referred, touching the 
Priority. of his Pretenfions to the Invention of a Method 
of making Sea Water frefh by Diftillation. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration: of the Committee, to whom the Petition 


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of Charles Irving, One of the Surgeons of His Majefty’s 
Royal Navy, is referred; and that the Petitioner be 
heard, by his Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit. - 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Coim- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the fatd former Petition, againft 
the Petition now prefented. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for Sale of a Capital Freehold Meffuage in Saint Fames’s 
Square, in the County of Middlefex, Part of the entailed 
Eftate of the Right honourable A//en Lord Bathurft, unto 
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, purfuant to an 
Agreement ; and for fettling an Eftate in the County of 
Northampton, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Whit- 
feed, Sir William Codrington, &amp;c.: And they are to mect 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


A Petition of Thomas Hoo, Efquire, Lord of the 
Manor of the Liberty of Great Barr, in the County of 
Stafford, Fohn Wylde, Clerk, Rector ef the fame, and 
others, the Freeholders and Occupiers of Land within 
the faid Liberty, and alfo of others the Gentlemen, 
Clergy, Freeholders, and Occupiers of Land, within 
the feveral Parifhes of Shenftone, Aldridge, Hints, Dray- 
ton Baffett, Tamworth, Weiford, Packington, Tamborn, 
Whittington, Swinfen, and Places adjacent, all within 
the County of Stafford, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Setting forth, That the Petitioners are informed, 
that a Petition of the Truftees of the prefent Turnpike 
Roads leading from the Town of Wal/ail to Sutton Cold- 
freld Common, Snails Green, and Park Brook, refpectively, 
and alfo of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Waifall aforefaid, hath 
been prefented to the Houfe, for continuing the Term 
and Powers of the Act for repairing the faid Roads, and 
for repairing other Roads therein mentioned ; and repre- 
fenting to the Houfe, that the Sum of Money mentioned 
in the faid Petition to have been borrowed on the Credit 
of the. Tolls is £. 200, which, with the Intereft thereof, 
amoutr.ts in the Whole to the Sum of £. 210; and that 
on the 19th of February laft there remained in the 
Hands of the Treafurer a Balance of £. 197 and up- 
wards, over and above difcharging all Expences what- 
foever, arifing from repairing and maintaining the faid 
Roads ; and that the Petitioner Tomas Hoo is ready and 
willing to advance and give the Sum of £. 13, which, 
added to the Balance in the Hands of the Treafurer, 
will enable the faid Truftees to difcharge the Sum of 
Money by them borrowed and {ftill remaining unpaid, 
and who, it is apprehended, will be effectually releafed 
from the moft burthenfome Part of their prefent Truft ; 
and that the Mortgagee is willing to accept the faid Sum 
without the cuftomary Notice being previoufly given 
him for that Purpofe ; and that the faid Turnpike 
Roads now are, and for a confiderable Time paft have 
been, in good Repair, and may be fo kept and main- 
tained by the Statute Duty ; and that the Roads leading 
from the feveral Terminations of the prefent Turnpike 
Road at Sutton Coldfield Common and Snails Green to Sut- 
ton Park Corner and Hampftead are likewife in good and 
fufficient Repair; and that there is already at Hampftead 
aforefaid a very good and fufficient Horfe Bridge, built 
with Bricks and Timber, over the River Tame, for the necef- 
fary Repairs of which there is (as the Petitioners are in- 
formed) a fufficient Annual Rent Charge or Penfion; and 
that, in cafe of a Flood which may render the faid River 
unfordable for Wheel Carriages, which feldom happens, 
there is a Stone Bridge, maintained at the Expence of 
the County, over the faid River at Perry Barr, in the. 
Parifh of Hamfworth ,; and that the Road from Snails 
Green to Birmingham, over the faid Stone Bridge, is alfo 


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in good and fufficient Repair; and that, as no Plan of 
the propofed Alterations of the faid Turnpike Roads 
hath been communicated to fuch of the Petitioners as are 
Owners of Lands, in Great Barr, lying near, or contiguous 
to the prefent Turnpike Roads, they coneeive they may 
be fubject to great Inconvenience and Injury, if a Bi 
fhould pafs, givifig difcretionary Powers to the Truftees, 
to turn the Roads over the Lands of the Petitioners, 
and that the acting Truftees of the faid Turnpike Roads 
have declared their Intention of endeavouring to obtain 
a Power of fubjecting, in future, all Lime for Manure 
(which at prefent is Tollfree) to the Payrhént of thé full 
Toll of 15. 6d. for each Waggon Load; and that 
there is, at a Place called Hay Head, a very thick and 
confiderable Vein of Lime Stone, which was drained and 
opened, ready for Work, more than Two Years fince, 
and is fituated clofe to the Turnpike Road leading from 
Wealfall to Sutton Coldfield Common, and lies nearer by 
Two Miles to the feveral Parifhes of Shenftone, Aldridge, 
Hints, Weeford, Packington, Tamborn, Whittington, Swin- 
fen, and Places adjacent, than any other Works in or 
near to the Town of Walfall, and that every Wageon 
Load of Coals, to be ufed in burning Lime, at Hay Head 
(as it is obliged to be conveyed through the prefent old 
Turnpike Gate at Walfal) is fubject to One Shilling 
and Six Pence, over and above the Payment of the fame 
Toll at the new Turnpike Gate, as the Coals ufed for the 
like Purpofe at Wai/all Lime Works are charged with, 
by reafon of which exceffive Tolls the Proprietor of the 
{aid Mine at Hay Head, being (as he alleges) difabled 
from felling Lime on the fame Terms as the Owners of 
the Lime Works in or near Wal/all, hath declined open- 
ing the fame for public Sale; and that Lime is a Species 


_ of Manure of the greateft Utility to the Petitioners, in 


the Culture of their feveral Farms, and that it Kath 
been, and ftill is, very fcarce; and that, as the Pro: 
prietor of the Mine at Hay Head can there raife a very 
Jarge Quantity of Lime, the enabling him to open his 
faid Work for public Sale, would be (as the Petitioners 
conceive) a Matter of general Advantage to the Coun- 
ty; and the Petitioners apprehend, that a Renewal and 
Extenfion of the Powers of the prefent Turnpike A&amp; 
is entirely unneceffary, that it will be produétive of many 
private Hardfhips to fome of the Petitioners, and pre- 
judicial to all of them: And therefore praying, That 
the Petitioners may be heard, by their Counfel, againft 
the fame. 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Occu- 
piers of Lands, in the Parifhes of Sutton Coldfield, Colefpill, 
Cafle Bromwich, Shiftock, Whitacre, Packington, Bick- 
nell, Curdworth, Minworth, Water Horton, and Places 
adjacent, in the County of Warwick, was alfo prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Containing the fame Allega- 
tions as the preceding Petition, with refpect to Lime: 
And therefore praying the Houfe will take the Premifes 
into Confideration, and grant them fuch Relief as to 
the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to be 
referred to the Confideration of the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of feveral Truftees for 
putting in Execution an Ac&amp;t of Parliament, made 
and pafied in the 21ft Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
An Act for repairing and widening the Roads 
leading from Sutton Coldfield Commonto the Town 
of Walfall, and from Sneals Green to Walfall, and 
from Walfall to Park Brook, in the County of 
Stafford, and alfo of the Mayor and Capital Bur- 
gefles of the Borough of Wal/all, and feveral of 
the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and other 
Inhabitants, of the faid Town of Walall, and 
Places adjacent, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
{cribed, is referred; and the Petitioners named 
in the Firft of the faid Petitions are to be heard, 
by themfelves or Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, 








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Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againft 
the firft Petition now prefented. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Lady Mary 
Greatheed, and Fames Money, Efquire, Owners and Pro- 
prietors of, and otherwife interefted in, Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, in the Manor 
of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the Open and Com- 
inon Fields; and Common or Commonable Meadows, 
Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common or Watte 
Land, within the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, in the Manor 
of Warwick, in the County of Warwick , and fetting 
forth, That, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, 
the Property of the Petitioners and others, in the faid 
Parifh and Manor, will be greatly affected and prejudic- 
ed: And therefore praying, That the Petitioners may 
be heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and 
that the fame may not pafs into a Law, or that they may 
have fuch Relief therein as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
uiitll the Report be received from the Committee to whom 
the faid Bill is committed; and that the Petitioners be 
then heard, by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Warwick Road, near Solihull, to the Guide Pofts in 
Kenilworth, and from Stone Briage, to meet the afore- 
faid Road on Baifall Common, in the County of War- 
wick ; wa’ read a Secohd Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Skipwith; 
Mr. Townfbend, &amp;c:: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Merchants, Manu- 
facturers, Traders, and others, of the Town of Birming- 
bam, in the County of Warwick, was referred; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the {aid 
Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as 
it appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as fol- 
loweth ; viz. at 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
ohn Meredith, Mr. Daniel Winwood, and Mr. Thomas 
Fauconbridge, being feverally examined, faid, That the 
Trade and Manufaétures of the faid Town having much 
improved of late Years, the Inhabitants thereof are 
greatly increafed, and that there are but Two Churches 
and One fmall Chapel in the faid Town, which are not 
fuifficient to contain One Sixth Part of the Inhabitants. 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building One or more new Church or Churches, and pro- 
viding Burial Places thereto, within the Town of Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick: And that Mr. Skip- 
with and Mr. Coxe do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Howard reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of Henry 
Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of Money 
to the Relief of his poor Kindred ; and to enable the faid 
Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an Eftate, in the 
Parifhes of Kenfington, Chelfea, and Saint Martin in the 
Fields, in the County of Middlefex, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 

© the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
hue oo had gone through the Bill, and made {fe- 


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veral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read: the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Hcuf. 

_ Ordered, That the Bili; with the Amendmenis, be 
ingrofied. 


Lord Frederick Campbell reporied from the Cémimit- 
tee, to wom the Bill for deepening, cleanfing, fcour- 
ing, prefervitig, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port 
Glafgow, for enlarging and improving the Quays and 
Piers, for ereCting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and 
for _tegulating Ships, Lighters, and other Veffels, 
trading into, and going out of, the faid Harbour ; 
and for other Purpofés therein mentioned, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, arid fourid the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he réad the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ir: 
brofied. 


A Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re? 
pair, the Road from Burlton, in the County of Salop; 
through Knockin, to Lianymynech; in the fame County; 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Congrevé, 
Sir Henry Bridgeman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Cominittée of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act to diffolve the Marriage of Hugh 
Lewis with Sufannah Hale, otherwife Heale, his now 
Wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hotham took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair, 

Mr. Hotham reported from the Committee, That they 
had heard Counfel, and examined Witneffes, for thé faid 
Bill; and that no Counfel or Party appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 


An ingrofied Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allot- 
ting, the Open Common Fields, Commonable Lands, 
and Meadow Ground, within the Manor and Parifi of 
Great Farringdon, in the County of Berks, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Mea- 
dow Ground, within the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Farringdon, in the County of Berks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vanfittart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Mr. Charles Fox prefented to the Houfe, according ta 
Order, .a Bill for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and drain- 
ing, the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and Moors or 
Commons, in the Townfhip and Parith of Terrington, in 
the North Riding of thé County of York: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firit Time. &gt; 

Refolved, 





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Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to confider of fo much of the Cri- 
minal Laws, as relate to Capital ‘Offences; and to report 
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, from Time to 
Time, to the Houfe, That they had confidered the fame 
accordingly, and had come to feveral Refolutions ; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered 
it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Refolutions of the 
Committee were read ; and are as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of 
Henry the Seventh, intituled, The Penalty of a Captain 
or Soldier, retained to ferve the King in his intended 
Wars not doing their Duty, as fubjeéts Offenders to 
Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Firft and Second 
Years of Philip and Mary, intituled, An Act againft 
certain Perfons, calling themfelves Egyptians, as fubjects 
Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the 5th Year of 
Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for further Punifh- 
ment of Vagabonds calling themfelves Egyptians, as fub- 
jects Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an. Aé&amp;, made in the 35th Year of 
ey Elizabeth, intituled, An A&amp; to retain her Ma- 
jetty’s Subjects in their due Obedience, as fubjects Of- 
fenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 39th Year of Queen Eiiza- 
beth, intituled, An Act for taking away of Clergy from 
Offenders againft a certain Statute made in the 3d Year 
of Henry the Seventh, concerning the taking away of 
Women againft their Wills unlawfully, be repealed. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Ae, made in the 21ft Year of 
James the Firft, intituled, An Act to prevent the de- 
ftroying and murdering Baftard Children, as fubjeéts the 
Offender to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 9th Year of Queen Anne, in- 
tituled, An Aét to make an Attempt on the Life of a 
Privy Counfellor, in the Execution of his Office, to be 
Felony without Benefit of Clergy, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aéct, made in the oth Year of 
George the Second, intituled, An Ac for building a 
Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from New Palace Yard, 
in the City of Weftminfter, to the oppofite Shore, in the 
County of Surrey, as fubjects the Offender to Death, be 
repealed. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whale 
Houfe, to confider of the faid Report. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening feveral Roads from Alder- 
mafton, in the County of Berks, to Bafing ftoke, and from 
Aldermafton aforefaid, to the Turnpike Road from Ba- 
fing fioke to Andover, at or near Worting, and to the 
Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter, at Popham Lane, 
in the County of Southampton; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing a Moor, called Carlton Moor, 
or Common, and an Open Field, called the Town Field, 

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in the Manor and Townhhip of Carlton, in the Parith of 
Guifeley, in the Weft Riding of the County of 2%; 
without any Amendment: And allio, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
annulling and making void certain Articles of Agree. 
ment, made previous and in Order to the Marriage of 
George Wilfon, Efquire, and Aun Sybelle, his now Wife, 
and the Settlement made after their Marriage, in Purfu- 
ance of the faid Articles, in Confirmation of a Decree 
and Order of the High Court of Chancery; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. : 

And the faid Bill from the Lords was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 11th Day of this Inftant March, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
Thurfday next, upon the Bill for incorporating and well 
governing the Society of Free and Accepted Mafons ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; might be 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, To-morrow Seven. 
night, the Firft Day of April next, refolve itfelf into the 
faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for the more effectual Proceeding againft Per- 
fons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for F elony or 
Piracy ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to 
diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with Elizabeth 
Hartnell, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry 
again; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the Firft Day of April next, refolve itfelf 
into the faid Committee. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages of 
the Royal Family ; 

The faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pafs ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Mr. Dundas, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bradfbaw : 168, 
Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 
Tellers for the Noes, Junior, f 115 
Mr. Charles Fox : 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Lord North do carry the Bill to the 

Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 


to the fame, with fome Amendments ; to which Amend- 


“ments this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of their 


Lordthips. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Turfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of 
Freemen into Corporations. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock, 


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Anno 12° Georgii IIT? Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Rees, That this Houfe will, upon To-motrow 

Sevennight, the Second Day of April next, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Truftees of the Eftate 
of Henry Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain 
Sums of Money to the Relief of his poor Kindred; and 
to enable the faid Truftees to grant Building Leafes of 
an Eftate, in the Parifhes of Kenjfington, Chelfea, and 
Saint Martin in the Fields, in the County of Middleféx , 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of 
Henry Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums 
of Money to the Relief of his poor Kindred; and to 
enable the faid Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an 
Eftate, in the Parifhes of Kenfington, Chelfea, and Saint 
Martin in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Sir Anthony Abdy be added to the 
Gentlemen, who are appointed to prepare, and bring 
in, a Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the a of the 
feveral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
being Owners and Proprietors of, or otherwife interefted 
in, Lands, Commons, and other Properties and Eftates, 
in the Open and Common Fields, Common Pattures, 
Common Meadows, and Commonable Lands, of and 
within the Hamlet, Liberties, Precinéts, and Territories, 
of Charlton, in the Parifhes of Newbottle and King’s 
Sutton, or One of them, in the County of Northamp- 
ton, 


Sir Cecil Wray reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Follifoot, in the 
County of York, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except Two Perfons, 
who are poffefled of Lands in the faid Fields to the 
Amount of £.9 per Annum, who refufed to fign the 
Bill; and that the Whole of the Property intended to 
be inclofed is of the annual Value of £. 402 and that 
no Perfon appeared before the Committee to op- 
pofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had: directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
proffed, 


Ordered, That the Order, made upon Wednefday laft, 
for the: Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, To-morrow Morning, upon the Bill for 
building a- Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from Rich- 
mond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, 
in the County of Middlefex , and to enable His Majefty 
to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Richmond afore- 

Vor. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 613 


faid to William Windbam, Efquire, in Fee Simple, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Twe/day Morti- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners, the feveral Inhabitants 
and Owners of Lands and Eftates, within the Parith of 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey; and alfo the Peti- 
tioners, the feveral Inhabitants of the Parifh of Twicken- 
haim, in the County of Middlefex, be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit. ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions. 


Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, to whont 
the Petition of the Tanners in and near the City of 
London, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the 
Tanners in Great Britain ; and alfo, the Petition of the 
Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of the Art or 
Myftery of the Curriers, of the City of London, were re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of Faét contained in the faid Petitions ; a State whereof 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
was read; and is as followeth: 

A State of the Matter of Fact contained.in the faid 
Petitions is as followeth: viz. 

An A&amp; of the Ninth Year of His prefent Majefty, for 
permitting the free Importation of certain Raw Hides 
and Skins from Jreland, and the Britifo Plantations in 
America, was read: And an Account of the Raw Hides 
and Skins exported fince the Commencement of the faid 
Act, to Chriftmas 1771, was laid before your Commit- 
tee, which Account is annexed in the Appendix, N° 1; 
by which it appears, that the Number of Raw Hides 
exported from the 5th of Fuly 1769 were 27,431, and 
no Calf Skins; and the Raw Hides imported were 
287,494, with 50,778 Dozen and Seven Calf Skins. 

That your Committee could find no better Way of 
afcertaining the Increafe of Slaughter, than by an Ac- 
count of Neat Cattle annually fold in Smithfield Market 
for Forty Years laft paft, by which it appears, that the 
Number of Cattle fo fold have increafed in fome Degree ; 
but from the Year 1769 to the Year 1771, the Time 
mentioned in the Petition, Slaughter has increafed from 
82,431 to 93,573; which Account is annexed in the 
—— N° Il. 

t appeared, by the Evidence of Mr. Fames Warne 
and ME. Tfaac Miller, Fanners, that Raw Hides are 
reduced in Price 15 or 20 per Cent. in the laft Three 
Years; and Mr. Warne, who is a Factor as well as a 
Tanner, faid, he had Reafon to believe, that the 
Slaughter of Cattle near London was increafed, as his 
Commiffions for Raw Hides have confiderably decreafed 
in the laft Year, which he apprehends are fupplied by 
the Slaughter in their own Markers : And by an Account 
produced by Mr. Robert Bell, it appeared, that from 
the Year 1769, the Time mentioned in the Petition, 
Hides had been reduced from 315. 4d. to 225. per 
Hundred: Weight. 

By an Account produced by Mr. [/zec Miller, ex- 
traéted from his Books for Thirty Years, antecedent to 
the Aé&amp;t of the Ninth of His Majefty, for allowing the 
Importation of Raw Hides Duty-free, it appeared that 
the Price of Oak Bark at London had rifen from £. 5 for 
a Load of Hatch, by which is meant 45 Hundred 
Weight of Bark, to £.8. 5. for which it fold in the 
Year 1768. and the fame Barle in 1769 fold from 
£.8. 10. to £.9. 5. in the Year 1770 from £. 10. to 
£. 10. 10. and in the Year 1771 from £. 11, to £.12. 5-5 

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and this Increafe of the Price of Bark was confirmed by 
Mr. Amos Angles, a Tanner: And Mr. Robert Bell, a 
Tanner, produced an Account of Oak Bark from 1766 
to 1771, whereby it appeared, that in 1766 Oak Bark 
was fold for £.2. 19. 2. in 1768 at he 3 . §. 2. in 1769 
at £. 3. 14. 8. in 1770 at £. ‘5. 5. Ps in 1771 from 
£0 T oe, 10. by the Ton. 

By an Account laid before your Committee from the 
Cuftom Houfe, it appeared that the Quantity of Oak 
Bark exported from Chriffmas 1764 to Chriftmas 1771 
Was 39,554 Lons Eight hundred Two Quarters; and 
that the Ou: antity of Bark imported for the fame Period 
was 555cwt. 17lb. and that there had been exported to 
Ireland, of Foreign Bark,-in the fame Time, 655 cwt. 
3q- 41b.: The faid Accounts are annexed in the Appen- 
dix, N° III and IV. 

By another Account of Tanned Leather exported for 
the fame Period, it appeared that 89,oo1cwt. 16 Ib. had 
been exported ; and that the Export from 1764 to 1765 
was 19,372cwt. 1q. 131b. and from 1770 to 1771 
only 9,66gcwt. 15 lb. ; and by an Account of manufac- 
tured: Leather exported for the fame Period, it appeared 


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A. 1972. 


that 2,221,366 Pounds Weight had been exported : 
Which faid Accounts are annexed in the Appendix, 
N° V and VI. 

It appeared from the Evidence of Mr. Charles Winter, 
a Tanner at Glaftonbury, in Somerfethire, tliat feveral 
Woods had been grubbed up in that County, and con- 
verted into Pafture and Tillage, in the Proportion, as 
he thinks, of about a Twentieth Part; in C onfequence 
of which the Price of Bark had rifen from Fifty Shillings 
to £.3. 105. a Ton: And Mr, Thomas Taylor, a Tanner 
in the County of Suffex, gave Evidence of the. grubbing 
up of about 11,000 Acres of Wood Land. in thar 
County. 

But the moft material Evidence, in Regard to the 
Decreafe of Timber, appeared to your Committee to be 
Part of the Appendix to the Report from the Committee 
appointed upon the sith Day of March 1771, to con- 
fider how His Majelty’s Navy may be better fupplied 
with Timber ; Part of the Appendix to which Report, 


N° XVI, was read to your Committee, and is as fol. 
loweth ; viz. 





A Summary View of the Judgment of the different Dealers in the different Counti¢s, according to Number of 
Years, refpecting the proportionate Decreafe of Oak Timber. 





Perfons. 






































Counties, &amp;e. Years Decreafe. 
Wood and Palmer'Whitehaven in the North — _—- 40 Seven Eighths. 
Okill — —|Lancafbire, Chefbire, NorthWales — 50 Three Fourths. 
Galightly Lancafkire, Chefhire, Shropfoire, Staffordpire, Wales 50 Seven Tenths. 
Yoxall — —\Chehire —_— _—— ae 30 One Half. 
Walford — —)Shrophire — —— a 30 Four Fifths. 
Bridge — —J|Carnarvon, Denbigh, Merionetb, Flint —-- 15 Two Thirds, 
Moftyn, Efq; —|In Denbigh, advertifed for Sale — _— I One Third. 
James —  -—|Carmarihen, Pembroke, Cardigan —= a 30 Nine Tenths. 
Morgan — —)Carmarthenfbire, &amp;c. _——— — 13 Seven Eighths. 
Lomax — —|Brecknockfbire —- teil 30 Two Thirds. 
Moore — —|\Worcefter, Gloucefter, Hereford, Misment ieee 40 Four Fifths. 
Smith — | —|Worcefter, Warwickpire —— apes 40 Four Fifths. 
Rook Devon, Dorfet, Somerfet, Cornwall _— 40 Four Fifths. 
eu —} Hants, Surrey, Kent, Suffex — — 40 Nine Tenths. 
Steel] — —} The South Parts —_— — | 40to50 |Seven Eighths. 
_ Chitty —  —| Timber Counties in general —— — 40 Nine Tenths. 
Dearfly. — —)Effex, &amp;c. — — 14 Three Fourths. 
Shields — —}|Yorkfire omen — a 40 Four Fifths. 
White — —|Hampfire oo — — 40 Three Fourths. 
Morris — —.|Surrey, &amp;c. — &lt; -— 20 Three Fourths. 
Martin — —j\Newport, Greenock, Ayre, Danfries _-_ — 21 No Supply. 
Miller — —|River Clyde, Port Glafgow — _-— 17 No Supply. 
Palmer — —)Shropfbire, Montgomeryfbire —_ ——j feveral |Great Confumption. 
H. Williams —\Pembrokefbire — froma Youth|Great Deftruétion. 
W. Williams — fe panera Gloucefter Hereford — 15 Almoft entire Deftruétion: 
Matthews — |Brifol _ 10 Not One Quarter of the Choice, 
Andrews — | Plymouth — —_ _—— go Decreafe very confiderable. 
Bird — —|London all round ite — age — Very little remaining. 
Goldfworth — |General — — ——} in 19 } #y a from“ f- 3 
Milis — —| Surrey, Kent, Suffex _ — —— 40 Almoft all taken down. 
Se ee er fas: Masse. ad In Danger to ceafe to be a 
Sir 7. Philipps P mbrokefbire, and elfewhere — } Maritime Nation. 
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That from an Account from the Navy Office; it 
appeared that feveral Contracts had been made for 
Winter-felled Timber, for the Ufe of His Majefty’s 
Navy, whereby it is agreed, that £.7. 55. in the hun- 
dred Pounds, over and above the Prices contraéted for, is 
allowed to be paid for Winter-felled Timber (that is, Tim- 
ber.felled betweert the Firft of December and the 15th of 
February) but from an Obfervation at the Bottom of the 
{aid Account, it appears that no Winter-felled Timber 
has been delivered into His Majefty’s Yards in Confe- 
quence of thofe Contracts ; but the Date of the Firft 
Contract of this Kind appears to be fo late as the roth 
of September \aft, fo that there has been little more 
than Three Months Time for the Execution of thefe 
Contracts: The faid Account is annexed in the Appen- 
dix, N° 7. 

From ie Evidence of Mr. Thomas Anfell, a Tanner 
in Suffex, it appeared that Timber was felled in many 
different Parts of that County in Winter, by whicli the 
Bark was loft; and that the Time for barking Timber 
is April, May, and fome Part of Fune. 

By the Aét of the 20th Charles the Second, Cap. 5, 
jt appeared that a Duty of One Shilling per Hundred 
Weight was laid on all Leather exported; and by the 
Aét of the gth of Queen Ann, Cap. 11, an Excile of 
One Peny per Pound is laid upon all tanned Leather, 
and an additional Halfpeny by an Act of the Tenth 
‘Year of her faid Majetty’s Reign, Cap. 26; and by the 
faid Act a Drawback is allowed of Two Thirds, or One 
Peny in the Pound, upon Exportation ; and the Duty 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons: 


615 


of Excife appeared by the Evidence of feveral Dealers 
in Leather to amount to about £.15 per Cent. Two 
Thirds of which is drawn back upon Exportation, fo 
that the Excife paid upon exported Leather amounts to 
about Five per Cent. to which muft be added, the faid 
Duty of One Shiliing per Hundred Weight; granted by 
the Act of the zoth of Charles the Second. . . . 

. And it appeared, by the Evidence of Mr. William 
Newman, that he has exported great Quantities of 
Leather to Italy and up the Straits, but that he has been 
obliged to refufe Orders, to the Amount of feveral 
thottfand Hides in a Year, becaufe the Merchants can 
be fupplied with the fame in Ireland, from 10 to 15 per 
Cent. cheaper than he can do it; that there is no Excife 
or Duty on Leather in Ireland, which he appreltends to 
be the principal Reafon of theit under-felling the Exgiif ; 
to which may bé added, the Scarcity of Inhabitants in 
that Country, and the great Slaughter on account of 
victualing Ships for Foreign Trade. 

Your Committee then proceeded to the Confidera- 
tion of the Petitiori of the Mafter, Wardens, and Com- 
monalty of the Art or Myftery of Curriers of the City 
of London: Atid Mr. fobn Curtis, Mafter of the faid 
Company, and Mr. Henry Kitchex and Mr. Benjamin 
Barber, who were feverally appointed to attend your 
Committee on Behalf of the faid Company of Curriers, 
informed your Committee, that they reft the Support of 
the Allegations of their Petition on the Evidence already 
given. 





Ne I. 


An ACCOUN T of the Number of Raw Hides exported from, and imported into, England; from the 5th of 
July 1769 to Chrifimas 1771, which is as far as the fame can be made up. 















































Exported. Imported. 
| Goat Skins Goat Skins 
Raw Hides.| Calf Skins. in the Hair.|] Raw Hides.| Calf Skins. |in the Hair. 
Number, | Dozen. | N°} Dozen. |N°}} Number. | Dozen. |N°| Dozen. | N° 
From sth fuly 1769 to Chrifmas 1769) Nil. Nil. Nil. 67,337 | 14,025] 5| 174| 7 
1770) 18,755 | Nil. Nil. 131,672 | 15,081] 9| 346|10 
177t! §=68,676 | Nil. Nil. 88,485 | 21,6711 7 219 


Note. The Infpector General receives his Returns 
Quarterly, without any intermediate Dates, 
which is the Reafon he could not commence this 
Account from the 1ft of Fune 1769, as directed 
by the Order. And receiving no Returns from 
Scotland, this Account is for England only. 


Jn? Tomkyns, Aftiftant Infpector General} 


Cuftom Houfe, 
London, 11th March 1772: 


Ne IL, 





616 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.35772. 


N° IL. 


An ACCOUNT of the Number of Black or Neat Cattle annually fold in Swaithfeld Market for 40 Yearg 
laft paft, from the Year 1732 to the Year 1771. 





Inthe Year meme me 792 tit 6,210 
1733 _ — —_ bo'160 
1734 —_ — _ 78,810 
1735 ser ries a 83,894 
1736 me 87,606 
1737 _ _ _ 89,862 
1738 _-_ —_—_— — 87,010 
739. Oe ee ee | Oe 
1740 — _- 84,810 
1741 “aed ~% = 779714 
1742 _ _ -~ 79,601 
1743 wo tn = 795475 
1744 oe — _ 76,648 
soe le 
1746 _— — — 71,582 
1747 — _ — 71,150 
1748 _-_ — _ 67,681 
1749 _ eS ie 72,706 
1750 se —_ — 79,765 
76 &lt; — =  69Ghe 
1752 ants nsec ea 73,708 
1753 eras ee TT 752252 
1754 et Mabie 722437 
1755 - -_- — 74,210 
= Bee 
1757 = — _ 82,612 
1758 =e 8252 
1759 “a we — 86,439 
1760 _ — —_ 88,594. 
1761 — — —_ 82,514. 

One Year and One Quarter, — 1762 —= —= — 102,831 
1763 _-_ _- — 80,851 
1764 _ _ _ 75,168 
1765 _-_ -_- = 81,630 
=e =, —; = . Ree 
Te 
1768 — oo 79,660 
1769 wn _ _ 82,131 
1770 = = j= 86,890 
1771 oe) es | eee 

Chamberlain’s Office, Guildhall, 
18 March 1772. 
W/. Montagu, 











[2 12 Geo. III. —_ Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 617 


N° IL 
Y | 
oe An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of Batk exported from England, from Ghriftmas 1764 to Chriftmas 17713 
diftinguifhing each Year. 





| Quantity. 
Tons. | C. | qrs. 


1765) 4,903 2 
1766| 6,192 3 
1767) 5,481] 15 
1768| 5,074 i 
1769| 5,772] 3 
1770} 5,766] 410 
1771| 6,365! 4 





| 
l 


From Chriftmas 1464 to Chrifimas —i emt re ~_ 











Ll doll 
LP LILUE 








Note. The Infpector General receives no Returns 
from Scotland, fa that this Account is for 


England only. Fw Tomkyns, Affiitant Infpector General. 


Cuftom Houfe, London, 11th March 1 772. 





N? lV. 


An ACCOUNT of thé Quantity of Oak Bark imported into, and exported from, England, and to and from 
what Places, from Cbriftmas 1764 to Chriftmas 1771; diftinguifhing each Year. 





From Chriftmas 
1764 to Chrift- 
mas 1765. 1766. 1767. 1768. 1769. 1770. 1771. 





Quantity. | Quantity. |Quantity. |Quantity. |Quantity. | Quantity. | Quantity. 


Imported from 





C. qr. 5.|C. gr. 16-/C. qr. f6.)C. qr. f5-|C. qr. 15.;C. qr. i6.| C. qr. fh. 
Carolina — 






































— yO Me Re raion metveotincs ©, wee | vonlir ated taateeniean € cee 
New England —_ —_ — ——= —-/|82 Oo 4|\— — 12 OO Ome ee ee ee 
Virginia and Maryland — thea ae: sb et af a\— a me | | 
—_— ~- a 
Total — — 423 3.20/82 o 410 ££ 7th 4 Zl — —i—— ——| 32 2 7 

Exported to 


Note. The Infpector Genetal receives no Re. 


turns from Scotland, fo that this Acccunt is 
for England only. 


Fw Tomkyns, AMitant Infpecter General. 


Cuftom Houfe, London, r1th March 1772. 


Vor XXXII 


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618 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1772, 


An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of Tanned Leather exported from England, from Chrifimas 1764 6 
Chriffmas 1771 5 diftinguifhing each Year. 








Quantity. 
. qrs. | fb. 
From Chrifimas 1764 to Chrifimas — — _ a 1765) 19,372 13 


i 
1766} 19,491] 2 
1767 12,532| 2 24 





1768 12,706 
1769 79358 








1770 7 S11 | 5 
177! 9,669 13 
Note. The Infpector General receives no Res 
turns from Scotland, 10 that this Account 
is for England only. 
Fn Tomkyns, Affiftant Infpeétor General. 
Cuftom Houfe, London, 11th March 1772. 





N° VI. 


An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of manufactured Leather exported from England, from Chriftmas 1764 
to Chrifimas 1771; diftinguifhing each Year. 











Quantity. 
Pounds Weight, 
From Chrifimas 1764 to Chrifimas _ =~ om ne pet 1965 ang 


2766 303,062 
1767| = 295,332 


1768 287,251 
1769 314,119 
1770 297,296 





i771 393,708 
Note. The Infpector General receives no Re- 
turns from Scotland, fo that this Account 


is for England only. 
Yn’ Tomkyas, Afiftant Infpector General. 





Cuftom Houle, Loudon, 11th March 1772. 


Ne VIL 











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N° VII. 
to Navy Office, i1th March 1772. 
An ACCOUNT of the Contraéts, in which a Claufe is inferted for Winter-felled Timber, for the Ufe of 
His Majefty’s Navy, for the laft Seven Years; prepated purfuant to an Order from the Committee to whom 
the Petition of the Tanners in and near the City of London, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the 
a Tanners of Great Britain, is referred 3 viz. 
b. 
oa Stith iar S9t2 36 | $, a Quantity 
5 Date of Contracts. ‘ At what Yard to be delivered: - jin Loads. 
2 — ate “ 
me toth September 1771 —_— — — —|Chathim — — — — — 2,563 
16 13th Ditto _— _ — — — | Plymouth — —_ ome — — 518 
5 8th November  — meee DO 45222 
15 13th Ditto ee —_ —|Deptford — _ — a _ 503 
16th Ditto —_ _ _ — — | Port/mouth —_ — — — —_ 1,011 
2oth Ditto — — -- — —|Phmouth — — — — _ 2,655 
agth Dito — — — — —| Deptford — — — — —_ 448 
13th December —_ —_ _ —|Plymouth — — — — _ 349 
gift Ditto — —_ — — —|Port{moutb — —  — -_ — 25344 
22d Fanuary 1772 _ _ — —|Plymouth —— — — _ _ 1,701 
gift Ditto _ — — —_ — | Ditto — eee : — 1,074 
28th Febraary ee Chatham em —_ — — 732 
Any Part of the above Timber may be Winter-felled at the Option of the Contra¢tor; to be delivered upon the 
Conditions in the following Claufe. 
princi 
« It is agreed, That for fuch Part of the Oak Timber arid Plaiik as is known by the Purveyor, or fuch 
" 6 Perfor. as purveys the fame, to be hereafter felled between the 1ft December and 15th February inclulive; 
« and fhall be marked as Winter-felled by the Perfon purveying it, I am to be allowed Seven Pounds 
« Five Shillings in the Hundred Pounds, over and above the Prices before mentioned, given for the faid 
« Timber.” 
- No Winter-felled Timber, in Conféquence of the above Contraéts, has yet been delivered into His Majefty’s 
Yards, nor has any other Contract been made for Winter-felled Timbet for Seven Years pat. 
-” H. Pallifer; Ff: Williams, Brett, E. Mafon: 


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XUM 


Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Parith of Quinton; in the County of Gloucefter; was 
read the Third ‘Time. 

Refolued, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for: dividing and ificlofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parith of Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barrow do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis. with Sufannab 
Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife; and ‘to enable 
him to :marry again; and for other Purpofes theréin 
mentioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Hotham do carry the Bill to tlie 


Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment: 


Ani ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intitiiled; An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Sir Zohn Colleton, Baronet, 
with Ann Fullford, his now Wife; and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein fen- 
tioned, was read the Third Time. . 

Refolved, Thiat the Bill do pafs. 

_ Ordered, That Mr. Garth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Scudamore reported from the Committee; to whom 
the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 
and other Inhabitants, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, and refiding in or near the feveral Roads fol- 
lowing, that is to fay, the Road leading from the Town 
of Crickbowell, in the County of Brecon, by Lanvi- 
bangell Crucorney, The Graige, alias Upper Blanellyman, 
over Skenfreth Bridge, Broad Oak Green, and to the 
Crofs Hands, beyond the New Inn; in the Turnpike Road 
leading from the City of Hereford to the Town of Rofs, 
in the County of Hereford; the Road leading from the 
Monmouth Turnpike Road, from a Place called The 
Lower Crofs Way, in the Parithof Saint Maughans, through 


4 Norton, 








620 


Norton, to the Town of Grofmount, in the County of 
Monmouth ; and the Road leading from the Monmouth 
‘Turnpike Read, in the Parith of Web Newton, in the 
County of Hereford, over Broad Cak Green aforefaid, 
through Garway, Kent Church, Pont irylas, Evwys har 
rold, and to Ponttanajt, in the Parilh of Cluddock, in the 
County of Jlereferd, aforefaid, was referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared to them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
tolloweth ; vz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Peter How, being examined, faid, That the Roads de- 
icribed in the Petition, are very ruinous and dangerous, 
and in general very deep, narrow, and incommodious, 
and cannot be effectually amended, widened, and kept 
in good Repair, by the ordinary Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending, widening, and altering, the Roads _ leading 
from Crickhowel!, in the County ot Brecon, to the Cro/s 
Hands beyond New Inn, in the Turnpike Road be- 
tween the City of Hereford and Ros, and from a Place 
called The Lower Crofs Ways, in the Parith of Saint 
Maughans, to the Town of Grofmount, in the County of 
Monmouth, and from the Turapike Road in the Parith 
ot Welch Newton, in the County of Herefcrd, to Pont- 
tanajt, in the Parifhe of Cluddock, in the faid County: 
And that Mr. Scudamore and-Mr. Barrow do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Land Owners, im and -near the 
Villages or Towns of Knockin and Llanymynech, in the 
County of Salop, was referred ; ‘That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to 
them, to the Houle ; and he read the Report in_his Place, 
and afterwards delivered. it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; wz... « 

To prove the Allegations of the. faid Petition,, Mr. 
Yames Bayles, being examined, faid, That the Road from 
Knockin, to the Eaft End of Liandriader Road, and allo 
the Road from that End of Carrick Lane, which ad- 
joins to the Road from Maebrock to Llanymynech, to the 
Turnpike Road from Llanymynech to C eweftry, near the 
Mountain called Ceid Ifa; and alfo the Road from 
Ofwefiry Turnpike Road, near the Wolf's Head, on 
Knockin Heath, to the Finger Pof, at the Eaft End of 
Knockin Lane, are narrow and incommodious for Paf- 
fengers and Carriages, and cannot be effeétually widen- 
ed and kept in Repair, by the ordinary Courfe of 
Law. “hs 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to wham the Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping 
in Repair, the Road: from Burlton,,in the County of 
Salop, through Knockin, to Llanymynech, inthe tame 
County, is committed, that) they have Power to make 
Provifion in the faid Bill, for repairing and widening the 
Road from the Town of Knockin, to the Eaft End of 
the Llauriader Road, and alfo the Road from. the End 
of Place Carrick Lane, which adjoins to the Road from 
Maeforeck to Llanymynech, to the ‘Turnpike Road from 
Lianymynech to Ofwefiry, near the Mountain called Coid 
Jffa, and the Road trom Ofwéfiry Turnpike’ Rodd, near 
the Wolf’s Head on Knockin Heath, to the kinger Poff at 
the Fait End-of Knockin Late. 

A Bill for deepening, cleaning, {couring, preferving, 
and maintaining, the Harbour of “yr,‘for enlarging and 
improving the Quays and Piers, for erecting Docks, 
Breatts, t Aa and Piers, and -for regulating Ships, 
Lighters, and other Veficls, trading into, and going out 
of, the faid Harbour ;. and:for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; ‘wasread a: Second Time. . 


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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. ''{ 4 HF72, 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ken- 
nedy, Sir Alexander Gilmour, 8c. : And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, from 
Great Oufeborn, to Aldwork, in the County of York, was 
committed; That the Committee. had examined the 


_ Allegations of the Bill, and fourid the fame to be true ; 


and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Places and afterwards delivered the Bill 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. ; 
- And a Motion being made, That the faid Report be 
now read ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majetty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives “His Con. 
fent, -as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fir. 

Then the faid Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


Sir George Yonge reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parith 
ot Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook 
in the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true - 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table - 
Where the Amendments were-Once ‘read throuchout : 
and then a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to b 
the Houte. i» ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Ordered, That Sir George Youge do make the Report 
fron: the Committee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the 
Term and Powers of an Aét, patied in the 2d Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign, for repairing, widening, and 
altering, feveral Roads leading from Taviftock to Ph- 
mouth, and other Places, in the County of Devon ; and for 
repairing, and widening the Road from the Gui/dball in 
Taviftock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook 
Street; to Cherry-Brook, and to. Dunnabridge Pound; and 
from the Callington Turnpike Road to Morwell Ham 
and New Quay, in the faid County, was committed. 

. Sir George Yonge accordingly reported from: the faid 

Committee, That-no Perfon appeared in Behalf of the 
Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, and 
principal Inhabitants of, or refiding near to, the Towns 
and Boroughs of \Dunheved, otherwife Launcefton, and 
Newport, in the County of Cornwall, and of feveral of 
the Truftees for putting in Execution an Aét,: made in 
the 33d Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second; intituled, An! Ac for amending, 
widening, and keeping in Repair, 'feveral Roads leading, 
to the Borough of Launcefton, in the County of Corn- 
wall, and’ alio‘of. the Mortgagees of the Tolls: granted 
by the faid A, and. alfo of the Mayor,: Alderten, 
and Free Burgefles, of the Borough of\ Camelford, in the 
faid. County,.:and.alfo of the. Mayor and: Free’ Bur- 
gefles of the Borongh of Boffnney and Trevena,:in Tin- 
tagel, in the County aforefaid, referred to the faith Com- 
mittee; and thatsthe Commitree ‘had. examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had -gone through: the: Bill, 
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nnd made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had directed to be reported to the Houle; and he read 
the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clérk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout } 
and then a Second Time, One by One; ahd, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, By Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have apreéd to the Ameridments, made 
by this Houfe to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
better regulating the future Marriages bf the Royal 
Family: And alfo, 

The Lords have agteed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for making the Exemplification of the laft Will and 
Teftament of Fames Macartney, Efquire, deceafed, Evi- 
dence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great Bri- 
tain and Jreland, without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Motion being made, That it be an Inftruétion to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is re- 
ferred to confider further of the Supply grarited to His 
Majefty, that they do confider of a proper Encourage- 
ment to be given, for more effectually profecuung 
fuch further Difcoveries as may be made towards the 
South Pole ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty recommends to 
the Houfe the Confideration of a proper Encourage- 
ment to be given, for more effectually profecuting fuch 
Difcoveries. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to confider 
further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, that they 
‘do confider of a proper Encouragement to be given, for 
more effectually profecuting fuch further Difcoveries as 
may be made towards the South Pole. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Conimittée, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, in the Parifh of Hammeringham, in 
the County of Lincoln, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found tlie fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners of Land 
in the faid Fields, to the Amount of £7. 105. a 
Year, who faid they would neither meddle nor make ; 
and that the Annual Value of all the Lands inténded 
to be incloied is £. 248.; and that no Perfon appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A. Petition of the Mayor, Bridgemafters, and Bur- 
geffes, of the Town of Maydenbeth, otherwife Maiden- 
bead, in thé County of Berks, under their Common 
Seal, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That a Bill is depending, for impowering the 
Petitioners to build a Bridge over the River Thames, 
near the prefent Bridge called Maidenhead Bridge; and 
. Voy. XXXII 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


621 


that, in order to make 4 convenient Road to the faid 
intended Bridge, the Petitioners are advifed, that it will 
be neceffary to purchafe certain Houtes, Buildings, 
Lands, and Premiiies; in the Counties of Berks and 
Bucks, which, as the Bill now ftands, the Petitioners 
appreltend they are not authorized to do: And there. 
fore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into Con- 
fideration, and that fuch Provifion-may be made in the 
faid Bill, to enable the Petitioners to purchafe fuch 
Houfes, Buildings, Lands; and Premiffes, as fhall be ne- 
ceflary for completing the faid Bridge, and making 
proper Roads or Avenues to the fame, in fuch Manner 
as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committeé: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhali ap- 
pear to them, tothe Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Vanfittert, Mr. Whitworth, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine 
of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofé Narnes are 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners or Occupiers of 
Land, in the Parifhes of Sunning, Hurft, Wokingham, 
Barkham, Binfield, Laurence Waltham, White Waltham, 
Warfield, Winckheld, Eafthampftead, Finchampftead, and 
Places there adjacent, in the Counties of Berks and 
Wilts, or fome or one of them, on Behalf of themfzlves 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of Land in the faid 
Parifhes and Places, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read , Setting forth, That the Petitioners have been in- 
formed, that a Bill is depending, to authorize the Lord 
of the Manor of Sandburft, for the Time being, to cut 
Turves; Peat, Heath, and Fern, Annually, upon fuch 
Quantity of Land, Part of the Watte Lands of the faid 
Manor, as in the faid Bill is mentioned, and to fell and 
difpofe of fuch Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern; and 
alleging, That the faid Parifhes are of very confider- 
able Extent, and contain a great Number of Inha- 
bitants, and adjoin, or are near to, the faid Ma- 
nor; and the Petitioners and others, Inhabitants of 
the faid Parifhes, for a great Number of Years pre- 
vious to the Year 1762, were fupplied with Turves 
and Peat for Fuel purchated of the Lord of the faid 
Manor, for the Time being, from the Wafte Lands of 
the faid Manor, at a reafonable Rate, which was a 
great Advantage and Convenience to the Inhabitants of 
the faid Parifhes and Places, and efpecially to the Poor, 
as Coal and Wood for Fuel are fold at a high Rate, 
and the Quantity of Fuel produced is very infufficient 
for the neceffary Confumption of the Inhabitants ; and 
that, fince the Year 1763, when, as the Petitioners have 
been informed, Daniel Fox and Elizabeth Caroline lils 
Wife, Lord of the faid Manor, were reftrained from 
cutting Turves and Peat for Sale, from the Wafte Lands 
of the faid Manor, the Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes 
and Places have been put to confiderable Expence 
and Inconvenience; in purchafing Coal and Wood for 
Fuel; and that the Petitioners conceive, it will be of 
creat Advantage not only to them, but to all the In- 
habitants of the neighbouring Parithes, if the Lord of 
the faid Manor, for the Time being, is permitted to cut 
Turves and Peat, from the Wafte Lands of the faid 
Manor, for Sale, as the Inhabitants will not only be 
thereby in a great Meafure relieved from the Incon- 
veniénce they havé long laboured under, by being again 
fupplied with Turves and Peat for Fuel, and the Price 
of other Fuel will, by fuch Sale, as the Petitioners ap- 
prehend, be reduced in the faid Parifhes and Places: 
And therefore praying, That the faid Bill may pafs 
into a Law. | 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie, upon the 
Table, until the Report be received from the Commit- 
tée, to whom the Bill to reftrain the Lord of the Manor 
of Sandburft, in the County of Berks, for the Time 
77 being, 








622 


being, from cutting Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, 
growing upon the Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, 
except upon fuch Quantity of Land in each Year as in 
the faid Bill is mentioned; and to authorize the Lord 
of the faid Manor, for the Tirhe being, to cut Turves, 
Peat, Heath, and Fern, Annually, upon fuch Quan- 
tity of Land as in the faid Bill is mentioned, ts commut- 
ted. ' 


Sir Charles Whitworth repotted from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better paving, cleanfing, light- 
ing, and watching, the Streets, and Lanes, in the Town 
and Parifh of Chatham, in the County of Keat; and 
for removing and preventing Nufances and Annoyances 
therein, was committed ; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houle ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at. the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the more effe@ual Proceeding againft 
Perfons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for Felony 
or Piracy. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Clauf &gt;, for 
extending the Provifions of the faid Bill to His Majefty’s 
Colonies and Plantations in America. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Feilde took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Feilde reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 26° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Georgii III™ Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


OQ Réired, That the Order of the Day, for taking into 
further Confideration the Report, which was made 

from the Committee, to whom the Bill for building a 
Bridge crofs the River Ure, from Great Oujeborn, to 
Aldwork, in the County of York, was committed, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Report into 
further Confideration. 

And the Amendments, made by the’ Committ 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, + 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in. 
rolled. 


. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee 
to whom the Petition of feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubicribed, being Owners or Proprietors 
of Lands in the feveral Townthips of Market Wej b. 
ton and Holme, upon Spalding Moor, and other dieoie 
Townfhips or Parifhes, in the Eaft Riding of the aie 
ty of York, was referred ; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had dj. 
rected him to report the fame, as it-appeared to them 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place. 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table. 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz, 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr 
Fobu Smith, an Engineer, being examined, faid, That 
there are feveral Lands and Grounds, within the faid 
Townfhips or Parifhes, which contain about Twent 
thoufand Acres, and are fubject to be overflowed with 
Water, for want of proper Outfalls into the River 
Humber , that if the fame were drained and embanked 
and if that Part of the faid Drainage, lying between 
Market Weighton and the River Humber, was made Na- 
vigable, the fame would be very advantageous, and of 
public Uulity. r 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
draining and preferving certain Commons, Low Grounds 
and Cars, in the Parifh of Market Weighton, and other 
adjacent Parifhes, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York; and for making a Navigable Cut, or Canat 
from Market Weighton to the River Humber: And that 
Lord George Cavendifo, Sir Anthony Abdy, and Lord 
Fohu Cavendifo, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingrofled Bill for deepening, cleanfing, fcouring 
preferving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port Glaf.. 
gow, for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers 
for erecting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for 
regulating Ships, Lighters, and other Veffels, trading 
into, and going out of, the faid Harbour; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for deepening, cleanfing, {couring, prefery- 
ing, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port Glafgow 
for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, 
for erecting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for fe. 
gulating Ships, Lighters, and other Veflels, trading into 
and going out of, the faid Harbour s ‘and for other Pur. 
pofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Lord Frederick Campbell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Alderman Trecothick prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Ag 
made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of Kine 
George the Second, for enlarging and maintaining the 
Harbour of Ram/gate, and for cleanfing, amending 
and preferving, the Haven of Sandwich : And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields, and Wafte Grounds, within de Steams 
ns Follifoot, in the County of York, was read the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing feveral Oprk 
Fields and Wafte Grounds, within the Townthip of 
pre in the County of York. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Cecil Wray do carry the Bill to tl 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. Wack 


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Chriftopher Keld, Gentlemen, being a Comenisvee ap- 
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pointed by Order of the Truftees impowered to put in 
Execution the Acts of Parliament herein after men- 
tioned, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting 
forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that 
a Bill is depending, for repairing certain Roads therein 
mentioned, and alfo for building a Bridge acro{s the 
River Hull, at or near a Place called Newland Clow, 
in the Parifh of Cottingham, in the County of York ; 
and alleging, that, in the 4th Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, an Act was paffed for draining, preferv- 


ing, and improving, the Low Grounds and Cars ly- 
ing within certain Places therein mentioned, in Holder- 
nefs, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York; and 
that an Act hath fince been alfo pafied, to render more 
effectual the aforefaid Act, wherein Power is given to 
remove any Obftructions and Impediments whatfoever 
to the free and open Paflage of the Water in the faid 
River, from a Place called Mickley Bank to the Bridge 
at Kingfton upon Hull, called The North Bridge, within 
which Limits the Bridge mentioned in the faid Bill 
is intended to be ereéted; which Bridge, the Peti- 
tioners apprehend, will be an Obftruction and Im- 
pediment to the free and open Paflage of the Water in 
the faid River, and in a great Meafure render ineffectual 
the Barrier Banks along the Eaft Side thereof, and other 
Works ereéted for completing the Drainage of the faid 
Low Grounds and Cars: And therefore praying, That 
the Petitioners may be heard, by themfelves or Coun- 
fel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as they appre- 
hend will fo materially affeét the Proprietors of, and 
Perfons interefted in, the faid Banks, and the faid Low 
Grounds, and Cars, and that the Houfe will grant 
fuch Relief in the Premifes as to them fhall feem meet, 
and the Neceffity of the Cafe may require. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill 
for widening, amending, and keeping in Repair, the 
Road from the Weft End of Newland Clow Lane, in 
the Parif of Cottingham, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York, unto or near Newland Clow, on 
the Weft Side of the River Hul/, and from the op- 
pofite Bank of the faid River, to the South Eaft Corner 
of the Church Yard Wall in Sutton in Holdernefs, and 
from thence to or near Salts Gate, adjoining to the 
Turnpike Road between King/ton upon Hull, and Hedon 
in Holderne/s aforefaid, and from the faid South Eaft 
Corner of Sutton Church Yard Wail, unto and through 
Low Gate Street, and from thence to the Toll Bar near 
the Two Mile Stone on the faid Turnpike Road be- 
tween Kingfton upon Hull and Hedon aforefaid ; and alfo 
for building a Bridge acrofs the River Hui, at or 
near Newland Clow aforefaid, is committed ; and that 
the Petitioners be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
jaid Petition. 


Colonel Eutfrell prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watch- 
ing, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, 
Alleys, and other public Paflages and Places, within 
the Parifh of Chriftchurch, in Middlefex, and for re- 
moving Nufances and Obftructions therefrom, and pre- 
venting the like for the future; and for paving and 
regulating fuch Parts of Brick Lene, as ave not within 
the faid Parifh : And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Ongley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open -and Common Fields, Meadows, Commonable 


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623 


Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, Parifh, and 

Liberties of Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon: 

And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Timé. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon F ield, and Commonable Lands; in the Liberties; 
Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrop, in the Parifhes of 
King’s Sutton and Newbottle, in the County of North- 
aimpton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Me- 

touen, Mr. Congreve, &amp;c.: Arid they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Southwell reported from the Committeé, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh 
of Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter, was committed ; 
That the Committee had. examined the Allecations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Owners of One Yard Land and an Half in the faid 
F ields, who refufed to fign the Bill, and that the faid 
Fields intended to be inclofed contain 36 Yard Lands 
in the Whole; and that no Perfon appeared before 
the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Reynolds reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to explain and pmend an Aéct, made in the 
Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, for improving the Naviga- 
tion of the River Loyne, otherwite called Lune, and for 
building a Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lan- 
cafter, in the County Palatine of Lancaffer, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the ° 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table’: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the’ Queition feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, that 
no Garden fhall be taken without the Confent of the 
Owner. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read, and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Henry Francis Sellon, was read the Firtt 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Floufe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom it was referred to confider of fo 

3 much 








624. 


tnuch of af Act, made in the 7th Year of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, and re- 
duce into One Act of Parliament, the General Laws 
now in Being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads of 
this Kingdom; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Car- 
riages ufed upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Numbet 
of Horfes allowed to be ufed therewith; and to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, the 
Proceedings of the Select Committee of Bengal, from 
May 1765 to the laft Advices inclufive. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
of the Letters written by the Court of Eaf India Di- 
rectors, to the Governor and Council, and Seleét Com- 
mittee at Calcutta in Bengal, in the Years 1768, 1769, 
1770, §771, and 1772. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Copies, 
or Duplicates, of the General Letters, and Select Com- 
mittee Letters, from Bengal, dated in the Years 1767 
and 1768; alfo the Inland Letters received and fent, 
and the Country or Perfian Correfpondence, as tranf- 
mitted to the Court of Ea/t India Directors, from the 
Governor and Council, and Seleét Committee of Ca/- 
cutta, for the Months of Fuly, September, Offober, No- 
vember, and December, 1767, and March, April, May, 
Sune, Fuly, Auguft, September, and Offober, 1768. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Copies 
of a Memorial, of the 12th September 1769, as de- 
livered to the Court of Directors, by Two Armenian 
Merchants, named Gregore Cojamaul and Fobannes Padre 
Rafael ; and of a Memorial of Monfieur Chevalier, the 
French Governor of Chandernagore, in Bengal, to the 
Governor and Council of Calcutta, refpeCting the feizing 
of Silver aboard a French Ship. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, a 
Copy of the Proceedings, or Confultations, of the Go- 
vernor and Council of Calcutta, in Bengal, of the 10th 
December 1767, as tranfmitted by them to the Court of 
Eaft India Directors. 

Ordered, ,That there be laid before this Houfe, Co- 
pies of the Proceedings of the Committee of Treafury 
and Correfpondence of the Court of Eaf India Di- 
rectors, for May, Fune, September, and Offober, 1769, 
and November and December 1770. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Copy 
of a Letter from Gregory Cojamaul to the Directors of 
the Ea/t India Company, dated the 29th February 1772; 
together with the Anfwer thereto, and the Papers and 
Proceedings referred to in the faid Anfwer. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, the 
annual Account of Affairs of the Eaf India Com- 
pany, made up to Mid/ummer laft, alfo an Eftimate 
of the Receipts and Payments of Cafh by the faid Com- 
pany to Mid/ummer next, together with the laft general 
Advices from the different Prefidencies in Jfa. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committce of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to diffolve the Marriage of Ambrofe Godfrey Hanck- 
witz, with Dorothy Afbcroft, his now Wife; and to 
enable him to matry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

‘The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Fofeph Mawbey took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Fofeph Mawbey reported from the Committee, 


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A. 17974, 
That they had heard Counfel, and examined Wit: 
neffes, for the faid Bill; and that no Counfel or Part 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill; 
and that the Committee had direéted him to report the 


Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered the Bill in .at the Clerk’s Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Hou® 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
upon the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of Freemen 
into Corporations, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; To-morrow Morn- 
ing; refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, zo. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for further continuing Two Aéts, made in the Sixth and 
Ninth Years of His Majefty’s Reign, for punifhin 
Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment k 
the Army:and their Quarters, in His Majefty’s Do- 
minions in America ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


Sir George Savile prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, Commons, and Wafte Lands, and 
a Stinted Pafture, called The Cow Pafture, in the Pa- 
rifh of Ackworth, in the County of York: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Order of the Day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee; to whom the Bill to 


reftrain the Lord of the Manor of Sandburft, in the 


County of Berks, for the Time being, from cutting 
Turves, Peat, Heath, and Fern, growing upon the 
Wafte Lands within the faid Manor, except upon fuch 
Quantity of Land in each Year as in the faid Bill is 
mentioned ; and to authorize the Lord of the faid Manor 
for the Time being, to cut Turves, Peat, Heath, and 
Fern, annually, upon fuch Quantity of Land as in the 
faid Bill is mentioned, was committed; 

Mr. Gilbert accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Report be now read. 

Then the Counfel for and againft the Bill were called 
in, 

And the faid Report was read. 

And the Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Tenants-of the Ma- 
nor of Sandburft, within His .Majefty’s Foreft of 
Windfor, in the County of Berks, on Behalf of them- 
felves and others; and alfo, the Petition of Richard 
Willis, Efquire, Devifee in Truft of the real Eftates of 
Daniel Rich, Efquire, deceafed, againft the Bill; and 
alfo, the Petitions of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Owners or Occupiers of 
Land, in the Parifhes of Sunning, Hurft, Wokingham, 
Barkham, Binfield, Warfield, Winckfield, Eafthampftead, 
and Finchampftead, in the Counties of Berks and Wilts, 
or fome or One of them, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, Owners and Occupiers of Land in the faid Pa- 
rifhes, which were prefented to the Houfe upon the 
11th Day of this Inftant March; and alfo, the suas? 

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12 Geo. III. 


of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, being Owners or Occupiers of Land, in the 
Parifhes of Sanning, Hurft, Wokingbam, Barkham, Bin- 
field, Laurence Waltham, White Waltham, Warfield; 
Wiuckfield, Eafthampftead, Finchampjlead, and_ Places 
there.adjacent, in the Counties of Berks and Wilts, or 
fome or One of them, on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, Owners and Occupiers of Land in the faid Pa- 
rifhes and Places, which was Yefterday prefented to the 
Houfe, in Favour of the faid Bill, were alfo read. 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners againft the Bill 
were heard; and examined feveral Witnefles, and _pro- 
duced Evidence, in Support of the Allegations of the 
faid Petitions, and went through the Evidence for the 
Petitioners. 

Then the Counfel for the Bill were heard; and ex- 
amined feveral Witneffes, in Favour of: the faid Bill, 
againft the faid Petitions. 

And. One of the Counfel for the Petitioners againft 
the Bill was heard, by Way of Reply. 

And then the Counfel on both Sides were directed to 
withdraw. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Amendments made by the Committee to 
the faid Bill be now read a Second Time ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Noes went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Lord Frederick Camp- 
bell, 16 
Mr. William Burke: 
Tellers for the Noes, } poet dew ti ‘ t 28; 
So it pafied in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the further Confideration of the faid 
Report be adjourned till this Day Three Months, 


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525 
The other Ordér Of the Day being tead ; 
Ordered, That the Report from the Committee. of the 

whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the more effectual 

proceeding againft Perfons ftanding mute on their Ar- 
raignment for Felony ot Piracy, was comimitted, be re- 
ceived To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To:motrow Morne 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





V eneris, 27° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Georgii HI Regis; 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


‘ 


HE Houle being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on; 

from the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he 
was called in; and, at the Bar, prefenited to the Houfe; 
purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Net Produce; at the Receipt of 
His Majefty’s Exchequer, of the feveral. Stamp Duties 
granted by the Acts 32d George the Second, and 2d and 
5th George the Third, for augmenting .the Salaries of 
the Judges of England and Wales, for Four Years, end- 
ed the 5th Day of Fanuary 1772; diftinguifhing each 
Year. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

The faid Account is as followeth ; viz. 





To the honourable the Knights, Citizens; and Burgefits, in Parliamenit affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of the Net Produce at the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, of the feveral Stamp 
Duties, granted by the Acts 32° Georgii 2di, and 2° and 5° Georgii 3°, for augmenting the Salaries of the 
Judges of England and Wales for Four Years; ended the sth Day of Fanuary 1772, diftinguifhing each 


Year. 























Net Produce of the Stamp Duties granted by the A&amp;t 32° Georgii 24% R’; ee a ee a 
for the Year ended the 5th Day of January _— — 1769] 7,348 10 5 
Ditto — -— — “ie me” 577? 70938 45,5 
Ditto _— — —_—_—— — 177! 9357 16 i 
Ditto — —_ — 1772] 8,742 18 10 : 
; 32,187 10 7 
Net Produce of the Stamp Duties granted by the Aéct 2° Georgii jt R’, 
for the Year ended the 5th Day of Fanuary — — 1769) 287 14 1 
Ditto —_ — _ — 1770 366 4 10 
Ditto _ — _ a" a7an 370 I 5 
Ditto —_ — ~ — 1772 397 13 1 a 
ae ‘altel : - 1,421 13° § 
Net Produce of the Stamp Duties granted by the Aé 5° Georgi 3t# R*, 
for the Year ended the 5th Day of January - — 1769) 627 4 2 
Ditto — o— — 1770 798 Ig 2 
Ditto _ — _ — 1771) &amp;4 9 oO 
Ditto &lt; os = — 1772) =848 4 5 7 
3,098 13 9 
. 6, 07 17 
ne the 27th Day ; 43 oats : 
of March 1772. Sohn Hughfon. 
Vou, XXXII. 7 U Ordered, 








626 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, in the Parifh of Hammeringham, in the 
County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, in the Parifh of Hammeringbaw, in the 
County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Act, made 
in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, for improving the Naviga- 
tion of the River Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and tor 
building a Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lanca/- 
ter, in the County Palatine of Lancafter. was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to explain and amend an At, made in the 
Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, for improving the Navigation of the 
River Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and for building a 
Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lancaffer, in the 
County Palatine of Lancafter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Reynolds do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for granting to William Foues, Efquire, on certain Con- 
tingencies therein mentioned, a Term for Ninety-nine 
Years, if he fhalt fo long live, in the Real Eftates late of 
William Fones, Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral Coun- 
ties of Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms as are therein 
mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Page, 
Sir Fames Long, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 


noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Petition of William Fermor, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houle, and read ; Setting forth, That a Bill is 
depending in the Houfe, for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common 
Meadows, and Common and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Heath, otherwife Hetbe, in the 
County of Oxford , and that the Petitioner is Proprietor 
of feveral Lands and Grounds within the faid Manor 
and Parith, and of certain Lands, reputed to be Twelve 
Yard Lands, titheable by the Re¢tor of the faid Parith, 
and lying in the Fields and Parifh of Cottisford ; and the 
Reétor of the Rectory and Parifh Church of Heath, 
otherwife Hethe, in Right of his faid Rectory, is in- 
titled to One Acre of Glebe Land, within the faid Pa- 
rifh of Cottisford ; and the Petitioner is alfo intitled to a 
certain inclofed Heath, or Parcel of Land, called Court- 
field, otherwife Cottesfield, in the faid Parifh of Cottis- 
ford, confifting, by Eftimation, of 75 Acres, upon which 
the Proprietors of Lands and Commons in the faid Pa- 
rifh, have Right of Common at certain Times of the 
Year; and that it would be for the Advantage of the 
Petitioner, and the faid Reétor, if the faid Twelve Yard 
Lands were exonerated from Tithes, and the faid Acre 
of Glebe Land was vefted in the Petitioner, and a Com- 
penfation made to the faid Rector, out of the Lands of 
the Petitioner, in the faid Manor of Heath; and that it 
is agreed, between the Petitioner, and the Perfons hav- 
ing’a Right of Common upon the faid Heath, called 
Courtfield, that al] Right of Common fhall be extin- 
guifhed, upon Confideration of the Petitioner’s paying 
a certain yearly Sum, for the Ufe of the Poor of the 
faid Parifh of Heath, which would be for the Benefit of 
all the Parties concerned : And therefore praying, That 


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4.1772, 


Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for the Pur- 
pofes aforefaid. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Prayer of the Petition of iennes Trotman, 
Efguire, Lord of the Manor of Heath, otherwife Hethe, 
in the County of Oxford, George Lamb, Clerk, Reétor 
of the Parifh Church of Heath, otherwife Hethe, afore- 
faid, Fobn Dagley and Fobn Baylis, in Behalf of them- 
felves and others, the Proprietors of Lands, and other 
Properties in the Open and Common Fields of Heath, 
otherwite Hethe aforefaid, that they do make Provifion 


in the faid Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the faid Peti. 
tion of Villiam Fermor, Efquire. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of mbrofe Godfrey Hanckwitz, 
with Dorothy Afbcroft, his now Wife ; and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men. 
tioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Fofeph Mawbey do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open and 
Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and Pafture Grounds, 
Common and Wafte Lands, in the Manor of Mauch 
Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great 
Wenlock, in the County of Salop, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Bagot, Mr. Kynafton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of Holland 
Cookfey, Efquire, which was prefented to the Houle upon 
the 29th Day of February laft, and then ordered to lie 
upon the Table, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideraticn of a Committee : And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Martin, Mr. Ward, &amp;c. : 
And they are to meet upon Monday Morning next, at 
Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have 
Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

A Petition of the principal Traders, Manufacturers, 
and Inhabitants, of the City of London, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the {aid 
Petition of Holland Cookfey, Efquire, and fetting forth, 
That the opening fuch a fafe, certain, and expeditious 
Conveyance of Goods of all Kinds, to and from the fe- 
veral Counties adjoining to the faid River, as prayed for 
in the faid Petition, will be of public Utility, would 
contribute to lowering the high Price of Provifions, 
and greatly promote the Trade, Arts, and Manutactories, 
of this City. 

A Petition of the Landholders, Occupiers of Mills, 
Farmers, Traders, and Inhabitants, of the Town of 
Colnbrooke, and divers Parifhes adjacent, in ghe County 
of Bucks, was alfo prefented to the Houle, and read; 
likewife taking Notice of the faid Petition of Holland 
Cook/ey, Eiquire, and praying, ‘That Leave may be given 
to bring ina Bill, as prayed for by the faid Petition; 
and that the fame may pais into a Law. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
be referred to the faid Committee. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 


and Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Parifh of Kemerton, in the Caunty of Gloueefter,. was” 


read the Third Time. ; 
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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parifh of Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Southwell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprietors 
of certain Lands, called Comeywood Fen, the Doles next 
Wimblington Green, and the Low Lands of Appleborough, 
in the Parifh of Doddington, and Hamlet of Wimblington, 
within the [Me of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of 
the Bill for imbanking, draining, and preferving, cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Ramfey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Pa- 
rifhes of Doddington, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, 
within the Ife of Z/y, in the County of Cambridge, and 
for amending the Road, from a certain Bridge in the 
Parifh of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain, called Vermuydens, or the Forty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge, called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Pa- 
rith ot Ramfey; and fetting forth, That the faid Lands; 
called Coneywood Fen, the Doles next Wimblington Green, 
and the Low Lands of Appleborough, in the Parifh of 
Doddington, and Hamlet of Wimblington, are fubject to 
be overflowed, to the great Prejudice of the Eftates of 
the Petitioners ; and that, if Provifion was made in the 
faid Bill, for draining and preferving the faid Lands, 
it would be of great Benefit to the Parties interefted : 
And therefore praying, That Provifion may be made 
in the faid Bill, for draining and preferving the faid 
Lands, in fuch Manner as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to tlie 
Confideration of a Committee: And that they do exa- 
mine the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it 
fhall appear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Wyldbore, Sir Sampfon 
Gideon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 
Records. 


An ingrofied Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road from the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in 
the Parifh of Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to 
Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of Dartmoor,.in the faid 
County, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, in the Parifh of Dun/- 
ford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Broek, in the 
Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County. 

Ordered, That Sir George Yonge do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Aét, paffed in the 2d Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, fe- 
veral Roads leading from Taviftock to Plymouth, and 
other Places, in the County of Devon ; and for repair- 
ing and widening the Road from the Guildhall in Ta- 
viftock aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Brook 
Street, to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound, and 
from the Callington Turnpike Road to Morwelbam 
and New Quay, in the faid County, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Att for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
A&amp;, paffed in the 2d Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, feveral 
Roads leading from Zavifiock to Plymouth, and other 
Places, in the County of Devon ; and for repairing and 
widening the Road from the Guildhall in Tavz/tock afore- 
faid, through Matthew Street and Lower Brock Street, to 


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627 
Cherry Brook; arid to Dunnabridge Pound, arid from the 
Callington Turnpike Road to Moerwelbam atid New 
Quay, in the faid County. 


Ordered, That Sir George Yonge do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered; That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of Freemen 
into Corporations, be now read: 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe retolved itfelt into the iaid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, took the Chair of the 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, reported from the 
Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direCted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


A Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers and Autho- 
rities given to George Fiefchi Heneage, Eiquire, by an 
A&amp;, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefly, intituled, An A&amp;t for dividing and in- 
clofing certain Open and Common Fields and Grounds, 
within the Parifh of Benniworth, in the County of Lin- 
coln, to charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel 
of the Manor of Benniworth, in the County of Lincoln, 
of which he is now ftrict Tenant for Life, with a certain 
Sum of Money, for reimburfing to him the Expences 
which he has been at in the inclofing the fame; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
lew Bertie, Mr. Lajceiles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill to indemnify fuch Perfots as have omitted to 
qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and to 
indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify Mem- 
bers and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Zwe/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bull. 


A Petition of the Truftees appointed for executing 
feveral Acts of Parliament for repairing the Road from 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to and through 
the Borough of Warwick, to the utmoft Limits of the 
faid County upon Edgehill, and of Perfons who have 
confiderable Sums of Moncey due to them on the Credit 
of the faid Acts, and the Tolls arifing on the faid Road, 
and alfo of fevera] Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, 
refiding in and near the faid Borough and Road, was 
preiented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is de- 
pending for repairing and widening the Road from the 

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628 


Turnpike Road near Solybull, in the County of War- 
wick (leading towards Karwick) to the Guide Poft in 
Kenilzvorth, there uniting to the Road leading trom the 
City of Coventry, to Warwick~ aforeiaid, and trom a 
Place called Stone Bridge, through Diddington and Brad- 
nock’s Marfb, to unite to the Road leading from So/ybull 
to Kenilworth, on Balfall Common, in the faid County of 
Warwick, and that the Petitioners apprehend, if the 
faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law as it now ftands, 
it will be highly injurious to the feveral.Perfons. who 
have lent Money on the Credit of the faid Acts, and.to 
the Inhabitants of the faid Borough ot Warwick, and 
the feveral Towns and Villages fituate on the faid Road, 
leading from Birmingham to Warwick: And therefore 
praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, by them- 
jelves or Counfel, againft that Part of the faid Bill as 
relates to the repairing and widening the Road from the 
Turnpike Road near Solybull aforeiaid, to the Guide Pott 
in Keni/worth atoreiaid ; or that the Petitioners may have 
fuch other Relief in the Premifes, as to the Houte fhail 
{eem meet. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Sonfideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Warwick 
Road, near Solihull, to the Guide Pofts in Kenilworth ; 
and from Stone Bridge, to meet the aforefaid Road on 
Baljall Common, in the County of Warwick, is comiit- 
ted; and that the Petitioners be heard, by themfelves 
or Counfel, before the aid Committee, upon their t’e- 
tition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftru€tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


Ordered, That the Bill for the more effectually fecur- 
ing fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Uie 
of the Royal Navy, be read a Second Time upon 
Thurfday Morning next. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open Fields, Meadow, Pafture,Common, and Watte 
Grounds, within the Liberties of Ockdrook, in the 
County of Dery, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
siven their Conient to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee (exeept the Proprietors of about Three 
Acres and Two Roods of Land, and Three Cattle 
Gates; and that the Whole of the Lands intended to be 
inclofed confift of oo Acres, or thereabouts, and the 
Number of Cattle Gates is 134; and that no Perfon 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
civected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon 
the Quettion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled, 


Mr. Lafcelles reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petinon of the Maiter, Wardens, and Afiiftants, 
of the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford 
Stroud, and alio, the Petition of Leonard Thompfon, of 
Sheriff Hutton, in the County of York, Efquire ; and 
alfio, the Petition of Fcebu Angell, of Stockwell, in the 
County of Surrey, Etquire, were feverally referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
Firlt mentioned Petition (no Perfon appearing in Behalf 
of the Two lait mentioned Petitions) and had directed 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 


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A. 1774; 


Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read; and isas followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, an 
Act, pafied in the 6th Year of His prefent Majefty, for 
taking down and removing certain Light Houtes, itand- 
ing near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth of the Humécr, 
and for erecting other fit and convenient Light Houfes 
inftead thereof, was read: And, 

Mr. William Hanimond, being examined, faid, That 
purfuant to the Directions of the faid Act, Mr. Tomp- 
fom has taken down the old Light Houfes at the Spurz 
Point, and built temporary Lights at his own Expence, 
to the Amount of about £. 600; which Lights are now 
kept burning: And 

Mr. Charles Wyldbore, chief Clerk to the Trinity Houfe 
of Deptford Strond, being examined, faid, that the Eiti- 
mate for building the temporary Lights was £. 550 :— 
That Application had been made to the Trinity Houje by 
Mr. Thomp/on, to take the Light Houfes under their 

are, which they coniented to do, and had proceeded to 

erect Two new ones, according to a Plan made by Mr. 
Smeaton, which he produced to the Committee, and en- 
tered into a Contract with Mr. Zaylor, an Architect, 
which was alfo produced, for building the fame ac- 
cording to an Eftimate given in by him, amounting 
to £. 3,300; and that they had appointed the faid Mr. 
Smeaton Surveyor of the Works, with a Salary of £. 100 
per Ann. , and he further faid, That the Trinity Houfe 
have already expended upwards of £. 1,000 on and 
about the faid Light Houfes: Then 

Mr. William Taylor, the Perfon contracted with, in- 
formed your Committee, That he had begun to exe- 
cute his Contract, and had completed the Foundation of 
One of the Light Houfes, and provided Materials for 
the other: That he has been very frequently obftructed 
in carrying on the Works by Mr. Aagell’s Agents, was 
compelled to quit the Houfe lent him by Mr. Con/tadle, 
and was ferved with a Writ on the 13th of laft Fuze, at 
the Suit ef the faid Mr. Angell, the Confequence of 
which was, intimidating a great many of his People — 
That Mr. Worth, Agent tor Mr. Angell, told him, he 
was going to erect Lights there himfelf, and in Auguf 
lait difcharged the Witnets’s People from working ; 
‘telling them, they fhould be profecuted with the utmoit 
Severity for a Trefpafs,; and faid, He had Direétions 
from Mr. Jdigell to deftroy them and their Works :— 
That he repeatedly interrupted the Workmen, compel- 
led them to lay down their Burthens, and threw the 
Materials about — That he inveigled away the Wit- 
ne{s’s Men, by offering double Wages, and threatened 
the Witnefs fo far, as to make it neceffary for him to 
keep a Guard Night and Day, and feveral of his Work- 
men left him—That Mr. Worth hired 12 or 13 People, 
and began to dig on the Spot where the Witnefs meant 
to erect the High Light — That the Witnefs and his 
People watched their Motions, and kept themfelves on 
their Defence, and defired him to detift — That Mr. 
Worth told him he fhould not live long on the Spurn 
Point; but on being afked, if he meant to fhoot the 
Witnefs, he gave no Anfwer:—That the Witnefs then 
applied to the Juftices of the Peace, who granted an 
Order tor Mr. Worth’s Appearance at Beverley Seffions, 
to which he was bound, but did not appear—and that 
the Matter has fince been removed by Certiorari inta 
the King’s Bench, but nothing has been done uptn it : 
And the Witneis concluded his Evidence with faying, 
that the abovementioned Obftructions were the Caufes 
why the Works did not go on fo expeditioufly as they 
ought to have done. — 

Upon his crofs Examination, he was afked, Whether 
he had ever feen Mr. Worth before he met him on the 
Spurn Point, or whether he knew of his having any 
Connections in that Neighbourhood ? To which he an- 
{wered, That he did not know that he had any Connec- 
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and was a Gentleman of independant Fortune of £. 200 
er inn. 

f Being afked, If he was afraid of Mr. Worth? he 
faid, He was not ; but that he difturbed the Witnefs 
and his People, by employing fuperior Numbers of 
Men, who acted entirely under his Direétions. — And 
being afked, If Mr. Worth’s People were employed in 
digging? he faid, Yes ; but that they declared, that was 
not the only Purpofe for which they were hired, being 
alfo employed to pull down the Houte the Witneis lived 
in, and which belonged to Mr. Conable. 

Being aiked, If he had ever held any Converfation with 
Mr. Worth, with regard to who he was? he faid, That 
Mr. Vaighan, Bailitf to Mr. Conféable, and an old Ac- 
quaintance of Mr. Worth’s, afked him in the Hearing 
of the Witnefs, If he did not expect to have the Light 
Houfes himfelf? to which he feemed to acquiefce :— 
That the Witnefs told him, he had heard, he was a na- 
tural Son of Mr. Axgell’s; upon which he {miled, and 
afterwards faid, That Mrs, Angell and himfelf always did 
Mr. Angell’s Bufinefs, fometimes confulting him. 

Mr. Wyldbore, being again examined, faid, ‘1 hat Mr. 
Worth always appeared at the Trinity Houje as Mr. Angell’s 
principal Agent. ; 

Thomas Wiley, being examined, faid, He had been 
employed by Mr. faylor as a Carter ; and confirmed the 
Evidence given by Mr. Taylor, relative to the Obttruc- 
tions given to, the Witnefs and others, in carrying on 
the Works: And 

Thomes Bird, being examined, faid, He had been em- 
ployed by the faid Mr. Worth, to affift him in pulling 
down the Houfe where Mr. Taylor lived. 

Mr. Hammond then faid, Mr. Angell had appointed 
Collectors, who had received the Duties: And 

er Huntington, being examined, faid, He has 
known the Lights often in want of Coals — that they 
were fent to them by Land Carriage laft Winter, becauie 
the Stock was exhaufted—that Mr. Angell ought to fup- 
ply the Coals; and that the Want of them was owing 
to his Neglect. ; 

Ordered, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Billto 
explain and amend an Act, paffed in the Sixth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
taking down and removing certain Light Houfes, now 
ftanding near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth of the 
Humber, and for erecting other fit and convenient Light 
Houtes inftead thereof: And that Mr. Lafcelles, Sir 
George Savile, Mr. Weddell, and Lord Robert Manuers, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Fields, Common Paftyres, and other Uninclofed 
Grounds, within the Townfhip of Would Newton, in the 
Eaft Riding of the County of York, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this At- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for draining the Low Grounds and Cars, lying 
in the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of Key- 
incham, Keyingham Marjo, Rybill, and Cammerton, Burft- 
wick, and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and Ridgmont, Ot- 
iringham, Halfoam, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tunftall, 
Waxholm, Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Fitling, Hil- 
fon, Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton, and Tanfterne, within 
the Seigniory af Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of the 
County of York, was read a Second’Time. _ 

-Refolved, That the Bill be committed. to Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Richard Glyn reported from the Committee, to 
whom. the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
Two Aéts, made in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth 
Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King Gesrge the 

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Second, for repairing and widening Old Street Road, in 
the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
in the County of Méiddlefex, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral- Amend- 
ments theréunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in atthe Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was read. 
And the Houfe being informed, that fome other 
Amendments are neceflary to be made to the faid Bill ; 
Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 
Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed, to the 
Committee to whom the fame was committed: 


Sir William Meredith reported from the Committee; 
to whom the Bill for completing a Building intended 
for a new Church, or Chapel, at Richmond, near Ever» 
ton, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, and for other 
Purpofes, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ins 
grofled. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable His Majefty to grant cer- 
tain Houfes, in Fenchurch Street and Addle Street, in the 
City of London, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death 
of Lieutenant General John Brown, without Heir, unto 
Frederick Montagu, Etquire, and his Heirs, upen the 
Trufts therein mentioned, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment foilowing was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1.27. After “ wanting,” to infert * of.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Tabie accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable His Majefty to grant certain 
Houfes, in Fenchurch Street and Addie Sireet, in the 
City of London, efcheated to the Crown, by the Death 
of Lieutenant General Fobn Brown, without Heir, unto 
Frederick Montagu, Etquire, and his Heirs, upon the 
Trufts therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fuller do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

\ 


A Bill for inclofing the Open Common Fields, and a 
Common of Pafture, and other Commonable Lands and 
Wafte Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes of Kemble and 
Pool, in the County of Wilts, was read 4 Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pen- 
ruddock, Mr. Skipwith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carriages, loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty 
Chapmen and foé filling up or inclofing Coal and other 
Pits and Sinks, and removing of Obftructions and Nu- 
fances within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolvéd, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, 
loaded Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and Petty Chapmen; 
and for filling up or inclofing Coal and other Pits and 
Sinks, and removing of Obftruétions and Nufances with- 
in that Part of Great Britain called Scorland. 


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Ordered, That Sw Alexander Gilmour do carty the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the Petition of the honourable James Archi- 
bald Stuart, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, 
That he was directed by the Committee to make a 
Motion, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the farne. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, That he was directed by the Committee 
to move the Houfe, That Leave be given to bring in a 
Bill, to enable His Majefty to grant the Reverfion or 
Remainder in Fee Simple, now vetted in His Majefty, of, 
and in, an Annual or Fee Farm Rent, of One hundred 
and Thirteen Pounds, One of the feveral Fee Farm 
Rents granted to the Right honourable Edward, hereto- 
fore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King Charles 
the Second, unto the honourable James Archibald Stuart 
and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate Confideration 
to be given by him er his Heirs for the fame. 

And Sir Alexander Gilmour moved the Houfe accord- 
ingly. 

“Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable His Majefty to grant the Reverfion or Remain- 
der in Fee Simple, now vefted in His Majefty, of, and 
in, an Annual or Fee Farm Rent, of One hundred and 
Thirteen Pounds, One of the feveral Fee Farm Rents 
granted to the Right honourable Edward, heretofore Earl 
of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King Charles the Second, 
unto the honourable ames Archibald Stuart and his 
Heirs, upon a full and adequate Confideration to be 
given by him or his Heirs for the fame : And that Sir 
Alexander Gilmour and Sir Gilbert Elliot do prepare, and 
bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Com- 
mon or Wafte Land, within the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, 
in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, 
was committed, be received upon Monday Sevennight, 
the 6th Day of April next. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for eftablifhing and regulating a Charity, called Foxley 
Charity, in the County of Northampton, founded by Lady 
Catharine Levefon, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to ‘be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
xiven their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made an Amendment there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was read; 
and is as followeth ; viz. 

Pr. 9. 1. 30. Leave out “ they,” and infert “ the 
“ Truftees for the Time being.” 

The faid Amendment, being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Quettion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of Savings, upon the Sum voted for the Pay 


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HM. 1449, 
of an Augmientation to His Majéfty’s Land Forcés, for 
the Service of the Year 1771; and alfo, of the Saviii 
upon the Sum of £. 73,545, voted in the Accoitit of 
Extraordinaries, in the Year 1770, for Levy Mohey fur 
the faid Augmentation. ps 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, ap 
Account of Savings, on feveral Sums voted for the Pay 
of Reduced Officets of Liahd Forces and Matiries, froin 
the 25th of Fine 1754 to the 24th of December 1468. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Hoare 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider further of the Supply gtanted to His Ma. 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Amount Of the 
Exchequer Bills made out by virtue of an A@, pafied 
in the laft Seffion of Parliament, inticuled, An A&amp;t for 
raifing a certain Sum of Moncey, by Loans or Exche- 
quer Bills, for the Service of the Yéar 1771, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the tid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair, 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe id 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Morday 
Morning next. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfoacquainted the Houfe, That 
he was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf mto a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply grantéd to His 
Majetty. 


Sit Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better fécuring and 
preferving His Majefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, 
Ammunition, and Stores: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Sécond Time. 


A Motion being made, That it be an Inftruétion to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whomi it is re- 
ferred to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, that they do confider of a proper Augmenta- 
tion of the Salaries of the Juftices of Che/fer, and of the 
Great Seffions for the Counties in Wales ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty recommends to 
the Houfe, the Confideration of a proper Augmentation 
of the Salaries of the Juftices of Chefter, and of the 
Great Seffions for the Counties in Wales. © 

Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That it be an Inftruc- 
tion to the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
is referred to confider further of the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, that they do confider of a proper Aug- 
mentation of the Salaries of the Juftices of Cheffer, and 
of the Great Seffions for the Counties in Wales. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order, made upon 
the t1th Day of this Inftant March, “ That Leave be 
‘* given to bring in a Bill to prevent fraudulent Ad- 
“¢ miffions into the Company of Merchants, for extend- 
‘* ing and improving the Tradeto Africa,” might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Otder be difcharged. _.. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in’ a Bill for 
regulating the Election of Committee Men for manag- 
ing the Affairs of the African’ Coiripany :. And-that Sir 
William Meredith, the Lord Clare, Mr. Alderman T7é- 

cothick, 














eibitk, Me. Wedel, Mi. Ridiy, Mc. Deipler, and 
Mr. Penhant, ‘do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Houle chis Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft is 
oncerned ‘in the Bill for inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, and ‘a Common of Paftiire, and other Common- 
abié Lands anid Wafte Grounds, jin tke Mabors and, Pa- 
tithes of Kemble and Pool, in the Cotinty of Wilts; which 
Bill was this Day read ‘a Second Time, and committed ; 

The Lord North, by His, Majefty’s, Command; ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Maicty, having ,been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far 4§ His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall thiftk fit. 


Notice beirig taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and incloling certain 
Open Fields, Lands, anid Waite Grounds, within the 
Townlhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York; which Bill was, upon Monday lalt, read a Se- 
cond Time, atid dolihities Bes, ae 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think ft. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; my 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upor Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolye itfelf into 4 Committee, of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif-. 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Réefolved, That this Houfe will, upoti this Day, Se- 
vennicht, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 

oufe, upon the Bill té enable their Majefties to enfran- 
chife Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor of Rich- 
smhond, in the County of Surrey. 


Refolved; That this Houfé will, tipon Wedirefday Se- 
vennisht, the 8th Day of April next, refolve itfelf into 
a Committee of the whole Houfe, to confider of the 
Report which ws Sc from the Committee, who.were 
appointed to confider of fo much of the | riminal Laws 
as relate to Capital Offences ; and to report the fame, 
with their Opihion thereupon, to the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Report frorti the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to.whom the Bill for the more effetual 
proceeding againft Perfons ftanding mute on their Ar- 
raignnieht for Felony or Pitacy, was committed, be re- 


' ceived upon Monday Motning next: 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 


next, Fen of the Clock. 





Lune, 30° die Marti ; 
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Anno 12° Georgii HI** Regis;.1772. 


PRAYERS. 
| BILL fot dividing atid intlofing certain Open 
~We. Fields; Laiids, and Groud¥, in the Lordfhip 
of Weft Halton; wm th€ County of Lincoln, was read a 
Second Time. ee aa 
Relolved, That the Bill be committed t Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And, they are to meet 
this' Aftéfibon; df Five of tie Clock; i 
Chamber, 


A Bill for dividing and theloany déftain Open Fields, 


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the Speaker's: 


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Lands, and Grounds; in the Townthip and Parihh of 
Welton, in the County of Lincofz, was read 4 Sécorid 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Browa- 
low Bertie, Mr. Lajcelles, &amp;c.: Aid they are to meet 
this Afternooh, at Five of the Cléck, TA the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


_ Sir Fobn Wrottefley préferited to the Hoitife, Accotd- 
ing to Order, a Bill to continue the Terth, atid Vary the 
Powers,,.6f fo mitch of an Aét, miade in the 2'if Vear 
of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from Sutton Coldfield Common and fevé¥al other 
Roads therein defcribed, in the Cotitity of Stafford, as 
relates to the Wolverbampton Diftri&amp; of Roads: Aid 
the fame was kecdived; and read the Fitft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be réad 4 Second Time: 


.. An ingroffed Bill for dividing arid inclofing fevertl 
Open Fields, Meadow, Pafturé, Coimition ard Waite 
Grounds, within the Liberties of Ockdrook, in thie County 
of Derby, was read the Third Tine. | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: ‘And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields, Meadow, Paituré; Common and Wafte Grounds; 
within the Liberties of Ockbrook, in the County of Derdy. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh do carry the 
Bill to thé Lords, and defiré their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better paving, cleanfing; 
lighting, and watching; the Streets and Lanes, in the 
Town and Parifh of Chatham, in the County of Kent ; 
and for removing and preventing Nufances and Aiinoy- 
ances therein ; was fead thé Third Time: 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better paving; cleanfing, lighting, 
and watching, the Streets and Lanes; in the Town tnd 
Parifh of Chatham, in the County of Kent; and for 
removing and preventing Nufances and Ahunoyaiices 
therein. Ee 

Ordered, That Admiral Pye do carry tlic Bill to the 
Lords, and defire theit Coneurrencé. 


Sir Charlés Kemys Tynte reported ftom the Corhntit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Pow- 
ers of an Act; made in the 3cth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty, for tepairing and widening feveral Roads 
leading to, through, and from, the Town of Frome; in 
the County of Sémerfet, and féveral other Roads in thé 
Counties of Somerfet and Wilts, was committed ; ‘That 
the Committee liad examined the Allesations or the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gore through the Bill, and made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he_read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards délivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments; in at the Cletk’s Table: Where the 
A nendments were Orice read throughout; and. then a 
Setond Time, Oné by One ; and; upon the Goeition 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


The Houfe was moved; That the Order, made upon 
the THird Day of this liftait Murch, “ That Leave be 
“* giveti to bring it 4 Bill. to amend an A&amp; of the 10th 
“ Year ofthe Reign of His prefent Majefty, for build- 
« ing_a Workhoufé; in the Parith Of Saint Marfih in the 
« Fields, within the City of Weftmniffér,; in’ thé County 
“ of Middlefex, and fot better Employnleiit of the Poor 
“ 6f the faid-Patith,” might be read, 

Arid the’ faid Order being read decordingly ; 

Ordéréd; That the {aid Order be difcharged. 
Orderéd;:. That: Leave’ bé givéh to’ bridg in 4 Bill, to 
amend an Aét of the ‘Fénth Yéat of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, for building a Workhoufe, in the = 
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632 


rifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the City of Weft- 
aminfter, in the County of Middlefex : And that the Earl 
Percy and Sir Robert Bernard do prepate, and bring in, 
the fame. 


The Earl Percy prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to amend an Aét of the Tenth Year of 
the Reign of His pretent Majeity, for building a Work- 
houfe, in the Parith of Saint Martin in the Fields, within 
the City of Wefminfter, in the County of Middlefex : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for annulling and making void -certain Articles of 
Agreement, made previous and in Order to the Mar- 
riage of George Wilfon, Efquire, and Ann Sybelle, his 
now Wife, and the Settlement made after their Mar- 
riage, in Purfuance of the faid Articles, in Confirmation 
of a Decree and Order of the High Court of Chancery, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Crowle, 
Sir George Warren, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

A Motion was made, That the Committee, to whom 
the faid Bill is committed, have Leave to fit, and pro- 
ceed upon the faid Bill, To-morrow Morning ; 

And the Houfe being informed, that a Perfon at- 
tended at the Door, who could give Information to the 
Houfe, touching the dangerous State of Health of Cne 
of the Parties interefted in the faid Bill; 

He was called ia, and, at the Bar, examined in re- 
lation thereto. | 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Leave to fit, 
and proceed upon the faid Bill, To-morrow Morning. 


~ Sir Fohn Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, to 

whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Weft End of Saint Ives Lane, in the Town of 
St. Neots, in the County of Huntingdon, to the Pave- 
ment at the End of Bell Lane, in the Town ot Cam- 
bridge, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allecations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that thé Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for building a Bridge crofs the 
River Ure, from Great Oujfeborn to Aldwork, in the 
County of York, was read the Third Time. 


The Amendment following was propoted to be madte 
to the Bill; vz. 


Pr. 16, 1. 12. After “ Affigns” to infert “ or any ¢'f 


** them, together with fuch Cofts 
** and Charges as fuch Coimmiffion- 
“* ers, or any Five or more of them, 
*¢ fhall in fuch their Warrant direét, 
** rendering to the faid fohn Thomp- 
&lt;&lt; fon, his Heirs or Affigns.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, 
from Great Oufeborn to Aldwork, in the County of York. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Cholmley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


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Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing and widen- 
ing the Road from the Warwick Road, near Solibull, to 
the Guide Pofts in Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge to 


tneet the aforefaid Road on Balfall Common, in the 
County of Warwick, is committed. 


Mr. Edward La/celles repotted from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the feveral 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Siglefthorne, in Heldernefs, in the Eat Riding 
of the County of York, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Ametidments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queition 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bull, with the Amendments; be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Eaft Loo, in the County of Cornwall, 
in the Room of Richard Leigh, Efguire, deceafed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of Milborue Port, in the County of 
Somerfet, in the Room of the Right honourable Robert 
Earl of Catherlough, in the Kingdom of Ireland, deceafed. # 


Mr. Wyldbore reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral of the Owners and Proprietors of 
certain Lands, called. Comtywood Fen, the Doles next 
Wimblington Green, and the Low Lands of Appleborough, 
in the Parifh of Doddington, and Hamlet of Wimblington, 
within the Ifle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge, 
was referred ; That the Committee had examined the 
Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted him to 
report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Thomas Moor, being examined, faid, Thag the faid 
Lands are fubjeét to be overflown; and that the drain- 
ing thereof would be ef great Benefit to the Parties 
interefted. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
+o whom the Bill for imbanking, draining, and preferv- 

ig, Crtain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parith 
of Ray, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the 
Parifhesof Doddington, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, 
within the Ifle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge ; and 
for amending the Road from a certain Bridge, in the 
Parifh of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain called Vermuyden’s, or the Forty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Parith 
of Ramfey, is committed, that they have Power to make 
Provifion in the faid Bill, for embanking, draining, and 


preferving, certain Lands, called Coneytvood Fen, within 


the faid Ifle of Ely, 


Mr. George Bridges. Brudenel] reported from the 
Committee, ‘to whom the Bill for dividing and in- 
clofing the Open and Common Fields, Commons, 
and Common Grounds, within the Hamlet of Bar- 

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jytborpe, in the Parfh of Oakham, in the County of 
Rutland, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had giveti 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in. at the Clerk’s 
Table : Wherethe Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


Sir George Yonge prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled. 
An A&amp; for better Prefervation of the Game, within 
that Part of Great Britain called England: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next. . 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Henry Francis Sellon, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Chol/m- 
ley, Mr. Gafcoyne, &amp;c.: And they are to mect this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Egerton reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue, and render more effectual, 
Two feveral Acts, for repairing the Roads leading 
from the Town of Manchefter, in the County of Lan- 
cafter, through the Town of Afton under Line, and 
Parifh of Mottram Longdendale, and trom thence to 
Salters Brook, in the County Palatine of Chefter, was 
committed; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Thomas Townfbend, Junior, according to Order, 
reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom the Bill for regulating the Admiffion of Freemen 
into Corporations, was committed, the Amendments 
which the Committee had made to the Bill; and which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and atterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, 
with an Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Sir William Dolben prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bili for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, Meadow Grounds, and other Com- 

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monable Lands, within the Parith of Thorpe Acburch; 
in the County of Northampton: And the fame was 


received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, Com 
mon Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in, the 
Townfhip of Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycor and 
Paxford, in the Parith of Blockley, and Couaty of Wor- 
cefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dew 
defwell, Sir William Bagot, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and 
regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Alleys, 
and other public Paffages and Places, within the Parifh 
of Chriftchurch in Middlefex, and for removing 
Nufances and Obftructions therefrom, and preventing 
the like for the future ; and for paving and regulating 
fuch Parts of Brick Lane as are not within the faid Parih ; 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Ofborn, Colonel Luttrel!, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for eftablifhing and regulating a Charity, called Foxley 
Charity, in the County of Northampton, founded by 
Lady Catharine Levefon, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

afs. 
4 Ordered, That Mr. Gilbert do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with One Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of their 
Lordfhips. 


The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the Petition of Fiennes Trot- 
man, Efquire, Lord of the Manor of Heath, otherwife 
Hethe, in the County of Oxford, George Lamb, Clerk, 
Reétor of the Parifh Church of Heath, otherwife Hethe 
aforefaid, Fobn Dagley, and Fobn Baylis, in Behalf of 
themfelves and others, the Proprietors of Lands and 
other Properties in the Open and Common Fields of 
Heath, otherwife Hethe aforefaid ; which was prefented 
to the Houfe upon Tuefday the 25th Day of February 
laft, and a Bill ordered to be brought in purfuant to the 
Prayer thereof; gives His Confenr, as far as His Ma 
jefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the Houfe may do 
therein as they fhall think fit. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen, Common Marfh, and other Commonable 
Places, within the Parifh of Sutterton, in the County of 
Lincoln; which Bill was, upon Friday the 20th Day of 
this Inftant March, read the Firft Time, and ordered to 
be read a Second Time; 

The Lord Nerth, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereit is concerned, 
that the Houle may do therein as they fhall think 
fit. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
feveral Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the 
Townthip of Siglefhorne, in Holdernefs, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of Yor: ; which Bill was this Day 

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reported from the Committee, to whom the fame had 
been committed ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His 
Confent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, 
that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Number of Freemen of the African 
Company, admitted to their Freedom in the City of 
London, fince the Year 1749. 


The Lord Wenman prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common 
Meadows, and Common and Watte Grounds, within 
the Manor and Parifh of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the 
County of Oxford; and for exonerating certain Lands 
belonging to William Fermor, Efquire, from Tythes and 
Right of Common: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Angui/h and Mr. 
Pechell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé for continuing the Term, and altering and en- 
larging the Powers, of an Aét, made in the Tenth Year 
of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening the 

. Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, to the 
Town of Newmarket, in the Counties of Suffolk and 
Cambridge, and from the South End of the Ferry Street, 
in Brandon, to Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the faid County 
of Suffolk ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, Moors, 
and Common Paftures, in the Lordfhip of Middle 
Raifin, in the County of Lincoln; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Cloathing of 
the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called England, 
for One Year, beginning the 25th Day of March 1772; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the more effectual aflefling and collecting of the 
Rates for Relief of the Poor, in the Parifh of Saint 
Botolph Bifbopgate, in the Liberties of the City of Lon- 
dou; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for clearing, depthening, repairing, maintaining, and 
improving, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth, 
and for depthening and making more navigable the 
feveral Rivers emptying themfelves into the faid Haven; 
and for preferving Ships wintering therein from Accidents 
by Fire ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing and inclofing a certain Open and Com- 
mon Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Townhhip, 
Liberties, and Precincts, of Epwell, in the County of 
Oxford, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 

for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Commonable Lands, and Meadow Ground, 
within the Manor and Parith of Great Farringdon, in 
the County of Berks; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 
_ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
and other Commonable Meadows, Paftures, andGrounds, 
within the Parifh of Cavenbam, in the County of Suffolk ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp;t to 
diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, Efquire, with 


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44.1992. 


Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife , ‘atid to enable him 
to marry again ;"and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of 
this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An AG 
for naturalizing Fobn Boufquet ; to which the Lotds de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An AG 
for raifing out of the Eitates late of Aun Nugent, de- 
ceafed, the Sum of f£. 10,000. for the Benefit of the 
Right honourable Robert Craggs, Lord Vifcount Clare, 
in the Kingdom of Jreland, her late Hufband ; and for 
raifing out of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Eliot, de- 
ceafed, the like Sum of £. 10,000. for the Benefit of 
Edward Eliot, Etquire, in Recompence and Satisfaction 
to the faid Robert Lord Vifcount Clare and Edward Eliot, 
for their feverally confenting to give up and relinquith 
certain Powers of leafing for Lives, or Years determina- 
ble on Lives, referved to them refpectively in and by 
the feveral laft Wills of them the faid xn Nugent and 
Elizabeth Eliot, and the Settlements which have been 
made in Purfuance thereof; and for vacating, annulling, 
and extinguifhing, the faid Powers of leafing; and for 
other the Purpofes therein exprefled,; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, Arn Ac 
for raifing out of the Eftates late of Aun Nugent, de- 
ceafed, the Sum of £. 10,000. for the Benefit of the 
Right honourable Rodert Craggs, Lord Vilcount Clare, 
in the Kingdom of Ireland, her late Hufband ; and for 
raifing out of the Eftates late of Eizabeth Eliot, deceafed, 
the like Sum of £. 10,000, for the Benefit of Edward 
Eliot, Efquire, in Recompence and Satisfaction to the 
faid Robert Lord Vifcount Clare and Edward Eliot, for 
their feverally confenting to give up and relinquifh 
certain Powers of leafing for Lives, or Years deter- 
minable on Lives, referved to them refpectively, in and 
by the feveral laft Wills of them the faid Aun Nugent and 
Elizabeth Eliot, and the Settlements which have been 
made in Purfuance thereof ; and for vacating, annulling, 
and extinguifhing, the faid Powers of leafing; and for 
other the Purpofes therein expreffed, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, Efquire, with 
Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife; and to enable him to 
marry again; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Ongiey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to continue, and render more effeétual, feveral 
Aéts, for repairing the Highways between Dunjftable and 
Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, and from the Sign 
of the White Horfe to the Sign of the King’s Arms, in 
Hockliffe aforefaid ; and alfo for making Provifion for 
the more effeétual repairing the Road leading from the 
Sign of the Waggon and Horfes, to the Bull Inn, in Dun- 
fable aforefaid, was committed; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 


_ through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 


unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


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A Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Commonable 
Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, Parifh, and 
Liberties, of Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ongley, 
Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
nooh, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley be added to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
An Act for taking down and removing certain Light 
Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth 
of the Humber, and tor erecting other fit and convenient 
Light Houfes inftead thereof. 


Mr. Cholmley prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in 
the Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for taking down and removing certain 
Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at 
the Mouth of the Huméer, and for erecting other fit 
and convenient Light Houtes inftead thereof: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Commons, and Wafte Lands, and a Stinted 
Pafture, called The Cow Pafture, in the Parifh of Ack- 
worth, in the County of York, was read a Second 
Time 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Cholm- 
ley, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of féveral Freehold and Copyhold Tenants 
and Inhabitants within the Manor of Richmond, in tne 
County of Surrey, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Taking Notice of the Bill to enable Their Ma- 
jefties to enfranchife Copyhold Eftates holden of the 
Manor of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, in order, 
as the Petitioners apprehend, to make Improvements 
within the faid Manor; and Setting forth, That the 
Petitioners conceive the Grounds belonging to Their 
Majefties within the faid Manor might be greatly im- 
proved, if the Foot Path or Lane leading from Rich- 
mond Green to the River Thames was fhut up and dif- 
continued, which will be of no Inconvenience to the 
Petitioners, as there is another Foot Path leading from 
the faid Green down Palace Lane to the River Thames, 
and along the Banks thereof, to T'wo Foot Ferries be- 
longing to His Majefty, one called Railbead Ferry, and 
the other Jfeworth Church Ferry; and that the Peti- 
tioners have Reafon to believe, Their Majefties are 
willing to amend the faid Palace Lane, and raife the 
Banks of the faid River to the faid Ferries in fuch 
Manner as that the fame fhall be paffable at all Times, 
in cafe the faid Lane which divides the Ground before- 
mentioned fhall be fhut up and difcontinued : And there- 
fore praying, That Provifion may be made in the faid 
Bill, for effecting the Purpofes aforefaid, in fuch Man- 
ner as the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe : 

And it is referred to Mr. Ambler, Mr. Onflow, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Merchants, 
and other Inhabitants, of the Town of Léverpoo/, in the 


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County of Lancafter, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read ; Complaining of the High Price of Corn, which, 
the Petitioners conceive, might in fome Degree be 
remedied, if the Importation thereof from America 
was permitted: And therefore praying, That a Bill for 
that Purpofe may be brought in, under fuch Regula- 
tions as the Houfe fhall direct. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


An ingroffed Bill for completing a Building intended 
for a new Church, or Chapel, at Richmond, near Ever- 
ton, in the County Palatine of Lancafter; and for other 
Purpofes, was read the Third Time. - 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for completing a Building intended for a 
new Church, or Chapel, at Richmond, near Everten, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafer; and for other Pur- 
poles. 

Ordered, That Sir William Meredith do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir William Meredith prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for regulating the Election of 
Committee Men, for managing the Affairs of the Afri- 
can Company: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 


Kefolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, a 
Copy of a Bye Law, made by the General Court of 
Proprietors of Eaft India Stock, on Wednefday the 18th 
of this Inftant March, refpecting the Building of Ships 
to be employed by the United Company of Merchants 
trading to the Eaft Indies. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty; the Refolution which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of One Million Eight hundred thoufand 
Pounds be granted to His Majefty, for paying off and 
difcharging the Exchequer Bills, made out by virtue 
of an Act, paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, in- 
tituled, An Act for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one, and 
charged upon the Firft Aids to be granted in this Seffion 
of Parliament. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day for the Houfe 
to retolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. Se 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Net Produce, at 
the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, of the feveral 
Stamp Duties granted by the Aéts 32d George the Se- 
cond, and 2d and 5th George the Third, for augment- 
ing the Salaries of the Judges of England and Wales, for 
Four Years, ended the 5th Day of Yanuary 1772; dif- 
tinguifhing each Year; be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. , 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
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“Mr, Speaker refuined the Chair. 

-Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

“Sir ‘Charles Whiiworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Vednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into. a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
the better Regulation of the Affairs of the Eaft India 
Company, and of their Servants in India, and for the 
due Adminiftration of Juftice in Bengal: And that 
Mr. Sulivan, Sir James Cockburne, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. 
Gregory, Sir George Colebrooke, Mr.. Boulton, and Mr. 
ack/fon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order made upon Wednefday latt, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, To-morrow Morning, upon the Bill for 
building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from Rich- 
mond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite Shore, 
in the County of Middlefex ; and to enable His Majelty 
to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Richmond atore- 
faid to William Windham, Efquire, in Fee Simple, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, ‘'o-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Billi to make Freehold and Copyhold, and 
Cuftomary Freehold, Eftates Affetts for Payment of 
Simple Contract Debts. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for the more effectual 
proceeding againft Perfons ftanding mute on their Ar- 
raignment for Felony or Piracy, was committed, be re- 
ceived upon Thurfday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 31° die Marti; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIItt Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Cp Réered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 

mittee, to whom the Bill for enlarging the Terms and 
Powers of Two Acts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the 
Reign of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft 
Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for repair- 
ing the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, through 
the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, 
and ‘to Great Bridge; and from thence to the End of 


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Gibbet Lane next adjoining to the Townhhip of Biljoy 
and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to Kingfwinfor "4 
and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Coun, 
os of Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefer, is commit. 
ted. 


Mr. Crowle reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An AG 
for annulling and,making void certain Articles of Agree- 
ment, made previous and in Order to the Marriage of 
George Wilfon, Efguire, and Ann Sybelle, his now Wife 
and the Settlement made after their Marriage, in Pur. 
fuance of the faid Articles, in Confirmation of a De- 
cree and Order of the High Court of Chancery, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he de- 
livered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Crowle do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Biil for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Aét, made in the 3oth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing and widening feveral Roads 
leading to, through, and from, the Town of Frome, in 
the County of Somer/et, and feveral other Roads in ‘the 
— of Somerfet and Wilts, was read the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
Act, made in the goth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing and widening feveral Roads leading 
to, through, and from, the Town of Frome, in the 
County of Somerfet, and feveral other Roads in the 
a ar ig Somerfet and Wilts. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Charles Kemys Tynte do carr 
Bill to the Lords, and defire she ovedianes hin 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more effec- 
tual, Two feveral Aéts for repairing the Roads leading 
from the Town of Manchefter, in the County of Lan- 
cafter, through the Town of Afton under Line, and 
a = Mottram Longdendale, and from thence to 

alter’s Brook, in the County Palati 
read the Third Time. ; sprstrenp cescria 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue, and render more effectual 
Two feveral Acts for repairing the Roads leading from 
the Town of Manchefter, in the County of Lancafter 
through the Town of Afbton under Line, and Parith of 
Mottram Longdendale, and from thence to Salter’s Brook 
in the County Palatine of Chefer. : 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Egerton do carry the Bi 
the Lords, and defire their Sianasemene: — 


Ordered, That Sir Thomas Egerton do carry to the 
Lords the ingroffed Bill for completing a Building in- 
tended for a new Church or Chapel, at Richmond, near 
Everton, in the County Palatine of Lancafter; and for 
other Purpofes; and defire the Concurrence of their 
Lordfhips thereto. 


_ An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Commons, and Common Grounds, 
within the Hamlet of Barlythorpe, in the Parifh of 
Oakham, in the County of Rutland, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common 


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Common Fields, Commons, and Common Grounds, 
within the Hamlet of Barlythorpe, in the Parifh of Oak- 
ham, in the County of Rutland. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Bridges Brudenell do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King George the 
Second, for enlarging and maintaining the Harbour 
of Ram/gate; and for cleanfing, amending, and pre- 
ferving, the Haven of Sandwich ; was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Al- 
derman Trecotbick, Mr. Alderman Oliver, &amp;c.: And 
they are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Howard reported from the Committee; to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for Sale of a Capital Freehold Meffuage in Saint ‘fames’s 
Square, in the County of Middlefex, Part of the en- 
tailed Eftate of the Right honourable Allen Lord Ba- 
thurft, unto Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, pur-— 
juant to an Agreement; and for fettling an Eftate in 
the County of Northampton, of greater Value, in Lieu 
thereof, was committed ; That the Committee had ex- 
amined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had direéted him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendinent : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Cazene, Clerk 
of the Company of Mercers of the City of London, at- 
tended at the Door; he was called in; and, at the Bar, 
prefented to the Houfe, 

A Paper, intituled, ** The Accounts of the Wardens 


«and Commonalty of the Myftery of Mercers of the © 


« City of London, from the roth of Ofober 1770, to 
« the roth of Offober 1771, directed to be laid before 
« each Houfe of Parliament, by Two Aéts, One of the 
“ osft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, King 
“ George the Second, intituled, An Act for the Relief 
“ of the Annuitants of the Wardens and Commonalty 
“of the Myftery of Mercers of the City of London; 
«&lt; and the other of the 4th Year of the Reign of His 
“ prefent Majelty King George the Third, intituled, An 
« At for the Relief of the Bond and other Creditors 
“&lt;of the Wardens and Commonalty of the Myftery of 
*« Mercers of the City of London.” 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


_ A Bill for the better fecuring and preferving His Ma- 
jefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition, and 
Stores, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom it 


Vor, XXXIII. 


Houfe of Comnions. 637 


was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolution which the Committee 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwatds delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the feveral Annual Sums following be granted to 
His Majefty, to be applied in Augmentation of the 
Salaries of thé Juftices of Cheffer, and of the Great 
Seffions for the Counties in Wales, for the Time being ; 
that is to fay, the Sum of Three hundred Pounds to the 
Chief Juftice of Chefter, the Sum of Two hundred 
Pounds to the Second Juftice of Cheffer, and the Sum 
of Two hundred Pounds to each of the Juftices of the 
Gréat Seflidns for the Counties in Wales, in every 
Year. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time; was; 


upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for dividing and inclof- 
ing the Open and Common Field, and Commonable 
Lands, in the Liberties, Territories; and Precinéts, of 
Aftrop, in the Parifhes of King’s Sutton and Newbottle; 
in the County of Northampton, is committed. 


A Petition of Sir Fobn Gibbons, Baronet, and Knight 
of the honourable Order of the Bath, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner obferves, by the Votes, that a Petition hath been 
prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the River Colney, in 
the Parith of Horton, in the County of Bucks, to com- 
municate with the River Thames at Lfleworth, in the 
County of Middlefex, and at or near Maidenhead Bridge, 
in the faid County of Bucks; and that the Petitioner 
apprehends, that fuch Canal will greatly injure him in 
his Property: And therefore praying, That he may 
be heard, by his Counfel, againft the faid Petition, or 
that he may have fuch other Relief as to the Houfé 
fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
Holland Cookfey, Efquire, is referred; and that the Peti- 
tioner be heard, by his Counfel,; before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, againtt 
the Petition now prefented. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, ifticuled; An Act 
for naturalizing Yohn Boufquet, was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to diffolve the Marriage of William Skinn, with 
Ann Skinn, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry 
again ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Feilde took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Feilde reported from the Committee, That they’ 
had heard Counfel, and examined Witneffes for the faid 
Bill ; and that no Counfel or Party appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 

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638 


out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. : 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Act of 
' the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
for amending and widening the Road from Beffeljleigh, 
through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of 
Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the 
County of Wilts, and from the Turnpike Road be- 
tween Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane; 
to the Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 
thence to Lambours, in the faid County of Berks, is com- 
mitted. 


Ordered, That Mr. Page be added to tht Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of the 
Perfons, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Be- 
half of themfelves and others, Proprietors of the Com- 
mon and Open Fields, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Parith of Shilton, in the County of Warwick. 


Mr. Page prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields and Commonable Lands, within the Parifli of 
Shilton, in the County of Warwick: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vanjfittart reported fromthe Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Mayor, Bridgemafters, and Burgeffes, 
of the Town of Maydenheath, otherwife Maidenhead, in 
the County of Berks, under their Common Seal, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the faid Petition; and had direéted him to report 
the fame, as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
tead ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Robert 
Taylor, Efquire, informed your Committee, That in or- 
der to make the Abutments and other neceflary Works 
to the Bridge, propofed to be built over the River 
Thames near Maidenhead, and alfo to open and make a 
fafe and convenient Road, to and from the fame, jt 
will be neceffary to purchafe Three {mall Houfes or 
Tenements, and certain Sheds and other Premifies, ly. 
ing on the Welt Side of the faid River, and likewiie.- 
fome Lands and Grounds on both Sides the Rivyer- 
And; 

Mr. James Payne, being examined; faid, That the 


| Houfes and Premiffes on the Weft Side of the faid 


River, propofed to be purchafed and taken down, are 

of the annual Value of £. 30 or thereabouts ; and that 

Two of the Houfes belong to the Corporation of Maj: 

denhead: And the Witnefs added, that in order to make 

the propofed Road to the faid Bridge, it is abfolutely 

8 to purchafe certain Lands on both Sides of the 
iver. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee; 
to whom the Bill for building.a Bridge over the River 
Thames, near the Town of Maidenhead, in the County 
of Berks, is committed, that they have Power to make 
Provifion in the faid Bill, for opening and making 4 
convenient Road to and from the faid Bridge. d 


The Lord Barrington prefented to thé Houte: 
His Majefty’s Conia, / oases 

F {timate of the Expence of the New Roads of Com. 
munication, and building the Bridges, in the Highlands 
of North Britain, purfuant to-the Orders of his Gracg 
the Duke of Argyll, for the Year 1772. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read, 

The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz. 


ESTIMATE 








bE 


ne was 


Robert 
in or- 
Works 
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42 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons: 639 


ESTIMATE of the Expence of the new Roads of Communication, and building the Bridges, in the High- 
lands of North Britain, purfuant to the Orders of his Grace the Duke of drgyil, for the Year 1772. 





To a Party to work on the Road from Stirling, by Drummond in Lennox, to Dunbarton; 92 Days e 


confifting of 2 Subaltern Officers at 3/b. each per Diem, 2 Serjeants at ifa. each, 2 Corporals at} s. a 
8d. each, 2 Drummers and 50 private Men at 6d. each — | 162 10 8 


Extraordinary Charges of Artiticers for Carts; Tools, underground Drains, Coals, Iron, Lime, 
and incident Expences 


To a Party to work on the Road frorn Fort Auguftus to Bernera and the le of Skey ; confifting of 


—— 










































































1 Subaltern, 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, r Drummer, and 50 Men, at forefaid Rates, 92 Dayseach—| 146 8 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. 8c. 140 6 oO 
To a Party to work from Fort William, over the Black Mount, to Stirling, from Tyndrom to Inverary, 

and from Dalmalie to Branden, confifting of 2 Subalterns, 4 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drum- ox. 

mers, and 160 Men, at faid Rates oe 292 17 4 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, 8c. 286 Io Oo 
To a Party to work. from Dunbarton, wp Lochlomond Side, to Tarbet, and to Inverary, and through 

Glenfallach and Glenfruen to the Junétion of the Roads with the Black Mount ; confifting of 1 Sub- 

altern, 2 Serjeant’, 2 Corporals, 1 Drummer, and 30 Men, at the above Rates too 8 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. . 84.15 4 
To a Party to work on the Road from Fort George, through Strath{pey, to Corgaff, Braemar Cajtle,} 

and to Blairgowrie, and to Cupar in Angus ; confifting of 2 Subalterns, 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals, 

2 Drummers, and 50 Men, at the forefaid Rates, 92 Days each -— —} 16210 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. 108 13 o 
To a Party to carry on the Road leading over the Carn Mount, to Strathbogie ; confilting of 2 Ser- 

jeants, 2 Corporals, and 28 Men, at the forefaid Rates — 79 14 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts —- —- —j| 58 6 8 
‘To a Party, confifting of 2 Serjeants, 2 Corporals; and 25 Men; to work from Canton to Pollow, | 

in Rofs Shire, at {aid Rates 1. 92 2@ &amp; 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. — — uo ee Ee 
To a Party to work ftom Strathbogie to Keith and Fochabers, on Spey Side; to confift of 2 Serjeants, 

. 2 Corporals, and 28 Men, at the above Rates — _ — _- 79 14 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. ~- _ -- oie 53 16 G 
To a Party to work from Strathbogie to Aberdeen, over the Benbill, confifting of 2 Serjeants, | i 

2 Corporals, and 28 Men, at faid Rates _ — _ - 79 14 8 
Extraordinary Charges of Artificers and Carts, &amp;c. — _— ior 45 18 o 
To the new Road from Port Patrick to the River of Sark, and to the Harbour at Port Patrick —J|2,000 6 5 
To the Bridge over the River Doeveron _ — _ —} 890 I 3 
To complete the Bridge over the River Leven — = —| 236 2 6 
To. Five fall Bridges on the Road from Dunbarton Bridge toTarbet = * -— — _ 70 0 O 
To Six fmall Bridges on the Road from Stirling to Dunbarton — — —| 240 6 O 
To repair Bridges from Tarbet to Inverary —_ — — —{ 100 16 o 
To rebuild Four fmall Bridges on the Line of Road, from Blairgowrie to Fort George, carried away | 

in laft November — — —— —_ _ —| 187 6 o 
To repair the Bridge of Spey, near Ruthven, in Badenach, in Danger of falling —- —| 13015 6 
To Three fmall Bridges on the Line of Road from Inverne/s to Fort William — ~~ 84 3 0 
To Three fmall Bridges on the Road from Dalnacardoch to Blair, in Athol | = —| 10 4 2 
To repair Five Bridges in the Pafs of Killicrankie, almoft carried away in Offober laft -- 83.15 8 
To feveral fmall Arches on the new Road carrying on from Fillercain to Strathbogie — —| 199 5 0 
To repair and rebuild the Bridges carried away by the extraordinary Floods in November laft; on} 

the Road from Fort Auguftus to Bernera, Six carried away, and Twelve in Danger of falling -—| 470 14 O 
To repair the Bridges from Jnverne/s to Fort William = ; WS cakes Ly —|{ «12 19 
To rebuild a Bridge at Dalmalie, carried away by the Floods in November laft, in the Line 

of Road from Tyndrom to Inverary _— — _ =| 48 8 6 
To Enfign M'Corkeli and Mr. Alexander Grant, for attending thé Works, and overfeeing the | 

Parties, 92 Days, at 5/6. each per Day _ — _ * 46 0 oO 

Total — —] 6998 14 5 





War Office, 30th March 17723 | 
Batrington. 


Ordered, 







































































































































































































































































640 


Ordered, That the faid’ Eftimate do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
upon the Bill to make Freehold and Copyhold, and 
Cuftomary Freehold, Eftates Affetts for Payment of 
Simple Contract Debts, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker Jeft the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the fe- 
veral Open Fields, Larids, and Grounds, within the 
Townthip of Siglefthorne, in Holderne/s, in the Eaft Ri- 
ding of the County of York, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. After “what” to infert “¢ they the faid 

“« Commiffioners or any Two of 
*¢ them.” 

l. 21. To leave out “ be” and infert “ deem” 
inftead thereof. 


Pr. 23. 1. 2. After “Commiffioners” to infert “ or 
“ any Two of them.” 

Pr. 26.1. 11. After “* Commiffioners” to infert “ or 
“any Two of them.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 39. After ** Commiffioners” to infert “ or 
“‘ any Two of them.” 

Pr. 31. 1.24. After « Commiffioners” to infert ‘or 


“‘ any Two of them.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Sigglefthorne, in Holdernefs, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Lafcelles do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 

Pechell : | 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Ac for dividing and inclofing the Open, Common, 
Arable, Fields, and the Common Meadows, Pafture 
Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Townfhips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whitley 
Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes 
of Suaith and Kellington, in the County of York; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
and all other Commonable Lands, within the Precinéts 
of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in the County of Wor- 
cefter; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;@ 
for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Townthip of Follifoot, in the County 
of York; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing all-the Open Fields, Mea- 
dows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable Lands, 
in the Liberties of Stainby, in the County of Lincoln ; 
without any Amendment: And allio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


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4.1772. 


for Uividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Parith of 
Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill; intituled, An AG 
for nentings cleanfing, and watching, the Streets, Lanes 
and other Paflages, of the Burgh of Canongate, and the 
Liberties of Pleafance and Leithwynd, adjoining to the 
Royalty of the City of Edinburgh ,; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo,; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for deepening, cleanfing, {couring, preferving, and main- 
taining, the Harbour of Port Glafgow, for enlarging 
and improving the Quays and Piers, for erecting new 
Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and ‘for regulating Ships 
Lighters, and other Veflels, trading into, and going 
out of, the faid Harbour; and for other Purpofes 
a mentioned ; without any Amendment: And 
allo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
to explain and amend an Act, made in the Twenty- 
third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, for improving the Navigation of the River 
Loyne, otherwife called Lune, and for building a Quay, 
or Wharf, near the Town of Lancafter, in the County 
Te of Lancafter ; without any Amendment: And 

0, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
to continue and render more effectual an Aét, paffed 
in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty, for repairing the Road from the North Queen's 
Ferry, through the Towns of Jnverkeithing and Kinro/s 
to the Town of Perth; and alfothe Road from the Gia 
Queen’s Ferry to the Towns of Dumfermline, Torry- 
burn, and Culrofs; and alfo the Road from the {faid 
Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to Bruntifland and 
Kirkcaldie ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Common Fields, in 
the Parifh of Hammeringham, in the County of Lin- 
cola; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, and’: Commonable Lands, within the Parith of 
Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, Mea- 
dows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable Lands, 
in the Liberties of Stapleford, in the County of Lei- 
cefter ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for efta- 
blifhing and regulating a Charity, called Foxley Cha- 
rity, in the County of Northampton, founded by Lady 
Katharine Levefon. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


Sir Alexander Gilmour prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill to enable His Majefty to grant 
the Reverfion or Remainder in Fee Simple, now vetted 
in His Majefty, of and in an Annual or Fee Farm Rent 
of One hundred and Thirteen Pounds, One of the feve- 
ral Fee Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable £d- 
ward, heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majetty 
King Charles the Second, unto the honourable James 
Archibald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and ade- 


quate Confideration to be given by him, or his Heirs, ° 


for the fame: And the fame was received ; and read 
the Firft Time, 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Pechell : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
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for repairing and widenin g feveral Roads leading through 

the County of Lanark; and for building a Bridge over 

the River Clyde, at or near a Place -called the How- 

ford, in the faid County ; without any Amendment, 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morh- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for rendering the Payment of the 
Creditors of Infolvent Debtors more equal and expe- 
ditious, and for regulating the Diligence of the Law, 
by Arreftment and Poinding, and for extending the 
Privilege of Bills to Promiffory Notes, and for limiting 
Aétions upon Bills and Promiffory Notes, in that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have 
omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Em- 
ployments; and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, 
or others, who have omitted to regifter or deliver in 
their Qualifications, within the Time limited by Law, 
and for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to 
indemnify Members and Officers, in Cities, Corpora- 
tions, and Borough Towns, whofe Admiffions have 
been omitted to be {tamped, according to Law, or, hav- 
ing been ftamped, have been loft or miflaid, and for 
allowing them Time to provide Adm:ffions duly ftamp-. 
ed; and to give further Time to fuch Perfons as have 
omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of 
Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 1° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis; 1772, 
PRAYERS. 


: R. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee; to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing fuch 
Part of the Commons and Waite Lands, in the Parifh 
of Tardebigg, as lies in the County of Worcefter, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Proprietors of Lands intended to be inclofed, of the 
iinnual Value of £. 21. 95.3 and that the Whole of the 
Lands intended to be inclofed, is of the annual Value 
of £.543. 6d.; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he fead the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Cletk’s Table : Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second Time; 
One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe: 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Commons 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of 
Stoke Prior, in the County of Worcefer, was com- 

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641 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners 
of Land having Right of Common on the faid Com- 
mons and Waftes of the annual Value of £. 305. 105. 
who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the total annual 
Value of the Lands having fuch Right of Common is 
£. 3,960.; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Commit- 
tee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he rezd the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. | 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, inclofing; and drain- 
ing, the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and Moors 
or Commons, in the Townfhip and Parith of Terring- 
ton, in the North Riding of the County of York, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Page, 
Mr. Charles Fox, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber, 


A Meflage from His Majefty, by Mr. Suarme, Yeo- 
man Ufher of the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
His Majelty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majetty. 

And being returned , 

_ Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
His Majefty, in the Houle of Peers; where His Ma- 
jefty was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Aét for the better regulating the future Mar- 
riages of the Royal Family : 

An Ac for explaining and amending an A&amp;; made 
in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled; 
An A&amp; for taking off the Inland Duty of One Shilling 
per Pound Weight upon all Black and Siglo Teas con- 
fumed in Great Britcin, and for granting a Drawback 
upon the Exportation of Teas to /re/and and the Bri- 
tifh Dominions in America, for a limited Time, upon 
fuch Indemnification to be made in refpect thereot by 
the Eaft India Company; as is therein mentioned ; for 
permitting the Exportation of Teas in fmaller Quan- 
tities than One Lot to Ireland; or the faid Dominions 
in America ; and for preventing Teas feized and con- 
demned from being confumed in Great Britain; and 
for fettling certain Doubts and Difputes which have 
arifen upon the faid Act of Parliament: 

An Aét for defraying the Charge of the Pay and 
Cloathing of the Militia in that Part of Great Britdin 
called England, for One Year, beginning the Twenty- 
fifth Day of March One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-two: 

An Act for further continuing Two Acts, made in 
the Sixth and Ninth Yeats of His Majelty’s Reign, 
for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better 
Payment of the Atmy and their Quarters, in His Ma- 
jefty’s Dominions in America : | 

An Aé for allowing further Time for Inrollment of 
Deeds and Wills made by Papifts, and for Relief of 
Proteftant Purchafers : 

An Aé for clearing, depthening, repairing, main- 
taining, and improving, the Haven and Piers of Great 

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Yarmouth; and for cepthening and making more navi- 
gable the feveral Rivers emptying themfelves into the faid 
Haven ; and for preferving Ships wintering therein from 
Accidents by Fire: 

An Aét for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from 
the River Dee, within the Liberties of the City of Che/- 
ter, to or near Middlewich and Nantwich, in the County 
ot Chefter : 

An Act toexplain and amend an Aét, paffed in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for paving, 
lighting, and watching, the Town of Plymouth, in the 
County of Devon, and for regulating the Carmen and 
Porters within the faid Town ; 

An Aét to enable the Governor, Bailiffs, and Com- 
monalty of the Company of Confervators of the Great 
Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to 
borrow upon Bonds further Money upon Account of the 
Middle and South Levels, Part of the faid Great Level; 
and for eftablifhing a further certain Fund fer Payment 
of the Bonds of the faid Corporation, out of the faid 
Middle and South Levels : 

An Aé for deepening, cleanfing, {cowering, preferv- 
ing, and maintaining, the Harbour of Port Glafgow, 
for enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, for 
erecting new Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regu- 
lating Ships, Lighters, and other Veficls trading into, 
and going out of, the faid Harbour, and for other Pur- 
poles therein mentioned : 

An Aé to explain and amend an Act, made in the 
Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his laté Majefty 
King George the Second, for improving the Navigation 
of the River Loyne, otherwife.called Lune; and for build- 
ing a Quay, or Wharf, near the Town of Lancafter, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter : 

An Aé&amp;t for lighting, cleanfing, and watching, the 
Streets, Lanes, and other Paflages, of the Burgh of 
Canongate, and the Liberties of Pleafance and Leith- 
wynd adjoining to the Royalty of the City of Ldin- 
burgh : 

An A&amp;t for the more effectual affefling and collecting 
of the Rates for Relief of the Poor, in the Parifh of 
Saint Botolph Bifbopgate, in the Liberties of the City of 
London: 

An Aé for lighting fuch Part of the Town of J/ing- 
ton, as lies in the Parifh of Saint Mary Iflington, in the 
County of Middlefex ; and for eftablifhing a regular 
Nightly. Watch therein : 

An Aé&amp; to amend an A&amp; of the Sixth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening 
the Stone Bridge, in the Town of Shrew/bury ; and for 
appropriating Part of the Tolls, collected upon certain 
Roads leading to the faid Bridge, towards finifhing the 
fame ; and for granting additional Terms to the feveral 
Acts for repairing the faid Roads : 

An A&amp; to continue and enlarge the Term and Pow- 
ers of an Aét, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, for repairing and 
widening the Roads leading from Lobeombe Corner, in the 
Parith of Winterflow, to Harnbam Bridge, in the County 
of Wilts, and from the Weft Corner of Saint Aun’s Street, 
in the City of New Sarum, to the Parifhes of Landford 
and Brook, and from thence to Ealing; and from Land- 
ford aforefaid, through Ower and Teffwood, to Ealing 
aforefaid, in the County of Southampton; and for re- 
pairing and widening the Road, from the Rumfey and 
Ringwood Turnpike Road, near the Houfe of Francis 
Fry, to Lyndburft, and from a Place called Hampton 
Ford to Lamb’s Corner, in the faid County of Southamp- 
ton , and for repairing the Footways within the faid City : 

An A&amp; to continue, and render more effectual, feve- 
ral Acts, for repairing the Roads from the Parifh of En- 
field, in the County of Middlefex, to the Town of Hert- 
ford, and other Roads in the faid Acts mentioned ; and 
alfo for repairing the Road from the End of the Town 
of Hertford to Amwell End, near Ware, in the faid 
County of Hertford : 


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A. 1772, 


An Aé for enlarging the Term and Powers of an A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from the City of 
Norwich, to Scole Bridge, in the County of Norfolk : 

An A&amp; for continuing the Term, and altering and 
enlarging the Powers, of an Act, made in the Tenth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, for repairing and widening 
the Roads from the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, to 
the Town of Newmarket, in the Counties of Suffolk and 
Cambridge, and from the South End of the Ferry Streep, 
in Brandon, to Bury Saint Edmunds, in the faid County 
of Suffolk : 

An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, an 
Act, paffed in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty, for repairing the Road from the North 
Queen’s Ferry, through the Towns of Jnverkeithing and 
Kinrofs, to the Town of Perth ; and alfo the Road from 
the faid Queen’s Ferry, to the Towns of Dumfermline, 


Torryburn, and Culro/s ; and alfo the Road from the faid 


Queen’s Ferry, through Inverkeithing, to Bruntifland and 
Kirkcaldie : 

An Act for repairing and widening feveral Roads, 
leading through the County of Lanark ; and for building 
a Bridge over the River C/yde, at or near a Place called 
the Howford, in the faid County : 

An Act for repairing and widening feveral Roads, 
from dldermajton, in the County of Berks, to Bajing- 
Joke, and from Aldermafton aforefaid, to the Turnpike 
Road from Bajfingftoke to Andover, at or near Woriing, 
and to the Turnpike Road leading to Winchefter, at Pop- 
ham Lane, in the County of Southampton : 

An A&amp;t for Sale of a Capiial Freehold Meffuage in 
Saint Fames’s Square, in the County of Middlefex, Part of 
the entailed Eftate of the Right honourable A//en Lord 
Bathurft, unto Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, pur- 
fuant to an Agreement; and for fettling an Eftate in 
the County of Northampton, of greater Value, in lieu 
thereof : 

An Aé for annulling and making void certain Arti- 
cles of Agreement, made previous, and in order, to the 
Marriage of George Wilfon, Efquire, and dun Sybelle, his 
now Wife, and the Settlement made after their Mar- 
riage, in Purfuance of the faid Articles, in Confirma- 
tion of a Decree and Order of the High Court of Chan- 
cery : 

An A&amp; for eftablifhing and regulating a Charity, 
called Foxley Charity, in the County of Northampton, 
founded by Lady Catharine Levefon : 

An Aé for inclofing the Common Fields, Break 
Lands, Half Year Lands, Iammas Meadows, Heaths, 
Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh of 
Roudham, in the County of Norfolk: 

An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open Fields and Commonable Places, in the Parifh of 
Skeffington and County of Leicefter : 

An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Common Fields, Half Year Inclofures, and Commons 
and Wafte Lands, within the Parith of Fincham, in the 
County of Norfolk : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Great Orm/fide, in 
the Parifh of Ormfde, in the County of Weftmorland : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Commons, and 
Wafte Lands and Grounds, in the Townfhip of Scaft- 
worth, in the County of Nottingham : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Watte 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of Woelley, in 
the County of Huntingdon : 

An Act for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and 
Common or Wafte Land, of and within the Manor of 
Little Kington Combrooke and Brookebampton, in the 
County of Warwick : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Moors, 
or Commons, called Rigg Moor and Brearton Moor, 

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within the Manor of Brearton, in the Parifh of Kuaref- 
borough, in the County of York : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
Common Grounds, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Hamlet of Den/hanger, in the Parifh of Paffenbam, in 
the County of Northampton : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Grounds, and 
Commonable Places, in the Parifh of Handborough, in 
the County of Oxford : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pattures, 
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, within the 
Manor and Liberties of Soulbury, with the Hamlet of 
Hollindon, in the County of Bucks : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Ru/bton 
James, in the Parith of Leek, in the County of Stafford : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Common Fields, Ings, Common Paftures, and other 
Commonable Lands, within the Manor of Moorby cum 
Wilkfby, in the Townfhips of Moorby and Wilk/by, in 
the County of Lincoln: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, and Stinted Pafture, within the Manor 
of Sandford, in the Parith of Warcop, in the County of 
Weftmoreland: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the feveral Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Liberty of Bux- 
ton, in the Parifh of Bakewell, and County of Derby : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields, within the Parifh of Manton, in the County of 
Rutland : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
and Commonable Places, in the Parifh, Lordfhip, or 
Liberties, of Low Toynton, in the County of Lincoln : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing a certain Open and 
Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Town- 
fhip, Liberties, and Precinéts, of Epwell, in the County 
of Oxford : 

An Aé for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Common Fields, Commonable Lands, and Mea- 
dow Ground, within the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Farringdon, in the County of Berks : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com 
mon Fields, and other Commonable Meadows, Patftures, 
and Grounds, within the Parifh of Cavezbam, in the 
County of Suffolk : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Moors, and Common Paftures, in the Lordfhip 
of Middle Raifin, in the County of Lincoln: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Follifoot, 
in the County of York: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and other Commonable 
Lands, in the Liberties of Stainby, in the County of 
Lincoln: 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh 
of Quinton, in the County of Gloucefter : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and all other Commonable Lands, with- 
in the Precinéts of the Hamlet of Throckmorton, in the 
County of Worcefter : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Arable Fields, and the Common Meadows, Pafture 
Grounds, Commons, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Townthips of Pollington, Baln, Whitley, and Whitley 
Thorpe, Great Heck, and Little Heck, in the Parifhes of 
Snaith and Kellington, in the County of York : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, in the Parith of Hammeringbam, in the County 
ef Lincoln ; 


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An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing all the Open Fields; 
Meadows, Common Paftures; and other Commonable 
Lands, in the Liberties of Stapleford, in the County of 
Leicefter : . 

An Act for dividing and inélofing the Open and 
Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Parith of Kemerton, in the County of Gloucefter : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing a Moor, called 
Carlton Moor or Common, and an Open Field, called the 
Town Field, in the Manor and Townfhip of Carlton, in 
the Parith of Guifeley, in the Weft Riding of the County 
of York: 

An Aé to diffolve the Marriage of the Right honour- 
able Edward Vifcount Ligonier with Penelope Pitt; and 
to enable him to marry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned : 

An A&amp;t to diffolve the Marriage of Sir Fo2n Colleton; 
Baronet, with Aun Fullford, his now Wife; and to en- 
able him to marry again ; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned : 

An Aé to diffolve the Marriage of Hugh Lewis with 
Sufannab Hale, otherwife Heale, his now Wife ; and to 
enable him to marry again; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned : 

An Act to diffolve the Marriage of Ambrafe Godfrey 
Hanckwitz, with Dorothy Afberaft, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again ; and for other Purpoies 
therein mentioned : 

An Ac for making the Exemplification of the laft 
Will and Teftament of ames Macartney, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in 
Great Britain and Ireland: 

An Act to enable Mary and William Hutton, and the 
other Perfons therein defcribed, to take and ufe the Sur- 
name, Arms, and Creft, of Zong, purfuant to the Will 
of Fames Long, deceafed : 

An Aé to enable Reginald Pole, Efquire, to take, 
ufe, and bear, the Surname and Arms of Carew, pur- 
fuant to the Will of Sir Coventry Carew, Baronet, de- 
ceafed : 

An A&amp; for naturalizing Arnold Meyer, Peter Boete- 
feur, Fobn Gotthelff Rucker, and Fohn Guth : 

An Aé for naturalizing Fobn Luke Tekin: 

An Aé for naturalizing Conrad Ruckeé?. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Michell, Sez 
cretary to the United Company of Merchants of Exgland, 
trading to the Eaft Indies, attended at the Door; he was 
called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, pur- 
fuant to their Order, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Copy of a Bye Law made by 
«© the General Court of Proprietors of Ea/ft India Stock, 
“© on Wednefday the 18thof March 1772, refpecting the 
“* building of Ships to be employed by the United Com- 
‘© pany of Merchants, trading to the Zaft Indies 

And then he withdrew. _ 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the Table; 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order, made upon 
Monday \aft, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, upon Friday next, upon the 
Bill for building a Bridge acrofs the River Tames, from 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite 
Shore, in the County of Middlefex; and to enable His 
Majefty to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Rich- 
mond aforefaid to William Windham, Efquire, in Fee 
Simple, might be read. 

And the faid Order being, read accordingly , 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the Ninth Day of this Inftant April, gee 

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644 


itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report, which, upon the 25th Day 
of March laft, was made from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of the Tanners in and near the City of Lon- 
don, on Behalf of themfelves and the reft of the Tanners 
in Great Britain, and alfo, the Petition of the Matter, 
Wardens, and Commonalty, of the Art or Myftery of 
the Curriers, of the City of London, were referred, be 
referred to the Confideration of a Committee of the 
whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Seven- 
night, the roth Day of this Inftant /pri/, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houle, to confider of 
the faid Report. 


Sir George Savilé reported from the Committee; to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York, was committed; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except the Proprietor of Four Meffuages, or Cot- 
tages, intitled to Right of Common upon the Lands 
intended to be inclofed; and that the Whole of the 
Lands intended to be inclofed contain 1,498 Acres and 
Three Roods, and the Number of Meffuages, or Cot- 
tages, having Right of Common, are Seventy-four ; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


An ingrofled Bill fot repairing and widening the 
Road from the Weft End of Saint Fve’s Lane, in the 
Town of Saint Neot’s, in the County of Huntingdon, to 
the Pavement at the End of Bel] Lane, in the Town of 
Cambridge, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Weft End of Saint Ives Lane, in the Town of Saint 
Neots; in the County of Huntingdon, to the Pavement 
at the End of Bell Lane, in the Town of Cambridge. 

Ordered, That the Lord Ludlow do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gumiley, in the 
County of Leicefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Ceci] 
Wray, Six Fobn Palmer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and all who come to the Committee are to 
have Voices. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill for dividing, inclofing, and drain- 
ing, a certain Parcel of Land called or known by the 
Name of The Cow Pafture, lying in the South Fen, in 
the Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln ; and for 
amending, and rendering more effectual, an Aét, made 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Ac for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 





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draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Wafte, and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par. 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owner of 
14 Common Rights, who refufed to fign the Bill, ang 
the Owners of 7 Common Rights, who could not be 
found ; and that the whole Number of Common Rights 
is 316; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend: 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of Mer- 
chants of England, trading into the Levant Seas, being 
offered to be prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Comimand, ac. 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majeity, having been in- 
formed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recommends 
it to the Confidération of the Houfe. _ 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read; 
Setting forth, That the Trade between this Kingdom 
and Turky, has, for a long Series of Years, been carried 
on by a Society of Merchants, incorporated by Charters, 
and regulated by Acts of Parliament ; and that, in or- 
der to carry on the faid Trade with Safety, and to pro- 
tect His Majefty’s Subjects in the Turkifs Dominions, it 
has been found neceflary that there fhould be an Am- 
baffador fent from England to refide at Confantinople 5 
and that there fhould be Confuls, Vice Confuls, and 
other Officers and Servants, in the cther Parts of Turky; 
where any Briti/o Subjects refide, and where the Eng- 
life carry on Trade, the whole Expence whereof has 
been borne by the Zurky Company, which, together 
with other neceffary Expences incident to the carrying 
on the faid Trade, has of late Years amounted to up- 
wards of £. 10,000 per Annum ; and that the faid Trade 
to and from Turky, once fo fiourifhing, is now, from 
many unavoidable Events and concurring Circumftan- 
ces, much reduced ; and that the Affiftance which was 
granted to the Petitioners in the laft Seffion, was em- 
ployed in paying off a Part of the Debt which they had 
incurred, and in fupporting their neceflary Expences ; 
and they had Reafon to hope, that they fhould not now 
have been under a Neceffity of applying for farther Af- 
fiftance, nor fhould they now have troubled the Houfe, but 
for the great Stagnation of Trade and Increafe of Expence 
occafioned by the War which {till fubfifts between the 
Turkifo and the Rufian Governments ; and that the Peti- 
tioners are fenfible that they fhould not difcharge the 
Duty incumbent upon them by their Charter, nor the 
Juftice they owe to the Public, if they did not declare 
their Inability to fupport their neceffary Expences, un- 
lefs relieved by Parliament: And therefore praying the 
Houfe, to take the Premifes into Confideration, and to 
grant them fuch further Affiftance, as may be thought 
neceffary and proper. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do make the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Petition of 
the feveral Perfons whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, being Owners and Proprietors of feveral Grounds 
and Houfes, and Inhabitants of that Part of the Parifh 


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of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlefex, as lies 
and is fituated on the Weft Side of Tottenham Court 
Road, in the fame Parifh and County, ‘was referred. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
{aid Committee, That the Committee had examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had direéted the 
fame to be reported, as it appeared to them, to the Houle; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards de- 
livered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was 
read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Thomas Wade, being examined, faid, That the Pave- 
ments of the Streets and other public Paffages leading 
from Tottenbam Court Read, through Charlotte Street, 
to the new Buildings, in the Parifh of Saint Mary le 
Bone, and the interior Parts of Weftminiter, are in a 
ruinous Condition; and that if Power was given to 
eftablifh a regular Nightly Watch, and to new pave, 
cleanfe, and light, the faid Streets and other Pafiages, 
jt would be a great Benefit to the Inhabitants thereof, 
and to the Public in general. 

That the paving and repairing fuch Part of the faid 
Road as lies in the faid Parifh would be of public 
Utility ; and the'Petitioners are defirous of taking the 
fame under their Management, to which the Truftees of 
the Road are willing to agree, if they were authorized 
io to do. 

Mr. Rodert Froff and Mr... . 
firmed the aforefaid Evidence. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, lighting, cleanfing, watering, and watching, 
the Streets and other public Places, within that Part of 
the Parith of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlefex, 
as lies Welt of Tottenham Court Road, and alfo fo much 
of the faid Road, within the faid Parifh, as lies South of 
Chapel Street ; and for difcharging the Truftees for the 
Care of that Part of the faid Road for the future, upon 
the Terms therein mentioned; and for preventing 
Nufances and Objftructions within the Limits aforetaid ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: And that 
Sir Charles Whitworth and Colonel Fitzrey do prepare, 
and bring in, the fame. 


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The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the 
Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriff, and Common Council, of 
the Town of Newcaftle upon Tyne, in the County of the 
Town of Newcaftle upon Tyne, in Common Council 
aflembled, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 
28th Day of February \aft, and then ordered to lie upon 
the Table, might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine the 
Matter thereof; and report the fame, as it fhall appear 
to them, to the Houfe: 

And it is referred to Mr. Ridley, Mr. Vane, &amp;c.: 
And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, at Nine of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 


Mr. Folliffe reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Truftees for putting in Execution 
feveral Aéts, made in the Ninth Year of Queen Ana, 
the Twelfth Year of King George the Firft, and the 
Fourteenth Year of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, for repairing the Highways from Sheetbridge, 
in the Parifh of Petersfield, to the Town of Port/mouth, 
in the County of Southampton, and of feveral other 
Perfons, being Inhabitants of the Counties of Southampton 
and Surrey, was referred ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had directed 
him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; v7z. 


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645 

To prove the Allegations of tlie faid Petitio#, the 
faid Aéts were read: And, 

Mr. Richard Andrews, Oné of the Clerks to the 
Truitees for executing the faid Acts, being examined, 
faid, That the Ttuftees have borrowed large Sums of 
Money for putting the faid Aéts in Exécution, upwards 
of £.2,350. of which remains owing, and cannot be 
repaid during the Term granted by the faid As. 

That it would be of public Benefit if the Courfe of 
the faid Road was turned in fome Places, and the Road 
widened in others, but that the faid Aéts are infufficient 
for thofe Purpofes, and are in maiy other Refpects de- 
fective. : 

That the Road from Horndean to Havant, and alfo 
the Road from Petersfield to a Place near Ropley, where 
the Turnpike Road trom Winchefter to Alton goes, all in 
the County of Southampton, are ruinous and narrow, and 
cannot be properly amended and widened by the ordinary 
Courfe of Law. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Roads from Sheetbridge to 
Port{mouth, and from Horndean to Havant, and from 
Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike Road, near Ropley, in 
the County of Southampton: And that Mr. Follifé 
and Sir Simeon Stuart~do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Net Produce, at 
the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, of the feveral 
Stamp Duties granted by the Acts 3ad George the Se- 
cond, and 2d and sth George the Third, for augmentin 
the Salaries of the Judges of England and Wales, for Four 
Years, ended the 5th Day of Fanuary 1772; diftinguith- 
ing each Year, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come'to feveral Refolutions; which they 
had direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next,’ refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


A Meffage being brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Anguifh, and Mr. Strutt the Clerk Affiftant of the Houfe 
of Lords ; 

The Meffengers were called in, and delivered their 
Meflage. | 

And then they withdrew. 

And Notice be taken, that the faid Meffage was not 
brought by the Meffengers ufually fent with Meflages 
from the Houfe of Lords to this Houfe ; 

And Objection being made againft Mr. Speaker’s 
now reporting the faid Meffage to the Houfe ; 

The faid Meffage was not reported by Mr. Speaker. 
‘“ Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That a Committee be 
appointed to examine into the Precedents, with refpect 
to the Meffengers by whom Meffages have been brought 
from the Lords to this Floufe ; and to report the fame 

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to the Houfe, with what Proceedings have been had 
thereupon. ; . 

__ And a Committée was appointed of Mr. //illiam Burke, 
Mr. Dowde/well, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons,; Papers, and 
Records. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Committee, 
that they do take into their Confideration the improper 
Treatment offered to Mr. Speaker and the Members of 
this Houfe, upon the Firft Day of this Seffion of Par- 
liament, and to other Members of this Houfe attending 
their Duty in the Houfe of Lords, during this Seffion of 
Parliament, when Bills have been paffed by His Majefty, 
or by Commiffion; and to report the fame to the 
Houfe &gt; 
_ An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word ‘“ improper.” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ im- 
“« proper” ftand Part of the faid propofed Quef- 
tion ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } a Faas ?: u 25. 
Tellers for the Noes, ; rl oo i. t 28. 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Then the main Queftion, fo amended, being put, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the iaid Com- 
mittee, that they do take into their Confideration the 
‘Treatment offered to Mr. Speaker and the Members of 
this Houfe, upon the Firft Day of this Seffion of Par- 
jiament, and to other Members of this Houfe attending 
their Duty in the Houfe of Lords, during this Seffion 
of Partlidment, when Bills have been pafled by His 
Majefty, or by Commiffion ; and to report the fame to 
the Houle. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill to repeal an Act, made in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; for better Prefervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain called England, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly , 

Ordered; That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Three Weeks. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill, to explain and amend an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
-An Aé@t for better Prefervation of the Game, within 
that Part of Great Britain, called England, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Yonge, Mr. Clayton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, ‘That the Order of the Day,.for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for incorporating and well-governing the 
Society of Free and Accepted Mafons; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Months, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp;t to diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with 
Elizabeth Hartnell, his now Wife; and to enable him 


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to marry again; and for-other Purpofes therein men. 
tioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit. 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ae 
Mr. Alderman Harley took the Chair of the Commit: 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. "gi 
Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee; 
That they had heard Counfel, and examined Witnefies, 
for the faid Bill; and that no Counfel or Party appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment : And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table: 


Mr. Mackworth reported froth the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the Truftees whofe Names are 
thereunto fubfcribed; on Behalf of themfelves and 
others, the Truftees appointed to put in Execution an 
Act, made and paffed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for building a 
new Parifh Church, and déclaring the prefent Parith 
Church a Chapel, for making a Coemetery or Church 
Yard, and for building an Hovtfe for the Ufe of the 
Minifter of the Parifh of Saint Mary le Bone, in the County 
ot Middlefex, was referred; That the Committee had 
examined the Matter of the faid Petition; and had di. 
rected him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, the 
faid Act wasread: And 

George Alcock, Efquire, being examined, faid, That it will 
be of more Benefit to the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, 
that the intended new Church fhould be built on a certain 
Piece of Ground belonging to Henry William Portman, 
Efquire, and let on Leafe to William Baker, Efquire, 
for a long Term of Years now to come; and that cer. 
tain other Ground, belonging to the faid Henry William 
Portman, and let on Leafe to the faid William Baker, 
for a like Term, fhould be inclofed and ufed for a 
Coemetery for the faid Parifh, rather than the Ground 
mentioned in the faid Act of Parliament. 

That the faid Truftees have made fome Progrefs in the 
Execution in the other Trufts in them repofed by the faid 
Aé, but cannot effectually complete the Purpofes thereby 
intended, unlefs the faid Act is in other Refpects made 
more effectual. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
amending, and rendering more effectual, an Act, made 
in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aé for building a new Parifh Church, and declaring 
the prefent Parifh Church a Chapel, for making a Coeme- 
tery or Church Yard, and for building an Houfe for the 
Ufe of the Minifter of the Parith of Saint Mary le Bone, 
in the County of Middlefex: And that Mr. Mackworth 
sa Sir Edward Aftley do prepare, and bring in, the 
ame. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 


And thei the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





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Fovis, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1772: 


PRAYERS. 
QRared, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill to explain and amend an 
Aé, made in the Twenty-fecond Yeat of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for enlarging and maintaining 
the Harbour of Ram/gate; and for cleanfing, amending, 
and preferving, the Haven of Sandwich, is committed. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Camplin, from . 
the Committee of the Company of Mercliants trading 
to Africa, attended at the Door; he was called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Order, 3 

An Account of the Number of Freemen of the 
African Company, admitted to their Freedom in the 
City of London, fince the Year 1749: 

And then he withdrew. 

‘And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

_ Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table; to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is preferved dmongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


' Mr. Haljey reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill to enlatge the Coemetery or Church Yard 
of the Parith of Watford, in the Counity of Hertford ; 
and to make an additional Building to the prefent Work- 
houfe, for the Reception of the Poor of the faid Parith ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had exainined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill; and found the fame to be true; arid 
that the Parties concerfied had given their Confent to 
the Bill; to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendmerits were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and; upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, wete agreed to 
by the Houfe. — r 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments; be 
ingroffed. 


General Honywood prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ina to Order, a Bill for dividing and ihclofing certain 
Commons and Wafte Grounds; within the Manor of 
Appleby, in the County of Weftmorland: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Secohd Time. 


Sir William Dolben prefented to the Houfe; accord- 
ing to Order; a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Common and Oper Fields, Meadows, Commonable 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, in Aldwinkle, in the 
County of Northampton: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. | ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Sir Matibew White Ridley reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Petition of thé Mayor; Aldermen, 
Sheriff, and Common Council, of the Town of New- 
caple upon Tyne, in the County of the Town of Newéa/tle 
upon Tyne, in Common Council affembled, was referred ; 
‘That the Committee had examined the Matter of the 
faid Petition ; and had direéted him to report the fame, 
as it appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at 


the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read: and is 
as followeth; viz. ao G ed 
_ To prove the Allegations of-the faid Petition; Mr. 
Philip Gibfon, Clerk to the Town Clerk of Newca/tle, 
being examined, faid, That by a Flood in, the Night, 
between the 16th and 17th of laft November, 4 preat 
Part of the Bridge over ‘the River Tyne, at Newca/tle, 
was carried away. That it is abfolutely neceffary that 
a Temporary Bridge fhould be built from the Town of 
Newcaftle to the oppofite Shore; in Gatefbead, in the 
County of Durbam, to be ufed till a riew Stone Bridge 
can be erected ; and that, fevéral Houfes muft be pur- 
chafed and pulled down to make Avenues to fuch 
Temporary Bridge: That the Paiffage over the Tyne is 
a great Thotoughfare; ard that there is not any Bridge 
within Eighteen Miles of Newcaftle. 4 
Ordered, That Leave be given to britig in a Bill for 
building a Temporary Bridge acrofs the River Tyne, 
from the Town of Newcajftle upon Tyne, to Gatefhead, in 
the Courity of Durbam: And that Sir Matthew White 
Ridley, Mr. Ridley, and Sir Thomas Clavering, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame: | 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgeffes; 
and other the Inhabitants, of the Borough of Newdury; 
in the County of Berks, was prefented to the Houle; 
and read ; Complaining of the high Price of Provifions ; 
and praying the Houfe to take the fame into Confidera- 
tion, and concert a Remedy for the faid Grievance, 
either by an A&amp;t for the free Importation of Corn, or 
by fuch other Means as to the Houfe fall feem prudent 
and beneficial. 

Ordered, That the faid Petitioi do lie upon thé 
Table. 


_ Mr. Cholmley reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
fiaturalizing Hetry Francis Sellon, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill 
in at the Clérk’s Table. ae. . 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do paff. tae 

Ordered, That Mr. Cholmiey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houife kath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Anh ingtoffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper with Elizabeth 
Hartnell, his now Wife; and to enable him to marry 
again; and for other Purpofes thetein mentioned, was 
read the Third Time. 

Réjolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Harley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them; that this Houfe 
hath agréed to the fane, without any Amendment: 

Sir Chatles Whitworth, accordifig to Order, reported 
ftom the Committte of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider ftirther of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Reto- 
lutions which the Committee had directed him to repors 
to the Houfe; which he ‘ead in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Fable : Where the fame 
were read; and are as followeth; viz. . | 

_ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, 
the Sum of One Million Eight hundred thotifand Pounds 
be raifed, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, to be charged 
upon the Firft Aids to be granted in the next Seffion of 
Parliament; and fuch Exchequer Bills, if not dif- 
charged, with Intereft thereupon, on or before the Fifth 
Day of April, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
three, to be exchariged and received in Payment, in fuch 

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648 


Manner as Exchequer Bills havesufually been exchanged 
and received in Payment. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, out of the Produce of the Funds eftablifhed by 
Three Acts of Parliament, made in the Thirty-fecond 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 


Second, and in the Second and Fifth Years of the Reign’ 


of His prefent Majefty, for augmenting the Salaries 
of the Judges in England, Scotland, and Wales, after 
fatisfying the feveral Annual Payments already charged 
thereupon, there be iffued and applied the Annual Sum 
of One thouland Seven hundred Pounds, for making 
good the Supply granted to His Majefty, for Augmenta- 
tion of the Salaries of the Juftices of Chefter, and of the 
Great Seffions for the Counties of Wales. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the Firft 
of the faid Refolutions ; and that Sir Charles Whitworth, 
the Lord North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dy/fon, 
Mr. Charles Townfhend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Robinfon, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Refolution, which, 
upon Tue/day laft, was reported from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider 
further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, and was 
then agreed to by the Houle, might be read. 

And the fame was, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly ; and is as followeth; viz. 

“ Refolved, That the ieveral annual Sums following 
«be granted to His Majefty, to be applied in Aug- 
“ mentation of the Salaries of the Juftices of Cheffer, 
&lt;¢ and of the Great Seffions for the Counties of Wales, 
for the Time being ; that is to fay, the Sum of Three 
“ hundred Pounds to the Chief Juttice of Chefter, 
“ the Sum of T'wo hundred Pounds to the Second Juf- 
“ tice of Cheffer, and the Sum of Two hundred Pounds 
“ to each of the Juitices of the Great Seffions for the 
** Counties in Wales, in every Year.” 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution ; and alfo, upon the lait of the Refolutions 
this Day reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider further of 
‘Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, and which has been agreed to by the Houfe : 
And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Rice, Sir William 
Bagot, and the Lord Liflurne, do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
enforcing feveral Acts of Parliament, for the Recovery 
and Payment of Jithes, and other Ecclefiaftical Dues, 
from the People called Quakers; and for enlarging the 
Powers thereby given: And that Mr. Gilvert and Mr. 
Cator do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the more effectual vefting in 
the Royal Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the for- 
feited and unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from ‘the 
Enemy. 


Mr. Coxe reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of feveral Lords of the Manor, Clergymen, 
Gentlemen, Freeholders, and others, of the feveral Pa- 
rifhes and Hamlets of Somerton, Cumpton Dundon, Street, 
Walton, Aifbcott, Grienton, Murlinch, Shapwick, and di- 
vers other Parifhes and Hamlets, interefted in a Traé&amp; 
of Wafte Ground, called King’s Sedgemoor, in the County 
of Somerfet ; and alio, the Petition of the Owners and 
Occupiers of Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, and Here- 
ditaments, fituate, lying, and being, in the feveral Pa- 


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4.1772, 


rifhes, Hamlets, and Places of Cufington, Edington, Chil. 
ton, Catcott, Shapwick, Stowell, Sutton Mallet, Moorlinch 
Greinton, Woolavington, Afbcott, Pedwell, Walton, Street, 
Butleigh, Compton Dundon, Wefton Zayland, Midlezey, 
Othery, High Ham, Diiware, Bower, Horfey, Bawdrip, 
Badney, Netherham, Aller, Chedzoy, Littleton, Hurcott, So. 
merton, Pitney, Wearn,Wootton, Charlton Mackerel, Charl- 
ton Adam, and Long Sutton, in the County of Somer/et, 
having Right of Common on King’s Sedgemoor, in the 
fame County ; and alfo, the Petition of the Owners and 
Occupiers of Meifuages, Lands, Tenements, and Here. 
ditaments, fituate, lying, and being, in the feveral Pa- 
rifhes, Hamlets, and Places, of Cuffington, Edington, Cbil- 
ton, Catcott, Shapwick, Stowell, Sutton Mallet, Moor- 
linch, Grienton, Woolavington, Afbcott, Pedwell, Walton, 
Street, Butleigh, Compton Dundon, Wefton Zoyland, Midie- 
zoy, Othery, High Ham, Dunware, Bower, Horfey, Baw- 
drip Bradney, Netherham, Aller, Chedzoy, Littleton, 
Hurcott, Somerton, Pitney, Wearn, Wootten, and Long 
Sutton, in the County of Somerfet, having Right of Com- 
mion on King’s Sedgemoor’, in the fame County, were re- 
ferred ; That the Committee had examined the Matters 
of the faid Petitions; and had heard the Petitioners, on 
the Two firft mentioned Petitions, by their Counfel ; and 
that the Committee had direéted him to report the fame, 
as they appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in 
at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and 
is as followeth ; viz. 

To prove the Allegations of the Firft mentioned 
Petition, Mr. William Fairchild, a Surveyor, being exa- 
mined, faid, That he had furveyed and meafured the 
{aid Moor, called Sedgemoor, and contains about Figh- 
teen thoufand Acres ; which, in general, is a Morais, 


by reaton of the Waters ftanding on it, and in fome. 


Winters is very deep ; but Part of it, next to the pre- 
fent Rhines and Ditches, is pretty dry ; that the Whole 
is nearly on a Level, and is low in Comparifon to the 
adjoining Lands; that it is feldom fit for Cattle more 
than Two or Three Months in a Year with Satety ; 
that they generally put Black Cattle and Sheep thereon, 
but is certain Deftruction to Sheep, and in its pre- 
fent State is not worth more than Eighteen Pence an 


Acre, but if drained, and rendered dry and healthy, and, 


divided into diftinét Commons, it would, in Two or 
Three Years, be worth ‘Twenty-five Shillings an Acre ; 
and if divided into particular Inclofures, and properly 
divided among the feparate Owners, in a Term of 
Years the Whole would be worth Thirty Shillings an 
Acre, or more, fome Part being worth that at prefent, 
and would be an Advantage to the Public:—That the 
faid Moor is from Ten to Twelve Miles in Length, and 
on an Average, Two Miles Three Quarters in Breadth ; 
that he could not fay whether it is eafy to prevent Tref- 
paffes, but fuppofes it might be done by Perfons having 
the Care of it: —That he has taken the Levels inftru- 
mentally, and finds it capable of being drained ; that 
the Fall from Bradney Bridge, the loweft Part of the 
Moor, tc a Place called Nine Streams, will be between 
Fifteen and Sixteen Feet, which is about Three Miles 
in Length.—Being afked, What Fall there is in the 
prefent Drain? he faid, The Northern Part of the Moor 
is lower than the Mouth of the Cloys, which are meant 
to drain the Moor—That the making Drains for drain- 
ing the Moor, will contribute, and may be made Part of 
the Drains for dividing the Commons—That the Ex- 
pence of draining the {aid Moor would amount to about 
Two thoufand Pounds; but faid, he was not a Judge 

of the Expence of dividing it. 
Being crofs examined, he faid, He had been acquainted 
with the Moor Ten Years, and had been on it many 
Times, but could not fay how often, though had 
been there in furveying Eftates in the Neighbourhood, 
and pleafuring, fuch as Horfe Races. — Being afked, 
Whether he had Occafion to make any Obfervation on 
the Moor till the prefent Application to Parliament ? 
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he faid, He had not meafured it, but had obferved it: 

—That he had often rode acrofs the Moor, and obferved 

the Grafs and Soil :— And being afked, Whether he had 

ever been on Half the Acres in his Life ? he faid, He 

did not know but he might in croffing it at feveral 

Times, and-there was no Part of it he had not viewed; 

and he judges of the Nature of the Soil by the Rhines 

and Ditches, and by what he fees upon the Ground :— 

That he does not know the Number of Cattle or Sheep 

fed on the Moor. — Being afked, Whether he knew 

Cattle rot on the Moor? he faid, He had feen Sheep 

dead thereon ; and that there are fome large Flocks of 
Sheep, but could not fay there are many :—That during 

the Summer Three Months it will not f{upport One Beatt 

to an Acre, and not more than Three or Four Sheep 

well, and is dangerous to put,Sheep there; but when 

Farmers have a large Stock and no where elfe to keep 

them, they are glad to put them there: — That he 

judged by thofe Parts, which are at prefent dry, it would 
be worth Twenty-five Shillings an Acre when drained. 

—Being afked, What the faid Moor would be worth an 
Acre, if only drained ? he faid, About Twenty Shillings 
—That he has traverfed the Moor at different Times, 
and believes in a very dry Summer the Moor would not 
fuftain Eighteen thoufand Cattle the whole Summer, ex- 
cept the laft, which was the drieft he had known thefe 
Ten Years.—Being afked, What Proportion the pre- 
fent Part, which is worth Twenty-five Shillings an 
Acre, bears to the reft of the Moor? he faid, Pedwell 
Plain, which is about Three hundred Acres, is worth 
Twenty-five Shillings an Acre, and there are about Six 
hundred Acres more nearly as good ; and the Remainder 
is worth about Eighteen Pence. 

_ That he was not interrupted in taking the Levels of 
the Moor, but had not furveyed it accurately, being pre- 
vented, and was told if he proceeded, he fhould receive 
Damage, and was threatened with his Life; and they 
went fo far as to dig his Grave: That there were an Hun- 
dred or two met him; and a Reward of a Hogfhead of 
Cyder offered to any one that would catch him. 

Mr. Sylvanus Lake, a Farmer and Grazier, being exa- 
mined, faid, That he has lived in the Neighbourhood 
of Sedgmoor Common Seven Years, and has exercifed a 
Right of Common thereon Six Years; that the faid 
Common is, in wet Summers, overflowed the whole 
Year, but in dry temperate Seafons, is fit for Cattle 
about Twenty Weeks, and in fome Summers not Two 
Months, but upon an Average of Seven Years, it may 
be fit Three Months :—That his Cattle has frequently 
fuffered from the Wetnefs of the Moor, and has known 
Objections made at Fairs and Markets on account of 
their coming from Sedgmoor, the Nature of the Grafs 
being fuch, as changes the Colour of the Hair of the 
Cattle, which is a Sign they are not healthy , that Sheep 
frequently cooth, and Cattle fcour, 

That the faid Moor is Eleven or Twelve Miles in 
Length, and Two or Three Broad, and he has experi- 
enced Inconveniencies from the Extent, of it by Plough 
Cattle getting Five or Six Miles from Home; and that 
he once loft a Horfe Twelve Months, and found him 
on the Common at la{t; and thinks if the faid Moor was 
divided into feparate Commons, it would be advantage- 
ous to every Tenant and Occupier of Lands :—That 
there are frequent Trefpaffes thereon, which are not 
eafily to be prevented in its prefent State; and he ap+ 
prehends it is pratticable of being drained by a certain 
Number of Drains, and which he thinks would operate 
to drain the Moor; and that any Divifion of the fame 
would tend to increafe the Value. | fos 

Being crofs examined, he fatd, That the Cattle which 
were objected to at Fairs were lean, the Moor being 

chiefly ufed for breeding, and not fatting :—That Cattle 
are generally poorer which come from Commons, but 
this is the wetteft in the Country :— That there is a great 
Quantity of rich Land.for fatting Cattle in Somer- 
fetfbire, and it is generally agreed that Somerfetfire. is 
not adapted fo well for breeding as Devonfhire. — Being 


Vor. XXXII. 


Hovfe of Commons. 6 AQ 


afked, If there.is a Proportion of breeding, to fatting, 
Land in Semerfet/bire? he faid, There is a great deal 
called fatting Land not fit for the Purpofe; but is.ap- 
plied to it.—Being afked, If there were not great Num- 
bers of Cattle bred ori the Moor? he faid, They were 
brought there, but rarely fall there, being an improper 
Place, though it fometimes happens:—That Sheep are 
folded from the Moor upon the Arable Lands near. — 
Being afked, If it. was not, thé ufual Courfe of Huf- 
bandry, for Farmers to do this? he faid, In certain Years 
they do; otherwife they decline is, for he had baned, his 
Flock by ig: —That Farmers ufually turn out their Plough 
Cattle on the Moor, and then elofe up their Meadows 
for raifing of Hay :—That the Difficulty of preventing 
Trefpaffes aritcs from, the Gates leading to. the Moor, 
which by Accident fall down, and by being left open, 
fo that the neighbouring Farmers Cattle get in, and does 
not know they have any Right, for on Driving the Com- 
mon; Cattle have been found, which have had no 
Owners. . =, «.. wr ~ siaacaeeel 
_. That the faid Moor might be divided by multiplying 
the Ditches, and would. not be dangerous to Cattle, as 
fome Farms have no other Fence, though fuch Ditches 
would wafte fome Land, but would increafe the Value ; 
that it is difficult to afcertain,the Value of the Land, for 
in fome Years it’s worth nothing, fome Seven Shillings 
an Acre, others Four Shillings, and believes if it. was 
only drained, it would be worth from Sixteen Shillings 
to near Twenty Shillings an Acre ; but a Divifion would 
be advantageous to every Perion who has Right of Com- 
mon, and greatly fo to Cottagers, as it would improve 
the Land, and Perions would give more for fuch Right 
to enjoy as they now do, and be in lefs Danger of lofing 
their Cattle. . 2g S one 

That the Right of feeding on the Moor is in the 

Lords of Manors, but the actual Enjoyment is in thé 
Tenants :—~That Hundreds enjoy this Right, but could 
not fay Thoufands, and always underftood the Tenants 
put on all their Cattle without Stint:—That if it was 
divided into Parifh Commons, it might be, an Improve- 
ment, perhaps to the Amount of Seven Shillings and 
Six Pence an Acre; and if it was made dry, it would 
not be prudent to convert it into Arable; and the in- 
clofing it would be an Advantage to the Poor, as 
they would be employed in trenching, fencing, and 
Hay-making, and thinks there would be additional Em- 
ployment, by frequent!y cleanling of Ditches ; that their 
prefent Employment is in Tillage, but there is none on 
the Moor. ley biter -westa games ate ini 

_ That he cannot fay what Number of Sheep are felded 
from the Moor, but there are not more than Eight hun- 
dred or One thoufand Acres of it; upon which People 
will fuffer their Sheep to go; and it would be more.ad- 
vantageous if the Moor could be made capable of fatting, 
than breeding, Cattle :—That People put on their Stock 
in the Moor which they cannot maintain in the Winter, 
and has heard it argued as to the Right, but they have 
always turned in at all Times of the Year at Difcretion : 
—That he cannot fay what Number of Geefe. are fed 
on the Moor, but believes Ten or Twenty thoufand, and 
the greateft Number is at Michaelmas, | 

That if the Moor was drained, the Grafs would be as 
good as if it was inclofed, but would be miore advan- 
tageous if divided into feparate Commons, and the 
Right more beneficial to the Commoners, as Cattle do 
much better in {mall Herds than in large ; and the Poor 
would be greatly benefitted, as the Cottagers frequently 
let their Right of Common (few having Stock of their 
own) for about a Guinea, but never heard for more ; 
and tharthere may be an Hundred or Two of fuch, and 
are let to Perfons out of Dorjetire and Hampfbire, {ome 
of whom have brought Forty or Fifty Head of Black 
Cattle. 

Being afked, Whether a greater Extent of Grazing 
Right upon the,Common of Sedgmosr, is of lefs Value 
than a {maller Extent divided off? he faid, Yes, be- 
catife Perfons would with more Eafe furvey their Cattle, 

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and take them off, and put them on, as they found the 
Keeping ferve their Purpofe. , 

That the Somerfet/oire Farmers buy their Cattle to 
graze from Devonfbire ; and there are Thirty thoufand 
Cattle in a Year brought from Devonfbire into Somerfet- 
foire, of which the greater Part are fed there ; and thinks 
there would be rather more Cattle fed there, if the Moor 
was inclofed. 

That he rented an Eftate of Lord J/chefter, by which 
he had a Right of Common, the Right being in the 
Tenants and Cottagers, the Lords claiming no Right, 
but that Landlords may have fome little Benefit, by 
the Tenants having the Right of Common on the faid 
Moor. 

To prove the Allegations of the Second mentioned 
Petition. 

Mtr. Richard Hayes, being examined, faid, That he 
is Sixty-fix Years old, and has lived at Wejfton Zoy- 
land, on the Borders of Sedgmoor Fifty Years, and 
knows every Part of the Moor: That there may be 
One thoufand Acres of Land near Dunware, which are 
in their prefent State, one with another, worth Thirty 
Shillings an Acre :—That the Lands near Wefton Odery, 
Somerton, Compton Dundon, Pedwell, Grienton, Mur- 
linch, Sutton, Stowell, Bawdrip, and -Chedzoy, are of 
different Values ; thofe lying near the Parifhes may be 
worth, on an Average, Thirty Shillings an Acre, and 
there ate Three or Four thoufand Acres of that Value ; 
but the beft Land lies near Sutton Mallet, Dunware, and 
W efton Zovland, which are worth from Thirty-five to 
Forty Shillings an Acre :—That in the other Parts of the 
Moor there may be Three or Four thoufand Acres worth 
Fifteen or Sixteen Shillings an Acre, and fome not Six 
Pence, according to the Time of the Year; and thinks 
the whoie Eighteen thoufand Acres, on an Average, may 
be worth Fourteen Shillings an Acre in its prefent State, 
and will maintain Two Bullocks and Two Sheep on 
each Acre during the Summer; that young Cattle, 
Cows, and Plough Oxen, are generally put on in 4pri/ or 
May, and are kept there till near Michaelmas, accord- 
ing to the Seafon ; and young Cattle are kept there all 
the Winter. 

That large Flocks of Sheep are depaftured, and a 
great Part are kept all the Year there, which are folded 
on the Arable Land, and put on the Moor in the Day 
to feed :—That a great Number of Mares foal thereon, 
which, with the Mares, remain all the Year together, with 
many young Bullocks, but cannot tell the Number of 
Bullocks, being fometimes great and others fmall, it de- 
pending on the Seafon ; and believes they are. feldom 
baned there, as he never knew of any; and that the 
Moor is not more liable to bane Sheep than the Inclo- 
fures:—That fome Welfh Cattle are made fat on the 
Moor, and fit for the Butcher. 

That Trefpaffes may be eafily prevented if looked 
after ; andhas known feveral detected this Year, and alfo 
in Years paft: — That the faid Moor has always been 
open, and the Right of Common is in thofe who have 
Eftates of their own, and thofe who rent them in the 
feveral Villages mentioned in the Petition, except Charl- 
ton Mackarel and Chariton Adam, and the Tenements 
of Four or Five Pounds a Year have as much Right as 
a Farm of One hundred Pounds a Year:—That the 
Tenements called Auftre Tenements, which are Parts 
of old Houfes or the Scites thereof, have as unlimited 
a Right of Common as a Man of the greateft Eftate ; 
and that all the Commoners have a Right, and been 
accuftomed to depatture all their Cattle on the Moor at 
all Times of the Year without Stint. 

That if a Drain was to be opened the Length of the 
Moor, from Somerton to Crandon Bridge, the Lands about 
Wefton, Chedzoy, Dunware, Bower, Haufey, and Places 
adjacent, would be fubjeé&amp; to be overflowed. 

~ That there are many Tenements, from Five to Fifty 
Pounds a Year, which are occupied by the-Owners, 
who maintain themfelves by their Produce and the Right 


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of Common, and would be greatly injured by the In- 
clofure, and for Want of the Produce of the Moor, and 
the Expence of inclofing, would oblige the Owners of 
fuch Tenements to fell them, and: fome would be dif. 
treffed, though not obliged to fell: —That the poor 
Cottagers get their Subfiftence entirely from the Moor, 
of which there are Twenty or Thirty in the Parifh of 
Wefton, though fome have lefs, who have all a Right 
of Common, and the reft of the Parifhes have the fame 
Number, one with another, who have a Right from 
old Auftres; and there are from Ninety to One hun- 
dred Rights of Common in the Parifh of Wejton, in- 
cluding Three or Four Score Farms. . 

That the breeding of Cattle would be diminifhed by 
inclofing, as there would be lefs Grafs, by reafon of the 
Drains and Ditches, and fhould not be able to keep the 
Number of Cattle, for at prefent they have the Run of 
the whole Herbage, but would then be confined, but 
if only drained, Cattle would have the faine Run as 
at prefent:—-That Agriculture of the high Grounds 
would be diminifhed by inclofing the Moor, as the 
feeding would be lefs and not fo good, and Danger to 
the Cattle falling into the Ditches neceffary for dividing 
the fame :—That Roads cannot be made but at a great 
Expence, there being no Stone or Materials nearer than 
Five or Six Miles, and Stones would fink, the Soil be- 
ing fo foft; and the general Senfe of the Country is 
againft inclofing :—That when the Moor hath received 
the utmoft Improvement by draining, there will be a 
great Difference in Value of fome Parts to others, 
and the creater Part will not receive Improvement, and 
it is not poffible to judge to Exactnefs of Five or Six 
Shillings an Acre, what Improvement it will receive by 
fuch draining ; and if it could, without fubjecting the 
Lands to be overflowed by the neceflary Drains, it would 
be no Advantage, becaufe there would be no Water in 
the Summer; but if properly drained it would be an 


Improvement, and thinks dividing it would not, as the 


Roads to the different Divifions would be impaffable, 
and there can be no Divifion for the feveral Parifhes to 
come without Roads, except from the Parith of We/ton; 
and that it is impoffible, if the Moor was divided into 
Thirty-five Commons, to make Roads that every Parifh 
could enjoy their Right of Common in their refpective 
Allotments, as there are feveral Parifhes far from the 
Moor, and can’t be made without coming to fome 
Part of the low Gounds, and they could not get to all 
the Divifions without them ; and that it is impoffible to 
make Roads over the fame, a great Part being a Morafs, 
and no Bottom to be found at Thirty Feet deep. 

That there are feveral poor People in his and, the 
Parifhes adjacent, permitted by the Commoners to keep 
fome {mall Stock on the Moor, who have no Right, in 
order to prevent their becoming chargeable to their Pa- 
rifhes, and if divided would be a Means of making them 
fo ; that there are Five or Six fuch Poor in his Parith, 
and may be One hundred, or more, in the other Parifhes: 
—That there is a great Scarcity of Labourers in the 
Summer Time in the faid Parifhes, and if turned out of 
their Habitations, it would be more fo, thefe Cottages 
being a Nurfery for them. 

That there are many young Bullocks bred on the 
Moor, and fatted by the Help of a little After Grafs 
near it, which would: not be if inclofed: — That the 
Graziers in Somerfet/bire are obliged to go into other 
Counties to buy lean Cattle, to the Amount of many 
Hundreds, and bring there to be fatted, and would be 
more fo if the Moor was inclofed :—That it is ufual to 
fell a great Number of Calves fallen in Somerfet/bire to 
Farmers in Devonfhire, which when grown up are brought 
again into Somerfet/bire to be fatted ; and Cattle for the 
Plough are kept on the Moor in Summer, and the in- 
clofed Pafture and Meadow Ground is thereby relieved 
to furnifh Hay and Grafs for their Winter’s Subf&amp;{tence : 
That it is very difficult and expenfive to get other 
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Grounds and Arable Lands, which are of a very poor 
and barren Nature in many Parts, fome of which in 
the, Parifhes of High Ham, Compton Dundon, Mutlinch, 
Shapwick, Afbcott, Edington, and fome Part of Chilton, 
js not worth Half a Crown an Acre, and would be of 
Jefs Value if the Moor was inclofed._. i 

That he knows the feveral Parifhes, Hamlets, and 
Places, mentioned in the Petition, except the Parifhes of 
Charlton Mackerel, and Charlton Adam, and that the 
Occupiers of old Auftre Tenements, by particular 
Cuftom of thofe Places, have Right of Common on 
the Moor at all Times of the Year, without Stint. 

That he has known Perfons who have Right of Com- 
mon, exercife a Right to dig Turves, and cut Sedge and 
Ruthes thereon, for their own Ufe, and has known it 
for Fifty Years, and never knew any Moleftation, though 

never did it himfelf, but they are not to be had on all 
Parts of the Moor; and if the faid Moor was divided; 
fome Parts would be deprived of that Riglit. ae 

That all Parts of the Moor when drained will not 
be of an equal Value, the Soil of fome being a chur- 
lifh Clay, other a rich Loom, and other a Morafs, and 
the pooreft Part lies near Walton, and if that Part of 
the Moor was divided off from the other Parts, and 
allotted to the Parifh or Manor where his Eftate fhould 
lie, he fhould not think the Advantage arifing from the 
Facility of frequently vifiting or viewing his Stock, 
would be equal to the Advantage of a Range for his 
Cattle over the rich Parts of the Moor; but that Cattle 
have Haunts or particular Places of Abode, fo that they 
generally know where to find them, and Milch Cows 
generally remain where they are ufed to be milked. 

Being crofs examined, he faid, He meant Trefpaffes 
might be prevented by driving the Prey, which had 
been done this Year, and Twenty, Thirty, or Forty, 
Cattle detected, or perhaps more, and Sixteen of them 
from One Perfon, and were found on the Moor near 
Wefton:—That the People of Wefton and Chedzay joined 
in driving the Prey, and begun about Half a Mile 
above Wefton , and it is underitood, Weffon and Chedzoy 
begin at Rowing Lake, to drive the Prey, but have 
not been drove for many Years before this :—That it 
is common for Trefpaffers to put on Cattle the next 
Day after driving, but are foon detected again, and 
were drove off the Common without driving the Prey, 
and paid a Fine to the Lord’s Bailiff—That the Parifh 
of Wefton drives the Prey fometimes by themfelves, and 
fometimes with others, and in different Parts, but has 
not been driven at large this Year, and thinks it is not 
poffible to detect Trefpaffes at large without driving the 
Prey ;—that if there were Rules and Regulations efta- 
blifhed for that Purpofe, it would be an effectual Re- 
medy, and there are no fixed Times, but thofe who 
have a Right, may drive as often as they pleafe.— 
Being afked, Whether they do not, when they hear 
of many Trefpaffes? he faid, They did not, becaufe 
the Commoners are the Trefpaffers, by putting on Cat- 
tle not their own, therefore are interefted in not doing 
it :—-That he never knew more than Two Thirds of the 
Moor driven at One Time, and never knew any Da- 
mage done by it; and that he never knew but One 
Inftance of Cattle being put on the Moor, within a few 
Days after being detected as Trefpafiers. 

That every Perfon in the Parifh of Wefton, who rents 
or hath an Eftate of his own, hath a Right of Common, 
though there is Land which has no Right, but is rented 
by thofe who have; that there may be Five or Six 
Cottayers in the faid Parifh, who have no Right, and 
there is not One Cottager adjoining to the Moor, who 

has any Pay from the Parifh, and have exercifed the 
Right of Common by Leave of the Parifhioners, and ne- 
ver knew Rights of Common let in his Patifh:—That 
there are between Twenty and Thirty old Auftres and 
fmall Tenements in Wefton, all of which have Garden 
Plots or Orchards, and there are feveral Farms which 
have Right of Common; and are not old Auftres; but 


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that the Witnefs. hath no Richt of Common him- 
felt... N fags 

_ That thofe Perfons who have old Auftres and larger 
Eftates in the Parith of Wefton, do Rhine Work in Pro- 
portion to their Eftates, and in fome Places it is done 
in Proportion of Acres to Yards, or Acres to Roods; 
and there is no other Proportion of doing it, and the 
Juries of Water Sewers direét the Times when it fhall 
be done, and is according to ancient Ufe and Cuftom. 

That there is a Stone Road acrofs the Moor, but is fo 
puxy and miry in Winter Time, that the Stone may be 
found Forty Feet deep, and wants conftant Repair, and 
that they can’t cet Turf without it from Cztcot, but has 
known ‘Turf cut near Mid/ezoy.--That if the Moor was 

drained, the Road would be better, but can’t be made 
found without a ereat deal of Labour. _ 

__ That there are Lime Stones for making Lime in the 
Parifhes of Compton Dundon, Edington, and other Places, 
on Polldon Hill, and a great many at Ham, but does 
not think the Improvement of Land by Lime to be fo 
good as by Sheep; and does not know whether any 
Lime Stones are burnt on thofe Eftates, and that there 
are no Coals nearer than from Five to Twenty Miles. 

Being afked, How he formed his Calculation of the 
Number of Poor People round the Moor? he faid, 
There are no more than Five in Wefton, and cannot tell 
how many there are in other Parifhes; and does not 
know any one in particular in Edington or Catcot, who 
maintains himfelf by the Ufe of the Commion, and who 
has no Right, and does not know a Houte-in Caécot, 
which has not a Right; but has ng Doubt there are— 
though cannot name One. ° 

Edward Conduit, being examined, faid, That he is 
Fifty-eight Years old, has lived at Chedzoy between 
Forty and Fifty Years, and knows the Nature and Soil 
of all Parts of King’s Sedgemoor, which is open and unin- 
clofed ; that the Land is of different Qualities, and that 
which adjoins to the Parifhes and Hamlets of Bridge- 
water, Dunware, Weftons Zoyland, Othery, Somerton, 
Compton Dundon, Pedzwell, Grienton, Murlinch, Sutton, 
Stowell, Bawdrip, and Chedzcy, which all border on the 
Moor, is very good Land, ard. is worth Thirty Shil- 
lings an Acre or upwards, and there is between Three 
and Four Thoufand Acres of that Value ; that the beft 
Land lies near Wefton, Dunware, Chedzoy, and Sutton} 
and thinks the whole Moor One. Acre with another, and 
One Year with another, is worth Sixteen Shillings ark 
Acre, in its prefent State:—That it will maintain Two 
Bullocks and Two Sheep an Acre the Year round, ex- 
cept when flooded, and Four Bullocks for Four Months, 
from the Beginning of May; and from the Beginning 
of September, to the Beginning of Fanuary, Two; and 
from that Time to May, Two Bullocks and Two Sheep. 
—The Dairy Cows and Plough Oxen are put. on the 
Beginning of May, and continue fo till near Michaelmas, 
and great Quantities of Sheep are depaftured there all 
the Year, which are generally folded on the inclofed 
Arable Lands in the Neighbourhood, to manure and 
improve the fame; other Manure being not to be got 
but at a great Expence:—That many Calves and 
Foals are fallen on thé Moor, and the Mares and 
other Hories for the Plough, and many Colts and young 
Bullocks are kept thete all the Year; and he never 
knew a Bullock baned there in his Life, and is not apt 
to bane Sheep more than cther Places; a great Part of 
the inclofed Lands will bane them as foon or fooner 
than the Moor, and that a great many young Bullocks 
are bred and fatted thereon, with the Help of a little 
After-grafs in the inclofed Grounds near, it; That he 
never exercifed’ the Right of Common himfelf, more 
than Two Years. ; 

That the Right of Common is in-thofe who have 
Eftates of their own, or rent them; and thofe who have 
{mall Cottages.—Being afked, What an old Auftre is? 
he faid, An old Houfe, or the Scite thereof, the Occupier 
of whith has as much a Right 2s a Man of One — 

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dred Pounds a Year, or the greateft Eftate, to ftock 
with all his Cattle on ali Parts of the Moor, and at all 
Times of the Year; without Stint or Limitation, and 
that the Occupiers of fuch old Auftres in the feveral 
Parifhes,; Manors, and Places, mentioned in the Petition, 
except Charlton Mackarel and Charlton Adam, have uled 
and exercifed this Right, and hath heard feveral ancient 
People, who are fince dead, declare the fame.—T hat 
the Perfons who have Right of Common, have ufed and 
exercifed the Right of digging Turves, and cutting 
Sedge and Rufhes thereon, and never knew any Con- 
tradiétion fince his Memory : That Sedge and Rufhes do 
not grow, nor are Turves to be found on all Parts of 
the Moor. ; . 

That Trefpaffes are eafy to be prevented on the faid 
Moor, and has known many Inftances of their being 
detected, and Three Times the laft Summer; that the 
feveral Parifhes and Places have a Right to drive the 
Prey, when and as often as they pleafe, but can’t fay 
how often they have done it, though has known it many 
Times ; and the Parifhes of Wefton and Chedzcy have 
often driven by themfelves ; and he thinks if proper Rules 
and Regulations were to be made, it would be eafy to 
detect and prevent Trefpafies, without dividing and in- 
clofing it into diftin¢t Commons, which would not im- 
prove it, but be very prejudicial, and ruin a great many 
poor Families: That there are about Sixty T’enements 
in his Parifh, who have Right of Common, about 
Eleven of which are deemed Cottagers, and there are 
many {mall Tenements from Five to Forty Pounds a 
Year, occupied by the Owners, who are fupported by 
the Produce of fuch Tenements, and the Benefit they 
receive from their Right of Common on the Moor: 
That the Expences of draining, dividing, and inclofing, 
and making of Roads over the fame, will compel many 
of the Owners of fuch Tenements, to fell them, and re- 
duce them to Poverty: That there are many poor People 
in the feveral Parifhes, who have no Right of Com- 
mon, permitted to keep fome fmall Stock thereon, in 
order to prevent their becoming chargeable to their 
Parifhes, which if inclofed would be a Means of doing 
it; and that the inclofing it would diminifh the breed- 
ing of Cattle a great deal, breeding Ground being more 
wanted than grazing, great Numbers of Graziers be- 
ing obliged to go into other Counties to buy lean 
Cattle to bring into Somerfet/hire to be fatted, and would 
be more fo if the Moor was to be inclofed; that it is 
ufual to fell a great Number of Calves fallen in Somer- 
fetfoire, to Farmers in Devonfbire, which when grown 
up, are brought again into Somer/et/bire to be fatted.— 
That Agriculture and Tillage of the high and dry 
Grounds, would be leffened by inclofing the Moor, for 
that Cattle for the Plough, Dairy Cows, and other Cattle, 
are kept thereon in the Summer ; and the inclofed Mea- 
dow and Pafture Ground is thereby relieved to furnifh 
Hay and Grafs for their Winter Subfiftence.—That the 
high and hilly Ground furrounding the Moor, is of a 
very poor and barren Nature, a great deal of it not 
being worth above Two Shillings and Six Pence, and 
fome Seven Shillings and Six Pence an Acre, which if 
the Moor was inclofed would be of no Value. 

That Cattle are frequently drowned in the Ditches 
and Rhines in the prefent State of the Moor, which if 
increafed, the Danger of lofing Cattle would alfo be 
increafed in Proportion thereto:—That the Soil in 
many Parts of the Moor is very foft and rotten, and 
in fome Parts no Bottom to be found, and there may 
be near Two thoufand Acres of fuch Land in different 
Parts; and it is impoffible to make Roads without a 
great Expence, Stones and Materials being at a great 
Diftance; and the Sentiments of People interefted in the 
Moor, and alfo the Proprietors of Lands in general, 
are againft inclofing the fame; and that .it would be 
difficult, and could not’ be done, on Account of the 
different Natures of the Soil, to make a juft Divifion 
thereof into feparate Commons, and apprehends, would 


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A. 1773, 


occafion Difputes and Quarrels; and many of the 
Commoners would be deprived of digging Turves, and 
cutting Sedge and Ruihes thereon; and that if a Com- 
mon was to be inclofed to each Parifh, it would not be 
the Advantage it is at prefent. © | 3 

Being crofs examined, he faid, That he faw Sedge- 
moor very ately, but was not all over it, and there 
was Water about a Foot deep near Chedzoy then—That 
it may be worth Eighteen Pence a Week for an Ox on 
the Moor near Chedzoy—That they were imall Plough 
Cattle, and Dairy Cows, which, he faid, an Acre would 
iupport Four in the Summer :—That Cattle are keps 
as well on the Moor in Summer, as in the inclofed 
Grounds, and that the Pafture on the Moor in the Four 
Summer Months, is worth Three Pounds Four Shil- 
lings an Acre.—Being afked, What kind of Bullocks 
are kept on the Moor from September to Fantiary ? he 
faid, Small Steers, but is hardly worth Six Pence a 
Week then, but is certainly worth Three Pence. 
That all Sorts of Cattle are kept on the Moor, from the 
Firft of Fanuary to the Firft of May, and is then worth 
Three Pence a Week for each Sheep, and all Sorts of 
Cattle together. 

That he never knew a Right of Common let, but 
has known an old Auftre let, but can’t fay for how 
much; and that it is not common for thofe Spots of 
Ground which havé Right of Common about Chedzoy to 
be let:—-That he had rented Eight Acres, for which 
he paid Ten Pounds a Year, and would not be worth 
Six Pounds if he had no Right of Common ; that there 
might be a fingle Acre in Chedzoy, not worth fe much 
as Twenty-five Shillings an Acre, but thofe he rented 
were worth that Sum. 

That the Rhines are kept in Repair by thofe who 
have Right of Common, and every one does it equally, 
but the Cottager does not do fo much as a Perfon wha 
rents One hundred Pounds a Year, and does not know 
how it’s proportioned, but imagines it may be accord- 
ing to the Size of the Tenement, though fome have 
more than their Proportion of fuch Work. 

That it is eafy to prevent Trefpaffes on the Moor, 
by driving the Prey, which was done Three Times 
within a Fortnight the laft Summer.—Being afked, How 
it became neceffary? he faid, Becaufe the Trefpaffers 
thought themfelves fafe, after it was firft drove, fo came 
again, and he never knew the whole Moor drove, but 
only in particular Diftricts. 

That the Moor would be improved by draining, if it 
could be done with Safety, and without drowning half 
the reft of the Country. 

Being afked, Whether the Moor in its prefent State, 
is worth Four Pounds Eight Shillings an Acre? he 
faid, No, it would not yield that; but that the Moor 
would keep Four Bullocks on an Acre, from the Firft 
of May to the Firft of September, if it had not been 
fed from the Month of ‘fanwary, and would not keep 
Two Bullocks and Two Sheep on each Acre all the 
Year, nor Two Bullocks from Fanuary to May without 
Hay.—Being afked, Whether the Lands about Chedzoy, 
being worth Thirty Shillings an Acre, is not owing to 
the Advantage of the Common? he faid, Mott of it, but 
fome would let for as much as it does now, if the Moor 
was inclofed, and fome would be worth Nothing. 

Thomas Tucker, a Farmer, being examined, faid, That 
he is Fifty-five Years old, lives at Midlezoy, and has 
known King’s Sedgemoor Forty Years, and is acquainted 
with the Nature and Quality of the Land in all Parts of 
it, fome of it being very good, others very indifferent. 

That Trefpaffes may be prevented on the faid Moor 
if well looked after, and knew feveral deteéted laft 
Year, and that the feveral Parifhes, Manors, and Places, 
who have Right of Common, have been accuftomed to 
drive the Prey, and may do it as often as they pleafes 
and if proper Rules and Orders were made, might be 
prevented without dividing the Moor into feparate Com- 
mons; and if it was properly drained, the es 

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would not be any further Improvement, becaufe Cattle 
are at prefent frequently mired there, and as then there 
muft be more Ditches, the Flies would drive them more 
into them; and it cannot be divided by Hedges, the Soil 
being fo bad, and if it could be done would be pre- 
judicial, becaufe the more Liberty the Cattle have on 
the Ground the better it is, by their having different 
Sorts of Grafs, and there is no Inconvenience from the 
oreat Number grazing together as they now do.— 
That Cattle frequently range from one End ef the 
Moor to the other, but not generally, which is no In- 
convenience, as they eafily find them; though he once 
loft a Beaft for Forty Weeks, and has known it happen 
to others, but very rare, and this was the only In- 
{tance which happened to him in Thirty Years; that 
the Moor being furrounded by Hills, there are frequent 
Breezes from different Quarters, and Cattle now grazing 
at large go to thofe Points for the Benefit of thote 
Breezes, and Cattle confined on inclofed Commons, 
where there is no Shade, could not be kept fo well, 
as when they have the Liberty of the whole Moor ; 
that the inclofing the fame would be the Ruin .of fe- 
veral poor Families, who now keep a Bullock or a 
Horfe thereon, and have a Right to get Firing, which 
they would not then have.—That Firing is not to be 
had on all Parts of the Moor.—That Turves are to 


‘be had about Midlezoy, which is the only Part he 


knows; and does not know, that any other poor People 
cut them except thofe of that Place, but it is under- 
ftood, the Poor have a Right to cut Turves all over the 
Moor, as well as to graze.—That the Commoners have 
a Right to cut Sedge on all Parts of the Moor, but 
there are only Two Places where it grows, which may 
be about One hundred and Fifty Acres, but is fure not 
Two hundred. 

Being afked, Whether a Right of Common is better 
over One hundred Aeres worth Five Shillings an Acre, 
or Five hundred Acres worth only One Shilling ? he 
faid, He would rather have a Right over the hun- 
dred Acres. 

That there are between Fifty and Sixty Tenements 
in Midlezoy, called old Auftres, which he explained to 
be an old Houfe, or Spot of Ground where a Houfe 
ftood, which have Right of Common; and about Six 
who claim a Right from fuch Spots of Ground; and 
that there is no other Right, and believes there may be 
about Half a Score of fuch Tenements occupied by 
the Owners. 

That each of the feveral Parifhes and Places men- 
tioned in the Petition, except Charlton Mackerel and 
Charlton Adam, have a drift Way to the Moor; and 
the Owners of tuch old Auftre Tenements have a Right 
to put on all their Cattle without Stint, and hath heard 
ancient People, who are fince dead, fay the fame ; 
and has known One Commoner, who may have rented 
Forty Pounds a Year, put on Forty Head of Cattle, 
and many poor Perfons in the different Parifhes are 
permitted to keep fome Stock ‘thereon, to prevent their 
becoming chargeable to fuch Parifhes. 

That Roads cannot be made on the Moor without 
great Expence, there being no Stones or proper Ma- 
terials but at a great Diftance :—That the People in- 
terefted therein are much againft inclofing the fame ; 
and it would be difficult on Account of the different 
Natures of the Soil to make a juft Divifion thereof, 
and that many Difputes and Quarrels would happen 
therefrom. ' 

Being crofs examined, he was afked, What he meant 
by Trefpaffers being well looked after? he faid, They 
might be prevented by the Lord’s Bailiffs going out 
once in a Fortnight or Three Weeks, though not 
to drive the Prey ; but does not know what Power they 
have, or what Authority to make Trefpaffers pay with- 
out driving ; that the Prey were driven Twice laft Year 
by the Parifhes of Chedzoy and Wefton, but never knew 
the Geefe driven, or what Rules or Orders there are to 

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554 
prevent Tréfpaffers ; arid that Cattle do not very often 
{tray a great Way onthe Moor. ~ 

That there is fome Marth Land about Midlezey and 
Wefton, divided into fmall Inclofures by Ditches and 
Hedges, and Cattle are drove into thofe Ditches very 
often; that thofe Incidfures join tagether in fome Parts, 
and there may be One hundred Acres about Mid/ezoy, 
but can’t fay how many in We/tan, or how many in a 
Plot, fome Plots -having One, otkers Two, Three, and 
Four, and ate divided, fome by Ditcl és and fome by 
Hedges.—Being afked, Whether it would be better for 
the Proprietors of thofe inclofed Meadows at Midlexey 
if the Ditches were filled up, and the Meadows lait 
Open in Common, for the Ute of the Proprietors ? he 
faid, He did not know :—That the Grafs on the Mocr 
is of different Sorts, fome rough and fome fine, and the 
Cattle will go where they can have the beft, but would 
be better if it was all good.—Beiiig afked, Whether if 
the Moor was all his own it would be better to have it 
divided than in its prefent State? he faid, No; he had 
rather have it all abroad.—Being afked, Whether if the. 
Parith of Midlezoy had a Right given them to divide off 
in One Common, Seven hundred Acres from ariy Part 
of the Moor, the Right of Common to that Parith would 
be better or worfe, having then no Right of Common 
upon any other Part of the Moor? he faid, It would 
be worfe, even if taken from the beft Part; and if it 
was fo, the reft of the Parifhes would be uneafy: 

That it is above Twenty Years fince he heard of Old 
Auftre Tenements in Chedzcy, and that they always werit 
by that Name. 

That every Perfon who has a Right of Cortimon does 
the Rhine Wotk before his own Ground.—Being afked, . 
If a Cottager does as much as an Octupier of Land of 
Fifty Pounds a Year? he fatd, Some do, and fome do 
not—And that all the Parifhes have not different Drifts 
to the Moor, feveral going the fame Wav. 

Mr. Robert Bryant, being examined, faid; That the 
Occupiérs of Old Auftre Tenements in the feveral 
Places mentioned in the Petition, except the Parifhes of 
Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackerel, have a Right of 
Common on Sedgemoor, and does not underftand there 
is any other Right ; and that the Moor is extra-parcchial, 
except fuch Part as lies in the Limits of Dunware, which 
is in the Parifh of Bridgwater. 

That he apprehends Auftre to be an Old Normaz 
French Word, and to mean Hearth or Chimney; and 
in Law Proceedings, particularly in Leafes and Copy 
hold Grants, technically ufed, to mean a Dwelling 
Houfe; and an Old Auftre Tenement fignifies a Tene- 
ment having an ancient Dwelling Howie upon it, or the 
Toft or Scite of fuch Dwelling Houfe, and taat they are 
called Old Auftre Tenements in Contra-diftinétion to 
Tenements which have no fuch Old Dwelling Houfe, 
Toft or Scite thereof.—Being afked, Whether the Right 
of Common belongs to the Scite of the Old Auftre alone, 
without Reference to any other Land? he faid, It be- 
longs to the whole Tenement; that thefe Tenements 
originally had Land belonging to them, which might 
have been fevered from them, and the Right remains 
to the Houfe or the Scite thereof, and that the Right 
of Common is unlimited, and is equal to a {mall Tene- 
ment as a large one:—That he does not know whether 
the Lords of Manors ever exercifid any Rights of 
Ownerfhip over the Soil of the Moor; nor does he know 
to whom Eftrays belong, and thinks the Right of the 
Soil is in the Crown, or its Grantees thereof, but is 
very doubtful. 

Then the Agent for the faid Petition produced an 
Aé, made and paffed in the 10th and rith Years of the 
Reign of King Wiliam the Third, intituled,; An A&amp; 
for opening the ancient, and making new, Roynes and 
Water Courfes, in and near Sedyemoor, in the County of 
Somerfet, for rendering the faid Moor more healthful 
and profitable to the Inhabitants; whereby the Juftices 
of the Peace, the Commiffioners of Sewers, the Mayor 

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and Two Aldermen of the Borough of Bridgwater, in 
the faid County, for the Time being, and all Lords of 
Manors having Right of Common on the faid Moor, 
are appointed Commiffioners for putting the fame in 
Execution ; and they, or any Seven or more of them, 
and all Agents and Workmen by them employed, are 
impowered and authorized to drain, or caufe to be 
drained, the faid Moor, and to open all fuch Roynes or 
Trenches, for the more eafy Paflage of the Water 
through the faid Moor, or the ].and adjoining thereto, 
as they fhall think fit, for better draining the faid Moor 
and Lands near the fame; and alfo to make Rules, 
Orders, and Conftitutions, for the good and orderly 
Ufage and Enjoyment of the fai Moor, and the Com- 
mons thereof, and Commoning thereupon; and to fet 
and execute reafonable Pains and Penalties upon the 
Breakers thereof. 

He alfo produced and proved a Copy of a Writ or 
Mandate, tefted 14th February, 10th Edward Il. di- 
rected to the Efcheator, touching an Inclofure of about 
Forty Acres of the faid Moor, thentofore made by the 
Abbot of Glajton ; in which it is taken Notice, that the 
Efcheator had certified and returned, that in the Moor 
aforefaid all the Neighbours, who could have Drift Ways 
to the fame, ought to common with all their Cattle at all 
Times of the Year. 

He alfo produced and proved another Charter or 
Mandate, tefted 11th November, 2d Edward III. being 
an Infpeximus Charter of a former Infpeximus Charter, 
or Letters Patent, tefted 8th Fanuary, 13th Edward II. 
exemplifying the Firft Writ or Mandate of 14th Fe- 
bruary, 10th Edward Il. 

He alfo produced and proved a Copy of the Grant 
from the Crown, by Letters Patent, dated at Wefminfter 
25th January, 7th Charles 1. whereby the King, in 
Confideration of £. 12,000. paid by Sir Cornelius Ver- 
muyden, Knight, and in Confideration and Performance 
of certain Covenants made between Richard Lord We/- 
ton, High Treafurer of England, and Francis Lord 
Cottington, Chancellor and Under Treafurer of the 
Exchequer, of the One Part, and the faid Sir Cornelius 
Vermuyden of the other Part, bearing Date the 15th Oc- 
tober then laft paft, and for divers other good Caufes and 
Confiderations, of his fpecial Grace, certain Knowlege, 
and mere Motion; and alfo, at the humble Petition, 
Requifition, and Nomination, of the. aforefaid Sir Cor- 
nelins Vermuyden, and of Galfred Kirby, of London, 
Efquire, One of the Executors of Paul Lord Vifcount 
Bannyng, deceafed, did give and grant to Sir Robert 
Heath, Knight, then late Attorney General, and then 
Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, Sir Richard Shil- 
tou, Knight, Solicitor General of Sir Robert Barckiey, 
Knight, One of the King’s Serjeants at Law, and 
Edward Bifbop, of the Middle Temple, London, Efquire, 
their Heirs and Affigns, all that his great Wafte, and 
all thofe his Lands whatfoever, and Wafte Land, Com- 

non and Moor, called or known by the Name of 
King Sedgemoor, otherwife Queen’s Sedgemoor, with its 
Rights, Members, Liberties, and Appurtenances what- 
{cever; and alfo all thofe Parcels of Land, Ground, 
and Soil, in or within the Wafte Land or Moor afore- 
faid, containing by Eftimation Ten thoufand and Three 
hundred Acres of Land, more or lefs; and alfo all and 
fingular Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, what- 
foever, contigucus, lying, and being, in a Plain called 
or known by the Name of King Sedgemoor, and in or 
within the Limits, Precinéts, or Perambulation, of the 
Watté, Common, or Moor, aforefaid, and to the faid Land 
belonging, and all and fingular Mefluages, &amp;c. and alfo 
the Reverfion and Reverfions, &amp;c. anc all Rents and 
annual Profits whatfoever, referved, &amp;c.; and did 
grantee, that the faid Grantees, their Heirs and Affigns, 
fhould and might have, hold, and enjoy, within the 
aforefaid Wafte Land, Common, or Moor, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments, all and fingular Goods and Chattels 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 17794, 


waived and Eftrays, Goods and Chattels of Felons and 
Fugitives, Felons of themfelves, and put in exigent, 
from time to time, happening, coming, or being, and 
all fuch and the like Rights, Jurifdictions, Liberties, 
Cuftoms, Privileges, Profits, Commodities, Advantages, 
Emoluments, and Hereditaments, whatfoever, as, and as 
fully, freely, and wholly, and in as ample Manner 
and Form, as any Perfon or Perfons thentofore, hay- 
ing, pofieffing, or being feifed of the Premifles afore- 
faid, ever had, held, ufed, or enjoyed, or ought to have 
had, held, ufed, or enjoyed, except all Advowfons, 
Mines of Lead and Tin, and ail other Royal Mines 
whatfoever, and all Prerogatives to the faid Mines be- 
longing and appertaining, to have, hold, and enjoy, 
the fame, unto the faid Sir Robert Heath, Sir Richard 
Shilton, Sir Robert Barckley, and Edward Bifbop, their 
Heirs and Affigns, to the Ufe of them, their Heirs 
and Affigns, in Fee Farm for ever, upon the Trutts 
mentioned in the aforefaid Covenants of the 15th Da 

of Odiober ; and alfo, upon Truft, that the faid Galfrid 
Kirby, as Executor of the faid Lord Vifcount Bannyng, 
his Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, might have 
and receive the Sum of £. 6,000. of the Firft Monies 
which fhould be raifed out of the faid Land, by Sale 
thereof, or otherways, in Part of a greater Sum due 
from the King td the faid Lord Vifcount Baxnyng in his 
Life-time, to be holden of the King, his reirs and Suc- 
ceffors, as of the Manor cf Eaft Greenwich, by Fealty 
only, in free and common Socage, paying therefore 
yearly, out of fuch Part of the Premifies only which 
fhould be appointed and allotted to the King, his Heirs, 
Succeffors, and Affigns, to be held ia Severalty, free 
from the Right, Claim, or Title, of thofe who then 
claimed Common of Pafture or Turbary in the Premifies, 
or any Parcel thereof, £. 100. at the Feafts of the. An- 
nunciation of the Bleffed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael 
the Archangel ; the Firft Payment thereof to begin at the 
Firft of the faid Feafts which fhould happen atter any 
Decree or final Order made in the Court of Exchequer, 
or in any other Court, for fuch Part of the Premiffes to 
be held as aforefaid by the King, his Heirs, Succeffors, 
and Affigns, in Severalty from the Refidue of the 
Wafte or Moor aforefaid ; and further, he did covenant 
and grant with the faid Sir Robert Heath, Sir Richard 
Shilton, Sir Robert Barckley, and Edward Bifbop, their 
Heirs and Affigns, that if at any Time thereafter any 
Compofition fhould happen to be made on the Part of 
the King, his Heirs or Succeffors, with any Lord of 
any Manor, or other Perfons whatfoever, for any Land 
lying or being within the Wafte Land, Common or 
Moor aforefaid, from whence any Land or Wood 
fhould be allotted or adjudged to the King, his Heirs 


or Succeffors, or Affigns, that then the King, his Heirs. 


and Succeffors, fhould immediately after the Separation 
and Divifion of fuch Lands and Woods for the King, 
his Heirs or Succeffors, or to the Ufe of him, his Heirs 
or Succeffors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of 
England, give and grant to the faid Sir Redbert Heath, 
Sir Richard Shilton, Sir Robert Barckley, and Edward 
Bifbop, their Heirs and Affigns, or to any other Perion 
or Perfons, their Heirs and Affigns, to be named by 
them or their Affigns, all and fingular the faid Lands 
and Woods, and the Soil and Ground thereof, with the 
Appurtenances, fo as aforefaid to be allotted and fepa- 
rated for the King, his Heirs or Succeffors, or to his 
or their Ufe. 

Then the Agent for the Third mentioned Petition 
informed your Committee, that he refted the Proof of 
the Allegations of the faid Petition, upon the Evidence 
already given. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for draining and 
dividing King’s Sedgemoor into feparate Commons ; 

The Houte divided. 

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So it paffed in the Negative. 
The Lord Barrington prefented to the Houfe, pur- 


-{uant to their Order, 


An Account of Savings, on feveral Sums veted for 
the Pay of Reduced Officers of Land Forces and Ma- 


An ACCOUNT oo Savings on feveral Sums, voted 


Houfe of Commons. 655 


rines, from the 25th of une 1757 to the 24th of De- 
cember 1768: And alfo, 

An Account of Savings, upon the Sum voted for the 
Pay of an Augmentation to His Majefty’s Land Forces, 
for the Service of the Year 1771; and alfo, of the 
Savings upon the Sum voted in the Account of Extraor- 
dinaries, in the Year 1770, for Levy Money for the 
faid Augmentation. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Accounts are as followeth; viz. 


for the Pay of Reduced Officers of Land Forces and 


Marines, from the 25th Fume 1757 to the 24th of December 1768. 





Savings upon the unclaimed Half Pay, amounting to the 


Pay Office, Horfe Guards, 2d April. 


Sum of 


enemas 





ACCOUNT of Savings, upon the Sum voted for the Pay of an Augmentation to His Majefty’s Land 


Forces, for the Service of the Year 1771; and alfo, 


of the Savings upon the Sum voted in the Account of 


Extraordinaries, in the Year 1770, for Levy Money for the faid Augmentation. 





_ Savings upon the Stim voted for the Pay of ari Augmentation to His Majefty’s Land Forces, 


for the Year 1771 one 
Levy Money for the Augmentation 


One Half only of the faid Sum having been iffued to the feveral Regiments, leaves a yee 
upon the Vote of Parliament for Levy Money, amounting to : of 


War Office, 2d April 1772. 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the more effectually fecuring 
fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the 
Royal Navy, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tue/day Morning next. 

A Petition of the United Company of Merchants of 
England, trading to the Eaft Indies, was prefented to 
the Houfe, and read, Taking Notice of the faid Bill ; 
and fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, if 
the fame fhould pafs into a Law, their Rights derived 


t £.138,090 § 10 


—_ — £. 73545 0 0 
36772 10 @ 


Barrington. 


to them, in their Corporate Capacity, by Royal Charter; 
will be greatly infringed ; and that the Petitioners hope, 
the Ends of the faid Bill, fo far as concerns them, will 
appear to the Houfe to be fully anfwered, from the 
Reftraint which the Petitioners have voluntarily laid 
themfelves under, by a Bye Law which they have lately 
made in a General Court of their Proprietors, to the 
following Effect, viz. “ That no new Ship, except 
‘ thofe now building, fhall be built for the Service of 
“ this Company, until the Tonnage of all the Ships 
“¢ employed, or to be employed, in the Trade of this 
* Company, on Freight to and from the Eaf Indies, 
‘¢ fhall be reduced to 45,000 Tons, Builders Meafure- 
“© ment:” And therefore praying, That the Petitioners 

2 may 








656 


may be heard; by themfelves or their Counfel, azainft fo 
much of the faid Bill, as relates to the Shipping to be 
employed in the Commerce of the Petitioners ; and that 
the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Act, made in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Act for better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part 
of Great Britain called England, is committed, that they 
have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, for the better 
Prefervation of Hares, Moor Game, Heath Fowl, and 
Groufe. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the faid Bill is committed. 


Mr. Feilde, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
the more effeétual proceeding. againft Perfons ftand- 
ing mute on their Arraignment for Felony or Piracy, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Com- 
mittee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
dire@ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


~ Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for rendering the Payment of the Creditors 
~f Infolvent Debtors more equal and expeditious, and 
for regulating the Diligence of the Law, by Arreftment 
and Poinding, and for extending the Privilege of Bills to 
Promiffory Notes, and for limiting Actions upon Bills 
and Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Edmonftone took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, That 
ihey ‘had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe for 
indemnifying the Marfhal of the King’s Bench Prifon 
againft Actions that have been, or may be, brought for 
certain Efcapes that have happened from the faid Prifon, 
through irrefiftible Force. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftru@tion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe to 
compel Perfons in Prifen to give up their Eftates and 
Effects for the Benefit of their Creditors.  - 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, That 


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they had made a Progrefs ih the Bill; and that he 
was directed by the Committee to move, that they thay 
have Leave to fit again: 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the faid Bill. 


The other Orders of the Day being read, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day the 28th 
Day of this Inftant April, refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to confider of the Report which 
was made from the Committee, to whom it was re. 
ferred to confider of fo much of an Aét, made in the 
7th Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; to 
explain, amend, and reduce into One A&amp; of Parlia 
ment, the General Laws now in Being, for regulating 
the Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom, and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the Breadth 
of the Wheels of Carriages ufed upon Turnpike Roads, 
and to the Number of Horfes allowed to be ufed there- 
with; and to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
Houfe. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better fecuring and pre- 
ferving His Majefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, 
Ammunition, and Stores, 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted 
to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and 
to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or déliver in their Qualifications, 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify Mem- 
bers and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft, or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 3° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III‘? Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


QRéered, That the Bill for regulating the Election of 
Committee Men, for managing the Affairs of the 
African Company, be-printed. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Act, made in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, As 
Aét for better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part 
of Great Britain called England, is committed, that they 
have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, more ef- 
fectually to prevent the tracing of Hares, and killing 
Game, in the Snow. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, inclofing, and draining, 

a certain Parcel of Land, called or known by the Name 
of The Cow Pajfture, lying in the South Fen, in the 
Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln; and tor 
amending, 





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amending, and rendering more effectual, an Act, made 
jn the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
jntituled, An Act for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Waftte, and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincola, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, inclofing, and draining, a 
certain Parcel of Land, called or known by the Name 
of The Cow Pafture, lying in the South Fen, in the 
Parifh of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln, and for 
amending, and rendering more effectual, an Act, made 
in the Sixth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, in- 
tituled, An Act for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and 
draining, feveral Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Watte, and Fen Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill to confirm and eftablifh 
an Indenture of Agreement, for dividing and inclofing 
feveral Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Manor 
and Parith of Great Paunton, in the County of Lincoln , 
and for dividing and inclofing feveral other Common 
Fields, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the fame Manor 
and Parifh, is committed. 


An ingroffed Bill for the more effectual proceeding 
againft Perfons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for 
Felony or Piracy, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectual proceeding againft 
Perfons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for Felony 
or Piracy. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Gilbert prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for enforcing feveral A&amp;ts of Parliament, 
for the Recovery and Payment of Tithes, and other 
Ecclefiaftical Dues, from the People called Quakers; 
and for enlarging the Powers thereby given: And the 
fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


Mr. Kennedy reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, preferving, 
and maintaining, the Harbour of Ayr, for enlarging 
and improving the Quays and Piers, for ereéting Docks, 
Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regulating Ships, 
Lighters, and other Vefiels, trading into, and going out 
of, the faid Harbour; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once read 
throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Common 
Fields, Meadow Grounds, and other Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch, in the 
County-of Northampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Dolben, Sir Fohn Palmer, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 

Vor, XXXII. 


_this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 


Chamber. 


Sir William Dolben prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for incorporating the Members 
of a Society, commonly called The Marine Society, and 


- their Succeffors, to be eleéted as therein is mentioned, 


and for the better impowering and enabling them to carry 
on their charitable and ufeful Defigns: And the fame 
was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Fobn Boufquet, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ba- 
con, Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 


ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Sir Fames Long reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords; intituled, An 
Act for granting to William Fones, Efquire, on certain 
Contingencies therein mentioned, a Term for Ninety- 
nine Years, if he fhall fo long live, in the Real Eftates 
late of William Fones, Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral 
Counties of Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms as are 
therein mentioned, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Pr. 4. 1.25. After * Widow,” infert * in which 

« faid Will is contained a Power 

“ for the refpective Tenants in 

‘© Poffeffion of the faid Ejtates, 

“ to make Leafes or Grants of 

“ any Parts thereof, which have 

“* been ufually demifed or granted 

‘¢ at fuch Rents, and for fuch 

“© Terms, and under fuch Reftric- 

“© tions, as in the faid Will are 

. ** mentioned and contained, and” 
Pr. 16. 1, 12. After“ notwithftanding,” infert “ with 
“ the like Power of making Leafes 

“ and Grants of the Premiffes re- 

“ fpectively, in fuch Manner, and 

“ under fuch Reftriétions, as are 
«¢ mentioned and contained in the 
«¢ {aid recited Will of the faid Tef- 

. “ tator, William ones, deceafed.” 
The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the = feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by. the Houte. 


A Bill to amend an A&amp; of the roth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for building a Work- 
houfe, in the Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, within 
the City of Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to the Earl 
Perty, Mr. Hawke, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and 
(Mr. Pechell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Guardians of the Infant Children of the 
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honourable Mary Sandys, deceafed, to make Leafes of 
their fettled Eftates in Enyland and Ireland, during their 
refpective Minorities ; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Southampton, \ate the Eftate of Fobn Mills, Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; and for applying the 
Money arifing from the Sale thereof towards difcharg- 
ing his Debts and Legacies ; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the Freehold and Leafehold Eftates of Ed- 
ward Holden Cruttenden, Efquire, deceafed, in the Pa- 
rifhes of Putney and Roehampton, in the County of 
Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houtfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Guardians of the Infant Children of the 
honourable Mary Sandys, deceafed, to make Leafes of 
their fettled Eftates in England and Ireland, during their 
refpective Minorities, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill fordividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Paitures, Common Meadows, and Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of 
Heath, otherwife Hetbe, in the County of Oxford; and for 
exonerating certain Lands belonging to William Fermor, 
Efquire, from Tithes and Right of Common, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Wen- 
man, Mr. Ongley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor 
of Stoke Prior, in the County of Worcefter, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Watte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of Stoke 
Prior, in the County of Worcefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dowdefwell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


_ An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing fuch 
Part of the Commons and Watte Lands, in the Parifh 
of Tardebigg, as lies in the County of Worcefter, was 
-read the Lhird Time. 

Refolved, “that the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
‘be, An Act for dividing and inclofing fuch Part of the 
Commons and Wafte Lands, in the Parith of Tardebigg, 
as lies in the County of Worcefter. 

_ Ordered, That Mr. Dowde/well do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


An ingroffed Bill to continue, and render more effec- 
tual, feveral Acts for repairing the Highways between 
Dunftable and Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, and 
from the Sign of the White Horfe, to the Sign of the 
King’s Arms, in Hockiiffe aforefaid ; and alfo for mak- 
ing Provifion for the more-effectual repairing the Road 
leading from the Sign of the Waggon and Horfes, to the 
_ Bull Ina, in Dunftable aforefaid, was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue, and render more effectual, fe- 
rveral Acts for repairing the Highways between Dunftable 
and Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, and from the 
Sign of the White Horfe, to the Sign of the King’s Arms, 
in. Hockliffe aforefaid ; and alfo for making Provifion 
_for the more effectual repairing the Road leading from 


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4.17972, 


the Sign of the Waggon and Horfes, to the Bull Inn, in 
Dunftable aforefaid. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ongley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Congreve reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, 
the Road from Burlton, in the County of Salop, through 
Knockin, to Llanymynech, in the fame County, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bil), 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Southampton, \ate the Eftate of Fobn Mills, Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; and for applying the 
Money arifing from the Sale thereof towards difcharging 
his Debts and Legacies; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Freehold and Leafehold Eftates of Ed- 
ward Helden Cruttenden, Efquire, deceafed, in the Pa- 
rifhes of Putney and Roebampton, in the County of Surrey, 
in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament 
for the Borough of New Woodftock, in the County of Ox- 
ford, in the.room of Fobn Skynner, Efquire, who, fince 
his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Second Juftice of the Counties of Chefter, Flint, 
Denbigh, and Montgomery. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
imbanking, draining, and preferving, certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of Ram/ey, in the 
County of Huntingdon, and in the Parifhes of Dodding- 
ton, March, Benwick, and Chatteris, within the Ife of 
Ely, in the County of Cambridge, and for amending the 
Road from a certain Bridge, in the Parith of Chatteris 
aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by a Drain called Ver- 
muyden’s or The Forty Feet Drain, to a Bridge called Tbe 
Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Parith of Ram/fey, is com- 
mitted, have Leave to fit, notwithftanding any Adjourn- 
ment of the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for raifing, out of the Eftates, late of Ann Nugent, de- 
ceafed, the Sum of £. 10,000 for the Benefit of the 
Right honourable Robert Craggs, Lord Vifcount Clare 
in the Kingdom of Jreland, her late Hufband ; and for 
raifing, out of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Eliot, de- 
ceafed, the like Sum of £. 10,000 for the Benefit of Ed- 
ward Eliot, Efquire, in Recompence and Satisfaction to 
the faid Robert Lord Vifcount Clare and Edward Eliot, 
for their feverally confenting to give up and relinquifh 
certain Powers of leafing for Lives, or Years determin- 
able on Lives, referved to them refpectively, in and by 
the feveral laft Wills of them the faid Aun Nugent and 
Elizabeth Eliot, and the Settlements which have been 
made in Purfuance thereof ; and for vacating, annulling, 


and extinguifhing, the faid Powers of leafing ; and for 
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other the Purpofes thereiti éxpreffed, was réad a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Li/- 
burne, Sir Fobn Molefworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Bacon, accotding to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
make Freeho!d and Copyhold, and Cuftomary Freehold, 
Eftates Affetts for Payment of Simple Contract Debts, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Commit- 
tee had made to the Bill; and which they had dire¢ted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout, and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with: the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two 
Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King 
George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year of the 
Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the fe- 
veral Roads leading trom Birmingham, through the Town 
of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, and to 
Great Bridge, and from thence to the End of Grbdet 
Lane next adjoining to the Townfhip of Bilfon; and 
from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to Kingswinford, 
and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties 
of Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then 4 Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Bill to continue the Term, and vary the Powers, 
of fo much of an Aé&amp;t, made in the 21ft Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from 
Sutton Coldfield Common, and feveral other Roads therein 
defcribed, in the County of Stafford, as relates to the 
Wolverhampton Dittri&amp;t of Roads, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Wrottefley, Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for dividing, allotting, and 
inclofing, the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Wing, in the 
County of Rutland: And the fame was received ; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 


Houfe of Commotis. 659 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair: 

Sir Charies Whitworth reported from the Committee; 
That they had come to a Refolution ; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe; 
That he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


_A Bill to explain and amend an Act, paffed in the 
Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majeity, inti- 
tuled, An Ac for taking down and removing certain 
Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at 
the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit and 
convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof, was read a: 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir George 
Savile, Sir Thomas Clavering, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


Lord George Cavendifh prefented to the Houf, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for draining and preferving 
certain Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars, in the Pa- 
rifh of Market Weighton, and other adjacent Parifhess 
in the Eaft Riding of the County of Ycrk; and for 
making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Market Weigh- 
ton, to the River Humber: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill for Relief of Infolvent 
Debtors, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ) 

Mr. Onflow reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Sir Fofeph Mawbey reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to inquire into the State of Settle- 
ments gained by Baftard Children, born in Lying-in 
Hofpitals, and other Houfes of Public Charity; That 
the Committee had enquired accordingly, and had come 
to feveral Refolutions ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the Refolutions of the Committee were 
read ; and are as followeth; viz. , 

Refoived, That it appears to this Committee, That 
the Settlement of Battard Children born in Lying-in 
Hofpitals, and other Houfes appropriated for the Re- 
ception of pregnant Wemen, 1s, by the Law, as it 
now ftands, in the Parifhes wherein fuch Children are 
born. 

Refoived, That it appears to this Committee, That, by 
falfe Informations, feveral unmarried Women have been 
admitted into Lying-in Hofpitals, inftituted for the 
Reception of married Women only, and wherein, by 
the Rules of Admiffion, an Oath has ufually been re- 

quired, 








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quired, to certify the Marriages of Perfons therein ad- 
mitted. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That the Charge of maintaining Baftard Children born 
in Lying-in Hofpitals, and in other Houfes appropriated 
for the Reception of pregnant Women, is extremely 
burthenfome to the particular Parifhes wherein they 
happen to be fituated ; and, if not put under fome bet- 
ter Regulation, are likely to increafe the Charge to an 
Extent that fuch Parifhes will not be able to bear. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That the fixing the Settlement of Baftard Children, 
born in Lying-in Hofpitals, and in other Houfes ap- 
propriated for the Reception of pregnant Women, to 
the Parifhes to which the Mothers of fuch Children be- 
long (as is enacted by the 17th of George the Second, 
in the Cafe of Women wandering and begging) would 
be an effectual Relief to Parifhes burthened by fuch 
Baftard Children. 
_ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Houfe be moved, for Leave to bring in a 
Bill for regulating the Settlements of Baftard Children, 
born in Lying-in Hofpitals, and in other Houfes appro- 
priated for the Reception of pregnant Women; and 
alfo for the better Regulation of fuch Hofpitals and 
Houfes. 

The Four firft Refolutions of the Committee, being 
feverally read a Second Time, were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

The fubfequent Refolution of the Committee being 
read a Second Time; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Settlements of Baftard Children, born 
in Lying-in Hofpitals, and in other Houfes appropri- 
ated for the Reception of pregnant Women; and alfo 
for the better Regulation of fuch Hofpitals and Houfes : 
And that Sir Fo/eph Mawbey, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Feilde, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Gilbert, do 
* prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
Firft Year of the Reign of King William and Queen 
Mary, intituled, An Act for exempting Their Majetties 
Proteftant Subjects, diffenting from the Church of Exg- 
land, from the Penalties of certain Laws, might be 
read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That an,A&amp;ct, made in the 
13th and 14th Years of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled, An Act for the Uniformity of Pub- 
lic Prayers, and Adminiftration of Sacraments, and 
other Rights and Ceremonies ; and for eftablifhing the 
Form of making, ordaining, and confecrating, Bifhops, 
Priefts, and Deacons, in the Church of England, might 
be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That an Aét, made in 
the 15th Year of his faid Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; for Relief of fuch Perfons as, by Sicknefs, or 
other Impediment, were difabled from fubfcribing the 
Declaration in Ac&amp; of Uniformity, and Explana- 
tion of Part of the faid Aét, might be read. 4 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That an A&amp;, made in 
the 17th Year of his faid Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp; for reftraining Non-conformifts from inhabiting in 
Corporations, might ‘be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill’for 
the further Relief of His Majefty’s Proteftant Subjects, 
diffenting from the Church of England: And that Sir 
Henry Hoghton, Sit George Savile, and Sir William Me- 
redith, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
3 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1772. 


to diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, Efquire,.with 
Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife; and to enable him to 
marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; was reada Second Time. __ 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 14th Day of this Inftant April, refolve itfelf in- 
to a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill, 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counfel, and examine Wit- 
neffes, for the faid Bill; and alfo that they do hear 
Counfel, and examine Witneffes, againft the faid Bill, 
if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Coun- 
fel, or produce Witneffes. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday 

orning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill to enable Their Majefties 
to enfranchife Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor 
of Richmond, in the County of Surrey. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majefty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


7 QUES Louis Pourtalés took the Oaths ap- 


pointed, in order to his Naturalization. 


Sir John Hynde Cotton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for imbanking, draining, and preferv- 
ing, certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Pa- 
rifh of Ramjfey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in 
the Parifhes of Doddington, March, Benwick, and Chat- 
teris, within the [fle of Ely, in the County of Cambridce; 
and for amending the Road from a certain Bridge, in 
the Parith of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, 
by a Drain called Vermuyden’s or The Forty Feet Drain, 
to a Bridge called The Foriy Feet Bridge, in the faid 
Parifh of Ram/ey, was committed; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee (except the Proprietor of 260 
computed Acres, who refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo 
except the Proprietors of 107 computed Acres, who 
could not be found ; and that the Whole of the Lands in- 
tended to be drained confifts of 7,496 computed Acres) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. ‘s 

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12Gr0. 11. Journals of the Houle of Conimois: 


An ingroffed Bill for régulating the Admiffion of 
Freemen into Corporations, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for giving Relief in Proceedings upon 
Writs of Mandamus for the Admiffion of Freemen into 
Corporations ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cornwall do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for granting to William Fones, Efquire, on certain Con- 
tingencies therein mentioned, a Term for Ninety-nine 
Years, if he fhall fo long live, in the Real Eftates late 
of William Fones, Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral Coun- 
ties of Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms as are therein 
mentioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

als. 

Qrdered, That the Lord Folkeftone do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of 
their Lordthips. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to diffolve the Marriage of William Skinn, with Ann Skinn, 
his now Wife ; and to enable him to marry again; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Feiide do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Terms and Powers 
of Two Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing 
the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, through 
the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, 
and to Great Bridge, and from thence to the End of 
Gibbet Lane, next adjoining to the Townfhip of Bil/on; 
and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to King/winford, 
and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties 
of Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter, was read the Third 
Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill ; viz. 

Pr. 28. 1. 4. After “on” to infert “ or before.” 

1,7. After on” to-infert ‘ or before.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers of 
Two Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 
of King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firft Year 
of the Reign of King George the Second, for —s 
the feveral Roads leading from Birmingham, throug 
the Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, 
and to Great Bridge, and from thence to the End of 
Gibbet Lane, next adjoining to the Townthip of Bil/fon, 
and from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to King/win- 
ford, and to the further End of Brittel Lane, in the 

Counties of Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter. 
_ Ordered,-That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of feveral Perfons, Owners of Howfes and 
Eftates, and Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Chrift Church, 
and Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the County of 
Middlefex, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Tak- 
ing Notice of the Bill for paving, cleanfing, lighting, 
watching, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, 
Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paflages and Places, 

Vor, XXXII. . 


66: 


within the Parifh of Chrift Charch, in Middlefex, and for 
removing Nufances and Obftruétions therefrom, and 
preventing the like for the future ; ahd for paving and 
regulating fuch Parts of Brick Lane, as are not within 
the faid Parifh ; and Setting forth, That there are fome 
Provifions in the faid Bill, which, if paffed into a Law, 
will be very injurious to the Owners of Houfes and 
Eftates, and Inhabitants, within the faid Parith and 
Limits aforefaid: And therefore praying, That the Pe- 
titioners may bé heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againft 
fuch Parts of the Bill as may affect their Property ; and 
that they may have fuch Relief in the Premifes as the 
Houfe fhall think fit. : 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed: And that the Petitioners be heard, by their 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 


the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill; againft the 
faid Petition, 


Sir George Colebrooke réported frotn the Committees 
to whom the Petition of Charles Irving, One of the 
Surgeons of His Majefty’s Royal Navy ; and alfo, the 
Petition of Daniel Scott, of Weftminfter, in the County 
of Middlefex, Gentleman ; and alfo, the Petition of Bar- 
tholomew Dominicetti, M. D. were referred; That the 
Committee had examined the Matter of Faét contained 
in the Firft mentioned Petition; and had heard the 
Petitioners on the Two laft mentioned Petitions, by 


‘their Counfel; and that the Committee had directed 


him to report a State of the Matter of Fact contain- 
ed in the Firft mentioned Petition to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards deli- 
vered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was 
read ; and is as followeth; viz. 
A State of the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Firft mentioned Petition, is as follows. 

Your Committee being informed, That feveral Re- 
ports or Certificates, had been laid before the Lords 
Commiffioners of the Admiralty, relating to Doétor 
Irving’s Method of rendering Salt Water Frefh; and 
alfo, in relation to a Difcovery of a fimilar Nature, by 
Mr. Fobn Hoffman, in the Year 1765, thought proper 
to order all fuch Certificates and Reports to be laid 
before them, to enable them to form a Judgment of 
the Utility of Doétor Irving’s Difcovery ; and alfo of 
the comparative‘Merit of the Two Difcoveries. 

It appeared, by a Report from the Commiffioners for 
viétualing His’ Majefty’s Navy, to the Commiffioners 
of the Admiralty, dated the Third of April 1765; a 
Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, N° I. “ That Mr. 
“&lt; Hoffman had made an Experiment of his Inven- 
‘¢ tion, and that from One hundred Ninety-four Gal- 
*¢ lons of Sea Water, from the Time of lighting the 
«¢ Fire under the Still, to the End of the Procefs, which 
** was Nine Hours and 24 Minutes, he drew off from 
‘¢ the faid Sea Water Eighty-one Gallons, Two Quarts, 
“ and Half a Pint of frefh Water; and that the 
« Quantity of Fuel expended in drawing off the fame, 
* was One Pound of Wood, and 139 Pounds of Coals. 
«© That the faid Water was frefh, and, to Appearance 
“ good, although fomewhat difagreeable to the Tafte ; 
“and that the Tread of the Still, with it’s Frame, and 
* Worm Tub, was Seven Feet Four Inches and a 
“ Half in Length, and Four Feet Five Inches in 
‘¢ Breadth; and that the Heighth of the Still Head 
“ from the Floor, was Six Feet Seven Inches.” 

And it further appeared, by a Letter from the Com: 
miffioners for vi€tualing His Majefty’s Navy, a Copy 
whereof is annexed, N° 2. That the Lords Commit- 
fioners of the Admiralty had ordered the Sum of £. 500 
to be paid to the faid Mr. Hoffman, as a Reward res 

$F § 


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his faid Invention; and alfo. a Guinea a Day for his 
Trouble and Expences, from the Time he laid his 


Propofal before their Lordfhips, to the Date of the faid: 


Order, upon Condition that he would difcover the 
Chymical Preparation made ufe of in his Procefs; and 
that he informed the faid Commiffioners, that it was 
no Chymical Preparation, but only a little Wheat 
Flour. 

Then a Report of an Experiment of Mr. Jr- 
ving’s Method of rendering Sea Water frefh, 
tried on Board His Majefty’s Ship Arrogant, 
was read to your Committee; and is as fol- 
lows : 

“ Purfuant to the Defire of Rear Admiral Buckle, 
we whofe Names are hereunto fubfcribed have 
‘© carefully examined Mr. IJrving’s Method of render- 
“ing Sea Water frefh, by Diltillation ; and do cer- 
“ tify, That Eighty Gallons of Sea Water did, in 
“&lt; Twenty-five Minutes after being put into the /r- 
“ rogant’s Copper, and a Fire made, diftill in the Pro- 
“« portion of Twelve Gallons per Hour, into frefh 
“© Water, perfectly well tafted, and of lefs fpecific Gra- 
“© vity than the beft Spring Water in this Neighbour- 
“‘ hood.—It completely diffolves Soap, and affords no 
“* Precipitation, by adding a Solution of Silver in Aqua- 
** fortis. 

“© Mr. Irving’s Apparatus confifts of a fingle Tube, 
«© between Seven and Eight Feet long, which may be 
“ eafily made on board the Ship, of Tin, or thin Iron 
“ Plates, and the Diftillation carried on without In- 
“* convenience to the Bufinefs of the Ship. 

« We further declare, to the beft of our Judgment, 


Lal 


“ That this Method is founded upon a Principle in - 


«¢ Diftillation new, and hitherto not prattifed; and 
«« which we believe will afford great Advantages to 
“¢ that Art in general, as well as fully anfwer the End 
** propofed, of fupplying Ships with a fufficient Quan- 
“&lt; tity of fweet and wholefome Water, and not to be 
«&lt; diftinguifhed from the beft Spring Water, after be- 
“ ing a fhort Time expofed to the Air. 

“© Mr. Irving has alfo communicated to us the whole 
“ of his Procefs, which appears to depend on fuch 
“&lt; fimple and evident Principles, that we apprehend 
** the moft ordinary Capacity fufficient to carry it into 
«Execution, on board any Ship or Veffel whatfo- 
‘© ever. 

«« Every Ship’s Boiler or Copper, though deemed as 
«&lt; Two, is in fact but One large Veffel, with a Partition 
‘¢ nearly in the Middle, and although only one Part or 
“ Boiler is in Ufe at the Time when Peafe or Oatmeal 
*&lt; are drefling, yet Water muft be kept in the other, 
“&lt; to preferve it’s Bottom: This latter Circumftance 
«“ Mr. Jrving takes the Advantage of, and has actually 
‘«¢ drawn off Sixty Gallons of frefh Water during the 
“* boiling of either of the above mentioned Provifions ; 
“and by a ftritt Examination of the Cook and his 
“+ Affiftants, no additional Fuel was ufed. 

« But in Cafes of great Sicknefs, or where there is 
«« an abfolute Neceflity of a greater Expence of Water 
‘than ufual, Mr. Irving can, by employing both 
“« Coppers, diftill Five hundred Gallons of Water in 
** the Space of Twenty-four Hours ; and that with the 
‘¢ fame Quantity of Fuel, in Proportion to the Time 
‘* as is required in the ordinary Bufinefs of the Ship ; and 
‘© we are clearly of Opinion, that by an inconfiderable 
* Alteration of fetting the Navy Coppers, at a very 
«* {mall Expence, according to a Plan fhewn us by 
“ Mr. Irving, there will be a confiderable Saving of 
“* Fuel, without, any Inconvenience whatever. 


nO doipial.  ¢ Zam! Lind. Fur Laforey, Captain. 


. Suagonn ot ae a y Fa, Hackefon, Matter. 


“ Fobn Cowcher, Chymift. 
“* Thomas Weir, Surgeon.” 
A Report of another Experiment, tried on Board 
2 


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4.17792. 


His Majefty’s Ship the Northumberland, was 
alfo read to your Committee ; and is as fol. 
lows : ; 
“By Order of Rear Admiral Buckle : 
“ We do hereby certify, That we have moft ftriGtly 
*« infpected into Mr. Jrving’s Method of rendering Sea 
“© Water frefh, by Diftillation, and are well fatisfieq 
“ Mr. Irving has made us acquainted with the whole 
“ of his Procefs, which is eafy, fimple, and moft ef. 
** fectual, for the Purpofe of fupplying any Ship at 
“&lt; Sea, with a fufficient Quantity of fweet and whole- 
« fome Water, without any Inconvenience whatever, 
“And we do further certify, That we have moft 
“ carefully examined the Water diftilled, and find je 
‘© freed of all Salts or other Impurities, and prefer. 
*© able to any Water here in Ufe. 
‘© And we do further certify, That by Mr. Irving’s 
Method, no Wafte of Water enfues in boiling Pro. 
‘¢ vifions for the Ship’s Company ; that we have tafted 
“© the ‘Water drawn from Peafe while dreffing; and 
“&lt; find it agreeable and wholefome. 
*¢ Given under our Hands, on board His Ma. 
«© jefty’s Ship Northumberland, at Spithead, this 
** Eleventh Day of March 1771. 


ce 


“&lt; Fn Bogue, Surgeon, Northumberk, 

“* Fred* Thompfon,* Tartar. 

“© Am! Brown, Bellona. 

“¢ F. Hooper, Prince of Wales.” 


Then a Certificate of the Captain, Two Liew. 
tenants, of His Majefty’s Ship the Centaur and 
others, was read to your Committee; and is as 
follows : 

«© We whofe Names are hereunto fubfcribed, do cer- 
“* tify, That we have attended Doctor Irving’s Procefg 
“ for Diftilling Sea Water, in order to render it freth, 
“ and that upon a fair Average, a Gallon of freth 
“« Water was repeatedly drawn in Three Minutes and 
“ Half. 

«¢« This Operation lafted Two Hours and a Half, 
“ with one of the Centaur’s Coppers, during which 
«© Time, the other was conftantly boiling with the 
“ fame Fire, but we did not make any ufe of it for 
«&lt; want of an Apparatus for that Purpofe: From what 
“© we have feen, we are convinced, that (at the above 
*¢ mentioned Rate) Seventeen Gallons and a Half of 
“&lt; good frefh Water may with Eafe be diftilled from 
‘“¢ Sea Water every Hour, till a fufficient Quantity is 
“¢ obtained. 

« Given under our Hands, on board His Ma- 
“ jefty’s Ship Centaur at Spithead, 4 Fanuary 
“1772 

&lt;&lt; F. Bentinck, 

“ Dé Maitland, 

“ Richt Fowler, 

“* Anthony Stanley, 
“ Am. Brown.” 

Your Committee then proceeded to examine Cap- 
tain Bentinck, of His Majefty’s Ship. Centaur, who 
faid, That he figned the laft mentioned Certificate, and 
that the en of Water therein mentioned, is much 
under rate 

That he was prefent at a former Experiment, when 
Nineteen Gallons an Hour were diftilled: That they 
tried repeatedly, how long a Gallon.of Water was dif- 
tilling, and found it under Three Minutes and an Half; 
but that when the Second Experiment was made, to 
which the Certificate relates, the Apparatus was not fo 


That the Procefs may be performed at Sea, except 
in very rough Weather; and even then he thinks it 
practicable. 

The Witnefs added, That he has no Doubt but 2 
fufficient Quantity of frefh Water may be produced for 
the Ufe of any Ship’s Company, by Doétor Jrving’s 
Method of Diftillation, without confuming any more 
Fuel than is generally ufed. 

David 











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David Ramfey Karr, Surgeon of the Yard at Port/- 
mouth, being examined, faid, That he was prefent at the 
Experiment on board the Arrogant, and had figned the 
Certificate relating thereto: That the Contents thereof 
are ftrictly true, but that the Apparatus was not then 
complete, and he is convinced (from other Experiments, 


~which he has feen fince) that 16 or 18 Gallons of Water 


may be produced in an Hour while the Peafe are boiling 
on board a Ship; and added, That the Steam is bet-. 
ter collected by Doctor Irving’s Procefs than by any 
former Method. 

Mr. Simon Browne, Surgeon of the Arrogant, informed 
your Committee, That he was prefent at the faid Expe- 
riment, and figned the Certificate, and alfo the Certifi- 
cate, dated on board the Northumberland: That the 
Contents of both the Certificates are ftriftly true; but 
that the Quantity of Water was computed under, rather 
than over. 

That the Water was meafured as it was drawn off, 
which was at the Rate of One Gallon in Three Minutes 
and an Half; and he thinks any Ship’s Company may 
be fupplied with frefh Water at that Rate. 

He added, That when the Experiment was made, the 
Sea was fo rough, that Boats could fcarcely get on 
board, and that the Ship was pitching. __ 

Captain Richard Edwards, of His Majefty’s Navy, 
confirmed this Evidence in regard to the Experiment on 
board the Centaur ; and faid, That he had feen a new 
Apparatus of Doétor Irving’s, which diftilled at the 
Rate of Sixteen Gallons an Hour, from a {mall Model, 
much fmaller than aShip’s Copper. * 

Captain Fobn Stott, of His Majefty’s Ship Juno, be- 
ing examined, faid, That on his Voyage to Falkland 
Tfland, in the Year 1771, he ufed Dottor Irving’s Me- 
thod of diftilling Sea Water all the Time: That the 
Procefs is quite eafy, and done while the Beef or any 
thing is boiling, is no Incumbrance or Inconvenience on 
board the Ship, nor attended with any additional Con- 
fumption of Fuel. 

That he diftilled about Three Hours every Day, and 
produced in general from Nine to Ten Gallons of Wa- 
ter an Hour, without ufing more than One of the Ship’s 
Coppers ; and he obferved, that when he overlooked the 
Procefs, more Water was diftilled than at other Times. 

That the Water procured by this Procefs is more pure 
than any other Water, and mixes better with Grogg :— 
That the Officers and all the Crew preferred it to any 
other Water; and that they ufed it Five Months with- 
out any bad Effect : 

That he thinks he could have produced Two Quarts of 
Water per Man every Day by this Means, though his 
Complement was quite complete, and that double this 
Quantity might be diftilled, if both the Coppers were 
ufed, but thinks the Coppers would not ftand this for 
any long Time, as it would require their working 
Twelve Hours each Day. _ 

That no Ingredient is ufed with the Sea Water : That 
he thinks a Butt of Coals would produce Four or Five 
Butts of Water; and that the Apparatus is fixed as 
eafily as you can put the Cover on the Copper: 

That he fo diftiiled from Water in which Beef, Peafe, 
Oatmeal, and Pork were boiling, and always found the 
Water frefh and good, though it partook of the Tafte 
of the Thing boiling. 

He added, that he never found any Verdigreafe col- 
let on the Coppers from this Diftillation. 

The Secretary to the Lords Commiffioners of the 
Admiralty informed your Committee, that their Lord- 
fhips were fo well fatisfied of the Utility of this Inven- 
tion, that they had ordered the Apparatus to be put on 
board all the Ships lately fent to the Eaf Indies. 

And another Member prefent informed your Com- 
mittee, that all His Majefty’s Ships that have been 
fent out lately have had it. 

&gt;A Letter was then read from the laft mentioned 
Member, when he commanded His Majefty’s Fleet at 


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Port/mouth, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated 
27th May 1771, wherein he fays, “ That he holds Do¢tor 
“* Irving’s Difcovery in great Eftimation, begs Leave 
~ recommend the fame to the Lords of the Admi- 
“© ralty.” 

In Support of the Second mentioned Petition ; 

The Agent produced the Specification of Letters Pa- 
tent granted to the Petitioner, by which it appeared, that 
the Invention was not the fame as Dottor Irving’s, it 
being * For making Sea Water freth by Diftdlation, 
** and carrying the Steam through cold Water, in a 
** Worm, to condenfe it.” 

And the Agent faid, That he had no Evidence to 
fhew the Quantity of Water made frefh by this Method 
im any given Time. 

In Support of the laft mentioned Petition, the 
Agent called 

Mr. Edward Lee, who faid; That he had feen Doc- 
tor Dominicetti’s and Mr. Irving’s Machines for making 
Sea Water frefh by Diftillation; and that they are not 
the fame, the Doétor ufing a Worm—which the Peti- 
tioner himfelf allowed. 

And the Witnefs being crofs examined; was afked, 
If he had ever feen the Petitioner produce frefh Water 
from Salt &gt;—he anfwered, He never had, and did not 
know that he could do it. 


APPENDIX. N’l. 


Copy of a Letter from the Commiffioners fof 
victualing His Majefty’s Navy, to Philip Stephens; 
Efquire, Secretary of the Admiralty; dated 3d 
of April 1765. 

In Return to your Letter of the 7th February laft, ac- 
quainting us, that Mr. Hoffman had reprefented to the 
Right honourable the Lords Commiffioners of the Ad- 
miralty, that he had invented a Method of rendering 
Sea Water fweet and wholefome, by Means of a Still of 
a new Conftruction, and a certain Chymical Prepara- 
tion ; and that the Water would not only be better than 
has been hitherto produced from Sea Water, but that 
a larger Quantity would be obtained in lefs Time, and 
with a {maller Quantity of Fuel than has been hitherto 
done by any other Procefs; and the faid Invention 
would be of the greateft Utility to the Seamen of the 
Royal Navy, and to all Seamen in general, and figni- 
fying the Directions of their Lordfhips, as they under- 
ftood the Apparatus was fixed in this Office, for mak- 
ing Trial of the faid Invention; and the Sea Water 
arrived that was ordered to be fent us from the Nore, 
that we fhould caufe Experiment to be made thereof, 
and circumftantial Minutes taken of the Quantity of 
Water rendered fweet from a certain Quantity of Sea 
Water, in what Time performed, with what Quantity 
of Fuel, the Goodnefs thereof when done ; and, in fhort, 
of every particular Neceffary to enable their Lordthips 
to form a true Judgment of the faid Invention; and to 
tranfmit you the faid Minutes, together with our Opi- 
nion upon the Whole, for their Lordthips Infcrmation. 

We pray Leave to acquaint you, that Mr. Hoffman 
having attended at this Office, and made an Experi- 
ment of his faid Invention, we herewith inclofe Minutes 
of the Procefs, by which their Lordthips will be pleafed 
to fee, that from a Still charged with One hundred and 
Ninety-four Gallons of Sea Water, Mr. Hoffman, from 
the Time of lighting the Fire under the Still, to the 
End of the Procefs (being Nine Hours and Twenty-five 
Minutes) drew off from the faid Sea Water, Eighty- 
one Gallons, Two Quarts and Half a Pint of frefh Wa- 
ter; and that the Quantity of Fuel expended in draw- 
ing off the fame, confifted of One Pound of Wood, 
and of One hundred and Thirty-nine Pounds of Coals, 
Eleven Quart. Bottles of the faid diftilled Water were 
delivered to the Right honourable Lord Vifcount Howe, 
One to Mr. Hoffman, and Eleven more to us, of which 
we have fent Six by the Bearer hereof, and the pen 

ive, 








664 
Five, together with Seventy-five Gallons, three Quarts, 
arid Half a Pint, in a Cafk fealed down, how remain at 
this Office. 

With regard to the Quality of the faid Water, we beg 
Leave to reprefent, that it is frefh, and to Appearance 
good, although fomething difagreeable to the Tafte, 
but whether it be wholefome, or fit for Men to drink, 
or better than any other which has been hitherto drawn 
from Sea Water, we ate not enabled to fay, thefe being 
Points, that upon Mr. Hoffman’s difclofing the Nature 
of the Chymical Ingredients, which he made Ufe of in 
his Procefs, we humbly apprehend will come moft pro- 
perly under the Confideration of the College of Phyfici- 
ans, who in the Cafe of the late Mr. Appleby’s Expen- 
ment, mentioned in our Letter to Mr. Cleviand of the 
8th Fanuary 1752, were of Opinion, that the frefh Wa- 
ter diftilled from Sea Water by his Method, as appears 
by their Lordfhip’s Order to us of the roth May 1753, 
was fufficiently cleared of the noxious Contents of Sea 
Water, and that no noxious Particles contained in the 
faid Mr. Appleby’s Procefs of Diftillation were in his faid 
diftilled Water, and that the fame might be tried with 
Safety ; and their Lordfhips, by their faid Order, were 
pleafed to fignify, that the faid Invention, fo experi- 
mented and approved, appeared to be of Public Utility, 
as tending greatly to the Prefervation of Seamens Health 
and Lives in long Voyages, and deferving of Public 
Encouragement ; and therefore direted us to pay Mr. 
Appleby Two hundred Pounds as a Reward for his In- 
vention. 

As to that Part of Mr. Hoffman’s Pofition, which fays, 
that a larger Quantity of frefh Water could be produced 
by his Method, and in lefs Time, and with lefs F uel 
than has been hitherto done by any other, We have al- 
ready obferved that by his Experiment, Eighty-one Gal- 
lons, Two Quarts, and Half a Pint of frefh Water, 
were produced from One hundred and Ninety-four Gal- 
lons of Sea Water, in Nine Hours and Twenty-five 
Minutes, at the Expence of One Pound of Wood, and 
One hundred and Thirty-nine Pounds of Coals: And 
by our aforefaid Report of the 8th of Fanuary 1752, it 
appears, that Mr. Appleby, upon his Experiment, pro- 
duced Thirteen Gallons and two Quarts of frefh Water 
from Sixteen Gallons of Sea Water, in the Space of 
‘Three Hours and an Half, and at the Expence of Half a 
Bufhel of Coals ; and that he (Mr. Appleby) reprefented, 
that a Still of a much larger Size than what he made 
Ufe of (which held only Twenty Gallons) might be 
worked with the fame Quantity of Fire. From thefe 
Circumftances, we humbly apprehend that no conclufive 
Comparifon ean be formed at prefent, how far Mr. 
Hoffman's Experiment has the Advantage of Mr. Appie- 
by’s, in Point of Fuel. 

+ We beg Leave to add, that by the particular Con- 
ftruction of the Still made Ufe of by Mr. Hoffman, we 
do not apprehend that he could have drawn off more 
frefh Water from once charging the fame, than about 
the Quantity produced from his Experiment before men- 
tioned, without burning the Still ; and that the Tread 
of the faid Still, with it’s Frame and Worm Fub, was 
Seven Feet Four Inches and an Half in Length, and 
Four Feet Five Inches in Breadth; and that the Height 
of the Still Head, from the Floor, was Six Feet Seven 
Inches. 

Copy. 
Hen. Pelham. 


OP PEN is’ NIL 


Sir, Victualing Office, 5th Fune 1765. 

The Right honourable the Lords Commiffioners of 
the Admiralty, having fignified by their Order of the 
31ft of laft Month, that having confidered the Experi- 
ment lately made at this Office, by Mr. Fobn Hoffman, 
of rendering Sea Water frefh:and wholefome, by a Me- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1472, 


thod which he reprefented to. be fuperior to any hitherto 
ufed, by means of a new invented Still, and a certain 
Chymical Preparation; and that the faid Invention of 
Mr. Hoffman’s appearing to be of Public Utility, as 
tending to the Prefervation of the Health and Lives of 
the Seamen in long Voyages, their Lordfhips, in Conf- 
deration thereof, and of his having already difcovered 
the Principles on which his Still is conitructed, and of 
his being ready and willing to difcover the Chy:nical 
Preparation alio, were pleafed to direct us by their ijaid 
Order, to caufe the Sum of Five hundred Pounds to be 
paid to the faid Mr. Hoffman, as a Reward for his faid 
Invention, upon his making to us a full and fatisfac- 
tory Difcovery of the faid Chymical Preparation, and 
alfo an Allowance of a Guinea a Day for his Trouble 
and Expences, from the 7th of O@oder laft (being the 
Day on which he laid his Propofal before their Lord- 
fhips) to the Date of the faid Order. 

We pray you will pleafe to reprefent to their Lord- 
fhips, that Mr. Hoffman having attended us To-day, 
was informed, that it is neceflary for him to diicover 
the faid Chymical Preparation to us, in order to enable 
us to pay him the Money directed by their Lordfhips : 
In Anfwer to which he acquainted us, that he did nor 
make Ufe of any Chymical Preparation, the Whole of 
the Secret confifting in the Conftruction of the Still, 
Whereupon it was obferved to him, that on making the 


Experiment, he did put fome Ingredient into the Stili, 


which he kept as a Secret. To whichhe replied, It was 
very true, he did, but that it was nothing elfe but « 
little Wheat Flour, to the Truth of which he is ready 
to make Oath, as will appear by his Letter to us upon 
the faid Subject, which we herewith inclofe for the Infor- 
mation of their Lordfhips, and have deferred caufing the 
Money to be paid to Mr. Hoffman, which is mentioned 
in the faid Order, until we receive their Lordthips far- 
ther Directions concerning the fame. 
We are, Sir, 

Your moft humble Servants, 

Ja Wallace, 

Robt Pett, 

T. Stephens, 

Joga: Hanway, 

eorge Marfb. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be eet to po 
fideration of the Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
whom it is referred to confider further of the Supply 
granted to His Majefty. 


A Copy. 


Phe Stephens. 


Sir Samp/fou Gideon reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to amend, and render more effectual aly 
Aét, made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the more effectual draining and prefervine fe- 
veral Fen Lands, and Field Lands, in the Bounds and 
Precinéts of Whittlefey, in the Ile of Ely, in the C ounty 
of Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the feveral 
Fen and Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth, and 
Fifth Diftriéts, defcribed in the faid Aét, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true: and 
that the Parties concerned had. given their Confent to 
the Bill, to. the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Owners of 293 Acres, who could not be found ; and 
alfo except the Owners of 68 Acres, who refufed to fign 
the Bill; and that the whole Number of Acres liable to 
be taxed amounts to 4,898 ; and that no Perfon appear- 
ed before the Committee to eppofe the Bill) and that 
the: Committee had gone through the Bill, and made {e- 
veral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and: then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quettion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle. 

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12 Geo. II. Journals of the Houfe af Commons. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing; widening, and keep- 
ing in Repair, the Road from Burton, in the County of 
Salop, through Knockin, to Llanyminech, in the fame 
County, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing, widening, and keeping in 
Repair, the Road from Burlton, in the County of Salop, 
through Knockin, to Llanyminech, in the fame County, 
and from Knockin to the Eaft End of Lianriader Road, 
and from Place Carrick Lane to the Turnpike Road 
from Llanyminech to Ofweftry, near Caid Ifa Mountain, 
and from Ofweftry Turnpike Road, on Knockin Heath, 
to the Eaft End of Knockin Lane. 

Ordered, That Mr. Congreve do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Richard Glyn reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers of 
Two Aéts, made in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth 
Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, for repairing and widening O/d Street Road, in 
the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
inthe County of Middlefex, was re-committed; That 
the Committee had made feveral other Amendments to 
the Bill; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were, with feveral Amendments to One of them, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
no Side Gates be erected, unlefs Openings be made for 
evading the Tolls. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


An ingrofied Bill for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, 
preferving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Ayr, for 
enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, for 
erecting Docks, Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for 
regulating Ships, Lighters, and other Veffels, trading 
into, and going out of, the faid Harbour; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aéct for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, pre- 
ferving, and maintaining, the Harbour of Ayr, for 
enlarging and improving the Quays and Piers, for 
erecting Docks, Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for re- 
gulating Ships, Lighters and other Veffels, trading into, 
and going out of, the faid: Harbour; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kennedy do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
and a Common of Pafture, and other Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes 
of Kemble and Pool, in the County of Wilts, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 

Vou, XXXII. 


Amendments; iri at the Clerk’s. Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then @ 
Second Time, One by One’;:and, upon the Queftiori 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle ; 
es an Amendment was made, by the Houfe, ta the: 

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Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Cholmley reported from.the Committee, to whorti 
the Bill for draining the Low Grounds and Cars, lying ini 
the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of Keyingham; 
Keyingham Marl, Ryhill, and Cammerton, Burftwick; 
and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and Ridgmont, Ottring- 
ham, Halham, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tunftall, Wax- 
holm, Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Fitling; Hilfton, 
Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton and Tanfterne, within the 
Seigniory of Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee, 
(except the Owners of 44 Acres, who refufed to fign 
the Bill, and alfo except the Owners of 42 Acres, who 
could not be met with; and that the whole of the 
Lands to be drained confift of 2,737 Acres; or there- 
abouts ; and that no Rerfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe’; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Wedne/day lat; 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon Thurfday Morning next, upon the 
Bill for building a Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to the oppofite 
Shore, in the County of Middlefex, and to enable His 
Majefty to grant the Inheritance of the Ferry at Rich- 
mond aforelaid to William Wyndbam, Efquire, in Fee 
Simpk, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Three 
Weeks, the Thirtieth Day of this Inftant pri, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 


Mr. Skipwith prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for building One or more new Church or 
Churches, and providing Burial Places thereto, within 
the Town of Birmingham, in the County of War- 
wick: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Shilten; 
in the County of Warwick, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, Fhat the Bill be committed to Mr. Skip- 
with, Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And théy are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whcm 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Warwick Road, near Solibull, to the Guide Pofts in 
Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge, to meet the afore- 
faid Road on Balfali Common, in the County of War- 

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wick, was Comniittéd ; ahd'to whom the Petition of the 
Truftees appointed for exetuting feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment for repairing the Road from Birmingham, in the 
County of Warwick, to and through the Borough of 
Warwick, to the utmoft Limits of the faid County, upon 
Edgebill, and of Perfons who have confiderable Sums, of 
Money due to ‘them on the'Credit of the faid Acts, and 
the Tolls arifing on the faid Road, and alfo of feveral 
Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, refiding in and 
near the faid Borough’ and Road, was referred; That 
the Committee had confidered. the faid Petition ; and 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committeé had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Cletk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Sir Matthew White Ridley prefented to the Houfe, 
according to Order, a Bill for building a “Temporary 
Bridge acrofs the River Zyze, from the Town of New- 
caftle upon Tyne to Gatefbead, in the County of Dur- 
ham: And the fame was received ; and read thé Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bili be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Townfhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County 
of York, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cholmley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, in Al/dwinckle, in the County of Northampton, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudeneli, Sir William Dolben, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, 
in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for naturalizing Jacques Louis Pourtalés, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Barrow, 
Sir Fobn Molefworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Alderman Harley prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for amending, and rendering 
more effectual, the feveral Laws now in Being, for ‘the 
better Obfervation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called 
Sunday ; and for preventing Perfons who keep Victual- 
ing Houfes, or Houfes of public Entertainment, from 
being eleéted into, or ferving, any Parifh Offices : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Bill be printed. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Authorities given to George Fiefchi Heneage, Efquire, by 
an Aé, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intiruled, An Act for dividing and 

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AA. 1772. 


inclofing certain Open and Common Fields and Grounds 
within the Parith of Benniwortb, in the County. of Ede; 
coln, to charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, Parce} 
of the Manor of Beniiworth, in the County of- Lincoly 
of which he is now ftrict Tenant for Life, with a Certain 
Sum of Money, for reimburfing to him the Expences 
which he has been at in the inclofing the fame, and 
for other Purpofes’therein mentioned, was committed ; 


That the Committee had examined the Allegations‘of 


the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Arhendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by Or-,; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, and 
others, of the County of Monmouth, was prelented to 
the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Petition- 
ers obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is depending for 
amending, widening, and altering, the Roads leadin 
from Crickbowell, in the County of Breton, to the Crojs 
Hands, beyond New Inn, in the Turnpike Road be. 
tween the City of Hereford and Rofs, and from a Place 
called the Lower Crofs Ways, in the Parifh of Saint 
Maughan’s, to the Town of Gre/mount, in the County of 
Monmouth, and from the Turnpike Road, in the Parith 
of Welfo Newton, in the County of Hereford, to Pontta- 
naft, in the Parifh of Cl/uddock, in the faid County ; and 
reprefenting to the Houfe, that the Roa leading froma 
Smith’s Shop, at Stanton, in the Parifh of Llanvybangel, 
in the County of Monmouth, through Comyey, to Chapel a 
Fine, in the faid County, is in a ruinous Condition, and 
in fome Parts narrow and incommodious, and cannot be 
effectually amended, widened, and kept in good Repair, 
by the ordinary Courfe of Law: And therefore pray- 
ing, That Provifion may be made in the faid Bill, for 
repairing the faid Road, in fuch Manner as the Houfe 
fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 

fideration of a Committee: And that they do examine 
the Matter thereof ; and report the fame, as it fhall ap- 
pear to them, to the Houfe: 
And it is referred to Mr. Seudamore, Mr. Owen, 
&amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning, 
at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Onflow, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
Relief of Infolvent Debtors, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe; and an Amend- 
ment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty ; the Re- 
folution which the Committee had direéted him to re- 

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rt to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at, the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read; and is as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Four hundred thoufand Pounds, which, 
by an Aé&amp;, made in the Ninth Year of His prefent 
Majelty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for carrying into 
Fxecution certain Propofals made by the Eaf India 
Company, for the Payment of the annual Sum of Four 
hundred thoufand Pounds, for a limited Time, in. re- 
fpect of the territorial Acquifitions and Revenues lately 
obtained in the Ea/? Indies, is direéted to be paid within 
the prefent Year, into the Receipt of His Majefty’s Ex- 
chequer, by the faid Company, be applied towards 
making good the Supply granted to His Majefty. 

The faid Refolution being read a Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itielf into the taid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Sit Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which the 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleaie 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
that he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majetty. 


Notice being taken, that His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing, allotting, and in- 
clofing, the Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Com- 
monable Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, 
Parifh, and Liberties, of Brampton, in the County of 
Huntingdon, which Bill was, upon Monday laft, read a 
Second Time, and committed; ~ 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the better fecuring and preferving His 
Majefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition, 
and Stores, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved ‘itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
an Amendment thereunto; which they had directed 
rm to report, when the Houfe will pleate to receive the 

ame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of ames 
Laman andj others, Proprietors of the late Antigallican 
Private Ship of War, on Behalf of themieives, the 
Officers and Crew of the faid Ship, and their lawful 
Prize The Penthievre, a French Ship from China, worth 
near £. 300,000. which had been illegally feized in the 
Bay of Cadiz, and unjuftly given up to the French, by 
the Order of the Court of Spain, which was prefented to 
the Houfe upon the 27th Day of February laft, and 
_ ordered to lie upon the Tabie, a.ight be again 
read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the. Queftion. being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred: to the Confidera- 
tion of a Committee of the whole Houte ; 

The Houte divided. | 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,2 bridge, 

Mr. Alderman Ofiver : 
, Mr. Cooper, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Charles Whitworth : i 147- 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


Mr. Alderman ad 
I. 


A Motion being made, That Leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to encourage the Subjeéts of Foreign 
States to lend Money upon the Security of Freehold or 
Leafehold Eftates in any of His Majefty’s Colonies in 
the Weft Indies, and to render the Securities granted to 
fuch Aliens effectual, for recovering Payment of the 
Money fo to be lent by Sale of fuch Freehold and Leafe- 
hold Eftates ; . 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tburfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the faid Motion. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider farther of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Methuen, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for allotting, dividing, and 
inclofing, the Open and Common Fields, and Common 
or Commonable Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and 
Grounds, and Common or Wafte Land, within the 
Parith of Saint Nicholas, in the Manor of Warwick, in 
the County of Warwick, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except Three Perfons, 
whofe Property in the {aid Parifh confifts of 310 Acres, 
who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the whole of the 
Lands intended to be inclofed confift of 1,615 Acres, 
over and above the Tithes) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be now read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that no Counfel at. 
tended in Behalf of the faid Bill ; 

The Counfel againft the Bill was called in. 

And the faid Report was read. 

And the Petition of the Right honourable Lady Mary 
Greatheed, and ames Money, Efquire, Owners and Pro- 
prietors of, and otherwife interefted in, Lands and 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, in the Manor 
of Warwick, in the County of Warwick, was alfo read. 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners was heard; and 
examined feveral Witneffes in Support of the Allega- 

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tions of the faid Petition, and went through the Evidence 
for the Petitioners. ' 

And then he was direéted to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, be now read a Second “Time ; 

The Houte divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, j Mr. Curzet, } 

Tellers for the Noes, } a “sang i 

So it was réfolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the faid Amendments, being feverally read a 
Second Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, direéting 
how the Allotment fhall be made to Lady Mary Great- 
heed. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 


Mr. Gajfcoyne: 43: 
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thereupon, agreed to by the Houte. 
mace Part of the Bill. 


Then feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, — 


to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted 
to qualify themfelves for Offices. and Employments, 
and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who 
have omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications, 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further 
Time for thofe Purpofes; and to indemnify Members 
and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make and 
file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks 
to Attornies and Solicitors. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr. Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by 
this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for granting to 
William Fones, Efquire, on certain Contingencies therein 
mentioned, a Term for Ninety-nine Years, if he fhall fo 
long live, in the Real Eftates late of William Fones, Efquire, 
deceafed, in the feveral Counties of Wilts and Berks, upon 
fuch Terms as are therein mentioned: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable Truftees, with the Confent of the Perfons claim- 
ing under the Will of Edward Shelley, Efquire, to cut 
down and fell Timber, upon the fettled Eftates of the 
{aid Edward Shelley, in the County of Suffex, and to in- 
veft the’ Monies arifing therefrom in the Purchafe of 
Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the Ufes of 
the faid Will; and other Purpofes ; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Fen of the Clock.. 


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A. 1772. 


Martis, 7° die Aprilis; 
Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 

Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Commons 
A and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Appleby, 
in the County of Weftmorland, was read a Second 
Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to General 
Honywood, Sit Anthony Abdy, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Henry Hoghton prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for the further Relief of His Majeity’s 
Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the Church of Ex- 
land: And the fame was received; and read the. Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Friday Morning next. 


A Bill for incorporating the Members of a Society, 
commonly called the Marine Society, and their Suc- 
ceffors, to be eleéted as therein is mentioned ; and for the 
better impowering and enabling them to carry on their 
charitable and ufeful Defigns, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gray, 
Mr. Solicitor General, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speak. 
er’s Chamber. 


Colonel Luttrell prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for the better Relief and Employment 
of the Poor, within that Part of the Parith of Saint 
Sepulchre, which is in the County of Middlefex ; and 
for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and 
Open Paffages and Places, within the fame, and for re- 
moving Annoyances therefrom, and for making the 
Communication between Charterhoufe Square and Saint 
Fobn Street, through Charterboufe Laue, more con- 
venient: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Alderman Trecothick reported from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Ad, 
made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King 
George the Second, for enlarging and maintaining the 
Harbour “¢ Ramfgate; and for cleanfing, amending, 
and preferving, the Haven of Sandwich, was committed; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feverak 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, wich the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bull, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


An. ingroffed Bill for inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, and a Common of Pafture, and other 
Commonable Lands and Wafte Grounds, in the Manors. 
and Parifhes of Kemble and Pool, in the County of Wilts, 
was read the Third Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
and a Common of Patfture, and other Commonable 
Lands and Waite Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes 
of Kemble and Pool, in the County of Wilts. , 

Ordered, That Mr. Penruddock do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for the better fecuring and preferving His Majefty’s 
Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition, and 
Stores, was committed, the Amendment which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe,; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendment, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendment was Twice read ; and, upon the Quef- 
tion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houte. : 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
groffed. 


An ingroffed Bill to enlarge the Coemetery or Church 
Yard of the Parith of Watford, in the County of Hert- 
ford, and to make an additional Building to the prefent 
Workhoufe, for the Reception of the Poor of the faid 
Parifh ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read the Third Time: 
An ingrofied Claufe was offered to be added to the 
Bill, direéting the Truftees to keep an Account of the 
Names of the Perfons, and Sums of Money affefled, 
for the Infpeétion of all Perfons concerned. 
And the faid Claufe was Twice read, with a Blank, 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was read the 
Third Time; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Honfe to be made Part of the Bill, by 
(Way of Ryder. 
Then the Amendments following were feverally pro- 
pofed to be made tothe Bill; viz. 
Pr. 9. 1. 13. After “ Vicar” to infert “* and,” and 
to leave out ** and Overfeers of the 
«¢ Poor.” 

Pr. 10.115. After ‘ annexed” to infert “ by 
*¢ virtue of this Act.” Ter 

Pr. 12. 1.22. After ‘ aforefaid” to infert “ that 
“© from and after the paffing of this 
« Aé, the feveral Pieces or Par- 
“ cels of Ground herein after par- 
“¢ ticularly mentioned, fhall be, and 
«¢ the fame are hereby, vefted in the 
é faid Ann Holles, Eatl of Effex, 
“ and Thomas Clutterbuck the Elder; 
*¢ and their Heirs and.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bil! was amended at the Table.accordingly. 

_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 

An A&amp; to enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard of 
the Parith of Watford, in the County of Hertford, and 
to make an additional Building to the prefent Work- 
houle, for the Reception of the Poor of the faid Parifh; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Mr. Halfey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for draining the Low Grounds, and 
Carrs, lying in the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and 
Places, of Keyingham, Keyingham Marfb, Rybill, anid 
Cammerten, Burftwick and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea 
and Ridgemont, Ottringham, Halfham, Owftwick, Roofs, 
Rimfwell, Tunftall, Waxholm, Elfternwick, Lelley, Hum- 
bleton, Fitling, Hilfton, Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton, and 
Tanfterne, within the Seigniory of Holderne/s, and Eaft 
Riding of the County of York, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 

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669 


be, An Act for draining the Low Grounds, and Carrs, 
lying in the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of 
Keyingham, Keyingham Marfh, Rykill, and Cammerton, 
Burfiwick and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea and Ridzmoxt, 
Ottringham, Halham, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tuz- 

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Stall, Waxhelm, Eljternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Vitling, 
Hilfon, Garton, &lt;Aldbrough, Flinton, and Tanjferne, 
within the Seigniory of Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of 
the County of York. | . 

Ordered, That Sir George Savile do carry the Bill 
to the Lofds, and defire their Concurrence. 


_ An ingroifed Bill to amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Authorities given to George Fiefchi Heneage, Efquire, 
by an Ad, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Majefty, intiuled, An A@ for dividing and in- 
Clofing certain Open and Common Fields and Grounds, 
within the Parith of Benaiworth; in the County of Lin- 
coln, to charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel 
of the Manot of Benwiworth, in the County of Lizcoli, 
of which he is now ftrict Tenant for Life, with a certain 
Sum of. Money, for reimburfing to him the Expences 
which he has been at, in the inclofing the fame ; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Authorities given to George FieJchi Heneage, Efquire, 
by an Act, made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
prefent Mayeity, intituled, An A&amp;ct for dividing and 
inclofing certain Open and Common Fields and 
Grounds, within the Parifh of Benniworth, in the County 
of Lincoln, to charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, 
Parcel of the Manor of Benniworth, in the County of 
Lincola, of which he is now ftrict Tenant for Life, 
with a certain Sum of Money, for reimburfing to him 
the Expences which he has been at, in the inclofing the 
fame; and for other Putpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence: 


A Bill for draining and preferving certain Commons, 
Low Grounds, and Carts, in the Parith of Market 
Weighton, and other adjacent Parifhes, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York; and for making a 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Market Weighton to the 
River Humber, was read-a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Fohn 
Cavendifh, Sir Henry Hoghten, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Barrow reported from the Committee, to whom the 
Bill for naturalizing Faques Louis Pourtalés, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendinent: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the more effectual vefting in the Royal 
Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited and 
unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy, 
be now read. ; 

And the faid Order being tead accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- . 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 


port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 
, Ordered; 








670 


Ordered, That the Report'be received upon Thurfday 
Morning next. 


The Lord Ludlow prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, and other Com- 
monable Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh 
and Manor of King’s Ripton, in the County of Hunting- 
don: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Fields, Common Paftures, and other Uninclofed 
Grounds, within the Townthip of Would Newton, th 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Reverend Fames Rudd, Vicar of the Parifh of Would 
Newton, who refufed to fign the Bill, as the Proprietors 
would not fubdivide his Allotment, he not being content 
with a Ring Fence; but made no other Objection) and 
that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to op- 
pofe the Bill; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had direéted him. to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


Mr. Feilde reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Fobn Boufquet, was committed; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Feilde do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen thoufand Pounds, 
be granted to His Majefty, to be employed in repairing, 
maintaining, and fupporting, the Briti/b Forts and Settle- 
ments on the Coaft of Africa. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thoufand Four hun- 
dred Pounds, be granted to His Majefty, for the more 
effectually repairing the Fort of Cape Coa/t Cajtle, on the 
Coatt of Africa. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Four thoufand Pounds, be 
granted to His Majeity, to be applied as an Encourage- 
ment for the more effectually profecuting Ditcoveries 
towards the South Pole. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772, 


Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there. 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe: 


A Bill for dividing; allotting, and inclofing; the Open 
and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the Manor, 
Parifh, and Liberties of Wing, in the County of Ry;. 
land, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. George 
Bridges Brudenell, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Edmonftone, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bil] 
for rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Infolvent 
Debtors more equal and expeditious, and for regulating 
the Diligence of the Law, by Arreftment and Poind.- 
ing, and for extending the Privilege of Bills to Pro- 
miffory Notes, and for limiting Actions upon Bills and 
Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland, was committed, the Amendments which thé 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Report was read. 

And feveral of the Amendments made by the Com. 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, Vhat the further Confideratien of the faid 
Report be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


A Bill to enable His Majefty to grant the Reverfion 
or Remainder in Fee Simple, now veited in His Majeity, 
of, and in, an Annual or Fee Farm Rent of One hundred 
and Thirteen Pounds, one of the feveral Fee Farm 
Rents granted to the Right honourable Edward, hereto- 
fore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King Charles 
the Second, unto the honourabie Fames Archibald Stuart 
and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate Confideration to 
be given by him or his Heirs for the fame, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intiruled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Freehold and Leafehold Eftates of Edward 
Holden Cruttenden, E{quire, deceafed, in the Parifhes of 
Putney and Roehampton, in the County of Surrey, in 
Truftees, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Lock- 
hart, Mr. Burrell, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants and Traders of the 
City of London, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, and many others, have duly qualified 
themfelves to vote at the Election of Committee Men for 
the City of London, for the Purpofe of managing the Af- 
fairs of the African Company, agreeable to the Directions 
of an Aét, of the 23d Year of his late Majefty’s Reign ; 
and that fince the Time of their refpective Qualifica- 
tions they have had and conftantly ufed and exercifed, 
their refpective Rights of voting by virtue of the faid 
Aét, for Three Committee Men for the faid City ; and 
that the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill 


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Men for managing the Affairs of the African Company, 
by which, the Petitioners are apprehenfive, their Rights 
of voting for the faid Committee Men may be affected 
or deftroyed: And therefore praying, That, if the 
Houle fhall think fit to make any Regulations in the 
Elections of Committee Men for managing the Affairs 
of the African Company, the Petitioners Rights may 
be preferved ; or that they may be heard, by themfelves 
or their Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as 
may tend to infringe or affect the fame, or have fuch 
other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem 


ect. 
sk Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Bill be read a Second Time ; and that 
the Petitioners be then heard, by themfelves or Coun- 
fel, againft the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill for 
regulating the Settlements of Baftard Children, born 
in Lying-in Hofpitals, and in other Houfes appro- 
priated for the Reception of pregnant Women, and alfo 
for the better Regulation of {uch Hofpitals and Houfes, 
that they do make Provifion in the faid Bill, directing 
that the Settlement of Baftard Children fhall, in all 
Cafes, follow the Settlement of the Mother. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Lands and Tenements, in the County 
of Southampton, late the Eftate of Fohn Mills, Efquire, 
deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; and for applying the 
Money arifing from the Sale thereof, towards difcharg- 
ing his Debts and Legacies, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Simeon 
Stuart, Mr. Staxley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


The Houfe was moved, That an Aét, made in the 
Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the better 
preventing of Clandeftine Marriages, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, to amend the 
faid At; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { “ mee Fox, } 62. 
Tellers for the Noes, aon a, on ; t 61. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Fox, Colonel Burgoyne, 
and Sir William Meredith, do prepare, and bring in, the 
faid Bill. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill for the more effectually fe- 
curing fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ufe 
‘of the Royal Navy, be read a Second Time upon Tbur/- 
day Morning next. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
tefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omit- 
ted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, 
and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who 
have omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifica- 
tions, within the Time limited by Law, and for giving 
further Time for thofe Purpofes; and to indemnify 
Members and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Bo- 
rough Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to 


671 
be ftamped, according to Law, or, havirig béen itamped, 
have been loft or miflaid; and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur. 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 


and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, 


Ordered, That Mr. Robdinfon have Leave to make a 
Motion, it being Half an Hour after Six of the Clock. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Income of, and Charge upon, the 
Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund, for the 
Quarter ended the sth Day of April 1772, with the 
Surplus of the fame remaining in the Exchequer for 
the Difpofition of Parliament. 


Ordered, That Mr: Pulteney have Leave to make 4 
Motion. 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. : 

Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon Thurfday Morning next, to confider of the 
Motion, ‘That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
‘encourage the Subjects of Foreign States to lend 
‘“* Money upon the Security of Freehold or Leafehold 
‘* Eftates in any of His Majefty’s Colonies in the Weft 
‘* Indies; and to render the Securities granted to fuch 
“* Aliens effectual, for recovering Payment of the Mo- 
** ney fo to be lent, by Sale of fuch Freehold and Leafe- 
“* hold Eftates,” be now read: 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday next, at 
Twelve of the Clock, refolve itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn2 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Merturii, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Antio 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS: 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu, and 
Mr. Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from Berffreet 
Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New Buckenham, in 
~ County of Norfolk ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Road, from the End of 
the prefent Turnpike Road from Beffelfleigh to Hunger- 
ford, in the County of Berks, to Leckford, otherwife 
Soufly Water, in the County of Wilts; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Aét, made in 
the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
for repairing and widening feveral Roads, leading to, 
through, and from, the Town of Frome, in the County 
of Somerfet, and feveral other Roads in the Counties of 
Somerfet and Wilts; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, from Great 
Oufeborn to Aldwork, in the County of York; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 


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672 


~ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Commons, and Common Grounds, within the Hamlet 
of Barlythorpe, in the Parifh of Oakham, in the County 
of Rutland; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing John Lewis Lautier, without any 
Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, 
the Streets and Lanes in the Town and Parith of Chat- 
bam, in the County of Kent, and for removing and 
preventing Nufances and Annoyances therem ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

: The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Exeter 
Turnpike at Reedy Gate, in the Parith of Dunsford, in 
the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook, in the Foreft of 
Dartmoor, in the faid County; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Ac to continue and render more effectual Two feveral 
Adts, for repairing the Roads leading from the Town of 
Manchefter, in the County of Lancafter, through the Town 
of Afhton under Line, and Parith of Mottram Longdendele, 
and from thence to Salter’s Brook, in the County Pala- 
tine of Cheffer; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Aét, paffed 
in the Second Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, for 
repairing, widening, and altering, feveral Roads lead- 
ing from Taviftock to Plymouth, and other Places in the 
County of Devon ; and for repairing and widening the 
Road from the Guildhall in Taviftock aforefaid, through. 
Matthew Street and Lower Brook Street, to Cherry Brook, 
and to Dunnabridge Pound, and from the Callington Turn- 
pike Road to Morwelbam and New Quay, in the faid 
County ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing feveral Open Fields, Meadow, 
Pafture, Common, and Wafte, Grounds, within the Li- 
berties of Ockbrook, in the County of Derby; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Waite 
Lands, within the Manor and Parifh of Kingsnorton, 
in the County of Worcefter ; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 


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The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Governors, and Affiitants to the faid Go. 
vernors, in the Rule and Government of the Pofieffions 
Revenues; and Goods, of the Free Grammar School of 
Elizabeth Queen of England, in the Town of Afe- 
burne, in the County of Derby, in their Corporate Ca. 
pacity, and the faid Governors and Affiftants, as Truf. 
tees of Six Alms Houfes in Afeburne aforefaid, founded 
and endowed by Chriffopher Pegg, Efquire, deceafed, 
to convey certain Lands and Pofleffions of the faid 
School and Alms Houfes refpectively, in the Parithes of 
Wingerworth and Afbover, in the faid County, to Henry 
Gladwin, of Wingerworth, in the faid County, Efquire, 
in Exchange for other Lands, in the Parifh of Brailsford, 
in the faid County, of greater Value, to be conveyed 
to, and held by, them refpectively, to the Ufes, and upon 
the Trutts, therein mentioned ; to which the Lords de. 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe being informed, That One of the Sheriffs 
of the City of London, attended at the Door; he was 
called in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe; 

A Petition of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of 
the City of London. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Petition was read, Complaining of the 
high Price of Wheat and Flour ; and reprefenting to the 
Houfe, that, if the Importation of Wheat, Wheat 
Flour, and Indian Corn, were allowed, Duty free, it 
would be a Means of preventing a further Rife in the 
Price of Bread: And therefore praying the Houfe, to 
take the Premifes into Confideration, and to give them 
fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; e was called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Order, 

An Account of the Income of, and Charge upon, 
the Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund, for the 
Quarter ended the sth Day of April 1772, with the 
Surplus of the fame remaining in the Exchequer for the 
Difpofition of Parliament. 

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674 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie be added to the 
Gentlemen, who are appointed to prepare, and bring 
in, a Bill for tlhe better Prefervation of the Great Bank 
of the River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, through 
Cowbit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk, and for mak- 
ing and keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and from 
thence to the Village of Glenton, in the Counties of Lin- 
coln and Northampton. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better Prefervation of 
the Great Bank of the River Welland, from Spalding 
High Bridge, through Cowbit, Peakhill, Crowland, and 
Peakirk ; and for making and keeping in Repair a 
Road thereon, and from thence to the Village of Glen- 
ton, in the Counties of Lincoln and Northampton: And 
the fame was received; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road, from the Warwick Road near Solibull, to the 
Guide Pofts in Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge, to 
meet the aforefaid Road on Bal/all Common, in the 
County of Warwick, was read the Third Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for repairing and widening the Road, from 
the Warwick Road near Solihull; to the Guide Pofts in 
‘Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge, to meet the afore- 
{aid Road on Balfall Common, in the County of War- 
wick. 

Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Aé&amp;, made 
in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King George 
the Second, for enlarging and maintaining the Harbour 
ef Ramfgate; and for cleanfing, amending, and pre- 
ferving, the Haven of Sandwich, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to explain and amend an Ad, made in the 

..Fwenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King George the 
Second, for enlarging and maintaining the Harbour of 
Ramjfgate, and for cleanfing, amending, and preferving, 
the Haven of Sasdwich. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Trecothick do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bilt from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to-enable Truftees, with the Confent of the Perfons claim- 
ing under the Will of Edward Shelley, Efquire, to cut 
down and fell Timber, upon the fettled Eftates of the 
faid Edward Shelley, in the County of Suffex, and. to in- 
veft the Monies arifing therefrom in the Purchafe of 
E.ands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the Ufes of 
the faid Will, and other Purpofes, was read the Firft 
‘Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for naturalizing Jaques Louis Pour- 
talés, was read the Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for naturalizing Faques Louis Pourtalés.  . 

Ordered, That Mr. Barrew do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 
from the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or near 
Banghoufe Walis, to Compton’s Lanes and Eymouth, and. 
from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and from White- 
law Muir to Compton’s Lanes, in the County of Berwick, 
was committed, be received To-morrow Morning, 


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Mo 1972. 


Sir Thomas Clayering-prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Moor, or Common, called Hamfteels Moor, within the 
Parifh and Manor of Lanchefter, in the County Palatine 
of Durham: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That'the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Vane prefented to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for dividing and inclofing certain. Moors, Wattes, 
or Commons, and Two Parcels of Ground, called the 
Intack or Cow Pafture and Shaw Wood, in the Parith of 
Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Chefter, in the County Pa- 
latine of Durbam, and for extinguifhing all Right of 
Common in certain inclofed Intercommon Lands there : 
And the fame was received; and read the Firft Time, 

tcfolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe being informed, That the Bill for enforcing 
feveral Acts of Parliament for the Recovery and Payment 
of Tithes, and other Ecclefiaftical Dues, from the People 
called Quakers, and for enlarging the Powers thereby 
given; which Bill was upon Friday laft read the Firft 
Time, and ordered to be read a Second Time, has fe- 
veral Interlineations ; and that proper Blanks were not 
left therein ; 

Ordered, That the Order for the Second Reading of 
the faid Bill be difcharged. | 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to prefent a proper Bill 
inftead thereof. Aaah, 

Ordered, That Mr. Page be added to the Gentlemen, 
who were appointed to prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill. ; 


Mr. Serjeant Glynn prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for repealing certain Provifions in Two 
Acts of Parliament, fo far as the fame relate to repair- 
ing the Highways in the Parith of Saint Mary White- 
chapel, in the County of Méddlefex ; and for raifing 
Money for repairing the faid Highways : And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read,a Second Time, 


Mr. Page prefented to the Honfe, according to Order, 
a Rill for enforcing feveral.Aéis of Parliament for the 
Recovery and Payment of Tithes, and other Ecclefiaf- 
tical ‘Dues, from the People called Quakers, and for 
enlarging the Powers thereby given: And the fame was 
received ; and readithe Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Township and Pa- 
rith of Welton, in the County of Lincoln, was committed; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to - 
the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Reverend 
Mr. Dowbiggin, who is pofieffed of 102 Acres of Land 
im the faid Parifh, who, on being applied to, would give 
no Anfwer, but that his Leffee for Three Lives had 
figned the Bill; and except Fobu Curtois and Jobin Cur: 
tois, who ate poffeffed of 102 Acres of Land in the {aid 
Parifh, who refufed to fign the Bill, but faid they would 
not oppofe the fame; and alfo except One Cottager, 
who could not be found ; and that the Whole of the 
Lands having Right of Common, canfifts of 2,186 
Agres, or thereabouts ; and that no Perfon appeared be- 
fore the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed: 
him: to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with: 
the Amendments,: in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the’ 


Amendments. 





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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houle of Commons. 67% 


Amendments were Orice read throughout ; and then 
4 Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Rice prefeiited to the Houfe, according to Order, 
a Bill for the further Augmentation of the Salaries of 
the Juftices of Chefter, and the Great Seffions for the 
Counties in Wales: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 
: Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for refuming 
the adjourned Confideration of the Report from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Iniolvent 
Debtors more equal and expeditious, and for regulating 
the Diligence of the Law, by Arreftment and Poinding, 
and for extending the Privilege of Bills to Promiffory 
Notes, ard for limiting Aétions upon Bills and Promif- 
fory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain called Scot- 
land, was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of 
the faid Report. 

And the Refidue of the Amendments, made by the 
Committee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the — feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe; and feveral Amend- 
ments were made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better fecuring and preferv- 
ing His Majefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Am- 
munition, and Stores, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the better fecuring and preferving his 
Majefty’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammuni- 
tion, and Stores. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to make Freehold and Copyhold, 
and Cuftomary Freehold, Eftates Affetts for Payment 
of Simple Contraét Debts, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 5. 1.17. To leave out “ reftored to his or their 

“‘ former Poffeffion of fuch Lands 
*s and Tenements, fo extended as 
“ aforefaid, without any frefh Ad- 
*¢ miffion to the fame,” and to in- 
fert * fhall be reinftated in their 
“¢ former legal Eftate, Intereft, and 
“¢ Poffeffion, in as full and effectual 
“© Manner, as if fuch Lands and 
“ Tenements had never been taken 
«¢ in Execution” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectually fecuring the Pay- 
ment of Debts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ambler do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported ftom the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Lordfhip of Weft 
Halton, in the County of Lincoln, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Pars 
ties concerned had giveri theit Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 


mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houie. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


__ Mr. Ongley reported from the’ Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, 
and Commons, within the Manor, Parifh, and Liber- 
ties of Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
lepations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except 
the Proprietor of Two Acres of Land in the faid Fields 
intended to be inclofed, who could not be found ; and 
that the Whole of the Lands intended to be inclofed 
confifts of 2,033 Acres, and the Number of Cottagers 
having Right of Common are Sixty-two, Five of whom 
would not fign the Bill, and Ten others could not be 
found ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by One ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were 
agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


A Meffage from the Lords; by Mr. Montagu and 
Mr. Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable His Majefty to grant certain Houfes in Fen- 
church Street, and Addle Street, in the City of London, 
efcheated to the Crown, by the Death of Lieutenant Ge- 
neral Fobn Brown, without Heir, unto Frederick Mon- 
tagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Trutts therein 
mentioned ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road from the Weft 
End of Saint Ive’s Lane, in the Town of Saint Neot’s, in 
the County of Huntingdon, to the Pavement at the End 
of Bell Lane, in the Town of Cambridge; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting a Meffuage, called Highfield Houfe, and divers 
Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Glou- 
cefter, the fettled Eftates of Benjamin Fafon Perrott; 
Efquire, in Truftees, to be fold and conveyed as therein 
mentioned ; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale, in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
to be fettled to the like Ufes ; to which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. : 

And the faid Bill from the Lords was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the Com- 
mitteé, who were appointed to confider of fo much of 
the Criminal Laws as relate to Capital Offences; and to 
report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houfe, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

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675 


The Houfe tefolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. : 

Sir Charles Bunbury took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which they 
had direéted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to enable their Majefties to enfranchife Copy- 
hold Eftates, holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the 
County of Surrey ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
e 

Ordered, That the Account of Extraordinary Services 
incurred, and paid by the Right honourable Richard 
Rigby, Paymafter General of His Majefty’s Forces, be- 
tween the 20th of December 1770, and the 20th of Fe- 
bruary 1772, and not provided for by Parliament, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Eftimate of the Expence of the 
new Roads of Communication, and building the Bridges, 
in the Highlands of North Britain, purfuant to the Or- 
ders of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, for the Year 1772, 
be referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refuumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, That 
he was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Mayetty. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Hovfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have 
omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employ- 
ments, and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, 
who have omitted to regifter or deliver in their Quali- 
fications, within the Time limited by Law, and for giv- 
ing further Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify 
Members and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Bo- 
rough Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to 
be ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors. 

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Ordered, That Mr. Cooper have Leave to make a Mo. 
tion, it being Half an Hour after Five of the Clock, 

And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- 
count of the Difference between Briti/h and Irifh Pay of 
the 64th and 65th Regiments of Foot, from the Firft 
Day of September, to the Twenty-fourth Day of Decem. 


ber 1768, voted in the Account of Extraordinaries in the 
Year 1769. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. : 





Fovis, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for imbanking; draining, and pre. 
A ferving, certain Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, 
in the Parifh of Ramjey, in the County of Huntingdon, 
and in the Parifhes of Doddington, March, Benwick, 
and Chatteris, within the Ifle of Ely, in the County 
of Cambridge ; and for amending the Road from a 
certain Bridge, in the Parifh otf Chatteris aforefaid, 
called Carter’s Bridge, by a Drain called Vermuyden’s, 
or the Forty Feet Drain, to 2 Bridge called the Forty 
Feet Bridge, in the faid Parith of Ramj/ey ; was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for imbanking, draining, and preferving, 
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parith of 
Ramfey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parithes 
of Doddington, March, Benwick, Wimblington, and Chat- 
teris, within the Ifle of E/y, in the County of Cambridge; 
and for amending the Road from acertain Bridge, in the 
Parith of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain called Vermuyden’s, or the Forty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Pasith 
of Ramfey. 

Ordered, That Sir Fobn Hynde Cotton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to amend, and render more effec- 
tual, an Act, made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, in- 
tituled, An Act for the more effectual draining and pre- 
ferving of feveral Fen Lands and Field Lands, in the 
Bounds and Precinéts of Whittlefey, in the Ifle of Eh, 
in the County of Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to 
the feveral Fen and Field Lands lying in the Third, 
Fourth, and Fifth Diftriéts, defcribed in the faid Ad, 
was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 7. 1. 16. After ‘ found” to infert * to fell.” - 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be,'An Aét to amend, and render more effectual, an Act, 
made in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual draining and preferving of feveral 
Fen Lands, and Field Lands, in the Bounds and Pre- 
cinéts of Whittlefey, in the Ifle of Ely, in the County of 
Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the feveral Fen 
and Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth 
Diftricts, defcribed in the faid Act. 

Ordered, That Sir Sampfon Gideon do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. 








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Mr. Mackworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for amending and rendering more effec- 
tual an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for building a new Parifh 
Church, and declaring the prefent Parifh Church a Cha- 

el, for making a Coemetery or Church Yard, and for 
building an Houfe for the Ufe of the Minifter of the Pa- 
rith of Saint Mary le Bone, in the County of Middlefex : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Colonel Pringle, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for repairing and wi- 
dening the Roads from the Confities of the County of 
Berwick, at or near Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes 
and Eymeuth, and from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, 
and from Whitelaw Muir to Compton’s Lanes, .in thé 
County of Berwick, was committed; and to whom the 
Petition of William Hall, Efquire, Heritor of the County 
of Berwick, was referred; That the Committee had con- 
fidered the faid Petition, and had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, that no Counfel at- 
tended ; ’ 

The faid Report was read. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to 
the faid Bill, were feverally read a Second Time; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, fome of them 
were difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
obliging Perfons in the natural Poffeffion of their own 
Lands, to affift at repairing the Roads, : 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. . . 

Then feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


. . Sir George Yonge reported from the Committee, to 


whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aé&amp;, made in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
Act for better Prefervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain, called England, was committed ; 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Re- 
port was read. 

And the Houfe being informed, that feveral other 

mendments were neceflary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the fatd Bill be re-committed. 

_ Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committéd to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 

Ordered, That Richard Camplin, Efquire, Secretary 
to the Committee of the Company of Merchants tradin 
to Africa, do attend this Houfe upon Tuefday Morning 
next, upon the Second Reading of the Bill for regulat- 
hes Election of Committee Men. for managing the 
Affairs of the African Company. 


_ Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to confirm and eftablifh an Indenture 
of Acteement, for dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, 
Lands, and Grounrids, in the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Paunton, in the County of Lincoln ; and for dividing 
and inclofing feveral other Common Fields, Heath, and 
Watfte Grounds, in the fame Manor and Parifh, was 
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Houlé of Commons. 644 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill; 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments; be -in- 
grofied: 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Governors, and Affiftants to the faid 
Governors, in the Rule and Government of the Poffef- 
fions, Revenues, and Goods, of the Free Grammar 
School of Elizabeth Queen of England, in the Town of 
Afbeburne, in the County of Derdy; in their Corporate 
Capacity ; and the faid Governors and Affiftants, as 
Truftees of Six Alms Houfes in Aeburne aforefaid, 
founded and endowed by Chriftopbher Pegg, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, to convey certain Lands arid Poffeffions of the 
faid School and Alms Houfes refpettively, in the Pa- 
rifhes of Wingerworth and Afbever; in the faid County, 
to Henry Gladwin, of Wingerworth, in the faid County, 
Efquire, in Exchange for other Lands, in the Parifh 
of Brailsford, in the faid County, of greater Value, to 
be conveyed to, and held by, them refpectively, to the 
Ufes, and upon the Trufts, therein mentioned, was read 
the Firft Time: 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Mu/grave prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Wafte Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, 
within the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little 


: Stainton, Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony 


of Greyftock, in the County of Cumberland: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Affiftants, and 
Common Council, together with the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
and principal Inhabitants, of the Borough of Colche/- 
ter, in Common Hall affembled, was prefented to the. 
Houfe, and tead; Complaining of the high Price of 
Corn and Provifions‘ And praying, That the free Im- 
portation of Corn and Provifions of all Kinds, into all 
or any of the Ports of this Kitigdom, be allowed, or 
fuch othe? Relief given, as to the Houfe fhall feem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of all Timber, Plank, Deals, and Boatds, im- 
‘ported into Great Britain, ftom the 1ft Day of 7a- 
nuary 1766, as far as the famé tan be made up; dif- 
tinguifhing the feverdl Species of fuch Timber, Plank, 
Deals, and Boards, imported in each Year, the Countries 


@ from whence, and the Ports to which; the famie have 


been imported. 


A Petition of the Commiffioners..cf Sewers for the 
Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and re- 
gulating; the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Alleys, 
and other public Paffages and Places, within the Parifh 
of Chrift Church, in Middlefex, and for temoving Nu- 
fances and Obftructions therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future, and for paving and regulating fuch 
Parts of ag Lane, as are not within the faid Parifh 3 

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and fetting forth, That, if the faid Bill fhould pafs 
into a Law as it is now formed, it would, in many Re- 
{peéts, be impoffible for the Petitioners to execute fuch 
Matters as they are by the faid.Bill required to perform, 
as the Law ftands; and that there are feveral Parts of 
the faid Bill, relative to the Power of the Petitioners, 
as Commiffioners of Sewers, which will be extremely 
oppreffive and inconvenient, and alfo prejudicial to the 
Inhabitants in general within the faid Hamlets: And 
therefore praying, That they may be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill; 
and that they may receive fuch Relief in the Premifes 
as to the Houfe fhall feem juft and reafonable. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed : And that the Petitioriers be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
{fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 


_ Mr. Stephens, according to Order, reportéd from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
the moré effectual vefting in the Royal Hofpital for 
Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited and unclaimed 
Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy, was commit- 
ted, the Amendments which the Committee had made 


to the Bill, and which they had directed him to report. 


to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout ; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. - 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, that 
hothing in the Aé contained fhall extendto vatate any 
Agreement between the Commanders of the Expedi- 
tion to Manilba. ' 

‘And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


A Petition of feveral of the Freeholders, within the 
Parith of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, 
otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop, and 
alfo of feveral Leffees upon Rack Rents, in the Manor 
of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife 
Great Wenlock, within the Parifh aforefaid, was prefent- 
ed to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open and Uninclofed 
Parcels of Arable and Pafture Grounds, Common and 
Wafte Lands, in the Manor..of Much Wenlock, other- 
wife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, in the 
County of Salop; and fetting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners will be much injured, and their Property affect- 
ed, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a Law, as the Pe- 
titioners the Freeholders will be excluded from having 
their juit Rights of Pafture upon the faid Common and 
Wafte Lands, and the Petitioners the Leafehold Te- 
nants at Rack Rents, will be deprived of the Benefit of 
their refpective Leafes: And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard, by themfelves or their Counfel, againit 
fuch Parts of the faid Bill as affect the Petitioners. 






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Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bil] 
is committed: And that the. Petitioners be heard, } 
their Counfel, before the- faid Committee, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftrudion to the faid Com. 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices, who come to the faiq 
Committee. 


_ The Houfe was moved, That the Refolution of the 
Houfe, of the oth Day of November 1703, “ That 
“‘ no Bill relating to Trade, or the Alteration of Laws 
** concerning Trade, be brought into the Houfe, until 
‘* the Propofition fhall have been firft examined and 
** debated; in the Grand Committee for Trade, and 
“* agreed to by the Houfe,” might be read: 

And the fame being read accordingly; 

Refolved, Nemine Contradicente, That no Bill relating 
to Trade, or the Alteration of the Laws concerning 
Trade, be brought into the Houfe, until the Propofition 
fhall have been firft confidered in a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, and agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Refolution be made a Stand- 
ing Order of this Houfe: 


Ordered, That the Lord Barrington do inake the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
it was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty. 

The Lord Barrington accordingly repotted froin the 
faid Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed to be reported to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fare were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. P 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and Seventy- 
four thoufand Four hundred and Thirty-two Pounds 
Four Shillings and Seven Pence Farthing, be granted to 
His Majefty, towards defraying the extraordinary Ex- 
pences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and other Ser- 
vices incurred, to the 20th Day of February 1372, and 
not provided for by Parliament. 

_ Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thoufand Nine hundred 
Ninety-eight Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Five Pence, 
be granted to His Majefty, upon Account of the Ex- 
pénces of the new Roads of Communication, and_build- 


ing Bridges, in the Highlands of North Britain, in the 


Year 1772. 
The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 


Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put th 
agreed to by the Houle ty lewebes 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Savings in the Hands of the 
“* Right honourable Richard Rigby, Paymatter General, 
“¢ being the Difference between Britifh and Irifh Pay of 
“ the 64th and 65th Regiments of Foot, from the Firft 
“ Day of September to the Twenty-fourth Day of De- 
“ cember 1768.” : 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

The {aid Paper is as followeth; viz. 


SAVINGS 


IGS 


12 Geo. III. | Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 679 


SAVINGS in the Hands of the Right honourable Richard Rigby, Paymafter General of His Majelty’s 
Forces , anfen by the following Regiments; véz. 





To the Difference between Britif and Irifh Pay of the 64th Regiment of Foot, from the 1ft of 
September to the 24th of December 1768, voted in Extraordinaries 1769 ont 

To the Difference between Briti/b and Jrifh Pay of the 65th Regiment of Foot, from the 
of September to the 24th of December 1769, voted in Extraordinaries 1769 — 


Pay Office, Horfe Guards; 
8th April 1772. 


Ordered, That the. faid Paper do lie tip6a the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That there be taid before this Houfe an 
Account fhewing how the Monies given for the Service 


of the Year 1771, have been dilpofed of ; diftinguifhed 
under their feveral Heads, 


Mr. Ambler reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Petition of féveral Freehold and Copyhold Tenants 


-and Inhabitants, within the Manor of Richmond, in 


the County of Surrey, was feferred,; That the Com- 
mitteé had examined the Matter of the faid Peti- 
tion ; and had direéted him to report the fame, as it 
appeared té tiem, to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Plate}; afid afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read; and is as 
followeth; #2. | gt 209) ONS eel A, 

To prove thé Allegations of the faid Petition, Fumes 
Sayer, Efquire,; produced a Stitvey of the faid Manor, 
by which it appears, that there are Two Lanes or Foot 
Paths, leading from the Green in Richmond, to the River 
Thames, which Foot Paths lead along the River Sidé to 
Two Foot Ferries, Oné called Reilbead Ferry, and the 
other [feworth Church Ferry, Theny - | 

Mr. William Stallard, Sirveyot, and an Inhabitant 
of Richmond, informed your Committee, that One of 
thefe Lanes ot Foot Paths divides cettain Grounds be- 
longing to their Majefties, which would be much im- 
proved if this Lane or Foot Path was fhut up, and laid 
into the faid Grounds; afid that the fhutting it up 
would be no Inconvenience to the Inhabitants of Rich- 
mond, if the other Lane or Foot Path, called Palace 
Lane, was amended, and the Towing Path and Foot 
Path on the Side of the River were raifed and made con- 
venient to and from the faid Ferries. 

And the Witnefs further faid, he had Reafon to be- 
lieve, that in cafe the Firft_ mentioned Lane or Foot 
Path was fhut up and difcontinued, His Majefty would, 
at his owri Expence, caufe Palace Lane to be amended 
and kept in Repair, and would alfo caufe a Foot Path 
and Towing Path from the End of the faid Lane, along 
the Side of the River, to the faid Ferries, to be raifed, 
made comrhodious, and kept in good Repair. 

And a Motion being made, That it be an Inftruction to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
enable their Majefties to enfranchife Copyhold Eftates, 
holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the County of 
Surrey, is committed ; that they have Power to make 
Provifion in the faid Bill, fot eftabling His Majefty to 
fhut up a Latie, or Foot Path, fromi.a Houle neat 

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Sobn Powell, Accémptant. 


Richmond Green, now in thé Occupation of Lewis Shep: 
beard, to the River Thames; and for amending and 
keeping in Repair another Lane, or Foot Path, leading 
from the fame Green to the River Thames; and for 
making and keeping in Repair a Foot Path and Tow= 
ing Path from the End of the faid Lane, along tlie 
Side of the River, to Railbead and Iléworth Church 
Fetriés 5. 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ae- 
quainted the Houfe, that His Majefty, having been in~ 
formed of the Subject Matter of the faid Petition, gives 
His Confent, that the Houfe may do therein as they fhall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
‘of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to enable their 
Majefties to enfranchife Copyhold Eftates, holden of the 
Manor of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, is com- 
mitted, that they have Power to make Provifion in the 
faid Bill, for enabling His Majefty to fhut up a Lane, 
or Foot Path, from a Hotife neat Richmond Green, now 
in the Occupation of Lewis Shepheard, to the Rivet 
Thames; and for amending and keeping in Repair 
another Lame, or Foot Path, leading from the fame 
Green, to the River Tbames; and for making and keep- 
ing in Repair a Foot Path ahd Towing Path from the 
End of the faid Lane, along the Side of the River, to 
Railbead and [fleworth Church Ferries. , 


Mr. William Burke reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to éxamine into the Precedents, 
with refpect to the Mefferigers by whom Meflages have 
beén brought from the Lords to this Houfe, and to re- 

rt the fame to the Houfe, with what Proceedings have 
Bene had therettpon ; and who were alfo inftruéted to take 
into their Confideration the Treatment offered to Mr. 
Speaker and the Membets of this Houfé, upon the Firft 
Day of this Seffion of Parliament, and to other Members 
of this Houfe, attending their Duty in the Houfe of 
Lords, during this Seffion of Parliament, when Bills 
have been paffed by His Majefty or by Commiffion, and 
to report the fame to the Houfe; That the Committee 
had fearched Precedents atcordingly; and had con- 
fidered the other Matters referred to their Confideration ; 
and that the Committee had directed him to make a 
Report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Whete the fame was read ; and is as followeth; 
Viz. 

As to the Precedents, your Committee find, on 
fearching the Journals of this Houfe, that the Meflengers 
by whom Meffages have been brought from the Lords 

to 








680 


to this Houfe, have been ufually the Chief Juftices, 
Chief Baron, and all the Judges ef His Majefty’s Courts 
in Weftminfter Hall, the Attorney General, Solicitor 
General, Serjeants at Law, and Mafters in Chancery, 
indifferently ; and that the Committee find, by the 
Journals, that the Mafter of thé Rolls canie with a 
Meffage to this Houfe upon the Seventh Day of May 
1660; the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery the Seventh 
Day of September 1647, and the 26th of Fune 1685 ; and 
the Clerk of the Parliaments 22d of Fanuary 1750, 
14th of May 1768, and the rft of March 1770, ‘ac- 
companied in each Inftance with one other Mefienger, 

Your Committee alfo find Inftances where Meflages 
have been brought from the Lords to this Houfe by 
more thari Two Meffengers. 

Your Committee likewife find One Inftance, upon 
the 31ft of Auguft 1641, of a Mefiage brought by One 
Meffenger only, “ when Exceptions were taken by the 
«© Houte, that the Lords fent but One Meffenger, and 
“ that it was declared, that it was the ancient Right of 
« this Houfe to have Two Meffengers fent from the 
“© Lords to this Houfe, upon all Occafions ,; howfoever, 
“ at this Time, the Hoeufe was willing to pafs it 
* over.” 

But on fending Mr. Holles with an Anfwer to that 
Meffage from the Lords, he’ was likewife appointed to 
take Notice, that theis Lordthips fent a Meffage to this 
Houfe by One Meflenger only. 

To which the Lords Anfwer appears to be, ‘¢ That 
¢* as concerning the fending by One Meffenger only, the 
«“ Bufinefs required Hafte, and they fent as many as 
© © they had.” 

That your Committee alfo find this Entry in the 
Journal of 26th November 1680. 

“© Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to infpect 
“ the Journals of this Houfe, and fearch Precedents, 
*s touching the bringing of Meffages from the Lords 
«© Houfe, and make Report thereof, with their Opinion 
“ therein, to the Houfe; and that in the mean Time the 
“ Clerk of the Houfe do refpite the Entry of this Mef- 
“ fage in the Journal of this Houfe.” 

But your Committee do not find that any Report was 
made from that Committee. 

That your Committee find no One Inftance of a 
Meffage fent from the Lords by a Clerk Affiftant of the 
Parliament. 

Your Committee likewife took into their Confideration 
the Matter referred to them by the Inftruction ;: and Mr. 
Speaker being defired to attend, informed your Commit- 
tee, That the Firft Day of the Seffion, on entering the 
Lords Lobby, there was a great Crowd, as ufual on the 
Firft Day ot a Seffion; that he got in with Difficulty; 
and hath heard fince fome of his Officers could not get 
in; that there was no great Crowd in the Houfe when 
he got in, but after leaving the Bar, and before he got 
to the Door, fome Perfons called out, Clear the Houfe, 
Go out, Withdraw, or to that Effect; that he thought 
it indecent, but cannot recollect the particular Expreffions 
which were made ufe of ; that he took Notice of it, and 
was an{wered, it was not for the Members, but Strangers 
to go‘out; that he underftood the calling eut came from 
below the Bar, and not from the Houfe; if he had un- 
derftood otherwie, and had thought it came from: the 
Lords, probably he fhould have gone back,. and de- 
manded an Explanation, and fhould certainly have 
reported it to the Houfe upon: his Return ; that none of 
the Members, as he recolleéts, acquainted him that 
they believed it proceeded from the Lords ; that fince 
the Meeting of Parliament he has been up feveral 
‘Vime:, and never has heard any calling out of that 
Kind happening fince the Firft Day; that after he got 
in, there followed:a great Crowd, and believes a great 
inany Strangers were in the Houfe before he got in. 

And being afked, Whether in any former Time there 
was the like E'agernefs to clear the Houfe? 

Ee faid, He did not recollect. there was,, but-does net 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.4773. 


pretend to fay the Cry did not come from the Lords 
but believes it did not. 

And being afked, Whether he obferved the Houfe of 
Lords below the Bar to be crowded? _ 

He faid, Not when he firft went, but very much 
crowded afterwards. 

And being afked, Whether, when he got to the Bar, 
and before they proceeded to Bufinefs, they attempted 
to clear the Houle of Strangers ? 

He faid, No, | 

And being afked, Whether he remembered who 
fpoke, whether it was a Lord, or One of the Ser- 
vants ? 

He fail, He did not know, but thinks the Cry wag 
of more than One; and that if this Enquiry had been 
made fooner, he fhould probably have recolleéted more 
than occurs to his Memory now.  . } 

Then Mr. Feilde, another Member, gave your Com- 
mittee the following Account: That he had attended the 
Houfe of Lords but Twice this Seffion with the Speaker , 
Once on the Firft Day, the other when Bills were pafied 
by Commiffion ; that om One of thofe Days, which he 
thinks, but is not certain, was the Firft Day of the 
Seffions, before he could get out of the Houfe, and 
while many Members continued in the Houfe, there 
was a Call to withdraw, or to clear the Houfe, im- 
mediately upon which the Door-keepers, or other 
Officers of the Houfe, called upon Perfons to withdraw, 
and cleared the Houfe with a Roughnefs, and without 
Diftinction of Members from ethers, which he thoughs 
difrefpeétful to the Members, who at that Time had not 
an Opportunity of getting out of the Houfe; from 
whence the Firft Call to clear the Houfe, or to with. 
draw, proceeded, he could not fay, but thought, at thar 
Time, it came from within the Bar; but in this, he faid, 
he may be miftaken, and did not mean to infinuate 
that if it proceeded from the Lords, it was with Know- 
lege that the Members of the Houfe of Commons were 
then: in the Houfe. 

And being afked by Mr. Speaker, Whether Mr. 
Feilde had informed him, that he thought the Cry came 
from the Lords ? 

He faid, No ; nor did he mean to make a Complaint, 
but thought it his Duty to mention it as a Fatt, in 
Confirmation of what other Members had faid in the 
Houfe. 

And being afked, Whether at the Time when the 
Call was to withdraw, there were many other Members 
then in the Houfe befides himfelf ? 

He faid, He believed there were feveral, but did not 
take particular Notice, for he was endeavouring to get 
out himfelf as faft as he could. 

Mr. Howard, another Member, informed your Com- 
mittee, that he had been Twice at the Lords on paffing 
of Bills. this Seffion; that he rather thinks it was the 
laft Time but One the King was there, that he obferved, 
as foon as the Speaker was withdrawn, there was the 
fame Sort of Cry as defcribed by the laft. Member, 
which Cry appeared to him to be from the Door-keep- 
ers, and not from above the Bar; and that he does not 
recollect any Diftinétion being made. between Strangers. 
and Members. 

_ And being afked, Whether the Houfe was. very full 
at that Cry? 

He faid, It was not fo:much crowded as the laft Day, 


but feveral Members. were in it ;. and. that there was 3. 


very great Crowd, 

Being afked,, Whether the Officers were: more infult- 
ing “ clearing the Houfe then, than at any. Time be; 
fore! 

He faid,, He thinks they were more fo than at formet 
Times. ' 

Mr. Coventry, another Member, faid, That he was 
there at the fame Time Mr. Howard was, and was 
rudely turned out ; and that he thinks the Speaker was 
hardly out of the Door when.the Cry was, 

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Being afked, Whether he could diftinguifh from 
whence the Cry came ? ; 

He faid, It came from the Officers; and that they 
treated the Members as they did the Mob. 

Being afked, If there was any Rudenefs in putting 
out the Members ? 

He faid, It did appear rude and precipitate, becaufe, 
as being then under Orders, thought the Members ought 
to have Time given them to go out, without being in- 
commoded by the Crowd, 

Being afked, Whether they knew he was a Member ? 

He faid, No; but thinks Mr. Howard did imme- 
diately turn round to the Ufher of the Black Rod, and 
told him, the Firft Time he faw him in the Houfe of Com- 
mons he would ufe him in the fame Manner ; and that 
the Black Rod was One who faid, You muft withdraw, 
you muft go out. 

Being afked, Whether at the Time the Officers treated 
him in the Manner he had mentioned, he did nox fee a 
Mixture of Mob and Members ? 

He faid, There always is; that he never was there 
without ; that there is always more Mob than Members, 
fome of whom are Jet in before the Members come; and 
that moft of the Mob were gone out, and not many 
Members left, when he, with other Members, were 
turned out. 

Being afked, Whether he recollected at any other 
Time the fame Rudenefs to Members as at that Time ? 

He faid, He never remembers any Thing of the 
Kind before the laft Regulation of the Houfe of Lords, 
(the Regulation for excluding Members.) 

Being afked, If he apprehended the Officers knew he 
was.a Member ? 

He faid, He did not know; but thinks Mr. Howard 
{poke to the Ufher of the Black Rod, fo as to make him 
underftand he was a Member. 

Being afked, Whether, before the laft excluding Re- 
culation took Place, he was not ufually for many Years 
admitted as a known Member of the Houfe of Com- 
mons? 

He faid, He always was; that he was very near 
the Speaker on going in; and that he faw many Strangers 
there before the Speaker came. 

Being afked, If he had communicated to the Speaker 
the rude Treatment he and the other Members réceived 
in the Houfe of Lords ? 

He faid, He never mentioned it to any Body. 

Mr. Ridley, another Member, faid, That he was 
prefent when the Speaker went up the Firft Time the 
King came to pafs Bills; that as foon as the Speaker was 
retired, the Door-keepers came to feveral People, crying 
out, Withdraw, in a very violent Manner ; that they took 
feveral Perfons by the Arm, and pufhed them out, 
making no Diftinétion between Members and Strangers, 
and ftill the Cry was, Withdraw ; that there were about 
Eight or Ten Members, befides himfelf, remaining, and 
he obferving that the Lords were adjourned to unrobe, 
upon the Door-keeper coming up to him in a violent 
Manner, and faying, You muft withdraw, and he, Mr. 
Ridley, having Occafion to fpeak to a Lord, did not 
chufe to go out, but faid, he had a Curiofity to fee 
that fine Place, as being a Stranger; the Door-keeper 
then replied, Stranger! Sir, I have very often feen you 
here from the Houfe of Commons ; upon which, as he 
faw the Houfe was not refumed, he faid, he would not 
go out then, but when the Houfe was refumed he fhould 
know what to do; and that the laft Time the King was 
there he faw the very fame Things happen after the 
Speaker had retired; that the Houfe was very full of 
Strangers before the Speaker came ; that when he came 
a Lane was made for him up to the Bar, and after he 
was gone the Door-keeper came, in the fame rude Man- 
ner as before, faying, Withdraw, withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
poled, That the Bills brought from the Houfe of 
Lords, on ee the Firft Day of this Inftant April, 

Vor. XXXII. 


681 


be fent back to the Lords ; and that their Lordthips be 
acquainted, that this Houfe hath ordered the faid Bills 
to be returned to their Lordfhips, on account of their 
having been fent to this Houfe by Meffengers not 
ufually employed in bringing Meflages from the Houfe 
of Lords to this Houfe; and that a Confereace be de- 
fired with their Lordfhips, on Matters tending to 
preferve a godd Correfpondence between the Two 
Houfes ; 

And Notice being taken, that the faid Motion con- 
tained a complicated Queition, and was grounded on 
Two different and diftinét Parts of the faid Report ; 

The Motion was, by Confent of the Houfe, divided 
into Two Queftions, the Firft Part ending with the 
Words “ from the Houfe of Lords to this Houfe.” 

And the Queftion being put, ‘That the Bills brought 
from the Houfe of Lords, on Wednejday the Firft Day of 
this Inftant April, be fent back to the Lords; and that 
their Lordfhips be acquainted, that this Houfe hath 
ordered the faid Bills to be returned to their Lordfkips, 
on account of their having been fent to this Houle by 
Mefiengers not ufually employed in bringing Meflages 
from the Houfe of Lords to this Houfe ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

| Lord Folkeftone, 
Tellers for the Yeas,¢ Mr. Thomas Townfhend,} 57: 
Junior : | 
Tellers for the Noes, om Gharles Tewefuend, i 107. 
r. Cooper : ’ 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That a Meffage be fent to the Lords, to ac- 
quaint them that this Houfe, having received a Mefiage 
from their Lordfhips, on Wednefday the Firlt Day of this 
Inftant April, which was brought by a Matter in 
Chancery, and the Clerk Affiftant of the Houfe of 
Lords, and being defirous of preferving a good Cor- 
refpondence with their Lordfhips, have fent this Mefiage 
to acquaint their Lordfhips, that this Houfe doth take 
Notice of this unufual Method of fending Meflages to 
this Houfe, and defire that the fame may not hereafter 
be drawn into Precedent ; 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Queftion ; viz. 

After the Word “* and” and before the Words “ being 
“ defirous” to infert the Words “ that this Houfe 
“© taking Notice that the faid Meflage was not brought 
“ by the ufual Meffengers fent by their Logdfhips to 
“* this Houfe, have not proceeded upon the faid Mef- 
‘¢ fage, but” and to leave out from the Words “ have 
“&lt; fent this Meflage” to the End of the Queftion, and 
to infert the Words “ to their Lordfhips, in hopes 
“© that their Lordfhips will thereupon take fuch Steps as 
“may not afford any Interruption to a good Cor- 
“&lt; refpondence between the Two Houfes” inftead 
thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ that 
« this Houfe taking Notice that the faid Mefiage was 
“ not brought by the ufual Meflengers fent by their 
«¢ Lordfhips to this Houfe, have not proceeded upon 
“¢ the faid Meffage, but” be inferted after the Word 
«© and,” and before the Words “ being defirous ;” 


The Houfe divided. 
t ss: 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


The Yeas went forth. 
_ Tellers for the Yeas, 
{ 105. 

Then the main Queftion being put; __ 

Ordered; That a Meffage be fent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this Houfe having received a Meflage 
from their Lordthips, on Wednefday the Firft Day of this 
Inftant April, which was brought by a Mafter in 
Chancery and the Clerk Affiftant of the Houfe of 

8 L Lords ; 


Mr. William Burke, 
Mr. Montagu : 


Mr. Onflow, 
Tellers for the Noes, tee 2 ie 








682 


Lords; and. being defirous of preferving a good 
Correfpondence with their Lordfhips, have fent this 
Meflage, to acquaint their Lordfhips, that this Houfe 
doth take Notice of this unufual Method of fending Mef- 
fages to this Houfe, and defire that the fame may not 
hereafter be drawn into Precedent. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ongley do carry the faid Mef- 
fage. 

“A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
‘That a Conference be defired with the Lords, on Mat- 
ters tending to preferve a good Correfpondence between 
the Two Houfes ; 

The Houfe divided. 
The Yeas went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, “4 = “i ; 
Lord Lifburne, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Lord Paluerfon : 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


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The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the more effectually fecuring 
fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Uie of the 
Royal Navy ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time ; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, j ¢ Sr. 

Tellers for the Noes, j Mr. Dempjter : 45. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The faid Bill was accordingly read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of the 
United Company of Merchants of England, trading to 
the Eaft Indies, which was prefented to the Houfe upon 
Thurfday \aft, and then ordered to lie upon the Table 
until the Second Reading of the faid Bill, might be 
again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the faid Commitiee of the whole Houfe ; 
and that the Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, be- 
fore the faid Committee, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday the sth 


Day of May next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bull. 


Mr. Buller, 
Mr. Phipps : 
Sir William Bagot, 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider of the 
Report - which was made from the Committee, who 
were appointed to confider of fo much of the Criminal 
Laws as relate to Capital Offences, and to report the 
fame, with their Opinion thereupon, from Time to Time, 
to the Houfe, be received upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 1ft Day of 
this Inftant April, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a 
Committee of the whole Houfe, To-morrow Morning, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Tanners in and 
near the City of London, on Behalf of themfelves and 
the reft of the Tanners in Grect Britain; and alfo, the 
Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of 
the Art or Myttery of the Curriers of the City of London, 
were referred, be now read. 


-« Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 


A. |} 172%. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon 7 uefday Morn- 

ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee: 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Tue/day lal, for 
the Second Reading of the Bill for the further Relief of 
His Majetty’s Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the 
Wo ge of England, To-morrow Morning, be how 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tuefday Morning next, 


Ordered, That the Order made tpon Tuefday laf, 
for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, To-morrow at Twelve of the 
Clock, to confider of the Motion, “ That Leave be 
** given to bring in a Bill to encourage the Subjects of 
Foreign States to lend Money upon the Security of 
“¢ Freehold or Leafehold Eftates in any of His Majelty’s 
“ Colonies in the Weft Indies; and to render the Se. 
“* curities granted to fuch Aliens effectual, for recover- 
** ing Payment of the Money fo to be lent, by Sale of 
“ - Freehold and Leatehold Eitates,” be now 
read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wediefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of the 
Supply granted to His Majetty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order made Yefterday, for the 
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, To-morrow Morning, to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That all Committees have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houfe. 


And then the Houfe, having continued to fit till near 
One of the Clock on Friday Morning, adjourned 
till Monday Morning next, Ten of the Clock. 


— | 





Lune, 13° die Aprilis; 
Anno 12° Georgi IIIti Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr.Speer, from the 

Treafury, attended at the Door ; he was called in ; 

and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

An Account, fhewing how the Money given for the 
Service of the Year 1771 has been difpofed of; diftin- 
guifhed under the feveral Heads, until the 13th Day of 
April 1772, and the Parts remaining unfatisfied, with the 
Deficiency thereupon. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

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Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, inclofing, and allot- 
ting, the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and other 
Uninclofed Grounds, within the Townfhip of Would 
Newton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of York, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Fields, Common Paftures, and other Uninclofed 
Grounds, within the Townfhip of Would Newton, in 
the Eaft Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir George Savile do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to confirm and eftablifh an Indénture 
of Agreement, for dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, i the Manor and Parifh of 
Great Paunton, in the County of Lincoln; and for di- 
viding and inclofing feveral other Common Fields, 
Heath, and Waite Grounds, in the fame Manor and 
Parifh; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to confirm and eftablifh an Indenture of 
Agreement, for dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Paunton, in the County of Lincoln; and for dividing 
and inclofing feveral other Common Fields, Heath, and 
Wafte Grounds, in the fame Manor and Parifh. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and ipclofing certain 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip 
and Parifh of Welton, in the County of Lincoln, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the T'itle 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip and 
Parifh of Welton, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Fill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Lordfhip 
of Weft Halton, in the County of Lincoln, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Lordfhip of Wef 
Halton, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, 
the Open and Common Fields, and Common or Com- 
monable Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and 
Common or Wafte Land, within the Parifh of Saint 
Nicholas, in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of 
Warwick, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Commonable 
Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Com- 
mon or Wafte Land, within the Parith of Saint Nicholas, 
in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of Warwick. 

Ordered, That Mr. Methuen do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Roads from the Confines of the County of Berwick, 
at or near Banghoufe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes and 
Eymouth, and from the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and 
from Whitelaw Muir to Compton’s Lanes, in the County 
of Berwick, was read the Third Time. 


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Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Tite 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from 
the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or near Bang- 
houfe Walls, to Compton’s Lanes and Eymouth, and from 
the Town of Eccles to Eymouth, and from Whitelaw 
Muir to Compton’s Lanes, in the County of Berwick, 

Ordered, That Colonel Pringle do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and in- 
clofing, the Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Commonable Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, 
Parifh, and Liberties, of Brampton, in the County of 
Huntingdon, was read the Third Time. 7 
— Refolved, i hat the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows; Commonable 
Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, Parifh, and 
Liberties, of Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ongley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the more effectual vefting in the 
Royal Hofpital for Seamen, at Greenwich, the forfeited 
and unclaimed Shares of Prizes taken from the Enemy, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectual vefting in the Royal 
Hofpital at Greenwich, the forfeited and unclaimed Shares 
of Naval Officers, Seamen, and Marines, in Prizes taken 
from the Enemy; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for Relief of Infolvent Debtors, 
was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 53. 1. 4. To leave out from * And” to ‘ whereas” 

in Line 25. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bil do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the Relief of Infolvent Debtors ; and 
for indemnifying the Marfhal of the King’s Bench Prifon 
from Profecutions at Law for certain Efcapes from the 
faid Prifon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Salt reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofied Bill fram the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;ct for 
faifing, out of the Eftates late of Any Nugent, deceated, 
the Sunt of f£. 20,000. for the Benefit of the Right 
honourable Robert Craggs, Lord Vifcount Clare, in the 
Kingdom of Ireland, her late Hufband ; and for raifing 


out of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Eliot, deceafed, the. 


like Sum of £. 10,000. for the Benefit of Edward Eliot, 
Efquire, in Recompence and, Satisfaction to the faid 
Robert Lord Vifcount Clare and Edward Eliot, for their 
feverally confenting to give up and relinquifh certain 
Powers of leafing for Lives, or Years determinable on 
Lives, referved to them refpectively, in and by the 
feveral laft Wills of them the faid Aun Nugent and 


Elizabeth Eliot, and the Settlements which have been — 


made in Purfuance thereof ; and for vacating, annulling, 
and extinguifhing, the faid Powers of leafing; and 
for other the Purpofes therein expreffled, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
2 Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to 


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the Hovfe, without any Arhendmeht: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 
~ And the faid Bill was read the Third Time: 
Refolved, That the Bill do pals: cue hte 
Ordered, That Mr. Sait do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Hufe hath agreed 
so the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to fe- 
gulate the making, keeping, and Carriage, of Gun- 

wder, within Great Britain; and to repeal the Laws 

retofore made for any of thofe Purpofes: And that 
Mr. Hotham, Mr. Fuller, and Sir ohn Turner, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
to enable Truftees, with the Confent of the Perfons 
clayning under the Will of Edward Shelley, Efquire, to 
cut down and fell Timber, upon the fettled Eftates of 
the faid Edward Shelley, in the County of Suffex; and to 
inveft the Monies arifing therefrom in the Purchafe of 
Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the Ufes of 
the faid Will, and other Purpofes, was read a Second 


Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ful- 
ler, Mr. Pownall, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of 
King’s Ripton, in the County of Huntingdon, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Lud- 
low, Lord Hinchingbrook, 8&amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for building One or more new Church or 
Churches, and providing Burial Places thereto, within 
the Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
was read aSecond Time. | 
~ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Skip- 
with, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for the better Prefervation of the Great Bank of 
the River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, through 
Cowbit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk, and for 
making and keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and 
from thence to the Village of Glenton, in the Counties 
of Lincoln and Northampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ho- 
bart, Sir Henry Hoghton, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Fohn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue the Term, and vary the 
Powers, of fo much of an Act, made in the 21ft Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the 
Road from Sutton Coldfield Common, and feveral other 
Roads therein defcribed, in the County of Stafford, as 
relates to the Wolverhampton Dittriét of Roads, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 


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feverally ~ thereupon, were, with feveral Amendments 
to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


The Earl Percy reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to amend an A&amp; of the Tenth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Maje(ty, for building a Work- 
houfe, in the Parith of Saint Martin in the Fields, within 
the City of Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments wete Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Methuen reported from the Committee; to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liberties, 
Territories, and Precinéts, of Aftrop, in the Parifhes of 
King’s Sutton and Newbottle, in the County of North- 
ampton, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee (except Sir William Elwes, who is Im- 
propriator of Two Thirds of the Great Tithes, but who 
has no other Property in the faid Parith, who refufed to 
fign the Bill; and that no Perfon appeared before 
the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, that fome other 
Amendments were neceflary to be made to the faid 
Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét of the 
Eleventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for 
amending and widening the Road from Befedlfeigh, 
through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of 
Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the 
County of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road be- 
tween Reading and Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, 
to the Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 
thence to Lambourn, in the faid County of Berks, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


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whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, Commons, and Wafte Lands, and a 
Stinted Pafture, called The Cow Pafture, in the Parifh of 
Ackworth, in the County of York, was committed , That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be trie; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners 
of Eftates in the faid Parifh, which are affefled to the 
Land Tax, at £. 433. per Annum, who refufed to fign 
the Bill; and alfo except the Owners of fuch Eftates 
which are affefled at £.45. per Annum, who alfo re- 
fufed to fign the Bill, but faid they had no Objection 
to it; and except the Owner of 24 Cattle Gates and 
an Half on the faid Stinted Cow Pafture, who refufed 
to fign the Bill; and that the Whole of the Eftates in 
the faid Parifh, interefted in the Inclofure, are afieffed 
to the Land Tax at £. 1,988. per Annum ; and the whole 
Number of Cattle Gates is 138 ; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 


ral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Cnce read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe; and feveral Amendments were made, by the 
Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 

A Petition of feveral Freeholders, and others, of the 
Parith of Ackworth, in the County of York, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
faid Bill, and fetting forth, That, fhould the fame pafs 
into a Law, it will be of great Detriment to the Petition- 
ers, and alfo to the Poor of the faid Parifh: And there- 
fore praying, That they may be heard, by themfelves 
or Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and have fuch Relief in 
the Premifes as the Houfe fhail think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the faid Biil be read the Third Time; and that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Wednefday the 29th Day of this Inftant April, if 
the faid Bill fhall be then ingroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Governors, and Affiftants to the faid 
Governors, in the Rule and Government of the Poffef- 
fions, Revenues, and Goods, of the Free Grammar 
School of Elizabeth Queen of England, in the Town of 
Afheburne, in the County of Derby, in their Corporate 
Capacity ; and the faid Governors and Affiftants, as 
Truftees of Six Alms Houfes in Afbeburne aforefaid, 
founded and endowed by Chriftopher Pegg, Efquire, de- 
ceafed, to convey certain Lands and Poffeffions of the 
faid School and Alms Houfes refpectively, in the 
Parifhes of Wingerworth and &lt;Ajbover, in the faid 
County, to Henry Gladwin, of Wingerworth, in the faid 
County, Efquire, in Exchange for other Lands, in the 
Parifh of Brailsford, in the faid County, of greater 
Value, to be conveyed to, and held by, them refpectively, 
to the Ufes, and upon the Trufts therein mentioned, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Clarke, 
Lord Fobn Cavendifb, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Fiye of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 2 


2 


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A. 1972, 


Sir Edward Aftley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
leading from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the River 
Ouze, in Downham Market, to the Queen’s Head, and 
from the Chequer Inn, in Downham Market aforefaid, to 
the Eaft End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the Parith of 
Barton, and towards Watton, to a Place called The 
Devil’s Ditch, in the County of Norfolk, and for ftopping 
up the Road leading from Stradfet, through Barton 
Layes, towards Watton, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made fe. 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had dire¢ted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And a Member returned upon a new Writ, having 
taken the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, 
and taken and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration; and 
having delivered in to the Clerk of the Houfe an Account 
of his Qualification, and taken and fubfcribed the Oath 
of Qualification; according to the Laws made for thofe 
Purpofes ; 

The faid Report was read. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the Queition feverally put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
jngrofled. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Burgeffes, and Inhabitants, 
of the Borough of Devizes, in the County of Wilts, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Complaining of the 
high Price of Corn and Provifions; and praying the Houfe 
to take the Matter into their Confideration ; and, either 
by promoting and encouraging the Importation of Pro- 
vifions, and particularly of Corn, or by fuch other falutary 
Meafures as fhall be thought moft conducive to the At- 
tainment of the defired Redrefs, grant the Petitioners 
fuch Relief therein, as to the Houfe hall feem meet. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Cecil Wray reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open 
and Common Fields, in the Parith of Gumiey, in the 
County of Leicefter, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Proprietors 
of 315 Acres and 37 Perches, who declared themfelves 
againft the Bill; and alfo except Mrs. Webs, who 
is a Proprietor of 7 Acres 3 Roods 36 Perches, who, on 
being afked to fign the Bill, faid, fhe would not, becaufe 
fhe would not ; and alfo except Richard Wefton, a Miller, 
who is a Proprietor of 18 Perches, who, on being afked 
to fign the Bill, faid, the Inclofure did not affeét hirp, 
having fo {mall a Property, and he did not chufe to offend 
any Body; and that the Whole of the Property in the faid 
Fields amounted to 1,145 Acres 2 Roods 34 Perches) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, feveral of them were difagreed 


to; and the reft were, with Amendments to One of 


them, agreed to by the Houfe. 
A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, directing 
how the Lands fhall be furveyed and meafured. 
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And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the — Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be Maijefty, by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 


made Part of the Bill. Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 
Then feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 


to the Bill. | Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be to refolvé itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
ingroffed. to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 


Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ;_- 
Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, &lt;« Savings in the 


Mr. Ongley reported, that he had, according to Or- 
der, been at the Lords, with the Meflage of Thur/- 


day laft; and that their Lordfhips gave for Anfwer, « Hands of the Right honourable Richard Righy, Pay- 
that they would fend an Anfwer by Meffengers of their « mafter General, being the Difference between Britif 


own. “* and Jrifh Pay, of the 64th and 65th Regiments of 


“‘ Foot, from the Firft Day of September to the Twenty- 
C omg from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. ., fourth Day of December 1768,” be referred to the faid 
on: : 
ne siete tome acreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Gaon That the Account of Savings, upon the Sum 
e€ 3 . . - &gt; 
for the more effectual proceeding againtt Perfons ftanding ise: es the P fo, —_ pot mega r, His Majelty a 
their Arraignment for Felony or Piracy ; with- and Forces, for the Service of the Year 17715 an 
— prowess ri, And alfo ; alfo, of the Savings upon the Sum voted pert ee Ac- 
out any : po ag he count of Extraordinaries, in the Year 1770, for Levy 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Money for the faid Augmentation, be referred to the faid 
for giving Relief in Proceedings upon Writs of Man- Gamadiien 
damss, for the Admiffion of Freemen into Corporations, “o727° That the Account of Savings, on feveral 
= pe — P pe ages mentioned ; without any Sums voted for the Pay of Reduced Officers of Land 
mendment: And alfo, 


seh Saas! Forces and Marines, from the 25th of Fume 1757 to 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; . “ 
to cio and render more effectual, feveral Aéts, for the 24th of December 1768, be referred to the faid Com 


repairing the Highways between Dunjftable and Hockliffe, bg = FD ey Rarer ye Oe Pe eee 

in the County of Bedford, and from the Sign of the ee ct shietiidihintaieeaelil seit Siuking 

White Horje wo the Sign of the King’s Arms, in Hockliffe Poot soe the Quarter ended the sth Day of Apre 

ae wernt Aap an, ape pr ne 1772, with the Surplus of ; the fame remaining in the 

ss Was me ae ae fes to the Bull Inn in Dunftable aforee ~©*Chequer for the Difpofition of Parliament, be referred 
e a 0 J “ ~~ - @ . 

fd, without any Amendment: And alf, " Then the Houle relolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; oilees : 

for dividing, inclofing, and draining, a certain Parcel of Mr. Swcsicer left the Chair. | 

Land, called or known by the Name of The Cow Pafture, Sir Charles Whitworth teok the Chair of the Com- 

iying in the South Fen, in the Parifh of Bourn, in the pe a 

County of Lincoln ; andfor amending, and rendering more Mr. Simiiane echtenbiee Chaie. 

effectual, an A&amp; made in the Sixth Year of eee Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 

Majefty’s Reign, ineituled, - = rs z ——s pte my That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 

oe puerto | aaidnes pwc Mre eiatha had or _ to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
hai aa ? to receive the fame. 

er a and P ecneeieans daa tert i a Ordered, That’ the Report be received To-morrow 

without any Ame t 


Ws Morning. 
f adr = tds von oeiie. re ‘ouncen _—_ Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the ope res 
idin ’ 
hen wre Grounds, within the Townthip of Siggle/- Sc by aie: to: move, that ty 
thorne, in ed neh eT ae thon nme Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
Par biade heedsapeni-vs dia Wilh indilady Ale Rtt SS ne oe aa a PT 
for dividing and inclofing cettain Open Fields, Lands, pte oi ~ ae zea’ His Majelty 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Townfhip of Welto,in “© SUPPIY &amp; . 


7 me yg Me no ne Ses ene Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
menament : ) 


The Lords have pafied a Bill intituled. An A&amp; ‘0 refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


for impowering and enabling the Truttees, named in to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
the dediboshenn made on the Marriage of Daniel oe Jetty, rs ao dex belnapschibandeatiidte’ 

pr ma re mt ser fe ‘on eit ee ufiien Ordered, That the Petition of the Governor and Com- 
Sdle-of cesesin Leaihdld BSuens; vite Ma. theth opon ~ re oe poor. Heese into the Levant 
divers Trufts, mentioned in the faid Settlement ; and to “O, len 1 That Guiehaiie Gand iki gch Day of 
lay out the Money arifing sag —y -_ be Se Pur- April i ‘shiacbe Pat ap re oa ae 

chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled in fuch Manner as | £ 
the faid Leafehold Eftate ftands fettled ; to which the Ordered, That Surpluffes ftated the roth Day o 


: Ofober 1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 
perenne “ re Melfengers a ae. Then Bs Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 
nd then é 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 
Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of. the Cony. 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleated to give mittee. 
Teeaeee the there be laid before this Houfe, an Ac- Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ; 
count of all Sums of Money which have been iffued, Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
by His Majefty’s Orders, purfuant to Addreffes of this. That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which ow 
Houfe, and which have not been made good by Parlia- had direéted him to report, when the Houle will pleafe 
ment. ta receive the fame. pelts 
Vou, XXXII, 8 N Ordered, 








696 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was directed by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. cue 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majefty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford*and Mr. 

Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, | , | 

The Lords having confidered the Meffage fent by this 
Houfe to their Lordfhips, for Anfwer thereunto, fay, 

That the Lords ordered their Meffage of the Firft of 
this Month to be carried to the Houfe of Commons in 
the ufual Manner; and their Lordfhips have found, 
upon Enquiry, that, One Matter in Chancery being ill, 
their Meffage was carried by only One Matter in 
Chancery, and the Clerk Affiftant of the Houfe of 
Lords; and the Lords defire the Commons may be in- 
formed, that the Lords have nothing more at Heart than 
to maintain a good Correfpondence between the Two 
Houfes, and do not mean to introduce any Precedent 
contrary to the Ufage of Parliament. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now report to the 
Houfe, the Meffage brought from the Lords, upon 
Wednefday the Firft Day of this Inftant April. 

Mr. Speaker accordingly reported, That the Lords 
have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Act for vefting the 
fettled Eftates of Humphry Minchin, Efquire, in the 
County of Tipperary, in the Kingdom of Ireland, in 
Truftees, to fell the fame; and for laying out the Mo- 
ney arifing thereby in the Purchafe of other Eftates, in 
that Part of Great Britain called England, or in the 
Principality of Wales, to be fettled to the fame Ufes ; 
zo which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the fettled Eftate of William Halbed, Efquire, in 
the County of Hereford, in Truftees, in Truft, to fell 
and convey the fame to Fames King, Efquire, and his 
Heirs, purfuant to an Agreement for that Purpofe ; and 
for laying out the Money arifing by fuch Sale, in the 
Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be 
fettled, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes ; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the fettled Eftates of Humphry Minchin, 
Efquire, in the County of Tipperary, in the Kingdom 
of Ireland, in Truftees, to fell the fame ; and for lay- 
ing out the Money arifing thereby in the Purchafe of 
other Eftates, in that Part of Great Britain called Eng- 
land, or in the Principality of Wales, to be fettled to 
the fame Ufes, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


for vefting the fettled Eftate of William Halhbed, Efquire, ° 


in the County of Hereford, in Truftees, in Truft, to fell 
and convey the fame to Fames King, Efquire, and his 
Heirs, purfuant to an Agreement for that Purpofe ; 
and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch Sale, in 
the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be 
fettled, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, was read the 
Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Dowdefwell prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Qrder, a Bill for the more eafy and {peedy Recovery 
of {mall Debts, within the Borough and Foreign of 
Kidderminfter, in the Parith of Kidderminfter, in the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772, 


County of Worcefter: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Thomas Frankland reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in 
the Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, in. 
tituled, An Act for taking down and removing certain 
Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at the 
Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit and 
convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof, was commit: 
ted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega. 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereuntd ; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill; 
with the Amendments, in at the Clefk’s Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, that fome other 
Amendments were neceffary to be made to the {aid 
Bill ; lustre 8 ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee; to whom the fame was committed: 


A Bill for the further Augmentation of the Salaries 
of the Juftices of Chefter, and the great Seffions for the 
Counties in Wales, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Comhmitiee 
of the whole Houfe. | els 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn: 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill, 


Mr. Baldwyn prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for making, and keeping in Repair, a 
Road, or Paffage for Hories, on the Banks of the River 
Severn, between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called 
Meadow Wharf, at Coalbroskdale, for haling and draw- 
ing Veffels along the faid River , and for making Com- 
penfation to the Owners of Lands, for as much Ground 
as may be neceffary for that Purpofe: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain Moor, or 
Common, called Hamfteels Moor, within the Parifh and 
Manor of Lanchefter, in the County Palatine of Durham, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Clavering, Mr. Vane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


A Bill for building a Temporary Bridge, acrofs the 
River Tyne, from the Town of Newcaftle upon Tyne, to 


Gatefbead, in the County of Durham, was read a Second 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Matthew 


White Ridley, Mr. Ridley, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber, 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 29th Day of 
February \aft, for referring the Petition of feveral Truf- 
tees for putting in Execution an Aét of Parliament, 
made and paffed in the 21ft Year of the Reign of his 
late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act 
for repairing and widening the Roads leading from Sut- 
ton Coldfield Common, to the Town of Wailfail, and from 
Sneal’s Green to Walfall, and from Walfall to Park 
Brooke, in the County of Stafford, and alfo of the 
Mayor and Capital Burgefles of the Borough of Wal- 
fall, and feveral of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, 


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12 Geo. III. 


and other Inhabitants, of the faid Town of Wal/all, and 

Places adjacent, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 

to the Confideration of a Committee, be difcharged. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be withdrawn. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider of the prefent State of the 
Corn Trade. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being propof~ 
ed, That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the 
Nature, State, and Condition, of the Eaf India Com- 
pany, and of the Briti/b Affairs in the Zaft Indies. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed to 
be made to the a gh Viz. ae 

To leave out the Words * Nature, State, and Con- 
« dition,” and to infert the Words ‘“*Commerce, Re- 
« venue, Coinage, Government, Civil and Military Ex- 
* pences,” inftead thereof; and to leave out from the 
Word “ Company,” to the End of the Queftion ; and 
to infert “‘in the Eaf Indies, and into the State of the 
ss Adminiftration of Juftice there,” inftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Words “ Na- 
« ture, State, and Condition,” ftand Part of the faid 

propofed Queftion , 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to enquire 
into the Nature, State, and Condition, of the Eaft India 
Company, and of the Britifo Affairs in the Eaft Indies. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Committee be a Committee of the whole 

Houle; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee be a Seleé&amp;t Com- 
mittee. | 

Ordered, That the Number of the faid Comimittee be 
One and Thirty. 

A Motion was made; and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Committee be chofen in the Manher fol- 
lowing, namely; That the Names of all the Mem- 
bers of this Houfe be prepared by the Clerk, and put 
into a Box, in the Prefence of Mr. Speaker; and that 
the faid Natnes be drawn out by the Clerk at the Table, 
and the Firft Thirty-one Names fo drawn be the faid 
Committee. 

It paffed in the Negative: eee eae 

Ordered, That the faid Committee be chofe by Way 
of Balloting. sel, 

Ordered, That the Membets of this Houfe do, upon 
Wednefday néxt, at Two of the Clock, prepare Lifts, to 
be put into Glaffes, of Thirty one Perfons Names, to be 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the faid Glaffes be placéd upon the 
Table ; and the faid Lifts, held up between the Finger 

and Thumb, be put into the Glaffes; at the Table, by 
the Members, called over for that Purpofe, according 
to the Counties and Places they ferve for, as the faid 
Counties and Places are entered in the Return Book. 


The Houfe was moved; That Part of His Majefty’s 
moft gracious Spéech to both Houfes of Parliament, 
might be read: ee 

And the fame being real accofdingly ; 

A Motion was made, ahd the Queftion being put, 
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His Majefty, 
that He will be gracioufly pleafed to give Directions, 
that there be laid before this Houfe, Copies of all fuch 
Intelligence, received by any of His Majefty’s Minifters, 
as may render neceffary the Interpofition of the Le- 
giflature, for the’ Protection of any Concerns of this 
Country, which, as well from Remotenefs of Place, as 
from other Circumftances, are peculiarly liable to Abufes, 
and expofed to Danger ; 

It pafied in the Negative, 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


691 


Mr. Sulivan prefented to the Houfe, according td 
Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of the Affairs 
of the Ea# India Company; and of their Servants in 
India, and for the due Adminiftration of Juftice in Ben- 
gal: And the fame was received; aid read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Three Weeks, the Fourth Day of May 


next. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the Bill to enable Their Majefties to en- 
franchife Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor of 
Richmond, in the County of Surrey. 


_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolye itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to 
qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and to 
indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify Mem- 
bers and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law; or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Attornies arid Solicitors. 


_ Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Howfe, to whom it was referred to confider 
of the Report, which was made from the Committee; 
who were appointed to confider of {6 much of the Cri- 
mina] Laws as relate to Capital Offences, and to report 
the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, from Time 
to Time, to the Houfe, be received To-morrow Morn- 
ing. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mortis 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





M artis; 14° die Aprilis 
Atino 12° Georgii IiIsi Regis; 17723 


PRAYERS: 


() Reered, That Mz. Mackworth be added to the 
Gentlemen, who are appointed to ptepare, and 
bring in, a Bill ror the better Regulation of Buildings 
and Party Walls, within the Cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parithes, 
Precinéts, and «Places, in the Weekly Bills of Morta« 
lity, the Pariflies of Saint Mary-le-bone and Paddington, 
Saint Pancras; atid Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County 
of Middlefex ; and for the better preventing of Mit- 
chiefs by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, 
Precinéts; and Places; and for amending and reducing 
the Laws relating thereto into One AG; and for othey 
Purpofes. : 


An ingroffed Bill for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of Two Aas, made in the Twenty-Sxth and Twenty- 
ninth Yeats of the Reign of his late Majelty King 
George the Second, for repairing and widening Old 
Street Road, in the Parithes of Saint Luke an Saint 
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692 


Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlefex, was 
read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; wz. ° 

Pr. 23. 1. 20. To leave out * Eaft” and to infert 
« Weft” inftead thereof. ; 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two 
A&amp;s, made in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth 
Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, for repairing and widening Old Street Road, 
in the Parifhes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shore- 
ditch, in the County of Middlefex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to amend an Act of the roth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for building a 
Workhoufe, in the Parith of Saint Martin in the Fields, 
within the City of Weftminfter, in the County of Middle- 
sex, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to amend an Aét, of the roth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for building a Work- 
houie, in the Parith of Saint Martin in the Fields, with- 
in the City of Weftminfter, in the County of Middle- 

ex. 
Ordered, That the Earl Percy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for amending and rendering more effectual 
an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for building a new Parifh 
Church, and declaring the prefent Parifh Church a 
Chapel, for making a Coemetery or Church Yard, and 
for building an Houfe for the Ufe of the Minifter of 
the Parifh of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the County of 
Middlefex, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Whitbread, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


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Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, That 
they had heard Counfel, and examined Witneffes, for 
the faid Bill; arid that no Counfel or Party appeared 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill; and that the 
Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 


A Bill for repealing certain Provifions in Two Aés 
of Parliament, fo far as the fame relate to repairing the 
Highways in the Parifh of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in 
the County of Middlefex; and for raifing Money for 
repairing the faid Highways, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Ad, of 
the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
for amending and widening the Road from Beffelfeigh, 
through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of 
Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the Couns 
ty of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Reading and Walling ford, through Half Penny Lane, to 
The Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and from 
thence to Lambourn, in the faid County of Berks, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to explain and amend an Ad, of the 
Eleventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, 
for amending and widening the Road from Beffel{cigh, 
through Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of 
Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the Coun- 
ty of Wilts; and from the Turnpike Road between 
Reading and Wallingford, through Half Penny Lane, 
to The Old Red Houfe upon Wantage Downs, and 
from thence to Lambourn, in the faid County of Berks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Penruddock do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Bacon reported from the Committee, to whom 


' the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 


Mr. Southwell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, within 
the Matnr and Parifh of Eaftleach Tourville, in the Coun- 
ty of Gloucefter, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be trie; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report im his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, that fome other 
oe were neceffary to be made to the faid 
Bi ; , 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; to diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, Efquire, 
with Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife ; and to enable him 
te marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

‘Fhe Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid- Committee, 


for vefting the Freehold and Leafehold Eftates of Ed- 
ward Holden Cruttenden, Efquire, deceafed, in the Pa- 
rifhes of Putney, and Roehampton, in the County of 
Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein mention- 
ed, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bifl was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Bacon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road leading from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the 
River Ouze, in Downham Market, to the Queen’s Head, 
and from the Chequer Inn, in Downham Market afore- 
faid, to the Eaft End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the 
Parifh of Barton, and towards Watton, to a Place call- 
ed The Devil's Ditch, in the County of Norfolk ; and for 
{topping up the Road leading from Stradjet, through 
rt tn Layes, towards Watton, was read the Third 

ime, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road, lead- 


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12 GEO. III. 


ing from the Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the Rivet 
Ouze, in Downham Market, to thé Queen’s Head, and 
from the Chequer Inn, in Downham Market aforefaid, to 
the Eaft End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the Parifh of 
Barton, and towards Watton, to a Place called The De- 
vil's Ditch, in the County of Norfolk, and for ftopping 
up the Road leading from Strad/et, through Barton 
Layes, towards Watton. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Alderman Harley prefented to the Houfé, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for inclofing, dividing, allotting, 
and improving, certain Common Woods and Moor 
Lands, within the Borough and Parifh of Wigmore, in 
the County of Hereford: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Hardy preferited to the Houfe, accordin 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open id 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parifh of Moulton, in the County of Northampton: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be fead a Second Time. 


Sir Henry Saint Fobn repotted from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill fromthe Lords, intituled, 
An Act for vefting certain Lands arid Teriements, in 
the County of Southampton, late the Eftate of Foba 
Mills, Efquire, deceafed, in Trufteés, to be fold; and 
for applying the Money arifing ftom the Sale thereof to- 
wards difcharging his Debts and Légacies, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the famé to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Henry Saint Fobn do cariy the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint therh, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fanie, without arly Amendment. 


Mr. Methuen reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liberties, 
Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrep, in the Parifhes of 
King’s Sutton and Newbottle, in the County of Nor- 
thampton, was re-committed ; That the Committee had 
made feveral other Amendments to the Bill ; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout, 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with an Amend- 
ment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


A Bill for amending, and rendering more effectual, 
the feveral Laws now in being for the better Obferva- 
tion of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday ; and 
for preventing Perfons who keep Victualing Houfes, or 
Houfes of Public Entertainment, from being elected 
into, or ferving, any Parifh Offices, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the 28th Day of this Inftant April, refolve itfelf 

Vor. XXXII. 


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ae a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
ill. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for impowering and enabling the Truftees, named in the 
Settlement made on the Marriage of Daniel Danvers, 
Efquire, and Mary his Wife, or the Survivors or Sur- 
vivor of them, or the Heirs of fuch Survivor, to make 
Sale of certain Leafehold Eftates, vefted in them upon 
divers Trufts, mentioned in the faid Settlement ; and to 
lay out the Money arifing from fuch Sale in the Pur- 
chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled in fuch Manner as 
the faid Leafehold Eftates ftand fettled, was read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for enforcing feveral Aéts of Parliament, for 
the Recovery and Payment of Tythes, and other Eccle- 
fiaftical Dues, from the People called Quakers; and 
for enlarging the Powers thereby given, was read a Se= 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed: 

‘ Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. ae oe 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Fort= 
night, the 3oth Day of this Inftant April, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
Bill. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names aré 
thereunto fubfcribed, being Freemen or Burgefies of the 
City of Durham, and Borough of Framwelgate, in the 
County of Durham, for and in Behalf of themfelves and 
the feveral other Freemen or Burgefies of the fame City 
and Borough, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioners obferve, by the 
Votes, that a Bill is depending, for dividing and inclof- 
ing certain Moors, Waites, or Commons, within, or be- 
longing to, the City of Durham,’ and Borough and 
Townthip of Framwelgate, known by the Names of 
Framwelgate Moor, High Brafide Moor, Low Braffde 
Moor, Harberboufe Moor, and Wellfprings Moor, and 
Two Parcels of Ground within the faid Townfhip, 
known’ by the feveral Names of The Jutack, otherwife 
The Cow Pafture, and Shaw Wood, and for extinguifh- 
ing (upon the Terms therein fpecified) all Right of 
Common in certain inclofed Intercommon Lands there- 
in mentioned ; and that the Petitioners, as Freemen or 
Burgeffes of the faid City and Borough, and of the fe- 
veral Incorporated Fellowfhips, Fraternities, or Trades, 
of and within the fame City and Borough, and their Pre- 
deceffors, have, for Time immemorial, enjoyed a Right 
of Common of Pafture for their Cattle, at all Times of 
the Year, in and upon the faid Moors, Waftes, or Com- 
mons, and alfo a Right of Intercommon, at certain 
Times of the Year, upon The Intack or Cow Pafture, 
and Shaw Wood ; and that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into 
a Law, .the Intereft and Right of the Petitioners, and 
the other Freemen or Burgeffes of the faid City and 
Borough, may be wholly taken away, or greatly affected 
and prejudiced thereby: And therefore praying, That 
the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law, but that they 
may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the fame ; and 
fuch Order may be made touching the Premifes, as 
the Houfe fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Moors, 
Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of Ground, 
called The Intack or Cow Pafture and Shaw Wood, in the 
Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Cheffer, in the 
County Palatine of Durbam,; and for extinguifhing 
all Right of Common in certain inclofed Intercom- 
mon Lands there, be read a Second Time; and that 
the Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, 
againft the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit. 

80 Ordered, 








694 
Ordered, ‘That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. in 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Friday Fortnight, the Firft Day of May next. 


Mr. Charles Fox reported from the Committee, towhom 
the Bill for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and draining, 
the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and Moors or Com- 
mons, in the Townfhip and Parifh of Terrington, in the 
North Riding of the County of York, was committed ; 
"Fhat the Committee liad examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Content to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed, 


Mr. Hotham prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to regulate the making, keeping, and 
Carriage, of Gunpowder, within Great Britain ; and to 
repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Pur- 
pofes: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Forty-two thoufand Four 
hundred Forty-five Pounds Five Shillings and Five 
Pence, be granted to His Majefty, to replace to the 
Sinking Fund the like Sum paid out of the fame, to 
make good the Deficiency, on the 5th Day of Fuly 
1771, of the Fund eftablifhed for paying Annuities, in 
refpeét of Five Millions borrowed by Virtue of an Act, 
made in the 31ft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, 
cowards the Supply granted for the Service of the Year 
1758. 
’’Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Five thoufand Pounds be granted to 
His Majefty, to be advanced to the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Merchants of England trading into the Le- 
vant Seas, to be applied in affifting the faid Company 
in carrying on their Trade. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queition feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Re- 
folutions which the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame were read ; and are as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of Eight 


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4.1972, 


hiihdred and Five thoufand Three hundred and Niner 
eight Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Two Pence o 
maining in the Receipt of the Exchequer, on the F ifth 
Day of April 1772; for the Difpofition of Parliament, of 
the Monies which had then arifen, of the Surpluffes Es. 
ceffes, and Overplus Monies, and other Revenues of 
the Fund commonly called the Sinking Fund. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding One hundred 
Thirty-eight thoufand and Ninety Pounds Five Shi). 
lings and Ten Pence, out of the Savings arifing upon 
the Grant for the Pay of an Augmentation to His Ma. 
jefty’s Land Forces for the Year 1771, be applied to. 
wards defraying the extraordinary Expences of His Ma- 
jefty’s Land Forces, and other Services incurred, to the 
20th Day of February 1772, and not provided for by 
Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to 
His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-fix thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy-two Pounds and 
Ten Shillings, out of the Savings arifing upon the 
Sum voted in the Account of Extraordinaries in the 
Year 1770, for Levy Money for the faid Augmenta- 
tion, be applied towards defraying the extraordinary 
Expences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and other Ser- 
vices incurred, to the 20th Day of February 1772, and 
not provided for by Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majelty, a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Eight 
hundred and Sixty-three Pounds Thirteen Shillings and 
Ten Pence, out of the Savings arijing upon Grants for 
the Difference between Britifo and Irifh Pay of the 64th 
and 65th Regiments of Foot, from the Firft Day of 
September to the 24th Day of December 1768, be applied 
towards defraying the extraordinary Expences of His Ma. 
jefty’s Land Forces, and other Services incurred, to the 
2oth Day of February 1772, and not provided for by 
Parliament. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding Forty thoufand Pounds, 
out of the Savings arifing upon the Grants for the Pay 
of Reduced Officers of Land Forces and Marines, trom 
the 25th Day of Fume 1757 to the 24th Day of Decem- 
ber 1768, be applied towards defraying the extraordi- 
nary Expences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and 
other Services incurred, to the 2oth Day of February 
1772, and not provided for by Parliament. 

The iaid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houle 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report, which was made from theCom- 
mittee, to whom the Petition ‘of the Tanners in and 
near the City of London, on Behalf of themfelves and the 
reft of the Tanners in Great Britain; and alfo, the Pe- 
tition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of 
the Art or Myftery of the Curriers, of the City of 
London, were referred ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 


Weeks, the 5th Day of May next, refolve itfelf into the 
faid Committee, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the further Augmentation of the Sa- 


laries of the Juftices of Cheffer, and the Great Seffions 
for the Counties in Wales, be now read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 
Mr. 








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72, 


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Mittee, 
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Mr. 





12 GEO. III. 


Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itieif into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill to enable His Majefty to grant the Revertion 
or Remainder in Fee Simple, now vefted in His Ma- 


jetty, of, and in, an Annual or Fee Farm Rent of One 


hundred and Thirteen Pounds, One of the feveral Fee 
Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable Edward, 
heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King 
Charles the Second, unto the honourable ames Archt- 
bald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate Con- 
fideration to be given by him, or his Heirs, for the fame, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Committee, 
That they had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be ingroffed. 


Sir Charles Bunbury, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider of the Report, which was made 
from the Committee, who were appointed to confider of 
fo much of the Criminal Laws as relate to Capital Of- 
fences ; and to report the fame, with their Opinion there- 
upon, from Time to Time, to the Houfe, the Refolu- 
tions which the Committee had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
were read; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of 
Henry the Seventh, intituled, The Penalty of a Captain 
or Soldier, retained to ferve the King in his intended 
Wars, not doing their Duty, as fubjects Offenders to 
Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Firft and Second 
Years of Philip and Mary, intituled, An Act againft cer- 
tain Perfons, calling themfelves Egyptians, as fubjects 
Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Act, made in the Fifth Year of 
Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for further Punifh- 
ment of Vagabonds, calling themfelves Egyptians, as fub- 
jeéts Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aé, made in the Thirty-fifth 
Year of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Ac to retain 
her Majefty’s Subjects in their due Obedience, as 
fubjeéts Offenders to Death, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Aé&amp;, made in the Ninth Year of Queen Anne, in- 
tituled, An Aé&amp; to make an Attempt on the Life of a 
Privy Counfellor, in the Execution of his Office, to be 
Felony without Benefit of Clergy, be repealed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Ninth Year of 
George the Second, intituled, An A&amp;t for building a 
Bridge acrofs the River Thames, from New Palace Yard, 
in the City of Weffminfter, to the oppofite Shore, in the 


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695 
County of Surrey, as fubjects the. Offenders to Death; 
be repealed. 

The faid Refolutions. being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally. put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions : And that Sir Charles Bunbury, Sir William 
Meredith, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Charles Fox, Sir George 
Savile, Mr. Serjeant Giyna, and Captain Phipps, do pre-. 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Motion being made, That it be. art. Inftrudtion, to 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to. whom. the 
Bill to enable Their Majefties to entranchife Copyhold 
Eftates, holden of the Manor of Richmond; in the County, 
of Surrey, is committed, that they have Power to re- 
ceive a Claufe, or Claufes, for enabling His Majeity to 
fell or exchange Lands and Hereditaments, within the 
Manors of Wimbleton and Richmond, in the faid County ; 

The Lord North, by His Majetly’s. Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majeity, having been. in- 
formed of the Provifton intended to be made by the {aid, 
Claufe, or Claufes, gives His Confent, as far as His Ma= 
jefty’s Intereft is concerned, that the Houfe may do there- 


in as they fhall think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, for enabling His Majefty to fell or exchange. 
Lands and Hereditaments,; within the Manors of Wim- 
bleton and Richmond, in the faid County: 


A Petition of William Tennant; Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is feifed of the Advowfon of the Rectory of the 
Church of Saint Martin, in the Town of birmingham, 
in the County of Warwick, which is the ancient arifh 
Church of the faid Town; and that the Petitioner has 
been informed, by the Votes, that a Bill is depending, 
for building One or more new Church or Churches, and 
providing Burial Places thereto, within the faid Town, 
which will very much affeét the Rights and Intereft of 
the Petitioner: And therefore praying, That he may be 
heard, by himfelf or his Couniel, againft fuch Parts of 
the faid Bill as may affect his Rights. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
building One or more new Church or Churches, and 
providing Burial Places thereto, within the Town 
of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, is commit- 
ted; and that the Petitioner be heard, by himfelf or 
Counfel, before the faid Committee, upon his Petition, 
if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the faid 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for regulating the Eleéticn of Com- 
mittee Men, for managing the Affairs of the African 
Company, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
To-morrow at Twelve of the Clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. fobn Aird do attend this Houfe, 
To-morrow, at the Second Reading of the faid Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Yobn Bourke do attend this Houfe, 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fames Cleland do attend this Houfe, 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Silva do attend this Houfe, 
at the fame Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. James Mather do attend this Houfe, 
at the fame Time. Th 

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696 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider of the prefent State of the Corn Trade ; 

Ordered, That the féveral Petitions which have been 
prefented to the Houfe in this Seffion of Parliament, 
complaining of the prefent Price of Corn, be referred 
to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Bacon teported from the Committee, That they 
had come. to feveral Refolutions; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the further Relief of His Ma- 
jefty’s Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the Church of 
England; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Bill be now read a Second 
Time 3 

The Amendments following were propofed to be 
made to the Queftion ; viz ; 

To leave out the Word “now,” and at the End 
of the Queftion to add the Words “on this Day 
« Three Months.” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “* now” 
ftand Part of the Queftion; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas,§ — ame . } 70. 

Sir Roger Newdigate, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir William Bagot : ; 9: 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be now read a Second 
Time. . 

The faid Bill was accordirigly read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Fort- 
night, the Firft Day of May next, at Twelve of the 
Clock, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe tefolved itfelf into 2 Commtittee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons 
as have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and 
Employments, and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, 
or others, who have omitted to regifter or deliver in 
their Qualifications, within the Time limited by Law, 
and for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes ; and 
to indemnify Members and Officers, in Cities, Corpora- 
ties, and Borough Towns, whofe Admiffions have 
been omitted to be ftamped according to Law, or, 
having been ftamped, have been loft or miflaid, and 
for allowing them Time to provide Admiffions duly 
ftamped ; and to give further Time to fuch Perfons as 
have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Exe- 
cution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Soli- 
citors. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Whitworth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Whitworth reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 


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4.1772. 


: report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 








Mercurii, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III"! Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr 
Montagu: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, preferving, and main- 
taining, the Harbour of Ayr, for enlarging and im- 
proving the Quays and Piers, for erecting Docks, 
Breafts, Jettees, and Piers, and for regulating Ships, 
Lighters, and other Veffels, trading into, and going 
out of, the faid Harbour; and for other Purpofes 
— mentioned ; without any Amendment : And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for draining the Low Grounds and Cars, lying in the 
feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of Keyingham, 
Keyingham Marfh, Rybill, and Camerton, Burftwick, and 
Skeckling, Burton Pidfea, and Ridgmont, Ottringham, 
Halfham, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tunftall, Waxholme, 
Elfternwick, Lelley, Humbleton, Fitling, Hilfton, Garton, 
Aldbrough, Flinton, and Tanfterne, within the Seicniory 
of Holderne/s, and Eaft Riding of the County of York ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing fuch Part of the Commons 
and Wafte Lands, in the Parifh of Tardebigg, as lies in 
the County of Worcefter ; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better fecuring and preferving His Majefty’s 
Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammunition, and 
Stores ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Road, from the War- 
wick Road, near Solibull, to the Guide Poft in Kenil- 
worth, atid from Stone Bridge, to meet the aforefaid 
Road on Balfall Common, in the County of Warwick; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, the 
Road from Burlton, in the County of Salop, through 
Knockin, to Llanymynech, in the fame County, and from 
Knockin, to the Eaft End of the Lianriader Road, and - 
from Place Carrick Lane, to the Turnpike Road from 
Llanymynech to Ofweftry, near Coid Ifa Mountain, and 
from Ofweftry Turnpike Road, on Knockin Heath, to 
the Eaft End of Kuockin Lane; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two Aéts, made 
in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King George 
the Firft, and the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of 
King George the Second, for repairing the feveral Roads 
leading from Birmingham, through the Town of Wedne/- 
bury, toa Place called High Bullen, and to Great Bridge, 
and from thence to the End of Gibbet Lane, next ad- 
joining to the Townfhip of Bilfon, and from Great 
Bridge, through Dudley, to Kingf/winford, and to the 
further End of Brittel Lane, in the Counties of War- 

wick, 








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wick, Stafford, and Worcefter, without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to continue, amend, and render more effectual, an Act, 

affed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, for repairing the Roads from Tunbridge Wells, 
in the County of Kent, to Swift’s Den, in the Parifh of 
Etchingham, and from Frant to Pofingworth Great 
Wood, adjoining to the Turnpike Road there leading to 
Blackbays, in the County of Suffex ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for embanking, draining, and preferving, certain Fen 
Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of Ramjey, in 
the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parifhes of Dod- 
dington, March, Benwick, Wimblington, and Chatteris, 
within the J/e of Ely, in the County of Cambridge ; and 
for amending the Road from a certain Bridge, in the 
Parifh of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain called Vermuyden’s or The Forty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge called The Forty Feet Britze, in the faid 
Parifh of Ramfey; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to amend, and render more effeétual, an Aét, made in 
the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 
jefty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for 
the more effectual draining and preferving of feveral 
Fen Lands and Field Lands, in the Bounds and Pie- 
cincts of Whittlefey, in the [fle of Ely, in the County of 
Cambridge, fo far as the fame relates to the feveral Fen 
and Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth 
Diftricts defcribed in the faid A&amp; ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
to amend and enlarge the Powers and Authorities given 
to George Fie/chi Heneage, Efquire, by an Act, made in 
the Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, “ An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain 
“Open and Common Fields and Grounds, within the 
« Parith of Benniworth, in the County of Lincoln,” to 
charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of 
the Manor of Benniworth, in the County of Lincoln, 
of which he is now ftrict Tenant for Life, with a cer- 
tain Sum of Money, for reimburfing to him the Ex- 
pences which he has been at in the inclofing the fame ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for naturalizing Faques Louis Pourtalés, without any 
Amendment. 


And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Rice do make the Report from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
for the further Augmentation of the Salaries of the 
Juftices of Chefter, and the Great Seffions for the Coun- 
ties in Wales, was committed. 

Mr. Rite accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had directed to 
be reported to the Houfes and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting a Meffuage, called Highfield Houfe, and di- 
vers Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County of 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commontis. 697 
Gloucefter, the fettled Eftates of Benjamin Fafen Perrott, 
Efguire, in Truftees, to be fold and conveyed as there- 
in mentioned ; and for layifig out the Money arifing 
by fuch Sale, in the Purchafe of other Lands and 
Hereditaments, to be fettled to the like Ufes; was read a 
Second Time. : 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ski- 
with, Sir Edward Bayntun, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 


this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Vanfittart ptefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Downs, and Commonable 
Lands, in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomd Baffett, other- 
wife Upper Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of 
Berks : And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Rejolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, was ptefeiited 
to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That at the 
laft Election of a Member to ferve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Milborn Port, in the County of Somer- 
fet, the Petitioner and Richard Combe, Efquire, were 
Candidates, and Thomas Noake and William Hyde were 
returning Officers ; and that, during the whole Courie of 
the Poll, the faid Thomas Noake and William Hyde, be- 
haved with the utmoft Partiality, in Favour of the 
faid Richard Combe, by admitting feveral Perfons to 
vote for him who had no Colour of Right, and by 
refufing feveral Perfons who offered to vote for thé 
Petitioner, and who had an undoubted Right to vote ; 
and that the faid Thomas Naake and William Hyde did; 
by their Conduét both before and during the Time of 
the faid Eleétion, fhew a cetermined Refolution to re- 
turn the faid Richard Ceimbe as duly eleéted, in all 
Events, by which, and feveral other illegal and un- 
warrantable Proceedings both before and during the 
Time of Election, a pretended Majority hath been 
procured in Favour of the Sitting Member, to the 
manifeft Prejudice of the Petitioner; who had a clear 
Majority of legal Votes, and ought to have been ele&lt;t- 
ed and retutned for the faid Borough: And therefore 
praying the Houfe to take the Premifes into Con- 
fideration, and grant the Petitioner fuch Relief as fhall 
feem juit and reafonable: — 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Con- 
fideration upon Wednefday the 6th Day of May next, at 
One of the Clock in the Afternoon. 

Memorandum : 

The following Notices were fent to George Pre/cott, 
Efquire, and Richard Combe, Efquire, in Pur- 
fuance of Two Aéis, pafled in the roth and 
1ith Years of His preient Majefty’s Reign, 
to regulate the Trials of Controverted Elec- 
tions or Returns of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament. 


Mercurii, 15° dié Aprilis, 1772. 

Ordered, That George Prefcott, Efquire, do; by 
hinvlelf; his Counfel, or Agent, attend this 
Houfe upon Wednefday the 6th Day of May 
next, at One of the Clock in the After- 
hoon: 

F. Hatfell, 
Cl. Dom. Com, 


George Prefcott, Efquiré, having this Day pre- 
fented his Petition, complaining, That at the 
laft Election of a Member to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Miléorn Port, in 
the County of Somerfet, the Petitioner and 


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698 Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 1772. 


Richard Combe, Efguire, were Candidates, and 
Thomas Noake and William Hyde were re- 
turning Officers ; that during the whole Courfe 
of the Poll, the faid Thomas Noake and Wil- 
liam Hyde, behaved with the utmoft Par- 
tiality in Favour of the faid Richard Combe, 
by admitting feveral Perfons to vote for iim, 
who had no Colour of Right, and by re- 
fufing feveral Perfons who offered to vote for 
the Petitioner, and who had an undoubted 
Right to vote; and that the faid Thomas 
Noake and William Hyde did, by their Con- 
duct both before and during the Time of 
the faid Election, fhew a determined Refo- 
lution to return the faid Richard Combe, as 
duly eleéted in all Events; by which, and 
feveral other illegal and unwarrantable Pro- 
ceedings, both before and during the Time 
of the Eleétion, a pretended Majority hath 
been procured in Favour of the Sitting Mem- 


ber, to the manifeft Prejudice of the Peti-’ 


tioner, who had a clear Majority of legal 
Votes, and ought to have been elected and 
returned for the faid Borough; and the 
Houfe having appointed Wednefday the 6th 
Day of May next, at One of the Clock in 
the Afternoon, to take the faid Petition into 
Confideration, you are therefore to take No- 
tice, that the Houfe will at that Time take 
the fame Petition into Confideration. 

Given under my Hand, the 15th Day 

of April 1772. 


Fl’. Norton, Speaker. 
To George Prefcott, Efquire. 


The like Notice to Richard Combe, Efquire. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant, or 
Warrants, for fuch Perfons, Papers, and Records, as 
fhall be thought neceffary by the feveral Parties, on 
the Hearing of the Matter of the faid Petition. 


Mr. Bacon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider of the prefent State of the Corn 
Trade, the Refolutions which the Committee had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; which he read in 
his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table :.Where the fame were read; and are as fol- 
loweth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Importation of Wheat and Wheat Flour, into 
this Kingdom, be admitted, for a limited Time, free 
of Duty. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Importation of Rice, from any of His Ma- 
jefty’s Colonies in America, into Great Britain, be ad- 
mitted, for a limited Time, free of Duty. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, if the Importation and Exportation of Corn were 
properly regulated by fome permanent Law, it would 
afford Encouragement to the Farmer, be the Means 
of increafing the Growth of that neceffary Commo- 
dity, of affording a cheaper and more conftant Sup- 
ply to the Poor, and of preventing Abufes in that Ar- 
ticle of Trade. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties now payable upon Wheat and Wheat 
Flour imported into this Kingdom, when the Price of 
Wheat is at or above 485. per Quarter, fhall ceafe, de- 
termine, and be no longer paid. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Duties now payable upon Rye imported into 
this Kingdom, when the Price of Rye in this King- 


dom is at or above 325. per Quarter, fhall ceafe, de. 
termine, and be no longer paid. 

Reyolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That.a Duty of 6d. per Quarter be laid ‘upon alj 
Wheat imported into this Kingdom, when the Price 
of Wheat in this Kingdom fhall be at or above 48s, 
per Quarter. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of 2d. per Hundred Weight, be laid upon 
all Wheat Flour imported into this Kingdom, when the 
Price of Wheat in. this Kingdom fhall be at or above 
48 5. per Quarter. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of 3d. per ng be laid upon all 
Rye imported into this Kingdom, when the Price of 
Rye in this Kingdom fhall be at or above 28 s. per 

uarter, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Exportation of Wheat, Wheat Meal, and 
Wheat Flour, from this Kingdom, when the Price 
of Wheat fhall be at or above 445. per Quarter, be 
prohibited. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Exportation of Wheat, Wheat Meal, and 
Wheat Flour, when the Price of Wheat fhall be under 
445. per Quarter, be permitted, with the Bounty al. 
lowed by the Statutes of the 1ft of William and Mary, 
and the 24th of George the Second, upon fuch Wheat, 
and Wheat Meal, as fhall be of the Growth of this 
Kingdom, and exported according to the Regulations 
me ae by thofe and other Acts of Parliament. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Exportation of Rye from this Kingdom, when 
the Price of Rye fhall be at or above 28 s. per Quarter, 
be prohibited. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, for and upon all Wheat, Wheat Flour, and 
Rye, which fhall have been imported into this King- 
dom, and which fhall be exported again thereout, 
fhall be drawn back, any and all fuch Duty and Du- 
ties as fhall have been paid, on the Importation of 
the faid Wheat, and Wheat Flour and Rye into Great 
Britain, fuch Drawback to be demanded and paid un- 
der fuch Rules and Regulations as Drawbacks in Cafes 
of the like Nature are drawn back and paid. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee being read a 
Second Time ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
inferting after the Words “* Wheat Flour,” the Words 
** Rye, and Rye Meal.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Refolved, That the Houfe doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the faid Refolution, fo amended, that the Im- 
portation of Wheat and Wheat Flour, Rye and Rye 
Meal, into this Kingdom, be admitted, for a limited 
Time, free of Duty. : 

The fubfequent Refolutions of the Committee, being 
feverally read a Second Time, were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. . 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, upon 
the faid Refolutions, as agreed to by the Houfe: And 
that Mr. Bacon, Mr. Pownall, Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, 
Sir Thomas Clavering, Mr. Turner, Lord North, Mr. 
Pennant, Mr. Dowdefwell, Mr. Gilbert, Sir William 
Bagot, Mr. Pulteney, Sir George Savile, Mr. Ga/fcoyne, 
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Whitbread, Sir Edward Blackett, Mt. 
Dempfter, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fackfon, Mr. De Grey, Co- 
lonel S¢. Leger, Mr. Fuller, Sir Fofeph Mawbey, Sir Fobn 
Turner, Mr. Brickdale, Sir William Meredith, Mr. Gray, 
Mr. Ridley, Sir Fohn Molefworth, and Mr. Robinfon, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Sir William Dolben reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
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Common Fields, Meadow Grounds, ard other Com- 
monable Lands, within the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch, 
in the County of Northampton, was committed ; ‘That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaétion of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe, and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houle. . 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Sir William Dolben reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Open Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and 
Wafte Grounds, in Aldwinckle, in the County of North- 
ampton, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee (except the Owner of 18 Acres and One Cottage ; 
and alfo, except the Owners of 4 Cottages and an Half, 
within the faid Parifh, who refuted to fign the Bill; and 
that the whole Number of Cottages amount to 53, and 
the Quantity of Land intended to be inclofed confifts of 
1,966 Acres or thereabouts ; and that no Perion ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
fettling and determining what Parts of the Preciné of 
The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, fhall be under 
the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, and what Parts 
thereof under the Survey of the Dutchy of Lancafter : 
And that Mr. Cooper, Mr. Attorney General, and 
Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
upon the Bill to enable Their Majefties to enfranchife 
Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor of Richmond, 
in the County of Surrey, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Mem- 
bers to prepare Lifts, to be put into Glafies, of Thirty- 
one Perfons Names, to be the Committee appointed to 
enquire into the Nature, State, and Condition, of the 


699 
Eaft India Company, and of the Britifo Affaifé in the 
Eaft Indies, be now read: 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, do go with the Mace into the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber, the Court of Requefts, and Places adjacent, and 
fummon the Members there to attend the Service of 
the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly: 

And being returned ; 

. The Order made upon Monday laft, direéting the 
Method of putting the faid Lifts into Glaffes; was read. 

Then the Names of the Members being called over 
according to that Order, thofe who then appeared fe- 
verally put the Lifts by them prepared into the Glaffes, 
at the Table. 3 

And the Names of fuch Members as did not then ap- 
pear were taken down. 

And their Names being again called over, feveral of 
thofe Members appeared, and in like Manner put the 
Lifts by them prepared into the faid Glaffes. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to exa- 
mine the faid Lifts, and to report to the Houfe upon 
which Thirty-orie Perfons the Majority falls. . 

And a Committee was appointed of Colonel Bur- 
goyne, Sir William Meredith, &amp;c. : And they are to with- 
draw immediately into the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill for rendering the Payment of the 
Creditors of infolvent Debtors more equal and expedi- 
tious, and for regulating the Diligence of the Law, by 
Arreftment and Poinding, and for extending the Pri- 
vilege of Bills to Promiffory Notes, and for limiting 
Actions upon Bills and Promiffory Notes, in that Part 
* Great Britain called Scotland, was read the Third 

ime. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for rendering the Payment of the Cre- 
ditors of Infolvent Debtors more equal and expedi- 
tious, ahd for regulating the Diligence of the Law, 
by Arreftment and Poinding, and for extending the 
Privilege of Bills to Promiffory Notes, and for limiting 
A€tions upon Bills and Promiffory Notes, in that Part 
of Great Britain called Scotland. 

Ordered, That the Lord Advocate of Scotland dc 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concur- 
rence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Motion, “That Leave be given to 
** bring in a Bill to encourage the Subjects of Foreign 
* States to lend Money upon the Security of Freehold 
or Leafehold Eftates, in any of His Majefty’s Colonies 
in the Weft Indies, and to render the Securities granted 
to fuch Aliens effectual, for recovering Payment of 
the Money fo to be lent, by Sale of fuch Freehold 
and Leafehold Eftates,” be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 28th Day of this Inftant April, at Twelve 
of the Clock, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


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Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the 2gth Day of this Inftant /pril, refolve itfelf 
into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read, shi 

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And the faid Order being read accordingly ; _ 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day 
Fortnight, the 2gth Day of this Inftant April, refolve 
itfelf into the faid Committee. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Montagu: 

Mr. Speaker, sis 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for the Relief of Infolvent Debtors; and for indemnify- 
ing the Marfhal of the King’s Bench Prifon from Profe- 
cutions at Law for certain Efcapes from the faid Prifon; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, _ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
for the more effectual vefting, in the Royal Hofpital at 
Greenwich, the forfeited and unclaimed Shares of Naval 
Officers, Seamen, and Marines, in Prizes taken from 
the Enemy ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, _ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening the Roads from the Confines 
of the County of Berwick, at or near Banghoufe Walls, 
to Compton’s Lanes and Eymouth, and from the Town of 
Eccles to Eymouth, and from Whitelaw Muir to Comp- 
ton’s Lanes, in the County of Berwick; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to confirm and eftablifh an Indenture of Agreement, for 
dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, Lands, and 
Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Great Paunton, 
in the County of Lincoln, and for dividing and in- 
clofing feveral other Common Fields, Heath, and Watte 
Grounds, in the fame Manor and Parifh ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, Lands, 
and Grounds, in the Lordfhip of Weft Halton, in the 
County of Lincoln ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, Ar Ac 
to enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard of the Parith 
of Watford, in the County of Hertford, and to make 
an additional Building to the prefent Workhoufe, for 
the Reception of the Poor of the faid Parifh, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the Open and 
Common Fields, and Common or Commonable Mea- 
dows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds, and Common 
or Wafte Land, within the Parifh of Saint Nicholas, in 
the Manor of Warwick, in the County of Warwick ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, — 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and 
Commons, within the Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of 
Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for inclofing the Open Common Fields, and a Common 
of Pafture, and other Commonable Lands and Wafte 
Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes of Kemble and Pool, 
in the County of Wilts; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing certain Open Fields, Lands, 
and Grounds, in the Townfhip and Parifh of Welton, 
in the County of Lincoln; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting a Meffuage, with the Appurtenances, in 
Lothbury, within the City of London, in Truftees, to be 
fold; and for purchafing another Meffuage or Lands, 
to be fettled to the like Ufes; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A@ for 


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4.1772, 


Naturalizing Frederick Cazenove ; to which the Lords de. 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 


And then the Meflengers withdrew. 


_ The Order “of the Day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for regulating the Ele¢tion of Com. 
mittee Men, for managing the Affairs of the African 
Company ; ? 

Several Perfons attending, according to Order, were 
feverally called in, and examined at the Bar. 

And then they were feverally directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Friday Fortnight, the Firft Day of May next, 


Mr. Whitworth, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to qualify 
themfelves for Offices and Employments, and to in- 
demnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications, 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further 
Time for thofe Purpofes ; and_ to’ indemnify Members 
and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give further 
Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to make and file 
Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to 
Attornies and Solicitors, was’ committed ; the Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill ; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Hou; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
feveral of them were difagreed to, and the reft were 
agreed to, by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Ordered, That all Committees be revived. 


And-then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


Jovis, 16° die Aprilis ; 


‘ 5s ean aaa 
Anno 12° Georgii III'' Regis, 1792. 





PRAYERS, 


Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Bailiffs, and 
A other Inhabitants, of the Town of Guildford, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners find, by the Votes of the Houfe, that 
a Petition hath been prefented, for Leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the 
River Colney, in the Parith of Horton, in the County of 
Bucks, to communicate with the River Thames, at je 
worth, in the County of Middlefex, and at or near 
Maidenhead Bridge, in the faid County of Bucks; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend, the making the faid 
Canal would be detrimental to the Navigation of the 
River Thames, and highly injurious to the Intereft of 
the Petitioners, the Town of Guildford, and Parts ad- 
jacent: And therefore praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, againit the faid Petition ,; and 
have fuch Relief in the Premifes as to the Houfe thal 
feem jutt. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of Holland Cookfey, Efquire, is referred ; and that. the 
Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid 
Committee, upon their Petition, if they think ft: 

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Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Cém- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard; at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petitidn, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for paving, lighting; cleanfing, 
watering, and watching, the Street? and other public 
Places, within that Part of the Parifii of Saint Pancras, 
in the County of Middlefex, as lies Weft of Tottenbam 
Court Road, and alfo fo much of the faid Road, within 
the faid Parifh, as lies South of Chapel Street; and for 
difcharging the Truftees from the Care of that Part of 
the faid Road for the future; upon the Terms therein 
mentioned ; and for preventing Nufances and Obftruc- 
tions within the Limits aforefaid; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 3d Day of March laft, “* That Leave be given to 
« bring in a Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in 
« Truftees, to be conveyed td the Lords Commiif- 
« fioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, or as they fhall 


« direét, and for applying the Purchafeé Money, to- 


« oether with a Sum of £: 35006 to be paid for Dila- 
«« pidations, in the building and fitting up another 
« Houfe, and purchafing Ground for that Purpofe, 
«© for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of Ely, 
«© and for applying the Surplus for the Benefit of 
« the See; and for other Purpofes to be therein men- 
« tioned ;”. might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
velting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in His Majefty, His 
Heirs and Succeffors; and for applying the Pufchafe 
Money, with another Sum therein mentioned, in the 
purchafing of a Freehold Piece of Ground in Dover 
Street, and in the building and fitting up another Houfe 
thereon, for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of 
Ely, and the Surplus to tlie Benefit of the See; arid 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned: And that Sir 
Charles Whitworth and Mr. Howard do prepare; and 
bring in, the fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth preferited to the Houife, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, in Hol- 
born, in His Majefty; His Heirs and Succeffors; and 
for applying the Purchafe Money, with another Sum 
therein mentioned, in the purchafing of a Freehold 
Piece of Ground, in Dover Street, and in the building 
and fitting up another Houfe thereon, for the future 
Refidence of the Bifhops of Z/y, and the Surplus to the 
Benefit of the See ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly: 

ueux, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The King commands this honourable Houfe to at- 
tend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of 
Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majetty. 

And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, that the Houfe had attended 
His Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers; where His Ma- 
jefty was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
public and private Bills following; viz. 

An A&amp; for the more effectual vefting, in the Royal 


Hofpital at Greenwich, the forfeited and unclaimed 
Voc. XXXII. , 


qo! 
Shares of Naval Officers, Seamen, and Marities, in 
Prizes taken from the Eriemy ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned: oar tat 

An A&amp; for the Relief of Infolvent Debtors ; and for 
indemnifying the Marfhal of the King’s Bench Prifon 
froni Profecutions at Law, fot certain Efcapes from the 
faid Prifon : , 

An A&amp; for givitig Relief iri Proceedirigs upon Writs 
Of Maxdamis, for the Admiffion of Freemen into 
Corporations; and for other Purpofes thereiri meh- 
tioned : 

An Aé&amp; for the more effectual proceeding againtft 
Perfons ftanding mute on their Arraignment for Felony 
or Piracy : 

An A&amp; for the better fecuring and preferving His 
Majeity’s Dock Yards, Magazines, Ships, Ammuni- 
tion, and Stores : . 

An A&amp;t for deepening, cleaning, fcouring, preferving, 
and maintaining, the Harbour of Ayr, for enlarg- 
ing and improving the Quays and Piers, for erecting 
Docks; Breafts, Jettees, arid Piers, and for regulating 
Ships; Lighters, arid other Veffels, trading into, and 
going out of, the faid Harbour; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned : 

An Act for the better paving, cleanfing, lighting, 
and watching, the Streets and Lanes, in the Town and 
Parifh of Chatham, in the County of Kent; and for re-~ 
moving and preveiiting Nufances and Annoyances 
therein : . 

An Aét for imbanking, draining; and prefetving, cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parifh of Rame. 
Jey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parifhes of 
Doddington, March, Benwick, Wimblington, and Chatteris, 
withiri the Ifle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge ; and 
for amending the Road from a certain Bridge, in the 
Parifh of Chatteris aforefaid, called Carter’s Bridge, by 
a Drain called Vermiyden’s, or The Forty Feet Drain, to 
a Bridge called The Forty Feet Bridge, in the faid Parifh 
of Ram/ey : ate 

An A&amp; to amend; arid tender more effectdal, an Act, 
miade in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, intitule¢, An Ac for 
the more effectual draining ahd preferving of feveral Fen 
Lands, and Field Lands, in the Bounds and Precinéts of 
Whittlefey, in the Ifte of El, in the County of Cam- 

bridge, fo far as the fame relates to the feveral Fen and 
Field Lands lying in the Third, Fourth; and Fifth 
Diftricts, defcribed in the faid AQ: | 

An Aé to enlarge the Coemetery or Church Yard ot 
the Parith of Watford, in the County of Hertford, and 
to make an additional Building to the prefent Work- 
houfe,. for the Reception of the Poor of the faid Parith ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Aé&amp; for building a Bridge crofs the River Ure, 
from Great Oufeborn to Aldwork, in the County of York : 

An Aé&amp; for erilarging the Tetm and Powers of an 
Aét, made in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of His 
late Majefty, for repairing and widening feveral Roads, 
leading to, through, and from, the Town of Frome, in 
the County of Somer/fet, and feverat other Roads in the 
Counties of Somerfet and Wills : 

An A&amp; for amending and widening the Road from 
Bérftreet Gates, in the City of Norwich, to New Bucken- 
bam, in the County of Norfolk : 

An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from 
the End of the prefent Tutnpike Road from Beffelfleigh 
to Hungerford, in the County’ of Berks, to Leckford; 
otherwife Soufly Water, in the County of Wilis: 

An Aé for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Exeter Turnpike, at Reedy Gate, mn the Parifh of 
Dunsford, in the County of Devon, to Cherry Brook; in 
the Foreft of Dartmoor, in the faid County : 

. An A&amp; to continue, and render more effectual, Two 

féveral Aéts, for repairing the Roads leading from the 

Town of Manchefter; in thé County of Lancafter, 

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through the Town of Afbton under Line, and Parith of 
Mottram Longdendale, and from thence to Salter’s Brook, 
in the County Palatine of Cheffer : 

An A for enlarging the Term and Powers of an 
A&amp;t, paffed-in the Second Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, for repairing, widening, and altering, feveral 
Roads leading from Taviffock to Plymouth, and other 
Places, in the County of Devon ; and for repairing and 
widening the Road from the Guildhall in Taviffock 
aforefaid, through Matthew Street and Lower Brook Street, 
to Cherry Brook, and to Dunnabridge Pound, and from the 
Callington Turnpike Road to Morwebam and New 
Quay, in the faid County : 

An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Weft End of Saint Jve’s Lane, in the Town of Saint 
Neot’s, in the County of Huntingdon, to the Pave- 
ment at the End of Bel/ Lane, in the Town of Cam- 
bridge: 

An Aét to continue, and render more effectual, feve- 
ral Aéts, for repairing the Highways between Dunjftable 
and Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford, and from the 
Sign of the White Horfe to the Sign of the King’s Arms, 
in Hockliffe aforefaid ; and alfo for making Provifion for 
the more effectual repairing the Road leading from the 
Sign of the Waggon and Horfes to the Bull Inn, in Dun- 
fable aforefaid : 

An Aé&amp; for enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two 

Aéts, made in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of 
King George the Firft, and in the Twenty-firlt Year of 
the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the 
feveral Roads leading trom Birmingham, through the 
Town of Wednefbury, to a Place called High Bullen, and 
to Great Bridge, and from thence to the End of Gibbet 
Lane, next adjoining to the Townfhip of Bilfon, and 
from Great Bridge, through Dudley, to Kingfwinford, 
and to the further End of Britte/ Lane, in the Counties 
ot Warwick, Stafford, and Worcefter : 
- An A@ for repairing, widening, and keeping in Re- 
pair, the Road from Burlton, in the County of Sal, 
through Knockin, to Lianymynech, in the fame County ; 
and from Knockin to the Eaft End of the Lianriader 
Road; and from Place Carrick Lane to the Turnpike 
Road from Lilanymynech to Ofweftry, near Coid Ifa 
Mountain, and from Ofweffry Turnpike Road, on 
Kuockin Heath, to the Eaft End of Knockin Lane: 

An Aét for repairing and widening the Road from 
the Warwick Road, near Solihull, to the Guide Poff in 
Kenilworth, and from Stone Bridge, to meet the afore- 
aid Road on Balfall Common, in the County of War- 
cuick : 

An Aét to continue, amend, and render more effec- 
tual, an Act, pafied in the Seventh Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, for repairing the Roads from 
Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, to Swift’s Den, 
in the Parifh of Etchingham , and from Frant to Pofing- 
worth Great Wood, adjoining to the Turnpike Road 
there leading to Blackboys, in the County of Suffex: 

An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from 
the Confines of the County of Berwick, at or near Bang- 
houfe Walls, ta Compton's Lanes and Eymouth, and from 
the Town of Eccles to. Eymouth, and from Whitelaw 
Muir to Compton's Lanes, in the County of Ber- 
wick : 10 

An A&amp; for raifing, out of the Eftates late of Aun 
Nugent, deceafed, the Sum of £. 10,000. for the Benefit 
of the Right honourable Robert Craggs, Lord Vifcount 
Clare, in the Kingdom of Jrelgnd, her late Hufband ; 
and for raifing, out of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Eliot, 
deceafed, the like Sum of £. 10,000. for the Benefit of 
Edward Eliot, Efguire, in Recompence and Satisfaction 
to the faid Rogert, Lord Vifcount Clare and Edward Eliot, 
for their feverally confenting to give up and relinquifh 
certain Powers, of leafing for Lives, or Years deter- 
minable on Lives, referved to them refpectively, in 
and by the feveral laft Wills of them the faid Anz Nu- 

gent and Elizabeth Eliot, and the Settlements which 
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have been made in Purfuance thereof ; and for vacatin 
annulling, and extinguifhing, the faid Powers of leafin 
and for other the Purpofes therein expreffed : 

An Ac for granting to William Jones, Efquire, on 
certain Contingencies therein mentioned, a Term for 
Ninety-nine Yéars, if he fhall fo long live, in the reat 
Eftates late of William Fones, Efquire, deceafed, in the 
feveral Counties of Wilts and Berks, upon fuch Terms 
as are therein mentioned : 

An Aé&amp; for vetting certain Lands and Tenements, in 
the County of Southampton, Jate the Eftate of Fobn 
Mills, Efquire, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; anq 
for applying the Money arifing from the Sale thereof, 
towards difcharging his Debts and Legacies : 

An Aé for vefting the Freehold and Leafeholg 
Eftates of Edward Holden Cruttenden, Efquire, deceafed, 
in the Parifhes of Putney and Roehampton, in the 
County of Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therejn 
mentioned : 

An A&amp; to enable His Majefty to grant certain Houfes 
in Fenchurch Street, and Addle Street, in the City of Lon- 
don, efcheated to the Crown by the Death of Lieute. 
nant General ‘ohn Brown, without Heir, unto Frederick 
Montagu, Efquire, and his Heirs, upon the Trufts 
therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; to amend and enlarge the Powers and Autho- 
rities given to George Fie/chi Heneage, Efquire, by an A&amp; 
made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, «* An Act for dividing and inclofing 
“¢ certain Open and Common Fields, andGrounds, within 
*¢ the Pari of Benniworth, in the County of Lincoln,” 
to charge certain Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of 
the Manor of Benniworth, in the County of Lincoln, of 
which he is now ftriét Tenant for Life, with a certain 
Sum of Money, for reimburfing to him the Expences 
which he has been at in the inclofing the fame; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Ac for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Commons, and Common Grounds, 
within the Hamlet of Barlythorpe, in the Parifh of 
Oakham, in the County of Rutland: 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Watte Lands, within the Manor and Parith of King/- 
norton, in the County of Worcefter : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
Fields, Meadow, Pafture, Common, and Wafte Grounds, 
within the Liberties of Ockbrook, in the County of 
Derby: 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Wafte Grounds, within the Town- 
fhip of Welton, in the Eaft Riding of the County of 
York: 

An A&amp; for dividing, inclofing, and draining, a cer- 
tain Parcel of Land, called or known by the Name of 
The Cow Pafture, lying in the South Fen,. in the Parith 
of Bourn, in the County of Lincoln; and for amending, 
and rendering more effectual, an Act, made in the Sixth 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; 
for allotting, dividing, inclofing, and draining, feveral 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Wafte, and Fen 
Grounds, within the Manor and Parifh of Bourn, in the 
County of Lincoln: 

An Ac for dividing and inclofing the feveral Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, within the Townfhip of 
Siggleftborne, in Holdernefs, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York : ie 

An Act for draining the Low Grounds and Carrs, 
lying in the feveral Parifhes, Townfhips, and Places, of 
Keyingham, Keyingham Marfb, Rybill and Camerton, 
Burfiwick and Skeckling, Burton Pidfea and Ridgmont, 
Ottringham, Halham, Owftwick, Roofs, Rimfwell, Tun- 

fall, Waxholme, Elfternwick;, Lelley, Humbleton, Fitlhng, 
Hilfton, Garton, Aldbrough, Flinton, and Tanfterne, within 
the Seigniory of .Holderne/s, -and. Eaft Riding of the 
County of York: 

An Att for dividing and inclofing fuch Part of the 


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Commons and Wafte Lands, in the Parih of Tardebigg, 
as lies in the’ County of Worceffer : 

An Aét for allotting, dividing, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, and Common or Common- 
able Meadows, Paftures, Lands, and Grounds; and 
Common or Wafte Land, within the. Parith of Saint 
Nickolas, in the Manor of Warwick, in the County of 
Warwick: 

An A&amp; for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Commonable 
Lands, and Commons, within the Manor, Pari, 
and Liberties of Brampton, in the County of HHuating- 
don: 

An Aé&amp; to confitm and eftablifh an Indenture of 
Agreement, for dividing and inclofing feveral Fields, 
Lands, and Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Great 
Paunton, in the County of Lincoln, and for dividing 


and inclofing feveral other Common Fields, Heath, and _ 


Wafte Grounds, in the fame Manor and Parifh: 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain ‘Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Townfhip and 
Parith of Welton, in the County of Lincoln: 

An A&amp; for inclofing the Open Common Fields, and 
a Common of Pafture, and other Commonable Lands 
and Wafte Grounds, in the Manors and Parifhes of 
Kemble and Poel, in the County of Wilts : 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Fields, Lands, and Grounds, in the Lordthip-of Wef 
Haiton, in the County of Lincoln: 

An A&amp;t to diffolve the Marriage of Richard Draper 
with Elizabeth Harinell, his now Wife; and to enable 
him to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned : 

An Aé to diffolve the Marriage of William Skinn 
with Ann Skinn, his now Wife; and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned : 

An Aé&amp; for naturalizing Henry Francis Selon: 

An Aé for naturalizing Fobn Boufquet : 

An Aé for naturalizing Fobn Lewis Lautier : 

An Aé for naturalizing Jaques Louis Pourtalés. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Buli for allowing the Importation of Wheat, 
Wheat Flour, Rye, and Rye Meal, into this Kingdom, 
for a limited Time, free of Duty: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for allowing the free Importation of Rice into 
this Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies in 
America, for a limited Time: And the fame was re- 
ceived; and read the Firft Time. 

Réfolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Pownall prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to regulate the Importation and Exporta- 
tion of Corn: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


An ingroffed Bill for the further Augmentation of the 
Salaries of the Juftices of Cheffer, and the Great Seffions 
for the Counties in Wales, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; vez. . 

Pr.2.L%. To leave out ‘“ Judges” and to infert 

« Juftices” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Améndment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bil 
was amended at the Table accordingly. _ | 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for the further Augmentation of the Salaries 


12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houle of Corimons. 


793 
of the Juftices of Chefer, and the Gredt Seffions for the 
Counties in Wales. 


Ordered, That Mr. Rice do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Cooper’ prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for fettling and determining what Parts of 
the Precinét of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, 
fhall be under the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, 
and what Parts thereof under the Survey of the Duchy 
of Lancafter : And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from thé 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
enable Their Majefties to enfranchife Copyhold Eftates, 
holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the County of 
Surrey, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read. throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, 

A Paper; ‘intituled, “¢ Sales of Lands in Dominica, 
© gth “April 1770.” 

And the Title of the faid Paper was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Paper do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Paper is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Colonel Burgoyne reported from the Committee, who 
were appointed to examine the Lifts of Thirty-one Perfons 
Names, to be the Committee appointed to enquire into 
the Nature, State, and Condition, of the Eaf India 
Company, and of the Britifh Affairs in the Eaft Indies, 
and to report to the Houfe upon which Thirty-one 
Perfons the Majority fell; That the Committee had 
examined the fame accordingly ; and had direéted him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place;, and 
afterwards: delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

- The Committee find, that the Majoyity hath fallen 
upon the following Perfons; viz. 


Colonel Burgoyne -_ —_ — 152 
Sir William Meredith, Baronet om — 146 
Sir George Savile, Baronet _ eae yi 
The Right honourable Lord George Sackville Germain 141 
Rofe Fuller, Efquire _ — — 139 
Frederick Vane, Efquire —_ ins — 134 
Colonel Barré _— — — 131 
Mr. Solicitor General ome detin — 131 
The Right honourable Lord Howe — -— 130 
Richard Sutton, Efquire — — — 130 
Mr. Attorney General _ _ — 127 
Thomas Pitt, Efquire — _ — 126 
The Right honourable Welbore Ellis — — 116 


The Right honourable Sir Gilbert Elliot, Baronet 115 
The Right honourable George Rite —= — 109 
William Pulteney, Efquire — — — 109 
The honourable Charles Fames Fox — — 106 
Charles. Wolfran. Cornwall, Efquire _ — 106 
The Right honourable Lord Vifcount Folkeftone 102 


The Right honourable Henry Seymour Conway — 98 
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Beaumont Hotham, Efquire 
Barlow Trecothick, Efquireé 
Robert Henley Ongley, Efquire 
George Fobnftone, Efquire 
Edward Bacon, Efquire 


Afbeton Curzon, Efquire — 82 
Sir Fohbn Turner, Baronet —-* — 81 
The honourable Conftantine Fobn Phipps — 80 
Robert Gregory, Efquire — —- — 80 
The Right honourable Lord Cive — — 77 
Henry Strachey, Efquire — —_ — 72 


Ordered, That the faid Committee, or any Seven of 
them, do meet on Saturday Morning next, at Eleven of 
the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber; and have Power 
to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Leave to fit, 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to 


report their Proceedings, from Time to Time, to the 
Houfe. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Holt, from the 
United Company of Merchants of England, trading to 
the Eajt Indies, attended at the Door; he was called 
in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Orders, 

N° x. Copy of a Memorial, of the 12th September 
1769, as delivered to the Court of Directors of the Eaf 
India Company, by Two Armenian Merchants, named 
Gregore Cojamaul and Fobannes Padre Rafael: And 
alfo, 

2. Copy of a Letter from Gregore Cojamaul to the 
Directors of the Eajft India Company, dated 2gth 
February 1772, together with the Anfwer thereto: And 

fo, 

3. Copy of the Proceedings of the Governor and 
Council of Calcutta in Bengal, of the 1oth December 
1767, as tranfmitted to the Court of Direétors of the 
Eaft India Company ; with Copies of the Proceedings 
and Papers referred to in the above-mentioned Anfwer 
to the faid Letter from Gregore Cojamaul. 

Together with a Lift of the faid Papers. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the faid Lift was read. 

Ordered, That the feveral Orders, made upon the 
26th Day of March laft, for the feveral Papers therein 
mentioned, relating to the Eaft India Company, to be 
laid before this Houfe, except fo far as the fame relate 


to the Papers this Day prefented to the Houfe, be dif- 
charged. 


Mr. Mackworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of Buildings and 
Party Walls, within the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fer, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parithes, 
Precincts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, 
the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon and Paddington, Saint 
Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of 
Middlefex, and for the better preventing of Mifchiefs 
by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Pre- 
cinéts, and Places ; and for amending and reducing the 
Laws relating thereto into One Act; and for other Pur- 
pofes : And the fame was received; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét 
to diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, Efquire, with 
Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife; and to enable him 
to marry again; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame,. without any Amendment. 


Journals of the Houle of Commons. 4. 1772. 


_ An ingroffed Bill to enable His Majefty to grant the 
Reverfion or Remainder in. Fee Simple, now vefted in 
His Majefty, of and in.an Annual or Fee Farm Rent 
of One hutidred and thirteen Pounds, One of the fevera} 
Fee Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable £4. 
ward, heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Maj 
King Charles the Second, unto the honourable Fames 
Archibald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate 
Confideration to be given by him, or his Heirs, for the 
fame, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable His Majefty to grant the Re. 
verfion or Remainder in Fee Simple, now vefted in His 
Majefty, of and in an Annual or Fee Farm Rent of One 
hundred and thirteen Pounds, One of the feveral Kee 
Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable Edwapd, 
heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King 
Charles the Second, unto the honourable Fames Ap. 
chibald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate 
Confideration to be given by him, or his Heirs, for-the 
fame. 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Common Marfh, and other Commonable Places, within 
the Parith of Sutterton, in the County of Lincoln, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord 
Brownlow Bertie, Lord Rebert Bertie, &amp;c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Open Fields, and certain other Commonable Places, 
belonging to, and in the Parifh of Wigtoft, in the 
County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brows- 
low Bertie, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speakers 
Chamber. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
and certain other Commonable Places and Open Fields, 


within the Parifh of Kirten, in the Parts of Holland, in | 


the County of Lincoln, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Brown- 
low Bertie, Sir George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to 


meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for the better Relief and Employment of the 
Poor, within that Part of the Parith of Saint Sepulchre 
which is in the County of Middlefex, and for paving, 
cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, the 
Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and 


Open Paflages and Places, within the fame, and for . 


removing Annoyances therefrom ; and for making the 
Communication between Charterboufe Square and Saint 
Fobn Street, through Charterboufe Lane, more con- 
venient, was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Colonel 
Luttrell, Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, &amp;c.: And they are 


to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Hotham rted from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for draining and preferving certain Commons, 
Low Grounds, and Carrs, in the Parifh of Market 
Weighton, and other adjacent Parifhes, in ‘the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York; and for making 4 
Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Market Weighton to the 
River Humber, was committed ; That the Commuttee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Surveyors, Goyer 
nors, and Jurors, of Walling Fen, and alfo ee, 

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Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee, (except 
One Owner of 324 Acres of the faid Commons and 
Low Grounds, who refufed to fign the Bill; and 
alfo except the Owners of 156 Acres, who were 
not known ; and that the Whole of the Lands intended 
to be ‘drained confift of 22,276 Acres, or thereabouts ; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 

pofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
rerwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
‘One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
afcertaining the Proportion of Tythes to be paid. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufé was offered to be added to the Bill, 
for regulating the Time of Meeting of the Truftees. 

And the faid Claufe was twice read, with Blanks ; 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Sir Wilkam Dolben prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common 
Meadows, and Commonable Lands, of and within the 
Hamlet and Liberties of Chariton, in the Parifhes of 
Newbottle and King’s Sutton, or One of them, in the 
County of Northampton: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting a Meffuage, with the Appurtenances, in 
Lothbury, within the City of London, in Truftees, to be 
fold; and for purchafing another Meffuage or Lands, 
to be fettled to the like Ufes ; was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of Fame Brown, Widow, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for 
making and keeping in Repair a Road, or Paflage for 
Horfes, on the Banks of the River Severn, between 
Bewdley Bridge and a Place called Meadow Wharf, at 
Coalbrookdale, for haling and drawing Veffels along the 
faid River, and for making Compenfation to the Owners 
of Lands for as much Ground as may be neceffary for 
that Purpofe ; and fetting forth, That, in cafe the faid 
Bill pafs into a Law, as it now ftands, the Property and 
Eftate of the Petitioner will be greatly prejudiced: And 
therefore praying, That the Petitioner may be heard, 
by her Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as 
may affeét her Property, and have fuch Relief in the 
Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Orderéd, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table, 
until thie’ faid Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. George Bridges Brudenell reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whorh the Bill for dividing, allotting, and 
inclofing. the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, 


_ Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 


to, the Manor, Parih, ard Liberties, of Wing, in the 

Cotinty of Rafland, was committed; That the Com- 

Mittee had éxamined the Aillegations of the Bill, and 

found the fame to be trué; and that the Parties con- 

-Gerned’ Had: given their Confént to the Bill, to the 

Satisfaction of the Committee’ (extcépt: the’ Owners of 
Vou, XXXII, | 


795 
One Yard Land, who refufed to fign the Bill; and alfo 
except Four Perfons, who are poffeffed of Half a Yard 
Land, who could not be found ; and that the Whole 
of the Land intended to be inclofed confifts of 40 Yard 
Lands, or thereabouts ; and that no Perfon appeared. 
before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with thé Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments,. be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allotting, and in- 
clofing, the Open and Common Fields, in the Parifh 
of Gumley, in the County of Leiceffer, was read the. 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gumley, in 
the County of Leicefter. 

Ordered, That Sir Cecil Wray do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
enabling Henry Blundell, Efquire, Tenant for Life under 
Settlement, to carry into Execution Articles of Agree- 
ment, between him and the Right honourable the Earl 
of Sefton, for the Exchange of divers Meffuages, Lands, 
and Hereditaments, comprifed in fuch Settlement, for 
other Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, of the faid 
Earl; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. _ 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill to indemnify fuch Perfons as have 
omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employ- 
ments, and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, 
who have omitted to regifter of deliver in their Qualifi- 
cations, within the Time limited by Law, and for giving 
further Time for thofe Purpofes; and to indemnify 
Members and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and 
Borough Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted 
to be ftamped, according to Law, or, having been 
ftamped, have been loft or miflaid, and for allowing 
them Time to provide Admiffions duly ftamped;, and 
to give further Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted to 
make and file-Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures 
of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors; was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted 
to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and 
to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted: to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications, 
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further 
Timé for thofe Purpofés’; and to indemnify Members 
and Officers, in’ Cities, Corporations, and Borough 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped; according to Law, or, having been ftanped, 
have béen loft or miflaid, and for allowing them Time 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped; and to give fur- 
ther Time to fuch Perfons as have omitted tomake and 
file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks 
to Attornies and Solicitors, 

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706 


Ordered, That Mr. Whitworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the feveral Copies of Charters, Treaties, 
Accounts, Books, and all other Papers, which were 
prefented to this Houfe in thé Seffion 1765, relating to 
the Eaft India Company, together with the Papers this 
Day prefented to the Houfe, by Mr. Holt, be referred 
to the Committee appointed to enquire into the Nature, 

_ State, and Condition, of the Eaf India Company, and 
of the Britifo Affairs in the Eaf Indies, 
The faid Papers, this Day prefented to the Houfe, 
are preferved amongft the other Papers of this 
Seffion. | 


And then ‘the Houfe adjourned till Tue/day Seven- 
night, the 28th Day of this Inftant April,.Ten of 
the Clock in the Morning. 





Martis,. 28° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


~ PRAYERS. 


Bill to regulate the making, keeping, and Car- 
A riage, of Gunpowder, within Great Britain, and 
to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Pur- 
pofes, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow Se- 
vennight, the 6th Day of May next, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
Bill. 


A Bill for the better Regulation of Buildings and 
Party Walls, within the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parithes, 
Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, 
the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon and Paddington, Saint 
Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of 
_Middlefex ; and for the better preventing of Mifchiefs 
by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Pre- 
cinéts, and Places; and for amending and reducing the 
Laws relating thereto into One Aé ; and for other Pur- 
pofes, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
_of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Seven- 
night, the Seventh Day of May next, refolve itfelf 
into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 
Bill. 


Sir Thomas Frankland reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, pafled 
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An Act for taking down and removing cer- 

_tain Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at 
the Mouth of the Humber, and for ere¢ting other fit and 
convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof, was re-com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had made feveral other 
Amendments to the Bill; which they had dire&amp;ted him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Journals of ‘the Houfe-of Commons. 


4.3772. 


Mr. Scudamore reported from tlie Committee, to whom 
the Petition of feveral Gentlemen, Freeholders, ang 
others, of the County of Monmouth, was referred ; That 
the Committee had examined the Matter of the {aig 
Petition; and had directed him to report the fame, as jt 
appeared to them, to the Houfe; and he read the-Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table: Where the fame was read; and is as followeth ; 
ViZ. 

To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
‘tohn Sherburne, being examined, faid, That the Road 
leading from a Smith’s Shop: at Svanton, in the 
Parifh of Lanvyhangel, in the County of Monmcuth, 
through Comyay, to Chapel-a-fine, in the faid County, is 
in a ruinous Condition, and in fome Parts narrow and 
incommodious; and cannot be effectually amended, 
widened, and kept in Repair, by the ordinary Courfe 
of Law. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill re 
amending, widening, and altering, the Roads leading 
from Crickhowell, in the County of Brecon, to the Crojs 
Hands beyond New Jnn, in the Turnpike Road between 
the City of Hereford and Ro/s; and trom a Place called 
the Lower Cro/s Ways, in the Parith of Saint Maughan’s, 
to the Town of Gro/mount, in the County of Monmouth, 
and from the Turnpike Road, in the Parifh of Welh 
Newton, in the County of Hereford, to Ponttanaft, in 
the. Parith of Cluddock, in the faid County, that they do 
make Provifion in the faid Bill, for repairing and 
widening the Road leading from a Smith’s Shop, at 
Stanton, in the Parith of Lanvyhangel, in the County of 
Monmouth, through Comyoy, to Chapel-a-fine, in the faid 
County of Monmouth. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting a Meffuage, with the Appurtenances, jn 
Lothbury, within the City of London, in Truftees, to 
be fold; and for purchafing another Meffuage or Lands, 
to be fettled to the like Ufes, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobp 
Molefworth, Mr. Townfhend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber, 


A Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors; and for applying 
the Purchafe Money, with another Sum therein men- 
tioned, in the purchafing of a Freehold Piece of 
Ground, in Dover Street, and in the building and fitting 
up another Houfe thereon, for the future Refidence of 
the Bifhops of Zl; and the Surplus to the Benefit of 
the See; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 4 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow Se- 


vennight, the Sixth Day of May next, refolve itfelf into. 


a epee apr of the whole Houle, upon the faid 
Bil ry 


An ingroffed Bill to enable Their Majefties to en- 


franchife Copyhold Eftates, holden of the Manor of 


—— in the County of Surrey, was read the Third 
ime. ' 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs:- And that the Title 
be, An Aét for enabling Their Majefties to enfranchife 
Copyhold Lands holden of the Manor of Richmond, in 
the County of Surrey; and for enabling His Majefty to 
fhut up a Lane leading from Richmond Green to the River 
Thames ; and to fell and exchange certain Lands, within 
the Manors of Richmond and Wimbleton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ambler do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence, M 
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Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields and 
Commonable Lands, within the Parith of Shilton, in the 
County of Warwick, was committed; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfa¢tion of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
One of them was difagreed to, and the reft were agreed 
to, by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for dividing and aijlotting the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomb Baffett, otherwife 
Upper Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of Berks, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Vaa- 
fittart, Mr. Freeman, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the. Speak- 
er’s Chamber. 


A Bill for inclofing, dividing, allotting, and im- 
proving, certain Common Woods and Moor Lands, 
within the Borough and Parifh of Wigmore, in the 
County of Hereford, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alderman 
Harley, Mr. Vanfitiart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for empowering and enabling the Truftees, named in 
the Settlement made on the Marriage of Daniel Danvers, 
Efquire, and Mary his Wife, or the Survivors or Sur- 
vivor of them, or the Heirs of fuch Survivor, to make 
Sale of certain Leafehold Eftates, vefted in them upon 
divers Trufts, mentioned in the faid Settlement; and 
to Jay out the Money arifirig from fuch Sale in the Pur- 
chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled in fuch Manner as 
the faid Leafehold Eftates ftand fettled, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Alderman 
Harley, Mr. Vanfittart, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the fettled Eftate of William Haibed, Efquire, 
in the County of Hereford, in Truftees, in Trutt, to 
fell and convey the fame to Fames King, Efquire, and 
his Heirs, purfuant to an Agreement for that Purpofe , 
and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch Sale in 
the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be 
fettled, in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ewer, 
Mr. Gilbert, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 


ne at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
er, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, within 
the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little Stainton, 
Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony of Grey- 
frock, in the County of Cumberland, was read a Second 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Fletcher, 


Houfe of Commons. OF 
Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af. 


ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chami- 
ber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for enabling Henry Blundell, Efquire, Tenant for Life 
under Settlement, to carry into Execution Articles of 
Agreement, between him and the Right honourable the 
Earl of Sefton, for the Exchange of divers Meffuages, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, comprifed in fuch Settle- 
ment, for other Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
of the faid Earl; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Wil- 
braham Boatle, Sir Thomas Clavering, &amp;c.: And they are 
to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


The Lord Wenman reported from the Committee; 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common 
Meadows, and Common and Wafte Grounds, within 
the Manor and Parith of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the 
County of Oxford; and for exonerating certain Lands, 
belonging to William Fermor, Efquire, from Tithes and 
Right of Common, was committed; That the Commit. 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him to re- 
port to the Houle ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing, allottitig, inclofing, 
and draining, the Open Fields, Common Patftures, and 
Moors or Commons, in the Townfhip and Parith of Ter- 
rington, in the North Riding of the County of York, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and drain- 
ing, the Open Fields; Common Patftures, and Moors or 
Commons, in the Townfhip and Parifh of Terrington, 
in the North Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Fox do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Bilt for dividing and inclofing 
the Common Fen, and certain other Commonable 
Places and Open Fields, within the Parifh of Kirton, in 
the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln, is com- 
mitted. 


Mr. Edmonftcne reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue the Term, and alter and en- 
large the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in the 
26th and 27th Years of King George the Second, for re- 
pairing feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, 
as relates to the Road from the City of Gl/a/gow to the 
Town of Dumbarton, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was 


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And the Houfe being informed, that fome other 
Amendments were neceffary to be made to the faid 
Bill; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the 
Liberties, Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrop, in the 
Parifhes of King’s Sutton and Newbotile, in the County 
of Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liber- 
ties, Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrop, in the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A, 1772. 


Parifhes of King’s Sutton and Newdottle, in the County 
of Northampton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Methuen do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, by His Majefty’s 
Command, . 

An Account of Monies paid, by the Direétion of the 
Lords of the Treafury, as a Compenfation and fy 
Satisfaction of the Lofies and Expences incurred, pur. 
fuant to the Orders in Council, for preventing the 
fpreading of the Infection amongft the Horned Cattle 
in North Britain. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read, 

The faid Account is as followeth; viz. 


An ACCOUNT of Monies paid, by the Direction of the Lords of the Treafury, as a Compenfation and 


full Satisfaction of the Loffes and Expences incurred, 


purfuant to the Orders in Council, for preventing the 


ipreading of the Infeétion amongft the Horned Cattle in North Britain. 





1771. 
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- Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hart do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the Bill for paving, cleanfing, 
lighting, watching, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, 
Rows, Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paflages and 
Places, wichin the Parith of Chriftchurch, in Middlefex, 
and for removing Nufances and Obftruétions therefrom, 
and preventing the like for the future ; and for paving 
and regulating fuch Parts of Brick Lane as are not within 
the faid Parifh, was committed. 

Mr. Hart accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had confidered the Petition 
of feveral Perfons, Owners of Houfes and Eftates, and 
Inhabitants of the Parifhes of Chriftchurch and Saint 
Matthew Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlefex ; 
and alfo the Petition of the Commiffioners of Sewers for 
the Tower Hamlets, in the County of Middlefex, to them 
referred; and had examined the Allegations of the 
Bil, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted to 
be reported to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were, with feveral Amendments 
to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe ; and an Amend- 
ment was made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


A Bill for allowing the Importation of Wheat, Wheat 


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Flour, Rye, and Rye Meal, into this Kingdom, for a 
limited Time, free of Duty, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houte, 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tht fday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill, 


A Bill for allowing the free Importation of Rice into 
this Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies in 
America, for a limited Time, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill to regulate the Importation and Exportation 
of Corn, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. ; 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of feveral of the Occupiers of Houfes, 
and other Buildings, in a Lane called Charterboufe Lane, 
in that Part of the Parith of Saint Sepulchre, which lies 
in the County of Middlefex, was prefented to the Houle, 
and read; Taking Notice of the Bill for the better Re- 


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the Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which is in the County of 
Middlefex, and for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, 
and regulating, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, 
Courts, Yards, and Open Paffages and Places, within 
the fame, and for removing Annoyances therefrom ; and 
for making the Communication between Charter Houfe 
Square and Saint ‘fobn’s Street, through Charter Houfe 
Lane, more convenient ; and fetting forth, That by the 
faid Bill, the Houfes and other Buildings of the Peti- 
tioners, on the South Side of the faid Lane, are directed 
to be purchafed, and pulled down, for the Purpofe of 
widening the fame; by which Means, the Petitioners 
will be driven from the Place where they are known, 
and where the Cuftom of their refpective Trades and 
Employments is eftablifhed, and be reduced to the 
greateft Neceffity: And therefore praying, That they 
may be heard, by themfelves or Countel, againft fuch 
Parts of the faid Bill as affeét them. 

A Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants, Owners and 
Occupiers of Houfes, within that Part of the Parifh of 
Saint Sepulchre, which lies in the County of Middlefex, in 
Behalf of themfelves and other Inhabitants of the faid Pa- 
tifh, was alfo prefented to the Houfe, and read ; likewife 
taking Notice of the faid Bill; and fetting forth, That, 
by the faid Bill, a Tax is to be laid on the Parifhion- 
ers at large, for the Purpofe of widening Charterboufe 
Lane, which will not be attended with any particular 
Benefit to the Petitioners, but only to the Perfons going 
to and from Charterboufe Square, great Part of the In- 
habitants of which Square are, by the Bill, exempted 
from the Payment of any Rate or Tax for the Purpofes 
of the Act; and that the Petitioners are already bur- 
thened with an heavy Expence for the Maintenance 
of the Poor, and being moftly Occupiers of Houfes at 
Rack Rent, many of them will not be able to pay 
the faid Tax; and that, unlefs the Tax to be laid, for 
paving, cleanfing, lighting, and watching, the faid Pa- 
rifh, be very moderate, the Petitioners will be much 
injured and opprefied, and very unable to bear the Bur- 
then thereof ; and that there are feveral other Provifions 
in the faid Bill, which will be very injurious to the Pe- 
titioners, if the fame fhould pafs into a Law: And there- 
fore praying, That they may be heard, by themfelves 
or Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the Bill as will affect 
and injure the Petitioners. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
be referred to the Confideration of the Com- 
mittee, to whom the faid Bill is committed ; 
and the Petitioners are to be heard, by them- 
felves or Counfel, before the faid Committee, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to confider 
an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His 


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7°9 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aé to explain, amend, 
and reduce into One Aé of Parliament, the feveral Sta- 
tutes now in being, for the Amendment and Preferva- 
tion of the Public Highways of this Kingdom, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned ; and alfo another 
Aét, made in the Seventh Year of His preferit Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Aé&amp; to explain, amend, and re- 
duce into One Aé&amp;t of Parliament, the general Laws 
now in being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads of 
this Kingdom, and for other Purpofes therein mention- 
ed ; and to report their Opinion thereupon to the Houfe, 
with fuch Alterations and Amendments as may be pro- 
per to be made in the faid Aéts. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr: Gilbert, Sir. 
George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and 


Records ; and all who come to the Committee are to 
have Voices. 


The Lord North reported to the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of Monday the 13th Day of this Inftant April 
(that His Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to give 
Directions, that the Account therein mentioned might 
be laid before this Houfe) had been prefented to His 
Majefty ; and that His Majefty had commanded him to 
acquaint this Houfe, that He will give Directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom it was referred to confider of to 
much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of His pre- 
fent Majefty, intituled, An Aét to explain, amend, and 
reduce into One Act of Parliament, the general Laws 
now in being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads of 
this Kingdom ; and for other Purpofes therein mention- 
ed, as relates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Carriages 
ufed upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Number of 
Horfes allowed to be ufed therewith, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the Houfe, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houle will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the 12th Day of May next, refolve itfelf into the 
faid Committee. 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door ; he was called in; 
and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to 
their Addrefs to His Majetty, 

An Account of all Sums of Money which have been 
iffued, by His Majefty’s Orders, purfuant to Addrefles 
of this Houfe, and which have not been made good by 
Parliament. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as followeth; viz. 








710 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. = #17972, 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefits, in Parliament affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of all Sums of Money, which have been iffued by His Majefty’s Orders; purfuant to 


Asddrefies of this Houfe, and which have not been made good by Parliament. 





To Fobn Hatfell, Efquire, Clerk of the Houfe of Commons, towards defraying the Expence 


of Printing the Journals of the Houfe of Commons 


To Wiliam France, Gentleman, for furnifhing the New Corhmittee Chamber, and Apart- 


ments belonging to the Houfe of Commons 


To Samuel Dunn, Gentleman, towards defraying the Expence of making a General Index to 


the Journals of the Houfe of Commons 


To William Bowyer, Gentleman, towards defraying the Expence of Printing 1,250 Copies 
of fuch Parliamentary and other Records, as His Majefty fhall think fie — — 


Exchequer, the 28th 
Day of April 1772. 


Ordered, That the faid Accourit do lie upon the 
‘Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Fhe Houfe being informed, That Mr. Wajfhington, 
from the Society of the Free Briti/h Fifhery, attended at 
the Door; he was called in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to 
the Houle, purfuant to the Directions of an Act of Par- 
liament, 

An Account of Receipts and Difburfements by the 
Society or the Free Britifh Fifhery, from 31 December 
1770 to 31 December 1771. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


An ineroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Frederick Cazenove, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider of the Motion, ‘* That Leave be given to 
“¢ bring in a Bill to encourage the Subjects of Foreign 
&lt;«¢ States to lend Money upon the Security of Freehold 
“ or Leafehold Eftates in any of His Majefty’s Colonies 
“in the Weft Indies; and to render the Securities 
« oranted to fuch Aliens effectual, for recovering Pay- 
« ment of the Money fo to be lent, by Sale of fuch 
s¢ Freehold and Leafehold Eftates,” be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Fackfon took the Chair of the Committee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. ‘Jack/on reported from the Committee, That they 
Had come to a Refolution ; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Order of the Day being read; 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, ‘To-morrow Morn: 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for amending, and rendering more effec- 
tual, the feveral Laws now in being, for the better Ob: 
fervation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday; 
and for preventing Perfons who keep Viétualing Houies, 
or Houtes of Public Entertainment, from being elected 
into, or ferving, any Parifh Offices. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mor- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 29° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for draining and preferving ¢er- 

tain Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars, 1n the 

Parith of Market Weighton, and other adjacent Parifhes, 

in the Eaft Riding of the County of York ; and for mak- 

ing a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from Market Weighton 
to the River Humber ; was read the Third Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propcfed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. ae 
Pr.13. Lag. After “ Bridge” to infert “ in; 

and after “ under” to infert ‘* or 
“© over,” 
After * Bridge” to infert “ in,” 
and after ** under” to infert ‘* or 
*¢ over,” 
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«© Works” inftead thereof. 


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12. 


To leave out *“ thefe Prefents;” 
and infert “* this Act” inftead 
thereof. 

To leave out ‘* on.” 

To leave out “ by,” and infert 
* to” inftead thereof; and to 
leave out ‘* and,” 

To leave out “ River,” and infert 
“ Cut, orCanal” inftead thereof.” 

To leave out “ River,” and infert 
*¢ Cut, or Canal” inftead thereof.” 

To leave out * River,” and infert 
« Cut, or Canal” inftead thereof.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for draining and preferving certain Com- 
mons, Low Grounds, and Cars, in the Parith of Market 

Weighton, and other adjacent Parifhes, in the Eaft Rid- 

ing of the County of York ; and for making a Navigable 

Cut, or Canal, from Market Weighton to the River Humber. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Hotham do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Pr. 39. lar. 
Pr. 63. 1. 35. 


Pr. 74. 1.11. 
P. 76. 1. 12. 


Pr. 77. Lao: 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Right honourable Yobn Earl of Sandwich, 
and the honourable ohn Montagu, commonly called 
Lord Vifcount Hinchingbrook, and the Survivor of them, 
to grant Leafes of the Countefs of Sandwich’s Moiety 
of Eftates, in the Counties of rdmagh and Limerick, in 
the Kingdom of Jrefand, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Stephens, 
Mr. Buller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, 
at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Clavering reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Petition of the Right Reverend Fobn Lord 
Bifhop of Durham, was referred ; That the Committee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had 
direéted him to report the fame, as it appeared to them, 
to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 


Where the fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 


To prove the Allegations of the faid Petition, Mr. 
Robert Milne, being examined, faid, That the Bridge 
which croffed the River Tyne, from Gatefhead to New- 
caftle was, by the Violence of the Flood, upon the 17th 
Day of November laft, broken down in feveral Parts, and 
rendered impaffable; and that it is neceffary the fame 
fhould be rebuilt with all poffible Expedition: And 

Mr. Thomas Lloyd produced a Copy of a Decree of 
the Court of Exchequer, in the 24th Year of the Reign 
of Queen Elizabeth, whereby it appeared, that the 
Bifhop of Durham, for the Time being, is charged with 
the Repair of One Third Part of the faid Bridge. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Lord Bifhop of Durham, and his Succeffors, 
to raife a cornpetent Sum of Money, for repairing or re- 
building fuch Part of Lyne Bridge as belongs to the See 
of Durbam: And that Sir Thomas Clavering and Mr. 
Vane do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of the feveral Owners of ancient Meffuages 
or Burgages, within the City of Durbam, and Borough 
of Framwelgate, and the feveral Parifhes of Saint Mary 
le Bow and Little Saint Mary, in or near the faid City of 
Durham, whofe ‘Names are thereunto fubfcribed, and 
who are intitled to Right of Common upon the feverak 
Moors, Commons, or Waftes, known by the feveral 
‘Names of Framwelgate Moor, High Braffide Moor, Low 
Braffide Moor, Harber Houfe Moor, and Well Springs 
Moor, and in and upon Two Parcels of Ground, known 
by the feveral Names of The Intack, otherwife The Cow 
Pafture, and Shaw Wood, all tying in or near the faid 
City and Borough, in the Manor of Chefer, in the 


Houfe of Commons: 4th 


County of Durbem, in Behalf of themfelves, and feveral 
other Perfons who claim Right of Common for and in 
refpect of their ancient Meffuages or Burgages, in and 
upon the faid feveral Moors and Parcels ot Ground, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, That 
the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill is de- 
pending, for dividing and inclofing the faid Moors, 
Commons, and Parcels of Ground, and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned ; and that the faid Bill hath 
been promoted and brought into the Houfe without the 
Confent of the Petitioners; and of many others interefted 
in the faid Divifion ; and that the Petitioners are Owners 
of feveral large and valuable Meffuages or Burgages; 
for which, as the Bill now ftands, they will not, upon 
the Subdivifion of the faid Commons, have greater Al+ 
lotments than the Owners of Meffuages or Burgages of 
the fmalleft Value ; and though feveral Perfons may 
have figned the faid Bill, who have large Houfles, yet 
fuch Houfes are compofed of feveral Burgages laid to- 
gether, for every one of which they expect to have fe- 
parate Allotments ; and that the Petitioners apprehend, 
that there is no Reafon why, in the Firft Divifion, the 
Lands fhould have Allotments in Proportion to the 
Whole; and the Houfes only to Half, of their Rental, 
the Houfes being fubject to the Payment of greater 
Taxes, and more Repairs than Lands are liable to; 
and that the Petitioners are advifed, that the Clairns 
of Right of Cominon, in refpect of Intercommon Lands, 
are not Clearly provided for in the prefent Bill, nor any 
Rule therein fet down, to direct the Judgment of the 
Commiffioners, in fetting out any Part of the Lands 
propoied to be divided to the Freemen of the City of 
Durbam, in cafe they fhould appear to have a Right; 
and that feveral other Matters are fo doubtfully expref- 
fed in the faid Bill, as it now ftands, that, if it fhould 
pafs into a Law, the Petitioners are advifed, it could 
not be carried into Execution: And therefore praying; 
That the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law; and that 
they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft the fame ; 
and that fuch Order may be made in the Premifes as the 
Houle fhall think fit. 

A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereto fubfcribed, being Owners of Meffuages, Lands; 
and Tenements, and as fuch intitled toa Right of Com- 
mon, in and upon the Moors, Waftes, or Commons; 
and Parcels of Ground hereafter mentioned, for and on 
the Behalf of themfelves and others, was alfo prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Setting forth, That it appears, 
by the Votes, a Bill is depending, for dividing and in- 
clofing certain Moors or Commons, and Two Parcels 
of Ground, called The Intack or Cow Pajture, and 
Shaw Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor 
of Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durbam, and for 
extinguifhing all Right of Common in certain inelofed 
Intercommon Lands there; and reprefenting to the 
Houfe, that, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into 2 Law, it 
would be very injurious to the Petitioners, and others 
having Right of Common upon the faid Moors, Wattes, 
and Parcels of Ground, intended to be divided: And 
therefore praying the Houfe, to take the Premifes into 
Confideration ; and that the Petitioners may be heard, 
by their Counfel, againft the faid Bill; and that the 
fame may not pafs into a Law. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to lie 
upon the Table, until the Bill for dividing and 
inclofing certain Moors, Waites, or Commons, 
and Two Parcels of Ground, called The Intack 
or Cow Pajfture and Shaw Wood, in the Parith of 
Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Cheffer; in the County 
Palatine of Durbam ; and for extinguifhing all 
Right of Common in certain inclefed Intercom- 
mon Lands there, be read a Second Time; and 
the Petitioners are to be then heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That:Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 

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412 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Ad, paf- 
fed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, intituled, An Act for taking down and removing 
certain Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, 
at the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit 
and convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to explain and amend an Ad, paffed in 
the Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for taking down and removing certain 
Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at 
the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit 
and convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Frankland do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for paving, lighting, cleanfing, watering, and 
watching, the Streets and other Public Places, within 
that Part of the Parifh of Saint Pancras, in the County 
of Middlefex, as lies Wett of Tottenbam Court Road, and 
alio fo much of the faid Road, within the faid Parifh, 
as lies South of Chapel Street; and for difcharging the 
Truftees from the Care of that Part of the faid Road 
for the future, upon the ‘l’erms therein mentioned ; and 
for preventing Nufances and Obftructions within the 
Limits aforefaid ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


_An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Mea- 
dows, and Common and Wafte Grounds, within the 
Manor and Parifh of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the 
County of Oxford; and for exonerating certain Lands 
belonging to William Fermor, Efquire, from Tithes and 
Right of Common, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title be, 
An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and 
Common and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and 
Parith of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the County of 
Oxford, and for exonerating certain Lands belonging 
to William Fermor, Efquire, trom Tithes and Right of 
Common. 

Ordered, That the Lord Wenman do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Yolliffe prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Billfor repairing and widening the Roads from 
Sheetbridee to Portfmouth, and from Horn Dean to Ha- 
vant, and from Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike Road, 
near Ropley, in the County of Southampton: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for amending, and rendering more effec- 
tual, the feveral Laws now in being, for the better Ob- 
fervation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday ; 
and for preventing Perfons who keep Victualing Houfes, 
or Houfes of Public Entertainment, from being elected 
into, or ferving, any Parifh Offices, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Three 
Months, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


A Bill for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of 
{mall Debts, within the Borough and Foreign of Kid- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4. 17727 


derminfter, in the Parifh of Kidderminfter, 
of Worcefter, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dow. 
defwell, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


in the County 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Regulation of Private Madhoufes: And that Mr. 
Alderman Harley, Mr. Peregrine Cuff, Mr. Mackworth, 
Captain Phipps, Sir George Savile, and Mr. Whitworth, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill, now ingroffed, for dividing and 
inclofing the Open Common Fields, Commons, and 
Wafte Lands, and a Stinted Pafture, called The Cow 
Pafture, in the Parifh of Ackworth, in the County of 
York, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, that no Counfel at. 
tended ; | 

The faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill ; viz. 

Pr. 11. 1. 34. After “* inclofed,” to infert “ fuch 

‘* Quantity of Land as fhall, Qua. 
*¢ lity and Convenience confider- 
“ed, be equal in Value to,” and 
to leave out “ Part.” 
1. 95. After “* Lands,” to infert *‘ upon 
“© an average Value of the 
“© Whole.” 
1.36. To leave out ‘* Quality and Con- 
“* venience, as well as Quantity 
“© to be confidered.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Commons, and Wafte Lands, and a Stinted 
Pafture, called The Cow Pafture, in the Parifh of Ack- 
worth, in the County of York. : 

Ordered, That Sir George Savile do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houf 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Sums of Money 


which have been iffued, by His Majefty’s Orders, pur- _ 


fuant to Addreffes of this Houfe, and which have not 
been made good by Parliament, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies paid, by the 
Direction of the Lords of the Treafury, as a Compen- 
fation and full Satisfaction of the Loffes and Expences 


incurred, purfuant to the Orders in Council, for pre~. 


venting the fpreading of the Infeétion amongft the 
Horned Cattle in North Britain, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

‘Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee, 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. , 

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Sir Charles Whitworth aifo acquainted the Houte, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to move, 
that they may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majetty. 


A Petition of the feveral Noblemen, and the humble 
Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Land Owners, Own- 
ers of Wharfs, Manufaéturers, Tradefmen, and other 
Inhabitants of, and refiding near, the Borders of the 
River Thames, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read , Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Pe- 
tition has been prefented, for Leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Navigable Cut, or Canal, from the Mills 
of Holland Cook/ey, Efquire, on the River Colney, in the 
Parifh of Horton, in the County of Bucks, to communi- 
cate with the River Thames at [feworth, in the County 
of Middlefex, and at or near Maidenhead Bridge, in the faid 
County of Bucks; and that the Petitioners apprehend, 
that, if the faid Cut, or Canal, fhould be effected, and 
the Trade of the faid River diverted into a new Chan- 
nel, the Petitioners and many others would be greatly 
injured, many of them receive irreparable Damage, and 
fome be ruined ; and that the faid Project, if it is fuf- 
fered to take Place, will, in particular, be of infinite 
Prejudice to the Lands, Towns, Villages, Owners of 
Wharfs, Warehoufes, and Granaries, on or near the 
Banks of the faid River ; and that an Act paffed in the 
laft Seffion of Parliament, for improving and complet- 
ing the Navigation of the Rivers Thames and Ifs, from 
the City of London, to the Town of Cricklade, in the 
County of Wilts; and that the Commiffioners therein 
appointed have made a confiderable Progrefs, and ex- 
pended large Sums of Money, in improving the Navi- 
cation of feveral Parts of the faid River Thames, and 
are proceeding, with as much Expedition as the Nature 
of the Work will admit, to execute the Powers contained 
in the faid A&amp;t ; and that the Petitioners are of Opinion, 
that, when the Works now carrying on are completed, 
the Public will be accommodated with Water Carriage 
at a much lefs Expence than by the propofed Canal ; 
and that, by the Improvements of the old River, carry- 
ing on under the faid Act, the Lands will be better 
drained, the Floods carried off much fooner than they 
have been for many Years, and the Petitioners will be 
protected in their feveral Rights and Interefts, which 
they and their Anceftors have enjoyed Time out of 
Mind: And therefore praying, That the Petitioners 
may be heard, by themfelves or Counfel, againit the 
faid Petition ; or have fuch further and other Relief in 
the Premifes as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee, to whom the Petition 
of Holland Cookfey, Efquire, is referred, and that the 
Petitioners be heard, by their Counfel, before the faid 
Committee, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid former Petition, 
againft the Petition now prefented. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the Sup- 
ply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Fackfon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred, to confider of the Motion, “* That Leave be 
“ given to bring in a Bill to encourage the Subjects of 

VoL. XXXIII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


713 
Foreign. States to ‘lend Money upon the Security of 
Freehold or Leafehold Eftates in any of His Majet- 
“* ty’s Colonies in the Weft Indies; and to render the 
‘* Securities granted to fuch Aliens effectual, for re- 
covering Payment of the Money fo to be lent, by 
** Sale of fuch Freehold and Leafehold Eftates,” the 
Refolution which the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it would tend to the more fpeedy and extenfive 
Cultivation of His Majefty’s Colonies in the We? In- 
dies, and to the Public Benefit, if the Subjects of Fo- 
reign States were encouraged to lend Money upon the 
Security of Freehold and Leafehold Eftates in any of 
His Majefty’s Colonies in the Weft Indies ; and if the 
Securities granted to fuch Aliens were rendered effec- 
tual, for recovering Payment of the Money fo to be 
lent, by Sale of fuch Freehold and Leafehold Eftates, 
under proper Reftriétions. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 


put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in 
the faid Refelution ; 


The Houfe divided. 
The Noes went forth. _ 
Mr. Pulteney, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Captain Phipps : t 29. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Mr Caf, i 
r. Mauger : 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


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And then the Houfe adjourned till To-merrew Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 17723 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of the Mayor, Magiftrates, Common 
Council Men, Guardians of the Poor, Manufac- 
turers, Traders, and principal Inhabitants, of the City 
of Norwich, on Behalf of themfelves and cf all other 
the Inhabitants of the fame City, and Towns and Places 
adjoining: And alfo, 
A Petition of the principal Inhabitants of the Bo- 
rough of Sudbury , 
Were feverally prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Complaining of the high Price of Corn and all 
other Provifions ; and praying, That a free Im- 
portation thereof may be permitted, or fach other 
Relief granted as to the Houfe fhall feem meet. 
And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Scudamore prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for amending, widening, and altering, the 
Roads leading from Crickbowell, in the County of Bre- 
con, to the Crofs Hands beyond New Jum, in the Turn- 
pike Road between the City of Hereford and Ro/s ; and 
trom a Place called the Lower Crofs Ways, in the Parith 
of Saint Maughans, to the Town of Grofiaount,in the 
County of Monmouth ; and from a Smith’s Shop at Stan- 
ton, in the Parifh of Llanvyhangel, to Chapel-a-fine, in 
the fame County ; and from the Turnpike Road in the 
Parith of Welfh Newton, in the County of Hereford, to 
Ponttanaj,, in the Parith of Cluddock, in the faid County : 
And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

8 T Ordered 








714 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Eleéting of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Boreugh of Stockbridge, in the County of 
Southampton, in the Room of Richard Worge, Efquire, 
who, fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward, or Bailiff, of His Ma- 
jefty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds, of Stoke, De/borough, 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands, of, and within, the Hamlet and 
Liberties of Charlton, in the Parifhes of Newdottle and 
King’s Sutton, or One of them, in the County of Nor- 
thampton, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir William 
Dolben, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber, 


Sir Thomas Clavering prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to enable the Lord Bifhop of Dur- 
ham, and his Succeffors, to raife a competent Sum of 
Money, to be applied for the repairing or rebuilding 
fuch Part of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Dur- 
bam: And the fame was received ; and read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
‘was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majefty, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe , which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards clelivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Six thoufand Five hundred and Eighty 
Pounds be granted to His Majefty, to make good to 
His Majefty the like Sum, which has been iffued, by 
His Majefty’s Orders, in Purfuance of the Addreffes of 
this Houfe. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of Two hundred Ninety-four Pounds 
Three Shillings and Eleven Pence, be granted to His 
Majefty, to make good to His Majefty the like Sum, 
which has been paid to feveral Perfons in North Bri- 
tain, as a Compenfation, and in full Satisfaction, of 
their Loffes and Expenees incurred, purfuant to feveral 
Orders of Council, for preventing the fpreading of the 
infectious Difttemper amongft the Horned Cattle. 

The faid Refolutions, béing feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe, 


A Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parifh of Moulton, in the County of Northampton, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mon- 
tagu, Mr. Lafcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Fuller reported from the Committee, "to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable Truftees, with the Confent of the Perfons 
claiming under the Will of Edward Shelley, Efquire, 
to cut down and fell Timber, upon the fettled Eftates 
of the faid Edward Shelley, in the County of Sufex ; 
and to inveft the Monies arifing therefrom in the 
Purchafe of Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled 


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to the Ufes of the faid Will, and other Purpofes, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examited the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Content to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com. 
mittee ; and that the Committee had dire@ed him e 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment - 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, hat the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fuller do carry the Bill to tha 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe kath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftru€ion to the Committea 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to regulate the 
Importation and Exportation of Corn, is committed 
That they have Power to make Provifion in the faid 
Bill, for regulating the Importation and Exportation of 
Barley. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftraétion to the faid Com. 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Clautes, to admit Wheat, Wheat Flour, Barley, ang 
Rye, to be imported, Duty free, from Jre/and, when the 
Exportation thereof fhall be prohibited from Greg 
Britain and Ireland to Foreign Countries. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, Fx. 
tracts of Sir Robert Harland’s Letter to the Secretary of 
the Admiralty, dazed the gth Day of Ofober 1771, fo 
far as the fame relate to the Experiments made of 
Mr. Irving’s Method of rendering Sea Water freth. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this Hout, 2 
Copy of Captain Arbuthnot’s Letter of the 29th Day of 
April 1772, relative to the Experiments made at Spit. 
head, of Mr. Irving’s Method of rendering Sea Water 
frefh, together with Copies of the Reports which ac. 
companied the faid Letter. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That no Bill relating 
to Religion, or the Alteration of the Laws concerning 
Religion, be brought into this Houle, until the Propo- 
fition fhall have been firft confidered in a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, and agreed unto by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Refolution be made a ftanding 
Order of the Houfe. . 


An ingroffed Bill to continue the Term, and vary the 
Powers, of fo much of an Aét, made in the 21ft Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 
from Sutton Coldfield Common, and feveral other Roads 
therein defcribed, in the County of Stafford, as relates to 
the Wolverhampton Diftri€t of Roads, was read the Third 
Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 45. 1.1. To leave out from “ Eftate” to “ to” 

in Line 2. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put. 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and the Bill was 
amended at the Table accordingly, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue the Term, and vary the Pow- 
ers, of fo much of an Aét, made in the a1ft Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 

rom Sutton Coldfield Common, and feveral other Roads 
therein defcribed, in the County of Stafford, as relates 
to the Wolverhampton Diftrict of Roads. 

Ordered, That Sir Fohn Wrottefley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords,. and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for allowing 
the Importation of Wheat, Wheat Flour, Rye, and Rye 


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a Claufe, to permit the Importation of Indian Corn, 
from his Majefty’s Colonies in America, Duty free. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for enforcing ieveral Acts of Parliament, 
for the Recovery and Payment of Tythes, and other 
Ecclefiaftical Dues, from the People called Quakers, 
and for enlarging the Powers thereby given, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for building a Bridge over the River Thames, 
near the Town of Maidenhead, in the County of Berks, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards deliver- 
ed the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, That fome other 
Amendments were neceffary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refelved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 3d Day of this Inftant dpri/, “That Leave be 
“« siven to bring in a Bill for regulating the Settle- 
«ments of Baftard Children, born in Lying-in Hof- 
“ pitals, and in other Houfes appropriated for the 
“ Reception of pregnant Women; and alfo for the 
“ better Regulation of fuch Hofpitals and Houfes ;” 
might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the Inftruétion, which, upon the 7th 
Day of this Inftant 4pri/, was given to the Gentlemen, 
who were appointed to prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill, be difcharged. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
regulating the Settlements of Baftard Children: And 
that Mr. Whitworth, Sir Fofeph Mawbey, Mr. Onflow, 
Mr. Mackworth, Mr. Fetlde, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. 
Gilbert, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for allowing the Importation of Wheat, 
Wheat Flour, Rye and Rye Meal, into this Kingdom, 
for a limited Time, free of Duty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Commit- 
tee, That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had di- 
reCted him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Mr. Dowdefwell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, Com- 
mon Paftures, and ather Commonable Places, in the Town- 
thip of Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycot and Paxford, in 


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735 
the Parith of Blockley, and County of Yorcefter, was com 


mitted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that 


the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 


to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except Three 
Perfons, whote Property in the faid Fields amounts to 
284 Acres, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the 
Whole of the Property in the iaid Fields intended to be 
inclofed, confifts of 2,304 Acres; and that no Perfon 
appeared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) 
and that the Committee had gone through the Biil, 
and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they 
had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Wherethe Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe; 
and an Amendment was made, by the Houte, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf intoa Committee of the whole Houfe,; 
upon the Bill for allowing the free Importation of Rice 
into this Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colo- 
nies in America, for a limited Time, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to regulate the Importation and Expor- 
tation of Corn, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Commit 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had made a Progrefs in the Bill; and that 
he was directed by the Committee to move, that they 
may have Leave to fit again. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock, z 





V eneris, 1° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii HI*i Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


Petition of Edmind Hill, Owner of divers Gun 
powder Mills upon Hounflow Heath, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
Bill to regulate the making, keeping, and Carriage of 
Gunpowder 








416 


Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the 
Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Purpofes ; and 
fetting forth, That, if the faid Bill fhould pafs into a 
Law, it would greatly affect the Property of, and put a 
Stop to, the Frade and Bufinels of the Petitioner : And 
therefore praying, That he mzy be heard, by his Coun- 
fel, and produce Witneffes, in Support of his Petition, 
againft the faid Bill; and that the Houfe will grant him 
fach Relief touching the Premifes, as the Nature of 
his Cafe may require, and as to them may feem 
mect. 

A Petition of Frederick Pigou and Miles Peter An- 
drews, Efquires, Gunpowder Makers, near Feverfbam, 
in the County of Kent, was alfo prefented to the Houfe, 
and read; likewife taking Notice of the faid Bill ; and 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, moft of 
the Provifions in the faid Bill are very neceffary, but 
that fome of them, if paffed into a Law as they now 
ftand, will materially prefudice the Public, and be a 
very great Detriment to the Petitioners as Gunpowder 
Makers: And therefore praying, That they may be 
heard, by their Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid 
Bill, as may be a Detriment to them; or that they 
may have fuch other Relief as the Houfe fhall think 
fit. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to 
be referred to the Confideration of the Com- 
mittee of the whole Houfe, to whom the faid 
Bill is committed ; and the Petitioners are to be 
heard, by their Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon their Petitions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petitions. 


An ingrofied Bill for paving, cleanfing, lighting, 
watching, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, 
Lanes, Alleys, and other public Paflages and Places, 
within the Parifh of Chrifichurch, in Middlefex ; and 
for removing Nufances and Objtructions therefrom, 
and preventing the like for the future; and for paving 
and regulating fuch Parts of Brick Lane, as are not within 
the faid Parifh ; was read the ‘Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac&amp; for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, 
and regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Al- 
leys, and other public Paflages and Places, within the 
Parifh of Chriftchurch, in. Middlefex, and for removing 
Nufances and Objftructions therefrom, and preventing 
the like for the future; and for paving and regulating 
fuch Parts of Brick Lene, as are not within the faid 
Parifh. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called the Intack or Cow Pajfture and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of 
Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durham; and for 
extinguifhing all Right of Common in certain inclofed 
Intercommon Lands there; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon this Day Sevennight. 


A Petition of the Innkeepers of the Town of Not- 
tingham, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Com- 
plaining of the Hardfhips, which, the Petitioners allege, 
they labour under, from the prefent Mode of quarter- 
ing Soldiers and Horfes; and fetting forth, That the 
Petitioners apprehend, if it was left to the Option of 
each Innkeeper, to provide Hay and Straw for the 
Horfe to be quartered on him, at the prefent Price of 


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AA. 1772. 


Six Pence each Night, or only to provide the Troops 
with convenient Stables and Neceffaries for the Hor(:- 
gratis, as the Innkeepers fhall find moft convenient ne 
future Times (this Alteration not to extend to Troops 
on a March, or employed on the recruiting Service) 
the fame would remedy the Grievance complained of - 
And therefore praying the Houfe, to grant the Pet;. 
tioners the Relief propofed, or fuch other Alterations jn 
the Laws for quartering Soldiers as to the Houfe hai} 
be found moft proper fer His Majefty’s Service, and the 
Eafe of His Subjects. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir Matthew White Ridley reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for building a Temporary 
Bridge, acrofs the River Zyne, from the Town of 
Newcaftle upon Tyne, to Gatefhead, in the County of 
Durham, was committed; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after. 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in ar 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do make the 
Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for di- 
viding and inclefing the Open and Common Fields, 
Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Wafte 
Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of King’s Rip- 
ton, in the County of Huntingdon, was committed. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except the Reverend Doctor Torkingion, Rector of 
the faid Parifh Church, who refufed to fign the Bill, 
but faid he would not oppofe the fame; and except 
One Cottager, who was apprifed of the Bill, but did 
not attend at a Meeting to fign the fame; and that no 
Perfon appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had direéted to be reported to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble : Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
eut; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 


upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be . 


ingroffed, 


Sir William Guife reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, with- 
in the Manor and Parifh of Eaftleach Tourville, in the 
County of Gloucefter, was re-committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had made feveral other Amendments to the 
Bill; which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied, | 

Ordered, 








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Ordered, That the Order of the Day; fot the Second 
Reading of the Bill for regulating the Election of Com- 
mittee Men, for managing the Affairs of the African 
Company, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed that no Counfél at- 
tended ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve. itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing feve- 
ral Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, 
Grounds, Common Paitures, and other Commonable 
Places, in the Townfhip of Block/ey, and Hamlets of 
Draycot and Paxford, in the Parifh of Blockley, and 
County of Worcefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing feveral Open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, 
Common Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in 
the Townfhip of Blackley, and Hamlets of Draycot and 
Paxford, in the Parith of Blockley, and County of Wor- 
cefter. 
iaink That Mr. Rufbout do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Common Fields, Meadow Grounds, and other Com- 
monable Lands, within the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch, 
in the County of Northampton, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open Com- 
mon Fields, Meadow Grounds, and other Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch, in the 
County of Northampton. 

Ordered, That Sir William Dolben do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Open Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, 
and Wafte Grounds, in Aldwinckle, in the County of 
Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Billdo pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common 
and Open Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and 
Watte Grounds, in Aldwinckle, in the County of North- 
ampton. 

Ordered, That Sir William Dolben do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill for making, and keeping in Repair, a Road, 
or Paffage for Horfes, on the Banks of the River 
Severn, between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called 
Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and draw- 
ing Veffels along the faid River ; and for making Com- 
penfation to the Owners of Lands, for as much Ground 
as may be neceflary for that Purpofe, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bald- 
wyn, Lord Pigott, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 

The Houfe was moved, That the Petition of Fane 
Brown, Widow (which was prefented to the Houfe 
upon the 16th Day of April laft, and then ordered to 
lie upon the Table until the Second Reading of the 
faid Bill) might be again read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Vou. XXXIII. 


717 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the Con- 
fideration of the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed ; and that the Petitioner be heard, by her 
Countel, before the faid Committee, upon her Petition, 
if fhe thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they da admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againit the faid 
Petition. 


Sir Charles Bunbury prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to repeal feveral Acts of Parliament, 
fo far as the fame inflict capital Punifhments for certain 
Offences: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Orderéd, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Salta/b, in the County of 
Cornwall, in the Room of Thomas Bradhaw, Efquire; 
who, fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of One of the Commiffioners for exe- 


cuting the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Bri- 
tain. 


Mr. Hervey, from the Commiffioners for exectiting 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Orders, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Copy of a Letter from Cap- 
*¢ tain Arbuthnot, Senior Officer of His Majefty’s Ships 
“and Veffels at Spithead, to Mr. Stephens, Secretary of 
‘the Admiralty, dated the 29th of Apri] 17725 with 
“© Two Inclofures, relative to the Experiments made 
“ there of Mr. Jrving’s Method of rendering Sea Water 
* frefh :” And alfo, 

A Paper, intituled, * Copy of a Report of Expezi- 
“* ments made on Board His Majeity’s Ship Terrible, at 
“* Spithead, relative to Mr. Irving's Method of rendering 
« Sea phi frefh ; inclofed in Captain Arbuthno?’s Let- 
“ter to Mr. Stephens, dated the 29th of April : 
“N° 1:” And hfe, 5 the 

A Paper, intituled, “« Copy of a Report of Experi- 
‘ments, made on Board His Majefty’s Ship Terrible, 
*&lt; at Spithead, relative to Mr. Irving’s Method of ren- 
“* dering Sea Water frefh ; inclofed in Captain Arduth- 
“* not’s Letter to Mr. Stephens, dated the 2gth of April 
“ 1772, N° 2:” And alfo, 

A Paper, intituled, “ Extract of a Letter from Ad- 
“ miral Sir Robert Harland, Baronet, Commander in 
“‘ Chief of His Majefty’s Ships and Veffels in the Ea/ 
“* Indies, relative to Mr. Irving’s Method of rendering 
“* Sea Water frefh, to Mr. Stephens, Secretary to the 

“« Admiralty, dated at Madra/s, the gth of Ogober 
“ 399%" 
And the Titles of the faid Papers were read. 
Ordered, That the faid Papers do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion, 


Mr. Charles Fox prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill to amend an Act, made in the Twenty- 
fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Aét for the better preventing 
of Clandeftine Marriages: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Tburfday Morning next. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houte, to whom the 
8U Bill 








718 


Bill for allowing the Importation of Wheat, Wheat 
Flour, Rye, and Rye Meal, into this Kingdom, for 
a limited Time, free of Duty, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill, and which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Hoyfe, to whom the 
Bill for allowing the free Importation of Rice, into this 
Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies in Ame- 
rica, for a limited Time, was committed, the Amend- 
ments which the Committee had made to the Bill; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
: were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for paving, lighting, 
cleanfing, watering, and watching, the Streets and other 
public Places, within that Part of the Parith of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Middlefex, as lies Weft of 
Tottenbam Court Road, and alfo fo much of the faid 
Road within the faid Parifh, as lies South of Chapel 
Street ; and for difcharging the Truftees from the Care 
of that Part of the faid Road for the future, upon the 
‘Terms therein mentioned ; and for preventing Nufances 
and Obftruétions within the Limits aforefaid ; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, is committed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the further Relief of His Majefty’s 
Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the Church of Eng- 
land, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That this Houfe will, upon Tuefday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee ; 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Words “ Tue/day Morning 
&lt;&lt; next,” and inferting the Words “this Day Three 
&lt;&lt; Months,” inftead thereof. 

And the Queition being put, That the Words “ Tue/- 
«© day Morning next” ftand Part of the Queftion ; 

It was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Queftion being put; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tuvefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


? 

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Surplufies, ftated the sth Day of 
April 1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That Surpluffes, ftated the 1oth Day of 
Oétober 1771, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Copy of Accounts of Sales of 
Lands in the Ceded Iflands, tranfmitted by the Com- 
miffioners appointed for fuch Sales the 1{t of Fuly 1765, 
which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 24th Day of 
March 1766, be referred to the {aid Committee. 


+) 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


Ordered, That the Account of Sales of E.ands jn th 
Iflands of Dominica, Tobago, and Saint Vincent, in 1766, 
which was prefented to the House upon the 1oth Day of 
April 1767, be referred to the faid Committee. 
¢; Ordered, That the Account of Sales of Lands in the 
Ceded Iflands in 1767, tranfmitted by the Commit. 
fioners appointed for fuch Sales, the 18th Day of Ful 
1767, which was prefented to the Houfe upon the “4 
Day of February 1768, be referred to the faid Com. 
mittee. . 

Ordered, That the general Account of Sales of His 
Majefty’s Lands in the Southern Charibbee Wands, ip, 
the Years 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, which 
was prefented to the Houfe upon the roth Day of 
April 1770, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Produce of Fren;j, 
Prizes taken before the Declaration of War, which 
was prefented to the Houfe, upon the 7th Day of Marc’ 
1764, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, * Sales of Lands 
*¢ in Dominica, gth April 1770,” be referred to the {aid 
Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com. 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Hout, 

That he was dire¢ted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


ay of 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 
_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 


Houfe, to confider further of the Suppl ted 
His Majefty. ie tS 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Sabbati, 2° die Mai; 


Anno 12° Georgii III"! Regis, 1772; 


PRAYERS. 


IR Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider furtherof Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Refolu- 
tions which the Committee had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe ; which he read in his Place, ‘and afterwards 
delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame were 
read ; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Cor- 
porate, poffeffed of, interefted in, or inticled unto, any 
Annuities, being Part of the Capital or Joint Stock ot 
£.3 per Cent. Annuities, confolidated by feveral Acts 
of Parliament, of the 25th, 28th, 29th, 32d, a 33d 

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Years of the Reign of George the Second, and feveral 
fubfequent Acts, which were made payable and trans- 
ferrable at the Bank of England; or ot the Annuities con- 
folidated by the Acts of the 25th of George the Second, 
and 4th of George the Third, called Reduced Annuities, 
alfo payable and transferrable there ; or of certain £. 3 
per Cent. Annuities, which are payable and transferrable 
at the South Sea Houfe, called Old South Sea Annuities 
and New South Sea Annuities ; or of £. 3 per Cent An- 
nuities, payable in refpect of £. 2,100,000 granted by an 
A&amp; of the 24th Year of the Reign of George the Se- 
cond, for the Service of the Year 1751; who, on or 
before the 15th Day of this Inftant AZay, and before the 
Sum fubfcribed fhall amount to £. 1,500,000, fhall fub- 
{cribe their Names, or fignify their Confent to accept, 
in Lieu of their Intereft in any Part of the faid Principal 
or Capital Stock ftanding in their Names, and in full 
Satisfaction and Difcharge thereof, the Sum of £. 90 
in Money for every £.100, and in that Proportion for 
any greater or lefs Sum or Sums, compofing one or 
more entire Sum or Sums of £.100. £.50. or £.25. of 
fuch Principal or Capital Stock, one Moiety thereof to 
be paid on or before the 15th Day of July next, 
and the other Moiety on or before the 20th Day of 
Ofober next, together with the Intereft due on the 
whole Capital Stock fo fubfcribed, to the sth Day of 
July next, fhall, for every £. 100 Principal or Capital 
Stock, as aforeiaid, fo fubicribed, be intitled to re- 
ceive Four Tickets, in a Lottery, to confilt of 60,000 
Tickets, at the Rate of £. 12. 105. each (and in that 
Proportion for any greater or lefs Sum) the faid Tickets 
to be paid for in Manner following; that is to fay, 
That every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corpo- 
rate, fo fubferibing, or fignifying his, her, or their, Con- 
fent as aforefaid, fhall, on or before the 15th Day of 
this Inftant May, make a Depofit of £.1, in refpect of 
the Money to be paid for each Ticket, as a Security 
for making the future Payments, to the Cafhiers of the 
Bank of England, on or before the Times herein after 
limited ; that is to fay; for and in refpect of every fuch 
Ticket, £. 2, on or before the rgth Day of Fune next ; 

. 3 on or before the 22d of Fuly next; £. 3 on or be- 
fore the 21ft of Auguft next; and £. 3. 105. on or be- 
fore the 2d Day of Offober next: That, upon fuch Pay- 
ments being completed, Tickets fhall be delivered, as 
foon as the fame can be prepared, to the Perfons in- 
titled thereto: That the Sum of £. 600,000 fhall be 
diftributed into Prizes, for the Benetit of the Proprietors 
of the fortunate Tickets in the faid Lottery, which 
‘Prizes fhall be paid at the Bank of England, in Money, 
to fuch Proprietors, upon Demand, on the Firft Day of 
March 1773, or as foon after as Certificates can be pre- 
pared, without any Deduction whatfoever ; and that all 
the Monies to be received by the faid Cafhiers, fhall be 
paid into the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, to 
be applied from Time to Time, to fuch Services as fhall 
then have been voted by this Houfe in this Seffion of 
Parliament ; and eyery Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic 
or Corporate, fo poffeffed of, interefted in, or intitled 
to, any of the faid Annuities, and fo fubfcribing as afore- 
iaid, fhall have a Certificate, from the faid Cafhiers of the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, of the 
Amount of the Principal or Capital Stock by them. re- 
ipectively fubfcribed, and of all fuch Sum and Sums of 
Money as he, fhe, or they, fhall be intitled to receive, 
in Confideration of fuch their Subfcription, and in Lieu 
and in Difcharge of his, her, or their Capital Stock, fo 
fub{cribed ; and the Holders or Bearers of fuch Certi- 
ficates fhall be paid, at the Bank of England, the fe- 
veral Sums of Money expreffed in fuch Certificates, to- 
gether with Intereft after the Rate of £. 3 per Cent. 
per Annum on the Capital Stock fo fubfcribed, in the 
Manner, and at the Times, herein before defcribed: 
That, upon Payment of fuch Sum or Sums of Money, 
with fuch Intereft, the Whole of the Principal or Ca- 
pital Stock fo fubfcribed fhall ftand diicharged, and 
be annihilated 5 and the Annuity payable in refpect 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


719 
thereof fhall, from the faid sth Day of Fuly 1772; ceafe 
and be extinguifhed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Books be opened, at the Bank of England, for 
receiving fuch Subfcription and Confent ; and that, 
during the Two Firft Days on which fuch Subfcriptions 
and Confent are to be received, no one Perfon, Body 
Politic or Corporate, be admitted to fubfcribe, or fig- 
nify his, her, or their, Confent, for any Sum or Sums, 
amounting in the Whole to more than £. 10,000 Prin- 
cipal or Capital Stock. 

Refalved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, there be iffued and applied the Sum of £.1,856,722. 
1 5: 2 d. out of fuch Monies as fhall or may arije, of the 
Surplufies, Exceffes, or Overplus Monies, and other 
Revenues, compofing the Fund commonly called the 
Sinking Fund. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding £. 20,000 out of fuch Mo- 
nies as fhall be paid into the Receipt of the Exche- 
quer on or before the sth Day of April 1773, of the 
Produce of all or any of the Duties and Revenues, which, 
by any Act or Acts of Parliament, have been direéted to 
be referved for the Difpofition of Parilament, towards 
defraying the neceffary Expences of defending, protect- 
ing, and fecuring, the Britifo Colonies and Plantations 
in America, be applied towards making good fuch Part 
of the Supply as hath been granted to His Majefty, for 
maintaining His Majefty’s Forces and Garifons in the 
Plantations, and for Provifions for the Forces in North 
America, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Ceded I/lands, 
for the Year 1772. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fuch of the Monies as fhall be paid into the Re- 
ceipt of the Exchequer, after the 5th Day of April 1772, 
and on or before the 5th Day of April 1773, of the 
Produce of the Duties charged by an Act of Parlia- 
ment, made in the Fifth Year of His prefent Majefty’s 
Reign, upon the Importation and Exportation of Gum 
Senega and Gum Arabic, be applied towards making 
good the Supply granted to His Majetty. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houte. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Refolution, which, 
upon the 11th Day of February laft, was reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty, and was then 
agreed to by the Houfe, might be read. 

And the fame was, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly ; and is as followeth; vz. 

“© Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
“© oranted to His Majefty, there be iffued and applied 
« the Sum of One hundred Thirty-fix thoufand Four 
« hundred Sixteen Pounds and Eight Pence Half 
« Peny, remaining in the Exchequer on the roth Day 
“ of Offober 1771, for the Dilfpofition of Parliament, 
«© of the Monies which had then arifen, of the Sur- 
“¢ pluffes, Exceffes, and Overplus Monies, and other 
« Revenues of the Fund commonly called the Sinking 
“¢ Fund.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Refolution, 
which, upon the 20th Day of Fedruary laft, was reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, and was 
then agreed to by the Houfe, might be read. 

And the fame was, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly ; and is as followeth, wiz. 

“© Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
“¢ granted to His Majefty, there be ifiued and applied 
« the Sum of Fifty-five thoufand One hundred Ninety- 
“© two Pounds Six Shillings and Eleven Pence Thiee 
«© Farthings, remaining in the Exchequer on the gth 

“ Day 








720 


% Day of Fanvary laft, for the Ditpetition of Parlia- 
“&lt; ment, of the Monies which had then arifen, of the 
«* Surplufies, Exceties, and Overpius Monies, and other 
«© Revenues, of the Fund commonly called the Sinking 
« Fund.” 

The Houfe was alio moved, That the Reifolution, 
which, upon the 6th Day of this Inftant 4pri/, was re- 
ported from the Coinmittee of the whole Houle, to 
whom it was referred to confider further of Ways and 
Means for raifing the Supply granted to His Majetty, 
and-was then agreed to by the Houle, might be read. 

And the fame was, as agreed to by the Houle, read 
accordingly ; and is as followeth; wz. 

“© Refolved, That the Sum of Four hundred thou- 
« fand Pounds, which, by an Act, made in the Ninth 
« Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
« A&amp; for carrying into Execution certain Propofals, 
«« made by the Ea/t India Company, for the Payment 
~ &amp; of the annual Sum of Four hundred thoufand Pounds, 
“ for a limited Time, in refpect of the territorial Ac- 
‘© quifitions and Revenues, lately obtained in the Eaf 
“« Indies, is dire€ted to be paid, within the prefent 
« Year, into the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, 
«“ by the faid Company, be applied towards making 
« ood the Supply granted to His Majefty.” 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Refolutions, 
which, upon the 14th Day of this Inftant 4pri/, were 
reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to whom it was referred to confider further of Ways 
and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, and were then agreed to by the Houle, might be 
read. 

And the fame were, as agreed to by the Houfe, read 
accordingly ; and are as followeth , v7z. 

“© Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
“* oranted to His Majetty, there be 1ffued and applied 
« the Sum of Eight hundred and Five thoufand Three 
«¢ hundred and Ninety-eight Pounds Thirteen Shillings 
«¢ and Two Pence, remaining in the Receipt of the Ex- 
« chequer on the Fifth Day of April 1772, for the Dif- 
“* pofition of Parliament, of the Monies which had then 
“ arifen, of the Surplufies, Excefles, and Overplus 
Monies, and other Revenues, of the Fund com- 
monly called the Sinking Fund.” 

“ Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 


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“* oranted to His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding One 


«© hundred Thirty-eight thoufand and Ninety Pounds 
« Five Shillings and Ten Pence, out of the Savings 
“ arifing upon the Grant for the Pay of an Augmenta- 
“ tion to His Majefty’s Land Forces for the Year 1771, 
* be applied towards defraying the extraordinary Ex- 
«© pences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and other Ser- 
“ vices incurred, to the 20th Day of February 1772, 
*« and not provided for by Parliament.” 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


y, 1772. 


“ Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
«« sranted to His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding Thirty. 
“© fix thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two Pounds 
«« and Ten Shillings, out of the Savings arifing upon the 
«&lt; Sum voted in the Account of Extraordinaries in the 
“ Year 1770, for Levy Money for the faid Augmen- 
“* tation, be applied towards defraying the extraordinary 
«¢ Expences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, and other 
«« Services incurred, to the 2oth Day of February 1772 
«“ and not provided for by Parliament.” ; 

“ Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
«¢ oranted to His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding One 
« thoufand Eight hundred and Sixty -three Pounds Thir- 
“&lt; teen Shillings and Ten Pence, out of the Savings arif- 
‘* ing upon Grants for the Difference between Briti, 
“© and Jrifh Pay of the 64th and 65th Regiments of Foot, 
‘© from the Firft Day of September to the 24th Day of 
“© December 1768, be applied towards defraying the ex- 
‘“* traordinary Expences of His Majefty’s Land Forces, 
«and other Services incurred, to the 20th Day of 
“© February 1772, and not provided for by Parlia- 
“ ment.” 

‘© Refolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
“© granted to His Majefty, a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
“* thoufand Pounds, out of the Savings arifing upon 
‘“¢ the Grants for the Pay of Reduced Officers of Land 
“ Forces and Marines, from the 25th Day of June 
“© 1757 to the 24th Day of December 1768, be applied 
** towards defraying the extraordinary Expences of His 
«© Majefty’s Land Forces, and-other Services incurred, 
« tothe 20th Day of February 1772, and not provided 
“ for by Parliament.” 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, pur- 
fuant to the Eight laft mentioned Refolutions, and alfo 
purfuant to the Refolutions this Day reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider further of Ways and Means for rait- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majefty, and which have 
been agreed to by the Houfe: And that Sir Charles 
Whitworth, the Lord North, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkin- 
fon, Mr. Dyfon, Mr. Charles Townjfhend, Mr. Attorney 
General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Cooper, and Mr, 
Robinfon, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Hervey, from the Commiffioners for executing 
the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Eftimate of the probable Expence of His Ma- 
jefty’s Navy, for the Year 1772; diftinguifhed under 
the proper Heads of Expence. 

And the Title of the faid Eftimate was read, 

The faid Eftimate is as followeth; viz, 


Navy 





2. 12 GEO. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 424 

















unds 

oe Navy Office, i. ESTIMATE of tlie probable Expence of His Majefty’s Navy, for the Year 1772, 

nen- yft May 1772. diftinguifhed under the proper Heads upon the Services voted by the honourable Houfe 

ner of Commons, fhewing how far the faid Expence may probably exceed, or fall fhort of, thé 

whe Sums already voted for thofe Services; prepared purfuant to their Precept of the 2oth 

772, February 1772; 

pply 

One 

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‘itifp 

‘oot, 

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ng On the Heads of Ordinary, Wear, and Tear, extraordinary Buildings, and Repairs. 

y of ; ; £. pha: 

lia. Salaries to the Admiralty, Treafurers, and Navy Office; to the Clerks of the Out Ports, &amp;?c. 33,900 — — 
Stationary Ware for the fame Offices, including Books and Forms of Accounts, for all 

pply His Majefty’s Ships and Yards — _ — — 5,000 a ams 

orty Contingencies for the fame Offices — — —. _ 10,000 — == 

pon Law Charges — a —_ _ _ _ _ 2,000 —= — 

“ana Penfions to fuperannuated Sea Officers — — —— — 26,300 — — 

une Salaries to the Officers and Clerks of the Yards, and Wages to Watchmen and Warders 18,000 — — 

ied Wages to the Officers and Men, borne on the Ships in Ordinary — — 45,150 — — 

‘His Half Pay to Sea Officers — — —_— — 80,000 — — 

red Ditto — to Marine Officers — _ — — — e€1,000 — — 

ok Bounty to Chaplains —_— —— _ _ — 1,200 — — 
Repairs for the feveral Offices —— — —_ 2,000 —— —. 

pur- Coals and Candles for the Admiralty and Navy Office — — andi 1,200 «= ot 

alfo Travelling Charges to the Commiffioners of the Navy on vifiting the Yards ; to the Of- oh 

ews ficers of the Yards when employed on diftant Services; to the Meffengers of Deptford 

sel and Woolwich Yard; and to the Deputies of the Surveyors General of the Woods in 

raid America, when fent from their Habitations on Naval Services — — rae i eee 

sek Value of Stores and Materials contraéted for, and to be. purchafed for His Majefty’s Ships 

arles and Yards _ &gt; i ae yor st eg 388,000 — — 

ate Wages to inferior Officers and Workmen in His Majefty’s feveral Dock Yards, including 

rey £. 16,722. 3. 9. for One Tide extra to Shipwrights and Caulkers, for Four Months 222,600 — — 


Mr Value of Stores and Materials contraéted for, and to be purchafed for the Ufe of the 
: feveral Rope Yards ahead en ee 
Wages to the inferior Officers and Workmen at’ the Rope Yards, including £.7,631. | 















































‘ 14. 8. for One Quarter of a Day extra, for Four Months — pe 22, See 
om Building and wmehs Ships contracted for in Merchants Yards _ — iets a aa 
Works propofed to be carried on by Contract, for Buildings and Repairs at His Ma- 
Mas jefty’s feveral Yards - _ — | 40,000 —— = 
nder Imprefts to the Officers of the feveral Yards, to defray the contingent Charges thereof, 
and petty Emptions hens ‘jet? at Hite tills 
¢ ¢ By the Storekeepers of His Majefty’s Yards abroad, for carrying on Works 
&lt;2 for the Repairs of thofe Yards, for Wages to Artificers, for Stores that may 
an be purchafed, and other Contingencies — — — 40,000 — — 
3 &amp;  &lt; By the Captains of His Majefty’s Ships, for Stores and Workmanship at fuch | 
‘S22 | _ Places where there are no Naval Officers — — _— a 
25.5 ; By the Naval Officer in the Eat Indies, for Supplies of Stores, for the Squa- 
rea] ; dron in thofe Seas — _ exsnamae — — 25,000 —— ax 
Exchequer Fees paid by the Treafurer of the Navy — - —_ SOO eeeeiienes 
Tranfporting Stores, ballafting and unballafting Ships, and other incident Charges — 10,000 —_ — 
£- 1,190,185 —— — 
On the Head of Wages. 
Wages to Seamen, calculated upon the Lift received from the Admi- i &amp; &amp; 
ralty of Ships to be employed at Sea, in the Courfe of the Year— 372,931 — — 
Expence of maintaining the Number of Marines that may be borne 
in the Courfe of the Year, as by Eftimate received from their Pay- 
matter —_—— --~ 121,884 2 9 
Flag Pay and Table Money to Admirals and Commodores, and Sala- 
ries to their Secretaries -_— nae — 10,500 — — 
Pilotage of His Majefty’s Ships and Vefiels ——— = 4;500 — — 
avy Reward to Schoolmafters teaching Navigation, to Judge Advocate, 
and for fubfifting Shipwrecked Seamen —-- — 800 — — 
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Surgeons Neceffaries fupplied by Contractors, and Neceffaries that 
may be purchafed abroad 


















































- — 1,500 — = 
Hire of Watermen for the Admiralty and Navy, Coach Hire to the 
Commiffioners of the Navy when attending Pays, and Travelling 
Charges to the Phyfician of Greenwich Hofpital —_ — 200 — = 
Allowance to the Clerks of the Pay Office and Navy Office, for at- 
tending Pays and making up Books, Sc, — —— 3,500 —— == — f¥k 
Imprefts for defraying the Carriage of Money to the Out Ports — 500 — — 
Surgeons Free Gifts —- —— — _— 2,000 — — 
518,315 2 9 
Sick and Hurt Seamen, as per Eftimate received from that 
Office. Ce 
For paying Quarters, &amp;¢. for Sick and Hurt Seamen and Marines 
in Foreign Parts —— —_—~ _ 13,978 16 7 
Great Britain and Ireland ~ — — 12,087 12 64 
Charge of Management of the -Head Office _ -_ 9,059 15 7+ 
35126 4 g 
On the Head of Vidtualing, as per Eftimate received from £- 553440 7 6 
thofe Commiffioners. 
4) ye 
Salaries and Wages, Rents, Taxes, and all other Charges relative 
to the executive Part of the Office _ —_— 45,706 17 5% 
Ground and Buildings agreed to be purchafed adjoining to His Ma- 
jefty’s Brewhoufe at Londov, and Victualing Premifies at the Red 
Houfe, Deptford, for the better carrying on the Victualing Service 
at thofe Places en 3,480 — — 
For making a Refervoir, and erecting a Wharf and other Conve- 
niencies for the watering His Majefty’s Ships in Port Royal Har- 
bour, Fawaica —-- — _ 995 9 93 
For building a Wharf, and widening and deepening the Creek Jead- 
ing up to His Majefty’s Brewhoutes, Cooperage, and Storehoufes, 
at Weevil near Portfmouth, for the carrying on His Majefty’s Ser- 
vice with the proper Difpatch at that Port _— _ 4,656 11 4 
Neceffary Repairs of Buildings at London andthe other Ports — 6,897 19 4 
Value of the Provifions to be purchafed, that will be required to be . 
iffued from His Majefty’s Magazines in England and at Gibral- 
tar, in Addition to what were remaining in Store on the 31ft De- 
_ cember 1771, including Neceffary Money to the Purfers — 160,180 10 114 
Value of the Provifions that will be neceffary to be furnifhed from 
the Contractors for victualing His Majefty’s Ships at home and 
abroad, including Neceffary Money to the Puriers -m—— 125,598 15 3 
Value of the Provifions that will be neceffary to be purchafed and iffued from His Ma- 347518 3 105 
jefty’s Magazines in England, for Harbour Victuals, for Officers and Men borne 
on the Ordinary, in Addition to what were remaining in Store on the 31ft December 
1771, including Neceflary Money to the Purfers — 83.804 16 2 
Value of new Staves and Bifcuit Bags neceffary to be contracted for, to be delivered in as iG 
the Courfe of this Year —- —— —— unt 12,701 13 4 
N. B. His Majefty’s Vidtualing Stores and Magazines in England and at Gibraltar, &amp;- 3775322 13 10 
cannot be left deftitute of Provifions upon the 31ft December 1772, and there- 
fore, if Three Months Provifions for the Number of Men which are computed 
by the above Eftimate to be Victual’d from His Majefty’s Stores in England 
and at Gibraltar, fhould be thought a proper Proportion to have in Store at 
thofe Places on the 31{t December 1772, to anfwer the Demands of the Fleet; it is 
computed that the faid Proportion will make a further probable Exceeding of 
the Grants in the Courfe of the Year _ _—— a 47,930 7 $ | 





£. 425,253 1 6 


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The probable Expence for the Year 1772, compated with the Grants; 
































= Probable Expence. 
Heads. Grants. Probable Expence, —_ 
More. Lefs. 
iv isil feos) 0 ie et ad, Geiss avd 
Ordinary Eftimate, exclufive of Harbour 
Viduals = — ue — §| 374952 14 6] 390,991 — —| 16,038 5 § —= — — 
Wear and Tear for 25,000 £. 
Men, at {.1.7.0.aMonth 438,750 6] 814,689 — —] 799,194 — —} | 55495 
Extra Repairs — — 375,939 
Wages to Seamen and Marines, at £. 1. 8 ) él 6 6 
10. 0. per ManaMonth — — (| 4972500 = ——| 553.441 7 59941 7 wart 
Victuals for 25,000 Men, at if : 
195. a Month — == 308,750 &gt;| 328,523 3 —=| 425,253 1 6] 96,729 18 6] oo —= oe 
Harbour Victuals — — 19,773 
£. 2,005,664 17 6|2,168,879 g 01 178,709 11 6] 15,495 — — 


Shews the probable Expence to exceed the Grants == £. 163,214 11 6 


H. Palliffers +, Williams. 


Ordered, That the faid Eftimate do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


Sir William Dolben reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for incorporating the Members of a So- 
ciety, commonly called The Marine Society, and their 
Succeffors, to be elected as therein is mentioned ; and 
for the better impowering and enabling them to carry 
on their charitable and ufeful Defigns, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the Houte being informed, that fome other 
Amendments were neceffary to be made to the faid Bill ; 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 

Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 
Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


Mr. Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for regulating the Settlements of Baftard 
Children: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, and other Com- 
monable Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh 
and Manor of King’s Ripton, in the County of Hunting- 
don; which Bill was Yefterday reported from the Com- 
mittee, to whom the fame had been committed ; 

The Lord Nerth, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


E. Mafon. 


Abate 153495 — — 





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T. Brett. R. Temple. 


And the faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. ‘ 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, and other Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor 
of King’s Ripton, in the County of Huntingdon. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning; 
Ten of the Clock. : 





Lune, 4° die Mai; 
Anno 12° Georgii III** Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


(pRéereds That Mr. Dowdefwell do carry to the Lords 

the ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing feveral 
Open and Common Fields,Common Meadows,Grounds, 
Common Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in 
the Townfhip of Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycot 
and Paxford, in the Parifh of Blockley, and County of 


Worcefter, and defire the Concurrence of their Lordfhips 
thereto. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fields and Commonable Lands, within the Parifh 
of Shilton, in the County of Warwick, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fields and Commonable Lands, within- the Parifh of 
Shilten, in the County of Warwick. 

Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


3 Mr. 








724 

Mr. Clarke reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Governors, and Affiftants to the faid Go- 
vernors, in the Rule and Government of the Poffeffions, 
Revenues, and Goods, of the Free Grammar School of 
Elizabeth Queen of England, in the Town of Afbeburne, 
in the County of Derby, in their Corporate Capacity ; 
and the faid Governors and Affiftants, as Trutlees of 
Six Alms Houfes in fbeburne aforelaid, founded and 
endowed by Chriftopber Pegg, Equire, deceaied, to con- 
vey certain Lands and Poffeffions of the faid School and 
Alms Houfes refpectively, in the Parifhes of Winger- 
worth and Ajfbover, in the faid County, to Henry Glad- 
win, of Wingerworth, in the faid County, Efquire, in 
Exchange for other Lands, in the Parifh of Brailsford, 
in the faid County, of greater Value, to be conveyed 
to, and held by, them refpectively, to the Ules, and 
upon the Trufts, therein mentioned, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Tume. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Mr. Clarke do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendiment. 


An ingrofted Bill for dividing, allotting, and inclof- 
ing, the Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, 
Lands, and Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging 
to, the Manor, Varifh, and Liberties, of Wing, in the 
County Of Rutland, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. 


Pr. 1. 1.32. To leave out ‘ Corporation,” and 
infert ‘* Charity” inftead thereof, 
and after ** of,” to infert ‘* the.” 

1.34. After “ certain,” to infert “ Rents 


* of.” 

After ** lieu,” to infert ** or to the 
“© Owners.” 

After ** Ground,” to infert “ re- 
“ fpectively.” 

To leave out ‘* Corporation,” and 
infert ** Charity” inftead thereof , 
and after ** of,” to infert ‘* the.” 

To leave out ‘* Sons,” and infert 
«© Children” inftead thereof; and 
after “ Clergymen,” to infert “ af- 
«¢ ter fuch Allotment.” 

1.22. After ** fo,” to infert “ to be.” 
And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 

Open and Commonable Fields, Meadows, Lands, and 

Wafte Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the 

Manor, Parifh, and Liberties, of Wing, in the County 

of Rutland. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Bridges Brudenell do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vefting Part of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Pearce, 
Widow, deceafed, and William Hall, Efquire, other- 
wife Pearce, her eldeft Son, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for Payment of the Portions of her younger Children, 
and other Incumbrances ; and for fettling other Part of 


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AA, 1772. 


her Eftates to the fame Ufes ; and for other Purpofes ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the legal Eftate and Intereft of and in certain 
Freehold Lands, at Adderbury, in the County of Ox. 
ford, now vetted in Charles Townfhend, Efquire, an In. 
fant Truftee, in the Moft noble Henry Duke of Byc- 
sleugh and his Heirs, and in certain Copyhold Lands 
in Kenneth Mackenzie, Etquire, and his Heirs, im Trug 
for the faid Duke and his Heirs; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe + And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
impower William Hulton, Efquire, to charge his fettled 
Eftates, in the County of Laacafer, or fome Parts there- 
of, with One thoufand -Two hundred Pounds, and 
Three thoufand Pounds, for the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned; and alfo to grant Leafes of certain Parts of his 
faid Eftates ;»to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed-a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
veft in the Truftees named in the Will of Francis Baffet, 
Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing and granting 
Sets of and on the Eftates comprifed in the Settlement 
made upon the Marriage of Fohn Pendarves Bafer, 
Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Settlement were given 
to the Truftees therein named; to which the Lords de- 
fire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aét for 
vefting the fettled Eftates and unfettled Eftates of Fobx 
Garduer Kemeys, Efquire,.in Truitees, in Truft, by Sale 
or Mortgage, to raife Money to pay off Portions and 
Debts, and redeem Annuities charged upon and affect. 
ing the fame, and for refettling the Remainder thereof, 
and Lands to be purchafed, as in the faid Act is directed, 
to the Ufes to which the faid fettled Eftates do now ftand 
fettled and limited ; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting the Manors, Lands, and Tenements, both Free- 
hold and Leafehold, comprized in the Marriage Settle- 
ment of Charles Baldwyn, Efquire, in Truftees, to be 
fold; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes which are now fubfifting 
with regard to the faid Freehold fettled Eftate ; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe, 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
veft in the Truftees named in the Will of Francis Baffet, 
Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing and granting 
Sets of and on the Eftates comprized in the Settlement 
made upon the Marriage of Fobn Pendarves Bafet, 
Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Settlement were given 


.to the Truitees therein named, was read the Firft 


Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the fettled Eftates and unfettled Eftates of 
Fohu Gardner Kemeys, Efquire, in Truftees, in Truft, 
by Sale, or Mortgage, to raife Money, to pay off Por- 
tions and Debts, and redeem Annuities charged upon 
and affecting the fame ; and for refettling the Remainder 
thereof, and Lands to be purchafed, as in the faid Act is 
direéted, to the Ufes to which the faid fettled Eftates 
do now ftand fettled and limited, was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting the legal Eftate and Intereft of and in cer- 
tain Freehold Lands at Adderbury, in the County of Ox- 
ford, now vefted in Charles Townfbend, Efquire, an In- 
fant Truftee, in the Moft noble Hexry Duke of Buc- 


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12 Geo. III. 


cleugh, and his Heirs,'and in certain Copyhold Lands 
in Kenneth Mackenzie, Efquire, and his Heirs, in Truft 
for the faid Duke and his Heirs, was read the Firft 


Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp;t 
to impower William Hulton Efquire, to charge his fettled 
Eftates, in the County of Lancafter, or fome Parts 
thereof, with One thoufand Two hundred Pounds, and 
Three thoufand Pounds, for the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, and alfo to grant Leafes of certain Parts of his 
{aid Eftates, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill to enable the Lord Bifhop of Durham, and 
his Succeffors, to raife a competent Sum of Money, to 
be applied’ for the repairing or re-building fuch Part 
of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Durham, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Clavering, Mr. Vane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Bill for amending, widening, and altering, the 
Roads leading from Crickbowell, in the County of Bre- 
con, to the Crofs Hands, beyond New Inn, in the Turn- 
pike Road between the City of Hereford and Ro/s, and 
from a Place called the Lower Cro/s Ways, in the 
Parifh of Saint Maughan’s, to the Town of Grofmount, 
in the County of Monmouth, and from a Smith’s Shop, 
at Stanton, in the Parifh of Lianvybangel, to Chapel-a- 
fine, in the fame County, and from the Turnpike 
Road, in the Parifh of Wel/b Newton, in the County of 
Hereford, to Ponttanaft, in the Parith of Cluddock, in the 
faid County, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Owen, 
Mr. Scudamore, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


Mr. Hobart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for the better Prefervation of the Great Bank 
of the River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, 
through Cowdit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk , and 
for making and ‘keeping in Repair a Road thereon, 
and from thence to the Village of Glenton, in the Counties 
of Lincoln and Northampton, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
inoroffed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Guardians of the Infant Children of the 
honourable Mary Sandys, deceafed, to make Leafes of 
their fettled Eftates in England and Ireland, during their 
refpective Minorities, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Robert 
Bertie, Mr. T, ownfbend, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vetting the Manors, Lands, and Tenements, both 
Freehold and Leafehold, comprized in the Marriage 
Settlement of Charles Baldwyn, Efquire, in Truftees, to 
be fold; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 

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72%5 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments; 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfifting 
with regard to the faid Freehold fettled Eftate, was 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir William Dolben reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for incorporating the Members of a 
Society, commonly called The Marine Society, and their 
Succeifors, to be clected as therein is mentioned; and 
for the better impowering and enabling them to carry 
on their charitable and ufeful Defigns, was re-committed ; 
That the Committee had made feveral other Amend- 
ments to the Bill; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for naturalizing Frederick Cazenove, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Sheetbridge to Port/mouth, and from Horn Dean to 
Havant, and from Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike 
Road, near Ropley, in the County of Southanpton, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. elifes 
Sir Harry Saint Febn, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and all who come to the Comiunitteée are to 
have, Voices. 


Mr. Whitworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repealing certain Provifions in Two 
Acts of Parliament, fo far as the fame relate to repair- 
ing the Highways in the Porith of Saint Mery Wbite- 
chapel, in the County of Middlefex, and for raifing 
Money for repairing the faid Highways, was committed , 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
the better Regulaticn of Carters, Carriages, and loaded 
Horfes, and for removing Obftruétions and Nufances 
upon the Streets and Highways, within that Part of 
Great Britain called Scotland: And that Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and Mr: Duz- 
das, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

And Notice being taken, that a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, loaded 
Horfes, Pedlars; Tinkers, and petty Chapmen ; and for 
filling up or inclofing Coal and other Pits, and Sinks, 
and removing of Obftructions and Nufances, within 
that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, had already 
pafied this Houfe in this Seffion of Parliament, and had 
been carried to the Lords for their Concurrence ; 

$ ¥ Ordered, 








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726 


Ordered, That an Entry be made in the Journal of 
this Houfe, of the Reafons which induced the Houle 
to give Leave for the bringing in the Bill now ordered. 

Memorandum: A Bull, intituled, An Aét for the 
better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, loaded 
Horfes, Pedlars, Tinkers, and petty Chapmen, 
and for filling up or inclofing Coal and other 
Pits, and Sinks, and removing of Obftructions 
and Nufances, within that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland, containing fome of the Provifions 
meant to be enacted in this Bill, had already 
paffed the Houfe, in this Seffian; but as the Houfe 
were now informed, by a Member in his Place, 
the fame had been rejected in the Houfe of 
Lords, on account of its containing multifarious 
Matter, and therefore the Houfe, after Debate, 
permitted this Bill, intituled, A Bill for the 
better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, and 
loaded Horfes, and for ‘removing Obftruétions 
and Nufances upon the Streets and Highways, 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
to be ordered in, fome of the Matters contained 
in the former Bill being omitted. 


Ordered, That no Perfon do prefume to folicit the 
Attendance of Members of this Houfe, when the Matter 
of any Petition, complaining of an undue Election or 
Return, is ordered to be taken into Confideration. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Gregore Cojamaul, late 
of Bengal, in the Eaft Indies, on Behalt of himfelf 
and others (which was prefented to the Houfe upon the 
28th Day of February laft, and then ordered to lie upon 
the Table) be referred to the Confideration of the Com- 
mittee appointed to enquire into the Nature, . State, and 
Condition, of the Ea/t India Company, and of the Britifh 
Affairs in the Ea/t Indies ; and that they do examine the 
Matter thereof, and report the fame, as it fhall appear to 
them, to the Houfe. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Aé&amp;, made in, the 
2ift Year of the Reign of King Yames the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Act to prevent the deitroying and murdering 
of Baftard Children, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly , 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the faid Act; and for the more effectual Pre- 
vention of the Concealment of the Death of fuch Baftard 
Children: And that Mr. Lockhart, Sir Charles Bunbury, 
and Mr. Serjeant G/ynu, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Sums of Money which have become due 
and payable, on the Sales of Lands in the Ceded Iflands, 
diftinguifhing the Times at which fuch Sums became 
payable; alfo, an Account of the Sums of Money re- 
ceived at the Exchequer upon Account of the faid Sales, 
diftinguifhing the Times at which the fame were re- 
ceived ; together with an Account of the eftablifhed and 
incidental Expences of the Commiffion for the Sale of the 
faid Lands, paid by the Receivers of the Monies arifing 
from fuch Sales. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fen, Open Fields, and certain other Commonable Places, 
belonging to, and in the Parifh of, igtoft, in the 
County of Lincoln, was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except the Owners of 
Fight Houfes and Fifty-four Acres of Land, who could 
not be found ; and alfo except the Owners of Two 
Houfes and Eight Acres of Land, who refufed to fign 


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A, 1772. 


the Bill ; and that the whole Number of the Houfes and 
Toftfteads having Right of Common amounts to 10g 
and the whole Quantity of Land having Right of Com. 
mon amounts to 1515 Acres; and that no Perfon a 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made fevera] Amendments thereunto; which they had 
dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his-Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table - 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in. 
grofied, 


An ingroffed Bill for allowing the Importation of 
Wheat, Wheat Flour, Rye, and Rye Meal, into this 
Kingdom, for a limited Time, free of Duty, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for allowing the Importation of Wheat, 
Wheat Flour, Rye, Rye Meal, and Judian Corn, into 
this Kingdom, for a limited Time, free of Duty. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for allowing the free Importation of 
Rice into this Kingdom, from any of His Majetty’s 
Colonies in America, for a limited Time, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for allowing the free Importation of Rice 
into this Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies 
in America, tor a limited Time. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for the better Regulation of the 
Affairs of the Ea/t India Company, and of their Servants 
in India; and for the due Adminiftration of Juftice in 
Bengal, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 

Sir George Colebrooke, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Mr. Su KA yoo i 58. 
Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 

Tellers for the Noes,¢ Junior, 41, 
Mr. Fobnjton : ; 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of Sir Richard Aon, Baronet, Lord of the 
Manor of Walton, Atterley, and Barrow, in the County 
of Salop, was prefented to the Houfe, and read; taking 
Notice of the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Open and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and Pafture 
Grounds, Common and Wafte Lands, in the Manor 
of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife 
Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop; and fetting 
forth, That the Boundary of the faid Manor is not 
afcertained or defcribed in the faid Bill by any known or 
particular Limits, nor hath the Petitioner been ac- 
quainted with the Line of Boundary intended to be 


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claimed under fuch general Defcription; and that the Pe- 
ritioner hath great Doubts refpecting the Extent of the {aid 
Manor, and the particular Pieces or Parcels of Open 
and Uninclofed Grounds lying within the fame; and 
that the Petitioner is Proprietor of the faid Manor of 
Walton, Atterley, and Barrow, whereof the Townhhips 
of Walton and Atterley are fituate, within the Parifh of 
Much Wenlock, and Part of the Boundary of the faid 
Manor of Much Wenlock ; by Means whereof, and of the 
prefent Provifions in the faid Bill, great Inconveniences 
and Injury may arife to the Petitioner, and his Property 
be much affected: And thefefore praying, That the 
faid Bill may not pafs into a Law, until the Boundaries 
between the Manors aforefaid are afcertained and fettled ; 
and that he may have fuch Relief in the Premifes as the 
Houfe fhall think juft and reafonable. 

A Petition of feveral of the Freeholders, and alfo of 
feveral Leafehold Tenants of Eftates, in the Parith of 
Much Weulock, in the County of Salop, on Behalf 
of themfelves and’ others, was alfo prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; likewife taking Notice of the faid 
Bill; and fetting forth, That fome of the Petitioners are 
Proprietors of Freehold, and others of Leafehold, 
Eftates, fituate within the faid Parifh, but out of the 
Manor of Much Wenlock, and, in refpect thereof, have 
Right to depafture their Commonable Cattle on a Wafte 
or Common, called Wefwood Common, which is pro- 
pofed by the faid Bill to be divided and inclofed; and 
that the Petitioners apprehend that their Property will 
be materially affected and injured by the faid Bill: 
And therefore praying, That they may be heard, by 
themfelves or Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and that 
the fame may not pats into a Law. , 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered to lie 
upon the Table, until the Report be received 
from the Committee, to whom the faid Bill is 
committed; and the laft mentioned Petitioners 
are then to be heard, by their Counfel, againtt 
the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think 
fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
{aid Petition. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
Fourth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Aét to explain a 
Claufe in an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen Anne, for naturalizing Foreign 
Proteftants, which relates to the Children of the natural 
born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great 
Britain, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain, amend, and extend, the Provifions of the faid 
A&amp;: And that Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Fack/on, Mr. 
Burke, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Thomas Townfhend, Junior, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for fettling and determining what Parts of the 
Precinct of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, fhall 
be under the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, and 
what Parts thereof under the Survey of the Duchy of 
Lancafter ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, Fhat the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. ‘ 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
continuing an Act, made in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, to prevent the further 
{preading of the contagious Diforder among the Horned 
Cattle, in Great Britain: And that Mr, Cooper and Sir 


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btn FFT] 
Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for enforcing feveral A&amp;ts of Parliament, 
for the Recovery and Payment of Tythes, and other 
Ecclefiaftical Dues, fram the People called Quakers ; 
and for enlarging the Powers thereby given ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the {aid Committee: 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. . 

Mr. Gilbert took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair: ite ac 

Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Bill to regulate the Importa- 
tion and Exportation of Corn ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a Claufe ot 
Claufes, to regulate the Exportation of Malt. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
ae. .* 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. Ag 

Mr. Speaker tefumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
faid Committee, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill; and which they had dire¢ted him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be 
fufficient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Con- 
fideration upon Friday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


The other Orders of the Day being read; 

Refolved, That this Houte will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Mori- 
ing next, refolve itielf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majetty. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 

Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; to 
veft in Truftees, to be fold, certain Eftates, in the 
Counties of York, Weftmoreland, and Lancafter, which 
belonged to Ann Fenwick, Widow, before her Inter- 
marriage; and for the Relief of the faid Ann Fen- 
wick, in fuch Manner as in the faid Act is mentioned ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe. ; 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Lord Folkeftone have Leave to 
make a Motion, it being after Five of the Clock. aa 





728 


And he moved the Houfe accordingly. 
And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Tc morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 5° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS: 


R. Howard reported from the Committee, to whom 
M the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for impowering and enabling the Truftees, named in 
the Settlement made on the Marriage of Daniel Danvers, 
Efquire, and Mary his Wife, or the Survivors or Sur- 
vivor of them, or the Heirs of fuch Survivor, to make 
Sale of certain Leafehold Eftates, vefted in them upon 
divers Trufts, mentioned in the faid Settlement; and to 
lay out the Money arifing from fuch Sale, in the Pur- 
chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled in fuch Manner as 
the faid Leafehold Eftate ftands fettled, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the Par- 
ties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfation of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
- Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir ¥obn Molefworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting a Meffuage, with the Appurtenances, in 
Lothbury, within the City of London, in Truftees, to 
be fold; and for purchafing another Meffuage or 
Lands, to be fettled to the like Ufes, was com- 
mitted; ‘That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he de- 
livered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Sir Fohn Molefworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open 
and Common Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Eaftleach Tourville, in 
the County of Gloucefter, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Ac for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
within the Manor and Parifh of Eajftleach Tourviile, in 
the County of Gloucefter. 

Ordered, That Sir William Guife do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for vefting Part of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Pearce, 
Widow, deceafed, and William Hall, Efquire, otherwife 
Pearce, her eldeft Son, in Truftees, to be fold, for 


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A. 172. 


Payment of the Portions of her younger Children, ang 
other Incumbrances ; and for fettling other Part of her 
Eftates to the fame Ufes ; and for other Purpofes ; was 


read the Firft Time. pe Bera 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Sécond Time. &gt;&gt; 


An ingroffed Bill for repealing certain Provifions % 
Two Acts of Parisment. fo far as the fame relate a 
repairing the Highways in the Parifh of Sainz Mor 
Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex ; and for bahan 
Money for repairing the faid Highways, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repealing certain Provifions in Two Aas 
of Parliament, fo far as the fame relate to repairing the 
Highways in the Parith of Saint Mary Matfelon, other. 
wile Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex ; and for 
raifing Money for repairing the faid Highways. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 28th Day 
of April laft, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Com. 
mittee of the whole Houfe, upon Thurfday Morning 
next, upon the Bill for the better Regulation of Build. 
ings and Party Walls, within the Cities of London and 
Weftminfter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the 
Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of 
Mortality, the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon and Pad- 
dington, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the 
County of Middlefex; and for the better preventing of 
Mifchiefs by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties 
Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places ; and for amendine and 
reducing the Laws relating thereto into One A&amp;; and 
for other Purpofes ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be tranfmitted to a Sele@ 
Committee. 

_And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Mackworth 
Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers 
and Records; and all who come to the Committee are 
to have Voices. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 


Account of the Expence of building Ships in the King’s 
Yards, and thofe built for the Royal Navy in the 
Merchants Yards, together with the Account of re- 
pairing fuch Ships in fuch Yards refpettively ; diftin- 


guifhing each Rate. 


A Bill to repeal feveral Acts of Parliament, fo far as 
the fame inflict Capital Punifhments for certain Offences, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Fort- 
night, the 19th Day of this Inftant May, refolve itfelf 
4 a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the faid 

ill. 


Mr. Whitbread reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of the feveral Gentlemen, Clery, 
Freeholders, and other Inhabitants, refiding in “or 
near the feveral Towns and Parifhes of Bedford, Carding- 
ton, Cople, Willington, Barford, and Bluxham, in the 
County of Bedford, was referred; That the Corimittee 
had examined the Matter of the faid Petition ; and had 
directed him to report the fame, aS it appeared to 
them, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place, 
and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame was read ; and is as followeth ; vz. 

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Jennings faid, That the amending the Road from the 
Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Cardington, in the 
prefent Turnpike Road leading from Hitchin to Bedford, 
through fome Parts of the Parifhes of Cople, Willington, 
and Blunham, to tix South End of Great Barford Bridge, 
and making a Road from the North End of Great 
Barford Bridge, on the South Side of Great Barford 
Church, to Great Barford Hill, and fo on through the 
Parifh of Roxton, to the Great Northern Road near 
Temsford Bridge, all in the County of Bedford, would 
nearly complete the Communication by a Turnpike 
Road between Oxford and Cambridge, and be of great 
public Utility. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from the Forty-eighth 
Mile Stone, in the Parith of Cardington, in the prefent 
Turnpike Road between Hitchin and Bedford, to Great 
Barford Bridge , and for continuing a Road from thence 
to the Great Northern Road near Temsford Bridge, in 
the County of Bedford: And that Mr. Whitbread and 
the Earl of Upper Offory do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of the Surplus remaining in the Exchequer, 
on the 5th of April 1772, of the Deductions of Six 
Pence in the Pound out of all Monies paid upon all 
Salaries, Penfions, Annuities, and other Payments from 
the Crown, after fatisfying the Annuities or other 
Charges then due and payable out of the fame. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account of Monies remaining in His Majefty’s Ex- 
chequer, difpofable by Parliament. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of a further Encouragement to be given to 
the Inhabitants of the Je of Man, to engage in, and carry 
on, the Fifheries on the Coafts of the faid Ifland. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s Trea- 
fury to order and allow, out of the Money arifing by 
the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein mentioned, for 
the Expences of profecuting Offenders againft the Laws 
relating to the Coin, in the Year One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy, over and above the Sum yearly 
allowed for that Service: And that Mr. Cooper and Sir 
Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That an Act, made in the 
Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other excifeable Liquors ; and for explaining and amend- 
ing feveral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hackney 
Coaches and Chairs, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the faid Aé&amp;t, fo far as the fame re- 
lates to Hackney Coaches: And that Mr. Cooper and 
Sir Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the more effectually fecuring fufficient 
Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal 
Navy, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houte refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Stephens took the Chair of the Committee. 

Vou. XXXII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


729 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. ee 

Mr. Stephens reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direé&amp;ted him td 
report, when “1¢ Houle will pleafe to receive the 
fame. ¢ 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for building a Temporary Bridge 
acrofs the River Tyne, from the Town of Newcaftle upon 
Tyne to Gatefbead, in the County of Durbam, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Titlé 
be, An A&amp; for building a Temporary Bridge over the 
River Zyne, between the Town of Newcajtle upon Tyne 
and Gate/bead, in the County of Durbam. — 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew White Ridley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Aéts, made 
in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth Years of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, for 
repairing and widening Old Street Road, in the Parifhes 
of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 
= of Middlefex ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for repairing and widening the Road leading from the 
Eaft End of the Bridge acrofs the River Ouze, in Down- 
ham Market, to the Queen’s Head, and from the Chequer 
Inn, in Downham Market aforefaid, to the Eaft End of 
the Two Mile Clofe, in the Parifh of Barton, and toe 
wards Watton, to a Place called the Devil’s Ditch, in 
the County of Norfolk ; and for ftopping up the Road 
leading from Stradfet, through Barton Layes, towards 
Watton, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the Open Fields, 
Common Paftures, and other Uninclofed Grounds, 
within the Townfhip of Would Newton, in the Eaft 
Riding of the County of York; without any. Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aét for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of Stoke 
Prior, in the County of Worcefter ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in. the Moft noble 4uguftus Henry Duke of 
Grafton, and his Heirs, the Manor, or reputed Manor 
and Reétory and Parfonage Appropriate of Potter/pury, 
otherwife Eafpury, in the County of Northampton, 
(except the Prefentation to the Advowfon of the Church 
there) and certain Meffuages, Lands, Tythes, and He- 
reditgments, fituate and arifing in the fame County, the 
Eftate of Robert Brydges, Efquire, a Lunatic; and for 
vefting in Thomas Hancox, Efquire, and his Heirs, a 
certain Wood and Wood Land, called Darwell, other- 
wife Dowell Wood, in the County of Gloucefter, alfo the 
Eftate of the faid Lunatic, on Payment, by the faid 
Duke and Thomas Hancox, of their refpective Purchafe 
Money, in fuch Manner, and for fuch Purpofes, as in 
the faid Act is mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting certain Freehold and Copyhold Hereditaments, 
in Weeting, in the County of Norfolk, Part of the fettled 
Eftate of Philip Champion Crefpigny, Efquire, in Truftees, 
to be fold ; and for laying out the Money to arife by Sale 
thereof, in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditz- 
ments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the faid Pre- 


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73° 


mifies in Weeting now ftand limited; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of the Tanners in and 
near the City of London, on Behalf of themfelves and 
the reft of the Tariners in Great Britain ; and alfo, the 
Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, of 
the Art or Myftery of the Curriers, of the City of Lon- 
don, were referred, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Burrell reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to a Refolution; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mgrrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the further Relief of His Majefty’s 
Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the Church of Eng- 
land, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Henry Hoghton took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee, 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Henry Hoghton reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





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_ Mercurii, 6° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii II*i Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


HE Hour, appointed for taking into Confidera- 

tion the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Milborne Port, in the County of Somer/et, 
being come ; 

The Houfe proceeded to the Appointment of a felect 
Committee, to try and determine the Merits of the 
faid Election and Return, according to the Direétions 
of Two feveral Acts of Parliament, paffed in the roth 
and a1th Years of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
for the regulating the Trials of controverted Elections, 
or Returns of Members to ferve in Parliament. 

The Serjeant at Arms was directed, by Mr. Speaker, 
to go with the Mace to the Places adjacent, and re- 
quire the immediate Attendance of the Members, on 
the Bufinefs of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; 

The Houle was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 112 
Members being found to be prefent, 


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A. 17972, 


The Petitioner, his Counfel, and Agents, and the 
Counfel and Agents for the Sitting Member, who at. 


‘tended at the Door, were called in to the Bar—The 


Clerk of the Select Committees of Elections attending 
alfo at the Bar. 

And the Door of the Houfe being locked, the Clerk 
was directed by Mr. Speaker to read the Order of the 
Day, tor taking the faid Petition into Confideration, 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The Box, containing the Names of all the Members 
of the Houfe, and fealed with Mr. Speaker’s Seal, 
was placed upon the Table, and the Seals being jn- 
fpected by Mr. Speaker, the Atteftation annexed to the 
Outfide of the faid Box, figned by Mr. Speaker, pur. 
porting, “* That the faid Box was, on the Fifth Day 
“ of May 1772, made up in his Prefence, in the Man- 
* ner directed by an Act, made in the roth Year of 
** the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, “ An 
* Ac to regulate the Trials of controverted Elections, 
© or Returns of Members to ferve in Parliament,” was 
read, 

And the Seals being broken, and the Box opened, 
the Atteftation incloied therein, and figned by the Clerk, 
purporting, “« That the Names of all the Members were 
“* by him, in the Prefence of the Speaker, put into the 
* faid Box, on the Fifth Day of May 1772,” was read. 

And the faid Names, written on diftinét Pieces of 
Paper, being all as near as might be of an equal 
Size, and rolled up in the fame Manner, were by 
the Clerk taken out of the faid Box, and put in equal 
Numbers, into Six Glaffes, placed on the Table for 
that Purpofe, and were there fhaken together; and 
then the Clerk publicly drew out of the faid Six 
Glaffes, alternately, the faid Pieces of Paper, and de- 
livered them to Mr. Speaker, who read the fame to 
the Houfe. 

And the Names of 16 Members then prefent, were 
drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of the Right honourable Thomas 
Townfbend, being drawn, the Counfel for the Petitioner 
declared, That the faid Mr. Townfbend was intended 
to be nominated by the faid Petitioner; and the faid 
Mr. Townfbend, having, in his Place, confented to fuch 
Nomination, and no Objection being made to his fery- 
ing on the faid Sele&amp;t Committee as fuch Nominee, his 
Name was fet afide. 

And the Names of Eight other Members then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to, 

And the Name of the honourable Thomas Town- 
Joend, being drawn, he required to be excufed from 
ferving on the faid Select Committee, on Account of 
his being 60 Years of Age or upwards ; and having at 
the Table verified the Caufe of fuch Requifition upon 
Oath, he was excufed accordingly. 

And the Name of One other Member, then prefent, 
was drawn, who was not objected to. 

And the Name of Arnold Nefit, Efquire, being 
drawn, he offered to the Houfe, as an Excufe for not 


a 


ferving on the faid Select Committee, That he had been. 


afflicted with a fevere Illnefs, from which he was but 
very lately recovered, and that he could not poffibly 
attend the faid Committee, without great and manifeft 
Detriment to the prefent uncertain State of his Health. 
—And the Subftance of what was fo alleged by him, 
being taken down by the Clerk in manner before men- 
tioned; and the faid Member having, at the Table, 
verified the fame upon Oath; the Opinion of the 
Houfe was taken thereon—Mr. Speaker putting the 
Queftion to the Houfe, That the faid Member (in refpeét 
of what he has now fo alleged and verified) be excufed 
from ferving on the faid Select Committee— Which being 
agreed to by the Houfe, he was excufed accordingly. 
And the Names of Eleven other Members, then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 
And the Name of Richard Coombe, Efquire, the. Sit- 
ting Member for the faid Borough of Milborue ae 
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whofe Eleétion and Return for the faid Borough was der, a Bill to explain, amend, and extend the Provifions 
complained of by the faid Petition now taken intoCon- of, an Aét, made in the 4th Year of the Reign of his 
fidetation, being drawn, his Name was fet afide, with late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An A&amp; 
the Names of thofe who were abfent from the Houfe. _ to explain a Claufe in an Aét, made in the 7th Year of 
And the Names of 13 other Members, then prefent, the Reign of her late Majefty Queen An, for naturaliz- 
were drawn, who were not objected to. ing foreign Proteftants, which relates to the Children 
And the whole Number of 49 Members, fo drawn and of the natural born Subjects of the Crown of England; 
not excu fed or fet afide, being complete, the Counfel for orof Great Britain: And the fame was received; and 
the Sittiny Member was called upon by Mr. Speaker to read the Firft Time. 
nominate One from amongft the Members then pre- = Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 
fent, whoit Names had not been drawn, to be added to 
thofe chofen by Lot, to ferve on the faid Seleét Com- 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
mittee. 


Cuddon : 
Whereupon the faid Counfel acquainted the Houfe, Mr. Speaker, 
That the Sitving Member had inftructed him, not to = The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
nominate any Member for that Purpofe, but to requeft to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted to qua- 
of the Houfe, t!\at the Want of fuch Nomination might lify themfelves for Offices and Employments ; and 
be fupplied by drawing out of the faid Glaffes the to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who 
Name of a Member then prefent, in like Manner as have omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifi- 
the Names of the other 49 Members had been already cations, within the Time limited by Law, and for 
drawn. giving further Time for thofe Purpofes; and to in- 

Which being done: accordingly ; demnify Members and Officers, in Cities, Corpora- 

The Name of the honourable Jobn Grey was drawn, tions, and Borough Towns, whofe Admiffions have 
who was not objected ‘‘o. been omitted to be ftamped, according to Law, or, hav- 

And Two Lifts of the Names of the 49 Members, ing been ftamped, have been loft or miflaid, and for 
fo drawn as aforefaid, «nd not excufed or fet afide, allowing them Time to provide Admiffions duly ftamp- 
having been prepared by the Clerk ; the Name of the ed; and to give further Time to fuch Perfons as have 
honourable Fob Grey was added to each of the faid omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of 
Lifts. Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors ; with- 

And the Door of the Houfe’ being opened ; out any Amendment: And alfo, 

One of the faid Lifts was a'elivered to the Counfel | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Petitioner, and the other of them to the Counfel for the further Augmentation of the Salaries of the 
for the Sitting Member ; and the teupon the Petitioner, Juftices of Chefter, and the Great Seffions for the Coun- 
with the Counfel and Agents on both Sides, together ties in Wales; without any Amendment: And alfo, 
with the Clerk appointed to attend the Select Commit- _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
tees of Elections, immediately withcrew. for enabling Their Majefties to enfranchife Copyhold 

And being after fome Time ag.tin returned to the Lands, holden of the Manor of Richmond, in the 
Bar, the faid Clerk attending the 1aid Committee of County of Surrey; and for enabling His Majefty to 
Eleétions, informed the Houfe, tha. the Counfel for fhut up a Lane, leading from Richmond Green, to the 
the Petitioner, and the Counfel for tiie Sitting Mem- River Thames, and to fell and exchange certain Lands, 
ber, had (in his Prefence) beginning on the Part of within the Manors of Richmond and Wimbleton; with- 
the Petitioner, alternately ftruck off One of the faid out any Amendment: And alfo, 
so Names, contained in the faid Lifts, until the Num- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
ber was reduced to 14; and he delivered in to the to explain and amend an Aét, paffed in the Sixth 
Houfe the Lifts fo ftruck, together with « new Lift of Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetfty, intituled, 
the Names of the 14 Members then remaining unftruck,; An Act for taking down and removing certain Light 
which laft mentioned Lift was read by Mr. Speaker, Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at the Mouth 
and is as follows : of the Humber, and for erecting other fit and conve- 

Thomas Lockhart, Efquire, Charles Garth, Efquire, ment Light Houfes inftead thereof ; without any Amend- 
William Ewer, Efquire, Archibald Edmonftone, Efquire, ment: And alfo, 
the honourable ‘ohn Yorke, Richard Wilbrabam Bootle, _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
Efquire, Henry Fane, Efquire, Thomas Skipwith, Efquire, for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open and 
Godfrey Bagnal Clarke, Efquire, Edward Bacon, Efquire, Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gumley, in the County 
Sir fobn Hynde Cotton, Baronet, the honourable Conftantine of Leicefter; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

Yobn Phipps, Sit Thomas Frankland, Baronet, the honour- _ The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac 
able Fobn Grey. for vefting in Sir George Colebrooke, Baronet, and his 
And the Name of the Right honourable Thomas Heirs, fo much of the Manor or Lordfhip of Stedun- 
Townfbend, nominated as aforefaid, being added to the heath, otherwife Stebunbith, otherwife Stepney, in the 
faid Lift, the Names of the faid 15 Members were called County of Middlefex, Part of the Eftate of the faid Sir 
over, and being come to the Table, they were ac- George Colebrooke, as is limited and fettled in and by an 
quainted by Mr. Speaker, that they were a Seleét Com- Act of Parliament, which paffed in the Second Year of 
mittee to try the Merits of the Petition of George the Reign of His prefent Majefty King George the 
Prefcott, Efquire, complaining of an undue Election Third; and for fettling other Lands and Heredita- 
and Return for the Borough of Milborne Port, in the ments in Lieu thereof; and alfo for vefting other fettled 
County of Somer/et : And they were then fworn by the Eftates of the faid Sir George Colebrooke, in the Counties 
Clerk, as follows ; of Middlefex and Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes 
You, and each of you, fhall well and truly try the therein mentioned ; to which the Lords defire the Con- 
Matter of the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, currence of this Houfe : And alfo, 


referred to you, and a true Judginent give, ac- 
cording to the Evidence. 
So help you Ged. 
Ordered, That the faid Select Committee do meet 
forthwith in the Committee Chamber, appointed for 
heating the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Cocper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
5 


The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to impower certain Perfons to enfranchife feveral cuf- 
tomary Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the feveral 
Manors of Brampton, Farlam, Upper Denton, Nether 
Denton, Talkin, Irthington, Laverfdale, Newby, Afkerton, 
Warton Wood, Troddermain, Hayton Cum Whitton, Car- 
latton, Caftle, Carrock, Cuimrew, Blackenthwaite, and 
Newbiggin, within the Barony or reputed Barony of 

Gilfland, 








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Gilfland, in the County of Cumberland, late the Eftate 
of Henry Earl of Carlifle, deceafed, and fettled to cer- 
tain Ufes by the Will of the faid Henry Earl of Carlifle ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
making a Partition of divers Manors, Meffuages, Lands, 
and. Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of Norfolk, 
Suffolk, Effex, Surrey, and Middlefex, and in the City of 
London; and of Four Fifth Parts or Shares of a Plan- 
tation in the Ifland of Barbadoes, in The Weft Indies, 
and of Two Shares in the New River Waterworks ; and 
of an Annual Rent of One thoufand Pounds iffuing out 
of the Revenues of the Poft Office, devifed by the 
Will of Thomas Walker, Efquire, deceafed ; and alfo of 
a Manor, and divers Meffuages, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, and 
Gloucefter, comprifed in the Settlements executed upon 
the Marriage of Stephen Skynner, Efquire, deceafed ; 
and alfo, of divers Meffuages, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, and 
Surrey, devifed by the Will of the faid Stephen Skynner, 
between the feveral Perfons intitled to the faid Eftates, 
according to their refpective Interefts therein; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houle. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew, 


Mr. Alderman Harley prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for remedying the Evils oc- 
cafioned by the Laws now in being, relating to Badgers, 
Engroflers, Foreftallers, and Regrators : And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Henry Hoghton, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
for the further Relief of His Majefty’s Proteftant 
Subjects diffenting from the Church of England, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, One of them was difagreed to, 
and the reft were agreed to, by the Houfe; and an 
Amendment was made, by the Houle, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Friday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be then 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Willoughby reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 
Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, in 
the Parifh of Laneham, in the County of Nottingham, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee (except the Owner of Eight Acres and an Half 
of Inclofed Ground, who could not be found ; and alfo, 

except the Owners of Nine Meffuages or Cottages, 
83 Acres of Inclofed Ground, 129 Acres of Open Arable 
Land, and Meadow, and 52 Beaft Gates, who refufed 
to fign the Bill; and that the whole Number of Mef- 
fuages or Cottages are 69, and the whole of the Lands 
that will be affected by the Bill confifts of 563 Acres 
of Inclofed Ground, 927 Acres of Open Arable Land and 
Meadow, and 373 Beaft Gates; and that no Perfon appear- 
ed before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Stephens reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, inrituled, An A&amp; to 
enable the Right honourable Joba Earl of Sandzyjch 
and the honourable Fobn Montagu, commonly called 
Lord Vifcount Hinchingbrook, and the Survivor of them 
to grant Leafes of the Countefs of Sandench’s Moiety 
of Eftates, in the Counties of Ardmagh and Limerick, jn 
the Kingdom of Ireland, was committéd; That ‘the 
Committee had examined, and found that the ftandin, 
Orders of the Houfe, concerning Notices to be given S 
Ireland, before any private Bill relating to Eftates there 
be brought in, had been complied with ; and that the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in ar 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Stephens do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without ary Amendment. 


Mr. Lockhart prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill to repeal an Act, paffed in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Yames the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Act to prevent the deftroying and murder. 
ing of Baftard Children; and for more effectually pres 
venting the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Chil- 
en And the fame was received; and read the Firft 

ime. 

Refolved, Tliat the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, Tliat the faid Bill be printed. 


Mr. Stephens, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill! for 
the more effectually fecuring fufficient Quantities of 
Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal Navy, was com- 
mitted, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and thena 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, as 
agreed to by the Houfe, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of a further Encouragement to be given to 
the Inhabitants of the [le of Man, to engage in, and 


carry on, the Fifheries on the Coaft of the faid IMand, be 
now read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelt into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 


had direéted him to report, when the Houfe wiil pleafe 
to receive the fame, 
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Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf snto a. Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read. accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to-confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing text, refolve itfelf into the faid Comimittee. * 


Mr. Edmonftone reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to continue the Term, and alter and en- 
large the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in 
the 26th and 27th Years of King George the Second; 
for repairing feveral Roads. leading into the City of 
Glafgow, as relates to the Road from the City of Gla/- 
gow to the Town of Dumbarton, was re-committed ; 
That the Committee had made fevéral other Amend- 


ments to the Bill, which they had directed him to re-_ 


port to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. 


Mr. Burrell, according to Order, reported frorh the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider of the Report which was made from 
the Committee, to whom the Petition of the Tanners in 
and near the City of London, on Behalf of themfelves 
and the reft of the Tanners in Great Britain; and alfo, 
the Petition of the Mafter, Wardens, and Commonalty, 
of the Art or Myftery.of the Curriers of the City of 
London, were referred, the Refolution which the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report to the Houfe ; which 
he read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame was read ; and is 
as followeth ; viz. . 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Importation of Oak Bark, for a Time to be 
limited, with a Duty of One Half Peny per Hundred 
Weight, when the Price of Bark fhall exceed a certain 
Rate, would tend to the Encouragement of tanning 
and manufacturing of Leather in Great Britain. 

The faid Refolution being read 2 Second Time, was, 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolution: And that Mr. Burrell, Mr. Dundas; Mr. 
Dempfter, and Mr. Burke, do prepare, and bring in, the 
fame. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year 1772: And the fame was received; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord. 


Vor, XXXIV, 


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72 &amp; 
733 
ing to Order, a Bill to enable the Lords Commifiioners 
of His Majefty’s Treafury, to order and allow, out of 
the Money arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum 
therein mentioned, for the Expences of profecuting Ot- 
fenders againft the. Laws relating to the Coin, in the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, over 
and above the Sum Yearly allowed for that Service: 
And the fame was received, ‘and read the Pirit Time:. - 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time: 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to explain and amend an Aét, 
made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, ifitituled, An At for altering the Stamp Du- 
ties upon Policies of Affurance ; and for reducing the 
Allowance to be made in refpect of the prompt Pay- 
ment -of the Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing 
Beer, Ale, and other excifeable Liquors ; and for ex- 
plinitis and amending feveral Acts of Parliament, re- 
ating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs; fo far as the 
fame relates to Hackney Coaches: And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Charlies Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill fot continuing an Act, made in 
the Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, 
to prevent the further fpreading of the contagious Dif- 
order among the Horned Cattle in Great Britain: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Wilbrabam Bootle reported fromthe Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé for enabling Henry Blundell, Efquire, Tenant 
for Life under Settlement, to carry into Execution Art 
ticles of Agreement, between him and the Right ho- 
nourable the Earl of Sefton, for the Exchange of divers 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, comprifed in 
fuch Settlement, for other Meffuages, Lands, and He- 
reditaments, of the faid Earl, and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and thatthe Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had dire¢ted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table; ’ 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilbraham Bootle do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houte 
hath agreed to the fame; without any Améndnient: 


The Houfe being informed, That Mr. Hugh/on, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called 
in ; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuané 
to their Orders, . 

An Account of the: Surplus remaining in the Ex- 
chequer, on the sth of April 1772, of the Deductions 
of Six Pence in the Pound, out of all Monies paid 
upon all Salaries, Penfions, Arinuities, and other Pay- 
ments, from the Crown, after fatisfying the Annuities 
or other Charges then due and payable for the fame : 
And alfo, 

An Account of Monies remaining in His Majefty’s 
Exchequer, difpofable by Parliament. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Titles of the faid Accounts were read. 

The faid Accounts are as followeth ; viz. 


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A. 1772, 


To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefies, in Parliament affembled, 


An ACCOUNT of the Surplus remaining in the Exchequer, on the 5th of April 1772, of the Dedu@ions 
of Six Pence.in the Pound out-of all Monies paid upon all Salaries, Penfions, Annuities, and other Payments, 
from the Crown, after fatisfying the Annuities, or other Charges, then due and payable out of the fame.’ 





The Surplus remaining in the Exchequer, on the 5th of April 1772, of the Deduétions of Six Pence in the 
Pound out of all Monies paid’ upon all Salaries, Penfions, and other Payments, from the Crown, after fatisfying 
the Annuities, or other Charges, then due and payable out of the fame, amounts to the Sum of Twenty-one 


thoufand Seven hundred and Ten Pounds, 


Exchequer, the 6th Day of May 1772. 


Fobn Hughfon. 





To the honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes, in Parliament affembled. 


An ACCOUNT of Monies remaining in His Majefty’s Exchequer, difpofable by Parliament; 





Sg 

Impreft Money, repaid by Thomas Tyrwhitt, Efquire, late Clerk of the Houfe of Commons . 11 2 
Ditto, by Charles Garth, Efquire, late Agent for the Province of Georgia — —_ 383 12 2 
Ditto, by the Executors of Lord Melcombe, late Treafurer of His Majefty’s Navy — 6,530 11 of 
Duties upon Cambricks and Sugars, granted by an Act 6° Georgii 3" _— — 32484 15 10 
Duty on Exportation of Rice, imported Duty-free, granted by the Acts 7° et 8° Georgii 3“ 110 0 
Duty on Apples imported _ _ _ _ _ 39 0 
£.10,426 9 3 


Exchequer, the 6th Day of May 1772, 


Ordered, That the faid Accounts do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
for vefting certain Freehold and Copyhold Heredita- 
ments, in Weeting, in the County of Norfolk, Part of 
the fettled Eftate of Philip Champion Cre/pigny, Efquire, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and for laying out the Money 
to arife by Sale thereof, in the Purchafe of other Lands 
and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, as 
the faid Premiffes in Weeting now ftand limited, was read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to regulate the making, keeping, and Car- 
riage, of Gunpowder, within Great Britain , and to re- 
peal the Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Pur- 
pofes, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 





john Hugh/on. 


Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had confidered the Petition of Edmund Hill, 
Owner of divers Gunpowder Mills upon Hounflow 
Heath, and alfo the Petition of Frederick Pigou, and 
Miles Peter Andrews, Efquires, Gunpowder Makers, 
near Feverfham, in the County of Kent ; and had heard 
the Petitioners, by their Count ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report, when the Houfe 
will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tue/day 
Morning next. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in Sir George Colebrooke, Baronet, and his 
Heirs, fo much of the Manor or Lordhhip of Stebun- 
beath, otherwife Stebunbith, otherwife Stepney, in the 
County of Middlefex, Part of the Eftate of the faid Sit 
George Colebrooke, as is limited and fettled in and by 
an Act of Parliament, which paffed in the Second ae 

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of the Reign of His prefent Majelty King George the 
Third ; and for fettling other Lands and Hereditaments 
in Lieu thereof; and alfo, for vefting other fettled 
Eitates of the faid Sir George Colebrooke, in the Counties 
of Middlefex and Surrey, in the Truftees for the Pur- 
nofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingrofled Bill from the‘Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for making a Partition of divers Manors, Meffuages, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of 
Norfolk, Suffolk, Effex, Surrey, and Middlefexs and in the 
City of Leadon, and of Four Fifth Parts or Shares of 
a Plantation in the Ifland of Barbadoes, in the Weft 
Indies; and’of ‘Two Shares in the New River Water- 
works ; and of an annual-Rent of One thoufand Pounds 
jffuing out of the Revenues of the Poft Office, devifed 
by the Will of Thomas Walker, Efquire, deceafed ; and 
alfo, of a Manor and divers Meffuages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, 
and Gloucefter, comprized in the Settlement executed 
upon the Marriage of Stephen Skynner, Efquire, de- 
ceafed; and alfo, of divers Meffuages, Lands, and He- 
reditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, 
and Surrey, devifed by the Will of the faid Stephen 
Skynner, between the feveral Perfons intitled to the faid 
Eftates, according to their refpective Interefts therein ; 
was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be- read a Second Time. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, in 
Holborn, in His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors ; 
and for applying the Purehafe Money, with another 
Sum therein mentioned, in the Purchafing of a Free- 
hold Piece of Ground, in Dover Street, and in the 
building and fitting up another Houfe thereon, for the 
future Refidence of the Bifhops of Ely, arid the Sur- 
plus to the Benefit of the See; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 7° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for incorporating the Members 

of a Society, commonly called The Marine So- 
ciety, and their Succeffors, to be elected as therein is 
mentioned ; and for the better impowering and enabling 
them to carry on their charitable and uieful Deligns ; 
was read tae Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;t for incorporating the Members of a Society, 
commonly called The Marine Society, and their Suc- 
ceflors, to be elected as therein is mentioned ; and for 
the better impowering and enabling them to carry 
on their charitable and ufeful Defigns. 


4 


Ordered, That Sir William Doiben do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Coacuirence. 


_ An ingroffed Bill from the :Lords, intituled, An 
Ac&amp;t for -vefting in the moft Noble Auzuftus Henry 
Duke of Grafton, and his Heits; the Manor, or re- 
puted Manor and Rectory and Parfonage Appropriate 
of Potterfpury, otherwife Ea?/pary, in the County of 
Northampton (except thé Prefentation to the Advowfon 
of the Church there) and certain Mefluages, Lands, 
Tythes, and Hereditamests, fituate and arifing in the 
fame County, the Eftate of Robert Brydges, Etquire, a 
Lunatic ; and for vetting in Thomas Hancox, Efquire; 
and his Heirs, a certain Wood and Wood Land, called 
Darwell, otherwife Dowell Wood, in the County of 
Gloucefter, alfo the Eftate of the‘faid Lunatic; on Pay- 
ment, by the faid Duke and Thomas Hancox, of their 
refpective Purchafe Money, in fuch Manner, and for 


fuch Purpofes, as in the faid Aé is mentioned ; was 
read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Secorid Time. 

Sir George Yonge reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in 
the Tenth Year of His prefent: Majefty, intituled, Ari 
Ac for better Prefervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain called England, was re-committed 
That the Committee had made ieveral other Amendaients 
to the Bill ; which they had directed him to teport to the 
Houle; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there= 
upon, were agreed to by the Houie. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed, 

Ordered, That the faid Bill*be read the Third Time 


upon Monday Morning fhext, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingroffed. 


A Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are 
thereunder written, Owners and Occupiers of Lands and 
Tenements, in the County of Cumberland, was pre- 
fented ‘to the Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the 
Bill for repairing and widening the Road from Raffles, 
near the City of Carlifle, to Wigton, and from thence to 
the End of Hunda Lane, and alio the Road from Wigten 
to Abbey Holme, and from Wigton to Chalkbeck, in the 
County of Cumberland , and fetting forth, That feveral 
Aéts have paffed for repairing and widening the Roads 
within the faid County, and fcarce any of them are 
completed, and the Petitioners are therefore defirous 
that they may have no more ‘Turnpikes till the others 
are finifhed, as they are apprehenfive they fhall be left 
in the fame Situation, in relation to the Roads propofed 
to be repaired by the faid Bill, as they are in with refpeét 
to the faid other Roads in the faid County ; and that, if 
the faid Bill is paifed into a Law, the fame will be very 
detrimental to them, and the Public in general: And 
therefore praying, That the Petitioners may be heard, 
by themfelves or their Counfel, againft the faid Bill, and 
that the fame may not pafs into a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the Report be received from the Commit- 
tee, to whom the faid Bill is committed ; and that the 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, ‘That Counfel be admitted to be heard at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to impower certain Perfons to enfranchife feveral 
cuftomary Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the 
feveral Manors of Brampton, Farlam, Upper Denton, 

Nether 








Nether Denton, Talkin, Irthington, Laverfdaie, Newby, 
Afkerton, Warton Wood, Troddermain, Hayton Cum 
Whitton, Carlatton, Caftle, Carreck, Cumrew, Blacken- 
thwaite, and Newbiggin, within the Barony or reputed 
Barony of Gilfand, in the County of Cumberland, Jate 
the Eftate of Heury Earl of Carlifle, deceafed, and fettled 
to certain Ufes by the Will of the faid Heary Earl of 
Carlifle ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was 
read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


- A Bill for remedying the Evils occafioned by. the 
Laws now in being, relating to Badgers, Engroffers, 
Foreftallers, and Regrators, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, for indemnifying Perfons againft any Profecu- 
tions commenced, or to be commenced, for Offences 
which have been, or may be, committed againft the 
faid Aéts, and on which final Judgment has not been 
obtained. 


A Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other excifeable Liquors; and for explaining and 
amending feveral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hack- 
ney Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to 
Hackney Coaches ; was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, or 
Claufes, for the better regulating of Stage Coaches. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 
Account, fhewing the Amount of the Capital Stock of 
£. 3. per Centum Annuities, fubfcribed in Purfuance of 
a Refolution of this Houfe, of the Second Day of this 
Inftant May; diftinguifhing how much has been fub- 
fcribed under the Head of each particular Stock men- 
tioned in the faid Refolution. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual preventing of Frauds in the Revenues 
of Excife, with refpeét to Tea, Soap, Low Wines, and 
Spirits: And that Mr. Cooper, Mr. Attorney General, 
Mr. Solicitor General, and Sir Charles Whitworth, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do make the Report from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was 
referred to confider of a further Encouragement to be 
given to the Inhabitants of the [fe cf Man, to engage 
in, and carry on, the Fifheries on the Coafts of the faid 
Ifland. 

Mr. Cooper accordingly reported from the faid 
Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed to be reported to the Houfe; which he 
read in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the fame were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Rejolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 


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A.3972, 


That a further Encouragement be ‘given to the In. 
habitants of the J/le of Man, to engage in, and carry on 
the Fifheries on the Coafts of the faid Ifand, by al: 
lowing the Importation of Fifh, caught and cured there 
into Great Britain. | ; 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee. 
That a Duty of Three Shillings and Four Pence ger 
Barrel (each Barrel containing Thirty-two Gallons) be 
laid upon’ all White Herrings caught upon the 'Coafts 
of the Je of Man, and cured there, imported into Greg: 
Britain. “ 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of Two Shillings and Four Pence pep 
Barrel (each Barrel containing Thirty-two Gallons) be 
laid upon all Salmon, Cod, Ling, Tufk, or any other 
White Fith, caught upon the Coafts of the faid IMand, 
and cured there (if wet) imported into Great Britain, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of One Shilling and Two Pence per Hun. 
dred Weight Avoirdupois be laid upon fuch Fith caught 
upon the Coafts of the faid IMand, and cured there 
(if dry) imported into Great Britain. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Duty of One Shilling and Eight Pence per 
Thoufand be laid upon all Red Herrings caught upon 
the Coafts of the faid Ifland, and cured there, imported 
into Great Britain. : 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the faid Re. 
folutions : And that Mr. Cooper, Mr. Attorney General, 
Mr. Solicitor General, and Sir Charles Whitworth, do 
prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1772, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Lords Conimiffioners of His 
Majefty’s Treafury to order and allow, out of the Money 
arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein 
mentioned, for the Expences of profecuting Offenders 
againft the Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above 
the Sum yearly allowed for that Service, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. | 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Mort- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for continuing an Aé, made in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, to prevent 
the further fpreading of the contagious Diforder among 
the Horned Cattle in Great Britain, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill, 


Lord Fobn Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 


Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of 


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That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Owners of Lands within the Townthip of Saint Michael; 
in Appleby, otherwife Bondgate, intitled to Right of 
Common upon the Common or Wafte Lands, called 
Bongate Moor, who are affeffed to the Land Tax for 
{uch Lands at 75. 54.4, or thereabouts; and that the 
whole Lands within the faid Townfhip, for which the 
Owners are intitled to Right of Common upon the faid 
Moor, are affeffed to the Land Tax at £. 16. 75. 54.4, 
or thereabouts; and except the Owners of Lands, 
within the Townfhip of Scattergate and Burrells, intitled 
to Right of Common upon the Common or Waite 
Lands, called Burrells Moor, otherwife Burrells Whiuns, 
who are aflefled to the Land Tax for fuch Lands at 
{.1, gs. od. 4, or thereabouts ; and that the whole 
Lands within the Townthip of Stattergate and Burrells, 
for which the Owners are intitled to Right of Common 
upon the faid Common or Wafte Lands, called Bur- 
rells Moor, otherwife Burrells Whinns, are affeffed to the 
Land Tax at £. 6. 185. gd. 3, or thereabouts, including 
certain Lands within the faid Townfhip, belonging to 
the Earl of Thanet Ifand, which are eftimated to be 
aflefled to the Land Tax at 10s.; and alfo except the 
Dean and Chapter of Carlifle, who are Impropriators of 
the Tithes of Corn and Grain arifing within the Town- 
fhip of Bondgate ; and that no Perfon appeared before the 
Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 
port to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table. 
And the Houfe being informed, that feveral other 
Amendments were necefiary to be made to the faid Bill ; 
” Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed. 
Refolved, That the faid Bill be re-committed to the 

Committee, to whom the fame was committed. 


Sit Alexander Gilmour prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of 
Carters, Carriages, and loaded Horfes, and for removing 
Obftructiéns and Nufances upon the Streets and High- 
ways, within that Part of Great Britain called Seot- 
land: And the fame was received; and read the Firft 


Time. , : os 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Tinie. 


Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Common 
Fen, Common Marfh; and other Commonable Places, 
within the Parith of Sutterton; in the County of Lincoln, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee (except 
the Owners of Nine Houfes and 34 Acres of Land, who 
could not be found; and that the whole Number of 
Houfes and Toftfteads having Right of Common 
amounts to g1, and the whole Number of Acres having 
fuch Right of Common amounts to 16445 and 
that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to 
oppofe -the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they -had directed him to. report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout.; and then a Second Time, One by One ; 
and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, One 
of them was difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 5 ale ) ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 

Vor. XXXIII. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for fettling and detetmining what Parts of 
the Precinct of The Savoy, in the County of Middie/ex, 
fhall' be under the Sutvey of the Court of Exchequer, 
and what Parts thereof tinder the Survey of the Duchy 
of Lancafter, be now read: 

And the faid Order being read accordingly , 

_The Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and had direéted him. to re- 
port the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingroffed. 


. Mr. Howard reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vetting the fettled Eftate of William Halbed; 
Efquire, in the County of Hereford, in Truftees, in 
Truft, to fell and convey the fame to Fames King; 
Efquire, and his Heirs, purfuant to an Agreement for 
that Purpofe; and for laying out the Money arifing by 
fuch Sale, in the Purchafe of other Lands and Heredita- 
ments, to be fettled in Lieu thereof, to the fame Ufes, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. . 

Pr. 24. 1, 16, At the End of the Line add “ Hun- 

&lt; dred.” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, _ 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

afs. 

R Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfé hath agreed 
to the fame, with One Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of their 
Lordfhips. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do make the Report from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in His Majefty, His 
Heirs and Succeffors ; and for applying the Purchafe 
Money, with another Sum thererh mentioned, in the 
purchafing of a Freehold Piece of Ground, in Dover 
Street, and in the building and fitting up another Houfe 
thereon, for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of Ey, 
and the Surplus to the Benefit of the See ; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned, was committed. 

Mr. Cooper accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill, and which they had directed to be reported 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in. at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout ; and then 2 Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally 
put thereupon; were. agreed to by the Houfe. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendmeats, be in- 
groffed, ! 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruéction to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for regulating 
the Election of Committee Men, for managing the 
Affairs of the African Company, is committed, that 

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738 


they have Power to receive a Claufe, or Claufes, to ex- 
plain and amend a Claufe in an Act, made in the Fifth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; for repealing the A&amp;t made in the laft Seffion of 
Parliament, intituled, An Aét for vefting the Fort of 
Senegal, and its Dependencies, in the Company of Mer- 
chants trading to Africa, and to veft, as well the faid 
Fort and its Dependencies as all other the Britifh Forts 
and Settlements upon the Coaft of Africa, lying between 
the Port of Sailee and Cape Rouge, together with all 
the Property, Eftate, and Effects, of the Company of 
Merchants trading to Africa, in or upon the faid Forts, 
Settlements, or their Dependencies, in His Majefty ; 
and for fecuring, extending, and improving, the Trade 
to Africa, fo far as relates to the {wearing the Perfons 
therein mentioned to their Accounts. 


The other Ordet of the Day being read, for the 
Second Reading of the Bill to amend an Aét, made in 
the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the better 
preventing of Clandeftine Marriages ; : 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read a Second Time; 

The Houfe divided. 


The Noes went forth. 
Tellers for the Yeas, ve ies eal } 50. 
Tellers for the Noes, — Omi ‘ } 3%. 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
The faid Bill was accordingly read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe, ° 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tue/day. Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


ss ee 





ee es 


Veneris, 8° die Mai; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Houfe being informed, that Mr. Stone, from 
T the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng. 
land, attended at the Door; he was called in; and, 
at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their 
Order, 

An Account, fhewing the Amount of the Capital 
Stock of £.3. per Centum Annuities, fubfcribed in Pur. 
fuance of a Refolution of the honourable Houfe of 
Commons, of the Second Day of this Inftant May; 
diftinguifhing how much hath been fub{fcribed under the 
Head of each particular Stock mentioned in the faid 
Refolution. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

The faid Account is as followeth; viz. 





An ACCOUNT, thewing the Amount of the Capital Stock of £. 3. per Centum Annuities, fubfcribed in 
Purfuance of a Refolution of the honourable Houfe of Commons, of the 2d Day of this Inftant May; diftin- 


guifhing how much has been fubfcribed under the 
Refolution. 


Head of each particular Stock mentioned in the faid 





£. 3. per Cent. confolidated Annuities 
D° — Reducd — — D° 
D° — Old South Sea — D* 
D° — New South Sea -— D* 
D° —= South Sea Annuities 1751 


Bank of England, 
8th May 1772. 


The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Hugh/on, from 
the Exchequer, attended at the Door; he was called 
in; and, at the Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant 
to their Order, 

An Account of the Sums of Money received at the 
Exchequer, upon the Account of Sales of Lands in the 
Ceded iflands ; diftinguifhing the Times at which the 
fame were received. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 


732,975 





£. 1,500,000 


Edzot Stone. 


Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 
The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


A Petition of Thomas Fenwick, Efquire, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; taking Notice of the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
veft in Truftees, to be fold, certain Eftates, in the 
Counties of York, Weftmorland, and Lancafter, which 
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12 Geo. III. 


pelonged to Anzu Fenwick, Widow, before her Inter- 
marriage; and for the Relief of the faid Ann Fenwick, 
jn fuch Manner as in the faid Aé&amp; is mentioned; and 
fetting forth, That the Petitioner apprehends himfelf to 
be moft materially injured by the faid Bill: And there- 
fore praying, That he may be heard, by his Counfel, 
againft the fame; and that it may not pafs into a 


Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table, until the faid Bill be read a Second Time; and 
that the Petitioner be then heard, by his Counfel, upon 
his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
{aid Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next. 


~ An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open Fields, Meadows, Common Paftures, and Watfte 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Lanebam, in the County of 
Nottingham, was read the Third Time. , 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aéct for dividing and inclofing the Open 
Fields, Meadows, Common Pafturés, and Watfte 
Grounds, in the Parifh of Laneham, in the County of 
Nottingham. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Willoughby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the legal Eftate and Intereft of and in certain 
Freehold Lands at Adderbury, in the County of Oxford, 
now vefted in Charles Townfhend, Efquire, an Infant 
Truftee, in the moft Noble Henry Duke of Buccleugh; 
and his Heirs, and in certain Copyhold Lands in 
Kenneth Mackenzie, Efquire, and his Heirs, in Truft 
for the faid Duke and his Heirs, was read a Second 
Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Charles 
Spencer, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
to impower William Hulton, Efquire, to charge his 
fettled Eftates, in the County of Lancafter, or fome 
Parts thereof, with One thoufand Two hundred Pounds, 
and Three thoufand Pounds, for the Purpofes therein 
mentioned, and alfo to grant Leafes of certain Parts of 
his faid Eftates, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Thomas 
Egerton, Sir Matthew White Ridley, 8c.: And they 
are to meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in 
the Speaker’s Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aé&amp; 
to veft in the Truftees named in the Will of Francis Baffet, 
Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing and granting 
Sets of, and on, the Eftates comprized in the Settle- 
ment made upon the Marriage of ‘fobn Pendarves Baffet, 
Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Settlement were 
given to the Truftees therein named, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Molefworth, Mr. Gafcoyne, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Thomas Clavering from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Moor, or Common, called Hamfteels Moor, within the 
Parifh and Manor of Lancbefter, in the County Palatine 
of Durham, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of 
the Committee (except Two Perfons, whofe Property 
in the faid Moor is of the Annual Value of f. 13. ; and 
alfo except Two other Perfons, who faid they had no — 
Objection to the Inclofure, but refufed figning the Bill, 
whofe Property is of the Annual Value of £. 75. 105.3 
and that the Whole of the Property in the f2id Moor, 
intended to be inclofed, is of the Annual Value of 
£- 1524. 55.3 and that no Perfon appeared before 
the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at. the Clerk’s Table: Where thé 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. ; 


__Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


__ Lord Brownlow Bertie reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for dividing ‘and inclofing the Common 
Fen, and certain other Commonable Places and Oper 
Fields, within the Parifh of Kirton, in the Parts of 
Holland, in the County of Lincoln, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allecations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Owners of Eleven Houfes, Four Toftfteads, and 61 
Acres, who could not be found; and alfo except the 
Owners of Sixteen Houfes, One Toftftead, and 185 
Acres, who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the whole 
Number of Houfes having Right of Common on the 
Common Fen; and other Lands to be inclofed, amounts 
to 168, the whole Number of Toftfteads having fuch 
Right amounts to 75; and the whole Number of Acres 
having fuch Right amotnts to 3022) and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed himi 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Timie, Orie by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
trying of Rights by an Iffue at Law. | 
_ And the Queftion being put, That the faid Claufe be 
brought up ; 

It paffed in the Negative. _ | 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for building a Bridge over the River Thames, 
near the Town of Maidenbead, in the County of Berks; 
was re-committed ; That the Committee had made 
feveral other Amendments to the Bill; which they 
had direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwaids de- 
livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in.at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon; 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. ‘ 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the fettled Eftates and unfettled Eftates of 
ohn Gardner Kemeys, Efquire, in Truftees, in T — 

by 








740 
‘by Sale or Mortgage, to raife Money, to pay off Por- 
tions and Debts, and redeem Annuities charged upon 
and affecting the fame, and for re-fettling the Remainder 
thereof, and Lands to be purchafed, as in the faid Act 
is direéted, to the Ufes to which the faid fettled Eftates 
do now ftand fettled and limited, was read a Second 
Time. , 

- Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Kemys Tynte, Mr. Gafcoyne, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Mr. Mackworth reported ftom the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for amending and rendering more effec- 
tual an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s 
Reign, intituled, An Act for building a new Parifh 
Church, and declaring the prefent Parifh Church a Cha- 
pel, for making a Coemetery or Church Yard, and for 
building an Houfe for the Ufe of the Minifter of the Pa- 
rith of Saint Mary le Bone, in the County of Middlefex, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true 
and that the Parties concerned had _ given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
dire&amp;ted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
the Bill for regulating the Eletion of Committee Men, 
for managing the Affairs of the African Company, be 
now read. : 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid. Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Hotham took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Hotham reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto ; which they had directed him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill (now ingroffed) for the further Relief 
of His Majefty’s Proteftant Subjects diffenting from 
the Church of England, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Bill be now read the Third Time ; 

Mr. Onflow, 


The Houfe divided. 
Mr. Montagu: t 75° 


The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 

Tellers for the Noes, Sir Roger Newdigate, 

Mr, Page: 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

And the faid Bill was accordingly read the Third 
Time. 
_ Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the further Relief of His Majefty’s 
Proteftant Subjects diffenting from the Church of Eng- 
land. 

Ordered, That: Sir Henry Hoghton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4, 1772. 


The Houfe being informed, That Ra/pb Cook, whofe 
Evidence is neceflary to prove the Confents of the fevera] 
Parties interefted in the Bill for dividing and inclof 
the Common and Wafte Grounds, and Open and Com. 
mon Fields, within the Townfhips or Hamlets of Greg; 
and Little Stainton, Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in 
the Barony of Greyftock, in the County of Cumberland, 
is very ill, arid cannot attend the Committee to whom 
the faid Bill is committed ; 

Ordered, That the faid Committee, or any Three of 
them, have Power to adjourn from Place to Place, in 
order to take the Evidence of the faid Witnefs. 

Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the faid 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
the better Relief and Employment of the Poor, within 
that Part of the Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which is in the 
County of Middlefex ; and for paving, cleanfing, light- 
ing, watching, and regulating, the Squares, Streets, 
Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Open Paffages and 
Places, within the fame, and for removing Annoyances 
therefrom ; and for making the Communication between 
Charter Houfe Square and Saint Fobn’s Street, through 
Charter Houfe Lane, more convenient, is committed, 
have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and Mr. 
Cuddon : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
difcharging divers Manors, Reétories, Advowfons, Mef: 
fuages, Lands, Tithes, Rents, and Hereditaments, Part 
of the Eftate of the Right honourable Fobn Earl Spen- 
cer, comprized in, and fettled by, the laft Will and 
Teftament, and Codicil thereto, of the Moft noble Sarab 
late Duchefs Dowager of Marlborough, deceafed, and by 
certain Conveyances executed in Purfuance thereof, 
from the Ufes and Trufts declared by the faid Will; 
Codicil, and Conveyances ; and for fettling other Ma- 
nors, Rectories, Advowfons, Meffuages, Lands, Tene. 
ments, Tithes, and Hereditaments, of greater Value, 
in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes ; to which the Lords 
defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An At 
for vefting the Manors, Lands, and Tenements, both 
Freehold and Leafehold, comprized in the Marriage 
Settlement of Charles Baldwyn, Efquire, in Truftees, to 
be fold ; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes, which are now fubfitting 
with regard to the faid Freehold fettled Eftate, was read 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Tud- 
way, Sit George Savile, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
eftablifhing lawful Quays or Wharfs at the Port of Hull, 
for the fhipping and lading Goods and Merchandize, 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned: And that 


Mr. Cooper and Sir George Savile do prepare, and bring 
in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houte, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 


And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “ Copy of a 
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12 GEO. III. 


« Letter from Captain Arbuthnot, Senior Officer of His 
« Majefty’s Ships and Veflels at Spithead, to Mr. Stephens, 
« Secretary of the Admiralty, dated the 2gth of April 
6 3772 5 with Two Inclofures, relative to the Experi- 
« ments made there of Mr. Jrving’s Method of render- 
« ing Sea Water frefh,” be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. ; 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, * Copy of a Re- 
« port of Experiments made on board His Majefty’s 
« Ship Terrible, at Spithead, relat.ve to Mr. Irving’s Me- 
« thod of rendering Sea Water frefh ; inclofed in Cap- 
« tain Arbuthnot’s Letter to Mr. Stephens, dated the 29th 
“ of April 1772, N° 1,” be referred to the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, “* Copy of a 
« Report of Experiments made on board His Ma- 
« jefty’s Ship Tefrible, at Spithead, relative to Mr. 
« Jrving’s Method of rendering Sea Water frefh ; in- 
“ clofed in Captain Arbuthnot’s Letter to Mr. Stephens, 
« dated the 29th of April 1772, N° 23” be referred to 
the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Paper, intituled, * Extract of a 
« Letter from Admiral Sir Robert Harland, Baronet, 
«« Commander in Chief of His Majefty’s Ships and Vef- 
« fels in the Eaft indies, relative to Mr. Jrving’s Method 
of rendering Sea Water frefh, to Mr. Stephens, Secre- 
“ tary to the Admiralty, dated at Madra/s, the gth of 
“© Offober 1771,” be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account, fhewing the Amount of 
the Capital Stock of £. 3 per Centum Annuities fubfcribed 
in Purfuance of a Refolution of the honourable Houfe 
of Commons, of the Second Day of this Inftant May, 

diftinguifhing how much has been fubfcribed under the 
Head of each particular Stock mentioned in the faid Re- 
folution, be referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account, fhewing how the Money 
given for the Service of the Year 1771 has been difpofed 
of, diftinguifhed under the feveral Heads, until the 13th 
Day of April 1772, and the Parts remaining unfatisfied, 
with the Deficiency thereupon, be referred to the faid 
Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Charles Townfhend took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Charles Townfbend reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had direéted him to report, when the Houte will pleafe 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 

Mr. Charles Townfbend alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. 

. Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 

Majefty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
réfolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to 
confider further of Ways and Means for raifing the 
Supply granted to His Majefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Surplus remain- 
ing in the Exchequer, on the sth of April 1772, of the 
Deductions of Sixpence in the Pound, out of all Monies 
paid upon all Salaries, Penfions, Annuities, and other 
Payments, from the Crown, after fatisfying the Annuities 
or other Charges then due and payable for the fame, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies remaining in 
His Majefty’s Exchequer, difpofable by Parliament, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Vor, XXXIII. . 


Journals of the Houfé of Commons. 


741 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. . 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

_ Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleate 
to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. | 

Sir Charles Whitworth alfo acquainted the Houfe, 
That he was direéted by the Committee to move, that 
they may have Leave to fit again. ; ' 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
lng next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for raif- 
ing the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day; for taking into 
Confideration the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to regulate the Impor- 
tation and Exportation of Corn; was committed, be 
now read. seis | 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Report into 
Confideration, 

And the faid Report was read. 

And feveral of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
with Amendments to One of them, agreed to by the 
Houfe. ahs 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the further Confideration of the faid Report be ad- 

journed till this Day Three Months ; 

It pafied in the Negative. a 

Then fevetal other of the Amendments, made by the 
Committee to the faid Bill, as far as the Amendment in 
fol. 2. 1. 17. being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed to 
by the Houte. | 

The Amendment in fol. 2. l. 17. which was to fill 
the Blank with «« Twenty-eight Shillings,” being read 
a Second Time ; ; 

The Amendments following were propofed to be made 
thereto ; viz. 

To leave out the Word “ Eight,” and infert * Nine® 
inftead thereof ; and after ‘ Shillings,” to infert * and 
‘¢ Six Pence.” | 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ Eight” 
ftand Part of the faid Amendment ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Noes went forth. 7 gel 

Sir Thomas Claveriig, 3 : 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mi Béechemerth - &amp; t 33. 

Tellers for the Noes, } be Phipbe t 30. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Several other of the Amendments made by the‘Com-” 
mittee to the faid Bill, as far as the Amendment in 
fol. 14. 1. 1, being feverally read a Second Time, 
were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
with Amendments to feveral.of them, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

The Amendment in fol. 14. 1. 1. which was to fill 
the Blank with ‘ Forty Shillings,” being read a Second 
Time; — 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, by 
inferting after the Word “ Forty” the Word “ Four.” 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ Four” 
be there inferted ; 

The Houfe divided, 

The Yeas went forth, 


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"Tellers for the Yeas, es 


Mr. Brett, 


t 48. 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. Tucker : ¢ 14. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Refidue of the Amendments, made by the 
Committee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, One of them was difagreed to, and the reft were, 
upan the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with Amend- 
ments to feveral of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, That 
when the Prices of Grain fhall not exceed the Expor- 
tation Prices, no Cocquet or Bond fhall be required on 
Corn carried Coaftwife, but a Tranfire or Let pafs only. 

And the faid Claufe was read the Firft Time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Claufe be read a Second Time ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } i yar, } 14. 

Mr. Cooper, 

Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. a aed t 29. 

So it paffed in the Negative. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
for allowing a Bounty on the Exportation of Oats. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read with Blanks ; 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to 
be- made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
to encourage Mariners to make Dilcovery of the Expor- 
tation of Corn. 

And the faid Claufe was read the Firft Time. 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Claufe be read a Second Time ; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Then feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingroffed. 


The other Order of the Day being read, for the Se- 
cond Reading of the Bill for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called the Intack or Cow Pajfture and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of 
Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durham; and for 
extinguifhing all Right of Common in certain inclofed 
Intercommon Lands there ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Monday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 11° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


(Raered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 

Reading of the Bill for dividing and inclofing cer- 
tain Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called the Intack or Cow Pafture and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of 
Chefer, in the County Palatine of Durbam ; and for ex- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A.17792, 


tinguifhing all Right of Common in certain inclofed Ina 
tercommon Lands there, be now read. 
And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 
Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time 
upon Thurfday next, at Twelve of the Clock. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing a certain 
Moor or Common, called Hamfteels Moor, within the 
Parifh and Manor of Lancheffer, in the County Palatine 
of Durham, was read the Third Time. j 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing a certain Moor 
or Common, called Hamfteels Moor, within the Parith 
and Manor of Lanchefter, in the County Palatine of 
Durbam. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Clavering do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the feveral Orders made upon Friday 
laft, for hearing Thomas Fenwick, Efquire, by his Coun- 
fel, upon the Second Reading of the ingroffed Bill from 
the Lords, intituled, An Act to veft in Truftees, to be 
fold, certain Eftates, in the Counties of York, Weftimor. 
land, and Lancafter, which belonged to Ann Fenwick, 
Widow, before her Intermarriage ; and for the Relief 
of the faid Ann Fenwick, in fuch Manier as in the faid 
A&amp; is mentioned ; and alfo for hearing Counfel at the 
fame Time in iavour of the faid Bill, be difcharged, 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen, and certain other Commonable Places and 
Open Fields, within the Parifh of Kirton, in the Parts 
of Holland, in the County of Lincoln, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
and certain other Commonable Places and Open Fields, 
within the Parifh of Kirton, in the Parts of Holland, in 
the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen, Common Marfh, and other Commonable 
Places, within the Parifh of Sutterton, in the County 
of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Att for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Common Marth, and other Commonable Places, within 
the Parifh of Sutterton, in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow Bertie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon Fen, Open Fields, and certain other Commonable 
Places, belonging to, and in the Parith of Wigtoft, in 
the County of Lincoln, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Titk 
be, An A¢t for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Open Fields, and certain other Commonable Places, be- 
longing to, and in the Parifh of Wigtoft, in the County 
of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Brownlow. Bertie do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in the moft Noble Auguftus Henry Duke of 
Grafton, and his Heirs, the Manor, or reputed Manor 
and Rectory and Parfonage appropriate of Potter/pury, 
otherwife Eafpury, in the County of Northampton (ex- 
cept the Prefentation to the Advowfon of the Church 
there) and certain Meffuages, Lands, Tythes, and Here- 
ditaments, fituate and arifing in the fame County, the 
Eftate of Robert Brydges, Eiquire, a Lunatic ; and for 


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743 


sd Toe vefting in Thomas Hancox, Efquiré, arid his Heirs, a Gilfand, in the C 3 
~ - certain Wood and Wood + foe called Darwell, pen Foe ee Earl of Carlifte ee Parodi rear “sl 
wife Dowell Wood, in the County of Gloucefter, alfo the Ufes by the Will of the faid Henry Ear lof Carlifle s and 
Time Eftate of the faid Lunatic, on Payment, by the faid for other Purpofes therein mentioned was d : Se 
, om and y: met Hancox, * their refpective Purchafe cond Time. veto 
joney, in fuch Manner, and for fuch Purpofes, asin — Re clved, That the Bill bi i 
certain the faid Act is mentioned, was read a Secon Time. fon, om Charles Fox, &amp;c. : Aaetiap ale ie-aen, tan 
‘in the Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Hop- Afternoon, at Five of the Clock,-in the S ae ‘ 
alatine tins, Colonel Fitzroy, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Chamber. aga 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
2 Title " Chamber. on rine" ep from the Corimittee, to 
| vey m the Bill for the more eafy an : 
on | An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; of {mall Debts, within the iienah pers ar rye 
P for velting certain Freehold and Copyhold Heredita- mixfter, in th i ; afters i " 
test ain J yer, inthe Parith of Kidderminfter, in the County of 
ments, in Weeting, in the County of Norfolk, Part of Worcefter, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
he Bil the fettled Eftate of Philip Champion Cre/pigny, Efquire, mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
in Truftees, to be fold, and for laying out the Money be true; and that the Committ , had hrough tl 
to arife by Sale thereof in the Purchafe of other Lands Bill, and made feveral Saomiaemee * nmi 
Frid and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as they had direéted him to report to the Houfe + and 
rt the faid Hey in Weeting now ftand limited, was read he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards de- 
il from a Second Time. livered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
apr Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Edward Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once read 
“oftmer. oye Charles thea s, &amp;c.: And they are to meet throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One ; 
i hie gies at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s rs yt by feverally put thereupon, were 
he {aid hin eeeeliich With tenet tan Lineny elie ake an ee ania, tee 
= = na in Sir George Colebrooke, Baronet, and his —- 
rged, eirs, fo much of the Manor or Lordfhip of Stebun= = Mr. ; itt 
heath, otherwife Stebunbith, otherwife Steines, in the Bill far deidive pe pene Preeseny rey ee 
e Com- County of Middlefex, Part of the Eftate of the faid Sir Fields, Common Paftures Goinmon Mead oe 
es and George Colebrooke, as is limited and fettled in and by an Commonable Lands, of and within y H ile per 
ie Parts Act of Parliament, which pafled in the Second Year of Liberties of Charlton, in the Parithes of Netobe ai iad 
ad the the Reign of His prefent Majefty King George the Third; King’s Sutton, or One of them, in the C re f N : 
and for fettling other Lands and Hereditaments in Lieu shampton, was committed ; That th Costes ; had 
e Title thereof ; and alfo for vefting other fettled Eitates of the examined the Allegations of the Bill a f ca the fi " 
on Fen, faid Sir George Colebrooke, in the Counties of Middlefex tobe true ; and that the Parties couneniad had iv i heir 
Fields, and Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein men- Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Co nit aes 
and, in tioned, was read a Second Time. and that the Committee had gone hocusds the Bi 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis and made feveral poset. poten he hich h ; 
the Bill Vincent, Mr. Burrell, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this had directed him to report to the Houtfe, pe he sea 
i at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s eo in his Place ; and afterwards ‘delivered the 
amber. ill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
me An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act pe y snort were Once read throughout ; 
County for making a Partition of divers Manors, Mefluages, in. Ouefti . feverall ime, One by One; and, vee? 
Lands, Caf hh Phe ie in the feveral Counties of 4p. Yong everally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
. Norfolk, Suffolk, Effex, Surrey, and Middlefex, and in ‘ . , ; 
e Tile i Cs of Centon onan mete deg Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in 
pers of a Plantation in the Ifland of Barbadoes, in the Weft = : 
é Indies ; and of Two Shares in the New River Water- An ingroffed Bill for the better Prefervation of the 
the Bill works; and of an annual Rent of One thoufand Pounds Great Bank of the River Welland, from Spalding High 
iffuing out of the Revenues of the Poft Office, devifed Bridge, through Cowdst, Peakbill ’ Crowland ai Pe 
by the Will of 7: homas Walker, Efquire, deceafed; and kirk; and for making and keeping he Repair a Road 
» Com: alfo of a Manor and divers Meffuages, Lands, and He- thereon, and from thence to the Village ot Glenton, in 
sonable reditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, the Counties of Lincoln and Northampton, was read the 
toft, in and Gloucefter, comprized in the Settlements executed Third Time. 
: upon the Marriage of Stephen Skynner, Efquire, deceafed ; Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
© Title and alfo of divers Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, be, An Act for the better Prefervation of the Great Bank 
sn Fen, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, and Surrey, devifed of the River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, throu h 
ses, be- by the Will of the faid Stephen Skynner, between the fe- Cowbit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk, and ‘fer ale. 
County veral Perfons intitled to the faid Eftates, according to ing and keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and from 
their refpeCtive Interefts therein, was read a Second thence to the Village of Glentom, in the Counties of 
rry the Time. Lincoln and Northampton. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis Ordered, That Mr. Hobart do carry the Bill to the 
Vincent, Mr. Montagu, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Lords, and defire their Concurrence, } 
An AG Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Juke of Chamber. m A — Y ae ~ A&amp;, paffed in the Twenty firft 
Manat sos ied ; 2 ear of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, inti 
faery, An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; An Aét to bern the schisiyion and me mene 
ss (es ~ impower certain Perfons to enfranchife feveral Cuf- Baftard Children; and for more effectually preventing 
Church yest Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the feveral the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Children ; was 
1 Here- Janors of Brampton, Farlam, Upper Denton, Nether read a Second Time. ° 
ty, the sia ie ae ae resigl a tng mn -  Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 
’ » Lroddermain, Hayton Cum itton Refolved, That the Bill be c i i 
‘dla Carlatton, Caftle, Carrock, Cumrew, Blackenthwaite, and of v4 a Houfe. pete ere: 


_ Newbiggin, within the Barony or reputed Barony of §Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 


next, 











744 


next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe; 
upon the faid Bill. 


_ Mr. Dempfter prefented to -the Houle, according to 
Order, a Bill for encouraging the Manufacture of Lea- 
ther, by lowering the Duty payable upon the Importa- 
tion of Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark fhall 
‘ éxceed a certain Rate, for a limited Time: And the 
fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read a Second Timé 
upon Thurfday Morning next. i 

Mr. Montagu reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing the Open ahd Com- 
mon Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, 
Common Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parifh of Moulton, in the County of Northampton, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee (except 
the Owners of Land of the Value of £. 115 per Annum, 
who refufed to fign the Bill; and that the Whole of the 
Lands intended to be inclofed are of the annual Value 
of £. 994. 7 5. or thereabouts ; and that no Perfon ap- 
peared before the Committee to oppofe the Bill) and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 


veral Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted. 


him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Ac for naturalizing Frederick Cazenove, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bill 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he deli- 
vered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ae- 
cording to Order, a Bill for repairing and widening the 
Road from the Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh 
of Cardington, in the prefent Turnpike Road between 
Hitchin and Bedford, to Great Barford Bridge, and for 
continuing a Road from thence to the great Northern 


Road near Temsford Bridge, in the County of -Bedford: . 


And the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment: made by 
this Houfe to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for vetting the 
fettled Eftate of William Halbed, Efquire, in the County 
of Hereford, in Truftees, in Truft to fell and convey 
the fame to Fames King, Efquire, and his Heirs, pur- 
{uant to an Agreement for that Purpofe ; and for laying 
out the Money arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of 
other Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled in Lieu 
thereof, to the fame Ufes : And alfo, 


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4. 1 772. 


The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft in Walter Lloyd, Efquire, and others, a {imall 
Quantity of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rec. 
tory of Manerdivy, in the County of Pembroke, in Con- 
fideration of a certain yearly Rent thereby fecured ; and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Hovfe : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for vefting in Truftees, certain Eftates, fituate in the 
Counties of Kent and Surrey, upon Truft, to fell and 
difpofe of the fame, and inveft the Monies arifing there: 
by in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to fuch 
of the Ufes of the Will of William Wall, deceafed, as 
are now fubfifting ; to which the Lords defire the Con. 
currence of this Houfe : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for vefting certain Eftates, belonging to the Drapers 
Company of the City of London, in the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, freed and difcharged 
from certain Charities to which the fame are fubje&amp;; 
and for vefting other Eftates belonging to the faid Go- 
vernor and Company of the Bank, in the faid Company 
of Drapers, fubjeét to the before mentioned Charities ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe : 
And alio, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Manor of Eaft Lavant, and divers Mef: 
fuages and Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the 
County of Suffex, intailed by the Will of the Right 
honourable Mary late Countefs Dowager of Derby, de- 
ceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; and for purchafing 
other Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the 
like Ufes ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Paul Pourtalés and Francis Gabriel 
Charles Muller ; to which the Lords defire the Concur- 
rence of this Houfe. 

And then the Mefiengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in Truftees certain Eftates, fituate in the 
Counties of Kent and Surrey, upon Truft to fell and 
difpofe of the fame, and inveft the Monies arifing thereb 
in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to fach 
of the Ufes of the Will of William Wall, deceafed, as 
are now fubfifting, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting certain Eftates, belonging to the Drapers 
Company of the City of London, in the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, freed and difcharged 
from certain Charities, to which the fame are fubject; 
and for vefting other Eftates, belonging to the faid Go- 
vernor and Company of the Bank, in the faid Company 
of Drapers, fubjeét to the beforementioned Charities, 
was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, 
in His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors ; and for ap- 
plying the Purchafe Money, with another Sum therein 
mentioned, in the purchafing of a Freehold Piece of 
Ground, in Dover Street, and in the building and fitting 
up another Houfe thereon, for the future Refidence ot 
the Bifhops of E/y, and the Surplus to the Benefit of 
the See ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors ; and for applying 
the Purchafe Money, with another Sum therein men- 
tioned, in the purchafing of a Freehold Piece of Ground, 


’ in Dover Street, and in the building and fitting up ano- 


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172, 


in A&amp; 
a {mall 
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An A&amp; 
in the 
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to fuch 
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in Aé&amp; 
Drapers 
lor and 
harged 
ubjeé $ 
1id Go- 
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arities ; 


Houfe : 


in A&amp; 
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in the 
Right 
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to the 
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in the 
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fed, as 


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ano- 
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32 GEo. III. 


ther Houfe thereon, for the future Refidence of the 
Bifhops of Z/y, and the Surplus to the Benefit of the 
See; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do make the Re- 
port from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom 
it was referred to confider further of the Supply granted 
to His Majetty. 

Sir Charles Whitworth accordingly reported from the 
{aid Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee 
had directed to be reported to the Houfe ; which he read 
in his Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the fame were read ; and are as follow- 
eth; vz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Sum of One million Three hundred and Fifty 
thoufand Pounds be granted to His Majefty, to enable 
His Majefty to fatisfy and make good the feveral Sums 
payable to the Perfons who have fubicribed their Capital 
Stock of Three Pounds per Centum Annuities, to be dif- 
charged and annihilated, upon the Terms expreffed in 
the Refolution of this Houfe of the Second Day of this 
Inftant May. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-nine thoufand Four 
hundred and Fifty-fix Pounds and Ten Pence Farthing, 
be granted to His Majefty, to make good the Deficiency 
of the Grants for the Service of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-one. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five thoufand Pounds, be 
granted to His Majefty, to be paid to Charles Irving, for. 
the Difcovery of an eafy and practicable Method of 
making Sea Water frefh and wholefome. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Quetftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houtfe. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider further of Ways and Means 
for raifing the Supply granted to His Majefty, the Re- 
folutions which -he Committee had direéted him to te- 
port to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and af- 
terwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame were read; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be applied the Sum of Twenty-one thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Ten Pounds, remaining in the 
Receipt of the Exchequer, on the 5th Day of April 1772, 
being the Surplus of the Deductions of Six Pence in the 
Pound, out of all Monies paid upon all Salaries, Pen- 
fions, Annuities, and other Payments, from the Crown, 
after fatisfying the Annuities or other Charges then due 
and payable out of the fame. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, towards making good the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, there be applied the Sum of Ten thoufand 
Four hundred and Twenty-fix Pounds Nine Shillings 
and Three Pence, remaining in the Receipt of the Ex- 
chequer, for the Difpofition of Parliament. 

The faid Refolutions being feveraily read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentle- 
men, who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill, or Bills, purfuant to the Refolutions, which, upon 
the rrth and 20th Days of February laft, the 6th and 

14th Days of April'laft, and the 2d Day of this Inftant 
May, were reported from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom it was referred to confider further of 
Ways and Means for raifing the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, and were then agreed to by the Houfe, that 

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Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


they do make Provifion in the faid Bill, or in One of 
the faid Bills, purfuant to. the Refolutions this Day re- 
ported from the faid Committee, and which have been 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


Sir George Savile reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, or 
Moors, within the Townfhip of Roy/ton, in the County 
of York, was committed ; That the Committee had. exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 


Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Com- 


mittee (except the Proprietor of 108 Acres, who refufed 
to fign the Bill; and that the Whole of the Lands in- 
tended to be inclofed confifts of 600 Acres, or there« 
abouts ; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto ; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


Ordered, ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to reiolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by 
Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 
1772, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. | 

‘Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto; which they had. directed 
a to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning; 


Ordered, That the Order of ‘the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committce of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners of His 
Majefty’s Treafury to order and:allow, out of the Money 
arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein 
mentioned, for the Expences of profecuting Offenders 
again{t the Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above 
the Sum yearly allowed for that Service, be now read. 
‘And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. ° 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through-the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto ;-which they had directed him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for continuing an Act, made in the Tenth 
Year of thé Reign of ‘His prefent Majefty, to prevent 
the further fpreading of the contagious Diforder among 
the Horned Cattle in Great Britain, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 


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746 


The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sie Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. . 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto ; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

. Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to fervein this prefent Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Aldborough, in the County of 
York, in the room of Andrew Wilkinfon, E{quire, who, 
fince his Election for the faid Borough, hath accepted 
the Office of Steward of His Majefty’s Manor of Zaf 
Hendred, in the County of Berks. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houle 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 


upon the Bill to explain and amend an Act, made in- 


the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made ‘in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other excifeable Liquors ; and for explaining and amend- 
ing feveral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hackney 
Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hack- 
ney Coaches, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Hout refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

_ Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feve- 
ral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Mr. Bacon reported from the Seleét Committee, to 
whom the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Milborne Port, inthe County of Somer/et, is referred ; 
‘That he was directed by the Committee to acquaint 
the Houfe, that Mary Hoffe, being called as a Wit- 
nefs before the faid Committee, has grofsly prevaricated, 
and otherwife mifbehaved, in giving her Evidence. 

The Houfe was moved, That an Aét, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An Aét to regulate the Trials of controverted Elections, 
or Returns of Members to ferve in Parliament, might 
be read. 

And the fame was read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Entries in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the 14th Day of April 1746, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to Edmund 
Fones, might be read. 

And the fame were read accordingly. 

The Houfe was alfo moved, That the Entries in the 
Journal of the Houfe, of the rgth Day of May 1733, of 
the Proceedings of the Houfe, in relation to Caleb Leigh, 
might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That the faid Mary 
Hoffe, having grofsly prevaricated, and otherwife mif- 
behaved, in giving her Evidence before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to hear and determine the Matter of 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1972, 


the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, be, for her {a; 
Offence, taken into the Cuftody of the Serie =i 
attending this Houte. ot ae 

The Houfe being informed, that Henry Fane 
finds it extremely detrimental to his Health, to attend 
the Seleét Committee, to whom the Petition of Gecr é 
Prefcott, Efquire, complaining of an undue Eleétion 
and Return for the Borough of Milborue Port, in the 
County of Somerfet, is referred, and has already fuffered 
very much by his Attendance on the fame ; 

The Houfe was moved, That an Aét, made in the 


Efquite, 


roth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An — 


Act to regulate the Trials of controverted EleGions or 
Returns of Members to ferve in Parliament, might be 
read, 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The Matter fo alleged by Mr. Fane, as an ‘Excufe 
for any further Attendance on the faid Committee, was 
taken down in Writing; and the faid Henry Fane, Efquire, 
was {worn, at the Table, to the Truth thereof. 

Ordered, Nemine contradicente, That Henry Fane, 


Efquire, be excufed from any further Attendance on 
the faid Select, Committee. 


Lord Fobn Cavendifo reported from the Committee, ta 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Com- 
mons and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Appleby 
in the County of Weftmorland, was re«committed ; That 
the Committee had made feveral other Amendments 
to the Bill; which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. ; 

f wo -_ — to be added to the Bill, for 
ecuring a Right to Sir James Lowth is Clai 
“ —_ m5 e = 7 er, to try his Claims 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read with Blanks; 
which being filled up, the faid Claufe was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments. be 
ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for amending and rendering 
effectual an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of His Ma. 
jefty’s Reign, intituled, An A&amp; for building a new 
Parifh Church, and declaring the prefent.Parifh Church 
a Chapel, for making a Ccemetery or Church Yard, and 
= ee an poorer the Ufe of the Minifter of the 

arifh of Saint Mary le Bone, in the Co dale. 

~~ yin _ the Third Time. rim pec 

efolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Titl 
be, An Act for amending sidendiaiing more ofcdtval 
an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s Reign 
intituled, An Act for building a new Parifh Church and 
declaring the prefent Parifh Church a Chapel, for make: 
ing a Coemetery or Church Yard, and for building an 
Houfe for the Ufe of the Minifter of the Parith of Saint 
Korahe ee = County of Middlefex. 

rderea, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bi 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. Ewart he 


An ingroffed Bill to continue the Term, and alter and 
enlarge the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in 
the 26th and 27th Years of King George the Second, for 
repairing feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, 
as relates to the Road from the City of Gla/gow to the 
Town of Dumbarton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to continue the Term, and alter and enlarge 
the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in the 26th 
and 27th Years of King George the Second, for repair- 
ing feveral Roads leading into the City of Gla/gow, as 

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relates to that Part of the Road from the City of Glafgow 
to the Town of Dumbarton, which leads through the 
County to the Town of Dumbarton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edmonjftone do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Bill to explain, amend, and extend the Provifions of, 
an Act, made in the 4th Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King Geerge the Second, intituled, An A&amp; to 
explain a Claufe in an Act, made in the 7th Year of the 
Reign of her late Majefty Queen Ann, for naturalizing 
foreign Proteitants, which relates to the Children of the 
natural born Subjects of the Crown of Eagland, or of 
Great Britain, was read a Second Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Weduefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingroffed Bill for fettling and determining what 
Parts of the Precinét of The Savoy, in the County of 
Middlefex, fhall be under the Survey of the Court of 
Exchequer, and what Parts thereof under the Survey 
of the Duchy of Lancajter, was read the Third Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp;é, for fettling and determining what Parts of 
the Precinét of The Savoy, in the County of Adiddlefex, 
fhall be under the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, 
and what Parts thereof under the Survey of the Duchy 
of Lancafter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee; to 
whom the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and Paiture Grounds, 
Common and Wafte Lands, in the Manor of Much 
Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great 
Wenlock, in the County of Salop, was committed, be re- 
ceived To-morrow Morning. 


‘An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting Part of the Eftates late of Elizabeth Pearce, 
Widow, deceafed, and William Hall, Efquire, otherwite 
Pearce, her eldeft Son, in Truftees, to be fold, for 
Payment of the Portions of her younger Children, and 
other Incumbrances ; and for fettling other Part of her 
Eftates to the fame Ufes; and for other Purpofes ; was 

d a Second Time. 
wn Refolued, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Baid- 
wyn, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road from 
Roffles, near the City of Carlifie, to Wigton, and from 
thence to the South End of Hunda Lane, and alfo the 
Road from Wigton to Abbey Holme, and from Wigton to 
Chalkbeck, in the County of Cumberland, was committed, 
be received upon Friday Sevennight, the 22d Day of 
this Inftant May. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to veft in Walter Lloyd, Efquire, and others, a {mall 
Quantity of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory 
ot Manerdivy, in the County of Pembroke, in Con- 
fideration of a certain yearly Rent thereby fecured, and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Firft 
Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 
A Petition of Edmund Hill, Qwner of divers Gun- 


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747 
powder Mills upon Hounflow Heath, being offered to be 
prefented to the Houfe ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been 
informed of the Contents of the faid Petition, recom- 
mends it to the Confideration of the Houfe: . 

Then the faid Petition was brought up, and read ; 
Setting forth, That the Petitioner is a Manufacturer of 
Gunpowder, and has laid out and expended large Sums 
of Money in making Works for that Purpofe ; and that 
his Mills are conftruéted to work with Peftles, and not 
with Stones, that being conceived to be a Method very 
convenient, and as fafe as any other that was ufed in 
the making of Gunpowder; and that a Bill is now de- 
pending, which (if the fame fhall pafs into a Law) 
will oblige the Petitioner to alter his Works, at the 
Expence of £.2,000. and upwards; and that the Pe- 
titioner does not object to the faid Bill, but hopes thar, 
as his private Property will be thereby afiected, fome 
Compenfation will be made to him for that Part of the 
Lofs which he freely incurs for the fuppofed Advantage 
of the Public: And therefore praying the Houfe to 
grant the Petitioner fuch Relief in the Premifes as 
the Nature of his Cafe may require, and as to them 
may feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of a Committee ; and that they do exa- 
mine, and ftate to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact con- 
tained in the faid Petition : 

And it is referred to Sir George Savile, Mr. Mack= 
worth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow Morn- 
ing, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber ; 
and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Re- 
cords. 


Mr. Hotham, according to Order, reported from the 

Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
regulating the Election of Committee Men, for managing 
the Affairs of the African Company, was committed, 
the Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 
_.A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Report be taken into Confideration upon 
Friday Morning next ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Sir. William Meredith, * 
Tellers for the Yeas, } Sir Henry Hoghton: 26. 


ve Mr. Dempfter, 
3 Tellers for the Noes, } Mr. William Burke: t 12. 
So it was refolved in the Affirmative. . 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, rejolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Regulation of 
the Affairs of the Eaft India Company, and of their 
Servants in India, and for the due Adminiftration of 
Juttice in Bengal. 


Ordered, That the Bill to explain and amend an A@; 
made in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majelty, in- 
tituled, An Act for better Prefervation of the Game, 
within that Part of Great Britain called England, be read 
the Third Time To-morrow Morning. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 


Majefty. 
Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wedne/day Morn- 
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748 


ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of Ways and Means for 
saifing the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 12° die Maii; 


Anno 12° Georgii IlI*i Regis, 31772: 


PRAYERS. 


HE -Houfe being informed, that Mr. Tomkyns, 

from the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, attended 

at the Door ; he was called in; and, at the Bar, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of all Timber, Plank, and Deals, and 
Boards, imported into England, from 5th Fanuary 1766 
to 5th Fanuary 1772, which is as far as the fame can be 
made up; diftinguifhing the feveral Species of fuch 
Timber, Plank, and Deals, and Boards, and the 
Countries from whence imported, in each Year. 

And then he withdrew. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the 
Table, to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


‘Mr. Vanfittart reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and allotting the Common Fields, 
Common Meadows, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomb Baffet, otherwife 
Upper Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of Berks, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee, 
(except the Proprietors of 157 Acres of Land intended 
to be inclofed, One of whom could not be found; and 
the others made no Objection to the Bill, but would not 
fign, their Property being fo {mall ; and that the Whole 
of the Lands intended to be inclofed confiits of 2,510 
Acres; and that no Perfon appeared before the Com- 
mittee to oppofe the Bill) and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto; which they had directed him to report to 
the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, ‘be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That all have Voices who come to the Com- 
mittee, to whom the Bill for the better Relief and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, within that Part of the Parith of Saint 
Sepulchre, which is in the County of Middlefex , and 
for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and 
Open Paffages and Places, within the fame, and for re- 
moving Annoyances therefrom; and for making the 
Communication between Charterhoufe Square .and Saint 
Fobn Street, through Charterboufe Lane, more con- 
venient, is committed. 


An ingrofied Bill for building a Bridge over the River 
Thames, near the Town of Maidenhead, in the County 
of Berks, was read the Third Time. ; 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for building a. Bridge over the River 
Thames, near the Town of Maidenbead, in the 
of Berks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vanfittart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


County 


Sir Thomas Clavering reported from the Committee 
to whom the Bill to enable the Lord Bifhop of Durham, 
and his Succeffors, to raife a. competent Sum of Money. 
to be applied for the repairing or re-building fuch Part 
of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Durham, was 
committed; That the Committee had examined the Alle. 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true. 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr, 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
Commons, and Wafte Lands, and a Stinted Pafture, 
called The Cow Pajture, in the Parifh of Ackworth, in 
the County of York; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common Fields, 
Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and Common 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor and Parith of 
Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the County of Oxford ; and 
for exonerating certain Lands belonging to William 
Fermor, Efquire, from Tithes and Right of Common; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liberties, 
Territories, and Precinéts, of Afrep, in the Parithes of 
King’s Sutton and Newdbottle, in the County of North- 
ampton;, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and draining, the Open 
Fields, Common Paftures, and Moors or Commons, in 
the Townfhip and Parifh of Terrington, in the North 
Riding of the County of York ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac 
to amend an Aét of the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, for building a Workhoufe, in the 
Parith of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the City of 
Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for draining and preferving certain Commons, Low 
Grounds, and Cars, in the Parifh of Market Weighton, 
and other adjacent Parifhes, in the Eaft Riding of the 
County of York ; and for making a Navigable Cut, or 
Canal, from Market Weighton to the River Humber; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields and 
Commonable Lands, within the Parifh of Shilton, in 
the County of Warwick; without any Amendment : 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 


for dividing and inclofing feveral Open and Common 
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Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, Common Paftures, 
and other Commonable Places, in the Townfhip of 
Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycot and Paxford, in the 
Parith of Blockley, and County of Worcefter ; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, ina 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Common Fields, 
Meadow Grounds, and other Commonable Lands, 
within the Parith of Thorpe Achurch, in the County of 
Northampton ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common and Open 
Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and Watte 
Grounds, in Aldwinckle, it the County of Northampton ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for allowing the Importation of Wheat, Wheat Flour, 
Rye, Rye Meal, and Indian Corn, into this Kingdom, 
fot a limited Time, free of Duty ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for allowing the free Importation of Rice into this King- 
dom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies in America, 
for a limited Time; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to enable His Majefty to grant the Reverfion 
or Remainder in Fee Simple, now velted in His Ma-. 
jefty, of, and in, an Atinual or Fee Farm Rent of One 
hundred and Thirteeh Pounds, One of the feveral Fee 
Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable Edward, 
heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King 
Charles the Second; unto the honourable Fames Archt- 
bald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate Con- 
fideration to be given by him, or his Heirs, for the fame; 
without any Amendment. | 

And then the Meffengers withdretw, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
dividing and inclofing certain Open and Uninclofed 
Parcels of Arable and Pafture Grounds, Common and 
Watte Lands, in the Manor of Much Wenlock, other- 
wife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, in the 
County of Salop, was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Mr. Baldwyn reported from the faid Committee, That 
the Committee had heard the Petitioners, the Free- 
holders within the Parifh of Much Wenlock, otherwife 
Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County 
of Salop, and alfo the feveral Leffees upon Rack Rents, 
in the Manor of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Mag- 
na, otherwife Great Wenlock, within the Parifh aforefaid, 
by their Counfel ; and had alfo heard Counfel in Favour 
of the faid Bill; and had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 

Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee (except the 
Proprietor of Eftates of the Annual Value of £. 42. who 
refufed to fign the Bill, and alfo except Thomas Yate, 
Efquire, whofe Eftate is of the Annual Value of £. 49. 75. 
who faid, he had no Objection to the Bill, but refufed to 
fien the fame, alleging, that his Eftate was in Litigation; 
and that the whole Anfount of Property in the faid 
Manor is of the Annual Value of f. 1,538. 165. 6d.) and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe ,; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the Houfe being informed, that no Counfel at- 
tended ; 

The faid Report was read. 1 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
tpon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 

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749 


Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe 5 
and feveral Amendments were made, by the Houie, 
to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


.. The Houfe being informed, that Mr. Rowe, from 
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, at- 
tended at the Door; he was called in; and, at the 
Bar, prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Or- 
der, ne ae 

An Account of all Titnber, Plank, Deals, and Boards, 
imported into Scotland, from the 1ft Day of Fanuary 
1766 to the 1ft Day of Fanuary 1772, being as far as 
the fame can be made up; diftinguifhing the feveral 
Species of fuch Timber, Plank, Deals, and Boards, im- 
ported in each Year, the Countries from whence, and 
the Ports to which, the fame have been imported. 

And then he withdrew. . | 

And the Title of the faid Account was read: 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is preferved amoneft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


_ Sit Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money; by Loans or 
Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1772, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had directed him to report 
to the Hdufe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied, 


Sir Charles Whitworth, acceding to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s 
Treafury to order and allow, out of the Money arifing 
by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein mentioned, 
for the Expences of profecuting Offenders againft the 
Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above the Sum 
yearly allowed for that Service, was committed; the 
Amendment which the Committee had made to the Bill ; 
and which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendment was Twice 
read; and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed 
to by the Houfe: 

Ordered, That the Bill; with the Amendment, be in- 
grofied, 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, réported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill for continuing an Act; made in the Tenth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, to prevent the further 
{preading of the contagious Diforder among the Horned 
Cattle, in Great Britain, was committed; the Amend- 
ment which the Committee had made to the Bill; and 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and 
he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendment, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendment was Twice read ; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be in- 
grofied. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported, 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whorn the 
gE Bill 








75° 


Bill to explain and amend-an Aét, made in the Seventh 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majeity, intituled, 
An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon Policies 
of Affurance; and for reducing the Allowance to be 
made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the Stamp 
Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and other 
excifeable Liquors; and for explaining and amending 
feveral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hackney Coaches 
and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hackney 
Coaches, was committed ; the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Report was read. 

And feveral of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Another of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being read a Second Time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queition being put, 
That the Houfe do agree with the Committee in the faid 
Amendment ; 

The Houfe divided. 

‘The Noes went forth. 

; Sir Fohu Wrettefley, 

Tellers for the Yeas,} “vel beg i 65. 

Sir ‘ &gt; Mawbhey 
Tellers for the Noes, } Mr / ol seme: gee . i 19. 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

The Refidue of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendinents, be in- 
erofied. 


A Meflage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for completing a Building, intended for a New Church, 
or Chapel, at Richmond, near Everton, in the County 
Palatine of Lancafter; and for other Purpofes; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bull, intituled, An 
A¢t for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Meadows, and other Commonable Lands, and 
Watte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of King’s 
Ripton, in the County of Huntingdon, without any 
Amendment: And alio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor and Parith of Eaftleach Tourville, in the County 
of Gloucefter ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to enquire what Laws are expired, 
or near expiring, and to report their Opinion to the 
Houfe, which of them are fit to be revived or con- 
tinued ; that the Committee had enquired accordingly, 
and had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table : Where the Refolutions of the Committee 
were read ; and areas followeth; wz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the 15th and 16th 
Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, intituled, An Act to impower the Importers or 
Proprietors of Rum or Spirits, of the Britifh Sugar 
Plantations, to land the fame before Payment of the 
Duties of Excife charged thereon, and to lodge the 
fame in Warehoufes at their own Expence; and for 


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the Relief of Ralph Barrow, in refpeét to the Duty on 
fome Rock Salt, loft by the overflowing of the Rivers 
Weaver and Dane, as relates to the landing of Rum or 
Spirits, of the Britifo Sugar Plantations, before Payment 
of the Duties of Excife, and to the lodging of the fame 
in Warehoufes, at, the Expence of the Importers van 
Proprietors thereof; which was to continue in Force 
until the 29th Day of September 1749, and from thence 
to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; ang 
which, by an Act made in the 23d Year of his {aid 
late Majefty’s Reign, was further continued, from the 
Expiration thereof, until the agth Day of September 
1757, and from thence to the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by an A&amp;, made in 
the 31ft Year of his faid late Majefty’s Reign, was 
amended, and further continued until the 29th Day of 
September 1764, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament; and which, by an AG 
made in the Fourth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 
was further continued, from the Expiration thereof, 
until the 29th Day of September 1771, and from thence 
to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is 
near expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the 19th Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, in. 
tituled, An Act for the further Punifhment of Perfons 
going armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of 
Cuftoms or Excife; and for indemnifying Offenders 
again{t thofe Laws, upon the Terms therein mentioned ; 
and for Relief of Officers of the Cuftoms in Informa- 
tions upon Seizures, as relates to the further Punith- 
ment of Perfons going armed or difguifed, in Defiance 
of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife, and to the Relief of 
Officers of the Cuftoms in Informations upon Seizures ; 
which was to continue in Force for the Space of Seven 
Years, and from thence to the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by feveral fubfequent 
Acts, made in the 26th and 32d Years of his faid Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, and the 4th Year of His prefent Ma- 
jefly’s Reign, was further continued until the 2gth 
Day of September 1771, and from thence to the End 
of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near expiring, 
and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 4th Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
An Act for granting an Allowance upon the Exporta- 
tion of Britifh made Gunpowder ; which was to con- 
tinue in Force for Five Years, from the 24th Day of 
Fune 1731, and from thence to. the End of the then 
next Seffion of Parliament; and which, by feveral fub- 
fequent Acts, made in the roth, 16th, 24th, and 31f 
Years of his faid Majefty’s Reign, and the 4th Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, was further continued un- 
til the 29th Day of September 1771, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near 
expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the 8th Year of the 
Reign of King George the Firft, intituled, An Act for 
giving further Encouragement for the Importation of 
Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Importation of Wood and 
Timber, and of the Goods commonly called Lumber, 
therein particularly enumerated, from any of His 
Majefty’s Briti/&gt; Plantations or Colonies in America, 
free from all Cuftoms and Impofitions whatfoever ; 
which was to be in Force for 21 Years, from the 
24th Day of Yune 1722 ; and which, by feveral fubfe- 

uent Acts, made in the 16th, 24th, and 31ft Years of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
and the 4th Year of His prefent Majefty’s Réign, was 
further continued until the 29th Day of September 1771, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion 
of Parliament, is near expiring, and fit to be. con- 

tinued. 
5 : Refolved, 








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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That an Act, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
Aé for further encouraging and regulating the Manu- 
facture of Britifo Sail Cloth, and for the more efféétual 
fecuring the Duties now payable on Foreign Sail Cloth 
imported into this Kingdom, which was to continue in 
Force from the 24th Day of une 1736, for the Term 
of Five Years, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament; and which, by feveral 
fubfequent Acts, made in the 13th, 24th, and 3rft 
Years of his faid Majefty’s Reign, and the 4th Year of 
His prefent Majefty’s Reign, was further continued un- 
til the 29th Day of September 1771, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near 
expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 12th Year of the Reign of 
his late Mayefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
Act for granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the 
Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of any of His Ma- 
jefty's Sugar Colonies in America, frour the faid Colo- 
nies, directly to Foreign Parts, in Ships built in Great 
Britain, and navigated according to Law, which was 
to continue in Force for Five Years from the 29th Day 
of September 1739, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by feveral 
fubfequent Acts, made in the 17th, 24th, and 31ft 
Years of his faid Majefty’s Reign, and the 4th Year of 
His prefent Majetty’s Reign, was further continued 
until the 29th Day of September 1771, and from thence 
to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is 
near expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the 5th Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majetty, intituled, An Aé&amp; to permit the free 
Importation of Cattle from Jre/and, which was to con- 
tinue in Force for Seven Years, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near 
expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the roth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for 
continuing fo much of an Act, made‘in the Third Year 
of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to 
continue and amend Two Acts, made in the 21ft and 
28th Years of his late Majefty’s Reign, for encouraging 
the making of Indico in the Briti/ Plantations in Ame- 
rica; and for extending the Provifions of an Act of 
the goth Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, with refpect 
to bringing Prize Goods into this Kingdom to Spanifh 
Prize Goods taken fince the late Declaration of War 
with Spain, as relates to the encouraging the making 
of Indico in the Britifo Plantations in America; and 
for explaining fo much of an Act, made in the 5th 
Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, as relates to the 
regulating the Fees of the Officers of the Cuftoms in 
Anierica, and for extending the fame to the Naval Of- 
ficers there, as relates to the faid Act of the sth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty; and which was 
to continue in Force from the 1ft Day of Auguf 
1770, for the Term of Two Years, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near 
expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an A&amp;, made in the 5th Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
Ac to prevent the committing of Frauds by Bank- 
Tupts, which was to continue in Force from the 24th 
Day of Fune 1732, for the Space of Three Years, and 
from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament ; and which, by feveral fubfequent Acts, 
made in the 9th and 16th Years of his faid Majelty’s 
Reign, was further continued until the 29th Day of 
September 1750; and, by an Act, made in the 24th 
Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, was amend- 


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751 
ed, and further continiied until the 1ft Day of Sep- 
tember +7573 arid which, by feveral fubfequent Aéts, 
made in the 1ft Year of his faid late Majefty’s Reign, 
and the 4th Year of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, 
was further continued until thé 29th Day of Sepéember 
1771, is near expiring, and fit to be continued. 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read 2 
Secorid Tirhe, was poftponed. 

The Second Refolution of the Committee, being read 
a Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Refolutions of the 
Committee, being redd 4 Second Time, were poft- 
poned. 

The Sixth Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon; 
agteed to by the Houfe. ie 3 

The S€venth and Eighth Refolutions of the Commit: 
tee, being read a Second Time, were poftponed. 

The Ninth Refolution of the Committee, being read 
a Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
with feveral Amendments thereunto, agreed to by the 
Houfe ; and is as followeth; viz. ; ' 

Refolved, That an A&amp;, made in the Fifth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An A&amp; to prevent the committing of Frauds 
by Bankrupts, which was to cofitinue in Force, from 
the 24th Day of Fune 1732, for the Space of Three 
Years, and from thence to the End of the then next 
Seffion of Parliament; and which by feveral fubfequent 
Aéts, made in the 9th and 16th Years of his faid Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, was further continued until the 29th Day 
of September 1750; and, by an Aét, made in the 24th 
Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, was amended 
and further continued until the sft Day of September 
1757; and which, by Two fubfequent Aéts, made in 
the 31ft Year of his faid late Majefty’s Reign, and the 
4th Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, was fur- 
ther continued until the 29th Day of September 1771, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament, is near expiting, and fit to be continued, 
with Amendments. 

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in, upon 
the Second, Sixth, and Ninth Refolutions of the faid 
Committee, and which have been agreed to by the 
Houfe: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Cooper, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Mor- 
ton, Mr. Dunning, Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Ongley, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. oe ? 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Aéts mentioned in the Firft, Third, 
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Refolutions of the 
faid Committee, and which have been poftponed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for difcharging divers Manors, Rectories, Advowfons, 
Meffuuages, Lands, Tithes, Rents, and Hereditaments, 
Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable John Earl 
Spenser, comprifed in, and fettled by, the laft Will and 
Teftament, and Codicil thereto, of the moft Noble 
Sarah \ate Duchefs Dowager of Marlborough, deceafed, 
and by certain Conveyances executed in Purfuance 
thereof; from the Ufes and Trufts declared by the faid 
Will, Codicil, and Conveyances ; and for fettling other 
Manors, Reétories, Advowfons, Meffuages, Lands, 
Tehements, Tithes, and Hereditaments, of greater Va- 
lue, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Sut- 
ton, Lord Howe, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chainber. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into 2 Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to 








75% 


to confider of a Drawback to be allowed upon the 
Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and the Britifo Domi- 
nions in America, for a limited Time, upon the Expira- 
tion of the Drawback which is allowed thereon by 
an Aé&amp; made in the 7th Year of the Reign of His pre- 
fent Majefty. : 


Notice being taken, That His Majefty’s Intereft is 
concerned in the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intitu- 
led, An Aé&amp; to veft in Walter Lloyd, Efquire, and 
others, a {mall Quantity of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe 
of the Reétory of Manerdivy, in the County of Pem- 
broke, in Confideration of a certain yearly Rent thereby 
fecured, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; which 
Bill was Yefterday read the Firft Time, and ordered to 
be read a Second Time; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty, having been in- 
formed of the Purport of the faid Bill, gives His Con- 
fent, as far as His Majefty’s Intereft is concerned, that 
the Houfe may do therein as they fhall think fit. 


Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to regulate the making, keeping, and Carriage, of 
Gunpowder, within Great Britain, and to repeal the 
Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Purpofes, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Re- 
port was read. 

And feveral of the Amendments, made by the Com- 
mittee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

Another of the Amendments, made by the Committee 
to the faid Bill, being read a Second Time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the Houfe do agree with the Committee, in 
the faid Amendment; 


The Houfe divided. 

The Noes to go forth. 

Mr. Dempfter appointed One of the Tellers for the 
Noes, but no Member going forth, nor any other Mem- 
ber appearing to be a Second Teller for the Noes, Mr. 
Speaker declared, the Yeas had it. . 

Then the Refidue of the Amendments, made by the 
Committee to the faid Bill, being feverally read a Se- 
cond Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, for 


giving an Appeal from the awed Seffions by a Cer- 
tiorari, to the Court of King’s Bench. 


And the faid Claufe was Twice read, and amended, 
and, upon the Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the 
Houfe, to be made Part of the Bill. 

And feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to amend an Act, made in the Twenty- 
fixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An A&amp;t for the better pre- 
venting of Clandeftine Marriages, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Colonel Burgoyne took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

. Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 
Colonel Burgoyne reported from the Committee, That 


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4.19792. 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted. him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon this Day 
Sevennight. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider of the Report which was made from 
the Committee, to whom it was referred to confider of 
fo much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of Hig 
prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ac to explain, amend; 
and reduce into One Act of Parliament, the generaj 
Laws now in being, for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
of this Kingdom, and for other Purpotes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Breadth of the Wheels of Car- 
riages ufed upon Turnpike Roads, and to the Number 
of Horfes allowed to be ufed therewith, and to report 
their Opinion thereupon to the Houte. 


Ordered, That the Bill to explain and amend an A@, 
made in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majetty, in. 
tituled, An Act for better Prefervation of the fa 
within that Part of Great Britain called England, be 
read the Third Time upon Friday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Mern- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Mercurii, 13° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii ITI*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 

Commons and Wafte Grounds, within the Ma- 

nor of Appleby, in the County of Weftmorland, was read 
the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 35. 1. 14. 
*¢ and” in line 15. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing certain Commons 
and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Appleby, in 
the County of We/tmorland. 

Ordered, That Lord fobn Cavendifh do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


To leave out from ‘“ Fences,” to 


Mr. Scudamore reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for amending, widening, and altering, 
the Reads leading from Crickhowell, in the County of 
Brecon, to the Cro/s Hands beyond New Inn, in the 
Turnpike Road between the City of Hereford and 
Rofs ; and from a Place called the Lower Cro/s Ways, 
in the Parifh of Saint Maughans, to the Town of Grof- 
mount, in the County of Monmouth; and from a Smith’s 
Shop at Stanton, in the Parifh of Lianvybangel, to 
Chapel-a-fine, in the fame County ; and from the Turn- 
pike Road in the Parifh of Wel/h Newton, in the Coun- 
ty of Hereford, to Ponttanaft, in the Parith of Cluddock, 
in the faid County, was committed; That the Com- 


‘mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 


found the fame to be true ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
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ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to re- 

rt to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; 
and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amend- 
ments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amend- 
ments were Once read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the —" feverally 
put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Act to enable the Guardians of the Infant Children 
of the honourable Mary Sandys, deceafed, to make 
Leafes of their fettled Eftates in England and Ireland, 
during their refpective Minorities, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined, and found that the 
ftanding Order of the Houfe, concerning Notices to 
be given in Jreland, before any private Bill relating to 
Eftates there be brought in, had been complied with ; 
and that the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Cominittee ; and that the 
Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 

Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh do carty the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Alderman Harley prefented to the Houfe, &lt;c- 
cording to Order, a Bill to explain, amend, and fender 
more effectual, an Act made in the Seventh and Eighth 
Years of King William the Third, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
the further regulating Elections of Members to ferve 
in Parliament, and for the preventing irregular Pro- 
ceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the electing 
and returning fuch Members: And the fame was re- 
ceived ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Meffage fromm the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr. 
Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, { 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to explain and amend an Act of the Eleventh Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for amending and 
widening the Road from Befelfeigh, through Wantage, 
to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, and from Wan- 
tage to Marlborough, in the County of Wilts; and from 
the Turnpike Road between Reading and Walling ford, 
through Halfpeny Lane, to the Old Red Houfe upon 
Wantage Downs, and from thence to Lambourn, in the 
faid County of Berks; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the Open and 
Commonable - Fields, Meadows, Lands, and Watte 
Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the Manor, 
Parith, and Liberties, of Wing, in the County of Rut- 
land ; without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for the Sale of certain Meffuages, Lands, Tenéments, 
Hereditaments, and Premiffes, in the Parifli of Saint 
George the Martyr, and Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, Part of the fettled Eftate of Fobn 
Bullock, Efquire, and Elizabeth his Wife; and for lay- 
ing out the Money arifing by Sale thereof in the Pur- 
chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame Ufes ; 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Ac to 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 753 
impower Yames Batfon and Edward Buckley Batfon; 
Efquites, Teftamentary Guardians of the Perfon and 
Eftate of Edward Pery Buckley; an Infant; to gtant 
Leates of the Eftate of Pery Buckley; Efquire, deceafed 5 
to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe! And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled; An Aé&amp;t for 
Sale of One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands of 
Innerleith, lying in the County of Edinburgh, and of 
One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands of Darz- 
chefter, in the County of Berwick; being Parts of the 
entailed Eftate of Colonel fames Cathcart; deceafed ; 
and for purchafing other Lands and Eftates, to be 
fettled, in Lieu thereof, upon the fame Perfons, and to 
the like Ufes and Purpofes; to which the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfé. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Petition of the Innkeepers of the Town of Maii- 
ftone, in the County of Kevit, was prefented to the. 
Houife, arid read ; Complaining of the Hardthips, which; 
the Petitioners allege, they labour under, from the pre- 
fent Mode of quartering Soldiers and Horfes; and 
fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, if it was 
left to the Option of each Innkeeper, to provide Hay 
and Straw for the Horfe to be quartered on him, at 
the prefent Price of 6d. each Night; or only to provide 
the Troops with convenient Stables and Neceffaries for 
the Horle gratis, as the Innkeepers fhall find moft con- 
venient in future Times (this Alteration not to extend 
to Troops on a March, or employed on the Recruiting 
Service) the fame would remedy the Grievance com- 
plained of : And therefore praying the Houfe, to take 
the Complaints of the Petitioners into Confideration, 
and grant them the Relief thus propofed, or fuch other 
Alterations in the Laws for quartering Soldiers as to the 
Houfe fhall be found moft proper for His Majefty’s 
Service, and the Eafe of His Subjects. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more effectual preventing of Frauds in the Stamp 
Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, and Cards: 
And that Mr. Cooper and Sir Charles Whitworth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame: 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Lords of the Treafury to difcharge the 
Executtts of Liady Ann Jekyll, and the Reprefentatives 
of the late Sir Fofeph Fekyll, from a Debt due to His 
Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking Fufid; upon Pay- 
ment of the fame into the Exchequer: And that Mr: 
Cooper and Sir Charles Whitworth do ptepare, and bring 
in, the fame: 


Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the Gentlemen 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a Bill, pur- 
fuant to the Refolutions; which, upon Thurfday laft, 
were reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe; 
to whom it was referred to confider of a further En- 
couragement to be given to the Inhabitants of the J/e 
of Man, to engage in; and carty on, the Fifheries on the 
Coafts of the faid Ifland, and were then agreed to by 
the Houfe, that they do make Provifion in the faid 
Bill, for obviating a Doubt which Has arifen, with re- 
fpec&amp; to the allowing the Bounties upon the BritiB 
White Herring Fifhery in the Year 1771. 


An ingfoffed Bilt from the Lofds, intituled, An A&amp; 
for naturalizing Paul Pourtalés and Frantis Gabriel 
Charles Muller, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. ~ 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
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to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for remedying the Evils occafioned by 
the Laws now in being, relating to Badgers, Engroffers, 
Foreftallers, and Regrators, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley took the Chair of the Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made fe- 
veral Amendments thereunto ; which they had directed 
him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive 
the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider of the Aéts mentioned in the Firft, Third, 
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Refolutions, which 
were Yefterday reported from the Committee, who were 
appointed to enquire what Laws are expired, or near 
expiring, and to report their Opinion to the Houle, 
which of them are fit to be revived or continued, 
and which Refolutions were then poftponed, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; _ 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commuttee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

. Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

_ Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions,; which they had 
directed him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to 
receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for the Sale of certain Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, Hereditaments, and Premiffes, in the Parifh of 
Saint George the Martyr, and Borough of Southwark, 
in the County of Surrey, Part of the fettled Eftate of 
Fohn Bullock, Efquire, and Elizabeth his Wite; and 
for laying out the Money arifing by Sale thereof in the 
Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the more effectual preventing of Frauds 
in the Revenues of Excife, with refpect to Tea, Soap, 
Low Wines, and Spirits: And the fame was received ; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Biil to reguiate the Importation and Ex- 
portation of Corn, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill, being ingroffed, was read the Third 
Time. 

The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill ; viz. 

Pr. 3.1.26. To leave out “hereby,” and infert 
“ heretofore” inftead thereof. 

Pr. 12.1.6. To leave out “at or.” 

]. 10. To leave out * at or.” 
1.14. To leave out “ at or.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 


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A. 1772. 


be, An A&amp; to regulate the Importation and Exportation 
of Corn. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Pownall do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An AG 
for Sale of One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands 
of Innerleith, lying in the County of Edinburgh, and of 
One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands: of Dary. 
chefter, in the County of Berwick, being Parts of the 
entailed Eftate of Colonel ames Cathcart, deceafed 
and for purchafing other Lands and Eftates, to be 
fettled, in Lieu thereof, upon the fame Pertons, and 
to the like Ufes and Pyrpofes, was read the Firft 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, Car. 
riages, and loaded Horfes, and for removing Obftruc- 
tions and Nufances upon the Streets and Highways, 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alex. 
ander Gilmour, Mr. Edmonftene, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for inclofing, dividing, allotting, and 
improving, certain Common Woods and Moor Lands, 
within the Borough and Parifh of Wigmore, in the 
County of Hereford, was committed; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee (except Two Perfons, 
who are Owners of Three Burgage Houfes having 
Right of Common upon the Lands to be inclofed, who 
retufed to fign the Bill; and the Owners of Three Bur- 
gage Houles having fuch Right, who could not be 
met with, One of whom had figned the Petition, and 
promifed to fign the Bill; and that the whole Number 
of Burgage Houfes having fuch Right is 135 ; and that 
no Perion appeared before the Committee to oppofe the 
Bill) and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houtfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to 
by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 

Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Com- 
10n Paftures, Common Grounds, Heath, and Watte 

Grounds, in the Parifh of Moulton, in the County of 
Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 16. 1. 38. To leave out “the faid William Stan- 
ton, or his Succeffors, Vicars,” and infert “them” in- 
ftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pat- 
tures, Common Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, 
in the Parifh of Moulton, in the County of Northamp- 


ton. 


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Ordered, That Mr. Montagu do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
to confider of a Drawback to be allowed upon the Ex- 

ortation of Tea to Jreland, and the Britifh Dominions 
in America, for a limited Time, upon the Expiration of 
the Drawback which is allowed thereon by an Aét 
made in the 7th Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
jefty, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do confider of the Drawback upon 
Foreign Sugars exported from Great Britain to Ireland. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do confider of the Bounty payable 
upon the Exportation of Britifh made Cordage. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
mittee, That they do confider of fo much of an Act of 
the Fifth Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, as relates 
to the Importation of Rice from the Britifp Plantations 
into certain Ports of this Kingdom, for immediate Ex- 
portation to Foreign Parts. 

Then the Houte refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper'took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they had di- 
rected him to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to re- 
ceive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mo:rcw 
Morning. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
preventing Frauds and Abuies in relation to the Trade 
carried on between Great Britain and Ireland: And that 
the Lord Nerth, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dy/on, 
Mr. Charles Townjbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. So- 
licitor General, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Rodinfon, and Sir Charles 
Whitworth, do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to veft in Truftees, to be fold, certain Eftates, 
in the Counties of York, Weftmoreland, and Lancafter, 
which belonged to Aun Fenwick, Widow, before her In- 
termarriage ; and for the Relief of the faid Ann Fen- 
wick, in fuch Manner as in the faid Aét is mentioned, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon To-morrow 
Sevennight, the 21ft Day of this Inftant May, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
faid Bill. 


Sir George Savilesreported from the Committee, to 
whom the Petition of Edmund Hill, Owner of divers 
Gunpowder Mills upon Hounflow Heath, was referred ; 
That the Committee had examined the Matter of Faét 
contained in the faid Petition ; a State whereof they had 
direéted him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered it in at. 
the Clerk’s Table : Where the fame was read ; and is as 
followeth ; viz. 

A State of the Matter of Faét contained in the faid 

€tition, is as followeth : 

Mr. Hill produced an Eftimate of the Expence of 
building Two Setts of Gunpowder Stone Mills, amount- 
ing to £.717, from which Calculation it appears, that 


Houfe of Commons. 4 &amp; 
the Sum neceffary to erect as many Stone Mills to work 
the fame Quantity of Gunpowder as’ is now worked by 
the Peftle Mills, will amount to £. 2,509. 10. which 
Fitimate is hereunto annexed: And, ; 

Barrow (an Owner of Oil Mills, upon the 
fame Conftruction as Mp. Hill’s) informed your Com- 
mittee, That he is well acquainted with, the Conftruc- 
tion of Mills ; that he knows Mr. Hil/ is Owner of Se- 
ven Peftle Mills now at work upon the Gunpowder 
Bufinefs ; and that he thinks the above mentioned Efti- 
mate, for the Erection of Stone Mills, inorder to equal 
the Work of the Mills already eftablifhed, and now at 
work, is lefs than what would be the, real Expence 
neceffary for the erecting of fuch new Millis: That the 
Mills are now in a working State, and the Materials of 
the old Mills would be of very little Value towards the 
new Mills. 

Mr. Fofeph Nickalls, a Millwright, being examined, 
faid, That he thinks the Eftimate below ‘the real Value, 
and conceives that a Mill with Two Pair of Stones could 
not be perfeéted with all the neceffary ‘Apparatus for 
lefs than £. 800, or a Mill with One Pair of Stones for 
lefs than £. 500: That the Seven Peftle:Miils, 2s they 
now ftand, and prohibited from workisg Gunpowder, 
are not realiy worth, for any Purpofe they can be applied 


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to, fo much as £. 200; but if allowed to work, are 
worth /. 1,400. : 

Mr. Fobn Brokebcufe, a Millwright, being examined, 
faid, That what is left of the Two Miils lately blown 
up, is not now worth more than £. 5; but if reftored to 


Peitle Mills, would be worth £. 50, 60; or 70. 
APPENDIX. 
Abftra&amp; of an Eftimate of Millwright’s, ‘Biafs Founder's; 


and Smith’s Work, to build Tw Setts of Gun- 
powder Stone Mills, for Mr. Hill;. viz. 


Amount of Millwright’s, Brafs Fousder’s, 

and Smith’s Work, as per Zohn Brockboufe 
Eftimate —- ccomneee 279 

D° of Carpenter’s Work for the Mill Houfes, 
as per William Godin Efimate oo 84 

D° of Bricklayer’s Work, for Foundatibns to 
D° of Coft, Freights, Duty, and Charges, of | 7 

Two Setts of Mill Stones, polifhing )°, and 
petty Charges, at a very low Calculation — 350 
£-717 





N. B. Mr. Hill has Seven Peftle Miils, which are now 
ftanding, and will work 1,350lb. Gunpowder in 
24 Hours; that it will take Seyen Setts of Stones 

_ to work the like Quantity in the fame Time, which 
will at the above Eftimate amourk to £. 2,509. 10. 
N. B. Mr. Nichol’s Eftimate for Millwright’s 
Work, &amp;e. is £. 369. 2. ; 
Ordered, That the faid Report do lit upon the Table. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for eftablifhing lawful Quays or Wharfs at 
the Port of Hull, for the fhipping ‘and lading Goods 
and Merchandize , and for other Puxpofes therein men- 
tioned : And the fame was received ;. and read the Firft 
Time. : 

Refclved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


Mr. Fletcher reported from the Cemmittee, to whom 
the Bill for dividing and inclofing. the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, and Open and Conjmon Fields, within 
the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great ‘and Little Stainton; 
Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony of Grey- 
ftock, in the County of Cumberland, was committed ; That 
the Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confeat to the Bill, to 


2 the 








756 


the Satisfaction of the Committee (except Four Proprie- 
tors; whofe Purvey to the faid Common and Watte 
Ground is Two Pence, One Plack, and One Fourth of 
a Mite; and except the Owners of 39 Acres of Land 
within the faid Open and Common Fields, who refufed 
to confent to the Bill ; and that the Whole of the Pur- 
vey to the faid Common and Wafte Ground is 165. 74. ; 
and the Whole of the Lands within the faid Open and 
Common Fields to be inclofed confifts of 397 Acres; 
and that no Perfon appeared before the Committee 
to oppote the Bill) and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thete- 
upon, One of them was difagreed to, and the reft were, 
with an Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, to fave 
the Rights of Sir Fames Lowther. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read, and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

And feveral Amendments were made, by the Houfe, 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
inerofied. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe to 
relolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon 
che Bill to explain, amend, and extend the Provifions of, 
an Act, made in the 4th Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Aét to 
explain a Claufe in an Act, made in the 7th Year of 
the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Ayn, for naturaliz- 
ing foreign Proteftants, which relates to the Children of 
the natural born Subjects of the Crown of England, or 
of Great Britain, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
therzunto ; which they had directed him to report, when 
the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the better Regulation of the Affairs of 
the Eaft India Company, and of their Servants in Jndia, 
and for the due Adminiftration of Juftice in Bengal. 


Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf mto a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majelty. 


Rejolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
House, to confider further of Ways and Means for raifing 
the Supply granted to His Majetty. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


~ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1777, 


Fovis, 14° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 

Open and Uninclofed Parcels of Arable and 
Pafture Grounds, Common and Wafte Lands, in the 
Manor of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, 
otherwife Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Open 
Parcels of Arable and Pafture Grounds, in the Manor 
of Much Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife 
Great Wenlock, in the County of Salop. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baldwyn do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of the Acts mentioned in the Firft, Third, 
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Refolutions, which, 
upon Tuefday laft, were reported from the Committee, 
who were appointed to enquire what Laws are expired, 
or near expiring, and to report their Opinion to the 
Houfe, which of them are fit to be revived or continued, 
and which Refolutions were then poftponed, the Refo- 
lutions which the Committee had direéted him to report 
to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the fame 
were read ; and are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Fifteenth and 
Sixteenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act to impower the 
Importers or Proprietors of Rum or Spirits, of the Bri- 
tifo Sugar Plantations, to land the fame before Payment 
of the Duties of Excife charged thereon, and to lodge 
the fame in Warehoufes at their own Expence ; and for 
the Relief of Ralph Barrow, in refpeé to the Duty on 
fome Rock Salt loft by the overflowing of the Rivers 
Weaver and Dane, as relates to the landing of Rum or 
Spirits, of the Briti/o Sugar Plantations, before Payment 
of the Duties of Excife, and to the lodging of the fame 
in Warehoules at the Expence of the Importers or Pro- 
prietors thereof; which was to continue in Force until 
the 29th Day of September 1749; and which was fur- 
ther continued, by feveral Acts of Parliament, until the 
29th Day of September 1771, and from thence to the 
End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near ex- 
piring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Aét, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
Ac for granting an Allowance upon the Exportation 
of Britifob made Gunpowder ; which was to continue im 
Force for Five Years, from the 24th Day of Fuze 1731, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament; and which, by feveral fubfequent Acts of 
Parliament, was further continued until the 29th Day 
of September 1771, and from thence to the End of the 
then next Seffion of Parliament, is near expiring, and 
fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Eighth Year of 
the Reign of King George the Firft, intituled, An Act 
for giving further Encouragement for the Importation 
of Naval Steres, and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, as relates to the Importation of Wood and Tim- 
ber, and of the Goods commonly called Lumber, therein 
particularly enumerated, from any of His Majefty’s Brt- 
tifh Plantations or Colonies in America, free on all 

uitoms 


La a | pt 


Pee ee ae ee ee a = wet tw &amp; RSI SG 








certain 
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in the 
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the Bri- 
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to lodge 
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Rum or 
Payment 
he fame 
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XUM 


12 Geo. III. ~ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Cuftoms and Impofitions whatfoever; which was to be 
in Force for Twenty-one Years, from the Twenty-fourth 


. Day of Fune 17225 and which, by feveral fubfequent 


Aéts of Parliament, was further continued until the 

agth Day of September 1771, and from thence to the 

End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near ex- 
iring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That an Act, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for further encouraging and regulating the Manu- 
facture of Britifo Sail Cloth, and for the more effectual 
fecuring the Duties now payable on Foreign Sail Cloth 
imported into this Kingdom ; which was to continue in 
Force from the 24th Day of Yune 1736, for the Term 
of Five Years, and from thence to the End of the then 
next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by feveral fub- 
fequent Acts of Parliament, was further continued until 
the 29th Day of September 1771, and trom thence to the 
End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near ex- 

iring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commttee, 
That an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of 
His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ac to permit the 
free Importation of Cattle from Ireland ; which was to 
continue in Force for Seven Years, and from thence to 
the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, is near 
expiring, and fit to be continued. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That fo much of an Aét, made in the Tenth Year 
of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; for continuing fo much of an Act, made in the 
Third Year of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, intituled, 
An A&amp; to continue and amend Two Aéts, made in the 
Twenty-firft and Twenty-eighth Years of his late Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, for encouraging the making of Indico in 
the Britifo Plantations in America, and for extending 
the Provifions of an A&amp; of the Thirtieth Year of his 
late Majefty’s Reign, with refpect to bringing Prize 
Goods into this Kingdom, to Spanifh Prize Goods taken 
fince the late Declaration of War with Spain, as relates 
to encouraging the making of Indico in the Briti/o Plan- 
tations in America ; and for explaining fo much of an 
Aét, made in the Fifth Year of “His prefent Majelty’s 
Reign, as relates to the regulating the Fees of the Of- 
ficers of the Cuftoms in America, and for extending the 
fame to the Naval Officers there, as relates to the faid 
Aé of the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
jefty; and which was to continue in Force, from the 
Firt Day of Auguft 1770, for the Term of Two Years, 
and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of 
Parliament, is near expiring, and fit to be continued. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe, 

Ordered, That it be an agers to the mp 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring 1n, a Bill, or 
Bills, wealeiad to che denen, Sixth, and Ninth Refo- 
lutions, which, upon Tue/day laft, were reported from 
the Committee, who were appointed to enquire what 
Laws are expired, or near expiring ; and to report their 
Opinion to the Houfe, which of them are fit to be re- 
vived or continued, and which were, with Amendments 
to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe ; that they do 
make Provifion in the faid Bill, or in One of the faid 
Bills, purfuant to the Refolutions this Day seported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it 
was referred to confider of the Acts mentioned in the 
birft, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Refolu- 
tions of the faid Committee, and which were poftponed. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
explain, amend, and extend the Provifions of, an Act, 
made in the 4th Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 

Vou. XXXII. 


King George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain 
a Claufe in an Aét, made in the 7th Year of the Reign 
of her late Majefty Queen Aun, for naturalizing foreign 
Proteftants, which relates to the Children of the natural 
born Subjects of the Crown of England; or of Great Bri- 
tain, Was committed, the Amendments which the Com- 
mittee had made to the Bill, and which they had di- 
rected hin: to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 
then a Second Time, One by One ; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofled. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was referred 
to confider of a Drawback to be allowed upon the Ex- 
portation of Tea to Ireland, and the Britifh Dominions 
in America, tor a limited Time, upon the Expiration of 
the Drawback which is allowed thereon, by an Aét made 
in the 7th Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, the 
Refolutions which the Committee had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; which he read in his Place, and 
afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the fame were read ; and are as followeth; viz: 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion.of this Committee, 
That, after the Expiration of the prefent Drawback of 
the Duties of Cuftoms upon Tea exported to Ireland 
and the Britifh Plantations, a Drawback be allowed, of 
Three Fifth Parts of the Duties of Cuftoms payable 
upon the Importation of fuch Teas, for a limited ‘tf ime. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, upon the Exportation of Foreign Sugars from this 
Kingdom to Jreland, no Part of the Old Subfidy, paid 
upon the Importation of fuch Sugars, fhall be re-paid 
or drawn back: 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Bounty allowed upon the Exportation of Bri- 
tifh made Cordage, a3 Merchandize, be continued for a 
further Time. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That the Importation of Rice from the Britifh Planta- 
tions be allowed, into the Ports of Briftol, Liverpcol, 
Lancafter, and Whitehaven, for immediate Exportation 
to Foreign Parts, upon Payment of One Half of thé 
Old Subfidy. 

The ifaid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions: And that Mr. Cooper, the Lord North, 
Mr. Onflow, Mr. Fenkinfon, Mr. Dvfon, Mr. Charles 
Townfbend, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor Gene- 
ral, Sir Charles Whitworth; and Mr. Robinfon, do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the Gentlemen, 
who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, the faid 
Bill, that they do make Provifion therein, to impower 
the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation to adminifter 
the Oath, and grant the Certificate required by Law, 
upon the Removal of certain Goods to London, which 
have been fent into the Country for Sale. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the further Encouragement of the Herring 
Fifhery on the Coafts of the Ile of Man; and for ob- 
viating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to the 
allowing the Bounties upon the Briti/b White Herring 
Fifhery in the Yeat One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

9G Ordered, 


















































































758 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to ex- 
plain and amegd fo much of an Aét, made in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment of Lazarets : 
And that Mr. Cooper and Sir Charles Whitworth do pre- 
pare, and bring in, the fame. 


The Houfe was moved, That the Order, made upon 
the 5th Day of March laft, “« That Leave be given to 
“«« bring ina Bill to enable His Majefty to grant and 
“© convey certain Leafehold and Copyhold Premifles, at 
or near Richmond, in the County of Surrey, to the 
Truftees named in the Will of Dame Henrietta Decker, 
deceafed, to and for the fole and feparate Ufe of Ca- 
tharine Lady Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and her Heirs ; 
and for enfranchifing the faid Copyhold Premiffes ; 
«and for other Purpoies therein to be mentioned ;” 
might be read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Order be difcharged. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
vefting in His Majefty certain Hereditaments at Kich- 
mond, in the County of Surrey, belong:ng to Catharine 
Vilcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held by Leafe from the 
Crown; and for vefting the Freehold and Inheritance 
of certain Leafehold and Copyhold Hereditaments at 
Richmond aforefaid in Truftees and their Heirs, in Trutt 
for the faid Catharine Vitcountels Fitzwilliam, as a Part of 
the Compenfation for the fame ; and for other the Pur- 
poles therein mentioned: And that Mr. Onflow and Sir 
Charles Whitworth do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


Mr. Onflow prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for vetting in His Majeity certain Heredita- 
ments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, belonging 
to Catharine Vilcountefs Fitzwilliam and held by Leafe 
from the Crown; and for vefting the Freehold and In- 
heritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold Heredita- 
ments at Richmond aforefaid in Truftees and their Heirs, 
in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, 
as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame; and for. 
other the Purpofes therein mentioned : And the fame was 
received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for raifing a certain Sum of Money, 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
Year 1772, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by 
Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 
1772. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Lords Commiffioners 
of His Majefty’s Treafury to order and allow, out of 
the Money arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum 
therein mentioned, for the Expences of profecuting Of- 
tenders againft the Laws relating to the Coin, in the 
Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy, over 
and above the Sum yearly allowed for that Service, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to enable the Lords Commiffioners of His 
Majefty’s Treafury to order and allow, out of the Money 
arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein men- 
tioned, for theExpences of profecuting Offenders againft 
the Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above the 
Sum yearly allowed for that Service, 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for continuing an Act, made in the 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 4.1772. 









Tenth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, to pre 
vent the further {preading of the contagious Diforder 
among the Horned Cattle in Great Britain, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Tit. 
be, An Act for continuing an A&amp;, made in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His pretent Majeity, to prevent 
the further fpreading of the contagious Diforder among 
the Horned Cattle in Great Britain. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the Bi} 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ag 
for vetting the Manor of Zaft Lavant, and divers Mef. 
fuages and Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the 
County of Sufex, intailed by the Will of the Right 
honourable Mary late Countefs Dowager of Derby, de- 
ceafed, in Truitees, to be fold ; and for purchafine 
other Lands, and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the 
like Utes, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time, 


An in2roffed Bill to regulate the making, keeping, 
and Carriage, of Gunpowder, within Great Britain ; and 
to repeal the Laws heretofore made for any of thof 
Purpofes, was read the Third Time. 

‘The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. : 

Pr. 3. lL. 21. To leave out “ at,” and infert « in 
‘© the Parifhes of ” inftead thereof; 
and after ‘* Battel” to infert “Crow. 
“ burft, Seddlefcomb, and Brede.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 39. To leave out ‘ Zune,” and infert 
“© July” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title be, 
An Act to regulate the making keeping, and Carriage, 
of Gunpowder, within Great Britain ,; and to repeal the 
Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Purpofes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hotham do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Petition of Thomas Fenwick, Efquire, was prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Taking Notice of the ingrofied 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to veft in Truf 
tees, to be fold, certain Eftates, in the Counties of 
York, Weftmoreland, and Lancafter, which belonged to 
Ann Fenwick, Widow, before her Intermarriage, and 
for Relief of the faid Aun Fenwick, in fuch Manner as 
in the faid Act is mentioned ; and fetting forth, That 
many material Faé¢ts are omitted in the faid Bill, by 
which, and by feveral of the Provifions therein contain- 
ed, the Petitioner is greatly injured : And therefore 
praying, That he may be heard, by his Counfel, againft 
fuch Parts of the Bill as may affect him ; and that the 
fame may not pafs into a Law as it now ftands. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition be referred to the 
Confideration of the Committee of the whole Houf, to 
whom the faid Bill is committed; and that the Peti- 
tioner be heard, by his Counfel, before the faid Com- 
mittee, upon his Petition, if he thinks fit. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com- 
mittee, that they do admit Counfel to be heard, at the 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the faid 
Petition, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Beverley, in the County of 
York, in the room of Hugh Bethell, Efquire, deceafed. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac&amp; 
for vefting the fettled Eftates of Humphry Minchin, 
: Efquire, 








72. 


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d, An Act 
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Efquire, 





12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. ae 


Efquire, in the County of Tipperary, in the Kingdom 
of Ireland, in Truftees to fell the fame ; and for laying 
out the Money arifing thereby in the Purchafe of other 
Eftates, in that Part of Great Britain, called England, 
or in the Principality of Wales, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Mack- 
worth, Mr. Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the feveral Proprietors and others in- 
terefted in Stage Coaches, was preiented to the Houfe, 
and read; Taking Notice of the Bill to explain and 
amend an Act, made inthe Seventh Year of the Reign 
of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for altering 
the Stamp Duties upon Policies of Affurance; and for 
reducing the Allowance to be. made in refpect of the 
prompt Payment of the Stamp Duties on Licences for 
retailing Beer, Ale, and other Excifeable Liquors ; and 
for explaining and amending feveral A&amp;s of Parliament 
relating to Hackney Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the 
fame relates to Hackney Coaches ; and fetting forth, 
that the Petitioners have, at a very great Expence, pro- 
vided Stage Coaches, with Horfes, and Things proper 
for carrying on their Bufinefs ; and that, by the faid 
Bill, the Petitioners will be reftrained from carrying 
Outfide Paflengers in the Manner they have been ufed 
to do; and that fuch a Reftraint will not only be greatly 
detrimental to the Petitioners, but highly injurious to 
the Trade of Country Manufaéturers, the Price of In- 
fide Paffengers will be greatly increafed, and {mall 
Traders be prevented from the prefent cheap Convey- 
ance to and frorn London: And therefore praying, That 
the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law, until the Peti- 
tioners be heard, by their Counfel, againft the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table; 
until the faid Bill be read the Third Time; and the Pe- 
titioners are then to be heard, by their Counfel, againtft 
the faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fir. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
faid Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 


upon Wednefday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhali be 
then ingrofled. 


Ordered, That Mr. Burke do make the Report from the 
Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the Bill for 
remedying the Evils occafioned by the Laws now in 
being, relating to Badgers, Engrofiers, Foreftallers, and 
Regrators, was committed. 

Mr. Burke accordingly reported from the faid Coin- 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had made 
to the Bill; and which they had directed to be reported 
to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 
by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofled. 


A Motion being made, That it be an Inftruction to the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His Ma- 
jefty, that they do confider of a proper Reward to be 
given to Dottor Layard, for his Advice and Affiftance 
in carrying into Execution a Plan for preventing the 
foreading of the infectious Diforder among the Horned 
Cattle in Great Britain ; 

The Lord North, by His Majefty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the Houfe, That His Majefty recommends it 
to the Houfe, to confider of a proper Reward to be 


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given to Doctor Layard, for his Advice and Affiftance 
in carrying the faid Plan into Execution. 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Inftruétion to the Committee 
of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to confider 
further of the Supply granted to His Majefty, that they 
do confider of a proper Reward to be given to Doétor 
Layard, for his Advice and Affiftance in carrying into 
Execution a Pian for preventing the fpreading of the 


infectious Diforder among the Horned Cattle in Great 
Britain. 


Ordered, That the Report which was made from the 
Committee, to whom the Petition of Edmund Hill; 
Owner of divers Gunpowder Mills upon Hounflow Heath; 
was referred, be referred to the Confideration of the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it is referred to 
confider further of the Supply granted to His Majefty. 


_ Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for encouraging the Manufacture of 
Leather, by lowering the Duty payable upon the Im- 
portation of Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark 
fhall exceed a certain Rate, for a limited Time, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The faid Bill was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refelved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. . 

Refelved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morne 
ing next, refolve itfeif into a Committee of the whole 
Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


A Petition of the Innkeepers of the Borough of 
Bofton, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Com- 
plaining of the Hardfhips which the Petitioners allege 
they labour under from the prefent Mode of quartering 
Soldiers and Horfes ; and fetting forth, that the Peti- 
tioners apprehend, if it was left to the Option of each 
Innkeeper to provide Hay and Straw for the Horfes to 
be quartered on him at the prefent Price of Six Pence 
each Night, or only to provide the Troops with conve- 
nient Stables and Neceflaries for the Horfes, gratis, as 
the Innkeepers fhiall find moft convenient in future 
Times (this Alteration not to extend to Troops on a 
March, or employed on the Recruiting Service) the fame 
would remedy the Grievance complained of : And there- 
fore praying the Houfe to take the fame into Confidera- 
tion, and grant the Petitioners the Relicf thus propofed, 
or fuch other Alterations in the Laws for quartering 
Soldiers; as to the Houfe fhall be found moft proper 
for His Majefty’s Service, and the Eafe of His Sub- 
jects. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee; 
who were appointed to enquire into the State of the 
Nightly Watch within the City and Liberty of Wefmin- 
fter; and to report the fame, with their Opinion there- 
upon, to the Houfe ; That the Committee had enquired 
accordingly ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof, together with the Refolutions of the Committee 
thereupon, to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk’s 
Table : Where the Report was read ; and the Refolutions 
of the Committee are as followeth ; viz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the prefent Mode of Watching; and Pay of the 
Watchmen, within the City and Liberty of Weftminfter, 
is very irregular. and various, and ought to be put un- 
der proper Regulations. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That 
it would tend to the Safety of the Inhabitants of the faid 
City and Liberty, if a regular and uniform Watch, with 
Patroles, was eftablifhed, under proper Regulations. 


Réfolved, 








760 


Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That it will be neceffary to levy a Rate upon the In- 
habitants, to anfwer the above Purpofes. ' 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, in levying the faid Rate, the Two Parifhes of 
Saint George Bloomfbury and Saint Giles in the Fields 
ought to be confidered as One Parifh, in like Manner as 
they are in the Colleétion of Poor and Church Rates. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That Conftables of the Night fhould be appointed, who, 
as well as the Beadles, Watchmen, and Patrole Men, 
fhould be under the Directions of proper Perfons in 
each Parifh, to be called “* Direétors of the Watch.” 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Quettion feveraliy put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

The faid Report is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in, upon the faid 
Refolutions: And that Sir Charles Whitworth, Mr. Gray, 
Mr. Mackworth, Mr. Brett, Mr. Curzon, Sir Robert 
Ladbroke, Mr. Alderman Oliver, and Colonel ‘/ennings, 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be printed. 


Mr. Folliffe reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Sheetbridge to Port{mouth, and from Hern Dean to 
Havant, and from Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike 
Road, near Ropley, in the County of Southampton, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the 
Bili, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon 
the Queftion feverally put thereupon, feveral of them 
were difagreed to, and the reft were agreed to, by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Second 
Reading of the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Moors, Wattes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of 
Ground, called the Jntack or Cow Pafture, and Shaw 
Wood, in the Parifh of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of 
Chefter, in the County Palatine of Durham, and for 
extinguifhing all Right of Common irkcertain inclofed 
Intercommon Lands there, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Counfel for and againft the Bill were called in. 

And the faid Biil was read a Second Time. 

And the Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, being Freemen or Burgeffes of 
the City of Durbam, and Borough of Framwelgate, in 
the County of Durham, for and in Behalf of themfelves 
and the feveral other Freemen or Burgeffes of the fame 
City and Borough; and alfo, the Petition of the feveral 
Owners of ancient Meffuages or Burgages, within the 
City of Durham, and Borough of Framwelgate, and the 
feveral Parithes of Saint Mary le Bow and Little Saint 
Mary, in or near the faid City of Durham, whofe Names 
are thereunto fubfcribed, and who are intitled to Right 
of Common upon the feveral Moors, Commons, or 
Wattes, known by the feveral Names of Framwelgate 
Moor, High Braffide Mocr, Low Braffide Moor, Harber 
Houfe Moor, and Well Springs Moor, and in and upon 
Two Parcels of Ground, known by the feveral Names 
of The Intack, otherwife The Cow Pafture, and Shaw 
Wood, all lying in or near the faid City and Borough, 
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Behalf of themfelves, and feveral other Perf 

claim Right of Common for and in refpeé of i 
ancient Meffuages or Burgages, in and upon the {aid 
feveral Moors and Parcels of Ground; and alfo, the 
Petition of the feveral Perfons, whofe Names are there 
to fubfcribed, being Owners of Meffuages, Leeks 
and Tenements, and as fuch intitled to a Right of Com. 
mon in and upon the Moors, Waftes, or Commons, and 
Parcels of Ground thereafter mentioned, for and on the 
Behalf of themfelves and others, were alfo read. 

And the Counfel againft the Bill were heard, and 
examined feveral Witneffes in Support of the faid Pe. 
titions. 

‘Then the Counfel for the Bill was heard, and exa. 
mined a Witneis, in Support of the Bill againft the faid 
Petitions, 

_And then the Counfel on both Sides were directed to 
withdraw. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be com. 
mitted a. 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To-mor. 
row Morning. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris and Mr 

Browning : : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for building a Temporary Bridge over the River Tyne 
between the Town of Newcajftle upon Tyne and Gat ofbead, 
in the County of Durham; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, and 
certain other Commonable Places, and Open Fields, 
within the Parifh of Kirton, in the Parts of Holland, in 
the County of Lincola,; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, Open 
Fields, and certain other Commonable Places, belonging 
to, and in the Parifh of Wigitoft, in the County of Lincoln; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An At 
for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, Common 
Marth, and other Commonable Places, within the 
Parifh of Sutterton, in the County of Lincoln ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of Henry Smith, 
Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of Money to 
the Relief of his poor Kindred ; and to enable the {aid 
Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an Eftate, in the 
Parifhes of Kenfington, Chelfea, and Saint Martin in the 
Fields, in the County of Middlefex ; with fome Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have pafied a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
enable Fobn Rolle, Eiquire, and Judith Maria Walrond, 
Spinfter, to make Settlements on the Marriage intended 
between them, notwithftanding their refpective Minori- 
ties; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this 
Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aé&amp; to 
enable the moft Noble William Duke of Devon/bire to 
grant Reverfionary Leafes of his Leafehold Eftate, in the 
Parifh of Saint Fames, Weftminfter, in the County of 
Middlefex ; to which the Lords defire the Concurrence 
of this Houfe: And alfo, 

_The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
giving further Powers to the Truftees named in a cer- 
tain A&amp; of Parliament, made in the Ninth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, « An Act to 
“« impower the Truftees of the Will of the late General 

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« Pulteney, and other Truftees appointed by this Adc, 
&amp; to purchafe and exchange Lands and Grounds, in the 
% Manor of Bathwick, in the County of Somerfet, for 
« the Purpofe of making certain Roads and Ways to 
&amp; and from a free Bridge, by them intended to be built 
« over the River /voz, in the faid County ; and alfo to 
“ jmpower the Perfons in Poffeffion of the faid Eftate, 
«for the Time being, under the faid Will, to grant 
« Leafes of certain Lands and Houfes in the faid Manor; 
« and likewife to enable the faid Truftees to grant cer- 
« tain Grounds and Springs of Water, within the faid 
“ Manor of Bathwick, to the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
« Citizens, of Bath; and for extending the Jurifdiction 
« of the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, over Part 
«of the faid Manor of Bathwick; and for other Pur- 
“ pofes therein mentioned ;” and for enlarging the 
Powers of Leafing given by the faid Ac to the Perfons 
therein named; and for other Purpofes; to which the 
Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t for 
reinvefting divers Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tene- 
ments, and Hereditaments, fituate and being in the 
County of Stafford, late the Eftate of Robert Barbor, 
Efquire, deceaied, in the feveral Perfons now in being, 
and for fuch Eftates as they are feverally intitled 
under the Will of the faid Robert Barbor; and for 
enabling Yames Mayo and Charles Mayo to join in fuch 
Conveyances as fhall be neceffary for thofe Purpofes ; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 
~ And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Fobn Rolle, Efquire, and Judith Maria Wal- 
rond, Spinfter, to make Settlements on the Marriage 
intended between them, notwithftanding their refpective 
Minorities, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for giving further Powers to the Truftees named in a 
certain Act of Parliament, made in the Ninth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, “ An Act 
“to impower the Truftees of the Will of the late 
“General Pulteney, and other Truftees appointed by 
“this Act, to purchafe and exchange Lands and 
« Grounds, in the Manor of Bathwick, in the County 
“ of Somerfet, for the Purpofe of making certain Roads 
“ and Ways to and from a free Bridge by them in- 
“ tended to be built over the River Avon, in the faid 
“ County ; and alfo to impower the Perfons in Poffeffion 
“ of the faid Eftate, for the Time being, under the faid 
« Will, to grant Leafes of certain Lands and Houfes 
‘© in the faid Manor; and likewife to enable the faid 
“ Truftees to grant certain Grounds and Springs of 
“ Water, within the faid Manor of Bathwick, to the 
“ Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, of Bath; and for 
“ extending the Jurifdiction of the faid Mayor, Alder- 
“ men, and Citizens, over Part of the faid Manor of 
“* Bathwick ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ;” 
and for enlarging the Powers of leafing given by the 
faid A&amp; to the Perfons therein named; and for other 
Purpofes 5 was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Ainendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét to enable the Truftees. of the Eftate of Henry 
Smith, Efguire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of 
Money to the Relief of his poor Kindred ; and to enable 
the faid Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an Eftate, 
in the Parifhes of Kenfington, Chel/ea, and Saint Martin 
in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex. 

And the faid Amendments were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1.23. Leave out &amp; the.” 

Vou. XXXII, 


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761 


After * be” infert ‘ fo,” 

Leave out “ Direétion” and infert 
*¢ Difcretion.” 

Leave out the Firft “ or” and infert 
“‘ and,” and leave out the Second 
‘©or” and infert ‘ and of,” and 
at the End of.the Line, and be- 
ginning of 1. 28. leave out ‘* Sur- 
“¢ vivor” and infert ** Survivors.” 

After ‘‘ Captives” infert * and Slaves” 

Leave out ‘“ Relief and;” and after 
“ Ufe” infert ** and Relief.” 

After * Poor” infert “ to.” 

Leave out “ cannot” and infért ‘ be- 

| _* ing in Doubt-whether they can.” 
The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 

Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 

agreed to by the Houfe. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 

to the Amendinents made by their Lordfhips, 


l. 25. 
l. 26. 


L. 29; 


ee 
L. 33. 


Pr. 2. 1.26. 
Pr. 5. 1. 2. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the Bill for the better Regulation of the 
Affairs of the Eaft India Company, and of their Ser- 
vants in India, and for the due Adminiftration of Juftice 
in Bengal. : 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Veneris, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III‘ Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


S% Francis Vincent reported frém the Committee, to 
whom the Bill to extinguifh the Right of Common 
upon an Acre of Ground, called White Lion, or Hang- 
man’s Acre, in Saint George’s Fielzs, in the County of 
Surrey, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the SatisfaGtion of the 
Committee (except One Perfon, who is poffeffed of fome 
Land in Saint George’s Fields in Right of his Wife, and 
who refufed to confent, unlefs he knew on what Part of 
Hangman’s Acre the Building was to be ereéted; and 
that no Perfon appeared before the Committee to op- 
pofe the Bill) and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had directed him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout ; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
groffed. : 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in Truftees certain Eftates, fituate in the 
Counties of Kent and Surrey, upon Truft, to fell and 
difpofe of the fame, and inveft the Monies arifine 
thereby in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled 
to fuch of the Ufes of the Will of William Wall, de- 
ceafed, as are now fubfifting, was read a Second 
Time. 

Refolucd, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis 
Vincent, Mr. Lowndes, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 

9H Afternoon, 








762 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for velting certain Eftates bélonging to the Drapers 
Company of the City of London, in the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, freed and difcharged 
from certain Charities, to which the fame are fubject ; 
and for vefting other Eftates, belonging to the faid 
Governor and Company of the Bank, in the faid Com- 
pany of Drapers, fubjeét to the before-mentioned 
Charities, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Francis 
Vincent, Mr. Lajcelles, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill to enable the Lord Bifhop of 
Durbam, and his Succeffors, to raife a competent Sum 
of Money, to be applied for the repairing or re-building 
fuch Part of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Dur- 
bam, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé to enable the Lord Bifhop of Durbam, and 
his Succeffors, to raife a competent Sum of Money, to be 
applied for the repairing, improving, or re-building, fuch 
Part of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Durham. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Clavering do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Sir Fohn Molefworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingrofled Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé to veft inthe Truftees named in the Will of 
Francis Baffet, Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing 
and granting Sets of, and on, the Eftates comprized in 
the Settlement made upon the Marriage of ohn Pen- 
darves Baffet, Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Settle- 
ment were given to the Truftees therein named, was 
committed; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
_-feveral Amendments thereunto; which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were read; and are as followeth; viz. 

Pr. 1g. 1.7. &lt;Atter the Second Word “ Mines” 

infert, ** and alfo to dig, work, 
«mine, and fearch for Tin, Cop- 
“&lt; per, and other Minerals and 
“ Metals.” 

In the Title of the Bill, after “ fuch ” infert “ like. ” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houle. 


A Bill to explain, amend, and render more effectual, 
an Act, made in the Seventh and Eighth Years of King 
William the Third, intituled, An A&amp;t for the further 
regulating Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament, 
and for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs 
and other Officers in the eleCting and returning fuch 
Members, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Biil be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into aCommittee of the 
whole Houle, upon the faid Bill. 


An ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft in Walter Lloyd, Efquire, and others, a fmall 
Quantity of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory 
oi Afanerdivy, in the County of Pembroke, in Confidera- 


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tion of a certain yearly Rent thereby fecured, and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Second 
‘Time. 

‘Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Con- 
greve, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 


Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Sir Alexander Gilmour reported from the Commit 
to whom the Bill for the better Regulation of Carters 
Carriages ; and loaded Horfes, and for removing Ob. 
ftructions and Nufances upon the Streets and Highways 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, yas 
committed ; That the Committee had gone through the 
‘Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which the 
had directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he reag 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table - 


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Where the Amendments were Once read throughout. 
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and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be jn. 
eroffed. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing of Frauds in 
the Revenues of Excife, with refpect to Tea, Soap, Low 
Wines, and Spirits, was read a Second Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Houfe will, upon Wednefday 
Morning next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for eftablifhing a Lottery; and for other 
Purpofes therein mentioned: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the moft Noble William Duke of Devonjfbire to 
grant Reverfionary Leafes of his Leafehold Eftate, in 
the Parith of Saint James, Weftminfter, in the County of 
Middlefex, was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Sir Thomas Egerton reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An A&amp; to impower William Hulton, Efquire, to charge 
his fettled Eftates, in the County of Lancaffer, or fome 
Parts thereof, with One thoufand Two hundred Pounds, 
and Three thoufand Pounds, for the Purpofes therein 
mentioned, and alfo to grant Leafes of certain Parts of 
his faid Eftates, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Egerton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for the further Encouragement of the Herring 
Fifhery on the Coafts of the [fe of Man; and for ob- 
viating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to the 
allowing the Bounties upon the Britifh White Herring 
Fifhery, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

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Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. | 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Monday Morn- 
ing next, réfolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bull. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Downs, and Commonable 
Lands, in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomb Baffett, other- 
wife Upper Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of 
Berks, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and allotting the Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Downs, and Commonable 
Lands, in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomb Baffett, other- 
wife Upper Letcomb, and Cbildrey, in the County of 
Berks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vanfittart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the 
Open and Common- Fields, Common Paftures, Com- 
mon Meadows, and Commonable Lands, of and within 
the Hamlet and Liberties of Charlton, in the Parifhes 
of Newbottle and King’s Sutton, or One of them, in the 
County of Northampton, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, 
and Commonable Lands, of and within the Hamlet and 
Liberties of Charlton, in the Parifhes of Newbottle and 
King’s Sutton, or One. of them, in the County of North- 
ampton. 

Ordered, That Sir William Dolben do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to impower Fames Batfon and Edward Buckley Batfon, 
Efquires, Teftamentary Guardians of the Perfon and 
Eftate of Edward Pery Buckley, an Infant, to grant 
Leafes of the Eftate of Pery Buckley, Efquire, deceafed, 
was read the Firft Time.. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Buller, from the Commiffioners for executing the 
Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, pre- 
fented to the Houfe, purfuant to their Order, 

An Account of the Expence of building Ships in the 
King’s Yards, and thofe built for the Royal Navy in 
the Merchants Yards, together with the Account of 
repairing fuch Ships in fuch Yards refpectively ; diftin- 
guifhing each Rate. 

And the Title of the faid Account was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Account do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Account is preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for re-invefting divers Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Te- 
nements, and Hereditaments, fituate and being in the 
County of Stafford, late the Eftate of Robert Barbor, 
Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral Perfons now in being, 
and for fuch Eftates as they are feverally intitled under 
the Will of the faid Rodert Barbor; and for enabling 
James Mayo and Charles Mayo to join in fuch Convey- 
ances as fhall be neceffary for thofe Purpofes, was read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for refuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Motion made Yefterday, 
“ That the Bill for dividing and inclofing certain Moors, 
“ Waltes, or Commons, and Two Parcels of Ground, 
“ called The Intack or Cow Pafture and Shaw Wood, in 
“ the Parifh- of Saint Ofwald, and Manor of Cheffer, in 
“ihe County Palatin¢ of Durbam, atid for extinguifh- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


763 
“ing all Right of Common in certain inclofed In- 
s Sees Lands there, be committed;” be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly 3 

The Houfe refumed the adjourned Debate upon the 
faid Motion, 

And the Queftion being put, That the faid Bill be 
committed ; 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. _ 

Mr. Vane, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 4 Mr. Haumer 


Tellers for the Noes, } vi 7 sro alti "Ss 


So it paffed in the Negative. 


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An ingroffed Bill for the more eafy and fpeedy Re- 
covery of {mall Debts, within the Borough and Foreign 
of Kidderminfter, in the’Parifh of Kidderminfher, in 
the County of Worcefter; was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 2.1.6. After “ Clerk” to infert “ Francis Clare, 

“&lt; Fobn Folliot, William Williams, Tho- 
Bt “&lt; mas Newnham, William Wbeeler.”? 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title. 
be, An Act for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of 
fmall Debts, within the Borough and Foreion of Kid- 
derminfter, in the Parith of Kidderminfter, in the County 
of Worcefter. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ward do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Tudway reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vetting the Manors, Lands, and Tenements, both Free- 
hold and Leafehold, comprifed in the Marriage Settle- 
ment of Charles Baldwyn, Efquire; in Truftees, to be 
fold; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch 
Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and Hereditaments, 
to be fettled to the fame Ufes which are now fubfifting, 
with regard to the faid Freehold fettled Eftate, was com- 
mitted; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Commit- 
tee; and that the Committee had directed him to 
report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. ae7 

Ordered, That Mr. Tudway do carty the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to repeal an Act, paffed in the Twenty- 
firlt Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Aét to prevent the deftroying and murder- 
ing of Baftard Children; and for more effectually pre- 
venting the Concealment of the Deaths of fuchChildren; 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will; upon Tuefday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into the faid Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth be added to the Gen- 
tlemen who are appointed to prepare, and bring in, a 
Bill, purfuant to the Prayer of the Petition of Edmund 
Fenings, Samuel Bofworth, Maurice Griffiths, Grabam 
Frank, and William Francis Bickerton, Truftees ap- 
pointed by Power of Attorney from the Executors of the 
Will of Cbriftopher Robinfon, of the Colony and Do- 

3 minion. 








minion of Virginia, Efquire, for feveral of the Purpofes 
of the faid Will. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing certain 
Commons, or Moors, within the Townthip of Royfon, 
in the County of York, was read the Third Time. . 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, 
or Moors, within the Townfhip of Roy/fon, in the County 
of York. 

Ordered, That Sir George Savilé do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Colonel Luttrell reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for the better Relicf and Employment of 
the Poor, within that Part of the Parith of Saint Seput- 
chre, which is in the County of Middlefex , and for 
-paving, cleanfig, lighting, watching, and regulating, 
the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and 
Open Paffages, and Places, within the fame, and for 
removing Annoyances therefrom; and for making the 
Communication between Charterhoufe Square and Saint 
ohn Street, through Charterboufe Lane, more convenient, 
was committed ; and to whom the Petition of feveral of 
the Occupiers of Houfes, and other Buildings, in a Lane 
called Charterboufe Lane, in that Part of the Parifh of 
Saint Sepulchre which lies in the County of Middlefex , 
and alfo, the Petition of feveral of the Inhabitants, 
Owners and Occupiers of Houfes, within that Part of 
the Parifh of Saint Sepulchre, which lies in the County of 
Middlefex, in Behalf of themfelves and other Inhabitants 
of the faid Parifh, were referred; That the Committee 
had confidered the faid Petitions ; and had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read 
the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the 
Bill, with the Amendments, in at. the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were, with Amend- 
ments to feveral of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking into 
Confideratioén the Report from the Committee of the 
whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for regulating the 
Election of Committee Men, for managing the Affairs 
of the African. Company, was committed, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Report into 
Confideration. 

And the faid Report was read. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, with an 
Amendment to One of them, agreed to by the Houfe. 

A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, that at 
the Meetings for Election of Committee Men, the Clerk 
or Secretary fhall keep an Account of the Voters Names. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe to be 
made Part of the Bill. 

Another Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill, 
that the Electors fhall vote only for the Places from 
whence they trade. 

And the faid Claufe was Twice read; and, upon the 


Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houle to be 


made Part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Petition of feveral Merchants, and others, of the 


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AA. 1972. 


City of London; whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribeg 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, 
That the Petitioners obferve, by the Votes, that a Bill 
is depending, for tegulating the Election of Committee 
Men for managing the Affairs of the African Company . 
which, if paffed into a Law, will greatly affeét, if hhée 
totally .deftroy, the Rights of the Petitioners, and others 
interefted in the Eleéction of fuch Committee Men: And 
therefore praying, That they may be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft fuch Parts of the faid Bill as tend to 
infringe or deftroy their Rights, or that they may haye 
fuch other Relief in the Premifes as to the Houle thal} 
feem meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table 
until the faid Bill be read the Third Time ; and that th. 
Petitioners be then heard, by their Counfel, againft the 
faid Bill, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Countel be admitted to be heard, at thie 
fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the frig 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Wednefday Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be 
then ingroffed. 


Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That an humble Ad. 
drefs be prefented to His Majefty, That He will be 
gracioufly pleafed to confer fome Dignity in the Church 
upon the Reverend Doctor King, Chaplain to this 
Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of Hi; 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act, made in the Firft Year of the Reign of 
Queen Anne, for preventing Frauds in the Duties upon 
Salt, fo far as relates to the Places limited for refining 
Salt : And that Sir William Meredith and Mr. Gro/venu 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


A Petition of Thomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, was pre- 
fented to the Houfe, and read; Setting forth, Thar, 
at the laft Ele&amp;tion of a Member to ferve in Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Sa/ta/h, in the County of Corr- 
wall, Fokn Williams, Efquire, and the Petitioner, were 
Candidates ; and that Mr. John Lill, the Returning 
Officer of the faid Borough, behaved with the utmott 
Partiality, in Favour of the faid Yobn Williams, and 
admitted feveral Perfons to vote for him who had 
no Right fo to do, and rejected One Perfon who 
offered to poll for the Petitioner; by which, and other 
unwarrantable Proceedings, a pretended Majority hath 
been procured in Favour of the faid Fobn Walliams, 
contrary to Law and Juftice, and in manifeft Wrong 
of the Petitioner, who had a fair and clear Majority of 
legal Votes, and ought to have been returned for the 
faid Borough accordingly: And therefore praying 
the Houfe to take his -Cafe into Confideration, and 
grant him fuch Relief as to the Houfe fhall feem juit 
and reafonable. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the faid Petition be taken into Confidera- 
tion upon this Day Fortnight, at One of the Clock, in 
the Afternoon ; 

The Houfe was moved, that the Entry in the Votes 
of the Houfe, of the 27th Day of Fanuary laft, of the 
Proceedings of the Houfe upon the Petition of ‘ames 
Buller, Efquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Callington, in the County of 
Cornwall, might be read. 

And the fame being read accordingly , 

An Amendment was propofed to be made to the 
Queftion, by leaving out the Word « Fortnight,” and 
inferting the Words ‘* Three Weeks,” inftead thereof. 

And the Queftion being put, That the Word “ Fort- 
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It paffed in the Negative. ots — 
And the Queftion being put, That the Words «Three 
« Weeks” be inferted inftead thereof ; 
It was refolved in the Affirmative. | 
Then the main Queéftion, fo amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the faid Petition be taken into Con- 
fideration upon this Day Three Weeks, the 5th Day, 
of Yume next, at One of the Clock in the After- 
noon. 
Memorandum : 

The following Notices were fent to Thomas Brad- 
foaw, Efquire, and fobn Williams, Efquire, in 
Purfuance of Two Acts, paffed in the roth 
and 11th Years of His prefent Majefty’s Reign, 

_to regulate the Trials of Conrroverted Elec- 
tions or Returns of Members to ferve in Par- 
liament. 


Mercurii, 15° die Maii 1772. 

Ordered, That Thomas Bradhaw, Efquire; do, 
by himfelf, his Counfel, or Agent, attend 
this Houfe, upon this Day Three Weeks; the 
sth Day of ‘Fune next, at One of the Clock’ 
in the Afternoon. . 

4. Hatfell, 

Cl. Dom. Com. 


Thomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, having this Day pre-. 
fented his Petition, complaining, That at. the 
laft Election of a Member to ferve in Par- 
liament for the Borough of Saltafh, in the 
County of Cornwall, Fobn Williams, Efquire, 
and the Petitioner, were Candidates ; that Mr. 
Fobn Hill, the Returning Officer of the fad 
Borough, behaved with the utmoft Partiality 
in Favour of the faid fobn Williams, and ad- 
mitted feveral Perfons to vote for him who 
had no Right fo to do, and rejeéted One Per- 
fon who offered to poll for the Petitioner; 
by which, and other unwarrantable Proceed- 
ings, a pretended Majority -hath been pro- 
cured in Favour of the faid fobn Williams, con- 
trary to Law and Juftice, and in manifeftWrong 
of the Petitioner, who had a fair and clear Ma- 
jority of legal Votes, and ought to have been: 
returned for the faid Borough accordingly ; 
and the Houfe having appeinted this Day 
Three Weeks, the 5th Day of Fane next, at 
One of the Clock in'the Afternoon, to take 
the faid Petition into Confideration, you are 
therefore to take Notice, That the Houfe will; 
at that Time, take the fame Petition into 
Confideration. 

Given under my Hand, the Fifteenth 
Day of May, One thoufand Seven 
hundred and Seventy-two. 


Fil, Norton, Speaker. 
To Thomas Bradfhaw; Efquite. 
The like Notice to foba Willians, E{quire. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant, or 
Warrants, for fuch Perfons, Papers, and Records, as 
fhall be thought neceffary by the feveral Parties, on the 
Hearing of the Matter of the faid Petition. 


Mr. Gafeoyne reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac for 
vefting the fettled Eftates and unfettled Eftates of ‘Fobn 
Gardner Kemeys, Efquire, in Truftees, in Truft, by Sale 
or Mortgage, to raife Money, to pay off Portions and 
Debts, and redeem Annuities charged upon and affects 
ing the fame ; and for re-fettling the Remainder thereof, 
and Lands to be purchafed, ds in the faid A&amp;t is directed 

Vou. XXXII. 


755 
to the Ufes to which the faid fettled Eftates do now 


ftand fettled and limited, was committed; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill; 


- arid found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 


concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 


_ Clerk’s Table. 


And the faid Bill was read the Third ‘Time: 
Refolved; That the Bill do pais. ; 
Ordered; That Mr. Gajcoyne do carry the Bill to the: 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed, 
to the fame; without any Amendment. ) 


Ordered, That the Bill for the more effectually fecuring, 
fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, forthe Ufe of 
the Royal Navy, be read the Third Time upon Tue/day- 
Morning next, if the faid Bill fhall be then ingrofied. » 


_Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifing of the 
Houte this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning next. 


. Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to _refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majefty, be now read... 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. sii 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. bien 

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committée, 

That they had come to feveral Refolutions ; which they 
had directed him to report, when the Houtfe will pleafe 
to receive the fame. | ' 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 

Morning next. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Harris ahd 

Mr. Browning : 
Mr. Speaker, on a 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for 
vefting divers Freehold, Copyhold, and Leafehold, 
Eftates, late of Edmund Bunting, Elizabeth Bunting, and 
Tomlinfon Bunting, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fol, to 
raife Money, to be applied under the Direétion of the 
Court of Chancery, in Payment of the Debts, Incum- 
brances, and Legacies, charged upon and affecting the 
fame, and other the Purpofes therein mentioned; to 
which the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refalved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordertd, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made 
in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp;t for better Preiervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain called England, be now tread. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
upon Monday Morning next, 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
hext, Ten of the Clock, 


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766 


Lund, 18° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIsi Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Olonel Fitzroy reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for paving, lighting, cleanfing, water- 
ing, and watching, the Streets and other Public Places, 
within that Part of the Patith of Saint Paneras, in the 
County of Middlefex, as lies Wekt of Fottenbam Court Road, 
and alfo fo much of the faid Road, within the faid Parifh, 
as lies South of Chapel Street; and for difcharging the 
Truftees from the Care of that Part of the faid Road 
for the future, upon the Terms therein mentioned ; and 
for preventing Nufances and Obftructions within the 
Limits aforefaid ; and for other Purpofes therein men- 
tioned, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto ; 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One ; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were agreed to by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


An ingroffed Bill to extinguifh the Right of Common 
upon an Acre of Ground, called White Lion, or Hang- 
man’s Acre, in Saint George’s Fields, in the County of 
Surrey, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé to extinguifh the Right of Common upon 
an Acre of Ground, called White Lion, or Hangman’s 
Acre, in Saint George’s Fields, in the County of Surrey. 

Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ineroffed Bill for amending, widening’, and alter- 
ing, the Roads leading from Crickbowell, in the County 
of Brecon, to the Crois Hands beyond New Jna, in the 
Turnpike Road between the City of Hereford and Ro/s ; 
and from a Place called the Lower Crofs Ways, in the 
Parifh of Saint Maughans, to the Town of Grofmount, 
in the County of Monmouth ; and from a Smith’s Shop 
at Stanton, in the Parifh of Lianvybangel, to Chapel-a- 
fine, in the fame County ; and from the Turnpike Road 
in the Parifh of Wel Newton, in the County of Here- 
ford, to Ponttanaft, in the Parifh of Cluddock, in the 
faid County, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for amending, widening, and altering, the 
Roads leading from Crickbowell, in the County of Bre- 
con, to the Crofs Hands beyond New Jun, in the Turn- 
pike Road between the City of Hereferd and Ro/s ; and 
from a Place called the Lower Cro/s Ways, in the Parith 
of Saint Maughans, to the Town of Grofmount, in the 
County of Monmouth , and from a Smith’s Shop at Stan- 
ton, in the Parifh of Llanvybangel, to Chapel-a-fine, in the 
fame County ; and from the Turnpike Road in the Pa- 
rifh of Welfh Newton, in the County of Hereford, to 
Ponttanaft, in the Parifh of Cluddock, in the faid 
County. 

Ordered, That Mr. Scudamore do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for inclofing, dividing, allotting, 
apd improving, certay Common Woods and Moor 


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Lands, within the Borough and Parith of Wigmore, in 
the County of , was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for inclofing, dividing; allotting, and im- 
proving, certaim Common Woods and Moor Lands 
within the Borough and Parith of Wigmore, in the 
County of Hereford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Scudamore do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofied Bill to explain, amend, and: extead the 
Provifions of, an Aét, made inthe Fourth Yeas of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the. Second, in- 
tituled, An Aé to: explain a Clawfe in an Act, made in 
the Seventh Year of the Reign of her hate Majefty 
Queen 4m, for navuralizing foreign Proteftants, which 
relates to the Children of the natural born Subjects of 
the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bil do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to extend the Provifions of an Aét, made in 
the Fourth Year of the Reigm of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain a Claufe 
in an Aét, made in the Seventh Year of the: Reign of 
her late Majefty Queen Aun, for naturalizing foreign 
Proteftants, which relates to the Children of the natu- 
ral born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great 
Britain. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defice their Concurrence. 


A Petition of the feveral. Manufadturers of Lace, and 
other Traders, in and near the Town of Chefoam, in the 
County of Bucks, was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; 
Taking Notice of the Bill to explain and amend an A¢t, 
madé in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance; and tor reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties om Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other Excifeable Liquors ; and for explaming and amend- 
ing feveral Acts of Pasliament relating to Hackney 
Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hack- 
ney Coaches; and fetting forth, that, if the faid Bill 
pafs into a Law, the Petitioners will be prevented for 
the future from going to London, on the Outfide of 
Stage Coaches, which has been the ufual Way of the 
Petitioners travelling ; and thatthe Infide Carriage will be, 
by Means thereof, greatly increafed ; and that the Peti- 
tioners will not be able, on account of the Expence, to 
carry on their Trade in the Manner they have been ufed 
to do, to the great Injury, if. not total Ruin, of many 
of the Petitioners and their Families: And therefore 
praying the Houfe, to take their Cafe into Confidera- 


_tion ; and that the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law. 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Birmingham, in the County of 
Warwick, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on 
Behalf of themfelves and others: And alfo, 


A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inha-. 


bitants of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, 
whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf of 
themfelves and others: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Wal/all, in the County of Staf- 
ford, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Behalf 
of themfelves and others: And alfo, 

A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefimen, and Inha- 
bitants, of the Town of Dudley, in the County of Wor- 
cefter, whofe Names are thereunto fubf{cribed, on Behalf 
of themfelves and others ; 

Were alfo feverally prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Likewife taking Notice of the faid Bill; 
and fetting forth, That the Petitioners are in- 
formed, it is intended by the faid Bill, that the 

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Mafters of Stage Coaches are to be reftrained 
from carrying Outfide Paffengers ; and that the 
Petitioners apprehend, that any fuch Reftraint 
upon the Owners of Stage Coaches muft greatly 
tend to the Prejudice of the Trade of the faid 
Towns in particular, and alfo become exceed- 
ingly injurious to the Commerce of the King- 
dom in general: And therefore praying, That 
they may be heard, by their Counfel, againft any 
Claufe, or Claufes, in the faid Bill, tending to 
reftrain the Owners of Stage Coaches from carry- 
ing Outfide Paflengers ; and that no fuch Claute, 
or Claufes, may pais into a Law. 

And the faid Petitions were feverally ordered 
to lie upon the Table, until the faid Bill be 
read the Third Time ; and fuch of the 
Petitioners who pray to be heard, by their 
Counfel, againft the faid Bill, are then to 
be heard, by their Counfel, upon their Pe- 
titions, if they think fit. 

Ordered, That Counfel be admitted to be heard, at 
the fame Time, in Favour of the faid Bill, againft the 
Petitions upon which Counfel is ordered to be heard. 


Mr. Mackworth prefented to the Houfe, according to 
Order, a Bill for inrolling, in the Court of Chancery in 
Great Britain, an Exemplification of the Will of Chrif- 
sopher Robinfon, \ate of the Colony of Virginia in Ame- 
rica, deceaied, to be made under the Provincial Seal of 
the faid Colony ; and for making Copies of fuch Inroll- 
ment Evidence in Great Britain ; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned: And the fame was received 5 
and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum 
of Money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying 
certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the 
Year 1772: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for granting a Drawback of Part of the 
Cuftoms upon the Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and 
the Britifo Dominions in America; for altering the 
Drawback upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland, for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Britifh made Cordage; for allowing the 
Importation of Rice from the Briti/b Plantations into the 
Ports of Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, and Whitebaven, 
for immediate Exportation to Foreign Parts ; and to im- 
power the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation to ad- 
minifter the Oath, and grant the Certificate, required by 
Law upon the Removal of certain Goods to London, 
which have been fent into the Country for Sale: And 
the fame was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houle, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to explain and amend fo much of an Aé, 
made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment 
of Lazarets: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to enable the Lords of the Treafury to dif- 
charge the Executors of Lady Anne Fekyll, and the Re- 
prefentatives of the late Sir ‘fofeph Fekyll, from a Debt 
due to His Majefty, for the Ute of the Sinking Fund, 
upon Payment of the fase into the Exchequer: And 
the fanie was received ; and read the Firft Time. 


Houfe of Commons. 967 
Refolved, That the Bill be read a Secorid: Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for preventing Frauds and Abufes, in rela- 
tion to the Trade carried on between Great Britain and 
Ireland: And the fame was received; and-read the Firlt 
Time. 


Refalved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill for the more effectual preventing of Frauds 
in the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, 
and Cards: And the fame was received ; and read the 
Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Mr. Cooper prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue feveral Laws, relating to the 
Landing of Rum or Spirits, of the Britis Sugar Planta- 
tions, before the Duties of Excife are paid thereon; and 
to the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed or 
difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Ex- 
cife ; and to the Relief of the Officers of the Cuftoms 
in Informations upon Seizures ; to the Allowance upon 
the Exportation of Briti/e made Gunpowder ; to the giv- 
ing further Encouragement for the Importation of Naval 
Stores from the Brit Colonies in America; to the fur- 
ther encouraging the Manufacture of Britifh Sail Cloth, 
and to the Duties payable-on Foreign Sail Cloth, to the 
granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Pro- 
duce, or Manufacture, of any of His Majefty’s Sugar 
Colonies, direétly into Foreign Parts, in Ships built in 
Great Britain, and navigated according to Law ; to the 
free Importation of Cattle from Jreland ; and to the re- 
gulating the Fees of Officers of the Cuftams and Naval 
Officers in America: And the fame was received; and 
read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Lord Charles Spencer reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for vefting the legal Eftate and Intereft of and in 
certain Freehold Lands at Adderdury, in the County of 
Oxford, now vefted in Charles Townfhend, Efquire, am 
Infant Truftee, in the Mofk noble Hesry Duke of Buc- 
cleugh, and his Heirs, and in certain Copyhold Lands in 
Kenneth Mackenzie, Efquire, and his Heirs, in Truft for 
the faid Duke, and his"Heirs, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
and found the fame to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Biil was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Lord Charles Spencer do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Hopkius reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting in the Moft noble Auguffus Henry Duke of 
Graftex, and his Heirs, the Manor, or reputed Manor 
and Rectory and Parfonage Appropriate of Potter{pury, 
otherwife Eaftpury, in the County of Northampton (ex- 
cept the Prefentation to the Advowfon of the Church 
there) and certain Meffuages, Lands, Tythes, and Here- 
ditaments, fituate and arifing in the fame County, the 
Eftate of Robert Brydges, Efquire, a Lunatic ; and for 
vetting in Thomas Hancox, Efquire, and his Heirs, a 
certain Wood and Wood Land, called Darwell, other- 
wife Dowell Wocd, in the County of Gloucefer, alfo 
the Eftate of the faid Lunatic, on Payment, by a om 

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Duke and Thomas Hancox, of their refpe&amp;tive Purchafe 
Money, in fuch Manner, and for fuch Purpofes, as in 
the faid A&amp; is mentioned, was committed; That the 
Comntittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, 
anid found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hopkins do. carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Gilbert reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to impower 
certaig Perfons to enfranchife feveral Cuftomary Lands 
and Hereditaments, Parcel of the feveral Manors of 
Brampton, Farlam, Upper Denton, Nether Denton, Talkin, 
{rthington, Laverfdale, Newby, Afkerton, Warton Wood, 
Troddermain, Hayton Cum. Whitton, Carlatton, Cafile, 
Carrock, Cumrew, Blackenthwaite, and Newbiggin, within 
the Barony or reputed Barony of Gi/fand, in the County 
of Cumberland, \ate the Eftate of Henry Earl of Carlile, 
deceafed, and fettled to certain Ufes by the Will of the 
faid Henry Earl of Carlife ; and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Commit- 
tee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gilbert do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to veft in the Truftees named in the Will of Francis 
Buffet, Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing and 
granting Sets of, and on, the Eftates comprized in the 
Settlement made upon the Marriage of Fob Pendarves 
Bajfet, Etquire, decealed, as by the faid Settlement were 
given to the Truftees therein named, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ais. 
: Ordered, That Mr. Philips do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, with fome Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments this Houfe doth deGre the Concurrence of their 
Lordfhips. 


- Ant ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to enable Fobn Rolle, Efquire, and Fudith Maria Wal- 
rond, Spinfter, to make Settlements on the Marriage 
intended between them, notwithftanding their refpective 
Minorities, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Pop- 
ham, Mr. Bacon, &amp;c. : And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for giving further Powers to the Truftees named in a 
certain Act of Parliament, made in the Ninth Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, « An A&amp; 
“&lt; to impower the Truftees of the Will of the late Ge- 
« neral Pulteney, and other Truftees appointed by this 
* Act, to purchafe and exchange Lands and Grounds, 


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“* in the Manor-of Bathwick, in the County of Semer/ct 
* for the Purpofe of making-certain Roads and W ays 
“ to and from a free Bridge by them. intended to be 
“ built over the River Avon, in the faid County ; an 
** alio to impower the Perfons in Poffeffion of the faq 
“* Eftates, tor the Time, being, under the faid. Will, to 
‘¢ grant Leafes of certain Lands and Houfes in the {aid 
* Manor ; and likewile, to enable the faid Truftces to 
‘“* grant certain Grounds and Springs Of Water, with- 
‘* in the faid Manor of Bathwick, to the Mayor, Alder- 
“‘ men, and Citizens, of Bath, and for extending the 
“© Jurifdiction of the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and Citi- 
“¢ zens, over Part of the faid Manor of Bathwick ; and 
“ for other Purpofes therein mentioned ;” and for ep. 
larging the Powers of Leafing given by the faid A&amp; to 
the Perfons therein named; and for other Purpofes , 
was read a Second Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Dempfter, 
Mr. Cavendifh, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chamber, 


A Bill for vefting in His Majefty certain Heredita- 
ments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, belong- 
ing to Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held by 
Leafe from the Crown ; and for vefting the Freehold.and 
Inheritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold Heredi- 
taments at Kichmond aforefaid, in Truftees and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz. 
william, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame; 
and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read’ 
a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Commit- 
tee of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon this Day Seven- 
night, refolve itielf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Montagu reported from the Committee, to whom 
the Bill for building One or more new Church or 
Churches, and providing Burial Places thereto, within 
the Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 
was committed ; and to whom the Petition of Wiliam 
Tennant, Efquire, was referred; That the Committee 
had heard the Petitioner, by his Counfel; and had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had directed him to report to the Houfe; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table : 
Where the Amendments were Once read throughout ; 
and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, feveral of them were 
difagreed to, and the reft were, with Amendments to One 
of them, agreed to by the Houfe ; and feveral Amend- 
ments were made, by the Houfe, to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ip- 
grofied. ‘ 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Ac 
for naturalizing Paul Pourtalés and Francis Gabriel Charles 
Muller, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Matthew 
White Ridley, Mr. Phipps, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for Sale of One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands of 
Innerleith, lying in the County of Edinburga, and of 
One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands of Daruchefer, 


in the County of Berwick, being Parts of the eat 
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Eftate of Colonel Fames Cathcart, deceafed ; and for 
purchafing other Lands and Eftates, to be fettled, in 
Lieu thereof, upon the fame Perfons, and to the like 
Ufes and Purpofes, was read a Second Time. | 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Alexander 
Gilmour, Mr. Pulteney, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for vefting the Manor of Ea/t Lavant, and divers Mef- 
fuages and Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the 
County of Suffex, intailed by the Will of the Right ho- 
nourable Mary late Countefs Dowager of Derby, de- 
ceafed, in Truftees, to be fold ; and for purchafing other 
Lands, and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the like 
Ufes, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ho- 
tham, Mr. Curzon, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lerds, intituled, An Act 
for the Sale of certain Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, 
Hereditaments, and Premiffes, in the Parifh of Saint 
George the Martyr, and Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, Part of the fettled Eftate of Yobn 
Bullock, Efquire, and Elizabeth his Wife ; and for lay- 
ing out the Money arifing by Sale thereof in the Purchafe 
of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Burrell, 
Mr. Gajcoyne, 8cc.: And they are to meet this After- 
noon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Chambe «. 


Mr. Morton prefented to the Houfe, according to Or- 
der, a Bill to continue and amend an Aét, made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Act to prevent the commit- 
ting of Frauds by Bankrupts: And the fame was re- 
ceived and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Regulation of Carters, 
Carriages, and loaded Horfes, and for removing Ob- 
ftructions and Nufances upon the Streets and High- 
ways, within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 
was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better Regulation of Carters, Car- 
riages, and loaded Horfes, and for removing Obftruc- 
tions and Nufances upon the Streets and Highways, 
within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 

Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for dividing and inclofing the Com- 
mon and Wafte Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, 
within the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little 
Stainton, Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony 
of Greyftock, in the County of Cumberland, was read the 
Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 39. 1.14. After “ to” to infert “ affect the Lord 

“ or Lords of” 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, within 
the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little Stainton, 
Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony of Grey- 
ftock, in the County of Cumberland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mufgrave do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Conéurrence. 

Vor. XXXIIL. . 


769 

Mr. Baldwyn teported from the Committee, to whomi 
the Bill for making, and keeping in Repair, a Road, or 
Paffage for Horfes, on the Banks of the River Severn, 
between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called Meadow 
Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and drawing Veffels 
along the faid River ; and for making Compenfation to 
the Owners of Lands, for as much Ground as may be 
neceffary for that Purpofe, was committed ; and to whom 
the Petition of Fane Browne, Widow, was referred ; That 
the Comimittee had confidered the faid Petition ; and 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill; and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments there- 
unto ; which they had directed him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report. in his Place; and afe 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments; in at 
the Clerk’s Table: Where the Report was read. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into further 
Confideration To-morrow Morning. 


A Bill for eftablifhing a Lottery, and for other Pur: 
pofes therein mentioned, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be: committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

_ Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurflay Morn- 
ing next; refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Inftruétion to the faid Com: 
mittee, that they have Power to make Provifion iri 
the faid Bill, that the Certificates to be received by thé 
Suibfcribers of any Principal or Capital Stock of Three 
Pounds per Centum Annuities, payable at the South Sed 
Houfe, fhall be made out, by the Cafhier or Accomp- 
tant General of the South Sea Company, and fhall be 
paid at the South Sea Houfe, at the Times, and in the 
Manner directed with refpeét to the making out and 
paying of Certificates at the Bank of England. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do make the Report from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom it was re- 
ferred to confider further of the Supply granted to His 
Majetty. 

Mr. Cooper accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, the Refolutions which the Committee had direét- 
ed to be reported to the Houfe ; which he read in his 
Place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table: 
Where the fame were read; and are as followeth ; vz. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred Pounds, be: 
granted to His Majefty, to enable His Majefty to re- 
ward Daniel Peter Layard, Doctor of Phyfic; for his 
Advice and Affiftance in carrying into Execution a Plan, 
for preventing the fpreading of the infe€tious Diforder 
among the Horned Cattle in Great Britain. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That a Sum, not exceeding One thoufand Five hun- 
dred Pounds, be granted to His Majelty, to be paid 
as a Comp#afation to Edmund Hill for the Lofs he will 
fuftain by difcontinuing the Ufe of Peftles in making 
Gunpowder at his Mills upon Hounflow Heath, in cale 
it fhall be found neceflary for the Public Security 6 
prohibit the Ufe of fuch Peftles. 

The faid Refoluttons being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 


A Meffage from the Lords; by Mr. Anguifh and Mr. 
Pechell : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for fettling and determining what Parts of the Precing&amp; 
of The Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, fhall be under 
the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, and what Parts 
thereof under the Survey of the Duchy of Lancafter’; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 

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for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holbern, in His Majefty, His 
Heirs and Succeffors; and for applying the Purchafe 
Money, with another Sum therein mentioned, in the 
purchafing of a Freehold Piece of Ground in Dover 
Street, and in the building and fitting up another Houfe 
thereon, for the future Refidence of the Bifhops of Ely, 
and the Surplus to the Benefit of the See ; and for other 


Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any Amendment: - 


And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulat- 
ing, the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Alleys, and 
other Public Paffages and Places, within the Parifh of 
Chrift Church, in Middlefex, and for removing Nufances 
and Obfiruétions therefrom, and preventing the like 
for the future; and-for paving and regulating fuch 
Parts of Brick Lane, as are not within the faid Parifh ; 
without any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for repealing certain Provifions in Two Acts of Parlia- 
ment, fo far as the fame relate to repairing the High- 
ways in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, otherwife 
Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex , and for raif- 
ing Money for repairing the faid Highways ; without any 
Amendment: And alio, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, AnAc&amp;t for 
amending, and rendering more effectual, an Act, made in 
the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s Reign, intituled, ** An 
« A&amp; for building a new Parifh Church, and declaring 
«¢ the prefent Parifh Church a Chapel, for making a Coe- 
«&lt; metery or Church Yard, and for building an Houfe 
“¢ for the Ufe of the Minifter of the Parith of Saint 
“¢ Mary le Bone, in the County of Middlefex,” without 
any Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for building a Bridge over the River Thames, near the 
Town of Maidenhead, in the County of Berks ; with- 
out any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to continue the Term, and vary the Powers, of fo much 
of an Act, made in the Twenty-firft Year of the Reign 
of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road from Sutton 
Coldfield Commoz, and feveral other Roads therein de- 
fcribed, in the County of Stafford, as relates to the 
Wolverhampton Diftrict of Roads ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp;t 
for dividing and inclofing a certain Moor, or Common, 
called Hamfteels Moor, within the Parifh and Manor of 
- Lanchefter, in the County Palatine of Durbam ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, Meadows, 
Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parifh of 
Lanebam, in the County of Nottingham, without any 
Amendment. - 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


A Bill for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Cardington, in 
the prefent Turnpike Road between Hitchin and Bed- 
ford, to Great Barford Bridge; and for continuing a 
Road from thence to the great Northern Road near 
Temsford Bridge, in the County of Bedford, was read a 
Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to.Mr. Cooper, 
Sir Charles Whitworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to explain and amend an Aé&amp;, made 
in the Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp;é for better Prefervation of the Game, within that 
Part of Great Britain, called England, be now read, 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 


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A. 17972. 


The faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. To leave out “ the faid Juftices fhall 

“ commit the faid Offender to the 

«&lt; Common,Gaol of the County, or 

* Place, for the Space of Twelve 

«¢ Calendar Months, there to remain 

«¢ without Bail or Mainprize,” and 

infert “ he fhall forfeit and pay in 

“ Court the Sum of £. 50; and in 

“ cafe he thall neglect or refufe fo 

** to pay the faid Sum of £. 50. he 

*¢ fhall be committed to the Com- 

“ mon Gaol or Houfe of Correc- 

** tion, for fuch County, Riding, 

“ or Place, for the Space of Six 

“&lt; Calendar Months, or until the 

ae fhall be paid” inftead there- 

of, 

And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and the Bill 
was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; 
for better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part of 
Great Britain called England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence, 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Hout 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for encouraging the Manufacture of Lea- 
ther, by lowering the Duty payable upon the Importa- 
tion of Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark fhall 
exceed a certain Rate, for a limited Time, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Dundas took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Dundas reported from the Committee, That they 


had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend. ’ 


ments thereunto; which they had direéted him to report, 
when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Sir William Meredith prefented to the Houfe, accord- 
ing to Order, a Bill to amend an Aét, made in the Firft 
Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, for preventing Frauds 
in the Duties upon Salt, fo far as relates to the Places 
limited for refining Salt: And the fame was received; 
and read the Firft Time. 


Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe- 


to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the better Regulation of the Affairs of 
the Eaft India Company, and of their Servants in Igdia, 
and for the due Adminiftration of Juftice in Bengal, be 
now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

The Houfe divided, 


The Noes went forth. 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ae raga 49: 
Mr. Thomas Townfbend,” 

Tellers for the Noes, Junior, 22. 
Mr. Cornwall : 


So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. 


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42 GEO. III. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 
Mr. Fack/on took the Chair of the Committee. 
And the Committee having been told, and Forty 
Members not being prefent ; 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 


And the Houfe being told by Mr. Speaker, and Forty 


Members not being prefent; and it being then after 
Four of the Clock ; 


The Houfe was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 


a Queftion firft put, till To-morrow Morning, 
Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 19° die Mai; 


Anno 12° Georgii III“! Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Price reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 

A&amp; for vefting Part of the Eftates late of Elizabeth 
Pearce, Widow, deceafed, and William Hall, Efquire, 
otherwife Pearce, her eldeft Son, in Truftees, to be 
fold, for Payment of the Portions of her younger 
Children, and other Incumbrances; and for fettling 
other Part of her Eftates to the fame Ufes; and for 
other Purpofes, was committed ; That the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had direéted him 
to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Price do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for vefting in Sir George Colebrooke, Baronet, and 
his Heirs, fo much of the Manor or Lordthip of Stebun- 
heath, otherwife Stebunbith, otherwife Stepney, in the 
County of Middlefex, Part of the Eftate of the faid Sir 
George Colebrooke, as is limited and fettled in and by an 
A&amp; of Parliament, which paffed in the Second Year of 
the Reign of His prefent Majefty King George the Third; 
and for fettling other Lands and Hereditaments in Lieu 
thereof ; and alfo for vetting other fettled Eftates of the 
faid Sir George Colebrooke, in the Counttes of Middlefex and 
Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had direéted 
him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bull 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for making a Partition of divers Manors, Meffuages, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of 
Norfolk, Suffolk, Effex, Surrey, and Middlefex, and in 


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773 
the City of Londo ; and of Four Fifth Parts or Shares 
of a Plantation in the Ifand of Barbadoes, in the Weft 
Indies; and of Two Shares in the New River Water 
Works ; and of an annual Rent of One thoufand Pounds 
iffuing out of the Revenues of the Poft Office, devifed 
by the Will of Thomas Walker, Efquire, deceafed ; and 
alfo of a Manor and divers Meffuages; Lands, and He- 
reditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Ejjex, 
and Gloucefter, comprized in the Settlements executed 
upon the Marriage of Stephen Skynner, Efquire, de- 
ceafed; and alfo of divers Mefluages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex; 
and Surrey; devifed by the Will of the faid Stephen 
Skynner, between the feveral Perfons intitled to the faid 
Eftates, according to their refpective Interefts therein, 
was committed; That the Committee had examined 
the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee 5 
and that thé Committee had directed him to report 
the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And 
he delivered the Bill in at the Glerk’s Table. 

And the faicl Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refelved, That the Bill do pafs. . 

Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Mioft noble Wiliam Duke of Devoxfhire to 
grant Reverfionary Leafes of his Leafehold Eftate, in 
the Parifh of Saint James, Weftminfter, in the County of 
Middlefex, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Geerge 
Cavendifo, Lord Fobn Cavendifh, &amp;c.: And they are to 
meet this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the 
Speaker’s Chamber. 


A Petition of the feveral Manufaéturers of Lace, and 
other Traders, ‘in and near the Town of Aj/eflury, in 
the County of Bucks, was prefented to the Houfe, and 
read; Taking Notice of the Bill to explain and amend an 
Aét, made in the Seventh Year of His prefent Majeity, 
intituled, An 4.é&amp; for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other Excifeable Liquors; and for explaining and 
amending fevere:] Acts of Parliament relating to Hack- 
ney Coaches anc Chairs, fo far as the fame relates te 
Hackney Coaches; and fetting forth, That, if the faid 
Bill fhould pafs into a Law, the Petitioners will be 
prevented for the future from going to London on the 
Outfide of Stage Coaches, which has been the ufual 
Way of the Petitioners travelling; and that the Infide 
Carriage will be, by Means thereof, greatly increafed ; 
and that the Petitioners will not beable, on account of 
the Expence, to carry on their Trade in the Manner 
they have been ufed to do, to the great Injury, if not 
total Ruin, of many of the Petitioners and their Families: 
And therefore praying the Houfe to take their Cafe into 
Confideration ; and that the faid Bill may not pafs into 
a Law. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table; 
until the faid Bill be read the Third Time. 


A Meffage frem the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and 
Mr. Pechell: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans or Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the Ser vice of the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Sev¢nty-two ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agr ced to the Bill, intituled, An om 

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for the better Prefervation of the great Bank of the 
River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, through 
Cowbit, Peakbill, Crowland, and Peakirk; and for 
making and keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and from 
thence to the Village of Glenton, in the Counties of 
Lincoln and Northampton; without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to continue the Term, and alter and enlarge the Powers, 
of fo much of Two Acts, made in the Twenty-fixth and 
‘Twenty-feventh Years of King George the Second, for 
repairing feveral Roads leading into the City of G/a/gow, 
as relates to that Part of the Road from the City of 
Glafgow to the Town of Dumbarton, which leads through 
the County to the Town of Dumbarton; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made 
by this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An Act to veft in 
the Truftees named in the Will of Francis Bafet, 
Efquire, deceafed, fuch Powers of leafing and granting 
Sets of, and on, the Eftates comprized in the Settlement 
made upon the Marriage of Fobn Pendarves Baffet, 
Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Settlement were given 
to the Truftees therein named. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to repeal feveral Acts of Parliament, fo far 
as the fame infli€t Capital Punifhments for certain Of- 
fences, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Bunbury took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Bunbury reported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to teport, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


A Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of 
Money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying 
certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the 
Year 1772, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Friday Morning 
next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for the more effectual preventing of Frauds 
in the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, 
and Cards, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, ‘That this Hovufe will, To-morrow Morning, 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill to enable the Lords of the Treafury to difcharge 
the Executors of Lady Anne Fekyll, and the Reprefenta- 
tives of the late Sir Fofeph Fekyll, from a Debt due to 
His Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking Fund, upon 
Payment of the fame into the Exchequer, was read a 
Second Time. : 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houle. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, Tosnorrow Morning, 





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A. 1772, 


refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Honufe, 
upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill to continue feveral Laws relating to the Land- 
ing of Rum or Spirits, of the Britifh Sugar Plantations, 
before the Duties of Excife are paid thereon ; and to the 
further Punifhment of Perfons going armed or difguifed, 
in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife; and to 
the Relief of the Officers of the Cuftoms in Informations 
upon Seizures ; to the Allowance upon the Exportatioy 
ot Britifb-made Gunpowder ; to the giving further En- 
couragement for the Importation of Naval Stores from 
the Britifob Colonies in America; to the further en 
couraging the Manufacture of Britifh Sail Cloth, and 
to the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth; to the 
granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Pro. 
duce, or Manufacture, of any of His Majefty’s Sugar 
Colonies, directly into Foreign Parts, in Ships built in 
Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; to the 
free Importation of Cattle from Jre/and; and to the re- 
gulating the Fees of Officers of the Cuftoms and Naval 
Officers in America; was read a Second Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To morrow Morn. 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houf, 
upon the faid Bill, 


A Bill to explain and amend fo much of an Aét, made 
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment of 
Lazarets, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve iifelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for preventing Frauds and Abufes, in relation 
to the Trade carried on between Great Britain and Ire- 
land, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed. . 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committe 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Thurfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


A Bill for granting a Drawback of Part of the 
Cuftoms upon the Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and 
the Britifo Dominions in America; for altering the 
Drawback upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland , for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Briti/h-made Cordage ; for allowing the 
Importation of Rice from the Briti/h Plantations into the 


Ports of Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, and Whitehaven, for . 


immediate Exportation to Foreign Parts ; and to impower 
the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation to adminifter 
the Oath, and grant the Certificate required by Law 
upon the Removal of certain Goods to London, which 
have been fent into the Country for Sale, was read a 
Second Time. 

*Refolved, That the Bill be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon T/urfday Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe; upon the faid Bill. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, immediately, refolve 
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the 
Bill for the further Encouragement of the Herring 
Fifhery on the Coafts of the Je of Man; and for ob- 
viating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to the 
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allowing the Bounties upon the Briti White Herring 
Fifhery in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one. 

The Houfe accordingly refolved itfelf into the faid 
Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took, the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amehd- 
ments thereunto; which they had dire&amp;ted him to 
report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. ote 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be received To-morrow 


Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for velting. divers Freehold, Copyhold, and Leafehold, 
Eftates, late of Edmund Bunting, Elizabeth Bunting, and 
Tomlinfon Bunting, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, to 
raife Money, to be applied, under the Direction of the 
Court of Chancery, in Payment of the Debts, Incum- 
brances, and Legacies, charged upon and affecting the 
fame, and other the Purpofes therein mentioned, was 
read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Bul- 
lock, Mr. Vane, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker's 
Chamber. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to impower Fames Batfon and Edward Buckley Batfon, 
Efquires, Teftamentary Guardians of the Perfon and 
Eftate of Edward Pery Buckley, an Infant, to grant 
Leafes of the Eftate of Pery Buckley, Efquire, deceafed, 
was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. 4m- 
bler, Mr. Salt, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af- 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham- 
ber. 


A Bill to continue and amend an Aét, made in the 
Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 
the Second, intituled, An Act to prevent the committing 
of Frauds by Bankrupts, was read a Second Time. 

.Refolved, That the Bill. be committed. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole Houfe. 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, upon Tur/day Morn- 
ing next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole 
Houfe, upon the faid Bill. 


Mr. Dundas, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
encouraging the Manufacture of Leather, by lowering 
the Duty payable upon the Importation of Oak Bark, 
when the Price of fuch Bark thall exceed a certain Rate, 
for a limited Time, was committed, the Amendments 
which the Committee had made to the Bill; and 
which they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; 
and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards 
delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, im at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were Once 
read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by 
One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
were-agreed to by the toute. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill for the more effectually fecuring 
fufficient Quantities of Oak Timber, for the Ute of the 
Royal Navy, be now read. 

_ And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 83 
a2 faid Bill. (being ingrofied) was read the Third 
ime. 


Vor. XXXII. 


7173 
The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; iz. * ; ana WV ) 
Pr. 4. 1. 34. To leave out “ fufficient Quantities” 
and infert- “ a Quantity ”. inftead 

thereof. 
And the faid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and. the Bill was 


~ amended at the Table accordingly. 


' Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: ‘And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectually fecuring a Quantity 
of Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal Navy. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buller do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence: i 4 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, -An A&amp; 
for re-invefting divers Manors, Mefiuages, Lands, Te- 
nements, and Hereditaments, fituate and being in the 
County of Stafford, late the Eftate of Robert Bardor, 
Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral Petfons now ia beirig; 
and for fuch Eftates as they are feverally intitled under 
the Will of the faid Robert Barbor, and for enabling 
Fames Mayo and Charles Mayo to join in fuch Conveyances’ 
as fhall be neceffary for thofe Purpofes ; was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

- Rejolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Gilbert, 
Mr. Cornwall, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaket’s 
Chamber. 


Colonel Burgoyne, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
to.amend an Act, made in the Twenty-fixth Year of the 
Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, in- 
tituled, An Ac for the better preventing of Clandeftine 
Marriages, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill, and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
— in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 
Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Bill be ingroffed , 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth,  . 

Tellers for the Yeas, “ ae owe t 34. 
Tellers for the Noes, oa rr t 92. 
So it paffed in the Negative. 


_ The other Orders of the Day being read ; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morn- 
ing, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to repeal an Act, paffed in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, intituled, 
An Aé to prevent the deftroying and murdering of 
Baftard Children; and for more effectually preventing 
the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Children. 


Ordered, That the further Confideration of the Re- 
port which was made from the Committee, to: whom 
the Bill for making, and keeping in Repair, a Road 
or Paffage for Horfes, on the Banks of the River 
Severn, between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place called 
Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and draw- 
ing Veffels along the faid River ; and for making Com- 
penfation to the Owners of Lands, for as much Ground 
as may be neceffary for that Purpofe, was committed, 
be adjourned till To-morrow Morning. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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Mereurii, 20° die Maii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


AA__N ingroffed Bill for remedying the Evils occafioned 

by the Laws now in being relating to Badgers, 
Engroffers, Foreftallers, and Regrators, was read the 
Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repealing feveral Laws therein men- 
tioned, againft Badgers, Engrofiers, Foreftallers, and 
Regrators ; and for indemnifying Perfons againft Profe- 
cutions for Offences committed againft the faid Acts. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Harley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ridley do make the Report from 
the Committee, to whom the ingroffed Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An Act for naturalizing Paul Pourtalés 
and Francis Gabriel Charles Muller was committed. 

Mr. Ridley accordingly reported from the faid Com- 
mittee, That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Committee had directed the Bill to be reported 
to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he de- 
liveréed the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ridley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Sutton reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for difcharging divers Manors, Reétories, Advowfons, 
Meffuages, Lands, Tithes, Rents, and Hereditaments, 
Part of the Eftate of the Right honourable Yobn Earl 
Spencer, comprifed in, and fettled by, the laft Will and 
Teftament, and Codicil thereto, of the Moft noble 
Sarab \ate Duchefs Dowager of Marlborough, deceafed, 
and by certain Conveyances executed in Purfuance there- 
of, from the Ufes and Trufts declared by the faid Will, 
Codicil, and Conveyances; and for fettling other 
Manors, Reétories, Advowfons, Meffuages, Lands, 
Tenements, Tithes, and Hereditaments, of greater 
Value, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allegations 
of the Bill, and found the. fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘Fhat the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for building One or more new 
Church or Churches, and providing Burial Places 
thereto, within the Town of Birmingham, in the County 
of Warwick, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bili do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for building Two new Chapels, and pro- 
viding Burial Places thereto, within the Town of Bir- 
mingham, in the County of Warwick. 

Ordered, That Sir ohn Wrottefley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


_A Petition of the Innkeepers and Victuallers of the 
City of Coventry, was prefented to the Houfe, and 


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read ; Complaining of the Hardfhips which the Petition. 
ers allege they labour under from the prefent Mode .of 
uartering Soldiers and Horfes: And therefore praying 
hat the Houfe will take this Matter into their Con. 
fideration, and give the Petitioners fuch Relief therein 
as fhall feem meet. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. Ge ot 
A Petition of the Gentlemen, Tradefmen, and Ip. 
habitants, of the Town of Wycomb, in the County of 
Bucks, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, on Be- 
half of themfelves, and others, was prefented to the 
Houfe, and read; Taking Notice of the Bill to explain 
and amend an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&amp; for 
altering the Stamp Duties upon Policies of Affurance; 
and for reducing the Allowance to be made in refpeét of 
the prompt Payment of the Stamp Duties on Licences 
for retailing Beer, Ale, and other Excifeable Liquors ; 
and for explaining and amending feveral Acts of Parlia- 
ment relating to Hackney Coaches atid Chairs, fo far 
as the fame relates to Hackney Coaches; and fettine 
forth, That the Petitioners are informed, it is intended, 
by the faid Bill, to reftrain Mafters of Stage Coaches 
from carrying Outfide Paffengers ; and that the Petition. 
ers apprehend, that any fuch Reftraint upon the Owners 
of Stage Coaches muft greatly tend to the Prejudice of 
the Trade of this Town in particular, and alfo become 
exceeding injurious to the Commerce of the Kingdom 
in general: And therefore praying, That the Pe- 
titioners may be heard, by their Counfel, againft any 
Claufe or Claufes in the faid Bill, tending to reftrain the 
Owners of Stage Coaches from carrying Outfide Paffen- 
as and that no fuch Claufe or Claufes may pafs into 
a Law. 


Ordered, That the faid Petition do’ lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill to explain and amend an Aét, made 
in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Pohcies of Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpect of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other Excifeable Liquors; and for explaining and 
amending feveral Acts of Parliament relating to Hack- 
ney Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to 
Hackney Coaches, be now read. 

And the faid Order was read accordingly. 

And the Houfe being informed, that no Counfel at- 
tended ; 

The faid Bill (being ingroffed) was read the Third 
Time. 

The Amendment following was propofed to be made 
to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 3.1. 37. To leave out from “ notwithftanding” 

to the End of the Bill. ; 

The Claufes propofed to be left out were thofe 

reftraining Perfons from riding on the Tops 
of Stage Coaches. 

And the Queftion being put, -That the faid Claufes 
ftand Part of the Bill; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Whereupon the faid Claufes were taken out of the 
Bill; Part of the Firft Claufe being erafed, and the 
Remainder, together with the following Claufes, were 
cut out of the Bill at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, in- 
tituled, An Act for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpeét of the prompt Payment of the. 
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other Excifeable Liquors ; and fot explaining and amend- 
ing feveral A€ts of Parliament, relating to Hackney 
Cuaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hack- 
ney Coaches. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, arid defire theit Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hotife, 
upon the Bill for the more effeétual preventing of 
Fravis in the Revenues of Excife, with refpect to Tea, 
Soap, Low Wines, and Spirits, be now read. 

And the faid Ordet being tead accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper todk the Chait of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. . 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, ahd made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted hith 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 


fame. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Comrmittee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for the more effectual preventing of 
Frauds in the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, 
Paper, and €ards, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. | 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleaie to receive the 


fame. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 


Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to enable the Lords of the Treafury to 
difcharge the Executors of Lady Anne Fekyll, and the 
Reprefentatives of the late Sir Fefeph Fekyll, from a 
Debt due to His Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking 
Fund, upon Payment of the fame into the Exchequer, be 
now read. 

_ And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleale to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Biil to continue feveral Laws relating to the 
Landing of Rum or Spirits, of the Britifo Sugar Planta- 
tions, before the Duties of Excife are paid thereon, and 
to the further Punifhmient of Perfons going armed or 
gw in Defiance of thé Laws of Cuftoms or Ex- 
cife; and to the Relief of the Officers of the Cuftoms in 
Informations upon Seizures; to the Allowance upon 
the Exportation of Briti//-madé Gunpowder ; to the 
giving further Encouragerhent for the Importation of 
Naval Stores from the Briti/b Colonies in America; to 


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the further encouraging the Manufaéture of Britib 
Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on Foreign Sail 
Cloth ; to the granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of 
the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of any of His 
Majefty’s Sugar Colonies, dire€tly into Foreign Parts, 
in Ships built in Great Britain, and navigated according 
to Law; to the’ free Importation of Cattle from Ireland ; 
and to the regulating the Fees of Officers of the Cuftoms 
atid Naval Officers in América ; be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the {aid Commit. 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Cooper took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mi. Cooper reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Ameéndinents thereunto ; which they had directed him 
e fe sah when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 

e. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 

Morning. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order; reported from the 
Committée of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
the further Encouragement of the Herring Fifhery on 
the Coafts of the Je of Man; and for obviating a 
Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to the allowing 
the Bounties upon the Briti/ White Herring Fithery in 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-one, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill; and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon; were agreed to by the 
Houfe. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
erofied. 


_ The Heufe being informed, by fevei'al Members in 
their Places, that they had, during the laft Recefs of 
Parliament, examined (together with Mr. Speaker) the 
State of the public Records of this Kingdom, and the 
Repofitories in which the fame are now kept; and had 
found One of the faid Repofitories, viz. The Rolls Chapel, 
very much out of Repair, and the Records therein in 
bad Condition, and decaying daily: 

And that the reft of the Records were in tolerable 
good Prefervation, but not difpofed and arranged in a 
gt to be fo ufeful to the Public as they might 

e. 

And the fame being confirmed by Mr. Speaker; 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to examine 
the prefent Condition of the Records of this Kinedom; 
the Repofitories wherein, and the Manner in which, they 
are now kept; and that they do forthwith confider of 
feme proper Method, to be immediately taken, to pre- 
vent the further Decay of the Records at The Rolls; and 
report the fame, with their Opinion thereupon, from 
Time to Time, to the Houfe. 

And a Committee was appointed of Sir Yobn Turner, 
Mr. Faller, &amp;c.: And they are to meet To-morrow 
Morning, at Nine of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber ; and have Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, 
and Records. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Power to 
adjourn to fuch Places as they fhall judge convenient. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Leave to 
fit, notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houte. 


Sir Charles Bunbury, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houle, to whom the 
Bill to repeal feveral Aéts of Parliament, fo far as the 


fame 








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fame inflict Capital Punifhments for certain ,Offences, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Commit- 
tee had made to the Bill; and which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table :_ Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
eroffed. | 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to repeal an Act, paffed in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign. of King ames the Firft, inu- 
tuled, An Act to prevent the deftroying and murdering 
of Baftard Children ; and for more effectually preventing 
the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Children, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Sir Charles Bunbury took the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Sir Charles Bunbury teported from the Committee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had dire¢ted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Third 
Reading of the Bill (now ingroffed) for regulating the 
Eleétion of Committee Men, for managing the Affairs 
of the African Company, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Counfel againft the Bill was called in, no 
Counfel appearing for the Bill. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

And the Petition of feveral Merchants, and others, 
of the City of London, whofe Names are thereunto fub- 
fcribed, was alfo read. 

And the Counfel for the Petitioners was heard. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 

And Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

And a Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 
pofed, That the Bill do pats ; 

And a Debate arifing in the Houfe thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned tll this Day Three 
Months. 

The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. 


Mr. Alderman Harley, 
Tellers for the Yeas, } hed Talore: i 25. 
b 23. 


Tellers for the Noes, } Meee edith, 

So it was refolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for refuming 
the adjourned Confideration of the Report, which was 
made from the Committee, to whom the Bill for making 
and keeping in Repair a Road, or Paffage for Horfes, 
on the Banks of the River Severn, between Bewdley 
Bridge and a Place called Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrook- 
dale, for haling and drawing Veffels along the faid 
River ; and for making Compenfation to the Owners of 
Lands, for as much Ground as may be neceffary for 
that Purpofe, was committed, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 


_ The Houfe refumed the adjourned Confideration of 
the faid Report. 


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And the Amendments, made_by ‘the Committee.’ to 
the faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were 
upon the Queftion-feverally put thereupon, agreed to.) . 
the Houfe. — y 
_. A Claufe was offered to be added to the Bill,.to pre. 
vent Perfons or Horfes, paffing on. Mrs. Browne’s Wharf 
without her Permiffion. 

And the faid Clanfe was Twice read; and,'upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe: to be 
made Part of the Bill). .- Lk orks in 

And feveral Amendments were made, by thé Houfe 
to the Bill. H wold sane 

Ordered, That the Bill, with.the Amendments; be jin. 
grofied. tik 


The other Order of the’Day being read; &gt; 

Refolved, That this Houfe will, To-morrow Morning 
refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Hotte, 
upon the Bill to explain, amend, and render more ‘effec. 
tual, an Act, made in the Seventh and Eighth Years of 
King William the Third, intituled, An A&amp; for the fur. 
ther regulating Elections of Members to ferve in Parlias 
ment, and for the preventing irregular Proceedings) of 
Sheriffs and other Officers, in the eleéting and returning 
fuch Members. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn: 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Fovis, 21° die Mai; 
Anno 12° Georgti It Regis, 1772, 


PRAYERS. 


N ingrofied Bill for paving, lighting, cleanf: 

ing, watering, and watching, the Streets and other 
public Places, within that Part of the Parifh of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Middlefex, as lies Weft of 
Tottenbam Court Road, and alfo fo much of the faid 
Road within the faid Parifh, as lies South of Chapel 
Street ; and for difcharging the Truftees from the Care 
of that Part of the faid Road for the future, upon the 
Terms therein mentioned ; and for preventing Nufances 
and Obftructions within the Limits aforefaid ; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for paving, lighting, cleanfing, watering, and 
watching, the Streets and other public Places, within 
fuch Part of the Parifh of Saint Pancras, in the County 
of Middlefex, as lies on the Weft Side of Tottenham 
Court Road, and for preventing Nufances and Ob- 
ftructions therein; and for obliging the Truftees for 


the Care of the faid Road, to pave, repair, and cleanfe, 


fuch Part of the faid Road as is therein defcribed. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole. Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
the more effectual preventing of Frauds in the Revenues 
of Excife, with refpect to Tea, Soap, Low Wines, and 
Spirits, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had di- 
rected him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Re- 
port in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houtfe. 

5 Ordered, 








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12 GEO. III. Journals of the 


Ordered, That the Bill, with thé Amendments, be-in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
enable the Lords of the Treafury to difcharge the Exe- 
cutors of Lady Anne Fekyll, and the Reprefentatives of 
the late Sir Fofeph Fekyll, from a Debt due to His 
Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking Fund, upon Pay- 
ment of the fame into the Exchequer, was committed, 
the Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill ; and which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments 
were Once read throughout; and then a Second 
Time, One by One; and, upon the Quettion feverally 

ut thereupon, were agreed to by the Houle. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
profied. 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
the more effectual preventing of Frauds in the Stamp 
Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, and Cards, 
was committed, the Amendments which the Committee 
had made to the Bill; and which they had directed 
him to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report 
in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Quef- 
tion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed, 


Mr. Cooper, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to 
continue feveral Laws relating to the landing of Rum 
or Spirits, from the Briti/fh Sugar Plantations, before the 
Duties of Excife are paid thereon; and to the further 
Punifhment of Perfons going armed or difguifed, in De- 
fiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife; and to the 
Relief of the Officers of the Cuftoms in Informations 
upon Seizures ; to the Allowance upon the Exportation 
of Briti/o-made Gunpowder; to the giving further En- 
couragement for the Importation of Naval Stores from 
the Britif Colonies in America, to the further en- 
couraging the Manufacture of Britifo Sail Cloth, and to 
the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth; to the grant- 
ing a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Pro- 
duce, or Manufacture, of any of His Majetty’s Sugar 
Colonies,. directly into Foreign Parts, in Ships built in 
Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; to the 
free Importation of Cattle from Ireland; and to the re- 
gulating the Fees of Officers of the Cuftoms and Naval 
Officers in America, was committed, the Amendments 
which the Committee had made to the Bill; and which 


‘they had direted him to report to the Houfe ; and he 


read the Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, wich the Amendments, be 
incrofled. 


Sir Charles Bunbury, according to Order, reported 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the 
Bill to repeal an Aét, paffed in the Twenty-firft Year 
of the Reign of King Yames the Firtft, intituled, An 
A&amp; to prevent the deftroying and murdering of Baftard 
Children; and for more effectually preventing the 
Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Children, was com- 

Vor. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons. 777 


mitted, the Amendments which the Cothmittee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had directed him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 
Houte. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled, 


An ingroffed Bill to repeal feveral Aéts of Parliament, 
fo far as the fame infli@ Capital Punifhments for certain 
Offences, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; to repeal feveral Acts of Parliament, fo far 
as the fame inflict Capital Punifhments for certain Of- 
fences. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Bunbury do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for eftablifhing a Lottery, and for ether 
Purpofes therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Rodinfon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Rodinfon reported from the Committee, That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had direted him to re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to explain and amend fo much of an Aéct, 
made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment 
of Lazarets, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly , 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee, 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Robinfon took the Chair of the Cornmittee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Robdinfon reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. : 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for preventing Frauds and Abufes, in re- 
lation to the Trade carried on between Great Britain and 
Ireland, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved ittelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 
Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Rodinfon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumied the Chair. 

Mr. Robinfon reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. | 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 

9 M Order ed, 








Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
W fefolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill for grantitig a Drawback of Part of the 
Cuftoms upoi the Exportation of Tea to Jreland, and 
the Britifs Dominions in America, for altering the 
Drawback upon Fortcign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland; for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Britifb-made Cordage; for allowing thé 
Importation of Rice from the Britif Plantations into 
the Ports of Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, aid White- 
haven, for immediate Exportation to Foreign Parts; 
and to impower the Chief Magiftrate of any Corpora- 
tion to adminifter the Oath; and grant the Certificate 
required by-Law upon the Removal of certain Goods to 
London, which have- been fent into the Country for Sale, 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houle refolved itfelf into the faid Commit- 
tee. 

Mf. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Robdinfon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr, Speaker refumed the Chair. 
~ Mr. Robdinfon reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto ; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafé to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


An ingroffed Bill for the further Encouragement of 
the Herring Fifhery on the Coafts of the Sle of Man; 
and for obviating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect 
to the allowing the Bounties upon the Britifo White 
Herring Fifhery, in the Year One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Seventy-one ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that'the Title 
be, An Aé for the further Encouragement of the Herring 
Fifhery on the Coafts of the Je of Man, and for cb- 
viating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to the 
allowing the Bounties upon the Briti/h White Herring 
Fifhery, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly- 

neux, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 
_ ‘The King commands this honourable Houfe to attend 
His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty. 

And being returned ; 

__ Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe had attended 
THis Majefty, in the Houfe of Peers; where His Ma- 
jefty was pleafed to give the Royal Affent to the feveral 
Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Aét for raifing a certain Sum of Money, by Loans 
or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year ‘One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two : 

An Aé&amp; for the further Augmentation of the Salaries 
of the Juftices of Chefter, and the Great Seffions for the 
Counties in Wales: 

An Aé&amp; for allowing the Importation of Wheat, 
Wheat Flour, Rye, Rye Meal, and Indian Corn, into 
this Kingdom, for a limited Time, free of Duty: 

An Act for allowing the free Importation of Rice 
into this Kingdom, from any of His Majefty’s Colonies 
‘in America, for a limited Time: 

An Act to indemnify fuch Perfons as have omitted 
to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments, and 
‘to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, or others, who have 
omitted to regifter or deliver in their Qualifications, 
‘within the Time limited by Law, and for giving fur- 
ther Time for thofe Purpofes ; and to indemnify-Mem- 


i. 


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49792, 


bers and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borotich 
Towns, whofe Admiffions have been omitted to be 
ftamped, according to Law, or, having been ftamped, 
have been loit; or miflaid, and for allowing them a 
to provide Admiffions duly ftamped ; and to give fur. 
ther Time to fuch Perions as have omitted to make 
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of 
Clerks to Ateotniés and Solicitors: 

- An Act for efiabling their Majefties to enfranchife 
Copyhold Lands, holden of the Manor of Richmond, in 
the County of Surrey ; and for enabling His Majefty to 
fhut up a Lane, leading from Richmond Green, to the 
River Thames, and to fell and exchange certain Lands, 
within the Manors of Richmond and Wimbleton : 

An Aét for fettling and determining what Parts of the 
Precinct of Tbe Savoy, in the County of Middlefex, thal 
be under the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, and 
what Parts thereof under the Survey of the Duchy of 
Lancafrer : 

An Ac for vefting Ely Houfe, in Holborn, in His 
Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors ; and for applying the 
Purchafe Money, with another Sum therein mentioned, 
in the purchafing of a Freehold Piecé of Ground, in 
Dover Street, and in the building and fitting up another 
Houle thereon, for the future Refidence of the Bithops 
of Zly, and the Surplus to the Benefit of the See ; and 
for other Purpofés therein mentioned : 

An Act to enable His Majefty to grant the Reverfion 
or Remainder in Fee Simple, now vetted in His Ma- 
jetty, of and in an Annual or Fee Farm Rent of One 
hundred and Thirteen Pounds, One of the feveral Fee 
Farm Rents granted to the Right honourable Edward, 
heretofore Earl of Sandwich, by his late Majefty King 
Charles the Second, unto the honourable Yames Archi- 
bald Stuart, and his Heirs, upon a full and adequate 
Confideration to be given by him or his Heirs for the 
fame : 

An A&amp;t to explain and amend an A&amp;, paffed in the 
Sixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, inti 
tuled, “ An Act for taking down and removing certain 
“© Light Houfes now ftanding near the Spurn Point, at 
“&lt; the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit 
“* and convenient Light Houfes inftead thereof :” 

An Act fer building a Temporary Bridge, over the 
River Tyne, between the Town of Newcaftle upon Tyne 
and Gatefbead, in the County of Durham: 

An Act for building a Bridge over the River Thames, 
near the Town of Mazdenbead, in the County of Berks : 

An Act to amend an Act of the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, for building a Workhoufe. 
in the Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the 
City of Weftminfter, in the County of Middlefex : 

An Aé&amp; for completing a Building, intended for a 
New Church, or Chapel, at Richmond, near Everton, in 
the County Palatine of Lancafter ; and for other Pur- 

fes ; 

An A&amp; for amending and rendering more effectual an 
Aé, made in the Tenth Year of His Majefty’s Reign, 
intituled, “« An Act for building a new Parifh Church, 
‘* and declaring the prefent Parifh Church a Chapel ; for 
“* making a Coemetery or Church Yard, and for building 


*¢ an Houfe for the Ufe of the Minifter of the Parifh of ' 


‘© Saint Mary le Bone, in the County of Middlefex :” 

An Aé for repzaling certain Provifions in Two Acs 
of Parliament, fo far as the fame relate to repairing the 
Highways in the Parifh of Saint Mary Matfelon, other- 
wife Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex ; -and for 
raifing Money for repairing the faid Highways: 

An Aé&amp; for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and 
regulating, the Squares, Streets, Rows, Lanes, Alleys, 
and other public Paffages and Places, within the Parifh 
of Chrift Church, in Middlefex, and for removing Nu- 
fances and Obftruétions therefrom, and preventing the 
like for the future ; and for paving and regulating 


fuch Parts of Brick Lane, as are not within the faid, 


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An Aét for draining and preferving certain Commons, 
Low Grounds, and Cars, in the Parifh of Market Weigh- 
ton, and other adjacent Parifhes, in the Eaft Riding of 
the County of York; and for making a Navigable Cut, 
or Canal, from Market Weighton, to the River Hum- 


ber : 

An Act for repairing and widening the Read, leading 
from the EaftEnd of the Bridge acrofs the River Ouze,’in 
Downham Market, to the Queen's Head, and from the 
Chequer Inn in Downham Market aforefaid, to the Eaft 
End of the Two Mile Clofe, in the Parifh of Barton, and 
towards Watton, to a Place called the Devil’s Ditch, in 
the County of Norfolk; and for ftopping up the Road 
leading from Strad/et, through Barton Layes, towards 
Watton: — 

An Aét for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two 
Acts, made in the Twenty-fixth and Twenty-ninth Years 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Se- 
cond, for repairing and widening Old Street Road,. in 
the Parithes of Saint Luke and Saint Leonard, Shore- 


ditch, in the County of. Middlefex : 


An Aé&amp; to explain and amend an A&amp; of the Eleventh 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for amend- 
ing and widening the Road from Beffelfeigh, through 
Wantage, to Hungerford, in the County of Berks, and 
from Wantage to Mariborough, in the County of Wilts ; 
and from the Turnpike Road between Reading and 
Wallingford, through Halfpeny Lane, to the Old Red 
Honfe upon Wantage Dowus, and from thence to Lam- 
bourn, in the faid County of Berks : 

An Aé to continue the Term, and vary the Powefs, 
of fo much of an Aét, made in the Twenty-firft Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the Road 
from Sutton Coldfield Common, and feveral other Roads 
therein defcribed, in the County of Stafford, as telates 
to the Wolverhampton Diftri&amp; of Roads : 

An Aé for the better Prefervation of the great Bank 
of the River Welland, from Spalding High Bridge, through 
Cowbit, Peakh:il, Crowland, and Peakirk ; and for make- 
ing and keeping in Repair a Road thereon, and from 
thence to the Village of Glentox, in the Counties of 
Lincoln and Northampton : 

‘An A@'to continue the Term, and alter and enlarge 
the Powers, of fo much of Two Aéts, made in the 
‘Twenty-fixth and Twenty-feventh Years of King George 
the Second, for repairing feveral Roads leading intg 
the City of Gla/gow, as relates to that Partiaf the Road 
from the City of Glafgow to the Town of Dumbarton, 
which leads ‘through the County to:the Town of Dum- 
barton : 

An A&amp; for vefting in the Moft noble Auguftus Henry 
Duke of Grafton, and his Heirs, the Manor, or reputed 
Manor, and Re€tory and Parfonage Appropriate, of 
Potter[pary, otherwife Eaftpury,-in the County of .Nor- 
thampton (except the Prefentation to. the Advowfon of 
the Church'there) and certain Meffuages, Lands, Tithes, 
and Hereditaments, fituate and arifing in the fame 
County, the ‘Eftate of Robert Brydges, Eiquire, aLuna- 
tic; and for vefting in Thomas Hancox, Efquire, and 
his ‘Heirs, a certain Wood.and Wood Land, called Dar- 
well, otherwife Dowell Wood, in'the County of Gloucefter, 
alfo the Eftate of the faid’ Lunatic, on Payment, by the 
faid Duke and Thomas Hancox, of their refpeCtive :Pur- 
chafe Money, in fuch Manner, and for.fuch Purpofes, as 
in-the faid A&amp; is mentioned : 

An Act for vetting the legal Eftate and Intereft of and 
in certain Freehold Lands at Adderbury, in the County 
of Oxford, now vetted in Charles Townfhend, E{quire, an 
Infant Truftee, in the Moft noble Henry Duke of Buc- 
cleugh, and his Heirs, and in certain Copyhold Lands in 
Kenneth Mackenzie, Efquire, and his Heirs, in Trutt-for 
the faid Duke, and-his Heirs : 

- An A&amp; ‘to enable the Right honourable Fob Earl of 
Sandwich, and the honourable fobn Montagu, commonly 
called Lord Viicount Hincbingbrook, and the Survivor of 
them, to grant Leaies of the Countefs of Sandwish’s 


Moiety of Eftates, in the Counties of Ardmagh and Li- 
merick, in the Kingdom of Ireland : 

An Ac to impower certain Perfons to enfranchife 
feveral Cuftomary Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of 
the feveral Manors of Brampton, Farlam, Upper Den- 
ton, Nether Denton, Talkin, Irthington, Laver/dale, New- 
by, Afkerton, Warton Wood, Trodder main, Hayton cum W bit- 
ton, Carlatton, Caftle, Carrock, Cumrew, Blackenthwaite; 
and \Wewdiggin, within the Barony, or reputed Barony, 
of Gilfland, in the County of Cumberland, \ate the Eitate 
of Henry Earl of Carlifle, deceafed, and fettled to cer- 
tain Utes by the Will of the faid Henry Earl of Carlifle 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An Ac for vetting in Sir George Colebrooke, Baronet, 
and his Heirs, fo much of the Manor or Lordthip of 
Stebunbeath, otherwife Stebunbith, otherwile Stepney, in 
the County of Middlefex, Part of the Eftate oi che faid 
Sir George Colebrocke, as is limited and fettied in and 
by an A&amp; of Parliament, which pafled in the Second 
Yearof the Reign of His prefent Majefty King George the 
T hird; and for fettling other Lands and Hereditaments 
in Lieu thereof; and alfo for vefting other fettled Eftates 
of the faid Sir George Colebrooke, in the Counties of Mid- 
dlefex and Surrey, in Truftees, for the Purpofes therein 
mentioned : 

An A&amp; to enable Truftees, with the Confent of the 
Perfons claiming under the Will of Edward Shelley, 
Efguire, to cut down and fell Timber, upon the fettled 
Eftates of the faid Edward Shelley, in the County of 
Suffex ; and to inveft the Monies arifing therefrom in the 
Purchafe of Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to 
the Ufes of the faid Will, and other Purpofes : 

An Act to enable the Governors, and Affiftants to the 
faid Governors, in the Rule and Government of the Pof- 
feffions, Revenues, and Goods, of the Free Grammar 
School of Elizabeth Queen of England, in the Town of 
Afheburne, inthe County of Derby, in their Corporate 
Capacity ; and the faid Governors and Afliftants, as 
Truftees of Six Alms Houfes in Afbeburne atorefaid, 
founded and endowed by Chriftopher Pegg, Efquite, de- 
ceafed, to convey certain Lands and Poffeffions of the 
faid School and Alms Houfes refpectively, in the 
Parifhes of Wingerworth and &lt;Afbover, in the faid 
County, to Henry Gladwin, of Wingerworth, in the faid 
County, Efquire, in Exchange for other Lands, in the 
Parifh of Brailsford, in the faid County, of greater 
Value, to be conveyed to, arid held by them refpectively, 
to the Ufes, and upon the Trufts theretn mentioned : 

An Act for impowering and enabling the Truftees, 
named in.the ‘Settlement made on the Marriage of Da- 
niel Danvers, Efquire, and Mary his Wife, or the Sur- 
yivors or Survivor of them, or the Heirs of fuch Sur- 
vivor, ‘to make Sale-of certain Leafehold Eftates, vefted 
in:‘them upon divers Trufts, mentioned in the faid Set- 
tlement; and to. lay out the Money arifing from fuch Sale 
in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled in fuch 
Manner as the faid Leafehold Eftates ftand -fettled : 

An. Ac&amp; for vetting a Meffuage, with the Appurte- 
nances, in Lothbury, witliin the City .of London, in Truf- 
tees, to be fold; and for purchafing another Meffuage, 
or Lands, to -be fettled to the like Ufes : 

An Act for vefting the fettled Eftate of William Hal- 
bed, Efquire, in the County of. Hereford, in Truftees, in 
Truft, to fell and convey the fame’ to ames King, 
Efquire, and his Heirs, purfuant to an Agreement fe 
that Purpofe ; and for laying out the Money arifing by 
fuch Sale in-the Purchafe of other.Lands and Heredita- 
ments, to be:fettled, imLieu thereof, to the fame Ufes : 

An Aét for enabling Henry Blundell, wr Tenant 
for Life under Settlement, ‘to carry into,Execution Ar- 
ticles of Agreement, between him and the Right ho- 
nourable the Earl of Sefton, for the Exchange of divers 
Mefluages, Lands, and Hereditaments, comprifed in 
fuch Settlement, for other’ Mefluages, Lands, and He- 
reditaments, of the faid-Earl ; and for other Purpofes 

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780 


An Aét to enable the Guardians of the Infant Chil- 
dren of the honourable Mary Sandys, deceafed, to make 
Leafes of their fettled Eftates in England and Ireland, 
durifig their refpective Minorities : 

An Aé to enable the Truftees of the Eftate of Herry 
Smith, Efquire, deceafed, to apply certain Sums of 
Money to the Relief of his poor Kindred ; and to enable 
the faid Truftees to grant Building Leafes of an Eftate, 
in the Parifhes of Kenjfington, Chelfea, and Saint Martin 
in the Fields, in the County of Middlefex : 

An Aét to impower William Hulton, Efquire, to charge 
his fettled Eftates in the County of Lancafter, or fome Parts 
thereof, with One thoufand Two hundred Pounds, and 
Threethoufand Pounds, forthe Purpofes therein mention- 
ed ; and alfo to grant Leafes of certain Parts of his faid 
Eftates : 

An A&amp; for vefting the Manors, Lands, and Tene- 
ments, both Freehold and Leafehold, comprized in the 
Marriage Settlement of Charles Baldwyn, Efquire, in 
Truftees, to be fold; and for laying out the Money 
arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands and 
Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes which are 
now fubfifting with regard to the faid Freehold fettled 
Eftate : 

An Aét for vefting the fettled Eftates and unfettled 
Eftates of Fohbn Gardner Kemeys, Efquire, in Truftees, in 
Truft, by Sale or Mortgage, to raife Money, to pay off 
Portions and Debts, and redeem Annuities charged upon 
and affecting the fame ; and for re-fettling the Remain- 
der thereof, and Lands to be purchafed as in the faid 
Aé&amp; is direéted, to the Ufes to which the faid fettled 
Eftates do now ftand fettled and limited : 

An Aé to veft in the Truftees named in the Will of 
Francis Baffet, Efquire, deceafed, fuch like Powers of 
Leafing and granting Sets of, and on, the Eftates com- 
prifed in the Settlement made upon the Marriage of Fohn 
Pendarves Baffet, Efquire, deceafed, as by the faid Set- 
tlement were given to the Truftees therein named : 

An Aé&amp; for vefting Part of the Eftates late of Eiiza- 
beth Pearce, Widow, deceafed, and William Hall, Efquire, 
otherwife Pearce, her eldeft Son, in Truftees, to be fold, 
for Payment of the Portions of her younger Children, 
and other Incumbrances ; and for fettling other Part of 
her Eftates to the fame Ufes ; and for other Purpofes : 

An A&amp; for making a Partition of divers Manors, 
Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the feveral 
Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Effex, Surrey, and Middle- 
fex, and in the City of Londen , and of Four Fifth Parts 
or Shares of a Plantation in the Ifland of Barbadoes, in 
the Weft Indies; and of Two Shares in the New River 
Water Works ; and of an annual Rent of One thoufand 
Pounds iffuing out of the Revenues of the Poft Office, 
devifed by the Will of Thomas Walker, Efquire, deceafed ; 
and alfo of a Manor and divers Meffuages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, 
and Gloucefter, comprifed in the Settlements executed 
upon the Marriage of Stephen Skynner, Efquire, deceaf- 
ed ; and alfo of divers Meffuages, Lands, and Heredita- 
ments, in the feveral Counties of Suffolk, Effex, and 
Surrey, devifed by the Will of the faid Stephen Skynner, 
between the feveral Perfons intitled to the faid Eftates, 
according to their refpective Interefts therein : 

An A&amp;t for dividing and inclofing the Commons and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor of Stoke 
Prior, in the County of Worcefter : 

An Aé for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the 
Open Fields, Common Paftures, and other Uninclofed 
Grounds, within the Townfhip of Would Newton, in the 
Eaft Riding of the County of York : 

An Aé for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, in the Parifh of Gum/ey, in 
the County of Leicefter : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Field, and Commonable Lands, in the Liberties, Ter- 
ritories, and Precincts, of Aftrep, in the Parifhes of King’s 
Satton and Newbottle, in the County of Northampton : 


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A. 3772, 


_An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Open Co 

Fields, Commons, ani Watte Lands. id a alee 
Pafture called The Cow Pajfture, in the Parith of 4-¢- 
worth, in the County of York : 
_. An Ac for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and drain. 
ing, the Open Fields, Common Paftures, and Moors or 
Commons, in the Townfhip and Parith of T erring ton, in 
the North Riding of the County of York : 

An Aét for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com: 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows 
and Common and Wafte Grounds, within the Manor 
and Parifh of Heath, otherwife Hethe, in the County 
of Oxford ,; and for exonerating certain Lands belong- 
ing to William Fermor, Efquire, from Tithes and 
Right of Common : 

An Att for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields 
and Commonable Lands, within the Parith of Shilton, in 
the County of Warwick : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Com: 
mon Fields, Meadow Grounds, and other Commonable 
Lands, within the Parifh of Thorpe Achurch, in the 
County of Northampton : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common and 
Open Fields, Meadows, Commonable Lands, and Wafte 
Grounds, in Aldwinckle, inthe County of Northampton : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing feveral Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Grounds, Com. 
mon Paftures, and other Commonable Places, in the 
Townfhip of Blockley, and Hamlets of Draycot and 
ring in the Parifh of Blockley, and County of Wor. 
cefter : 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Open and Con- 
mon Field, Downs, and Commonable Lands, within the 
Manor and Parith of Eaftleach Tourville, in the County 
of Gloucefter : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, and other Commonable 
Lands and Wafte Grounds, within the Parifh and Manor 
of King’s Ripton, in the County of Huntingdon : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing, allotting, and inclofing, the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Lands, and Watte 
Grounds, of, within, and belonging to, the Manor, 
oe and Liberties, of Wing, in the County of Rut- 
and: 

An A&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
and certain other Commonable, Places, and Open Fields, 
within the Parifh of Kirton, in the Parts of Holland, in 
the County of Lincoln: 

An Aé for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Open Fields, and certain other Commonable Places, be- 
longing to, and in the Parith of Wigtoft, in the County of 
Lincolu : 

An Aé&amp; for dividing and inclofing the Common Fen, 
Common Marfh, and other Commonable Places, within 
the Parifh of Sutterton, in the County of Lincoln : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing a certain Moor, or 
Common, called Ham/fteels Moor, within the Parifh and 
riseed of Lanchefter, in the County Palatine of Dur- 

am : 

An Act for dividing and inclofing the Open Fields, 


Meadows, Common Paftures, and Wafte Grounds, in 


the Parifh of Lanebam, in the County of Nottingham : 

An A&amp; to diffolve the Marriage of George Collier, 
Efquire, with Chriftiana Gwyn, his now Wife ; and to en- 
able him to marry again ; and for other Purpofes there- 
in mentioned : 

An Act for naturalizing Frederick Cazenove : 

An Act for naturalizing Paul Pourtalés and Francis 
Gabriel Charles Muller. 


An ingrofled Bill for the better Relief and Employ- 
ment of the Poor, within that Part of the Parifh of Saint 
Sepulchre, which is in the County of Middlefex ; and 
for paving, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulat- 
ing, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, 
and Open Paffages and Places, within the fame, and 

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for removing Annoyances therefrom ; and for making 
the Communication between Charter Houfe Square and 
Saint Fobn Street, through Charter Houfe Lane, more con- 
venient, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the better Relief and Employment of 
the Poor, within that Part of the Parifh of Saint Sepul- 
chre, which is in the County of Middlefex ; and for pav- 
ing, cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, the 
Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and 
Open Paffages and Places, within the fame, and for re- 
moving Annoyances therefrom; and for making the 
Communication between Charter Houfe Square and Saint 
Fobn Street, through Charter Houfe Lane, more conve- 
nient. 

Ordered, That Colonel Luttrell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for the better Regulation of Buildings 
and Party Walls, within the Cities of Loudca and Wej- 
minfter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parifhes, 
Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, 
the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon and Paddington, Saint 
Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of Middie- 
fex and for the better preventing of Mifchiefs by Fire, 
within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Precinéts, and 
Places ; and for amending and reducing the Laws relat- 
ing thereto into One Act ; and for other Purpofes, was 
committed; That the Committee had examined the Al- 
fegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and niade 
feveral Amendments thereunto ; which they had direét- 
ed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report 
in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Report be taken into Confi- 
deration To-morrow Morning. 


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for vetting the fettled Eftates of Humphry Minchin, 
Efquire, in the County of Tipperary, in the Kingdom of 
Ireland, in Truftees, to fell the fame; and for laying 
out the Money arifing thereby in the Purchafe of other 
Eftates, in that Part of Great Britain called England, or 
in the Principality of Wales, to be fettled to the fame 
Ufes, was committed ; That the Committee had exa- 
mined, and found, that the ftanding Orders of the 
Houfe, concerning Notices to be given in Ireland, be- 
fore any Private Bill relating to E,ftates there be brought 
in, had been complied with; and that the Committee 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the 
fame to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had directed him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, 
upon the Bill to explain, amend, and render more effec- 
tual, an Aét, made in the Seventh and Eighth Years of 
King William the Third, intituled, An Act for the fur- 
ther regulating Elections of Members to ferve in Par- 
jiament, and for the preventing irregular Proceedings of 
Sheriffs and other Officers in the ele¢ting and returning 
fuch Members, be now read. . 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

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Mr. Alderman Harley took the Chair of thie Cornmit- 
tee. : 
Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. | 

Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Comimittee, 
That they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning, 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Roads 
from Sheetbridge to Port/mouth, and from Horn Dean 
to Havant, and from Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike 
Road, near Ropley, in the County of Southampton, was 
read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Sheetbridge to Port{mouth, and from Petersfield to the 
Alton Turnpike Road, near Ropley, in the County of 
Southampton, 

Ordered, That Mr. Folliffe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. ' 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
upon the Bill to continue and amend an Aét, made in 
the Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act to prevent the 
committing of Frauds by Bankrupts, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
e report, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the 
ame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow 
Morning. 


The other Order of the Day being read ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee of the 
whole Houfe, upon the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An A&amp; to veft, in Truftees to be fold, cer- 
tain Eftates in the Counties of York, Weftmoreland, and 
Lancafter, which belonged to Ann Fenwick, Widow, be- 
fore her Intermarriage ; and for the Relief of the faid Ann 
Fenwick, in fuch Manner as in the faid Act is mentioned, 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Fack/on took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Yackfon reported from the Committee, That they 
had confidered the Petition of Thomas Fenwick, Efquire, 
referred to the Confideration of the faid Committee, and 
had heard the Petitioner, by his Counfel; and had alfo 
heard Counfel in Favour of the faid Bill; and that the 
Committee had dite&amp;ted him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment : And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be read the Third Time 
To-mortow Morning. : 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn« 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 


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782 
Veneris, 22° die Maiti; 
Anno 12° Georgii III“ Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


IR Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, inti- 
tuled, An Aét for vefting in Truftees certain Eftates, 
fituate in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, upon Truft to 
fell and difpofe of the fame, and inveft the Monies arif- 
ing thereby in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fet- 
tled to fuch of the Ufes of the Will of William Wall, de- 
ceafed, as are now fubfifting, was committed ; That the 
Committee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had dire¢ted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 
And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bilt 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Francis Vincent reported from the Committee, to 
“whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting certain Eftates, belonging to the Drapers 
Company of the City of London, in the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, freed and difcharged 
from certain Charities, to which the fame are fubject ; and 
for vefting other Eftates, belonging to the faid Governor 
and Company of the Bank, in the iaid Company of Dra- 
ers, fubjeét to the before mentioned Charities, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their,Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, 
without any Amendment : And he delivered the Bill 
in at the Clerk’s Table. 
And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 
Ordered, That Sir Francis Vincent do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Rice reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; to veft 
in Walter Lloyd, Efquire, and. others, a {mall Quantity 
of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe of the Rectory of Man- 
erdivy, in the County of Pembroke, in Confideration of 
acertain yearly Rent thereby fecured; and for other Pur- 
pofes therein mentioned, was committed ; That the Com- 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satif- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
directed him to report the Bill to the Honfe, without 
any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at the 
Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

‘Ordered, That Mr. Rice do carry the Bill to the Lords; 
and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed to the 
fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill fos inrolling, in the Court of Chancery in 
Great Britain, an Exemplification of the Will of Chri/- 
topber Robinfon, \ate of the Colony of Virginia in Ame- 
vica, deceafed, to be made under the Provincial Seal of 
the faid Colony ; and for making Copies of fuch Inroll- 


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ment Evidence in Great Britain , and for other Purpofes 
therein mentioned, was read a Second Time, 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Vane 
Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this Af. 
ternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s Cham. 
ber. 

Ordered, That the faid Committee have Leave to fir, 


and proceed upon the faid Bill, upon Monday Morning 
next. 


Mr. Rodinfon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
eftablifhing a Lottery ; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned, was committed, the Amendments which the 
Committee had made to the Bill; and which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe ; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout, and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Hou, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Mr. Robinfow, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to ex. 
plain and amend fo much of an A&amp;, made in the Sixth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment of Lazarets, was 
committed, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s ‘Fable : Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout, and then a 
Second Time, One by One; and, upon the ry 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Mr. Robinfon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
preventing Frauds and Abufes, in relation to the Trade 
carried on between Great Britain and Ireland, was com- 
mitted, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofied. 


Mr. Robinfon, according to Order, reported from 
the Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill 
for granting a Drawback of Part of the Cuftoms upon 
the Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and the Britifb 
Dominions in America; for altering the Drawback 
upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great Britain to 
Ireland, for continuing the Bounty on the Exportatio# 
of Britifo-made Cordage; for allowing the Importation 
of Rice from the Britif Plantations into the Ports of 
Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, and Whitehaven, for im- 
mediate Exportation to Foreign Parts ; and to impower 
the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation to adminifter 
the Oath, and grant the Certificate, required by Law, 
upon the Removal of certain Goods to London, which have 
been fent into the Country for Sale, was committed, the 
Amendments which the Committee had made to the 
Bill; and which they had direéted him to report to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and af- 
terwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in 
at the Clerk’s Table: Where the Amendments were 
Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One 

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by One; and, upon the Queftion feverally put there- of Frauds in the Revenues of Excife; with refpeé to 
upon, were, with an Amendment to One of them; Tea, Soap, Low Wines, and Spirits; was read the 
agreed to by the Houfe. Third Time. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
ingrofied. be, An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds 
| | in the Revenues of Excife, with refpeét to Tea; Soap, 
An ingroffed Bill for the moré effe€tual preventing Low Wines, and Spirits. 
of Frauds in the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parch- — Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
ment, Paper, and Cards, was read the Third Time. Lords, and defire their Concurrence; 
Refolved, That the Bill do pais: And that the Title 
be, An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frauds _ A Petition of the Innkeepers of Manchefter, in the 
in the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, County Palatine of Lancajter, was prefented to the 
and Cards. Houle, and read ; Setting forth, That, by the great Rife 
Ordered, That Mr. Rodinfon do carry the Bill to the and Increafe in the Price of Corn, Hay, Straw, and 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. other Provifions and Neceffaries of Life, the Petitioners 
; are very confiderable Lofers, by being obliged to receive, 
An ingrofied Bill to enable the Lords of the Trea- and provide for, His Majefty’s Troops and Soldiers at - 
fury to difcharge the Executors of Lady Anne Jekyll, the Pay now allowed by Government for their Support : 
and the Reprefentatives of the late Sir. fofeph Fekyll, And therefore praying the Houfe, to take their Cafe 
from a Debt due to His Majefty, for the Ufe of the into Confideration, and to grant them fuch Relief as 
Sinking Fund, upon Payment of the fame into the {hall feem proper. 
Exchequer, was read the Third Time. Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét to enable the Lords of the Treafury to An ingroffed Bill for making, and keeping in Repair, 
difcharge the Executors of Lady Anne Jekyll, from a a Road, or Paflage for Hories, on the Banks of the 
Debt due to His Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking River Severn, between Bewdley Bridge, and a Place 
Fund, upon Payment of the fame into the Exchequer. called Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and 
Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon do carry the Bill to the drawing Veffels along the faid River; and for mak- 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. ing Compenfation to the Owners of Lands, for as 
7 much Ground as may be neceflary for that Purpofe, 
Ani ingroffed Bill to continue feveral Laws relating was read the Third Time. 
to the Landing of Rum or Spirits, of the Britif/Sugar | The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
Plantations, before the Duties of Excife are paid there- to be made to the Bill; viz. ; 
on; and to the further Punifhment of Perions going Pr. 17. 1. 7. To leave out “is,” and infert ‘‘ may 


armed or difguifed in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms “ hereafter be” inftead thereof. 

or Excife; and to the Relief of the Officers of the Pr. 18. lL. 19. To leave out from the Beginning of 
Cuftoms in Informations upon Seizures ; to the Al- _ the Line to “* Provided,” in Line 27. 
fowance upon the Exportation of Britifh-made Gun- 1. 31. To leave out “ pafs or repafs with” 
powder ; to the giving further Encouragement for the and infert ‘* permit” inftead thereof. 
Importation of Naval Stores from the Britif Colonies 1. 33. At the End of the Line, to add * to 
in America, to the further encouraging the Manufac- ‘* pafs or repafs” 


ture of Britifo Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on — And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
Foreign Sail Cloth ; to the granting a Liberty to carry feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
Sugars, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufaéture, of the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

any of His Majefty’s Sugar Colonies, direétly into Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
Foreign Parts, in Ships built in Great Britain, and be, An Act for making, and keeping in Repair, a 
navigated according to Law; to the free Importation Road, or Paflage for Horfes; on the Banks of the Ri- 
of Cattle from Ireland ; and to the regulating the ver Severn, between Bewdley Bridge; and a Place called 
Fees of Officers of the Cuftoms and Naval Officers in The Meadow Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, fot hating and 


America, was read the Third Time. drawing Veffels along the faid River ; and for other 
The Amendment following was propofed to be made Purpofes therein mentioned. 
tothe Bill; viz. Ordered, That Mr. Baldwyn do carry the Bill to the 


Pr. 1. |. 12. To leave out from “fame” to “that” Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 

in Pr. 3. 1. 33. : 

And the faid inetttane was, upon the Queftion Ordered, That the Order of the Day; for the Houfe 
put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe ; and the Bill to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, 
was amended at the Table accordingly. ) upon the Bill for granting to His Majefty a certain 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund ; and for ap- 
be, An Aét to continue feveral Laws, relating to the plying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service 
Allowance upon the Exportation of Britifb-made Gun- of the Year 1772, be now read. 
powder ; to the giving further Encouragement for the And the faid Order being read accordingly 5 
Importation of Naval Stores from the Britifb Colonies Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
in America; to the further encouraging the Manufac- mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe of 
ture of Britifh Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable Credit. ae , 
on Foreign Sail Cloth; to the granting a Liberty to Ordered, That it be an Inftruction to the faid Com- 
carry Sugars, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufac- mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe of 
ture, of any of His Majefty’s Sugar Colonies, directly Appropriation, 2 
into Foreign Parts, in Ships built in Great Britain, Ordered, That it be an Inftrudtion to the faid Com- 
and navigated according to Law; to the free Importa- mittee, that they have Power to receive a Claufe, for 
tion of Cattle from Jreland ; and to the regulating the making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery 
Fees of Officers of the Cuftoms and Naval Officers in Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or 


America. other Orders, loft, burnt, or otherwife deftroyed. 
Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon do carty the Bill to the _ Ordered, That fo much of His Majefty’s moft gra- 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. cious Speech to both Houfes of Parliament, upon the 


- 5th Day of November 1763, as relates to the Money 
An ingroffed Bill for the more effectual preventing arifing from the Sale of Prizes vefted in the Crown, 


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784 
and to the Sums which fhould arife by the Sale of the 
Ceded Iflands, being applied to the Public Service, be 
referred to the faid Committee. 

Then the Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Com- 
mittee. : 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Robinfon took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Robinjon reported from the Committee, That 
they had gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amend- 
ments thereunto; which they had directed him ta re- 
port, when the Houfe will pleafe to receive the fame. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill for 
repairing and widening the Road from Raffles, near 
the City of Carlifle, to Wigton, and from thence to the 
South End of Hunda Lane, and alfo the Road from 
Wigton to Abbey Holme, and from Wigton to Chalkbeck, 
in the County of Cumberland, was committed, be now 
read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

Ordered, That the faid Report be received upon this 
Day Three Months. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Anguifh and 
Mr. Pechell: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have paffed a Bill, intituled, An Aét for 
vefting in William Rufel, and his Heirs, in Fee Sim- 
ple, feveral Mefluages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in 
the County of Worcefter, comprifed in his Marriage 
Settlement, difcharged from the Ufes of the faid Set- 
tlement; and for fettling other Meffuages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, of the faid William Rufel, in the County 
of Warwick, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof ; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned; to which 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 

And the faid Bill was read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


An ingroffed Bill to repeal an Act, paffed in the 
Twenty-firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the 
Firft, intituled, An Act to prevent the deftroying and 
murdering of Baftard Children ; and for more effectually 
preventing the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch 
Children ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Act to repeal an Act, paffed in the Twenty- 
firft Year of the Reign of King Fames the Firft, in- 
tituled, An Act to prevent the deftroying and murder- 
ing of Baftard Children; and for more effectually pre- 
venting the Concealment of the Deaths of fuch Children, 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Bacon informed the Houfe, That the Selec 
Committee, who were appointed to try and determine 
the Merits of the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Milborn Port, in the County of Somerfet, 
have determined, 

That George Prefcott, Efquire, the Petitioner, ought 
to have been returned a Burgeis to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Milborn Port, in the 
County of Somerfet : 

And alfo, That the faid Committee have determined, 

That the faid George Pre/cott, Efquire, is duly eleét- 
ed a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the faid Borough of Mélborn Port. 

And the faid Determinations were ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerk of the Crown do 


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attend this Houfe upon Monday Morning next, wi; 
the Return for the ati. of Milborn “a &gt; Mee 
County of Somerfet; and amend the fame, by rafin 
out the Name of Richard Combe, Efquire, and infertin 
the Name of George Prefcott, Efquire, inftead thereof. 


Refolved, That this Houfe will, at the Rifine of 
Houfe this Day, adjourn till Monday Morning ce” 


Ordered, That Mr. Howard do make the 
from the Committee of the whole Houfe, to r Pog 
Bill to continue and amend an A&amp;, made in the Fifth 
Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the 
Second, intituled, An Aé to prevent the committin, 
of Frauds by Bankrupts, was committed. : 

Mr. Howard accordingly reported from the faid Com. 
mittee, the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had directed to be 
reported to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


A Petition of Mary Hofey, was prefented to 
Houfe, and read; Setting ook. That the Petitioner i 
now in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this 
Houfe, for having prevaricated, and otherwife mifbe- 
haved, in giving her Evidence before the Seleét Com- 
mittee appointed to hear and determine the Merits of 
the Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Milborn Port, inthe County of Somerfet; and alleging 
that the Petitioner is truly fenfible of the Heinoufnels of 
her Offence, and humbly afks Pardon for the fame : 
and reprefenting to the Houfe, that the longer Con- 
finement of the Petitioner will be of the utmoft Detri- 
ment to herfelf and Family: And therefore prayin 
po meres mge of her diftreffed Gircuthiisnecs 
and Sorrow for her faid Offence, fhe m 
from her Confinement. c eae 

Ordered, That the faid Mary Hofey be immedi 
brought to the Bar of this Houfe, ‘agin to her Being 
difcharged. , 

Mary Hofey was accordingly brought to the Bar; 
— fhe et a Reprimand from Mr. Speaker ; 
and was ordered to be difcharged o ; : 
paying her Fees. i mach a 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the Thi 
Reading of the ingrofled Bill from ihe hens, ater 
An Act to veft in Truftees, to be fold, certain Eftates, 
in the Counties of York, Weftmoreland, and Lancafter, 
which belonged to Ann Fenwick, Widow, before her 
Intermarriage ; and for the Relief of the faid Ann Fen- 
wick, in fuch Manner as in the faid A&amp; is mentioned 
be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

a “4 Bill was read the Third Time. 

e Amendments following were fe 
be made to the Bill; viz. . si 5 a 
Pr. 23. 1.12. After “ paid” to infert * by the Or- 
“© der of the faid Court of Exche- 
“© quer.” : 
I. 14. After “ Affigns” to infert © or any 
‘* Perfon or Perfons now having 
“¢ any Lien or Incumbrance on the 
** faid Eftates, or any Part thereof, 
“his, her, or their Executors, 
. “ Adminiftrators or Affigns.” 
r _ vs —— —_ put oo the Words « by 
rder of the faid Court of Exchequer” be i 
after the Word “ paid ;” | pena 


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XUM 


72. 


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In the 
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of the 
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12 Geo. III. 


The Houfe divided. 

The Yeas went forth. ; 

Tellers for the Yeas, } ot tee om s i 15. 
Lord Folkeftone, 

Tellers for the Noes, war Wilbrabam Bootle : € 2° 


So it paffed in the Negative. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lord Folkeftone do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


The other Orders of the Day being read 5 
Ordered; That the Report, which was made from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for the better Regulation 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


of Buildings and Party Walls, within the Cities of Loz- 
don and Weftminfter, and the Liberties thereof, and other 
the Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills 
of Mortality, the Parifhes of Saint Mary /e Bon and Pad- 
dington, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the 
County of Middlefex ,; and for the better preventing of 
Mifchiefs by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Pa- 
rifhes; Precinéts, and Places; and for amending and re- 
ducing the Laws relating thereto into One Aét, and for 
other Purpofes, was committed, be taken into Confide- 


ration upon Monday Morning next. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill to explain, amend, 
and render more effe€tual, an Act, made in the Seventh 
and Eighth Years of King William the Third, intituled, 
An Aét for the further regulating Elections of Members 
to ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing irregular 
Proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the elect- 
ing and returning fuch Members, was committed, be 
taken into Confidleration upon Monday Morning next. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 25° die Maii; 
Anno 12° Georgii I[I*i Regis, 1772 


PRAYERS. 


HE Deputy Clerk of the Crown attending, ac- 
| cording to Order, amended the Return for the 
Borough of Milborn Port, in the County of Somer/et. 


Anh ingroffed Bill to continue and amend an Act, made 
in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
George the Second, intituled, An Act to prevent the 
committing of Frauds by Bankrupts, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aét to continue an Act, made in the Fifth Year 
of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, An Aé to prevent the committing of Frauds 
by Bankrupts; and for making Provifion for difcharging 
Bankrupts in certain Cafes from their Imprifonment. 

Ordered, That Mr. Howard do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for eftablifhing a Lottery; and for 
other Purpofes therein mentioned, was read the Third 
Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An A&amp; for redeeming One million Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds of the Capital Stocks of Three Pounds 
per Centum Annuities, in the Manner, and on the Terms, 
therein mentioned ; and for eftablifhing a Lottery. 

Vor. XXXII. 


§ 2 
795 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Whitworth do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Mr. Alexander Popham reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; to enable Fobn Rolle, Etquire, and Judith Maria 
Walrond, Spinfter, to make Settlements on the Marriage 
intended between them, notwithftanding their refpeétive 
Minorities, was committed ; That the Committee had 
examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had directed him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment : 
And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Popham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe 
hath agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Alderman Harley reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for vefting the Manor of Eaft Lavant, and divers 
Meffuages and Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the 
County of Suffex, intailed by the Will of the Right ho- 
nourable Mary late Countefs Dowager of Derby, deceafed, 
in Truftees, to be fold; and for purchafing other Lands, 
and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the like Ufes, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaétion of the Committeé ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to 
report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were read ; and are as followeth; viz. 

Pr. rr. 1.34. Leave out “ or,” and infert *¢ Tithes,” 

1. 35. After “* Tenements,” infert ‘ or He- 
“ reditaments,” and after “ of,” 
infert *¢ Cuftomary or.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houfe. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Harley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments ; to which 

Amendments this Houfe doth defire the Concurrence of 
their Lordfhips. 


An ingroffed Bill to explain and amend fo much of 
an Aét, made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late 
Majefty King George the Second, as relates to the Efta- 
blifhment of Lazarets, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé&amp; to explain and amend fo much of an Aét, 
made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment 
of Lazarets. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rodinfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingrofied Bill for preventing Frauds and Abufes, 
in relation to the Trade carried on between Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And thatthe Title be, 
An Aé&amp; for preventing Frauds and Abufes, in relation to 
the Trade carried on between Great Britain and Ireland. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Robdinfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting 2 Drawback of Part 
9 0 of 








786 


of the Cuftoms upon the Exportation of Tea to Ireiand, 
and the Britifob Dominions in America ; for altering the 
Drawback upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland; for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Britifo made Cordage; for allow- 
ing the Importation’ of Rice from the Britis Planta- 
tions into the Ports of Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, 
and Whitebaven, for immediate Exportation to Foreign 
Parts; and to impower the Chief Magiftrate of any 
Corporation to adminifter the Oath, and grant the Cer- 
tificate, required by Law upon the Removal of certain 
Goods to London, which have been fent into the Coun&gt; 
try for Sale, was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting a Drawback of Part of the 
Cuftoms upon the Exportation of Tea to Jreland, and 
the Britifo Dominions in America , for altering the 
Drawback upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland; for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Britifh made Cordage; for allowing 
the Importation of Rice from the Britifo Plantations 
into the Ports of Brifol, Liverpool, Lancafter, and White- 
haven, for immediate Exportation to Foreign Parts ; 
and to impower the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation 
to adminifter the Oath, and grant the Certificate, re- 
quired by Law upon the Removal of certain Goods to 
London, which have been fent into the Country for Sale. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon do carry to the Lords 
the ingrofied Bill for the more effectual preventing of 
Frauds in the Revenues of Excife, with refpect to Tea, 
Soap, Low Wines, and Spirits, and defire the Concur- 
rence of their Lordfhips thereto. 


Ordered, That Mr. Robinfon do carry to the Lords 
the ingroffed Bill for the further Encouragement of the 
Herring Fifhery on the Coafts of the Ifle of Man ; and 
for obviating a Doubt which has arifen, with refpect to 
the allowing the Bounties upon the Britifh White Her- 
ring Fifhery in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy-one, and defire the Concurrence of their 
Lordfhips thereto. 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Robdinfon do carry to the Lords, 
the ingroffed Bill to explain and amend an Act, made 
in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
intituled, An A&amp; for altering the Stamp Duties upon 
Policies of Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance 
to be made in refpeé&amp;t of the prompt Payment of the 
Stamp Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and 
other excifeable Licuors ; and for explaining and amend- 
ing feveral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hackney 
Coaches and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hack- 
ney Coaches, and defire the Concurrence of their Lord- 
fhips thereto. 


Mr. Rodinfon, according to Order, reported from the 
Committee of the whole Houfe, to whom the Bill for 
granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Money, out 
of the Sinking Fund, and for applying certain Monies 
therein mentioned for the Service of the Year 1772, was 
committed ; the Amendments which the Committee had 
made to the Bill; and which they had direéted him to 
report to the Houfe ; and he read the Report in his 
Place ; and. afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendments were Once read throughout ; and then 
a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the Houtfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrofied. 


Sir Edward Afiley reported from the Committee, to 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


(AL1772, 


whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting certain Freehold and Copyhold Heredi. 
taments, in Weeting, in the County of Norfolk, Part of 
the fettled Eftate of Philip Champion Crefpigny, Efquire 
in Truftees, to be fold; and for laying out the Money 
to arife by Sale thereof in the Purchafe of other Lands 
and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as 
the faid Premiffes in Weeting-now ftand limited, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the A]. 
legations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Confent 
to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and 
that the Committee had directed him to report the Bil] 


_ to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he de- 


livered the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved,. That the Bill do pafs. . 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Aftley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Burrell reported from the Committee, to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the Sale of certain Meffuages, Lands, Tenemerits, 
Hereditaments, and Premiffes, in the Parith of Sain 
George the Martyr, and Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, Part of the fettled Eftate of Hohn Bul- 
lock, Efquire, and Elizabeth his Wife; and tor laying 
out the Money arifing by Sale thereof in the Purchale 
of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, was 
committed ; That the Committee had examined the Alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confent tothe 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Burrell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


An ingroffed Bill for encouraging the Manufacture of 
Leather, by lowering the Duty payable upon the Im- 
portation of Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark 
fhall exceed a certain Rate, for a limited Time, was 
read the Third Time. 


The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; viz. ; 
Pr. 6.1. 33. After “ fhall” to infert be figned, 
© and tranfmitted to the Colleétor 
“* of the Cuftoms, as aforefaid, and 
*¢ fhall.” 

Pr. 9. 1. laft. To leave out “ Seven” and infert 
“‘ Five” inftead thereof. 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 
the Bill was amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for encouraging the Manufaéture of Leather, 
by lowering the Duty payable upon the Importation of 
Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark thall exceed 
a certain Rate, for a limited Time. 

Ordered, That Mr. Burrell do. carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whorh the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, 
intituled, An Act for Sale of One undivided Fourth 
Part of the Lands of Innerleith, lying in the County of 
Edinburgh, and. of One undivided Fourth Part of the 
Lands of Darnchefter, in the County of Berwick, being 
Parts of the entailed Eftate of Colonel fames Cathcart, 
deceaied ; and for purchafing other Lands and Eftates, 
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XUM 


~_ mr de hies ao te ar 


72, 


ed, An 
Heredi- 
Part of 
‘{quire, 
Money 
* Lands 
Ufes as 
as com. 
the Al]. 
P true ; 
Confent 
€; and 
the Bill 
1 he de- 


Bill to 
ife hath 


&gt; whom 
An A&amp; 
ements, 
of Saint 
in the 
obn Bul. 
r laying 
-urchale 
les, was 
he Alle. 
le; and 
it to-the 
that the 
1 to the 
elivered 


to the 
| agreed 


éture of 
he Im- 
ch Bark 


ne, was 
ropofed 


figned, 
olleétor 
id, and 


1 infert 


ueftion 
e; and 


e Title 
eather, 
ition of 
exceed 


| to the 


om the 
Lords, 
Fourth 
inty of 
of the 
_ being 
thcart, 
‘ftates, 

to 


42 Geo. III. 





to be fettled, in Lieu theréof, upon the fame Perfons; 
and to the like Ufes and Purpofes, was committed ; 


_ That the Committee had examined the Allegations 


of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to 
the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Coms 
mittee had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe; 
without any Amendment : And he delivered the Bill in 
at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Timé. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That the Lerd Advocate of Scotland do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 
this Houfe hath agteed to the fame, without any 
Amendment. 


The Lord Advocate of Scotland reported from the 
Committee, to whom the ingrofied Bill from the 
Lords, intituled, An Aét for giving further Powers 
to the Truftees named in a certain Act of Parliament; 
made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His prefent 
Majefty, intituled, “* An A&amp; to impower the Truftees 
* of the Will of the late General Pulteney, and other 
« Truftees appointed by this Act, to. purehafe and exs 
«« change Lands and Grounds; in the Manor of Batb- 
“ wick, in the County of Somerfet, for the Purpofe of 
«‘ making certain Roads and Ways to and from a free 
*« Bridge by them intended to be built over the River 
«“ Avon, in the faid County; and alfo to impower the 
« Perfons in Pofleffion of the faid Eftate, for the Time 
“ being, under the faid Will, to grant Leafes of certain 
« Jands and Houfes in the faid Manor; and likewife 
** to enable the faid Truftees to grant certain Grounds 
«and Springs of Water, within the faid Manor of 
« Bathwick, to the Mayor, Aldetmen, and Citizens, of 
« Bath; and for extending the Jurifdiction of the faid 
“Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens; over Part of the 
*¢ faid Manor of Bathwick; and for other Purpofes 
« therein mentioned ;” and for enlarging the Powers of 
leafing given by the faid Ac to the Petfons therein 
named; and for other Purpofes, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of 
the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, 
to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made an 
Amendment thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the 
Amendment, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
Amendment was read; and is as followeth; viz. 

Pr. 18. 1.27. After “¢ refpectively” infert Claufe A. 

Claufe (A.) ‘And whereas it may be convenient 
“ to enter into Contracts for grant- 
“ing fuch Leafe or Leafes, with 
“¢.and under the Reftrictions herein- 
“ before mentioned, upon Condi- 
«tion, that fo foon as the Houfes 
ss intended to be built hall be 
“covered in, or if agreed to be 
“ repaired only, fo foon as the Re- 
“‘ pairs agreed upon fhall be exe- 
“‘ cuted, the faid Leafe or Leafes 
* fhall be granted to the Perfon or 
*¢ Perfons contracting for the fame; 
«Be it therefore Enacted by the 
«¢ Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
“ and may be lawful to and for the 
“ faid William Pulteney and Frances 
“&lt; Pulteney, jointly, during their 
« joint Lives, by Indenture or In- 
“¢ dentures, under their Hands and 
“ Seals, and after the Deceafe of 
“ the faid William Pulteney, in cafe 
“the faid Frances Pulteney thall 
“‘ furvive him, to and for the faid 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


. Qn 
197 
“ Frances Pulteney alone, and by 
* herfelf; and after their feveral 
“* Deceafes, to and for the feveral ~ 
* Perfons, who for the Time being 
* fhall be intitled to any Eftate 
“of Freehold or Inheritance in 
“© Poffeffion, either in Law or in 
“ Equity, of and in the faid Manor 
“¢ and Premifies, or any Part there- 
* of, or who fhall, for the Time 
“* being, be intitled to be in the 
*¢ actual Receipt, fubject to the faid 
** Mortgage or Mortgages, Demife _ 
“‘ or Demifes, fo to be made by or 
“* under the Authority of this Act; 
“ of the Rents, Iffues, and Profits, 
* of any of the faid Premifies, un- 
“‘der or by virtue of any of the 
* Devifes or Limitations contained 
“in the Will of the faid Harry 
*¢ Pulteney, and to or for the Guar- 
“ dian or Guardians of any fuch 
*¢ Perfon or Perfons as fhall or may, 
* during his, her, or their Infancy, be 
“ refpectively intitled as aforetaid, 
* under the faid Devifes or Limita- 
“ tions, by Indenture or Indentures, 
* under his, her, or their, Hand and 
*¢ Seal, or Hands and Seals, to 
“enter into fuch Contracts for 
ie  oranting Leafes as aforefaid.” 
The faid Amendment being read a Second Time, was; 
upon the Queftion put thereupon, difagreed to by the 
Houfe. 
And the faid Bill was read the Third Time: 
Refolved, That the Bill do pats. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate of Scotland do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 


this Houfe hath agreed to the fame, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered; ‘That the Order of the Day, for the Houfe 
to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houtfe, 
upon the Bill for vefting im His Majefty certain Here- 
ditaments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, be- 
longing to Catharine Vifcountels Fitzwilliam, and held 
by Leafe from the Crown; and for vefting the Freehold 
and Inheritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold He- 
reditaments at Richmond aforefaid, in Truftees and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz- 
william, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned, be now read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee. 

Mr. Speaker left the Chair. 

Mr. Onjflew took the Chair of the Committee. 

Mr. Speaker refumed the Chair. 

Mr. Onflow reported from the Committee, That they 
had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found 
the fame to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faétion of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had directed him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment: And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrofled; 


Ordered, ‘That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of a Knight of the Shire to ferve in this 
prefent Parliament for the County of Montgomery, in 
the room of Edward Kynajfton, Efquire, deceafed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Car- 

dington, 








788 


dington, in the prefent Turnpike Road between Hitchin 
and Bedford, to Great Barford Bridge ; and for con- 
tinuing a Road from thence to the Great Northern 
Road, near Temsford Bridge, in the County of Bed- 
ford, was committed ; .That the Committee had exa- 
mined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made feveral Amendments thereunto; which 
they had direéted him to report to the Houfe ; and he 
read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered 
the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Ta- 
ble: Where the Amendments were Once read through- 
out; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed 
to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Sir Charles Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, ac- 
cording to Order, a Bill for the better Regulation of the 
Nightly Watch, and Beadles, within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent; and for 
other the Purpofes therein mentioned: And the fame 
was received ; and read the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 


A Petition of the Innkeepers of the Town of Market 
Harborough, in the County of Leicefter, was _prefented 
to the Houfe, and read ; Complaining of the Hardfhips 
which the Petitioners allege they labour under from 
the prefent Mode of quartering Soldiers and Horfes ; 
and fetting forth, That the Petitioners apprehend, if it 
was left to the Option of each Innkeeper to provide 
Hay and Straw for the Horfes to be quartered on him 
at the prefent Price of Six Pence each Night, or only 
to provide the Troops with convenient Stables and 
Neceffaries for the Horfes gratis, as the Innkeepers fhall 
find moft convenient in future Times (this Alteration not 
ta extend to Troops on a March, or employed on 
the Recruiting Service) the fame would remedy the 
Grievance complained of : And therefore praying the 
Houfe to take the Complaints of the Petitioners into 
Confideration, and grant them the Relief propofed, or 
fuch other Alterations in the Laws for quartering Sol- 
diers, as to the Houfe fhall be found moft proper 
for His Majefty’s Service, and the Eafe of His Subjects. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill for regulating the Settlements of Baftard 
Children, was read a Second Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Whit- 
worth, Mr. Whitbread, &amp;c.: And they are to meet this 
Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. ; 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 

Cuddon : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to enable the Lords Commiffioners of His Majefty’s 
Treafury to order and allow, ‘out of the Money arifing 
by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein mentioned, 
for'the Expences of profecuting Offenders againft the 
Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above the Sum 
yearly allowed for that Service ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for continuing an Aét, made in the Tenth Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, to prevent the further 
fpreading of the contagious Diforder among the Horned 
Cattle, in Great Britain, without any Amendment: 
And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, and 
loaded Horfes, and for removing Obftruétions and 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 4942, 
Nufances upon the Streets and Highways, within that 
Part of Great Britain called Scotland; without any 
Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
to enable the Lord Bifhop of Durham, and his Suc. 
ceffors, to raife a competent Sum of Money, to be 
applied for the repairing, improving, or re-building, 
fuch Part of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Dur. 
ham; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of {mall Debts, 
within the Borough and Foreign of Kidderminfter, in 
the Parith of Kidderminfter, in the County of Worcefter : 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A@ 
to extinguifh the Right of Common upon an Acre of 
Ground, called White Lyon or Hangman’s Acre, in Saint 


George’s Fields, in the County of Surrey; without any 


Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Paftures, Common 
Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the Parith of 
Moulton, in the County of Northampton, without any 
Amendment: And alfo, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing and inclofing certain Commons and 
Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Appleby, in the 
arr of Weftmoreland ; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for inclofing, dividing, allotting, and improving, cer- 
tain Common Woods and Moor Lands, within the 
Borough and Parith of Wigmore, in the County of Here- 

-ford ; without any Amendment : And alfo, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing and allotting the Common Fftlds, Com- 
mon Meadows, Downs, and Commonable Lands, 
in the feveral Parifhes of Letcomb Bafft, otherwife 


Upper Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of Berks;. 


without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for dividing ‘and inclofing certain Open Parcels of 
Arable and Pafture Grounds, in the Manor of Much 
Wenlock, otherwife Wenlock Magna, otherwife Great 
Wenlock, in the County of Salop; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 


for dividing and inclofing the Common and Wafte — 


Grounds, and Open and Common Fields, within the 
Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little Stainton, 
Newbiggin, and Great Blencow, in the Barony of Grey- 
Stock, in the County of Cumberland ; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing and inclofing the Open and Common 
Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and 
Commonable Lands, of and within the Hamlet and 
Liberties of Chariton, in the Parifhes of Newbottle and 


King’s Sutton, or One of them, in the County of Nor- 


thampton, without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for dividing and inclofing certain Commons or Moors, 
within the Townfhip of Rey/ton, in the County of York ; 
without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Mackworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for inrolling, in the Court of Chancery 
in Great Britain, an Exemplification of the Will of 
Chriftopher Robinfon, late of the Colony of Virginia in 
America, deceafed, to be made under the Provincial 
Seal of the faid Colony; and for making Copies 
of fuch Inrollment Evidence in Great Britain, and 
for other Purpofes therein mentioned, was commit- 
ted; That the Committee had examined the Allega- 

3 tions 


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tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their Confent to the 
Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made feveral 
Amendments thereunto; which they had direéted him 
to report to the Houfe; and he read the Report in 
his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with 
the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Amendments were Once read throughout ; and 
then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the 


_Queftion feverally put thereupon, were agreed to by the 


Houte. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingroffed. 


Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for taking into 
Confideration the Report which was ‘made from the 
Committee, to whom the Bill for the better Regulation 
of Buildings and Party Walls, within the Cities of Lon- 
don and Weftminfter, and the Liberties thereof, and 
other the Parifhes, Precinéls, and Places, in the Weekly 
Bills of Mortality, the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon 
and Paddington, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at 
Chelfea, in the County of Middle/ex ; and for the better 
preventing of Mifchiefs by Fire, within the faid Cities, 
Liberties, Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places; and for 
amending and reducing the Laws relating thereto into 
One Act; and for other Purpofes, was committed, be 
riow read. 

And the faid Order being read accordingly ; 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Report into 
Confideration. 

And the faid Report was read. 

And the Amendments, made by the Committee to the 
faid Bill, being feverally read a Second Time, were, 
upon the Queftion feverally put thereupon, agreed to by 
the Houfe. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grofled. 


Sir Edward Bayntun reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for velting a Meffuage, called Highfield Houfe, and 
divers Lands, with the Appurtenances, in the County 
of Gloucefter, the fettled Eftates of Benjamin Fafon Per- 
rott, Efquire, in Truftees, to be fold and conveyed as 
therein mentioned ; and for laying out the Money arifing 
by fuch Sale, in the Purchafe of other Lands and Here- 
ditaments, to be fettled to the like Ufes, was committed ; 
That the Committee had examined the Allegations of the 
Bill, and found the fame to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the 
Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee 
had dire¢ted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, with- 
out any Amendment : And he delivered the Bill in at 
the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Bayntun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
-agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being pro- 


‘pofed, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
providing certain Regulations relative to Negroe and 
other Slaves, who fhall hereafter come or be brought 


into Great Britain or Ireland; 


Ordered, That the other Order of the Day be now 


read. 


And the Order of the Day being accordingly read, for 
receiving the Report from the Committee of the whole 
Houfe, to whom the Bill to explain, amend, and render 
more effectual, an Act, made in the Seventh and Eighth 
Years of King William the Third, intituled, An Act for 
the further regulating Elections of Members to ferve in 
Parliament, and for the preventing irregular Proceedings 


Vor. XX XIII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


Morning. 


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of Sheriffs and other Officers in: the electing and re- 
turning fuch Members, was comnuitted ; 


y : 
Ordered, That the Report be: received To-morrow 


\ 


Ordered, That Mr. Pulteney have Leave to 


, 
Make a 


Motion, it being near Four of the Clock. 


And he moved the Houfe accogdingly. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 


Account of the Expence of His Niajefty’s Navy for the 
laft Five Years ; diftinguifhing each Year, and the feveral 
Heads of Expence. ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Houfe, an 


Account of the Payments made fér His Majefty’s Navy, 
for the laft Five Years ; diftinggifhing each Year, and 
the feveral Heads of Expence. 


Ordered, That there be laid befeee this Houfe, an 


Account of the Monies arifingy from the Sale of old 


Naval Stores, and of the Expenciture of the fame, for 
the laft Five Years. 


And then the Houfe adjournec till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 26° die Maiti; 
Anno 12° Georgi Jil Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


N ingroffed Bill for inrokine, in the Court of 
Chancery in Great Britain, an Exemplification of 
the Will of Chriftopher Robinjon, late of the Colony 
of Virginia in America, deceafed; to be made under the 
Provincial Seal of the faid Colony; and for making 
Copies of iuch Inrollment Evidence in Great Britain ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; was read the 
Third Time. | 
Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for inroliing, in the Court of Chancery in 
Great Britain, an Exemplification of the Will of Cdrif- 
topher Robinfon, late of the Colony of Virginia in America, 
deceafed, to be made under the Provincial Seal of the 
faid Colony ; and for making Copies of fuch Inrollment 
Evidence in Great Britain ,; for enfranchifing certain 
Copyhold Eftates, late the Property of the faid Chri/- 
topber Robinfon, in the County of York, and for making 
Satisfaction to the Prebendary of Dunnington for the 
fame; and for other Purpofes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for the better Regulation of Build- 
ings and Party Walls, within the Cities of London and. 
Weftminfter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the 
Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of 
Mortality, the Parifhes of Saint Mary Je Bon and Pad- 
dington, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in 
the County of Middlefex, and for the better preventing 
of Mifchiefs by Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, 
Parifhes, Precinéts, and Places ; and for amending and 
reducing the Laws relating thereto into One Act; and 
for other Purpofes ; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, ‘That the Bill do pafs : And that the Title 
be, An Aét for the better Regulation of Buildings and 
Party Walls, within the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
fier, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parithes, 
Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, 
the Parifhes of Saint Mary le Bon and Paddington, Saint 
Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of 
Middlefex; and for the better preventing of Mifchiets by 
Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Pre- 
cinéts, and Places ; and for amending and reducing the 
Laws relating thereto into One Acts and for other Pur- 


pofes. 
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790° 
Ordered, That Mr. Mackworth do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for repairing and widening the Road 
from the Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Car- 
dington, in the prefent Turnpike Road between Hitchin 
and Bedford, to Great Barford Bridge, and for con- 
tinuing a Road from thence to the Great Northern Road, 
near Temsford Bridge, in the County of Bedford, was 
read the Third Time. 
The Amendments following were feverally propofed 
to be made to the Bill; vz. 
Pr. 1. 1. 33. After “ Ofory” to infert « the honour- 
“ able Robert Trevor Hampden, the 
« honourable John Trevor.” 

Pr. 2.1.15. After “ Halfey” to infert “ William 
“¢ Hayton.” 

And the faid Amendments were, upon the Queftion 
feverally put thereupon,-agreed to, by the Houle ; and 
the Bill was: amended at the Table accordingly. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the 
Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parifh of Cardington, 
in the prefent Turnpike Road between Hitchin’ and 
Bedford, to Great Barford Bridge ; and for continuing a 
Road from thence to the Great Northern Road near 
Temsford Bridge, in the County of Bedford. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread do carry the Bill to the 
J.ords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for granting to His Majefty a cer- 
tain Sum of Money, out of the Sinking Fund, and for 
applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Ser- 
vice of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Se- 
venty-two; was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Act for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum 
of Money, out of the Sinking Fund ; and for apply- 
ing certain Monies therein. mentioned for the Service 
of the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Se- 
venty-two, and for further appropriating the Supplies 
granted in this Seffion of Parliament ; and for making 
forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, 
Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other Or- 
ders, loft, burnt, or deftroyed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cooper do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


An ingroffed Bill for vefting in His Majefty certain 
Hereditaments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, 
belonging to Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held 
by Leafe from the Crown, and for vefting the Freehold 
and Inheritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold He- 
reditaments at Richmond aforefaid in Truftees, and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz- 
william, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame ; 
and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read 
the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs: And that the Title 
be, An Aé for vefting in His Majefty certain Heredi- 
taments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, belong- 
ing to Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held by 
Leafe from the Crown; and for vefting the Freehold 
and Inheritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold He- 
reditaments at Richmond aforefaid in Truftees, and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz- 
qwilliam, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame ; 
and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Onflow do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and defire their Concurrence. 


Lord George Cavendifh reported from the Committee, 
to whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, 
An Aé&amp; to enable the Moft noble William Duke of De- 
vonfbire to grant Reverfionary Leafes of his Leafehold 
Eitate, in the Parith of Saint Fames Weftininfter, in the 


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A. 17792. 


County of Middlefex, was committed; That the Com. 
mittee had examined the Allegations of the Bill, and 
found the fame to be true; and that the Parties con. 
cerned had given their Confent to the Bill, to the Satis- 
faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee had 
direéted him to report the Bill to the Houfe, without any 
Amendment : And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, Vhat the Bill do pafs. 


Ordered, That Lord George Cavendifh do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this tioufe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


Sir Zohn Wrottefley reported from the Committee, to 
whom the ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act for reinvefting divers Manors, Meffuages, Lands 
Tenements, and Hereditaments, fituate and being . 
the County cf Stafford, late the Eftate of Robert Bar- 
bor, Efquire, deceafed, in the feveral Perfons now in be. 
ing, and for fuch Eftates as they are feveraliy intitled 
under the Will of the faid Robert Barber; and for en. 
abling Fames Mayo and Charles Mayo to join in fuch 
Conveyances as fhall be neceffary for thofe Purpofes 
was committed; That the Committee. had examined 
the Allegations or the Bill, and found the fame to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
Confent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee: 
and that the Committee had direéted him to repor: the 
Bill to the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he 
delivered. the Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pats, 

Ordered, That Sir Fohu Wrottefley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. 


_ Mr. Salt reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aét to im- 
power fames Batjon and Edward Buckley Bat/on, Efquires, 
Teftamentary Guardians of the Perfon and Eftate of Ea- 
ward Pery Buckley, an Infant, to grant Leafes of the 
Eftate of Pery Buckley, Efquire, deceafed, was com- 
mitted ; That the Committee had examined the Alleoa- 
tions of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their Confgnt to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had directed him to report the Bill to the 
Houfe, without any Amendment : And he delivered the 
Bill in at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the faid Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Salt do carry the Bill to the Lords; 
and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed to the 
fame, without any Amendment. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. 
Cuddon : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made by- 


this Houfe, to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; for vefting the 
Manor of Ea/t Lavant, and divers Meffuages and Lands, 
with the Appurtenances, in the County of Sufex, intailed 
by the Will of the Right honourable Mary late Countefs 
Dowager of Derby, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; 
and for purchafing other Lands and Hereditaments, to 
be fettled to the like Ufes: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
to regulate the making, keeping, and Carriage, of Gun- 
powder, within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws 
heretofore made for any of thofe Purpofes; without any 
Amendment: And alo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for incorporating the Members of a Society, com- 
monly called The Marine Society, and their Succeffors, 


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to be elected as therein is mentioned; and for the 
better impowering and enabling them to carry on 
their charitable and ufeful Defigns; with fome Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords defire the Con- 
currence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. _ 

The Houfe proceeded to take the faid Amendments 
into Confideration. 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Pr. 4g i 3%. 

Pr. 14. 1.40. 


Leave out “Six,” and infert *¢ Seven.” 
Leave out “ as aforefaid,” and infert 

* to the Sea Service.” 

After “ Apprenticefhips” infert “ not 

“ being tora lefs Time than Four 

a -“Toms.” 

The faid Amendments being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queition feverally put there- 
pon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gray do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Foufe hath agreed 
to the Amendments made by their Lordthips. 


Py. 15. lL. ® 


Mr. Vane reported from the Committee, to whom the 
ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled; An Act tor 
velting divers Freehold, Copyhold, and Leafeholc, 
Fftates, late of Edmund Bunting, Elizabeth Bunting, 
and Toinlinfon Bunting, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold, 
to raife Money, to be applied, under the Direction of 
the Court of Chancery, in Payment of the Debts, In- 
cumbrances, and Legacies, charged upon and affecting 
the fame, and other the Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was committed; That the Committce had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Conient to 
the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had direéted him to report the Bill to 
the Houfe, without any Amendment: And he delivered 
the Billin at the Clerk’s Table. 

And the fatd Bill was read the Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pals. 5 ees | 

Ordered, That Mr. Vane do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


A Bill for the better Regulation of the Nightly Watch, 
and Beadles, within the City and Liberty of /e/tminfter, 
and Parts adjacent ; and for other the Purpofes therein 
mentioned, was read a Second Time. _ 3 

Refolved; That, the Bill be committed to Sir Charles 
Whitworth, Mr. Mackworth, &amp;c. : And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
are That the faid Committee have Leave to fit; 
notwithftanding any Adjournment of the Houte. 


Sir. Fob Turner reported from the Committee, who 
were appointed to examine the prefent Condition of the 
Records of this Kingdom, the Repofitories wherein, and 
the Manner in which, they are now kept ; and to con- 
fider of fome proper Method, to be immediately taken, 
to prevent the further Decay of the Records at The 
Rolls ; and to report the fame, with their Opinion there- 
upon, from Time to Time, to the Houfe; That the 
Committee had examined the State of the Records at 
the Rolls Chapel; and had directed him to teport the 
fame, together with their Opinion thereupon, to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the 
fame was read ; and is as followeth; viz. 

Upon viewing the Records at the Rolls, the Com- 
mittee find, that very many of thofe in the Body of the 
Chapel are much decayed, and partly obliterated, and the 
re(t in Danger of Deftruétion, by being placed clofe to 
the Walls, the Damps from which have penetrated 


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through the Backs of the Preffes wherein they are placed ; 
and that thofe in the Room, or Garret, over the faid 
Chapel, are continually receiving Injuries, either from 
the Rain, which often penetrates through the Covering, 
or by the intenfe Heat in the Summer Seafon ; and the 
Weaknefs of the Floor is fuch; as fcarce to be able to 
fupport the Weight of the Records there: And yout 
Committee were informed, as well by feveral of the 
Members prefent, who infpected the fame Records laft 
Summer, as by the Teftimony of Mr. Rooke, who is 
Clerk of the Chapel, and as fuch -has the Care of the 
faid Records, that many of them are very confidérably 
impaired fince that Time. _ * 

And your Committee having been informed by the 
Matter of the Rolls, That it has been ufual, for the Pur- 
pote of tranfcribing the faid Records, for the Mafter of 
the Rolls, for the Time being, to. allow them to be 
carried out of the faid Chapel to the Clerks Chambers, 
which are always at fome Diftance from the faid Chapel; 
(there being no convenient Place in: the faid Chapel for 
that Purpote) by which the faid Records are expofed to 
the Danger of being loft or injured ; and that there is 
a Dwelling Houfe very convenient for that Purpofe in 
Chancery Lane, late in the Occupation of William Ambler, 
Ffquire, from which a Door might be made into the 
Yard in which the faid Chapel ftands, whith Houfe 
might be hired for a fmall Rent ; and the Mafter of the 
Rolls being afked, If he would cénfent that the Rol/s 
Chapel, or fuch Part thereof as fhail be found neceffary; 
may be fitted up, in fuch Manner as to prevent the Re- 
cords receiving further Damage, til a more proper Re- 
pofitory can bé provided for them, he readily gave his 
Conjent thereto ; at the fame Time expreffing his Withes, 
that the Chapel might be fo fitted up as to leave Room 
fufficient for the Celebration of Divine Service therein :— 
Upon which your Gommittee tamesto the following Re- 
folutions ; viz. : 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion: of this Committee, 
That the Body of the faid Chapel, ‘or fuch Part thereof 
as may be found neceffary; be foithwith fitted up for 
receiving the faid Records, fo as to prevent further 
Damage to the fame, leaving a fufficient Space for the 
Celebration of Divine Service ; and that, when the fame 
fhall be fo fitted up, the faid Records be accordingly 
placed and kept therein, until a:more proper Repof- 
tory be provided for them. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee; 
That the Houfe in Chancery Lane, late in the Occupa- 
tion of William Ambler, Eiquire, Ke hired as a proper 
Place, wherein the faid Records may, for the future, be 
tranfcribed. . 

The Firft Refolution of the Committee, being read a 
Second Time, was, upon the Queftion put thereupon, 
agreed to by the Houle. ) | 

The Second Refolution of the Committee; being read 
a Second Time ; i 

An Amendment was propofed to be made thereto, 
by inferting after the Word “ hixed” the Words « and 
* prepared.” : | a 

And the {aid Amendment was, upon the Queftion put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Hout. 

Then the faid Refolution, fo amended, was, upon the 
Queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe; and 


is as followeth ; viz. iy 

Refolved, That the Houfe in Chancery Lane, late in 
the Occupation of William Ambler, Efquire, be hired and 
prepared; as a proper Place wherein the faid Records 
may for the future be tfanfcribed, 

Refolved, That a humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to give 
fuch Direftions as His Majefty {l:al! think proper, for 
the better Prefervation of the Records in the Rolls Cha- 
pel, and to affure His Majefty, that whatever extraor- 
dinary Expence fhall be incurred for that Purpofe, this 
Houfe will make good thé fame, | 


Ordered} 








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Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 

Ordered, That a Copy of the faid Report, together 
with the Refolutions, as agreed to by the Houfe, be hum- 
bly laid before His Majefty, at the fame Time with the 
faid Addrefs. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleated to 
order the further Sum of Six thoufand Pounds to be 
advanced, towards defraying the Expence of printing 
1250 Copies of fuch Parliamentary and other Records, 
as His Majefty fhall think fit; and to affure His Ma- 
jefty, that this Houfe will make good the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 
Majeity’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


An ingroffed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for vefting in William Rufell, and his Heirs, in Fee 
Simple, feveral Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
in the County of Worcefter, comprifed in his Marriage 
Settlement, difcharged from the Ufes of the faid Settle- 
ment; and for fettling other Meffuages, Lands, and 
Hereditaments, of the faid William Ruffell, in the County 
of Warwick, of greater Value, in Lieu thereof; and 
for other the Purpofes therein mentioned, was read a Se- 
cond Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Fobn 
Turner, Mr. Skipwith, &amp;c.: And they are to meet 
this Afternoon, at Five of the Clock, in the Speaker’s 
Chamber. 


A Petition of the Mafters and Journeymen Cabinet 
Makers of the Cities of London and Weftminfter, was 
prefented to the Houfe, and read; Complaining, That 
ereat Quantities of Cabinet Work, Glaffes, and Carved 
Work, have been brought into this Country, under 
Pretence of being for the Ufe of Foreign Ambaf- 
fadors, when they were really intended for Sale, and 
have been depofited in Warehoufes, and expofed to 
Sale, and Handbills privately difperfed for that Pur- 
pofe ; and therefore praying the Houfe to take Cog- 
nizance of the Hardfhips the Petitioners labour under, 
in order that a Stop may be put to fuch unjuftifiable 
and illicit Practices, and grant them fuch Relief and 
Protection as they fhall think proper. 

A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Petition be referred to the Confideration 
‘of a Committee ; and that they do examine, and ftate 
to the Houfe, the Matter of Fact contained in the faid 
Petition, fo far as the fame relates to the Conduct of 
the Officers of His Majefty’s Revenue ; 

The Hove divided. 


The Yeas went forth. 
é Colonel Luttrell, ? 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Thomas Townfbend, 34. 
Junior : i) 
Sir Edward Blackett, 
Tellers for the Noes, } Sir Edouard Bayntun : i 75&gt; 


So it paffed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 


Colonel Burgoyne reported from the Committee, who 
were appointed to enquire into the Nature, State, and 
‘Condition, of the Eaf India Company, and of the Bri- 
tifo Affairs in the Eajt Indies, That the Committee had 
‘made fome Progrefs in the Matters to them referred ; 
and had direéted him to make a Report thereof to the 
Houfe ; and he read the Report in his Place ; and after- 
wards delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the 
fame was read; and is as followeth , viz. 

The Committee have found it impoffible, with their 
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utmoft Diligence, to go through the Multiplicity of 
Matter, which the Order of the Hovfe comprehends - 
and they, befides, have thought themfelves obliced Ae 
depart from the regular Courfe of their Enquiry, in 
order to make a diftinct and feparate Report, upon the 
Petition of Gregore Cojamaul, late of Bengal, in the Eajt 
Indies, on Behalf of himfelf and others, which the Houta 
referred to them by a fubfequent Order. 

Notwithitanding the Bufinefs of your Committee has 
been by this Circumftance, and by the Infuficiency of 

the Time, left incomplete ; yet-as the Seffion, as they 
apprehend, is drawing to a Conclufion, and as ever 
Part of their Enquiry is full of important Matter, 
they thought it right to report the Progrefs they have 
hitherto been enabled to make. 

Your Comittee beg Leave to premife, that, for the 
Regularity of their Enquiry, and in order to give the 
cleareft State of it to the Houfe, they thought it ex- 
pedient to arrange their Proceedings under the follow- 
ing Heads : 

if. The feveral Charters granted to the Eaf India 
Company, with the Acts of Parliament refpetting the 
fame; and alfo, the Grants and Treaties which have 
fubfilted between the Company and the Powers in Jn- 
dia, from their firft Eftablifhment to the prefent Time. 

2dly. ‘The Commiffions, and other Inftruments, by 
which the Company authorized and impowered their 
Servants to carry on their Affairs in Jndia. 

3cly. To purfue, by hiftorical Deduétion, the State 
of Affairs in India, the Manner in which the prefen: 
Poffeffions in that Country were acquired, and the dif- 
ferent Tranfactions attending thofe Acquifitions ; becin. 
ning with the Tranfactions of Benga’, and dividing 
them into Three Periods; wiz. from the Eftablith. 
ment of the prefent Company to the Completion of 
the Revolution, in the Year 1757; from thence to the 
affuming the Dewanny in the Year 1765; and from 
thence to the prefent Time ; and in each Period re- 
{pectively to ftate the Situation of the Company’s Af- 
fairs, and the material Parts of the Conduét of the 
Company’s Servants, with refpeé&amp;t to the Powers in- 
trufted with them by the Company, in the Civil and 
Military Departments ; in the Adminiftration of Juttice; 
in the accepting of Prefents; in the Management of 
Trade ; and in the Revenues and Coinage. 

4thly, The various Difputes with Foreisn Companies 
fince the Year 1765. 

5thly, The Conduct of the Direétors at Home, dur- 
ing all the Periods comprehended in this Enquiry, re- 
{pectively, to the different Powers exercifed at any Time 
by them; to the Manner of keeping and checking 

. —] 
Public Accounts at Home and Abroad; to the Con- 
troul of their Servants; and to the Abufes to which 
the Whole, or any Part, of the Eaf India Affairs is 
liable, from Defeéts in the Conftitution of the Company, 
when applied to their prefent Situation at Home and 
Abroad. 

Purfuant to the above Plan, your Committee pro- 
ceeded to read fuch Charters and Acts of Parliament 
as are applicable to their Enquiry ; all of which are in 
the Poffeffion of the, Houfe, and a Schedule of them is 
annexed, in the Appendix, N° 1. 

The Copies of Commiffions and Inftruments from the 
Company to their Servants, are included in the above 
Number of the Appendix. 

Your Committee would not prefume to ftate to the 
Houfe the Contftitution of the Eaf India Company, 
without the moft critical and minute Examination of 
each Charter and Aét of Parliament; and they could not, 
in the Space of Time allotted them, enter upon fo great 
a Work, which may be taken up hereafter and {tated 
from the Materials referred to in the Appendix. 

Your Committee proceeded to enquire into the Na- 
ture and Extent of the Privileges and Powers claimed in 
Bengal by the Company, under Grants and Firmaunds from 

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12 GEo: III. 


the Princes of the Country ; Copies of which, for the 
Information of the Houfe, are annexed in the Appendix, 
N° 2. 

Your Committee not finding Traces of any very 
material Difturbances in the Enjoyment of thofe Pri- 
vileges and Powers in Bengal, trom the Firft Eftablith- 
ment of the Company, tothe Death of Alii Ver di Cawn, 
in the Year 1756, applied themielves to difcover the 
Caufes of the Troubles which enfued foon aftér that 
Event, and brought on the Lots of Calcutta, and for 
this Purpofe, your Committee read the Confultations 
and Correfpondence marked in the Appendix, N° 3. 

To the fame Purpofe your Committee called Charles 
Manningham, Eiquire. 

Your Committee think proper, in this Place, to 
{tate to the Houfe, that they have not been 
able for want of Time to extract from their 
Minutes the State of Facts {fo fuccinétly as 
they would otherwife have done; and therefore 
they are under the Neceflity of laying before the 
Houfe, in this and every other Part of their 
Proceedings, the Evidence almoit in tae Manner 
they received it. 

Charles Manningham, Efquire, informed your Com- 
mittee, That in the Year 1756, he was Third in Coun- 
cil, and Warehoufe Keeper at Calcutta, and next to Mr. 
Drake upon the Spot; that he thinks it is not in the 
Power of any Man to affign the Reafon for the Origin 
of the Troubles, and knows of no Part of the Con- 
duct of the Company’s Servants at Calcutta, that could 
incenfe the Government ; that the Troubles commenced 
in June 1756.—Alli Ver di Cawn, the Predeceflor of 
Serajab Dowla, died about the 4pril preceding ; that 
Serajab Dowla had always the Charaéter of a rafh 
vicious young Man; and it was fuppoled the Firft Oc- 
cafion of his coming againft Calcutta was, that he was 
tempted by the Idea of the Place being likely to afford 
great Plunder ; that the Firft Accounts the Factory had 
of his ill Intentions towards them, was the Beginning of 
June 1756. 

Being queftioned as to what he knew of Offence 
taken by the Nabob, in regard to Protection given by 


_ the Englifh to one Kiffinda/s, he faid, That Mr. Drake 


was Governor of the Settlement, and Mr. Watts was 
Chief of Cofimbuzar, and believes, that Kifinda/s was 
at that Time in the Dacca Part of the Country ; that 
Mr. Watts wrote to Mr. Drake, to fuffer Kifinda/s to 
land at Calcutta, in his Way to Muxadavad, by 
Way of Refrefhment, as his Family had been ufe- 
ful to the Englib; that as Mr. Drake was abfent at 
the Time Mr, Watts’s Letter arrived, the Letter was 
fent under Cover to the Witnefs to be opened, and he 
is not quite fure whether that Period was before or 
after the Death of Alli Ver di Cawn,; that Kiffinda/s 
landed at Calcutta accordingly ; that he never {aw him, 
and that when Mr. Drake arrived a few Days after, he 
delivered him the Letter. 

The Witnefs faid, He was upon the Spot when Se- 
rajab Dowla came down, and believes Kifiinda/s was 
not then in the Town; he does not recollect, that 
Serajah Dowla made any Demand for the delivering up 
of Kifindaft, but that if he did it would appear upon 
the public Proceedings. 

Being further queftioned, he repeated, That it was 
impoffible to give any rational Account of the Origin 
of the Troubles ; and faid, That he was at Muxadavad, 
at the Time Lord Clive was there in Fuly of the fame 
Year; that Enquiry was then made with all poffible 
Attention, but without Succefs, into the Motives of 
Serajah Dowla’s Conduét, from his principal Officers, 
and likewife from the Officers of his Predeceffor, from 
the Seats, and every other Perfon from whom Informa- 
tion was likely to be obtained. 

Being afked, Whether Kifinda/s was really protected 
or not, what Time he remained in Calcutta, after Mr. 

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Drake’s Return, and whether he knew or had heard be- 
fore the Taking of Calcutta, that the Nabob demanded 
Kiffinda/s ? he taid, Kiffindafs was permitted to land; 
but how long he ftaid he could not.:tell, and that he 
had heard at that Time of his being demanded : He alfo 
faid, he was reckoned to be very rich,:and that he had a 
Number of Boats, and it was fuppefed he had Trea- 
fure with him. : 

Being further afked, Whether Kiffuda/s’s coming to 
Calcutta, was confidered as an Eicape from Serajab 
Dowla? he faid, It could not be confidered as an 
Efcape, becaufe he was coming in hiss Way trom Dacca 
to Muxadavad, where the Nabob was; he could not 
form any Opinion, whether Kifinda/s, at the Time he 
landed at Calcutta, in his Way to Muxadavad or Cofim- 
buzar, knew of the Death of Alli Ver di Cawn; or the 
Succeffion of Serajah Dowla. 

Being afked, Whether it was in Council that he heard 
the Report, that the Nabob had formerly demanded the 
Delivery of Kiffidafs? he faid, That he heard at the 
Time that Mr. Drake had received a Letter from 
the Nabob to that Purport, and had anfwered, That 
no further Protection had been given to Kiffinda/s, than 
a Permiffion to Jand in his Way to Muxadavad, that 
it was either in Council or Committee he heard it, but 
could not fay which, and thinks this Letter of the De- 
mand muft have been received while Kifinda/s was in 
the Place; the Witnefs knew of no further Demand 
from the Nabob relative to Kiffinda/s, nor any Demand 
of any other Nature, except a trifling Cireumftance of 
a Gentleman having erected a Summer Houfe in his 
Garden, which had been reprefented to the Nabob as 
a Fortification, but it was explained to the Nabob, 
and a Defire exprefied, that he would -fend to examine 
it. 

He further faid, That the Engi had no Intetcourfe 
with the Nabob, and affigned no Caufe to his Know- 
ege, for coming down againft them. 

Being afked, Whether it is not the Cuftom in Bengal, 
that the Prime Minifler of a preceding Nabob or of 
his Subordinates, fhould ftand forth and be amenable 
to the Power of the reigning Nabob; and not withdraw 
himfelf? he faid, The Nature of the Government be- 
ing arbitrary did naturally expect it, but whether it is 
the Cuftom he could not fay; but that undoubtedly if 
this is refufed, the Nabobs ufually endeavour by all 
Means in their Power to compel them to be amen- 
able. 

The Witnefs knew of no Caufe for any Complaint 
of Tenants of the Mogul being protected by the Eng- 
lifh in Calcutta, nor of any fuch Complaint being trant- 
mitted to the Factory, either direétly from the Nabob or 
from Mr. Watts. 

Notice being taken, that it appeared by certain Pro- 
ceedings of the Governor and Council of Lort Saint 
George, that Mr. Manningham had objected to feveral 
Articles in the various Accounts or Informations tranf- 
mitted to them from Bengal, refpeéting the Capture of 
Calcutta; and it further appearing by the faid. Proceed- 
ings, that in Confequence of fuch Objections from Mr. 
Manningham, the feveral Informations were Officially 
delivered to him, in order to ftate his Objections at 
that Time ; the Witnefs was then afked, Whether he 
had ever delivered in any Anfwer upon the Reference 
fo made to him? to which he faid, That he was de- 
puted by the Governor of Calcutta, to go to Madra/s, 
and carried a Letter directed to the Governor and 
Council at Madra/s, and was commiflioned to give them 
a further Account, by Word of Mouth, of the Affairs of 
the Factory. 

In regard to a Meffenger coming from the Nabob 
to Calcuite, upon the Subject of Protection given to 
the Nabob’s Tenants, and the Treatment of that Mef- 
fenger; the Witnefs faid, He knew of a Meffenger 
coming with a Letter addreffed to the Prefident, and 


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wrote in Perfian, and to the beft of his Remembrance, 
a Part of that Letter related, as he mentioned before, 
to Kiffindafs ; he does not recollect whether he faw the 
Letter or not, and believed Mr. Drake, upon the Mef- 
fenger delivering the Letter, ordered him to leave the 
Town; he believes an Anfwer was fent afterwards, and 
the Purport of it was, that Kiffinda/s was only allowed 
to land, and no Proteétion was given him; the Mefienger, 
he believed, ftaid but a few Hours in the Town after 
he delivered the Letter; he was an Hircarrah, by 
Name as he believes Narranzing. 

Being afked, Whether the Anfwer to the Nabob’s 
Letter was communicated to the Council, or whether it 
was fent as Mr. Drake’s private Letter? the Witnefs 
faid, The Purport of both the Letter and the Anfwer 
itfelf were communicated ; he does not recolleét, who 
the Anfwer was fent by, nor how long it might be af- 
ter the Receipt of the Letter, but believes, it might be 
the fame Day or the Day following, and did not re- 
collect the whole Contents of the Letter. 

Being afked, If it was the ufual Practice, when a 
Meffenger brought a Letter from the Nabob, to order 
him to leave the Town without any Anfwer fent with 
him ? he faid, It was not, nor could he affign any Rea- 
fon for fo doing, for the Receipt of the Letter was 
not public, nor was the Treatment of the Meffenger 
fo. 

In Regard to the Meafures the Faétory took to pacify 
the Nabob, after they were informed of his hoftile In- 
tentions, the Witnefs faid, Mr. Drake was repeatedly 
defired to write to the Nabob, to know the Caufe of 
his Refentment, and that he had no Doubt but he did 
fo, but believed, he received no Anfwer; among other 
Methods, Coja Wajfjeed, 2 Merchant of confiderable Rank 
and Subftance, and likewife a Tenant of feveral con- 
fiderable Farms, was requefted by Letters to apply to 
the Nabob, to know the Reajon of his Refentment, and 
was defired to act as a Mediator upon the Occafion ; 
it was alio tried to be informed by Means of this Caja 
Waffeed, whether Money was the only Object in View, 
and, in general, he was requefted to intertit himfelf as 
well as he could to appeafe the Nabob;,. his Anfwer 
was, That it was not in his Power to be of any Ufe 
upon the Occafion, and that the Payment of a Sum of 
Money was not the Object ; the Reafon of applying to 
Coja Waffeed, was, that he was fuppofed to be a Man 
of fome Weight, and in Favour with the Nabob, from 
the Circumitance of his having entertained him at his 
Houfe, when he was Chuta Nabob. 

The Witnefs being afked, Whether he had any Rea- 
fon to believe, that any Sum of Money or Prefent was 
given to Mr. Drake, or any other Perfon by Kiffinda/s? 
he faid, He did not know, nor had any Reafon to be- 
lieve that any were given to Mr. Drake, or any other 
Perfon. 

Being again queftioned, Whether he was fure, that 
Kiffinda/s was not received in Calcutta, before the Death 
ot Ali Ver di Cawn? he faid, He was not fure—And 
whether the Contents of the Letter from Mr. Watts, 
were not to permit Kiffinda/s to remain Two Months 
in the Town, and that there was a particular Recom- 
mendation of Kifinda/s’s Family, as being particularly 
ferviceable to the Englifh? he faid, He could not recol- 
lect the particular Purport of the Letter; that in general 
it was a warm Recommendation of Kiffinda/s, as the 
Son of Rajah Bullub, a Man of Power and Intereft at 
the Durbar, and who might be of Service to the Af- 
fairs of the India Company at the Durbar. 

Your Committee next called Richard Beecher, Efquire, 
who was defired to relate what he knew of the Origin 
of the Troubles in Bengal: And he ipformed the Com- 
mittee, That about the End of the Year 1755, he was 
appointed Chief of the Subordinate Factory at Dacca ; 
that from that Time he did not attend at any of the 
Councils that were held at Calcutta, and of Courfe 


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A. 17972. 


could only {peak of Tranfactions that paffed there, by 
Report from others; that at the Time the Letter. of 
the roth of July 1756, was wrote from Dacca, himfelf 
and the other Gentlemen that figned it, were Prifoners 
to the Nabob, and by his Permiffion allowed to refide 
in the French Factory; that, for fome Time before 
the Taking of Calcutta, they had no Correfpondence 
with the Gentlemen of Fort William, but for Intel- 
ligence were obliged to truft to the Natives of the 
Country, or what the French received from their Settle. 
ment at Chandernagore ; that he thought it his Duty at 
that Time to forward to the Court of Directors, and 
ta the Governor and Council at Madra/s, fuch In- 
telligence as he was able by thofe Means to procure; 
that he has fince had the greateft Reafon to believe, the 
Accounts tranfmitted to the Governor and Council at 
Madra/fs, then obtained from the French, were greatly 
exaggerated, and very fallacious in many Particuiars ; 
that the Report of Kifinda/s’s being received and pro- 
tected in Calcutta, being a Caufe affigned by Serajah 
Dowla for his Difpleafure againft the Engli/b, he’ heard 
from Numbers of People where he then was, both 
French and Natives, and he gave Credit to it, and 
therefore affigned it to the Court of Direétors as the 
principal Reaton. 

In relation to the Affair of Kifindafs, the Witnefs 
faid, That he recolleéted to have heard Kifinda/s was 
received in Calcutta about the latter End of March 
1756, and remained there till the Place was taken by 
Serajah Dowla, on the 20th of Zune; he and Omichund 
were both Prifoners in the Factory by Order of the 
Governor, as he believed: And the Witnefs further 
faid, That in the Situation the India Company then 
were, as Merchants living under the Protection of thie 
Country Government, he then was, and {till is, of Opinion, 
that neither Kifinde/s, nor any other Subject of the 
Nabob, fhould have been received and protected in 
the Company’s Settlement; and he {till thinks, that 
this did give a Pretence to Serajab Dowla, to thew his 
Refentment againft the Englifo, but at the fame Time 
he is now convinced, from the many Opportunities he 
hath fince had of converfing with thofe who were at 
that Time principal Officers and in high Station about 
Serajab Dowla, at Muxadavad, that even if that Pre- 
tence had not been given, he would have marched 
his Army down againt{t Calcutta ; his Object was Money, 
Calcutta was reported to be very rich, and fo were the 
other European Settlements of Chandernagore and Chin- 
fura ; Serajab Dow!la was a young Man, violent, paf- 
fionate, of great Ambition, tin¢tured with Avarice, and 
he expected both Wealth and Honour, by attacking 
the European Settlements, and by extorting Money 
from them; that this appears from his Conduct in at- 
tacking Calcutta, and from the Sums he extorted from 
the French, Dutch, and Danes, after that Tranfattion. 

The Witnefs being afked, Whether he ever heard of 
the Nabob’s demanding Kiffinda/s after he was received 
in Calcutta ? he faid, He did not recolleét that he heard 
it before Calcutta was taken, though he may have dope 
fo, but he heard it foon after: That his Opinion at that 
Time was, that if Kifindafs had been delivered up, and 
a Sum of Money offered, the Nabob would not have pro- 
ceeded to the Lengths he did in attacking Calcutta ; and 
he grounded this Opinion in great Meafure upon what 
had been the former Cuftom of the Nabobs and 
Princes of that Country, when they were difpleafed with 
the Enghfh: That Alli Ver di Cawn, who was a wife 
Prince, had upon different Occafions fhewn his Dif- 
pleafure and taken Money from them, but appeared 
always to be fo fenfible of the Benefits accruing to 
his Country, by the Trade carried on by the Exgli/h, 
that he never proceeded further than to put a Stop to 
the Trade of the Company, and to place Forces round 
their Faétories, by which Means he always brought 
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The Witnefs being afked, Whether he knew of any 


Money unjuftly taken from the Company by Alli Ver di ° 


Cawa, or any Troubles arifing from Demands of Money 

revious to the Acceffion of Serajab Dowla? he faid, 
He recollected Two Inftances where Sums of Money 
were taken, the Firft, to the beft of his Remembrance 
in 1744 Or 1745, when he made a Demand upon all the 
European Settlements in his Dominions, and gave as 
Reatons for it, the great Expence he was obliged to be 
at in maintaining a very large Army to defend his Coun- 
try, and thofe who lived under his Protection, from the 
Mbarattas, who uled at that Time almoft annually to in- 
vade Bengal, that the Englifo Company, at that Time, 
was obliged to pay Three Lack and a Half of Rupees, 
as well as he could remember; and the other European 
Nations in Proportion to their Trade:—That he re- 
collects another Inftance about the Year 1748 or 1749, 
when the Company’s Trade was ftopped, and Forces 
put round their {ubordinate Factories for feveral Months, 
in Confequence of the Complaint of an Armenian, who 
had freighted Goods on a Ship under Dutch Colours, 
which Ship was taken by Commodore Griffin or fome of 
his Squadron, and condemned, as he underftood, for 
having French Property on board: The Armenian living 
under the Protection of the Nabob of Bengal, made his 
Complaint to the Nabob of the Lofs of his Property, 
and the Nabob infifted on the Exgli/ making good to 
him the Lofs he had fuftained by that Capture : At that 
Time Orders from Home were peremptory, not to com- 
ply with the Demands made by the Country Govern- 
ment ; in Confequence of which, the Gentlemen refufed 
to comply with the Demand made by the Nabob; but 
after ufing their Endeavours for feveral Months to pacify 
him, they were obliged to fubmit: That he fuppofes 
the Company looked upon the Demand of the Three 
Lack and a Half by Ali Ver di Cawn as a hoftile one, 
and believed the Orders above-mientioned were fent out 
in Confequence of it. 

The Witne{S being afked, Whether he knew, or be- 
lieved, that Mr. Drake or any other Perfon received 
Money or Prefents from Kifinda/s, for the Protection 
given him? faid, He did not know, nor did he believe 
that he or any other Perfon did receive either Money or 
Prefents. 

‘fohn Cooke, Efquire, who in the Year 1756 was Se- 
cretary to the Governor and Council at Calcutta, being 
called to the fame Point as the above Witnefles, gave the 
following Narrative from Notes taken by him foon af- 
ter the Tranfactions of that Year, and fince copied with 
his own Hand. 

Alli Ver di Cawn, Nabob of the Three Provinces of 
Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, died on the gth of April 
1756, and Serajah Dowla took Poffeffion of his Govern- 
ment, agreeably to the Will and Intention of his Grand- 
father, who had, even in his Life-time, feated him on 
the Mu/nud, and obliged the Officers of his Durbar to 
do him Homage as Subah ; this paved the Way for his 
being acknowleged and obeyed as fuch, without Hefi- 
tation or Difpute, immediately on the Death of the old 
Nabob :—The only Shew of Oppofition that he met 
with, was from the Widow of Nawahji/cawn, who had 
got a Body of Men together to fecure the Wealth fhe 
was left in Poffeflion ot by the Death of her Hufband, in 
Cafe the young Subah fhould attempt to feize it:— 
This was foon adjufted, and her Troops difbanded, 
upon Promife of being left unmolefted in her Perfon and 
Riches, by which Means all.was quiet at the Capital, 
and Serajah Dowla’s Authority univerfally eftablifhed in 
the dependant Provinces, except in Poornea, the Nabob 
whereof (a Relation) refufed to truft himfelf in the 
Hands of the young Subah, and therefore would not 
come to Moorfoedavad, but kept himfelf in his Province 
of Poornea, at the Head of his Army :—This obliged 

Serajab Dowla to take the Field very foon after his Ac- 


ceffion to the Subahfhip, and march up as far as Raja 
Maul to intimidate the Poornean, and force him to come 
to the Durbar. 

Pretently after the Death of the old Nabob, Prefident 
Drake wrote Serajab Dowla a Letter of Congratulation 
on his Acceflion, and defired his Favour and Protection 
to the Englifb Company, which was received very kindly, 
and Promiles given our Vackeel, that he would fhew the 
Englifo greater Marks of Friendfhip and Efteem than 
ever his Grandfather had done. 

About this Junéture the Company’s Packet per De- 
lawar was received from Madra/s, by which we found 
there was the greateft Likelihood imaginable of a Rup- 
ture between us and France, and the Court of Direétors 
particularly recommended to the Governor and Council 
to be ftrictly on their Guard, and to put their Fortifi- 
cations in the beft State of Defence they could :—In 
Confequence of thefe Advices the Line of Guns towards 
the River was repaired and ftrengthened, and fome 
other trifling Works erected, particularly a Redoubt at 
Perrin’s Garden, which had been planned by Colonel 
Scott. This Circumftance is mentioned, as the Subah 
made it one of his Pretences for attacking the Englifb. 

It is neceflary to take Notice, that one Kiffinda/s (who 
had been in the Government’s Service as Duan and Naib of 
Dacca) had embarked himfelf, his Women, and Effects, 
on a large Number of Boats upon the Death of Nawabjif- 
cawn (which happened not long before that of old 4/i Ver 
di Cawn) and had fheltered himfelf from the Power of Se- 
rajabh Dowla in the Woods below Dacca, till he heard that 
his Father Radgbullubda/s was fet at Liberty, and feem- 
ingly reftored to Favour ; then, under Pretence of going 
upon a Pilgrimage to Saugers or Jaggernaut, he landed 
himfelf and Effects in Calcutta on the 16th ot March, 


.in his Paffage down the River, by Permiffion of the pre- 


fiding Member of the Board (Mr. Drake being at Balla- 
fore tor his Health) :—This Anecdote is likewife men- 
tioned for the fame Reafon as the Reparations to our 
Works, becaufe Serajah Dowla made Ule of his being 
fuffered to live in Calcutta, as another Caufe of Offence, 
the Englifh giving Protection (fo he termed it) to the 
Servants of the Government, by this Reception of 
Kiffinda/s in the Settlement. 

As foon as Serajah Dowla found himfelf pretty well 
eftablifhed in the Government, he fent a Hircarrah (Mef- 
fenger) to demand Kiffinda/s ; but as the Hircarrah came 
in a private Manner, and difguifed, into the Settlement, 
the Prefident, Mr. Drake, being then returned from Ba/- 
lafore, thought it improper to admit him as a Meflenger 
from the Nabob, and ordered him to be turned out of 
the Bounds. 

Very fhortly after this Tranfaction the Governor re- 
ceived a Letter from the Subah, fignifying his Difplea- 
fure at our repairing our Fortifications, or carrying on 
any newWorks without firft obtaining his Permiffion, and 
infifted, not only on our putting a Stop to fuch Works, 
but on our deftroying what was already done :—The 
Governor’s Anfwer not correfponding with the Subah’s 
Impetuofity of Temper, and finding that we would not 
comply with his peremptory Orders for deftroying our 
Works, he took the fudden Refolution of forcing us to 
a Compliance ; immediately laid afide his Defign of crof- 
fing the Ganges to bring the Nabob of Poornea to Rea- 
fon, and marched his whole Army back to Moorfheda- 
vad, having firft fent Orders to Rajah Doolubram (alias 
Roy Doolub) .to inveft our Factory at Cofimbuzar, with 
a Body of Horfemen :—This Step was followed by a total 
Stoppage of all our Bufinefs at the Aurungs, and ‘the 
other fubordinate Faétories. 

The 25th May we received the firft Advice of the 
Nabob’s Orders for invefting Cofimbuzar, and from that 
Time every Day brought us frefh Intelligence of that 
Faétory being furrounded with the Subah’s Forces ; and 
that Seraja Dowla abfolutely threatened to attack them, 


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if we delayed or refufed to deftroy the Works we had 
erected at Calcutta. 

Letter atter Letter was difpatched to the Gentlemen, 
to order their Vackeel to remonftrate at the Durbar, how 
unjuftly the Subah proceeded againft the Engii/h, in fuffer- 
ing their Enemies to perfuade him they were erecting 
ftrong Fortifications, when nothing was further from the 
Truth ; which the Nabob might be fatisfied of, if he 
would fend a Perfon that he could confide in to Cal- 
cutta to fee what we were doing, and report the fame as 
it really was. Our Communication with Cofimbuzar 
began now to be difficult, and as our laft Advices only 
ferved to confirm the Report of the Subah’s Determina- 
tion to make himfelf Mafter of that Factory firft, and after 
that to march againft the Prefidency itfelf, a Council of 
War was fummoned on the 5th Fune, to confider of the 
Situation of Cofimbuzar Factory, and whether it was 
practicable or advifeable to fend them a Reinforcement. 
The Weaknefs of our own Garifon (which did not then 
exceed 170 effective Men, not above 50 or 60 of which 
were Europeans ) determined the Majority of the Officers, 
who affifted at that Council, to declare in Writing, that 
in their Opinion, it was imprudent at that Juncture to 
attempt fending up a Detachment for reinforcing Co/- 
fimbuzar, furrounded as it was by the Subah’s Forces. 

For the Reafon already mentioned, as well as many 
other fubftantial ones, the Prefident and Council thought 
it more eligible to promife Obedience to the Nabob’s 
Orders, than to rifk the Iffue of a Quarrel with him, at 
a Time we were fo ill prepared in every Refpect, for Of- 
fence or Defence. A Letter to that Purport was accord- 
ingly inclofed to Mr. Watts, to be delivered Serajah 
Dowla ; but the Ingrefs to our Factory being totally put 
a Stop to, the Chief never received this Letter. 

While this was doing at Cofimbuzar, the Gentlemen 
were not idle in Calcutta, but exerted their utmoft (as 
Things grew towards a Crifis) to put the Place in as 
good a Pofture of Defence as it was capable of, and 
difpatched feveral Pattamars to Fort Saint George for 
Affiftance. Orders were likewife tent to Dacca and the 
other Subordinates, to call in as much of the Company’s 
_ Money and Effects that were outftanding as they could, 
and to hold themfelves in Readinefs to embark the fame 
upon the firft Notice, and bring them to Fort William. 

On the 6th Fane it was currently reported (but no- 
body knew from whence it arofe) that Cofimbuzar was 
delivered up to the Nabob. The Governor thereupon 
ordered a Survey of the Town to be made, and the 
Works neceffary for its Defence to be laid before the 
Board by the Officers in Garifon, which was accordingly 
done the next Day: The Plan was to throw up a few 
Batteries fronting the principal Avenues in the Town, 
and a Line of Intrenchment between, which was imme- 
diately fet about, and every Cooley employed to get it 
done: The Militia were fummoned and exercifed, and 
every other Meafure taken to maintain a Siege, in Cafe 
the Nabob carried Things to that Extremity. As it was 
impoffible to receive any Reinforcement in Time, if the 
Subah purfued his March to Calcutta immediately, the 
French and Dutch were applied to for Affiftance: The 
Dutch declined giving us any, and the French only gaf- 
conaded with us, by offering to join their Force with 
ours, if we would quit our own Settlement, and carry 
our Garifon and Effects up to Chandernagore. 

At One o’Clock P. M. of the 7th June, we received 
the Intelligence of Cofimbuzar Factory being furrendered 
up to Serajab Dowla on the 2d of that Month, This 
Intelligence came from Mr. Collet and therefore re- 
moved all Doubts concerning the Lofs of that Place, as 
he was Second upon the Spot. By his Letter it ap- 
peared that the Chief had been affured, that if he would 
wait on the Nabob in Perfon, he might poffibly prevent 
the Factory being attacked, which his Council thought 
it more advifeable for him to do, than to rifk the Event 
of a Rupture. —Mr. atts met with a very different Re- 

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ception to what he expected, and he and Meff™ Colic 
and Batfon were forced to fign a Mutchulka, or Obliga- 
tion, that the Nabob had got prepared; they had been 
promifed their Liberty upon figning of it, but found 
there was no Faith to be put on the Subah’s Word, for 
inftead of obtaining their Liberty, Mr. Collet was re: 
manded back to the Factory, and forced to give it up to 
the Commander in Chief of the Nabob’s Troops ; after 
which he was again carried to the Camp, and Mr. Watts 
and he kept clofe Prifoners, and treated in a very in- 
different Manner. 

The Seizure of Cofimbuzar in this treacherous Man- 
ner, and his fubfequent Proceeding, plainly indicated 
the Subah’s Intention was no lefs than the Attack of the 
Prefidency, and Expulfion of the Exgli/h , for immedi. 
ate Orders were given to his Generals to march towards 
Calcutta, and his whole Train of Artillery brought into 
the Field : —The other Europeans at Chandernagore and 
Chinfura were called upon to affift his Forces in reducing 
Calcutta, and every body at the Durbar forbid to intercede 
for the Englifh. 

So uncommonly expeditious were the Subah’s Forces 
in their March down to Calcutta, that in about 13 Days 
after the Surrender of Cofimbuzar, they began the At- 
tack of the Prefidency itfelf, having in that ‘Lime march- 
ed above 160 Miles with a heavyTrain of Artillery, in the 
hotteft Seaton of the Year. 

Hoftilities began on our Part on the rath Fune, by 
fpiking up the Cannon at Tannab’s Fort (a Fortification 
belonging to the Moors, a little below the Town) and 
endeavouring to beat down the Walls of that Battery, 
which could not however be effected on account of the 
prodigious Hardnefs of the Pucca Work, and the vatt 
Thicknefs of the Mafonry :—While our People were 
upon this Enterprize, a Party of the Nabob’s Troops 
from Hughly, with Five Pieces of Artillery, arrived and 
obliged our Men to return to their Ships : — A fecond 
Attempt was made Two Days after, to diflodge the 
Moors from that Place, but to no Purpofe; the Cannon 
from our Country Ships employed in the Attack, being 
too {mall to make any Impreffion, or do any Mifchief. 

Several Letters and Meflages paffed between the Pre- 
fident and Coja Wazeed, in which the latter was de- 
fired to ufe his Influence with the Nabob in our Favour, 
and authorized to accommodate Matters by giving a 
Sum of Money, which it was imagined was what the 
Subah aimed at, according to the Cuftom of his Prede- 
ceffor, who had: frequently fqueezed large Sums from 
the Europeans under various Pretences ; but we were 
difappointed in our Judgment of Serajab Dowla’s Views, 
and we quickly found he was too much exafperated to 
be appeated by the ordinary Method of a Prefent. 

On Wednefday the 16th a Firing was heard to the 
Northward, which proved to be an Attack made upon 
the Redoubt at Perrins by the Van of. the Nabob’s 
Army who were advanced as far as Mr. Kelfell’s Gar- 
den at Chitpoor, and were attempting to enter Ca/cutta on 
that Side, by forcing the Poft before mentioned. The 
Reception they met with at this Redoubt, obliged them 


to abandon the Defign of entering the Town at that - 


Avenue, and we found their Army had wheeled off to 
the Eaftward towards Dumdumma, which Side of our 
Town was quite expofed and defencelefs :—It was hoped 
however, that the Men they loft at Perrins would have 
cooled their Ardour, and have made the Nabob liften 
to Terms of Accommodation :—All Thurfday we were 
pretty quiet, excepting the Difturbance occafioned, by 
a Band of Robbers attending the Nabob’s Camp, who 
had entered the Town in feveral Quarters, and plun- 
dered every Houfe they came to: —The Enemy had 
now entirely furrounded the Town, and on Friday the 
18th Fune in the Morning, attacked the Entrenchments 
on every Side with the Mufqueteers of their Army : 
They had infinitely the Advantage over us in this At- 
tack, as they could fire upon our Men from the Tops, 

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Windows and Veranda’s of the Houfes which ftood clofe 
to, and overlooked, our Lines and Batteries, by which 
Means they did a great deal of Mifchief, and annoyed 
our People fo terribly, that fearce any Body could ven- 
ture to raife their Heads above the Cover of the Breaft 
Works, for Fear of being killed or wounded; while, on 
our Part, we were obliged to fpend our Fire at Random, 
by pointing our Cannon at the Houfes they were lodged 
jn, without being certain of their doing Execution, 
though it is moft probable we muft have killed many of 
the Enemy. 

The Firing was very hot,on both Sides from Eight in 
the Morning till Noon, when the Enemy flackened, and 
made almoft a total Ceffation of the Attack, for what 
Reafon we could not tell: In the Afternoon they began 
with more Warmth than ever; our People were now 
extremely fatigued; great Numbers had been killed, 
and a far greater wounded, the Enemy poured in 
Multitudes from all Quarters ,; there feemed no Hopes 
of defending the Lines under the Difadvantages already 
mentioned, the Moors having poffeffed themfelves of 
every Lodgment that commanded the Entrenchment, 
and in fome Places had even penetrated within our 
Works.—In this Situation of Things, it was judged ex- 
pedient to fpike up all the Cannon at the Faichine Bat- 
teries, and withdraw the Military and Militia ftationed 
there nearer to the Fort itfelf, and to abandon the En- 
trenchment ; Orders were iffued to the feveral Pofts for 
that Purpofe, and the fame put in Execution towards 
the Clofe of the Evening. 

No fooner was this perceived by the Enemy, tham they 
poffefied themfelves of our Lines, and turned One of 
our own 18 Pounders at the Jail Battery againft the Fort ; 
but their little Skill in managing Artillery prevented 
their doing much Damage with their Cannon in any Part 
of the Siege; and had they ufed their Mufquetry no 
better, we might have remained very fecure within our 
Walls.—They now brought up a few Pieces of {mall 
Cannon to play againft the Fort, from a little Battery or 
Breaft Work to the South Eaft; but what annoyed us 
moft of all were the Wall Pieces and long Match Locks, 
which they fixed upon the Tops of feveral Houfes that 
entirely overlooked the Fort, and fired fuch Showers of 
Balls from them, and that fo inceffantly, that it be- 
came very dangerous to ftir from one Part of the 
Factory to another.—This Evening (ther8th) it was de- 
termined to remove our Women on Board the Doddalay, 
and fuch other Country Ships and Veffels as were in the 
River: This Embarkation was performed in the Dufk 
of the Evening, but with fo little Order, that many of 
the Ladies (among whom was the Governor’s Wife) 
were left behind, and fome of them obliged to remain 
even till the next Day, for Want of Boats to carry them 
off, 

It is eafy to imagine the Confternation and Confufion 
that was difcovered in every Countenance, when it 
was known the Enemy had in One Day obliged us to 
abandon thofe Works on which we placed our principal 
Dependance, and had flattered ourfelves we could have 
defended till a Reinforcement arrived from Madra/s : 
The Inability of our Military Officers appeared too 
evident now to expeét much from them; and as the 
Governor was as little qualified to act in fuch a Situation 
as the Officers, it could not but follow, that all Com- 
mand muft have been in a Manner at an End, for Want 
of a proper Confidence in thofe who were to be obeyed : 
This was aétually the Cafe, and from the Time we 
were confined to the Defence of the Fort itfelf, nothing 
was to be feen but Diforder, Riot, and Confufion ; every 
Body was officious in advifing, yet no one was properly 
qualified to give Advice :—The Faétory was fo crouded 
with Portugueze Women and unneceffary People, that 
it would have been impoffible to have found Provifions 
enough for One Week, even had our Walls and Garifon 
been able to refift the Efforts of the Enemy. In this 
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fight in the Night) fufpended their Operations as foon 

as it was dark, and gave us, by that Means, an Op- 

portunity of confulting and debating on what was to be 

done ; the Majority of the Military Officers gave it as 

their Opinion, that it was impracticable to defend the 

Fort with fo {mall a Garifon, and fo unprovided with 

Stores for a Siege, againft the numerous Army of the 

Enemy; the Artillery Officers reported, we had not 

Powder and Shot enough for Three Days, our Bombs 

and Grenadoes were of no Ufe, the Fufees being fpoil’d 

by the Dampnefs of the Climate, owing to their being 

filled fome Years, and never looked into afterwards.— 

Thus circumftanced, a Retreat to our Ships was by 

every Body judged the mioft eligible Step that could be 

taken ; but the Difpute was, whether that Retreat oughit 

to be made seems 1c under Favour of the Night, or 

deferred till the next Day, and in what Manner to 

conduct a General Retreat without Confufion or Tu- 

mult? It was at laft refolved to defer the Retreat till 

the next Night, and that all the next Day fhould be 

employed in embarking the Portugueze Women and our 

moft valuable Effects, by which Means we fhould avoid 

the Diforder we dreaded :—Had this Plan been ftrictly 

adhered to, and rightly executed, a Number of Live’ 

would have been faved, and all thofe dreadful and 
melancholy Confequences prevented, which afterwards 
happened.—Mr. William Baillie, One of the Council, 
who exerted himfelf upon all Occafions in a moft dif- 
interefted and generous Manner, undertook to fee the 
Women and Effects fent away, and began the Em- 
barkation of the firft early on Saturday Morning.—The 
Enemy renewed their Attack with the Break of the Day, 
and cannonaded the Fort very brifkly from Two or 
Three different Batteries, befides keeping up a hot Fire 
from the Tops of the Houfes with their Wall Pieces and 
Shamfingees ; the Moors preffed on fo clofe, and in fuch 
Multitudes, that it was deemed more prudent to call in 
all the Out Pofts (for we had occupied the Church and 
a few of the adjacent Houfes all the preceding Night) 
to prevent their being cut off; the Party ftationed in 
Mr. Cruttenden’s Houle, upon leaving it, fet Fire to it, 
to prevent the Enemy from making a Lodgment there, 
as it ftood within Forty Yards of the Factory Walls; 
and we had the Satisfaction foon after of feeing the 
Company’s Houfe likewife in Flames (done we imagine 
by the Enemy) which ftood as near the Walls on the 
other Side. 

Unluckily no Orders relating to the intended General 
Retreat had been publifhed, and as the Refolution of 
retreating was known by the whole Garifon by Report, 
without the Method which had been planned for putting 
it in Execution, many of the Inhabitants imagined every 
Body was to fhift for himfelf, and endeavour to get on 
Board fuch Veffel as he conveniently could: Upon this 
Prefumption feveral left the Factory, and made their 
Retreat to the Ships ; which being obferved, they were 
followed by many others, fome of whom had been even 
prefent at the Confultation in which the Plan of the Retreat 
had been fettled, but concluding the former Scheme was 
altered, for Confiderations to them unknown, they made 
the beft of their Way to the Ships laying off the Fort; 
to add to the general Confufion, between Nine and Ten 
o’Clock the Deddalay (on Board of which Ship were 
Mefirs. M. and F.) weighed her Anchor, and dropt 
down to Surman’s Garden, the Captain of her, it feems, 
being, apprehenfive of her being burnt by the Fire Ar- 
rows, or Rockets, difcharged by the Enemy upon the 
Veffels in the River; no fooner was this perceived, than 
every Ship and Sloop followed the Example, and 
weighing their Anchors, left the Station they might 
have been of the greateft Service in, by affording an 
Afylum to the Garifon at their Retreat. This ill- 
jud Circumftance occafioned all thé Uproar and 
Misfortunes that followed ; for the Moment it was ob- 
ferved, many of the Gentlemen on Shore (who perhaps 
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immediately jumped into fuch Boats as were at the 
Faétory Stairs, and rowed to the Ships; the Manjees 
and Dandies of the Boats we had fecured, feeing the 
univerfal Confufion that prevailed, and that the _ Ships 
were dropping down the River, thought the Danger 
much greater than it really was, and began to coniult 
their own Safety, by leaving the Shore and rowing away 
as faft as they could, either to the Ships or to the other 
Side of the River, maugre all that could be faid or done 
to prevent them.—Among thofe who left the Faétory in 
this unaccountable Manner were the Governor, Mr. 
Drake, Mr. Macket, Captain Commandant Minchin, and 
Captain Grant :—In lefs than a Quarter of an Hour 
thofe who perfevered in defending the Fort found them- 
felves abandoned by all the Seniors of Council, and the 
principal Military Officers, and had the Mortification 
likewife to fee themfelves deprived of the Means of re- 
treating, by the Defertion of the Ships and Boats.—As 
fooni as it was known the Governor had left the Faétory, 
the Gate towards the River was immediately locked, to 
prevent any further Defertion, and the general Voice 
of the Garifon called for Mr. Holwell to take the 
Charge of their Defence upon him.—A Council being 
haftily fummoned, Mr. Pearkes, the Senior then on 
Shore, waved his Right to the Government in Favour of 
Mr. Holwell, who thereupon acted in all Refpects as 
Commander in Chief, and exerted his utmoft to en- 
courage every one. Signals were now thrown out from 
every Part of the Fort for the Ships to come up again to 
their Stations, in Hopes they would have reflected (after 
the firft Impulfe of their Panic was over) how cruel, 
as well as fhameful, it was to leave their Countrymen to 
the Mercy of a barbarous Enemy; and for that Reafon 
we made no Doubt they would have attempted to cover 
the Retreat of thofe left behind, now they had fecured 
their own ; but we deceived ourfelves ; and there never 
was a fingle Effort made, in the Two Days the Fort held 
out after this Defertion, to fend a Boat or Veffel to bring 
off any Part of the Garifon. 

All the tgth the Enemy pufhed on their Attack with 
great Vigour, and having poffeffed themfelves of the 
Church (not Thirty Yards or Forty from the Eaft Cur- 
tain of the Fort) they galled the Garifon in a terrible 
Manner, and killed and wounded a prodigious Number: 
In order to prevent this Havock as much as poffible, we 
got up a Quantity of Broad Cloth in Bales, with which 
we made Traverfes along the Curtains and Baftions ; 
we fixed up likewife fome Bales of Cotton againft the 
Parapets (which were very thin, and of Brickwork only) 
to refift the Cannon Balls, and did every Thing 
in our Power to baffle their Attempt, and _ hold 
out, if poffible, till the Prince George (a Company’s 
Ship employed in .the Country) could drop down 
low enough to give us an Opportunity of getting on 
Board. — This Ship had, in the Commencement of 
Hoftilities (on the 16th) been ordered up to Perrin’s, to 
affift that Redoubt, in cafe the Enemy made a Second 
Attack ; but after they wheeled their Army round to- 
wards Dumdumma, the Party at that Poft was withdrawn, 
as no longer neceffary, and the Prince George directed 
to fall down to her Station, oppofite the South Eaft 
Baftion of the Fort: —She was in Sight about Noon of 
the 19th, and was now the only Glimmering of Hope 
left us to efcape falling into the Hands of the Moors :— 
Our Situation and Diftrefs was therefore communicated 
to the Commander of her (Thomas Hague) and he po- 
fitively directed to bring his Ship as near the Fort as he 
could, without Lofs of Time.—Thefe Inftructions were 
tranfmitted on Board by the Hands of Mefirs. Pearkes 
and. Lewis, and we began now to entertain fome Ex. 
pectation of making a general Retreat, notwithftanding 
what had happened in the Morning; but it was other- 
wife determined by Providence; for by fome ftrange 
Fatality the Prince George run aground a little above the 
Factory (owing to the Pilot’s Mifconduct, who loft his 
Prefence of Mind) and was never after got off. 

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grew dark; but the Night was not lefs dreadful on that 
Account; the Company’s Houfe, Mr. Cruttenden’s, Mr, 
Nixon’s, Doétor Knox’s, and the Marine Yard, were now 
in Flames, and exhibited a Spectacle of unfpeakable 
Terror. We were furrounded on all Sides by the Nabob’s 
Forces, which made a Retreat by Land impraéticable ; 
and we had not even the Shadow of a Profpeét to effec 
a Retreat. by Water, after the Prince George run as 
ground, 

On the firft Appearance of Dawn, on the 20th Fune, 
the Befiegers renewed their cannonading—they pufhed 
the Siege this Morning with much more Warmth and 
Vigour than ever they had done; about Eight o’Clock 
they attempted to break into the Factory by Means of 
fome Windows in the eafterly Curtain, which we had 
neglected to brick up; while every Body was intent on 
repelling this Onfet, an Alarm was fpread, that the 
Enemy were fcaling the North Weft Baftion, Part of 
the Garifon were thereupon detached to prevent this 
Attempt, and the hotteft Fire enfued for above an Hour, 
that we had yet feen, on both Sides: The Befiegers. at 
length gave over their Efforts, and retired with great 
Tols ; but they continued to cannonade very brifkly 
from their Batteries, and with their Wall Pieces and 
Mufquetry did us infinite Mifchief. 

It was now eftemed mott eligible to endeavour to 
pacify the Nabob’s Refentment, and fupplicate his For- 
givenefs, by the Mediation of Monickchund (his princi- 
pal Minifter) to whom Omichund, by Mr. Holwell’s 
Direction, wrote a Letter, requefting him to intercede 
in our Behalf, and prevail upon Serajab Dowla to defitt 
from profecuting the Attack, and fuffer us to carry on 
our Bufinefs as ufual, under his Proteftion: An Arme- 
nian undertook to carry the Letter to Monickchund, and 
was fuffered to pafs; but we never received any An- 
fwer. 

About Noon there was a fudden Ceffation of Firing 
on the Enemy’s Part, from whence we conceived fome 
Hopes, that Omichund’s Letter had been delivered, and 
was likely to produce the Effeéts we wifhed for.— About 
Four o’Clock a Serjeant, ftationed on the Front Gate of 
the Factory, came to Mr. Holwell, and informed him, 
that One of the Nabob’s People had ftept into the 
Street, and with his Hand made Signs for us to de- 
fift firing:—This Circumftance gave great Satisfac- 
tion, and feemed to promife a favourable End of our 
Troubles and Diftrefs. Orders were accordingly given 
for a Sufpenfion of Hoftilities on our Part ;: but in lefs 
than Half an Hour Intelligence was brought to Mr, 
Holwell, that the Enemy were crouding in great Num- 
bers under the Walls of the Fort, to the Eaftward and 
Southward, whereupon he haftened up himfelf to the 
South Eaft Baftion to view their Motions, directing 
every one to be at their Quarters: By this Time the 
Befiegers had been fuffered to advance clofe up to the 
Foot of the Walls, without a fingle Mufket being fired 
upon them; and Mr. Ho/well (ftill imagining every 
thing would be compromifed) forbid all Acts of Hottility, 


notwithftanding the Enemy preffed in fuch Multitudes. 


upon us: By way of Capitulation or Conference he 
waved a Flag of Truce, which not being underftood by 
the Moors, no Regard was paid to it; and while this 
was tranfacted to the Eaftward, a Body of the Enemy 
fcaled the-North Weft Baftion, as did another Party to 
the Southward (where the Wall was low) and drove our 
People from their Stations there.—As foon as this was 
known, a Dutchman of the Artillery Company broke 
open the Back Door of the. Factory, and with many 
others attempted ‘to make their Efcape that Way.— 
The Befiegers,now poured in great Numbers from all 
Parts; and Mr..Holwell, finding how Things were 
circumftanced,. and how impraéticable it would be to 
drive the Enemy. out.of the Fort,.now that fo many had 
penetrated within,the Walls, with the Weft Gate of it 
open, and confidering that further Oppofition would not 
only be fruitlefs, but might be attended with bad Con- 
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livered up. their Swords to a Jemmautdar that had fcaled it was, that we fliouldcarry on Tratle as other Mer- 


the Walls, and feemed to act with fome Authority 
among the Moors ; this Example was quickly followed 
by every Body, who threw down their Arms, and by 
that Act furrendered themfelves Prifoners at Difcretion. 
The Faétory was in afew Minutes filled with the Enemy, 
who, without Lofs of Time, began plundering every 
Thing they could fet their Hands on ; we were rifled of 
our Watches, Buckles, Buttons, &amp;e. but no further 
Violence ufed to our Perfons.—The Bales of Broad 
Cloth, Chefts of Coral, Plate, and Treafure, laying in the 
Apartments of the Gentlemen who refided in the Factory, 
were broke open; and the Moors were wholly taken up 
in plundering till the Subah entered the Fort, which was 
a little after Five in the Afternoon, carried in a kind of 
Litter, his younger Brother accompanied him in another. 
Serajab Dowla feemed aftonifhed to find fo fmall a 
Garifon, and immediately enquired for Mr. Drake, 
with whom he appeared much incenfed.—Mr. Holzwell 
was carried to him with his Hands bound, and upon 
complaining of that Ufage; the Nabob gave Orders 
for loofing his Hands, and affured him, upon the Faith 
of a Soldier, that not a Hair of our Heads fhould be 
hurt. The Nabob then held a Kind of Durbar in the 
open Area, fitting in his Litter, where Kifinda/s (who 
had been kept a Prifoner by us during the Siege) was 
fent for, and publickly prefented with a Seerpaw, or 
honorary Drefs. The Armenians and Portuguefe were 
fet at Liberty, and fuffered to go to their own Houfes. 
Between Six and Seven Serajah Dowla left the Fort, the 
Charge whereof was given to Monickchund, as Governor: 
They fearched every Part of the Houfe, to prevent 
Treachery; and in the Dufk of the Evening the Mufful- 
men fung a Thankigiving to Allah, for the Succefs 
they had met with. ! 
Hitherto we had fared extremely well; and as we had 
been left unmolefted in our Perfons fo long, our Appre- 
henfions of ill Ufage and Barbarity began to vanifh ; and 


' we even entertained Hopes, not only of getting our 


Liberty, but being fuffered to re-eftablifh our Affairs, 
and carry on our Bufinefs upon the Terms the Subah 
had pointed out in the Mufchulka Mefits. Watts and 
Collet were made to fign: But thefe Hopes and Expec- 
tations were very foon changed into as great a Reverfe 
as human Creatures ever felt ; the Circumftance of the 
Black Hole Affair, with all the Horrors of that Night, 
are fo well known, and fo much furpafs any Defcription 
that Words can paint it in, that I fhall fay no more 
upon that Subject, than that a little before Eight we 
were all of us directed to withdraw, and remain in a Place 
contiguous to the Black Hole (where our Soldiers were 
ufually confined in the Stocks.) While we were 
wondering what this fhould mean, and laughing at. the 
Oddity of it, a Party of Fellows came and ordered us 
to walk into the Place before-mentioned, called the 
Black Hole, a Room, or rather Dungeon, about 18 
Feet long, and 14 wide, with only Two Holes, bar- 
ricaded with Iron Bars, to let in Air, which opened 
into a low Piazza, where a Guard was fet: Into this 
Hole we-were forcibly crammed about Eight o’Clock 
in the Evening, and the Door immediately locked upon 
us.—The Number of Souls thruft into this Dungeon 
were near 150, among which was One Woman, and 
Twelve of the wounded Officers: The Heat and Stench 
prefently grew intolerable; fome of our Company ex- 
pired very foon after being put in; others grew mad, 
and having loft their Senfes, died in a high Delirium.— 
All we.could urge to the Guard: fet over us, could 
not prevail upon them either to fet us at Liberty: or 
feparate us into different Prifons, which we defired, and 
offered Money to obtain, but to no Purpofe; and when 
we were releafed, at Eight o’Clock the next Morning, 
Only 22 came out alive. . T zi 
The Witnefs being afked, Whether he.remembered the 
Terms of the Mufchulka, figned between Mr. Watts and 
the Nabob? he faid,.To the beft of his Remembrance 


chants, and without any Exemption by our Firmaund. » 
Being afked, Whether he had Reafon to believe,: that: 
any Money or other Prefent was given or offered by- 
Kiffinda/s tor the Protection given him ? he faid, He did’ 
not know or believe that any Money or Prefent of: any- 
Kind was given by Kiffinda/s, or any of his Friends, die 
rectly or indireétly, to the Governor or any other Mem-’ 
ber of the Committee: He believed, that Mr. Drake 
really refufed to deliver up Kifindafs to the Nabob ; and 
faid, that Omichund was a Prifoner ; but was not furé’ 
whether Kifiinda/s was kept in the Factory againft his’ 
Confent or not; that the Reafon of Omichund’s being 2’ 
Prifoner, was, that Mr. Drake fufpected him of being a 
Fomenter of the Troubles :—That the only Offence 
with which the Nabob charged Kifinda/s, when he de- 
manded him, was only, that he was a Tenant of the 
Sircar ; he did not know of any other Tenant or Officer 
of the Country Government that was protected at Cal- 
cutta. st 
The Witnefs further faid, That he did not believe 
the Nabob had any Intention of a Maflacre when he cons 
fined the Engh/b in the Black Hole; but that his In- 
tention was merely to confine them for the Night, without 
knowing whether the Prifon was great or fmall ; he faid; 
that Mr. Holwell was carried to the Nabob after he was 
releafed from the Black Hole, and that he heard after- 
wards, that he and Three or Four other Gentlemen were 
put in Irons and fent up the Country, and very hardly 
treated; that thofe who were not confined with Mr. Ho/- 
well were fet at Liberty; that he never heard the 
Nabob exprefied the leaft Concern at the Cataftrophe 
that had happened in the Black Hole,: but always under 
ftood that he received the Account with total In- 
difference ; he likewife underftood, that the Nabob fent 
for Mr. Holwell before him; to difcover where the 
Treafures were, and that he was extremely furprifed 
to find the Treafury fo low; there’was not above 
£.5,000. in the Compahy’s Treafury: That at- the 
re-taking of Calcutta every Thing found in the Settle- 
ment was reftored to thofe who could make out their’ 
Claims :—The Army and Navy did not touch any Part 
of it; what was found was not of great Value; there 
was a great deal of the Company’s Broad Cloth, but 
very little private Property. 

The Witnefs believed, that upon the Lofs of Ca/- 
cutta, there was not a Man who was not ruined, ex- 
cepting One Gentleman, who had remitted Part of his 
Fortune Home; and that the Lofs of the Company’ was 
very great: That it was fuppofed the Reftitution ‘made 
afterwards was more than equivalent; a great Quantity 
of the Company’s Goods were reftored at the Re-capture, 
both at Calcutta and other Places; and whatever came 
into the Hands of the Sircar was delivered up again.. 

The Witnefs- being afked, What Anfwer the Dutch 
and French Factories returned to Serajah Dowla’s Appli- 
cation for Affiftance, as mentioned in a former Part of 
his Evidence? faid, He believed they declined to affift 
him. 

Richard Becher, Efquire, being again Called to inform 
the Committee what he knew of the State of the Com- 
pany’s Affairs, after the Taking of Calcutta, faid, That 
in the Auguft following he joined the Prefident, and 
other Gentlemen, at Falta, where foon after they had 
Intelligence that Admiral Wat/fon, with ‘Troops from 
Madrafs, was coming to their Affiftance ; and when ‘it 
was judged they might be nearly expected, the Council 
deputed Mr. Watts; himfelf, and Mr.’ Adackett, to 
meet the Admiral in ‘Ballafore Road ; that they met him 
in the Month of December, hé not arriving fooner. ° - 

Being afked, By whom Calcutta was retaken? he 
faid, That Admiral Wat/or,-and the Men of ‘War, pro- 
ceeded up the-River ; and that Troops were Janded ; but 
whether Admiral Wat/on or.the Forces took it, he-can- 
not anfwer.—That he was off Board a-Ship that was 
following the Squadron, and that the Ships affifted in 
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’ taking it; and was no Judge whether the Place would 
ever have been retaken if Admiral Wot/on had not 
been there; that the Number of Troops landed amounted 
to 400 or 450 Europegus, and 17 or 1800 Sepoys; 
that the Moors left Calcutta the Second of January, 
1757, and that there was no Capitulation. ' 

In Anfwer to the Queftion, By whom was Calcutta 
taken Poffeffion of ? he replied, It was delivered over 
by Admiral Wat/on to Mr. Drake. 

Being afked, Whether he remembered the firft Idea 
- of fetting up Meer Jaffer, and depofing Shyjah Dowla ? 
he faid, He could not be pofitive; he believed about 
the Month of May 1757. 

And being afked, If he recollected what Money was 
ftipulated to be given to the Select Committee, in cafe 
that Affair was brought about? he faid, That his Situa- 
tion confined him to Calcutta during the Years 1757, 
1758, and 1759, and therefore could not give any 
Anfwer about Tranfactions out of Calcutta. —That Mr. 
Watts, who was Agent for the Company at Muxada- 
vad, wrote Word, that Meer Faffier would make fome 
Confideration to the Navy, Army, and others, who fhould 
be inftrumental in promoting his Advancement to the 
Subahfhip, by way of Donation.—That by others he 
underftood at that Time was Mr. Watts himfelf, who was 
upon the Spot at Muxadgvad; and that he could not 
recollect who was upon the Spot befides. 

He faid, He was the firft Perfon who mentioned the 
Reafonablenefs and Propriety, that the Gentlemen of 
that Committee, who really fet the whole Machine in 
Mation, fhould be likewife confidered on that Occafion ; 
and in Confequence, that Mr. Watts was wrote to, to 
the Effect he had mentioned, viz. That as there were 
to be Donations to the Army, Navy, €&amp;e. it was but 
reafonable the other Gentlemen fhould be confidered : 
He faid, That this Letter does not appear upon the pub- 
lic Proceedings—That he fhould conclude, that on the 
public Service, every Thing was to be entered by 
the Select Committee; but this Letter was not fo 
confidered ; the Select Committee confifted of the Prefi- 
dent, Mr. Drake, Colonel Clive, Mr. Watts, Major 
Kilpatrick, and himfelf ; the Committee was appointed 
by the Court of Directors, and Colonel Clive was 
taken in as Second. 

The Witnefs further informed your Committee, That 
fo far from any Sum being ftipulated to his Knowlege, 
he did not know any Thing of the Sum till fome Time 
after Meer Faffier was eftablifhed in the Sabahfhip.— 
That fome Time after, an Account was fent to the 
Committee, that Meer Fafier, thought proper to make 
Prefents to fome particular Gentlemen, and the Com- 
pany had wrote Word that they fhould not interfere in 
any private Donations from the Nabob to the Company’s 
Servants ; that the Sums he knew of were to the Go- 
wernor 2 Lack and 80,000 Rupees; Colonel Clive the 
fame; tothe reft of the Gentlemen 2 Lack and 40,000 
each.—That he always underftood the Admiral was 
confidered as Commander in Chief of the Navy, in a 
Sum feparate, which he does not know the Amount of ; 
that he efteemed Colonel Clme as a Member of the 
Committee, and did not efteem Admiral Wat/on as be- 
longing to it; he believes one Gentleman of the Coun- 
cil in Bengal (Mr. Bottom) did fend a {mall Sum to the 
Reprefentatives of Admiral Waé/ou, but he does not 
know what it was;—that he knows of no Stipulation 
for particular Sums, but each of the Council, who 
were not Members of the. Committee, received a Lack 
of Rupees; they were Six or Seven in Number; an 
Account was fent in Writing; it was a Letter directed 

the Governor ; he does no know who it was figned 
fy, ber believes by Mr. Watts, Colonel Chive, and Mr. 

ningham:, he confidered it as a private Letter, and 
therefore apprehends. it was not entered-—he knows of 
no other private Donations, but has heard of fuch; he 
cannot recolleé&amp;t from whom ; and. never difcourfed with 
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Being queftioned, Whether, in the Courfe of the Ne- 
gociation with Meer Jaffer, he knew any Thing of Two 
Treaties of the fame Date, one real, and the other 
fictitious ? the Witnefs faid, That he apprehended the 
only Treaty ftood publicly upon the Company’s Re- 
cords ; that while this Affair was upon the Anvil, Mr, 
Watts employed a Black Merchant, refiding at Caleutia 
(by Name Omichuud) who infitted on having no lef; a 
Sum than 20 Lack of Rupees from Meer Fajfer, in 
cafe of Succefs; that Mr. Watts reprefented to the 
Gentlemen in Calcutta, that Meer Faffier was fo averfe 
to the allowing that Sum to Omichund, that he would 
rather all Treaties fhould be broke off, than confent to 
it, or fomething to that Effect ; and further reprefented, 
that he himfelf believed that Omichund was aéting a 
double Part, and would deceive both the Englifh and 
Fafier. In Confequence of thefe Reprefentations, it was 
judged by the Gentlemen, that Omichund was no way 
meriting that Reward, and therefore they did not infitt 
on it, but thought it neceffary, for the Security and 
Safety of the Company, to keep Omichund from the 
Knowlege of thea Sentiments; in Confequence of 
which Two Papers were tranfmitted to Mr. Watts; 
in one of which Omichund was mentioned, and in the 
other not ; the Defign being to prevent the ill Confe- 
quences which might have enfued, if Omichund got a 
Notion that he was not to haye the Money.—The 
Witnefs believes the Two Papers were figned by Admi- 
ral Watfon and the Gentlemen of the Committee. 

Being afked, Whether Admiral Watfon figned the 
fictitious Agreement, or whether he, at that Time, 
heard of Admiral Wat/on’s fcrupling, or refufing to 
fign ? he faid, He thinks the fiétitious Treaty was fent 
to him to be figned, but does not recollect wheth¢r 
that and the other Treaty were tranfmitted to Him 
by Writing, or by Meflenger, or by whom; neither 
does he know whether he figned it or not, nor does he 
recollect that he heard of his refufing to fign it. 

The Witnefs further faid, in relation to the Tranfaétion 
with Omichund, That he thinks he heard that Omichund 
infifted upon the Sum of 5 per Cent. on all the late 
Nabob’s Treafures, exclufive of the Sum of 20 Lack; 
and threatened to betray the whole Negociation, if his 
Demands were not complied with; that Mr. Waits re- 
prefented the Apprehenfions he had of his doing fo, if 
he was not kept in the Dark. 

The Witnefs knows of no Letter from Mr. Watts 
faying, He believed the Nabob’s Treafures amounted 
to 40,000,000, and therefore diffuading the Committee 
from agreeing to give 5 per Cent. upon that Sum, but 
rather to give a fpecified Sum. 

. The Witnefs being afked, Whether he knew any 
Thing of the additional Article to the Treaty with Faffer 
Aly Khan, faid, He believed the 13th Article, or fome- 
thing fimilar, was added ; and does not recolleét the 
Circumftances of tranfmitting the Artieles to the 
Directors. 

It is 29 Years fince the Witnefs left England in the 
Company’s Service. 

The next Witnefs your Committee called, was 
Francis Sykes, Efquire ; who being requefted to inform 
the Committee: what he knew of the Tranfaétion with 
Omichund, faid, That in the Year 1757 he was fta- 
tioned at the fubordinate Fattory, called Cafimbuzar, in 
Council; that he does not know particularly the ‘Terms 
demanded by Omichund; but being on a Vifit to Mr. 
Watts, he found him under great Anxiety ; that he 
took him afide, and told him Owmichund had been 
threatening to betray them to Serajah Dowla, and would 
have them all murthered that Night, unlefs he would 
give him fome Affurances that the Sum promifed him 
(by Mr. Watts) fhould be made good;—that upon 
this Vifit Mr. Watts further faid, That he was under 
the greateft Anxiety how to. counteract the Defigns of 
Omichund , the Witnefs could fo far fay, on his own 
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that Bufinefs was always fufpected, and that he had 
Spies upon Mr. Watts’s Conduét—he apprehends that 
Nothing was reduced to Paper at that Time ; that it 
was only talked of between Omichund and Mr. Watts, 
and believes it was only a verbal Promife ; he further 
faid, That Serajah Dowla was at Muxadavad at that 
Time, and was vifited frequently by Mr. Watts—that 
he (the Witnefs) was in the Service about 20 Years, 
from 1749 to 1769. 
Your Committee next called upon, 

Sir George Pocock, to ftate what Circumftarices he 
knew concerning the Attack upon Chandernagore :—Who 
informed your Committee, That he did not enter the 
River Bengal with Admiral Watfon, but that the Place 
furrendered to that Admiral; that it was afterwa-ds 
garifoned by Officers and Seamen: And in June a De- 
tachment, of a Lieutenant, 7 Midfhipmen, and 50 
Private Men, was fent to Lord Clive. 

The Witnefs was clearly of Opinion, That the Re- 
volution could not have been brought about without the 
Affiftance of the King’s Ships then in the River; he 
does not recollect the Number of the King’s Troops, 
but thinks there might be about 300.--The Company’s 
Troops affifted in taking the Place. 

The Right honourable Lord Céve, being defired to 
relate to your Committee what he knew cf the Tran- 
faction of the above Period, faid, That when he re- 
turned to England in 1755, the Firft Time, the Court 
of Direétors folicited him to go out again; they obtained 
for him His Majefty’s Commiffion of Lieutenant Colonel, 
and appointed him Deputy Governor of Fort Saint Da- 
vid, and to fucceed to the Government of Madra/s ; but 
before he went to his Government they wifhed him to 
undertake an Expedition of great Importance, provided 
Colonel Scott (who had been ftrongly recommended by 
the Duke of Cumberland) did not chufe to undertake the 
Expedition himfelf.—The Intent of the Expedition was 
to join the Mbarattoes at Bombay, and in Conjunction 
with them to attack the French, in the Subah of the 
Decan; for which he carried out three Companies of the 
King’s Artillery, and 3 or 400 of the King’s Troops. 
That when he arrived at Bombay, in the Beginning of 
the Year 1756, there was a Truce between the Two 
Nations, and Colonel Scott was dead. —He found there 
Admiral Watfon and Sir George Pocock with his Squa- 
dron.—It was thought advifeable that thefe Troops 
fhould not lie idle, and that there was a fair Opportu- 
nity of taking Ghereah, a ftrong Fort, poffeffed by an 
Eaftern Prince (Angria) and who, upon all Occafions, 
very much diftreffed the Company.—That he com- 
manded the Land Troops on that Expedition ; and Mr. 
Watfon commanded by Sea,—The Enterprize fucceeded, 
and the Prize Money amounted to £. 150,000. That 
although he commanded the Land Forces, by Virtue of 
his Rank, he fhared only as a Captain of a Man of 
War. Admiral Wat/on thought his Cafe fo hard, that 
he very generoufly offered to mike his Share equal to 
Sir George Pocock’s; he thought himfelf as much obliged 
to him for the Offer as if he had accepted it, but he 
declined the Offer.—That after that he went to his De- 
puty Government at Fort Saint David, about April 1756, 
that in Auguft 1756, he was called from thence to 
Madrafs, on the News of the Capture of Calcutta.— 
It was long debated by the Council what Force fhould 
be fent to retake Calcutta, and who fhould command 
it; it was decided in his Favour, and the With of 
every Officer that he fhould go upon that Expedition. 

In the Beginning of Oéfober the Troops were ready, and 
there was received on board Admiral Watfon’s Squadron, 
and other Tranfports, about 700 Europeans belonging 
to the Company,-and 1,200 Sepoys.—There was lhike- 
wife a Detachment of 250 of Adlercron’s Regiment, to 
ferve as Marines—That they embarked about the 15th 
of Ofober ; and after they had been fome Time at 
Sea; a Council was held on board Admiral Wat/on’s 
Ship, to fettle the Diftribution of Prize Money ; and 

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it was propofed that it fhould be fettled upon the famie 
Plan as it was at Ghereah—That he objeéted to it, be- 
caufe he thought it bore too hard upon the Military ; and 
would not confent tg, a Divifion of Prize Money upon 
any other Divifion than of Two equal Parts, that one 
Half fhouid go to the Military, and the other to the 
Navy—This was agreed to; and they arrived in Ba/- 
lafore Road early in December ; and it was agreed that 
the Squadron fhould go up the River to Calcutta; and 
he looks upon that Attempt to be as daring and mes 
ritorious an Attempt as ever was made in His Majefty’s 
Sea Service.—That they met with fome flight Obftruc- 
tions till they approached near Culeutta.—When the 
Squadron came within a few Miles of Calcutta; he 
defired Admiral Watfon would give Orders for landing 
the Company’s Troops; accordingly they were landed; and 
at the fame Time the Ships went by Water, the Troops 
went by Land.—The Garifon of Calcutta, wpon the 
Approach of the Ships, and of the Land Forces, aban- 
doned the Fort after a few Shot fired by the Squadron, 
and a few returned by the Fort.—That when he en- 
tered the Fort at the Head of the Company’s Troops; 
Captain Coete prefented to him a Commiffion from Ad- 
miral Wet/on, appointing him Governor of the Fort.— 
That he denied any Authority Admiral Wat/on had ta 
appoint an inferior Officer in the King’s Service Go- 
vernor of the Fort, and told Captain Coote, if he difobey- 
ed his Orders, he would put him under an Arreft.—Cap- 
tain Coote obeyed, and defired Leave to acquaint Ad- 
miral Wat/on with thefe Particulars; upon which Ad- 
miral Wat/on fent Captain Speke to him, to know by 
what Authority he took upon himfelf the Command 
of that Fort.—He anfwered, By the Authority of His 
Majefty’s Commiffion, as Lieutenant Colonel, and be- 
ing Commander in Chief of the Land Forces.—Cap- 
tain Speke went on Board with that Meffage ; he re- 
turned, and brought for Anfwer, That if he did not 
abandon the Fort he fhould be fired out.—In Anfwer, 
he faid, He could not anfwer for the Confequences, 
but that he would not abandon the Fort—upon which 
Captain Latham was fent; and when the .Matter was 
taiked over coolly, it was foon fettled ; for he told Cap- 
tain Speke and Captain Latham repeatedly, that if Ad- 
miral Watfonwould come and command himfelf, he 
had no Manner of Objection.—That Admiral Wat/ox 
did come on Shore; he delivered the Keys of the Ga- 
rifon into his Hands, and he delivered them to the Go- 
vernor and Council of Calcutta. 

His Lordfhip further faid, That he was fent from 
Madrafs with a Power independent of the Governor 
and Council of Calcutta.—He commanded in Bengal 
as the King’s Officer and the Company’s both.—The 
King’s Troops, when on Shore, were under him ; he 
was Commander in Chief of the Company’s Forces in 
Bengal, by a Commiffion from the Governor and Coun. 
cil of Madra/s, on his fetting out on that Expedition.— 
The Governor and Council of Madra/s looked on the 
Government of Bengal as annihilated.—They thought, 
if he had not the independent Command, the Governor 
and Council of Bengal would retain the Troops which 
they thought neceffary fhould return to Medra/s—He 
took the Command as a Military Officer—The Go- 
vernor and Council of Calcutta put their Troops under 
his Orders. . 

That when he came to examine into the State of the 
Fort, he found it was not defenfible; it had no Ditch; 
the Baftions did not deferve the Name of Baftions ; 
the Fort was furrounded by Houfes, within 40 Yards 
of the Walls, which commanded the Fortifications.— 
That he fuggefted to the Governor and Council the 
Neceffity of” deftroying them, and making a Ditch 
round the Fort without Delay. —That he was convinced 
that a defenfive War would prove deftructive.—He 
defired Admiral Wat/on would land the King’s Troops, 
to reinforce thofe of the Company.—Great Part of the 
Forces that went out from Madre/s upon this Expedition 

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were not arrived.—The Admiral landed the King’s 
*Fofces, amoiinting to 250 Men ; and thofe, added to 
‘the Company’s, nvight make 700 Europeans and 1,200 
Sepoys:—That with thefe Troops they took the Field, 
at about Four Miles from Calcutta, and encamped in a 
{trong Situation, ‘and entrenched themfelves in Ex. 
pectation of Serajeh Dowla and his Army, who were 
upon their March to Calcutta.—Serajah Dowla in a 
few Days arrived ; paffed within about Half a Mile of 
their Camp, and encamped his Army at the Back of 
‘Calcutta. — At the fame Time that he was marching to 
this Ground, he made Offers of Treaty, and intimated 
to him by Letters, that he wifhed to conclude a Peace 
with the Eaft India Company :—He encamped about 
Six o’Clock in the Evening, at the Back of Calcutta. 
—By this Time, the Terror of his March had frighten- 
ed away all the Natives, and his Lordfhip faw, that if 
fomething was not done, the Squadron and Land 
Forces would foon be ftarved out of the Country.— 
That he fent Mr. Wal/fh and Mr. Scrafton to the Nabob, 
about Seven that Evening ; they returned about Eleven, 
and affured him, They thought the Nabob was not 
fincere in his Intentions for Peace, and that he meant 
Treachery.—That he went immediately on board Ad- 
miral Watfon’s Ship, and reprefented to him the Ne- 
ceflity of attacking the Nabob without Delay ; and de- 
fired the Affiltance of 4 or 500 Sailors to carry the 
Ammunition, which he affented to: The Sailors were 
Janded about One o’Clock in the Morning, about Two 
the Troops were under Arms, and about Four they 
marched to the Attack of the Nabob’s Camp.—It was 
this Intentions to have feized his Cannon, and attacked 
his Head Quarters; but when Day Light appeared, there 
arofe fo thick a Fog, that it was impoffible for the Army 
to fee Three Yards before them, which continued till 
they had marched through the whole Army.—He can- 
not afcertain the Lofs the Enemy fuffered, but it was 
reported very confiderable.—Our Lofs amounted to 
about 150 killed and wounded.—That they continued 
their March to the Fort, where the Troops were al- 
lowed an Hour to reft, and ordered back to Camp.— 
In the Evening Serajah Dowla and his Army got to 
about 8 or 10 Miles from them ; he fent a Letter to 
him and Admiral Watfon, that he defired to treat 
with them; upon which it was agreed to receive his 
Propofals without Delay; and a Treaty was concluded, 
which is upon the Company’s Records.—The Reafon 
that it was not more advantageous than it was, was 
that they had jult received Advice of a War with 
France, and the French had within the Garifon of 
Chandernagore almoft as many Europeans as they had 
inthe Field; and if they had joined Serajab Dowla be- 
fore the Conclufion of the Peace, they muft have been 
undone ; for there wanted only fome intelligent Perfon 
to advife him not to fight at all, and they ihould have 
been ruined.—While this Treaty was carrying on, the 
French fent a Deputation to propofe Neutrality, it being 
long debated, whether a Neutrality fhould be accepted 
of.—Serajah Dowla forbid the Englifh to attack the 
French, and declared, If they did, he would become 
their Enemy.—That he had no Doubt but he would 
become their Enemy the firft Opportunity that offered, 
and that he meant, with their Affiftance, to drive them 
out of Benxgal—He fupplied them with Money pub- 
licly, and fent 1,500 Men to be ready to give them 
their Affiftance.—During this Time, a Reinforcement 
of Troops was received from Bombay; and it was taken 
into Confideration by the Committee, whether they 
fhould undertake the Attack of Chandernagore, at the 
Rifk of difpleafing the Nabob, and having his Army 
to encounter.—That the Members of this Commit- 
tee were, Mr. Drake, Himfelt, Major Kilpatrick, and Mr. 
Becher :—Mr. Becher gave his Opinion for a Neu- 
trality, Major Kilpatrick for a Neutrality ;—his Lord- 
fhip gave his Opinion for the Attack of the Place ; 
Mr. Drake gave an Opinion that No-body could make 


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M1972, 


any Thing of : Major Kilpatrick then afked him, Whe- 
ther he thought the Forces and Squadron could attack 
Chandernagore, and the Nabob’s Army, at the fame 
Time ?—he faid, He thought they could ; upon which 
Major Kilpatrick defired to withdraw his Opinion, and 
to be of his Lordfhip’s.—They voted Mr. Drake's no 
Opinion at all; and Major Kilpatrick and he, being the 
Majority, a Letter was wrote to Admiral Wat/on, de- 
firing him to co-operate in the Attack on Chender. 
nagore.— Lhe Land Forces marched firit, and betet the 
Place, made themfelves Mafters of the Out Works, 
and ere¢éted Two Batteries, One about 120 Yards off 
the Walls, of Six 32 Pounders, and another of Three 
32 Pounders, about 150 Yards off the Walls.—B 
this Time the Squadron came up the. River—Thax 
they furmounted Difficulties, which he believed no 
other Ships could have done ; and it is impoffible for 
him to do the Officers of the Squadron Juftice upon 
that Occafion :—The Place furrendered to them, and 
it was in a great Meafure taken by them; but his 
Lordfhip does believe, that the Place would have been 
taken by the Army, if the Squadron had not come up: 
Tt muft have fallen into their Hands, but not fo foon,— 
And he muft fay, That he thinks, if the Land Forces 
and Sepoys could have been landed in Calcutta, every 
Event which has happened, would have happened 
without the Affiitance of the Fleet. That after Chan- 
dernagore was refolved to be attacked, he repeatedly 
faid to the Committee, as well as to others, ‘That they 
could not itop there, but mult go further: That hay- 
ing eftablifhed themfelves by Force, and not by Con- 
fent of the Nabob, he would endeavour by Force to 
drive them out again. —That they had numberlets Proofs 
of his Intentions ; many upon Record ; and his Lordfhi 
faid, He did fuggeft to Admiral Watfon and Sir George 
Pocock, as well as to the Committee, the Neceffity of a 
Revolution.—Mr. Watfon and the Gentlemen of the 
Committee agreed upon the Neceflity of it; and the 
Management of that Revolution was, with Confent of 
the Committee, left to Mr. Watts and him.—Mr. 
Watts was Refident atMuxadavad , he correfponded 
with him in Cypher; and his Lordfhip fent the Intelli- 
gence to the Governor and Committee; and Mr. Wat- 
Jon was always confulted, but declined being a Mem- 
ber of that Committee.—Great Diffatisfaciion arifing 
among Serajah Dowla’s Troops, a favourable Oppor- 
tunity offered, and Meer Fafier was pitched upon to be 
the Perfon to place in the Room of Serajah Dowla; 
in Confequence of which, a Treaty was formed, which, 
amongft others, confifted of the following Articles: 
That £. 1,200,000 fhould be given to the Company ; 
—{.600,000 to the European Sufferers; £. 600,000 to 
the Navy and Army; about £.250,000 to the Na- 
tives of the Country; and about £. 100,000 to the #- 
menians.— When this was fettled, his Lordfhip remem- 
bers, that Mr. Becher fuggefted to the Committee, That 
he thought that Committee, who managed the great 
Machine of Government, was intitled to fome Con- 
fideration, as well as the Navy and Army.—In Con- 
fequence of which, Mr. Watts was wrote to upon the 
Subject; but what that Confideration was, he never 
knew till after the Battle of P/afy ; and when he was 
informed of it by Mr. Watts, he thought it too much, 
and propofed, that the Council fhould have a Share in it; 
the Sums received were, he believed, as Mr. Becher 
had ftated.—Upon this being known, Mr. Wat/ou ap- 
plied, That he was intitled to a Share in that Money.— 
He agreed in Opinion wae the Gentlemen, when this 
Application was made: That Mr. Wat/on was not One 
of the Committee; but at the fame Time did Juitice 
to his Services, and propofed to the Gentlemén, to con- 
tribute as much as would make his Share equal to 
the Governor’s and his own: About 3 or 4 contented 
to it, but the reft would not. That he fent the Propor- 
tion of the Share he had received.—Some Years ago 
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wherein it was fet forth as a Right; he denied that 
Right, but never had any Objection to add his Pro- 
portion to the reft, if that Claim was withdrawn.—The 
Money was paid by Inftallments, in the fame Propor- 
tion as to the Army and Navy; and he fent his Pro- 
portion of the Firft Inftallment to Mr. Pocock, for Ad- 
miral Wat/on.—The Law Suit dropt, and he has heard 
no more of it fince.—His Lordfhip obferved, That at 
that Time, there were no Covenants exifting ; the Com- 
pany’s Servants were at Liberty to receive Prefents; 
they always had received Prefents; and his Idea of Pre- 
jents is as follows: When Prefents are received as the 
Price of Services to the Nation, to the Company, and 
to that Prince who beftowed thofe Prefents ; when 
they are not exacted from him by Compulfion, when 
he is.in a State of Independance, and can do with 
his Money what he pleafes; and when they are not re- 
ceived to the Difadvantage of the Company; he holds 
Prefents. fo received not difhonourable : But when they 
are received from a dependant Prince ; when they are 
received for no Services whatever; and when they are 
received not voluntarily ; he holds the Receipt of fuch 
Prefents difhonourable.-—He never made the leaft Se- 
cret of the Prefents he had received; he acquainted 
the Court of Directors with it; and they, who are his 
Mafters, and were the only Perfons who had a Right 
io object to his receiving thofe Prefents, approved of 
it. 

His Lordfhip then read to the Committee the 
following Extra¢t from a printed Pamphlet, in- 
tituled, “* A Letter to the Proprietors of the 
“© Eaft India Stock, from Lord Clive,” together 
with Two Letters thereunto annexed. 

Every Thing being agreedon between Meer Faffier and 
the Secret Committee, we marched the Army to meet 
the Nabob, whom we entirely defeated :—His Death 
followed foon after, and Meer Faffier was in a few 
Days in Poffeffion of the Government, and of a Re- 
venue of Three Millions and.a Half Sterling per Annum. 
—The One Half of the Secret Committee being then 
prefent at the Capital, and a Report made by the Na- 
bob’s Minifters of the State of the Treafury, it was 
fettled, that Half the Sum ftipulated by Treaty fhould 
be paid in Three Months, and the other Half in Three 
Years; all conditionally, that we fupported him in 
the Government.—The Nabob then, agreeable to the 
known and ufual Cuftom of Eaftern Princes, made 

?refents, both to thofe of his own Court, and to fuch 
of the Englifo who by their Rank and Abilities had 
been inftrumental in the happy Succefs of fo hazardous 
an Enterprize, fuitable to the Rank and Dignity of 
a great Prince.—I was One amongft the many who be- 


' nefited by his Favour ; I never fought to conceal it ; 


but declared publicly, in my Letters to the Secret 
Committee of the Jndia Direétors, that the Nabob’s 
Generofity had made my Fortune eafy, and that the 
Company’s Welfare was now my only Motive for 
ftaying in India, What Injuftice was this to the Com- 
pany? They could expect no more than what was ftipu- 
lated in the Treaty: Or what Injunéction was I under to 
refufe a Prefent from him, who had the Power to make 
me one, as the Reward of honourable Services ? I know 
of none; I had furely mytelf a particular Claim, by 
having devoted myfelf to the Company’s Military Ser- 
vice, and neglected all Commercial Advantages. What 
Reafon can then be given, or what Pretence could the 
Company have to expéct, that I, after having rifked 
my Life fo often in their Service, fhould deny myfelf the 
only honourable Opportunity that ever offered, of acquir- 
ing a Fortune without Prejudice to them, who, it 1s evi- 
dent, would not have had more for my having had lefs ? 
When the Company had acquired a Million and a Half 
Sterling, dnd a Reventie of near £. 100,000 per Annum, 
from. the Succefs of theit Forces under my Command ; 
when ample Reftoration had been made. to. thofe whofe 
Fortunes fuffered by the Calamity of Calcutta ; and when 


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803 
Individuals had, in Confequence of that Succefs, ac- 
quired large Eftates ; what would the World have faid, 
had I come Home, and refted upon the Generofity of 
the prefent Court of Direétors ?—It is well known to 
every Gentleman in Bengal, that the Honour of my 
Country, and the Intereft of the Company, were the 
Principles that governed all my Aétions ; and that, had 
I only taken the advantageous Opportunities that pre- 
fented themfelves, by my being Commander in Chief, 
and at the Head of a victorious Army, and what by 
the Cuftom of that Country I was intitled to, the Jaghire 
itfelf, great as it is, would have been an Object {fcarce 
worth my Confideration. 

The City of Muxadavad is as extenfive, populous, 
and rich, as the City of London; with this Difference, 
that there are Individuals in the firft, poffeffing infinite- 
ly greater Property than any in the Jaft City : Thefe, 
as well as every other Man of Property, made me the 
greateft Offers (which neverthelefs are ufual upon 
fuch Occafions, and what they expeéted would have 
been required) and had I accepted thefe Offers, I might 
have been in Poffeffion of Millions, which the prefent 
Court of Direétors could not have difpofiefled me of : 
But preferring the Reputation of the Englifh Nation, 
the Intereft of the Nabob, and the Advantage of the 
Company, to all pecuniary Confiderations, I refufed all 
Offers that were made me, not only then, but to the 
laft Hour of my Continuance in the Company’s Ser- 
vice in Bengal; and do challenge Friend or Enemy to 
bring One fingle Inftance of my being influenced by 
interefted Motives to the Company’s Difadvantage; or 
to do‘any Act that could reflect Difhonour to my 
Country, or the Company, in any One Action of my 
Adminiftration, either as Governor or Commanding Of- 
ficer.—I little expected ever to have had my Conduct 
impeached, or to have received fuch Treatment from 
the Court of Directors, efpecially after the many pub- 


lic and honourable Teftimonies of Approbation I had 
received. 


Copy of Company’s Letter to Colonel Clive, March 8; 
1758. 
SIR, 


Our Sentiments of Gratitude, for the many great 
Services you have rendered to this Company, together 
with the Thanks of the General Court, have been hi- 
therto conveyed through the Channel of our General 
Letters; but the late extraordinary and unexpected Re- 
volution in Bengal, in which you had fo great a Share 
of Aétion, both in the Cabinet and the Field, me- 
‘tits our more particular Regard ; and we do accord- 
ingly embrace this Opportunity of returning you our 
moft fincere and hearty Thanks for the Zeal, good 
Conduct, and Intrepidity, which you have fo eminently 
exerted on this glorious Occafion, as well as for the 
great and folid Advantages refulting therefrom to the 
Eaft India Company: We earneftly with your Health 
may permit your Continuance in India, for fuch furs 
ther Term as will give you an Opportunity of fecuring 
the Foundation you have laid; as likewife to give your 
Affiftance in putting the Company’s Mercantile and 
Civil Affairs on a proper and advantageous Footing, 
upon the Plans now tranfmitted. For this Purpole, 
as well'as in Confideration of your eminent Services, 
we have appointed you Governor and Prefident of Fort 
William in Bengal, and its Dependencies, in the Man- 
ner mentioned in the General Letter, by this Convey- 
ance; to which we have annexed an additional Al- 
lowance of £.1,000 a Year, as a Teftimony of our 
ereat Regard for you. 


Company’s. General Letter to Bengal, dated March 8, 
(i 2758. 
Paragraph the 23d. In our Letter of the 3d Inftant, wela- 
mented the Situation of the many unhappy People who on 
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804. 


loft their Property on the Capture of Fort William, and 
had no Relief from the Treaty concluded with the late 
Nabob: In Compaffion to their Sufferings, we recom- 
mended your applying to him on their Behalf for Re- 
lief, if you had the leaft Probability of fucceeding. It 
is with great Pleafure we find that the late happy Re- 
volution, and your Care, have produced what we had 
very little Reafon to expeé&amp;t from the late Nabob, a 
Grant from the prefent Nabob of fuch large Sums, to 
make good the Loffes of the feveral Inhabitants, as we 
are fatisfied are much more than fufficient to indemnify 
them, even with Intereft thereon. Although the Na- 
bob gives the Company a Crore of Rupees, yet, when 
the immenfe Expence of maintaining the Settlement at 
Fulta, the Military Charges of our Troops from Fort 
Saint George and Bombay, and the Hazard thofe Prefi- 
dencies have been expofed to by drawing them off from 
thence; the Charges of Fortifications and Re-buildings, 
replacing Stores, Increafe of our Garifon, the Lofs of 
a Seafon’s Inveftments, if not more, and many other 
obvious Particulars, are taken into the Account, it will 
appear that the Company will ftill be confiderable Suf- 
ferers. It is highly reafonable therefore, if the feveral 
Inhabitants are paid out of the Money ftipulated in 
the Treaty with the Nabob for that Purpofe, the full 
Amount of their refpective Loffes, together with Intereit 
thereon, that all the Surplus fhould be applied to the 
Company’s Ufe: We fhall expect to hear you have 
aéted in this Manner, and that fuch Surplus has been 
accordingly depofited in our Cafh; and we direct that 
you obferve this as a Rule for your Conduét in the Dif- 
tribution of any further Sums of Money on this Ac- 
count. We do not intend by this to break in upon any 
Sums of Money which have been given by the Nabob 
to particular Perfons, by Way of Free Gift, or Gra- 
tuity, for their Services. It is the Surplus of the Sums 
we mean, which are agreed to be paid by the Nabob in 
the sth, 6th, and 7th Articles of the Treaty with him. 
It is thought proper here to acquaint you, that fuch 
Surpluffes, whatever they are, we propofe to expend in 
fuch Manner, as will tend to the general Utility and Se- 
curity of the Settlement ; they are therefore to be re- 
ferved for our farther Orders; and you are hereby di- 
rected to tranfmit us, for our Information, exact Ac- 
counts of every Perfon’s Lofs, whether Engli/h or other 
Inhabitants, on the late Capture of Fort William, anc 
what has been paid to each of them in particular, by 
Way of Indemnification for the fame, out of the Monies 
granted by the Nabob for that Purpofe. 


As to the fictitious Treaty, Lord Ciive informed your 
Committee, That when Mr. Watts had nearly accom- 
plifhed the Means of carrying that Revolution into Exe- 
cution, he acquainted him, by Letter, that a frefh Dif- 
ficulty had ftarted ; that Omichund had infifted upon 5 
per Cent. on all the Nabob’s Treafures, and 30 Lack in 
Money ; and threatened, if he did not comply with that 
Demand, he would immediately acquaint Serajab Dowla 
with what was going on, and Mr. Watts fhould be put 
to Death: — That when he received this Advice, he 
thought Art and Policy warrantable in defeating the 
Purpofes of fuch a Villain ; and that his Lordfhip him- 
felf formed the Plan of the fictitious Treaty, to which 
the Committee confented; it was fent to Admiral Wat- 
fon, who objected to the figning of it; but to the beft 
of his Remembrance gave the Gentleman who carried it 
(Mr. Lufhington) Leave to fign his Name upon it :— 
That his Lordfhip never made any Secret of it; he 
thinks it warrantable in fuch a Cafe, and would do it 
again a hundred Times: He had no interefted Motive 
in doing it, and did it with a Defign of difappointing the 
Expectations of a rapacious Man :—That he never heard 
that Mr. Watts had made a Promife to Omichund of any 
Money, direétly or indirectly :—That when he was laft 
Abroad, he had given the fame Account, which is enter- 
ed in the Public Proceedings :—That Omichund was em- 
ployed only as an Agent to Mr. Watts, as having mott 


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A. 1772. 


Knowlege of Serajab Dowla’s Court, and had Commif. 
ficn to deal with 3 or 4 more of the Court :—Omichund’s 
only Chance of obtaining Retribution was depending on 
this Treaty :—He did not believe that Omichand was per- 
fonally known to Meer Fafier, but through Mr. Watts. 

When the Army marched, Meer Faffier had promifed 
that he and his Son would join them with a large Force 
at Cutwa :—When they arrived there, they faw no Ap. 
pearance of Force to join them; but received Letters 
trom Meer Jaffer, informing him, that the Nabob had 
fufpected his Defign, and made him fwear on the Koran, 
that he would not a¢t againft him ; and therefore he 
could not give the promifed Affiftance ; but that when 
they met Serajah Dowla in the Field, he would then 
act :—At the fame Time Omichund received Two or 
Three Letters from the Nabob’s Camp, that the Affair 
was difcovered, and that Meer Jaffer and the Nabob 
were one.—That his Lordfhip was much puzzled ; for 
he thought it extremely hazardous to pafs a River, 
which is only fordable in one Place, march 150 Miles 
up the Country, and rifk a Battle, when, if a Defeat 
enfued, not One Man would have returned to tell it. 
In this Situation he called a Council of War; and the 
Queflion he put was, Whether they fhould crofs the Ri- 
ver, and attack Serajah Dowla with their own Force 
alone, or wait for further Intelligence ? Every Member 
gave their Opinion againft the Attack, till they had re- 
ceived further Intelligence, except Captains Coote and 
Grant. His Lordfhip obferved, this was the only Coun- 
cil of War that ever he held, and if he had abided by 
that Council, it would have been the Ruin of the Eaft 
India Company. After about 24 Hours mature Con- 
fideration, his Lordfhip faid, He took upon himfelf tg 
break through the Opinion of the Council, and ordered 
the Army to crofs the River: — He did not recolleé&amp; 
any Memorial from Captain Coote upon that Occafion 
nor was he of Rank fufficient at that Time to have any 
Influence upon his Conduct ; and whatever he did upon 
that Occafion, he did without receiving Advice from 
any one. 

Lord Clive further faid, in Explanation of the afore- 
going Evidence, That Calcutta was taken by Serajab 
Dowla in Fune 1756, upon the Pretence of a Black 
Merchant being protected by the Englifh: That Mr. 
Watts was Two or Three Months employed in the 
Negociation of the Revolution ; and the Correfpondence 
was carried on entirely between himfelf and Mr. Watts; 
that he did not know exaétly the Amount of the Trea- 
fure of Serajab Dowla, but believed about Three or 
Four Millions; that the final Terms of the Agree- 
ment between Meer Faffer and Mr. Watts were not 
agreed on till a few Days before the March of the 
Army ; that Mr. Lu/bington was the Perfon who fiened 
Admiral Wat/fon’s Name, by his Lordfhip’s Order. 

John Walfh, Eiquire, being here called to give an 
Account of what he knew of the fictitious Treaty, 
faid, That he and Mr. Lufbington went together to 
Calcutta, withthe Treaty ; a Letter from Colonel Clive 
was carried by him and Mr. Lufhington from the French 
Gardens, where the Army then lay, to the Committee; 
and he returned with the Treaties figned in the Even- 
ing; that he cannot recolleét whether he went to Ad- 
miral Watfon, nor now recollect the whole Tranf- 
action :—He only recolleéts that the Treaties were fent 
and brought back again: That his Idea has always 
been, that Mr. Wat/on refufed to fign the fictitious 
Treaty, but permitted Mr. Lujbington to do it for 
him: That the fictitious Treaty was’ called Lol Cog- 
gedge, from being wrote on red Paper ; and he remem- 
bered Omichund was very earneft in his Enquiry after 
that particular Paper, after the Nabob was put upon the 
Mufnud. 

Lord Clive further acquainted the Committee, That 
all the Letters in Cypher, which paffed between Mr, 
Watts and himfelf, are not entered in the Country Cor- 
refpondence, or any where elfe; that he had got fome 
of the Letters, but did not know whether he had the 

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Letter wherein Mention is made of Omichund’s Demand 
of 5 per Cent. on the Treafures, and 30 Lack; that the 
fictitious Treaty, to the beft of his Remembrance, ftated 
30 Lack and 5 per Cent, upon the Treafures :—It might 
be 50 Lack for ought he knows :—That he believes the 
Letter relating to the Donation to the Atmy and Navy 
is entered or mentioned in One of his Letters :—He 
did not recollect what he paid to the Heirs of Admiral 
Watfon :—That he wrote to the Secret Committee in 
England, {tating Donations to the Navy and Army, but 
not the Donations to the Committee :—He wrote a pri- 
vate Letter to Mr. Paine then Chairman, in which he 
mentioned the Donations to the Committee ; that he 
mentioned in his general Letter, that the Nabob’s Bounty 
had made his Fortune eafy :—He knew of no Stipulation 
by Mr. Watts, for 50 Lack, or any other Sum befides 
the Donation to the Army and Navy and Select Commit- 
tee ; if there was any fuch Sum, it was without his Con- 
fent or Knowlege. : 
In regard to the Fate of Serajah Dowla, his Lordfhip 
faid, He had been informed, that he fled and took 
Shelter in a Fackier’s Houfe, whofe Nofe and Ears he 
had cut off upon a former Occafion ; That there was a 
Brother of Meer Faffier’s at Rajamail (a {mall Diftance 
from the Place where he took Refuge) that this Fackier 
fent immediate Notice to him, that he had Serajab Dowla 
in his Houfe, and he fhould keep him till he could feize 
him; that the Nabob’s Brother immediately fet out 
with a few Attendants, and feized him ; and that he 
was brought from thence to the City, and immediately 
put to Death by Meerbam, Meer Faffer’s Son ; it is faid, 
without the Father’s Knowlege; that his Lordfhip knew 
nothing of it till the next Day, when the Nabob made 
him acquainted with it, and “poles for his Conduct, 
by faying that he had raifed a Mutiny among his 
Troops; and this was all his Lordfhip knew of the 
Matter. wv 

Lord Clive further faid, in regard to the fictitious 
Treaty, That he did not recollect whether Mr, Luf- 
ington brought it back with Mr. Wat/on’s Name to it ; to 
the beft of his Remembrance, Mr. Lujbington told him, 
that Admiral Wat/fon gave him Leave to fign his Name 
to the fictitious Treaty ; he did not recollect whether 
Mr. Watfon’s Seal was put to it, but believes that Mr. 
Watfon’s Name and a Seal were put_to both the Trea- 
ties before they were difpatched to Mr. Wats ; he is not 
certain whether Mr. Luj/bington figned in his Prefence at 
Calcutta or the French Gardens. Roy Doulub did not 
feceive 5 per Cent. on all the Money paid, but on fome 
of it, patticularly not on that which was paid to the 
Army and Navy.—Ray Doulub was One of the Nabob’s 
Generals. ; 

His Lordfhip being afked, What might be the par- 
ticular Value in Money or Jewels received by him and 
fuch other Gentlemen as he may recollect? faid, He re- 
ceived about 16 Lack of Rupees clear, after deducting 
Commiffion and all other Articles ; that he received no 
Jewels, but all in Money ; that he believed Mr. Watts. 


might receive altogether about 8 Lack; Mr. Wal 


about 5; there were 3 or 4 more, but could not re- 
collect the Sums; that he thinks Mr. Scrafton had 2 
Lack, but is not certain: Thefe Donations were given 
exclufive of the Sums ftipulated for the Gentlemen of 
the Committée, Council, Army, and Navy :—That the 
Share he received as Commander in Chief, amounted to 
about 2 Lack ; Major Kilpatrick, he believed, had about 
3 or 4 Lack, exclufive of the Sums ftipulated for the 
Arniy and Committee ; Mr. Lafbington had fomething 
very trifling, about 50,000 Rupees ; Captain Grant of 
Adlercron’s Regiment had One Lack. _ | : 

His Lordfhip alfo faid, That thefe Prefents were not 
paid down at the Time, but by Inftallments; and in a 


fubfequent Part of his Lordfhip’s Evidence (which is. 


placed here in order to Jay the Subject Matter more 

conneétedly before the Houfe) being afked, by what In- 

ftallments ‘the-Prefents, over and above thofe ftipulated 
VoL, XXXII. 


805 


for the Army; Navy, Council, and Committee, were 
paid? he faid, That he knew of no Agreement, but 
they were paid. Half down, and Half in about 15 
Months, to the beft of his Remembrance :—And being 
further queftionéd, Whether, when the firft Half was 
paid down, his Lordfhip had any Expectation of the 

emainder ? he faid, He had, from the Intelligence of 
Mr. Watts, who acquainted him that the Prefent for his 
Share would amount to about 20 Lack, but he received 
only 16. That Lands to the Amount of £. 700,000 a 
Year were mortgaged for the Payment of the Remain- 
der of the Money ftipulated for by Treaty ; the Mort- 
gage he believed was made about December 1757, or 
the Fanuary following : That Sir George Pocock applied 
to the Governor and Council by Letter, to defire that 
they would advance to the Navy their remaining Half 
of the 50 Lack given to the Navy and Army, defiring 
that the Governor and Council would make fuch a De- 
duction as they thought reafonable for the Rifk of ad- 
vancing the Money :—That fome fharp Letters pafled 
upon the Occafion ; and to the beft of his Remem- 
brance, he was the only Perfon of that Council who 
objected to that Requeft being complied with; and 
then, after it had been complied with, he made the 
fame Requeft in Favour of the Army, and not before ; 
that the Money deducted, to the beft of his Remem- 
brance, was 5 Lack, the remaining 20 Lack was paid 
down by the Company for the Navy and Army. 

As to the 13th Article of the Treaty with: Meer Faf- 
fier, his Lordfhip never recolleéted till he was laft in 
India, that there was a 13th Article, 12 only appearing 
in the Direétors Books ; that he faw no more at the 
India Houfe or in Mr. Scrafton’s Book, and underftood 
that particular Article had been fuppreffed by Mr. Van- 
Jittart, in Order, as his Lordfhip apprehended, that 
Mr. Vanfttart might juftify his Proceedings in the Se- 
cond Revolution, as the Company ftood bound, by 
that Article, in Alliance with Meer Jaffer; and his 
Lordfhip acknowleged writing to the Direétors on the 
15th December 1762, that there was no fuch Article to 
the beft of his Knowlege :—And being afked at what 
Time it became neceffary for Mr. Vanfttart to fupprefs 
the 13th Article? he faid, Upon the Affair of the Dusch, 
the Court of Dire¢tors enquired whether there was a 13th 
Article, and Mr. Vanjfittart fupprefled it as he fuppofes. 

John Walfo, Efquire, being again called upon to ex- 
plain further the Affair of the 13th Article, faid, That 
it is the only one in the Treaty binding upon the 
Englifh, and the only Thing that could properly have 
been figned by them; that he imagines the Copy of it 
was neglected to be taken in the Treaty fent Home ; 
the Treaty without it is inferted in the Select Commit- 
tee Proceedings as a Tranflate from the Perfian, the 
12 Articles are all in Perfian, and only the 1 3th in 
Englifh. The Englifh figned Perfian Articles as far as 
12, which were prefixed to the Engli/h Articles. 

The Witnefs cicther faid, That fome little Time after 
a Publication of Mr. Vanfittart’s, in which he had treated 
the 13th Article as never to have fubfifted; he had a Con- 
verfation with that Gentleman, and at that Time fhewed 
him the Words of that 13th Article, and he confeffed 
his Knowlege, that that Article did fubfift:—That he 
by no Means charged Mr. Vanfttart with having fup- 
preffed that Article, for he believed no Copy of” it re- 
mained among the Company’s Papers at Calcutta: 
That he looked over Lord Ciive’s Papers, and there 
faw a Copy of the Treaty with the 13th Article, in Mr. 
Lufbington’s Writing ; and that he acquainted Mr. Rous, 
the Deputy Chairman, with the 13th Article. 

Mr. Holt (from the Eajft India Houfe) being called 
upon to relate what he knew relative to this Treaty, 
and the Concealment of the 13th Article, faid, That 
Mr. Gillam, who had the collecting thofe Treaties for 
Parliament, is dead, but that he tpanl a Paper in his 
Hand Writing containing as follows: _, 

« Inthe Treaty here referred to, was an Article con- 

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806 


“ taining the Conditions on the Part of the Company ; 
“© it was not tranfmitted from India to the Company, 
«&lt; but is to be found in the 12th Page of the Appendix 
“¢ to the D. Memorial; and as there is no Reafon to 
«© doubt the Authenticity of it, it is fubjoined to the 
“ Treaty with the Nabob Meer Jaffer.” 

The Witnefs further faid, That the Treaty now upon 
the Table was copied by Mr. Cray, a Clerk in the 
Office about the Year 1767 :—And being afked, Whe- 
ther the Original, from which it was copied, was 
lodged among the Company’s Papers? he faid, That, 
in the Year 1758, a Treaty, confifting of 12 Ar- 
ticles, and dated 5th of Fuly 1757, was received by the 
Company in a Letter from the Select Committee at 
Bengal, to the SecretCommittee of the Court of Di- 
rectors, bearing Date the 14th of July 1757; and the 
13th Article was added when the Treaties were called 
for by the Houfe of Commons in 1767. 

The Witnefs produced the Minutes of the Englifh 
and Dutch Commiffaries in 1762, out of which were 
read the Entries marked in the Appendix, N° 4. 

Mr. Waifh was then called upon to explain fur- 
ther the Fact, refpecting his having found a Copy of 
the Treaty with Meer Faffier, wrote in Mr. Lujbing- 
ton’s Hand Writing (who was, at the Time of make- 
ing the Treaty, Secretary to Lord Ciive) to which there 
was a 13th Article, and what he did in Confequence ? 
and faid, That he certainly faw among Lord Ciive’s 
Papers a Copy of this Treaty, and is very well con- 
vinced it was in Mr. Lu/bington’s Hand Writing :—It 


concained the 13th Article: —That he thought like- 


wife he took a Copy of that 13th Article, and fhewed 
jt to the then Chairman and Deputy Chairman, who he 
believed were Mr. Rous and Mr. Dudley, but was not 
very clear; he could not fay whether this was before 
the Papers were laid before the Houfe of Commons, 
nor upon what Occafion he carried it to the Chairman 
and Deputy Chairman; he believed it was whilft Lord 

Clive was abroad, and was certain it was not fhewed to 
the Chairman and Deputy Chairman in their public Ca- 

acity. 

: The Witnefs further faid, That in the Copy in Mr. 
Lufbington’s Hand Writing, the 13th Article was by 
no Means diftinguifhed from the 12 others— it was 
numbered 13th:—What facilitated him to recollect 
that, he faid, was by having recurred to a Copy in his 
Hands of that Copy, which he fuppofed to be Mr. 
Lufhington’s. 

The Witnefs being afked, Whether the firft Time 
he faw the 13th Article was the Time when he carried 
it to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman ? he faid, He 
certainly had feen it before ; he never had an Idea, but 
that that Article exifted:—He could only fpeak upon 
Suppofition why it was not tranfmitted with the other 
12 Articles:—The Treaty being fent down to Calcutta 
to be returned with great Difpatch, it is likely that af- 
ter the figning, no Copy was taken of it by the Gentle- 
men at Calcutta, who had the-tran{fmitting of thefe 
Papers to the Company. 

Being afked, Whether he recollected any other In- 
ftance of an Inftrument of fuch Importance being de- 
livered over without a Copy taken? he faid, He re- 
collected many Inftances of Omiffions—And in Anfwer 
to whether he knew how Mr. Lujhington came by his 
Copy? he faid, Becaufe he was not fo negligent as 
others ; and that he fuppofes Mr. Lujhington took his 
Copy before it was tranfmitted to the Nabob :—He be- 
lieved Lord Clive certainly tranfmitted to the Company 
Accounts of that Treaty, but not a Copy. ‘ 

Being afked, If he recolle¢ted from what Paper Lord 
Clive copied the 13th Article that was fent to Mr. Bi/- 
dom? he faid, He had no Doubt from that Copy which 
he fuppofed to be Mr. Lujbington’s. 

‘Being further queftioned as to the Manner of exe- 
cuting thefe Inftruments, and of exchanging them be- 
tween the contracting Parties ; he faid, He concluded 
only One Inftrument was figned ~by the Gentlemen at 


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4.1772. 


Calcutta, which was that delivered to the Nabob; and 
he imagined that Inftrument contained 13 Articles, and 
that delivered by the Nabob to the Company contained 
only 12; and that the Inftrument containing the 13 
Articles was figned by the Company alone, and not b 
the Nabob; and that of, 12 Articles by the Nabob 
alone. He further faid, That he imagined Lord Ciive’s 
Letter to the Dutch Governor, refpecting the 13th Ar- 
ticle, was not entered in the Public Proceedings at Ca/- 
cutta:—And being afked why not, it being a public 
Proceeding of avery important Nature? he anfwered, 
That all he could fay was, that Lord C/ive having an 
independant Command from the Gentlemen of Caleutig 
did not in every Circumftance tranfmit the Particulars 
of his Proceedings to them; and that in thofe Times 
there might have been great Irregularity in the Offices, 
there being few Servants :—He further faid, That he did 
not know that this Tranfaction was not entered upon 
the Books of the Company. 

In the Courfe of the above Proceeding your Com- 
mittee read the feveral Letters, and other Papers marked 
in the Appendix, N° s. 

The next Witnefs your Committee called upon, was 

Captain Brereton, who was Lieutenant with Admiral 
Watfon in the Kent, in the Year 1757; and being 
afked, Whether he had heard Admiral Wat/on make 
any Declarations concerning the Treaty that was to de- 
ceive Omichund ? faid, That he had often heard the Ad- 
miral fpeak of it; that it was propofed to him to fien 
a fictitious Treaty to deceive Omichund of 30 Lack, 
which he refufed to do, as difhonourable to him as an 
Officer, and an Affront to propofe it to him: That it 
was then propofed fomebody fhould fign it for him, 
which he alfo refufed, and faid, He would wafh his 
Hands of it, he would have nothing to do with it, he 
was a Stranger to Deception, they might do as they 
pleafed. 

Being afked, Whether in the Converfations he had 
had with the Admiral on that Subject, he had ever 
heard him fay, that he authorized any Perfon to fign 
that Treaty tor him ? the Witnefs faid, He believed 
not ; that he had often heard him fay, he had not; and 
would not authorize any body to do it. 

And being further afked, Whether he believed Ad- 
miral Wat/on ever put his Seal to it? he faid, He 
believed not ; he was fure he had too good a Heart. 

Being further ‘afked, If he knew whether Admiral 
Watfon, before his Death, had ever heard of his Name 
being put to the fictitious Treaty ? he faid, He had ; it 
was communicated to him by Captain Martin, on his 
Death Bed; and that the Secret Committee had agreed 
to fhare the 30 Lack, ftipulated in the Agreement for 
Omichund, among themfelves, and excluding the Admiral 
of his Share, becaufe he had not figned the Treaty :— 
The Admiral faid, That he always thought the Tranf- 
action difhonourable, and as there was fo much Iniquity 
among Mankind, he did not wifh to ftay any longer 
among them; this was juft before his Death, which he 
believes was the 16th of Auguft 1757:—The Witnefs 
faid, He was not prefent at this Converfation, but in 
the next Room; and that it was communicated to him 
by Captain Martin (who is now dead) the Moment he 
came out of the Room. 

Being afked, If he was fure Admiral Wat/on did not 
put his Seal toit? he anfwered, That he had heard him 
fay fo in repeated Converfations : — He further faid, 
That he never heard that Admiral Wat/on applied to the 
Select Committee for a Part of this Money ; but that 
after his Death, his Executors did. 

Being afked, If he ever heard Admiral Wat/on men- 
tion who was the Perfon that propofed to him to fign 
the fictitious Treaty? faid, The Admiral did not men- 
tion the Gentleman’s Name ; but faid (with a Sneer) it 
was a Member of the Secret Committee. 

As to the Admiral’s figning the real Treaty, he never 
heard him mention it particularly ; that he had heard 
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pofe a Man they had fo lately made a folemn Treaty 
with; but that as he was inftructed by the King to afford 
the Kaj? India Company Affiftance ini their Affairs, he 
affifted them with his Forces according to his Duty ; 
and he always underftood, from the Admiral’s Conver- 
fation, that he did fign the real Treaty, but never 
heard him fay whether he approved it or not. 

The Witnefs further faid, That he heard of this 
Treaty immediately after the Attack 6f Ciztwa, which 
was the Beginning of ‘Zune, and beforé the Battle of 
Plaffy, and it was then talked of, that Admiral Wai- 


fon’s Name was put to the fictitious Treaty ; that the 


Admiral was then at Calcutta, and that he took to his 
Bed about the 8th of Auguf following, as he believed. 
—That the Time when Admiral Wat/on made the De- 
claration ‘“‘ that it was extraordinary to depofe the 
« Nabob” was at Breakfaft, about the latter End of 
May, when he gave the Witnefs Orders to prepare the, 
Men who were to act with the Artillety on Shore; the 
Men who formed the Detachment upon that Occafion 
were from the King’s Ships, and were fent on Board 
the Bridgewater to Chandernagore, to join the Army ; 
and, as the Witnefs underftood, they a¢ted as Artillery 
during all that Campaign, 

- The Witnefs being afked, Whether he was with the 
Admiral when he firft heard the Report of his Name 
being put to the fictitious Treaty? faid, He was every 
other Day upon Duty with the Admiral, as the Officer 
who received his Orders ; that he never took the Liberty 
with the Admiral to mention the Report to him, but 
that he had heard the Admiral fay it had been put. 

Being afked, Whether, between the Report of the 
Admiral’s Name being put, and his taking to his Bed, 
was not nearly Two Months, and whether he believed 
that the firft Time the Admiral heard of it was in the 
Converfation referred to with Captain Martin ? he faid, 
He believed it was about Two Months, and that the 
Admiral might know it before that Converfation, but 
then he was fure he knew it: That it is impoffible he 
can recollect for 15 Years Diftance the precifé Time of 
the Converfation, when the Admiral faid he knew his 
Name had been put to the fictitious Treaty. 

Being further afked, Whether when he ufed the 
Words of the Admiral, that he declared he always 
thought the Tranfa¢tion difhonourable ; he meant that 
it was difhonourable to make a falfe Treaty to deceive 
Omichund, or to ufe the Admiral’s Hand and Seal to the 
Treaty when he did not put it himfelf? he faid, He 
underftood it that it was difhonourable to make a falfe 
Treaty to deceive Omichund.—And being further afked, 
Whether before Captain Martin communicated the: 
Subje&amp; of Admiral Wat/on’s Name being put to that 
Treaty, it was nota Matter of Sufpicion only? faid, 
He believed it might. 

Being alfo afked, What he underftood the Admiral to 
mean when he faid “ he was a Stranger to Deception, 
«“ they might do as they pleafed?” he faid, In the 
Tranfaction of the Company’s Affairs:—And if he 
underftood Admiral Wat/fon to mean by thofe Words 
that they might put his Name to. the fictitious Treaty 
if they pleafed, he faid, He did not; he could not 
conceive that the Admiral would give his Confent to any 
Tranfaétion that he held difhonourable, that fhould in- 
finuate his Approbation of Deception. 

In the Courfe of the above Examination the Witnefs 
was queftioned as to the following Points, which the 
Committee referved to the laft to avoid Confufion in 
the State of the Evidence; viz. If it had not been for 
the Affiftance of His Majefty’s Ships and Troops he 
thought the Eaft India Company could have fucceeded 
in their different Enterprizes, and particularly in effect- 
ing the Revolution in Favour of Meer Faffier ? He be- 
lieved not. 

Whether the Witnefs was not, at the Time of Ad- 
miral Wat/on’s Inefs, fufpended his Majefty’s Service ? * 
He never was fufpended, 


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807 
By what Accident he became Commanding Officer 
under the Admiral? Captain Speke was wounded in the 
Attack of Chandernagore, the Firft Lieutenant was 
killed, the Second Lieutenant was appointed Governor 
of Chandernagore after the Capture, the Third Lieute-. 
nant was wounded, and died of his Wounds, the Fourth 
Lieutenant was wounded and fick afhore, the Witnefs 
was Fifth, and then became Commanding Officer. _ 
The next Evidence that relates to the fictitious Treaty, 
and which your Committee therefore think proper to lay 
before the Houfe in this Place, is that of | 
Fobn Cooke, Efquire, who was before mentioned to 
have been Secretary to the Select Committee in Bengal, 
in the Year 1757; and he informed the Committee, that 
he knew there was fuch a Treaty; that after the Battle 
of Plafly he waited upon Admiral Waz/on with a Meflage 
from the Seleét Committee ; that amongft other Things 
this fictitious Treaty was mentioned in Converfation ; 
that the Admiral faid he had not figned it (fhrugging up 
his Shoulders) but had. left them to do as they pleafed, 
alluding, as the Witnefs fuppofed, to Colonel Clive and 
the Sele€t Committee. This Converfation, as the Wit- 
nefs thought, was in uly, and the Admiral was then in 
good. Health and Spirits; apes a , 
The Witnefs further faid, That he had no Doubt that 
the Admiral knew his Name was to it ; and he under- 
ftood, from-what dropped from him, that he had fecretly 
permitted his Name to be ufed; he believed he did not. 
publicly give his Confent; but had known of it; and | 
made no Objection ; he did not conceive his Name could 
have been put without his Permiffion: The Converfa- 
tion was only between the Admiral and himfelf; the 
Admiral, .in that Converfation, certainly did not expreis 
any Refentment or Surprize that his Name was put. 
And being queftioned again, as to the Purport of that 
Converfation ? he faid, If he remembered right, when 
the Circumftance of the fictitious Treaty was mentioned, 
he fhrugged up his Shoulders, and faid (laughingly) 
that he had not figned it, but that he had left it to them 
to do as they pleafed.. 

Being afked, Whether it was from this Circumftancé 
that he colleéted the Admiral knew of his Name being 
put? he faid, It was,.and from this Circumftance only : 
And he further faid, It gave him no Surprize that an 
Officer of Admiral Wat/on’s Rank had agreed to have 
his Name put toa Treaty he could not fign, becaufe he 
was convinced the Admiral knew the Motives. for which 
fuch a fictitious Treaty was made; and that, though 
he would not fign it, he had no Objection to Omichund 
being lulled into a Security, and preventing the whole 
Defign from being difcovered and defeated. _ , 

Being afked, If Admiral Wat/on told him fo much? 
he faid, By no Means; thefe were his Reafons why he 
was not furprized.—He further faid, That the Admiral’s 
Confent to having his Name put to thé fictitious Treaty 
was never communicated to the Seleét Committee. _ 

As to the real Treaty, the Witnefs faid, He had no 
Doubt that the Admiral figned it, and if he remembered 
right, he fealed it; he was fure he figned it, but to the 
beft of his Memory he was not prefent; but he was 
certain, becaufe the Treaty was fent down by Mr. 
Watts, for the Admiral and Committee to execute, 
and then to be returned to him with all irhaginable Dif- 
patch; ahd the Treaty was executed by the Committee 
and Admiral, and returned accordingly : To the beft of 
his Remembrance he did not fee the real Treaty after 
the Admiral had figned it, but thought he did fee it 
after the Committee had figned it, before it was fent to 
the Admiral; and that, to the beft of his Recollection; 
there was One Article in that which was returned to 
Meer Faffier, which was not in the Treaty which Meer 
Faffier had executed and fent to the Committee, to be 
kept by them: That it occurs ta him the Treaties were 
in Perfian and Englifh; in one he is fure there were both 
Perfian and Englfb Articles :—That there was an ad- 
ditional Article in One of the Treaties, which the Com- 

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mittee and the Admiral figned, and that Article was in 
Englifo, that he believed only one Copy of the Treaty 
was figned by Meer’ Jaffer, which was left with the 
Committee, and the other Copy was figned by the Com- 
mittee, and fent to the Nabob; and that he Litiderftood 
the Difference in the Treaties were known, and réally 
thought that a Copy of the Treaty fent to Meer Fafier 
was kept ; he knew fto Reafon why it was not fent to 
the Company; he imagined it was:—That he was 
Secretary, but there were Clerks to make Copies ; that 
it was his Bufinefs to give the Clerks Orders what to 
copy, and to keep the Copies; and that if there had 
been a Copy, it would naturally have been in the Secre- 
tary’s Office, under his Management. _ 

The Witnefs being fhewn the Proceedings of the Se- 
le&amp;t Committee, 19 May 1757, in which it is ordered, 
that the Treaty with Meer Faffier, then figned by the 
Committee and Admiral Watfon, thould be entered 
after the Proceedings ; and being afked, If he appre- 
hended he could have allowed his Clerks to omit en- 
tering the 13th Article, when it appeared all the other 
Articles were entered after the Proceedings? he faid, It 
appeared to him that the Tranflation entered there was 
of that Treaty which Meer Faffier figned, in which the 
additional Article was not inferted—he could account 
for it no other Way. 

Being afked, If that Treaty, figned by Meer Fafier, 
was in his Cuftody? he faid, It was in the Office.— 
He further faid, The Treaties were fent to Admiral 
Watfon immediately after they were figned, and thought 
only one Part came back to the Office, and the other 
was immediately difpatched up the Country. 

' Being afked, How often, in the Courfe of his Office, 
he thought he copied the Treaty as it now ftands in the 
Books? he faid, He did not know, nor did he think 
he ever copied it himfelf. : 

In regard to Admiral Wat/on’s expreffing any Dif- 
pleafure at the Meafure taken for depofing Serajab 
Dowla, he recolleéts no fuch Converfation, nor did he 
ever hear he was difpleafed on that Account. 

Sir Eyre Coote being called upon to give an Account 
of the Tranfaétions in Bengal, in the Year 1757, that 
came within his Knowlege, faid, That he was at that 
Time Captain of the ggth Regiment doing Duty on 
Board the Fleet commanded by Admiral Wat/on ; that 
he was a Member of the Council of War, previous to 
the Battle of P/afy, upon the 21ft of Fune 1757; that 
Colonel Clive informed the Council he found he could 
not depend on Meer Faffier for any thing more than ftand- 
ing neuter, in cafe the Army came to an‘Action with the 
Nabob ; that Monfieur Law, with a Body of French, 
was then within Three Days March of joining the Nabob, 
whofe Army, by the beft Intelligence he could get, was 
about 50,000 Men; and that he called the Council to- 
gether for their Opinion, whether, in thofe Circum- 
itances, it would be prudent to come to an immediate 
Aétion with the Nabob, or fortify themfelves where 
they were, and remain till the Munfoon was over, and 
the Mbarattoes could be brought into’ the Country to 
join us ; the Queftion being then put, began with the 
Prefident and eldeft Members, whofe Opinions were, 
Againft coming to an im- For coming to an imme- 

mediate Action. diate’ Action. 


Lieut. Col. Clive. Major Eyre Coote. 
Major James Fitzpatrick. Captain Alexander Grant. 
Major Archibald Grant. Captain Fobn Cudmore. 


Captain Frederick Gaupp. 
Captain Thomas Rumbold. i 
Captain Chriftian i/cher. C aptain Robert Campbell. 
Captain Charles Palmer. Captain Lieut, Peter Caj- 
Captain La Boom. tairs. 
Captain’ R. Waggoner. 
Captain Corneil. 
Captain Lieut. William 
‘Fennings. 

Captain Lieut. Fra* Par- 

“aw. 
Captain Lieut. Moliair. 


Captain Andrew Armftrong. 
Captain Geo. Muir. 





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_ The Reafons for the Witnefs’s Opinion in this Coun- 
til were, That having hitherto met with nothing but 
Succefs, which had confequently given great Spirits to 
the Men, any Delay might caft a Damp.—2d/y, That 
the Arrival of Monlieur ta would not only ftrengthen 
the Nabob’s Army, and add Vigour to their Councils, 
but likewife weaken our Force confiderably, as the 
Number of Frenchmen we had entered into our Service, 
after the Capture of Chandernagore, would undoubtedly 
defert to their Countrymen upon every Opportunity... 
3dly, The Diftance from Calcutta was fo great, that all 

ommunication from thence would certainly be cut off, 
and theréfore thére was no Reafon to hope for Supplies, 
and confequently the Army muft be foon reduced to the 

Weg Diftrefs,—The Witnefs further faid, That if it 

ould be impracticable to come to an immediate 

Aétion, his Opinion then was, for returning to Calcutta, 
the Confequence of which muft have been Difgrace to 
the Army, and inevitable Deftruétion to the Company’s 
Affairs. . 

The Witnefs further faid, That about an Hour after 
the Council broke up; Colonel Clive informed him, un- 
afked (Captain Robert Campbell, to the beft of his 
Recolieétion, was with him at the Time) that notwith- 
ftanding the Refolution of the Council of War, he in- 
tended to march the next Morning, and accordingly gave 
Orders for the Army to hold themielves in Readinefs, 
leaving a Subaltern Officer’s Command in the Fort of 
Catwa; that the Army confifted of 750 Men in Bat- 
talion, including 100 Topazzes, 2,100 Sepoys, and 
150 Artillery, including 50 Sailors ; of thefe about 150, 
befides Sailors, might be of the King’s Troops. 

Sir Eyre Coote here read a Defcription of the Battle 
of Play, and was afterwards defired, by the 
Committee, to give an Account of the Attack 
upon Chandernagore, in order to fhew the Dif- 
ference of Lofs when atting againft European or 
Indian Forces ; and it appeared, that the Lofs 
was much more confiderable at the Attack of 
Chandernagore. 

The Witnefs being afked, Whether, at the Attack 
of the Nabob’s Camp, near Calcutta, Lord Clive’s Se- 
cretary, Aid de Camp, and Captain of Grenadiers, were 
not killed? faid, They were, and a great many other 
Officers, and a great many Men. 

Being afked, Whether he prefented any Memorial 
to Lord Clive after the Council of War held at Cutwa ? 
faid, He never did; on the contrary, Lord Clive fpoke 
to him firft, unafked, of the Army marching, without 
his having mentioned a Word to him upon the Sub- 
ject. 

Being afked, Whether the Sailors, at the Battle of 
Plaffy, belonged to the Company’s Ships, or to the 
Men of War? he faid,; He believed fome were from 
the Indiamen, but the Officers who commanded them 
were belonging to the Men of War.— The Garifon 
of Chandernagore was compofed intirely of Seamen 
from the King’s Ships ; he could not tell whether the 


Seamen from the Jndiamen were not firft turned over - 


on Board the King’s Ships; but he found a Minute on 
his Journal, wherein it was agreed, that the Officers 
and Sailors belonging to the Squadron, which were 
with the Army on the Expedition to Muxadavad, were 
not to fhare with the Army in the Prize Money, but 
with the Navy. 

The Witnefs being defired to give his Opinion, 
whether, without the Affiftance of the King’s Troops 
and Ships in the Whole of the Tranfa€tions in 1757, the 
Enterprizes would have fucceeded? he faid, He had no 
Idea that they could :—And whether the Army under 
Colonel C/ive alone could have taken Chandernagore 
without the Affiftance of the Navy and King’s Troops ? 
he faid, He thought the Probability was againft 
them. 

Several'Letters and other Papers relative to the 
above Tranfactions were read, for which the 
Houfe is referred to the Appendix, N° 6. 

Lord Clive obferved, that in a former Part of his 
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Evidence he had made a Miftake in refpeé to the 
Number of the Council of War, who on the 2rft 
of Fune voted for the immediate Attack of Serajab 
Dowla, and faid, he might very eafily have been led 
into that Miftake, the Event having happened 15 
Years ago, and he not having confulted a fingle 
Record from that Time to this; that although he 
might have informed Captain Coote of his Refolu- 
tion to attack Serajah Dowla, notwithftanding the 
Opinion. of that Council of War, he did imagine 
that he had not concluded upon the whole Plan 
till 24 Hours after, becaufe the Troops did not 
crofs the River to make that Attack till the 22d of 
June in the Evening, and the Difcourfe between 
Captain Coote and him was the 21ft in the Morn- 
ing.—His Lordfhip alfo obferved, with regard to 
another Part of his Evidence, that he certainly 
fhould not have declared that Admiral Wat/fon had 
confented to have his Name put to the fictitious 
Treaty, if he had not underftood fo from Mr. 
Lufbington, but that he would have ordered his 
Name to be put, whether he had confented or 
not. 

Your Committee take the fame Occafion to infert the 
following Extract of a Letter, which a Member of the 
Committee informed the Committee he had lately read 
in Lord Clive’s Letter Book, from his Lordfhip to the 
Sele&amp; Committee at Fort Saint George, the 12th of 
September 1757. 

“¢ It is with the deepeft Concern I acquaint you of 
«© Admiral Wat/on’s Death ; his Zeal for the Service 
“© of the Company, and the extraordinary Succefs it 
“ was crowned with, both at Gheriab and in this Ex- 
“ pedition, will make his Memory, particularly in Jn- 
“ dia, furvive to lateft Ages.” 

The next Point of Evidence to which your Committee 
proceeded, was the Manner in which Meer Faffier gave 
Lord Clive his Jaghire. And, 

Francis Sykes, Efquire, a Member of the Houfe, be- 
ing requefted to relate what he knew of that Tranfac- 
tion, informed your Committee, That he was appointed 
Refident at the Nabob’s Court on the Leave of Abfence 
of Mr. Hajtings; to the beft of his Remembrance it was 
in Fune or Fuly 1758; that he was with the Nabob upon 
Bufinefs relative to the Company, when the Nabob 
{peaking to him of Lord Clive’s Expedition againft the 
Shawzadda, mentioned the Senfe he entertained of Lord 
Clive’s Conduct towards him, and likewife in reducing 
the Shawzadda to fuch Neceffity as to apply to his 
Lordfhip to put him under the Englifh Protection :— 
He mentioned alfo, that he owed his Government to 
Colonel Clive before, and this was the Second Time he 
was indebted to him for it; that he had been a Means of 
having Honours conferred on Colonel Clive, in creating 
him an Omrah of the Empire, but that he had given him 
nothing to fupport thofe Honours; he had frequently 
had it in his Thoughts, but had never entered upon it 
ferioufly till now ; that he had Thoughts of giving him 

a Jaghire in the Patna Province, but found it would 
be attended with Inconvenience to the Officers of his 
Government, and that Fuggutfeat had fallen upon a 
Method of obviating thofe Difficulties, by giving him 
the Quit Rent arifing from the Lands ceded to the 
Company to the Southward of Calcutta, that he thought 
it would interfere the leaft with his Government, and 
ftood the cleareft in relation to the Company’s Af- 
fairs. | . 
The Witnefs faid, That to the beft of his Remem- 
brance he mentioned to the Nabob, that he thought it 
was a large Sum, but the Nabob told him, that it was 
very little adequate to the Services he had received 
from the Colonel, but more efpecially for his Behaviour 
upon the Capture of Muxadavad, when the whole In- 
habitants expected to be put under Contribution, and 
that none of them had experienced a Conduct of that 
Kind, for that their Perfons, as well as their Properties, 
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were entifely fecured to them ; that‘the’Nabob alfo 
defired ar that ‘Meéting, that’ the WitnefS ‘would ac: 
quaint him when he heard of the.Colonel’s coming'dowf 
the County,’ and ‘in’ thé mean Time he ‘woul ‘prepare 
an Inftrament ‘called the Jaghire; that’ he would give 
the Colonel the ‘Meeting, afd defired the Witneis’s At- 
tendance at the Fime it was to be’ prefénted; that ‘the 
Witnefs did’ attend him,‘ in Company with Fuggutfeat 
and other Perfons, and mét the Colonel Two Miles td 
the North of the City, when, after fome Converfation, be- 
twixt the Nabob and Colonel Cive, the Nabob retired, 
and Fuggutfeat, in the Prefence of the Witnefs, and he 
thinks of! Mr. Scrafton, prefentéd him, from the Nabob, 
with wt oot a 
The Witnefs did not recollect who was préfent at this 
Converfation, nor did he take any Notes of it at the Time : 
—No Englifh were prefent except himfelf; the Conver- 
fation was in the Moorifo Language, which he thought 
he underftood fufficient for moft Convertfations.—Heé 
further faid, He did not acquaint any Perfon, by Letter 
or otherwife, about that Time, nor does he know of 
any Notification given to the Company of this Grant. 
Being afked, Whether the Quit Rent, granted by this 
Jaghire, was not payable by the Company? he faid, It 
was payable by the Company to the Nabob, and he did 
not know how it was paid after the Grant.—He further 
faid, That he had frequently mentioned this Converfation 
with the Nabob fince he came to England, and undoubt- 
edly did the fame in Jndia; it was a public Act, and he 
believed was given to Mr. Haffings to tranflate into 
Englifh:—The Amount of the Jaghire was reckoned 
about £. 30,000. a Year; that he had never any In- 
ftructions trom Lord Clive, or any other in his Name, 
directly or indireétly, to apply for this Jaghire, nor did 
he ever hear, till of late, that Lord Clive ever made 
Application to the Nabob for this Jaghire; he faid, at 
the fame Time he muft undoubtedly have read Lord 
Clive’s Letter to the Proprietors upon that Subject. 

Being afked, Whether he conceived the Inftrument 
delivered by Fuggutfeat to Lord Clive to be the Dewan’s 
Sunnud, or an Order from the Nabob to the Company 
to pay-the Quit Rent? he faid, Whether it was one or 
the other he could not anfwer; that he only faw it in- 
clofed in a Silken Bag, and it was not opened at the 
Time it was prefented to Colonel Ciive, and he never 
faw it opened. 

For further Letters and Papers relating to the 
above Tranfactions, your Committee refer to 
the Appendix, N° 7. 

Lord Clive, in Evidence to the fame Point, informed 
vour Committee, that the firft Letter he ever wrote 
about a Jaghire, was, to the beft of his Remembrance; 
on the 31ft of Fanuary 1759, to Fuggutfeat, informing 
him that the Nabob had made him an Omrah without a 
Jaghire; in Anfwer to which, he replied, that the Na- 
bob never granted Jaghires in Bengal, that Orixa was 
too poor, but that he might have one in Bahar; and 
his Lordfhip declared, upon his Honour, that he 
never applied for any Jaghire, direétly or indireétly, 
after that Period; and that when the Nabob prefented 
him the Jaghire (which was near Six Months after- 
wards) he did not know what that Jaghire was, had not 
the leaft Idea of the Amount of it, nor of its being the 
Quit Rent upon the Company’s Lands ; and that he did 
believe the Nabob gave him that Jaghire in Confequence 
of the Services he had rendered him, which have been 
ftated by Mr. Sykes. 

That having looked upon the Nabob’s Anfwer as an 
evafive one,-and that he was not inclined to comply 
with his Requeft, he never wrote or thought more upon 
the Subjeét, until he received a fecond Letter from 
Fuggutfeat, in Anfwer to his firft, after the Succefs 
againft the King’s Son, mentioning that the Nabob had 
turned the Thing in his Mind, and was willing to grant ~ 
him a Jaghire in Bengal, but the Nature of it, where or 
what Value it was to be; he was ititirely ignorant of, ti!} 

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the Patent explained it ; Juggut/eat was a Banker, 
So a Man of great Influence and Weight with the 
abob. | 
Your Committee here read a Letter from the Seats 
to Lord Clive, received 4 Fune 1759, which is 

annexed in the Appendix, Ne 8. 

His Lordfhip being afked, Whether he received the 
Benefit of the Jaghire from the Time it was granted ? 
he faid, He had received it from Fuly 1759 to this 

ay. 

: Being further afked, Whether Application.was not 
made to the Nabob Meer Faffier, for a Grant of Lands, 
to the Northward of Calcutta, to the Amount of 
{.12,000. a Year, for the Behalf of the Company ; and 
that the Nabob refuled this Grant till the Company 
complied with his Requeft, to lend him Two Lack of 
Rupees, and that the Company were alfo obliged 
to make Prefents to feveral of the principal Officers 
about him ? he faid, It was fo; and he believed that 
Tranfaction was not above Six, Eight, or Ten, Months 
after the Battle of Play. 

Being further afked, If he knew that Meer Fajher 
about the Time of granting the Jaghire was furrounded 
by his Troops, who had mutinied, becaufe he could 
not pay them? he faid, He certainly knew it.—That 
the Matter of Fact was, there were great Arrears due 
to the Army by Serajab Dowla, as well as by Meer 
Fafier, amounting to Three or Four Millions Sterling ; 
that it is the Cyftom of that Country, never to pay 
the Army. a Foyrth Part of what is promifed them, 
and it is. only in‘Time of Diftrefs they can get paid at 
all, and for that Reafon the Troops always behave fo 
ill. | 

Being afked, Whether he recolleéted that before 
the Grant of the Jaghire, the Nabob’s Jewels, Goods, 
and ‘Furniture, were publicly fold in. orcer to make 
aood the Money he had agreed by Treaty to pay the 

Jompany ? he faid, He had been informed, that the 
Nabob’s Jewels amounted to near a Million Sterling ; 
sbout £. 50,000. worth of the worft of them were fent to 
Calcutta, and {fold there as Part of. the Treaty Money; 
that fome Goods were alfo to be fold, but the Parties 
differing as to the Value, the Nabob took the Goods 
back again, and paid for them in Money. 

Being afked, Whether the Nabob had not granted 
Affignments upon his Revenues, particularly the Re- 
venues of Burdwan, for Payment of the Money to the 
Company, and to the Select Committee, as fettled by 
the Treaty ? he faid, The Nabob made Affignments of 
Lands for fulfilling all the Articles of the Treaty, and 
alfo for the Committee Money, and that there were other 
Lands affigned likewife in the Nature of a Mortgage. 

His Lordfhip being afked, On whofe Application he 
was made an Omrah? he faid, At Meer Faffer’s; but 
he applied to Meer Faffier to make the Application to 
the Mogul. 

Some Days after this Evidence was given, Lord 
Clive acquainted the Committee, That upon 
Recollection he finds he was miftaken in the 
Anfwer he made to the above Queftion, and his 
Anfwer to it now is, “ By Meer faffier’s to the 
«¢ Mogul, and without any Application on his 
« Lordfhip’s Part.” 

Lord Clive, in further Explanation of the Evidence 
of Sir Eyre Coote, ftated in a former Part of the Re- 
port, went on to relate ; that on the 22d Fume 1757, in 
the Evening, the Army croffed the River, and march- 
ed all Night, amidft inceffant Rains, until they 
reached Plaffy Grove; and early in the Morning the 
Army of Serajab Dowla attacked them in that Si- 
tuation.—That as the Defcription of the Battle had 
been already given in Part by Sir Eyre Coote, he 
fhould only obferve, that its being attended with fo 
little Bloodfhed, arofe from Two Caufes: Firft, The 
Army, was fheltered by fo high a Bank, that the heavy 
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much Mifchief; the other was, That Serajah Dowjz 
had not Confidence in his Army, nor his Army an 
Confidence in him, and therefore they did not do their 
Duty upon that Occafion.—His Lordfhip proceeded to 
relate, that after the Army was routed, Serajab Dowla, 
for the Sake of Expedition, fled to the City upon an 
Elephant, which he reached that Night Thirty Miles 
from the Field of Battle.—That the Troops purfued 
the routed Army. about Nine Miles, to a Place called 
Doudpaur, and in the Evening Meer Faffier fent him 
Word, that he, and many more of the great Officers, 
and a very confiderable Part of the Army, were in 
‘Expectation of his Orders.—That he fent Mefirs. Wazts 
and Scrafto# to wait upon him; and he came to him 
the next Morning, accompanied by his Son, made 
many Apologies to him for the Non-performance of his 
Agreement to join him, and faid, His Fate was in his 
Hands. That he affured Meer Faffer that the Englifh 
would moft religioufly perform their Treaty, and ad- 
vifed hin to puriue Serajab Dowla without Delay, and 
he would follow with the Englif/ Army. That when 
Serajab Dowla arrived at the City, his Palace was full 
of Treafure; but with all that Treafure, he could not 
purchafe the Confidence of his Army; he was employ- 
ed in lavifhing confiderable Sums among his Troops, 
to engaze them to another Battle, but to no Purpofe.— 
About Twelve at Night the fatal News was brought 
him of Meer Faffier’s Arrival at the City, clofely fol. 
lowed by the £nglifo Army; he then in Defpair gave up 
ali for loft, and made his Efcape out of one of the 
Palace Windows, with only Two or Three Attendants, 
and took Refuge in the Fackier’s Houfe, as mentioned 
in a former Part of this Evidence. 

That the Engl Army having encamped within 
about Six Miles of Muxadavad; his Lordfhip fent 
Metis. Watts and Wal to congratulate Meer Fafier 
upon his Succefs, and to know the Time when he 
fhould enter the City; in Confequence of which, the 
Day was fixed upon, and he entered the City at the 
Head ot 200 Europeans and 500 Sepoys—That the In- 
habitants, who were Spectators upon that Occafion, 
muft have amounted to fome hundred Thoufands ; and 
if they had had an Inclination to have deftroyed the 
Europeans, they might have done it with Sticks and 
Stones. On that Day, continued his Lordhhip, being 
under no Kind of Reftraint, but that of my own Con- 
fcience, I might have become too rich for a Subject; 
but I had fixed upon that Period to accompiith all 
my Views whatever, and from that Period to this 
Hour, which is a Space of Fifteen Years, I have not 
benefited myfelf directly or indireétly the Value of One 
Shilling, the Jaghire excepted ; I have been placed in 
great and eminent Stations, furrounded with Tempta- 
tions ; the Civil and Military Power were united in me; 
a Circumftance which has never happened to any other 
Man before that Time, or fince: The Committee will 
therefore judge whether I have been moderate or immo- 
derate in the Purfuit of Riches. 

Lord Clive went on to relate that a few Days after 


his Arrival at the City, Meer Faffier was placed on the- 


Mufnet, and proclaimed Nabob of Bengal, Bahar, and 
Orixa, and a Day was then fixed upon to confider the 
State of the Nabob’s Treafures, and to fee how far 
he could comply with the. Treaty immediately ; and 
that after that State was known, this Matter was left 
to be decided by the Seats, Two Men of immenfe 
Wealth, and great Influence, and it was agreed that 
Half fhould be paid down, and the other Half in 
Three Years.—That at this Meeting was Omichuud ; 
and when the real Treaty came to be read, the Indigna- 
tion and Refentment expreffed in that Man’s Counte- 
nance, bars all Defcription—He faid, ** This cannot 
“ be the Treaty, it was ared Treaty that I faw.”— 
That his Lordfhip replied, “ Yes, Omichund, but this 
‘¢ is awhite Treaty.”—-That this important Bufinefs be- 
ing accomplifhed, he returned to Calcutta with the 

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Army, and the Nabob foon began to feel his own 
Greatnels, and manitefted evident Defigns of fhaking 
off all Dependance upon the Engili/h, and of evading 
the fulfilling the reft of the Treaty. That he difmiffed 
from his Service thofe great Men who had been the In- 
ftruments of his Greatnets, and he put to Death the 
only Brother of Serajab Dowla.—That as foon as the 
Rains were over, he took the Field without the Com- 
pany’s Affiftance to quafh Three Rebeilions; but when 
he came ferioufly to confider of his Situation, he thought 
proper to call upon the Englifh for their Affiftance ; and 
that the Witnefs marched immediately to join him.— 
That at the City he had a Meeting with the difcon- 
tented Chiefs, when he engaged to protect them in their 
Perfons, and to ufe his Influence to get them reftored 
to Favour. That this was eafily accomplifhed, and he 
then infifted that he fhould immediately pay down 
that Part of the Treaty Money, which was then due, 
and that he fhould affign over Lands fufficient in Mort- 

age to feoure the eft. ‘That no Difficulty was found 
in fubduing all his Enemies, except Ramuarrain, who 
was the Nabob of Babar, and at the Head of a great 
Army, and would not acknowlege Meer Faffier with- 
out the Englifh Security; which being given, and a 
Promife made, that he fhould remain in his Govern- 
ment, he came to the Nabob, and paid his Obedience. 
That the Country being now jult fettled, he returned 
to Calcutta, with an Intention to embark for the Car- 
natick, and taking the Firft honourable Opportunity of 
returning to his native Country ; but in the Interim the 
Ships arrived from Europe, which brought out the 
very ftrange Appointment of Four Governors, which 
was called a Rotation Government, becaufe one Goyer- 
nor was only to be as fuch for Three Months. —He 
had not the Honour to be appointed one of thofe Go- 
vernors.—Upon which, the Gentleman who had that 
Honour, as well as the reft of the Council, fent him 
the following Letter. 


SIR, 

Our moft ferious Attention has been devoted to the 
Commands of our honourable Employers per Hardwick, 
naming a Rotation of Governors for the future Ma- 
nagement of their Affairs at this Settlement, and hav- 
ing duly weighed the Nature of this Regulation, with 
all its attending Circumftances, a fincere Conviction of 
its being, in our prefent Situation and Circumftances, 
repugnant to the true Intereft of our honourable Maf- 
ters, and the Welfare of the Settlement in general, 
obliges us (though with the utmoft Refpect and De- 
ference) to believe, that had our Employers been ap- 
prized of the prefent State of their Affairs in this 
Kingdom, they would have placed the Prefidentfhip in 
fome one Perfon, as the cleareft and eafieft Method of 
conducting their Concerns, as well as preferving and 
maintaining the Weight and Influence the late happy 
Revolution has given us, with the Soubah of thefe 
Provinces; on which Influence, at the prefent Period, 
the Intereft and Welfare of the Company depends in 
the higheft Degree at this Settlement. The Difficulties 
we may be liable to by a Rotation in the executive 
Part of Government, with its Confequences, are fuffi- 
ciently obvious in our prefent State of Affairs; we will 
however mention only a few Points. The Treaty 
with the Nabob not perfected in all its Branches, the 
Poffeffions of the Lands incomplete, the Settlement in 
no Poftyre of Defence, the French confiderably rein- 
forced with Military and a Fleet, their Defigns with 
refpeét to Bengal hitherto unknown, and the Impof- 
fibility of imprefling. a proper Idea of this divided 
Power in the Minds of the Soubah and others, of this 
Kingdom, who have, at all Times, been accultomed 
to the Government of a fingle Perfon; a little Reflec- 
tion will introduce many more, and clearly evince the 
Necefity of this Addrels. 

The Gentlemen nominated Governors in the honoura- 


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Sir 


ble Company’s Commands per Hardwick, have the 
higheft Senfe of Gratitude for the Honour conferred 
on them by our Employers in their Appointment, but 
deem themfelves in Duty bound at this Junéture of 
Affairs to wave all perfonal Honours and Advantages, 
and declare as their Sentiments, That a Rotation in the 
executive Part of Government, for the foregoing Rea- 
fons, would be extremely prejudicial to the real Intereft 
of the Company; in which Opinion we unanimoufly 
concur, and judge it for the Welfare of our honourable 
Employers, and of the Settlement in general, to de- 
viate in this Inftance from the Commands of our ho- 
nourable Mafters, and fix the Prefidentfhip in a fingle 
Perfon, till we hear further from Ezrope. 

Your being named as Head of the General Committee 
(in the Letter of the 3d of Auguft laft) eftablifhing at 
that Time, for conduéting the Company’s Affairs in 
Bengal, your eminent Services, Abilities, and Merit, 
together with your fuperior Weight and Influence 


“with the prefent Soubah and his Officers, are Motives 


which have great Force with us on this Occafion, and 
all concur in pointing out you, at the prefent, beit able 
to render our honourable Employers neceffary Service 
at this Juncture, till they fhall make their further Plea- 
fure known by the Appointment of a Prefident for 
their Affairs here. 

Thefe Reafons urge us to make you an Offer of be- 
ing Prefident of the Company’s Affairs in Bengal, till 
a Perfon is appointed by the honourable Company ; 
and we flatter ourfelves you will be induced to accept 
of our Offer from your wonted Regard to the Intereft 
of our honourable y heer hee and Zeal for the Welfare 
of their Affairs, which we doubt not you are as well as 
ourfelves convinced, will be much prejudiced by a 
Rotation in the executive Part of Government. 

We wait your Reply, and have the Honour to he, 

SIR, 
Your moft obedient, 
and moft humble Servants, 

W* Weatts, 
C. Manningham, 
Rich? Becher, 
M. Collet, 
M. Mackeit, 
Tho. Boddan. 


Fort William, 
26 Fune, 1798, 


Lord Chive faid, He did not hefitate one Moment to 
accept of this Requeft; and foon after he received his 
Appointment from the Court of Dire&amp;tors themfelves, 
in Confequence of the Succefs at Plaffy. That foon 
after this Appointment, he toek into the moft ferious 
Confideration the Situation of Affairs upon the Coaft 
of Coromandel: Mr. Lally was arrived with fuch a Force 
as threatened not only the Deftruction of all the Settle- 
ments there, but of all the Eaf India Company’s Pof- 
feffions, and nothing faved Madra/s from fharing the 
Fate of Fort St. David, at that Time, but their Want of 
Money, which gave Time for ftrengthening and rein- 
forcing the Place. That however at laft Madra/s was 
befieged, and no Words that he can command can do 
Juftice to the gallant Behaviour of Lord Pigot, General 
Lawrence, Colonel Draper, General Caillaud, Major 
Brereton, €Pc.—That he thought it was his Duty to con- 
tribute his Mite towards the Deftruction of the French, 
and therefore he projected the Scheme ef depriving the 
French of the Northern Sircars (whofe Revenues were 
computed to Amount to £.400,000 a Year) contrary ta. 
the Inclinations of his whole Council. —That this Expedi- 
tion fucceeded completely, for the French were totally 
driven out by Colonel Ford, with the Company’s Troops, 
whofe Conduct and Gallantry upon that Occafion was 
equal, if not fuperior, to any Thing that had happened 
during the whole Courfe of the War.—That in the 
mean Time he was called up the Country with the 
remaining Part of the Forces left behind, to raife the 
Siege of Patna, which was befieged by the King’s 

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Son,—The Siege being raifed, and the King’s Son be- 
ing drove out of the Country, he returned to his Go- 
vernment in Calcutta, where he had been but a very 
fhort Time before he received Intelligence that the 
Dutch were forming a great Armament from Batavia.— 
It was thought to be deftined for Bengal, and it was re- 
ported that the Nabob had given them Encouragement 
to come there; that in the Month of Auguft 1759, a 
Dutch Ship arrived in the River full of Troops, which 
Circumftance brought Matters to a Certainty. And 
here his Lordfhip obferved will be feen the Ufe of the 
double Government ; for foon after arrived Six other 
Dutch Ships, having on Board in all 700 Europeans, 
and 800 Mallays.—His Lordfhip faid, He was fenfible 
how very critical his Situation was at that Time ; that 
he rifked his Life and Fortune in taking upon himfelf 
to commence Hoftilities againft a Nation, with whom 
“we were at Peace ; but that he knew the Fate of Ben- 
gal and of the Company depended upon it, and there- 
tore he ran that Rifk; that he called upon the Nabob 
to fulfil his Agreement, and to order the Dutch to 
‘leave the River, and if they did not comply with his 
Orders, he refolved under his Sanction to attack them: 
The Seven Ships came within a few Miles of Calcutta, 
‘and then landed near 700 Europeans and 800 Mallays ; 
that he ordered that gallant Officer Colonel Ford, who 
was returned from the Expedition of the Decan, to 
intercept them in their March to Chinfura (the Dutch 
Factory) which he did fo effectually that of their 700 
Europeans not above 14 got to Chinfura, the reft were 
either. killed, or taken Prifoners; this he did witha 
Force of 300 Men, 800 Sepoys, and about 150 of the 
Nabob’s Cavalry ; that he ordered at the fame Time 
Three Englifh Eaft-Indiamen, fitted out and manned 
for the Purpofe, under the Command of Captain Wil- 
fon, to attack the Seven Dutch Eaft-Indiamen ; and after 
an Engagement of Two Hours, they took Six of them, 
and the Seventh was intercepted by Two of our Ships that 
laid lower down in the River, and that they took 
Three Times the Number of Men that our Ships con- 
tained.—- That after this, Two Treaties were concluded, 
the one between the Englifb Eaft India Company, and 
the Dutch Eaft India Company; where they agreed to 
pay to the Eaf India Company all the Expences of that 
War: With the Nabob they made the other Treaty, 
by which they agreed never to introduce Forces into his 
Country without his Confent, and that they would 
never keep at Chinfura, and all their other Settlements 
together, more than 125 European Soldiers. The Wit- 
nefs obferved, that at this Time by much the greateft 
Part of his Fortune was in the Hands of the Dutch ; 
the Company’s Treafury was fo full in Confequence of 
his Succeffes, that the Governor and Council declined 
giving their Servants any Bills in their Favour, and 
he was reduced to the Neceflity of fending his Fortune 
home by Bills upon the Dutch ; that thefe Bills were 
made payable by Inftallments, One Third Part every 
Year, fo that he was morally certain that Two Thirds 
of the Sum fent, which to the beft of his Remembrance 
was about £.180,000. would remain in the Hands of 
the Dutch, when they heard the News of their ill Suc- 
cefs in Bengal, but the Dutch Company refufing to ac- 
cept of thofe Bills in the Manner drawn, and infifting 
upon a Deduction. of near £.15,000. for prompt Pay- 
ment, or elfe refufing to pay them at all; his Attornies 
thought proper, confidering the critical Situation of the 
Two Nations at that Time, to accept Payment upon 
thofe Terms ; his Lordfhip faid, That this Defign of 
the Dutch being fruftrated, he refigned his Government 
to Mr. Holwell, embarked on board a Ship in February 
1760, and arrived in England in Fuly. " 
His Lordfhip then read to the Committee the follow- 
ing Minutes of the Eaft India Company. 
At a Court of Dire¢ctors, held on Wednefday, February 
6, 1754, Minutes of the Committee of Correfpon- 


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dence, dated the 5th Inftant, being read, it was una- 
nimoufly , 

Refolved, That a Sword fet ‘with Diamonds, to the 
Value of £. 500. be prefented by the Court to Captain 
Robert Clive, asa Token of their Efteem for him, and 
Senfe of his fingular Services to the Company upon the 
Coatt of Coromandel. 

At a General Court, held on Wednefdav, December 
21, 1757, on a Motion, and the Queftion being pur, 
it was 

Refolved, That the Thanks of this General Court be 
given to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clive, for ‘his emi- 
nent and fignal Services tothis Company. » in 2 

At a General Court, held on Wedne/day, September 24, 

1760, the Chairman from the Court of Directors jn- 
formed this Court, That fuch important Services had 
been rendered to the Company in the Eaft Indies by 
Vice Admiral Pocock, and the Colonels Clive and Law: 
rence, as appears from the Accounts formerly “laid be- 
fore this Court, and lately received, to demand fome 
further Marks of the Court’s Senfe thereof, than had 
been already expreffed; and moving the Court there: 
upon, it was, on the Queftion, 
_ Refolved, unanimoufly, That the Thanks of this 
Court be given to Vice Admiral Pocock, Colonel Robert 
Clive, and Colonel Stringer. Lawrence; for their many 
eminent and fignal Services to this Company. 

And another Motion being made ; ) 

Ordered, That the Chairman and Deputy Chairman 
wait upon thofe Gentlemen, and acquaint them with 
this Mark of this Court’s great Regard for. their Ser- 
vices. 

And another being made, it was, on the Queftion, 

Refolved, unanimoufly, That the Chairman and De- 
puty, when they wait upon Vice Admiral Pocock, 
Colonel Clive, and Colonel Lawrence, will defire thofe 
Gentlemen to give their Confent that their Portraits or 
Statues be taken, in order to be placed in fome confpi- 
cuous Parts of this Houfe, that their eminent and fig- 
nal Services to this Company may be ever had in Re- 
membrance. 


His Lordfhip likewife read the following Letter. 


To Robert Clive, Efquire, 
SIR, 


We have received your feveral Letters of the 23d, 
24th, 25th, and 26th Inftant, and with great Pleafure 
obferve and congratulate you on the rapid Succefs 
therein mentioned.—The Revolution effected by your 
gallant Conduct, and the Bravery of the Officers and 
Soldiers under you, is of extraordinary Importance, 
not only to the Company but to the Britifh Nation in 
general; that we think it incumbent to return you and 
your Officers our fincere Thanks on. Behalf of His 
Britannic Majelty, and the Eaft India Company, for 
your Behaviour on this critical and important Occafion. 

Although in your laft Letter Fafier Ally Khan is ttiled 
Nabob, yet we have not ventured on that Authority to 
make any public Rejoicings for him, as Subah of thefe 
Provinces ; we fhould be glad therefore to be informed 
in your next Letter, if he has been proclaimed in 
Form, and is in Poffeffion of the Government.. This 
will very much add to our Satisfaction, and give us a 
proper Opening to addrefs him as the Subah, proclaim 
him fuch in our Town, and falute his Acceffion.—We 
have the Honour to be, 

SIR, 

Your moft obedient, 

and moft humble Servants, 
Cha! Watfon, 
G. Pocock, 
Roger Drake, Junior, 
C. Manningham, 
Rich* Becher. 


Fort William, 
29 Fume, 1757. 


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32 GEO. III: 


His Lordfhip being afked, Whether from a Review 
of all the Tranfaéctions of the Period when the Dutch 
Armament came to Bengal in 1759, he believes they 
were invited by Meer Faffier, or not? 

He faid, He had no Proof for what he was going 
to offer to the Committee, but that he believed, when 
from political Motives, he found himfelf obliged to 
lay the Nabob under Reftraints, which were by no 


-Means agreeable to him, that he did by fome Means 


or other, give Encouragement to the Dutch, to fend 
for thofe Forces; but he believed at the fame Time, 
that after the Services which he had rendered him, by 
raifing the Siege of Patna, and when his Life was faved 
from the Mutiny of his own Army, that he repented 
of what he had done, for he was down with him at 
Calcutta, to the beft of his Remembrance, at the Time 
the Dutch Armament arrived, and feemed very ready to 
fall into every Meafure which he recommended ; that 
however, from his timid Conduct towards the Dutch, 
even at that Time, he was confirmed in his Sufpicions 
of his having given the Dutch fome fuch Invitation. 
Some Days after this Evidence was given, Lord 
Clive acquainted the Committee, That hav- 
ing recollected an Omiffion in his Evidence ; 
he defired the following Words to be inferted 
é after his Account of the Tranfaction with 
the Dutch. 

“© After thefe Two Treaties were concluded, One 
“ between the Englifh Eaft India Company, 
“and the Dutch Eajt India Company, wherein 
“the Dutch acknowleged themfelves to have 
“ been the Agereffors, and agreed to pay to the 
“ Englifb Company all the Expences of the 
“ War ; We returned to them all their Ships, 
“¢ together with all the Treafure and Effects on 
“ Board, amounting by Computation to about 
« Half a Million Sterling.” 

Being further queftioned, Whether from any fubfe- 
quent Negociations of the Dutch Eaf India Com- 
pany, his Lordfhip was confirmed in the Opinion of 
Meer Faffer’s having encouraged them to come to 
Bengal ? 

He faid, He did believe the Nabob had invited 
the Dutch from this Circumftance ; that upon his Re- 
turn to his Capital, he either paid them a Vifit, or re- 
ceived a Vifit from them, and treated them with fuch 
Civility as ferved to confirm his Sufpicions ; that there is 
Reafon to believe that he connived at their raifing 
Troops in the Country ; and when he was taxed with it, 
he pleaded Ignorance, 

Being afked, Whether the Nabob’s Cavalry had 
any Share in the Aétion with the Dutch ? 

He faid, They had in the Purfuit, and killed a great 
many Men. 

Whether the European Troops in the Dutch Service 
are Dutchmen ? 

They are not ; generally fpeaking they are Germans , 
their Officers were both French and Dutch; their Com- 
‘manding Officer was a Frenchman. 

Being afked, Whether when he went to raife the 
Siege, he had any Intercourfe with the Nabob ? 

He faid, Certainly; his Son joined him with 8,000 
Men ; and he thinks it was about February or March 
1759. : 
1? sar Cotnmittes having clofed the Evidence upon 

the hiftorical Part of the Firft Period of their 

Enquiry ; in the Opening of the Examination 

into the Second Period, read the Papers, which 

are annexed in the Appendix, N° g. 

Your Committee then called upon Colonel Calliaud, 
to give an Account of what he knew -of the Tranf- 
actions preceding the Revolution in 1760, and what 
induced him to confent to that Revolution. And he 
informed the Committee, That he was called to Bengal 
in November 1759, to take the Command of the Troops 
in the Room of Lord C/ive, who intended to return to 

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Europé eatly the hext Seafoi; that he afrived Two 
Days after the Affair of the Dutch, 2nd -upon his ‘ens 
quiring the State of Affairs of that Countty at that 
Time; was infotmed, that the Prince (ealled the 
Shauzadda) was again prepating to enter the Province 
of Babar, with a large Army, arid joined by feveral 
Zemindars of that Province, who had not. taken Part 
with him the Year before.—That the Nabob of Purzea 
had taken the Field on the Eaftern' Bank of the Ganges 
about half Way betweent Patna and Muxadavad, and 
his Motives for fo doing were thought to be an In- 
clination of joining the Prince, if a favourable Oppor- 
tunity offered:—Lord Clive judged it therefore expedient 
that he fhould march with a Detachment to Muxadavad, 
there to wait his Arrival, and his Orders.—That he 
fet out from Calcutta in December, with the Detach- 
ment of 300 Europeans, 50 Artillery, 6 Pieces of 
Canon, and a Battalion of Sepoys, conififting of about 
1000 Men, and arrived at Muxadavad about the 
26th of December.—And that on the 6th of Fanuary, 
Lord Chive and Colonel Ford joined him.—That Lord 
Clive then introduced him to the Nabob, recommended 
him to his Friendfhip, and defired he would repofe all the 
Confidence poffible in the Witnefs, who was well in- 
clined and attached to his Intereft.—That on the 14th 
of Fanuary, Lord Clive and Colonel Ford fet out upon 
their Return; and on the 18th he began his March tz 
Patna, joined by the Nabob’s Son, at the Head of a 
large Number of Country Forces. —There was a great 
many Difficulties in fetting out the Expedition; the 
low State of the Nabob’s Treafury obliged him to bor- 
row Money, as he could get it from the Bankers, by 
mortgaging Countries for it. That about the 3oth of 
January he reached a Place, oppofite to which the Nabob 
of Purnea was encamped.—He had not declared his 
Intentions openly ; but faid, he was ready and willing 
to obey the Nabob’s Orders in every Thing, to pay all 
the Revenues that were due, and to prove himielf a 
faithful Subject and Servant.—It was neceffary to get 
more than thefe general Affurances from him ; he was 
at the Head of a large Body of Troops ; and as the 
Affairs of Patna were then fituated, it was dangerous 
to leave fuch a Force in his Rear, without knowing 
whether he could truft them.—That he endeavoured to 
fettle Matters between him and the Nabob as well 
as he could ; he would accept of no Mediation but 
his ; he would not fee the young Nabob, but took his 
Security, that if he faithfully difcharged all the De- 
mands the old Nabob had on him for Revenues due, 
that he would endeavour to get the Nabob’s.Confent 
that he fhould remain in his Command.—That this kept 
him Seven Days; and at this Time the Prince was 
drawing near Patna ; the Subah of that Province (by 
Name Ramnarrain) had a confiderable Army under 
his Command, befides a Battalion of our Sepoys, that 
was left in Garifon at Patna by Lord Clive, who 
joined him upon that Occafion, and he marched out of 
the City with thefe Forces.—That the Witnefs re- 
peatedly wrote to him, and preffed him not to come to 
an Aétion, but to wait his Arrival, and had no Doubt 
then of Succefs againft the Prince.—That however 
he chofe to follow his own Advice; he engaged the 
Prince ; Two of his principal Jamautdars deferted him 
during the Aétion ; he was totally defeated and feverely 
wounded.—400 of our Sepoys marched to his Affii- 
tance, when he was furrounded by the Enemy, faved 
him, and were cut to Pieces. themfelves, with Three 
European Gentlemen, Two Officers, and One Gentle- 
man a Volunteer.—That the Remainder of the Batta- 
lion fecured his Retreat into Patna, which the Shauzad- 
da immediately invefted.—That he received the News 
of his Defeat the 11th of February, and marched with 
all the Expedition in his Power, fuch as obliged him on 
the 15th to raife the Siege of Patna; and on the 22d 
the Two Armies met and engaged; the Detail of the 
Action is very uninterefting: That the young Nabob fol- 


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lowed quite.a cantrary Difpofition to the one he wanted 
him -to make, but that he faved him in imminent 
Danger, and the Enemy was totally routed.—That the 
Inftant ‘the Engagement was over, the young Nabob 
retired to -his--Tent, on Account of the Wounds he 
had received.--That the Witnefs requefted and con- 
jured him to give him ever fo fmall a Body of Cavalry, 
and with his Europeans and Sepoys, fatigued as they 
were, he would do his beft to purfue the Enemy, and 
clear the Country of them; that he was deaf to all 
his Entreaties—and his Means of Purfuit, with the Hand- 
ful of Troops he was at the Head of, fatigued beyond 
Meafure with ‘the forced Marches he had made to 
. Yaife the Siege, put it quite out of his Power; befides 
out of the Six Pieces of Cannon which he had in the 
Field, Four broke down during the Engagement, and 
fome Time was neceffary to put thofe Carriages in 
Repair.—That at length he perfuaded the Nabob to 
leave the City of Patna on the 29th of February, and 
on the 2d of March he received Advice that the 
Shauzadda (the Prince) was in. full March for the Pro- 
vince of Bengal.—That he had the Advantage of a 
Day’s March of our Army, with an Army compofed 
almoft entirely of Cavalry, unincumbered with Bag- 
gage.—That on the 7th he got within 10 Miles of 
him ; he marched off in the Night, and took his Way 
acrofs the Mountains, to enter the Province of Bengal 
in another Part; a Road through which no Army be- 
fore had ever marched; but through which however 
the Witnefs made a Shift to follow him, and on the 
4th of April joined the old Nabob, who was in the 
Field.—That on the 6th, with their united Armies, 
they got fo near the Prince, that he propofed to the 
Nabob, that he would give him a Body of Cavalry, 
and fome fpare Horfes to affift him in carrying the 
Europeans, who were exhaufted and fpent with Fatigue, 
and he would attack the Prince in his Camp that 
Night: This he would not comply with, and the 
next Day he came up however with the Rear of their 
Army, a River only dividing them; that he again fent 
repeated Meffages to the Nabob, to beg he would only 
march a Body of Cavalry, to keep the Enemy in play, 
until he could come up with his Infantry ; but this 
he would never confent to, and the Enemy marched off 
unmolefted ; and in T'wo Days after took the fame Road 
into the Province of Babar: That afraid for the Safety 
of Patna, which he knew was deftitute of Troops, he 
detached Captain Knox, with 200 Europeans, a Battalion 
of Sepoys, and Two Pieces of Cannon, to march with 
all the Expedition he poffibly could for the Relief of 
Patna, if the Prince fhould befiege it: He came in 
Time to fave the City; on which the Prince had made 
Two general Affaults, and was preparing for a Third, 
when Captain Knox arrived with fome Part of his De- 
tachment, and obliged him to raife the Siege a Second 
Time.—That he remained in Camp with the old Nabob, 
and his Son, until the 16th of May, when again he 
marched with his Son againft the Nabob of Purnea, 
whom the old Nabob had endeavoured to bring back 
to his Duty, but which the other refufed, and would 
comply with none of his Terms, broke his Promife 
with the Witnefs, and was fetting out with an Inten- 
tion of joining the Prince.—On the 22d he again 
reached Patna, and crofied the River there; but be- 
fore that happened, Captain Knox, whom he Kad or- 
dered to march from Patna crofs the River, and en- 
deavour to ftop the Progrefs of the Nabob of Purpea, 
fo that we might get up with him, had taken a ftrong 
and judicious Poft, and was attacked by the Nabob’s 
whole Army, and maintained his Poft with great Bra- 
very.—That they joined in Purfuit of the Enemy, who 


was retreating as faft as they could. On the 27th he 


came up with them; the young Nabob with his Army 
in the Rear Two Miles ; the Cannonading began be- 
ween the Two Armies; he foon feized their Cannon, 


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diflodged them from all-their Pofts, and would have ob. 
tained a complete Victory, if Foot could have overtaken 
Cavalry, of which his Army was. chiefly compofed , 
that he had none of his own, and the Nabob would 
not fend him One Horfeman: That they continued pur- 
fuing the Nabob of Purnea, until the 3d of Ful, 
they were to have continued their March next Day, 
when between One and Two o’Clock in the Morning 
Mr. Lufbington came into his Tent with a Harcarra 
(or Meffenger) and tcld him the, young Nabob was 
dead ; that it would be difficult to exprefs his Surprife, 
which was followed by his Enquiries, to know how this 
Accident had happened, which he was told was by a Flafh 
of Lightning, as he lay on his Bed: In a few. Minutes 
after, his Duan (or Prime Minifter) came to the Wit. 
nefs in the greateft Diftrefs, affuring him that if fome- 
thing was not immediately done, the Confequence 
would be, the Plunder of the Camp, and the Nabob’s 
Troops marching off wherever they thought proper: 
There was no Way to, prevent this Accident, and the 
Confulion which mutt follow, but to endeavour to keep 
his Death a Secret from his Army, that we might gain 
Time to bring over fome of the Yamautdars of the 
greateft Confequence, and attach them to our Intereft : 
That they fent for One or Two of thofe he thought 
he could moft confide in, told them the Story, and re- 
quefted them as a Mark of the Regard they had for 
their old Mafter, to continue faithful in the Service 
of the old Nabob, and to bring over, by Degrees, as 
many of the other Famautdars as they could, to this 
way of thinking; that he, on his Part, would ufe 
all his Endeavours with the old Nabob, that all the 
Arrears of Pay, and all the juft Demands they might 
have, fhould be fettled to their Satisfaftion: That we 
then determined, that the Army fhould march back 
towards Patna, and give out that the young Nabob 
was ill; this was performed in Seven Days, and dur- 
ing this whole Time, except the People who were en- 
trufted with the Secret, the Army had no Knowlege 
of the young Nabob’s Death.—The Witnefs faid, This 
was the Narrative of his Campaign ; that foon after his 
Arrival at Patna, about the 28th or 29th of Fuly, or 
the Beginning of Auguft, he received Advice of Mr. 
Vanfittart’s Arrival at Calcutta, as Governor, 


Colonel Cai/Jaud then read to the Committee the 
following Letter. 


_To the honourable 7. Z. Howell, Efquire, Prefident 
and Governor of Fort William. 


Camp at Balkiffen’s Gardens, 
29 May, 1760. 
SIR, 9 May, 17 

I am honoured this Day with your Favour of the 
24th Inftant. My laft Letters of the 24th, and thofe 
of Yefterday of the 28th, contain all I can urge in fa- 
vour of our Return to Patna withthe young Nabob.— 
You feem alfo convinced of the Neceffity of it fince 


the Receipt of Mr. Amyati’s Letters: I thall be glad. 


to find it further confirmed by the Sentiments of the 
Select Committee. 

I am not Mafter enough of the Subject, to know 
how the Company’s Inveitment of Salt Petre will be 
fo much hurt this Year, and that you fear, Succours 
will arrive too late to prevent fuch Mifchief; but this 
I am very confident of, that if we do not fend Suc- 
cours, the whole Province may be loft, and many Years 

nve{tments to come. 

I will endeavour now, Sir, to reply as fully as I can 
to. the Subject on which you defire-fo earneftly to know 
my Sentiments, and hope what I -have to fay will fo 
fully fatisfy you, that I need not, at leaft leave the 
Army until the Campaign is quite concluded, as [| 
think it cannot be done without Prejudice to our Af- 


fairs. 
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Bad. as the Man may be, whofe Caufe we now fup- 
port, I cannot be of Opinion, that we can get rid-of 
him for a better, without running the Rifk of much 
greater Inconveniences attending gn. fuch a Change, 
than thofe we now labour under.—I prefume, the efta- 


blifhing Tranquillity in thefe Provinces, would reftore 
‘to us all the Advantages of Trade we could wifh for 


the Profit and Honor of our Employers ; and I think 
we bid fairer to bring that Tranquillity about by our 
prefent Influence over the Subah, and by fupporting 
him, than by any Change which can be made.—No new 
Revolution can take Place, without a Ceftainty of 
Troubles, and a Revolution will certainly be the Con- 
fequence whenever we withdraw our Protection from 
the Subah.— We cannot in Prudence neither, I believe, 
leave this Revolution to Chance; we muft in fome 
Degree be inftrumental to bringing it about; in fuch 
a Cafe, it is very poffible we may raife a Man to the 
Dignity juft as unfit to govern, as little to be depend- 
ed upon, and in fhort as great a Rogue, as our Nabob; 
but perhaps not fo great a Coward, nor fo great a 
Fool, and of Confequence, much more difficult to ma- 
nage.—As to the Injuftice of fupporting this Man: on 
Account of his Cruelties, Oppreffions, and his being 
detefted in his Government ; I fee fo little Chance in 
this bleffed Country of finding a Man endued with the 
oppofite Virtues, that I think we may put up with 
thefe Vices with which we have no Concern, if in other 
Matters we find him fitteft for our Purpofe. 

As to his Breach of his Treaty, by introducing the 
Dutch \aft Year, that was never fo clearly proved, I 
believe, but as to admit of fome Doubt.—Colonel C/ve, 
before he left the Country, feemed fatisfied, that what 
was fufpicious in his Conduct in that Affair, proceeded 
not from aétual Guilt, but from the Timidity of his 
Nature. But if we ftill fufpeét him from further Cir- 
eumftances, we always have it in our Power to put it 
to the Teft at once, by making him aét .as he ought, 
whether he will or no. 

With Regard to drawing our Swords againft the. 
lawful Prince of the Country, no Man can more pity 
his Misfortunes than I have done, nor would any one 
be more willing and happy to be inftrumental in_affift- 
ing him to recover his juft Right.—But fuch a Plan is 
not the Thought of a Day, nor the Execution of it the 
Work of a few Months; there is a powerful Party 
ftill remains ; the Vizier with the Mbarattas and Futes, 
who, notwithftanding the conftant Succefs of Abdallah 
againft them, ftill make head againft him, and fuch are 
their Refources and their Numbers, that I believe 
they will at laft oblige the Patans to leave the Coun- 
try ; for though they cannot beat therm fairly out of 
the Field, they bid fair to ftarve them out of the 
Country. oe og 

You have no Doubt received Advice from Mr. 
Haftings, that Abdallah hath fent Orders to the feveral 
Powers, to acknowlege the Prince. King of Indofan, 
by the Name of Shah Allum , Rupees are ftruck by his 
Order at Banaras and Lucknow, in that Name; Orders 
are alfo given to Shujah Dowlatt, to accept the Poft 
of Vizier ; and our Nabob hath got, it is faid, Inftruc- 
tions ‘to acknowlege him, and pay him the Obeifance 
due to the King of Kings, as he is ftiled. ‘ 

If we were perfectly fure Abdallab would remain, as 
he fays, mot he faw the Prince well fixed on the 
Throne, and the Peace and Tranquillity of the Coun- 
try reftored ; we might, I think, all joined together, be a 
Match for the Mbarattas, but we muft be well affured, 
that Abdallah will heartily enter, and when entered, will 
firmly fupport the Caufe; for fhould this Appointment 
of his be no more (as it is poffible) than a finifhing 
Stroke to end his Expedition with the Eclat of having 
given us a Mogul, and when a certain Number of the 
Country Powers had entered into the Alliance, he fhould 
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to fight it out with the other contending Party, I fear 
the Vizier and the Mbarattas would be too ftrong for 
thofe who remairied of the Alliance, fuppofing them to 
be the Ruellabs,'and Sujah Dowlatt, and the Nabob of 


Bengal.—However, fuppoting all this fhould take Place, 
why may it not be done with our Nabob in our Hand, 


ftill his Friends and his Prote¢tors ? 


I am this Inftant favoured with yours of the 25th, 
and I find by your Pofticript, that your Opinion and 
mine with Regard to the Prince do not ditfer much. 
I have no Objection to follow the Plan you propofe.—~ 
Let Mr. Haftings found the old Nabob, and I will go 
: work with the young one, who joins me this 

ay. : 

We may continue our March on to Patna, the Rains 
will give us Time to negotiate, to fee we go on fure 
Grounds, and make fuch a Plan of the Alliance as will 
do us Honor, and be an Advantage to our Country, 
and our Employets.—But let us not abandon the 
Nabob ; befides the Reafons I have urged above, One 
more ftill remains, which I believe will have fome 
Weight, and make us cautious how we attempt, with- 
out very {trong and urgent Reafons, any Change in the 
prefent Syftem. 

You are well acquainted Sir, with the Caufe which 
firft gave Rife to the prefent Share of Influence, which 
we enjoy in this Part of the Mogul’s Empire: A juft Re- 
fentment for Injuries received, was the Firft Motive 
which induced us to make a Trial of our Strength ; the 
Eafe with which we fucceeded enlarged our Views, and 
made us chearfully embrace all Opportunities of increaf- 
ing that Intereft and Influence, both on Account of the 
Advantages which accrued from it to the honourable 
Company; as likewife the Hopes that it might in Time 
prove a Source of Benefit and Riches to our Country ; 
fuch were, I believe, the Motives of Colonel Ciive’s Ac- 
tions during his Adminiftration ; fuch, I believe, were 
the Views of the honourable Company, when they foli- 
cited and obtained Colonel Coote’s Regiment from the 
Government ; and fuch, I am certain, is the Plan which 
the Colonel propofés on his Return to purfue and to fup- 
port, in Hopes to convince the Miniftry, and the Com- 
pany, as he is convinced himfelf, that if they pleafe to 
fupport his Project, it will prove of the greateft Ad- 
vantage to the Public. ' 

If 1 have ftated our Situation right, it follows, I be- 
lieve, of Courfe, that we are bound with Vigour to 
work on the fame Plan, to aft on the fame Principles, 
and to keep up the Syftem as perfect and entire as it 
was left in out Hands; that whatever Refolutions the 
Nation or the Company may comeé to, cn Colonel 
Clive’s Reprefentations, they may not be difappointed 
by finding here (at leaft through our Faults) any very 
materiat Change in our Situation, Power, or Cre- 
dit. 

One Word more: All we can wifh to do is, not to 
fuffer the Nabob to nripofe on us, and to check every 
Beginning of an Independance he may endeavour to 
sifline Let us confult and impfove, on every Oc- 
cafion that offers, the Honour and Advantage of our 
Employers, and the Increafe of their Trade and Cre- 
dit; and not let them fuffer any additional Expence, on 
Account of purfuing any Plan, or fupporting any Syf- 
tem whatever : By acting thus, I think we cannot err ; 
we run at leaft nd Rifk, and I believe the Company’s 
Affairs miay be conduéted by us under this Subah, as 
much to their Advantage and Credit, as any other, 
whom a Revolution may place in the Government. 

Inclofed, I have the Honour to fend Mr. Amyatt’s 
laft Letter, received this Morning: We have had, as you 
will {¢e, another Brufi with the Prince’s Troops, and 
with great Succefs ; however if the other Plan goes on, 
we muft put an End to this fighting Syftem, and talk 
cooly on Affairs: I fhall expect the Favour of your 
Opigion with great Impatience, and have the Honour 

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to affure you, that I am, with perfe&amp; Efteem and 
Refpect, SIR, 
Your moft obedient, 
and moft humble Servant, 
; Fobn Cailland. 

The Witnefs being afked, What were his Reafons 
for approving a Revolution in September 1760, which 
he feemed to difapprove fo ftrongly by the, Letter he 
had read, dated in May? he faid, He would, to the 
beft of his Recolleétion, declare thofe: Motives, by 
{tating fome Particulars of his Situation at that Time 
in the Country : The Afcendancy which Lord Clive had 
over the Nabob, which flowed from the Nabob from 
a Senfe of the Favours he had received from Lord 
Clive, was, very foon after he came to the Command, 
atan End: That the Witnefs’s conftant unwearied At- 
tention, to keep up that Confidence fo neceffary be- 
tween them and the Nabob, was prevented by fome 
very untoward Circumftances: Mr. Holwell fucceeded 
Lord Clive in the Chair, only by Virtue of his Rank, 
in order of Succeffion; and the Certainty of another 
Governor being foon appointed, was known to the 
whole Country ; and of Courfe, that Degree of Refpect 
which the Nabob would have had to a Governor in 
other Circumftances, was not paid to Mr. Holwell ; 
Mr. Holzvell foon faw this, and refented it. The Nabob’s 
exceeding weak and irrefolute Character, gave Plenty of 
Occafions for Mr. Holwell to find Fault, and blame 
his Meafures: That he felt them too, and obferved 
them, but he thought that he did his Duty beft as a faith- 
ful Servant to the Company, by acting the Part of a 
Mediator between them, and by foftening, rather than 
irritating, the ill Difpofition that fubfifted between them. 
That on this Plan he aéted throughout the whole 
Courfe of Mr. Helwell’s Adminiftration, putting off 
by Delays, and fometimes with Reafons, every Approach 
to a Change of Syftem in that Government, which 
though in his own Heart he adopted, and knew the 
Neceflity of, yet he was defirous to keep it off as long 
as he could, tijl the Neceffity of it might prefs fo 
hard as to make it unavoidable: That he thought of 
nothing but temporary Syftems formed to the Day 
and to the Minute ; he would not truft his own Abili- 
ties and Judgment, fo far as to decide upon what was 
right or wrong; he knew fomething was to be done, 
but how to do it, he really did not know : That when 
‘that Letter he read was wrote, the Nabob’s Son was 
then alive; his extraordinary Death made a great 
Change in the Situation of Affairs in that Country : 
That Mr. Vanfttart’s Arrival, and the Confidence he 
had in his Abilities and Judgment, made him without 
Reluctance adopt his Plan; he knew his Motives; they 
were honeit and difinterefted, as to himfelf, honourable 
and advantageous to his Employers, and iuch as the 
Neceffity of the Times, the particular Situation at Ben- 
gal, the general State of the Company’s Affairs through- 
out India, have ever in his Opinion vindicated the 
Meafures purfued. 

Being afked, Whether 20 Lack, or any other Sum 
was ftipulated, for bringing about that Revolution ? 

He faid, The Night that Cofim Alli Khan figned the 
Articles, for accepting the Management of the Affairs 
of Bengal, under Fafier Ally Khan (in the Prefence, as 
he believed, of Mr. Vanfittart, Mr. Sumner, Mr. Hol- 
well, and himfelf) Cofim Ally Khan, after expreffing 
the many Obligations he had for our intended good 
Offices in his Favour, tendered a Paper to Mr. Van- 
fittart ; which, as Mr. Vanfittart interpreted to us, 
contained a Note for 20 Lack of Rupees, payable to 
the Gentlemen then prefent ; that he don’t recollect a 
Gentleman prefent there, that did not concur with him, 
in defiring Mr. Vanfittart to return that Paper to Cofim 
Ally Khan, telling him, That, he miftook our Motives 
for his Advancement. He prefled on Mr. Van/ittart 
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if we continued to: réfufe that Favour, ‘he fhould fear 
that the Gentlemen prefent were not well pleafed with 
the Appointment: Mr. Vanfittart, who knew his own 
Motives, as well.as thofe of the Witnefs, and -alfo of 


the reft of the Gentlemen in the Committee, told&gt;Cofim 


Ally Khaa, returning him the Paper again, ‘* When you 
“ have paid off all the Arrears due to the Company, to 


*¢ your own Troops, that the Peace of this Coyntr 


“js fettled,.and that your own Treafury is full; 
“then you think proper to make us any Acknowlege- 
« ment for the Services now done you, we fhail not 
« then be unwilling to accept fuch Marks as you will 
“‘ be pleafed to give us of your Friendfhip.” The Wir- 
nefs faid, That the Affair ended there; and he de- 
clared folemnly upon his Honour, there was no Stipu- 
lations made, no Partition Treaty, or any Thing of the 
Kind mentioned, then or after, to his Knowkge, of 
that Tranfa¢ction. 

The Witnefs added, That he was now ready and 
willing to declare, what he received upon the Occafion, 
when he received it, and how he received it; he faid, 
He little expected after 13 Years Service in that Coun- 
try, and g of them in the Field, that the little For- 
tune he made, fhould become the Object of fo public 
an Enquiry ; but he was happy to meet this Enquiry 
more than Half Way, and the more fo in this particu- 
lar Point; as perhaps it may give him an Opportunity 
of doing Juftice to the Memory of the Man from 
whom he received it (Mr. Vanfittert) who did it in his 
ufual generous and handfome Way : fo that he knows 
not but to this Minute, the Sum he received may be 
charged to his Account. After Cofim &lt;dlly Khan was 
placed in the Government, he went up to the Army at 
Patna, came down again, embarked for the Coatt in 
Fanuary 1761, remained there a Year and an Half, 
and came back to Calcutta, called there upon extra- 
ordinary Bufinefs.. In Ofober 1762, Mr. Vanfittart then 
going up to Mungeer, told him, “If I am happy 
“enough to fettle with the Nabob the unfortunate 
‘¢ Differences that have fubfifted between him and my 
** Council, and that I can with Propriety remind him 
“‘ of the Services you jointly did him; I fhall certainly 
“ endeavour to ferve you.” Mr. Vanfittart went up 
to Mungeer, and he embarked on board a Ship for 
Europe. In the Year 1763, he received an Account 
current from Mr. Vanfittart, in which he feund Cre- 
dit for 2 Lack of Rupees, unfolicited as he had 
mentioned before, and much beyond his Expectations, 
and this upon his Honour was the Whole of what he 
received direétly or indirectly upon that Occafion ; fo 
little was Money his Object or Thought, that he never 
enquired or knew what others might have got upon 
the fame Occafion, and that if Money had been his 
Object, he fhould have been more curious in his En- 
quiries: It is not ftated in the Account from Mr. Van- 
fittart, from whom the, 2 Lack came, but he fup- 
pofed it to come from Cofim. 

Being afked, Who took Poffeffion of the Houfe and 
Effects of Meer Faffier ? 


He faid, Cofim Ally Khan, after Jaffer had taken out 


every Thing that he wanted. 

Being afked, When the Refolution was taken of 
making Cofim Ally Khan Nabob, in the Room of Meer 
Faffier ? 

He faid, In the Accounts read of that Tranfaction, 
it appears, that Meer Jaffer, rather than confent to the 
Terms propofed, fent for Meer Coffim, and gave up the 
Government to him immediately. , 

Being afked, Whether Mr. Howell made any Report 
to the Select Committee, that Cofim Ally Khan had 
propofed to take off the Nabob? _ 

He faid, He never heard of fuch Propofal, Mr. 
Holwell never reported to them, that fuch a Propofal 
had been made to him. 

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liaud, and the Opinion of the Court of Di- 
rectors upon the fame Subject, were read, and 
are annexed in the Appendix, N° 10. 

A Member of the Houfe being prefent, defired to 
acquaint the Committee, Fhat he was Chairman of 
the Eaf India Company at that Time, and was the 
principal Caufe of Colonel Calliaud’s coming Home, in 
order to do Juftice to a Character he entertained a 
high Opinion of ; that the Court of Directors entered 
into a minute Enquiry, when he was unanimoufly ac- 
quitted, 'and was returned to India, with higher Ho- 
nours. 

William Brightwell Sumner, Efquire, being called 
upon by the Committee, to ftate his Reafons for af- 
fenting as a Select Committee Man, to the Meafure of 
depofing Meer Faffer, and placing Cofim Ally Khan on 
the Mufnud ?—faid, That, without infifting on the pub- 
lic Breach of Treaty on the Part of Meer Faffier, in 
the Inftance of the Dutch Invafion, and the many other 
doubtful Parts of his Conduct, the Irregularities of 
his private Life, or the Cruelties with which he was 
charged, he would reft the Reafons for his Conduct on 
the Neceffity of the Reformation, from the extreme 
Difficulties and imminent Dangers the Affairs of the 
Company, as well as thofe of the State, were reduced to 
by the Jealoufies, Indolence, and Inactivity, of the Na- 
bob Meer Faffier, and the Mal-adminiftration and Corrup- 
tion of his Minifters, in the Collection and Diffipation 
of the Revenues, and adding to thefe, the inteftine Trou- 
bles through the whole Country; the Witnefs was of 
Opinion, and {till continued firm in the fame, that it 
would have been impoffible to have fupported the 
Syitem of Government then eftablifhed —Two Months 
longer, and that embarked as we were with Meer Faffer, 
we mutt inevitably have fhared in his Ruin. 

For the Difficulties and Diftreffles of the Prefidency, 
and the Opinions formed thereon, while thefe were 
ftrong in View and immediate Conclufions were ne- 
ceflary, the Witnefs referred to the public Records, 
which, he faid, fully evinced the Neceffity of the Mea- 
fures purfued, but he wifhed to have it underftood, that 
when the Committee firft entered into Negotiation with 
Meer Coffim, their only Idea was Reformation in the 
Miniftry, not a Revolution in the Government; and 
that it was the unexpected Obftinacy of Meer Faffer 
alone, not an original Defign in the Committee, that 
placed Meer Cofim on the Mufnud ; that he believed, 
it was a Circumftance as little thought of by Mr. Van- 
fittart, as by himfelf, when he left Calcutta, on his 
Vifit to the Nabob, for the Purpofe of thefe Reforma- 
tions; but he readily admitted the Neceffity of the 
fubfequent eT made by Mr. Vanfittart, as pointed 
out by him in his Narrative; every Part of which, 
from his intimate Knowlege of the Man, he gave the 
fulleft Credit to.—The Witnefs repeated, That he was, 
and ftill remained of Opinion, that the Deftruétion of 
Meer Faffer’s Government made the intended Refor- 
mation neceflary, and that having gone fuch Lengths, 
there was no room for receding; and that on the 
Whole, he flattered himfelf, when all Matters were 
duly weighed, his Conduét would ftand juftified in the 
Opinion of every candid and impartial Man, whether 
he was confidered as a Subject of this Kingdom, or as 
an immediate Servant of the Company. 

The Witnefs being defired to inform the Committee, 
Whether the Invitation which Meer Faffier was fup- 

pofed to give to the Dutch, was ever more than Suf- 
picion ?—he faid, It was fo nat toe by a Letter or 
Letters, found in his Cabinet after he left Muxadavad, 
wrote by the Dutch Governor to him, on the Subject 
of that Invafion: That he could not recollect the Pur- 
port of them precifely, but they were full Conviction to 
him; they were not entered upon the public Proceed- 
‘ings; and he does not recollect, that the Committee 
made any Remonftrance or Memorial to Meer Faffer, 

Vor, XXXIII. 


upon the Subject of their Sufpicions with refpect to the 
Dutch, nor to his Knowlege did Meer Faffer ever ac- 
knowlege fuch Tranfaction. ; 

The Witneis read from a printed Book, the Tranf- 
lations of the following Letters from Mr Bi/- 
dom, Director of Chinfura, to the Nabob Fafier 
Ally Khan, and which he recolleéted to be thofe 
mentioned above, 


LETTER 1. 


Our Settlement was eftablifhed here long before the 
Englifo and other Nations entered this Kingdom, of 
which we were Eye Witnefies: Our Power was then 
greater as well as our Trade, but now we perceive, 
that both our Power, Inteteft, and Wealth, are loft, 
whilft that of other Nations daily increafe: In this 
Cafe, what Recourfe have we left ? Our Difhonour and 
Shame is almoft inevitable. 

For this Reafon, and for the Security of our Pof- 
feffions, as well as for the Service of your Excellency, 
I have fent for Troops into this Country: You are our 
Matter and Sovereign; and therefore I hope for your 
Protection, and wait your Orders to bring our Troops 
to this Place. . 

God grant that your Riches may daily increafe. 


LETTER I. 


As our Nation has always been encouraged by the 
Favour of your Excellency, and more particularly from 
that Time, when having a favourable Regard to our 
Company’s Bufinefs, you repeatedly affured our Chief 
of Cofimbuzar, of your Attachment ; confidering thefe 
Circumftances, I was extremely furprifed, that your 
Excellency, during your Refidence at Calcutta, entered 
into an Agreement, that you would ftrengthen the 
Fort of Muba Tanna, in order to prevent the Dutch 
Troops from coming this Way ; and alfo gave a Note 
to the Exglifb, directing them to oppofe the coming up 
of our Army.—All thefe Things confidered, it feems 
plain to us, that your Excellency did not. enter into 
the Agreement, or gave this Order from any ill Opi- 
nion of us; but it is all to be imputed to the.overs 
bearing Spirit of the Englifh: But if any one enters 
into an Agreement through Force or Diftrefe, and af- 
terwards does not abide by it, he will ftand juftified 
by the Laws of God and Man, are the Go- 
vernor of a Kingdom, who wifhes for nothing elfe but 
the Good of his Country, and the Profperity of his 
People. 

I am therefore in Hopes, through your Juftice and 
Favour, that you will recede from your Agreement 
and Order, and that we fhall obtain an Order from 
your Excellency, for the bringing up of our Army ; 
and alfo, that a pofitive Order may be given to the 
Englifo, on no Account to moleft them, for we fent 
for the faid Army to this Country, in Confequence of 
your Direétions. ; 

The King’s Revenues are greatly detrimented, and 
the Country almoft ruined, and of this you can only 
look upon the Englifh as the fole Caufe. Our Nation 
formerly brought contiderable Sums of Money into 
this Kingdom, and did not carry out any, and now 
the Engli/h are fo powerful, that no Trade can be 
carried on by us, for which Reafon no Money now 
arrives, and the Englifh yearly remit confiderable Sums: 
By this Means the Revenues of the Country are greatly 
decreafed ; and therefore how will you be able, without 
great Difficulty, to maintain your Forces ? and when your 
Enemies come upon you, you will not then be capable 
of oppofing them: — This Time if you will favour 
the Company, they will ever be at your Command ; and 
your prefent Anxiety and Uneafinefs may be removed : 
— Your Excellency cannot takea better Step, and I hope 
you will take this into your favourable and ferious Con- 
fideration, and return me a proper Anfwer. 

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LETTER II. 


The wrathful Letter you wrote to me I have received, 
and it has given me inexpreffible Uneafinefs : — The 
Troops were not called here at my own Defire, nor 
did I imagine they would ever have come to Action, and 
fully intended to have returned them by the Ships when 
they failed for Europe :—They were brought here for 
the Security of the Ships : This I acquainted your Ex- 
cellency of feveral Times. —During their Stay in Camp 
they molefted no Man, nor had any Difturbances with 
the Country People; this alfo you are well affured of. 
—It was never my Intention they fhould fight; but the 
Englifb hoifted Moors Colours, and immediately came 
down upon them, and a Battle enfued. Your Excel- 
lency is the Magiftrate cf Juftice, and therefore I de- 
fire you will interfere. — I was defirous that fome Ad- 
vantage fhould arife to the Riots from the Sale of the 
Goods when they were brought up, and intended to 
have laden on board the Ships the Salt Petre and other 
Goods that were bought, and with the People that 
came here, difpatched them to Europe ; but the Englih 
would not permit the Boats to pafs :—I am willing to act 
up to our Agreement, and hope your Excellency will 
adhere to it alfo: In this we entirely depend on your 
Favour. The Company have for a long Time carried 
on Trade here ; and therefore earneftly defire you will 
continue to them your Favour and Protection, as we 
are not able of ourfelves to root out our Enemies. 


The Witnefs further faid, There were feveral other Let- 
ters fhewn him by Mr. Vanfittart, but does not know they 
were ever acknowleged by Meer Faffier, and believes they 
were never fhewn to him; and he does not know whe- 
ther thefe Letters were figned ; but they were fealed on 
the Cover ; and he was convinced they were wrote by the 
Dutch Governor. 

Being afked, What he apprehended to be the Reafon 
that thefe Letters were not fhewn to the Select Com- 
‘mittee, and tranfmitted’as Part of their Proceedings ? he 
faid, He believed they were fhewn to every one of 
the Committee feparately ; that he could affign no cer- 
tain Reafon for the Conduct of Mr. Vanfittart, but fup- 
pofes he did not think them of Confequence to be fhewn 
to the Committee in their collective Capacity. 

Being afked, Whether there were any Hoftilities be- 
tween the Two Companies, previous to the Dutch Fleet 
coming into the River? he faid, There were no Hofti- 
lities ; fome Difagreements there had always been on 
commercial Tranfactions, which were generally accom- 
modated. 

The Witnefs further faid, in Anfwer to other Quef- 
tions, That he certainly thought the Nabob was bound 
by the Second Article of the Treaty, to prevent any Ships 
or Troops of the Dutch coming into Bengal; and that 
certainly the Dutch would have acted as our Enemies, 
had they been permitted to introduce 7 or 800 Euro- 
peans: That he apprehends the Strength of the Dutch 
in all their: Faétories before this Operation, amounted to 
about 150 Military Mer : That a Correfpondence had 
pafied between the Englifb and Dutch upon that Tranf- 
aétion : He could not recollect exactly their public Pro- 
feffions, but had no Doubt of their Intentions. 

The Witnefs further faid, That he was a Member 
of the Select Committee from the Time of Lord Ciive’s 
Departure to the Period of the Revolution ; that he did 
not recollect they had any Meetings as a Sele€t Commit- 
tee upon that Subject ; the whole being carried on in the 
Correfpondence between General Caliiaudand Mr. Holwell. 

He further faid, That he was One of the Select Com- 
mittee prefent when Cofim Ally Khan made the Offer of 
20 Lack to the Governor and Council; and that he 
confirmed every Part of General Calliaud’s Evidence 
upon that Occafion, with this Difference, that when the 
Paper was returned, Mr. Vanjfittart obferved that ‘we 
were labouring for the Peace and Safety of the Coun- 
try ; that the hiigecics of the State were preffing, and 


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that we would not on any Account receive this Offer ; 
but that if, when the Country was fettled, he found him- 
felf in a Situation fo to do with Convenience to his Af- 
fairs, he would then be at full Liberty to gratify his 
Friends as he thought proper: And Mr. Vanjfitiart fur- 
ther added, * I will, for my Part, under fuch Circum- 
‘© ftances, freely accept any Token of your Regard ; and 
“‘ I fhould fuppofe the other Gentlemen will do the 
“* fame :” That Mr. Vanfittart then returned the Paper 
to Cofim Ally Khan, who feemed uneafy, and faid, He 
apprehended we were not fo much his Friends as he 
wifhed :—That Mr. Van/fittart then gave him the ftrongeft 
Affurances of our Sincerity, and took the Opportunity 
to prefs a Donation from him of 5 Lack of Rupees to 
the Company, as a Help towards the Reduction of Pox- 
dicherry ; this was granted, and was paid the very firft 
Money—to the beft of the Witnefs’s Recollection, a very 
few Weeks after the Tranfaction. 

The Witnefs being further queftioned, faid, That he 
knew of no Acknowlegement made to the Governor and 
Council, as a Body, after Coffim Ally Khan was placed on 
the Mufnud ; but that as to himfelf, as in the Courfe of 
his Evidence, he fhould have Occafion to mention his 
Difmiffion from the Company’s Service, a Circumftance, 
which if not explained might leave an Impreffion of 
Culpability on his Part, he begged Leave to inform the 
Committee, that the Caufe of his Difmiffion was, his 
having figued a Letter to the Court of Directors, as 
one of their Council among many others, whcrein they 
expoftulated on what they thought harfh and undeferved 
Treatment; that this Letter gave the Directors fuch 
Umbrage, that every Man in Jndia who had figned it, was 
immediately difmified without the leaft Regard to the Me- 
rits or Length of their Services ; that he itates this as the 
fole Caufe of his Difmiffion; and in Proof thereof, referred 
to the feveral Papers annexed in the Appendix, N° 11. 

The Witnefs obferved, that the Change of Govern- 
ment in Favour of Cofim Ally Khan, took Place in Oc- 
tober 1760, and faid, That feveral Months after his Efta- 
blifhment, Coja Petrufe, the Nabob’s Agent in Calcutta, 
prefented him, in the Name of the Nabob, with 80,000 
Sicca Rupees ({£. 10,000): The Payments were made 
from May to July 1761: That he was difmiffed the Com- 
pany’s Service the 5th of Auguft following; and from that 
Period, to his leaving Bengal, the 20th of Fanuary 1762, 
he received further, and in like Manner, at different 
Times, the Sum of 144,000 Sicca Rupees ({£. 18,000) 
making together the whole Amount received £. 28,000 
Sterling: That the Reafon of feparating the Sums received, 
was in Support and Confirmation of the Idea that he had 
always entertained and wifhed to convey to the Com- 
mittee, of its having been a free and voluntary Gift, and 
he begged Leave again to remark, that by far the largeft 
Part of the Prefent was received after his Difmiffion : 
That under thefe Circumftances he ever confidered the 
Tranfaction honourable, and never made a Secret of it : 
That he had thus intruded upon the Patience of the Com- 
mittee, to obviate an Opinion, which feems too preva- 
lent, that Prefents are received indifcriminately in India, 


and that Self Intereft is the only Motive of Actions . 


there : And to fhew what he thought difhonourable Pre- 
fents, he further informed the Committee, That in 
March 1761, he was employed by the Governor and 
Council in the Province of Burdwan, to enquire into the 
State of the Revenues, fo as to enable them to form a 
Settlement with the Rajah for the enfuing Year ; that 
while he was upon his Journey, the Rajah found Means 
to fend his Agents to Calcutta, who reprefented to_ the 
Governor and Council, that of late Years the Nabob’s 
Receipts, which was the Claim the Company had on 
the Province, had fcarcely exceeded 18 Lack of Rupees : 
However, after much Treating, they. offered to fettle for 
the next Year, at between 24 and 25 Lack: That the Go- 
vernor and Council had not agreed in Form to this Pro- 
pofal, but he was informed by a Letter on the 3d’ of 
April, they had determined fo to do; and he was in 

Confequence 





fuch 
was 


Me- 





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Confequence immediately recalled: That he informed 
Mr. Van/ittart with the Opinion he had formed upon the 
Intelligence he had got into the*State of the Province; 
and that he meant to proteft againft thofe Terms of 
Agreement: That the next Morning, before the Council 
met, he convinced Mr. Vanfittart 1o fully of the Jutt- 
nefs of his Opinion, that he was re-appointed to Burd- 
wan with the iame Commiffion and Powers: That this 
Tranfaction appeared on the Confultation of the roth of 
April 1771:—That about the latter End of ‘Zune, or Be- 
ginning of 7uly, he had completed his Enquiries, and re- 
turned to Calcutta with a voluntary Offer from the Rajah, 
of the Payment of 32 Lack and a Half of Rupees, 
which was agreed to, and the Whole received within 
that Year: That this Tranfaction eftablifhed a Footing 
for a further Refident at Burdwan, and thereby laid the 
Foundation of an annual Increafe of Rents, amounting 
at this Time, if he is rightly informed, to 43 Lack per 
Annum, net Receipt to the Company. 

The Witnefs faid, That on the Morning of the 1oth 
of April, when his Re-appointment to Burdwan took 
Place, he had an Offer made by the Rajah’s Agent of 
4 Lack of Rupees for his own Ufe and Benefit, to be 
paid down immediately, on Condition he would forbear 
all Oppofition to the Engagement which the Council. 
were before ready to enter into; and that Mr. Smith (a 
Member of the Council) with whom he was intimately 
connected, foon after informed him, that he had Offers 
of 2 Lack of Rupees for his Influence with him, not 
to ftir in the Affair; and that their further Offers to 
him (through Mr. Smith) were unlimited: That they 
both treated this Propofal as it deferved. 

In regard to Prefents received by others, the Witnefs 
faid, That whatever had come to his Knowlege had 
been by acting as their Attorney ; but as he is perfuaded 
that the Gentlemen who employed him have no Referve 
upon the Occafion, and as he can fpeak with Certainty 
on the Subject, he fhould conceal no Part :—That Mr. 
Holwell, who was of the Council, received 2 Lack and 
70,000 Rup¢pgerM:. M'Gwire, one Lack and 80,000— 

Mr, Calf @inith, Secretary to the Committee, One 
Lack an ipff,000—Major Yorke, who commanded the 
Detachment {mmediately attendant on Meer Cofim, One 
Lack and 34,0c9—He did not know whether Mr. Van- 
fittart received any thing : Thefe Sums were paid in 
1761. 

"The Witnefs being afked, What were the Circum- 
{tances of the Country when this Money was received &gt;— 
he faid, It was a Matter he fuppofed the Nabob a pro- 
per Judge of. ne 

Being afked, Whether Meer Faffier, at the Time of 
the Revolution, had difcharged his Debt incurred by 
his Treaty with the Company in 1757 :—he faid, No. 
A Balance remained due, for which, when the Affign- 
ments in the Burdwan Country were given up, the Com- 
pany received Jewels and other Effects, which were con- 
fidered as full Security, not as Payment ; and could not 
recollect when the Payment was made. 

Being afked, Whether at the Time he received the firft 
Payment of his Prefent, he did not receive an Obliga- 
tion for a larger Sum ?—he faid, He did; that it was 
fome Weeks, to the beft of his Recollection, after Cofim 
Ally Khan \eft Calcutta, that Coja Petrufe informed him 
the Nabob intended to make him a Prefent of 2 Lack and 
a Half; and defired to know whether he would accept 
of them :—That he anfwered, he would very thankfully 
accept of them as a free and voluntary Gift, whenever 
his Circumftances and Situation admitted it, without In- 
convenience to his own Affairs : That he then prefented 
him with the Nabob’s Obligation for that Sum, faying, 
That the Nabob had fuffered much Uneafinefs by Mr. 
Vanfittart’s Refufal of the Obligation for 20 Lack. The 
Witnefs replied, That he confidered the Obligation of 
no Validity ; but he received the Prefent as an Earneft 
of the Nabob’s friendly Intentions towards him. __ 

Being afked, If, at the Time of this Converfation with 


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Coja Petrufe, the Nabob was indebted to the Company ? 
he faid, [t was probable he might be in Debt, but he 
thinks Jewels were mortgaged for the Payment of every 
Debt. The Depofit of Jewels was confidered as abfolute 
good Security ; but when they were redeemed, or how 
the Account was fettled, he could not recollect. 
, The Witnefs further faid, That large Sums had 
been fent by Meer Fajier to Patna for Payment of the 
Troops ; and Payments had likewife been made at 
Muxadavad ,; that Sums were ftill due was moft pro- 
bable, for he did not fuppofe Army Accounts ever have 
been, or will be, fettled. As to the Troubles in the Coun- 
try, he apprehends they were not concluded ; and that 
the Battle with the Shawzadda had not then happened. | 

Being afked, Whether he apprehended the Treafure 
of the Nabob was abounding at that Time? he faid; 
At the Time the Obligation was given, he apprehended 
not; but when it was paid, he apprehended the Nabob 
found no Inconvenience. - 

In Aniwer to further Queftions, the Witnefs faid, That 
he never difclofed to Mr. Vanfittart his Converfation with 
Cyja Petrufe, nor had he had Curiofity to enquire whe- 
ther Meflages, fimilar to that fent to him, had been fent 
to Mr. Holwell, Mr. Calliaud, Mr. M‘Gwire, or either of 
them: And he does not believe that Mr. Vanjfittart 
knew any thing of the 2 Lack mentioned in Mr. Hol- 
wells Letter; and thought it impoffible he fhould. 

In the Courfe of the above Evidence, were read the 
Papers annexed in the Appendix, N? 12. 

Your Committee having proceeded thus far in their 
Report ; and finding it impoffible, from the intended 
Prorogation, to digeft in any Manner the reft of the'r 
Proceedings, have, in Confideration of the Importance 
of the Matter, laid a Tranfcript of their Minutes before 
the Houfe. : 

General Carnack. 

Whether you was prefent in Bengal at the Time of 
the Revolution, which placed Cofim Ally Khan on the 
Mutinud ? 

I left Bengal in February 1750, with Lord Clive, on 
my Return to Europe.—At my Arrival at Saint Helena 
I had Information that the Court of Directors had ap- 
pointed me Major of their Settlement at Bengal, and 
Commander of their Forces there. oi, 

In Confequence of that Information, I availed myfelf 
of the Opportunity cf one of the Company’s Ships that 
was at Saint Helena, and went back to Bengal.—l arrived 
in the Mouth of the River, I think, in the Beginning of 
Oéfober in that Year; but being detained there Five or 
Six Days by contrary Winds, I fuppofe it was about 
the 12th or 13th before I arrived at Calcutta :— I there 
received a Letter from Mr. Vanfittart, who had heard 
of the Ship’s being in the River, informing me he was 
gone to Muxadavad with Colonel Calliaud, and withed 
me to follow him as foon as poffible :—I accordingly 
tarried but a very few Days at Calcutta, and proceeded 
up to Mr. Vanfittart.—In my Way to one of the 
Palaces, called Moradbog, where Mr. Vanfittart was, 
I of Neceffity pafied by the Nabob’s Palace, while 
Colonel Calliaud, with the Troops, was there, it being 
the very Day of the Revolution, in the A&amp; of making 
the Revolution ; and yet every thing was fo quiet, that 
I paffed the Place without having any Idea of the Mat- 
ter.—Mr. Vanjfittart, upon our Meeting, informed me 
of what had been tranfacted, 

To ftate the Circumftances relating to Ramunar- 
rain. : 

Ramnarrain was avery able Man, but very avaritious, 
and he had the Credit of being very wealthy, which was 
Motive fufficient for Cofim Ally Khan to with to have 
him in his Power.—He was always an Object of Jealoufy 
of the Nabob’s, and even Meer Faffier wifhed to have 
had hold of his Treafures; however, my Lord Cive 
had fecured him from any Injuftice of that Nature, and 
it was deemed a proper Point of Policy to fupport 
Ramnarrain; and the firft Orders I received after the 

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Victory over the Shawzadda, were to maintain the En- 
gagements which had been obferved in Lord Clive’s 
Time, with refpect to protecting Ramnarrain from any 
Violence or Injuftice on the Part of the Nabob.—The 
Plea of his being in Arrear was the Pretext always made 
ufe of for oppreffing him, but without Foundation ; for 
in the frequent Converfations I had with Ramxarrain 
on the Subject, he always feemed ready to come to a fair 
and equitable Account :—The Governor and Council 
thought proper afterwards to give me contrary Direc- 


tions refpecting that unfortunate Man: There ftands upon 


the Company’s Records a Letter from me to the Board, 
fhewing the Contrariety of their Orders, and an abfolute 
Refufal, while I was at the Head of their Forces, of 
doing fo difhonourable an Act, as delivering up this 
Man to his Eenemy. 

Fort William Confultations, 21 April 1761—Ma- 
jor Carnack’s Letter relating to Ramnarrain— 
read. 

The 2d Order the Governor and Council gave me, 
was to deliver up Ramnarrain, which I abfolutely re- 
fufed.—In the. Interim Colonel Coote came and took 
the Command of the Army :—Colonel Coo¢e’s purfuing 
the fame Meafures, with refpect to Ramnarrain, was an 
Approbation of my Conduct, which was very pleafing 
to me. 

At the Time you left the Army at Patna did you 
underftand that you had a Right to quit the Service 
when you thought proper ? 

I certainly had a Right, in my Apprehenfion, to 
refign the Service, except to evade Punifhment for any 
Crime I might have been guilty of, or in the Face of 
Danger. 

Whether you delivered fuch an Opinion to the Prefi- 
dency at Calcutta ? 

I did, and it ftands upon Record. 

Was there then any Obligation or Covenant between 
the Military Servants and the Company to ferve for any 
limited Time ? 

I believe there have been Inftances of inferior Of- 
ficers entering into fuch Covenants, but my Commiffion 
was fent out without any fuch Stipulation ; and I will 
obferve, why in Juftice it ought to be fo, for it was in 
the Power of the Governor and Council to difmifs me at 
their Pleafure. 

Whether the fame Liberty did not extend to all the 
other Military Servants of the Company not having en- 
tered into Covenant ? 

So I have always underftood fingly, and with Reftric- 
tion, as I have mentioned. 

Do you imagine, that if at the Time you had re- 
figned, another Perfon exercifing the fame Right at the 
fame Time'would have rendered an Aétion, innocent in 
itfelf, criminal by the Conduct of another ? 

No—nor Men in more than one—as no immediate 
Detriment could have from thence enfued to the Ser- 
vice ; but I fhould think myfelf highly criminal to join 
in a general Combination to refign. 

Do you imagine that feveral Perfons combining to- 
gether to do an Act, which was lawful for each to do 
feparately, would, by fuch Combination, be guilty of a 
Crime? 

I do, and for this Reafon, that general Ruin (and 
more efpecially in Jndia, where the Lofs of Officers can- 
not be fupplied) would be the Confequence of fuch a 
general Refignation. 

Do you think that every thing which may be hurtful 
in its Confequences is therefore criminal to do? 

: Where the Public is materially concerned I think 
° 


Whether your Motive for quitting the Army was 
the Orders you received for giving up Ramnarrain ? 

I did not quit the Army, but was ordered down, I 
believe, with a View of removing every Obftacle to 
the Delivery up of Ramnarrain. 

Whether you do not think that a Breach of the 


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general Engagements, under which Officers ferved the 
Company, would have warranted a general Refigna- 
tion? 

I think it may tend to exculpate; but no private Con- 
fiderations can warrant an Act, when the public Safety 
is at Stake. | 

Sir Eyre Coote. 

To give an Account of the particular Circumftances 
relative to Ramnarrain. 

After the Campaign was over, on the Coaft of Core- 
mandel, which ended, I believe, in Fanuary 1760, | 
then went down to Bengal :—I may fay, prior to that, 
that I had received a Letter from the Governor and 
Council of Madras, 4 December 1760, informing me 
of the Revolution in Bengal, and that there was Five 
Lack of Rupees fent from the Nabob, Cofim Ally Kban, 
‘for the Payment of the Troops acting in the Siege of 
Pondicherry :—At that Time we were, I believe, 
Three or Four Months in Arrears to our Black Troops, 
notwithftanding all the Attention the Governor and 
Council of Madra/s paid to the fupplying us with 
Money; if that Money had come in any other Wa 
than by a Revolution, it would have made me muc 
happier than it did.—In my Anfwer to that Letter of 
the 7th, I gave my Opinion of my Difapproval of that 
Revolution, as a Meafure I thought would be produc- 
tive of the Lofs of our Reputation—Upon my Arrival 
in Bengal I found there was two different Parties of the 
Council, the one that had formed the Revolution, and 
the other that difapproved of it:—TI was intimately ac- 
quainted with the Gentlemen of both thofe Parties, and 
therefore, as the Affair had happened, however un- 
fortunate I thought it might prove, I made it my 
Bufinefs to endeavour to reconcile the Two Parties, 


with a Refolution, at that Time, not to interfere in any 


Matter of Bufinefs or Politics where I thought no 
Honour was to be gained; however, I was over per- 
fuaded by Mr. Vanfittart and the other Gentlemen (as a 
Meafure which they told me they imagined would be of 
great Service to the Company) to-g6 un to the Army at 


Patna ; accordingly I defired they we + “Vit.-me Ene 
ftruétions to proceed by, which areas 9S; . 
Inftruétions to Colonel Coote in t. . . “leé&amp;t Commit- 


weap eo Fort Williamw;°21 April 1761, 
read. 

By this, I believe, it will plainly appear, that the 
Governor and Council had two Objects in view, in 
fending me there, one was the fixing a Plan of Opera- 
tion upon the Suppofition that we fhould be able to 
conduct the Mogul to De/bi; the other to fecure and 
protect Ramnarrain in the Province of Patna :—Upon 
my Arrival at Patna I applied, with the clofeft Atten- 
tion, to the Bufinefs upon which I was fent there ; I in- 
formed the Shawzadda of the Sentiments of the Board 
towards him, and the Defire the Engi had to affift him 
to the utmoft of their Power, which he feemed very fen- 
fible of, and very defirous of having ; at the fame Time 
defiring that he might be proclaimed and acknowleged 
by us as he had been by different Powers in Indoftan ; and 


faid, he thought it very extraordinary, that where he . 


himfelf refided, there he was not acknowleged: Thofe 
Matters I communicated to the Board to receive their 
Inftruéctions, as will be feen in the Courfe of the Cor- 
refpondence in Fuly.—I likewife informed Ramnarrain, 
that I had Orders from the Governor and Council to 
protect him, provided he would fettle his Accounts with 
the Nabob ; and therefore I defired him immediately to 
fet about it, informing the Nabob of the fame, as may 
be feen in my Correfpondence with the Governor and 
Council.—During thofe Tranfactions I received a Letter 
from the Board, recommending it to me to proclaim 
the King.—I found, that had I immediately complied 
with the Requeft of the Board, it might prove of fatal 
Confequence to the Nabob, and to the Company, at 
that Time; for he had given away feveral of the beft 
Provinces to different People that belonged to him, par- 

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ticularly Purnea, which will likewife be feen in thé 
Correfpondence ; I therefore thought it, to the beft of 
my Judgment, for the Advantage of the Company and 
the Nabob, as it was the Shawzadda’s Inclination; to 
let him go to Shujab Dowla; at the fame Time I had 
got the Nabob to confent to that Meafure, and to pay 
a Vifit with me to the Shawzadda; then it was thought 
advifeable, both by the Nabob, and feveral of the Com- 
pany’s Servants who were prefent, that the Nabob for 
himfelf, and I on Behalf of the Engi, fhould coin the 
Siccas, and acknowlege him Mogul on the Day that he 
fhould pafs the Boundary of the Province; this he feemed 
fatisfied with, and it was agreed that Major Carnac, with 
Part of the Army, fhould efcort him; the Major in- 
forming me, in proper Time, of the Day he fhould 
join Shujab Dowla, in order that 1 might keep my 
Promife, the Nabob confenting entirely to all this Mat- 
ter; and at the fame Time agreed, that if we profecuted 
the Expedition, and fettled Matters with Shujab Dowla, 
that he would advance the io Lack towards the Pay- 
ment of our Forces.—-The King was but a few Days 
gone, when the Nabob feemed to alter his Sentiments 
entirely, with regard to the Promifes he had made, and 
turned his Thoughts intirely towards the feizing of 
Ramnarrain, for which, if I would give him up, he 
offered me Seven Lack and a Half of Rupees, and what- 
ever I pleafed to the Gentlemen of my Family; this I 
communicated, by Letter, to the Governor and Coun- 
cil of 17th Fuly 1761 :-——-The Nabob finding he could 
not gain his Point, with regard to Ramuarrain, then 
thought it neceffary to write the Governor, Mr. Van- 
fitart, the moft {candalous Invettives, and falfe Ac- 
cufations, againft me, and was determined that he would 
not declare the King the Day we had both given our 
Words of Honour for doing it.—He had then a large 
Army encamped on the Outfide of Patna :—I was then 
in the City, and from the Detachments which I had 
made, and which were fent for the Collection of Re- 
venues with Major Carnac, I had not then under my 
Command above 150 Europeans, 70.0f which were*in 
the Hofpitals, and I believe 3 or 400 Sepoys; I was, 
with this Force, to protect the City, Ramnarrain, and 
to defend my own Honour :—The Nabob knowing my 
Weaknefs, thought it a proper Opportunity to get Poffef- 
fion of the City :—He applied to me for Leave to come 
into the Fort of the City the Day before the Shawzadda 
was to be proclaimed; to which I agreed, and he feemed 
thoroughly fatisfied, provided he only brought in the 
Attendants about his Perfon ; this he confentedto: The 
Night or two before the Mogul was to be proclaimed, 
he fent me Word, that he would not proclaim him, nor 
come into the City, unlefs he had the Gates delivered up 
to him, which I would by no Means confent to; at the 
fame ‘Time 1 informed him, that I had given my Ho- 
nour for declaring the Mogul on fuch a Day, and I 
would have it performed in the City, which would not 
appear proper in the Eyes of the Country, as he was 
Subah of the Province, and begged we might have a 
Conference upon the Subject, which he evaded having ; 
and I was informed by my Spies,. that that very Night 
his Camp was all in Motion, and his Artillery brought 
towards the City.—I fent the next Morning to one of 
his chief Minifters, to learn the Reafon of fuch a Move- 
ment, and the Meaning of the Nabob, which he told 
me was done by Coja Gregory, who was his Head Gene- 
ral; and he was not afraid to fay at the Durbar, that 
it would be productive of Mifchief: Finding, the next 
Night, the fame Movements and Difturbances in his 
Camp, I thought it neceffary to go the next Morning 
myfelf, and to fee him, if poflible ; accordingly I ordered 
a Company of Sepoys, and a Troop of 30 Horfemen 
that I had, to get themfelves in Readinefs by Six in the 
Morning, at which Hour the next Morning I fent Mr. 
Watis to inform him of my coming: It was Seven be- 
fore I arrived at his Tent, and Mr. Watts informed me, 
that the Nabob was not to be feen; he had fent-to him, 
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but had not feen hiin : I went irito the outér Tent, taking 
Piftols in my Hand for my own Security, and fat down 
there till I fhould hear further :—As it is a Cuftom in 
India, when they mean ill to a Perfon' that vifits them 


“in Camp, to cut the Tent Cords, and let the ‘Tent fall on 


the Perfon they mean-to deftroy, I defired Captain Z/er to. 
place two of the Troopers round the Terit, to prevent 
any Mifchief of that Kind; and finding the Nabob 
would not fee me, I rode away, and left Mr. Watts to 
inform him of my Bufinefs: This the Nabob reprefented 
to the Governor and Council as a grievous Infult, for 
which Reafon I received feveral extraordinary Letters: 
from ‘the Board, which are upon the Correfpondence, 
with my Anfwers ; and at my Return toCa/cutta, I de- 
fired a ftrict Enquiry might be made into the Matter; 
and the Enquiry was made. ) m0 

{Confultations, Fort William, 28 September 17615 

Letter to Colonel Coote read.] 

I was ordered by the Select Committee, to withdraw 
the Protection from Ramnarrain, which I did accord- 
ingly; he was foon after murdered, and his Treafure 
feized. 

[Letter, 18 Fune, 1761, to Colonel Coole, for 
Ramnarrain’s Sufpenfion, read.] 
[17 Fuly, Colonel Coote’s Letter in Anfwér to D® 

read. } : 

The withdrawing the Protection from Ramnarrain 
was in Effect giving him ap to the Power of the Na- 
bob. 

The Papers read in the Courfe of the above Evi- 
dence are annexed in the Appendix, N° 13. 

Your Committee having taken the Evidence of 
Colonel Munro, a Member of the Houie, at his 
exprefs Defire, that he might be at Liberty -to 
attend his private Affairs in Scotland, they have 
added it to their Report, though beyond the 
Period to which they have been able to 
extend their prefent Enquiry, as it has surned 
out. 

Colonel Munro:—In April 1764 1 was under the 
King’s Orders, from His Majefty’s Secretaries of State 
and War, to return to Europe with fuch of His Majeity’s 
Troops as did not chufe to inlift. into: the Company’s 
Service ; I was accordingly to have embarked with the 
Troops the Beginning of May on board a Mocoa Ship, — 
which was to fail for Europe; but before 1 embarked 
there were two Expreffes arrived from Bengal, acquaint: 
ing the Governor and Council at Bombay, that Shujab 
Dowla and Cofim Ally Khan had marched into the Pro- 
vince of Bengal, at the Head of 60,000 Men: That Major 
Adams, who commanded the Army, was dead: That 
the Settlement of Calcutta was in the utmoft Confterna- 
tion, and the Company’s Affairs in the utmoit Danger ; 
they therefore requefted; that the Governor and Council 
of Bombay would apply to me to go round immediately to 
take the Command of the Army with His Majetty’s 
Troops, and as many as could be fparéd from the Prep 
fidency of. Bombay.—As His Majeity’s Intention in 
fending out his Troops to India, by the Orders J had, 
was to affift and defend the Company in their different 
Settlements, I thought it would not be anfwering the 
Intention of fending them out to return and leave the 
Company’s Affairs in that Situation; I therefore com- 
plied with the Requeft, and arrived at Calcutta with 
His Majefty’s Troops, and a Detachment of the Com- 
pany’s from Bombay, fome Time in the Month of May 
1764: Mr. Vanfittart, who was then Governor, ac- 
quainted me that the Army under the Command of 
Major Carnac had. been, fince the Death of Major 
Adams, and Shujab Dowla and his Army had come into 
the Province,. upon the Defenfive, and retreated 
before the Enemy ; but I am fure, from Major Carnac’s 
gallant Behaviour upon every Occafion, that he will be 
able to give:a proper Account for his-Conduét in that 
Campaign.—Mr. Vanfittart requefted, that I would im- 
mediately repair with the Troops I had carried round 

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from Bombay; to join the Army who wete in Canton- 
ment at Patna, and take the Command of them.—lI 
found the Army, Europeans as well as Sepoys, mutinous, 
deferting to the Enemy, threatning to carry off their 
Officers to the Enemy, demanding an Augmentation of 
Pay, demanding large Sums of Money, which they 
faid had been promifed them by the Nabob, and dif- 
obedient to all Order ; 400 of the Europeans had gone 
off in a Body, and joined the Enemy fome Time before 
{ joined the Army: This being the Situation the Army 
was in, I fully determined to endeavour to conquer that 
mutinous Difpofition in them before I would attempt to 
conquer the Enemy :—I accordingly went with a De- 
tachment of the King and Company’s Europeans from 
Patna, with Four Field Pieces of Artillery, to Chippera, 
one of the Cantonments:—I think the very Day, or 
the Day after, I arrived, a whole Battalion of Sepoys, 
with their Arms and Accoutrements, went off to join 
the Enemy; I immediately detached about 100 Ex- 
ropeans, and a Battalion of Sepoys, whofe Officers told 
me they thought they could depend upon them not to 
defert, with two Field Pieces, to endeavour to come 
up with the Deferters, and bring them back to me; 
the Detachment came up with them in the Night Time, 
found them afleep, took them Prifoners, and carried 
them back to Chippera :—-The Officer who commanded 
the Detachment fent me an Exprefs, acquainting me 
with the Hour he would arrive at Chippera with the 
Prifoners.—I was ready to receive them with the Troops 
under Arms; upon their Arrival at Chippera, I imme- 
diately ordered their Olficers to pick me out 50 of the 
Men of the worft Characters, and who they thought 
might have enticed the Battalion to defert to the Enemy ; 
they did pick out 50; I defired them to pick me out 
24 Men of thofe 50 of the worft Characters: I imme- 
diately ordered a Field Court Marfhal to be held by 
their own Black Officers, and after reprefenting to_ the 
Officers the heinous Crime the Battalion had been guilty 
of, defired they would immediately bring me their Sen- 
tence; they found them guilty of Mutiny and Defer- 
tion, fentenced them to fuffer Death, and left the 
Manner to me; I ordered immediately four of the 24 
to be tied to the Guns, and the Artillery Officers to 
prepare to blow them away :—There was a remarkable 
Circumftance, four Grenadiers reprefented, as they 
always had the Poft of Honour, thought they were 
antitled to be firft blown away; the four Battalion Men 
were untied from the Guns, and the four Grenadiers 
tied and blown away, upon which the European Of- 
ficers of the Battalions of Sepoys, who were then in the 
Field, came and told me, that the Sepoys would not 
fuffer any more of the Men to be blown away :—I or- 
dered the Artillery Officers to load the four Field 
Pieces with Grape Shot, and drew up the Europeans 
with the Guns in their Intervals; defired the Officers 
to return at the Heads of their Battalions ; ordered them 
immediately to ground their Arms, and if one of them 
attempted to move, I would give Orders to fire upon 
them, and treat them the fame as if they were Serajab 
Dowlab’s Army.—They did ground their Arms, and did 
not attempt to take them up again, upon which I or- 
dered 16 more of the 24 to be tied to the Guns by 
Force, and blown away the fame as the firft, which 
‘was done: I immediately ordered the other four to be 
Carried to a Cantonment, where there had been a De- 
fertion of the Sepoys fome Time before, with pofitive 
Orders to the commanding Officer at that Canton- 
ment to blow them away in the fame Manner at the 
Guns, which was accordingly done, and which put an 
End to the Mutiny and Defertion. 

I prepared to take the Field as early as poffible after 
the Rains, with the Army, and fixed the 15th of September 
fer the Rendezvous of the Troops from their different 
‘Cantonments :—A Couple of Days before the Army 
‘marched, I had Intelligence thatjthe Enemy had advanced 
feveral Parties of Horfe, and had thrown up fome Breaft 


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Works on the Banks of the Soane, to impede the croffing 
of the Troops :—I ordered Major Champion with a De- 
tachment and 4 Field Pieces to march and crofs the 
Soane fome Miles below, where the Army was to crofs, 
after fixing with him the Hour and Day that I intended 
to arrive at the Soave with the Army :—I defired that 
he might be at that Time on the other Side, and endea-~ 
vour to diflodge the Enemy, and cover the landing of 
the Treops.— That Officer was fo pointed in executing 
his Orders, he began to fire upon the Enemy juft as the 
Van of the Army appeared upon the Banks of the Soane, 
and foon diflodged them, by which Means the whol¢ 
Army, in 4 Hours, was landed on the other Side with- 
out the leaft Moleftation :—I continued to march on to- 
wards Buxar, where the Enemy was :—The laft 2 or 3 
Days March the Line of March was a good deal har- 
rafied by the Enemy’s Cavalry, fo much that there wag 
2 Serjeants and 6 or 7 Men of the advanced Guard were 
killed :—Upon the 22d of Oéfober we arrived at Buxar, 
and encamped juft without Range of the Enemy’s Shot ; 
and upon my going to reconnoitre their Situation with 
fome of the Field Officers, I found the greateft Part of 
them were entrenched with the Gauges upon their Left, 
and the Fort or Village of Buxar on their Rear :—I in- 
tended to have attacked their Camp about 1 or 2 in the 
Morning of the 23d, and fent out Spies to bring me 
fome Pieces of Intelligence, fuch as to know whether I 
could bring my Artillery on the Right of their Camp, 
refolving not to attack them on their Left, that we might 
have a better Chance to drive them into the Ganges 
than they fhould us: I likewife wanted to know in what 
Part of their Encampment the Force of their Artillery 
lay, and where the Vizier and Cofim Ally Khan’s Tent 
ftood : —The Spies did not return to Camp by 12 o’Clock 
at Night :—I took it for granted they had been taken 
Prifoners, and therefore refolved to put off the Attack 
till the 24th in the Morning: Two of the Spies came in 
by Day Light of the Morning of the 23d, and told 
me, that the Enemy were under Arms all Night, moving 
their Artillery, and fending off their Treafure and 
Women in the Night.—I went immediately with fome 
Officers to look at their Difpofition: I faw a good many 
of their Troops under Arms, but not out of their En- 
trenchments.—The Officers who were with me, as well 
as myfelf, thought they only meant to fhew themfelves 
in order to ftrike a Terror into our: Troops, never 
imagining they would quit their Lines in order to attack 
us; and as I never heard.of a Black Army before at- 
tacking a European Army, I returned to our Camp, 
wifhing they would come out and attack us, for our 
Army was encamped in Order of Battle.—About Eight 
o’Clock in the Morning the Field Officer of the Day 
came into my Tent as I was at Breakfaft, and acquainted 
me, that the Enemy’s Right was in Motion, and he 
was fure they meant to attack us; I immediately went 
out with my reconnoitring Glafs in my Hand, and faw 
and thought as he did, upon which I ordered the Drums 
to beat immediately to Arms, which was done, and the 
Troops advanced from their Encampment, and were in 


a few Minutes ready to receive them:—The Action’ 


lafted from Nine till Twelve; the Enemy then 
gave way, went off very flowly, blowing up feveral 
Tumbrels and three large Magazines of Powder as 
they went off.—I immediately ordered the Line to break 
into Columns and purfue; and two Miles from the 
Field of Battle there was a Rivulet, where the Enemy 
had a Bridge of Boats ; they pierced the Boats, and funk 
them before the Rear of their Army got over ; by which 
Means there was about 2,000 of them drowned and 
{ticking in the Mud ; but that was the beft Piece of 
Generalfhip Shujah Dowla fhewed that Day, becaufe, if 
I could have croffed the Rivulet with the Army, I 
would either have taken or drowned his whole Army in 
the Carnaffa, and come up with his Treafure and Jewelss 
and Cofim Ally Kban’s Jewels, which I was informed 
amounted to between two and three Millions. an 

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The Strength of our Army at this Battle, were as fol- 
lows : 

Européans in Battalion, Rank and File,.746; of which 
250 were King’s Troops.—Artillery Men 71.—Euro- 
pean Cavalry, 40. —In all, Europeans 857, exclufive of 
Officers. —— Sepoys, Rank and File, 5,297.— Black 
Cavalry 918: In all 7,072.—Train of Artillery, 20 Field 
Pieces. — European Officers killed 2, wounded 7.— 
Europeans killed 34, wounded 49.—Non-Commifiion- 
ed Officers, killed 3, wounded 6.—Europeans killed 
and wounded 101.—Sepoys killed 205, wounded 414, 
miffing 85.—Black Cavalry, killed 45, wounded 24. 
—Killed and wounded 847.—Artillery taken in the 
Field 133 Pieces of different Sizes, all upon Carriages, 
and moft of them LEngli/e Carriage.—The Enemy was 
reported to be 60,000; but 1 am fure, there were not 
leis than 40,000.—I am likewife fure, That'there muft 
have been 2,000 of them killed in the Field of Battle, 
exclufive of thofe drowned. And as I had not Sur- 

eons fufficient to drefs our own wounded, and give 
en any Affiftance, I went every Day for 5 Days’ 
fucceffively, to every Man of their wounded in the 
Field, and gave Rice and Water to fuch as would take 
it, and which was all the Affiftance I could give them.— 
The Army remained at Buxar for feveral Days, until 
Hofpitals were provided for the wounded, and to bury 
the dead.—I then marched the Army into Shujah Dow- 
da’s Country, and ient an Exprefs to Calcutta, for fur- 
ther Directions from the Governor and Council.—The 
Mogul (Shab Allum) wrote me a Letter the Day after 
the Battle, giving me Joy of the Victory over the Vizier, 
who had kept him as a State Prifoner, and defiring I 
would take him under my Protection, and acquaint- 
ing me, That though he was with the Vizier in Camp, 
he had left him the Night before the Battle.—My 
Anfwer to this Letter, was as nearly as I can remember, 
That I would immediately fend an Exprefs to Mr. 
Vanfittart, the Governor of Calcutta, but that I would 
not take him under Protection until I knew how far 
fuch a Step might be proper, and for the Intereft of 
the Company.—He fent to me, and wrote to me re- 
peatedly before I had an Anfwer from Calcutta, de- 
firing me to come to him, for he had fomething very 
particular to communicate to me: I at laft fent him 
word, that I would wait upon him, provided he would 
not look upon himfelf as under the Englifh Protection; to 
which he confented.—When I waited upon him, he told 
me, That if the Exgli/h took him under Proteétion, he 
would give them Shujab Dowwla’s Country, that or any 

Thing elfe that they pleafed to demand, and repeated 
many Grievances .and Hardfhips that Shujah Dowla 
laid him under ; and faid, He was only his State Pri- 
foner.—I continued to march the Army on towards 
Banaras; and the Mogul continued to march with his 
Guards, and encamped every Night pretty clofe to our 
Encampment. Before the Army arrived at Banaras, I 
had an Anfwer from the Governor and Council, who 
confented, that the King fhould be taken under Pro- 
tection. —Upon the Army’s arriving at Banaras, Shujab 

Dowla fent me his. Minifter Beney Babadre, with Over- 

tures of Peace, which I refufed, becaufe I infifted upon 

it in the firft Inftance, that he would deliver me up 

Cofim Ally Khan and Sumro, the former had ordered 

fo many of the Subjects of Great Britain to be maf- 

facred, and the latter undertook to put the horrid 

Crime in Execution, when no Man in the Nabob’s 

Army would undertake it but himfelf.—Sumro was a 

German, and a General Officer ; and had been before a 

Serjeant in the French Service, deferted from them to 

us, and from us to Cofim Ally Khan.—He commanded 

Shujab Dowla’s Artillery at the Battle of Buxar, and 

had 3 or 400 French Deterters from our Army under his 

Command.—Bene Babadre told me, Shujabh Dowla never 

could think of giving up Cofim Ally Khan or Sumro, 

but if I paffed from that Demand, I might have any 


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other Terms I pleafed; he faid, Shyjab:Dowla would 
give 25 Lack of Rupees, to defray the Expences the 
Company had been at in the War.—25 Lack to the 
Army ; and 8 Lack for myfelf.—This he told me in 
the Prefence of Captains Stables and Gordon; who was 
my Aid de Camps; and both now in England, Mr. 
Stewart, my Secretary, and my Interpreter.—My Anfwer 
was, If he gave me all the Lacks in his Treafury, k 
would make no Peace with him, until he. had delivered 
me up thofe murdering Ratcals, for I never could think 
that my receiving 11 or 12 Lack of Rupees; was a 
fufficient Atonement for the Blood of thofe unfortunate 
Gentlemen who were murdered at Paiva, nor a fuf- 
ficient Atonement to the weeping Parents, F riends, 
and Relations, of thofe unfortunate Gentlemen ; thefe 
were my very Words.—Upon this, Bene Babadre and 
I parted.—He returned a Second Time, with Affurances 
from Shujah Dowla, That if I made Peace with him; 
he would put me upon a Method of laying hold both 
of Cofim and Sumro; and made Ufe pdf all the per- 
fuafive Arguments he could, to induce me to make 
Peace.—I {till infifted upon my firft Preliminary: Bene 
Babadre defired, if that was the Cafe; that I would 
permit Captain Stables, who {poke the Country Lan- 
guage, to return with him to the Nabeb’s Camp; that 
the Nabob wanted to {peak with Captaia Stab/es:—I told 
Captain Stables, That as I was fully determined never to 
depart from his giving up Cofim ally Khen, and 
Sumre in particular, I did not with er advife him to 
go, for that they might ufe him the fame Way as the 
other unfortunate Gentlemen.— Captain Stables replied, 
That he would with Pleafure rifk his Gwn Life; could 
he be the Inftrument of bringing thofe. Two to be made 
public Examples of.—He accordingly: went with Bene 
Babadre to the Nabob’s Camp, and when he returned, 
he told me, That fince he found I was fully determined 
to have Cofim and Sumro, that in Regard to Cofim, he 
would not by any Manner of Means deliver him up; 
but let him efcape.—But as to Sumyo, if 1 fent 2 or 
3 Gentlemen from the Engli/s Camp who knew Sumro, 
he would afk Sumro to an Entertainment; and in Pre- 
fence of thofe Gentlemen, he would:order him to be 
put to Death.—He offered Captain Stables a Sum of 
Money, to endeavour to prevail upon me to agree to 
his Terms ; but as I never would, the next Thing to 
be confidered was, the Manner of driving Shajah Dowla 
intirely out of his Country, who was, then at Lucknow 
with the Remains of his Army ; and to confider of the 
Manner of fettling his Country.—I wrote to Calcutta, to 
the Governor and Council, fent them a Letter the King 
wrote to me much about this Time ; propofing, that he 
fhould have fo much of Shujab Dowla’s Country, and 
cede the reft to the Company; and requeft me, that 
I would make no Peace with Shujah Dowla.—I fent 
this Letter to Calcutta, defiring to know the Directions 
of the Governor and Council with regard to this Mat- 
ter ; and acquainting them likewife, That I was de- 
termined to leave the Army {fo as to return to Calcutta, 
to embark with the laft Ship that ,fhould fail that Sea- 
fon with His Majefty’s Troops.—-The Governor and 
Council fent a Copy of a Treaty to be executed by the 
King, and Mr. Marriot, Mr. Bikers, who was Chief 
of Patna, and Mr. Daker, to be prefent at the executing 
of this Treaty.—The Treaty with the King was exe- 
cuted. : 

As fo much Time had been: taken up by thefe 
Tranfactions, and the Time drawing near for my 
quitting the Command, Major Carnac was ordered by 
the Governor and Council to repair- immediately to 
take the Command.—I left the Army the 6th of Fanu- 
ary 1765, and met Major Caruzc upon his Way to 
take the Command ; I told him what my Plan of Ope- 
rations would be, had I remained in the Command ; 
and which were as follows: As I. hold it a Rule never 
to be departed from in that Country, not to come toa 


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general Aétion with the Army, except where every 
Thing is at Stake ; I determined, as we were in Pof- 
feffion of I believe the greateft Part of Shujab Dowla’s 
Country, to have remained fome Time longer in Camp; 
as his Army muft of Courfe difperfe when his: Money 
“was out; and if I found that would take up too much 
Time, 1 would march the Army towards Lucknar, and 
if he came to Aétion, to have then rifked a Battle 
with him, and taken Poffeffion of Lucknar and I/lababad, 
which was his whole Country, with what he had in 
Poffeffion ; I told this to Major Carnac, who faid, He 
would follow the fame Plan. 

The Company’s Governor and Council, and all the 
Servants at the Settlement of Calcutta or elfewhere, were 
under no Apprehenfions from what Shujab Dowla or 
Cofim Ally Khan, could do after the Battle of Buxar, as 
will appear from feveral Letters wrote me from the 
Prefidency, and by their Letters Home, after the Battle 
of Buxar.—The Company’s Inveftments for Europe 
were carried on that Year in the fame Manner as ufual; 
they had no Enemy nearer the Settlement of Calcutta 
than 800 Miles, and that Enemy at the Head of the 
Remains of a conquered Army: That was the Situation 
I left the Country in; and before I embarked for Europe, 
and before General Carnac joined the Army, Sir Ko- 
bert Fletcher marched the Army, took Pofleffion of //- 
lebabad and Lucknow ; and Shujab Dowla’s Army, as I 
underitood, totally difperfed. 

If, at the Time you found the Army in that mutinous 
Ditpofition, they were regularly paid? 

They were. 

Whether you know of any Promife that had been 
made them of an Increafe of Pay, or of any Promife cf 
a Prefent made from the Nabob? 

I am fure there was no Promife of an Increafe of 
Pay; nor do I know of any Promife of a Prefent; but 
I heard that Major Adams told them, they fhould 
have a Prefent from the Nabob, if they drove the 
Troops out of the Country. 

What do you apprehend, was the Caufe of that mu- 
tinous Difpofition ? 

From the different Actions the Troops were in with 
Ceffim Ally Khan, and their being able to drive him 
from Poft to Poft, under that gallant Officer Major 
Adams; they thought themfelves intitled to benefit by 
that Succefs, and I fuppofe (owing to the Troops be- 
ing in the Field) there muft have been a Relaxation 
of Difcipline.—Thefe are the Motives that I fuppofe in- 
duced them to mutiny, and probably there might have 
been large Promifes from the Enemy if they would 
join them. 

Of what Nation were thefe Europeans that mutinied, 
and deferted to the Enemy ? 

Moftly French—and I believe fome Germans—don’t 
know whether there were any Engli/h. 

Whether thofe Europeans were mixed with the Eng- 
life Companies, or whether they were in a Corps by 
themfelves ? 

They were mixed with the Englifh Companies.— 
Did not get back any of thofe Deferters except One. 

Where do the Jndian Princes get their Artillery and 
Gunpowder 

Their Artillery they get from England, Holland, and 
France.—For while I was in Jndia, there was hardly a 
Ship came there, that did not fell them Cannon and 
fmall Arms.—The Gunpowder they make the moft of 
it themfelves.—They caft fome Cannon—but there is 
no Black Prince that caft Cannon but the King of Tra- 
velcore.—Shot they caft in Abundance. 

What Number of Sepoys can be got in the Eaf In- 
dies ? 

I believe any Number you pleafe-—The Cannon and 
Military Stores are f{muggled into the Country, and I 
believe the Company have made fome Examples.—I 

always thought it a very great Scandal, that fuch 
Things fhould be fuffered—I think fuch a Practice 


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might be eafily prevented, as to the Englifh Smuo- 
gling. : 

What do you apprehend would be the Means of 

making the Sepoys faithful and good Soldiers ? 
One Method, is a ftrict Difcipline ;—another, is hay- 
ing them to act with the Europeans ;—another, fufferine 
them their own Cuftoms and Manners with regard to 
Religion, when it does not interfere with their Duty, to 
be well paid and have good Cloathing, and increafing 
the Number of European Officers, good Care when 
they are Sick, and ufing them well in every Refpeé 
while they behave well. 

What is your Opinion of preferving our Conquefts in 
India ? 

In the firft Place, always to keep a proper Force of 
Europeans in that Country ; never fuffering the Com- 
pany’s Servants to make War againft the Country 
Powers, until it is evident that they are the firft Ag. 
greflors ; and making proper Laws in the Country, fo 
as that the executive Power may be properly exe- 
cuted. 

What Force of Europeans fhould be kept in that 
Country, and Bengal particularly ? 

I think never lefs than an Eftablifhment of 3,000 
Men,—and 1 fhould rather think, if they could be {pared 
from this Country, they ought to be 4,000; not that 
I don’t think 3,000 Men are fufficient to defend that 
Country againft all the Country Powers who may 
make War againit the Englifb , but my Reafon for fity- 
ing, that another 1,000 befides the 3,000 might be 
neceffary, would be to counterbalance the Black ‘Troops 
who mutt be neceffarily employed in that Country, and 
who are capable of being taught Difcipline almoft equal 
to the Europeans. 

What Number of Sepoys is a proper and fafe Pro- 
portion for 3,000 Europeans ? 

About Four Parts in Five, or more. 

What do you think might be the Supply of Recruits 
neceflary to maintain an Eftablifhment of 3,000 Men 
in that Country ? 

About 500 Men yearly in Time of Peace. 

_ What is your Opinion of the Expediency of employ. 
ing Foreigners in that Country, and particularly Ger- 
mans and Swifs ? 

That any Foreigners whatfoever never ought to be 
employed by the Exgiifh in that Country.—I have al- 
ready given an Example, that when an Enemy was in 
the Field they deferted to them; and that they are of 
a quite different Religion, if they are of any at all.—I 
therefore think they would upon every Occafion, de- 
fert from us to thofe of the fame Religion as them- 
felves; and it has always been found, that they do fo. 
—Another Reafon is, that as we have but juft the 
Number that is abfolutely neceflary in that Country, I 
don’t think they can be depended upon in Time of Ac- 
tion, 

Do you know whether there have been any Corps of 
Swifs or Germans Proteftants in India, under their own 
Officers ? 

1 don’t know of any fuch Corps. 

What is your Opinion, if they had Corps of Swi/s 2 

I am againft Corps of Foreigners, of Swi/s or Ger- 
mans ;—but as to having fome mixed, I have no Ob- 

jection to it ;—it might do very well. 

What is your Opinion of employing as private Men, 
the Catholics from Ireland ? 

I think they might be very well and fafely employed. 
—I am always for having the greateft Number of 
Troops from this Country. 

Whether Exropean Cavalry would be neceffary ? 

Certainly of very great Ule. 

What Number would you recommend out of theft 
3,000 to be European Cavalry? 

At leaft One Third. 

What Proportion of the Black Troops ought to be 
Cavalry ? 


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If it was meant to have Exropean Cavalry, I would 
have no Eftablifhment of Black Cavalry at all, being 
of no Ute in Time of Peace ; and in Time of War only 
of Ufe to keep the Line quiet on the March. 

Whether it has not been the Cuftom for Time im- 
memorial, for Captains of Englifh Ships to fell Arms 
and military Stores to the Natives of India ? 

The Time I was in India, it was a Cuftom; and have 
heard, it was always the Cuftom. 

Whether the French, Dutch, and Danes, and all other 
Nations, do not likewife fell military Stores ? 

Always heard that they did. 

Whether you think there is a Poffibility of prevent- 
ing other Nations from doing it ? 

No. 

Whether it might not be a dangerous Experiment to 
train the Sepoys fo as to make them equal to Europeans ? 

It may be a dangerous one, but it will ftill be a 
more dangerous one not to do it. 

Whether you know or have heard of any other great 
Deiertion, except what you have mentioned ? 

Not from my own Experience, but have heard the 
Officers fay, That Foreigners always would defert.— 
About a Fifth or Sixth Part of the Private Men might 
be Foreigners, to be mixed with the other Troops. 

Was you offered a Jaghire by the King? 

The King gave me a Jaghire—I was in Poffeffion of 
it; of £.12,560 a Year for Life upon fome of tlie 
Provinces in Bengai, for my Services to him and the 


‘Country.—Upon my Receipt of it, 1 wrote immediately 


to Mr. Spencer, who was Governor at Calcutta, acquaint- 
ing him with the King’s having given me a Jaghire.—] 
received his Anfwer, after ] had quitted'the Command of 
the Army.—Mr. Spencer acquainted me, That my re- 
ceiving fuch a Jaghire was fo much contrary to the 
Intereft of the Company, that they never would fuffer 
me to hold it; that I might remember the Company’s 
having gone to Law with Lord Clive about his Jaghife; 
and requefted, that I would. deliver it up to the Nabob 
when I faw him, who would not only behave hahd- 
fomely upon the Occafion, but that the Company would 
never fee me the Sufferer from fuch an Aét, after the 
Services I had done them.—From that Moment, I re- 
folved to deliver it up to the Nabob when I faw him, 
and upon my Arrival at Muxadavad, at his Palace, I 
waited on the Nabob, who was then ill; I told him, 
That. I had got a Jaghire from the King, but as I was 
about to leave the Country, I would leave it with him. 
—This was in the Prefence of Mr. Middleton, Refident 
at the Durbar, Captains Gordon and_ Stables :— The 
Nabob upon receiving the Jaghire, fmiled, and faid, 
This is a Piece of Generofity 1 am little accuftomed 
to, but if I live, you fhall not be the Sufferer; and de- 
fired his Minifter Nundcomar, to defire the Interpreter 
to acquaint me, that he begged my Acceptance of Two 
Lack of Rupees, which would be at Calcutta much 
about the Time thatI arrived there.—A few Days after 
my Arrival at Calcutta, I received a Letter from the 
Nabob’s Son, acquainting me with his Father’s Death, 
requefting my Intereft for him to fucceed his Father as 
Subah, and, acquainting me, That he knew the whole 
Tranfaétion of the Jaghire, and. the Promifes his Fa- 
ther made me, and afiuring me, That he would make 
them good; and in this Situation I left my Jaghire 
and my Lacks.—I had a Letter from Mr. Spencer 
fince I came to Fagland, acquainting me, That he had 
acquainted my Lord Clive, of the Demands I had 
upon the Government; that his Lordfhip promifed 
him, if there was fo much remaining of the Na- 
bob’s outftanding Debts, he would order the Pay- 
ment of the Two J.ack of Rupees to my Attorney.—I 
am very happy from his Lordfhip’s eminent Services 
to this Country and the Company, that he has a more 
yefponfible Fund for the Payment of his Jaghire; at 
the fame Time, I cannot help regretting, That his 
Lordfhip did not think my Two Years Rent deferved a 
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better Fund than the Nabob’s outftanding Debts.—Let 
my fmall Services be rewarded as they may; let In- 
dividuals think of them as they pleafe ; I hope Faéts 
will come out before this Committee is at an End, to 
fhew them and the World that this Country has been 
ferved ; that this Ea/t India Company has been faved by 
more than One or Two Men, many brave and gallant 
Men have done Honour to their King, have done Ser- 
vice to this Country, and have faved the Ea/t India Com- 
pany ; and fome of them have loft their Lives in the 
Caufe.—I never have received any Part of the Two 
Lack, nor any Prefent from the Eaft India Company. 

Whether at the Time the Mogul granted the Jaghire, 
the Nabob oa any Revenues or Acknowlegements to 
the Mogul : 

He cid not; nor did he pay any of the Royal Re- 
venues from Bengal, which was ftipulated to have been 
paid to the Mogul, either by the Nabob or the Com- 
pany, I don’t know which. 

Whether this is not the firft Time that you have men- 
tioned the Circumftance of Mr. Spencer’s Letter ? 

It is the firft Time, and probably will be the laf 
Time ; and I fhould not have mentioned it now if it 
had not happened to have come in as I thought properly, 
in Anfwer to a Queftion that was afked me; and be- 
caufe when Lord Clive was upon the Spot, from his not 
having ordered the Payment of it, I thought his Lord- 
fhip did not think I deferved it, and I gave him no 
Trouble about it, and I knew it was not in my Lord 
Clive’s Power to do it when he came Home. 

Whether you think it would have been proper for 
Lord Clive to have ordered the Nabob to pay that 
Money ? 

Had I been in his Lordfhip’s Situation, and he in 
mine, I certainly would have ordered the Nabob to pay 
it. 

Did you ever hear that Lord C/ive ordered the Nabob 
to pay fuch a Thing to any Man living ? 

No. 

Did you ever hear of any Money that was offered to 
Mr. Spencer, if he would continue Nundcomar about 
the Perfon of the Nabob? 

When I came down to Calcutta, Mr. Spencer told 
me, that he was offered feveral Lack of Rupees (about 
g, 10, or 11 Lack, can’t fay exactly) to fupport Nund- 
comar, which he refufed. oe 

Whether you know of any Order fent by the Directors 
Abroad, to put the 2 Lack promifed you by the Nabob, 
in a Courfe of Payment? 

To the beft of my Remembrance, I never had any 
public Intimation from the Court of Directors, that 
they had fent Orders to that Purpofe, but fome of the 
Directors told me privately, that the Nabob was to be 
put under Stoppages of fo much Yearly for the Pay- 
ment of the Donation to the Navy, the Reftitution, and 
the 2 Lack which he promifed to pay me, and that 
is all I know of the Matter. 

Did you make any Application to the Mogul for your 
Jaghire ? 

No—nor no Perfon for me. i 

Sir George Colebrooke (Chairman of the Eaf India 
Company) informed the Committee, That Orders was 
fent out laft March or April Twelve Months, to reduce 
the Income of the Nabob to 16 Lack of Rupees dur- 
ing his Minority, and to apply the Surplus of his Re- 
venue to the Payment of the Reftitution, and to Colo- 
nel Monro’s 2 Lack of Rupees. 

Do you believe that Money will be paid ? 

I have no Doubt about it. 

[43d Paragraph General Letter to Bengal, 10 April, 
1771, read} 
Colonel Munro, ; 

Had you an Offer of the Dewanny from the Company ? 

Yes.—The King, when I firft {aw him, offered me 
the Dewanny.— He told me he had offered it before.—I 
believe he offeréd it to Sir Eyre Coote after the Mogul’s 

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Father’s Death.—He offered it before that to Major teration of any Kind.—About the Time I was quittin 
Carnac, as 1 am informed; and Mr. Vanfittart, before the Army, Bulwand Sing hearing I had rejected this 
I joined the Army, affured me that he could have had Offer, came to me, and told me that he was fenfible of 
the Dewanny, but did not know how far he could be my Favours to him, and begged my Acceptance of 
juttified in fuch an Aé, or how far it might tend to 80,000 Rupees, which is £.10,000,—-and except that, 
the Intereft of the Company.—My Reafons for not ac- from the Day 1 commanded the Army, which was 
cepting the Offer were, that I formed no Plans of any near Five “Years, further than the common cuftom 
Kind, but that of extricating the Company from the Compliments, which are of fmall Amount, and which 
Danger that threatened them. I made in my Turn to others; I folemnly declare, | 
The Governor and Council were, or ought to be, the never received a fingle AUP by way of Prefent, either 
Judges what was, or was not, for the Intereft of the in Money or Jewels.—While I had the Command of 
Company.—I was, or ovght to be, the proper Judge that Army, I refufed the Offers of above £.300,000, 
what was for the Honour of his Majefty’s Troops to at different Times, for making Alterations in the Offices 
be concerned in; and as Meer ‘Faffier had been but juft of the Government. I recolleét that at my leaving 
placed upon the Mufnud, for the Second Time, and as the Country, the Nabob fent £.3,000. for me, and 
the Company’s Affairs did not require depofing him, £.3,000. among the Officers of my Family, which are 
nor his own Conduét deferve it at that Time; I thought the ufual Prefents to the Commanding Officer. 
it would neither be for the Credit of their Troops, or | How long was you in Bengal? 
the Honour of the Commanding Officer; to adopt fuch From May 1764 to the End of February or Beginning 
a Meafure—So much was this my Opinion, fo well did of March 1765. 
I know Mr. Vanfittart’s Sentiments upon that Subject, When did the Spirit of Mutiny firft thew itfelf in 
before I joined the Army, that I do not remember I the Army? 
ever faid any Thing to him about it.—Thefe were my — Before I came to the Command. 


Reafons for not accepting the King’s Offer. - Did you levy any Contributions at Banaras, or elfe- 
Whether the Mogul could have effectually granted where ? 

the Dewanny to the Company without the Nabob’s Con- _I never did lay the Country under any Contributions 

fent ? of any Kind; the Merchants of Banaras gave 4 Lack 


I think the Mogul could and would have done any of Rupees to the Army, for Protection to themfelves 
Thing at that Time that I defired him, without the Con. and their Effects.—I immediately acquainted the Go- 
fent of the Nabob, and the Company would have reaped vernor and Council with it, to have their Sanétion for 
any Benefit from that Grant of the King’s that they the Army to receive it—which is upon the Company’s 
pleafed, becaufe ever fince Cofim Ally Khan had been Records; and they gave their Confent. 
drove out of the Country, the Company themfelyes | Was that the only Place where any fuch Contribution 
have been the Nabob, there has been only a nominal was given ? 

Nabob. The only one in my Time. 

After the Battle of Buxar, did you receive any Let- | What Proportion had you of the 4 Lack, as Com- 

ter from the Governor and Council, acknowleging the mander in Chief ? 


Merit of your Services upon that Occafion? An Eighth Part. . 
I have received feveral.—I imagine that one I received Mr. Strachey, 
immediately after the Battle is before the Committee. Whether you ever heard Lord Chive fay, That Mr: 
Did you receive any Letter from the Court of Direc- Spencer had applied to his Lordfhip to apply to the Na- 
tors here ? bob for Payment of the 2 Lack of Rupees, pro- 


No, I did not—but the Chairman and Deputy Chair- mifed to Colonel Munro ? 
man came to me, at my Return, to make fuch Ac- Never did—and I think that had Mr. Spencer men- 
knowlegement. tioned that Circumftance to Lord Clive, it was moft 
Did you make any Application to the Directors at probable that his Lordfhip would have mentioned it to 
your Return, upon the Subject of the Jaghire and me, who was his Secretary, and conftantly with him. 


2 Lack? General Carnac, 
Yes. The fame Quettion ? 
What Anfwer had you? I never did; and I had not a Doubt till this Day, but 
I-had no public Anfwer. that the Nabob had made Colonel Munro fuch an Ace 
[Letter from Prefident, &amp;c. of Fort William, to knowlegement as his Services deferved, 
Major Munro, 6 November 1764, read.] Colonel Munro, 


Whether for giving up the Jaghire of £.12,500, a — Is not Banaras one of the richeft Cities in India ? 
Year, and for the Services performed to the Company, Yes. 
you have ever received from the Company any Reward § Whatis the Rate of Intereft at Banaras ? 
whatfoever ? Can’t tell, but thinks it lower there than any where 

None of any Kind whatever. elfe. 

Whether you did not underftand from Mr. Spewcer | How long was you in quelling the Mutiny, and re- 
(the Prefident at Calcutta) that you fhould have Amends ftoring the Army to a proper Difcipline ? 


imade you by the Company for giving up the Jaghire? From the Beginning of Fume to fome Time in Ful, 
I do confefs that I did; and I alfo fay, that could I when made the Exampk I have before mentioned. 
have conceived that the Company would have ferved me The Papers read in the Courfe of the above Evi- 
fo ungratefully in many Refpects, fince my Arrival dence are annexed in the Appendix, N* 14. 
from India, 1 never would have given up my Jaghire. - Your Committee, in reading over the Report, judged 
Whether after the Battle of Buxar, you received any it neceflary to read further Papers relating to Lord 
rivate Donations from any of the Eaftern Princes ? Clive’s Jaghire and Prefents, which, together with his 


Upon the Army encamping at Banaras, the Officer Lordfhip’s Explanation of the latter, are added in the 
who commanded the Detachment in the Town, wrote Appendix, N° 15. 
me a Card, acquainting me that a Rajah had fomething APPENDIX 
very particular to communicate to me, and if I granted ° 
his Requeft, he would give me 4 Lack of Rupees, and Ne x. 
a handiome Prefent to the Officer. —The Requeft he 
made me was to difpoffefs Rajah Bulwand Sing, who 
was Zemindar, ftom the Collection of the Country.— 
I told him I would not; I was defiredto makeno Al- 43d Eliz. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of a Spe- 
2 cial 


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India Company ; read. 








cial 


12 GEo. III. 


cial Incorporation of Merchants, by the Name of the 
Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trad- 
ing into the Eaft Indies, with divers Privileges to them 
and their Succeffors, for 15 Years from Chriftmas 
latt. 

oth Fames, 31ft May. A Charter, or Letters Patent, 
of Incorporation, to the faid Governor and Company, 
with divers Privileges to them and their Succeffors for 
ever. 

8th Fames. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Privi- 
Jege, that neither the faid Governor and Company, nor 
their Goods and Merchandizes, fhall be hereafter fued, 
vexed, feized, arrefted, molefted, or difquieted, in Re- 
fpect of their Trading; and divers other Privileges. 

2oth Fames. A Charter, cr Letvers Patent, of Pri- 
vilege, tor the faid Governor and Company, to chattife 
and correét all Exglifo Perfons refiding in the Ea/t Indies, 
and committing any Mifdemeanor, either with Martial 
Law, or otherwife. 

22d fames. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of a Par- 
don to the faid Governor and Company, for certain 
Offences, and a Grant unto them of fuch Sums of 
Money, and other Goods and Merchandizes, as did be- 
long to the King. 

2d Car. 1. A Charter, or Letters Patent, to the faid 
Governor and Company, impowering them te ere¢t 
Mills and Houfes for making into Gunpowder all fuch 
Salt Petre as they fhall import. 

12th Car. Il. 11th January. A Charter, or Letters 
Patent, of Licence, for the faid Governor and Com- 
pany to enter upon, take, and poffefs, the IfMand of 
Roone alias Pula Roome, and to regain the fame from 
the Netherland Eaft India Company, and to plant, huf- 
band, manage, retain, and keep the fame. 

13th Car. II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, to the 
Governor and Company aforefaid, of divers Privileges to 
them and their Succeffors. 

2oth Car. II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Dif- 
charge to the faid Governor and Company, for felling 
Two Eaft India Prizes, and for the Monies raifed 
thereby. 

2oth Car. II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant 
to the faid Governor and Company, of all that Ifland 
and Port of Bombay, to them, and their Succeffors. 

24th Car. I]. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Re- 
leafe to the faid Governor and Company, of feveral Co- 
venants heretofore made between them and the Corn- 
miffioners of the Navy, touching fome Ships fent to 
the Eaft Indies. 

26th Car. I]. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Con- 
firmation, to the faid Governor and Company, of Ar- 
ticles concerning the Sale of Four Dutch Prizes. 

a5th Car. Il. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of 
Grant to the faid Governor and Company, of all that 
the Ifland of Saint Helena, to them, and their Succeffors. 

26th Car. If. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of a 
Difcharge to thie faid Governor and Company, for Monies 
made by the Sale of Four Dutch Prizes. 

- 28th Car. Il. 5th Ofober. A Charter, or Letters Pa- 
tent, to the faid Governor and Company, of Confir- 
mation of their Privileges. 

35th Car. Il. 1ft Auguft. A Charter, or Letters Pa- 
tent, authorizing the Commiffioners of the Admiralty, 
to grant and give out Commiffions to fuch as the faid 
Governor and Company fhould name and recommend, 
to aid and affift them againft the King of Bantum. 

35th Car. II. gth Auguft. A Charter, or Letters Pa- 
tent, of Privileges, for the faid Governor and Company, 
rendering their Charter of 3d April, 13th of his Reign, 
more effectual and complete. 

35th Car. Il. 14th September. A Charter, or Letters 
Patent, of a Warrant, to the Commiffioners of the 
Admiralty, to affift the faid Governor and Company 
againft the King of Bantum. 

ift Fames II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Pro- 
clamation, reftraining all His Majefty’s Subjects, but 


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-the faid Governor and Company, and their Agents; 
‘from trading to the Eaft Indies. 


2d Fames II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Con- 
firmation, to the faid Governor and Company, of their 
former Charters and Privileges. | 

5th William Wl. 7th O&amp;ober.* A Charter, or Let- 
ters Patent, of Confirmation, to the faid Governor and 
Company, of their Privileges. =~ 

5th William lil. A Chatter, or Letters Patent, of 
Ditcharge, to the faid Governor and Company, for the 
1oth Part of Prizes taken by them, and due to His 
Majefty, &amp;e. 

5th William Il. A Charter, or Letters Patent, pre- 
fcribing Orders and Direétions, for. the faid Governor and 
Company. , 

6th William Il. A Charter, or Letters Patent, pre- 
fcribing Orders and Directions, for the faid Governor and 
Company. ; 

roth William If. A Charter: or Letters Patent, de- 
claring what Number of Votes each Member of the 
faid Company fhall have, whici is according to his or 
her Proportion of Stock: : 

10th William Ul. A Charter; or Letters Patent, of 
Incorporation, impowering certa’n Perfons to trade to 
the Eaf Indies, by the Name of the General Society, 
entitled to the Advantages given by an Act of Parlia- 
ment, for raifing £.2,000,000. for the Service of the 
Crown. . : 

10th William Ii]. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of 
Incorporation of Merchants, by the Name of the Exg- 
life Company, trading to the Ea# Indies. 

10th William II. A Charter; or Letters Patent, ap- 
pointing Hugh Bofcawen, and oxhers, to take Subfcrip- 
tions for a general Society, to-have Liberty and Power 
to trade to the Zaft Indies. . 

10th William WI. A Chartev, or Letters Patent, of a 
Schedule, marked A. containing the Draught of a Char- 
ter for the faid general Society. - 

10th William WII. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of 
the Schedule, marked B. containing the Draught of a 
Charter for the aforefaid Engli/&amp; Company. 

1ft Anne. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of an In- 
denture Tripartite, between thé Queen on the firft Part, 
the Governor and Company :of Merchants of London 
trading into the Eaf Indies of the fecond Part; and the 
Englifo Company trading to the Eaft Indies of the thitd 
Part, thereby granting the faid Two Companies Power 
to Trade with a Joint Stock, and divers other Pri- 
vileges. . 

4th Anne. A Charter, or Lsetters Patent, of Releafe; 
to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London 
trading into the Eaft Indies, of all Offences and Crimes 
committed contrary to an Act*of Parliament. 

8th Anne. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant, 
to the Exgli/fa Company, tradidg to the Eaf Indies, of all 
Debts and Sums of Money, ‘due to the Governor and 
Company of Merchants of Zondon, trading into the 
Eaft Indies. * 

8th Anne. A Charter, ot: Letters Patent, of Ac- 
ceptance of a Surrender male by the Governor and 
Company of Merchants of \London, trading into the 
Eaft Indies, of their Charters: &amp;e. 

8th Anne. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant, to 
Sir Fonathan Andrews, and sthers, of all Debts, &amp;e: 
due to the aforefaid Governoy and Company, before the 
Surrender of their Charters: A Schedule of which 
Debts is mentioned in an Inenture, dated 21ft March 
laft, between the faid Goversor and Company, and her 
Majetty. 3 

13th Gérge I. A Char&amp;r, or Letters Patent, of 
Grant, to the United Company of Merchants:of Exg- 
land, trading to the Eaft dies, of Incorporation of 
Mayorand Aldermen at Medrafs Patnam, at Bombay, 
and at Calcutta, with divers ¥rivileges to them, and their 
Succeffors. : 

ut George Il. A Chaiter, or Letters Patent, of 

a Grant, 


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Grant to the faid United Company, of all Fines fet 
upon any Perfons by Virtue of the lait recited Char- 
ter or Letters Patent. 

ed George II. A Charter, or Letters Patent, impower- 
ing the Commiffioners of the Admiralty, at the Requetft 
of the faid United Company, to give ample Powers to 
the Commanders of Ships belonging to the faid Com- 
pany, to take, feize, and deftroy, any Foreign Ships 
trading from the Aujfrian Netherlands to the Eaft Indies, 
for 6 Years, from the 2oth of May laft. 

26th George Il. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant 
to the faid United Company of Incorporation of Mayor 
and Aldermen at Madra/fspatnam, at Bombay, and at 
Calcutta, with divers Privileges to them and their Suc- 
ceffors. 

31ft George I]. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant 
to the faid United Company, of Plunder and Booty. 

31ft George II, A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Grant 
to the faid United Company, of Plunder and Booty. 

ift George III. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Com- 
miffion to the faid United Company, for the Trying 
of Pirates at Fort Saint George. 

1{t George II{. A Charter, or Letters Patent, to the faid 
United Company, of a Commiffion for the Trying of 
Pirates at Fort Marlborough. 

ift George III]. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Com- 
miffion to the faid United Company, for Trying of 
Pirates at Bombay. 

ift George III. A Charter, or Letters Patent, of Com- 
miffion to the faid United Company, for Trying of 
Pirates at Fort William. 


Lift of Acts read. 


oth and roth Wm. Il. An A&amp; for raifing a Sum 
hot exceeding Two Millions, upon a Fund for Pay- 
ment of Annuities, after the Rate of Eight Pounds per 
Centum per Annum, and for fettling the Trade to the 
Eaft Indies. 

1ft Anne. Cap, 12. S. 113. An A&amp; for granting an 
Aid to her Majefty, by divers Subfidies, and a Land 
Tax. 

6th Anne. Cap. 3. An A&amp; for better fecuring the 
Duties of Eajft India Goods. 

6th Ane. Cap. 17. An Act for affuring to the Eng- 
hfe Company, trading to the Eaft Indies, on Account 
of the United Stock, a longer Time in the Fund and 
Trade therein mentioned ; and for raifing thereby the 
Sum of Twelve hundred thoufand Pounds for carrying 
on the War, and other her Majefty’s Occafions. 

sth Geo. ft. Cap. 21. An Act for the better fecur- 
ing the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Subjects, to and 
from the Eaft Indies ; and for the more effeciual pre- 
venting all his Majefty’s Subjects trading thither under 
foreign Commiffions. 

7th Geo. sft. Cap, 5. S. 32 and 33. An Act to en- 
able the South Sea Company, to ingraft Part of their 
Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of 
the Bank of England, and another Part thereof into the 
Stock and Fund of the Eaft India Company ; and for 
giving further Time for Payments to be made by the 
{aid South Sea Company, to the Ufe of the Public. 

7 Geo. 1ft. Cap. 21. An Act for the further prevent- 
ing his Majefty’s Subjeéts from trading to the Eaft In- 
dies under Foreign Commiffions, and for encouraging 
and further fecuring the lawful Trade thereto, and for 
further regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the [/le 
of Thanet. 

gth Geo. 1ft. Cap. 26. An Act to prevent his Ma- 
jelty’s Subjects from fubfcribing, or being concerned in 
encouraging or promoting, any Subfcription for an Zaft 
India Company in the Auftrian Netherlands , and tor the 
better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty’s Sub- 
jects to and from the Eaft Indies. | 

3d Geo. 2d. Cap. 14. An A&amp; for reducing the An- 
nuity or Fund of the United Eaf India Company, and 





for afcertaining their Right of Trade to the Eaft Indies - 
and the Continuance: of their Corporation for that Pur- 
pofe, upon the Terms therein mentioned. 

3d Geo. 2d. Cap. 20. An Act for taking off certain 
Duties on Salt, and for making good any Deficiencies in 
the Funds that may happen thereby, and for charging 
the reduced Annuity payable to the Eaf India Com. 
pany on the Aggregate Fund, and for Relief of Matthezw 
Lyon, Executor of Matthew Page, deceafed, in refpect 
of the Duty for Salt loft by the overflowing of the Ri- 
ver Merfey, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Twenty-four. 

17th Geo. 2d. Cap. 17. An Act for granting to his 
Majefty the Surplus or Remainder of the Monies arifen 
or to arife by the Duties on Spirituous Liquors, granted 
by an Act of the laft Seffion of Parliament ; and for ex- 
plaining and amending the faid Aét, in relation to the 
Retailers of fuch Liquors; and for eftablithing an 
Agreement with the United Company of Merchants of 
England, trading to the Eaft Indies. 

27th Geo. 2d. Cap. 9. An Act for punifhing Mutiny 
and Defertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of 
the United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, and for the Punifhment. of Offences 
committed in the Ea/ft Indies, or at the Ifland of Saint 
Helena. 

ift Geo. 3d. Cap.14. An Act to extend the Provi- 
fions relating to the holding of Courts Martial, and to 
the Punifhment of Offences committed in the Eaf In- 
dies, contained in the A¢ct, made in the Twenty-feventh 
Year of his late Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for 
punifhing Mutiny and Defertion of Officers and Soldiers 
in the Service of the United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Eaft Indies ; and for the Punith- 
ment of Offences committed in the Eaft Indies, or at 
the Ifland of Saint Helena, to the faid Company’s Settle- 
ment of Fort Marlborough; and to fuch other principal 
Settlements, wherein the faid Company may be Seclealeee 
impowered to hold Courts of Judicature. 

7th Geo. 3d. Cap. 56. An Act for taking off the 
Inland Duty of One Shilling per Pound Weight upon 
all Black and Singlo Teas confumed in Great Britain ; 
and for granting a Drawback upon the Exportation of 
Teas to Ireland and the Britifb Dominions in America, 
for a limited Time, upon fuch Indemnification to be 
made in refpect thereot by the Ea/t India Company as 
is therein mentioned ; for permitting the Exportation of 
Teas in {maller Quantities than One Lot to Jreland, or 
the faid Dominions in America; and for preventing 
Teas feized and condemned from being confumed in 
Great Britain. 

7th Geo. 3d. Cap. 57. An Ac for eftablifhing an 
Agreement for the Payment of the annual Sum of Four 
hundred thoufand Pounds, for a limited Time, by the 
Eaft India Company, in refpeét of the Territorial Ac- 
quifitions, and Revenues, lately obtained in the Eaft 
Indies. 

gth Geo. 3d. Cap. 24. An Act for carrying into 
Execution certain Propofals made by the Eaff India 
Company, for the Payment of the annual Sum of Four 
hundred thoufand Pounds, for a limited Time, in refpect 
of the Territorial Acquifitions, and Revenues, lately ob- 
tained in the Eaft Indies. 

roth Geo. 3d. Cap. 47. An A&amp; for better regulat- 
ing Perfons employed in the Service of the Eaf India 
Company ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. 


Military Officers Covenant, from uly 1770, to the 
prefent Time. 
Military, 1770. nt 


This Indenture made the Day of 
in the Year of the Reign of our Sove- 
reign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, King 
of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the 
Faith, and fo fosth, and in the Year of our Lord One 
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thoufand Seven hundred and between A. B. 
of Londen, Efquire, of the on¢ Part, and the United 
Company of Merchants of England, trading to the Eaf 
Indies, of the other Part: Whereas the Court of Di- 
rectors for the Affairs of the faid United Company have 
granted a Commiffion to-the faid 4. B. appointing him 
Captain of Foot in their Military Forces in the Eaf Jn- 
dies; Now this Indenture witneffeth, and the faid 4. B. 
in Compliance with a Refolution of a General Court of 
the faid United Company, and in Confideration of 
what he is, or fhall be, entitled to receive from the 
faid Company, in refpect of his faid Service, or in re- 
fpect of any other Military Station or Employment, or 
which the faid 4. B. may hereafter be employed by the 
{aid United Company, or their Court of Direétors, Doth 
hereby for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Admi- 
ni{trators, covenant, promife, and agree to and with the 
faid United Company, that he the faid 4. B. fhall not, 
nor will at any Time or Times hereafter during his be- 
ing employed in the faid Company’s Service, in any Sta- 
tion or Capacity whatfoever, either by himfelf or by 
any other Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in Truft for 
him or for his Ufe, direétly or indirectly, accept, take, 
or receive, or agree to accept, take, or receive, any 
Gift or Grant of Lands, or Rents for Revenues iffuing 
out of Lands, or any Territorial Poffeffion, Jurifdiction, 
Dominion, Power, or Authority whatfoever, from any 
of the Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Subahs, or Nabobs, 
of any of their Minifters, Servants, or Agents, for any 
Service or Services, or upon any Account or Pretence 
whatfoever, without the Licence or Confent of the Court 
of Direétors for the Time being of the faid United Com- 
pany, fignified under their Hands; nor fhall, or will, 
at any Time or Times hereafter, during his being ¢m- 
ployed in the faid United Company’s Service, in any 
Station or Capacity whatfoever, either by himfelf or any 
other Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in Truft for him, 
or for his Ufe, direétly or indirectly, accept, take, or 
receive, or agree to accept, take, or receive, any Gift, 
Reward, Gratuity, Allowance, Donation, or Compen- 
fation, in Money, Effects, Jewels, or otherwife howfo- 
ever, from any of the Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Su- 
bahs, or Nabobs, or any of their Minifters, Servants, 
or Agents, exceeding the Value of Four thoufand Ru- 
pees, for any Service or Services performed, or to be 
performed, by the faid 4. B. in India, or upon any other 
Account or Pretence whatfoever, without the like Li- 
cence or Confent of the faid Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company, fignified as aforefaid ; nor any 
fuch Reward, Gratuity, Allowance, Donation, or Com- 
penfation, exceeding the Value of One thoufand Rupees, 
and under the Value of Four thoufand Rupees, without 
the Licence or Confent of the Prefident and Council for 
the Time being of the Prefidency or Settlement where 
the faid 4. B. fhall be employed; and that he the 
faid A. B. fhall and will convey, affign, and make 
over, to the faid United Company, for their fole and 
proper Ufe and Benefit, al] and every fuch Gifts or 
Grants of Lands, or Rents or Revenues iffuing out 
of Lands, or any fuch Territorial Poffeflion, Jurifdic- 
tion, Dominion, Power, or Authority whatfoever ; and 
alfo account for, and pay to the faid United Company, 
for their fole and proper Ule and Benefit, all and every 
fuch Gifts, Rewards, Gratuities, Allowances, Donations, 
or Compenfations whatfoever, which, contrary to the 
true Intent and Meaning of thefe Prefents, fhall come 
to the Hands, Poffeffion, or Power of the faid 4. B. 
or any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for him, or for 
his Ufe as aforefaid ; Provided always that Nothing 
herein contained fhall hinder or prevent, or be deemed, 
taken, or conftrued to hinder or prevent, the faid 4. B. 
from accepting or receiving a Share or Proportion, in 
tefpect of his Military Poft or Station, of any Gift, Gra- 
tuity, or Donation, in Money, or Effects, which any 
Indian Prince, Sovereign, Subah, or Nabob, fhall or 
may in Time of extreme Danger, Neceffity, or Emer- 
Vor. XXXII. 


gency, give of beftow on any of “the Military Officers 
or Forces of the faid United Cowtpany, provided fuch 
Gift, Gratuity, or Donation, be with the Privity and 
Confent of the Governor and Council of the Prefidency 
or Settlement where the faid 4. 8. fhall bé employed; 
and not otherwife ; and provided Alfo that the fame be 
not obtained or exacted by Compulfion, or by Way of 
Bargain or Contract for any Seryice or Services per- 
formed or to be performed ; Provided alfo that no Go- 
vernor or Prefident of any of the faid United Com- 
pany’s Settlements in Jnaia thall, by Virtue of his Com- 
miffion from the faid United Company, be authorized 
or entitled to accept or receive any Part, Share, or Pro- 
portion, of any fuch Gift, Gratuity, or Donation, as is 
mentioned in the Provifo herein before contained. And 
this Indenture further witneffeth, and the faid 4. B: 
doth hereby covenant, confent, and agree, to and with 
the faid United Company, that in caie the faid 7. B: 
fhall be difmiffed the faid United Company’s Miiitary 
Service, by Sentence of Court Martial, or by a Reio- 
lution or Order of the Company’s Prefident and Council 
of fuch Settlement, where the faid 4. B. fhall fe-:ve or 
be, or if the faid 4. B. fhall otherwife legaily quit 
the faid Company’s Military Service, that then, and in 
any or either of the faid Cafes, it fhall be lawful to and 
for the faid United Company’s faid Prefident and Coun- 
cil, at any Time after the Expiration of Six Calendar 
Months, next following fuch Difiniffion from, or quit- 
ting the faid Company’s Military Service as aforetaid, 
to carry and tranfport the faid .4. B. at the Expence of . 
the faid Company to Great Britain, in fuch Ship em- 
ployed in the faid Company’s Service, as the faid Pre- 
fident and Council fhall for that Purpofe appoint. And 
in Cafe the faid 4. B. fhall neglect, or refufe to re- 
pair or go on board fuch Ship as aforefaid, by the 
Space of Ten Days after Notice fhall be given him 
fo to do, by Order of the faid Prefident and Coun- 
cil; then, and in fuch Cafe, it fhall be lJawiul for 
the faid Prefident and Council, and they are hereby 
fully authorized and empowered to caufe the faid 4. B. 
to be apprehended and detained, and to put him on board 
fuch Ship as aforefaid, for the Purpofe of being carr.ed 
and tran{ported to Great Britain, fo neverthelefs, that no 
unneceffary Delay be fought, nor any fit Occafion or Op- 
porcunity loft, in fo detaining or putting on board the faid 
A. B. And further, in Cafe of fuch apprehending, putting 
on board, and tranfporting, the faid 4. B. in Manner afore- 
faid, the faid 4. B. doth hereby covenant, promife, and 
agree, to and with the faid United Company, that he the 
faid 4. B. his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall not nor 
will commence, fue, or profecute, the faid United Com- 
pany, or their Court of Directors, or any of their Prefidents 
and Council, Commanders, or Officers of any fuch Ships, 
or any other Perfon employed in any cf the Matters afore- 
faid, in or by any Action, Suit, or other Profecution, 
civil or criminal, in refpeét of fuch apprehending him the 
faid 4. B. or of putting him on board and tran{fporting 
him the faid 4. B. to Great Britain, in Manner afore- 
faid: And in Cafe any fuch Aétion, Suit, or Protecu- 
tion, fhall be commenced, fued, or profecuted, for any 
of the Matters aforefaid, the faid 4. B. doth hereby co- 
venant and agree, to and with the faid Company, that 
the General Iifue may be pleaded, and this pretent In- 
denture, or any other fpecial Matter, may be gjven in 
Evidence, by any of the Defendants, in any fuch Suit, 
Action, or Profecution, in Bar, Difcharge, and Defence 
thereof, any Thing in thefe Prefents contained to the 
contrary thereof in anywife notwithftanding. In Wit- 
nefs whereof, to one Part’of this Indenture, the faid 4. B. 
hath put his Hand and Seal; and to the other Part there- 
of the faid United Company have caufed their Common 
Seal to be affixed, the Day and Year abovewritten. 
AB. (L.8.) 
Sealed and delivered (being 
firft duly ftamped) in the 
Prefence of 
10 B Memorandum : 








830 


Memorandum: Military Officers do not give 
Security for Performance of the above Co- 
venant. 

I acknowlege to have read the within Covenant 
before I executed the fame. 


Witnefs, A. B. 
Military Officers Covenant, from May 1764 to 
July 1770. 
This Indenture made the Day of 
in the Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord by the Grace of God, King of Great Bri- 


tain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and 
fo forth, and in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Between 4. B. of London, 
Efquire, of the One Part, and the United Company of 
Merchants of England, trading to the Eajft Indies, of 
the other Part: Whereas the Court of Direétors for the 
Affairs of the faid United Company have granted a 
Commifiion to the faid 4. B. appointing him Captain 
of Foot in their Military Forces in the Eaft Indies: Now 
this Indenture witneffeth, and the faid 4. B. in Compli- 
ance with a Refolution of a General Court of the faid 
United Company, and for and in Confideration of what 
he is, or fhall be, entitled to receive from the faid Com- 
pany, in refpect of his faid Service, or in refpect of 
any other Military Station or Employment in which 
the faid 4. B. may hereafter be employed by the faid 
United Company, or their Court of Directors, Doth 
hereby for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Admi- 
niftrators, covenant, promife, and agree to and with 
the faid United Company, that he the faid 4. B. fhall 
not, nor will at any Time or Times hereafter during 
his being employed in the faid Company’s Service, in 
any Station or Capacity whatfoever, either by himfelf 
or by any other Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in Trutt 
for him or for his Ufe, directly or indirectly, accept, 
take, or receive, or agree to accept, take, or receive, 
any Gift or Grant of Lands, or Rents or Revenues iffu- 
ing out of Lands, or any Territorial Poffeffion, Jurif- 
diction, Dominion, Power, or Authority whatfoever, 
from any of the Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Subahs, 
or Nabobs, or any of their Minifters, Servants, or 
Agents, for any Service or Services, or upon any 
Account or Pretence whatfoever, without the L.i- 
cence or Confent of the Court of Directors for the Time 


being of the faid United Company, fignified under their . 


Hands; nor fhall or will, at any Time or Times here- 
after, during his being employed in the faid United 
Company’s Service, in any Station or Capacity whatfo- 
ever, either by himfelf or any other Perfon or Perfons 
whomfcever, in Truft for him or for his Ufe, direétly 
or indirectly, accept, take, or receive, or agree to ac- 
cept, take, or receive, any Gift, Reward, Gratuity, 
Allowance, Donation, or Compenfation, in Money, Ef- 
fects, Jewels, or otherwife howfoever, from any of the 
Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Subahs, or Nabobs, or any 
_ of their Minifters, Servants, or Agents, exceeding the 
Value of Four thoufand Rupees for any Service or Ser- 
vices performed or to be performed by the faid 4. B. 
in India, or upon any other Account or Pretence what- 
foever, without the like Licence or Confent of the faid 
Court of Directors of the faid United Company, figni- 
fied as aforefaid ; nor any fuch Reward, Gratuity, Al- 
lowance, Donation, or Compenfation, exceeding the 
Value of One thoufand Rupees, and under the Value 
of Four thoufand Rupees, without the Licence or Con- 
fent of the Prefident and Council for the Time being 
of the Prefidency or Settlement where the faid 4. B. 
fhall be employed ; and that he the faid 4. B. fhall and 
will convey, afficn, and make over, to the faid United 
Company, for their fole and proper Ufe and Benefit, all 
and every fuch Gifts or Grants of Lands, or Rents or 
Revenues iffuing out of Lands, or any fuch Territorial 
Poffeffion, Jurifdi¢tion, Dominion, Power, or Autho- 


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rity whatfoever ; and alfo account for and pay to the 
faid United Company, for their fole and proper Ufe 
and Benefit, all and every fuch Gifts, Rewards, Gra- 
tuities, Allowances, Donations, or Compenfations what- 
foever, which, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning 
of theie Prefents, fhall come to the Hands, Poffeffion, 
or Power, of the faid 4. B. or any other Perfon or Per- 
fons in Truft for him, or for his Ufe as aforefaid ; Pro- 
vided always that nothing herein contained fhall hinder 
or prevent, or be deemed, taken, or conftrued, to hinder 
or prevent, the faid 4. B. from accepting or receiving a 
Share or Proportion, in refpect of his Military Poft or 
Station, of any Gift, Gratuity, or Donation, in Money, 
or Fiffeéts, which any Jndian Prince, Sovereign, Subah, 
or Nabob, fhall or may in Time of extreme Danger, 
Neceffity, or Emergency, give or beftow on any of the 
Military Officers or Forces of the faid United Com- 
pany, provided fuch Gift, Gratuity, or Donation, be 
with the Privity and Confent of the Governor and 
Council of the Prefidency or Settlement where the faid 
A. B. fhall be employed, and not otherwife; and pro- 
vided alfo, that the fame be not obtained or exacted 
by Compulfion, or by Way of Bargain or Contraé 
for any Service or Services performed or to be per- 
formed: Provided alfo, that no Governor or Prefident 
of any of the faid United Company’s Settlements in 
India thall, by Virtue of his Commiffion from the faid 
United Company, be authorized or entitled to accept 
or receive any Part, Share, or Proportion, of any fuch 
Gift, Gratuity, or Donation, as is mentioned in the 
Provifo herein before contained. In Witnefs whereof, 
to one Part of this Indenture the faid 4. B. hath put 
his Hand and Seal, and to the other Part thereof the 
faid United Company have caufed their Common Seal 
to be affixed, the Day and Year abovewritten. 
4, B. (L.58.) 
Sealed and delivered (being 
firft duly ftamped) in the 
Prefence of 
Memorandum: Military Officers did not give 
Security for the Performance of the above 
Covenant. 
I acknowlege to have read the within Covenant 
before I executed the fame. 
Witnefs, A. B. 
Military, 1767. 


Writers 2d Covenant, from May 1764 to the pre- 
fent Time. 
Civil. N° 1000. 1770. 
This Indenture made the 
in the Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord by the Grace of God, King of Great 
Britain, France, and Jreland, Defender of the ‘Faith, 
and fo forth, and in the Year of our Lord One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy, between 4, B. of Lon- 
don, Writer, of the one Part, and the United Com- 
pany of Merchants of England, trading to the Eaf 
Indies, of the other Part : Whereas the faid 4 B. is 


Day of 


now employed in the Service of the faid United: 


Company as One of their Writers and Covenant Ser- 
vants, at their chief Settlement of Fort William in 
Bengal, in the Eaft Indies: Now this Indenture wit- 
neffeth, and the faid 4. B. in Compliance with a Re- 
folution of a General Court of the faid United Com- 
pany, and for and in Confideration of what he is, or 
fhall be, intitled to receive from the faid Company, 
in refpect of his faid Service, or in refpect of any 
other Station, Capacity, or Employment, in which the 
faid A. B. may hereafter be retained or employed by 
the faid United Company, or their Court of Direétors, 
doth hereby for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Ad- 
miniftrators, covenant, promife, and agree to and with 
the faid United Company, that he the faid 4. B. fhall 
not, nor will at any Time or Times hereafter during 
his being employed in the faid Company’s Service, 

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in any Station or Capacity whatfoever, either by himfelf 
or by any other Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in Truft 
for him, or for his Ufe, direétly or indireétly, accept, 
take, or receive, or agree to accept, take, or receive, any 
Gift or Grant of Lands, or Rents or Revenues iffuing 
out of Lands, or any Territorial Pofleflion, Jurifdic- 
tion, Dominion, Power, or Authority whatfoever, from 
any of the Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Subahs, or Na- 
bobs, or any of their Minifters, Servants, or Agents, 
for any Service or Services, or upon any Account or 
Pretence whatfoever, without the Licence or Confent of 
the Court of Directors for the Time being, of the faid 
United Company, fignified under their Hands; nor 
fhall or will, at any Time or Times hereafter, du- 
ring his being employed in the faid United Company’s 
Service, in any Station or Capacity whatfoever, either 
by himfelf or any other Perfon or Perfors whomfo- 
ever in Truft for him, or for his Ufe, directly or in- 
directly, accept, take, or receive, or agree to accept, 
take, or receive, any Gift, Reward, Gratuity, Al- 
Jowance, Donation, or Compenfation, in Money, Ef- 
feéts, Jewels, or otherwife howfoever, from any of the 
Indian Princes, Sovereigns, Subahs, or Nabobs, or any 
of their Minifters, Servants, or Agents, exceeding the 
Value of Four thoufand Rupees, for any Service or Ser- 
vices performed, or to be performed, by the faid 4. B. 
in India, or upon any other Account or Pretence what- 
foever, without the like Licence or Conifent of the faid 
Court of Directors of the faid United Company, figni- 
fied as aforefaid; mor any fuch Reward, Gratuity, Al- 
lowance, Donation, or Compenfation, exceeding the 
Value of One thoufand Rupees, and under the Value 
of Four thoufand Rupees, without the Licence or Con- 
fent of the Prefident and Council for the Time being, 
of the Prefidency or Settlement where the faid 4. B. 
fhall be employed; and that he the faid 4. B. hhall 
and will convey, affign, and make over, to the faid 
United Company, for their fole and proper Ufe and 
Benefit, all and every fuch Gifts or Grants of Lands, 
or Rents or Revenues iffuing out of Lands, or any fuch 
Territorial Poffeffion, Jurifdiction, Dominion, Power, or 
Authority whatfoever; and alfo account for and pay 
to the faid United Company, for their fole and proper 
Ufe and Benefit, all and every fuch Gifts, Rewards, 
Gratuities, Allowances, Donations, or Compenfations, 
whatfoever, which, contrary to the true Intent and 
Meaning of thefe Prefents, fhall come to the Hands, 
Poffeffion, or Power, of the faid 4. B. or any other 
Perfon or Perfons in Truft for him, or for his Ute as 
aforefaid. In Witnefs whereof, to one Part of thefe 
Indentures the faid 4. B. hath fet his Hand and Seal, 
and to the other Part thereof the faid United Com- 
pany have caufed their Common Seal to be put, the 
Day and Year above written. 
A. B, (L. S:) 
Sealed and delivered (being 
firft duly ftamped) in the 
Prefence of 
I acknowlege to have read the within Co- 
venant, before I executed the fame. 
Witnefs, 4. Bi 
Writers Covenant from July 1770, to the prefent 
Time. 
Factors, 1770. 
This Indenture made the Day of 
in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 
Seven hundred and and in the 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord 
by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and 
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, 
Between the United Company of Merchants of England, 
trading to the Eaf Indies, of the one Part, and 2. B. 
of London, Writer, of the other Part. Whereas the 
faid United Company of Merchants of England, trading 
to the Eaft Indies, have (upon the fpecial Requeft and 


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Entreaty of the faid 4. B. and upon the Conditions 
and Agreements herein after contained, on the Part 
of the faid 4. B. to be performed) received and enter- 
tained him the faid 4. B. into their Service, as their 
Writer and Covenant Servant at their chief Settlement 
of Fort William, in Bengal, in the Eaft Indies, to ferve’ 
them for the Term of Five Years, and to be employed 
in all or any of the Traffick or Merchandizes, Bufi- 
nefies, and Affairs, in any Place or Places whatfoever, 
between the Cape of Good Hope, and the Straits o 
Magellan, as the faid Company, or their Court of Di- 
rectors for the Time being, or any Thirteen or more of 
them, or any by them authorifed, fhall appoint, at and 
for the Wages or Sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money 
of Great Britain, by the Year, to commence from the 
Time of his Arrival at Fort William atorefaid. Now 
this Indenture witnefieth, That the faid 4. B. for him- 
felf, his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, doth 
hereby covenant and agree, to and with the faid United 
Company of Merchants of England, trading to the Eaf 
Indies, and their Succeffors, in Manner and Ferm fol- 
lowing ; (that is to fay) That he, the faid 4 B, from 
the Time of his Arrival at Fort William aforefaid, for, 
and during, and unto the full End and Expiration of 
Five Years, fhall, and will, faithfully, honeftly, dili- 
gently, and carefully, ferve the faid Company at fuch 
Place and Places, and in all and every fuch Affairs and 
Bufinefs whatfoever of the faid Company, as the faid 
A. B. thall be employed in: And thall alfo, from Time 
to Time, and at all Times, obferve, keep, and fulfil, 
all and every the Orders of the faid Company, and of 
the faid Court of Direétors, made and to be made for 
the Government of their Factories and Settlements, 
Officers, Agents, or Servants Abroad: And fhall and 
will alfo obierve, keep, and fulfil, all fuch Orders, In- 
ftructions, and Directions, which he fhall herewith, or 
hereafter receive under the Seal of the faid Company, or 
from the faid Court of Directors of the faid Company 
for the Time being, or any Thirteen or more of them, 
or from their Prefident and Council, at the refpective 
Settlement where the faid 4. B. fhall refide or be em- 
ployed, or from any Perfons authorized thereunto by 
{uch Dire&amp;tors ; and fhall and will, to the utmoft of 
his Power and Skill, refift and withftand all and every 
fuch Perfon or Perfons, as fhall break, or endeavour to 
break, the faid Orders, Inftructions, or Directions, or 
any of them: And the faid 4. B. doth hereby for him- 
felt, his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, cove- 
nant and agree, to and with the faid United Company 
of Merchants of England, trading to the Eaf Indies, 
that he will not do, attempt, or practife, nor fhall 
wittingly or willingly permit or fuffer any other Perfon 
or Perfons whatfoever, to do, attempt, or practife, 
any Matter or Thing whatfoever, to the Hindrance, 
Hurt, Prejudice, Damage, or Defrauding, of the faid 
Company or their Succefiors, or of their Servants, or 
any of them, or of the faid Company’s Goods, Mer- 
chandizes, Trade, or Traffick, or any of them, or any 
Part thereof; but fhall, as much as in him lieth, pre- 
vent and defeat the fame. And the faid 4 B. doth 
hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Admi- 
niftrators, covenant and agree, to and with the faid 
United Company of Merchants of England, trading to 
the Eajft Indies, that he the faid 4. B. hhall and will, 
from Time to Time, and at all Times from henceforth, 
give Notice and Intelligence, with all convenient Speed, 
unto the faid Court of Directors for the Time being, of 
all and every the Deceits, Wrongs, Abufes, Breach of 
Orders, Inconveniencies, and Hindrances, which he the 
faid 4. B. fhall know, underftand, hear, or fufpect to 
be done, practifed, offered, or intended againtt the faid 
Company, or their Succefiors, or their Goods or Trade, 
or any of them, or againft any Perfon or Perfons by 
them, or by the faid Court of Direétors, employed, or 
in their Service, in any Place or Places, together with 
the Names of thofe Perfons by whom the fame fhall be 


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fo offered, practifed, or intended. And the faid 4. B. 
doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and 
Adminiftrators, covenant, promife, and agree, to and 
with the faid United Company of Merchants of Eng- 
land, trading to the Eaft Indies, that he will not engage 
or employ the Stock of the faid Company, or any 
Part thereof, or make ufe of the Credit of the faid 
Company, in any other Kind, Way, or Manner, how- 
foever, than for the Affairs of the faid Company, and 
as by the major Part of the Court of Direétors of the 
faid Company for the Time being, under their Hands, 
or under the Common Seal of the faid Company, or 
by their faid Prefident and Council, fhall be ordered 
and direéted. And that he the faid 4. B. fhall and 
will, at all Times, keep and conceal the faid Company’s 
Secrets, and every Matter and Thing committed to him 
as fuch by the faid Court of Directors, or their Agents, 
Factors, Officers, and Servants, or any of them. And 
alfo, That ‘he the faid 4. B. fhall and will, from Time 
to Time, and 4t all Times from henceforth, during his 
faid Employment, keep, or caufe to be kept, a true 
and particular Journal or Day Book, of all Pafiages 
and Proceedings relating to the Affairs of the faid 
Company, and alfo Books of Accounts; in which 
Journal, Day Book, and Books of Accounts, he fhall 
daily, duly, truly, and fully, enter, or caufe to be 
entered, the Accounts of all and every particular Buy- 
ing, Selling, Receipts, Payments, Barterings, and all 
other Tranfactions and Occurrences relating to his 
Truft, during the Time he fhall continue in the faid 
United Company’s Service and Employment. And the 
faid 4. B. doth hereby for himfelf, his Heirs, Execu- 
tors, and Adminiftrators, covenant, promife, and agree, 
to and with the faid United Company, that he will not 
place, or confent to the Placing, to the faid Company’s 
Account, nor otherwife charge the faid Company with 
any more or greater Sums than he fhall really, and in 
good Faith, pay for all or any Goods, Merchandizes, or 
Effects, which he fhall buy, or cauie, procure, or con- 
fent to be bought, for, or on Account of, the faid 
Company. And that he the faid 4. B. fhall and will 
bring to the Account of the faid Company, in the 
Books of the faid Company, the full Rates and Prices 
for which he fhall fell, or caufe to be fold, any of the 
faid Company’s Goods, Merchandizes or Effeéts: And 
further that he the faid 4. B. will not dire¢tly or indi- 
rectly, take, accept, or receive, or agree to take, ac 
cept, or receive, afy Gift, Reward, Gratuity, Allow- 
ance, Compenfation, Sum or Sums of Money whatfo- 
ever, from any Perfon or Perfons, of whom he the 
faid 4. B. fhall, by himfelf, or any Agent for him, 
buy or barter any Goods, Merchandizes, Treafure, or 
Effects, for, or upon Account of, the faid Company. 
And further, that he will not take, accept, or receive, 
or agree to take, accept, or receive, any Gift, Reward, 
Gratuity, Allowance, Compenfation, Sum or Sums of 
Money whatloever, from any Perfon or Perfons to whom 
the faid 4. B. fhall, by himfelf, or any Agent for him, 
fell or barter any Goods, Merchandizes, Treafure, or 
Effects, of or belonging to, or for, or upon Account 
of, the faid Company: And moreover, That he the 
faid 4. B. his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall pro- 
duce and deliver the faid Books, together with all 
Watte Books, Pocket Books, Diaries, Memorials, and 
other Writings and Papers whatfoever, wherein he the 
faid A. B. thall make, or caufe to be made, any Entries, 
or fet down any Matter or Thing touching or concern- 
ing the faid Company’s Affairs, or any of them, or any 
Way relating thereunto (although the fame may or 
fhall be intermixed with his own, or others, Concerns) 
unto the faid Court of Direétors of the faid Company 
for the Time being, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as 
fhall, by Letter or Order, under the Hands of Thir- 
teen or more of the faid Court of Direétors, or under 
the Seal of the faid Company, be authorized and ap- 
pointed to demand and receive the fame ; and fhall and 
will, if required, make Oath to the Truth of fuch 


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Books, Diaries, Memorials, Writings, and Papers, and 
that the fame contain the Whole of his Tranfactions, 
and that they have not been defaced, obliterated, or 
altered. And further, That he the faid 4. B. fhall and 
will, well and truly deliver and pay unto the faid United 
Company, or their Succeffors, all and every fuch Mo- 
nies, Goods, Merchandizes, and Things whatfoever, 
as by the Foot of his Account, or otherwife, fhall be 
due from him, or remain in his Hands and Poffeffion, 
and for which he ought to be chargeable or anfwerable 
in any Manner or Wile. And alfo, That he the faid 4. B; 
fhall and will (before he fhall leave the faid Company’s 
Factories or Settlements) pay and difcharge all and 
every fuch Sum or Sums of Money as he thall juft 

owe, or be indebted to any of the Black Merchants or 
Natives of the Country, where he the faid 4. B. fhall 
be, together with fuch other Sums as he fhall owe 
Abroad to any other Merchants or Perfons not being 
Subjeéts of his Majefty the King of Great Britain, or 
his Succeffors: And that hethe faid 4. B. fhall and 
will, from Time to Time, when and as often as he 
fhall be thereunto required by the faid Company, or 
their Succeffors, or by the Prefident, Agent, or Chief, 
and Council, of the Place where the faid 4. B. fhall be, 
remove to any fuch other Factories, as fuch Prefident, 
Agent, or Chief, and Council, fhall fo direct and re- 
quire. And alfo, That he the faid 4. B. fhall, at all 
Times, during the Time of his Service aforefaid, faith- 
fully and diligently demean himfelf as a good honeft 
and faithful Servant towards the faid Company, and 
their Succeffors, and thofe by them authorized. And 
upon Condition, that the faid 4. B. fhall in all Things 
perform his Covenants and Agreements with the faid 
Company herein contained, and to encourage him fo te 
do, It is further covenanted and agreed by and between 
the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, ‘That it fhall and may 
be lawful, to and for the faid 4. B. and the faid Com- 
pany doth accordingly licenfe the faid 4. B. during the 
faid Five Years, commencing as aforefaid, freely to 
Trade and Traffick for his own Account only, from 
Port to Port in India, or elfewhere within the Limits 
aforefaid, but not to or from any Place without the 
fame, without any Lett, Hindrance, or Interruption, 
from them the faid Company, their Succeffors, or 
Affigns, fo as the faid Trade and Traffick fo to be carried 
on and driven in Jndic, or elfewhere within the Limits 
aforefaid, or any Part thereof, be tubject to fuch Rules, 
Regulations, and Limitations, as the f2id Company, or 
the Court of Directors for the Time being of the faid 
Company, have already direéted, or fhall from Time 
to Time hereafter direét and appoint, and be not to the 
Hurt or Prejudice of the faid Company and their Suc- 
ceffors, or of their Trade or Commerce, and fo as 
whatever is fo traded for by the faid 4. B. by Virtue of 
this Agreement, be particularly entered in Books of 
the faid Company, to be kept for that Purpofe, in all 
the Factories of the faid Company refpedtively in the 
Eaft Indies, or elfewhere within the Limits aforefaid, 


where fuch Trade fhall be driven: But in cafe the faid. 


A. B. thall wafte or make ufe of the faid Company’s 
Treafure, or fhall become indebted to the faid Company, 
then, and in fuch cafe, It is hereby further covenanted 
and agreed, by and between the faid Parties to thefe 
Prefents, That he the faid 4, B. hall not be entitled to 
any of the Payments, Advantages, and Benefits, hereby 
otherwife intended him; but contrarywife, for, and to- 
wards Satisfaction for what fhal! be due from him to the 
faid Company, and for and towards Reparation of the 
Damages done to the faid Company, it fhall and may be 
lawful, to and for any Perfon or Perfons thereunto autho- 
rized and appointed, by Writing under the Hands of 
Thirteen, or more, of the Court of Directors of the 
faid Company for the Time being, or under the Seal of 
the faid Company, and to and for any Prefident, Agent, 
or Chief, and Council, of any Place or Faétory of or 
belonging to the faid Company, to feize, or caufe the 
Goods and Chattels of him, the faid 4, B. to be epee 
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and detained, until Satisfaction is made. And foraf- 
much as Complaints have been made to the faid 
United Company, that feveral of the faid Company’s 
Prefidents, and Chiefs of their Factories, and feveral 
of fuch Perfons as are of their Councils in their Facto- 
ries Abroad, or fome of them, as alfo their Faétors, 
Agents, and Servants, have committed very heinous 
and grievous Offences in fuch Factories of the faid 
Company, and elfewhere in the Eaft Indies, and other 
Places within the {aid Company’s Limits of Trade, by 
unjuftly menacing, imprifoning, aflaulting, abufing, 
and evil-treating, the Natives and Biack Merchants, 
and others, with whom the faid Company have had 
Dealings or Correfpondence, and by fuch Means, and 
other Violences, Abufes, and Injuries, have extorted 
and forced great Sums of Money, and other valuable 
Effects, from fuch injured Perfons, who, by Reafon of 
the great Diftance from this Kingdom, and the whole- 
fome Laws thereof, and by Reafon that the faid Com- 
pany have not been enabled to obtain and render Satif- 
faction for fuch Injuries and Mifdemeanors, are, and 
have been remedilefs: Now it is hereby agreed, by 
and between the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, and the 
faid A. B. doth hereby, for himielf, his Heirs, Execu- 
tors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to and 
with the faid United Company, that in cale any Sum 
or Sums of Money, Goods, or Chattels whatfoever, 
fhall, at any Time or Times hereafter, be extorted, 
forced, or taken, by him the faid 4. B. (either feparate- 
ly, or jointly with others) from any Perfon or Perfons 
whatfoever, within the faid Company’s Limits of Trade, 
by the Means or Ufe of Imprilonments, Affaults, 
Violences, Menaces, or other Force or Compulfion 
whatioever, then, and as often as any fuch Offence 
or Offences fhall be committed, it fhall and may be law- 
ful to and for every Perfon or Perfons injured thereby, 
to make and fend over Complaints and Atteftations 
thereof in Writing to the Court of Directors of the 
faid Company for the Time being, and that upon the 
Receipt of {uch Complaints and Atteftations, it fhall 
and may be lawful, to and for the Court of Directors 
of the faid Company, for the Time being, to enquire 
into the Truth of the faid Complaints, by all fuch 
Ways and Means as they fhall think juft and equitable, 
and thereupon to hear the Matter of the faid Complaint 
or Complaints, and thereupon finally to judge and 
determine the fame, and to award Satisfaétion and Re- 
paration to be made by the faid 4. B, to the faid 
Company, for the Benefit of fuch injured Perfons. 
And the faid . B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, 
Executors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, 
to and with the faid United Company, well and truly 
to pay to the faid Company, at fuch Time or Times as 
fhall be limited by the faid Court of Directors (or the 
major Part of them) for that Purpofe, all and every 
fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fhall be fo awarded 
by the faid Court of Directors for the Time being, or 
the major Part of them then afiembled, to be paid as 
aforefaid ; but in Truft neverthelefs, and to the Intent, 
that the faid Company may and do render, and pay 
over, the Monies received or recovered by them, to 
the Parties injured or defrauded, which the faid Com- 
pany accordingly hereby agree and covenant to do: 
And the faid 4. B. doth furthermore for himfelf, his 
Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and 
agree, to and with the faid United Company, to pay 
and fatisfy to the faid Company, for their own Ufe 
and Benefit, all fuch Damages as they fhall have 
fuftained by Reafon or Means of any fuch Offence or 
Offences as aforefaid. And forafmuch as it frequently 
happens, That the Prefident and Council, Agent and 
Council, Chief and Council, and feveral other fubordi- 
nate Ciiicers of feveral ot the faid Company’s Facto- 
ries Abroad, have, by mutual Influences on each 
other, fettled, ftated, and adjufted, amongit themfelves, 
their own Accounts with the faid Company, in order, 
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as far as they could, to bar and preclude the faid Com- 
pany from reviewing, altering, amending, correéting, 
or contefting, the fame: Now it is hereby further de- 
clared, That all and every fuch Account and Accounts, 
fo at any Time ftated, ballanced, figned, or adjufted, 
by, between, or amongft, fuch Prefidents and Councils, 
or Agents and Councils, or Chiefs and Councils, or 
other fubordinate Officers, or any of them, and the 
faid 4. B. are hereby agreed to be, and fhall at all 
Times hereafter be taken and efteemed to be open 
Accounts, formed and prepared only for the Infpeétion, 
Perufal, and Approbation or Correétion, of the faid 
Company, and fhall not in any Sort or Kind, or in 
any Article thereof, bind or conclude the faid Company. 
And the faid 4. B. doth for himfelf, his Heirs, Execu- 
tors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to and 
with the faid United Company, that he the faid 4. B. 
will not at any Time, during his Refidence in the Eaf 
Indies, or within the faid Company’s Limits, directly or 
indirectly, Trade, Correfpond, Traffick, deal with or 
for, or be in any wife aiding, affifting, or employed as 
Agent, or Faétor, by, or for any foreign Company 
trading in or to the Eaft Indies, or any Perion or Per- 
fons whatfoever, who do or fhall, during the Continu- 
ance of thefe Prefents, Traffick, Adventure, or Trade 
te, in, or from, the Eajft Indies, or elfewhere, within 
the Limits of the faid Company’s Trade, by, or under, 
or by Virtue of, any Foreign Commiffion, Licence, or 
Authority whatfoever, nor fhall or will, by himéelf, or 
in Conjunction with any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, 
direétly or indirectly carry on, or ufe or be concerned 
in any Sort of Trade, Traffick, or Merchandize, either 
from Europe to the Eaft Indies, or to any Place within 
the faid Company’s Limits, between the Cape of Gocd 
Hope, and the Straits of Magellan, or from the Eaf 
Indies, or from any Place within the faid Company’s 
Limits, to Europe, or to or from any Place whatfoever, 
although not within the faid Company’s Limits ot 
Trade; fave and except, for and on Account of the 
faid Company ; nor hall carry on, ufe, or be concern+ 
ed in, any Trade or Traffick whatfoever, but fuch as is 
exprefsly allowed by and according to the true Intent 
and Meaning of thefe Prefents. And that he the faid 
A. B. his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall and will 
pay, or caufe to be paid, unto the faid Company, as 
and by Way of {tated Damages, double the Value 
of all and every the Goods and Merchandizes, traded 
for, bartered by the faid 4. B. his Agent or Agents, 
contrary to the true Meaning of thefe Prefents: Pro- 
vided neverthelefs, That if the faid 4. B. fhall firft 
voluntarily and freely make a Difcovery, unto the faid 
Company’s Court of Directors, of any Trade or Traf- 
fick carried on by him or his Agents, contrary to the 
true Meaning of thefe Prefents, and of all and every 
the Perfons therein concerned, then, and in fuch cafe, 
the faid Company do hereby agree to accept the fingle 
Value, inftead of the double Value of the faid Goods 
and Merchandizes, which fhall be traded with, in, for, 
or bartered or trafficked for, contrary to the true Mean- 
ing of thefe Prefents as aforefaid: And in order to a 
weep of, and a Satisfaction for, fuch illicit Trade 
as aforefaid, It is hereby agreed, that it fhall and 
may be lawful, to and for the faid United Company, 
and their Succeffors, to file any Bill or Bills of Com- 
plaint or Difcovery, in his Majefty’s High Court of 
Chancery, or Court of Exchequer, againft him ‘the 
faid A. B. his Executors and Adminiftrators, where- 
unto the faid 4. B. doth hereby agree, that neither 
he, nor they, fhall or will demur or plead in Bar of 
the Difcovery or Relief, fought by fuch Bill or Bills, 
that thereby he or they, is, are, may, or fhall, be- 
come liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture, by Force 
of any Law or Statute, Bond, Covenant, or Agree- 
ment, or otherwife howfoever, but fhall make and put 
in a full and perfeé&amp;t Anfwer and Anfwers to all the 
Parts thereof, and fhall not, in fuch Anfwer and An- 
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fwers, infift upon any Penalty, Forfeiture, Law, or 
Statute, ond, Covenant, or Agreement, or allege 
any Matter whatloever, whereby to prevent, bar, or 
preclude, the faid Company, from the Difcovery or 
Relief, fought or to be fought by fuch Bill or Bills as 
aforefaid ; but then, and in iuch Cafe, the faid United 
Company do hereby confent to wave and difclaim all, 
and all Manner of Penalties and Forfeitures, that fhall 
or may, in any Kind or Degree whatloever, accrue or 
incur to them, upon, or by Reafon of, any Difcovery or 
Difclofure arifing by the faid Anfwer or Anfwers of the 
faid 4. B. his Executors or Adminiftrators: And the 
faid United Company, for themfelves and their Succef- 
fors, do agree to accept, and the faid 4. B. doth, for 
himielf, his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, 
agree to account for, and pay, or caule to be paid to, 
or to the Ufe of, the faid Company, or their Succefiors, 
as, and for a full, ftated, and adjufted Compenfation 
and Satisfaction for the Damages fuftained by the faid 
Company, upon Account of the faid illicit Trade, the 
Sum of Fifty Pounds for every One hundred Pounds 
Value, of ail and every the Goods and Merchandizes 
traded or trafficked with, or ‘for, contrary to the true 
Intent and Meaning hereof, and alfo of the Produce of 
the faid illicit Trade. Provided always, and it is here- 
by exprefsly covenanted, declared, and agreed, between 
the Parties to thefe Prefents, and it is the true Intent 
and Meaning thereof, that in cafe the faid 4. B. fhall 
make Default in any of the Covenants herein before 
contained, or fhall-embezzle any of the faid Company’s 
Money, Goods, or Effects, or be guilty. of any Breach 
of Truft towards the faid Company, or fhall be con- 
cerned in buying, bartering, felling, or difpofing of 
any Artillery, Ordnance, Mufquets, Fire Arms, Am- 
munition, or Warlike Stores, to or for the Ufe of any 
Prince, Nabob, or Country Power in India, or of the 
Natives there, without the expreis Licence of the faid 
Company, or their Court of Directors for the Time 
being, or a Majority of them, or of the faid Compa- 
ny’s Prefident and Council, at the refpective Settlement, 
where fuch buying, bartering, or felling, fhall be ; or 
in cafe the faid 4. B. fhall, at any Time during the 
Continuance of thefe Prefents, without the like Licence 
and Authority as aforefaid, hold Correfpondence with 
any Prince, Nabob, or Country Power in India, or any 
of their Minifters, or fhall fupply, lend to, or procure, 
for the Ufe of any foreign Company trading in, or 
to India, or any Perfon or Perfons trading under the 
Licence or Authority of fuch foreign Company, 
any Money, at Refpondentia, or any other Security, 
Loan, or Engagement whatioever ,; that then, and in 
each and every of the faid Cafes, it fhall be lawful for 
the faid Company, and their faid Court of Directors 
for the Time being, or the Majority of them, or the 
Prefident and Council at the refpective Settlement, 
where the faid 4. 8. fhall be refident or employed, and 
they are hereby refpectively declared to have full Power 
and Authority for that Purpofe, to fufpend, or wholly 
difmifs, the faid 4. B. from the faid Company’s Service 
and Employment ; the faid 4. B. having firft had No- 
tice given him of fuch his Offence or Default, and a 
reafonable Time allowed him to make his Defence 
againit the fame, and having been conviéted thereof. 
And it is hereby further exprefsly covenanted and 
agreed, by and between the faid Company, and the faid 
A. B. that in cafe of fuch Difmiffion as aforefaid, or in 
cafe the faid 4. B. fhall, during the Continuance of 
thefe Prefents, be minded to quit or refign the faid 
Company’s Service, and fuch Refignation fhall be 
accepted and agreed to, by the faid Company or their 
Court of Directors, or their Prefident and Council at 
fuch Settlement, where the faid 4. B. fhall refide or be 
employed, that then, and in either of the faid Cafes of 
Difimiffion from, or voluntary Refignation of, the faid 
Service, it fhall not be lawful tor the faid 4. B. to enter 
into any new or frefh Engagements or Concerns what- 


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foever, in the Way of Trade or Merchandize; but he 
fhall wholly forbear and be prohibited therefrom ; but 
neverthelefs, the faid 4. B. fhall in any, or either of the 
faid Cafes, be at Liberty, and have Power and Autho- 
rity to fell and difpofe of his Merchandizes and Effeéts, 
which he fhall have on Hand, or which fhall be then 
fairly and truly belonging to him, and to collect and 
get in fuch outftanding Debts as fhall be then due and 
owing to him in Trade, or otherwife. And for the 
more effectually carrying the faid laft mentioned Cove- 
nant and Agreement into Execution, it is hereby de- 
clared to be the true Intent and Meaning of thefe 
Prefents ; and the faid 4. B. doth hereby covenant, 
promife, and agree, to and with the faid United Com- 
pany, that in cafe of fuch Difmiffion from, or quitting 
and refigning, the faid Company’s Service, and Employ- 
ment, he the faid 4. B. fhall and will, within One 
Year after the fame fhall happen, or by the firft Paffage 
that can be obtained after the Expiration of the faid 
One Year, tranfport himfelf, together with his Family, 
to Great Britain, in fuch Ship employed by the faid 
Company, as fhall be appointed for that Purpofe, by 
the faid Company, or by their Court of Directors, or 
their Prefident and Council as-aforefaid ; and fhall nor, 
nor will upon any Account or Pretence whatfoever, 
ftay, or continue any longer in the Eaff Indies: And 
moreover, in cafe the faid 4. B. fhall make Default in 
the faid laft mentioned Covenant, the faid 4. B. doth 
hereby confent and agree with the faid United Compa- 
ny, that from, and immediately after fuch Default, it fhall 
and may be lawful for the faid Company, or their Court 
of Directors, or their Prefident and Council at the faid 
Settlement where the faid 4. B. fhall refide or be, to 
‘caufe the faid 4. B. to be apprehended and detained, 
and to put him and his Family on Board any Ship em- 
ployed by the faid Company, for the Purpofe of being 
tranfported to Great Britain, fo neverthelefs that no 
unneceflary Delay be fought, nor any fit Occafion or 
Opportunity loft in fo doing. And further, in ca‘e 
of fuch Apprehending, Putting on Board, and Tran- 
fporting, the faid 4. B. and his Family, in Manner 
aforefaid ; the faid 4. B. doth hereby covenant, pro- 
mife, and agree, to and with the faid United Company, 
that he the faid 4. B. his Executors, or Adminiftrators, 
fhall not, nor will commence, fue, or profecute the 
faid Company, or their Court of Dire&amp;tors, or any of 
their Prefidents and Council, Commanders or Officers 
of any fuch Ship, or any other Perfon employed in any 
of the Matters aforefaid, in, or by any Aétion, Suit, 
or other Profecution, civil or criminal, in refpect ot 
fuch Apprehending and Detaining him the faid 4. B. 
or of Putting on Board and Tranfporting him the 
faid A. B. and his Family, to Great Britain, in Manner 
aforefaid ; and in cafe any fuch Adtion, Suit, or Profe- 
cution, fhall be commenced, fued, or profecuted for 
any of the Matters aforefaid, the faid 4. B. doth here- 
by covenant and agree to and with the faid Company, 
that the general Iffue may be pleaded, and that this 
prefent Indenture, or any other fpecial Matter, may be 
given in Evidence by any of the Defendants in any fuclr 
Suit, Action, or Profecution. Provided always and 
laftly, it is hereby covenanted, conclyded, and agreed, 
by and between the faid Parties hereto, and it is their 
true Intent and Meaning, That if the faid 4 B. hall 
continue in the faid Company’s Service after the: Expi- 
ration of the faid Term of Five Years, that fuch Con- 
tinuance fhall be upon the fame Terms, Conditions, 
and Agreements, as are herein before made and agreed 
upon, for the faid Term of Five Years, fave and except, 
that if the faid 4. B. fhall rife to any fuperior Place or 
Office than what he is hereby employed in or appointed 
for, that then he the faid 4. B. performing the Cove- 
nants aforefaid, fhall have and receive fuch Wages as 
are ufually paid to Officers in the like advanced Stations, 
Places, or Employments. In Witnefs whereof, the faid 
United Company have to One Part of thefe Indentures 

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fet their Common Seal ; and the faid .4..B. hath to the 
other Part of the faid Indenture fet his Hand and Seal, 
the Day and Year firft above-written. 
A.B. (L. 8.) 
Sealed and delivered (being ftamp’d 
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Witnefs, A. B. 
Writers Covenant from 1756 to Fuly 1770. 
1000 Factor’s Covenants. 1770. 
This Indenture made the Day of 


in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 

Seven hundred and and in the 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
Lord by the Grace of God, of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the 
Faith, and fo forth, Between the United Company of Mer- 
chants of England, trading to the Eaft Indies, of the one 
Part, and 4. B. of London, Writer, of the other Part. 
Whereas the faid United Company of Merchants of 
England, trading to the Eajt Indies, have (upon the 
fpecial Requeft and Entreaty of the faid 4. B. and 
upon the Conditions and Agreements herein after con- 
tained, on the Part of the faid 4. B. to be performed) 
received and entertained him the faid 4. B. into their 
Service, as their Writer and Covenant Servant, at their 
chief Settlement of Fort William in Bengal in the Eaf 
Indies, to ferve them for the Term of Five Years, and 
to be employed in all or any of the Traffic or Merchan- 
dizes, Bufineffes and Affairs, in any Place or Places 
whatfoever, between the Cape of Good Hope, and the 
Straits of Magellan, as the faid Company, or their 
Court of Direétors for the Time being, or any Thirteen, 
or more of them, or any by them authorized, fhall 
appoint, at and for the Wages or Sum of Five Pounds 
of lawful Money of Great Britain, by the Year, to com- 
mence from the Time of his Arrival at Fort William 
aforefaid. Now this Indenture witneffeth, That the 
faid 4. B. for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Ad- 
miniftrators, doth hereby covenant and agree, to and 
‘with the faid United Company of Merchants of England, 
trading to the Eaft Indies, and their Succeffors, in Man- 
ner and Form following, (that is to fay) That he the faid 
A. B. from the Time of his Arrival at Fort William 
aforefaid, for, and during, and unto the full Endand Expi- 
ration of Five Years, fhall faithfully, honeftly, diligently, 
and carefully, ferve the faid Company at fuch Place and 
Places, and in all and every fuch Affairs and Bufinefs 
whatfoever of the faid Company, as the faid 4. B. hall 
be employed in; and fhall alfo from Time to Time, 
and at all Times, obferve, keep, and fulfil, all and every 
the Orders of the faid Company, and of the faid Court 
of Direétors, made and to be made, for the Government 
of their Factories and Settlements, Officers, Agents, or 
Servants abroad; and fhall and will alfo obferve, keep, 
and fulfil, all fuch Orders, Inftructions, and Directions, 
which he fhall herewith or hereafter receive under the 
Seal of the faid Company, or from the faid Court of 
Direétors of the faid Company for the Time being, or 
any Thirteen or more of them, or from any Perfons 
authorized thereunto by fuch Direétors; and fhall and 
will, to the utmoft of his Power and Skill, refift and 
withftand all and every fuch Perfon, or Perfons, as thall 
break, or endeavour to break, the faid Orders, Inftruc- 
tions, or Direétions, or any of them. And the faid 4. B. 
doth hereby for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Ad- 
miniftrators, covenant and agree, to and with the faid 
United Company of Merchants of England, oe to 
the Eat Indies, that he will not do, attempt, or practife, 
nor fhall wittingly or willingly permit or fuffer any other 
Perfon or Perfons. whatfoever, to do, attempt, or prac- 
tife, any Matter or Thing whatfoever, to the Hindrance, 
Hurt, Prejudice, Damage, or defrauding, of the faid 


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Company, or .their Succeffors, or of their Servants, or 
any of them, or of the faid Company’s Goods, Mer- 
chandizes, Trade, or Traffick, or any of them, or 
any Part thereof; but fhall, as much as in him 
lies, prevent and defeat the fame. And the faid 
A. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, 
and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree to and with 
the faid United Company of Merchants of England; 
trading to the Eaft Indies, that he the faid 4. B. fhall 
and will, from Time to Time, and at all Times from 
henceforth, give Notice and Intelligence, with all coh- 
venient Speed, unto the faid Court of Direétors for the 
Time being, of all and every the Deceits, Wrongs, 
Abules, Breach of Orders, Inconveniencies, and Hin- 
drances, which he the faid 4. B. fhall know, underftand, 
hear, or fufpeét to be done, practifed, offered, or in- 
tended, againft the faid Company, or, their Succeffors, 
or their Goods or Trade, or any of them, or againft any 
Perfon or Perfons by them or by the faid Court of 
Directors empioyed, or in their Service, in any Place 
or Places, together with the Names of thofe Per- 
fons by whom the fame fhall be fo offered, practifed or 
intended, And the faid 4. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, 
his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, covenant, pro- 
mife, and agree, to and with the faid United Company of 
Merchants of England trading to the Ea/In dies, that he 
will not engage or employ, either the Stock of the faid 
Company, or any Part thereof, or make ufe of the Cre- 
dit of the faid Company, in any Kind, or other Way and 
Manner howfoever, than for the Affairs of the faid Com- 
pany, and as by the major Part of the Court of Direc- 
tors of the faid Company for the Time being, under 
their Hands, or under the Common Seal of the faid 
Company, fhall be ordered and directed. And the {aid 
A. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, 
and Adminiftrators, covenant, promife, and agree, to 
and with the faid United Company of Merchants of 
England trading,to the Eaft Indies, that he the faid 
A. B. fhall and will, at all Times, keep and conceal the 
{aid Company’s Secrets, and every Matter and Thing 
committed to him as fuch by the faid Court of Direc- 
tors, or their Agents, Factors, Officers, and Servants, 
or any of them, And alfo, That he the faid 4. B. thall 
and will, from Time to Time, and at all Times from 
henceforth, during his faid Employment, keep, or caufe 
to be kept, a true and particular Journal or Day Book, 
of all Paffages and Proceedings relating to the Affairs 
of the faid Company, and alfo Books of Accounts ; in 
which Journal, Day-Book, and Books of Accounts, he 
fhall daily, duly, truly, and fully, enter or caufe to be 
entered, the Accounts of all and every particular Buy- 
ing, Selling, Receipts, Payments, Barterings, and all 
other Traniactions and Occurrences relating to his Truft, 
during the Time he fhall continue in the faid United 
Company’s Service and Employment: And the faid 
A. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, 
and Adminiftrators, covenant, promife, and agree, to 
and with the faid United Company, that he will not 
place, or confent to the piacing to the faid Company’s 
Account, nor otherwife charge the faid Company with 
any more or greater Sums than he fhall really, and in 
good Faith, pay for all or any Goods, Merchandizes, or 
Effects, which he fhall buy, or caufe, procure, or con- 
fent to be bought, for, or on Account of the faid Com- 
pany. And the faid 4. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his 
Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and 
agree, to and with the faid United Company of Mer- 
chants of England, trading to the Eaft Indies, that he 
fhall and will bring to the Account of the faid Com- 
pany, in the Books of the faid Company, the full Rates ° 
and Prices for which he fhall fell, or caufe to be fold, 
any of the faid Company’s Goods, Merchandizes, or Ef- 
fects, And the faid 4. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his 
Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, further covenant 
and agree, to and with the faid United Company of 
Merchants of England, trading to the EaftIndies, that 

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836 


he will not direétly or indirectly, take, accept, or 
receive, or agree to take, accept, or receive, any Gift, 
Reward, Gratuity, Allowance, Compenfation, Sum or 
Sums of Money whatfoever, from any Perfon or Per- 
fons, of whom he the faid 4. B. thall, by himfelf, or 
any Agent for him, buy or barter, any Goods, Merchan- 
dizes, Treafure, or Effects, for, or upon Account of, the 
faid Company ; and further, that he will not take, ac- 
cept, or receive, or agree to take, accept, or receive, any 
Gift, Reward, Gratuity, Allowance, Compenfation, 
Sum or Sums of Money whatfoever, from any Perfon 
or Perfons to whom he the faid 4. B. fhall, direétly or 
indirectly, by himfelf, or any Agent for him, fell or bar- 
ter any Goods, Merchandizes, Treafure, or Effects, of 
or belonging to, or for, or upon Account of, the faid 
Company. And the faid 4, B. for himfelf, his Heirs, 
Executors, and Adminiftrators, doth covenant and agree, 
to and with the faid United Company, That he the faid 
A. B. his Executors, or Adminiftrators, fhall produce 
and deliver the faid Books, together with all Waifte 
Books, Pocket Books, Diaries, Memorials, and other 
Writings and Papers whatfoever, wherein he the faid 
A. B. fhall make, or caufe to be made, any Entries, or fet 
down any Matter or Thing, touching or concerning the 
faid Company’s Affairs, or any of them, or any Way 
relating thereunto (although the fame may or fhall be 
intermixed with his own, or others Concerns) unto the 
{aid Court of Directors of the faid Company for the 
Time being, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons, as fhall by 
Letter or Order, under the Hands of Thirteen, or more, 
of the faid Court of Directors, or under the Seal of the 
faid Company, be authorized and appointed to demand 
and receive the fame; and fhall and will, if required, 
make Oath to the Truth of fuch Books, Diaries, Me- 
morials, Writings, and Papers, and that the fame con- 
tain the whole of his Tranfactions, and that they have 
not been defaced, obliterated, or altered. And further, 
that he the faid 4. B. fhall and will well and truly deliver 
and pay unto the faid United Company, or their Suc- 
ceffors, all and every fuch Monies, Goods, Merchan- 
dizes, and Things whatfoever, as by the Foot of his 
Account, or otherwife, fhall be due from him, or remain 
in his Hands and Poffeffion, and for which he ought to 
be chargeable or an{iwerable in any manner or wife: 
And alfo, that he the faid 4. B. thall and will (before he 
fhall leave the faid Company’s Factories or Settlements) 
pay and difcharge all and every fuch Sum or Sums of 
Money, as he fhall juftly owe or be indebted to any of 
the black Merchants or Natives of the Country where 
he the faid 4. B. fhall be, together with fuch other 
Sums as he fhall owe, abroad to any other Merchants or 
Perfons not being Subjects of his Majefty the King of 
Great Britain, or his Succeffors; and that he the faid 
A. B. fhall and will, from Time to Time, when and as 
often as he fhall be thereunto required by the faid Com- 
pany, or their Succeffors, or by the Prefident, Agent, or 
Chief, and Council, of the Place where the faid 4. B. 
fhall be, remove to any fuch other Faétories, as fuch 
Prefident, Agent, or Chief, and Council, fhall fo direct 
or require. And alfo, That he the faid 4. B, fhall, at 
all Times, during the Time of his Service aforefaid, 
faithfully and diligently demean himfelf as a good, ho- 
neft, and faithful, Servant towards the faid Company, 
and their Succeffors, and thofe by them authorized, and 
lovingly and peaceably towards his Conforts. And 
- upon Condition, that the faid 4. B. fhall in all Things 
perform his Covenants and Agreements with the faid 
Company, and to encourage him fo to do, It is further 
covenanted and agreed, by and between the faid Parties 
to thefe Prefents, That it fhall and may be lawful to and 
for the faid 4. B.and the faid Company doth accord- 
ingly licenfe the faid 4. B. during the faid Five Years, 
commencing as aforefaid, freely to trade and traffick, 
for his own Account only from Port to Port in India, 
or elfewhere, within the Limits aforefaid, but not to 
or from any Place without the fame, without any Lett, 
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Hinderance or Interruption, from them the faid Com- 
pany, their Succeffors or Affigns, fo as the faid Trade 
and ‘Traffick, fo to be carried on and driven in India or 
elfewhere, within the Limits aforefaid, or any Part 
thereof, be fubjeét to fuch Rules, Regulations, and Li- 
mitations, as the faid Company, or the Court of Direc- 
tors for the Time being of the faid Company, have al- 
ready directed, or fhall from Time to- ‘Time hereafter 
direct and appoint, and be not to the Hurt or Prejudice 
of the faid Company and their Succeffors, or of their 
Trade or Commerce ; and fo as whatever is fo traded 
for by the faid 4. B. by Virtue of this Agreement, be 
particularly entered in Books of the faid Company, to 
be kept for that Purpofe in all the Factories of the faid 
Company refpectively in the Eaft Indies, or elfewhere 
within the Limits aforefaid, where fuch Trade fhall be 
driven : But in Cafe the faid 4. B. fhall wafte or make Ufe 
of the faid Company’s Treafure, or fhall become in- 
debted to the faid Company, or fhall in any wile make 
default in Performance of the Covenants aforefaid, then, 
and in fuch Cafe, it is hereby further covenanted and 
agreed, by and between the faid Parties to thefe Pre- 
fents, That he the faid 4. B. fhall not be entitled to 
any Payments, Advantages, and Benefits, hereby other- 
wife intended him; but contrarywile, for and towards 
Satisfaction for what fhall be due from him to the faid 
Company, and for and towards Reparation of the Da- 
mages done to the faid Company, it fhall and may be 
lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons thereunto au- 
thorized and appointed, by Writing, under the Hands 
of Thirteen, or more, of the Court of Directors of the 
faid Company for the Time being, or under the Seal of 
the faid Company, and to and for any Prefident, Agent, 
or Chief, and Council, of any Place or Factory of or 
belonging to the faid Company, to feize, or caufe the 
Goods and Chattels of him the faid 4. B. to be feized 
and detained, until Satisfa¢tion is made. And foraf- 
muchas grievous Complaints have been made to the 
faid United Company, that feveral of the faid Com- 
pany’s Prefidents and Chiefs of their Fa¢tories, and fe- 
veral of fuch Perfons as are of their Councils in their 
Factories abroad, or fome of them, as alfo their Factors, 
Agents, and Servants, have committed very heinous 
and grievous Offences in fuch Factories of the faid 
Company, and elfewhere in the Eaf Indies, and other 
Places within the faid Company’s Limits of Trade, by 
unjuftly menacing, imprifoning, affaulting, abufing, and 
evil treating, the Natives and black Merchants, and 
others with whom the faid Company have had Dealings 
or Correfpondence ; and by fuch Means, and other Vio- 
lences, Abufes, and Injuries, have, as hath been alleged, 
extorted and forced great Sums of Money, and other 
valuable Effects, from fuch injured Perfons, who by 
Reafon of the great Diftance from this Kingdom, and 
the wholefome Laws thereof, and by Reafon that the faid 
Company have not been enabled to obtain and ren- 
der Satisfaction for fuch Injuries and Mifdemeanors, 
are, and have been remedilefs : Now it is hereby agreed 
by and between the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, and 


the faid 4. B. doth hereby, for himfelf, his Heirs, Exe- - 


cutors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to and 
with the faid United Company, that in Cafe any Sum 
or Sums of Money, Goods or Chattels whatfoever, fhall 
at any Time or Times hereafter, be extorted, forced, 
or taken, by him the faid 4 B. (either feparately or 
jointly with others) from any Perfon or Perfons whatfo- 
ever, within the faid Company’s Limits of Trade, by 
the Means or Ufe of Imprifonments, Affaults, Violences, 
Menaces, or other Force or Compulfion whatfoever, 
then and as often as any fuch Offence or Offences 
fhall be committed, it fhall and may be lawful, to and 
for every Perfon or Perfons injured thereby, to make 
and fend over Complaints and Atteftations thereof in 
Writing, to the Court of Directors of the faid Com- 
pany for the Time being, and that upon the Receipt 
of fuch Complaints, and Atteftations, it fhall and may 

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be lawful to and for the Court of Directors of the faid 
Company for the Time being, to enquire into the 
Truth of the faid Complaints, by all fuch Ways and 
Means as they fhall think juit and equitable, and there- 
upon to hear the Matter of the faid Complaint or Com- 
plaints, and thereupon finally to judge and determine 
the fame, and to award Satisfaction and Reparation to 
be made by the faid 4. B. to the faid Company, for the 
Benelit of fuch injured Perfons. And the faid 4 B. 
doth hereby, for himielf, his Heirs, Executors, and 
Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to and with 
the {aid United Company, well and truly to pay to 
the faid Company, at fuch Time or Times as fhall be 
limited by the faid Court of Directors (or the major 
Part of them) for that Furpofe, all and every fuch Sum 
and Sums of Money as fhall be fo awarded by the faid 
Court of Directors for the Time being, or the major 
Part of them then aflembled, to be paid as aforetaid : 
But in Truft neverthelefs, and to the Intent, That the 
faid Company may and do render, and pay over, the 
Monies received or recovered by them, to the Parties 
injured or defrauded, which the faid Company accord- 
ingly hereby agree and covenant to do: And the faid 
A. B. doth turthermore, for himfelf, his Heirs, Execu- 
tors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to and 
with the faid United Company, to pay and fatisfy to 
the faid Company, for their own Uie and Benefit, all 
fuch Damages as they fhall have fuftained by Reafon 
or Means of any fuch Offence or Offences as aforefaid, 
And forafmuch as it frequently happens, That the Pre- 
fident and Council, Agent and Council, Chief and Coun- 
cil, and feveral other fubordinate Officers of feveral of 
the faid Company’s Factories abroad, have, by mutual 
Influences on each other, fettled, ftated, and adjufted 
amongft themfelves, their own Accounts with the faid 
Company, in order, as far as they could, to bar and pre- 
clude the faid Company from reviewing, altering, amend- 
ing, correcting, or contefting, the fame : Now it is hereby 
further declared, That all and every fuch Account and 
Accounts, fo at any Time heretofore ftated, ballanced, 
figned, or adjufted, as aforelaid, were ever defigned by 
the faid Company to be, and the fame, and all and 
every fuch Account and Accounts, fo hereafter to be 
ftated, ballanced, figned, or adjufted, by, between, or 
amoneft fuch Prefidents and Councils, or Agents and 
Councils, or Chiefs and Councils, or other fubordinate 
Officers, or any of them, are hereby agreed to be, and 
fhall at all Times hereafter be, takenand efteemed to be, 
open Accounts, formed and prepared only for the In- 
fpection, Perufal, and Approbation or Correction, of the 
{aid Company, and fhall not in any Sort or Kind, or 
in any Article thereof, bind or conclude the faid Com- 
pany. And the faid 4. B. doth, for himfelf, his Heirs, 
Executors, and Adminiftrators, covenant and agree, to 
and with the faid United Company, that he the faid 
A. B. will not at any Time, during his Refidence in 
the Eaft Indies, or within the faid Company’s Limits, 
directly or indirectly, by himfelf, or in Conjunction with 
any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, carry or ufe, or be 
concerned in any Sort of Trade, Traffick, or Merchan- 
dize, either from Europe to the Eaft Indies, or to any 
Place within the faid Company’s Limits, between the 
Cape of Good Hope, and the Straits of Magellan, or 
from the Eaff Indies, or from any Place within the 
faid Company’s Limits, to Europe, or to or from any 
Place whatfoever, altho’ not within the faid Company’s 
Limits of Trade, fave and except, for, and on Account 
of, the faid Company, nor fhail carry on, ufe, or be 
concerned in, any Trade or Traffick whatfoever, but fuch 
as is expreisly allowed by and according to the true In- 
tent and Meaning of thefe Prefents. And the faid 
A.B, for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftra- 
tors, doth hereby covenant and agree, that he the faid 
A. B. his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall, and will 
pay, or caufe to be paid, unto the faid Company, as and 
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Houfe of Commons. 839 


by Way of ftated Damages, double the Value of all and 
every the Goods and Merchandizes, traded for, bartered, 
or trafficked with, by the faid 4. B. his Agent of 
Agents, contrary to the true Meaning of thefe Prefents, 
and moreover, fhall forfeit and lofe all and every the 
Benefits and Advantages which the jaid 4, B. his Exe- 
cutors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, would otherwife be 
entitled unto, frum the faid Company, ard fhall alio from 
thenceforth ceafe to be the faid Company’s Servant or 
Agent: Provided nevertheleis, That if the faid 4. B. 
fhall firft veluntarily and freely make a Diicovery, 
unto the faid Company’s Court of Directors, of any 
Trade or Traffick, carried on by him or his Agents, 
contrary to the true Meaning of thefe Prefents, and of 
all and every the Perfons therein concerned, then and 
in fuch Cafe the {aid Company do hereby agree to accept 
the fingle Value, inftead of the double Value of the 
faid Goods and Merchandizes, which fhall be traded 
with, in, for, or bartered or trafficked for, contrary to the 
true Meaning of thefe Prefents, as aforefaid: And in order 
to a Difcovery of, and a Satisfaétion for, fuch illicit 
Trade as aforefaid, It is hereby agreed, that it fhall and 
may be Jawful, to and for the faid. United Company, 
and their Succeffors, to file any Bill: or Bills of Com- 
plaint or Difcovery, in his Majeity’s High Court of 
Chancery or Court of Exchequer, againft him the faid 
A. B. his Executors and Adminiftrators, whereunto the 
faid 4. B. doth hereby agree, that neither he, nor they, 
fhall or will demur or plead in Bar of the Difcovery or 
Relief, fought by fuch Bill or Bills, that thereby he or 
they, is, are, may, or fhall become liable to any Penalty 
or Korteiture, by Force of any Law or Statute, Bond, 
Covenant, or Agreement, or otherwife howfvever, but 
fhall ntake and put in a full and perfeé&amp;t Anfwer and An- 
fwers to all the Parts thereof, and fhall not, in fuch 
Ant{wer and Anfwers, infift upon any Penalty, Forfeiture, 
Law, or Statute, Bond, Covenant, ar Agreement, or al- 
ledge any Matter whatfoever, whereby to prevent, bar, 
or preclude the faid Company, from the Difcovery or 
Relief, fought, or to be fought, by ‘fuch Bill or Bills as 
aforefaid; but then, and in fuch Cafe, the faid United 
Company do hereby confent to wave and difclaim all 
and all Manner of Penalties and Forfeitures, that halt 
or may, in any Kind or Degree whatfoever, accrue or 
incur to them, upon, or by Reafon ‘of, any Difcovery or 
Dilclofure arifing by the faid Anfwer or Anfwers, of 
the {aid 4. B: his Executors or Adminiftrators ; and the 
faid United Company, for themfelves and their Suc- 
ceflors, do agree to accept, and the faid 4. B. doth for 
himielf, his Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, agree 
to account for, and pay or caufe to be paid to, or to 
the Ute of, the faid Company, or their Succeffors, as and 
for a full, ftated, and adjufted Compenfation and Satis- 
faction for the Damages fuftained by the faid Company, 
upon Account of the faid illicit ‘Trade, the Sum of 
Fifty Pounds for every One hundred Pounds Value, 
of all and every the Goods and Merchandizes traded or 
trafficked with, or for, contrary to: the true Intent and 
Meaning hereof, and alfo of the Produce of the faid 
illicit Trade. Provided always and laftly, it is hereby 
covenanted, concluded, and agreed, by and between the 
faid Parties hereto, and it is their true Intent and Mean- 
ing, That if the faid 4. B. fhall continue in the faid 
Company’s Service after the Expiration of the faid 
Term of Five Years, that fuch Continuance fhall be upon 
the iame Terms, Conditions, and Agreements, as are 
herein before made and agreed upon, for the faid Term 
of Five Years, fave and except, that if the faid /. B. 
fhall rife to any fuperior Place or Office than what he is 
hereby employed in or appointed for, that then he the 
faid A. B. performing the Covenants aforefaid, fhall 
have and receive fuch Wages as are ufually paid to Of- 
ficers in the like advanced Stations, Places, or Employ- 
ments. In Witnefs whereof, the faid United Company 
have to one Part of thefe Indentures fet their Common 
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Seal ; and the faid 4. B. hath to the other Part of the faid The United Company of Merchants of England trading 


Indentures fet his Hand and Seal, the Day and Year 
firft abovewritten. A. B. (L. S.) 


Sealed and delivered (being ftamp’d 
according to Act of Parliament) 
in the Prefence of us, 
I do acknowlege to have read the within 


Covenant before I executed the fame. 
_ Witnefs, A. B. 


Amount of the Securities taken from the refpective 
Ranks of the Eaft India Company’s Civil Servants. 


A Governor — —_ — . 10,000 
Counfellor — os _ — 4,000 
Senior Merchant _ — — 3,000 
Junior Merchant — _ — 2,000 
Factor —_ —_ —_ a 1,000 
Writer — — —_ —_ 500 


Mem’. Military Officers do not give Security for 
the Performance of their Covenants. 


Copies of the feparate Commiffions of Commander 
in Chief of the Military Forces of the Eaft India 
Company, at their different Prefidencies, and of 
fuch Commiffions of Commander in Chief as 
may have comprehended all their Forces in India, 


The United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 

To Major General Stringer Lawrence, fend Greeting. 

We, the faid United Company, repofing efpecial 
Truft and. Confidence in you Major General Stringer 
Lawrence, do by thefe Prefents conftitute and appoint 
you to be Commander in Chief of all our Military Forces 
in the Eaft Indies, under our refpective Prefidencies ; that 
is to fay, our Prefidency of Fort Saint George, on the 
Coaft of Choromandel, and the feveral Settlements and 
Places fubordinate to the faid Prefidency, whenever and as 
often as you fhall be prefent and refide at the faid Prefi- 
dency, Settlements, or Places, and during fuch Time or 
‘Times only ; our Prefidency of Fort William in Bengal, and 
the feveral Settlements and Places fubordinate thereto, 
whenever and as often as you fhall be prefent and refide at 
the faid Prefidency, Settlements, or Places, and during 
fuch Time or Times only ; our Prefidency at Bombay,and 
the feveral Settlements and Places fubordinate thereto, 
whenever and as often as you fhall be prefent and 
refide at the faid Prefidency, Settlements, or Places, 
and during fuch Time or Times only ; our Prefidency 
of Fort Marlborough, and the feveral Settlements and 
Places fubordinate thereto, whenever and as often as 
you fhall be prefent, or refide at the faid Prefidency, 
Settlements, or Places, and during fuch Time or Times 
only. And you Major General Stringer Lawrence are, 
to the utmoft of your Skill and Power, to do and per- 
form all fuch Offices and Services as appertain to the 
Poft of Commander in Chief of all our Military Forces 
in the Eaft Indies as aforefaid, fubjeét however to all 
fuch Rules, Orders, and Inftructions, as you fhall at 
any Time receive from the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company of Merchants of England trad- 
ing to the Eaft Indies, in Writing, or under the Hands 
of Thirteen or more of them, or from the faid Com- 
pany’s Prefidents and Councils of Fort Saint George, 
fort William, Bombay, or Fort Marlborough, refpeétive- 
ly, whenever you fhall be prefent at fuch refpeétive Pre- 
fidency, or any of the Settlements or Places fubordinate 
thereto, according to the Rules and Difcipline of War, 
in purfuance of the Truft we hereby repofe in you: 
And we do hereby ftriétly require, charge, and com- 
mand, all Commiffion Officers, Non Commiffion Of- 
ficers, Soldiers, and others, belonging to our Military 
Forces at the feveral Places before mentioned, to yield 
you, as their Commander in Chief, during your Refi- 
dence at fuch Places as aforefaid, due Obedience ac- 
cordingly. In Witnefs, &amp;c. ; 

Dated the r1th March 1761. 





to the Eaft Indies, 
To Jofeph Smith, Efquire, Greeting. 

We, the faid United Company, repofing efpecial 
Truft and Confidence in your Courage, and Experience 
in Military Affairs, do, by thefe Prefents, conftitute and 
appoint you, to be a Brigadier General in our Service, 
and do give and grant you full Power and Authority, 
to take your Rank as Brigadier General. 

You are therefore to take upon you the faid Charge 
and Command of Brigadier General as aforefaid, and 
carefully and diligently to difcharge the faid Truft of 
Brigadier General, by doing all Things thereunto be- 
longing: And we do hereby command all our Of- 
ficers and Soldiers, to obey you as Brigadier General. 
And you are to obferve and follow all fuch Orders 
and Directions as you fhall from Time to Time re- 
ceive from us, our Governor and Council of Fort Saint 
George, or any other your fuperior Officer, according to 
the Rules and Difcipline of War, in purfuance of the 
Truft hereby repofed in you ; or failing therein, our faid 
Governor and Council are empowered by us to vacate 
and annul thefe Prefents: Given under our Common 
Seal, this Third Day of November, in the Ninth Year 
of the Reign of His Moft excellent Majefty, Our So- 
vereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, 
King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender 
of the Faith, and fo forth, and in the Year of our 
Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty eight. 

By Order of the Court of Direétors 

of the faid United Company. 
P. Michell, Secretary. 


The United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 
To Major General Eyre Coote, Greeting. 

We, the faid United Company, repofing efpecial 
Truft and Confidence in you Major General Eyre 
Coote, do by thefe Prefents conftitute and appoint you 
to be Commander in Chief of all our Military Forces 
in the Eaft Indies, and you are to the utmoft of your 
Skill and Power, to do and perform all fuch Offices 
and Services as appertain to the Poft of Commander 
in Chief of all our Military Forces in the Eaf In- 
dies as aforefaid, fubjeét however to all fuch Rules, 
Orders, and Inftruétions, as you fhall at any Time re- 
ceive from the Court of Direétors of the faid United 
Company of Merchants of England trading to the Eaf 
Indies, in Writing or under the Hands of Thirteen or 
more of them, or from the Commiffioners appointed to 
fuperintend their Affairs in India, or from the faid 
Company’s Prefidents and Councils of Fort Saint George, 
Fort William, Bombay, or Fort Marlborough, refpective- 
ly, whenever you fhall be prefent at fuch refpective 
Prefidency, or any of the Settlements or Places fubor- 
dinate thereto, according to the Rules and Difcipline of 
War, in purfuance of the Truft we hereby repofe in 
you: And we do hereby itrictly require, charge, and 
command, all Commiffion Officers, Non Commiffion Of- 
ficers, Soldiers, and others belonging to our Military - 
Forces, at the feveral Places before mentioned, to yield 
you as their Commander in Chief, during your Refi- 
dence at fuch Places as aforefaid, due Obedience ac- 
cordingly. In Witnefs whereof, the faid United Com- 
pany have caufed their Common Seal to be affixed 
in London, this 22d Day of December, in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 
Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; and in the 
Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Sixty-nine, 

(L. S.) 

By Order of the Court of Directors 

of the faid United Company. 
Peter Michell, Secretary. 


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The United Company of Merchants of England trading 

to the Ea/t Indies, 

To Eyre Coote, Efquire, Lieutenant Colonel in His 
Majefty’s Service, and Commandant of the Eighty- 
fourth Regiment of Foot, Greeting. 

We, the faid United Company, do by thefe Prefents 
conftitute and appoint you Eyre Coote, Efquire, to be 
Commander in Chief of all our Military Forces, at our 
Prefidency of Fort William in Bengal, and the feveral 
Places and Settlements fubordinate thereto; you are 
therefore to the utmoft of your Skill and Power, to do 
and perform all fuch Offices and Services, as apper- 
tain to the Poft of Commander in Chief of all our 
Military Forces in Bengal, as aforefaid, fubje&amp;t how- 
ever to all fuch Rules, Orders, and Inftructions, which 
you fhall at any Time receive from the Court of Di- 
rectors of the faid United Company of Merchants of 
England trading to the Eaf Indies, for the Time be- 
ing, or from our Governor and Council of Fort Wil- 
liam aforefaid, for the Time being: And we do here- 
by ftriétly require, charge, and command, all Com- 
miffion Officers, Non Commiffion Officers, Soldiers, 
and others, belonging to our Military Forces in Ben- 
gal aforefaid, to yield you, as their Commander in 
Chief as aforefaid, due Obedience accordingly. In Wit- 
neis whercof, We have caufed our common Seal to be 
athxed to thefe Prefents, the 14th Day of March, in 
the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Fifty-nine, and in the Thirty-fecond Year of the 
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by 
the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, 
King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth. 

(L.S.) 

Signed by Order of the Court of 

Directors of the faid Company. 
Rol* Fames, Secretary. 


The United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 
To Sir Robert Barker, Knight, Greeting. 

We, the faid United Company, repofing efpecial 
Truft and Confidence in your Courage and Experience 
in Military Affairs, do by thefe Prefents conftitute 
and appoint you to be a Brigadier General in our 
Service, and do give and grant you full Power and 
Authority to take your Rank as Brigadier Gene- 
ral; you are therefore to take upon you the faid 
Charge and Command of Brigadier General as afore- 
faid ; and carefully and diligently to difcharge the faid 
Truft of Brigadier General, by doing all Things there- 
unto belonging: And we do hereby command all our 
Officers and Soldiers to obey you as Brigadier General ; 
and you are to obferve and follow all fuch Orders and Di- 
rections, as you fhall from Time to Time receive from us, 
our Governor and Council of Fort William, or any other 
your fuperior Officer, according to the Rules and Difcipline 
of War, in purfuance of the Truft hereby repofed in you ; 
or failing therein, our faid Governor and Council are im- 
powered by us to vacate and annul thefe Prefents. 
Given under our Common Seal this Twenty-third Day 
of March, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His 
Moft excellent Majefty, our Sovereign Lord George the 
Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, 
France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo 
forth ; and in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy. a 

By Order of the Court of Directors 

of the faid United Company. 
P. Michell, Secretary. 


The United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 
To David Wedderburn, Efquire, Greeting. 
We, the faid United Company, repofing efpecial 
Truft and Confidence in your Courage and Experience 


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in Military Affairs, do by thefe Prefents: conftitute and 
appoint you to be a Brigadier General in our Service, 
and do give and grant you full Power and Authority 
to take your Rank as Brigadier General ; you are there- 
fore to take upon you the faid Charge and Command 
of Brigadier General as aforefaid, and carefully and 
diligently to difcharge the faid Truft of Brigadier Ge- 
neral, by doing all Things thereunto belonging : And 
we do hereby command all our Officers and Soldiers 
to obey you as Brigadier General; and: you are to ob- 
ferve and follow all fuch Orders and Direétions as 
you fhall from Time to Time receive from us, our 
Governor and Council of Bombay, or any other your 
fuperior Officer, according to the Rules and Difcipline 
of War, in purfuance of the Truft hereby: repofed in you ; 
or failing therein, our faid Governor aid Council are 
impowered by us to vacate and annul-thefe Prefents. 
Given under our Common Seal this Twenty-eighth 
Day of March, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
His Moft Excellent Majefty, our Sovereign Lord George 
the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, 
France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo 
forth ; and in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy. 
. (L. S.) 
By Order of the Court of Directors * 

of the faid United Company. 

P. Micheil, Secretary. 


Copies of the Commiffions front the Eaf India 
Company, appointing a Prefident or Governor 
at each of their refpective Prefidencies, and the 
Council, iffued by the faid Coimpany fince the 
Year 1756. 


The United Company of Merchants of England 

trading to the Eaf Indies, 

To all, to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fend Greet- 

ing. : 

Know ye, That the faid United Company, re- 
pofing efpecial Truft and Confidence: in the ['idelity, 
Prudence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of Robert Palk, 
Efquire, have made, conftituted, arid ordained, and 
by thefe Prefents do make, conftitute, and ordain, 
the faid Robert Palk, to be Prefident ?and Governor of 
and for ail our Affairs on the Coait of Choromandel 
and Orixa, and of the Chingee and Moratta Countries ; 
and alfo to be our Commander in Chief of our 
Fort Saint George, and Town of Madraffpatnam, and 
all the Territories thereunto belonging, and of all and 
fingular the Forts, Fa¢tories, and Settlements, Ter- 
ritories, Countries, and Jurifdictions thereof, and of all 
the Forces which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be 
employed, for the Service of the faid United Company, 
in the faid Forts, Towns, and Places; and to execute 
all and every the Powers and Authorities thereunto 
appertaining, by Order and Direction of the Court of 
Directors of the faid United Company for the Time 
being, and to continue in the Exercife of the fame, dur- 
ing our and their Pleafure, and until the contrary 
thereof fhall be fignified under the Seal of the faid 
United Company of Merchants of England, trading to 
the Eajt Indies, or under the Hands of Thirteen or more 
of the Court of Direétors of the faid Company for 
the Time being: And to the End that the faid Rodert 
Palk may be better enabled to order and manage all 
the Affairs of us the faid Company; we do by thefe 
Prefents conftitute and ordain Major General Stringer 
Lawrence, to be, and continue, Second of our Council 
of Fort Saint George, and not at any Time to rife toa 
fuperior Rank therein, Charles Bourchier, Efquire, to be 
Third, Brigadier General Fobn Caillaud, to be Fourth, 
of our faid Council, and not to rife at any Time to a 
fuperior Rank, than Third of the faid Council; and 
that his faid Succeffion as Third do take Place only 

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the Death or Abfence of the faid Major General Stringer Extract of the Company’s General Letter to Fort Saint 


Lawrence; Mr. Dawfonne Drake, Fitth, Mr. ‘obn Py- 
bus, Sixth; Mr. Richard Fairfield, Seventh; Mr. Sa- 
muel Ardley, Eighth; Mr. Charles Turner, Ninth, Mr. 
Fobn Smith, Tenth; Mr. Fohn Lewin Smith, Eleventh, 
Mr. Fobn Call, Twelfth ; and Mr. George Stratton, ‘Thir- 
teenth and laft, of our faid Council of Fort Saint 
George, for governing end managing all the faid Com- 
pany’s Affairs, upon the Coaft of Choromande!, Orixa, 
Chingee, and Moratia, Countries, and governing the 
faid Fort Seint George, and City of Madrafpatnam, 
and all other our Forts, Factories, and Settlements, 
within any of the faid Territories: And We do hercby 
give and grant unto our faid Prefident and Governor, 
Rebert Palk, and to our Council aforenamed, or the 
major Part of them (the whole Council being duly 
fummoned) full Power and Authority from Time to 
Time to rule and govern all and every our Factors, 
or Servants, under tiie faid Prefidency, and ail the 
Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid Fort Saint Geerge, 
and City of Maedra/patuam, and ellewhere, within the 
Places aforefaid, to adminilter lawful Oaths, as Oc- 
cafion fhall reguire; and to do and perform all fuch 
other Acts and Things, and to ufe and exercife all fuch 
other Powers and Authorities, as the faid Prefident and 
Governor, and his Council, in their feveral and retpec- 
tive Places, where the faid United Company have or 
jhall have Fa¢tors, or any Places of Trade, are autho- 
rized to do according to fuch Inftructions and Direc- 
tions, as he the faid Reber Palk, our Prefident and Go- 
vernor, and Council, aforefaid, fhail from Time to 
Time receive under the Hands of Thirteen or more of 
the Court of Directors of the faid United Company for 
the Time being: And we, the faid United Company, 
do hereby order and require all our Factors, Servants, 
Oificers, and Soldiers, within the Limits of the faid 
Prefidency, and all the People and Inhabitants of our 
faid Fort Saint George, and City of Madrafpatnam, 
or any other our Forts, Places, or Colonies, within the 
{aid Prefidency, to conform, fubmit, and yield due Obe- 
dience, unto the faid Redert Palk, Our Prefident and 
Governor, and his Council accordingly. And forafmuch 
as it is altogether neceflary, that in Cafe of the Death or 
Removal of the faid Rebert Palk, our Prefidency fhould 
be provided for the Defence and Government thereof ; 
we do therefore, by thefe Prefents, ordain and appoint, 
that in fuch Caie, the faid Charles Bourchier fhall imme- 
diately be, and fucceed in the Place and Charge of, Prefi- 
dent and Governor of Fort Saint George aforelaid; and in 
Cafe of his Death or Removal, the next Civil Servant 
in Degree of Council below the faid Charles Bourchier 
and Brigadier General Fol Caillaud, to fucceed in the 
jaid Prefidency and Government, in as full and ample 
Manner, and with as large and ample Power, Privileges, 
and Authorities, as ave hereby granted unto the faid 
Robert Paik, until our turther Pleafure be known there- 
ia: And we do hereby revoke, repeal, annul, and 
maake void, every former Commiffion or Commiffions, 
given or granted by us; whereby any other Perfon or 
Perfons was and were cenftituted and ordained Pre- 
dent and Governor, an any other Perfons therein 
named were confututed and ordained to be of the 
Council of Fort Saint Geerge, aforetaid: In Witnefs 
whereof, we, the faid United Company, have caufed 
our Common Seal to be affixed to thefe Prefents, the 
Fourth Day of Fanuary, in the Fifth Year of the Reign 
ot His Mot excellent Majefty George the Third, by 
the Grace of Ged, of Great Britain, France, and Ire- 
Jand, King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in 
the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Sixty-five. 


A 
1. 
$i 


(L. S.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of Directors 
of the faid United Company. 
Reb Fames, Secretary. 





George, dated the ath Fanuery 1765. 

Having thought proper to make out a Commiffion 
under the Seal of the Company, whereby the Go- 
vernor and Council for all the Company’s Affairs at 
the Prefidency of Fort Saint Geerge, named in our 
Letters of the 31ft December 1760, and 13th March 
icilowing, are confirmed, and others appointed, as men- 
tioned in the faid Commiffion :—We fend the fame by 
the Ship Albion, and an attelted Copy thereof by the 
Royal Capiain. 

By the faid Commiffion, the under named Perfons 
are confirmed in, and appointed to, the following Sta- 
tions in the Company’s Service at our Prefidency of 
Fort Saint George , viz. 

Robert Palk, Etguire, Prefident and Governor. 

Major General Stringer Lawrence to be Second in 
Council, and not at any Time to rife to a 
fuperior Rank therein. 

Charles Beurchier, Efquire, to be Third in Council, 
and to fucceed to the Government in Cafe of 
a Vacancy therein by the Deceafe or other- 
wile of Mr. Palk. 

Brigadier General Yobn Caillaud, to be Fourth in 
Council, and not to rife at any Time to a 
jupertor Rank therein than Third ; and his 
faid Succeffion as Third to take Place only 
in Cafe of the Death or Abfence of General 


Lawrence. 
Mr. Daw/onne Drake, Fifth in Council. 
Mr. Febn Pybus, Sixth, 


Mr. Richard Fairfield, Seventh. 
Mr. Samuel Ardley, Eighth. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Ninth. 
Mr. John Smith, Tenth. 
Mr. Yohn Lewin Smith, Eleventh. 
Mr. ‘Fobn Call, Twelfth. 

_ Mr. George Stratton, Thirteenth, 

Major General Lawrence and Brigadier General Cail- 
laud are to be of Council-only as defcribed in the 
beforementioned Commiffion and the preceding Pa- 
ragraph; it being our Meaning and Directions, that 
agreeable to our former Orders, neither of thofe Gen- 
tlemen fhould fucceed to the Government, as that 
Poft is always to be filled by one of our Civil Ser- 
vants ; and confequently, in Cafe of a Vacancy therein 
by the Death or otherwile, of Mefirs Pa/k and Bourchier, 
the next Civil Servant in the Council below the latt 
named Gentleman, and General Caillaud, is to fucceed 
thereto, until our further Pleafure is fignified. 

In Cafe of the Death or coming away of General 
Lawrence and General Caillaud, you will obferve by our 
Letter of the 2tft November laft, no other Militar 
Ofncer or Officers are to have a Seat or Voice at ie 
Board without our exprefs Leave; which Direétions are 
to be ftrictly obferved. 


_ The United Company of Merchants of England, trad- 
ing to the Eaj/t Indies: To all to whom thefe Prefents 
fhall come, fend Greeting: Know ye, That the faid Unit- 
ed Company, repofing efpecial Truft and Confidence in 
the Fidelity, Prudence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of 
Charles Bourchier, Efquire, have made, conftituted and 
ordained, and by thefe Prefents do make, conftitute 

and ordain, the faid Charles Bourchier, to be Prefident 
and Governor of and for all our Affairs on the Coatt of 
Coorontandel and Orixa, and of the Chingee and Moratta 
Countries ; and a!fo to be our Commander in Chief of 
our Fort Saint George and Town of Madra/patnam, and 
all the Territories thereunto belonging, and of all and 
fingular the Forts, Fa¢tories, Settlements, Territories 

Countries, and Jurifdictions thereof; and of all the 
Forces which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be 
employed for the Service of the faid United Company 
in the faid Forts, Towns, and Places, and to execute all 
and every the Powers and Authorities thereunto appere 


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12 GEo. III. 


taining, by Order and Direction of the Court of Di- 
rectors of the faid United Company for the Time be- 
ing, and to continue in the Exercife of the fame during 
our and their Pleafure, and until the contrary thereof 
fhall be fignified under the Seal of the faid United 
Company of Merchants of England, trading to the aft 
Indies, or under the Hands of Thirteen or more of the 
Court of Directors of the {aid Company for the Time 
being: And to the End that the faid Charles Bourchier 
may be better enabled to order and manage all the Af- 
fairs of us the faid Company, we do by thele Prefents 
conftitute and ordain Fofas Du Pré, Efquire, to be 
Second of our Council of Fort Saint George, next af- 
ter our faid Prefident Charles Bourchier, Mr. Fohn Cail 
to be Third of our faid Council, Mr. Daw/onne Drake 
to be Fourth, and not to rife to a fuperior Rank there- 
in, Mr. Alexander Wynch to be Fitth, Mr. Fobn An- 
drews to be Sixth, Mr. Fobu Pybus to be Seventh, Mr. 
Samuel Ardley to be Eighth, Mr. Fobn Smith to be 
Ninth, Mr. Yobnu Lewin Smith to be Tenth, Mr. George 
Stratton to be Eleventh, Mr. George Daw/on to be 
Twelfth, Mr. Fames Bourchier to be Thirteenth, Mr. 
Henry Brooke to be Fourteenth, and Mr. George Mackay 
to be Fifteenth, and laft, of our faid Council of Fort 
Saint George, and not at any Time to rife to an higher 
Rank therein, for governing and managing all the faid 
Company’s Affairs upon the Coaft of Choromeandel, Orixa, 
Chingee, and Moratta Countries, and governing the faid 
Fort Saint George and City of Madra/patnam, and all other 
our Forts, Factories, and Settlements within any of the 
faid Factories: And we do hereby give and grant unto 
our faid Prefident and Governor, Charles Bourchier, 
and to our Council aforenamed, or the major Part of 
them (the whole Council being duiy fummoned) full 
Power and Authority, from Time to Time, to rule and 
govern all and every our Factors or Servants under the 
faid Prefidency, and all the Soldiers and Inhabitants 
of our faid Fort Saint George and City of Madra/patnam 
and elfewhere, within the Places aforefaid, to adminifter 
lawful Oaths as Occafion fhall require, and to do and 
perform all fuch other Aéts and Things, and to ufe 
and exercife all fuch other Powers and Authorities as 
the faid Prefident and Governor and his Council, in 
their feveral and refpective Places, where the faid United 
Company have, or fhall have Factories, or any Places of 
Trade, are authorized to do, according to fuch Inftruc- 
tions and Directions as he the faid Charles Bourchier 
our Prefident and Governor and Council aforefaid, fhall 
from Time to Time receive, under the Hands of Thir- 
teen or more of the Court of Directors of the faid 
United Company for the Time being: And we the faid 
United Company do hereby order and require all our 
Faétors, Servants, Officers, and Soldiers, within the 
Limits of the faid Prefidency, and all the People and 
Inhabitants of our faid Fort Saint George, and City of 
Madrafpatnam, or any other our Forts, Places, or Co- 
lonies, within the faid Prefidency, to conform, fubmit, 
and yield due Obedience unto the faid Charles Bour- 
chier, our Prefident and Governor, and his Council ac- 
cordingly : And forafmuch as it is altogether neceffary, 
that in Cafe of the Death or Removal of the faid 
Charles Bourchier, our Prefidency fhould be provided 
fur the Defence and Government thereof ; we do there- 
fore by thefe Prefents ordain and appoint, that in fuch 
Cafe, the faid afab Du Pré fhall immediately be, and 
fucceed in the Place and Charge of Prefident and Go- 
vernor of Fort Saint George aforefaid ; and in Cafe of his 
Death or Removal, the next Civil Servant in Degree 
of Council below the faid Fofias Du Pré do fucceed 
in the faid Prefidency and Government, in as full and 
ample Manner, and with as large and ample Power, 
Privileges, and Atithorities, as are hereby granted unto 
the faid Charles Bourchier, until our further Pleafure 
be known therein; and we do hereby revoke, repeal, 
annul, and make void, every former Commiffion or 
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Commiffions, given and granted by us, whereby any 
other Perfon or Perfons was and were coniiituted and 
ordained Prefident and Governor, and any other Per- 
fons therein named wete conftituted and ordained 
to be of the Council at Fort Saint George aforefaid. 
In Witnefs whereof, we the faid United Company 
have caufed our Common Seal to be affixed to thefe 
Prefents, the Twelfth Day of Yaxuary, in the Eighth 
Year of the Reign of His Moft excellent Majefty George 
the Third, by the Grace of God, ot Great Britain, France, 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, 
and in the Year of our Lerd One thoufand Seven hun- 
dred and Sixty-eight. 
| (L. S.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of 
Directors of the faid United Company. 
Robt Fames, Secretary: 


Extra&amp; of the Company’s General Letter to Fort Saint 
George, dated the t2th of January 1768. 

By the Ship Queen we tranfmit you a Commifiion, 
under the Seal of the Company, appointing the Prefi- 
dent and Governor, and the ref of the Couiicil for 
the Prefidency of Fort Saint Geerge, in the Order and 
in the Manner before defcribed and directed ; and you 
will receive an attefted Copy thereof by the Ship Dutton. 

The United Company of Merchants of England, trad- 
ing to the Zaft Indies: To all to whom thefe Prefents 
fhall come, fend greeting. Know ye, That the faid 
United Company, repofing efpecial Truft and Confi- 
dence in the Fidelity, Prudence, Juftice, and Circum- 
fpection, of Fofas Du Pré, Efquire, have made, contti- 
tuted, and ordained, and by thefe Prefents do make, 
conftitute, and ordain, the faid Fofas Du Pré upon 
and from the laft Day of Fanuary which fhall be 
in the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Seventy, to be Prefident and Governor of, and for, 
all our Affairs on the Coafts of Choromandel and Orixa, 
and of the Chingee and Moratta Countries; and alfo 
to be our Commander in Chief of our Fort Saint 
George and Town of Madra/patnam, and all the Terri- 
tories thereunto belonging, and of all and fingular the 
Forts, Faétories, and Settlements, Territories, Coun- 
tries, and Jurifdictions thereof, and of all the Forces 
which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be, employed 
for the Service of the faid United Company, in the faid 
Forts, Towns, and Places ; and to execute all and every 
the Powers and Authorities thereunto appertaining, by 
Order and Dire¢tion of the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company for the Time being, and to con- 
tinue in the Exercife of the fame during our and their 
Pleafure, and until the contrary thereof fhall be figni- 
fied under the Seal of the faid United Company of 
Merchants of England, trading to the Eaft Indies, or 
under the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of 
Directors of the faid Company, for the Time being: 
And to the End that he the faid Fofas Du Pré may be 
better enabled to order and manage all the Affairs of 
us the faid Company; we do, by thefe Prefents, con- 
ftitute and ordain Warren Haftings, Efquire, to be 
Second of our Council of Fort Saint George, next after 
our faid Prefident Fofas Du Pré, Mr. Fobn Call to be 
Third of our faid Council, Mr. Alexander Wynch to 
be Fourth, Mr. Yobn Andrews to be Fifth, Mr. Samuel 
Ardley to be Sixth, Mr. Fobn Smith to be Seventh, Mr. 
John Lewin Smith to be Eighth, Mr. George Stratton to 
be Ninth, Mr. George Daw/fon to be Tenth, Mr. Fames 
Bourchier to be Eleventh, Mr. Henry Brooke to be 
Twelfth, Mr. Richard Brickenden to be Thirteenth, Mr. 
Fohn Whitebill to be Fourteenth, Mr. George Dolben to 
be Fifteenth, and Mr. George Mackay to be Sixteenth, 
and laft, of our faid Council of Fort Saint George, and 
not at any Time to rife to an higher Rank therein, for 
governing and managing all the faid Company’s Affairs 
upon the Coafts of Choromandel and Orixa, and the 

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Chingee and Moratta Countries, and governing the faid 
Fort Saint George and City of Madra/patnam, and all 
other our Forts, Faétories, and Settlements, within any 
of the faid Territories: And.we do hereby give and 
grant unto our faid Prefident and Governor Fofas Du 
Pré, and to our Council aforenamed, or the major Part 
of them (the whole Council being duly fummoned) full 
Power and Authority, from Time to Time, to rule and 
govern all and every our Factors and Servants under 
the faid Prefidency, and all the Soldiers and In- 
habitants of our faid Fort Saint George and City of Ma- 
drafpatnam, and elfewhere, within the Places aforefaid, to 
adminifter lawful Oaths as Occafion fhall require, and 
to do and perform all fuch other Acts and Things, and 
to ufe and exercife all fuch other Powers and Authori- 
ties, as the faid Prefident and Governor, and his Coun- 
cil in their feveral and refpective Places where the faid 
United Company have, or fhall have, Factors, or any 
Places of Trade, are authorized to do, according to fuch 
Inftructions and Directions, as he the faid Fofas Dz 
Pré, our Prefident and Governor, and Council aforefaid, 
fhall from Time to Time receive under the Hands of 
Thirteen or more of the Court of Directors of the faid 
United Company for the Time being : And we the faid 
United Company do hereby order and require all our 
Factors, Servants, Officers, and Soldiers, within the 
Limits of the faid Prefidency, and all the People and 
Inhabitants of our faid Fort Saint George and City of 
Madrafpatnam, or any other our Forts, Places, or Co- 
Tonies, within the faid Prefidency, to conform, fubmit, 
and yield due Obedience unto the faid Fofias Du Pré, 
our Prefident and Governor, and his Council accord- 
ingly : And forafmuch as it is altogether neceffary, that 
in cafe of the Death or Removal of the faid Fofas Du 
Pré, our Prefidency fhould be provided for the Defence 
and Government thereof ; we do therefore by thefe Pre- 
jents ordain and appoint, that in fuch Cafe the faid 
Warren Haftings fhall immediately be and fucceed in 
the Piace and Charge of Prefident and Governor of Fort 
Saint George aforefaid ; and in cafe of his Death or Re- 
moval, the next Civil Servant in Degree of Council be- 
low the faid Warren Hajftings do fucceed in the faid 
Prefidency and Government in as full and ample Man- 
ner, and with as large and ample Power, Privileges, and 
Authorities, as are hereby granted unto the faid Fofas 
Du Pré, until our further Pleafure be known therein : 
And we do hereby revoke, repeal, annul, and make 
void, every former Commiffion or Commiffions, given 
and granted by us, whereby any other Perfon or Perfons 
was and were conftituted and ordained Prefident and 
Governor, and any other Perfons therein named were 
conftituted and ordained to be of the Council at Fort 
Saint George aforefaid. In Witnefs whereof, we the faid 
United Company have caufed our Common Seal to be 
affixed to thefe Prefents, the Seventeenth Day of March, 
in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His moft excellent 
Majefty George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great 
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the 
Faith, and fo forth, and in the Year of our Lord One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-nine. 
(L. S.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of 
Directors of the faid United Company. 
P. Michell, Secretary. 


£xtract of the Company’s General Letter to Fort Saint 
George, dated the 17th March 1769. 

Mr. Bourchier being direéted to refign the Govern- 
ment on the gift Fanuary 1770, and Fofias Du Pré, 
Efquire, being appointed by the 16th Paragraph of our 
Letter of the 12th January 1768, to fucceed as Prefi- 
dent and Governor of Fort Saint George, he is on the 
faid 31ft Day of Fanuary 17€8 to take upon himfelf 
the Adminiftration thereof accordingly ; and we ex- 
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pect, from his Zeal and Abilities in the Difcharge of 
the Duties of that important Station, he will merit this 
fignal Mark of our Favour. 

And we further order and direé&amp;, that our Council 
at Fort Saint George do confift of the following Gen- 
tlemen, viz. 

Fofias Du Pré, Efquire, Prefident and Governor, 

Mr. Warren Haftings—To be Second in Coun- 
cil, and iucceed to the 
Government, in Cafe of a 
Vacancy by the Deceafe 
or otherwile of Mr. Dz 
Pré. 


Mr. Fchn Call, Third. 


Mr. Alexander Wynch, Fourth. 
Mr. Fobn Andrews, Fiith. 
Mr. Samuel Ardley, Sixth. 
Mr. Fobu Smith, Seventh. 
Mr. Fobn Lewin Smith, Eighth. 
Mr. George Stratton, Ninth. 
Mr. George Dawfon, Tenth. 
Mr. James Bourchier, Eleventh. 
Mr. Henry Brooke, Twelfth. 


Mr. Richard Brickenden, Thirteenth. 

Mr. Fohbu Whitebill, Fourteenth. 

Mr. George Dolben, Fifteenth. 

Mr. George Mackay, Sixteenth, and laft of 
Council; and at no Time 
to rife to an higher Rank 
therein than laft. 

And we inclofe a Commiffion accordingly, under the 
Company’s Seal, in the Packet, by the Ship Duke of 
Grafton, and an attefted Copy thereof will be forwarded 
in the Duke of Kingfton. 


To the honourable Charles Bourchier, Efquire, Prefident 
and Governor of Fort Saint George, Fofias Du Pri, 
Efguire, Warren Hoftings, Efquire, Brigadier General 
Jofeph Smith, and Alexander Wynch, Eiquire. 

1. The Tenor of our Letters to the feparate Depart- 
ment fince the Negociations were commenced with 
Nizam Ally for the Circars, will explain to you the 
Senfe we have entertained of the Deviations that have 
been made from our former, more contracted, but, as 
we truft, more permanent, Syftem, of confining our 
Influence and Poffeffions within the Boundaries of the 
Carnatic ; it is to retreat back within thofe Limits, and 
for other Purpofes, which we fhall hereafter exprefs, 
that we hereby appoint you a Select Committee, and 
entruft to your Difcretion and Abilities, the Conduct of 
our political Affairs. 

2. The Prefervation of our prefent Influence in the 
Bengal Provinces, is the great Object of our Atten- 
tion ; all political Connections in the reft of India, 
are only important, as they may affect us there. 

3. Every Acceffion of Influence, or Poffeffion elfe- 
where, which, by dividing our Troops, may prevent 
the Exertion of our whole Force, in cafe we fhould 
be attacked in that Quarter, is hazarding a Subftance 
for a Shadow; and on this Principle we fhall never - 
think Bengal fecure while there is an Englifh Soldier 
in the Myfore Country. We efteem your Coaft only 
as a Barrier to our Bengal Pofleffions ; and the Depreffion 
of the French Power in the Carnatic, and their Exclu- 
fion from the Circars, are the Two Objects to which all 
your Politics fhould tend. 

4. Judge then our Anxiety at feeing a Syftem adopted 
fo repugnant to our Views as that of fupporting Ma- 
homed Ally in the Myfore Country. We repeat we fhall 
not think ourfelves fecure while we have a Soldier or 
Sepoy in that Country, nor till we fee it given to tome 
Power who may prelerve it as a Barrier againft the 
Morattas, and who may be an ufeful Ally fhould we 
ever have Occafion to call in the Affiftance of a Coun- 

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12 Geo. III. 


try Power: Thefe are our Views; but not being 
able to form even a probable Conjeéture of what may 
happen from the Time of your laft Advices to the Time 
that this fhall reach your Hands, it is impoffible for us 
to fay, how our Views are to be accomplifh’d; we truft 
entirely to your Judgement, fo to conduct thefe delicate 
Affairs as fhall the leaft expofe us to the Imputation of 
violated Faith. 

5. Were Mahomed Ally only to be managed, the 
Conduct of the Rajah of Tanjore leaves an Opening to 
fatisfy him at his Expence, in the Manner we fhall 
point out in the fubfequent Part of this Letter; but 
you may poffibly find yourfelves embarraffed with va- 
rious Engagements entered into with the Moratias, or 
with the dilpofiefled Princes of thofe Countries which 
have been conquered by Hyder Ally, or with any other 
Country Powers, with whom the Tafk may be more 
difficult, and for which we can give no pofitive Direc- 
tions. — Whenever the great Purpofe of retiring again 
within the Boundaries of the Carzatic (having firft fe- 
cured a proper Barrier) is obtained, the Defence thereof, 
and the Reduction of the vaft Forces now kept up by the 
Company and the Nabob, muft be ftri€tly attended 
to; but firft it will be neceffary to explain ourfelves 
with refpect to the Rajah of Tanjore. 

6. We have exprefied our Senfe of the Rajah of 
Tanjore’s Condué&amp; in our Letter to the feparate Depart- 
ment, but have referved our Intentions with refpect to 
that Rajah, to be executed by you. 

7. It appears moft unreafonable to us, that the 
Rajah of Tanjore fhould hold Poffeflion of the moft 
fruitful Part of the Country, which can alone fupply 
our Armies with Subfiftance, and not contribute to the 
Defence of the Carnatic.—We obferve the Nabob makes 
very earne{t Reprefentations to you on this Subject in 
his Letter, entered in the Book of Country Correfpon- 
dence, wherein he takes Notice that the Zemindars of 
the Carnatic have been fupported, and their Countries 
preferved to them, by the Operations of our Forces em- 
ployed in his Caule, and that nothing was more noto- 
rious than that Three former Princes of the Carnatic 
had received from the Tanjore Rajah 70, 80, nay even 
100 Lacks of Rupees at a Time; that to the preceding 
Nizam he had paid a Contribution of 50 Lacks, and 
the prefent, if he had met with Succefs againft our 
Army, would not have been content with lefs than a 
Crore of Rupees from this Rajah: How juft does it 
then appear that he fhould be made to bear fome Part 
of the Expence of thofe Meafures, to which he owes 
his Security, and the Peace of his Country.—We there- 
fore enjoin you to give the Nabob fuch Support in his 
Pretenfions on the Rajah of Tanjore, as may be etffec- 
tual; and if the Rajah refufes to contribute a juft Pro- 
portion to the Expence of the War, you are then to 
purfue fuch Meafures as the Nabob may think confiftent 
with the Juftice and Dignity of his Government. 

8. Whatever Sums may in Confequence of the above 
Orders be obtained from the Rajah of Tanjore, we ex- 
pect fhall be applied to the Difcharge of the Nabob’s 
Debt to the Company; and if more than fufficient for 
that Purpofe, to the Difcharge of his Debt to Indivi- 
duals. 

g. In our Letter to the feparate Department, under 
this Date, we have teftified our great Surprize at the 
Reports that are circulated by the Amount of the 
Nabob’s Debt to Individuals, being more than 20 Lacks 
of Pagodas, and that the Governor and Council aét as 
Truftees for the Recovery of the fame, and as fuch are 
in Poffeffion of the Collection of the Revenues of 
great Part of the Carnatic. 

10. Ignorant as we ate of the Rife of this Debt, and 
the Truth of thefe Reports, we cannot but be fufpicious 
that the Intereft of the Company is much wronged 
thereby. 

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fhould have been the real Motive for the Agerandizes 
ment of Mahomed Ally, and that we are plunged into 
a War, to put him in Poffeffion of the My/ore Revenues, 
for the Difcharge of the Debt.—Nor are we without 
Apprehenfions that the Revenues colleéted by the Nabob 
in the Carnatic, and the new Conquetts, may be ap- 
plied to the Difcharge. of this Debt, inftead of being 
applied to the Support of the War. 

12. If the Report of the Truft vefted in the Governor 
and Council is true, We cannot confider it in any 
other Light than a total Inverfion of the Nature of our 
Service.—It is avowing private Intereft diametrically 
oppofite to the Company’s, and in a cafe where they 
muft continually come in Competition—Charged on 
our Part with the Recovery of a Debt due from the 
Nabob, for fupporting him in a War during almott 
Twenty Years, how can our Servants, confiftent with 
their Duty and Fidelity, neglect the Difcharge of fo 
great a public Truft, or fuffer any Intereft of their own 
to come in Competition with it; or how can they dare 
to employ the Forces, Influence, and Authority of the 
Company, in collecting the Revenues of the Nabob, 
mortgaged to themfelves?—The Honour and Dignity of 
the Company is fo materially affeéted by thofe Pro- 
ceedings, that We expect you to imprcfs our Servants 
with the due Senfe of the Diftinétion, which arifés 
between private and public Intereft, fo diametrically op- 
pofite in this Initance, and how incompatible their 
Conduct is with the Character of faithful Servants to 
the Company ; and therefore the firft Step you are to 
take is to demand from them a Renunciation of all 
the Power and Authority given them by the Nabob, 
for the Colleétion of any Part of his Revenues, for his 
Debts to Individuals ; for we cannot fuffer the Idea 
of fuch a Right to be entertained, either by the Nabob, 
or by our Servants, in Exclufion of ourfelves. 

13. Having done this, you are then to demand from 
the Nabob, an Account of all his Debts to the Ser- 
vants of the Company or Inhabitants, arifing under our 
Proteétion.— You are to examine them {feparately, and 
fee that they are charged with no higher Intereft than 
after the Rate of 10 per Cent. from the Day of the Re- 
ceipt of our Orders on that Subject, under Date of the 
17th May 1766, Par. 33. 

14. Having adjufted thefe Accounts, you are to let 
the Nabob know, his firft Obligation is to d:fcharge 
his Debt due to the Company. You are therefore to 
offer him your Affiftance, and if neceffary, even infilt 
in the ftrongeft Manner on his entering into the Detail 
of his Revenues, and to point out to you what further 
Refources he has for the Difcharge of his Debts, and to 
make the Liquidation thereof a. Matter of public Dif- 
cuffion between you and him, and give the Sanétion of 
the Company’s Authority to the Meafures to be taken 
for the Difcharge of his Debt to Individuals, without 
which he can never be a ufeful Ally. 

15. You are to be very minute in reptefenting to 
us whatever can give any Light into the Rife and Pro- 
grefs of this uncommon Debt, and the Meafures you 
adopt for procuring the Difcharge of it. 

16. We have exprefied our Sentiments in our Letter 
to the feparate Department on the great and almoft un- 
neceffary’ Force kept up by the Nabob, but we rely 
on you for purfuing the proper Meafures to enforce the 
Reduction of them to a Number more fuitable to the 
State of the Nabob’s Finances: When we permitted an 
Increafe of the Sepoy Eftablifhment in 1765, it was 
with a View to reduce the Numbers of his undifciplined 
Rabble, inftead of which they have: been encreafing to 
a Degree as would almoft incline us to think he meant 
in future to rely on them for the Defence of the Car. 
natic; the Folly of this muft be ftrongly reprefented 
to him, and you muft inculcate to him that he cannot 
ftrengthen himfelf by any Mode fo effectual as the Re- 
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we have fuftained in the Defence of the Carnatic ; 
that the Time may come when fuch another Effort 
may be required againft the fame powerful Enemy ; that 
he is always to bear this in his Mind as a poflible 
Event, and be preparing againft it; and that no Pre- 
paration will be fo.effectual as a full Treafury ; and tll 
that is accomplifhed, he mutt confine all his Ambition 
to the putting the Carnatic into a proper State of De- 
fence, by keeping up the Fortifications, and having his 
Magazines well ftored. 

17. Our Letter to the feparate Department by this 
Confequence will fufficiently explain to you our Senti- 
ments with refpect to the Mode adopted of late Years, 
for contraéting for Supplies to the Army; and you 
are therefore hereby moft pofitively ordered to examine 
and correét all Abufes that may appear to you to have 
been committed in this Refpect, and revert to our for- 
mer Orders on this Subject. 

18. There is nothing which affects the Welfare of 
the Company more than an impartial Adminiftration 
of Juftice towards their Servants; and we find our- 
felves extremely perplexed with Opinion to form on 
the Cenfures paffed by the Governor and Council 
againft Meffis. Dow/ett and Caming, on Account of 
the Doubts that arife from the Character of Veerago, 
the principal Evidence, and the Contradictions in the 
feveral Evidences, but more efpecially from that given 
in upon Oath by Cundepab relative to Mr. Dow/ett, 
fubfequent to the Decifion of the Governor and Coun- 
cil on the Cafes of Mefiirs. Dow/ett and Cuming, and 
which Evidence of Cundapab will very materially affect 
that given againft them.—This has induced us to fuf- 
pend our Judgement ; and we refer it to your Decifion, 
and recommend it to you, to go attentively through the 
former Trial, to confider the Weight due to the Evi- 
dence given by Cundapah, and any new Lights that 
may fince be received if Narfoo is found; and fhould 
they be found guilty of the Charge laid againft them, 
our Order is, that they be difmiffed our Service, and 
fent Home by the firft Conveyance ; and on the other 
Hand, fhould you deem them worthy of being reftored, 
we impower you fo to do, and to let their Salary and 
Allowances from the Company be continued to them 
from the Time they were withheld.—However, whe- 
ther “they are reftored, or not, you are to fee that the 
feveral Sums are refunded, which the Company have 
been defrauded of, by the carrying on of the Works 
at Cuddalore during the Time that Mefits. Dow/ett 
and Cuming were Paymafters there.—And if in the 
Courfe of your inveftigating thefe Affairs, it may appear 
to you that any of the Natives have been guilty of 
fraudulent Practices, you are to withdraw our Pro- 
tection from thofe who are fo unworthy of it, and 
banifh them from our Bounds. 


London, We are 
the 17th March 17609. Your loving Friends, 
Charles Chambers, EP Crabb Boulton, 


Fa. Cockburn, 


G. Colebrooke, 
Fn Woodhouse, 


F. Purling, 


Ben. Booth, Fre' Pigou, 

F. Crefwicke, E. H. Cruttenden, 
Peter Du Cane, Junior, IW" Fames, 
William Snell, Daniel Wier, 
Fobn Harrifon, Edw Wheler, 
Luke Scrafton, F. Hurlock, 

Rob. Fones, F. Pardoe. 


; 


The United Company of Merchants of England, trading 
to the Zaft Indies, 
To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, 
fend Greeting. 

Know ye, That we the faid United Company, re- 
pofing efpecial Truft and Confidence in the Fidelity, 
Prudence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of Roger Drake, 
Junior, Efquire, have made, conftituted, and ordained, 


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and by thefe Prefents do make, cenftitute; and or- 

dain, the faid Roger Drake, to be Prefident and Gover: 

nor, of and for all the faid Company’s Affairs in the 

Bay of Bengal, and other the Places and Provinces 

thereunto belonging in the Eaft Indies; and alto to 

be our Governor and Commander in Chief of our Furt 

William, in the Bay of Bengal, and all the Towns and 

Territories thereunto belonging, and of all and fingular 

the Forts, Faétories, and Settlements, ‘Territories, Coun- 

tries, and Jurifdictions thereof, and of all the Forces 

which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be, employed 

for the Service of the faid United Company, in the 
faid Forts, Towns, and Places, and to execute all and 

every the Pewers and Authorities thereunto apper. 
taining, by Order and Direction of the Court of 
Directors of the faid United Company for the Time 
being, and to continue in the Exercife of the fame 
during our and their Pleafure, and until the contrary 
thereof fhall be fignified under the Seal of the {aid 
United Company of Merchants of England, tracing 
to the Eaft Indies, or under the Hands of Thirteen or 
more of the Court of Directors of the faid Company 
for the Time being: And, to the End the faid Roger 
Drake may be better enabled to order and manace 
all the Affairs of us the faid United Company, we 
do by thefe Prefents conftitute and ordain Williais 
Watts, Efquire, to be Second of our Council of Fort 
William, next after our faid Prefident Roger Drake, 
Major Fames Kilpatrick to be and continue Third of 
our faid Council, and not to rife to a fuperior Rank 
therein, Mr. Charles Manningham to be Fourth, Mr. 
Richard Becher to be Fifth, Mr. Paul Richard Parkes 
to be Sixth, Mr. William Frankland to be Seventh, Mr. 
Matthew Collet to be Eighth, Mr. Yobn Zephaniah 
Holwell to be Ninth, Mr. William Mackett to be Tenth, 
Mr. Edward Eyre to be Eleventh, and Mr. Nicholas 
Clerembault to be Twelfth, and laft, of our faid Council 
of Fort William, for governing and managing all the 
faid Company’s Affairs in Bengal, and the Places anc 
Provinces thereunto belonging as aforefaid : And we do 
hereby give and grant unto our faid Prefident and 
Governor, Roger Drake, Efquire, and to our Council 
aforenamed, or the major Part of them (the whole Coun- 
cil being duly fummoned) full Power and Authority, 
from Time to Time, to rule and govern all and every 
our Factors and Servants under the faid Prefidency, and 
all the Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid Fert Wiliam, 
and all the Towns and Territories thereunto belonging, 
to adminifter lawful Oaths as Occafion fhall require, 
and to do and perform all fuch other Aéts and Things, 
and to ufe and exercife all fuch other Powers and Au- 
thorities, as the faid Prefident and Governor, and _ his 
Council, in their feveral and refpective Places where 
the faid United Company have, ‘or fhall have, Faétors 
or any Places of Trade, are authorized to do, accord- 
ing to fuch Inftructions and Directions as the {aid 
Roger Drake, our Prefident. and Governor, and Coun- 
cil aforefaid, fhall from Time to Time receive under 
the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of Di- 


rectors of the faid United Company for the Time being: - 


And we the faid United Company do hereby order and 
require all our Factors, Servants, Officers, and So!- 
diers, within the Limits of the faid Prefidency, and all 


the People and Inhabitants of the faid Fort William, 


and all the Towns and Territories thereunto belong- 
ing, to conform, fubmit, and yield due Obedience unto 
him the faid Roger Drake, our Prefident and Gover- 
nor, and his Council, accordingly.—And forafmuch as 
it is altogether neceffary, that. in Cafe of the Death or 
Removal of the faid Roger Drake, our Prefidency fhould 
be provided for the Defence and Government thereof ; 
we do therefore, by thefe Prefents, ordain and appoint, 
that in fuch Cafe the faid Wiliam Watts, Efquire, 
fhall immediately be and fucceed in the- Place and 
Charge of Prefident and Governor of Fort Wiliam afore- 

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faid; and in Cafe of his Death or Removal, the next 
in Degree of Council below the faid Major Fames Kil- 


patrick {hall iucceed in the faid Prefidency and Go- 


vernment, in as full and ample Manner, and with as 
large and ample Powers, Privileges, and Authori- 
ties, as are hereby granted unto the faid Roger Drake, 
until our further Pleafure be known therein: And 
we do hereby revoke, repeal, annul, and make void, 
every former Commiffion and Commiffions, given and 
granted by us, whereby any other Perfon or Perfons 
was and were conitituted and ordained Prefident and 
Governor, and any other Perfons therein named were 
conftituted and ordained, to be ef the Council at 
Fort William sforefaid. In Witnefs whereof, we the 
faid United Company have caufed our Common Seal 
to be affixed to thefe Prefents, the Eleventh Day of 
February, in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of 
his Moft excellent Majefty George the Second, by 
the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, 
and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, and 
in the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Fifty-fix. 
(L. 5.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of Directors 
of the faid United Company. 
Robt Fames, Secretary. 


Extract of the Company’s General Letter to Bengal, 
dated the 11th February 1756. 

You will receive by the Ship Cheferfield, a. Commif- 
fion under the Seal of the Company, whereby the 
undernamed Perfons are conftituted and appointed to 
prefide over and manage all the Company’s Affairs at 
Fort William in Bengal, and all the feveral Dependen- 
cies thereunto belonging ; viz. 

Roger Drake, Efquire, Prefident and Gover- 
nor. 

William Watts, Efquire, Second of Council, 
and to fucceed as 
Prefident and Go- 
vernor, in Cafe of 
the Death or Re- 
moval of Mr.!Drake. 

James Kilpatrick, Efquire, as Major and Third 
of Council, and to 
remain fo without 
rifing to a fuperior 
Rank therein, 


Mr. Charles Manningham, Fourth in Council. 


Mr. Richard Becher, Fifth. 
Mr. Paul Richard Pearkes, Sixth. 
‘Mr. William Frankland, Seventh. 
Mr. Matthew Collet, Eighth. 


Mr. ohn ZephaniahHolwell, Ninth. 


Mr. William Mackett, Tenth. 
Mr. Edward Eyre, Eleventh. 
Mr. Nicholas Clerembault, Twelfth. 


Memorandum; The reft of the Commiffions and 
Inftructions, relating to the Prefidency of Fort 
William, will appear by the following Letters, 
which are entered in the Books of Letters to 
that Prefidency, now before the Committee. 

General Letter 3d Auguft 1757—Par* 5 and 7. 


11th Novem — — 46. 
8th March 1768 =— 4and 6, 
23d Do = — i. 
rith April — — I. 
13th March 1761 — 65. 
gth Feby 1764. 
goth May — — 28. 
itt fune — — 19. 67. 68. 69. 
17th May 1766 — 40. 
12th Fanry 1768 = — 7.9.10. 


15th Septem’ 1769 — 3. 
The United Company of Merchants of England, trad- 
ing to the Eaft Indies: To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall 


fou. XXXII. 


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84.5 
come, fend Greeting. Know ye, Thatwe, the faid United 
Company, repofing efpecial Truft and Confidence in the 
Fidelity, Prudence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of 
Charles Crommelin, Efquire, have made, conftituted, and 
ordained, and by thefe Prefents do make, conftitute, 
and ordain, the faid Charles Crommelin, Eiquire, upon, 
and trom the laft Day of February, which fhall be in the 
Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Sixty, to be Prefident of and for all our Affairs at 
Bombay, and in Surat, Cambay, and Perfia, and at Telli- 
cherry, Anjengo, and all our Settlements on the Mala- 
bar Coaft, and elfewhere in the Eaft Indies, under the 
Direétion of the late Prefident and Council ; and alfo to 
be our Commander in Chief and Governor of our Caftle 
and Ifland of Bombay, and of the feveral Forts thereon, 
and of our Forts of Tellicherry and Anjengo, and of all 
and fingular other the Forts, Territories, and Jurif- 
dictions belonging thereunto, and of all the Forces 
which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be, em- 
ployed for the Service of the faid United Company 
in the faid Forts, Towns, and Places, or fent from 
thence by Land or Sea, and ,to execute all and every 
the Powers and Authorities thereunto appertaining, by 
Order and Direction of the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company for the Time being, and to con- 
tinue in the Exercife of the fame during our and 
their Pleafure, and until the contrary thereof {hall 
be fignified under the Seal of the faid United Com- 
pany, or under the Hands of Thirteen or more of 
the Court of Direétors of the faid Company for the 
Time being : And, to the End the faid Charles Crom- 
melin may be better enabled to order and manage 
all the Affairs of the faid Company, we do by 
thefe Prefents conftitute and ordain Mr. George Scott 
to be Second of our Council of Bombay, next after 
our faid Prefident Charles Crommelin,; Mr. Thomas By- 
field, Third; Mr. Thomas Hodges, Fourth ; Mr. Alex- 
ander Dougla/s, Fifth ; Mr. Brabazon Ellis, Sixth ; Mr. 
William Hornby, Seventh; Mr. William Andrew Price, 
Eighth ; Mr. Fcbn Spencer, Ninth; Captain Samuel 
Hough, Tenth; Mr. Thomas Whitebill, Eleventh ; and 
Mr. Charles Waters Twelfth, and laft, of our faid Coun- 
cil of Bombay, for governing and managing of all the 
faid Company’s Affairs at Bombay and other the Places 
aforefaid, and governing the faid Caftle and Iiland of 
Bombay, and all other our Forts, Factories, and Settle- 
ments, within any the Territories aforefaid: And 
we do hereby give and grant unto our faid Prefident 
Charles Crommelin, Efquire, and to our Council afore- 
named, or the major Part of them, whereof our faid 
Prefident to be always One (the whole Council be- 
ing duly fummoned) full Power and Authority, from 
Time to Time to rule and govern all and every our 
Faétors and Servants under the faid Prefidency, and 
all the Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid Cattle and 
Ifland of Bombay, and elfewhere within the P'aces 
aforefaid, to adminifter lawful Oaths as Occafion fhall 
require, and to do and perform all fuch other Acts 
and Things, and to ufe and exercife all fuch other Pow- 
ers and Authorities as the faid Prefident and his 
Council in their feveral and refpeétive Places, where 
the faid United Company have, or fhall have, Factors, 
or any Places of Trade, are authorized to do, ac- 
cording to fuch Inftructions and Directions, as they 
the faid Charles Crommelin our Prefident and Council 
aforefaid, fhall from Time to Time receive under the 
Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of Direc- 
tors of the faid United Company for the Time being : 
— And we the faid United Company do hereby 
order and require all our Factors, Servants, Officers, 
and Soldiers, within the Limits of the faid Prefi- 
dency, and all the People and Inhabitants of our 
faid Ifland and Caftle of Bombay, or any other our 
Forts, Places, or Colonies, within the faid Prefidency, 
to conform, fubmit, and yield due Obedience unto 
the faid Charles Crommelin our Prefident and Governor, 
10 F and 








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And his Council, accordingly: And forafmuch as it is 
*\together neceffary, that in cafe of the Death or Re- 
moval of the faid Charles Crommelin, our Prefidency 
fhould be provided for the Defence and Government 
thereof, we do therefore, by thefe Prefents, ordain and 
‘appoint, that in fuch Cafe the faid Mr. Thomas Hodges 
fhall &lt;immediately be and fucceed in the Place and 
Charge of Prefident and Governor of Bombay aforefaid, 
in as full and ample Manner, and with as large and 
ample Powers and Authorities, as are hereby granted 
unto the faid Charles Crommelin, until our, or the Court 
of-Direétors for the Time being, as aforefaid, their fur- 
ther Pleafure be known therein. In Witnefs whereof, 
we the faid United Company have caufed our Common 
Seal to be affixed to thefe Prefents, this Twenty-fifth 
Day of April, in the Thirty-fecond Year of the Reign 
of his moft Excellent Majefty George the Second, by 
the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and 
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in 
the Year of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Fifty-nine. (L. §.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of Directors 
® of the faid United Company. 
; Rob‘ Fames, Secretary. 


Extraét of the General Letter to Bombay, dated the 
265th April 1759. 

We fhall now proceed to regulate and fix your 
Eftablifhment : We accordingly direét and appoint 
Charles Crommelin, Efquire, to be Prefident and Gover- 
nor of our Ifland of Bombay, and that he take the 
Chair on the laft Day of February 1760, or fooner if 
Governor Bourchier fhall chufe to refign; and in cafe of 
the Death or Abfence of Mr. Crommelin, we appoint 
Th mas Hodges, Efquire, to be Governor of Bombay ; 
and on the Death or Abfence of Mr. Hodges, it is our 
Pleaiure, that thofe of Council next below Mr. Hodges 
fucceed to the Government in turn, as we fhall rank 
them ; all thofe in Council ftanding above Mr. Hodges 
are barred from the Succeffion: And we do hereby 
appoint the following Perfons to be our Governor and 
Council for the Management of our Affairs under your 
Prefidency. 

Charles Crommelin, Efquire, Prefident and Gover- 
nor, to take the 
Chair on the laft 
Day of February 
1760, or fooner if 
Mr. Bourchierfhould 
refign. 

Second of Council; to 
rife no higher. 

Third. 

Fourth ; to fucceed as 

Prefident and Go- 


George Scott, 


Thomas Byfeld, 
Thomas Hogges, 


vernor, in cafe of: 


the Death or Ab- 
fence of Mr. Crom- 


melin. 
Alexander Douglas, Fifth, 
Brabazon Elis, Sixth. 
William Hornby, Seventh. 
William Andrew Price, Eighth. 
Fobn Spencer, Ninth. 
Samuel Hough, Tenth. 
Thomas Whitehill, Eleventh. 
Charles Waters, Twelfth. 


A Commiffion, agreeable to this Appointment, is 
fent in the Packet, by the Ship Harcourt. 


“9The United Company of Merchants of England tradin&amp; 


to the Eaf Indies, 
To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fend 
Greeting. 
Know ye, that we the faid United Company, repofing 
2 


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A. 1772, 


efpecial Truft and Confidence in the Fidelity, Prudence, 
Juftice, and Circumfpection, of ‘fobn Spencer, Efquire, 
have made, conftituted, and ordained, and by thefe 
Prefents do make, conftitute, and ordain, the faid Fobn 
Spencer, Efguire, upon and from-the laft Day of Fanuy- 
ary, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord One 
thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty feven, to be Prefi- 
dent of and for all our Affairs at Bombay, and in Surat, 
Cambay, and Perfia, and at Tellicherry, Anjengo, and all 
our Settlements on the Mallabar Coaft, and elfewhere, 
in the Eaft Indies, now under the Direction of 
Charles Crommelin, Efquire, Prefident, and the Council 
of Bombay aforefaid ; and alfo to be our Commander in 
Chief, and Governor of our Caftle and IMand of Bom- 
bay, and of the feveral Forts thereon, and our Forts 
of Zellicherry and Anjengo, and of all and fingular other 
the Forts, Territories, and Jurifdictions, belonging 
thereunto, and of all the Forces which now are, or here- 
after may or fhall be, employed for the faid United 
Company, in the faid Forts, Towns, and Places, or 
fent from thence by Land or Sea, and to execute all 
and every the Powers and Authorities thereunto apper- 
taining, by Order and Direction of the Court of Di- 
rectors of the faid United Company for the Time 
being, and to continue in the faid Exercife of the fame 
during our and their Pleafure, and until the contrary 
thereof fhall be fignified under the Seal of the faid 
United Company, or under the Hands of Thirteen or 
more of the Court of Direétors of the faid United 
Company, for the Time being: And, to the End the 
faid ‘fobn Spencer may be better enabled to order and 
manage all the Affairs of the faid Company, we do by 
thefe Prefents conftitute and ordain Mr. Thomas Byfeld 
to be Second of our Council of Bombay, next after our 
faid Prefident Fobn Spencer, Mr. Thomas Hodges, Thirds 
Mr. William Hornby, Fourth; Mr. William Andrew 
Price, Fifth ; Mr. Thomas Whitebill, Sixth; Mr. Charles 
Waters, Seventh; Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench, Eighth; 
Mr. Samuel Court, Ninth; Mr. Daniel Draper, Tenth; 
Mr. Fames Ryley, Eleventh; Mr. Henry Moore, 
Twelfth; and Mr. Raw/fon Hart Boddam, Thirteenth, 
and laft, of our faid Council of Bombay, for governing 
and managing of all the faid Company’s Affairs at 
Bombay, and other the Places aforefaid, and governing 
the faid Caftle and Ifand of Bombay, and all other our 
Forts, Faétories, and Settlements, within any of the 
Territories aforefaid : And we do hereby give and grant 
unto our faid Prefident, Fobn Spencer, Efquire, and to 
our Council aforenamed, or the major Part of them, 
whereof our faid Prefident to be always One (the whole 
Council being duly fummoned) full Power and Autho- 
rity, from Time to Time, to rule and govern all and 
every our Factors and Servants under the faid Pre- 
fidency, and all the Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid 
Caftle and Ifland of Bombay, or elfewhere, or within 
the Places aforefaid, to adminifter lawful Oaths, as Oc- 
cafion fhall require, and to do and perform all fuch other 
Aéts and Things, and to ufe and exercife all fuch other 
Powers and Authorities, as the faid Prefident and his 


Council in their feveral and refpective Places, where the . 


faid United Company have, or fhall have, Factors, or 
any Places of Trade, are authorized to do, according 
to fuch Inftructions and Direétions as they the faid 
Fohn Spencer, Prefident, and Council aforetaid, fhall, 
from Fime to Time, receive, under the Hands of 
Thirteen or more of the Court of Directors of the faid 
United Company for the Time being; and we the 
faid United Company do. hereby order and require all 
our Faétors, Servants, Officers, and Soldiers, within the 
Limits of the faid Prefidency, and all the People and 
Inhabitants of our faid Iftand and Caftle of Bombay, or 
any other our Forts, Places, or Colonies, within the 
faid Prefidency, to conform, fubmit, and yield due 
Obedience unto the faid ‘Yohn Spencer, our Prefident and 
Governor, and his Council, accordingly : And owt 
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B47 


much as it is altogether neceffary, that in cafe of the jfengo, and of all and fingular other the Forts, Tefrito- 
Death or Removal of the faid ¥obn Spencer, our Pre- ries, and Jurifdi¢tions, belonging thereunto, and of ail 


fidency fhould be provided for the Defence and-Govern- 
ment thereof, we do therefore by thefe Prefents ordain 
and appoint, that in fuch Cafe the faid Mr. Thomas 
Hodges thall immediately be and fucceed in the Place 
and Charge ot Prefident and Governor of Bombay, and 
its Dependencies aforefaid, in as full and ample Magner, 
and with as large and ample Powers and Authorities, as are 
hereby granted unto the faid Jobn Spencer, until our or the 
Court of Directors for the Time being as aforefaid, their 
further Pleafure be known therein. In Witnefs whereof 
we the faid United Company have caufed our Common 
Seal to be affixed to theie Prefents, this Twelfth Day 
of March, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His moft 
Excellent Majefty George the Third, by the Grace of 
God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, De- 
fender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in the Year of 
our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty-fix. 
(L. S.) 
Signed by Order of the Court of Directors 
of the faid United Company. 
Rob’ Fames, Secretary. 


Extract of the General Letter to Bombay, dated the 
12th March 1766. 


Having ordered and dire€ted Mr. Crommelin to refign 
the Government on the 31ft Day of Fanuary 1767, and 
Mr. Jobn Spencer being appointed by our Letters of the 
it une 1764, and the 22d March 1765, to fucceed 
thereto; he is accordingly, on the faid 31ft Day of 
January 1767, to take Charge of the Government as 
Prefident and Governor of Bombay; and we hope he 
will, by his Fidelity, Diligence, ftriét Obfervance of 
our Orders, and conftant Application in the faid Sta- 
tion, render himfelf worthy of this fignal Mark of our 
Favour. . 

And we do hereby order and direct, that our 
Council at Bombay do confit of the following Perfons ; 
Viz. 


Fobn Spencer, Efquire, _ Prefident and Governor. 


Mr. Thomas Byfeld, Second, 
Mr. Thomas Hodges, Third. 
Mr. William Hornby, Fourth. 


Mr. William Andrew Price, Fifth. 
Mr. Thomas Whitebill, Sixth. 
Mr. Charles Waters, Seventh. 
Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench, Eighth. 


Mr. Samuel Court, Ninth. 
Mr. Daniel Draper, Tenth. 
Mr. James Ryley, Eleventh. 
Mr. Henry Moore, Twelfth. 


Mr. Raw/on Hart Boddam, Thirteenth. 
We accordingly fend, by the Ship Nottingham, a 
Cominifiion under the Company’s Seal, confirming the 
{aid Appointment. 


The United Company of Merchants of England, trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 

To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fend 

Greeting. , 

Know ye, that we the faid United Company, repofing 
efpecial Truft and Confidence in the Fidelity, Pru- 
dence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of Thomas Hodges, 
Efquire, have made, conftituted, and ordained, and by 
thefe Prefents do make, conftitute, and ordain, the faid 
Thomas Hodges to be Prefident of and for all our 
Affairs at Bombay, and in, Surat, Cambay, and Perfia, 
and at Tellicherry, Anjengo, and all our Settlements on 
the Mallabar Coaft, and elfewhere, in the Ea/ft Indies, 
under the Direction of the late Prefident and Council ; 


the Forces which now are, or heteafter may or fhall be, 
employed for the Service of the faid United Company; 
in the faid Forts, Towns, and Places, or fent from 
thence by Land or Sea, and to execute all and every 
the Powers and Authorities thereunto appertaining, by 
Order and Direction of the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company for the Time being ; and to ¢on- 
tinue in the Exercife of the fame during our and their 
Pleafure, and until the contrary thereof fhall be fignified 
under the Seal of the faid United Company of Mer- 
chants of England trading to the Zaft Indies, or under 
the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of Di- 
rectors of the faid Company, for the Time being: 
And, to the End the faid Tomas Hodges may be better 
enabled to order and manage all the Affairs of the faid 
Company, we do by thefe Prefents conftitute and or- 
dain Mr. William Hornby to be Second of our Council 
of Bombay, next after our faid Prefident Thomas Hodges, 
Mr. William Andrew Price to be Third, Mr. Thomas 
Wbitebill to be Fourth, Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench to be 
Fifth, Mr. Samuel Court to be Sixth, Mr. Daniel Dra= 
per to be Seventh, Mr. Fames Ryley to be Eighth, Mr. 
Henry Moore to be Ninth, Mr. Rawfon Hart Boddam 
to be Tenth, Mr. Benjamin Fervis to be Eleventh, Mr. 
Thomas Moftyn to be Twelfth, and Mr. Nathaniel Stack- 
boufe to be Thirteenth, and laft, of our faid Council of 
Bombay, for governing and managing of all the faid 
Company’s Affairs at Bombay, and other the Places afore- 
faid, and governing the faid Caftle and Ifland of Bom- 
bay, and all other our Forts, Factories, and Settlements, 
within any the Territories and Places aforefaid: And 
we do hereby give and grant unto our faid Prefident, 
Thomas Hodges, Efquire, and to our Council aforenamed, 
or the major Part of them, whereof our faid Prefident 
to be always One (the whole Council being duly fum- 
moned) full Power and Authority, from Time to 
Time, to rule and govern all and every our Factors, 
and Servants, under the faid Prefidency, and all the 
Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid Caftle and Ifand 
of Bombay, and elfewhere within the Places aforefaid, 
to adminifter lawfu} Oaths as Occafion fhall require, 
and to do and perform all fach other Acts and Things, 
and to ufe and exércife all fuch other Powers and Au- 
thorities, as the faid Prefident and his Council, in 
their feveral and refpeétive Places, where the faid 
United Company have, or fhall have, Faétors, or any 
Places of Trade, are authorized to do, according to 
fuch Inftruétions and Directions, as they the faid 
Thomas Hodges, our Prefident and Council aforefaid, 
fhall, from Time to Time receive, under the Hands of 
Thirteen or more, of the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company, for the Time being. And 
we the faid United Company do hereby order and 
require, all our Factors, Servants, Officers, and Sol- 
diers, within the Limits of the faid Prefidency, and 
all the People and Inhabitants of our faid Ifland and 
Caftle of Bombay, or any other our Forts, Places, or 
Colonies, within the faid Prefidency, to conform, fub- 
mit, and yield due Obedience unto the faid Thomas 
Hedges, our Prefident and Governor, and his Council 
accordingly. And forafmuch as it is altogether ne- 
ceffary, that in Cafe of the Death or Removal of thé 
faid Thomas Hodges, our Prefidency fhould be provided 
for the Defence and Government thereof; we do. 
therefore by thefe Prefents, ordain and appoint, that 
in fuch Cafe, the faid Wiliam Hornby fhall immedi- 
ately be, and fucceed in the Place and Charge of, Prefi- 
dent and Governor of Bombay aforefaid, in as full and 
ample Manner, and with as large and ample Powers, 
Privileges, and Authorities, as ate hereby granted unto 
the faid “Thomas Hodges, until our, or the Court of Di- 


and alfo to be our Commander in Chief, and Governor reétors for the Time being as aforefaid, their further 


of our Caftle and Ifland of Bombay, and of the feveral Pleafure be known: therein. 


In Witnefs whereof, we 


Forts thereon, and of our Forts of Tellicherry and An- the faid United Company have caufed our: Common 


Seal 



































































































































848 


Seal to be affixed to thefe Prefents, the Eighteenth 
Day of March, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of 
His moft excellent Majefty, George the Third, by 
the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and 
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in 
the Year of Our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Sixty-eight. 
(L. S.) 
By Order of the Court of Directors 
of the faid United Company. 
P. Michell, Secretary. 


Extract of the Company’s General Letter to Bombay, 
dated 18th March 1768. 

Thomas Hodges, Efg; having fucceeded to the Chair 
at your Prefidency, agreeable to our Orders of the 
17th May 1766, you will receive by the Ship Royal 
Captain, now under Difpatch for Bombay, a Commif- 
fion under the Company’s Seal, conftituting him Pre- 
fident and Governor, and the following Perfons of 
Council, for managing our Affairs at Bombay, viz. 

Thomas Hodges, Efquire, _ Prefident and Governor. 

Mr. William Hornby, Second. 

Mr. William Andrew Price, Third. 

Mr. Thomas Whitehill, Fourth. 

Mr. Peter Elwin Wrench, Fifth. 

Mr. Samuel Court, Sixth. 


Mr. Duniel Draper, Seventh. 
Mr. James Ryley, Eighth. 
Mr. Henry Moore, Ninth. 


Mr. Raw/on Hart Boddam, Tenth. 


Mr. Benjamin Fervis, Eleventh. 
Mr. Thomas Moftyn, Twelfth. 
Mr. Nathaniel Stackboufe, ‘Thirteenth. 


The United Company of Merchants of England trading 
to the Eaft Indies, 
To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fend 
Greeting. 

Know ye, That the faid United Company, repofing 
efpecial Truft and Confidence in the Fidelity, Pru- 
dence, Juftice, and Circumfpection, of Roger Carter, 
Efquire, have made, conftituted, and ordained, and by 
thefe Prefents do make, conftitute, and ordain, the faid 
Roger Carter to be Prefident and Governor of and 
for all our Affairs on the Ifland of Sumatra, in 
the Eaft Indies, and alfo to be our Commander in 
Chief of our Fort Marlborough at Beencoolen, on the 
faid Ifland, and all the Territories thereunto belong- 
ing, and of all and fingular the Towns, Forts, Fac- 
tories, and Settlements, Territories, Countries, and 
Jurifditions thereof, and of all others which now are, 
or hereafter fhall or may become fubordinate thereto 
or dependant thereon, or fhall or may be acquired, 
and annexed to the faid Prefidency, although not fitu- 
ate on the faid Ifland of Sumatra, and of all the Forces 
which now are, or hereafter may or fhall be, em- 
ployed for the Service of the faid United Company, 
in the faid Forts, Towns, Places, and Acquifitions ; 
giving and hereby granting to the faid Roger Carter, 
full Power and Authority to execute all and every 
the Powers and Authorities appertaining to the faid 
Offices or Places of Prefident and Governor, and 
Commander in Chief as aforefaid, in as full and am- 
ple Manner, and with the like Powers and Authori- 
ties, as all or any of our Prefidents and Governors, and 
Commanders in Chief of any other of our Forts, Fac- 
tories, Places, and Settlements, in the Zaft Indies afore- 
faid, are empowered by us to do, by and according 
to fuch Orders and Directions, as have been, from 
Time to Time, eftablifhed by the Court of Direétors 
of the faid United Company, for the Government and 
Condué of their Affairs on the faid Ifand of Sy- 
matra, or as he the faid Roger Carter thall now, or at 





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any Time hereafter receive, under the Seal of the faia 

United Company, or under the Hands of the Cour; 
of Direétors of the faid Company for the Time be- 
ing, or any Thirteen or more of them, and to con. 
tinue in the Exercife of the fame, during our and their 
Pleafure, and unti! the contrary thereof fhall be fignified 
under the Seal of the faid United Company, or un- 
der the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of Dj- 
rectors of the faid Company for the Time being. And 

to the End the faid Roger Carter, Efquire, may he 
better enabled to order and manage all the Affairs 
of us the faid Company, as our faid Prefident ang 
Governor as aforefaid, we do by thefe Prefents con- 
ftitute and ordain Richard Wyatt, Efquire, to be Se- 
cond of our Council at Fort Marlborough aforefaid 

next after our faid Prefident Roger Carter, Mr. Fofeph 
Darvall to be Third, Mr. William Norris to be Fourth, 
Mr. Richard Prefton to be Fifth, Mr. Robert Hay to 
be Sixth, Mr. Alexander Hall to be Seventh, Mr. Henry 
dell to be Eighth, and Mr. Chriftopher Watfon to be 
Ninth, and lait, of our faidCouncil at Fort Marlborough, 
for managing and governing all the faid Company’s Af- 
fairs upon the faid Ifland of Sumatra, the faid Fort 
Marlborough and Town of Bencoolen, and all other our 
Forts, Faétories, and Settlements, on the Ifland afore- 
faid, and which now are, or fhall or may ,hereafter be- 
come dependant thereon and fubordinate thereto, although 
not fituated on the faid Ifland. And we do hereby give 
and grant unto our faid Prefident and Governor, Roger 
Carter, and to our Council aforenamed, or the major 
Part of them, (the whole Council being duly fummoned) 
full Power and Authority, from Time to Time, to rule 
and govern all and every our Factors and Servants, un- 
der the faid Prefidency, and all the Soldiers and Inha- 
bitants of our faid Fort Marlborough and Town of 
Bencoolen, and elfewhere, within the Places aforefaid, 
to adminifter lawful Oaths, as Occafion fhall require, 
and to do and perform all fuch other Aéts and Things 

and to ufe and exercife all fuch other Powers and Av 
thorities, as any of the faid United Company’s Prefi- 
dents and Governors, and their Councils in their feve- 
ral and refpective Places, where the faid United Com- 
pany have, or fhall have, Factors, or any Places of 
Trade, are authorized to do, according to fuch Or- 
ders and Inftructions, as he, the faid Roger Carter, our 
Prefident and Governor, and Council aforefaid, fhall 
from Time to Time receiye, under the Hands of 
Thirteen or more of the Court of Directors of the 
faid United Company for the Time beine; and 
we, the faid United Company, do hereby order and 
require all our Factors, Servants, Officers, and Soldiers 
within the Limits of the faid Prefidency, and all the 
People and Inhabitants of our faid Fort Marlio- 
rough and Town of Bencoolen, or any other our 
Forts, Places, or Colonies, within the faid Prefidency, 
to conform, fubmit, and yield due Obedience unto 
the faid Roger Carter, our Prefident and Governor 
and his Council accordingly. In Witnefs whereof. the 
faid United Company have caufed their Common 


Seal to be affixed to thefe Prefents, this Fourth Day. 


of February, in the Firft Year of the Reign of His 
moft excellent Majefty George the Third, by the 
Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and 
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in 
the Year of Our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred 
and Sixty-one. 

Signed by Order of the Court of Direétors eg 

of the faid United Company. 


Rob! Fames, Secretary. 


Extract of the Company’s General Letter to Fort Marl- 
borough, dated 4 February 1761. 

gt. As Fort Marlborough is now become an inde- 

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by a Governor, or Prefident and Council, in the famé 
Manner, and with the like Powers and Authorities; 
as our other Prefidencies. We have accordingly con- 
ftitated and appointed the following named Gentlemen 
to be our faid Governor, or Prefident, and Council; 
and herewith you wiil receive a Commiffion, under 
she Company’s Seal, tor the faid Purpofe, vz. 

Roger Carter to be Governor and Prefident: 

Mr. Richard Wyatt, Second in Council. 


Mr. Fofeph Darvall, Third. 
Mr. William Norris, Fourth, 
Mr. Richard Prefton, Fifth. 
Mr. Kobert Hay, Sixth. 

| Mr. Alexander Hall, Seventh. 
Mr. Henry Iaell, Eighth. 


Mr. Chriftopher Watfon, Ninth and laft, 


Tke United Company of Merchants of Exgland trading 
to the Eaft Indies. 

To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fend 

_ |. Greeting. 

Know ye, That the faid United Company, repofing 
efpecial ‘Truft and Confidence in the Fidelity, Prudence, 
Juitice, and Circumfpection, of Richard Wyatt, Efquire, 
have made, conftituted, and ordained, and by thefe 
Prefents do make, conftitute, and ordain, the faid 
Richard Wyatt to be Prefident and Governor of and 
for all our Affairs on the Ifland of Sumatra in the 
Eaft Indies, avd alfo to be our Commander in Chief of 
our Fort Marlborough, at Bencoolen, on the faid Ifland, 
and al the Territories thereunto belonging, and of all 
and fingular the Towns, Forts, Factories, and Settle- 
ments, Territories, Countries, and Jurifdictions thereof, 
and of all others which now are, or hereafter fhall or 
may become fubordinate thereto, or dependant thereon, 
or fhall or may be acquired and annexed to the faid Pre- 
fidency, although not fituated on the faid Ifland of 
Sumatra, and of all the Forces which now are, or 
hereafter may or fhall be, employed for the Service of 
the faid United Company, in the faid Forts, Towns, 
Places, and Acquifitions, from and after the Day that 
Roger Carter, Efquire, now in Charge of our faid Go- 
vernment and Prefidency, is ordered and directed in the 
General Letter to the Prefidency aforefaid, under the 
Hands of the major Part of the prefent Court of Direc- 
tors of the faid Company, bearing even Date with thefe 
Prefents, to refign and yield up the faid Government 
and Prefidency as aforeiaid to Richard Wyatt, Efquire ; 
giving, and hereby granting, to the faid Richard Wyatt, 
full Power and Authority to execute all and every the 
Powers and Authorities, appertaining to the faid Offices 
or Places of Prefident and Governor, and Commander in 
Chief as aforefaid, in as full and ample Manner, and 
with the like Powers and Authorities, as all, or any of 
our Prefidents and Governors, and Commanders in Chief 
of any other of our Forts, Factories, Places, and Set- 
tlements, in the Ea/t Indies aforefaid, are empowered by 
us to do, by and according to fuch Orders and Dti- 
rections, as have been, from Time to Time, eftablifhed 

by the Court of Directors of the faid United Company, 
for the Government and Conduét of their Affairs on the 
faid Ifland of Sumatra; or as he, the faid Richard Wyatt, 
fhall now, or at any Time hereafter, receive under the 
Seal of the faid United Company, or under the Hands 
of the Court of Directors of the faid Company for the 
Time being, or any Thirteen or more of them, and to 
continue in the Exercife of the fame during our and their 
Pleafure, and until the contrary thereof fhall be fignified 

nder the Seal of the faid United Company, or under 
the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court of Direc- 
tors of the faid Company, for the Time being: And, 
to the End the faid Richard Wyatt, Etquire, may be 
ebetter enabled to order and manage all the Affairs of 
us the faid Company, as our faid Prefident and Gover- 
nor as aforefaid, we do, by thefe Prefents, conftitute 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfé of Commons: 849 


and ordain Fofeph Darvail, Efquire, to be Second of 
our Council at Fort Marlborough aforefaid, next to, 
and immediately after, our faid Prefident Richard Wyatt, 
Mr. Robert Hay to be Third, Mr. George Scoit to be 
Fourth, Mr. Robert Nairne to be Fifth, Mr. Fobn 
Herbert to be Sixth, Mr. Hew Stewart to be Seventh; 
Mr. John Guild to be Eighth, and Mr. Stokebam 
Donfton to be Ninth, and laft; of our faid Coun- 
cil at Fert Marlborough, for managing and ‘govern- 
ing all the faid Company’s Affairs upon the faid 
Ifiand of Sumatra, the faid Fort Marlborouzh; and 
Town of Bencoolen, and all other our Forts, Fac+ 
tories, and Settlements, on the Ifland aforefaid; 
and which now are, ‘or fhall or may hereafter be- 
come dependant thereon, and {fubordinate thereto, al- 
though not fituated on the faid Ifland. And we do 
hereby give and grant unto our faid Prefident and 
Governor, Richard Wyatt, and to our Council afore- 
named, or to the major Part of them (the wholé 
Council being duly fummoned) full Power and Au- 
thority, from Time to Time, to rule and govern all 
and every our Factors and Servants under the {aid Pre- 
fidency, and all the Soldiers and Inhabitants of our faid 
Fort Marlborough, and Town of Bencoolen, and elfe- 
where, within the Places aforefaid, to adminifter lawful 
Oaths as Occafion fhall require, and to do and perform 
all fuch other Aéts and Things, and to ufe and exer- 
cife all fuch other Powers and Authorities, as any of 
the faid United Company’s Prefidents and Governors, 
and their Councils, in their feveral and refpective Places; 
where the faid United Company have, or fhall have, 
Factors, or any Places of Trade, are authorized to do 
according to fuch Orders and Inftructions, «as he the 
faid Richard Wyatt, our Prefident and Governor, and 
Council aforefaid, fhall from Time to Time receive 
under the Hands of Thirteen or more of the Court 
of Directors of the faid United Company for the 
Time being. And we, the faid United Company, do 
hereby order and require all our Factors, Servants; 
Officers and Soldiers, within the Limits of the faid 
Prefidency, and all the People and Inhabitants of out 
faid Fort Marlborough, and Town of Bencoolen, or any 
other our Forts, Places, or Colonies, within the faid 
Prefidency, to conform, fubmit, and yield due Obe- 
dience unto the faid Richard Wyatt, our Prefident and 
Governor, and his Council accordingly: And foraf- 
much as it is altogether neceffary, that in Cafe of the 
Death or Removal of the faid Richard Wyatt, our Pre- 
fidency fhould be provided for the better Defence 
and Government thereof, we do therefore by thefe 
Prefents ordain and appoint, that in fuch Cafe, the 
faid Fofeph Darvall, Efquire, fhall immediately be and 
fueceed in the Place and Charge of Prefident and Go- 
vernor of Fort Marlborough, atorefaid; in as full and 
ample Manner, and with as large and ample Powers 
and Authorities, as are hereby granted unto the faid 
Richard Wyatt, until our, or the Court of Direétors for 
the Time being as aforefaid, their further Pleafure be 
known therein. In Witnefs whereof, we the faid 
United Company have caufed our Common Seal to 
be affixed to thefe Prefents this Fifteenth Day of Fanu- 
ary, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His moft ex- 
cellent Majefty George the Third, by the Grace of 
God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, De- 
fender of the Faith, and fo forth, and in the Year 
of our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Sixty- 
fix. 
(L. S.J 
Signed by Order of the Court of Direétors . 
of the faid United Company. 
Robt Fames, Secretary. 


Extract of the Company’s General Letter to Fort Mari 
borough, dated the 15th January 1766. 

Having made out a Commiflion under the Company's 

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850 
Seal, bearing Date the fame Day with this Letter, 
confirming the Appointment of Richard Wyatt, Efquire, 
to be Prefident and Governor, and the other. Perfons 
to be Counfellors in the Order they are named, we 


fend the fame by the Havaanab, and an attefted Copy 
thereof by the Hawke. 


AiPo PvE Ot 4 1 &amp;. 
N° 2. 


Lift of Copies of the feveral Treaties and Grants 
from the Country Powers to the Eajt India Com- 
pany, refpeéting their Prefidency at Fort Wil- 
liam in Bengal, from the Year 1756 to 1766, 
both Years inclufive; which are in Poffeffion 
of the Houfe. 


Ne 1. Treaty executed by the Nabob Serajah Doula, 
and Agreements of the Prefident and Select Committee, 
and Colonel Clive on the Part of the Company, in Fe- 
bruary 1757. 

2. Perwannahs from Nabob Serajab Dowla, for 
erecting a Mint, and for the Currency of Bufinefs, and 
Copy of his Duftuck, dated in March 1757. 

3. Treaty between Nabob ‘afier Ally Khan and 
the Company, in Fune 1757. 

4. General Sunnud from the Nabob Jaffer Ally Khan, 
for Currency of the Company’s Bufinefs, and relating 
to the Mint, dated 15th Fuly 1757. 

5. Perwannah from Nabob afer Ally Khan, for 
Currency of Gold and Silver coined in the Com- 
pany’s Mint at Calcutta, dated the 28th of July 
1757- 

re Perwannah from fFaffier Ally Khan, relating to 
the Zemindarry of the Lands, South of Calcutta, granted 
to the Company by the Treaty with the faid Nabob, 
dated in December 1757. 

7. Perwannah from Nabob Faffier Ally Khan, grant- 
ing to the Company the fole Purchafe of the Salt 
Petre, produced in the Province of Babar, dated in 
March 1758. 

8. Sunnud from the Dewan of the Subah of Bengal, 
for the Zemindarry of the Lands granted to the Com- 
pany by Meer Faffier Ally Khan, dated in December 
4758. 

g. Sunnud from the Dewan of Bengal, granting the 
free Tenure of Calcutta, &amp;c. to the Company, dated 
in December 1758. 

10. Treaty between Nabob Meer Mabomed Cofiim 
Ally Khan, and the Company, dated 27th September 
1760. 

a Sunnuds from Nabob Meer Mabomed Cofim 
Kben, granting to the Company the Lands of Burd- 
wan, Midnapore, and Iflamabad, alfo the Chunam pro- 
cuced at Silbet; for Three Years, dated in Odfober 
1760. 

; 12. Treaty between the Company and Nabob Meer 

Fofier Ally Khan, and Articles demanded by the Nabob, 
and agreed to by the Governor and Council, dated roth 
Fuly 1763. 

13. Nabob faffier: Ally Kban’s Note, for Payment of 
Five Lacks per Month, for Expences of the Company’s 
Troops, during the War with Shujab ul Dowla, dated 

16th December 1764. 

14. Propofals made by the King Shah Aalum to Ma- 


jor Munro, and Articles propofed by the Governor and” 


Council to be executed by the King; alfo Firmaun from 
the King granting the Gauzee poor Country to the 
Company; the Letter dated the 29th of December 
1764. 
‘s 5. Treaty between the Company and Nabob Nud- 

jam ul Dowla, in February 1765. 

16. General Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, 
granting tothe Company the Dewanny of Bengal, Babar, 
cand Orixa, dated 12th Auguft 1765. 

17, Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, granting 





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the Dewanny of Bengal to the Company, dated 12th 
Auguft 1765. 

18. Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, granting 
the Dewanny of Babar to the Company, dated 12th 
Auguft 1765. 

19. Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, granting 
the pera of Orixa to the Company, dated 12 4y- 
gut 1765. 

20. Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, confirming 
to the Company the Chucklees of Burdwan, Midnapore, 
and Chittagong, and the 24 Purgunnahs of Calcutta, &amp;c. 
before ceded to them by the Nabobs Faffer Ally 
Khan and Cofiim Ally Khan, dated 12 Auguft 1765. 

a1. ‘Preaty between Nabob Sbhuja ul Dowla, Nabob 
Nudjum ul Dowla and the Company, dated 16th Auguft 
1765. 

22. Agreement between the King Shab Aalum and 
the Company, relating to the Tribute to be paid to him 
from the Revenues of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, dated 
19th Auguft 1765. 

23. Agreement between the Nabob Nudjum ul Dow- 
la, and the Company, relating to the Allowance to be 
paid him for the Support of the Nizamut. 


Grants relating to Lord Ciive’s Munfub and 
Jaghire. 

N° 1. Sunnud from the King Aulum Geer, appoint- 
ing Colonel Clive a Munfubdar, dated about December 
1757: 

2. Nabob Meer Faffier Ally Khan’s Perwannah for 
the Payment of Colonel Cive’s Jaghire, dated in Fuly 
1757: 

3- Sunnud from the Nabob Nudjum ul Dowla, for 
the Reverfion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jaghire 
to the Company, dated 23d Fune 1765. 

4. Firmaun from the King Shab Aalum, confirming 
the Reverfion in Perpetuity of Lord Clive’s Jaghire to 
the Company. 


The Royal Phirmaund granted by his Majefty Fuz- 

— under his Seal, and the Vizier’s Syad Abidulle 

aun. 

To all Governors, Of cers, Jaggeerdars, Phoufdars, 
Chohedars, Chokeys, Hororeys, Jemidars, and all who 
bear Pofts under the King at prefent, or fhall hereafter, 
in the Subahs of Bengal, Oraffa, Hughly, and elfewhere 
within thefe Limits, being in Hopes of the Royal Fa- 
vour ; Know, for in this joyful Time, when all is prof- 
perous, and Victories daily happen, that Mr. ¥obu Ser- 
man and Coja Seerbaud, Gomaftahs, for the honourable 
Eaft India Company, have petitioned to my high 
Throne of Juftice, that agreeable to Shaw Fabans 
(whom God has taken to himfelf, and given a Place in 
Heaven) Nus/an and the former Sunnods, the Englifh 
Company may carry on their Commerce, throughout 
the whole Country, exempt from Duties (except Surat) 
in Lieu of which, Three thoufand Rupees is annually 
paid a Pithcafh into the Treafury at Hughly; therefore 
we are in Hopes according to thefe former Sunnods, we 
fhall be favoured and granted a Phurmaund, 

I now direét and command, that whatever Goods or 
other Things the Company’s Gomaftahs may (through- 
out my Dominions) either bring or carry away, by 
Land or by Water, have free Egrefs and Regrefs, exempt 
from any Duties ; and in the fame Manner they may 
buy or fell at their own Liberty ; in which Confidera- 
tion, the Three thoufand Rupees is to be annually paid 
a Pifhcafh and no more; and further command, That, 
if in any Place, any of the Company’s Goods fhould be 
ftole, you are to make ftri&amp;t Search after them, that 
they be reftored, and the Thieves taken and brought 
to Juftice, and at whatever Place the Company have 
where they buy and fell, in what is right, you are to 
affift them and not let them be abufed; as alfo, from 
any Merchant, Weaver, or cthers, a juft Ballance is 
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that no Injuftice is done to any of the Company’s 
Gomattahs, and on any Boat, either their own or hired, 
there is to be no Cuftoms demanded on them. 

And it is petitioned, that the Subahs petty Duans 
demand the Sight of the original Sunnod, as alfo One 
under the Nabob’s Seal, and another under his Duan’s 
Seal: The carrying the Original one Way where is 
troublefome; therefore, are in Hopes that a Copy under 
the Cazee’s Seal fhall be regarded, and the Original 
one not infifted on, and likewife no Occafion to fhew 
the Nabob’s and Duan’s at all: Calcutta, which is the 
Company’s Factory, it is requefted, That Soota Loota 
and Govindpore, (in the Country of Ameerabad, in 
the Province of Bengal) which Places the Company 
formerly bought of Femmedar, the Revenues 1195.6 
are annually paid, and furthermore Thirty-eight Towns, 
whofe annual Revenues are 8121.8 Rupees. which lie 
near Calcutta, we humbly beg you will grant us the 
Jemmidarry off, the above Kents fhall be duly paid. 

His Royal Pleafure, which is always Hand in Hand 
with Juftice, commands, That a Copy of the original 
Sunnod, under the high Preeftat Delly’s Seal hall. be 
regarded; The Towns bought formerly I acquieice to 
the Thirty Towns, I give you the Jemmidarry off like- 
wife, but you muft buy them and fatisfy the Owner, 
the Duan Suba will not impede you. 

And it is petitioned, that ever fince the Reign of 
Auringzebe (whom God has placed in Heaven) our 
Cherapatam Rupees in all the Provinces pafs for lefs 
than Value, notwithftanding the Silver is the fame as 
the Surat Rupees, in which we are great Sufferers; there- 
fore beg you will order, if the Silver be equal with the 
Surat, that they fhall ‘not pafs for lefs than Value: 
And it is further petitioned, if any of the Company‘s 
Debtor or Gomaftahs elope, that they be feized and 
return to the Chief, and that Phowfdarry Cuftoms and 
all others, which have been forbid, be not taken as 
our Gomaftah and Imahts are greatly diftrefled by them, 
they being demanded. 

It is peremptorily commanded, that-from this 5 Son 
for Year, if the Cherapatam Rupees be equal with the 
Surat, that they do not pafs for lefs than Value; and 
if any Debtor or Gomattah elope, that they be taken 
and delivered to their Chief. 

It is further petitioned, that the Company, having 
Faétories in Bengal, Oraffa, and willing to make fome 
in other Places, are in Hopes, that in whatever other 
Places we think convenient, that Forty Begahs cf 
Land will be granted for that Ufe; likewife as fome- 
times our Ships, by Storms and hard Weather, are drove 
afhore and ftranded, the Government in thofe Places by 
Force feize and plunder the Goods, and in other Places 
a Quarter is demanded ; and further petition the [fland 
of Bombay, a Company’s Settlement, where the Por- 
tugueze Coin is current, if approved and an Order given, 
we will coin Sicca Rupees there as we do at Chera- 
patam. : 

It is commanded, as Land was before given to make 
Factories, that it fhall be now given to make them in 
other Places ; and as the Engii/h are People that have 
made Dwellings in my Country, and trade in my Cities 
where I am, and have formerly received Sunnods to 
free them from all Duties and Cultoms ; therefore 
you muft, in Cafe of any of their Ships being caft 
away, or by Miftake go to your Port, protect them, 
and take Care of their Goods; and likewife that Sicca 
Rupees be coined at Bombay, and pafs current as Siccas 
do 


Agreeable to all that I have ordered, commanded, 

and wrote in this Phurmaund, muft be punctually 

complied with and not deviated from, nor demand a 

new Sunnod every Year, but regard this. 

Dated the 27th of Moburrum, 
5 Son of Year of his Reign. 


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85st 


Copies of Phirmauns, Hufbullhookums, &amp;¢. 1717. 
N° 1. Copy of a,Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullinoolk *) Prime Minifter; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of. the 
Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at pres 
fent, or hereafter may come throughout all the Pro- 
vinces of the conquered Empire ; Know yee, that at 
this Inftant Mr. Fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifh Company, 
have, through Interceflions of the High Minifters, pre- 
fented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting 
forth, ‘That in feveral Ports the Company have Fac- 
tories, where Englifo Men refide, buying and felling, 
and there are fome Places and Aurengs likewife where 
Englifo Men can’t be fent; for which Reafon they 
make Agreements, and fend their Money by the 
Hands of the Merchants of this Country, to buy 
Goods for them: They hope that Orders may be 
given to the King’s Mutfuddys (Officers) that who- 
foever {6 going and coming with the Duftick of the Chief 
of their Factory, be not hindered and molefted. It is 
commanded, That a Lift be taken from under the Seal 
of the Chief of the Factory, and according to which, that 
you give Sunnods under your own Seal, for which 
Reafon this Hufbuilhcokum is iffued out, that you 
do, purivant to the great Command, take a Lift from 
under the Seal of the Chief of their Factory ; and ac- 
cording to which, give Sunnods under your own 
Seals. Regard this weil.—Written the 9th of the Moon 
Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 2. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth: 
- To ali Mutfuddys in. Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come throughout all the Pro- 
vinces of the conquered Empire ; Know yee, That at 
this Inftant Mr. Joba Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the, Englifh Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mi- 
nifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty ; Setting forth, That in the Provinces of Ben- 
gal, Babar, and Oudeifa, the Company have Factories, 
and that in other Provinces they may likewife have 
Liberty to fettle other Faétories ; they hope, that in 
whatfoever Place they have a Mind to fettle a 
Factory, they may have 40 Begaes of Ground given 
them for the fame. It is ordered that they have ac- 
cording to Cuftom of their Factories in other Subah- 
fhips; and they have obtained a gracious Phirmaun, 
for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is iffued out, 
that you do, purfuant to the great Command, let 
them in any Place fettle new Factories according to 
the Cuftom of their other Factories. Regard this well. 
Written the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 3. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come throughout all Ports and 
Provinces of the conquered Empire; Know yee, That 
at this Inftant Mr. Fobu Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Engl Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mini- 
fters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty ; Setting forth, That in any Port and Subahfhip, 
the Company’s Gomaftahs going backwards and for- 

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wards by Land and Water to buy and fell, if any 
thing fhould be ftole, which God forbid, they hope for 
{trict Orders to be given you, that you take Care 
that the Zemeendars, &amp;c. of the Place, where fuch 
Goods are ftolen, do thoroughly affift in getting them 
again ; and that the Goods be returned to the right 
Owner, and due Punifhment be inflicted on the 
Robbers. It is accordingly commanded, for which 
Reafon this Hufbullhookum is iffued out, that you 
do, purfuant to the great Command, if in any Place, 
any Thing fhould be ftolen, thoroughly affift in get- 
ting it again, and return it to the mght Owners; and 
let due Punifhment be inflicted on the Rogues. Re- 
gard this well.—Written the gth of the Moon Zeel- 
hedge, the gth Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 4. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General 
of the Horfe, true to his Friends ; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come throughout all the Pro- 
vinces of the conquered Empire; Know yee, That at 
this Inftant Mr. fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Engl/h Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mini- 
iters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majetty; 
Setting forth, That the Rupees coined in Madra/s 
Mint receive fome Difcount before received into the 
King’s Treafuries of all Subahfhips, although they are 
of the fame Finenefs and Goodnefs with Surat, where- 
by they are great Lofers; they hope Orders may 
be given, in Cafe they are made the fame as thole 
at Surat and vincr Places, that there be no Difcount 
on them, and that they be received current, as all 
other Siccas are. It is commanded, that from the 5th 
Year of His Majefty’s Reign, in Cafe they are made 


the iame F neneis and Goodnefs with Surat Siccas,. 


that there be no Diicount on them; they have ob- 
tained a gracious Phirmaun, for which Reafon this 
Hufbullhookum is iffued out, that you do, purfuant 
to the great Command, from the 5th Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign, in Cafe Madrafs Siccas are of the fame 
Finenefs and Goodnefs with Surat Siccas, receive them 
without any Difcount. Regard this well.— Written the 

th. of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign. 


N* 5. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, true to his Friends ; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come throughout all the Pro- 
vinces of the Empire ; Know yee, That at this In- 
ftant Mr. Fohn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Steven- 
fon, for, and in Behalf of the Englifb Company, have, 
through the Interceflions of the High Minifters, pre- 
fented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting 
forth, That in all Provinces, the Petty Duans, &amp;c. 
demand Sight of the Original Sunrods and Perwannas, 
under the Seals of the Duans and Subas; and that 
the original Sunnods can’t, without a great deal of 
Difficulty, be produced in every Subahfhip , they hope 
that a gracious Order may be iffued out, command- 
ing that a Copy from under the Seal of the Cauzee 
may fuffice, and no Demands made for the original 
Sunnods and Perwannas, under the Seals of the Duans 
and Subas. It is accordingly ordered, that a Copy, 
from under the Seal of the Chief Cauzee be regarded ; 
and they have obtained a gracious Phirmaun, for which 
Reaion this Hufbullhookum is iffued out; that you, 
purfuant to the great Command, have due regard to 
the Copies of Sunnods relating to thefe People, un- 

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der the Seal of the Chief Cauzee. Regard this~ well,: 
—Written the gth of the Moon: Zeelbedge, the sth 
Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 6. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Miniiter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horie, faithful Friend; as followceth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come throughout all Ports and 
Provinces of the conquered Empire; Know yee, That 
at this Inftant Mr. Fohn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifh Company, 
have, through Interceffions of the High Minutters, 
prefented. their Petition to his Imperial Majeity ; Set- 
ting forth, That in many Places the Company’s Go- 
maftahs and Dealers are much troubled for Phir- 
maufh, ec. other Impofitions laid on them; they hope 
Orders may be given, commanding that for Phirmaufh, 
Phowidarry, Zemeendarry, and all Manner of Impofitions, 
they be unmolefted ; it is commanded, that all Manner of 
Impofitions be univerfally forgiven, and they have 
obtained a gracious Phirmaun, for which Reafon this 
Hufbullhookum is iflued out, that you do, purfuant . 
to the great Command, not moleft and trouble the 
faid Nation for any Manner of Impofitions, for that 
is forgiven ; that they may go on in their Bufinefs 
with Chearfulneis and Satisfaction. Regard this well. 
— Written the oth of Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of 
his Majefty’s. Reign. 


N° 7. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 

Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth: 
To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 
are, or hereafter may come at the Port of Surat, in 
the Province of Bengal, and all other Provinces through- 
out the whole Empire; Know yee, That at this In- 
ftant Mr. Fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Steven- 
fon, for, and in Behalf of the Engl Company, have, 
through Interceffions of the High Minitters, prefented 
their Petition to his Imperial Majetty ; Setting forth, 
That the Ifland of Bombay, in the Sea, in the faid 
Ifland, European Siccas are current ; they hope, from 
his Majefty’s Favour, that they may have there, as at 
Madrajfs, the Imperial Stamp on the Siccas coined 
there. It is commanded, that concerning the Currency 
of them you be wrote to, for which this Hufbull- 
hookum is iffued out; that you, conformable to the 
great Command, fettle the Currency of the Rupees 
coined on that Ifland with the Imperial Stamp as all 
other Siccas are. Regard this well.— Written the gth of 
the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 8. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General — 
of the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as fol- 
loweth : ' 

May the honourable Hyder Cooli Caun be always in 
Safety. 

At this Inftant Mr. Yobn Surman Coja Surbaud and 
Mr. Stevenfon, for, and in Behalf of the Englifh Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mini- 
fters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial’ Majefty ; 
Setting forth, That the Englfh had a Houfe in Surat 
for a Factory, which is now gone to Ruin; that they 
are uncapable of repairing it, till fuch Time that his 
Majetty is pleafed to give it them ; they hope that that 
Houfe may be granted them, and without the City 
Four hundred Begaes of Ground, whereon they may 
make a Houfe and Garden; and they will duly pay 


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the Rent. of faid Ground into the Treafury. It is 
ordered, that they have the old Houfe to repair ac- 
cording to the Hindoffan Archite¢ture, but not to 
make Bulwarks, or any thing refembling Fortification, 
and not to make any Thing more than there is al- 
ready to it: That in Cafe they do as aforefaid, let 
them receive no Obftructions. The Ground without 
the City, towards Nurboda Gate, in the Town of Bom- 
key, being taken in at the Walling of the City rcund, 
jnftead of which Ground, that they buy 150 Bagaes 
of Ground towards Autusz, for which this Hufbull- 
hookum is iffued out ; that, conformable to the great 
Command, you let them have the Houfe to repair 
and live in on the Terms aforefaid, and 150 Bagaes 
of Ground for a Houfe and Garden, which they 
buying, let them have according to ancient Cuftom, 
and receive no Moleftation. Regard this well.—Writ- 
ten the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of 
his Majetty’s Reign. 


N°. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun 5 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth : 

May the honourable Hyder Cooli Caun be always 
in Safety. 

At this Inftant Mr. Fohn Surman Coja Surbaud and 
Mr. Stevenfon, for, and in Behalf of the Englifb Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mi- 
nifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty ; Setting forth, That the Company are Cuftom 
free throughout the whole Empire, excepting at the 
Port of Surat, and at the faid Port, in the Reign of Sha 
Jabaun, they paid 2 per Cent. Cuftom; in the Time of 
Aurengzeb 3°4 per Cent.; and in the Reign of Sda 
Alam 24 per Cent. was and is at prefent paid, upon 
Account of Abufes and Injuftice of the Mutfuddys 
there ; they have been for thefe Three Years forced to 
withdraw their Fattory from that Place; they hope, 
according to Cuftom of other Provinces, and at the 
Port of Hugely, they may at the Port of Surat pay 
a yearly Pifhcafh of Ten thoufand Rupees, in Lieu of 
Cuftom. It is accordingly commanded, and they have 
obtained a gracious Phirmaun, for which Reafon this 
Hiufbullhookum is iffued out; that you do, conform- 
able to the great Command, receive a Pifhcafh of 
Ten thoufand Rupees annually, inftead of Cuftom, at 
the Port of Surat; and that they be Cuftom free, 
and called upon for no other Account whatfoever. 
Regard this well.— Written the gth of the Moon Zeel- 
bedge, the 5 Year of his Majeity’s Reign. 


N* ro. Another Hufbullhookum, the fame as 
above, Word for Word, directed to all Mutfud- 
dys, that at prefent are, or hereafter may come 
in the Province of Abomed Abaud, at the Port 
of Surat Royat Burzounch, Sc. in the Province 
aforefaid. 


N° s1. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun , 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 

the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth : 
To all Mutfuddys, that at prefent are, or hereafter 
may come at the fortunate Port of Surat; Know yee, 
at this Inftant Mr. ohn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr, 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Engh Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Mini- 
fters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; 
Setting forth, That the Englifo had a Houfe in Surat, 
fot a Factory; which is now gone to Ruin; that they 
- ae uncapable of repairing it till fuch Time his 7 
jefty is pleafed to give it them: Fhey hope that that 

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Houfe may be granted them, and without the City 
400 Bagaes of Ground, whereon they may make a 
Houfe and Garden ; and they will-daly pay the Rent 
of the faid Ground into the Treafury. It is com- 
manded, That they have the old-Houfe to repair 
according to the Hindoftan Architecture, but not to 
make Bullworks or any thing refembling Fortifica- 
tion, and not to make any thing more than there is 
already to it: That in Cafe they do as aforelaid, 
let them receive no Obftructions. The Ground with- 
out the City, towards Nurboda Gate, in the Town of 
Boomkey, being taken in at the Walling of the City 
round ; inftead of which Ground, that they buy 150 
Bagaes of Ground towards Autua, for which Reafon 
this Hufbullhookum is iffued out; that conformable 
to the great Command, you let them have the Houfe 
to repair on the Terms as aforefaid, and 150 Bagaes 
of Ground for a Houfe and Garden, which they buy- 
ing, let them have according to ancient Cuftom, and 
receive no Moleftation. Regard this well. — Written 
the gth of the Moon Zeel/bedge, the 5th Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign. 


"N° 12. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 

Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth.: 
To all Mutiuddys in Government, that are at prefent, 
or hereafter may come in Bengal, at Currcemabaud; Know 
yee, That at this Inftant Mr. Yobu Surman Coja Surhaud 
and Mr. Stevenfon, for, and in Behalf of the Exglifb Com- 
pany, have, through Interceffions of the High Minifters, 
preiented their Petition to his Imperial, Majefty ; Set; 
ting forth, That formerly in the Mints of Rajamall and 
Dacca, the Company’s Gold and Silver were coined. It 
is now fome Time fince, that a Cyrreemabaud (Muxoo- 
davad) the Mint has been fettled ; they hope, accord- 
ing to former Cuftom, to have the Privilege of coin- 
ing the Company’s Money there, and that the Mint 
Mutluddys make no unaccuftomary Demands ; and 
that in the Seafon, when other Merchants Money are 
coining, they may have Three Days in the Week for 
coining of the Company’s Money. It is commanded, 
That you accordingly fettle ; for which Reafon this 
Hufbullhookum is wrote; that you do, according to 
former Cuftom, fettle the Coining of the Company’s 
Gold and Silver in the Mint of Curreemabaud; and ia 
the Seafon when other Merchants Goods is coined, 
if it be not againft the King’s Intereft, let them 
have Three Days in the Week. Regard this well.— 
Written the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year 

of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N* 13. Copy of a Hufbullhookum under the Seal 

of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 

Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, Friend full of Truth, as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent 

are, or hereafter may come in the Province of Ben- 
gall, at the Port of Hugely, in the Provinces of Beber 
and Oudeifa ; Know yee, That at this Time Mr. Foba 
Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for, and in 
Behalf of the Englip Company, have, through Inter- 
ceffions of the High Minifters, prefented their Peéti- 
tion to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting forth, That 
throughout the whole Empire the Company are Cuftom 
free, excepting at the Port of Surat; and that according 
to Sultan Azzeim Sha Bebauder, his and former Sunnods, 
they pay a Pifhcafh of R* 3000 yearly, in Lieu of 
Cuftom at the Port of Hugely: They hope, from the 
Imperial Favour, to obtain a gracious Sunnod accord- 
ing to the Tenor of former Sunnods. It is accordingly 
ordered, and they have obtained a gracious Phirmaun ; 
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for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is iffued out; prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; Set- 
that you dé know, purfuant to thé great Cornmand, ting forth, That it fometimes happens Engl Ships 
this Nation is free from all Cuftom,’ and that you do meeting with Storms, are forced into Ports, and drove 
Yet themi go on in their mercantile Affairs without afhore and wrecked ; the Governors of thofe Ports, un- 
Moleftation, and receive a Pifhcafh of R* 3000 an- juftly, in fome Places, feize on all the Goods, and in 
fiually at Hugely, in Lieu of Cuftom. Regard this well. other Places demand a Quarter Part Salvage ; they hope 
Written the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of for Orders to be given, commanding you to forbear 
his Majefty’s Reign. molefting and doing them Injuftice upon any Account 
| whatfoever ; but, on the contrary, to affift and help 
N° i4. Copy of a Hufbullhookurh, undef the Seal them as much as you can. It is commanded, That 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter, the thefe People having their Factories in feveral Ports of 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun, the the Empire, and Commerce to the Place of the Royal 
valiant, the viétorious in Battle, General of Refidence ; and having, by particular kingly Favours, 
the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth: obtained Phirmauns Cuftom free; that in the falving of 
May the honourable Acram Caun live in Safety. their Goods and in fhewing them Favour, there be 
At this Inftant Mr. ¥obu Surman Coja Surbaud and duly and particular Care taken ; for which Reafon this 
Mr. Stevenfon,. for arid in Behalf of the Englifh Com- Hufbullhookum is iffued out ; that you, purfuant to 
pany, have, through Interéeffions of the High Minifters, the great Command, do not moleft and unjuftly feize 
prefented their Petition to his Impetial Majefty ; Setting on their Goods ; but on the contrary, affift and fhew 
forth, That in the Mints at Rajamall and Dacca, the them Favour. Regard this well. Written the gth of the 
Company’s Gold and Silver were coined; it is now Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 
fome Time fince’ that at Curreemabaud (Muxoodavad) 


the Mint has been fettled; they hope, according to N° 17. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
former Cuftom, to have the Privilege of coining the Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
Companhy’s Money there; and that the Mint Mutfuddys the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
do not make any unaccuftomary Demands, only tak- the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
ing the Mint Charges as cuftomary ; and that in the the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 
Seafon when other Merchants Money are coiried, they May the honourable Saduttulla Caun live in Safety. 


may have Three Days in the Week for the Coining of At this Inftant Mr. Fobn Surinan Coja Surbaud and 

the Company’s Money. It is commanded that you Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifh Com- 

accordingly fettle ; for which Reafon this Hufbull- pany, hath, through Interceffions of the High Mi- 

hookum is wrote; that you do according to former nifter, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; 

Cuftom fettle the Coining of the Company’s Gold and Setting forth, That the Zemeendars at the Port of Cud- 

Silver, in the Mint at Curreemabaud ; and in the Seafon § dalore, in the War of Chingee, did fend Powder, €c. 

of coining of other Merchants Money, if it be not to the Affiftance of the Rebells, for which Reafon, at 

againft the King’s Intereft, let them have Three Days that Inftant, purfuant to 4urengzed’s Orders, they bought 

in the Week. Regard this well.—-Written the 9th of the Cuddalore, &amp;c. other Towns, by which Means the Paf- 

Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of His Majefty’s Reign. fages to the Rebells might be ftopt; at prefent feveral 

rebellious Zemeendars moleft and give them much 

N° 15. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Trouble there; they hope Orders may be given you, 

Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter; commanding that you affift them, that they may be 

the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun; able to punifh fuch Rebells. It is according com- 

the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of manded ; for which Reafon this is wrote, conformable to 

the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth: — the great Command, that you aét purfuant to the great 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at pre- Command, when thefe People endeavours to punith fuch 

fent, or hereafter may come at Azzeemabaud (Patna) Rebells, to help and give them your duly Affiftance. 

in the Province of Behar; Know yee, at this Time Regard this well.— Written the 9th of the Moon Zee/- 
Mr. Jobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for hedge, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s R eign. 

and in Behalf of the Exgli/h Company, have, through 


Interceffions of the High Minifters, prefented their Pe- N° 18. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
tition to his Imperial Majefty 3 Setting forth, That at Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter - 
the Place aforefaid it is fome Time fince the Englifh Fac- the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Catia: 
tory has been in a hired Houfe ; they hope for the the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General &lt; 
Houfe of Meermuzzuffer, which being confifcated to the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 

the King, may be granted for their Refidence. It is ‘May the honourable Saduttalla Caun live in Safety. 

commanded that you be wrote to, if the faid Houfe is At this Inftant Mr. fohbn Surman Coja Surbaud and 


confifcated, that you let them have it for their Refi- Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifo Com- 
dence ; they are not, at the Repairing of it, to build pany, hath, through Interceffion of the High Mini- 
Bullworks, or any Thing like Fortifications, for that ters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majetty ; 
is forbidden by his Majefty ; for which Reafon this Setting forth, That throughout the whole Empire the 
Hufbullhookum is iffued out; that you do act pur- Company are Cuftom free at Chinapatam ( Madrafz). 
fuant to the great Command. Regard this well.—Writ- in the Province of Hyderabaud, fr 1 


_ int om the very firf 
ten the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of fettling a Factory there, pay annually into the Trea. 


his Majefty’s Reign. tury the Sum Pag* 1200; they hope it may be con- 
tinued according to ancient Ufage. It is found by the 

Ne 16. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the King’s Books, that at Chinapatam they do pay the afore- 

Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter; faid Sum into the Treafury. It is commanded that it 

the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun, be there according to ancient Cuftom; and they have 

the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of obtained a gracious Phirmaun; for which Reafon this 

the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth: Hufbullhookum is iffued; that you, purfuant to the 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at pre- great Command, do know that thefe People are Cuftom 
Ment, or hereafter may come at the Port of Chittigoam, free, and not upon any Account whatfoever molett 
at the Port of Gaugam, ec. Ports in all Provinces them, and receive at Chinapatam into the Treafury 
throughout the whole Empire; Know yee, at this In- the Sum 1200 Pag* according to former Cuftom. Re- 
ftant Mr. Fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Steven- gard this well.— Written the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge 
fom, have, through Interceffions of the High Minifters, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s Reign. : 


N° 19, 








42 Geo. Ill. 


N° 19. Copy of aHufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Cain, the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 
To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at pre- 
fent, or hereafter may come in the Province of Hydera- 
baud; Know yee, that at this Time Mr. Fobn Surman 
Coja Surbaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of 
the Englifh Company, hath, through Interceffions of the 
High Minifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial 
Majefty ; Setting forth, That the Zemeendars, at the 
Port of Cuddalore in the War of Chingee, did fend 
Powder, &amp;c. to the Affiftance of the Rebells; for 
which Reafon, at that Inftant, purfuant to Adurengzed’s 
Orders, they bought Cuddalore, Sc. other Towns, by 
which Means the Paffages to the Rebells might be 
ftopt ; at prefent, feveral rebellious Zemeendars moleft 
and give them much Trouble there; they hope Orders 
may be given you, commanding that you affiit them, that 
they may be able to punifh fuch Rebells. It is accord- 
ingly commanded ; for which Reafon this is wrote, con- 
formable to the great Command, that you act purfuant 
to the great Command, when thefe People endeavours 
to punifh fuch Rebells, to help and give them your duly 
Affiftance. Regard this well—Written the gth of the 
Moon Zeelbeage, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 20. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbu!lmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 

the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun , 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 

the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth : 

May the honourable Anverrudee Caun live in Safety. 

At this Inftant Mr. Fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifs Company, 
hath, through Interceffions of the High Minifters, pre- 
fented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting 
forth, That the Ifland of Divii in the Sea, near the Port 
of Metchlipatam, in Pofleffion of Aberam Palligar, a Re- 
bell, faid Rebell never paying the Rent of faid Ifand, 
which amounts to Pag* 7000 per Annum; in Cafe the 
Renting of it be granted the Company, they will fettle 
a Factory, and inhabit, to the gréat Improvement of it ; 
by which Means Merchants will be encouraged to go 
backwards and forwards to Metchliipatam. It is accord- 
ingly granted; for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum 
is iffued out, that you do, puriuant to the great Com- 
mand, let the Company have the Renting of {aid Ifland, 
and receive annually into the Treafury the accuftomary 
Rent. Regard this well.—Written the 9th of the Moon 

Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


N° 21. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
the Horfe, Friend full of Truth ; as followeth: 

To all Mutfuddys in Government, that at prefent are, 
or hereafter may come in the Province of Hyder Abaid ; 
Know yee, That at this Inftant Mr. Yobn Surman Coa 
Surbaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the 
Englifo Company, hath, through Interceflions of the 
High Minifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial 
Majefty; Setting forth, That at the Port of Vizagapatam 
the Company have a Factory for Vizagapatam, and 4 
other Towns near the Factory, they pay annually the 
accuftomed Rent of R* 4862 into the Treafury of Sicca 
Cool Perwanna and Woodapunda, Two Towns, which 
pay Rupees goo yearly Rent, being too far from the 
Factory, they defire may be returned. It is commanded, 
that of the 5 Towns, thofe Two which they defire to 
relinquifh be taken back ; and that the other Three re- 
main in their Poffeffion as formerly ; they have obtained 
a gracious Phirmaun ; for which Reafon this Hufbull- 
hookum is iffued out; that you do, purfuant to the 


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great Command, let Three of the Five Towns remain 
in their Harids, and receive the accuftomed Rent from 
them ; and the other Two, which amounts to R* goo, 
take back into the Culfa. Regard this well.— Written 


the gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign. - 


N° 22. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 
To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at 
prefent, or hereafter may come in the Province of 
Hyder Abaud ; Know yee, That at this Inftant Mr. 
John Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for and 
in Behalf of the Englifob Company, hath, through In- 
terceffions of the High Minifters, prefented their Peti- 
tion to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting forth, That at 
the Time of the War of Chingee, for affifting the King’s 
Camp with Cannon and Provifions, as a Reward for 
which Service, Aurengzeb gave the Englifh Compariy 
a Prefent of Five Towns, Trivatore, §?c. which remained 
in their Poffeffion for a long Time. It is now the 
Third Year fince the King’s Muttuddys there has feized 
on them: That they aififted againtt the Competitor 
Fabaundar Sha, and acted in Hugly purfuant to Orders, 
in helping Zeaude Caun with Powder, Lead, &amp;c.; they 
hope they may be re-granted them. It is commanded 
that they be, according as in the Days of Aurengzed ; 
fer which Reafon this Hufbuilhockum is iffued out 3 
that you do let the faid Towns remain in the Com- 
pany’s Poffeflion as in the Days of Aurengzeb. Regard 
this well. —Written the 9th of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 
5 Year of his Majetty’s Reign. 


N° 23. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 

of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the 

Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun, the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 

the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 
To all Mutfuddys in Government, that are at pre- 
fent, or hereafter may come in the Province of Hyder 
Abaud, at the Port of Metchlipatam in the faid Province ; 
Know yee, by thefe Prefents, that Mr. ohn Surman 
Coja Surhaud and Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of 
the Exglifb Company, hath, through Interceffions of the 
High Minifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial 
Majefty ; Setting forth, That the Ifland of Divi, in 
the Sea, near the abovefaid Port, in Poffeffion cf Ade- 
ram Pulligar, a Rebell, faid Rebell never paying the 
Rent of faid Ifland, which amounts to Pa‘ 7000 per 
Annum. n Cafe the Renting of it be granted the Com- 
pany, they will fettle a Factory, and inhabit there, to 
the great Improvement of it ; whereby Merchants will 
be encouraged to go backwards and forwards to Afetch- 
lipatam. tis commanded accordingly ; for which Rca- 
fon this Hufbullhookum is iffued out; that you do, 
purfuant to the great Command, let the Company have 
the Renting of faid Ifland, and receive annually the 
accuftomed Rent in the Treafury. Regard this well.— 
Written the 9th of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of 

his Majefty’s Reign. 


N* 24. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Miniter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun ; 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
the Horfe, Friend full of Truth; as followeth : 

May the honourable Saduttulla Caun live in Safety. 

At this Inftant Mr. Fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and Mr. 
Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifh Company, 
hath, through Interceffions of the High Minifters, pre- 
fented their Petition to his Imperial Majefty ; Setting 
forth, That at the War of Chingee, for affifting the King’s 
Camp with Cannon and Provifions, as a Reward tor 

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which Service Aurengzeb gave the Company a Prefent 
of Five Towns, Trivatere, &amp;c. which remained in their 
Poffeffion for'a long Time ; that it is now the Third 
Year fince the:King’s Mutfuddys have feized.on them ; 
that they affifted againft the Competitor Fabaundar Sha, 
and aéted in Hugly purfuant to Orders, in helping Zeau- 
decaun with Powder, Lead, &amp;c. ; they hope they may be 
re-granted them. It is commanded that they be accord- 
ing as in the Days of Aurengzeb ; for which Reafon this 
Hufbullhookum is iffued out; that you do let the faid 
Towns remain in the Company’s Poffeffion, as in the 
Days of Aurengzeb. Regard this well.— Written the gth 
of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign. 


N° 25. Copy ofa Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter; the 
Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun , the 
valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of the 
Horfe, ‘Friend full of Truth ; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys that are at prefent, or hereafter 
may come in the Province of Hyderabaud , Know yee, by 
thefe Prefents, That Mr. ‘fobn Surman Coja Surbaud and 
Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifob Company, 
hath, through Interceffions of the High Minitters, pre- 
fented their Petition to his Imperial Majelty ; Setting 
forth, That throughout the Empire, the Company are 
Cuftom free at Chinepatam ( Madra/s) in the Province of 
Hyderabaud from the very firit, and fettling a Factory 
there, pay annually into the Treafury the Sum Pa’ 
1200; they hope it may be continued as formerly. It 
is found by the King’s Books, that at Chinapatam they 
do punctually pay the aforefaid Sum into the Treafury. 
It is commanded, that it be there according to ancient 
Cuftom, and they have obtained a gracious Phirmaun ; 
for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is iffued out ; that 
you, purfuant to the great Command, do know that 
thefe People are Cuftom free, and not upon any Ac- 
count whatfoever moleft them ; and receive at Chana- 
patam, into the Treafury, the Sum Pag* 1200 according 
to former Cuftom. Regard this.well.—Written the gth 
of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 


A Letter from Coja Surbaud, at Dilly, to the ho- 
nourable Robert Hedges, Efquire, Prefident and 
Governor of Fort William. Received March 
1717. 

I siesta inclofed Copies of Three Phirmauns 
come out, figned by the King; alfo Copies of Thirty 
Hufbullhookums ; by perufing of which you will ob- 
ferve the Pofture of our Negotiation, and that all the 
Company’s Bufinefs is effected: That I have performed 
what Bufinefs of the Company was incumbent on me ; 
which -is plainly demonftrated by the Copies herewith 
fent. What more fhall occur, I fhall advife of by ano- 
ther Coffid, and fend Second Copies of all the inclofed 
Papers. There is Two Perwannas, one to be directed 
to the Duan of Hyderabaud, concerning Divit Ifland, and 
the other relating to Vizagapatam, to be directed to the 
Mutfuddys of Sicca Cool, which are not yet wrote, be- 
caufe their Names are not yet known ; but To-morrow 
or next Day their Names will be known, when the Per- 
wannas will be wrote; and likewife what is to be wrote 
on the Back of Two other Perwannas. 28 Mabaram, 
the 5 Year. 


A Letter from Coja Surbaud to the honourable 
Robert Hedges, Efquire, Prefident and Gover- 
nor of Fort William. Received the 26th March 
1717. | 

Under the 28th of the Moon Mabarum, the 5 Year 
of his Majefty’s Reign, inclofed I fend foul Copies of 
Three Phirmauns and go Perwannas, which at that 
Time were not quite completed ; fince which the Three 
Phirmauns are wrote over fair, fealed and figned by 
the King, and only waits for the Vizier’s affixing his 


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A. 1772: 


Seal on them to compleat them, which I hope in God 
will be in lefs than Ten Days Time, when hall get 
attefted Copies under the Cauzee’s Seal, and forward 
them to you, till ‘then reft with Satisfaction ; 25 Per- 
wanas being finifhed ; inclofed comes Copies of them 
under the Cauzee’s Seal, which I hope will come fafe to 
you ; the Remainder 7 Perwannas are in the Hands of 
Ray Bulibund Duan Choolfa, which I hope in God in 
. . Days more will alfo be finifhed, _I have acted in the 
Company’s Affairs with my utmoft Care and Diligence, 
and have performed more than were incumbent on me, 
Thofe Perfons who talked and wrote about me are fruf- 
trated in their Notions concerning me, which I hope, 
when it pleafes God that I arrive with you, to give a 
clear Demonftration of. 


Bengall, Bebar, and Oudeifa (Orixa) Phirmaun. 

To all Governors and their Affiftants, Intelligencers, 
Jageerdars, Phowfdars, Collectors, Guardians of the 
Ways, Keepers of Pafiages, and Zemecndars, that are 
at prefent, or hereafter may come in the. Provinces of 
Bengall, Bebar, and Oudeifa (rixa) at the Port of 
Hugly, &amp;c. Ports in the Provinces aforefaid ; by thefe 
Pretents, Know yee, from the Favour of the Imperial 
Majefty, That at this Time of Conqueft, and in this 
flourifhing Reign, Mr. Yobn Surman and Coja Surbaud, 
Gomafhtahs (Fa¢tors) of the Englifh Company, hath 
humbly prefented their Petition ; Setting forth, That ae- 
cording to Sultan Azzeem Sha Bebauder, his and former 
Sunnods, they are free of Cuftoms, throughout the whole 
conquered Empire, the Port of Surat excepted; and 
that they do annually pay into the Treafury, at the 
Port of Hugly, a Pifhcafh of Three thoufand Rupees in 
Lieu ot Cuftoms, they hope that according to the Te- 
nor of former Sunnods, they may be favoured with a 
gracious Phirmaun confirming them. Commanded and 
Ordered, That all their mercantile Affairs, together with 
their Gomafhtahs (Fa€tors) have free Liberty in all Suba- 
fhips to pafs and repafs to and fro, either by Land of 
Water, in any Port or Diftri€t, throughout the feveral 
Provinces abovefaid, and know they are Cuftom free, 
that they have full Power and Liberty to buy and fell, at 
their Wiil and Pleafure, and that there yearly be received 
into the Treafury a Pifhcafh of Three .thoufand Ru- 
pees, as have been cuftomary heretofore ; that, if in any 
Place, or at any Time, Robberies are committed on their 
Goods, they be affifted in the getting of them again; 
that the Robbers be brought to Juftice, and the Goods 
be delivered to the Proprietors of them, in whatfoever 
Place they have a mind to fettle a Factory, fairly to buy 
and fell Goods in, they have Liberty, and be affifted ; 
that on whomfoever Merchants, Weavers, &amp;£c. they 
have any Demands on whatfoever Account, let them 
be aided, and their Debtors brought to come to a true and 


fair Account, and be made to give their Gomafhtahs. 


(Factors) their right and juft Demands ; that no Perfon 
be fuffered to injure and moleft their Gomafhtahs (Fac- 
tors) wrongfully and unjuftly ; and for Cuftoms on hired 
Boats (Cutbarrah) &amp;c. belonging to them, that they 
be not in any Manner molefted or obftruéted. They 


further petition, that if the Petty Duans of Subahips ” 


demand Sight of the original Sunnods and Perwannas, 
under the Seals of the Duans and Stibas, the original 
Sunnods cannot poffibly be produced in any Place 
without a great deal of Difficulty, they defire that a Co- 
py, from under the Seal of the Chief Cauzee, be fuffi- 
cient Sight of the original Sunnods not being demanded, 
nor they forced to take Sunnods and Perwannas. under 
the Duan and Suba, their Seals; that the Renting of Cal- 
cutta, Sootuluta, and Govindpore, in the Purgana of Am- 
eirabaud, &amp;c. in Bengal, were formerly granted them, 
and bought by Confent from the Zemeendars of them, 
and are now in Company’s Poffeffion, for which they 
yearly pay the Sum R* 1195. 6*; that Thirty-eight 
Towns more, amounting to R* 8121. 8. adjoining to the 
aforefaid Towns, which they hope the Renting of may 

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be granted and added to the others they are already pof- 
fefled of ; that they will pay annually the fame Amount 
of them ; commanded that the Copy under the Seal of the 
Chief Cauzee be regarded ; that the old Towns former- 
ly bought by them, remain in their Hands as heretofore ; 
and that they have’ the Renting of the adjacent Towss 
petitioned for, which they are to buy from the refpec- 
tive Owners of them, and that the Duan Suba give 
Permiffion : They ftill petition, That, from the Reign of 
Aurengzeb, Madrafs Coin were received into theTreafuries 
of Subafhips for under Value, and are {ftill, notwith- 
ftanding they are full as valuable as Surat Rupees are, 
whereby they are great Lofers; they hope the Imperial 
Order may be given for them to be received into the 
Treafuries as Surat Rupees are, in Cafe they are as 
good ; that any Perfon, being Servant to the Company, 
eloping from them, from whom Debts and Accounts 
are due, they defire, that whofoever fo deferts, be de- 
livered back to the Chief of their Factory; that their 
Gomafhtahs and Servants are molefted and troubled for 
Phowfderry (abvabmumnua), &amp;¢c. Impofitions which 
they requeft they may be exempted from, Commanded 
and Ordered, That from the 5th Year of this Bleffed 
Reign, if Madras Rupees are made the fame Good- 
nefs with Surat Siccas, there be no Difcount on them ; 
That whofoever of the Company’s Servants, being Debt- 
ors, defert them, feize them, and deliver them to the 
Chief of their Factory ; That they be not molefted for 
Phirmaufhs (abvabmumnua), &amp;c. Impofitions. ; They 
petition, That in Bengal, Bebar, and Oxdeifa (Orixa) the 
Company have Fa¢tories, and that in other Places they 
likewife defign to fettle Factories; they accordingly 
defire, That in any Place where they have a mind to 
fettle Factories, they may have Forty Begaes of Ground 
giventhem for the fame ; That it often happens Ships 
at Sea meet with tempeftuous Winds, and are forced 
into Ports, and are fometimes drove afhore and wrecked, 
the Governors of Ports injurioufly feize on the Cargoes 
of them, and in fome Places demand a Quarter Part 
Salvage; That on the Ifland of Bombay, belonging to 
the Englifo, European Siccas are current; they requeft, 
That, according to the Cuftom of Madra/s, they may at 
Bombay coin Siccas, Commanded and Ordered, That 
according to Cuftom of their Factories in otlier Suba- 
fhips, execute thefe People, having their Factories in 
feveral Ports of the Kingdom, and Commerce to the 
Place of the Royal Refidence, and have obtained very 


favourable Phirmauns Cuftom free; let there be parti-. 


cular Care taken, that there be duly Affiftance given 
them about Goods and Wrecks, on all Occafions, on 
the Ifland of Bombay; let there be the Glorious Stamp 
on the Siccas coined there, paffing them current, as all 
other Siccas are throughout the whole Empire. To all 
thefe render punétual Obedience, obferving and acting 
purfuant to the Tenor of this gracious Phirmaun, and 
not contrary in any refpect whatfoever, nor demand 
yearly new Sunnods. Regard this particularly well.— 
Written the 27th of the Moon Moburum, in the 5th 
Year of this glorious and ever happy Reign. 


Hyderabaud (Madrafs) Phirmaun. 

To all Governors, and their Affiftants, Intelligencers, 
Jageerdars, Phowfdars, Collectors, and Zemeendars, that 
‘are at prefent, or hereafter may come, in the Province of 
Hyderabaud. Know yee, by thefe Prefents, from the Fa- 
vour of the Imperial Throne, and that at this Time of 
Conqueft, and in this flourifhing Reign, Mr. Fobn Sur- 
man, and Coja Surbaud, Gomafhtas (Factors) of the 
Englifo Company, hath humbly prefented their Petition, 
Setting forth, That throughout the Ports of Hydera- 
baud, the Company are Cuitom free, and at (Madra/s) 
Chinapatam, they pay Pag* 1200° annually in the 
Treafury ; they defire a gracious Phirmaun, that it may 
be at that Port as cuftomary heretofore ; and it accord- 
ingly appears, by the King’s Books, that they do punc- 
tually pay the abovefaid Sum, at Chinapatam, into the 

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857 
Treafury. Commanded and Ordered, that it be accord= 
ing to ancient Cuftom : Their Gomafhtahs (Factors) go- 
ing backwards and forwards with theit Goods and Ne- 
cefiaries, throughout ail the Ports of all Subathips, 
either by Land or Water, Know, they are Cuftom 
free; buying and felling, at their Will and Plea- 
fure, let them réceive no Obftruétions; That Pag} 
1200 at Chinapatam, be received as cuftomary hereto- 
fore, and that they be called upon for no other Account 
whatfoever ; if at any Time, and in any Place, it fhould 
happen any thing belonging to the Englih be ttole, tho- 
roughly affiftin the regetting of it, punifhing the Robbers 
according to Juftice, return the Goods to the right 
Owners of them. In whatfoever Place they have a mind 
to fettle Factory to buy and fell Goods, in that they 
have free Liberty, and be affifted upon all fair and juft 
Accounts. On whoever Merchants, &amp;c. they have any 
Demands, upon whatloever Account, they be affilted, 
and their Debtors be brought to come to a true and fair 
Account ; and that they be made to give their Gomafh- 
tahs their juft Demands, not fuffering any Perfon to mo- 
left or hurt their Gomafhtahs wrongfully. They furtler 
petition, That at the War of Chingee, for affifting in 
fending Cannon and Provifions, Sc. to the King’s 
Camp, as a Reward for their Service, Aurengzeb gave 
the Company Five Towns, Trivatore, &amp;c. which re- 
mained in their Poffeffion for a long Time ; that it is 
now Three Years fince the King’s Mutfuddys (Officers) 
there has feized on them. In this glorious Reign, that 
they affifted againft the Pretender ‘fabun Dar Sha, in 
acting in Hugly purfuant to the Imperial Orders, in help- 
ing Zeaudecaun with Lead, Powder, &amp;c. and uling their 
utmoft Endeavours, they hope they may be returned to 
their Poffeffions as formerly. Commanded and Ordered, 
That as in the Time of Aurengzeb, Pofleffion be given 
them. They alfo petition, That the Company have a 
Settlement at the Port of Vizagapatam, for which and 
Four Towns more, near their FaCtory, they pay annu- 
ally R* 4862. into the Treafury of Sicca Cool, ac- 
cording to former Rights, and among the Towns afore- 
faid, Purwanna and Wocda Punda, Two V illages, which 
pay R* goo. yearly. Rent, being too far from the Fac- 
tory, they defire may be returned. Commanded and 
Ordered, That of the Five Towns, thofe which they de- 
fire to relinquifh be taken back, and that the other 
Three remain. in their Poffiffion as heretofore. They 
likewife petition, That the Petty Duans of Subafhips 
demand Sight of the original Sunneds and Perwannahs, 
under the Seals of the Duans and Subas ; That the ori- 
ginal Sunnods cannot poflible be produced in every 
Place without a great deal of Difficulty ; they humbly 
requeft, That a Copy from under the Seal of the Cau- 
zee be fufficient, and no Demands made for S ight of the 
original Sunnods, nor the Duan and Suba infift, and 
give another thereby ; That in the Ifland of Bombay, 
belonging to the Englifh, European Siccas are current; 
they hope from the Imperial Favour, that, according to 
the Cuftom of Chinapatam, there be coined, at Bombay, 
Siccas; That Servants belonging to the Company, becom- 
ing Debtors, deferting from them, defire that they who 
deierts, be returned back to the Chief of their F actory ; 
That the Gomafhtahs, and Dealers of the Company, are 
much troubled for Phowfdaries (abvabmumnua) €?c. 
Impofitions which they requeft ray be repealed. Com- 
manded and Ordered, That a Copy from under the Seal 
of the Chief Cauzee be fufficient ; That on the Ifland of 
Bombay, Siccas coined according to thofe of the Empire 
pafs current throughout the whole Empire, as all other 
Siccas do ; That whofoever of the Company’s Servants, 
being Debtors, want to elope, feize them and deliver 
them back to the Chief of their Factory, and for that 
which is forbidden, Phowfdarry (abvabmumnua) they 
be not molefted. They petition, That Chinapatans 
Siccas are received into the Treaturies of all Subafhips 
with fome Difcount on them, notwithftanding they are 
the fame Silver as thofe coired at the Port of Surat, 


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858 


by which they fuftain great Lofs; they hope, if in Cafe 
they are of the fame Goodnefs as thofe of Surat, Or- 
ders may be given, that they be received into the Trea- 
furies as Surat, €Fc. Siccas are; That in Bengal, Bubar, 
Oudeifa; at Madrafs, Vizagapatam, Fc. the Company 
have Faétories; and that in other Places they may 
likewife fettke Faétories; they hope, that in what- 
ever Place they do fettle a Factory, they may have Forty 
Begaes of Ground given them for the fame ; That Ships 
at Sea happening to meet with tempeftuous Winds, are 
fometimes obliged to run afhore, and are wrecked, the 
Governors of Ports unjuftly feize on the Cargoes of 
them, and in fome Places demand a Quarter Part Sal- 
-vage. Commanded and Ordered, That from the 5th 
Year of this glorious Reign, if Madra/s Siccas are made 
the fame Finenefs and Goodnefs with Surat Siccas, there 
be no Difcount on them; that they have according to 
Cuftom of their Factories, in other Subafhips. Thefe 
People, having their Factories in feveral Ports of the 
Kingdom, and Commerce to the Place of the Royal Re- 
fidence, and have obtained favourable Phirmauns, Cuf- 
tom free ; take particuiar Care, that there be due Affift- 
ance given them about Goods and Wrecks. On all 
Oceafions render punctual Obedience to all thefe Or- 
ders contained in this gracious Phirmaun, forbearing to 
a&amp;t contrary, and not demand annually new Sunnods, 
Regard this particularly well. Written the 2d of the 
Moon afar, in the 5 Year of this gracious 
Reign. 


Abomed Abaud (Surat) Phirmaun. 7 

To all Governors and their Affiftants, Intelligencers ; 
to all Jageerdars, Phowfdars, Collectors, Guardians of 
the Ways, Keepers of Paffages, and Zemeendars, that 
are at preient, or hereafter may come in the Province of 
Abomed Abaud; at the fortunate Port of Surat, at Co- 
yett; Be in Hopes of the Imperial Favour, and Know yee, 
by thefe Prefents, that at this Time of Conqueft, and 
in this victorious Reign, Mr. Fobnu Surman, and Coja 
Surbaud, Gomafhtahs (Faétors) of the Engli/b, hath 
prefented their Petition ; Setting forth, That an theGoods 
of Englifomen, Cuftoms throughout the whole conquered 
Empire, excepting at the Port of Surat, are pardoned 
at the faid Port ; in the Reign of Sha Fabaun they paid 
2 per Cent. Cuftom,.and in the Time of Aurengzeb 
31 per Cent. Cuftom was fettled, being excufed in all 
other Places ; and in the Reign of Sha Aalum 2% per 
Cent. Cuftom was, and is at prefent, paid there, by 
Reafon of the Oppreffions of the Mutfuddys there, 
they have been forced, for thefe Three Years, to with- 
draw their Factory from that Place. In the Provinces 
of Bebar and Oxdeifa, their Nation pay no Cuftom at 
the Port of Hugly; in the Subafhip of Bengal they 
annually pay a Pifhcafh of Three thoufand Rupees, in 
Lieu of Cuftom ; they hope to enjoy the Privilege ac- 
cording to the Cuftom of other Ports, at the Port of 
Surat, and pay a yearly Pifhcafh inftead of Cuftom ; 
they are willing and have agreed to pay annually a 
Pifhcafh of Ten thoufand Rupees. Commanded and 
Ordered, That fince they affent to pay a yearly Pifhcath 
of Ten thoufand Rupees at the Port of Surat, receive 
it, and let them be called upon for no other Account 
whatfoever; their Gomafhtahs (Factors) going back- 
wards and forwards with their Goods and Neceffaries 
throughout all the Ports of this Subafhip, either by Land 
or Water, Know, they are Cuftom free, buying and 
felling at their Will and Pleafure, let them receive no 
Obftructions. If at any Time, and in any Place, it 
fhould happen that any Goods belonging to them fhould 
be loft, thoroughly affift in the getting of them, pu- 
nifhing the Rogues according to Juftice, and the Goods 
return to the right Owners of them; in whatfoever 
Place they have a mind to fettle a Fattory, to buy 
and fell Goods, in that they have free Liberty, and be 
affiited upon all fair and juft Accounts. On whoever 
Merchants and others they have any Demands, upon 


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whatfoever Account, they be affifted, and their Debtors 
be brought to come to a true and fair Account, and be 
made to give the Engli/h their juft Demands, not fuffer- 
ing any Perfonto moleft and injure their Gomathtahg 
wrongfully. They further petition, That the Petty 
Duans of Subafhips demand Sight of the original Sun- 
nods and Perwanas, under the Seals of the Duans and 
Subas ; that the original Sunnods cannot poflible be 
produced in every Place without a great deal of Diffi- 
culty ; they requeft, That a Copy from under the Seal 
of the Cauzee be fufficient, and no Demands made for 
Sight of the original Sunnods, ner the Duan and Suba 
infift to give another thereby ; That in the IMand of Bom- 
bay, belonging to the Englifh, European Coin are cur- 
rent; they hope from the Imperial Favour, that ac: 
cording to the Cuftom of Madra/s, there may be 
coined at Bombay, Siccas ; That Servants belonging to 
the Company, becoming Debtors, deferting from them 
defire that they who fo deferts, be returned back to the 
Chief of their Factory; That the Gomafhtahs and 
Dealers of the Company are much troubled for 
Phowfdarry (abvabmumnua) &amp;c. Impofitions which 
they requeft may be repealed. Commanded and Or- 
dered, That a Copy, under the Chief Cauzee’s Seal, 
be fufficient ; That on the Ifland of Bombay Siccas 
coined, according to thofe of this Kingdom, pafs cur- 
rent throughout the whole Empire, as all other Siccas 
do ; That whoever of the Company’s Servants, be- 
coming Debtors, want to elope, feize them and de- 
liver them back to the Chief of their Factory ; and 
for that which is forbidden (abvabmumnua) Phowf- 
darry, &amp;c. they be not molefted. They alfo petition 
That in Bengal, Bebar, and Oudeifa, the Company 
have Factories; and that in other Places they like. 
wife defign to fettle Factories ; they hope that in any 
Place where they fettle a Factory, 40 Begaes of 
Ground may be given them for the fame; Ships at 
Sea happening to meet with tempeftuous Winds, 
are fometimes obliged to run afhore and are wrecked 
the Governors of Ports injurioufly feize on the Goods 
of them, demanding in fome Places a Quarter Part 
Salvage. Commanded and Ordered, That they have 
according to Cuftom of their Factories in other Suba- 
fhips ; thefe People having their Factories -in feveral 
Ports of the Kingdom, and Commerce to the Place 
of the Royal Refidence, and have obtained favoura- 
ble Phirmauns Cuftom free; take particular Care, 
that there be due Affiftance given them concerning 
Goods and Wrecks on all Occafions. To all thefe Or- 
ders render Obedience, forbearing to aét contrary to 
this gracious Phirmaun, nor every Year demand new 
Sunnods. Regard this particularly weil_—Written the 


4th of the Moon Sufar, in the sth Year of this glo- 
rious Reign. 3 


A Letter from Coja Surbaud, dated 3d of the Moon 
Jamadul Oval, the 6 Year of His Majefty’s 
Reign, to the honourable Robert Hedges, Ejquire, 
Prefident, &amp;c. Council. Received 7th April 


1717. 

The 28th of the Moon Moburrum, I fent you by 
my own Coffids foul Copies of Three Phirmauns, and 
30 Perwannas, which was not then attefted by the Cau- 
zee ; and under Date of the 23d of the Moon Rub- 
beelllovull, Copies of Three Phirmauns, which only 
wanted the Vizier’s Seal to be affixed on them, to 
have perfected them without the Cauzee’s Seal; and 
alfo Copies of 25 Perwannas, completed and attefted 
by the Cauzee, were inclofed and forwarded to you by 
my own Coffids. 

The 3 Phirmauns having the Vizier’s Seal put on 
them, has entirely perfected them. I have juft now re- 
ceived them, Copies whereof, under the Cauzee of this 
Place, his Seal, are this Inftant forwarded to you, 
which I truft will come fafe to your Hands, and I con- 
gratulate the Company on this Occafion. Thanks be to 

4 God, 





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12 GEo. III. 


God, the Company’s Bufinefs is all quite finifhed ac- 
cording to their Defire. 

The great Care and Trouble which I have taken in 
this Negotiation to.fulfil my Promife to you is inex- 
preffible ; from the Time of Tamerlane to this Inftant, 
no Nation have been able to procure fuch a Phirmaun ; 
three or four Times more than what you defired are 
obtained ; what you promifed for my Gratuity, if you 
fhould give me three or four Times as much more, it 
would not recompence my Service and Care. Now 
yee may greatly rejoice, fince you have every Thing to 
your Content ; and when I arrive with you, glad me 
that I may forget the great Fatigue and Trouble 
which I have undergone in this Negotiation. The 
Dutch, and other Embaffies which went before, have 


fpent each from 15 to 25 Lack of Rupees, and not 


one amongft them all have procured the tenth Part 
of what I have. I. have aéted in this Affair with 
the utmoft Care and Induftry, and have done what 
I knew through Means of my Conforts here. I have 
coft near a Lack of Rupees; and all the Bafenefs 
which has been done by thofe People, I have bore 
with Patience, becaufe the Company’s Affairs elfe 
would have been ruined. By God’s Bleffing, all our 
Bufinefs is happily ended, and I hope, God willing, 
in 15 Days more, to obtain Leave, and be on my 
Way towards you; reft with Satisfaction, and after 
my Arrival, what more I have to relate will be made 
known to you ; fome unfair Dealings, which have been 
done within thefe Three Years, contrary to our Pro- 
mife, which are not requifite that I write you 
now, but when I come with you I muft inform 
you. 


N° 26. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; the Lord 
High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun , the valiant, 
the victorious in Battle, General of the Horfe, 
faithful Friend, as followeth : 

May the anna &lt;5 Caua be always in 
S 


ety. 

At this Inftant, Mr. Fobn Surman, Coja Surbaud, 
and Mr. Stevenfon, for and in Behalf of the Exglifh 
Company, hath, through the Interceffions of the High 
Minifters, prefented their Petition to his Imperial Ma- 
jefty ; Setting forth, That at Azzcemabaud (Patna) in 
the Province of Bebar, it is fome Time fince the Eng- 
lifa Fagtory has been ina hired Houfe; they hope for 
the Houfe of Meermuzzuffer, which is confifcated to 
the King, to be granted for their Refidence. It is 
commanded that you be writ to, if that Houfe be con- 
fifcated, that you let them have it to live in; but at 
the Time of repairing it they are not to build Bullworks, 
or any Thing like Fortification, for that is forbidden. by 
the King ; for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is 
iffued out; that you do act purfuant to the great 
Command. Regard this well. Written the oth of the 
Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign. 


N° 27. Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal 
of the Cootbullmoolk Prime Minifter,; the Lord 
High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun, the victo- 
rious in Battle, General of the Horfe, faithful 
Friend, as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys (Officers) in Government, that at 
prefent are, and hereafter thall come throughout the 
Provinces of the conquered Empire. Know yee, by 
thefe Prefents, that at this Time, Mr. Jobn Surman, 
Coja Surbaud, and Mr. Stevenfon, for. and in Behalf 
of the Englifo Company, hath, through the Interceffions 
of the High Minifters, prefented their Petition to 
his Imperial Majefty ; requefting, That a gracious Or- 
der may be given you, commanding, that in Cafe any 
of the Company’s Servants become Debtors, and elope 


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from them, that you feize and deliver them back to 
the Chief of the Faétory. ‘It is accordingly com- 
manded ; for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is iffued 
out; that you do, purfuant to the great Command, in 
Cafe any of the Company’s Servants become Debtors, 
and defert, feize and deliver them back to the Chief of 
the Factory. Regard this punctually.—Written the 


gth of the Moon Zeelbedge, the 5 Year of his Majefty’s 
Reign, 


N° 28. Copy of a Hufbullhookum under the 
Seal of the (Cootbullmoolk) Prime Minifter ; 
the Lord High Treafurer Syad Abidulla Caun, 
the valiant, the victorious in Battle, General of 
the Horfe, true to his Friends ; as followeth : 

To all Mutfuddys (Officers) in Government, that 
at prefent are, or hereafter fhall be, in the Province 
of Bengall ; Know yee, by thete Prefents, That at this 
Time Mr. John Surman, Coja Surhaud, and Mr. Ste- 
venfon, for and in Behalf of the Englifs Company, 
hath, through the Interceflions of the High Minifters, 
prefented their Petition to his Imperial Majetty ; Sets 
ting forth, That in the Town of Calcutta, in the 
Purgunna of Ameirabaud, in the Province aforefaid, 
the Englifo have their Factory, the Farming of Cal- 
cutta, &amp;c. Three Towns they have had for a long 
Time, the Rent of which annually being R* 1195. is 
duly paid by them; Thirty-eight Towns more, ad- 
jacent to the aforefaid Towns, the Rent of which 
amounting to R* 8121. 8*, they hope to have the 
Farming of them, and they will annually pay the Rent 
thereof according to the Statives in the King’s Books ; 
they likewife defire to have Calcutta called after his 
Majefty’s great Name ; and the other Towns to be taken 
from their feveral Purgunnys and united into one Pur- 
gunna. It is commanded that the Farming of the 
Towns bought formerly remain in their Pofieffion as 
heretofore, and that they have the Liberty of Farm- 
ing the other Towns petitioned for; if, according 
to former Cuftom, they buy them by the Affent of 
the refpective Owners of them, then you are to give 
Permiffion ; for which Reafon this Hufbullhookum is — 
iffued out ; that you let them havé the Farming of the 
former Villages and the prefent, purfuant to the great 
Command, according to the Lift on the Back of 
this, and take the yearly Rent of them into the Trea- 
fury. Regard this punctually.—Written the gth of the 
Moon Zeelbedge, the 5th Year of his Majefty’s glorious 
and ever happy Reign. : 


Lift on the Back, of Villages in the Purgana of 
Calcutta, Fc. in the Subafhip of Bengal, ac- 
cording to the Petition of Mr. ohn Surman, Coja 
Surbaud, and Mr. Stevenfon, the Renting of 
which being granted to the Engl Company, 
and the Towns which they formerly bought 
remaining according to ancient Cuftom: The 
other Villages petitioned for, if by the Affent 
of the Owners they do buy them according to 
ancient Cuftom, give Permiffion, and fettle. ‘The 
whole Amount, is R* 9316. 14. 3. according 
to the above named their Petition ; viz. 

In the Purganna, or Divifion of Calcutta R* 2151 13 3 


In the Purganna, or Divifion of Ameira- 
baud 


_ _ _ 1810 9 6 

In the Purganna, or Divifion of Burro 869 15 3 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Man- 

pore _ _ — 223 76 

In the Purganna, or Divifion of Nudee 172 13 6 

In the Purganna, or Divifion of Picaun 4078 3 3 


41 Towns, 
Note, That the Account of thefe Towns are not at 
Court ; therefore according to the Account of the Suba 
Books, more or lefs, {ettle. 


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860 


According to former Cuftom, the Towns of Calcutta, 
2c, Three Towns R* 1195. 6; viz. 

In the Purganna of Ameir Abaud Calcutta, Sc. R* 
970. 8.; viz. De Calcutta R‘ 468. 9. Sootalutta R° 
500. 15. Govindpore R* 224. 14. In the Purganna of Pi- 
caun. 

The prefent R* 8128. 8. 3.3 viz. 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Ca/- 


cutta —_ _ — R° 2151 13 3 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Ameira- 

baud -- _ — 840 1 6 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Burro — 869 15 3 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Nudde - 172 13 6 
In the Purganna, or Divifion of Manpore 223 7.6 


In the Purganna, or Divifion of Picaun - 3863 5 3 


The particular Account of the Villages petitioned for 
at prefent, according to the Lift under the Seals of the 
aforenamed Perfons, amounting to R* 8121. 8. 3. 
Towns 38 ; viz, 

Ducconneedaun R* 426. 9°; viz. 


In the Purganna of Calcutta _ R' 38 8 6 
In the Purganna of Picaun — I2 — 3 
In the Purganna of Ameirabaud — — 376—- 
Beergee R* 283. 13. 63; viz. 
In the Purganna of Calcutta —- — 22 63 
In the Purganna of Ameirabaud — 4515 3 
In the Purganna of Nudee — — I i4- 
In the Purganna of Picaun — — 213 10— 


Baudfutteempore Rs 127. 2. 63 viz. 





In the Purganna of Calcutta — — I 73 

In the Purganna of Ameirabaud —_ 20 § — 

In the Purganna of Picaun’ — — 95 36 
Sulca R° 277. 11. 3.5 Viz. 

In the Purganna of Burro — — 61 11 = 
In the Purganna of Picaun — — 216 —3 
Hauroo R* 383. 2. 93 viz. 

In the Purganna of Burro — — 237 56 
In the Purganna of Picaun — 145 133 
Cundee R‘ 138. 5. 3.3 Viz. 

In the Purganna of Calcutta 8 7- 
In the Purganna of Burro — 129 143 

Ramkiffenpore R* 169. 14. 9.3 Viz. 

In the Purganna of Burro — -— 89 39 
In the Purganna of Picaun — — 80 11 = 
Nauta R* 580. 14. 9.3 viz. 

In the Purganna of Burro — — 35113 = 
In the Purganna of Picaun — -—= 229 19 

Billgajaw R* 318* 9°; viz. 
In the Purganna of Picaun —_- — 1310- 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 304 69 
Oltadondee R* 314. 1435 Viz. 

In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 194 1 6 
In the Purganna of Picaun — --— 120129 
Congarracoffa R* 408. 6. 3.3 Viz. 

In the Purganna of Nudee — — 179 15 3 
In the Purganna of Picaun ——~ — 37 7 = 

Meerzapore R* 172. 13. 6.5 Viz. 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 57 159 
In D° Picaun —_—_— —_— — II5 33 9 
Cullea R* 572. 10. 6; Viz. 

In the Purganna of Calcutta —- — 127 69 
In the Purganna-of Picaun —— — 445 39 
Buggaree R* 228. 13. 3.3 viz. 

In the Purganna of Picaun — — 166 19 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 62116 
Sunda R* 648. 9. 3. viz 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 62 —3 
In the Purganna of Picaun -—- — 586 om 

Dulunda R* 306. 7. 6.3; viz. 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — =~ 31 66 
D* -~ D° Picaun - — 195 It-= 
Tupfanda R* 290, 10. 9,3 Viz 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — —. 73 8 
Dp — B® Picaun — — 217 29 





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Mullea Bulcha-R* 206. 14. 6.3 viz. ° 





In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 93.22. 
In the Purganna of Picaun — — 175 36 
Currangee R* 89. 11. 6.3 viz. 

In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 14 136 
b° _ D° Picaun — — 7414 = 
Cullemba R* 383. 2.3 viz. 

In the Purganna of Calcutta — -— 270 3. 
Dp — D° Picaun — — 113 49 

Cundulipaudee R* 101, 13. 6.3 Viz. ; 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 31 9 3 
D° o D° Picaun = —— — 70 43 
Amulla R* 229..2. 6.3 viz. 
In the Purganna of Calcutta — — 61 949 
D° — D° Picaun — — 167 849 
Duccaneepakpadee, in the Purganna Amei- 
rabaud — — 45 23 
Hogulcundee,in the Purganna of Picavn — 137 11 3 
Semlee, in the Purganna of Manpore — 81 15 6 
Muccaunda, in D° — 2 —— 118512 9 
Chapada, in the Purganna of Calcutta — 63 109 
Baughare, inD? — D® — a 49 89 
4rpoolee, in the Purganna Manpore — 22 Ily 
Sayalta, in the Purganna of Calcutta — 118 g 9 
Baudfunda, D? D° — —_ 40 8. 
Seepore, in D®° D° _ — 41 66 
Saidgueebee, in D°? D®°  — — 2r 3- 
Cuftanga, inD° D° — — 37 14 = 
Puttera, in D° Picaun — — 101 16 
Bauduchneedaun, D° — — 125 832 
Ballcallcutta, in Calcutta _— — 114 3:6 
Cheatpore, in Purganna Ameirabaud — 252 8 — 


N° 29. Directed to Acram Caun, Duan of Benga, 
the fame as the foregoing, Word for Word, with 
the Lift of the Towns on Back as the foregoing. 


Perwanna under faffar Cawn’s Seal, obtained by 
Mr. Samuel Feake, at Cofimbazar. Received 20th 
of Fuly 1717; as followeth: 
May his Highnefs, the Support of Nobles, the ho- 
nourable Caun. Maudee Allee Caun, be always fur- 
rounded with his Majefty’s Favour. 
The Vakeel of the Engiifo Company has reprefented, 
that Mahomed Sallab Droga, of the Cherabaf Conna, does 
unjuftly moleft Suecada, Gomafhtah of his Mafter, who 
refides at Fabaungeernagur (Dacca) ; for wnich Reafon 
this is wrote ; that if it be true, you bid the aforefaid 
Droga forbear injurioufly oppreffing the Exglifb’s Go- 
mafhtahs: But if the Story fhould be otherwife, do 
you write it. The 3d of Shabaun, the 6 Year of his Ma- 
jefty’s Reign. 
Duftkbut (fign’d.) 

To thefe People Favour and Encouragement fhould 
be fhewn, becaufe they are great Merchants, and are 
exalted by their eminent Services. 


Perwanna under Faffar Caun’s Seal, obtained by 
Mr. Feake, Fc. at Cofimbazar. Received in Fort 
William the 5th of Odober 1717; as followeth: 

May his Highnefs, the Support of Nobles, Sultan - 

Huffein Caun, be always furrounded with his Ma- 

jefty’s Favour. 

The Englifb Company’s Vakeel has reprefented, that 
his Mafter’s Gomafhtah, who have refided at Maban- 
undapore, (fubordinate to Rajamall) for a long while, 
to buy and fell Goods, That your Deputy have un- 
juftly extorted 50 R* from faid Gomafhtah ; for 
which this is wrote; that if. it be true, you make 
the faid Rupees to be refunded to the faid Gomafhtah, 


-and take his Satisfactory Certificate and fend it hither : 


Do you likewife give particular Orders, that no body 
moleft faid Gomafhtah injurioufly, that he may remain 
there, carrying on with Content his Bufinefs. Regard 
this well. Written the 26th of the Moon Ramazan, the 
6 Year of his Majefty’s Reign. 
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COUd Com Bw OQ OLO m 
FAS DAI I alwre 


Tranflate of King Furruckfeer his Phirmaun, for 
the honourable Robert Hedges, Efquire, Prefi- 
dent in Bengal, in Anfwer to the Petition fent by 
Mr. John Surman, &amp;c. 

The moft worthy amongft your Peers, the great 
amongft your Brothers, and worthy of my Favour, 
Robert Hedges, Prefident for the Englifob Company : Be 
always in Hopes of kingly Favour; and know at this 
Time of Conqueft, and being Conqueror, the Petition 
that defired a Phirmaun for the Currency of Trade for 
the Englifh, and Pardon of Cuftoms, according to 
ancient Ufage, with the Pifhcafh, accompanied by 
Englifo Surman and Serad Armenian to the Holy Place 
that carries the Enfigns of Miracles, whofe Height ap- 

roaches the Skies, is received, and has paft the Royal 
v iew, and the Pifhcath that you fent has been pre- 
fented before his Sacred Majefty, and pleafed him, 
with his Royal Acceptance after the moft Holy Place, 
being acquainted of your entire Sincerity, and ftrict 
Obedience, out of his Majefty’s moft particular Fa- 
vours, have granted Phirmauns, conformable to the 
Petition of the above Serad, for the Currency of the 
Company’s Trade, and Pardon of Cuftoms, purfuant 
to former Rule; you ought, in a high and grateful 
Degree, to acknowlege this great Royal Favour, with 
a ferious Temper, and perfect Satisfaction; go on in 

our Bufinefs and Merchandize, your upright Behaviour 
and perfeét Obedience gill be a Means of your future 
Protection. The 19th Day of the Moon Famadullacurr ; 
wrote in the Six Year of our glorious Reign. 


The Vizier’s Title, which is wrote on the Back 
of the Four Phirmauns. 

Under the Proteétion of the Mountain of vaft 
Riches, in whom the King puts his Confidence ; 
Chief of the Nobles of the greateft Port; confpicu- 
ous among the Great ; the great Protector of the 
Country, and its Riches ; the Opener of the Way 
to Fortune and Riches ; Mafter of the Sword and 
Pen; the Light and Exalter of the Spear and 
Order; Vizier of a true Judgment’ unalterable ; 
Chief of the Country ; Prime Minifter, in whofe 
Hands are all Power; the Lord High Treafurer, 
the Valiant, the Victorious in Battle, faithful 
Friend ; and the Mirrour of Viziers. 


Copy of a Hufbullhookum. 

An Account of the Europeans at Hugbly, as re- 
prefented by the Government of Hughly to 
Muxadavad, viz. 

It’s cuftomary, upon every new King’s Acceffion to 
the Throne, and upon every Subah’s and Duan’s Ac- 
ceffion, for the Europeans to get new Phirmaunds and 
new Perwannahs to carry on their Bufinefs, and to give 
a Prefent; for which Reafon I fend an Account of the 
Nation, that as it is now the Time for difpatching their 
Ships, if they are dealt hard with, it will be for the 
Advantage of the King and Subah; viz. 

The Englifh, in Aurengzeb’s Time, obtained a Phir- 
maund, exempting them from all Cuftoms, in Lieu of 
which a Pifhcafh of Three thoufand Rupees was fettled, 
which they annually pay into the Treafury at Hughly, 
fince which they have not had either Phirmaund or 
Perwannah ; they carry on their Mercantile Affairs in an 
unjuft and unprecedented Manner, by which the King’s 
Treafury is leffened ; the Phirmaund they procured in 
Phiruchfeer’s Time has never been feen, nor they ever 
had a Perwannah from the Nabob for carrying on their 
Bufinefs. 

The Dutch, in Aurengzeb’s Time, obtained a Phir- 
maund, granting Leave to trade, paying 34 per Cent. 
into the Treafury at Hughly. In Shaw Allum’s Time 
they obtained a Phirmaund for paying 2} per Cent. 
Cuftoms, and they, conformable to which they ob- 
tained a Perwannah from Faffier Cawn, when he was 
called Muffud Coolie Cawn, by virtue of which they now 

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86 t 
carry on their Bufitief8; befides this, they have had ng 
other new Perwannah, nor made any Prefent to the 
King or Subah. 

The French, in Aurengzeb’s Time, obtained a Phir- 
maund, alfo the Subah and Duan’s Perwannah, and, ac- 
cording to the Dutch, they paid Four per Cent. Cuftoms 3 
and when the Dutch got the Cuftoms fettled at 21 per 
Cent. they likewife got a Perwannah from the Nabob to 
pay the fame; befides which, they had no other new 
Perwannah, nor made any Prefent to the King or Subah: 
The Oftenders have no Phirmaund ; they have obtained 
Jaffer Cawn’s Perwannah, by virtue of which they carry 
on their Bufinefs. 

The Armenians ufed formerly to pay 5 per Cent. 
Cuftoms ; in Shaw Allum’s Time they obtained a Phir- 
maund for paying no more than 31 per Cent. and ac- 
cording to which Phirmaund they have Faffier Cawn’s 
Perwannah, and now they carry on their Bufinefs in 
Calcutta under the Engh Protection, and thofe of them 
that want a Perwannah for Suratt, comes to Hughly and 
gets one, by which the King is a great Sufferer. 

It has not been cuftomary for Europeans to trade in 
Salt; this Year fome of the Englifh have fent large 
Quantities of Salt to Patna, without paying the Cuftom: 
It has always been cuftomary for the Weavers to pay 
5 per Cent. on all Photaes, before they fell any to 
Europeans, and now the Engli/b, contrary to Cuftom, 
in the adjacent Towns of Calcutta, and in Burdivan, 
buy Photaes, and carry them, with their Dufticks, 
without paying the ufual Cuftoms; and upon all Goods 
that are bought and fold in Calcutta, they collect a Duty, 
by which the King is a great Sufferer. 

It has not been cuftomary for the Exropeans to 
traffick in Grain, &amp;c. Eatables they ufed to have allowed 
them (by Leave from hence) juft a fufficient Quantity 
for their own Food; and the Engii/h now buys Grain in 
every Place, and tranfports it on board their Ships, by 
way of Merchandize, by which the King is a great 
Sufferer, and Grain is made dear and fcarce in this 
Countty. 

All Goods imported formerly by Europeans, ufed to 
be fold to the Patna Merchants, Sc. who ufed to pay 
the Cuftoms thereon; and for thefe feveral Years the 
Englifo fend what Goods they import to Patna, &amp;c. 
Aurungs, by which there is no Cuftom paid; here they 
pay a Pifhcafh of Rupees Three thoufand for the 
Company and other Enghj/hmen, by which the King is a 
great Sufferer; and the Dutch, ever fince they have 
had the Cuftom fettled at 24 per Cent. fend their Goods 
to Patna and other Places, and do not fell to thofe who 
ufed to pay the Cuftoms here, by which the King is a 
great Sufferer. 

Tranfcribed per T. Fenwick. 

Examined with 4. Daw/on. 


Copy of a Duftuck, under the Seal of Commordce 
Caune, Grand Vizier, directed to all Phowfdars, 
Guardians of the Roads, Keepers of Paffages, 
and Zemindar, in the Provinces of Bengal, 
Bebarr, and Orixa. 

Know ye, that the Englifh Company are free of 
Cuftoms, purfuant to the Tenor of the Royal Phir- 
maund, in Lieu of which they pay an annual Pifhcafh 
of Three thoufand Rupees into the Treafury, at the Port 
of Hugbly, and every Year, their Boats, loaden with 
Goods, do pafs and repafs throughout the aforemen- 
tioned Provinces ; for which Reafon this is wrote, that 
they be not troubled or molefted for Raudary, &amp;c. but 
on the contrary, that you pafs them through your 
feveral Diftriéts in Safety. The 27th Shaubaun, the oth 
Year of His Majefty’s Reign. 

Tranfcribed per 4. Daw/fon. 

Examined with So/* Margas. 


Copy of a Hufbullhookum, under the Seal of 
Commordudee Caune, Vizier, direéted to al! Mut- 
10 K fudys 






































862 


fudys, prefent and to come, in the Provinces of 
Bengal, Bebarr, and Orixa. 

Know ye, that the Englifo Company’s Vaqueel has 
prefented a Petition; Setting forth, That his Mafters 
have a Phirmaund, exempting them from all Cuftoms, 
in Lieu of which they annually pay into the Treafury at 
Hughly a Pifncafh of Three thoufand Rupees: That 
the Subah and Duan’s People, in every Subahfhip, and 
the Phoufdars, Sc. on the Roads, moleft and trouble 
them, contrary to the Tenor of the Royal Phirmaund: 
He is in Hopes of obtaining a Hufbullhookum, con- 
firming their being free of Cuftoms, purfuant to the 
Royal Phirmaund. It appears by the Books, that in 
Lieu of Thirty thoufand Rupees, which they pay into 
the Treafury at the Port of Hughly, they are free of 
all'Cuftoms ; for which Reafon they have obtained this 
Hufbullhookum, ordering you to a¢t conformable to 
the Royal Phirmaund, and in no ways to impede or 
moleft them. The 17th of the Moon Rajeé, in the gth 
Year of his Majefty’s ever happy Reign. 


There are three other Perwannahs or Hufbullhookums, 
of the fame Tenor as the foregoing, directed to Falfer- 
caun, Subah of Bengal, and Suffrage Caune, Duan of 
Bengal, and the Third to Aiteram Caun, Duan of Patna. 

Tranfcribed per W. Davis. 

Examined with So/* Margas. 


Copy of a Perwannah, under the Seal of Suffrage 
Caune, Duan of Bengal, directed to all Mutfuddys, 
prefent and to come, to all Gomaftahs of Jag- 
gers, Phoufdars, Zemindars, Collectors, and 
Recorders, in the Provinces of Bengal and 
Orixa. 

Know ye, that King Furruck/eer’s Phirmaund and 
Perwannahs, granted the Englifo Company, has been 
prefented by Mr. Stephenfon, by which it is perceivable, 
that they pay annually a Pifhcafh of Three thoufand 
Rupees in the Treafury at Hughly, befides which, they 
are not to be molefted for any Thing more; and that 
in all Places you affift them in buying and felling their 
Goods ; in cafe they have any Account or Demands on 
any Weavers, &amp;%c. oblige them to pay their Gomaftahs ; 
and not fuffer any Body to moleft or impede their 
Gomaftahs, nor trouble them on account of their own 
or hired Boats for Cutharab: That whofoever of the 
Company’s Gomaftahs, being Debtors, defert them, feize 
them, and deliver them to the Chiefs of their Factories ; 
that they be not molefted for Phoufdary, &amp;c. (Abob- 
munnua) Impofitions: That in Cafe any of their Goods 
or Ships are drove afhore, or wrecked, let particular 
Care be taken thereof: That at Calcutta they have a 
Settlement, and the renting of Calcutta, &amp;c. Towns in 
the Purgane of 4meiravad, &amp;c. were formerly granted 
them, and bought by Confent from the Zemindars of 
them, and are now in their Pofleffion: That Thirty- 
eight Towns more, amounting to Rupees Eight 
thoufand One hundred and Twenty-one, and Eight 
Annaes, adjoining to the aforcfaid, in cafe they pur- 
chafe them by the Confent of the Proprietors, let the 
Duan put them in Poffeffion thereof: It appearing by 
the Regifters of the Duan, that Calcutta, &amp;c. Three 
Towns, are in their Poffeffion, according to former 
Cuftom, for which they pay yearly Rupees One.thoufand 
One hundred and Ninety-five, and the other Thirty- 
eight Towns, which they have not yet bought, neither 
are in their Pofleffion,; you muft let Calcutta, &amp;c. 
Three Towns, remain in their Poffeffion as_ heretofore, 
and receive the cuftomary Rent thereof ; and, according 
to the Tenor of the Royal Phirmaund, whereon is 
wrote on the Back of this, do you act in every refpect, 
and not contrary. ‘The Firft of the Moon Zethedge, in 
the Ninth Year of His Majefty’s Reign. 


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; between the Governor and Council of Fort 





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William, on the Part of the Englifh Eaft India 
Company and the Nabob Syef u/ Dowla. 
On the Part of the Company. 

We the Governor and Council do engage to fecure 
to the Nabob, Syef ul Dowla, the Subahdarre of the 
Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, and to fupport 
him therein, with the Company’s Forces, againft all his 
Enemies. 

On the Part of the Nabob. 
I. 

The Treaty which my Father formerly concluded 
with the Company, upon his firft Acceffion to the Ni- 
zamut, engaging to regard the Honour and Reputation 
of the Company, and of the Governor and Council, as 
his own; and that entered into with my Brother, Nabob 
Najim ul Dowla, the fame Treaties, as far as is con- 
fiftent with the true Spirit, Intent, and Meaning thereof, 
I do hereby ratify and confirm. 

If. 

The King has been gracioufly pleafed to grant unto 
the Englifo Eaft India Company the Dewannafhip of 
Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, as a free Gift, for ever 5 and 
I having an entire Confidence in them, and in their 
Servants fettled in this Country, that nothing whatever 
be propofed or carried into Execution by them, dero- 
gating from my Honour, Dignity, Intereft, and the 
Good of my Country, do therefore, for the better con- 
ducting the Affairs of the Subahdarree, and promoting 
my Honour and Intereft, and that of the Company, ia 
the beft Manner, agree, that the protecting the Pro- 
vinces of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, and the Force 
fufficient for that Purpofe, be entirely left to their Di- 
rection and good Management, in Confideration of their 
paying the King, Shaw Allum, by Monthly Pay- 
ments, as by Treaty agreed on, the Sum of Rupees 
2,16,666. 10. g, and to me, Syef u/ Dowla, the annual 
Stipend of Rupees 41,86,131. 93 wz. the Sum of Ru- 
pees 17,78,854. 1. for my Houfe, Servants, and other 
Expences indifpenfably necefiary, and the remaining 
Sum of 24,07,277. 8. for the Support of fuch Sepoys, 
Peons, and Burgundaffes, as may be thought proper for 
my Afwarry only; but on no Account ever to exceed thar 
Amount. 

iil. 

The Nabob Minauh Dowla, who was, at the Inftance 
of the Governor and Gentlemen of the Council, ap- 
pointed Naib of the Provinces, and invefted with the 
Management of Affairs, in Conjunction with Mah Rajab 
Doolubram and Fuggut Seat, fhall continue in the fame 
Poit, and with the fame Authority ; and having a per- 
feét Confidence in him, I moreover agree to let him have. 
the difburfing of the above Sum of 24,07,277. 8. for the 
Purpofes above mentioned. 

This Agreement, by the Blefling of God, I hope 
will be inviolably obferved as long as the Englif Com- 
pany’s Factories continue in Bengal. Dated this 19th 
Day of May, in the Year of our Lord 1766. 

W B. Sumner. 
H. Verelft. 
Rand&gt; Marviott. 
H. Watts. 
Claud. Ruffell. 
W Alderfey. 
Tho. Kelfall. 
Charles Floyer. 


Articles of a Treaty and Agreement, concluded 
between the Governor and Council of Fort 
William, on the Part of the. Englifh Eaft India 
Company, and the Nabob Syef u/-‘Dowla. 

On the Part of the Company. 

We the Governor and Council do engage to fecure to 
the Nabob Syef ul Dowla, the Subahdarree of the Pro- 
vinces of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, and to fupport 
him therein, with the Company’s Forces, againft all his 
Enemies. 

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On the Part of the Nabob. 
I. 

The Treaty which my Father formerly concluded with 
the Company, upon his firft Acceffion to the Nizamut, 
engaging to regard the Honour and Reputation of the 
Company, and the Governor and Council, as his own ; 
and that entered into with my Brother, the Nabob 
Nazim ul Dowla; the fame Treaties, as far as is con- 
fiftent with the true Spirit, Intent, and Meaning there- 
of, I do hereby ratify and confirm, 

II. 

The King has been gracioufly pleafed to grant unto 
the Englifh Eaft Indig Company, the Dewannfhip of 
Bengal, Babar, and Ovixa, as a free Gift, for ever; and 
I haying an entire Confidence in them and in their Ser- 
vants fettled in this Country, that Nothing will be pro- 
pofed, or carried into Execution, by them, derogating 
from my Honour and Dignity, and the true Interett 
and the Good of my Country, do therefore, for the 
better conducting the Affairs of the Subahdarree, and 
promoting my Honour and Intereft, and that of the 
Company, in the beft Manner, agree that the Protect- 
ing the Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, and 
the Force fufficient for that Purpofe, be entirely left 
to their Direction and good Management ; in Confi- 
deration of their paying the King, Shaw Allum, by 
Monthly Payments, as by Treaty agreed on, the Sum 
of Rupees 2,16,666. 10. 9, and to me, Syef ul Dowla, 
the annual Stipend of Rupees 41,86,131. 93 vz. 
the Sum of Rupees 17,78,854. 1. for my Houle, Ser- 
vants, and other Expences indifpenfably neceffary, and 
the remaining Sum of 24,07,277. 8. for the Support 
of fuch Sepoys, Peoms, and Burgundajfes, as may be 
thought proper for my Afwarry only ; but on no Ac- 
count ever to exceed that Amount. 

Il. 

The Nabob, Minaut Dowlab, who was, at the In- 
{tance of the Governor and the Gentlemen of the Coun- 
cil, appointed Naib of the Provinces, and invefted with 
the Management of all Affairs, in Conjunction with 
Mbaraga Doolubram, and Fuggut Seet, fhall continue 
in the fame Poft, and with the fame Authority; and 
having a perfeét Confidence in him, I further agree 
to let him have the Difburfing of the above Sum of 
24,07,277- 8, for the Purpofe above mentioned. 

This Agreement, by the Bleffing of God, I hope 
will be inviolably obferved as long as the Englifh Com- 
pany’s Factories continue in Bengal. Dated the 18th 
Day of May, in the Year of our Lord One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Sixty-fix. 

(Signed) Governor and Council. (Signed) The Nabob. 

Fort William, 28th Nov. 1766. 
A true Copy. 
W= Alderfey, Secretary. 





Signed E. Baber, Secretary. 


Articles of a Treaty and Agreement, between the 
Governor and Council of Fort William, on the 
Part of the Englifh Eaft India Company, and 
the Nabob Mebarek ul Dowlab. 

On the Part of the Company. 

We, the Governor and Council, do engage to fecure 
to the Nabob Mebarek ul Dowlah, the Soubahdarree of 
the Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, and to fup- 
ay him therein, with the Company’s Forces, againft all 

is Enemies. 
On the Part of the Nabob. 
I. 

The Treaty which my Father formerly ‘concluded 
with the Company, upon his firft Acceffion to the Niza- 
mut, engaging to regard the Honour and Reputation 


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of the Company, and of the Governor arid Council, as 
his own; and that entered into with my Brothers, the 
Nabobs Nazim ul Dowlab, and Syef ul Dowlzeb , the fame 
Treaties, as far as is confiftent with the true Spirit, 
Intent, and Meaning thereof, I do hereby ratify and 
confirm. 

If, 

The King has been gracioufly pleafed to grant unto 
the Englifb Eaft India Company, the Dewannafhip of 
Bengal, Babar, and Orixa, as a free Gift for ever; and 
I, having an entire Confidence in them, and in their 
Servants fettled in this Country, that Nothing whatever 
be propofed or carried into Execution by thm, dero- 
gating from my Honour, Intereft, and the Good of 
my Country, do therefore, for the better conducting 
the Affairs of the Subahdarree, and promoting my 
Honour and Intereft, and that of the Company, in the 
beft Manner, 

Agree, That the proteéting the Provinces of Bengal, 
Bahar, and Orixa, and the Force fufficient’ for that 
Purpofe, be entirely left to their Direction and good 
Management, in Confideration of their paying the King, 
Shaw Allum, by Monthly Payments, as.by Treaty agreed 
on, the Sum of Rupees Two Lacks Sixteen thoutand 
Six hundred and Sixty-fix, Ten Annaes, and Nine 
Pice (Rupees 2,16,666. 10. 9); and to me, Meba- 
rek ul Dowlab, the annual Stipend of Rupees Thirty- 
one Lacks Eighty-one thoufand Nine hundred and 
Ninety-one, Nine Annaes (31,81,991.-9); wiz. the 
Sum of Rupees Fifteen Lacks Eighty-one thou- 
fand Nine hundred and Ninety-one, Nine Annaes 
(15,81,991. 9), for my Houfe, Servants, and other 
Fxpences indifpenfably neceffary; and the remaining 
Sum of Rupees Sixteen Lacks (Rupees 16,00000), 
for the Support of fuch Sepoys, Peoms, and Burgun- 
daffes, as may be thought proper for my Afwarry only ; 
but on no Account ever to exceed that Amount. 

Til. 

The Nabob Minaubh Dowilah, who was, at the Inftance 
of the Governor and Gentlemen of the Council, ap- 
pointed Naib of the Provinces, and invefted with the 
Management of Affairs, in Conjunction with Maha Rajah 
Doolubram and Fuggut Seat, fhall continue in the fame 
Poft, and with the fame Authority: And having a perfect 
Confidence in him, I moreover agree to let him have the 
Difburfing of the above Sum of Rupees Sixteen Lacks, 
for the Purpofes abovementioned. 

This Agreement, by the Bleffing of God, fhall be 
inviolably obferved for ever. 

Dated the 21ft Day of March, in the Year of our 
Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy. 
¢ Richard Beecher, 
We Alderfey, 

Jobn Cartier, 
Claud Rufell, 
Charles Floyer, 
Fokn Reed, 
Francis Hare, 
Fofeph Fekyll, 
Thomas Lane, 

L Richard Barwell. 


Signed —— 4 





A true Copy. 
W. Wynne, Secretary. 


Copy of the Tranflate of a Perwannah from Suja 
Dowla Cawn, Subah of Bengal, to Governor 
Deane; as entered after the Fort William Conful- 
tation of the 19th Fanwary 1731-2. 

Fobn Deane, Governor: I falute you, and am very 
well pleafed and fatisfied with your fair Dealing and 
Management, and have not any ill Will whatfoever 
againft you ; you ought to preferve a good Underftand- 
ing with me, and by a good Management of yours; go 
on with your Bufinefs as cuftomary, without doing any 
Thing contrary to Law and Cuftom. 


Copy of a Perwannah, under the Seal of the Na- 
bob Suja Cawn, to Mbamud Aliff; entered after 
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the Fort William Confultation of the 16th Fuly, 
1736. 

Wheress the Revenues of the Towns of de Calcutta, 
Soota Lootee, and Govindpoor, in the Purgannas of Ameem- 
bad, Calcutta, and Paycawne, in thé Surcat of Sutgom, by 
Grants from the Court, and feveral Governors of the 
Province, have been appropriated to the Englifh Com- 
pany, and been under the Direction of their Agents, I 
do now confirm the fame to them, according to Cuf- 
tom; and you are not to moleft them, or demand more 
upon any Account than is ufual, nor infift upon their 
renewing this Grant yearly ; but encourage the Improve- 
ment of the Towns in the Manner, therefore, to their 
Satisfaction. See that this be obeyed. On the 1ft of the 
Month Rudbdenlaurell, 18th Year of the King’s Reign, 


AE -r- oe oN. ee eee 
N° 3. 


A Letter to George Pigot Efquire, Prefident, &amp;c. 
of Fort St. George, relating to the Capture of 
Calcutta , dated 16 Fuly 1756, from the Gover- 
nor and Council of Bengal. 


To the honourable George Pigot, Efquire, Prefident 
and Governor, €c. Council at Fort St. George. 
Honourable Sir and Sirs, 

Our utmoft Efforts have been employed to difpatch 
to you fooner the Intelligence of the Capture of Ca/- 
cutta by the Moors, acting under. Orders of Serajab 
Dowla, the new Nabob; which Account, we doubt 
not, will have reached you before this can poffibly 
arrive, by Means of Patamars from the Sbroffs or 
foreign Nations; a true Narrative of this unhappy 
Event, will, in our Opinion, be faithfully reprefented 
to you by Mr. Manningham, which we have not here 
to commit to Writing ; the above Gentleman we depute 
to your Honour, &amp;c, on the United Englifh Eaft India 
Company’s Behalf, and require from this Reprefentation, 
that you will fupport us with the whole Force you can 
obtain on your Coaft, Military and Marine, together 
with a fufficient Quantity of Ammunition, Cannon, and 
all other warlike Stores, Military and Marine, which 
may enable us to re-eftablifh ourfelves in this Province, 
which we efteem of the moft effential Confequence 
to the Eaft India Company, and Trade of India in 
general. 

It is highly to reprefent to your Honour, &amp;c. and 
that the Englifh here were eftablifhed by Patent from 
the Grand Mogul, under whofe Orders all Subahs 
fhould be dependant; but as your Honour, Ge, are 
well acquainted that this Province was overcome by 
Ally Verde Cawn, who maintained his Conqueft by Force 
of Arms, fo was it poffeffed by his Grandfon, who 
affumed the Title of Serajab Dowla, wherefore further 
to favour our Caufe, and juft Complaints for Reftitution, 
and Right to the Privilege granted us by the Royal 
Firmaund, we are to requeft you will, without Delay, 
fet forth to the Grand Mogul the Enormities committed 
by the prefent Nabob, on a Nation which has always 
paid Obedience to the Tenor of the Firmaund, nor in- 
fringed on its Privileges ; requiring and entreating by 
his Authority to re-eftablifh us in all our Rights, and 
that the Lofs fuftained by the Company and Inhabitants 
of the Settlement may be made good. 

We are at prefent endeavouring to open a Corre- 
fpondence with the principal Men, whom we are inform- 
ed the Nabob attends to, in Hopes to bring on a Treaty 
till we can obtain Succour, and that we may in fome 
Meafure be relieved from our prefent Diftrefs, being in 
the utmoft Want of all Neceffaries of Life, and {tric 
Orders iffued by the Government not to fupply us with 
any Provifions: The Dutch and French are alfo prohi- 
bited giving us any Affiftance ; their Situation appears 
very precarious ; and we are told the French have wrote 
for a large Reinforcement from Pondicherry. 


MA, 1972. 


Our Determination is to keep the River, until we are 
informed of your Honour, &amp;&amp;c.’s Refolutions ; and in 
cafe we are not able to procure any Favour from this 
Government, or fhould be perfecuted fo by the Enemy 
as to be obliged to ftand out to Sea, we fhall proceed to 
Vizagapatam , this we think proper to mention, as it 
may be neceffary that the Ships in their Way to the 
Bay call there for Intelligence, which we fhall lodge 
there, if we are able to procure any Conveyances ; for 
the Ingratitude of our immediate Servants has beer 
fuch, that we are drove to the Neceffity of doing every 
individual Office for ourfelves ; nor have we been able 
to procure a Pattaman, or a Perfian Writer ; and it is 
with the utmoft Difficulty we have hitherto kept toge- 
ther a fufficient Number of La/cars to work our Ships, 
and are daily apprehenfive they will quit us on the firft 
Occafion. 

We have defired the Gentlemen at Vizagapatam to 
provide and hold in Readinefs what Provifion of every 
Kind they are able to procure, to be put on Board the 
Veffels coming down hither. 

We requeft your Honour, &amp;¢. to reprefent a full State 
of all thefe Occurrences to Admiral Wat/fon, the Com- 
mander in Chief of his Majefty’s Squadron, and entreat 
his Aid and Affiftance with the Fleet, which we hope 
may be able to proceed hither. 

Monfr. Le Beaume, (who had the Command of our 
advanced Batteries, and defended the fame very gal- 
lantly) accompanies Mr. Manningham, and will, in cafe 
of Accident happening to Mr. Manningham, deliver 
you thefe Advices; we efteeming Monfr. Le Beaume 
well quahfied to give you a circumitantial Detail of our 
Military Proceedings, as alfo inform you of the va- 
rious Stores we are in Want of. 

As we imagine the News of this Capture will pro- 
duce very bad Confequences in England, to the honour- 
able Company’s Affairs, if they receive it without 
being informed at the fame Time of there being 2 
Profpect of our refettling in Bengal, we are to requeft 
your Honour will alter your Refolution of fending the 
Delawar to Europe, till you hear the Succefs of the 
Force you may be able to affift us with. 

We are, with great Refpects, 
Honourable Sir and Sirs, 


Fulta, Your moft obedient humble Servants, 
16 Fuly 1756. R. D. 
&amp;Fe, 


General Letter dated 15th September 1756. 

To the honourable the Court of Direétors for Affairs 
of the honourable the United Company of Mer- 
chants of England trading to the Eajt Indies. 

May it pleafe your Honours, 

As it is probable a Veffel may be difpatched for 
Europe, by the Prefident and Council of Fort St. George, 
or fome other Nation fettled on the Coaft, and a Con- 
veyance offering from hence to Vizagapatam, we think 
it our Duty to give your Honours fome Account of an 
Event which muft be of the utmoft Confequence to 
your Trade.—It is with the greateft Concern we find 
ourfelves under the Neceffity of tranfmitting your 
Honours fuch difagreeable News; and fhall beg Leave 
to confine ourfelves to Generals for the prefent, refer- 
ring to a future Addrefs for the Particulars of this Af- 

air. 

Upon the Receipt of your Packet by the Delawar, 
we thought it neceflary to put ourfelves in the beft 
State of Defence we could, and for that Purpofe gave 
Directions to have the Line of Guns towards the River 
repaired and ftrengthened : While we were carrying on 
this Work, a Perwannah arrived from the Nabob 
Serajab Dowla (who had fucceeded to the Government 
upon the Death of Alyver de Cawn) forbidding us to 
erect any new Works, or dig a Ditch, which he was 
informed we were doing. As we efteemed this a very 

unrea- 





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unreafonable Prohibition, the Prefident made the fol- 
lowing Reply, by the Approbation and Confent of the 
Board, That we were not erecting any new Fortifica- 
tions, but only repairing our Wharf, which had been 
much damaged by the Frefhes ; and he had been mif- 
informed in Regard to the Ditch, having dug none 
fince the Invalion of the Marattoes, which had been 
executed by the Requeft of our Inhabitants, and with the 
Approbation of Alyver de Cawn himfelf.—That we had 
received Advice of there being a Likelihood of a Rup- 
ture between the Freach and us, and as they difregarded 
the Neutrality of the Mogul’s Dominions in the laft 
War, by attacking Madra/s, we were under fome Ap- 
prehenfions of their making fome Attempt upon our 
Settlement, fhould there be a Declaration of War be- 
tween the Two Nations, for which Reafon we thought 
it neceflary to be upon our Guard, and make our Place 
as defenfible as we could. 

The Nabob was at that Time encamped at Rajamaul; 
and the Gentlemert at Cofimbuzar, a tew Days after, 
informed us, that he was much incenfed at the foregoing 
Reply, and had ordered their Factory to be invefted 
with a Party of Horfemen. This was confirmed in a 
fecond Letter from' them, with Advice that a large 
Body of Troops were actually placed upon them, and 
that more were daily expected ; for which Reafon they 
defired a Reinforcement of Military and a Supply of 
Stores. Another Letter from thofe Gentlemen advifed 
us that Troops were daily ftationed on them ; that the 
Nabob himfelf was returning from Rajamaul ; that a 
Train of Artillery was ordered to be planted againft 
them; and that he threatened to attack as foon as he 
arrived.—In this Letter they requefted us to complain 
againft Hukumbeg and his Duan, for their Extortions of 
late Years, as they looked upon them to be the Inftiga- 
tors of thefe Difturbances. 

Upon Receipt of this Letter, we tranfmitted them a 
Blank Arafdafs, for them to infert the Complaint againft 
Hakumbeg and his Duan, as they who were on the Spot 
muft be the beft Judges what to write; and direéted 
them to remonftrate, in that Arafdafs, the Injury done 
us in furrounding our Factory upon fo frivolous and 
unjuft a Pretence; the Falfity of which he might be 
fatisfied of by fending a Perfon to examine and report 
the Works we were carrying on.—We likewife ordered 
them to endeavour all in their Power to accommodate 
the Matter, but on no Account to mention the Demo- 
lition of any Works: That in the prefent Situation of 
Affairs we thought it more advifable to footh the Nabob 
than to provoke him, which fending up a Reinforce- 
ment might occafion ; and therefore we thought it beft 
to defer the Supply they had requefted; and direéted 
them, that in Cafe the Nabob carried Matters to extre- 
mity, and attacked their Factory, to make the beft 
Defence they could till the Waters rofe, and then to 
retreat, with their Garifon, to Calcutta. 

Two other Letters arrived from Mr. Watts and his 
Council, with Intelligence of a further Number of 
Troops having furrounded their Factory, and that the 
Nabob was daily expected at Muxadavad, when it was 
imagined they would adtually be attacked.—In the for- 
mer of theie Letters they informed us, that one of the 
principal Zemmadars placed upon them, told their 
Doétor, the Nabob was angry with the Engli/h on no 
other Account than a Draw Bridge we had built at 
Perrins, and an O@tagon at Mr. Keljall’s Garden, and 
that if we would deftroy thofe Works, the Forces 
would be immediately taken off their Factory: In 
Confequence of which Information they gave it as their 
Opinion, if the Prefident would addrefs the Nabob, and 
promife to demolifh the Draw Bridge and Oétagon, the 
Affair would be accommodated. 

This Letter was taken into Confideration by the Board, 
and, for many ftrong Reafons, it was judged more 
advifeable to. promife the Demolition of thofe Warks, 
than hazard a Rupture with the Nabob, at a Juncture 

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865. 


when we were fe little prepared for it.—Accordinely ari 
Arafdafs was wrote to that Effect, and Triplicates 
of it forwarded to the Chief and Council at Cofimbuzar; 
for them to get delivered. Thefe Letters, Mefirs. 
Watts and Collett acquaint us, were not received while 
the Factory remained in our Hands. 7 ; 

On the 7th of June we received the difagreeabie 
News of Cofimbuzar Factory being delivered up to the 
Nabob, who had made Mr. Watts a Prifoner upon his 
going to vifit him, and forced him to fign a Mutchulka 
to the following Purport : That we fhould give no Pro- 
tection to the King’s Subjects; that we fhould deftroy any 
new Fortifications we had raifed, and fill up the new 
Ditch ; and that if it could be proved we had granted 
Dutticks to any Perfons that were not entitled to them, 
the Lofs fuftained by the Government, in the Cuftoms, 
fhould be made good by the Company. ~Thefe Letters 
likewife informed us, the Nabob intended to march to 
Calcutta with his whole Army, which now amounted to 
50,000 Men, befides a very large Train of Artillery. 

Upon the Receipt of this Intelligence we thought it 
expedient to put our Town (which was extremely open 
towards the Land) in the beft Pofture of Defence we 
could, by throwing up fuch Outworks as the Shortnefs 
of our Time would admit of, conformable to Plans 
laid before us for that Purpofe, which was accordingly 
éxecuted. The Militia were likewife fummoned and 
trained, and every Thing in our Power prepared to 
fuftain our Attack, in cafe the Nabob fhould be rath 
enough to carry Matters to that Extremity. 

The 16th of Fune the Van of his Army appeared 
before the Redoubt at Perrin’s; and about One in 
the Afternoon attempted to force « Paflage that Way 
into the Town, but were bravely repulied by the 
Party ftationed there, Numbers of them being killed ; 
which made them deeamp in the Night {from thence, 
and enter the Town from the Eaftward; at which 
Quarter it was not in our Power to prevent their gets 
ting in.—On the Morning of the 18th they begun the 
Attack of our. Lines, and after a very warm Fire the 
whole Day from one of our Batteries, were obliged to 
retreat, which made it neceffary to recall the reft, that 
they might not be cut off by the Enemy in the Rear. 

The next Morning they commenced a brifk Fire 
upon the Fort, which they continued the whole Day, 
and great Part of Sunday the 20th; and having gained 
Poffeffion of the feveral Houfes near the Factory and 
Church, they deftroyed a great many Officers and pri- 
vate Men; who being harraffed out with continual 
Duty, and the Enemy overpowering us with their 
Numbers, the Walls were fcaled on the Evening of 
the 2oth, and the Fort furrendered upon Promite of 
their civil Treatment of the Prifoners. 

We have now given your Honours a fummary Re- 
lation of the Nabob’s Proceedings at Cofimbuzar, his 
March againft Calcutta, the Attack and Capture of 
that Place. : 

There being fome Country Veffels in the River, fuch 
of the Inhabitants as could efcape have been confined 
in them, and fuffered the greateft Diftrefs; moft of 
them having loft every Thing they had, and fcarce 
faved the Cloaths on their Backs, which has induced us 
to take the Liberty of maintaining them at your 
Honours Expence, which we flatter ourfelves will not 
be difapproved of, when it is confidered how general 
the Calamity has been, and what Numbers had it not 
in their Power to fubfift themfelves by any Means 
whatever. 

Our remaining here fo long has been owing to our 
judging it abfolutely neceffary to keep the River, in 
order to re-eftablifh ourfelyes in thele Provinces; for 
which Purpofe we have applied to the Prefident and 
Council of Fort Saint George, to affift us with all the 
Force they can poffibly fpare from the Calls of their 
own Coaft, and have deputed Charles Manningham, 


Efquire, to fatisfy them of the Neceffity of exerting 
10 L thems 








866 


themfelves on this Occafion, for recovwring your Ho- 
nours Settlements, Rights, and Privileges, in thefe Pro- 


vinces: As yet, have received no Anfwer from thofe. 


Gentlemen, tho’ we daily expect one ; and we hope they 
will not refufe or delay fending us down a confiderable 
Body of Troops, as foon as they received our Letter 
upon that Head, as their Arrival at this Juncture 
would enable us to re-eftablifh your Honours in all 
the Privileges and Immunities of the Royal Firmaund. 
The Country being involved in Troubles by the Ap- 
pointment of another Subah from Dilly, who is joined 
by fome Royal Troops, and feveral confiderable Jum- 
madars, that have deferted Serajab Dowla, there is 
likewife an Invafion expected from the Marrattas as 
foon as the Rains take off; and by the Intelligence 
we have received from Cofimbuzar, the Nabob is greatly 
embarraffed. 

We have likewife applied to the Prefident and 
Council of Bombay for a Supply of Troops ; and in 
cafe thofe Two Prefidencies give us the neceffary Affitt- 
ance, we may hope, in a fhort Time, to acquaint 

ur Honours of our being re-fettled upon a fecure and 
refpectable Footing. 

The Gentlemen of Luckipore and Bulromgurry have 
fafely withdrawn their Factories, purfuant to our Or- 
ders, and brought away all their Military Stores, with 
what Cafh and Effeéts were laying in their refpective 
Faétories ; thofe at Dacca could not do the fame, 
for Want of Conveyances ; all their Boats being feized 
by the Nabob of that Place ; but were obliged to fur- 
render after they heard of the Lofs of Fort Wiliam. 

By the next Conveyances we fhall tranfmit your 
Honours Copies of our Proceedings fince the Lofs of 
Calcutta, with the Cafh Account, and what other Pa- 
pers are material: And are with the greateft Refpect, 

May it pleafe your Honours, 
Your faithful and moft 
obedient humble Servants, 
Roger Drake, Junior, 
W= Watts, 
Fames Killpatrick, 
Rich* Becher, 
Paul Richard Pearkes, 
W. Frankland, 
M. Collet, 
J. Z. Holwell, 
W. Mackett, 
P. Amyatt. 


Fort William, 
the 15th September 1757. 


Letter from Mefits. Becher, Scrafton, Hyndman, 
and Waller, at the French Fattory at Dacca. 
To the honourable Court of Direétors for Affairs 
of the honourable United Company of Mer- 
chants of England trading to the Eaft Indies. 
May it pleafe your Honours, 

1. The prefent melancholy Situation of your Affairs 
in Bengal will appear a very fufficient Apology for our 
not addreffing you in the ufual Form of your Council ; 
fome are killed, fome Prifoners, and thofe who remain, 
retired with Mr. Drake we know not well whither. 
You have been doubtlefs long fince informed of Ali 
Verdi Kban’s having named Seir Rajah Dowlat his Suc- 
ceffor to this Province, in prejudice of his Nephews, 
Newages Mahmud Khan and Sahid Hamud Khan, the 
former of which had his Refidence at Muxadavad, the 
latter in’ the Proonean Country, of which he was Na- 
bob.—The Succeffion of Seir Rajah Dowlat, notwith- 
ftanding this Preference, was greatly doubted; his 
Competitors were rich and powerful, both Men of much 
more Experience in Life, the one efteemed of Abilities, 
greatly fuperior; Fortune however had adopted him, 
and took Care to pave his Way to that Point of Gran- 
deur to which he is now arrived. In December laft 
died Newages Mabmud Khan, a few Months after the 
Nabob "of Proonea, and on the gth of April Ali Verdi 
Kban breathed his laft. The Widow of Newages for 


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4.17972. 


fome Time maintained a faint Shew of Oppofition to 
the Succeffion of Seir Rajah Dowlat, in Favour of a 
Boy, named Muradel Dowlat, Nephew to Scir Rajab 
Dowlat, and who had been adopted by her late Huf- 
band. But deferted by her Adherents, fhe was ne- 
ceffitated to drop it, and to claim the Proteétion of 
Serr Rajab Dewlat, at this Time firmly eftablithed, 
Kiffendas, Son to Rajabullub, who had long aéted as 
Prime Minifter 10 Newages Mahmud Khan, is {aid to 
have retired to Calcutta, in March laft, with immenfe 
Riches of his Father’s, and of the Widow of his Jate 
Mafter.—The Protection granted to this Man, and the 
Refufal of delivering him up when demanded, is uni- 
verfally believed to be the Caufe of all our Misfor- 
tunes. Umbrage taken at fome new Works of Fortifi- 
cation, which were carrying on at Calcutta, and artful 
Infinuations to the Nabob, that the Exgiifh were put- 
ting themfelves in a State to make War upon him, may 
be the. Pretences.-On the 23d of May the Faétory at 
Cofimbuzar was invefted by a Body of about 500 Men; 
from that Time till the 3d of Fune, freth Forces were 
daily arriving, when the Number is faid to have con- 
fifted of 50,000. That Day the Nabob Seir Raja Dowlat 
likewife arrived, with a large Body of Horfe, the Rear 


of his Army; the. Day following he is faid to have: 


difpatched a Meffenger to Mr. Watts, to fignify his 
Defire of a Conference with him : This was complied 
with: Mr:-Watts was no fooner in his Prefence than 
he was made Prifoner, and the Meffenger returned to 
the Factory, for Mefirs. Collet and Bat/on, the only 
Two Gentlemen in Council at that Time at Cofimbuzar : 
He told them their Prefence was neceffary to under- 
fign a Paper, to which Mr. Watts had fet his Name 
and which, without theirs, would not be valid. Thefe 


Two Gentlemen likewife waited on the Nabob; the 


latter was immediately made Prifoner, and the former 
fent back to the Factory, with Orders to the Officer who 
commanded, to deliver it up to whoever the Nabob 
fhould appoint to take Poffeffion of it, with Guns, Am- 
munition, &amp;c. His Orders were conformed to, and 
the Nabob took Poffeffion of it the 6th. This done 
Orders were iffued for the March of the Army towards 
Calcutta. For the Particulars of the Siege of that 
Place, and Fort William, we muft beg Leave to refer 
your Honours to fome of thofe Gentlemen who con- 
tinued in the Fort till it was taken. The Accounts 
we have vary much, and are difficult to reconcile; all 
agree in this, that many brave Men have died mife- 
rably, whofe Lives might have been faved by the 
{malleft Degree of good Conduét and Refolution in 
their Leaders.—That Mr. Drake refufed liftening to 
any Terms of Accommodation, faid to have been pro- 
poled by the Nabob, while at Hughley, to avert the 
Storm which threatened the Colony, is what we can 
hardly credit, tho’ this is confidently affirmed. In a 
Garifon fo ill provided as it appears Fort William 
was, it would certainly have been eligible to have 
fubmitted to any for the prefent, and to have waved 
his Refentment till a Change of Circumftances might 
enable him to gratify it, and to obtain fuch as were 
more advantageous. The Nabob in his Return from 
Calcutta, after marching a Number of his Men through 
Chandernagore, and committing many Irregularities, ex- 
torted from the French the Sum of Three Lacks of 
Rupees, and from the Dutch 450,000. and from the 
Danes 50,000. The French have behaved with the 
greateft Humanity to fuch as have taken Refuge at 
their Factory ; and the Tenor of their Condué every 
where to us, on this melancholy Occafion,- has been 
fuch as to merit the grateful Acknowlegement of 
our Nation. The Sloop which, in our Correfpondence 
with Monf. Courtin, your Honours will obferve we 
became anfwerable for, to prevent the ill Confequences 
of Mr. Amyatt’s feizing her at fo critical a Juncture, 
is, with her Cargo, we are informed, fafely arrived . at 
Chandernagore. ! 


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2. It was on the 23d of May, as in a preceding Pa- 
ragraph we have acquainted your Honours, that Cofim- 
buzar Factory was firft invefted. It was the gth of 
Fune betore we had any Letter from the Gentlemen 
in Calcutta , it was dated the 3d, and in generet Terms 
directed us to be upon our Guard, as the Nabob had 
taken Offence at fome Works which were carrying on 
at Calcutta, and it was uncertain to what Lengths his 
Caprices and Paffion might lead him: Our Situation, 
and the Want of Embarkations, rendered a Compliance 
with their Orders of the 7th (received the 12th) ut- 
terly impracticable: For our Reafons fully deduced, we 
beg Leave to refer your Honours to our Confultation 
of the 12th, in thofe, and our public Letters, both 
which accompany this Addrefs to your Honours, the 
Confultations of the 3d and 5th excepted ; Two Copies 
of which have been fent to Calcutta, but the Originals 
we have not been able to get out of the Factory: We 
have been fufficiently explicit to enable you to judge 
and determine on our Conduét, and fhall not enter into 
a further Detail. 

3. As your Books and Papers are all in the Pof- 
feffiun of the Nabob, we cannot, with Exactnefs, inform 
you of the Lofs you have fuftained at your Factory at 
Dacca. Mf they will permit us to extract a few Minutes 
from the Books, we fhall fhortly be able to make it 
up, and your Honours may depend on having it by 
the firft Occafion. 

4. As to ourfelves we have loft every Thing; a 
Confcioufnefs of having to the utmoft of our Abilities 
difcharged our Duty to your Honours, and the Hopes 
of your future Favour, fhould it appear to you we 
have acted in fuch a Manner as to deferve it, muft, for 
the prefent, fupport us. Your Honours will do us 
the Juftice to believe, that in the Surrender of our 
Factory without Refiftance, we have not been actuated 
by any unmanly Attachment to Life. Every necefiary 
Difpofition our Situation would admit of had been 
made; and while Fort William ftood, our Refolution was 
taken to defend ourfelves to the laft Extremity.—That 
gone, and all Hopes of Affiftance cut off, it is cer- 
tain we might have died, or by exafperating an unge- 
nerous Enemy, expofed ourfelves to Ignominy and 
Torment, but this would in no Shape have availed your 
Honours. 

5. The French Gentlemen at Chandernagore and 
Coffimbuzar are wartnly foliciting our Liberty ; if we 
are fo happy as to obiain it, we propofe going to Ma- 
drafs in the firft Ship ; where we fhall be ready to ferve 
your Honours in any fuitable Employment that your 
Prefident and Council there may point out to us, till 
your Pleafure is known. 

6. Exclufive of the Gentlemen whofe Names appear 
at the Foot of this Letter, there are Prifoners with us 
here, Mr. Fohn Cartier, a Factor of One Year’s ftand- 
ing; Mr. Fobn Fobnftone juft commencing, Affiftants 
Lieut. Fobn Cucmore, and Mr. Nathaniel Wilfon, Sur- 
geon; Mr. William Sumner, the Second at this Faétory, 
abfent at Calcutta, by Permiffion, and who we hear is 
fafe, having been ordered on board Ship fome Days 
before the Place was taken. 

We advifed the Gentlemen at Madra/s of this un- 
happy Event, as foon as we could collect any Particu- 
lars which we thought carried an Appearance of 
Truth, 

We are, with great Refpect, 
May it pleafe your Honours, 
Your Honours faithful 
humble Servants, 

Richa Becher, 

Luke Scrafton, 

Thom. Hyndman, 

Samuel Waller. 


From the French Factory " 
Dacca, Fuly 18th, 1756. 


867 


Extract of a Letter from Meflis. Waits and Col- 
let, to the honourable the Court of Directors. . 

To the honourable the Court of Directors for 
Affairs of the United Company of Merchants 
of England, trading to the Eaft Indies. 

May it pleafe your Honours, 

It is with the utmoft Concern we now inform you, 
that Fort William was taken the 20th of Fune by the 
Nabob of Bengal, Grandfon of Alliverdicawn, who 
died laft April. The firft Rife of thefe Troubles are as 
follows : 

Some Time after his coming to the Governmient, he 
fent one Narran Sing, Brother to Rogeram, who is 
Nabob at Cuttack, and Commander of the Spys (which 
in this Country is a confiderable Poft) to Calcutta, 
where he arrived privately, and in Difguife, with a 
Letter from the Nabob to. the Governor; which the 
Governor did not think proper to receive, as it was 
prefented in fuch a Way, but turned Nerran Sing with 
Difgrace out of the Place. The Chief of Cofimbuzar, 
being apprehenfive that this might occafion fome Trou- 
ble, wrote to the Durbar Officers, to prevent any Com- 
plaint being made to the Nabob, and the Affair was 
feemingly hufhed up; but a few Days were elafped, 
when he fent for our Vacqueel, and told him he heard 
they were making Fortifications, and digging a Ditch 
round Calcutta; and infifted that we fhould level our 
new Works, and fill up the Ditch. Upon the Vacqueel’s 
returning from the Durbar, and acquainting the Chief 
with what the Nabob iaid, he wrote to him, that he 
had not heard of any new Fortifications being raifed, 
or Ditch dug; and that we were apprehenfive that our 
Enemies, for their own lucrative Advantages, had 
raifed thefe Reports; to this Letter he returned no 
Anfwer, but fent a Purwannah to Calcutta, ordering 
them to defift from fortifying, and to level what new 
Works they had begun. He then marched to the 
Northward, and gave out he was going to Patna. On 
his Arrival at Rajamaul, he received the Governor’s 
Anfwer, at which he was greatly incenfed, and im- 
mediately ordered a Party of Horfe and Gun Men 
upon our Factory, and returned back himieif with 
the greateft Expedition with his whole Army, which 
encamped round our Fattory, and according to the 
moft moderate Computation, confifted of 10,000 
Horfe, and 20,000 Rajepouts, and other Gun Men, 
with a large Train of Artillery, and then demanded the 
Chief to come out, and fee him ; the Nabob’s Duan, 
who commanded the Van of the Army, writing the 
Chief a Letter, that he might come out with great 
Safety, that no Harm fhould happen, and that he would 

introduce him to the Nabob: Upon this we thought 
proper to fend the Surgeon of the Factory to the 
Duan; and he gave him the fame Affurances, and {ent 
him back with a confiderable Perfon, and a Prefent of 
Beetle (which is efteemed a Pledge of Faith) to accom- 
pany the Chief to the Duan, who was to introduce 
him to the Nabob; accordingly, agreeable to the una- 
nimous Opinion of the Gentlemen of the Factory, and 
Officer of the Garifon, the Chief went, and was pre- 
fented by the Duan to the Nabob; who immediately 
ordered him into Confinement, and infifted on his 
giving an Obligation, that in 15 Days Time the Gen- 
tlemen of Calcutta fhould level what new Works they 
had raifed, deliver up the Nabob’s Tenants, who 
had fled for Protection there ; and that if it fhould be 
proved we had falfified the Company’s Duftucks, by 
giving them to thofe that had no Right to them, we 
fhould pay back what the Government had fuffered 
by Lofs of Duties: The Chief, being in their Hands, 
was obliged to fign this. They then told him, that his 
figning was of no Confequence, without the reft of 
the Council ; accordingly, upon the Surgeon’s returning 
to the Factory, with a Eunuch of the Nabob’s, —_ 
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868 
‘Two or Three others, who acquainted Mefirs, Collet 
and Bat/on, that it was neceffary they fhould go to the 
Chief and make an End of the Affair; they went, and 
were detained Prifoners, nothing more being faid about 
the Obligation the Chief had figned. The next Day 
we were ordered to deliver up our Ammunition and 
Cannon, which, upon mature Deliberation, we thought 
proper to comply with, in Hopes to entirely pacify the 
Nabob, and prevent his March to Calcutta. ‘The Army 
then drew off from the Factory. 


Extract of Mr. Drake’s Letter to the Council at 
Fort William, dated Calcutta, 17th to 25th 
Fanuary 1757. 

Para. 4. Referring to Mr. Becher’s Letter, under 
Date of the 26th November laft, that Gentleman con- 
demns my Conduét, in that I granted Protection, or 
admitted into Caleutta, Kiffenda/s, that 1 refufed to re- 
ceive the Nabob’s Perwannah, and infulted the Mef- 
fenger ; the affuming to myfelf fuch an Authority to 
aét without the Advice, or acquainting my Council 
thereof ; my not ufing proper Means to accommodate 
Matters, when I found the Nabob irritated; and not fe- 
curing on board the Ships the Company’s Books, Pa- 
pers, and Treafure ; and finally abandoning the Fort in 
the Manner I did: To all which Accufations I reply, 
That the Admiffion of Kiffenda/s into Calcutta was 
permitted by Mr. Manningham, in my Abfence on a 
Vifit to Ballafore, where I went, after the Difpatch of 
our laft Europe Ship that Seafon, the gth of March, 
and returned the 2rft of faid Month. Kiffenda/s I 
think arrived here the 16th, and he, or fome of his 
People, introduced a Letter from Mr. Watts to Mr. 
Manningham, with one inclofed for myfelf, under a 
flying Seal, to the following Purport, as far as my 
Remembrance leads me: That an Application had been 
made to him by Rajabbullub (who is Father to Kiffenda/s) 
requefting we would admit his (Rajabbullub’s) Family 
into Calcutta for the Space of Two Months, until one 
of the Women was brought to Bed, and able to pro- 
ceed on her Journey to Faggernot Pagod, and ftrenuoufly 
recommended we would not refuie that Requeft, as 
Rajabbullub was likely to hold great Pofts in the Go- 
vernment, and might, from fuch Favour fhewn his 
Family, be inftrumental of giving an uninterrupted 
Currency to our Bufinefs at Dacca, and its Dependen- 
cies ; which Recommendation from Mr. Watts, who 
then was fo nearly fituated to the Durbar of Muxa- 
davad, drew a Grant from Mr. Manningham, to ad- 
mit Kiffenda/s, his F amily, and Attendants, into 
our Bounds. I think Mefits. Frankland and Holzweil 
are able to teftify that fuch a Letter was penned by Mr. 
Watts, nor would I be underftood to throw any Blame 
on Mr. Manningham, for having had Regard thereto ; 
had I been prefent on Kiffenda/s his Arrival, I thould 
certainly adhered to fo ftrong a recommendatory Letter 
from our Chief at Cofimbuzar ; nor was any Diiturbance 
furmifed would happen on Account of that Family’s Re- 
fidence here, or on any other Account, until about the 
15th of April, when a Perwannah arrived, faid to con- 
tain an immediate Demand, from the Nabob, of Rajab- 
bullub’s Family and Wealth; which leads me to aniwer 
Mr. Becher’s Second Accufation, That I refufed to 
receive the faid Perwannah, and infulted the Meffenger. 
That the Perwannah was refufed to be received, by 
Mefits. Manningham, Holwell, and myself, is a Fact, 
and the Meffenger was ordered out of the Bounds. Our 
then Reafons, that induced us to aét, were, that this 
Meffenger, of rather Spy, came into our Bounds in 
Difguiie, and his firft Foot on Shore was at Omichund’s 
Houfe, who received him privately, and a Perwannah 
for himfelf, sending, as we learnt, to this Purport, that 

e, Omichund, was to intereft himfelf to obtain the 
immediate Delivery of Kajak Bullab’s Sons and Famil 
‘to Narrandafs, Brother to Rojeram, the Nabob’s Head 
Spy: This firft arbitrary and unufual Proceeding of the 


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new Nabob, before his having advifed our Prefidency 

(as has ever been cuftomary on Change of Government) 
of his Succeffion to the Government, caufed a Sufpicion 

that the faid Perwannah had been wrote without his 
Confent or Knowlege ; and not at that Time having had 
any Intelligence from Mr. Watts, that fuch a Perfon 
had been difpatched by the Nabob, joined with the 
Fear Omichund fhewed on the Occafion, determined us 
to reject the Perwannah (which Mr. Manningham ot 
myfelf never had a Sight of ) and to order Narrandafs 
inftantly out of our Bounds; and if that Gentleman and 
Mr. Holwell will recollect, I think they muft acknow- 
lege I then produced Mr. /Vatts his original Letter 

recommending, in moft ftrenuous Terms, the Reception 
of that Family into our Settlement, with Two or Three 
others ; certifying how ufeful the retaining Rajah Bullub 
in our Intereft would be, who was likely to hold great 
Potts in the Government; at fhe fame Inftant T was 
required by thofe Gentlemen to acquaint Mr. Watts of 
the clandeftine Manner whereby Narranda/s ftole into 
our Bounds , of our Refufal to receive the Perwannah 

and his being ordered to quit our Settlements: To which 
Mr. Watts replied, That our Vacqueel had reprefented 
to the chief Durbar Officers the Whole that had‘ hap- 
pened ; and that the Reply thereto was, That we furely 
had a Right to difmifs fuch People out of our Bounds. 
It is with Regret I mention not having Mr. Watts his 
Letters to produce ; but I appeal to Mr. Manningham, 
Frankland, and Holwell, to whom I communicated at 
different Times, the Purport of thofe Letters, whether 
Circumftances to be gathered therefrom were not im- 
plying, that Rajah Bullub would be taken into Favour 
again ; and advifing, rather fhewing, Civility to his 
Family than any way to diftrefs them; giving his 
Opinion, that we fhould be cautious, and not let them 
leave Calcutta: One Letter did imply to give them 
Warning to depart, as the Space of Time, his Father had 
applied for their Refidence here, was nigh elapfed ; that 
was foon contradicted ; and I call on Mr. Watts to de- 
clare, whether I did not frequently exprefs, I was ap- 
prehenfive that Family’s Refidence here would bring the 
Company’s Affairs into Trouble; and whether 1 ever 
fhewed any Difinclination to their quitting the Bounds 

or fubmitting to the Delivery of them, had the Nabob 
openly required it. Further, Mr. Watts wrote me, he 
had acquainted the principal Men at Muxadavad, that I 
fhould have no Objections to deliver Kiffenda/s ; but that 
he thought I fhould not confent to the giving up of his 
Women, nor would that be infifted on. To the Blame 
Mr. Becher is pleafed to caft on me, for affuminge to 
myfelf the fole Authority of ating without the Confent 
or Advice of my Council, in the Proteétion granted 
Kiffenda/s, and the Difmiffion of the Meflenger who 
brought the Perwannah for the immediate Delivery of 
him and his Family, I mutt beg Leave to refer, in 
Part thereof, to my Reply to his foregoing Accufation 
againft my Conduct ; wherein it will appear, beyond 
Contradiction, that I affumed no Power of aéting by 
arbitrary Will: I could wifh the Perwannah had not 
been refufed, but in public Council, which fat that 


very Morning ; and the Gentlemen were affembled in’ 


the Contulration Room before Mefits. Manningham and 
Holwell quitted my Apartment, and were all well ac- 
quainted with the Steps we had taken; but not one 
Member of the Board opened his Mouth to fpeak 
thereon, which was their Duty to do, had they then 
imagined evil Confequences would be the Attendant on 
that Proceeding; which leads me to remark, that no 
Gentleman of Council can excufe himéelf for that 
Silence ; as I think I fhall be fupported in declaring, I 
never attempted to bridle their Tongues. I further ain 
led to think, that Mr. Becher, who was in Calcutta from 
the latter End of February-to the Beginning -of April 
though not obliged to attend our Councils, when his 
Abfence from his Chieffhip at Dacca, on Account of 
his own Concerns, was permitted, might then have jet 

forth, 








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forth his Apprehenfions that fuch our Proceedings 


were wrong, which any flight Intimation of to, or at, 

the Board, would have faved me many an unhappy Re- 

fle€tion on what my Character has fince fuffered from 

after-thinking Men: What availed it me, or. either 

Mefirs. Manningham or Holwell, whether Rajab Bullub’s 

Family was, or was not, to be admitted and kept in our 

Town; but to hold in good Correfpondence and Har- 

mony, People who then had great Influence at the Dur- 
bar, thereby to promote the Intereft of our Employers, 

and to att according to the Chief of Cofimbuzar, his 

Recommendation, who has always been fuppofed a 
competent Judge how to hold the great Men in Favour 
at the Durbar? Even had any Letter, private or general, 
from Cafimbuzar, intimated fo far as even an Apprehen- 
fion, that the protecting Kiffenda/s would be likely to 
draw on the Nabob’s Anger, I dare aver either of thofe 
two Gentlemen would have communicated the fame in 
public Council ; I anfwer I fhould for myfelf; and I am 
fure Liberty of Speech and Writing has too much pre- 
vailed in this Settlement not to admit it from any Perfon 
‘who then thought the Company’s Intereft was injured. 
I fhould fall into the fame Error with after Conjectures, 
if I afk why the Gentlemen of Cofimbuzar did not, at 
any Time, infortn us it was a wrong Proceeding to 
continue Rajah Bullub’s Family with us: If they thought 
fo, it was their Duty to have fet forth the Nabob was 
irritated thereat, and at the Difmiffion of the Spy ; but 
far otherwife, no Mention was ever made to us from 
that Factory of any Umbrage the Nabob took on that 
Account; not even the Name of any of Rajah Bullub’s 
Family appeared in their general Letters. The next 
Accufation Mr. Becher is pleafed to allege againft me, 
though I think it may be deemed rather a general 
Blame on the whole Board, is, that I did not ufe proper 
Means to accornmodate Matters when I found the Nabob 
irgitated. I would afk Mr. Becher, if he has hitherto 
made an Enquiry, or from his certain Knowlege can 
give the Board Intelligence, what Methods were purfued 
to hinder the Nabob’s Approach, and to fpecify his un- 
governable Paffion and premeditated Refolution to ex- 
tirpate the Englifb from his Dominions. I fhall not 
therefore immediately enter here a Detail of thofe Mea- 
fures, but think they promifed to be the moft effectual 
Means thofe Members prefent could take; and, I do 
conjecture, will be now fo by them acknowleged, as the 
Appearance and Circumftances of every Matter then 
prefented itfelf to us. 


AP P.ELN.D. 1S 
N° 4. 


At the Eaf India Houle, Thurfday, 2 December 
1762. 


Prefent, 
All the Commiffaries, Englih and Dutch. 


The Dutch Commiffaries acknowleging the Candour 
of the Engiifb, in fending them Copies of their Treaties 
‘with the Nabobs, obferved, that a 13th Article, as 
tranfmitted by Colonel Clive to the Government of 
Chinfurab, and inferted in the Appendix to their Memo- 
rial, Page 12, is not to be found in either of thofe 
Treaties ; the Englifh Commiffaries difavowed all Know- 
lege of that Article: With this Declaration the others 
feemed much fatisfied, faying, that if this Article had 
ftood confirmed, it would have been the greateft 
Grievance they had to complain of, 


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Houfe.of Commons. 869 


Letter, from the Englifh Commiffaries to Lord 
Clive, relative to the 13th Article, and Lord 
Clive’s Anfwer thereto. 

At the Eat India Houfe, Tuefday the 14th of De- 
cember 1762. 
Prefent, ’ 
All the Engi Commiffaries. 
Alfo, Mr. Dunning. ) 
A Letter was agreed upon, by the Gentlemen, to 
Lord Clive, to be figned by the Secretary, defiring his 
Lordfhip to enable them to clear up the Difficulty with 
the Dutch Commiffaries, concerning the 13th Article 
of the Treaty with Yafier Aly Khan, inferted in the 12th 
Page of the Appendix to the Memorial of the Dutch 
Company ; the faid Letter being as follows : 
My Lord, 
In the Courfe of the Conferences between the 
Englifh and Dutch Commiffaries, the latter have very 
ftrongly preffed the Point of the Letter and Article 
inclofed from your Lordfhip to M. Bi/dom, as men- 
tioned in the 12th Article of the Appendix to their 
Memorial :—In refpect of the Article, the Exgl/ Com- 
miffaries have given the Anfwer your Lordfhip in- 
ftruéted them to give in your Letter to Mr. Rous, of 
the 18th of Augu/t, that is, that it was in the Perfan 
Language, and had been mifinterpreted ; but they ob- 
ferve, that the Letter in which this Article was in- 
clofed, fpeaks of it as a 13th Article, which had been 
folemnly ratified and confirmed by Oath, on one Side by 
the Nabob, and on’ the other by the Englifs Eaft India 
Company— Whereas the Treaty appears to confift of 12 
Articles, and therefore the Dutch infinuate, that whether 
the Article, as they have printed it, be well or ill 
tranflated from that inclofed in your Lordfhip’s Letter; 
the Letter itfelf, which fpeaks of a 13th Article, muft 
be a Mifreprefentation, and in this Way the Englifh 
Commiffaries apprencns they mean to impeach the 
Credit of your Lordfhip’s Atteftation, on which our 
Defence chiefly refts. 
‘I am ordered by the Gentlemen to communicate this 
to your Lordfhip, and to add, that as they have no 
Doubt but your Lordfhip can, they truft you will, 
enable them to clear up this Difficulty. , 
I am, with the greateft Refpect, 
Your Lordfhip’s moft obedient, 
and moft humble Servant, 
: Rob* James, Sect’, 
Eaft India Hou, 
the 14th Dec’ 1762. 
Right honourable Lord Clive. 


Wednefday, the 15th Decem" 1762. 
Received the following Anfwer of this Date from 
Lord Clive, to the Letter fent his Lordthip 
Yefterday, by Order of the Englif Commiffaries ; 
Viz. 
Sir, | 7 

I defire you will inform the Gentlemen of the 
Committee, that I think I cannot explain myfelf much 
more fully on the Subject than I have already done. I 
do remember to have wrote fuch a Letter as is fet forth 
in the 12th Page of the Appendix in the Dutch Memo- 
rial; but as I am without a Copy of that. Letter, I 
cannot be certain the Article I fent Mr. Bifdom was 
called the 13th ; if it was, it mult be a Miftake in the 
Interpreter, becaufe I do not underftand Perfian, and 
all the Articles were wrote in that Language; but as 
I did inclofe to Mr. Bifdom an Article, I do.verily be- 
lieve, nay I am almoft certain, it muft be the Second 
Aiticle which has been falfely tranflated to ferve a par- 
ticular Purpofe; and I muft infift upon it, if what 
they call the 13th Article fhould prove to be, verbatim, 
the fame as the fecond Article, which can only be 
proved by producing the Per/fian Article itfelf, it muft 
prove, that there never exifted a 13th, becaufe it would 

be abfurd to repeat the fame Article twice. 


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870 


As to the folemn Ratification and Confirmation by 
Oath, &amp;c.. that might have been fent with the Perfian 
Article, to enforce it with Mr. Bi/dom, though it be 
no Part of that particular Article, but belongs to, and 
fucceeds, the whole. 


I am, 
Sir, 
Your moft obedient humble Servant, 
Clive. 
Berkeley Square, 


r5th Dec’ 1762. 
Robt Fames, Efquire. 


AR S?"S ON TS CS. 
Ne5. 
Letter from Mr. Drake, &amp;c. dated 14th Fuly 1757. 

To the honourable the Secret Committee for 
Affairs of the honourable United Cempany of 
Merchants of England, trading to the Eaf In- 
dies. 

Honourable Sirs, 

1. We have given you a full Account of the 

State of thefe Provinces, and our Tranfactions, to the 
26th March; Triplicate of which Advices were for- 
warded by His Majefty’s Sloop of War, the King’s 
Fifber. 
_ 2. This Letter is putpofely to acquaint you of a 
happy Revolution in the Government of this Kingdom, 
in Favour of Jaffer Aly Khan, of the Part we took in 
this Affair, and our Motives for it; and of the Ad- 
vantages obtained, by efpoufing the prefent Subah’s 
Caufe, and placing the Sway in his Hands. 

3. On the Firft of May Colonel Clive laid before 
us Two Letters he had received from Mr. Watts, dated 
the 26th and 28th April, in which, after fome Ob- 
fervations on the Strangenefs of the Nabob’s Behaviour, 
and that all Degrees of People were perfuaded he 
would break with us upon the firft favourable Oppor- 


tunity, he proceeds to inform the Colonel, that Faffer 


Ally Khan had fent for Coja Petrofe, and given him 
to underftand, that moft of the Nabob’s principal Of- 
ficers were tired of his Government, and ready to de- 
fert him and fet up another, if we would countenance 
and fupport the Confederacy with the Affiftance of our 
Troops: That if we approved of this Scheme, he de- 
fired our Demands of what Monies, Lands, &amp;c. would 
induce us to engage in the Bufinefs.—In the laft of the 
abovementioned Letters Mr. Watts repeats his Appre- 
henfions of the Nabob’s Defign to break the Treaty he 
made with us, urges a fpeedy Anfwer might be fent 
to Faffier Ally Khan’s Propofal, and gives it as his Opi- 
nion, the Projeét was feafible, and might be executed 
without much Difficulty. 

4. As a Propofition of this Importance required our 
moft ferious Confideration, we accordingly debated 
maturely the Confequences of embracing this Offer, and 
whether it fhould be accepted or declined.—After a 
Jong Confultation, in which every Reafon for and 
againft the Scheme was collected, and deliberately ar- 
gued on ; it was the unanimous Senfe of the Com- 
mittee, that a Revolution inthe Government, whatever 
Hands it fell into, would be advantageous to the Eng- 
lifh , that there could be no Hurt in trying to effect it, 
as our good Underftanding with Seraja Dowla was ex- 
tremely precarious, and a Rupture with him univer- 
fally expected as foon as the Squadron and Army left 
us ; and that by joining faffier Ally Khan, to fupplant 
him, we fhould obtain, in all Probability, very benefi- 
cial Terms for the Company, as well as live free of any 
Apprehenfions from the Country Government. But as 
thefe general Reafons would not have juttified our 
embarking the Company in fuch an Undertaking, and 
hazarding a Breach with Seraja Dowla, after con- 
cluding the Peace we did, we think it neceffary to 
recite at large our Motives for engaging in a’Confe- 
deracy to change the Government, and doubt not they 


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4.1772. 


will be efteemed fufficient by our Employers, to vin- 
dicate our Proceedings. 

5. Firft, it was evident to us, from the whole 
Tenor of the Nabob’s Behaviour fince the Peace, that 
we could not poffibly rely on his Friendfhip ; and that 
the Treaty made with him would foon be violated, 
when once he thought himlelf fuperior to us in Strength , 
his Delay in performing the Agreement, many of the 
Articles being at that Time as far from being com- 
pleted as at firft; the Evafion of giving us any Satis- 
faction for the Loffes fuffered by our Inhabitants, 
through Monichund's Means; the imall Sum of Mo- 
ney which was pretended to be given Credit for in his 
Sircarry, being fcarce a Tenth Part of the Lols fuftained 
by the Europeans alone; with feveral other Parts of his 
Condué&amp;; were fo many convincing Proofs, that his 
Friendfhip was infincere ; and that he could not abide 
by his Treaty, which the Exigency of his Situation 
alone inclined him to make, 

6. Secondly, There was the greateft Reafon to 
imagine he was an utter. Enemy to the Englifb, and 
privately endeavouring to bring in the French, with 
Promifes of joining them againft us. We were con- 
firmed in this Opinion, from the great Averfion he 
fhewed to our molefting the French at Chandernagore ; 
his efpoufing and protecting Monfieur Law and his 
Party after that Place was taken ; his keeping them 
in his Pay; and the certain Intelligence we had re- 
ceived from all Quarters, of his writing frequently 
to -Monfieur Boufé, fending him large Prefents, and 
inviting him to march this Way.—This was fo noto- 
rious, that it was publicly talked of and known, 
his Coffids paffing almoft daily thro’ Ballafore , and 
but a few Days before, fome Elephants and Scerpaws 
arrived at that Place, in their Pailage to Monfieur 
Bouff’s Camp. 

7. Laftly, There was great Room to think he 
did not mean well, by the Orders he had given to 
fortify Cutwab, and the 1emoving of Suffras Cawn’s 
Family from Dacca into Pooranea —The Interruption 
our Boats and People met with in their Way to 
Cofimbuzar, contrary to the Treaty of Peace, with 
many Actions of the fame Nature, which put it be- 
yond all Doubt, that this Diflike and Jealouty of our 
Nation was rooted; and that he would not mifs any 
Opportunity ‘of ruining our Affairs, and extirpating 
the Englfh out of his Country.—It was therefore but 
common Prudence to prevent our own Ruin; which 
could not be done fo effectually any other Way, than 
by divefting the Nabob of the Power of hurting us. 

8. Another. Inducement to undertake this Affair, 
was the univerfal Hatred of all Sorts and Conditions of 
Men to Serajab Dowla; the Affection of his Army 
alienated from him, by his ill Ufage of the Officers ; 
and a Revolution fo generally wifhed for, that it is 
probable it would be attempted (and perhaps fuc- 
cefsfully) even without our Affiftaice ; in which Cafe it 
would have availed us but little: Whereas by coun- 
tenancing the Confederacy, and fupporting it with our 
whole Force, we might make our own Terms, be- 
nefit our Employers, both by prefent and future 
Advantages, do a general Good, procure fome Satis- 
faction to the Inhabitants of our Colony for their 
heavy Loffes in the Capture, eftablifh the Tranquil- 
lity of. the Country, and. by that Means open a 
greater Currency than ever to our Bufinefs ; and laftly, 
cut off the Expectation of the French, and keep 
them totally out of thefe Dominions. 

Motives fo interefting, and founded upon the 
Prime Law of Self Prefervation, determined us to 
embrace the Propofal made by fafier Aly Khaw, pro- 
vided adequate Terms were granted in Confideratioa 
of entering into a frefh War with the Nabob, 
whofe Confequence muft have proved very detri- 
mental to our Affairs, if the Succefs of it had not 


been anfwerable to our Expectations. ~ Accordingly, 


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12 Geo. IIL © Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


after fome Confideration, the following Demands were 
efteemed equitable and reafonable to be afked ; viz. 
That our Firmaund and the Privileges acquired by 
the Treaty with Serajab Dowla, be confirmed, and 
punctually complied with ; that Reftitution be made 
of the Company’s whole Lofs, and the Lofs of the 
European Inhabitants of Calcutta; that our Bounds 
be auginented ; that we have Liberty to fortify Co/- 
fimbuzar , that an offenfive and defenfive Alliance be 
made againft all Enemies of both Parties, as well 
Europeans as others ; and that the French be not per- 
mitted to refettle in thefe Provinces; that the Moors 
do not fortify within Twenty Miles of the River Side 
from Hughley down to Ingellic ; and that the Revenues 
of a certain Traét of Land be made over and af- 
figned to us, in Confideration of our maintaining a 
zood Body of Troops. Thefe Terms were accord- 
ingly tranfmitted to Mr. Watts, to get Fafier Aly 
Khan to affent to them. 

10, On the 17th May, Colonel Clive laid before 
us a Letter from Mr. Watts, with fuch Articles of 
Agreement as Faffier Aly Kban’s Confidant had affured 
him would be accepted of, and requefting, that if 
they were approved of by the Admiral and Com- 
mittee, they might be ingrofied in Cypher, figned 
and fealed by them, and returned to him to get them 
executed by Fafier Aly Kban: As thofe Articles were 
greatly more advantageous for the Company than 
the Terms we had demanded, there could be no Ob- 
jection to them on our Part; they were accordingly 
approved of, and ordered to be ingroffed with fome 
Alterations, relating to the Satisfaction of private Suf- 
ferers. The Subftance of them you will find in the 
Tranflate of the Perfian Treaty, herewith tranfmitted 
for your Obfervation. 

it. In order to prevent the leaft Sufpicion 
of what we were doing, our Troops were ordered 
into Quarters, Part of them in Calcutta, and Part in 
Chandernagore ; and the Nabob wrote to (agreeable to 
Fafier Aly Kban’s Advice) to recall his Army encamped 
at Plaffey and Dandpore. 

12. Matters being advanced thus far, it was next 
judged proper to obtain, if poffible, a perfonal Con- 
ference between faffier Aly Khan, and fome Perfon of 
Truft and Confidence on our Part: To effect this, 
without alarming the Nabob’s Sufpicions, it was pro- 
pofed for the Colonel to fend the Nabob a Letter by 
Mr. Scrafton’s Hands, acquainting him, that he had 
an Affair of Confequence to communicate, by which 
Means Mr. Scrafton might have an Opportunity of 
feeing Jaffer Aly Kban, and confer with him on: the 
Plan of Operations for executing our Projet; to 
affure him of our Attachment to his Intereft ; and 
to ufe his Endeavours to get fuch Security as could 
well be given, without difcovering the Scheme. 

13. On the 19th May the Treaty being ingroffed 
in the Manner Mr. Watts had requefted; it was figned 
and fealed by the Admiral and the Members of the 
Committee. 

14. From that Time till the 11th Fane, the Colonel 
received feveral Letters from Mr. Watts, confirming 
us in the Opinion we had conceived of .the Nabob’s 
writing to Monfieur Boufé to march this Way, and 
extirpate the Engli/b,—Thefe Letters likewife gave a 
Detail of the Progrefs of our Negotiation with afer 
Aly Khan, who, on the 15th ultimo figned, fealed,.and 
folemnly fwore in the Preience of Mr. Watts, to abide 
by the Treaty he had made with the Englifh; and to 
perform punétually the Agreement on his Part, as foon 
as he was in Poffeffion of the Subahfhip. 

15. Mirza Omar Beg, on the 11th ultimo, ar- 
rived at the French Gardens, where we affembled a 
Committee, and had the Treaty in Perfan executed 
by Jaffer Aly Khan, delivered us by the abovemen- 
tioned Perfon, who gave us the greateft Affurances of 
his Friendfhip and Efteem for the Engh , that there 


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would be very little Difficulty in effecting a Change 
of Government ; and that we might depend upon it, 
Fafier Aly Khan would be punctual in performing every 
Article of his Agreement. if 

16, Mr. Watts, hy Letters all urging the imme- 
diate March of out Troops towards Muxadavad ; 
and the Committee for many Reafons judging it beft 
to lofe no Time,,as this appeared» the moft favour- 
able Conjuncture we could have to fucceed in our 
Enterprize ; and as a Delay might not only produce 
a Difcovery of our Confederacy, and confequently the 
Ruin of our Project, but would greatly diminifh our 
Strength, while the Nabob would have Time to aug- 
ment his Army, by calling in his Troops from all 
Quarters, and inlifting others ; it was therefore re- 
folved to fet out immediately, and on the 13th of 
June our Troops ‘began their March. 

17. On the 1gth or 2oth Fune, Cutwah Town 
and Fort (a ftrong Place) was taken by our Troops, 
where the Colonel remained Two or Three Days, to 
get fome Advice or Letter from Fafier Aly Khan, 
having received but One in his Way up.—The 26th 
June we had the Pleafure to receive a Letter from him, 
with the News of a complete Victory obtained over 
Serajab Dowla, in the Plains of Plafy; his whole 
Army and himfelf being fled, and we in Poffeffion of 
his Camp, Ordnance, ec. That Fafier Aly Khan, 
Roydoolub, and Lutter Caun had obierved a Neutra- 
lity during the Engagement, and were with the Co- 
lone] at the Time of writing of his Letter. 

18. On the 29th we received the agreeable News 
of Faffier Aly Kban’s being in Pofleffion of the City 
and Kila of Muxadavad , that Serajah Dowla had with- 
drawn privately, but it was not doubted would be 
foon taken ; and that Mobunloil was Prifoner at the 
City. In a Letter of the zoth June, Colonel Clive 
acquainted us of his having feated Fafier Aly Khan 
in the Muffhud ; and that he had received the Ho- 
mages of his Jemidars .and People, as Subah of the 
Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Oriffa. 

19. We now .beg Leave to congratulate you, 
honourable Sirs, and the Company, on our Succeis in 
this important Bufinefs, and the happy Change of 
Government. eftablifhed in thefe Dominions fo fortu- 
nately and fpeedily—Our Lofs has been but very 
trifling, not above 20 Europeans being killed, and 
wounded. 

20.. The Advantages of the Treaty made with 
the prefent Nabob, are too apparent to want any 
Comment, if the Terms are punctually complied with, 
which we have not the leat Reafon to doubt ; but 
we muft take the Liberty to recommend to your 
ferious Confideration, the Prefervation of the Grants 
and Privileges acquired by this Revolution, which can 
be done only by keeping up a large Body of Troops 
in the Country: As, it is the Company’s Intereft to ex- 
ert themfelves on this Occafion, we make no Doubt you 
will immediately enlift, and fend out a fufficient Num- 
ber of Recruits, to make a refpectable Garifon in 
Bengal, which fhould confift of a Body of Two thou- 
fand Europeans at leaft, which Expences we think 
will be overpaid. by the Advantages of our Acquifi- 
tions: —- We flatter ourfelves, therefore, you will 
not, on any Account, neglect the fending fuch a 
Body of. Europeans*as we have mentioned to be ne- 


_ceflary : This we are of Opinion will be the only 
Method of preventing, in future, the Encroachments 


of the Country Government, to make our Friend- 
fhip and Alliance courted, to carry on our Trade on 
the fecureft Footing, and to oppole the Re-fettlement 
of the French in thefe Provinces. 

21. Upon examining the Treafury, Reydoclud 
pretended there was but One Crore and 50° Lack 
of Rupees in Balance :—This obliged Colonel Cive 
to go to the City himfelf, in order to be near the 
Nabob.—This Letter of the 30th ultimo informs us to 


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put an End to all Heartburnings and Jealoufies be- 
tween us and the Nabob; he agreed to refer the 
Affair to Juggutfeat’s Arbitration: That the Nabob 
and he accordingly went there; and after fome Con- 
fideration, Fuggutfeat defired the Colonel would not 
infift immediately on the full Payment of the Sums 
ftipulated in the Treaty , but that Half fhould be made 
good without Delay, in Money and Jewels; the 
other Half to be paid in Three Years, at Three. annual 
and equal Payments. —- Thefe Terms the Colonel con- 
fented to, as they were better than he expected, con- 
fidering the Lownefs of the Nabob’s Treafury ; fince 
which we jearn, that One Third in Specie of the 
Whole was attually embarking on Boats for Calcutta. 

22. But as the bad Confequences of deferring 
the Payment of any Part of the Money, appeared 
to us too evident to be allowed of, if it could be 
avoided, we have wrote the Colonel our Sentiments 
thereon, and defired the Gentlemen of the Sele&amp;t Com- 
mittee, who are at Muxadavad, to ufe their beft En- 
deavours to obtain immediate Payment; but if that 
is not to be done, to get fome good Security from 
the Nabob to abide by his Contract; that for our 
Parts, we fhould prefer Fuggut/eat’s engaging to fee 
it punétually made good ; and next to that Security, a 
Mor:gage of fuch Lands contiguous to Ca/cutta, whofe 
Revenues will be equal to the Sum to be received 
by us annually. 

23. Having given you, honourable Sirs, a 
very. particular Detail of our Tranfa¢tions, fince en- 
gaging in the Confederacy, to fet up Fafier Aly Khan, 
we have Reafon to flatter ourfelves you will approve 
of our Condué through the Whole of this nice, but 
neceffary, Step. , 

24. Mr. Manningham is gone up to Muxadavad 
to affift in haftening the Completion of the Treaty, 
and fettling fuch Matters as relate to the mercantile 
Part of it. 

25. By a Letter from Colonel Ciive, dated the 
goth Fune late at Night, we learnt that Serajab Dowla 
was taken ; and by another Letter of the Fourth Inftant, 
we are informed of his being cut off by afer Aly 
Kban’s Son and others. 

26. Tranquillity being eftablifhed by the Change, 
we have Advice of People’s Minds more at Eafe, 
and no Apprehenfions of ‘Trouble from the Govern- 
ment remaining. We have begun the Purchafe of 
this Year’s Inveftment, by fending Moncy to the dif- 
ferent Aurungs ; and hope, with the Affiftance of the 
Goods received from Serajah Dowla at our Subordinates 
and Aurungs, to be able to fend the Company a hand- 
fome Return from this Prefidency. 

27. As the Sum of Money to be received from 
the Nabob, even if Fuggutfeat’s Determination is to 
ftand good, will greatly exceed our Demands for the 
Inveftment ; we propofe to advertize, that all Intereit 
Notes will be difcharged upon being tendered; and 
that, in Cafe the Proprietors do not fue for Pay- 
ment before the 1ft Day of Offober next, the Intereft 
will ceaie from that Day. This will eafe the Com- 
pany of a very heavy Burthen, and we hope will prove 
very agreeable News. In this Place we muft beg Leave 
to remark, .that by Fuggut/eat’s Determination, the 
Company are to receive, for Three Years fucceffively, 
the Sum of 16 Lacks and Two Thirds of Rupees ‘in 
Specie, which, with the Sale of your annual Imports, 
and the Amount of Bills of Exchange that we fhall 
be under a Neceffity of granting, will be fully fuffi- 
cient, we imagine, for the refpective Inveftments of 
thofe Three Years, without obliging the Company to 
run the Rifque of any Bullion for the Supply of this 
Prefidency, till that Term of Years is expired. 

28. Thefe Advices are difpatched in Triplicates 
to the Sele€&amp;t Committee of Bombay, to be forwarded 
to Europe by them, by the quickeft Conveyances, either 
by Shipping or by Land. ‘We fhall endeavour to fend 


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Copies to Fort Saint George, to be forwarded frong 
thence to Europe; and fhall difpatch the Diligent 
Schooner about the Middle of next Month direétly 
Home, with another Copy of this Pacquet ; by which 
Means we hope the Company will get the Intelli- 
gence of what has happened in Bengal before the 
Ships of next Seafon leave England. 
29. Since writing thus far, the Money from 
Muxadavad is arrived. 
We are, with the greateft Refpeét, 
honourable Sirs, 
your moft faithful 
humble Servants, 
Roger Drake, Junior. 
Rich Becher. 


Fort William, 
14th Fuly 1757. 


Proceedings i7th May 1757. 
Fort William, the 17th May 1757. 
Tuefday, 17th May 1757. 
At a Committee; Prefent, 
The honourable Roger Drake, Efquire, Prefident, 
Rod' Chive, Efquire, 
James Kilpatrick, Efquire, 
Rich* Becher, Efquire. 
The Proceedings of the 12th Inftant being wrote 
fair, were now read, approved, and figned. 
Colonel Clive lays the following Letter from 
Mr. Watts to him, before the Committee 3 
which being read, contained as follows : 
Copy of Mr. Watts, his Letter to Colonel 
Clive, dated the 14th May. 

I received a Letter Two Days ago from Mr. Scraf- 
ton, wherein he writes Omichund, that you have agreed 
to give him 5 per Cent. on whatever Money he may re- 
ceive on the new Contract—As I by no Means think he 
merits fuch a Favour, or has a¢ted fo difinterefted a 
Part as I once imagined, I have not mentioned the 
5 per Cent. to him. The Particulars relating to him, 
that are come to my Knowlege, are thefe: When our 
Treaty was concluded with the Nabob, and the 20,000 
Gold Mohurs agreed to be given in Confideration of 
the Plunder of Calcutta, the Nabob had agreed with 
Rungeet Roy and Omichund to pay 20,000 Gold Mo- 
hurs more, which they told the Nabob was to be given 
among the leading Men in Calcutta, for aflenting to 
the Treaty ; befides which, the Nabob agreed to give 
2 Lack of Rupees, half of which Omichund agreed 
Rungeet Roy was to have; 25,000 Rupees he was him- 
felf to have; and the other 75,000 Rupees was to be 
difpofed of to whom Omichund thought proper to fa- 
vour.—Thefe Particulars I had from Omichund himfelf; 
and from very good Authority have been lately in- 
formed, that on the Nabob’s Arrival here, Rungeet 
Rey was very preffing with him to comply with his 
Promife of paying the 20,000 Mohurs, and the Lack 
of Rupees, in Hopes of getting Pofleffion of the Lack 
of Rupees, which the Nabob was not inclinable to 
pay.—This Omichund obferved, and in order to gain 
Favour, at a proper Time he told the Nabob, that if 


Rungeet Roy was fuffered to interfere in our Affairs, 
the Nabob would be obliged to pay the above Sums ; 


but if he difgraced him, he would fave the Money.— 
This Advice the Nabob followed, and Omichund, in 
Confideration of this Advice, got Purwannahs, and 
Orders to the feveral Aurungs, to have his Money, 
Goods, and Effects, delivered up.—To corroborate what 
I have been informed of, I this Day afked Omichund, 
if I fhould apply to the Nabob for the Money; but 
he advifes me ftrenuoufly againft it, faying, it was a 
fecret Contract, and by no Means proper for me to 
mention, but he would himfelf think ‘of Means to 
get it.—I fhewed the Articles you fent up to Omichund, 
who did not approve of them, but infified on my de- 
manding for him 5 per Cent, on all the Nabob’s Trea- 
fure, which would amount to 2 Crore of Rupees, be- 
fides a Quarter of all his Wealth; and that Meer Faffier 

fhould 


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fhould oblige himfelf to take from the Zemindars no 

more than they paid in Fafier Cawn’s Time.—Vo 

fecure Roy Dolub to his Intereft, he propofed giv- 

ing him a Quarter Part of whatever they could dupe 

Meer Faffier out of.—Thefe, and many other Articles, 

in which his own Ambition, Cunning, and avaritious 

Views, were the chief Motives, he pofitively infilted on, 

and would not be prevailed upon to recede from one 

Article.—Perceiving his Obftinacy would only ruin 

our Affairs, and that we fhould alarm the Jealoufy, 

and lofe the good Opinion, of all People, and that 

the Accomplifhment of his Treaty (if agreed to) would 

take foine Years; Meer Faffer likewife having ex- 

preffed an utter Diftruft and Difguft at his being any 

Ways concerned in the Treaty, and as Delays are 

dangerous ; I therefore, with Pefrofe, had a Meeting 
with Meer Faffier’s Confidant, who fets out To-day with 
the accompanying Articles, which he fays, he is fure 
Meer Faffier will comply with : If the Admiral and Com- 
mittee therefore approve of them, I requeft you will 
get the Articles wrote on large thin Paper, in Cypher ; 
the Sheet to be divided into Two Columns.—On the 
Firft Divifion the Agreement to be wrote in Cypher ; 
which is to be figned by the Admirals , you, the Commit- 
tee and Council, affirming in the Name of God, and our 
Saviour, that you will abide by this Agreement.— 
In the Second Divifion I fhall write the Agreement 
in Englifh; and on the Third it will be wrote in 
Perfian.—Thefe Two laft I fhall fign and feal when 
the Articles are agreed to.—Meer Faffer defires to 
know your Opinion with regard to the Operations of 
War.—He thinks it advifeable for you to write to 
the Nabob, that agreeable to his Defire, and on Promife 
of his doing the fame, you had withdrawn your 
Forces. That while his continued in the Field, and 
the Company’s Bufinefs muft continue ftopt, and that 
they could not think of rifquing their Money to the 
Aurungs, while neither a Boat, nor European, could 
pafs without Moleftation.—You therefore requeft him, 
either to comply with his Promife of recalling his 
Troops to the City, or let you know his real Sentiments, 
that you may take proper Meafures accordingly.—If 
the Nabob fhould comply, Meer Faffer will acquaint 
you with his Sentiments how further to proceed.—If 
he refufes, other Meafures muft be purfued. I declare 
olemnly before God, that what relates to Omichund 
is ftrictly true; and the Information of him relating 
to Rungect Roy 1 had from good Authority; but I 
requeft you will, for the prefent, keep it an inviolable 
Secret ; you muft be fenlible the critical Situation of 
our Affairs require it. 


Articles fent by Mr. Watts for the Approbation 
of the Committee. : 
it. That Meer Faffer will confirm all the Grants 
made the Englifh by the prefent Nabob. 
ad. That he will make an Alliance with the Exglifh, 
offenfive and defenfive, againit all Enemies, either 
Country, or European. - oe : 
gd. Wherever the French are in the Provinces of 
Bengal, Babar, and Oriffa, to be delivered up, with all 
their Effects and Factories, and they never permitted 
again to fettle in either of the faid Provinces. 
4th. On Account of the Company’s Loffes and Ex- 
pences, to be paid them One Crore of Rupees. 
sth. On Account of the Loffes of Europeans, 30 
Laaks.: 
6th. On Account of Fentoos, 30 Laaks: 
7th. On Account of Armenians, 1'5 Laaks. 
8th. On Account of Omichund, 30 Laaks. 
th. Whatever Ground there is within the Calcutta 
Ditch} belonging to the Zemindars, to be given up to 
the Englifb, and600 Yards without the Ditch all round. 
roth: A Traét of Land, whofe Rents in the Mogul’s 
Books Amount.to 160,000 Rupees yearly, .to be bought 
at a reafonable Rate, from the Zemindars, and the Nabob 
to affift us in the Purchale; we paying the annual 
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Pifhcafh or Revenues, as ufual, to the Nabob: What- 
ever Profit may arife from this Zemimdary to go towards 
paying the Exgl/h Military. 

11th, Whenever the Nabob wants the Affiftance of our 
Army, the extraordinary Expences to be paid by him. 

* 

The Committee then proceeded to the Examination of 
the foregoing Articles.—To the firft Four, and the gth, 
1oth, and 11th, they make no Objection, but ratherefteem 
them extremely beneficial to our Employers; the sth, 
6th, and 7th, it is judged proper to alter, as we do not 
think the Allowances made there, will bear a juft Pro- 
portion to the real Loffes of the refpective People :— 
The Committee therefore think, That the Sum for 
European Loffes fhould be increafed to 50 Laaks ;—~ 
That the Sum for Featco Loffes fhould be reduced to 20 
Laaks; and the Armenian Loffes to 7-Laaks.—Thefe 
refpective Sums to be divided among the Exropeans, 
Jentoos, and Armenians, in fuch Manner as fhall appear 
moft equitable to Admirals Wat/fon and Pocock ; and the 
Select Committee, or the latter alone, fhould the Admi- 
rals not be on the Spot at the Time; and that the 
Diftribution they make, fhall be liable to no Conteft or 
Appeal. 

The Article in Favour of Omichund, the Committee 
think, fhould be totally left out, as his Behaviour rather 
merits Difgrace and Punifhment at our Hands, than 
fuch a Stipulation in his Behalf.—The Conimittee like- 
wife think, Two other Articles fhould be added; viz. 

That the Moors do not foriity by the River Side; 
below Houghly. 

That the Whole of this Agreement be fully complied 
with within One Month from his being feated as Nabob, 
at Muxadavad, or any other City, within the Provinces of 
Bengal, Babar, and Orixe. : 

It was then confidered, how we might deccive Omi- 
chund, and prevent a Diicovery of the whole Projeét, 
which we run the Rifque of, fhould we hefitate or refufe 
to infift on the unreafonable Gratification he expects and 
demands; and on the other Hand, it would be highly 
improper to ftipulate, much more to demand, with any 
Obftinacy, fuch extravagant Terms from Meer Jaffer, 
for a Perfon who can be of no Service in the intended 
Revolution ; fo on the other, it would be dangerous to 
provoke a Man of Omichuna’s Character, by feeming to 
take no Care at all of his Interefts, and flighting his 
Weight and Influence, which might prompt him to 
make a Sacrifice of us, and ruin our Affairs entirely. 

For thefe Reafons we think it will be neceffary to form a 
double Treaty, both to be figned by Meer Faffier, and 
by us; in One of which, the Article in Favour of 
Omichund is to be inferted, in the other, to be left out ; 
and Meer Faffier is to be informed of that which we 
defign to abide by, and~efteem authentic, with our 
Reaions for taking fuch a Step. 

A Conference with Meer Faffier being neceffary, on 
this and other Accounts, and a Difficulty arifing how 
to obtain one, without giving Sufpicion ; it is propofed, 
That the Colonel do write the Nabob a Letter, ac= 
quainting him that Mr. Scrafton has an Affair of great 
Moment to communicate to his private Ear; and in 
order to gain the Nabob’s Confidence, and incline him 
to think us fincere in our Friendfhip for him, It is 
agreed, That Mr. Scraften carry Balleray’s Letter to the 
Prefident, and fhew it the Nabob, on his Promife of 
returning it ; by which Artifice, Mr, Scrafton may have 
an “Opportunity, in his Way. up, to confer with Meer 
Jaffer (now encamped:near Kif/nagur) on the following 
Subjects ; viz. 

To fettle a Plan of Operation for carrying our Pro- 
jet into Execution; to perfuade him of the Modera- 
tion of our Demands; to explain to him the Part 
Omichund is afting ; and affure him of our Conftancy 
and Attachment to his Caufe; that our Requeft for 
his not fortifying below Houghly, is not on Account of 
any Apprehenfions we entertain of his Integrity, but 
to provide againft any Defigns of his Succeffors ; and, 

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in fine, That Mr. Scrafton ufe his Endeavours to get 
fuch Security, as can well be given, without difcover- 
‘ing the Scheme, that we may have no Room to fufpect 
any Treachery. 

| Roger Drake, Jun’. 
Rob‘. Chive. 

Rich*, Becher. 


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Proceedings, roth May 1757. 
Fort William, 19th May 1757. 
- Tburfday, 19th May 1757. 
At a Committee; Prefent, 
The honourable Roger Drake, Efquire, Prefident. 
James Killpatrick, Efquire. 
Richard Becher, Efquire. 
The Proceedings of the 17th Inftant, being wrote 
fair, were now read, approved, and figned. 

Received a Letter from Colonel Ciive, inclofing the 
real and fictitious Articles of Agreement, which he de- 
fires we will fign, as we may obferve Difpatch is ne- 
ceflary : By the Copy of a Letter he now fends for our 
Perufal, from Mr. Watts; he informs us, There are 
no Alterations to the Articles we agreed upon, except- 
ing its being left to Mr. Watts his Difcretion, to de- 
mand either a Crore, or 50 Laaks for the Company, as 
he finds Meer Faffier difpofed ; and an additional Ar- 
ticle annexed, binding the aforefaid Jaffer Ally Cawn, 
to the Performance of the Contraét, under the moft 
folemn Oaths ; and that we, on our Part, will affift him 
with our whole Force, to eftablifh him in the Govern- 
ment. 

Read Mr. Watts his Letter to the Colonel, dated the 
16th Inftant ; wherein he informs him, that Meer Jaffer 
had fent a Blank Paper, with his Seal affixed, for the 
Articles to be wrote on: He recommends the Agree- 
ment therefore to be returned him with the utmoft 
Hafte, and every Thing will be finifhed in Two Hours. 

Read the Agreement tranfmitted by Colonel Clive, 
to be executed by Admiral Wat/on, and the Committee; 
which being approved, was now figned. 

Ordered, It be entered after this Day’s Proceedings. 

Roger Drake, Junior, Richard Bacher. 


Tranflation of the Treaty executed by Meer Jaffer. 
(Wrote in his own Hand.) ’ 
I fwear by God, and the Prophet of God, to abide 
by the Terms of this Treaty whilft I have Life. 















Meer Mahmud Faffier 
Khan Babadr, Servant 
of King Aalumgeer. 





Treaty made with the Admiral, and Colonel Clive, 
Sabut Fung Babadr, and the other Counfellers 
. ee Mr. rare and Mr. Watts. 
+t. atever Articles were d upon in the Ti 
of Peace, with the Nabob Serajab Dowla Munfirul. 
memalek Shab Kulli Khan Babadr Hybut Fung, 1 agree to 
comply with. 
2d. The Enemies of the Englifs are my Enemi 
whether they be Indians or rhe ned zane 
gd. All the Effects and Factories belonging to the 
French in the Provinces of Benga/ (the Paradife of Na- 
tions) and Babar and Oriffa, fhall remain in the Pof- 
feffion of the Enghjfb, nor will I ever allow them any 
more to fettle in the Three Provinces. 
4th. In Confideration of the Loffes which the Eng- 
Lf Company have fuftained by the Capture and Plun- 
der of Calcutta by the Nabob, and the Charges oc- 
cafioned by the Maintenance of their Forces, I will give 
them One Crore of Rupees. 
sth. For the Effeéts plundered from the Englifh In- 


habitants of Calcutta, I agree to give 50 Laak of Ru- 
pees. 





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6th. For the Effeéts plundered from the fentoos, 
Muffulmen, and other Subjects of Calcutta, Twenty Laak 
of Rupees fhall be given. 

yth. For the Effects plundered from the Armenian 
Inhabitants of Calcutta, I will give the Sum of Seven 
Laak of Rupees.—The Diftribution of the Sum aallot- 
ted the Natives, Engi Inhabitants, Fentoos, and Mu/- 


fulmen, fhall be left to the Admiral and Colonel Clive, 


Sabut Fung Babadr, and the reft of the Committee, 
to be difpofed of by them, to whom they think pro- 


per. 

8th. Within the Ditch which furrounds the Borders 
of Calcutta, are Traéts of Land belonging to feveral 
Zemimdars, and all the Offu, befides this, I will grant 
ao Englif Company Six hundred Yards without the 

itch. 

gth. All the Land lying to the South of Calcutta, 
as far as Culpee, fhall be under the Zemindary of the 
Englifh Company, and ail the Officers of thofe Parts 
fhall be under their Jurifdiction.—The Revenues to be 
paid by them (the Company) in the fame Manner with 
other Zemindars. 

roth. Whenever I demand the Englifh Affiftance, I 
will be at the Charge of the Maintenance of them. 

rith. I will not erect any new Fortifications below 
Hughley, near the River Ganges. 

12th. As foon as I am eftablifhed in the Government 
of the Three Provinces, the aforefaid Sums fhall be 
faithfully paid. 

Dated 15th Ramzan, in the 
4th Year of the Reign. 


Six Letters from Serajah Dowla to the French, 
and One from Mr. Law. 


N° 1. Suppofed to be wrote the latter End of Feb- 
ruary 1757. 

Serajab Dowla, to the exalted in Station, greateft 
among great Officers, the Support of Friendfhip, 
Monfieur Bufe Babadre. 

Thefe Difturbers of my Country, the Admiral and 
Colonel Clive, Sabut Fung, whom bad Fortune attends 
without any Reafon whatever, are warring againft 
Zubdatook Toojah, Monfieur Rennault, the Governor 
of Chandernagore : This you will learn from his Letters: 
I, who in all Things feek the Good of Mankind, affitt 
him in every Refpect, and have fent him the beft of my 
Troops that he may join with them and fight the Eng- 
lifh, and if it becomes neceflary, I will join him my- 
felf. I hope in God, thefe-Englifs who are unfor- 
tunate, will be punifhed for the Difturbances they have 
raifed. Be confident, look on my Forces as your 
own. I have wrote you before for Two thoufand 
Soldiers and Mufqueteers, under the Command of One 
or Two trufty Chiefs: I perfuade myfelf, ycu have 
already fent them as I defired ; fhould you not I de- 
fire you will do me the Pleafure to fend them imme- 
diately. Further Particulars you will learn from Mon- 


fieur Renneuit. Oblige me with frequent News of your 
Health. 


N° 2. Suppofed to be wrote about the Middle of 
March 1757. 

Serajab Dowla, to the diftinguifhed of the Empire, 
the Sword of Riches, the victorious in War, 
Monfieur Bufie Babadre. ( 

I have with great Pleafure received News of your 

being arrived near the Oriffa Country with a r- 
ful Army of Soldiers, Telingas, &amp;%c. to the Affiftance 
of the Commander of Chandernagore. I promife my- 
felf great Pleafure in feeing you; a Meeting will con- 
firm the great Friendfhip between us. I have ordered 
Pr of the Subah, the Phoufdars and Jemidars 
%) ore, to Walt oh and affift you in your 
ion you, you iny 
N° 3: 


:2 Go. Il. 
N° 3. Suppofed to be wrote the latter End of March 


1757: 
Serajah Dowla to Monfieur Bufe Babadre, ©. 

I am advifed, that you are arrived at Echapore : This 
News gives me Pleafure ; the fooner you come here, the 
greater Satisfaction I fhall have in meeting you.— 
What can I write of the Perfidy of the Exglijb? they 
have without Ground picked a Quarrel with Monfieur 
Rennault, and taken by Force his Faétory: They want 
now to quarrel with Monfieur Law, your Chief at 
Cofimbuzar ; but I will take care to oppofe and over- 
throw their Proceedings : When yot: come to Balla/ore, 
I will then fend Monfieur Law to your Affiftance; 
unlefs you forbid his fetting out. Reft affured of my 
Good-will towards you and your Company; and to 
convince you of my Sincerity, I now fend Purwannahs 
to Didarally, and Ramagee Pundit, and to Razarim 
Sing, that as foon as you may enter the Province, 
that they may meet and fend you all poffible Affitt- 
ance, and not on any Pretence impede your Mareh. 
Both at Cuttack Rajah of Ballafore, and Midnapore. 


N° 4. Suppofed to be wrote the lateer End of March 
1757. 
Serajab Dowla, to Rajaram Sing. 

You write me that Monfieur Buf is arrived at Echa- 
pore, 6 Days Journey on this Side Chicacul, and 6 
Days on the other Side Cuttack; this Letter I have 
received: You muft obtain good Intelligence and em- 
ploy proper Hircarras, and io foon as Monfieur Bufe 
is arrived in your Limits, receive him in the politeft 
Manner, fo that he may be well pleafed and fatisfied 
with you: The Moment Monfieur Bufe arrives, prefent 
him the inclofed Purwannah: Enquire diligently and 
inform me, whether he has paffed the Chilka. I have 
wrote to Didarally and Ramagee Pundit, that when 
Monfieur Bufe or his Army arrives, they do not im- 
pede them. 


N° 5. Suppofed to be wrote the latter End of April 
1757- 
Strajab Dowla, to Monfieur Law. 

I fend you 10,000 Rupees for your Expences, Re- 
main quiet at Rajabmaul: When Monfieur Buje Ba- 
badre, €Fc. comes on this Side Cuttack, 1 will then fend 
for you. 


N° 6. Suppofed to be wrote the latter End of April 


1757. 
Serajab Deen @ Abdoulla. 

I have fent Monfieur Law 10,000 Rupees : Do you 
countenance and affift him at Rajabmaul; and when I 
write for him to come here, do you accompany Mon- 
fieur Law : —Write the Purport of what 1 now inform 
you of, to Mabmud Nazam. 


N° 7. Monfieur Law, to Monfieur Bugrofs, Chief 
of Sydabad. 

Je viens de recevoir une Lettre du Nabob, par 
laquelle il m’ordonne de retourner 4 Meuxadabad; il 
veut, dit il, fe joindre 4 nous pour tomber fur les 4z- 
glois. Jai regu auffi une Lettre du Sieur Changean, 
qui me donne d’affez bonnes Nouvelles. Je fuis furpris 
que vous ne m’avez rien, Car je ne puis croire que vous 
foyez tout-a-fait ignorant de ce qui fe paffe. J’envoye 
Monfieur de Sinfray au Nabob, avec lequel il eft 
chargé d’entrer en Négotiation. I] a Ordre de refter 
4 notre Loge; comme il eft votre Ancien, vous aurez 
la Bonté de le reconnoitre pour Chef, et de lui obeir en 
cette Qualité. Peut-étre irai-je bientét vous trouver. 

| Jai ’?Honneur d’étre, 
avec une parfaite Confidération, 
Monfieur, 
Votre trés humble, 
&amp; trés obeiffant Serviteur, 
Law. 


Du Camp 
devant Champagnore, 
le 4me Mai 1757. 


3 


Jourtials of the Houfe of Comimoiis. 


875 
A PPEN DTI *. 
N° 6. 
Letter from Charles Watfon, toPrefident; &amp;é 
of Select Committee, dated 3 March. 
To the Prefident, &amp;c. Members of the Select 
Committee. 

_ Gentlemen, ae . 

I have the Favour of your Letter of Yefterday’s Date, 
acquainting me, the Nabob having fignified his Diflike 
to. any Hoftilities being committed on the French within 
his Territories, has occafioned you to alter your Opi- 
nion of acting offenfively againft the French within 
the Ganges; and the French having applied to you, to 
enter into a Neutrality, you have drawn up Articles 
for that Purpofe,; and defire my Sentiments and Ap- 
probation thereon, before you fign it: My Approba- 
tion you always may depend on, in every Thing 
that will tend to the Company’s Advantage; how far 
this Neutrality will anfwer that End, you muft be the 
beft Judges.—However, as you have defired my Sen, 
timents thereon, I have very maturely confidered the 
Articles you have drawn up, and am of Opinion, the 
Treaty ought not to take Place, till fuch Time it 
is returned from Pondicherry, ratified and confirmed ; 
and then, upon your ficnifying to me, my obferving 
fuch a Neutrality will be the propereft Step that can 
be taken for the Advantage of the Company’s Affairs, 
I fhall, upon fuch a Reprefentation, have no Objection 
to giving you my Promife thereto. 

This would be making a Neutrality on the fureft 
Foundation, that can be obtained in this Part of the 
World; and indeed, upon my hearing the firit Hints 
from the French of this Defign, I did fuppofe the Com- 
mittee at Chandernagore was invefted with proper Powers, 
to make and confirm fuch a Treaty of themfelves, others 
wife I fhould not have liftened to them as much as 
I did: But fince I have been affured by the prefent 
Deputies, they have not thofe Powers, but that the 
Articles muft be fent to Pondicherry, to be there ra- 
tified and confirmed, I can by no Means think of 
agreeing to fuch a Neutrality, whereby it is fo evi- 
dent, the French will have every Advantage, and we 
fubjeé&amp;t to every Uncertainty. Will they not reap imme- 
diate Benefit by the Neutrality as it now ftands ? And 
further, Shall we be certain of its being complied with, 
till it is returned from Pondicherry, ratified and con- 
firmed by the Governor and Council there? This ap- 
pears to me, to be giving fo fenfible an Advantage 
to the French, without even a Pofflibility of benefit- 
ting by it ourfelves, that, with Regard to myfelf, I 
cannot think of giving my Confent to its taking Place, 
till fuch Time we are certain it will be agreed to by 
the Governor and Council of Pondicherry. 

The 6th fays, in order to validate this Treaty, 
and make it more authentic, both Parties fhall fend 
a Perfian Form of a Guarantee to the Nabob, and 
ufe their joint Endeavours to prevail on him and 
fome of his principal Officers, to fign and {wear to the 
fame. 

_ Imake no doubt of this being a very proper Mea- 
fure of making the Treaty lafting and firm between 
both Nations, provided the Objections to the Nabob 
being properly qualified for fuch an Office, were re- 
moved. It is now Three Weeks fince the Peace com- 
menced, in which, many Articles were promifed by 
him: Are they yet complied with? Give me Leave 
to go a little farther, and afk, When they will be 
complied with? I am afraid it is too difficult a 
Queftion, to be anfwered with any Degree of Ex- 
a&amp;tneis. Is it reafonable then to fuppofe, if the Na- 
bob fhould fign this Guarantee, and fwear to the 
Obfervance of it, that he will pay any more Regard 
to that, than he has done to the fulfilling the feveral 
Articles of the Peace? or is it the Policy of this 
Country, to place your Confidence in the Man who 
has not obferved his Word, though bound by o 
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4 moft folemn Proteftations? If it is, you could not 
pitch upon a more proper Man to guarantee this 
Treaty, than fhe Man you have chofe. But as you 
have defired’ my Sentiments on this Matter, I muft 
beg Leave to tell you, that I can by no Means think 
the Nabob ought to be addreffed on this Subject, till 
he has fulfilled all the Articles of the Peace; and 
that appears to me, to be the moft neceflary Bufinefs 
to be haftened, and I think as fhort Time as poffible 
fhould be given him, for the completing it: If he in- 
tends Peace, ahd to continue in Friendfhip with us, he 
will comply ; but if not, he will deal evafibly, tu gain 
Time, till he thinks himfelf ftrong enough to return 
here again; therefore it’s my Opinion, you fhould ac- 
quaint him, unlefs the Articles are complied with by fuch 
a Time, you fhould efteem him as an Enemy, and att 
accordingly. 

This, Gentlemen, from the beft Reflections I have 
been able to make, is my fincere Opinion of the Sub- 
ject you defired. 

I am, Gentlemen, 
Your moft obedient 
humble Servant, 
Cha‘ Watfon. 

P. S. Inclofed, I return you the Deputies Anfwer 

to your Articles. 


Fort William, 
March 3d, 1757. 


Lord Clive’s Letter, dated 4th March 1757. 

To the honourable Roger Drake, Efquire, Ge. 
Members of the Select Committee of Fort 
William. 

Gentlemen, 

As Mr. Watfon has declined accepting the Two Ex- 
pedients propofed to him by us, in refufing either to 
attack Chandernagore immediately, or enter into fuch a 
Neutrality with the French, as we have recommended 
to him, and which we think greatly for the Benefit of 
the Ea/t India Company, both in thefe Provinces, and 
on the Coaft of Coromandel; I think he has taken the 
Confequences of all Mifcarriages upon himfelf ; as in 
fo doing, if I am not mifinformed, he runs counter 
to His Majefty’s Inftructions, which require, that he 
fhould give Attention to all Reprefentations made. to 
him, by the Company’s Agents in India, for the Good 
of their Service. 

This leads me very ferioufly to confider the Si- 
tuation of the Company’s Affairs on the Coaft, and the 
pofitive Orders I have received from the Prefident and 
Committee at Madra/s, to return at all Events with as 

reat a Part of the Forces under my Command, as 
could poffibly be fpared. This, Gentlemen, you are fully 
acquainted with, and muft be fenfible, nothing can in- 
duce me to rifque any longer my Return to the Coatt, 
now rendered very uncertain by the Latenefs of the 
Seafon ; but the immediate Attack of Chandernazore, 
become in my Opinion, abfolutely neceffary. If the 
Neutrality be refufed, do but reflect, Gentlemen, what 
will be the Opinion of the World of thefe our late 
Proceedings. Did'we not, in Confequence of a Letter 
received from the Governor and Council of Chanderna- 
gore, making Offers of a Neutrality within the Ganges, 
in a Manner accede to it, by defiring, they would fend 
Deputies, and that we would gladly come into fuch a 
Neutrality with them? and have we: not fince their 
Arrival, drawn out Articles that were fatisfaétory to 
both Parties ; and agreed, that fuch Articles fhould be 
reciprocally figned, fealed, and {worn to? What will 
the Nabob think, after the Promifes made him on our 
Side, and after his confenting to guarantee this Neu- 
trality ? he, and all the World will certainly think, that 
we are Men without Principles, or that we are Men of 
a trifling infignificant Difpofition. It is therefore incum- 
bent on us to exculpate ourfelves, by declaring the 
real Truth, that we were intirely ignorant of Mr. Wat- 
Jon’s Intentions to refufe the Neutrality in the Man- 
ner propofed, and fettled by us, and that we always 





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44.1772, 


thought him of acontrary Opinion, to what his Letter 
declares. I am perfuaded, thefe muft be the Senti- 
ments of the Gentlemen of the Committee, or they 
never would have gone fuch Lengths, as muft expoie 
them to the Ceniure of all reafonable and confcientious 
Men. 

You may be affured, the Inftant the French find 
their Offers of Neutrality refufed, they will immedi- 
ately affift the Nabob in all his Defigns againft us, if he 
has the leaft Intentions of not complying with the late 
Articles of Peace; it may then be too late to wifh Mr, 
Watfon had been pleafed to pay more Attention to our 
Reprefentations. 

Give me Leave, Gentlemen, further to reprefent, that 
though Mr. Watfon has done every Thing that could ba 
expected from a brave and gallant Man, and has been 
greatly inftrumental towards fettling the Affairs of this 
Province, that our future Operations againft the Na- 
bob will chiefly depend upon the Land Forces; and 
the Officers of fuch Forces muft certainly be the beft 
Judges of what can be effected by Land; and F do 
take upon me to give it as mine and my Officers 
Opinions, that Succefs againft the Nabob and French 
together will be very precarious, notwithftanding the 
Arrival of the Bombay Troops, which fell fhort in real 
Strength of the Detachment on board the Cumberland : 
I mutt therefore requeft you will join with me, in de- 
firing Mr. Watfon a Third Time to ratify the Neu- 
trality in the Manner agreed upon, and if he refufes, to 
defire he will attack Chandernagore by Water imme- 
diately, as I am ready to do by Land with the Forces 
under my Command ; and if he refufes this likewife, he 
becomes refponfible for every Misfortune. that may 
happen to the Eaft India Company’s Affairs. 

This done, 1 propofe leaving all the Forces I can 
poflibly fpare for the Defence of the Company’s Settle- 
ments, Rights, and Privileges, in Bengal, and return 
with the reft immediately to the Coatt, agreeable to 
the pofitive Orders received from the Prefident and 
Committee of Madra/s; and I muft requeft you will 
order proper Conveyances for that Purpofe. 

Iam, with great Refpedt, 
Gentlemen, 
Your moft obedient humble Servant, 
Robert Clive. 
Calcutta, 
4th March 1757. 


Two Letters from Charles Watfon, dated 7th 
and 12th March 175%. 
Fort William, the 12th Mareb 1757. 
Saturdey, 12th March. 

At a Committee ; Prefent, 
The honourable Roger Drake, Efquire. 

Meffieurs Clive and 

Killpatrick. 
Gentlemen, 

I have the Favour of your Letter of Yefterday’s 
Date, acquainting me of your having received a Let- . 
ter from Mr. Watis, with one inclofed from the Nabob, 
which had occafioned fome Alteration in your Opi- 
nions. | beg Leave to acquaint you, I alfo received a 
Letter Yeiterday from the Nabob, by which I do 
imagine, it’s poflible yet to obtain his Confent to attack 
the évench ; therefore, I immediately anfwered his Let- 
ter, and ftrongly preffed him for his Permiffion, which 
it he fhould grant, | am very ready to give you all 
the Affliftance in my Power for reducing the French, 
and attacking them wherever there is a Profpect of fuc- 
ceeding. 

You muft be very fenfible, that fome Time fince, 
on your Application to me for attacking Chanderna- 
gore by Land and Sea, I affembled -a Council of 
War, when it was agreed to put it in Execution ; and I 
was juft upon the Point of proceeding’ up the River, 
but you again altered your Opinion, and from your Re- 

prelentations 


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prefentations it would be then prejudicial to the Com- 
pany’s Affairs, I defifted. 


As foon as I hear from the Nabob, I will do myfelf 
the Pleafure to give you an Anfwer to the latter Part 
of your Letter, relating to the Neutrality. 

I have the Honour to be, 
Gentlemen, 
Your moft obedient, humble Servant, 

Fort William, Charles Watfon. 
ath March 1757. 


Gentlemen, 

I haye received your Favour of this Day’s Date, ac- 
quainting me with your Motives and Reafons for altering 
your Sentiments in relation to your Conduct with the 
French, and now defiring the Affiftance of His Ma- 
jefty’s Squadron to attack Chandernagore. 

You may be affured, I fhall moft readily give you all 
the Affiftance I can in this Enterprize, and am heartily 
glad in the prefent Circumftances I am in, of having 
received His Majefty’s Declaration of War againft 
France, with Orders from the Right honourable the 
Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty to put the fame 
in Execution, that this Step is judged a right Meafure. 

The Moment the Pilots think it fafe to move the 
large Ships, I fhall proceed up the River, and am, 


Gentlemen, 
Your moft obedient, humble Servant, 
Fort William, Charles Watfon. 
12th March 1757. 


Laft Paragraph of Colonel Clive’s Letter to the 
Secret Committee, dated 22 Auguft 1757. 

—Mr. Watfon is no more; every one here received 

the melancholy News of his Death with much Con- 


cern, His Generofity, Difintereftednefs, and Zeal for 


the Service, muft for ever endear his Memory to the 
Company. Unhappy Fate! after having efcaped all 
the Rifques of War, to be thus untimely cut off in the 
Midft of his Succeffes, crowned with Glory and Repu- 
tation! This is but one of the many Leffons given us 
of the Inftability of human Nature.—Concern for this 
good Man’s Death haftens me to a Conclufion, and I 
have only to affure you, I am with the greateft Re- 
{pect, 
Honourable Sirs, 
Your moft obliged, humble Servant, 


Calcutta, Rob‘ Clive. 


22d Auguft 1757. 
APPEN DI &amp;. 
I. J 


Copy of a Letter to Lord Clive, for the Delivery of 
Part of the Correfpondence held by him with the 
Country Powers in Bengal. 

My Lord, 

In your Lordfhip’s Anfwer to a Letter, which I had 
the Honour to write to you in Oéfober laft, by Order of 
the Gentlemen in the Direction concerning the Country 
Correfpondence, from the 24th fanuary 1759, to the 
Time your Lordfhip left India, you were pleafed to 
ficnify, that you propofed being in Town in a few 
Days, and would then lay before them any Books or 
Papers, which the Gentlemen might think any ways 
ferviceable to the Caufe of the Engiifh Eaft India Com- 
pany ; at the fame Time, your Lordfhip intimated, that 
to the beft of your Remembrance, you were in Pof- 
feffion of the Country Correfpondence, to the Time of 
your leaving India in February 1760, but that there 
were One or Two material Sections miflaid, which you 
had made diligent Search after fome Time ago, but 
did not defpair of finding them upon a farther En- 
quiry. 


Vor. XXXII. 


877 
_ As your Lordfhip has not yet tranfmitted this Cor- 
refpondence to the Company; which they are advifed is 
abiolutely neceffary to be examined and confidered in 
forming their Anfwer to the Bill preferred by your 
Lordfhip agaihft them in the Court of Chancery; as 
well as that the Company are, from withholding this 
Correfpondence, left entirely in the Dark with refpedct 
to more than a whole Year’s Tranfactions; ahd at a very 
material Crifis, with the Country Powers; I am there- 
fore, in Confequence of a Refolution of the Court of Di- 
rectors, to defire your Lordfhip will forthwith deliver 
to the Company, the Whole of the before mentioned 
Correfpondence, together with all Books, Writings, and 
Papers whatfoever, in your Lordfhip’s Poffeffion, which 
in anywife relate to, or concern, the Company’s Affairs, 
agreeably to the Covenants entered into between the 
Company and your Lordfhip. 
I am, with great Refpect, 
My Lord, 
Your Lordfhip’s moft obedient, 
and moft humble Servant, 
Eaft India Houfe, 


Rott Fames, Secretary. 
the rath Auguft 1763. 


Letter from Lord Clive, that he will fend his 
Country Correfpondence mentioned in the Secre- 
tary’s Letter, of the 12th August, as foon as he 
makes a Tranfcript thereof. 

SIR, 

The Country Correfpondence mentioned in your 
Letter of the 12th Auguft laft, is tranicribing and is not 
yet finifhed., the Moment the Tranfcript is made, the 
Original fhall be delivered to you. 

As to the Sections miflaid, they were delivered by 
me in September or Offober 1760, to Mr. Campbell, in 
order to prepare a Memorial concerning the Dutch Af- 
fairs to be laid before Mr. Pitt, the then Secretary of 
State; and from that Time to this, I have not had or 
feen them; and although I have made the beft Enquiry 
after them I can, I have not yet been able to come at 
them, or find out where they are: But I can affure the 
Court of Directors from my own Knowlege, that there 
is nothing contained in thofe Sections, which can any- 
ways affect the Matter in Difpute between the Eaf 


'‘ India Company and myfelf; and if the Court of Di- 


rectors are defirous of having any farther Satisfaction, 
that may be had, I believe, on applying to Mr. Camp- 
bell, who is acquainted with the Contents of the miffing 
Sections. 

As to the Demand of the Court of Directors, that I 
fhall produce all Books, Papers, and Writings, what- 
foever, in my Poffeflion, agreeable to the Covenants en- 
tered into between the Company and me; I mutt ob- 
ferve to you, Sir, that thofe Covenants extend only to 
the commercial Affairs of the Company, in which I 
had little or no Concern; however, I am fearching 
for all Papers in my Cuftody, relative to Affairs of 
that Kind, which I will deliver to the Court of Di- 
rectors; and although I am not (as I am advifed) 
obliged to produce any Books or Papers, other than 
fuch as relate to the commercial Affairs I have men- 
tioned, yet I am ready to produce any other Books; 
Papers, or Writings, in my Cuftody or Power, relative 
to any of the Affairs of the Company, if the Court of 
Directors will be pleafeg to fpecify the particular Books, " 
Writings, or Papers, they defire to infpect. 


I am, Sir, 
Your moft obedient Servant, 
Berkeley Square, Clive. 
September 12th 1763. 


The Prefident to the Seats, dated 3rft Fankary 1759. 
N° 281. 

I always underftood, that when you had procured me 
the Sunnod for a 6,000 Munful and 5,000 Horfe, with 
the Title of Zubdit al Mulk Nazier ad Doula, that the 

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878 
Nabob would have favoured: me with a Jaguire, equal 
to the Rank I received by my Sunhod ; but to this Day 
I have not heard a Word from him concerning it. As 
this is an Affair of my own, I have not chofe to ad- 
drefs the Nabob thereon now. As there is a ftrong 
Friendfhip fubfifting between- you and me, I beg 
Leave to give you the Trouble to apply to the Na- 
bob concerning this Affair, and that I may have a 
Jaguire equal to my Rank. 


From the Seats to the Prefident. No Date: Re- 
ceived 2oth February 1759. 

Your Two obliging Letters, One anfwering ours 
which accompanied fome Apples to you; the other, 
that you underftood when we had procured you a Mun- 
fub and Titles, that the Nabob would have favoured 
you with a Jaguire, equal to the Rank you received by 
your Sunnod, but that to the Writing of your Letter, 
you had not heard from him concerning it; that on 
Account of the Friendfhip fubfifting between us, you 
defired we would apply to the Nabob and procure 
it, we have with great Pleafure received, and are re- 
joiced to hear you are in good Health, for which we 
return God Thanks: Agreeable to your Orders, we ad- 
dreffed the Nabob to give you a Jaguire ; he-daas long 
determined not to grant Jaguires in the Subahfhip of 
Bengal, Oriffa is poor, but if it is agreeable to you 
to have one in the Subahfhip of Babar, it will be im- 
mediately granted you; of this I thought proper to 
advife you. Pleafe to acquaint us with your Refolution 
on this Affair. We are going to a Place of Devotion 
with all our Family in a Day or two, accompanied by 
fome of the Nabob’s Forces. By the Favour of God 
we hope to return in Six Weeks. 


N° 326. 
&gt;The Prefident to Shah Allum Babadre, Son of 
Allum Guire, Baudfhah, and Succefior of 
the Empire. 
Dated 27th February 1759. 

I have had the Honour to receive your Highnets’s Fir- 
maund; it gives me great Concern to find that this Coun- 
try muft undergo a Scene of Troubles. —I beg Leave 
to inform you, that I have been favoured with a Sun- 
nod from the Emperor, appointing me a Munfubdar of 
the Rank of 6000 and of 5000 Horfe, which conftitutes 
me a Servant of his; and as I have not received any 
Orders, either from the Emperor or the Vizier, acquaint- 
ing me of your coming down here, I cannot pay that 
due Regard to your Highnefs’s Orders which I would 
otherwile with to do. 

I muft further beg Leave to inform you, that I am 
under the ftricteft Engagements with the prefent Subah 
of thefe Provinces, to affift him at all Times, and it is 
not the Cuftom of the Exglifa Nation to be guilty of In- 
fincerity. 


A .P.i? BN) D, Ls 
N° 8, 
From the Seats to the Prefident. No Date: Re- 
ceived 4th Fune 1759. 

Some Time ago we were favoured with an obliging 
Letter from you to this Purport, that you had been 
honoured with a Munfub, of the Rank of 6000, and 
the Command of 5000 Horfe from the Prefence; and 
that we, who are your faithful Servants, had procured 
you the Sunnod, but that as yet no Jaguire had been 
granted for the fame, and defiring that we would ad- 
drefs the Nabob as we thought proper on that Affair, and 
procure the Jaguire, which would give you Satisfac- 
tion.—Agreeable to your Orders we often reminded him 
of it, and he himfelf was contriving about it; We have 
lately addreffed him again, and he informs us, that he 
has pitched on a Place for your Jaguire in the Subahfhip 
of Bengal ; and by the Bleffing, when you return to this 
City, an Account thereof will be delivered to you. On 
this we rofeand paid the ufual Compliment on this Occa- 





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fion. We, who are your fincere Friends and Well-withers, 
hope'to be favoured with an Account of your Health. 


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N® 9. 
Mr. Holwell’s Addrefs to Mr. Vanfittart, 4th dug? 1&gt;60. 
Fort William the 4th Augujt 1760, 
Monday. Ata Select Committee ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Eiquire, Prefident, 
William Brightwell Sumner, 
John Zephaniah Holwell, 
William MGwire, 
Read, approved, and figned, the Proceedings, of 28th. u/r. 
Agreeable to the Prefident’s Requeft, Mr. Hoi- 
well now lays before the Committee a fhort 
Addrefs, with fuch Remarks, and Memorials, 
as may convey to the Prefident a Knowlege of 
the prefent Situation of the Company’s Affairs 
in thefe Provinces. 


Efquires. 


Dated 4th Auguft. 
«« Honourable Sir and Sirs, . ent 

«© As my Health, and the Confideration of other Cir- 
“© cumftances, will foon oblige me to requeft Permiffion 
‘© from the Board to refign the Service, I beg Leave, 
“* previous to that Step, to accompany this fhort Ad- 
drefs with fuch Remarks and Memorials as may con- 
‘© vey to the honourable the Prefident (fo lately arrived 
“* amongft us) a Knowlege of the prefent State and Si- 
** tuation of the Company’s Affairs, as they ftand con- 
nected with, or dependent on, the Government of 
“ Bengal. 

“‘ To form a Judgment of the prefent State of Things 
“« in Bengal, it will be needful to retrofpeét on the late 
“* Revolution of the Year 1757, when Neceffity, and a 
«¢ juft Refentment for the moft cruel Injuries, obliged 

us to enter into a Plan to deprive Surajah Dowla of 

“« his Government ; which was accordingly done, and 
“© Mir Mahomed Ally Khaw fixed, by us, at the Head 
“« of the Provinces, on certain Conditions, and under 
Treaty of Alliance, offenfive and defenfive. 
« A fhort Space of Time fully proved how unwor- 
*¢ thy the Family thus raifed: The Conditions of the 
** Treaty could not be obtained from the Nabob with- 
out being in a Manner extorted from him; and by 
a thoufand Shifts and Evafions, it was plain to 
“the World no fingle Article would ever have been 
“© complied with, had the Nabob been invefted with 
Power fufficient to have prevented it, or could he have 
“&lt; divefted himfelf of his own Fears and Appreben- 
“ fions from our Refentments, 

“© Tankas on the Lands were however granted for 
“ the Payment of the ftipulated Sums, at particular 
«© Times, by which the Roy-Royen Dewans, Mutfud- 
dies, and every Harpy employed in the Zemindary 
“© and Revenues, became our implacable Enemies ; and 
“&lt; confequently, 
*« A Party was foon raifed at the Durbar, headed by 
the Nabob’s Son, Miram, and Rajah Racgebullub, who 
“¢ were daily planning Schemes to fhake off their Depen- 

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* by the Protection given Rajah Doolubram, and weak. 
“&lt; and irrefolute in himfelf, fell too foon into thefe Sen- 
** timents. 

“© The firft Step taken to accomplith this Meafure of 
‘© Independence, was to affaffinate, and take off, un- 

der one Pretence or other, every Minifter and Off- 
cer at the Durbar, whom they knew were attached 
to the Engli/o. In Confequence of which Coza Hoddy, 
** and Cozzum Ally Khan, Firft and Second Buxy, 

were affafiinated in November and December 1758, 
and after many Attempts made on the Perfons of 
Rheim Khan, Golam Shaw, his Uncle, and Brother, 
they were at laft obliged to feek an Afylum with the 
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* various Informations he gave us, aiid his firm Attach- 
« ment. This Family would have fallen a Sacrifice, 
«© had they not been refcued out of the Nabob’s Hands 
«« by Force of Arms, Amier Beg Khan would from 
«« the fame Caufe have fuffered the fame Fate, had he 
«* not given his folemn Engagement to quit the King- 
«¢ dom; which he accordingly did. 

“© The next Projeét of the Durbar appeared by every 
“ concurring fubfequent Circumftance, to be a fecret 
“ Negociation with the Dutch, for tranfporting Troops 
“ from Batavia into thefe Provinces, that with their 
“ united Force a Stop might be put to the Power of 
«“ the Englifb. This Scheme was conducted by Raja 
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«“ Place, and the Garifon was much reduced. 

“ Soon after, the Provinces were invaded by the 
«© Sha Zadah, on the Side of Patna, and Colonel Clive, 
“ with our Military, and Sepoys, joined the Nabob 
« and his Troops, and by forced Marches preferved 
“ Rajah Ramnarrain fteady in his Duty, and arrived 
« juft in Time to fave that City and Province, and 
«¢ drive the Prince, though the undoubted Heir to the 
«« Kingdom, beyond the Curramnaffar, and brought the 
Budgepore, &amp;c. Countries into Subjection to the Na- 
«¢ bob. 

“¢ The Prince more than once wrote to the Colonel, 
« offering any Terms for the Company, and himéfelf, 
on Condition the Exglifh would quit the Nabob, and 
join his Arms; but the, Colonel thinking it incom- 
«¢ patible with our Treaty with the Nabob, gave the 
«¢ Prince no Encouragement. 
' «© At the End of the Campaign the Colonel returned 
« to-us in Fume 1759, and the two Nabobs arrived at 
&lt;&lt; the City, about the fame Time, with full Conviction 
« of our firm Attachment to his Government and Fa- 
« mily, and our religious Regard to our Treaties.— 
« What Senfe they retained of thefe Obligations, and 
«&lt; how long, will appear by and by. 

« The Nabobs, thinking themtelves now better efta- 
: blifhed in the Government, and fcreened by fuch a 
« fure and powerful Support as our Arms, began to 
«¢ fet no Bounds to their Cruelties, Oppreffions, and Ex- 
&lt;&lt; aétions from thofe who had any Thing to be plun- 
dered of.—And this barely received a Check from 
the fevere and frequent Remonftrances of Colonel 
Clive to the Nabob, on a Conduét which he foretold 
him, muft, from the general Deteftation of his Peo- 
« ple, end in the Deftruction of himfelf, Family, and 
Country.—His Troops, clamorous at the fame Time 
for their Pay, whilft the Nabob, in Place of appro- 
priating the Sums he had acquired by repeated Af- 
« {affinations, to the juft Demands of his Jemmautdars 
and Troops, lavifhed the fame in boundlefs Extra- 
“ Vagancies. 

«« About the latter End of July 1759, the young Na- 
« bob arrived, on a pretended Vifit to Colonel Clive; 
but the real Motive was to negociate, if poffible, the 
Delivery of Rajarage Doolubram, and Two or Three 
« other Articles given him in Charge by his Father ; 
fuch as the Surrender of the Tanka Lands on Secu- 
rity; the borrowing of us a large Sum of Money; &amp;c. 
In thefe, the Son proving unfuccefsful, a Member of 
the Board, and Select Committee was, at his Defire, 
«© {ent to accompany him to the City, to reconcile the 
Nabob to the Negatives his Son had received at Ca/- 
«“ cutta; and at the fame Time to intimate to him the 
«“ Advice we had received, that a large Armament 
&lt;&lt; was fitting out at Batavia, deftined for Bengal, and to 
penetrate, if poffible, his Sentiments on this Occafion, 
« and what Refolutions he would come to, in Cafe that 
« Force arrived in the River. 

«© He was not to be reconciled to the Refufals his 
«¢ Son had met, but determined to try his own Power, and 
declared his Intention to pay. the Colonel a Vifit him- 


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*¢ felf in September’; which he did, with Succefs equal td 
“ his Son. He feemed to make light of the Dutch In- 
“ telligence, and not to give Credit to it, though hé 

difcovered much Perplexity. However; he wrote a 
Letter to the Colonel, demanding our Affiftance, by 
Virtue of the Treaty of Alliance, in Cafe the Dutch 
Troops came into the River. 
“¢ The Armament arrived during his Vifit; his Stay 
after that was fhort; his Mind feemed much em- 
barraffed, and his whole fubfequent Condué gave 
moft undoubted Proofs, that the Dutch Forces were 
arrived by his Invitation:,,Fhat fuch were the Sen- 
timents of Colonel Clive and the Council; appears 
from the Narrative of that Dutch Bulinefs, tran{mitted 
to the honourable the Court of Directors, 2nd to 
“© our feveral Admirals. A Perufal of this Narrative 
‘¢ will convince the impartial, that the Nabob, in his 
Behaviour on this Occafion, was guilty of a moft fla- 
gitious Breach of the Article of the Treaty of Alli- 
ance, and that from the Period, no Terms whatever 
fhould have been preferved with him, after fuch un- 
exampled Treachery and Ingratitude. To which, 
by Way of Illuftration, we may add the fubfequent 
Farces carried on between the Nabobs and the Dutch, 
as fet forth in the feveral Letters between Mr. Hol- 
well, and the Refident, at Moraugbag, on this Subject, 
by Reference to which it will appear moft manifeft, that 
the Nabob’s real Intentions never were to diftrefs ef- 
fectually that People, but on the contrary were only 
aimed to amufe and deceive us ; witnefs the private 
Orders and Inftructions given to Mbir Cofim Aly Khan, 
fo oppofite to his public ones, when he was fent down 
to demolifh the new Works at Chinfura ; in the appa- 
rent Delays of this Service, Cofim Aly Khan fufterecd 
much in the Opinion of the Jate Prefident, tho’ un- 
juftly, as we fubfequently learnt he was a¢ting con- 
formable to the private Orders of the Nabob. 
*&lt; In the Beginning of the Year 1760, the Shaw - 
Zadda invaded the Provinces again with a Force more 
refpectable than the preceding Year, both in ‘Troops 
and Commanders, by the Revolt of Camgaar Khan, 
Golam Shaw, Reim Khan, aid others; the Nabob, 
“© by this Time, having made himfelf and Family fo 
univerfally hated, that we may juftly fay there was 
hardly a Man in the Provinces, that did not wifh Suc- 
cefs to the Prince. : 
“© Colonel Clive refigned the Government early in 
February 1760, about which Time the Mbarattas 
entered the Province, from the Southward, and pene- 
trated into the Burdoman Country, making a confide- 
«* rable Diverfion in Favour of the Prince. The Nabob 
«« demanded a Body of our Troops, Sepoys, and Field 
«¢ Artillery, for the Defence of this Country, to join 
« his, under the Command of Mbir Cofim Aly Khan; 
“© which was granted ; but their Ufe was fruftrated by 
«¢ the Nabob’s pufillanimous, irregular, and contradic- 
“* tory, Orders to his General, Cofim Aly Khan, to march 
«¢ with our Troops to Cutwab,. and the City, in Place 
*¢ of marching directly to the: Southward. Thus this 
«© Country fell a Prey to the Agbarattas, and a Stop was 
« put tothe Collecting.our Tankas, on which was our 
«© greateft Dependence and Expe¢tation, for the Service 
“ of the Year (Vid. Milijary’ Correfpondence in the 
«¢ Months of February and March 1760.) 

“¢ Our Troops, under the Command of Major Cai/- 
‘«&lt; /gud, had taken the Field, in Conjunction with the 
«© Nabob’s, under Command of his Son, fome Time 
‘* before the Colonel’s Departure for Europe, and fhaped 
*&lt; their Rout towards Patna, whilft the Nabob himfelf 
‘* remained in the Neighbourhood of Rajambol, a Check 
“ on Cuddein Hoffein Khan, Nabob of Purnea (then in 
“ Rebellion) until Sudut’s Advance recalled him to 
“¢ the City. 

«¢ A regular and particular Detail of the Tranfactions 
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* of a Peace to thefe Provinces. In the Courfe of this 
“* Campaign Three morally fure and important Oppor- 
** tunities were loft, by the Cowardice of both the Na- 
“ bobs; the Firft, when the young Nabob refufed to 
“¢ join the Major in the immediate Purluit of the Shaw 
“¢ Zaddah, when routed near Patna ; the Second, when 
* the old Nabob refufed to comply with the Major’s 
“© earneft Requeft and Demand, to crofs his Horfe over 
“¢ the Burdowan River, and attack the Prince, when 
“ united with Subut, &amp;c. the Third, when, in the late 
s¢ Purfuit of Cuddeim Hoffeim Khan, the young Nabob 
“ refufed to lead or detach his Horfe to the Major’s 
“ Affiftance, by which a general Action might have 
“‘ been brought on; but, on the contrary, he kept en- 
** camped Twoor Three Miles in the Major’s Rear, as 
** if his Intentions were to leave our Troops without 
*¢ Horfe, a Sacrifice tothe Enemy. Had the moft been 
“* made of either of thefe favourable Occafions, the Stroke 
“* had, in all human Probability, been decifive ; as it is, 
‘© itonly proves, that we continue to draw our Swords 
“&lt; in Support of a Family moft unworthy the Govern- 
“¢ ment they have by our Affiftance ufurped ; and this 
* to the manifeft Hazard and Ruin of the Company’s 
*¢ Trade and Concerns. 

“¢ On the near Approach of the Major to Patna he 
“¢ received a Phirmaund from the Prince, of which 
‘© he advifed the Board, and promifed to forward a 
&lt;&lt; Copy; but no Wonder, that in the Courfe of fo 
“ extraordinary and fatiguing a Campaign, it fhould 
“¢ efcape his Memory. On his Arrival in the Beerboen 
“ Country, after the unexpected March he formed upon 
“ his Defeat, the Prefident received Intelligence, that the 
“© old Nabob had actually a Vakeel in the Shaw Zad- 
*&lt; da’s Camp, and that he was negociating a feparate 
“ Treaty with him: This appeared to have fo dange- 
“ rous a Tendency, that any Means were eligible to 
“ obtain the Truth of it. 

“ The late Prefident, by a Third Hand, procured 
“ Affud Jumma Khan, Rajah of Beerboen, and his Un- 
* cle, Comgaar Khan, to be wrote to on this Subject, of 
«© the Nabob’s Vakeel and Treaty: This foon produced 
« a Phirmaund from the Prince, inclofing Copy of the 
«© Nabob’s Arzdafht: The Prefident made no Reply to 
« the Phirmaund, but returned a fhort one to Comgaar 
“© Khan’s Letter, which accompanied the Phirmaund, 
* intimating, that Copies carried little Validity where 
“© Originals were in Being. 

“© A few Days beiorc the Prince began his Retreat 
«© from the Hillis, the Prefident received a Second Phir- 
« maund fromhim, inclofing original Arzdafht from the 
« Nabob: All that can be faid for or againft Belief 
« being given either to the Authenticity of the Copy or 
«© Original, will appear on the Face of the Correfpon- 
« dence, in two Letters from the Prefident to the Ma- 
“ jor, under Dates the 22d and 24th April laft, and to 
« Mr. Haftings, the 20th of the fame Month. To 
« thefe we may further remark, that if they are For- 
“&lt; geries, they have yet this corroborating Signature of 
« Truth, that the whole Tenor of the Nabob’s Con- 
s¢ duct moft exactly tallies with the Terms of the Arz- 
« dafht. But to reiume the Courfe of the Campaign to 
« the prefent Time: 

«© Patna is relieved and fecure for the prefent. Cuddeim 
“ Hoffein Khan is difpofieffed of his Government, and 
« drove out of the Country, but with all his Treafure 
«“ and valuable Effects, to the Reproach and Infamy 
&lt;&lt; of the. young Nabob’s Memory; fo that after the 
«¢ Rains he will eafily join the Prince with the Effentials 
*¢ of War, which he only wants to harrafs the Provinces 
«« Five Years longer. The young Nabob is taken off 
« by a Flafh of Lightning, and our Troops are gone 


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of the military Correfpondence laid before the Com- 
“ mittee ; therefore Remarks on the Succefs, Effects, 
*¢ and probable Confequences, will be fufficient. 

“© This, like the former ones, has produced no defi- 
“ nitive Action, or Stroke, to lay the leaft Foundation 









A. 17972, 


‘© into Quarters, after having done as much, or more, than 
“ could have been expected, from Men {fo wretchedly 
* fupported by thofe very People, for whote Prefer. 
* vation they endured every Diftrefs and Patigue,and 
“ braved Variety of Deaths. 

“© The Prince has found Means to preferve himfelf 
“© and Forces a Footing on this Side the Soane, and in 
“ the Neighbourhood of Patna, It is faid Comgaar 
‘“* Khan has forfaken the Caufe of the Prince ; which ap- 
** pears moft improbable, not only on Account of his 
“ Hiaving no other Chance for reimburfing himfelf, but 
“© becaufe we have undoubted Intelligence that 3,000 of 
*‘ his Troops have lately joined his Nephew, Afud 
‘© Femma Khan, who has thrown off his Allegiance to 
*« the Nabob. Thefe Troops are doubtlefs lodged to 
‘© make an early and important Diverfion, at the Open? 
‘« ing of the next Campaign, by entering the Burdwan 
** Country, as foon as the Prince begins to be in Mo- 
*€ tion above ; and thus our Supplies from thence will 
“« be again cut off, and the Company’s Affairs be re- 
** duced to the laft Extremity of Diftrefs, unlefs the ap- 
*‘ proaching. Ships of the Seafon relieve us, or the 
*¢ whole Tankas on thofe Lands could be collected 
*¢ during the Rains. The latter is hardly poffible in 
“‘ any ferviceable Degree, and the fotmer carry very 
‘© little Probability. ‘The late Propofal of the Nabob’s, 
“* to pay our Balances, and refume his Lands, is de- 
“* voutly to be wifhed ; but it is likewife to be feared 
“ he has no Meaning in it. 

“© The various Reafons urged againft the Meafure of 
** fupporting the prefent Government longer on the 
‘* Plan we have been fome Time purfuing, to the heavy 
Injury of the Company, with various Expedients to 
refcue them from manifeft approaching Ruin, are fet 
forth at large in the Military Correfpondence, in Let- 
*¢ ters from the Prefident to Major Caillaud, ‘under 
‘© Dates the 24th and 25th of May, 14th Fune, and 3d 
“¢ July, to Mr. Amyatt, under Date, the 25th and 3oth 
** May, and 1 Fuly ; both the Reafons and Expedients, 
** in the prefent State of Affairs, feem rather to confirm 
than contraindicate any other. However, the fudden 
‘© Death of the Nabob (if made a proper Ufe of) feems 
“ to point out a middle Way, if Things are not gone 
too far already, to admit of any other than the divett- 
ing this Family of the Government altogether. Vid. 
“ the Prefident’s Letter to Mr. Hajtings, of the 16th of 
*¢ Jaft Month, and to Major Caillaud, of the 26th, on the 
“© Subject of a Succefior to the young Nabob’s Pofts. 

*¢ Refpedcting all Matters relative to the Dutch, and 
** the Nabob, the Dutch and us, the Tanka’s, and Ob- 
“* ftructions raifed by the Nabob on our collecting them, 
“* as alfo the late Secret Treaty between the Nabob 
“* and the Mbarattas, &amp;c. they willappear on the Face 
of the Correfpondence without Exaggeration.” 
Ordered, That the foregoing Narrative do lay upon 
the Table, for the Perufal of the feveral Members of the 
Committee. 


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Henry Vanfittart. 
Wm B. Sumner. 
FJ. Z. Holwell. 


Fort William, September the 11th. 1760. 

The honourable Henry Vanjfittart, Efquire, Prefident. 

Lieutenant Colonel Fobn Caillaud. 

William B! Sumner, Efquire. 

Fobn Zeph. Holwell, Efquire. 

William M‘Gwire, Efquire. : 

Read, approved, and figned, the Proceedings of the 28th 

Ultimo. 

Colonel Caillaud informs the 
Committee that he left Patna the 
3 1ft of laft Month, at which Time 
the Prince was at Dowdnagore, on this Side the Soane ; 
that all the Reports of his croffing it were over; and that 
Monfieur Laws, with Mawdarah Dawlett were preparing 
to repafs the River and join him. It was faid, theit 

2 next 


Colonel Caillaud arrives 
JSrom Patna. 





12 GEo. III. 


next Motion would be towards Camdar Khan, with 
whom the Operations of the next Campaign were to 
be fettled. 


Thoughts on the prefent 
State of Affairs. 


Before we refolve upon a Plan of 
future Operations, we will attempt 
a Defcription of the State the Com- 
pany’s Affairs are now in, and this not to be confined 
to Bengal, but with regard alfo to the Exigencies of the 
other Settlements, who are told to depend on this for 
Supplies of Money :—Our Influence increafing from 
Time to Time fince the Revolution brought about 
by Colonel Clive, fo have we been obliged to increafe 
our Force to fupport that Influence. We have now 
more than a thoufand Europeans, and Five thoufand 
Sepoys, which, with the contingent Expences of an 
Army, is far more than the Revenues allotted for 
their Maintenance. This Deficiency was not fo much 
attended to whilft the immenfe Sums ftipulated by the 
Treaty were coming in; but thefe Refources being 
now quite exhaufted, and no Supplies of Money com- 
ing from Europe, it becomes immediately necefiary 
to fecure to the Company fuch an Income as will 
bear them clear of Charges, and bring in, befides, 
a Supply for the Emergencies of their other Settle- 
ments, and for providing Cargoes for Loading home 
their Ships. —The firft Queftion then that naturally oc- 
curs is this : 

Whether that great Force is wanted? That a lefs 
Force would fecure the Settlement of Fort William, 
with its former Bounds, againft every Thing that is 
now in the Country, is not to be doubted ; but it is 
as certain, that nothing but that Influence and Weight, 
which we maintain by the Largenefs of our Force, 
can poffibly prevent the well known Defigns of the 
‘Two principal European Powers, who have long fhared 
with us the Benefit of the Trade of this Country ; 
and to this we may add, that the nearer we approach 
to a Peace in Europe, the nearer we are to our Dan- 

er here. 

Thefe Confiderations having their due Weight, we 
believe few will difpute-the Neceffity of keeping up 
out prefent Force, perhaps augmenting it: This grant- 
ed, it follows, that Means muft be found within our- 
felves of fupporting the Expence; and thefe Means 
cah be rio other, than a proportionable Share of the 
Revenues of the Country. , 

By the Treaty made with the prefent Nabob, he is 
obliged, as often as it may be requilite for our Troops 
to take the Field, to furnifh a Lack of Rupees a 
Month for their Expence ; but the Uncertainty of 
this Payment has been too long experienced to be 
any more depended on ; nor indeed is it by any Means 
fufficient to anfwer the Purpofe, fuppofing the Pay- 
ments regularly made : It muft therefore be propofed 
to the Nabob, to aflign to the Company a much 
larger Income, and to affign it in fuch a full and 
ample Manner, by giving to the Company the fole 
Right of fuch Diftricts, as lay moft convenient for 
our Management ; that we may no longer be fubject 
to the Inconveniences we experienced from the late 
‘Tuncaws, being Orders only on a certain Part of the 
Revenues.—From the experienced Weaknefs and Un- 
{teadinefs of the Nabob himfelf, and the Nature of 
thofe Dependants who now rule him, and who by 
felf-interefted Views muft naturally oppofe every In- 
creafe of our Power, as their own will of Courfe be 
proportionably !effened ; it is to be fuppofed, that fuch 
a Propofal would meet with all the Difficulties that 
could poffibly be thrown in our Way. Notwithftand- 
ino thofe Difficulties, we will fuppote we fhould have 
Weight enough to over-rale his Counfellors, and to 
obtain his Confent. We then juft keep our prefent 
Footing, We have a Fund for paying our Troops; 

and thofe Troops muft be employed in the Service 
of the Nabob and this Service, the fame as for thefe 
Two laft Years in oppofing the Shawzaddah, whofe 

Vor. XXXII. 


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Defigns upon thefe Provinces it is almoft certain 
will be purfued. 

From the Experience of thefe Two Years, it is 
pretty clear that our Troops, although always vic- 
torious in the Field, yet they cannot, by their Suc- 
cefs, put an End to the Troubles: The fame Caufe 
which has prevented it ftill exifts; the Nature of 
thofe People, in Alliance with whom we are to aét, 
who will not purfue the Advantages we gain ; and 
we not having the Means in our Power, for Want 
of a Body of Cavalry under our Command. —Thus 
the War may be protraéted for Years to come; and 
every Year the Nabob’s Circumftances grow worfe 
and worfe, through an Increafe of Expence and Lofs 
of Revenue, not only by the Devaftations the Enemy 
make, but by the continual Defection of feme of his 
own Rajahs and Dependants: Many in the Courfe of 
the Two laft Years have declared themfelves ; and 
that others are ripe for doing the fame is not to 
be doubted, particularly the Rajah of Beerboon, in a 
Letter the Governor lately received from him, has 
{poke his Sentiments very freely. The Province of 
Patna is already fo much reduced by the Two laft 
Campaigns, as to be incapable of affording Subfiftence 
to the Prince any longer, who muft always find on 
the Spot the Means of carrying on the War, having 
no Refources within himfelf ; and who confequently 
muft, through Neceffity, attempt next Year to pene- 
trate further into Benga/ ; and in this he wil! no Doubt 
by the Succefs which attended his laft Year’s Incurfion 
as far as Burdwan. 

It is therefore next to be confidered, whether it is 
beft for the Intereft of the Nabob to purfue the pre- 
fent Meafures, by continuing to oppofe the Shawzad- 
dah, or to fupport him in his Pretenfions to the 
Crown of Delbi:—The Two Parties flill fubfift, be- 
tween whom the Throne is difputed, or rather who 
fhall give a King to that Throne. — One of thofe 
Parties has repeatedly invited the Shawzaddah to him ; 
and it is well known what Offers he has made both 
to the Nabob and us for our Affiftance: The fame 
Reafons may be fuppofed yet to have their Weight 
with him while the Difpute remains undecided ; and 
is it not probable that fuch an Affiftance given to 
the Prince and thrown into Abdallah’s Scale, would . 
infure the Succefs of the Enterprize? The immediate 
Confequence of this to Bengal would be clearing the 
Country of an Enemy, by removing the Caufe whence 
all the late Troubles and Confufion have arofe ; and if we 
with Reafon flatter ourfelves we fhould fucceed, what 
Advantages may not the Company expect ? 

Suppofing this Change of Meafures does not ap- 
pear to the Nabob in the Light we have reprefented, 
it is to be confidered whether the Exigencies of the 
Company’s Affairs before defcribed, do not require 
out forming fuch Connections independently of him, 
as may over-rule the Advice and Sway of his Crea- 
tures and Minifters. 

The unfortunate Death of the young Nabob hav- 
ing created a Number of feparate Interefts, which 
it is impoffible to conciliate to the Satisfaction of all, 
and thereby gives the faireft Opportunity to any other 
European Power to gain a Pariy to fupport them 
in their Defigns of eitablifhing an Influence here, is 
an Inducement to make us follow fuch a Syftem, as 
will put this the moft out of thélt Power. 

The Share of Influence we now enjoy in thefe Pro- 
vinces, however great in Appearance, does not carry 
with it thofe real Advantages and weighty Effects 
which are neceffary not to leave that Power in Dan- 
ger of being difputed, and of failing us at a Time 
when we moft want it; and nothing is more probable 
than that that Period will happen on a Peace, to pre- 
vent the evil Confequences of this: There leems now 
to offer fuch an Opportunity of fecuring to ourfelves 
all we could wifh in this Refpe&amp;, as likely may 

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never happen again; an Opportunity that will give 
us both Power and Right. 

Another principal Motive that urges us to think 
of changing our Syftem, is the Want of Money; a 
Want that is not confined to ourfelves alone, but 6n 
which greatly depend, 

The Operations on the Coatt, 

The Reduétion of Pondicherry, and 

The Provifion of an Inveftment for loading Home 
the next Year’s Ships at all the Three Prefidencies. 

It is hardly to be doubted but the Shazadah would 
be willing to enter into a Negociation with us, inde- 
pendent of the Nabob; but fuch a Meafure would 
neither be for the Intereft nor the Honour of our Na- 
tion. Our Views in adopting this Syftem, fhould be 
direéted rather to ftrengthen, than weaken or over- 
throw the prefent Subah: — All we defire, is to fee 
the Power removed out of the Hands of that Set of Men, 
who now rule and direét the Affairs of the Subah, and 
through whofe Mifmanagements and Frauds the Coun- 
try and his Adminiftration fuffer fo confiderably. To 
have fuch a Share of Power invefted in the Com- 
pany, as will enable them to prevent the bad Confe- 
quences of fo many contending Interefts, that will 
effectually put a Stop to that Diffipation of Revenues, 
which hath reduced the Nabob to his prefent diftreffed 
Condition ; which Revenue, if properly applied, would 
leave him nor us any Thing to fear from the De- 
figns of any Enemy ; effectually fecure to us fuch a 
Fund as would anfwer all our prefent Exigencies ; and 
in Time prove an Encreafe of Honour and Advan- 
tage to the Nation and the Company. 

Henry Vanfittart. 
W= B. Sumner. 
7. Z. Holwell. 


Fort William, Sept" 15th 1760. 
At a Seleé&amp;t Committee ; Prefent 
The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident. 
Colonel Caillaud, 
W= Brightwell Sumner, 
}. Zephaniah Holwell, 
William M‘Guwire, 
Read, approved, and figned, the Proceedings of the 
11th Inftant. 


Efquires. 


The great Objects of our prefent 
Deliberation are, Firft, the fecuring a 
Fund of Money for the prefent and 
future Exigencies of this Settlement, as well as the 
other Two Prefidencies, no Money being expected from 
Europe; and, Secondly, The putting an End to the 
Difturbances fomented and kept up by the Shaza- 
dah in feveral Parts of thefe Provinces: That the 
Whole may be united under the Nabob, and he put 
under the more immediate Influence of the Com- 
pany, whofe Force is his chief Support and Depen- 
dance. By this Means enabling us to join a large 
Body of Country Troops to our own, to oppofe any 
Attempts of European or Country Powers. 

The Queftion to be confidered is, Whether we can 
beft arrive at thefe Ends by following the prefent 
Syftem of oppofing the Shazaddah, or by propofing 
to him an Alliance with the Engli/b, and the Affiftance 
of Part of our Forces to proceed with him to De/bi, 
and fupport him in his Pretenfions to the Throne. 


The Difficulties on both 
Sides confidered. 


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ing the above Demand, to 
furnifh us here with the 
Money wanted for our Mi- 
litary and Commercial Oc- 
cafions, and for the Supply 
of the other Prefidencies. 

gdly, The Poffibility of 
the Shazadah’s meeting with 
better Succefs than hereto- 
fore ; and in that Cafe, 
What would be our Situa- 
tion? 

4thly, The Defection of 
different Chiefs in the Coun- 
try encouraged by theShaw, 
by which the Revenues of 
fuch Diftriéts are loft, and 
thofe adjacent leffened by 
their Incurfions. 

sthly, Suppofing we yet 
meet with Succefs, how 
fhall we put an End to 
the War? having expe- 
rienced, that gaining a Vic- 
tory over the Shazada, does 
not deprive him of the 
Means of renewing his At- 
tempts. 

6thly, Suppofing we 
fhould even be able to 
pufh our Succefs fo far 
as to drive the Shazada out 
of the Province, would 
the confufed and impove- 
rifhed State of the Country, 
furnifh us immediately with 
the Means of raifing the 
Sums wanted for the general 
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A. 17972, 


3dly, How to fatisfy the 
Prince’s Party, few of whom 
will be induced to follow 
him. 

4thly, How an imme. 
diate Sum of Money is to 
be found, that will give us 
enough to fupply the Army 
on the Coaft, the Payment 
of our Troops‘here, and a 
Prefent tothe Prince. 

5thly, Are we to inform 
the Nabob before the Ne- 
gociation is begun, of what 
our Demands are to be, or 
is he to receive them after- 
wards, as Orders from his 
King, when we have de- 
clared him fuch? If the 
latter, Is there no Danger 
of his refufing to comply. 
with them ? and if he does, 
How are we to manage? 
If the former, Will it not 
much increafe the Diffi- 
culty of gaining his Con- 
fent? 


The raifing the Sum wanted is a Difficulty in both 







































































In following the prefent 
Syftem, the chief Dif- 
ficulties that occur are 
thefe. 
ift, How to provide for 

the Payment of the Na- 

bob’s Troops and our Army 
that are oppofed to the Sha- 
zadah at Patna. 

2dly, How to prevail on 


the Nabob, befides fupply- 


In following the 2d Syftem 
propofed, the chief Dif- 
ficulties that occur, are 
thefe. 
ft, How to gain the 

Nabob’s Confent. 
adly, The State of the 

Country confidered, when 

fuch a Force is drawn from 

it, as will enable us to affift 
the Prince. 





Cafes, almoft unfurmountable :—It certainly cannot be 
obtained without impofing on the Nabob forcibly, 
Terms which of his own Good-will he never would 
come into. In Favour of the Change of Syftem, it 
is to be faid, that the Means and Refources of the 
Country, from which the Money mutt come, will be 
more capable of fupplying it when the War is. re- 
— by the March of the Shazadah, to the North- 
ward, 

Confequently thofe which we can prevail on to 
take Part with us in this Project, and to affift us 
in bringing the Nabob into it, will be more ready 
to advance Money upon the Promife of holding the 
principal Employments, 

And as ‘on both Sides there muft be fome Kind 
of Force or Violence exerted over the Nabob’s In- 
clinations, it may be done with a better Grace, as well 
as more Effect, by Means of Orders from the Prince. 

With regard to our’ Forces and the Difpofition of - 
them, with Refpect to the Security of the Company’s 
Settlements here, it muft be confidered that in both 
Cafes our Troops muft be divided :—At Patna they 
are more at hand to be called to join us in cafe 
of Neceffity ; but yet fo diftant, that probably the 
threatened Danger would be upon us before they 
could arrive, and the Road would be open for the 
Shazadah to follow immediately ; and after having 
taken Poffeffion of the moft valuable Parts of the 
Province, to join our Enemies, which would make 
our Situation even worfe than before. 

The Committee therefore are of Opinion, all Cir- 
cumftances confidered, that the Settlements here will] 
be more fecure with the Forces that will remain here, 
if by joining our Army to the Shazadah, and march- 
ing with him to the Northward, we can put an End 
to all the Inland Troubles here, than in the pre- 
fent 


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fent Difpofition of keeping that Army at Patna, to 
make Head againft the Shazadah, efpecially if we can 
procure fuch Terms as will enable us to affemble 
on any Occafion a large Country Force to co-operate 
with us here; and fuch Terms, we doubt not, the 
Shazadah will immediately offer. 

Refolved therefore unanimoufly, 
That the entering into an Alliance 
with the Shazadah, is a neceffary and 
expedient Meafure. —The Prefident is accordingly de- 
fired to prefs Cofim Ally Cawn on the Subject of our 
Expences, and our great Diftrefs for Money, fo as 
to draw from him fome Propofal of Meahs for res 
moving thofe Difficulties; by which probably we may 
be able to form a Judgment, whether he might not 
be brought to join in this Negociation, and in pro- 
curing the Nabob’s Confent. ‘There is another Perfon 
here, Roydullub, who has been long under our Pro- 
tection; and whofe Attachment to the Company is 
not to be doubted: Through him it is thought this 
Intention may beft be opened to the Shazadah ; 
but as an Interview between him and the Prefident 
at this Time, might look fufpicious and give an 
Alarm to the Nabob, Mr. Holwell is defired to open 
the Affair to him, and take his Advice how beft to 
manage. 


An Alliance with the 
Shaxada refolved ou. 


Henry Vanfittart. 
W= B. Sumner. 


F. Z. Holwell. 


Fort William, September the 16th, 1760. 
At-a Sele&amp;t Committee ; Prefent 
The honourable Harry Vanfittart, E{quire, Prefident. 

Col. Caillaud, 
We B. Sumner, | yo... 
$: 2. Hokselt, Pies. 
W* MGuwire, 
Read, approved, and figned, the Proceedings of the 
15th Inftant. ahs 
; The Prefident acquaints the Com- 
Var comme mittee, that in a sins Converfation 
with Cofim Ally he had laft Night with Cafim Ally 

Cawn. Cawn, he had an Opportunity of 
making fome Progrefs towards the Difcoveries requi- 
fite for carrying on the Negociation propofed Yef- 
terday : — That without letting him know any Thing 
of our Defign, he had led him to make fuch Decla- 
rations of his Defire to have the Rule over the Na- 
bob, and the general Management of the Affairs of 
the Province, as amount almoft to a Proof of his Readi- 
nefs to aét the Part intended for him. 

After telling him much of our Regard, and of our 
Opinion of him as the fitteft Perfon for conducting 
the great Affairs of the Bengal Government, I began 
to make him ftrong Reprefentations on the Subject of the 
Company’s Expences: That the immediate Charges 
of the Army exceeded far the Sum affigned for that 
Purpofe ; which Sum alfo was not regularly paid, there 
being Three or Four Months Arrears :—That befides 
this, he could not but be fenfible how much the Com- 
pany gave up in other Parts, for the Sake of pro- 
viding for the Security of Bengal, withdrawing their 
Forces from the Deccan and from Madra/s, and fending 
continually frefh Supplies from Europe. I reprefented 
to him further the great Lofs the Company had fuf- 
fered by the long Continuance of the prefent War 
with the Shazadah; and how much it was to be 
wifhed for the general Benefit, that an End could 
be put to it, fo as to enable the Nabob to reduce 
his Expences, and collect his full Revenues, of which 
a great Part is now loft by the Ravages of the Enemy, 
particularly the whole Produce of the Patna Province. 

In Anfwer to this, Cofim Ally Cawn replied, That he 
has it not at prefent in his Power to provide in a 
proper Manner for the Supply of the Company: — 


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That if we could undertake to give him the general 
Management of the Country, by taking it out of 
the Hands of thofe who are now intrufted with it by 
the Nabob, he would then make fuch Affignments in 
Favour of the Company, as fhould be perfectly to our 
Satisfaction. —At the fame Time he infinuated, that 
this would undoubtedly meet with Oppofition at Muxa- 
davad, and at Firft prove very difagreeable to the Na- 
bob himfelf: For which Reafon it would be quite ne- 
cefiary to have a Force at Hand to fupport him ;~ by 
which being enabled to over-rule the prefent evil 
Countellors of the Nabob, he could anfwer for bring- 
ing the Nabob himfelf into fuch Terms as fhall be 
agreed on here.—With refpeét to the Shazadah, he 
did not feem to have any Notion of offering him Peace ; 
but faid, he fhould be able to keep up a fufficient 
Force to fruftrate any future Attempts on this Pro- 
vince: The Prefident thinking this a fufficient Pro- 
greis for the Firft Conference, did not make him 
acquainted with our intended Negociation with the 
Shazadah, and which he imagines may better be opened 
to him by one of his old Confidants : Cofim Ally 
Cawn profefied a Regard for Roydulub, and a Delire 
to fee him; but as it was thought fuch an Inters 
view could not be brought about with Secrecy; and 
if known, would give an Alarm to the Nabob; it 
was therefore determined to confide in Cojah Petrofe, 
as the fitteft Perfon to make known our whole Plan 
to Cofim Ally Cawn, 

Mr. Holwell’s Report Mr. Holwell acquaints the Com- 
of his Converfation Mittee, That agreeable to their Re- 
with Roydulub. folution of Yeiterday, he had laft 

Night a Conference with Rajah Roydulub, who re- 

ceived the Overture with much Satisfaction, and ap- 

proved in general of the Plan; but thought there was 
fome Objection to the propofed Manner ‘of addreffing 
the Prince, as it would caufe much unneceffary De- 
lay, which for many obvious Reafons fhould be avoided, 
and would not give him the Weight neceffary on this 
Occafion, to obtain an immediate Stop being put to 
the Prince’s Operations: That he thought our wait- 
ing for an Overture from him was too nice a Punc- 
tilio at this Juncture ; becaufe he knows the Prince 
is in fuch a Situation, as will not permit his hefitating 
to accept any Terms we offer. He thinks nothing 
can prevent or delay his immediate Conceffion to all 
we afk, but the Article of confirming Meer faffer 

Ally Cawn, not only on Account of his perfonal Re- 

fentment, but as it is contrary to the Laws and Rules 

of the Empire, the appointing a Seyd to a Subahdary: 

Therefore fays, we had better demand Sunnods at 

once ; that the Power of Subahdarry, Buxgerrea, and 

Dewannee, be lodged in the Englifb Company ; and 

then we may confirm Meer Faffier Allee Cawn our- 

felves, if we think he deferves it.—That there is no 

Occafion to ftipulate for particular Lands for the 

Maintenance of the Troops and Crdnance, as the Jag- 

giers of a Hoft, a Hazzare, are always fet apart 

for that Purpofe.—He requefts, he may not be thought 
of for the Poft of Roy Rayen, but that he may be 
favoured with that of the Buxeys Neabut under the 

Company. He thinks he fhall be able, without much 

Difficulty, to conciliate Matters with Comgar Cawn, 

Bulwanfing, and the other Rajahs of the Prince’s 

Party, as they are moft of thém his Friends. He 

affures the Committee, he highly ‘approves of the im 

tended Promotion of Meer Cofim Ally Cawn to the 

Dewannee, and will moft readily ¢0-operate with him 

in all Matters, conducive to the. Completion of our 

Plan, as the only poffible Means left to recover the 

Peace and flourifhing State of the Provinces, and re- 


vive the Company’s Trade and Influence. 


Henry Vanfittart. 


Wi B. Sumner. 
3. Z. Helwell. 
4 Fort 








884 


Fort William, 24th Offober 1760. 

- At a Seleé&amp;t Committee ; Prefent, 
William Ellis, Efquire, Prefident. 
William Brightwell Sumner, Efquire. 
William M‘ Gwire, Efquire. 

Received the following Letter from the Prefident, 
and Colonel Caillaud, dated at Miradbag the 2 1ft 
Inftant. 

Gentlemen, 

The Governor wrote you Yefterday of the Affairs 
here being fettled to the Company’s Advantage: We 
fhall now have the Honour to acquaint you of the 
cs by which we advanced to this Point of Suc- 
cefs, 

The Nabob’s Vifit to the Governor at Cofimbuzar, the 
15th of the Month, as well as that we paid him the 
next Day in Return, paffed only in general Convertation. 
The 18th, he came here to talk upon Bufinefs : In or- 
der to give him a more clear and full View of the bad 
Management of his Minifters, by which his own Af- 
fairs as well as the Company’s are reduced to fo dan- 
gerous a State, and the Inhabitants in general to Want 
and Mifery ; we had prepared Three Letters, which af- 
ter a fhort and friendly Introduction, the Governor de- 
livered to him, and of which Tranflations are hereunto 
annexed, under N° 1, 2, &amp; 3. 

The Nabob feemed much affected by the Perufal of 
the Letters, but endeavoured more to put an End to 
the Conference than to propofe a Remedy to the Evils: 
We, however, prevailed on him to fend for his Dinner 
to Moraudbag, and in a Manner infifted on his coming 
to fome Determination for the immediate Reform of his 
Government. At length he. confeffed himfelf, through 
Ave and Grief, incapable of ftruggling againft fo many 
Difficulties: He defired Time to confult with his 
Friends. We told him the Men: with whom he had 
lately advifed were not his Friends, but his greateft 
Enemies ; that his returning again in the Midit of them, 
would only be the Means of augmenting his Difficul- 
ties; that he had much better take the Affiftance of 
one from among his Relations, on whofe true Attach- 
ment and Fidelity he might more fafely rely ; he named 
Five or Six, and among them, Cafim Aly Khan. We 
afked him which of that Number was the moft proper 
to aflift him in his prefent Exigencies : He replied, with- 
out any Hefitation, That Kafim Ally Kban was the moft 
proper; neverthelefs, it was with the utmoft Difficulty 
we could prevail on him to fend for him; and fo very 
late, that before Kaffim Aly Khan could arrive, the old 
Nabob was fo extremely fatigued, and in fuch a State 
of Anxiety, that we could not refufe his Return Home 
to take his Reft. We were convinced indeed, that it 
would be to no Purpofe to keep him ; for fuch was 
the Jealoufy he difcovered with refpect to Kafim Aly 
Kban, that we faw he never would confent, without 
fome Sort of Force, to give the other the Means of 
reftoring Order to his Affairs. An Hour or two after 
the Nabob’s Departure, Kafim Ally Khan arrived, and 
feemed to be extremely apprehenfive, that the Nabob, 
inftead of trufting him with the Management of Af- 
fairs, would endeavour by fome Means or other to 
get rid of him. We agreed therefore in Opinion with 
him, that he fhould not go to the Nabob’s Houfe, 
until Meafures were taken for his Security: We re- 
folved however, to give the Nabob the next Day (the 
agth) to reflect upon the Letters before mentioned, in 
Hopes he would propofe fome Means of Regulation. 
We heard nothing from him all Day, but found by 
our Intelligence, that he had been in Council with his 
old Advifers, Keneram, Moonital, and Checon, whole 
Advice, we were fure, would be contrary to the Wel- 
fare of the Country in general, and that of the Com- 
pany in particular. We determined therefore to act im- 
mediately upon the Nabob’s Fears. There could not be 
a better Opportunity, than the Night of the Nineteenth 
afforded, it being the Conclufion of the Gentoo Feat, 


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when all the principal People of that Caft would be 
pretty well fatigued with their Ceremonies. We deter- 
mined therefore, that Colonel Cail/aud, with the Two 
Companies of Military, and Six Companies of Scapoys 
fhould crofs the River between ‘Three and Four in the 
Morning, and having joined Kafim Aly Khan and his 
People, march to the Nabob’s Palace, and furround it 
juit at Day-break : Being extremely defirous of pre- 
venting any Difturbance or Bloodfhed, the Governor 
wrote a Letter to the Nabob (the Tranflation of which 
is annexed, N° 4.) and delivered it to the Colonel, to 
fend in to him at fuch ‘Time as he fhould think moft 
expedient: Meafures were at the fame Time taken for 
feizing the Perfons of Kexeram, Moonitel, and Checon ; 
our Intention being only to remove thofe Three un- 
worthy Minifters, and place Kafim Aly Khan in the full 
Management of all the Affairs, in Quality of Deputy 
and Succeffor to the Nabob.—The Governor remained 
at Moradbag, in Readineis to pay a Vifit of Congratu. 
lation to the Durbar, as foon as the Point fhould be 
fettled. 

The neceffary Preparations being accordingly made 
with all Care and Secrecy poftible, the Colonel me 
barked with the Troops, joined Kafim Aly Khan with- 
out the leaft Alarm, and marched into the Court Yard 
of the Palace, juft at the proper Inftant: The Gates of 
the Inner Court being fhut, the Colonel formed his 
Men without, and then fent the Governor’s Letter to 
the Nabob, who was at firft in a great Rage, and long 
threatened he would make what Refiftance he could 
and take his Fate. The Colonel forbore all Hoftilities ; 
and feveral Meflages paffed by the Means of Mr. Haft 
ings and Mr. Lu/bington, whofe Services on this Oc- 
cafion deferve Notice.—The Affair remained in this 
doubtful State about Two Hours, when the Nabob 
finding his perfifting was to no Purpofe, fent a Mefface 
to Kafim Aly Kban, informing him, he was ready to 
fend him the Seals and all the Enfigns of Dignity,’ and 
to order the Nobit to be ftuck up in his Name ; pro- 
vided he would agree to take the whole Charge of the 
Government upon him, to difcharge all the Arrears due 
to the Troops, to pay the ufual Revenues to the Kine 
to fave his Life and his Honour, and give him an Al- 
lowance fufficient for his Maintenance: All thefe Con- 
ditions being agreed to, Kefim Aly Khan was pro? 
claimed, and the old Nabob came out to the Colonel 
declaring, That he depended on him for his Life: and 
the Troops then took Poffefiion of all the Gates, and 
Notice was fent to the Governor, who came immediazel ; 
and the old Nabob met him in the Gateway, afking if 
his Perfon was fafe, which feemed now to be at ius 
Concern, The Governor told him, not only his Perfon 
was fafe, but his Government too if he pleafed, of 
which it never was intended to deprive him : The Na- 
bob anfwered, That he had nothing more to bufy him 
at the City; that he fhould be in continual Danger 
from Kafim Aly Khan; and that if he was permitted 
to go and live in Calcutta, he fhould be extremely happy 


and contented. Though we could not help lamenting. 


his fudden Fall, we were not forry for this Pro 
as Affairs will doubtlefs be ‘ems managed ut 
him, and the Advantages ftipulated for the Company 
be obtained without the leaft Dificulty or Delay. 
Kaffin Aly Khan was accordingly feated on the Throne 
and we paid him our Congratulations in the ufual 
Form : Ali the Jemmidars, Merchants, and others, re- 
fiding in the City came immediately, and made their 
Acknowlegements to the new Subah ; and in the Even- 
ing every Thing was as perfectly quiet, as if there 
had been no Change. The People in general feem 
much pleafed with this Revolution, and we are parti- 
cularly happy in its being brought about without the 
ra Difturbance in the Town, or a Drop of Blood 
pile. 
The Advantages to the Company are great indeed. 
— The Firmaunds for the Coumticn of Aeneas 
Midnapore, 


12 GEO. IIL. Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


Midnapore, and Chittigan, we fhall receive immediately, 
as well as that for Half of the Chunam already pro- 


‘duced at Silket.—A very fevere Order has already been 


iffued, forbidding all the Shrafs and Merchants to re- 
fufe the Calcutta Siccas, or to afk any Batta on them. 
A Supply of Money will be fent with the Colonel for 
the Payment of the Troops at Patna, and we have even 
fome Hopes of obtaining Three or Four Lacks befides 
to fend down to Calcutta, to help out the Company in 
their prefent Occafions there, and at Madra/s.—The 
former Balance is to be paid Monthly, according to the 
old Nabob’s Kiftbundy. 

We are the more pleafed with this fortunate Event 
at this Time, when the Approach of Peace in Europe 
gives us Reafon to fear the other European Nations will 
find Leifure to difturb us here. We fhall now have 
{trong Refources within ourfelves, and an Ally whofe At- 
tachment to the Company may be relied on. The old 
Nabob could by no Means be depended on for fuch an 
Occafion ; both his Means and Defire of fupporting us 
were very uncertain, as his Behayiour in the Dutch 
Troubles evinced. 

Tlie old Nabob did not think himfelf Safe even for 
one Night in the City: Kafim Aly Khan fupplied him 
with Boats, and gave him Leave to take away as many 
of his Women as he defired, and a reafonable Quantity 
of Cloaths and Jewels. We furnifhed him with a ftrong 
Efcort of Europeans and Sepoys, and intended to lodge 
him at Herogil, but he would not truft himfelf there, 
and begged he might fleep in his Boats clofe to Morad- 
bag, which he did accordingly. We fhall take Care 
that Kafim Aly Khan provides every Thing that is con- 
venient and handfome for himfelf and his Women, and 
fettle upon him a fufficient Allowance for his Main- 
tenance, and then difpatch him with a ftrong Efcort to 
Calcutta. You will pleafe to provide Two Houfes for his 
Reception ; there are Two belonging to Sooberam By- 
fack and Raufberry Seat, which the Ray Rayen occupied, 
when he was in Calcutta , if thefe can be had, we judge 
they will anfwer very well. 

His legitimate Wife, called The Begum Mother of 
the deceafed Chuta Nabob, and of Kafim Aly Khan's 
Wife, refufed to accompany the old Nabob, with whom 
fhe fays fhe has not been in good Harmony for a long 
Time paft ; that fhe is extremely glad the Government is 
put into fuch good Hands ; and that fhe fhall live much 
happier with her Daughter and Son in-law. 

The old Nabob is now pretty eafy, and feems to be 
reconciled to the Lofs of a Power which he owns to 
have been rather a Burthen than a Pleafure, and too 
much for his Abilities to manage fince the Death of 
his Son; and the Enjoyment of the reft of his Days 
in Security under the Englifh Protection, feems to be 
the chief Object of his Withes. 


N* 1. Tranflation of an Addrefs prefented to the 
Nabob fafier Aly Khan by the Governor, dated 
18th Oéfober 1760. 

When I was at Madra/fs, Colonel Clive frequent- 
ly wrote to me on the State of Affairs in this Country, 
and told me, that whenever he quitted this Country 
to return to Europe, he would procure my Appoint- 
ment to the Government. The Friendfhip and Con- 
neétions between your Excellency and the Colonel are 
well known to me, and I hoped to have found all Af- 
fairs carried on intirely according to the Treaty; but 
what I obferved upon my Arrival, I fhall now lay be- 
fore you particularly. 

Firft, The Engli/b Forces who are employed in your 
Service, and in the Support of your Government at 
Azimabat, are kept without their Pay. 

Secondly, The Forces of the Sircar, who are ftation- 
ed in thofe Parts, are difcontented, and difaffeéted to the 
Service for Want of Pay. 

Thirdly, The Sepoys at Muxadabad had furrounded 

Vor. XXXII 


the Palace in a tumultuous Manner fer the Arreats of 
their Pay, and endangered your Life: How deeply I 
was affected cannot be exprefled; Ged is Witnefs of 
what I felt upon that Occafion. : 

Fourthly, I plainly perceived, that the Minifters of 
this Court, from their Covetoutnefs ard bafe Difpofi- 
tions, had fet afide all Juftice, were: plundering the 
Poor without Caufe, and doing what they pleafed, nor 
even withholding their Hands from the Lives of the 
People, deftroying the Subjects, and btinging Ruin and 
Defolation on the Country. ‘ 

Fifthly, The Scarcity of Provifions, &amp;c. is fo great 
as was never before known in this Country, infomuch 
that the People of all Degrees are in the greateft Diftrefs. 
—This can be owing to no other Cauife, than the bad 
Management of your Minifters. , 

Sixthly, Formerly at the Defire of the Engli/&gt; Com- 
pany, a Mint was eftablithed in Calcutta, and it was 
your Order, that the Siccas of Calcutta, of the fame 
Weight and Finenefs with the Siccas of Muxadabad, 
fhould pafs for equal Value. Notwithftanding your 
Perwannah for enforcing this Grant, the Officers of the 
King’s Province have not fuffered them to pafs, but 
contrary to your Orders, require and infitt on a Batta on 
the Siccas. : 

Seventhly, The War with the Shazadah ftill con- 
tinues : Notwithftanding the Sums expended, and the En- 
deavours of the Englifh Forces, this Affair is yet no 
nearer to a Conclufion than the firft Day ; excepting 
the Kella of Azimabad, no Part of: the Subahfhip of 
Patna remains in your Poffeffion; ali the Lands and 
Villages are in a State of Ruin ; and‘the Zemindars in 
every Place are ready to join the Shazadah’s Army, 
as appears from the Letter to me to this Purpofe from 
Beerboen.—From thefe Circumftances, it evidently ap- 
pears to me, that all thefe Difficulties came to pafs af- 
ter the Death of your Son the late Chuta Nabob; from 
which Time, the Minifters of the Sircar regarding only 
their own Intereft, neglect the Good of the Coun- 
try, and the Welfare of the Subjects, and employ 
themfelves in oppreffing the Poor, in Rapine, Violence, 
Injuftice, and Iniquity—When I faw the Affairs of 
the Sircar in the Hands of fuch faithlefs and unworthy 
Men, and every Thing tending ftill farther to Ruin, I 
lifted up my Eyes to Heaven, and bewailed my ftrange 
Fate, that Providence fhould fend me into this Country 
at fuch a Time, and inthe Midft of fuch Calamities ; 
when the Dignity of the Nabob, the:Reputation of the 
Company, and the Profperity of thg¢ Country, are al- 
moft expired. After long Confiderasion, I concluded I 
would make one vigorous Trial immediately to remedy 
all thefe Evils, hoping by God’s Affiftance to furmount 
all Difficulties: For this Reafon, I am come with great 
Joy into your Prefence, and am happy in paying you 
my Refpects. ‘ 


N° 2. Tranflation of an AddreYs prefented to the 
Nabob Faffer Aly Khan by the Governor, dated 
the 18th Ofober. ; 

The Minifters that are about your Perfon, and who 
tranfact your Bufinefs, are People that are ever waver- 
ing and changeable in their Cquncils, as is evident from 
the Perwannahs you frequently fent me, complaining of 
the bad Conduct and wicked Intentjons of Maba Raja- 
bullub, infifting upon the being recajled by fome Means 
or other. The Colonel confideririg the Situatién of 
Affairs at that Time, recommendéd Maba Rajabullub 
to you, and you fent me a Copy. of it in a Letter, 
which you did me the Honour to write to me, and faid, 
That you was furprifed that the: Colonel would re- 
commend a Man {fo very unfit for:Bufinefs. You alio 
fent me Word by the Nabob Kafim Aly Khan and the 
Rayraen, that the Bufinefs of the moft Confequence was 
to get Maba Rajabullub down from: Patna : I therefore, 
agreeable to your Defire, wrote to: Mr. Amyatt to fend 
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him down ; God only knows what Council your Minif- 
ters gave, that the Perwannah was deferred being fent ; 
but that is the true Caufe of the Troubles now at 
Patna: It is a known Maxim, that a Government, 
where the Councils change every Day, cannot be well 
regulated. 


N®* 3. Tranflation of a Letter prefented to the 
Nabob Faffier Aly Khan, by the Governor. 
Dated the 18th Ofober 1760. 
The important Affairs, for the Regulation of which 
I have waited on you, as fubmitted to your Confidera- 
tion in a feparate Addrefs, containing Seven Articles ; 
now that I am here, is the Time for opening the Door 
of the Difficulties therein mentioned, which is only to 
be effected by the Key of your enlightened Wifdom. 
If this Opportunity be loft, another will hardly occur, 
when we can meet together fo conveniently ; befides, 
the Particulars which I have taken Notice of, and the 
Payment of Arrears due to the Englifh Troops, and 
thofe of the Sircar, it is neceffary to make a large Pro- 
vifion for future Exigencies.—You have already given 
in Pledge, Jewels for a large Amount, to be difcharged 
by different Payments, agreed and figned to, in your 
own Hand : How this Sum is to be paid, unlefs the 
Country is fettled, I don’t perceive ; The Pay allowed 
for the Englifh Army has been limited to One Lack of 
Rupees, per Month. As the Difturbances in the Coun- 
try have increafed every Day, for that Reafon large 
Sums have been expended in bringing Soldiers from 
Europe and Madrafs, and in raifing Sepoys: On this 
Account a Lack of Rupees is by no Means fufficient. 
Let your Excellency duly reflect, that your own Sepoys, 
in the Time of Extremity, preferring their own Safety, 
have joined with the Forces of the Enemy ; and the 
Englifo Forces, devoted entirely to your Service, and 
the Deftruction of your Enemies, never were guilty of 
fuch a Conduét, nor ever will; and, by the Bleffing 
of God, wherever the Englifo Standard has been fixed 
they have always proved victorious: Upon this Ac- 
count it is by no Means becoming your Wifdom to 
neglect fuch brave Men, or to deny them their due 
Rewards. It is neceffary, that for this Bufinefs your 
Excellency grant the Company fome certain Lands, 
fufficient for the Difburfement of the Pay of the 
Troops, the Expences of the Artillery, and the Pro- 
vifions of Stores, Sc. that, without any Trouble to 
yourfelf, all their Charges may be defrayed, from the 
Produce of thefe Lands, and our Arms always ready 
to be employed in your Service; otherwife I mutt 
fubmit to Neceffity. |My Concern for my Honour 
will not fuffer me to be unmoved at the Company’s 
Lofs; but I muft feek fome Expedient for promoting the 
Intereft of the Company, and removing the Evils they 
are oppreffed with ; and thofe Expedients muft be adopt- 
ed: But if your Affliction for the Death of your Son has 
taken that Hold upon your Mind, that you cannot 
attend to the remedying of fuch great Difficulties, it is 
proper that you appoint fome capable Perfon from 
rms your Children, in the Place and Dignity of your 
faid Son, the Nabob Nafr ool Moclk, who may take 
Charge of all thefe Affairs, regulate the Bufinefs of 
the Country, and remove all thefe Difficulties; that 
ur Excellency, freed from al} the Troubles and 
Faciivect of the Tranfactions, may remain without 
Care, and the Shadow of your Protection overfpread 
the Whole. 


N° 4. Tranflation of a Letter from the Governor 
to the Nabob, dated roth Ofoder, at Night. 

I have been waiting all this Day in Expettation that 
you would have fettled fome of the weighty and urgent 
Affairs, upon which I Yefterday conferred with you, 
and that you would have acquainted me with your 
Determination; but you have not favoured me with 


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4.179792. 


any Anfwer concerning them; from hence it plainly 
appears, that as long as thofe evil Counfellors remain 
about your Perfon, whatfoever I may reprefent to you 
for your Profperity and Welfare, and the Good of 
this Country, will have no Effect. The Foily of 
thefe People will foon deprive you of your Govern. 
ment, and prove the Ruin, likewife, of the Company’s 
Affairs: Ihave judged it improper, that fuch Evils 
and Difgrace fhould be brought upon us, for the 
Sake of Two or Three Men; for this Reafon I have 
fent Colonel Cai/laud, with Forces, to wait upon you, 
when the faid Colonel arrives, he will expel thofe bad 
Counfellors, and place your Affairs in a proper State ; 
I will fhortly follow. Let not your Excellency be under 
any Apprehenfions, but chearfully receive the Colonel ; 
and give Orders to your Men, that they make no 
Difturbances, nor raife Tumults in the Ciry. I folemnly 
declare, that I have no other View but your Good and 
Welfare. Look upon me as your fincere Well-wither, 
and remain fatisfied. 


Agreed, we write the following Letter to the Prefi- 

dent, and Colonel Caillaud. 
Gentlemen, 

We have been honoured with your Favour of the 
21ft, and One from the Prefident of the 2oth Inftant, 
by which we have been informed of the great Succefs 
that has attended your Operations : We muft congra- 
tulate you on your having amply effected the intended 
Purpofes, without the Effufion of Blood, or any Dif- 
turbance ; and are highly pleafed to find the Nabob fo 
well reconciled to his prefent Situation. We doubt not 
but what has been fo well begun, will be concluded for 
the Benefit and Advantage of the Company; and that 
the Affairs of the Government will, in future, be put 
on a fecure and proper Footing. 

We have given the neceffary Directions for the 
Reception and Accommodation of the old Nabob, 
whenever he arrives in Calcutta. 

A few Days, we flatter ourfelves, will bring this 
Matter to a Conclufion ; and that we fhall, very fhortly, 
have the Pleafure of the Governor’s Prefence with 
us. 

W. Ellis. 
We B. Sumner, 


Fort William, 8th November 1760. 
At a Confultation ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanjfttart, Efquire, Prefident. 
William Ellis, Efquire. 
William B. Sumner, Efquire. 
Harry Verelft, Efquire. 
Harry Smyth, Efguire. 
Samuel Waller, Etquire. 
Culling Smith, Efquire. 
Mr. M* Gwire, ‘indifpofed. 
Mr. Verelf delivers in his Opi- 
Mr. Verelft’s Opinion of NiOn, upon the Meafures lately ta- 
the late Revolutions. 
follows : 

Mr. Vereljt begs Leave to obferve, That the Board 
have been, till now, kept entirely ignorant of the P’ro- 
ceedings of the Select Committee, relating to the pre- 
fent Revolution, and their Motives for it; he therefore 
cannot pretend to judge how far fuch a Step was necef- 
fary, but thinks, that an Affair of fuch immediate 
Confequence to the Company’s Eftates in thefe Parts, 
the moft mature Confideration of the whole Board 
fhould have been firft had, that a Treaty, executed 
in the moft folemn Manner, fubfifted between Meer 
Jaffer, and us'; the moft faithful Adherence to 
which, as well as all other our Engagements, has pre- 
ferved that Influence and Power we have maintained 
ever fince the Re-capture of Calcutta; a Steadinefs to 
which Treaty made the Britif admired, nay even 

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12 GEo. III. 


courted, by every Prince throughout thofe Provinces, 
and has ever been fatal to the Prince apparent of the 
Empire, and’ many other Difturbers; who have hither- 
to weakly endeavoured to engage us to break through 
thofe folemn Ties we were {worn to. As this fudden 
Change muft alarm every one, to find us fo unex- 
pectedly breaking through all our Engagements, which 
were fo public, reputable, and to the Honour of the 
Nation, he cannot be blamed, as a Member of this 
Board, for expreffing his Diffatisfaétion, at being 
made a Cypher of, in fo critical a Concern. 

Mr. Smyth begs Leave to ob- 
ferve, he is of the fame Opinion 
with Mr, Verelft. 

The Prefident begs Leave to remark upon the 
foregoing Minutes, That though Mr. Vere/f# and Mr. 
Sinyth might, without the leaft Prefumption, think 
that they, and the reft of the Gentlemen of the Com- 
mittee, ought to have been confulted upon an Affair 
of fo much Importance, before it was carried into 
Execution, yet, their venturing to condemn, or approve, 
before they know the Nature of the Engagements 
entered into, the Reafon why, or the Manner in which, 
the Whole was conducted, feems rather premature, 
efpecially as they had an Opportunity of fo foon making 
themfeives competent Judges ; the Whole being now 
ordered to be laid before the Board, as mentioned in 
the former Part of thefe Minutes: The Reafon why the 
whole Council was not before informed, was, that it 
was an Affair that abfolutely required Secrefy, and it is 
exprefsly for the Conduét of fuch Affairs, that the 
honourable the Court of Directors has thought proper 
to appoint a Seleét Committee : To the Secrefy which 


Mr. Smyth’s Opinion the 
fame as Mr. Verelft’s. 


was obferved, may, in great Meafure, be attributed © 


the fpeedy and eafy Succefs which attended the Exe- 
cution, and the preventing all Difturbance, and Lofs 
of Blood. 


Fort William, 10th November 1760. 
Monday. 
At a Confultation; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Van/ittart, Efquire, Prefident. 
William Ellis, Efquire. 
William B. Sumner, Efquire. 
William M* Gwire, Efquire. 
Harry Verelf, Efquire. 
Harry Smyth, Efquire. 


A Memorial, fetting forth the Caufes of the late 
Change in the Subahfhip of Bengal. 

The Nabob, ‘afer Allee Cawn, was of a Temper 
extremely tyrannical and avaricious, at the fame Time 
very indolent ; and the People about him, being either 
abjeck Slaves and Flatterers, or elfe the bafe Inftruments 
of his Vices; there was no Chance of having the Affairs 
of the Government properly conducted, but by their 
Removal: He attributed all the ill Suceefs of his 
Affairs to imaginary Plots and Contrivances, and facri- 
ficed Lives, without Mercy, to the Excefs of his 
Jealoufy: Numberlefs are the Inftances of Men, of all 
Degrees, whofe Blood he has fpilt without the leaft 
affigned Reafon, To learn the Names and Circumftan- 
ces of all thefe Sufferers, would be a Work of Time; 
but fome of the moft ftriking Examples are thefe 
following : 

Coja Huddee, the firft Buxey, firft banifhed for a pre- 
tended Confpiracy againft the Nabob’s Life, and after- 
wards cut off at Shabbad, in his March out of the 
Province. 

Mir Cazim, the fecond Buxey, invited by the Chuta 
Nabob, to his Houfe, and after having received from 
him unufual Marks of Affection, affaffinated at the 
Gates of the Palace. 

Abdeel Oliub Cawn, murdered at the Rumna, in the 
Month of March 1760, by fome of the Hircarras 


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belonging to Checon, who waylaid him for that Purpofe; 
by the Nabob’s Orders. 

Yar Mabmud, formerly in great Favour with the 
Nabob, Serajah Dowla, and fince Droga of the Eméarut ; 
flain in the Prefence of the Chuta Nabob, in the Month 
of April 1760. 

Gaffeeta Begum, Widow of the Nabob, Shebémut | 
Jung ; 

Omna 7 a Mother to the Nabob, Serajab 
Dowla ; 

Muzado Dowla; the Son of Padfha Coolly Cawn; 
adopted by Shebamut Fung ; 

Lutfen Niffa Begum, Widow of the Nabob, Sera- 
jab Dowla; 

Her Infant, Daughter of Serajah Dowla. 

The Five unhappy Sufferers, mentioned laft, perifhed 
all in one Night at Dacca, about the Month of Fune 
1760; where they had been detained Prifoners fince the 
Acceffion of Faffer Allee Cawn to the Subahfhip; 4 
Perwannah was fent to Faffarct Cawn, the Naib of 
Dacca, to put to Death all the Survivors of the Family 
of the Nabobs, Alliverdee Cawn, Shebamut Fung, and 
Serajab Dowlah; but, upon his declining to obey fo 
cruel an Order, the Meffenger, who had private In- 
ftructions to execute this Tragedy, in cafe of the 
other’s Refufal, took them ffom the Place of their 
Confinement; and having carried them out at Mid- 
night upon the River, maffacred and drowned them, 
with about 20 Women of inferior Note, and’ Atten- 
dants. What became of Alliverdee Cawn’s Widow, 
is uncertain; it being reported by many, that fhe 
efcaped the Fate of the reft of her Family. 

Executions of this Kind had made the Nabob the 
Dread, or the Deteftation of all good Men; and he 
neceffarily became a Prey to the People of mean Ex- 
traction, and abject Difpofitions ; who, knowing that 
a Government fo managed could not ftand long, 
fought only to make themfelves rich, by Oppreffions 
of all Sorts, upon the Country, and Inhabitants. To 
the heavy Taxes laid by them on the Markets, is 
afcribed the prefent unufual Scarcity and Dearnefs of 
Provifions at the City, the Capital of a Country, once 
efteemed the moft plentiful in the World. 

The Perfons who have had the chief Shares in this 
bad Management, are Keenooram, Monilol, and Checon, 
all of low Birth; and the Two firft, the menial Ser- 
vants of Faffier Allee Cawn, before he came to the 
Subahfhip: Thefe manage, fo as to engage him 
continually in idle or vicious Amufements; keeping 
him, by that Means, in utter Ignorance of his Affairs, 
and in a State of Indifference as to their Succefs. 
No Money came into his Treafury at the fame Time; 
Nothing was paid to his Army; infomuch that his 
Troops mutinied, and furrounded his Palace in a 
cemalianii Manner, threatening to take away his Life ; 
which they would certainly have done, had not his Son- 
in-law, the prefent Nabob, Cofim Allee Cawn, became 
an{werable, and paid them a very large Sum out of his 
own Treafury: This happened laft fume, and if the 
imminent Danger, with which his Perfon was threatened 
on this Occafion, awakened him for a Moment; no 
fooner was it removed again to a Diftance, than he 
fell back into the Lethargy which had fo long pofiefied 
him. The fame unworthy Minifters remained {till his 
only Counfellors, and continued in the Management of 
his Affairs.to the laft Day of his Adminiftration, which 
he left in fo confufed and impoverifhed a State, that 
in all human Appearance, another Month could hardly 
have run through before he would have been cut off 
by his own Sepoys, and the City become a Scene ot 
Plunder and Diforder; the Nabob having made no 
further Provifion for the Payment of the long Arrears 
due to his People, after Cofim Allee Cawn had freed him 
from his. former Extremity. This Danger he could 
not but forefee, and more than once declared his Ap- 
prehenfions, 








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prehenfions, yet had not the Power to exert the ne- 
ceflary Means for preventing it, but funk the deeper 
into Dejection. 

Befides this inteftine Danger to which the Govern- 
ment was expofed, Two Armies were in the Field, and 
waiting only the fair Weather to advance, the Shazadda 
towards Patna, and the Beerbocm Rajah towards Meer- 
foudabad, the Capital—The Rajahs of Biffenpoor Ram- 
gur, and the other Countries bordeting upon the Moun- 
tains, were ready to fhake off their Dependance, and 
had already afforded confidetable Supplies to the Beer- 
boom Rajah; the Rajah of Curruckpoor had committed 
open Hotftilities, and taken Poffeffion of all the Country 
about Boglepoor, which entirely {topped the Communi- 
cation between the Two Provinces on that Side of the 
River. In a Word, the whole Country feemed ripe for 
an univerfal Revolt, thofe Parts only excepted, whofe 
natural Weaknefs, or Neighbourhood with the City, 
intimidated them from taking up Arms. To encounter 
all thefe Difficulties, there was nothing but Troops with- 
out Pay, from whom therefore no great Efforts could be 
expected ; of this a very recent Inftance occurs in the 
Detachment which was ordered againft the Beerboom 
Rajah, Three Months before the Nabob’s Abdication, 
but never advanced more than Three Cofe from the 
City; in which Situation they continued upon my Arri- 
val there. 

All who are now in Benga/, and acquainted with the 
Tranfactions of the Government, will bear Witnefs, that 
this is a true Defcription of Facts; and all who are 
convinced of the Fats, will certainly agree, that Affairs 
were at an Extremity no longer to be neglected, without 
manifeft Danger of having the Province over-run, and 
the Trade entirely ruined: I was refolved therefore to 
ufe my utmoft Endeavours to get thefe bad Minifters 
removed ; and judging it might be difficult to prevail 
on the Nabob to part with his Favourites without fome 
Degree of Violence, I brought with me a Detach- 
ment of Europeans and Sepoys, under Pretence of fend- 
ing them with Colonel Caii/aud, to reinforce the Army at 
Patna, 

I arrived with the Colonel at Cofimbuzar, the 14th 
of Offober, and the next Day the Nabob paid us a 
Vifit; the 16th we went to the City, and returned the 
Vifit; on the 18th, the Nabob came to Moradbaug, by 
Appointment, to talk upon Bufinefs: In the Converfa- 
tion which I had with him in the Two former Meet- 
ings, I had taken Occafion to reprefent to him in ge- 
neral Terms, the bad Management of his Minifters, the 
Miferies and univerfal Difaffection of the Country, and the 
defperate State of his, as well asthe Company’s, Affairs: In 
order to give him a more full and clear View of the Evils 
brought on through the Weaknefs of his Adminiftra- 
tion, and to point out the Means of their Removal, I 
had prepared Three Letters, which, after a fhort and 
friendly Introduétion, 1 delivered to him, of which 
Tranflations are hereunto annexed, under N?® 1, 2, 
and 3. 

The Nabob feemed much affected by the Perufal 
of the Letters, but endeavoured more to put an End 
to the Conference than to propofe a Remedy to the 
Evils. I however prevailed on him to fend for his 
Dinner to Maraudbang, and in a Manner infifted on his 
coming to fome. Determination for the immediate Re- 
form of the Government ; at length he confefied him- 
felf, through Age and Grief, for the late Lofs of his 
Son, incapable alone of ftruggling againft fo many 
Difficulties. —He defired he might have Time to con- 
fult with his Friends ; I told him the Men, with whom 
he had lately advifed, were not his Friends, but his 
greateft Enemies; that his returning again in the Midft 
of them would only be the Means of augmenting his 
Difficulties ; that he had much better take the Affiftance 
of one from amongft his Relations, on whofe true At- 
tachment and Fidelity he might more fafely rely: He 


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named Five or Six, and amongft them Cofim Allee 
Cawn: 1 afked him which of that Number was moft 
fit to affift him in his prefent Exigencies ; he replied, 
without Hefitation, That Cofim Allee Cawn was the 
moft proper; nevertheleis it was with the utmoft Diffi- 
culty I could prevail on him to fend for him, and fu 
very late, that before Cofim Allee Cawn couid arrive, 
the old Nabob was fo extremely fatigued, and in fuch a 
State of Anxiety, that I could not refufe his Return 
Home to take his Reft. I was convinced indeed that 
it was to no Purpofe to detain him; for fuch was the 
Jealoufy he difcovered with refpect to Cofim Allee Cawn, 
that I faw he never would confent, without fome fort 
of Force, to give the other the Means of reftoring 
Order to his Affairs: An Hour or Two after the Nabob’s 
Departure, Cofim Allee Cawn arrived, and feemed to 
be extremely apprehenfive that the Nabob, inftead of 
trufting him with the Management of his Affairs, 
would endeavour by fome Means or other to get rid of 
him; I agreed therefore in Opinion with him, that he 
fhould not ge to the Nabob’s Houfe until Meafures 
were taken for his Security: We refolved however to 
give the Nabob the next Day (the rgth) to reflect upon 
the Letters before-mentioned, in Hopes that he would 
propofe fome Meafures of Regulation.—I heard no- 
thing from him all Day, but found by my Intelligence, 
that he had been in Council with his old Advifers 
Keenooram, Monilol, and Checon, whofe Advice I was fure 
would be contrary to the Welfare of the Country in 
general, and that of the Company in particular. I 
determined therefore to a&amp; immediately on the Nabob’s 
Fears: There could not be a better Opportunity than 
that the Night of the 19th afforded, it being the Con- 
clufion of the Gentoo Feaft, when all the principal 
People of that Caft would be pretty well fatigued with 
their Ceremonies ; accordingly I agreed with Colonel 
Caillaud that he fhould crofs the River with the Detach- 
ment between Three and Four in the Morning, and 
having joined Cofim Allee Cawn, and his People, 
march to the Nabob’s Palace, and furround it juft at 
Day-break : Being extremely defirous to prevent any 
Ditturbance or Bloodfhed, I wrote a Letter to the 
Nabob, a Tranflation of which is annexed, N° 4. and 
delivered it to the Colonel, to fend in to him at fuch a 
Time as he fhould think moft expedient: Meafures 
were taken at the fame Time for feizing the Perfons of 
Keenooram, Monilol, and Checon; my Intention being only 
to remove thofe Three unworthy Minifters, and place 
Cofim Allee Cawn in the full Management of all the 
Affairs, in Quality of Deputy and Succeffor to the 
Nabob: The neceflary Preparations being accordingly 
made, with all the Care and Secrefy poffible, the Co- 
lonel embarked with the Troops, joined Cofim Allee 
Cawn without the leaft Alarm, and marched into the 
Court Yard of the Palace juft at the proper Inftant; 
the Gates of the inner Court being fhut, the Colonel 
formed his Men without, and fent my Letter to the 
Nabob, who was at firft in a great Rage, and long 
threatened he would make what Refiftance he could, 


and take his Fate: The Colonel forbore all Hottilities,- 


and feveral Meflages paffed between him and the Nabob. 
The Affair remained in this doubtful State about Two 
Hours, when the Nabob finding his perfifting was to 
no Purpofe, fent a Meffage to Cofim Allee Cawn, in- 
forming him he was ready to fend him the Seals, 
and all the Enfigns of Dignity, and to order the 
Nabit to be ftuck up in his Name, provided he would 
agree to take the whole Charge of the Government upon 
him to difcharge all the Arrears due to the Troops, 
to pay the ufual Revenues to the King, to fave his Life 
and Honour, and give him an Allowance fufficient 
for his Maintenance. All thefe Conditions being agreed 
to, Cofim Allee Cawn was proclaimed, and the old 
Nabob came out to the Colonel, declaring that he de- 
pended on him for his Life: The Troops then took 

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Poffeffion of all the Gates ; and Notice being fent to 
me, 1 immediately repaired to the Palace, and was 
met by the old Nabob in the Gateway ; he afked if his 
Perfon was fafe, which feemed now to be all his Con- 
cern; I told him that not only his Perfon was fafe, 
but his Government too, if he pleafed, of which it 
was never intended to deprive him; the Nabob an- 
fwered, that he had no more Bufinefs at the City, that 
he fhould be in continual Danger from Cofim Allee 
Cawn , and that if he was permitted to go and live in 
Calcutta, he fhould be extremely happy and contented. 
Though I could not help lamenting his fudden Fall, 
I was not forry for this Propofal, as I knew Affairs 
would be much better managed without him; and 
his retaining a Share of the Authority (however fmall) 
could not fail to caufe fuch Perplexities as might prove, 
in fo critical and dangerous a Juncture, of the worft 
Confequences to the Adminiftration. Cofim Allee Cawn 
was accordingly feated on the Mufnud, and I paid him 
my Congratulations in the ufual Form ; all the Jemaut- 
dars and Perfons of Diftinétion at the City came im- 
mediately and made their Acknowlegements to the 
new Subah, and in the Evening every Thing was as 
perfectly quiet as if there had Teen no Change ; the 
People in general feemed much pleafed with this Revo- 
lution, which had this peculiar Felicity attending it, 
that it was brought about without the leaft Difturbance 
in Town, or a Drop of Blood {fpilt. 

The Nabob did not think himfelf fafe even for one 
Night in the City : Cofim Allee Cawn fupplied him 
with Boats, and petmitted him to take away as many 
of his Women as he defired (which he did to about the 
Number of Sixty) with a reafonable Quantity of Jewels. 
I furnifhed him with a ftrong Efcort of Europeans and 
Sepoys, and intended to lodge him at Nezajee/, but he 
would not truft himfelf there, and begged he might 
fleep in his Boats clofe to Moradbaug, which he ac- 
cordingly did.—He continued at Moradbaug the next 
Day, and in the ee eg. vifited him with Colonel 
Caillaud.—He appeared then pretty eafy, and recon- 
ciled to the Lofs of a Power, which he owned to be 
tather a Burthen than a Pleafure, and too much fot his 
Abilities to manage fince the Death of his Son; and the 
Enjoyment of the reft of his Days in Security under 
the Englifh Protection feemed to be the chief Object of 
his Wifhes. 

On the Morning of the 22d, he fet out for Calcutta, 
and arrived there the 29th. He was met by a Depu- 
tation from the Council, and treated with every Mark 
of Refpect due to his former Dignity. 


Tranflation of an Addrefs prefented to the Nabob 
Faffier Ally Cawn by the Governor. 
Dated the 18th Ofober 1760. 

N° 1. Wheti I was at Madra/s, Colonel Clive fre- 
quently wrote to me upon the State of the Affairs of 
this Country, and told me, that whenever he quitted 
this Countfy, to return to Europe, he would procure 
my Appointment to the Government. The Friendfhip 
and Conneétions between your Excellency and the 
Colonel, are well known to me; and I hoped to have 
found all Affairs carried on entirely according to the 
Treaty ; but what I obferved upon my Arrival, I fhall 
now lay before you particularly. 

Firft, The Englifb Forces, who are employed in your 
Service, and in the Support of your Government at 
Azimabad *, até kept without their Pay. i 

Secondly, The Forcés of the Sircar+, who are fta- 
tioned in thofe Parts, are difcontented, and difaffected to 
the Service for Want of their Pay. | 

Thirdly, The Sepeys of Murfbudabad had furrounded 
the Palace in a tumultuous Manner for the Arrears of 
their Pay, and endangered your Life: How deéply I 
was affected cannot be expreffed ; God is Witnefs what 
I felt on that Occafion. 


* Patna. 


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Fourthly, I plainly perceived that the Minifters of 
this Court, from their covetous and bafe Difpofitions, 
had fet. afide all Juftice; were plundering the Poor 
without Caufe, and doing what they pleafed; nor even 
withholding their Hands from the Lives of the People, 
deftroying the Subjeéts, and bringing Ruin and Defo- 
lation on the Country. - 

Fifthly, The Scarcity of Provifions, €&amp;c. is fo great 
as was never before known in this Country, infomuch 
that the People of all Degrees are in the greateft Dil- 
trefs: This can be owing to no other Caufe but the 
bad Management of your Minifters. 

Sixthly, Formerly, at the Defire of the Englifh Com- 
pany, a Mint was eftablifhed in Calcutta; and it was 
your Order that the Siccas of Calcutta, of the fame 
Mie 2a and Finenefs with the Siccas of Murfhudadad, 
fhould pafs for equal Value ; notwithftanding your 
Perwannahs, for the enforcing of this Grant, the Offi- 
cers of the King’s Province have not fuffered them to 
pafs; but, contrary to your Orders, require and infift on 
4 Batta on the Siccas. 

Seventhly, The War with the Shazadda ftiil conti- 
nues, notwithftanding the Sums expended, and the 
Endeavours of the Englifo Forces, the Affair is yet 
no nearer to a Conclufion than the firft Day, excepting 
the Kella { of Azimabad, no Part of the Subahfhip of 
Paina remains in your Poffeffion ; all the Lands and 
Villages are in a State of Ruin, and the Zemindars, in 
every Place, are ready to join the Shahzada’s Army, as 
appeats from the Letter wrote to me to this Purpofe 
from Beerboom: From thefe Circumftances it evidently 
age to me, that all thefe Difficulties came to pafs 
after the Death of your Son, the late Chuta Nabob, 
from which Time the Minifters of the Sircar regarding 
only their own Intereft, neglect the Good of the Coun- 
try, and the Welfare of the Subjeéts, and employ 
themfelves in opprefling the Poor, in Rapine, Violence, 
Injuftice, and Iniquity. When I faw the Affairs of the 
Sircar in the Hands of fuch fajthlefs and unworthy 
Men, and every Thing tending ftill farther to Ruin, I 
lifted up my Eyes to Heaven, and bewailed my ftrange 
Fate, that Providence fhould fend me into this Count 
at fuch a Time, and in the Midft of fuch Calamities, 
when the Dignity of the Nabob, the Reputation of 
the Company, and the Profperity of the Country, are 
almoft expired. After long Confideration, I concluded 
that I would make one vigorous Trial immediately, 
to remedy all thefe Evils, hoping, by God’s Affiftance, 
to furmount all Difficulties; for this Reafon I am 
come with great Joy into your Prefence, and am happy 
in paying you my Refpects. 


Tranflation of an Addrefs prefented to the Nabob 
Fafier Ally Cawn by the Governor. 
Dated the 18th Ofober 1760. 

N° 2. The Minifters that are about your Perfon, and 
who tranfac&amp;t your Bufinefs, are People that are ever waver- 
ing and changeable in their Councils, as is evident 
from the Perwannahs you frequently fent me; com- 
plaining of the bad Conduct and wicked Intentions of 
Maba Rajabullub, infifting upon his being recalled by 
fome Means or other. The Colonel, confidering the 
Situation of Affairs at that Time, recommended Maha 
Rajabullub to you, and you fent me a Copy of it in 
a Letter, which you did me the Honour to write me, 
and faid, you was furprifed that the Colonel would re- 
commend a Man fo very unfit for every Bufinefs: You 
alfo fent me Word by the Nabob Meer Mahomed Caffum 
Cawn, and the Roy Royan, that the Bufinefs of the moft 
Confequence was to get Maha Rajabuilab down from 
Patna. I therefore, agreeable to your Defire, wrote 
to Mr. Amyatt, to fend him down: God only knows 
what Council your Minifters gave ; that the Perwannah 
was deferred being fent, but that is the true Caufe of 
the Troubles now at Patna. It isa known Maxim 


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that a Government, where the Councils change every 
Day, cannot be well regulated. 


Tranflation of a Letter prefented to the Nabob 
Fafier Ally Cawn by the Governor. 
Dated the 18th Ofober 1760. 

N* 3. The important Affairs, for the Regulation of 
which I have waited upon you, are fubmitted to your 
Confideration in a feparate Addrefs, containing Seven 
Articles. Now that I am here, this is the Time for 
opening the Door of the Difficulties therein menti- 
oned, which is only to be effected by the Key of your 
enlightened Wifdom. If this Opportunity be loft, 
another will hardly occur, when we can meet together 
fo conveniently ; befides the Particulars which I have 
taken Notice of, and the Payment of the Arrears, due to 
the Englifo Troops, and thofe of the Sircar, it is ne- 
ceffary to make a large Provifion for future Exigences ; 
you have already given in Pledge Jewels for a large 
Amount, to be difcharged by different Payments, agreed 
and figned to by your own Hand. How this Sum is 
to be paid, unlefs the Country is fettled, I do not per- 
ceive ; the Pay allowed for the Englifh Army has been 
limited to One Lack of Rupees per Month; as the 
Difturbances in the Country have increafed every Day, 
for that Reafon large Sums have been expended in 
bringing Soldiers from Europe and Madrafs, and in 
railing Sepoys ; on this Account a Lack of Rupees is 
by nomeans fufficient: Let your Excellency duly reflect 
that your own Sepoys, in the Time of Extremity, pre- 
ferring their own Safety, have joined with the Forces 
of the Enemy, and the Eugli/fh Forces devoted entirely 
to your Service, and the Deltruction of your Enemies, 
never were guilty of fuch a Conduct, nor ever will; and 
by the Biefling of God, wherever the Explifo Standard 
has been fixed, they have always proved victorious ; 
upon this Account it is by no Means becoming your 
Wifdom to neglect fuch brave Men, or to deny them 
their due Rewards. It is neceffary that for this Bufi- 
nefs your Excellency grant the Exglifh Company cer- 
tain Lands, fufficient for the Difburfement of the Pay 
of the Troops, the Expences of the Artillery, and the 
Provifion of Stores, &amp;%c. that without any Trouble to 
yourtelf, all their Charges may be defrayed from the 
Produce of thefe Lands, and our Arms always ready 
to be employed in your Service, otherwife I muft fub- 
mit to Neceffity. My Concern for my own Honour 
will not fuffer me to be unmoved at the Company’s 
Lofs ; but I muft feek fome Expedient for promoting 
the Interefts of the Company, and removing the Evils 
they are oppreffed with ; and thofe Expedients muft be 
adopted. But if your Affliction for the Death of your 
Son has taken that Hold upon your Mind, that you can- 
not attend to the remedying of fuch great Difficulties, 
it is proper that you appoint fome capable Perfon from 
amongft your Children, in the Place and Dignity of 
your faid Son the Nabob Nafirool Moolk, who may 
take Charge of all thefe Affairs, regulate the Bufinefs 
of the Country, and remove all thefe Difficulties— 
That your Excellency, freed from all the Troubles and 
Fatigues of the public Tranfactions, may remain with- 
out Care or Uneafinefs, and the Shadow of your Pro- 
tection overfpread the Whole. 


’ Tranflation of a Letter from the Governor to 
the Nabob. 
Dated the 19th Oober 1760, at Night. 

N° 4. I have been waiting all this Day in Expecta- 
tion that you would have fettled fome of the weighty 
and urgent Affairs upon which I Yefterday conferred 
with you, and that you would have acquainted me 
with your Determination, but you have not favoured 
me with any Anfwer concerning them; from hence it 
plainly appears, that as long as thofe evil Councellors 
e remain about your Perfon, whatfoever I may reprefent 


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to you for your Profperity and Welfare, and the Good 
of this Country, will have no Effet. The Foily of 
thefe People will foon deprive you of your Govern- 
ment, and prove the Ruin hkewife of the Company’s 
Affairs. I have judged it improper that fuch. Evils 
and Difgrace fhould be brought upon us for the Sake 
of Two or Three Men; for this Reafon I have fent 
Colonel Caillaud with Forces to wait upon you; when 
the fame Colonel arrives, he will expel thofe bad Coun- 
cellors, and place your Affairs in a proper State: I will 
fhortly follow. Let not your Excellency be under any 
Apprehenfions, but chearfully receive the Colonel, and 
give Orders to your Men that they commit no Duf- 
turbance, nor raife Tumults in the City. I folemnly 
declare that I have no other View but your Good and 
Welfare.— Look upon me as your fincere Well-wifher, 
and remain fatisfied. 


n°? PF. Ne A: a 
IN? ro. 


Proceedings relating to Colonel Caillaud. 
Fort William, the 4th Odober 1762. 
At&gt;a Confultation ; Prefent, 
The Worfhipful Peter Amya:t, Efquire, Prefident. 

Wiliam M‘Gwire, Efquire, 

Warren Haftings, Efquire, 

William Hay, Lfqu:re, 

Hugh Watts, Efquire. 

The Governor indilpofed. 

Colonel Caillaud now delivers in 
the following Letter, dated thi Day, 
containing an Apology for his Con- 
duct, in Anfwer to the Charge exhibited againit 
him. 


Colonel Cai/laud’s 
Defence, L. R. N° 14. 


To the honourable [ery Vanfittart, Efquire, 

Prefident, and Governor, &amp;¢. Gentlemen of Council, 

at Fort William. 
Honourable Sir and Sirs, 

In Compliance to the Orders which you have received 
relating to me, from the honourable the Court of Direc- 
tors, in a Poftfcript of a Letter, under Date the 7th 
Oéfober 1761, in which you are directed and required 
to caufe the ftricteft and moft impartial Enquiry to be 
made into a Report ; “ That in Conjunction with the 
« Chuta Nabob, I had figned a Paper, offering a Re- 
“ ward of Fifty thoufand Rupees, or fome fuch Sum, 
“ to feveral Black Perfons for the Affaffination of the 
«© Shahzadah, which Paper was alfo offered to Mr. 
“© Amyatt, the then Chief of Patna, for him to fign; 
«© but which he refufed, as a moft infamous Meafure :” 
This, Gentlemen, is the Subftance of the Charge, to 
which I am now to reply. 

Unfavourable as the firft Appearance of the Action 
may feem againft me, I cannot but hope that when 
in the Courfe of this my Apology, you are made ac- 
quainted with the Reafons for my concurring and ‘con- 
fenting to this (as it muft have appeared) fo unjuttifiable 
a Meature, and when all the Circumftances attending 
on it are laid before you, I flatter myfelf that I may be 


able fo far to juftity my Condué to the World, my’ 


Employers, and you, as to fatisfy them that if I have 
gone too far, it was from the beft of Motives, and 
with the beft of Intentions; fuch at leaft as at 
that Time, and ever fince, have acquitted me in my 
own Breaft of any Senfe of Guilt ; and happy thall I 
be, if I can make my Actions appear in the fame 
Light to the unprejudiced and impartial Part of Man- 
kind. 

Could I have forefeen or expected that one Day I 
might be called upon to anfwer to what is now fo heavily 
laid to my Charge, or had my Heart ever once at the 
Time, or afterwards, reproached me with that Tranf- 
action as a Crime, which is now made one of fo foul 
a Nature again{ft me; is it to be fuppofed bur that I 

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would have taken fuch Precautions to guard againft 
the Confequences, as naturally muft have preiented 
themfelves to a Mind conicious of Guilt, or of a 
Fault? On the contrary, as my Confcience never re- 
proached me, fo my Conduct, in Confequence, was 
agreeable to the felf-known Honelty and Innocence of 
my Intentions: On this Account, therefore, I made no 
Secret of what had paffed, but on all Occafions openly 
and publiciy avowed it; even the very Day after, my 
firft Step was to make the Governor (then Mr. Hol- 
well) acquainted with it ; Copy of which Letter I fhall 
produce, and in which the Fact is told in all Truth 
and Sincerity; but in fuch a Stile alfo, as I think muft 
fupport what I declare to have been my real Senti- 
ments and Motives in this Affair: I fhall bring alfo 
a Letter, wrote the Morning of that Evening, in 
which I acquiefced with the Nabob in that Meafure, 
and in which I think many ftriking Proofs will be 
found for the Truth of what I advance in Favour 
of my Cauile. 

From whence then could this Confcioufnefs of Se- 
curity to my/felf ariie? Guilt could never have pro- 
duced it. Sure then, it could only proceed from a ftrong 
Self Conviction, that the Meafure to which I then gave 
my Concurrence could never take Place; but to tic 
Appearances of which I was obliged to fubmit, from 
the Neceffity of the Times, and to avoid greater Ills 
which then threatened us, as well from the perplex- 
ing and critical Situation of Affairs in general, as 
from the Natures and Difpofitions of the People, with 
whoin I had to deal. 

As a further Teftimony of the Truth of what 
I am now advancing towards my Vindication ; 
and as a Proof that the Action muft have ap- 
peared to others in the fame I.ight as it did to me 
at the Time, I appeal to the Gentlemen then pre- 
fent, Captain Knox and Mr. Lufbington, for their Sen- 
timents on the Affair: For, to the beft of my Re- 
membrance, I cannot recollect that either of them 
once made any Objection, or exprefied that juft Ab- 
horrence, which naturally would arife againft an Ac- 
tion fuch as I am charged with. Could this proceed 
from any Caufe, but their feeing the whole ‘Tranfac- 
tion with all its attending Circumftances, in the fame 
favourable Point of View, in which it appeared to 
me? Muft they not, like me, have been fatisfied and 
convinced, that it was an idle and vain Scheme, that 
could never take Place, but to which my Concur- 
rence was abfolutely neceffary, to amufe and keep up 
the idle foolifh Hopes of the Nabob and his Son, 
who required no lefs a Proof (as we then ftood affect- 
ed towards each other) to fatisfy them, and remove 
thofe Fears and Jealoufies from which we had every 
Thing to apprehend. 

Thus urged, thus impelled, I made no Scruple of 
acting to the beft of my Judgement and Abilities for 
the Public Service. To forward that alone was my only 
Aim, and engroffed all my Attention ; to that I fa- 
crificed all Fears, that the Means by which I pur- 
fued it, were in Appearance unjuitifiable. But Fears 
indeed I had none, but fuch as J] was ever ready to 
defpife, when the Public Good and my private Safety 
came in Competition: Others in my Situation might 
have aéted with more Prudence; but none, | will 
venture to affirm, with more Innocence of Heart, or 
better Intentions: HadI been guilty, I had the 
Means in my Power, with Eafe, to have concealed it : 
Had I been lefs zealous, I had proceeded with more 
Caution, and given more Attention to my own perfonal 
Safety, than to the Dangers of the Public Caule.— 

But from this my own Report, Gentlemen, neither 
the World nor you can judge, or be fatisfed. I 
fhall therefore endeavour to fupport what I have al- 
ready offered in my Vindication, by fuch Proofs, as, 
from the Nature of the Accufation againft me, I fhall 
be able to collect. Thefe Proors thall confift in a 


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fair and impartial Account of the Tranfaction itfelf, 
with all the Circumftances attending it that I can pof- 
fibly charge my Memory with ; and by my own Ac- 
count of the Event immediately after it happened. 
—The Difficulties I labour under in my Defence, are 
obvious, by being obliged to anfwer to fo unexpected 
a Charge, at fo great a Diftance of Time, there 
being now above ‘Two Years elapfed ; in which Space 
many Circumftances muft have efcaped me, as well 
as the Gentlemen who were prefent, which, could we 
recollect, might have much favoured and affifted my 
Caufe. However, fuch Allowances and Affiftance, 
in this, and in every other Refpeét, as may be expected 
from Men of Honour, Candour, and Generofity, I 
am fatisfied | may expeét, and that I fhall receive, 
Gentlemen, from you. 

To this Account of the Fact itfelf fhall be joined 
authenticated Extraéts from my Correfpondence at that 
Time ; and from thefe I hope the real Motives of 
my Action will appear in their ftrongeft and moft 
favourable Light, as will alfo what 1 have advanced 
as to the then critical Situation of our Affairs. But 
for the Truth of this I may further appeal to many 
cf the prefent Members of the Council, who muft have 
a perfect Knowlege, as well of our Condition at 
that Time, as of the Nature cf the Men with whom 
I was obliged to act. 

From the Depofitions already taken, and the fur- 
ther Queftions I may have to afk of Captain Kuox 
and Mr. Lufbiagton, I hope alfo much may appear 
in my Favour: What I have to fay in my own 
Caufe may be doubted; but that, when ftrengthened 
by the Teftimony of others, cannot be controverted. 
Happy fhall I efteem myfelf, if altogether I can fa- 
tisfy my Employers, and you, Gentlemen, that I have 
not deferved the Injury done my Reputation. 

I am greatly encouraged to hope, from the Re- 
ception I have met with fince my Arrival here, that 
no Prejudices are entertained to my Difadvantage. 
On the contrary, I have all the Reafon to be {fa- 
tisfied, that my Caufe will be affifted by all the ge- 
nerous Concern which human Minds can feel (with- 
out Prejudice to Honour, Truth, or Juftice) for Er- 
rors, in which the Heart had no Share. 

May I venture to conclude this by.an Appeal to 
the Courfe of my Conduct thro’ Life ? Havel ever, 
to the Knowlege of any Man, betrayed in my Ac- 
tions, my Converfation, or my Manners, a Want of 
Humanity ? or in my Nature and Difpofition thewn 
that I had not the Feelings of a Man? and may I, 
without an Imputation of Vanity, rather flatter my- 
felf, that amongft my Friends and my Acquaintance, 
I was held in jome Efteem, for the Practice of a few 
Virtues the moft oppofite to fuch a Charaéter. Is it | 
poffible then, that I could in One Minute fo far 
change my Nature; and that at once forgetting alk 
that was due to myfelf, to Honour, to Principle, and 
to Humanity, I could be guilty of the Crime laid to 
my Charge ? ) 

There are none of you, Gentlemen, here, but what 
are well acquainted with the Shah Zadah’s firft At- 
tempts in the Year 1759, who then entered the Su- 
bahfhip of Babar, at the Head of an Army, which 
gave the firft Rife to the Troubles and Confufion, 
that for a Time fo diftraéted this Government. Co- 
lonel Clive, with his ufual Conduét, Aétivity, and Suc- 
cefs, baffled with Eafe his firft Attempts, and obliged 
him to retire over the E€aramnaferab, the Boundaries 
of the Patna Province; and there was Room to hope, 
that all further Troubles from that Quarter were hap- 
pily over. 

However, early in the Year 1760, the Prince was 
encouraged by the Number of difaffected Rajahs and 
Jemydars of thefe Provinces (who all promifed to 
{upport his Caufe) once more to try his Fortune. 
You are well informed of his firft Succeffes by “a 

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892 
Defeat of Ramncuan, the Subah then of Patna; of 
my March, in Conjunction with the Nabob’s Son, to 
the Relief of that City ; and of our Succefs againft 
the Prince, whofe Army was defeated at Circey on the 
22d February. ; | 

The bad Ufe that was made of this Victory, the Caufes 
of which are well known, gave the Prince Time to 
collect his fcattered Adherents; and the then Situa- 
tion of the Province of Bengal gave him Hopes, that 
he might better carry the Point, by ftriking at once 
at the Root before we could prevent the Mifchief, 
which determined him to move for that Province, 
leaving behind him every Thing that could retard 
his March, and with an Army compofed almoft of 
nothing but Cavalry. 

The old Nabob was then in Bengal, and had taken 
the Field at the Head of an Army, as mutinous, dif- 
obedient, and ill appointed, as a Body of Troops 
could be, to whom there was owing vaft Arrears of 
Pay, and even without Money for their immediate 
Subfiftance. The Occafion of his taking the Field at 
firft, was with an Intention to reduce to Obedience 
the Nabob of Pyrneab, who had thrown off his Al- 
legiance, and was encamped on the Banks of the 
Ganges, with an Army well appointed and well paid 
of 30 thoufand Men; and befides this Force, by 
whom the Shah Zadah expe@ed to be joined, there 
was alfo a Body of Morattoes that had entered the 
Province from Catack, and were then in the Heart of 
Bengal, plundering and deftroying the moft fruitful 
Part of the Province; and this was the Situation of 
Affairs in this Government about the Beginning of 
March. 

Mr. Holwell was then Governor, and had fucceeded 
Colonel Clive, who had failed for Europe fome Time 
in February ; while he remained, fuch was his Influence 
and Afcendancy over the Nabob, that he was ‘kept 
within fome Bounds; but no fooner was that Check re- 
moved, than he began to purfue fuch Meafures as 
gave Mr. Holwell (and indeed with Juftice) very early 
Jmpreffions to his Difadvantage; and as Mr. Holwell 
did not conceal his Sentiments, the Nabob was foon 
apprized of them; and thus a mutual Diftruft and 
Jealoufy of each other was very early and firmly 
eftablifhed. I own the Nabob’s Conduct was fuch, 
that though my Way of acting was different, yet my 
real Opinion of him was to the full as bad as Mr. Hol- 
wells ; but our refpective Thoughts on this Subject 
will beft appear by the fubjoined Extracts of our Let- 
ters, One of mine to the Governor, dated the 27th 
February, and his Anfwer of the 11th of March. 


Fxtract of Colonel Caillaud’s Letter to Mr. Holwell, 
dated Shab Zadabpour, 27th February 1760. 

“© The more I fee of the Nabob, the more I am 
« convinced he muft be ruined in Spite of all our 
«&lt; Endeavours, if he does not alter his prefent Mea- 
“© fures: He is neither loved nor feared by his Troops, 
«nor his People: He neglects fecuring the one by 
“ the Badnefs of his Payments; and he wants Spirit 
‘ and Steadinefs to command the others: As no one 
«knows him better than you, Sir, no one is more 
“ proper to give him the neceffary Advice on the 
“ Occafion ; nor can you too forcibly, or frequently 
“ reprefent to him the fatal Confequences, if he per- 
« fifts in his Folly.” 


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Extract of Mr. Holwell’s Anfwer, dated Calcutta, 11th 
March 1760. 

“ The Judgment you have formed of the Nabob 
«© is too juft. Weaknefs, Irrefolution, Sufpicion, and 
“&lt; confequently Cruelty from his Difpofition: What 
“ but the Iffue you predict can refult from thefe, 
«‘ when joined to a moft ungracious and infolent De- 
“ meanour, which has made him univerfally hated and 
* defpifed ? We muft, however, fupport him and his 


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A. 1772. 


«« Government as long as we poflibly can, without 
*¢ involving ourfelves and our Employers in his Ruin. 
“© When this appears, it will be Time to think a 
* little further, as I judge there is no Treaty fubfift- 
“¢ ing between us, that can exact that Sacrifice from us.” 


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Ill; however, as it appears I thought of the Nabob, 
yet I ftrove on all Occafions to fotten Matters be- 
tween him and Mr. Holwell: 1 knew and apprehended 
the fatal Confequences of fuch Jealoufies and Divifions 
amonegft us; which in the End could but encreafe our 
Difficulties, and add to the Confufion and Perplexity 
of our Situation. 

Among the many Subjects of Contention between 
them, there were Two in particular that much widened 
the Breach, and in the Conduét of which I thought 
there were Faults on both Sides. 

The Nabob at this Time had been particularly earneft 
with Mr. Holwell, with regard to the Protection that 
was continued to a Perfon called Roydsolabram, againit 
whom there were very ftrong Proofs, that he had 
been very inftrumental in promoting the Troubles 
which then reigned in the Country ; that he had 
favoured the Prince’s Caufe, and affifted him with 
Money; and that it was owing principally to his 
Reprefentations and Advice, that the Prince had be- 
gun his March towards Bengal; and that the Mo- 
rattoes had entered the Province. It was certain that 
the Force of any Accufation which the Nabob could 
bring againft this Man, was much weakened ,by the 
Knowlege we had of his Motives, and the many At- 
tempts he had before made at the Expence of Truth, 
to induce us to withdraw our Protection from him : 
But at this Time my Sufpicions of his Conduét were 
not grounded fo much on what the Nabob advanced 
againft him, as from my own Knowlege of Facts, 
which proved that he not only then encouraged, but 
was affifting the Prince’s Caufe. I did not think 
therefore that all was done that might have been 
done, to give the Nabob Satisfaction in this Affair : 
Tho’ I muft do Mr. Holwell the Juftice to fay, that 
notwithftanding our Sentiments differed on this Sub- 
ject, yet he had fo much Regard to my Reprefenta- 
tions, as to have the Man confined to his Houfe, 
and narrowly watched. Our Opinions will beft appear 
on this Subjeét alfo by Two fhort Extracts of One of 
my Letters to him, dated the 4th of March, and his 
Anfwer of the 12th. 


Extraét of Colonel Casl/aud’s Letter to Mr. Holwell, 
dated Camp at Circy the 4th March 1760, 

“© There was a Report that Roydoolabram and Nun- 
“¢ comar were confined. I could have wifhed to have 
«¢ feen it confirmed in your laft Letter; as to the 
« Jatter, I know nothing of him, but for the former, 
«¢ IT am convinced he has been the principal Perfon 
“¢ concerned in all thefe Troubles. His Confinement, 
« if true, will, I think, be a great Means to ruin 
«¢ the Shah Zadah and his Party—as his Intereft and 


«¢ Money have been the principal Means of his Sup- 


“© port.” 


Extract of Mr. Holwell’s Anfwer, dated Calcutta 12th 
March 1760. 

“IT muft differ in Sentiments with you touching 
“ Roydoolabram’s fupporting him (meaning Sadut, the 
“ Chief of the Morattoes, who were in the Country) 
“‘ or the Shah Zadah; narrowly watched as he has 
“ been, it is hardly poffible he could have furnifhed 
“ either with Supplies; and for the further Security 
“© of him, I have removed him and his Sons into 
« the Centre of the Town, where they are, and fhall re- 
« main clofe Prifoners until thefe Troubles fubfide.” 


This Affair was One of thofe which had Firft be- 
gun the Diftrufts and Doubts that fubfifted between 
the Governor and the Nabob; bur another of a more 

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Serious Nature that happened about this Time en- 
creafed it to fuch a Degree, as ftill made my Situa- 
tion between them more and more preplexed. It will 
be neceflary, however, before I mention this Event, 
that I mention what became of the Prince, and of 
his Expedition into the Beagal Province. 

As we had ghe earlieft Intelligence of the Prince’s March 
and Defigns, the young Nabob was then convinced, 
but too late, of his Folly ; and to make what Amends 
he could for it, he agreed to purfue any Meafures I 
would propofe : There was but One left, which was 
to follow the Prince as faft as we could; and tho’ 
it could not be expected, from the Nature of our 
Troops, that we could come up with his Army, yet 
we kept fo clofe to him, as entirely prevented his 
putting in Execution any Part of his Plan of Ope- 
rations, expecting his being joined by the Moratioes. 
As for us, after the Junction was made between 
the old Nabob’s Army and ours, we marched, in 
Hopes of bringing the Prince to another Engage- 
ment, which he as cautioufly avoided ; however, what 
with lucky and unlucky Hours, and every Sort of 
Delay and Difappointment that could attend Irrefo- 
lution in Council, and Cowardice in Execution, we 
loft many Opportunities ; the laft the beft, when I 
came up near enough to the Rear of the Prince’s 
Army to cannonade them; but from which they foon 
got out of Reach; and the Prince finding he could 
not make any Thing of it, while he had our Army 
to contend with, took the fame Rout back, by which 
he came; and thus ended his fruitlefs Attempt in 
Bengal; and as foon as we were fatisfied of his Retreat, 
our Army, in Conjunction with the Two Nabobs and 
their Forces, marched towards the City of Muxada- 
vad. 

It was about this Time that I received a Letter 
from Mr. Holwell, dated the 7th April, informing me, 
that he had found out that the Nabob was carry- 
ing on a Correfpondence with the Prince, and of fo 
injurious a Nature to the mutual Engagements which 
we were under to each other, as deferved our warmeft 
Refentment, defiring me that I would ufe all the 
Means in my Power to come at the Truth of it; 
that he, for his Part, had been employing an Emif- 
fary with Cander Kban, the Man who was then the 
Prince’s principal Support. The Confequence of this 
Emiffary’s Negociations (of the Nature of which I ne- 
ver was made acquainted, whether by Letter or Mef- 
fage) was no lefs than Mr. Holwell’s receiving in An- 
fwer a Phirmaund from the Prince with many fair 
Offers, and inclofing a Copy, as it is *faid, of the 
Nabob’s Addrefs, into the Authenticity of which I 
was to inquire. Thus a Correfpondence was eftablifhed 
between Mr. Holwell and the Prince, at the fame Time 
that he was fo loudly reproaching the Nabob witha 
Step of the fame Nature. ‘ 

The firft Intimation I had given me of this Affair, 
was previous to Mr. Holwell’s Letter, and came to 
me from fome of the Perfons about the Nabob, in- 
forming me that the Nabob was acquainted with the 
whole Tranfaétion, and was under the greateft Unea- 
finefs and Apprehenfions about it; for which I own 
I thought he had but too much Reafon; for as he 
could not know Mr. Holwell’s Motives, fuch a Cir- 
cumftance at the Time muft have much affected 
him, and made a very ftrong Impreffion on his Mind. I 
did not then immediately give my Sentiments to Mr. 
Holwell on the Affair; but fome Time after, upon 
his mentioning, in a Letter to me, that his Meffen- 
gers coming from the Prince had been plundered of 
their Letters, which, he faid, could not be done by 
any but fome of the Nabob’s Emiffaries, I could 
not help in my Anfwer to him in a general Letter 
of the 1ft of May, faying— 


Vou. XXXII. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


893 


Extract of Colonel Carlaud’s Letter to the Board, 

dated Moradbaug 1{t May 1760. 
“ In the Prefident’s Letter of the 24th ultimo, he 
informs me, that the returning Hircarahs from Cen- 
“© der Khan had been plundered of the Letters they 
“ had. I am concerned indeed at it, but not fo much 
from any great Lofs the Letters can be; but that 
“‘ if they have fallen into the Nabob’s Hands, he 
“© will have Reafon to think it very  extraordi- 
nary, that at the fame Time we are reproaching 
him with carrying on a Correfpondence without our 
Knowlege, to find fuch Proofs againft us of our 
doing the like, with another difagreeable Circum- 
{tance attending it, Letters in the fame Packet. for 
Men his known and profefied Enemies, fuch as 
Rajahram and Nuncomar.” 


To fet the above Circumftances in the cleareft Light 
I can, Circumftances which I think muft ftrongly 
tend towards my Juttification, I will now lay before 
you, Gentlemen, an Extract of that Letter from the 
Governor, dated the 7th April, in which he firft makes 
me acquainted both with his own Correfpondence, and 
that which he fufpeéted the Nabob was carrying on with 
the Prince ; and to this I fhall fubjoin my Anfwer of 
the 15th of April, which I will beg of you to obferve 
was wrote the Morning of that very Day, on which, 
with the Nabob and his Son, I figned that Paper 
with regard to the Prince. 


Extract of Mr. Holwell’s Letter to Colonel Caillaud, 
dated Calcutta, the 7th April 1760. 

«« IT am now to touch on a Subject to you, which 
appears to me to require our greateft Attention : 
Some Days ago I wrote Mr. Haftings concerning 
an Information that was given me, that the old 
** Nabob had fent a trufty Perfon with a fubmiffive 
** Arazee to the Shah Zadah, in which he exculpated 
** himfelf, by throwing the whole Blame of the Op- 
‘* pofition made to his Arms, on the Machinations 
“© of the Engi/k./Mr. Haftings, in his Letter in Anfwer 
“* to mine, feemed to think it impoffible fuch a Ste 
** could have been taken by the Nabob, or indeed, 
** that he could have fent any Arazee at all: How- 
ever, in a fubfequent Letter from him, of the 
“ 27th, tre finds out, that an Arazee was fent, tho” 
‘© different in Purport to that I informed him of: As 
“* I thought it moft effential to us, to trace, if pof- 
** fible, the Truth, I employed an Emiffary to Com- 
“* jar Khan; the Confequence of which has been a 
** Phirmaund from the Shah Zadah, enclofing Copy 
** of the old Nabob’s Arazee to him, with an Apo- 
*“‘ logy for not fending the Original; a Copy of the 
** Copy I fend you enclofed, and requeft your Sen- 
** timents, how and in what Light this appears to 
“© you. If the Copy is authentic, the Cafe is plain, 
“ that this Man, for whom we have drawn the 
*¢ Sword, would not fcruple, if drove to any Ex- 
‘‘ tremity, to make his Peace by the Sacrifice of 
‘© his Protectors. The Phirmaund, I fuppofe, differs 
© little in Matters from that he fent you; he re- 
«© minds me of the Obligations the Englifs lay un- 
« der to his Anceftors; and offers a Charte Blanche 
«« for the Company, provided we will draw our Forces 
‘¢ off from that Doer of Evil, and join them to his Stan- 
“ dard, which he advifes me he has at prefent fixed 
“© at Surgur; and in a few Days purpofes to erect it 
“ in Muxadavad, &amp;c.” 


Extraé of Colonel Caillaud’s Anfwer, dated Camp at 
Dignagur, the 15th April 1760: 

«&lt; ] am now to anfwer your Two laft obliging Fa- 
“© vours of the 7th and:gth; the Receipt of which I 
*¢ acknowleged in my Jaft of the 12th Inftant. In 
“« order to come to the Truth, with Regard to the 
« Nabob’s Arazee to the Prince, Mr. Haftings had Re- 
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ment and Fidelity. The Moment he fet his Eyes on 
the Paper, he declared it to be a Forgery : May I beg 
Leave to refer you to Mr. Hajftings for the Reafons 
he gave for it, as that Gentleman’s Knowlege in_the 
Language will enable him to give you aclearer Idea 
of thefe Diftinétions in Addreffes and the Stile of 
their Letters than I can pretend to ; for my Part I 
own, after Mr. Haj/tings had repeated them to me, 
they were fo fatisfactory as to convince me, the Pro- 
bability of its being a Forgery was greatly in the Na- 
bob’s Favour. 

“ Two Days, Sir, before I received your Letter, 
the Nabob and his Son were with me, and I found 
the old Man big with fomething that he did not well 
know how to begin breaking to me; I helped him 
forward all I could, by thofe Kind of Affurances 
which often open the Hearts of Men, and he then 
told me that he had wrote to the Prince, and had re- 
ceived an Anfwer, fuch a one as gave him Hopes 
with other Circumftances, that the Prince might be 
inclinable to treat, and put himfelf perhaps in his 
Power ; but that he knew he (the Prince) would not 
do this, without I would be his Security for his 
Safety: The Nabob was defirous to know in fuch 
a Cafe, how I would aét; but the main Drift of his 
Difcourfe was to find out, in fhort, how far I would 
be confenting, in Cafe, by the Means of this Treaty, 
the Prince would truft himfelf fo far in his Power as 
to give him an Opportunity of difplaying the true 
Eaftern Syftem of Politics, by cutting him off. You 
may eafily, Sir, guefs my Aniwer, That I was ready 
to do every Thing for his Service confiftent with the 
Honcur of my Country, and the facred Regard we paid 
to our Word; and befides, that if the Prince made 
any Addrefs to me on this Subject of Security, I 
muft firft have your Inftruétions in the Affair; and 
thus the Converfation ended. I made it my Bufinefs 
afterwards to enquire among fome of the Nabob’s 
People, on what Grounds he founded thefe Hopes 
of getting the Prince in his Power, but they all af- 
fured me, as I fufpecéted, That they were no more than 
the idle Reports of fome of his Minions, who knew 
fuch Stories would be well received and credited, and fo 


“¢ found their Advantage in flattering bis foolifo. Hopes. 


«“ Tt is a very unfortunate Circumftance that we have 
to do with fo weak a Man, who neither from Princi- 
ple nor Merit deferves the Dignity of the Station we 
have raifed him to; andin which he could not re- 
main Twenty-four Hours, if we were to withdraw 
our Protection from him, and on which he now fo 
much depends, that I am obliged to give him a 
Guard of Sepoys for the Safety of his Perfan. It 
does not, appear to me, however, in Juftice or in 
Reafon, that we ought to fupport him in the Purfuit 
of unjuftifiable Meatures, fuch as he follows, in re- 
gard to the not difcharging the vaft Arrears due to 
his Troops, who, to a Man, have publicly. declared 
they will not draw their Swords in his Caufe, and 
that only the Fear of us prevents their ufing them 
againft him: The Confequences of which will be, 
as to his Part, that while he is not afraid of his Head, 
he never will fatisfy them; and to us, that though we 
may protect him againft immediate Danger to his Per- 
fon, we mutt relinquifh the Hopes of feeing the 
Country free from Troubles, while he keeps a Body 
of Troops he will not pay regularly, and over whom 
he has confequently no Command. This rotten 
Syftem we might ftill, in fome Meafure, fupport, 
were we always affured none but the Country Powers 
would difturb-us. But I believe it is more than pro- 
bable, that the French and Dutch, if not both, may 
fome Time or other renew their Attempts to be con- 
cerned, and with how much the more Probability of 


+ Succefs from the diftraéted State of the Country, 


_ Journals of the Houfe of Commons, 


A. 1972, 


while the Nabob continues to govern it fo ill: The. 
firft Opportunity I propofe reprefenting all this to him 
in the itrongeft Light I poflibly can, and fhould our 
Opinions agree, I fhould take it as a Favour if you 
would enclofe a Letter from yourfelf on the Subject ; 
I will deliver it, and take that Opportunity, as the beft, 
to try what can be done by working on his Fears ; the 
only Way, indeed, 1 am convinced, of managing him 
*¢ to our own Advantage and his Good. In particular, 
Sir, you will pleafe to enforce the Payment of his 
“‘ Troops, hinting, that if he delays it, I have your 
** Orders not to preventtheir taking their own Meafures,” 


From this Letter, I think, Gentlemen; my real Sen- 
timents may be judged to appear in their ftrongeft 
Light; and if fuch was my Way of Thinking in the 
Morning, it may be well fuppofed they might in a great 
Degree influence the Meafures to which I concurred in 
the Evening. My natural Abhorrence of any bad or 
bafe Action, appears, I think, ftrongly exprefied ; nor 
is it lefs evident from what follows immediately after, 
how much Reafon and Juftice I had to treat any In- 
formation of that Sort from the Nabob, with all 
that Degree of Contempt and Difbelief which it me- 
rited. After 1 was convinced and fatisfied from my 
Enquiries, how little Foundation there was for the 
Truth and Probability of any fuch Event taking Place, 
had not this latter Proof ftrongly prepoffeffed me, it is 
evident, I think, that I fhould have followed my firft 
Sentiments, which feem the moft agreeable to my Dif- 
pofition and Nature. My Opinion of the Nabob’s Si- 
tuation and our own Profpects, are painted in their true 
Colours, and may ferve alfo to prove, how perplexed 
my own Situation muft have been at the Time. 

All thefe Circumftances confidered, did it not become 
abfolutely neceffary for me to give the Nabob fome fuch 
Proof as would fatisfy him, and calm thofe Fears and 
Apprehenfions, which the Tenor of Mr. Holwell’s Con- 
duét had fo ftrongly impreffed on his Mind ? Bad as 
I thought of the whole Syftem, yet I was bound by all 
the Means in my Power to fupport it. A mutual Con- 
fidence between me and the Nabob was effentially ne- 
ceflary for this Purpofe, and could it be done more ef- 
feCtually than by removing the Caufe of his Miftruft? In 
a few Hours after fuch an Opportunity offers, and was 
it not my Bufinefs and my Duty to embrace it? the 
Proof of fuch a Nature as beft could anfwer every good 
Purpote which I could propofe from it: A Proof the 
beft calculated in Point of Time and Circumftance 
that could happen, and the ftrongeft Self Conviction, 
when I gave it, that the Meafure which it hath appear- 
ed to tend to, was fuch as I knew could never take 
Place. Let me requeft, Gentlemen, that the Evidence 
which this Letter conveys of the true State of my Mind 
at that Time, may have all the Weight and Attention I 
think it deferves ; and how ftrong the Prefumption, 
that it muft have influenced me in the Aét which fol- 
lowed almoft immediately after. 

To the Tranfaction itfelf I am now come, and as many 


Particulars as I can charge my Memory with attending 


on it, I fhall relate. 

On the 15th of April, in the Evening, 1 waited on 
the Nabob; my Intention in the Vifit was to introduce 
Captain Knox to take his Leave, as he was the next Day 
to march for Patna, with a Detachment under his 
Command; and I further wanted to engage the Nabob 
to fend with him a Body of Cavalry: Mr. Lufington, 
as my Interpreter, of Courfe was with me. 

We. called in our Way firft on the Nabob’s Son, 
with whom we ftaid a few Minutes, and I remember 
his prefenting me at that Time witha Palanquin, which 
he had promifed me along Time before, and had come 
up that Day from Muxadavad. The little Circum- 
ftances which I may throw into the Courfe of this my 
Account of the Affair, are meant only to thew, that I 

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am pofieffed of that Degree of Recollection, which 
muft give Evidence to the Truth of what I may relate 
of the more effential Parts of this Tranfaction. 

From the young Nabob’s Tents, we fet out to his 
Father’s: I think J had mentioned to his Son my want- 
ing a Body of Cavalry to go with Captain Knox; cer- 
tain it is, that alittle after our Arrival at the old Na- 
bob’s, I defired Mr. Lujhington to fettle this Bufinefs 
with the young one; for which Purpofe they went into 
another Apartment ; where they, with the Patna Jemi- 
dars, remained for fome Time talking and fettling this 
Affair, leaving Captain Knox, with the old Nabob and 
me, in another Part of the Tent. What the Subject of 
the Converfation was between us I cannot recolleét ; but 
this I am very certain of, that the little which could have 
paffed muft have been of a very general Nature, as there 
was only Captain Knox to explain between us; for fo 
imperfect at that Time was his Knowlege of the Coun- 
try Language, that it was impoffible that he could inter- 
pret any regular Series of Converfation between the 
Nabob and me. I can recollect my going into the 
Tent where the young Nabob and Mr. Luj/bington were 
fitting, with the Patna Jemidars abovementioned, in 
order to know what was determined on ; how long I re- 
mained there, and how foon after they were difmiffed, I 
cannot pretend to charge my Memory with: All I 
know with Certainty is, that they were difmiffed, and 
all other Attendants ; and I think that the old Nabob 
then changed his Seat, and came into that Part of the 
Tent, where his Son had been with Mr. Lujbington ; 
that there was then prefent the Nabob, his Son, Cap- 
tain Knox, Mr. Lufeington, myfelf, and a Perfian Wri- 
ter or two. To the be(t of my Remembrance the Na- 
bob’s Head Hircarrah, one Chuckan,; was there ; 1 am {a- 
tisfied, at leaft, he was there fome Part of the Time. I 
then well and confidently remember a Letter. being 
produced and read (by whom I cannot fay) and by that 
Letter I think the Subject was firft opened , but that 
Mr. Lujfbington explained it to me, as he did every 
other Part of the Converfation ; I folemnly declare to be 
moft true, and that it was the firft Time, and the only 
Time, I ever heard of the Matter, and that Mr. Lu/b- 
ington, and Mr. Lufbington alone, was and could be the 
Interpreter on the Occafion. | 

The Purport of the Letter was, that one Condéroy, 
formerly a Servant of Cander Khan, made an Offer 
of delivering the Prince into our Hands; but if that 
could not be done, he would cut him off. The Let- 
ter, I think, was addreffed.to that Head Hircarrah 
Chuckan, whofe Charaéter for Untruth, I believe, fome 
Gentlemen here can vouch for... However, I will not 
affirm this as a pofitive Truth, but of this 1 am moft 
fure, that after having heard the Letter explained, I 
repeatedly gave it as my Opinion, that I believed it 
all a Forgery, contrived by the Nabob, on Purpofe to 
be. fatisied, by my confenting to, or rejecting it; what 
Judgement he might form of the Nature of the Corre- 
fpondence then carrying on by Mr. Holwell, and how 
far ] was concerned in it: I remember well my enquir- 
ing into the Means of this being carried into Execu- 
tion, and many other Queftions, that would have ena- 
bled me to judge how far I might give Credit ‘tothe 
Scheme. . The Anfwers to which Queitions I remember 
but ferved the more to confirm me in a perfect Difbelief 
of the. whole Matter, and make me, with fo much Eafe, 
give my Concurrence to the Scheme, as, without any 
Danger to the Prince, | knew it might ferve to gain 
my Ends with the Nabob. — Ln 

The Reafon why I was afked to feal the Paper in 
Conjunétion with the Two Nabobs,. was.to afcertain to 
the Man’ the Reward which was promifed to him; for 
fuch was-the State of their Credit in the Country at that 
Time, that few cared to truft their Words, even for fo 
“fmall a Sum ; and without this Proof I knew nothing 

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dily confented to it, and defired, in Confequence, Mr: 
Lufbington, to fend for my Seal. 

I do not remember any Objection made by either of 
the Gentlemen with me. I have the faint Recolleétion 
of any Expreffion of Diflike in Captain Kuox’s Counte- 
nance, which might have firft introduced the Reafons 
which he fo well recollects in his Depofition, that I gave 
for the Neceflity of going the Lengths I did, and with 
which, to the beft of my Knowlege, he was well ia- 
tisfied. As to Mr. Lufbington, there was no Objection 
ftarted by him, that I can in the leaft recollet or re- 
member, but of this I am confident, that if he had 
thought the Meafure improper, or unjuftifiable, he 
would have made Objections.—And for the Truth of 
this I can appeal to himfelf, confcious as he muft be of 
the Intimacy and Friendfhip that fubfifted between us, 
which was fuch as made him ready, on all public Occa- 
fions, to give me his Sentiments with Freedom, which 
wete ever by me received with Kindnefs, as I always 
had the greateft Confidence in him, from a thorough 
Senfe of his Capacity and Merit: I muft own, indeed, 
that I have feen his Depofitions on the Affair with the 
greateft Concern and Surprize; that he might have for- 
got all that paffed was poffible, but that his Memory 
{hall be fo treacherous as to make him remember Things 
fo evidently contraty and oppofite to what really hap- 
pened at the Time, is, indeed, to me a Matter of no lefs 
Aftonifhment than Concern. However, it is poffible 
that I may help his Recollection, by a few Quettions, 
when we fhall have the Honour, together with Captain 
Knox, to appear before you. | ' 

While my Seals were going for, I believe the Paper 
was writing, and as my Tents were at forne Diftance 
from the Nabob’s, fome Time mutt have elapfed before 
they could come; perhaps Half an Hour ;.and all 
which Time I prefume the Converfation was continued 
on the Subjeét.— When the Seal came, it was put to the 
Paper, by whom I recolleét not, nor does it, indeed, 
matter much, for whoever did it, it was done at my 
Defire; and by my Directiens; I have mentioned this 
Circumftance, as 1 have been given to underftand; that 
fome Strefs has been laid on this particular Act of Mr. 
Lufbington, as if by ithe could be deemed an Acceffary 
in the Tranfaétion ; in Confequence of the further Or- 
ders given by the Court of Directors, that if any Ev- 
ropeans were concerned in the Affair, they fhould like- 
wife be difmiffed their Service. There is no Need fure 
of adding'to the Weight of what I feel on this Occafion, 
the paifful Reflection that any others fhould fuffer for 
an Action intirely my own. If Mr. Lu/hington put the 
Seal, it was’to fave me the Trouble; it was not his 
Duty, nor his Office, nor did I ever efteem it fo, nor 
underftand that it was. ‘My Seal was in general affixed by 
a Perfian Writer; and if now the Queftion was afked me, 
who it was, to the beft of my Remembrance, that thendid 
that Service, I fhould certainly fay it was one of the Per/idn 
Writers then prefent ; not indeed from Recolleétion, be- 
caufe from the Diftance of Time, this Circumftance has 
efcaped my Memory, but becaufe there was no Reafon 
at that Time for changing our general Cuftom, which 
as I have faid was for the Perfaz Writers to feal the 

Letters ; atid that it was fo from no other Reafon, but 
that in any ‘Attempts of that Kind we commonly make 
a Blot inftead of an Imprefiion ; as their Manner differs 
frorh ours, it requires Praétice to do it as itought. In 

“fhort, Captain Knox, who was with me, by mere Ac- 
cident, may-as well be deemed an Acceffary as Mr. Lujh- 
ington, ‘thé Act was my own entirely, and Whatever was 
done, was done by my Direétions and Orders. 

Soon after the Seals being put, I took my Leave, and 
from that Time, or rather trom the Day after, in which 
I informed the Governor of what had paffed; I never 
once thought more of the Matter, at leaft ferioufly 
enough to make me think I had done amifs. Mr. Amyarr, 

-in his Letter to the Board, mentions his having wrote to 


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me on the Subject, and that my Anfwer was, “ As to 
“ the Affair of the Three Seals, as there was nothing 
“¢ particular mentioned, I have no particular Charge to 
“ anfwer.” And this proceeded from a Confidence 
then, which Belief ftill held mé (until fome Days ago 
that I faw the original Paper) that no Mention had ever 
been made in the Paper on what Account the Money 
was to be paid, but that it was mentioned in general, 
fuch a Sum fhould be given, when he had performed 
the Service he had engaged to do the Nabob. I do not 
mention this as meaning it fhould be efteemed any Part 
of my Juttification; it is only to clear up that Paflage. 
—I never denied what had been done ; and the Extract 
which I now produce of my Letter to the Governor, 
dated the 16th of April, the very Day after, is, I think, 
a fufficient Proof of it. 


Extra¢ét of Colonel Caillaud’s Letter to Mr. Holwell, 

dated Camp at Dignagur, the 16th April 1760. 

« In my laft I informed you, Sir, of fome of the 
&amp; Nabob’s late notable Schemes, but laft Night he 
“¢ made me acquainted with another {till more notable , 
“ and in which alfo 1 am concerned to little Effect. I 
“ believe, however, there could be no Harm in trying; 
“ this it is. 

“© One Conderry, Duan to Comger Khan, wrote to the 
“© Nabob, and has engaged to put the Prince in his 
&lt;&lt; Hands, or to cut him off, if the Nabob would agree 
“ to give him a Lack of Rupees, and the Command 
“ of Comder Khan’s Country ; and if the Nabob ac- 
“ cepted of thefe Propofals, the Promife was to be 
“¢ made, figned, and fealed, by the Two Nabobs and 
* mayfelf, all which was done faft Night.” 


Mr. Holwell’s Anfwer, under Date the 22d, I will 
infert at large. 1 muft obferve, that there has been a 
Miftake in the Date of my Letter, or in the Copies 
taken, for in his Letter he acknowleges Receipts of 
mine of the 15th and 17th; in my Copy Book, the 
Date of the Letter is the 16th. I did not write to him 
on the 17th, nor indeed until the 20th, fo it is plain he 
received the Letter, which I call mine of the 16th, and 
this he acknowleges as of the 17th. 


Mr. Holwell’s Letter to Colonel Caillaud, dated 22 
April 1760. 

«“ I have.the Pleafure of your Two Favours of the 
«© ysth and 17th, and muft take a further Day to reply 
“; to them more circumftantially ; for the prefent I en- 
clofe you a Letter to the old Nabob to the Purport 
of your Requeft, and with it a Copy for your Peru- 
« fal, and, I hope, Approval, it contains, I think, no- 
‘thing but what fhould at all Events be urged to him 
“ atthis Junéture. Something muft be done, and foon, 
to recover the Currency of the Trade of the Provinces, 
“ or the Company muft be loft: The’Sale of their 
“ Woollen Goods, Copper, &amp;c. Exports are totally 
«“ obftruéted, their Inveftment in Confequence of this, 
«and the unavoidable Stoppage of the Tankas, wholly 
«¢ at a Stand, and not more than a Lack and Half in 
their Treafury, Particulars you fhould be neceffarily 
acquainted with, as they arife from the perpetual 
“¢ Troubles of the Country, perpetuated I may too juft- 
“* ly fay, by the Wickednefs, as well as Weaknefs, of 
« thofe who govern it. : 

“© To give you what are ftill my Sentiments on the 
«© Nabob’s Arzdafht to the Prince, and my Reafons for 
« thofe Sentiments, I now enclofe you Copy of m 
«« Reply to Mr. Hajtings on that Head, and think my 
“© Judgment of this Affair more .confirmed from the 
« Circumftance recited in your Favour of the 15th; to 
‘¢ wit, the Nabob’s having acknowleged to you his 
«© Writing to the Prince, and that his Reply gave him 
«&lt; Hopes he was inclined to treat ; the carrying on this 
&lt;&lt; concealed Correfpondence with the Prince, I cannot 
« Jook on in any other Light than as the higheft In- 
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your Station, and the Treaty fubfifting between us : 
And here it becomes, Sir, needful to remark, it is full 
** Time the Nabob fhould be convinced he is not 
to look upon you as.an Officer fent to fubmit im- 
plicitly to his Orders or Sentiments, but as his Co. 
*¢ adjutor and Protector in the War; and fhould, at 
any Time, his wretched Politics diCtate Meafures, 
which appear in your Opinion deftructive of the ge- 
neral End propofed, I hope, and doubt not, but you 
will think yourfelf fully authorized peremptorily to 
over-rule them without lofing Time in Application 
here; as I am very well fatisfied we may depend on 
** the Propriety of your Conduct in the Command and 
*« Truft you are invefted with. I have the Honour 
to be, with very real Efteem, &amp;¢.” 

I have tran{cribed the Whole of the above Letter, as 
I think, Gentlemen, it ftill gives a further Proof of what 
I have already advanced, as to the then critical and_per- 
plexed Situation of our Affairs. Mr. Holwell fays, 
when he acknowleges Receipt of thofe two Letters of 
the 15th and 17th, that he muft take a further Day to 
reply to them more circumftantially ; but this was never 
done in any of his fubfequent Letters, as to the prin- 
cipal Point in Queftion ; of which, if you fhould have 
any Doubts, they may be eafily fatisfied by laying be- 
fore you the whole Courfe of our Correfpondence to- 
gether. This Anfwer of Mr. Holweli’s, I think, proves, 
at leaft tacitly, his Opinion of the Affair; and what is 
ftill more, you will pleafe to obferve, that though 
in my Account of the Tranfaétion to him, I give 
no particular Reafons for my Motives in going fuch 
Lengths ; and though my own Words, “* That there 
“* could be no Harm in trying,” feem to imply, as if I 
admitted, at leaft, a Poffibility; vet the little Probabi- 
lity of it muft have appeared in fo ftrong a Light to the 
Governor, that he never once: cenfures me as guilty 
even of an Indifcretion, much lefs of a Crime ; on the 
contrary, he feems rather inclined, from the Letter, to 
approve my Conduct in general, and confequently to 
encreafe in his Confidence. 

It becomes neceffary, however, Gentlemen, to inform 
you why I did not make the Governor acquainted with 
the real Motives of my Conduét, and contented myfelf 
with fo general an Account of the Tranfaétion ; and this 
I am induced to do, that 1 may clear up any Imprei- 
fions to my Difadvantage which might arife from thofe 
Words, “ There is no Harm in trying,” which if not yet 
accounted for, might, notwithftanding my folemn De- 
claration to the contrary, convey an Idea, that I . ad- 
mitted at leaft a Poffibility of the Scheme taking 
Place. In doing this, I muft touch upon a Subject 
which I willingly would have avoided, but I cannot, 
in fo dear a Caufe, ‘as that of my Reputation and Cha- 
racter, leave anything out, which I thik may tend to 
clearing of it up to your Satisfaétion. 

Mr. Holwell’s general CharaGter and Difpofition is 
well known in. Jadia, and many were the Cautions 
which I received from thofe who ‘knew him beft, to 
be on my Guard againft him. This naturally excluded 


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any great Degree of Confidence on my Side. But I’ 


was cautious alfo'of myfelf, and not willing -haftily to 
arraign and condemn his Conduét, fearing the ‘Confe- 
quences of a Mind already tainted with Prejudices 
againft him, which might have biaffed my Judgement, 
and led me to cenfure Actions in him, which perhaps, 
more impartially inclined, I might have approved in 


y others: And though I might have been ever fo much 


in the Right, fuch a Subjeét between him arid me muft 
certainly have given Rife to Altercation and Difpute, 
which could notbut have added ta the Confufion of 
our: Affairs. I therefore forbore as long as I poffibly 
could, and for the public Good I rather chofe to avoid 
every thing that might offend, while I could do it con-, 
fiftently with my Duty. My Motives, had I given, 
them, muft have implied a very heavy Cenfure on his 
Conduct, when I could have only told him, that the 


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whole Courfe of his .extraordinaty Behaviour towards 
the Nabob, and that particular Part. of it in carrying 
on a fecret Correfpondence with the Prince, at the very 
Time that he was fo loudly cenfuring the fame Step in 
the Nabob, had forced me to concur in a Meafure, to 
which I never would have confented if any other Proof 
could have fatisfied the Nabob, that we were not 
making the beft Terms we could for ourfelves, without 
any Regard to him, or the mutual Engagements fubfift- 
ing between us. As I did not therefore, for the Rea- 
fons abovementioned, acquaint Mr. Holwell with my 
Motives, I was obliged in my Account of the Tranfac- 
tion itfelf, to throw in, at leaft, fuch a Degree of Pro- 
bability attending on it, as would fave me from appear- 
ing in the ridiculous Light of having contented to a 
Meafure, which I was proving could aniwer no End, and 
that was my only Reafon for inferting the Words I 
did ; nor does it lefs evidently, I think, appear from 
the ingenuous and open Manner in which I relate the 
Tranfaétion itfelf, but that I muft have been con{cious 
to myfelf how well prepared I was, ftom the Inno- 
cence of my real Intentions, to anfwer any Charge, 
which at that Time might have been brought againtt 
me. 

You have had now, Gentlemen, laid before you in 
all Sincerity and Truth, all that I have to offer in my 


. Juftification ; but I cannot conclude without taking 


fome Notice of the Manner, in which this heavy Charge 
is exhibited againft me. 
The Letter from the honourable the Court of Di- 
rectors begins by thefe Words (which is all that appears 
as the.Ground of their Charge) ‘ It having been ftrongly 
« reported,” but whether thefe Reports were of a pub- 
lic or of a private Nature, how far examined into, and 
who were the Authors of them, are Points which I am 
left to guefs at, though I own I thought fome farther 
Lights into the Accuiation, or at leaft, the Names of 
my Accufers, was 4 Satisfaction due to my Character ; 
but which I am deeply concerned to find, I was not 
thought worthy to receive. Little, I own, did I expect 
fuch a Return for upwards of Nine Years Services ; 
and in the Courfe of which I had flattered myfelf that 
my Conduct had been irreproachable ; and if I may 
be permitted to fay it, I was ftill the more confirmed in 
this fond Hope, by having been honoured by that Body 
with fome diftinguifhing Marks of Favour. I mutt 
further own, that their laft Rewards (which I have ever 
gratefully acknowleged, was due alone to their Inte- 
reft and Solicitations) were of fuch a Nature as far ex- 
ceeded my beft Services: Imprefied therefore with the 
higheft Senfe of Gratitude for their Fayours, happy in 
the Confidence of their Approbation, and anxioufly pur- 
fuing the only Means in my Power, by which I could 
acquit myfelf towards them; I am unhappy enough in 
one Inftant to find all my beft Hopes fruftrated, my 
Reputation blafted (a Reputation confirmed and efta- 
blifhed by themfelves) and all this owing to a ready Be- 
lief of the very firft Report to my Difadvantage. 

As to my Accufers, I have faid I am given Leave to 
guefs at them, however, feme F riends have been kind 
enough to give me that private Satisfaction, which I 
thought was my Due from public Juftice. Iam now 
only furprifed, that every Report which that worthy 
Man has fo induftrioufly {pread and propagated againft 
me, to the Prejudice of my Character, has not obtained 
equal Credit, and been made another Part of the Charge 
againft me. I mean the Report “ of my having alfo 
“© ordered the Affaffination of the young Nabob, whofe 
* Death was given out to have happened by a Flath of 
“ Lightning,” This I introduce as a Proof of the 
great Degree of Credit, which my Accufer deferves. 
Indeed, as I have acknowleged the other Fact, fo farI 
muft own, and do the Gentleman Juftice, that there 
was fome Truth in the firft Part of his Information ; 
but whether led to it by a natural Difpofition to Ma- 

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lice, Scandal, and Calumny, or whether a&amp;uated by 
the more noble Zeal for the common Injury done to 
Humanity, public Honour, and Juftice, are Points 
which I think deferved fome Attention from the refpec- 
table Body, who received his Information, and might 
have juftly been a Subject well deferving their ftricteft 
Enquiry : Would it not alfo have been but fair and juft 
for this Body to have confidered his Station in their 
Service, and how far it rendered him a competent Judge 
of public Tranfactions from the fuppofed Knowlege he 
could have in Country Affairs, in which he never was 
employed? If the Faét had really been as reprefented 
by him, the Court of Direétors mutt have been fatisfied, 
that it was of a public Nature, or how could one of his 
Rank have come by his Intelligence : And if of a pub- 
lic Nature, why did it not come to them in a proper 
Channel, and from whence alone, in Honour and Juf- 
tice to their Servants, Complaints fhould ever be 
heard? The Court of Directors muft either fuppofe that 
their Servants in Council are very deficient in their Du- 
ty, or that the Affair was mifreprefented to them, fince 
no Notice was taken of it here at the Board, from 
whence they might naturally fuppofe the Account would 
have come for their own Honour, had I been as culty 
as the Story they credited feemed to make me. All 
thefe Circumftances confidered, fhould have had, J think, 
fome Weight, and might have induced them to fhew 
a greater Degree of Tendernefs, than appears in the 
Nature of the Enquiry; efpecially in Favour of one 
whofe Character to their Knowlege was free from Stain 
or Blemifh. 

Such, however, is my Confidence in the Caufe of 
Truth, that fill I hope the Shame will fall on thofe 
who beft deferve it; and that the impartial Part of 
Mankind will as freely acquit me, as I have been ac- 
quitted by my own Confcience in the whole Courfe of 
the Affair. 

I am fatisfied alfo, that Juftice will have her Turn, 
and that thofe from whom I think I have received this 
undeferved Injury to my Reputation, will be as ready 
(when convineed of my Innocence) to make me all the 
Amends in their Power. 

But this Cafe of mine now, Gentlemen, becomes more 
immediately your own. It is from your Opinion and 
Decifion, that the impartial World muft judge and de- 
termine. To you all the Faéts recited muft appear in 
their ftrongeft Point of View. To you the Truth 
of the Arguments I have ufed in my Defence, 
muft appear in all their Force ; and the Strength of the 
Proofs I have brought in Support of them, are beft to 
be determined by you alone, whofe Knowlege of every 
Particular, by being on the Spot, muft make your 
Judgments much more perfect and difcerning, than thofe 
who at fo great a Diftance are hereafter to determine 
on my Conduct. 

By your Opinions, therefore, I am to ftand or fall; 
well pleafed and happy to fubmit the Caufe of Inno- 
cence and Truth to the Decifion of Men of Honour 
and Juttice. 

I have the Honour to be, with perfect Refpect, 
Honourable Sir and Sirs, 
Your moft obedient, and 
Moft humble Servant, 
Fobn Caillaud. 


Calcutta, the 4th 
Of, 1762. 


Colonel Caillaud’s Letter. L.R. No. 15. 

He alfo fends in another Letter, requefting that after 
we have perufed the above Apology, we will be pleafed 
to appoint a Day for examining Captain Knox and Mr. 
Lufbington, on {ome Queftions which he is defirous of 
putting to them. 

** Honourable Sir and Sirs, 

«* After the Perufal of the Papers, which this Morn- 
“¢ ing I have the Honour of laying before you, may I 
“© further requeft that you will be pleafed to appoint a 

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« Day on which Captain Knox, Mr. Lufbington, and 
«« myfelf, may appear before you. 
“© I have the Honour to be, with all Refpect, 
“© Gentlemen, 
“ Your moft obedient, and 
«© Moft humble Servant, 
“© ¥obn Caillaud.” 


“© Calcutta, 
“ Of. 4th, 1762.” 


Day appointed for examining Colonel Caillaud’s 
Witneffes. 
Agreed we meet on Thurfday next, to examine any 
Witnefles which Colonel Caillaud may think proper to 
call in his Defence. 


Captain Knox and Mr. Lu/bington fummoned to 

attend. 

Ordered, therefore, that the Secretary do advife Co- 
lonel Caillaud thereof, and fummon the Attendance of 
Captain Knox and Mr. Lu/bington. 

P. Amyatt, 
W. Me Gwire, 
W. Hay, 

H. Watts. 


Fort William, the 7th O@. 1762. 
Thurfday. At a Confultation; Prefent. 
The Worthipful Peter Amyatt, Efquire, Prefident. 
William Me Gwire, Efquire. 
Warren Haftings, Efquire. 
William Hay, Efquire. 
Hugh Watts, Efquire. 
The Governor indifpofed. ; 
The Proceedings of the 4th Inftant, on this Subject, 
being wrote fair, were now read, approved, and figned. 


Board met to examine Captain Kuox and Mr. 
Lujfbington, on Behalf of Colonel Caillaud. 

The Board being met to examine Captain Knox and 
Mr. Lujfbington, on fuch Queftions as Colonel Caillaud 
might be defirous of putting to them, thefe Gentle- 
men were accordingly called in. 


Mr. Lujfbington’s Letter. L. R. N° 16. 

Mr. Lufbington, previous to his Examination, deli- 
vers the following Letter, dated this Day. ; 

To the honourable Henry Vanjfittart, Efquire, 

Prefident and Governor, &amp;c. Council. 
« Honourable Sir and Sirs, 

«© When my Depofition was firft taken, I had the 
« ftrongeft Conviction within my own Mind, that 
« either Mr. Haftings or Captain Knox firft interpreted 
« between the Nabob and Colonel Cai/laud, in the Af- 
« fair relative to the ‘Three Seals, and in Confequence 
«© of this Conviction depofed fo accordingly ; but from 
« {ome Converfations I have lately had with the Colonel 
«© and Captain Knox, I am fully convinced that Mr. 
« Haftings was not prefent, and that there were only 
«« Captain Knox and myfelf with the Colonel; and as 
« Captain Knox could not be fufficient Mafter enough 
« of the Language to manage fuch a Converfation, of 
« Courfe there is the greateft Probability that it muft 
«« have been I alone who interpreted upon the Occafion, 
« and confequently that I opened the Difcourfe ; though 
«« | cannot even yet recolleét this laft Circumftance, and 
« indeed it is no Wonder, confidering the Length of 
« Time fince the Affair, that many Particulars fhould 
« have flipped my Memory. 
eer ae J i with great Refpect, 

~ «&amp; Honourable Sir and Sirs, 
“ Your moft obedient, 
«“ Humble Servant, 


“© Henry Lufbington.” 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1992, 


Captain Knox and Mr. Lujbington fworn. 
Captain Knox and Mr. Lufbington being duly {worn 
to anfwer to the Truth of all fuch Queftions as micht 
be put to them by Colonel Caillaud, or the Board; 
[Queftions by Colonel Caillaud to Captain Knox, 
with his Anfwers.} =~ 
Colonel Caillaud prefented the following Paper of 

Queftions to be put to Captain Knox, to which, upon 

their being tendered him, returned the following 

Anfwers. 

Depofition, N° 7.- 

Colonel Caillaud’s Quef-| Captain Knox’s Anfwers. 
tions to Captain Knox. 
From your Firft De- 

pofition, Sir, taken at 

Shawpoor, you remember 

being with me that Even- 

ing, on the 15th April 

1760, at the Nabob’s, 

when I fealed a Paper in 

Conjunction with him and 

his Son, relative to the 

Shazada. You have alfo 

remembered, that the Rea- 

fon of your being with me 
at that Time was, to be in- 
troduced to the Nabobs, in 
order to take your Leave, 
as you were then under Or- 
ders to march with a De- 
tachment to Patna. 

1ft Queft. Can you re-| nf. 1am pofitive Mr. 
member, or recollect, if|Hafings was not there any 

Mr. Haftings was there the] Part of the Time. 

Whole or any Part of the 

Time that Evening ? 
2d. Have you any Re-| nf. Yes, I remember 

membrance, or did it everjit from your own Infor- 

come to your Knowlege,|mation, and Mr. Holwell 
either by Report or from/|likewife informed me, that 
my own Information, that}he had received Letters 

Mr. Hokwell was then car-|from the Prince and Cam. 

rying on a Correfpondence| jar Cam, when I was in 

with the Prince ? Calcutta, a few Days be- 
fore this Affair happened. 

Anf. No, 1 can’t recol- 
lect any Appearance of 

Diftrefs from the Nabob’s 

Converfation that Evening ; 

but his diftreffled Situation 

was well known to the 
whole Army, on Account 
of the Difcontentednefs of 

“ bie and the bad 

Ituation of his Affai 

that Time airs at 
4th. Do you remember} nf: If I made any Ob- 

any Objections made by|jection, it was by faying. 

you, at that Time, to the|“ That it was 5 


a Pity 1 
Meafure, or any Expref-]*« fine a young Fellow 


fion of Diflike at it. If|* fhould fall in that Man- 
you do, be pleafed to relate|** ner,” or Words to that 
and explain them ? Purpofe. 

5th. Do you remember] nf: In the firft Depo- 
or recollect what Reafons}fition I have before given 
I made Ufe of on the Occa-|in this Affair, I have declar- 
fion, to fatisfy myfelf andjed that you did give Rea- 
you that I was acting pro-|fons, and what thefe Reafons 
perly ; and can you recol- 
lect that I explained to you| member. 
the Neceflity I was under to 
give my feeming Concur- 
rence in this Affair ? 


Anf. 1 perfectly well re- 
member this Circumftance. 


3d. Can you recolleé 
from any Part of the Na- 
bob’s Converfation, or from 
any other Circumftances, 
any Appearance of Diftrefs 
at that Time in his Situa- 
tion ? 





6th, 


were, which I perfetly re- 








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Mr. 
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nfor- 
olwell 
that 
etters 
Cam- 
as in 
s be- 
ned. 
recol- 
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\bob’s 
ning ; 
Jation 
&gt;» the 
‘count 
efs of 
&gt; bad 


irs at 
a 


y Ob- 
aying, 
ity fo 
“ellow 
Man- 
0 that 


Depo- 

given 
declar- 
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-eafons 


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6th. You can remember 
and recollect, as it appears 
in the Courfe of your De- 
pofitions, that I gave it as 
my firm Opinion and Be- 
lief that the Letter was a 
Forgery, and the whole 
Tranfaction a Contrivance 
of the Nabob’s, in order to 
found our Difpofitions to- 
wards him. 

7th. Can you remember 
or recollect, amongft the 
Objections ftarted againft 
the Probability of the 
Scheme, that the Smallinefs 
of the Sum to be given was 
One amongft them? 

8th. Can you remember 
or recollect making any 
more Objections after I had 
given you my Reafons ? 

gth. Can you recollect 
orremember that in alaugh- 
ing Manner I made Ufe of 
the following Words, or 
fome to the fame Purpofe, 
« That I wifhed your Head 
&lt;&lt; was as fafe as the Prince’s 
“ from Danger,” alluding to 
the Service you were then 
going to be employed on} : 

10th. Can you remember 
or recollect that I was very 
particular in my Enquiries 
in what Manner this Mea- 
fure was to be carried into 
Execution, by what Means 
and how? 

rith. Can you recollect 
whether any  fatisfactory 
Anfwers were given by the 
Nabob to thofe Queftions ? 

12th. Can you recollect 
or remember if, at that Time, 
or on any other Occafion in 
which I might make Men- 
tion of the Shah Zadda in 
Difcourfe, in what Manner 
and in what Terms I was 
ufed to exprefs my Senti- 
ments on his Account ? 

13th. From your long 
Acquaintance and Know- 
lege of me, do you think or 
believe, Sir, that if the 
Meafure had appeared to 
me at that Time fuch as 
could probably or poffibly 
take Place, that I would 
have confented to it? 


Anf. 1 rémember your 
being of Opinion that the 
Letter was a Forgery ; and 
I remember alfo your men- 
tioning it feveral Times that 
Evening, that you abfo- 
lutely believed it to be a 
Forgery. 


Anf. 1 remember that the 
Smallnefs of the Sum for 
putting fuch an Affair in 
Execution was mientioned 
as a Reafon againft the Pro- 
bability of it: 


Anf. To the beft of my 
Remembrance I made none. 


Anf. I have fome feint 
Remembrance that you 
made Ufe of fuch an Ex- 
preffion. 


Anf. 1 remember that 
you made fuch Enquiries. 


Anf. No.—I cannot re- 
colleét the Nabob’s An- 
fwers to thofe Queftions. 


Anf. Thave often heard 
you pity the Shah’s Situa- 
tion, and that you was forry 
Circumftances obliged you 
to act againft him. 


Anf. In the Courfe of 
my Acquaintance with you, 
Sir, I never prefumed to 
form a Thought fo much to 
your Difadvantage. 





Queftions by Colonel Caillaud to Mr. Lujbington, with 
his Anfwers. 

Captain Knox having made Anfwers to the feveral 
Queftions tendered him ; Colonel Cail/aud then pre- 
fented a Paper of Queftions to be put to Mr. Lujbington, 
who returned thereto the following Anfwers. 


Depofition, N° 8. 


Colonel Caillaud’s Queftions 
to Mr. Lujfbington. 

ift Quef. As it appears 

by your Firft Depofition, 

given at Patna, that only 


Mr. Lufbington’s Anfwers. 


Anf. Yes. Upon Recol- 
lection I do remember that 





the Circumftance of putting 


Mention is made in it of 
cutting off the Shah Zadda, 
pray can you remember or 
recollect, Sir, that the put- 
ting of him in the Nabob’s 
Power was the Firft Point ; 
the other only an Alterna- 
tive in cafe the Firft could 
not be effected ? 

2d. Can you remember 
er recollect to have ever 
heard any Thing upon fuch 
a Subject before ? 

3d. Can you recolle&amp; or 
remember that Evening of 
the 15th April 1760, when 
we went together to the 
Nabob, that fome Space 
of Time after we had been 
with him, that the Patna 
Jamidars, and all other At- 
tendants, were ordered to 
withdraw, and that we were 
afterwards in Private with 
the Nabob and his Son, and 
2 or 3 more Black People ? 


4th. Can you recollect 
or remember Captain Knox 
being with us the whole 
Time? 

5th. Do you remember 
or recollect a Man by Name 
Chuckiman, attendant on the 
old Nabob? 

6th. What was the Man’s 
Office about the Nabob ? 


7th. Can you remember 
or recollec&amp;t what Opinion 
we entertained of that Man’s 
Character in general ? 


8th. Do you remember or 
recollect the above mention- 
ed Perfon being prefent the 
Whole, or any Part, of the 
Time during that Tranfac- 
tion? 


gth. Can you remember 
or recollect that you made 
any Objections, or expreffed 
any Diflike to the Meafure 
which I was then purfuing 
in Concurrence with the 
Nabob and his Son? 

roth. Have you any Re- 
collection or Remembrance 


him into the Nabob’s Pow- 
er was mentioned. 


Anf. No; to the beft of 
my Remembrance I never 
did. 


Anf. 1 remember that 
Evening I was fome Time 
employed with the Chutab 
Nabob, to perfuade the 
Patna Jamidars to attend 
Captain Kuox, which Cir- 
cumftance I have mentioned 
in my Firft Depofition. I am 
certain that the Patna Ja- 
midars were not there at 
the Time of Sealing the 
Paper, nor any more Per- 
fons than what I have men- 
tioned in my faid Depofi- 
tion. 

Anf. To the beft of my 
Remembrance he was there 
the whole Time. 


Anf. Yes; I very well 
remember that Man. 


Anf. He was in the Sta- 
tion of Head Hircarrah, 
which implies the Perfon 
who has under his Charge 
all the Hircarrahs, Spies, 
&amp;c. and through whom 
their Intelligence paffes to 
the Nabob. 

Anf.1 remember that we 
always entertained a ve 
bad Opinion of him, though 
he was employed on both 
Sides}, that is, to convey In- 
telligence from the Nabob 
to the Prince’s Camp, and 
bring back Intelligence from 
thence to the Nabob’s ; we 
alfo thought he had much 
the Ear of the old Nabob, 
and by his evil Councils 
much hurted the Affairs of 
the Sircar. 

Anf. 1 remember feeing 
him the Firft of the Even- 
ing, and, I think, he was 
there when the Seal was 
put to the Paper. Indeed, 
rom the Nature of his Of- 
fice, it is moft likely he was 
there. 

Anf. No.—I cannot fay 
that I did. 


Anf. l remember our Af- 
fairs were in a very defpe- 
rate 











goo 


of the Situation of Affairs 
at that Time, if you have, 
and as you have perufed 
my Apology — Do you 
think I have ftated them 
with Truth ? 


11th. Have you any 
Knowlege, or can you re- 
member or recollect, that 
Mr. Holwell was then car- 
rying on a private Corre- 
{pondence (meaning a Cor- 
refpondence without the 
Nabob’s Knowlege) with 
the Prince? 


12th. Do you remember 
or recollect my often ex- 
prefling, at that Time, my 
Diflike of Mr. Holwell s 
‘Way of atting in general 
towards the Nabob: In 
particular, my Uneafinefs on 
Account of the abovemen- 
tioned Correfpondence, as 
likewife his Behaviour in 
regard to Roydoolub and 
Nundecomar ? 

13th. In the Courfe of 
fuch Converfation as we 
may have had_ together a- 
bout the Prince, can you 
remember or recollect the 
Manner in which I ufed to 
exprefs my Sentiments of 
him ? 


To clear up a Paffage in 
a Letter of Mr. Holwell’s, 
dated the yf April 1760, 
an Extract of which has 
been laid before the Board, 
and in which he fays, ** The 
« Phirmaund, I fuppofe, 
« differs little in Matter 
“¢ from that he fent you;” 
but as I have no Recollec- 
tion or Remembrance of 
receiving any fuch Phir- 
maund from the Prince, 
nor no fuch Tranfaction 
appears in the Courfe of 
my Evidence, 

14th. I defire to know, 
Sir, if you can remember 
or recollect my having ever 
received from the Prince a 
Paper of fuch a Nature, or 
of any Sort indeed but one 
Phirmaund, which I receiv- 
ed the Day before the Bat- 
tle of Cercey. 

15th. As it appears from 
your Depofition, Sir, taken 
at Patna, that you then 
could recollect but very 
few Circumftances of the 
Tranfaction on that Even- 


rate Situation at that Junc- 
ture ; many Inftances I can 
give if it is thought necef- 
fary that I fhould; and I 
really believe that what you 
have ftated, as to the then 
Situation of Affairs in your 
Letter to the Board, are 
Facts. 

Anf. Yes, 1 do remember 
it very well, and you, often 
exprefied your Diflike at it, 
and Apprehenfions that it 
would give the Nabob much 
Uneafinefs, as he undoubt- 
edly would get Intelligence 
of it; and I have further a 
feint Idea of a Perfon’s tell- 
ing me that the Nabob knew 
of it, which I mentioned to 
you, but the Perfon’s Name 
I cannot really remember. 
Anf. 1 well remember 
your often expreffing your 
Diflike of Mr. Holweil’s 
Proceedings with regard to 
the Nabob; and many aTime 
have we held Cunverfations 
on that Subject, how preju- 
dicial it was to the Compa- 
ny’s Affairs that thefe two 
Men could not agree. 


Anf. Whenever you men- 
tioned the Prince you fpoke 
of him with the higheft Re- 
fpect, greatly pitied his Mif- 
fortunes, and faid you 
fhould be much happier if 
you were going to aflift 
him inmounting the Throne 
of Delbi, than you was then 
in oppofing him. 


4Anf. 1 do not remem- 
ber your having received 
but one Phirmaund, and 
that was at the Time you 
fpecify in the Queftion, 
brought to our Camp by 
two Moguls, and of which 
you immediately advifed the 
Chutah Nabob. 
Anf. The Nature of my 
Office of Interpreter was 
fach, that I could not give 
much Attention to the 
Converfation that might 
pafs between Captain Knox 





ing—Could you, do you 


and you; yet fince you 
3 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


think, now charge your 
Memory with any further 
Circumftances relative to 
that Affair, efpecially fince 
you have feen my Apology, 
and from our Converfation 
together with Captain Knox? 


16th. Do you think, tho’ 
you cannot affert it from 
Recollection, that all which 
Captain Knox and I have 
advanced in our Account of 
the Affair is the Truth? 


A. 1772. 


have refrefhed my Memo- 
ry with regard to fome Cir- 
cumftances which I could 
not recollect at the Time 
of giving my Firft Depofi- 
tion, two of which I fhall 
mention; namely, your ima- 
gining that the Letter was 
a Forgery, and that you 
believed the Nabob wanted 
to try how fincere you were 
in your Friendfhip for him, 
and what Lengths you 
would go to ferve him. 
Anf.1 have already faid 
that the Nature of my Of. 
fice was fuch as not to ad- 
mit of my hearing the whole 
of the Converfation ; but I 
believe Captain Knox and 


» Holwell’s correfponding with 


nour that you would advance 
nothing but the Truth. 





Queftions by Colonel Casllaud to Mr. Haftings, and his 
Anfwers. 

Colonel Caillaud being defirous of putting a few Quef- 
tions to Mr. Haftings, he was accordingly {worn, and in- 
térrogated as follows. 

Depofition, N° 9. 

Queftions by Colonel 

Caillaud to Mr. Haftings. 


ft. Queftion. As you 
were at that Time, Sir, 
in the Field, and in Qua- 
lity of Refident to the old 
Nabob, can you remember 


Mr. Haftings’ Anfwers. 


Anf. I was not, to the 
beft of my Knowlege, and 
I think it could not have 
efcaped my Memory if I 
had been prefent at fuch a 


whether you were prefent|Tranfa¢tion. 
or not that Evening ? 
2d. You have perufed) nf: I think it a very jut 


my Apology, Sir, and at 
that Time, from your Sta- 
tion with the old Nabob, 
you muft have been well 
acquainted with the Situa- 
tion of Affairs ; Can you re- 
collect if what I have ad- 
vanced in my Juttification 
on that Subject is a juft and 
true Account ? 

3d. Had you any Know- 
lege at that Time of Mr. 


and true Account with re- 
{pect to the Nabob’s Fears, 
the Clamours of his Anmy 
for their large Arrears, and 
the diftreffed Situation of 
his Affairs in general at 
that Time. 


Anf. Not with the Prince, 
that I remember, but with 
Camgar Cawn, which in ef- 
fect was the fame, as he was 
his Prime Minifter. I had 
from his own Letters to 
me, on the Subje&amp; of the 
Arzee, fuppofed to .have 


the Prince ? 


bob to the Prince. 

4th. Can you remember] nf: I do not remember 
or recollect that the Nabobjthat the Nabob mentioned 
ever mentioned the Affairjany fuch Thing to me ; that 
to you; If not, have youjhe knew it, and mentioned 
however Reafon to believe,|it to me in Confequence, I 
from any Circumftances,|think very probable, as I 
that he muft have been in-|had One, or, if I miftake 
formed of it? not, more than One Con- 
verfation with his Moun- 
chey on the Subject of thé 
Letter mentioned above; 
and I do not remember that 
he talked of it as a Matter 


jcined him to conceal it. 
5th. 





you to be Men of fuch Ho- ~ 


been wrote by the old Na-’ 


of Secrecy, or that I en- - 








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5th. Suppofing him then 
acquainted with it, do you 
think, from your Knowlege 
of the Nature and Difpofi- 
tion of the Nabob, whether 
fuch an Occurrence at that 
Time muft not have given 
him great Caufe of Jealou- 
fy and Difcontent ? 

6th. Can you remember 
or recollect in any of our 
Converfations together, at 
or about that Time, my ex- 
preffing my Diflike at Mr. 
Holwell’s Conduct in gene- 
ral towards the Nabob, not 
only with regard to the 
Correfpondence which at 
that Time he was carrying 
on with the Prince, but alfo 
for his Behaviour with re- 
gard to Rajah Doolubram, 
Rajabram, and Nundecomar. 


Anf. Ic certainly would. 


Anf. 1 can very well re- 
member your expreffing a 
Diflike at Mr. Holwell’s 
cortefponding with the 
Prince, as the Nabob might 
be equally alarmed at fuch 
a Step, as Mr. Holwell was 
with the Nabob’s corref- 
ponding with him: Such, 
[ remember, was your Opi- 
nion in the Affair; and, I 
muft confefs, my own too, 
with refpe&amp;t to Roydulub, 
Rajabram, and Nundeco- 
mar, both in the Govern- 
ment of Colonel Clive and 





sth Do you remember a 
Perfon about the Nabob 
called Chucken, his Employ- 
ment, and the general Cha- 
racter which he bore. 


Mr. Holwell; it was always 
my Opinion that the Con- 
fidence fhewn them, juftly 
gave Caule of Sufpicion and 
Uneafinefs to the Nabob, 
and very probably might 
have been the Subject of 
our Converfation at that 
Time, though at fo great a 
Diftance I cannot recollect. 

Anf. 1 remember Chuck- 
en extremely well; he was 
the Chief of the Nabob’s 
Hircaras, or Spies, and at 
that Time in great Trult 
with him. I had always 
the worft Opinion of his 
Honefty, Veracity, or, in- 





deed, of his Underftanding. 


Queftions by Mr. Li/bington to Captain Knox, and his 
Anfwers. 
Mr. Lufbington requefting that the Three following 


Queftions might be 
tendered accordingly upon 


put to Captain Knox, they were 


the Oath he had already 


taken, and he gave in his Anfwers thereto as follows. 
Depofition, N° 10. 


Queftions by Mr. Lufb- 
ington to Captain Knox. 

ift. Are you pofitive, 
Sir, that I put the Colonel’s 
Seal with my own Hand to 
the Paper? 


2d. Do you remember or 
recollect that I gave the 
Seal, by Order of the Co- 
lonel, to the Mounfhey to 
affix it? 

3d. Doyou not remember 
or recollect that I was ab- 
fenc that Evening with the 
Chutab Nabob and Habmed 
Khan Khorefoa, Rajah De- 
rveie Narrain, and Rajah 


Vor. XXXII. 


Captain Knox’s Anf{wers. 


Anf. 1am pofitive that 
you fent for the Seal, and 
received it with your own 
Hand, but I cannot be po- 
fitive whether you put it 
with your own Hand to the 
Paper, or gave it to a 
Mounfhey to put it, as you 
mention in your Depofi- 
tion, that there were fuch 
People there. 

Anf.1 do not recolleé&amp; 
that Particular, but I think 
it is very probable you 
might have done fo. 


Anf. l remember that you 
retired into a Tent a few 
Paces diftant with the Per- 
fons you mention, but you 
was prefent the whole Time 
that this Affair was tranf- 





gor 


Fattee Sing, and that my;acting, and you interpreted 
Bufinefs was to perfuade|the whole Affair between 
thefe Three Perfons to at-|the Nabob and the Colo- 
tend you on your Expedi-|nel. 

tion to Patna. 





Board to give their final Opinion on Monday on the 


‘Whole of this Enquiry. 


The Board taking into Confideration the Subject of 
thefe feveral Evidences, do not fee that any more Quef- 
tions are neceffary to be put to the Gentlemen ; and 
therefore 


Agree to give their final Opinion on Monday on the 
whole Matter of this Enquiry. 
P. Amyatt. 
W. MGwire. 
W. Hay. 
H. Watts. 


Fort William, the 11th Ofober 1762. 
At a Confultation ; Pretent, 
The honourable Henry Vanjfittart, Efquire, 
Prefident. 
Peter Amyatt, Efquire. 
William M‘ Gwire, Efquire. 
Warren Haftings, Efquire. 
William Hay, Efquire. 
Hugh Watts, Efquire. 
The Proceedings of the 7th Inftant on this Subject. 
being wrote fair, were now read, approved, and figned. 

Colonel Caillaud having defired the Opinion of the 
Board upon the Reafons urged in his Defence or Apo-. 
logy ; after a mature Confideration of the faid Rea- 
fons, and of all Circumftances, It is unanimoufly agreed . 
and concluded, 

That the Reprefentation given in the faid Defence of 
the State of the Affairs of the Country at that Time, 
(that is, about the Month of April 1760) is true and juit. 

That in fuch Circumftances the Nabob’s urgent Ac- 
count of his own Diftreffes, the Colonel’s Defire of mak- 
ing him eafy, ds the Firft Thing neceflary for the Good 
of the Service,sand the Suddennefs of the Thing pro- 
pofed, might deprive him for a Moment of his Reflec- 
tion, and furprize him into an Affent to a Meafure, 
which, as to the Meafure itfelf, he could not approve. 

That fuch only were the Motives which did, or could, 
influence Colonel Caillaud to affent to the Nabob’s. 
Propofal, is fully proved by Captain Kuox and Mr. 
Lufbington’s Depofition of what paffed at the Time. 

That we are fully convinced Colonel Cail/aud had no 
other Intereft or View in the Affair than what is men- 
tioned in his Apology: That his Confcience at the 
Time never reproached him with a bad Defign: And 
therefore, upon the Whole, as weare fatisfied his Intentions 
were good, although he erred in the Meafure ; we think 
it fhould be judged of with Candour, and the proper Al- 


lowances made for the difficult Circumftances he had to 
manage. 


Monday. 


Colonel Caillaud wrote to in Confequence. 

In Confequence of the above Opinion, Agree we 
clofe this Enquiry with the following Letter to Colonel 
Caillaud : 

To Fobn Caillaud, Efquire. 

L. St N° 12. am 

“STR, 

“ We have received your Letter of the 4th, accom- 
‘* panied with a Memorial, containing a full Narrative 
“of the Tranfaction which the Company direéted to 
‘be inquired into, together with the State of the Af- 
“« fairs of the Country at that Time ; from whence you 
“‘ have fhewn the Motives which occafioned your affent- 
‘ing fo far as is there mentioned to that Tranfaction. 
«¢ Having taken the fame into Confideration, together 
“« with the Anfwers of Captain Knox and Mr. Lu/hington 


“to the Queftions propofed to them, we annex here- 
10 U * unto 








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* unto a Copy of our Refolutions thereupon; arid as we 
“ are fully convinced that you had no ill Intentions, fo we 
“hope the honourable Court of Directors will in like 
«« Mannet judge of all the Circumftances attending 
&lt;‘ upon the Meafure with Candour, and continue that 
«« favourable Opinion towards you, which your long and 
«¢ zealous Services merit. 

«¢ With this and all other good Withes, we remain, 

sé Sir, 
“Your moft obedient 
‘© humble Servants.” 
Captain Knox and Mr. Lu/bington to return to their 
Stations. 

Ordered, The Gentlemen who have been called from 
their Stations to attend on this Enquiry, do now return 
to them with all convenient Expedition. 

P. Amyatt. 

W. MGwire. 
° W. Hay. 

H. Watts. 


Opinion of the Court of Directors, the 1ft of ‘une 1763. 

“ Refolved, unanimoufly, That this Court are of Opi- 
“ nion, Colonel Fobm Caillaud ftands honourably acquit- 
“* ted of any Defign or Intention upon or againft the 
“ Life of the Shazadah ; it fufficiently appearing, that 
« the Motives for fuffering his Seal to be inadvertently 
“‘ put to the Agreement made by the'then Nabob of 
“&lt; Bengal, Faffer Ally Khan, on the 15th of April 1760, 
“ for the Payment of a Sum of Money for the Seizure 
«or Cutting off that Prince then in Arms againft the 
« Provinces under the Adminiftration of the faid Na- 
“bob, proceeded from the particular Circumftances of 
&lt;&lt; Affairs of that Time, his Zeal for the Company’s 
“© Service, the Suddennefs of the Occafion, and a thorough 
«« Conviction that it was an Artifice of the Nabob to 
“‘try the Sincerity of the Company’s Attachment to 
&lt;¢ him, and that no ill Confequences would follow there- 
“¢ from to the Shazadah.” 


ac? ERO FE oe 
N° 41. 


Extra of General Letter to the Court of Di- 
rectors, of 29 December 1759. 

Paragraph 147. Having fully fpoken to every Branch 
of your Affairs at this Prefidency under their eftablifhed 
Heads, we cannot, confiftent with the real Anxiety we 
feel for the future Welfare of that refpectable Body, 
for whom you and we are in Truft, clofe this Addrefs 
without expoftulating with Freedom on the unprovoked 
and general Afperity of your Letter per Prince Henry 
Packet. Our Sentiments on this Head will, we doubt 
not, acquire additional Weight from the Confideration 
of their being fubfcribed by a Majority of your Coun- 
cil, who are at this very Period quitting your Service, and 
confequently independent and difinterefted. Permit us 
to fay, That the Diction of your Letter is moft un- 
worthy yourfelves and us, in whatever Relation con- 
fidered, either as Mafters to Servants, or Gentlemen to 
Gentlemen.—Meer Inadvertencies and cafual Neglects, 
arifing from an unavoidable and moft complicated Con- 
fufion in the State of your Affairs, have been treated in 
fuch Language and Sentiments, as nothing but the 
moft glaring and premeditated Frauds could warrant. 
—Groundleis Informations have, without further Scru- 
tiny, bore with you the Stamp of Truth, though pro- 
ceeding from thofe who had therein obvioufly their own 
Purpote to ferve, no Matter at whofe Expence. Thefe 
have received from you fuch Countenance and Encou- 
ragement, as muft moft affuredly tend to cool the 
warmeft Zeal of your Servants here and every where elfe, 
as they will appear to have been only the Source of 

eneral Reflections thrown out at random againft your 
faithful Servants of this Prefidency, in various Parts of 


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A. 1772. 


your Letter now before us—Faithful to little Purpofe, 
if the Breath of Scandal, joined to private Pique, or pri- 
vate and perfonal Attachments, have Power to blow 
away in one Hour the Merits of many Years Services, 
and deprive them of that Rank and thofe rifing Bene- 
fits, which are juftly a Spur to their Integrity and Ap- 
plication. The little Attention fhewn to thefe Con- 
fiderations,; in the indifcriminate Favours heaped on 
fome Individuals, and undeferved Favours on others, 
will, we apprehend, leffen that Spirit of Zeal fo very 
effential to the Well-being of your Affairs, and con- 
fequently in the End, if continued, prove the Deftruc- 
tion of them.—Private Views may, it is much to be 
feared, take the Lead here from Examples at Home ; 
and no Gentlemen hold your Service longer, nor exert 
themfelves further in it, than their own Exigencies re- 
quire. This being the real prefent State of your Service, it 
becomes ftrictly our Duty to reprefent it in the ftrongeft 
Light, or we fhould with little Truth, and lefs Propriety, 
fubfcribe ourfelves, 

May it pleafe your Honours, 
Your moft faithful Servants, 

Robert Clive. 

F. Z. Holwell. 

W= B. Sumner. 

W. MGuwire. 


Fort William, 
29 December 1759. 


Extract of Company’s General Letter to Bengal 
dated the 21{t Fanuary 1761. 

Paragraph 1ft. We have taken under our moft ferious 
Confideration, the General Letter from our late Pre« 
fident and Council of Fort William, dated the 29th De- 
cember 1759, and many Paragraphs therein containing 
grofs Infults upon, and Indignities offered to, the Court of 
Directors; tending to the Subverfion of our Authority 
over our Servants, and a Diffolution of all Order and 
good Government in the Company’s Affairs: To put 
an immediate Stop, therefore, to this Evil, we do po- 
fitively order and direét, that immediately upon the 
Receipt of this Letter, all thofe Perfons ftill remaining 
in the Company’s Service, who figned the faid Letter 
of the 29th December 1759; viz. Meffieurs Fobn Ze- 
phaniah Holwell, Charles Stafford Playdell, William 
Brightwell Sumner, and William M‘Guwire, be difmif- 
fed from the Company’s Service ; and you are to take 
Care that they be not permitted, on any Confider- 
ation, to continue in India, but that they are to be 
fent to England by the firft Ships which return Home 
the fame Seafon you receive this Letter. 


A?.F £2.53 3 is 
N° 12. 


Extract of Company’s General Letter to Bengal, 
1gth February 1766. 

102d Paragraph. The Copy of a Letter from Mr. 
John Zephaniah Holwell, dated in London, the 13th April 
1763, addrefled to Mr. Fobn Wollafton at Bengal, has 
been communicated to us, fignifying he had appoint- 
ed him his Attorney there, for receiving, on his Ac- 
count, the remaining Part of a Teep or Obligation Mr. 
Holwell has obtained from the Nabob (Cofim Ally 
Khan) for Two Lacks of Sicca Rupees, whereof he 
had received before his Departure Fifty thoufand, as a 
grateful Acknowlegement for the Friendfhip he had 
fhewn him, and cautioning Mr. Wollafton to ufe all 
his Prudence and Secrecy in the faid Tranfaction ; 
as were alfo the fubjoined Copies of a Letter, from Mr. 
James Aimyatt to Mr. Warren Haftings (then in. Bengal) 
dated the 2d of March, defiring to know what Aniwer 
fhould be given to Mr. Holwell, relative to the Obli- 
gation above mentioned, which had been left in Mr. 
Haftings’ Management, and of a Letter figned W. H. 
fuppofed to be from Mr. Haftings in Reply thereto, with- 
out Date, fignifying that he had received a Lack of 
Rupees, and accounted with him for it—Copies of 


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all which, in the Manner they were laid before us, we 


now tranfmit to you, for your further Information in 
this Affair. 


Letter from 7. Z. Holwell to Mt. Fobn Wollafton, 
dated 13th April 1763. 
Dear Sir, 

On my Attornies, Meffieurs Sumner and Smith, leav- 
ing Bengal, they delivered over to Meffieurs Hajtings 
and Lyon, my fucceeding Attornies, all my Affairs 
(with a clear Statement thereof, amounting in the Whole 
to 203486. 6. with all neceffary Extracts from my 
general Inftructions) from whom I have not fince fe- 
ceived any Remittances, the Godolphin not being yet im- 
ported with us.—To guard againft the Death or Ab- 
fence at Subordinates of Meffieurs Haftings and Lyon, I 
have thought it neceffary to appoint you my fucceed- 
ing Attorney in fuch Cafe, and enclofe you Powers for 
that Purpofe, which I requeft your ready Acceptance 
of, and fhall write to thofe Gentlemen accordingly.— 
Another Affair which will call for all your Prudence and 
Secrecy, it is needful I fhould impart to you: After I had 
refigned the Service, I had received from the Nabob a 
Teep or Obligation for Two Lacks Sicca, as a grate- 


- ful Acknowlegement for the Friendthip I had fhewn 


him.—Fifty thoufand or thereabouts was paid to me 
before my Departure—The Particulars Sunker and 
Wefton can furnifh you with,—The remaining Balance 
and the Teep I left to be recovered by Mr. Haftings, 
and under his fole and feparate Management, but have 
not heard one Syllable on the Subject fince I left him. 
—If you can by any Means acquire the Knowlege of 
his having made me any Remittances on this Account, 
I would not then have you fpeak to him about it, 
otherwife to requeft he would let you know what you 
fhould write to me on the Subject. 
Dear Sir, 
Your affeétionate Friend, and 

obedient Servant, 

F. Z. Holwell. 


London, 
Norfolk Street, 13th April 1763. 
To Mr. Fobn Wollafton. 


Letter from Mr. Amyatt to Mr. Haftings, and 
Mr. Haftings’ Anfwer thereto. 
To Warren Haftings, Efquire. 
SIR, 

The Packet being to be clofed To-morrow, I fhall 
be glad to know what Anfwer muft be given to Mr. 
Holwell concerning the Teep or Obligation that was 
given him by Cofim Alli Cawn, and was left by him un- 
der your Management.—The Particulars I mentioned 
to you fome Time ago. I am, 

SIR, 
Your moft obedient Servant, 
Fa‘ Amyatt, 


2d March. 


Mr. Haftings Anfwer to Mr. Sames Amyatt’s Letter. 
SIR, 

That I have received a Lack of Rupees, and ac- 
counted with him for it, which it is probable he knows 
already. 

I am 
Your moft humble Servant, 


W. H. 


Fort William, the 12th Fanuary 1761. 
Monday. 
At a Confultation ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident, 

Peter Amyatt, Efquire. 
Lieutenant Colonel Fobn Caillaud. 
William Ellis, Efquire. 
William B. Sumner, Efquire. 
Harry Smyth, Efquire. 
Samuel Waller, Eiquire. 
Culling Smith, Efguire. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


903 

Thé Goveérnor’s Minute: 

The Govefnor lays before the Board a Létter from 
the Nabob, received laft Night, with an Order on the 
Phouzedar.of Hugley, for 25,000 Rupees therein men- 
tioned, to be fent as a Prefent of Congratulation from 
the Nabob to the Governor, on the Occafion of the 
late Birth of his Son.—Mr. Vanjfittart declares himfelf 
equally fenfible of the Nabob’s Compliment; but as 
he rejected for himfelf, and the other Gentlemen of the 
Cominittee, all former Propofals of private Emolument, 
and has not to this Time received a fingle Rupee from 
him; fo neither will he, while there is a Difficulty re- 
maining with refpect either to the Company’s Balance, 
or the Arrears due to his own Troops.—He defires 
therefore, that the faid Sum of 25,000 R* may be re- 
ceived into the Company’s Treafury, in further Part 
Payment of the outftanding Balance, and he will fend 


up the Nabob’s Order to the Fouzdar of Hughley, for 
Payment of that Sum. 


Fort William, 8th Fanuary 1761. 
Thurfday. 
At a Confultation ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanjittart, Efquire, Prefident. 
Peter Amyatt, Efquire. 
William Ellis, Efquire. 
William Brightwell Sumner, Efquire. 
Harry Smyth, Efquire. 
Culling Smith, Efquire. 
Mr. Amyatt’s Minute concerning the Revolution. 
Mr. Amyatt takes this Opportunity to obferve, that 
he is of Opinion, the Reafons given for depofing of 
Faffier Aly Chan (for he can look upon it in no other 
Light) are far from being fufficient to convict him of 
Breach of Faith ; confequently in the Eyes of the World, 
the whole Odium of fuch a Proceeding muft retort upon 
ourfelves. The Cruelties of which he is accufed, muft to 
a civilized Government appear fhocking ; but in defpotic¢ 
ones, there are none entirely free from Inftances of this 
Kind, as their own Fears and Jealoufies are ever prompt- 
ing them to fuch unwarrantable Actions; and it is well 
known, that the prefent Nabob has already fallen into 
the fame Severities, as likewife, that he has fhewn 
Marks of Favour to thofe Minifters, who, we are told, 
“« faw with an evil Eye the Influence of the Company, 
“&lt; and readily fnatched at any Occafion to reduce it.” 
Meer Faffier’s being confirmed by the Court at Delby 
in the Subahfhip, was a very valuable Confideration, 
which ought not to have been overlooked, becaufe, 
whenever that diftraéted State is reftored to Peace and 
Tranquillity, he being legally in Poffeffion of the Govern- 
ment, would of Ccurfe be confirmed by the reignin 
King, without Hefitation,; whereas the obtaining fo 
great a Favour for Cofim Aly Khan muft be attended 
with both Difficulty and Expence. The Treaty fub- 
fifting between us and Cofim Aly Chan, plainly fhews, 
that his fole Aim, at the Time of entering into it, was 
the Subahdarry of Bengal, otherwife how ridiculous was 
it for him to make a Promife of ceding certain Coun- 
tries to the Company, which his Poft of Duan could 
never have given him the Power of executing. The 


- great Advantages expected to accrue from thefe Coun- 


tries, it is feared will prove merely imaginary, as it is 
now near Three Months fince their Revolution was 
effected ; and yet fo far from any Appearance of ex- 
tricating ourfelves from the Difficulties, as expected, 
we are involved in frefh Troubles every Day, which 
will not appear ftrange when we caft our Eyes upon 
the Perfon we have raifed to the Mufnud, whofe 
Charaéter was never confpicuous in any Light till 
lately, and whofe treacherous Behaviour to his Father- 
in-law leaves us very little Hope of his Attachment 
to our Intereft ; nor indeed can it be expected, that he 
will place any Confidence in us, who have affifted to 
dethrone a Man we were bound to fupport by the 
moft folemn Ties, divine and human; fuch a ate 

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of Faith muft neceffarily occafion the Lofs of our In- 
fluence in this Country, and bereave us of that Su- 
petiority which our fteady Adherence to our Promuife 
ever gave us over thefe People. For the above Rea- 
fons, Mr. Amyatt diffents to the whole Tranfa¢tion, and 
further declares, That he never was confulted nor ad- 
vited with concerning it, nor did he know that it was 
even intended, till public Report had informed him of 
its Execution. 
Mr. Eilis’s Minute. 

Mr. Ellis’s Sentiments with regard to the Revolu- 
tion, agree entirely with Mr. Amyati’s, and he diffents 
to it for the fame Reafons. 

Mr. Smyth’s Minute. 

Mr. Smyth is of the fame Opinion hkewife as 
Mr. Amyatt, as he has once already intimated to the 
Board. 


Letter to the honourable the Secret Committee, dated 
11th March 1762. 

To the honourable the Secret Committee, for 
Affairs of the honourable United Company 
of Merchants of England trading to the Eaf 
Indies. 

Honourable Sirs, 

1. It gives us.the greateft Concern to be obliged to ad- 
drefs you in the Manner we are now under the Neceffity 
of doing; but as we have publicly declared our Diffent 
from the laft Revolution in the Kingdom of Bengal, and 
expreffed our entire Difapprobation of the Meafures 
purfued confequent thereto ; it is our Duty to acquaint 
you with our Reafons for having differed in Opinion 
from the Gentlemen who were acceflary to that Revo- 
lution, leaft ill-minded People fhould reprefent our Op- 
pofition as a Faction, inftead of owing its Rife, as it 
really. does, to our ftricét Regard to what we think con- 
ducive to the Honour of our Country, and the Interefts 
of our Employers. Had the whole Board been confult- 
ed, we dare affert this Meafure would have been re- 
jected by the Majority ; and we humbly refer to you, 
whether the Opinion of every Member thereof ought 
not to have been taken by the Prefident, before he 
ventured upon fo bold a Step as the Subverfion of a 
Government. 

2. You were informed laft Year, of the furprifing Re- 
volution in Favour of Mir Mahammed Cofim Aly Chan, 
which would neceffarily be reprefented in the moft fa- 
vourable Light, by the Gentlemen who promoted it. 
But whatever Judgment you may have been led to en- 
tertain of the Meafure from their Account of it, we 
cannot but think you will judge as ill of it as we do, 
when you are truly informed of the Circumftances with 
which it was attended, the Manner in which it was 
executed, and the Steps that have been fince taken to 
fupport it; of thefe we will give you as fucciné an 
Account as poffible. 

3. At a Time when there was not the leaft Appearance 
of a Rupture or Difguft between us and the Nabob 
Jaffer Aly Cawn, on. the contrary, a Friendfhip and 
Harmony fubfifted, Mir Cofim Chan, his Son in Law, 
came down to Calcutta on fome Pretence or other to 
vifit Mr. Vanfittart , and having ftaid a fhort Time, he 
returned to Moorfhedabad. A’ few Days after Mir 
Cofim’s Departure, Mr. Vanfittart went up to Moor- 
Soedabad on the Pretence of a Vifit to the Nabob; Co- 
lonel Caillaud, with a Party of Two hundred Euro- 
peans, and fome Sepoys, attended him, who, to remove 
the Sufpicion which fuch a Force would have necefia- 
rily occafioned, it was pretended were going up to 
Patna to reinforce the Army there. When Mr. Vaa- 
fittart arrived at Moradbaug, the Nabob paid him Two 
Vilits, at the laft of which Mr. Van/fittart, without 
any previous Notice of his Intentions, gave him. the 
Three Letters. mentioned in Confultation of the 10th 
November 1760, of which Copies have been tranfmitted 
you. The Abruptnefs with which thefe Letters weve 


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prefented him, one clofe upon the other, and the 
unexpected Propofals contained in them, terrified the 
Nabob, and he was entirely at a Lofs how to aét, but 
defired Time to confider on what was to be done. 
Mr. Vanfittart feeing his Perplexity, ftrongly infifted 
on his immediately naming fome Perfon from among 
his Relations to take Charge of the Subahfhip, and very 
particularly recommended Cofim Aly Chan, who was 
fent for, and the Nabob was defired to ftay till he came ; 
but Cofim Aly Chan delayed fo long, and the Nabob 
was in fuch Anxiety of Mind, and fo defirous to be 
releafed from the Vifit, being greatly fatigued, that 
Mr. Van/ittart was obliged, in order to faye Appear- 
ances, to fuffer his Departure to the Palace, after hav- 
ing detained him much longer than his Inclination : 
That Night and the Day following pafied in concerting 
Meafures with Cofim Aly Chan, how to put in Execu- 
tion the Plan before agreed on in Calcutta; a Treaty 
having been figned for this Purpofe in September 1760, 
while Cofim Aly Chan was down here: In Confequence 
of thefe Deliberations, our Troops clandeftinely crofied 
the River the next Night, under Colonel Casllaud, 
and being joined by Cofim Aly Chan and his Party, 
furrounded the Nabob’s Palace: A Letter from Mr. 
Vanfittart was fent in to the Nabob, demanding his 
immediate Compliance with what had been propofed 
to him; to which the Nabob returned for Aniwer, 
“* That fuch Ufage was what he never expected from 
“the Englifh; that whilft a Force was at his Gates he 
*¢ would enter into no Terms, and that it was his Defire, 
“our Troops might be returned to Moradbaug.” A Mef- 
fage was then fent in, informing the Nabob, that if he 
did not directly comply, they fhould be obliged to 
ftorm the Palace. Aftonithed and terrified by this Me- 
nace, he opened the Gates, exclaiming, ‘* That he was 
“ betrayed ; that the Englif&gt; were guilty of Perjury and 
‘© Breach of Faith; that he perceived their Defigns againft 
*‘ his Government ; that he had Friends enough to ha- 
“ zard at leaftOne Battle in his Defence , but although no 
“ Oaths were facred enough to bind the Exglifh, yet as 
“ he had fworn to be their faithful Friend, he would 
* never fwerve from his Engagement, and rather fuffer 
** Death than draw his Sword againit them.” So fufpi- 
cious was he of being fold, that “ he defired to know 
“* what Sum of Money Cefim Aly Chen was to give for 
“* the Subahfhip, and he would give Half as much more 
** to be continued : He hoped however, if they intended 
“to dethrone him, they would not leave him to the 
** Mercy of his Son-in-law, from whom he feared the 
“ worft, but rather wifhed they would carry him 
“from the City, and give him a Place of Safety in 
“ Calcutta.” This lait Requeft of the Nabob’s, the Et. 
fect of his Fear and Detfpair, was immediately laid hold 
of, and conftrued in the Light of a voluntary Refigna- 
tion. Accordingly our Troops took Pofleffion of the 
Palace, Mir Coffim Chan was raifed to the Mufnud, 
and the old Nabob was hurried into a Boat, with a 
few of his Women and Neceffaries, and fent away to 
Calcutta in a Manner wholly unworthy of the high 
Rank he had fo lately held, as is alfo the fcanty Sub- 
fiitence allowed him here by his Succeffor. 

4. Thus was faffier Aly Chan depofed, in Breach of 
a Treaty founded upon the moft folemn Oaths, and in 
Violation of the national Faith; a Prince of whofe 
Friendfhip and Attachment you have had many fignal 
Proofs, in whofe Caufe our Arms have with much 
Honour been employed, and by a firm Adherence to 
whom the Englifh had acquired throughout the whole . 
Country, fo univerfal a Character of Fidelity and Con- 
ftancy, that the moft perfect Confidence was placed by 
the Natives in them. 

5. The Advantages to be reaped by the Company 
from the Revolution were the Grant of the Zemydar- 
ries of Burdwan, Midnapoor, and Chittagong, the Pay- 
ment of the Balance due from Nabob Jaffer Aly Chan, 
with a Prefent of Five Laack of ,Rupees from Cofim 

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Aly Chan, towards deftaying the Expences of the War 
againft the French on the Coaft ot Choromandel ; of 
thefe Mr. Vanfittart on his Return to Calcutta, ac- 
quainted the Board, and at the fame Time, in Juftifi- 
cation of his Proceedings, laid before them a Memo- 
rial; Copies whereof were tranfmitted to you by the 
Ships of the laft Seafon. 

6. This Memorial is introduced with a Lift of Crimes 
laid’ to Faffier Aly Chan’s Charge, which to thofe un- 
acquainted with the Eattern Governments will appear 
deterving of the higheft Refentment from a civilized 
Nation; yet fuch is the State of Politics in every 
Afiatic Court, that through the Apprehenfions of the 
Sovereign, and the Intrigues and Artifices of the great 
Men about him, Inftances of Cruelty and Opprefiion 
are but too frequent; and even the moft beloved among 
them are too much to be taxed with committing, orat leaft 
conniving at, Acts of Violence ; but it fhould be confi- 
dered that many of thefe are done by Perfons in Power 
without their Knowlege, and that as there are no re- 
gular Punifhments for Criminals of Station, and who 
may be fo powerful that it would be dangerous pro- 
ceeding openly againft them, Recourfe is often had to 
the Dagger or Poifon to punifh the guilty. This gwas 
the Cafe in moft of the Inftances alleged againft Jaffer 
Aly Chan, none of which fhew greater Proofs of Cruelty 
than that which Cofim Aly Chan ditcovered ; when being 
in Poffeffion of the Palace, he was defirous. of mak- 
ing the firft Act of his Power the Affaffination of Faffer 
Aly Chan therein, and was very much difpleafed when 
he found we intended to give him Protection at Cal- 
eutta. Since his Acceffion to the Subadarree, we could 
produce to you numberlefs Inftances of his Extortions 
and Cruelties, but that it wouldrun us into an exorbitant 
Length; and he feems to have made the more immediate 
Objects of his ill Ufage, thofe who had been the moft 
avowed Friends of the Engl. We thall only par- 
ticularize Rammnarain, whom he difpoffefled of the 


Naibfhip of Patna, in which it was always thought. 


found Policy in us to fupport him, on Account of 
his approved Faith ; and he now keeps him in Irons 
till he has been fleeced to the utmoft, when there is no 
Doubt he will be difpatched ; moft, if not all thofe, 
who efpoufed the Englifh Intereft, have been laid under 
the heavieft Contributions, and many have died under 
the Force of the Torture to exaét Money from them ; 
others have been either bafely murthered, or (which is a 
common Practice amongft Gentogs) ainable to furvive the 
Lofs of Honour, have made away with themfelves. 

7. It is infinuated in the Memorial that the 
Nabob’s Avarice and Cruelty had made him the Detef- 
tation of all good Men, and that he was in the Hands of 
bad Minitters, under whofe Mal Adminiftration the Coun- 
try was greatly oppreffed ; as an Inftance whereof, the 
Scarcity of Grain at the City is produced, To thefe 
Minifters are afcribed the great Difficulties the Nabob 
laboured under for Want of Money to anfwer the Ex- 
pences of the Government, and to pay the Army, ren- 
dered mutinous for Want of their Arrears; befides 
which inteftine Danger, the Provinces were threatened 
an Invafion by the Shahzadah with a powerful Army, 
and feveral of the Rajahs and Zemyndars were on the 
Point of revolting: To encounter all which there was 
nothing but a*difaffected Army; Mr. Vanfttart ap- 
peals to every By-ftander for the Truth of thefe Facts, 
and of the imminent Peril to which the Country was 
expofed ; he declares his Intentions were only to remove 
the bad Minifters; for which Purpofe he carried up 
with him the Party of Europeans and Sepoys: He 
proceeds to fet forth the Manner in which the old Na- 
bob was removed from the Government, and Cofim 
ly Chan raifed. He fays, People in general were 
pleafed with the Revolution, and makes a Merit of its 
being effected without the leaft Difturbance in the 
City, or a Drop of Blood fpilt. He concludes, with 
reprefenting the Anxiety the Nabob exprefied to get 
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from the City through Fear of Cofim Aly Chan; and 
obierves, that he appeared pretty eafy and reconciled 
to the Lois of his Power, which he owned to be rather 
a Burthen than a Pleafure, and too much for his 
Abilities to manage fince the Death of his Son; and 
that the Enjoyment of the reft of his Days in Security; 
under the Englifh Protection, feemed to be the chief 
Obje&amp; of his Withes. : 

8. It is very natural for any Perfon who takes an 
uncommon Step, to endeavour to vindicate himfelf by 
the moft fpecious Arguments and the moft plaviible 
Reafoning he can devite, and nothing lefs could be ex- 
pected from Mr. Vanfittart, after having brought about 
fo unprecedented a Revolution. He has teld his Story 
with all the Aggravations the Nature of it would ad- 
mit; notwithftanding which, we do not imagine the 
Reafons he has given in Support of fo violent a Mea- 
fure, will prove fatisfa¢tery to the World, He takes 
great Pains to blacken Mir Faffer’s Character, in order 
to prejudice Mens Minds againit him, and lays great 
Strefs upon the Scarcity of Grain in the City; but we 
apprehend Mr. Vanfttart does not judge fo harfhly from 
that Circumftance, after what he has himfelf experienced 
laft Year; for, notwithftanding all the Care we are 
not to doubt he has taken, Grain was never known 
fo fcarce in Calcutta before, infomuch that Numbers 
daily perithed, ‘ 

g. Want of Money was the great Difficulty the 
Nabob laboured under; but this did not proceed from 
any Fault of his; but from the diftra¢ted State in which 
the Country had been ever fince Colonel Ciive’s De- 
parture; fo that a very fmall Part of the Revenues 
came into his Treafury; the Burdwan znd Nuddea 
Countries were affigned over to the Company for the 
Payment of the Nabob’s Debt; Midnapoor, the Fron- 
tier to the South Weft, was over-run by the Morattas, 
Beerboon, and other Zamyndarries, with the Province 
of Purnea, under Kuddum Huffien Chan, were affected 
towards the Shahzadah, who had under Contribution 
the whole Province of Bahar, except the City of Patna; 
and a {mall Diftrict around it. Chittagong, the Eaftern 
Barrier; did little more than defend itfelf againft the 
Ineurfions of the Muggs, Inhabitants of Arracan, who 
ufed every Year to come into Bengal for Plunder: 
There remained only the Dacca Province ; the Diftriéts 
round Morfbedabad; the Radfhy and Dinagepoor Coun- 
tries, to fupply them immenfe Expence of the War ; 
and here lay the Nabob’s Diftrefs, that with che Fourth 
Part, if fo much, of the accuftomed Revenues, he was 
obliged to maintain an Army greater than any Nabob 
did before him, and the Exglj/b Army was not the leaft 
confiderable Part of the Burthen ; for trufting moft to 
them, he paid them Firft, which Preference was. the 
Caufe of Difcontent to the Country Troops: And 
tho’ the Force we had in the Field againft an Enemy 
whom Colonel Clive had but a very fhort Time before 
drove out of the Country, far exceeded thofe the 
Colonel had with him, yet no material Advantage 
was gained over them, but the Country was over-run, 
and ravaged by them; and by frequent Marches and 
Countermarches, our own Armies became as deftructive 
as thofe of the Invaders. No Wonder then at the pe- 
rilous Condition, to which Mir Faffier was reduced, to 
extricate him from which it behoved us to exert our 
utmoft Abilities ; inftead whereof he was treated with 
the greateft Indignity by us, and bafely turned out of 
his Government. 

10. To remove bad Counfellors from a Prince is 
certainly meritorious, but it does not feem to us that 
any Thing was ever defigned againft the Nabob’s Mi- 
nifters ; on the contrary, that the fole Intention was to 
difplace the Nabob himfelf, is pretty evident, by the 
Treaty before mentioned made in Calcutta, Had there 
been the leaft Attempt to convince him in a friendly 
Manner of any Errors in his Adminiftration, or of the 
Neceffity of difmiffing from his Prefence thofe who ill 

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advifed him, it is not to be doubted he would have 
hearkened to Reafon: ‘That he was not obftinate againft 
good Advice, may be concluded from the extraordina- 
ry Influence which Colonel Clive had over him ; in 
Proof whereof we need only call to Mind how violently 
he was incenfed againft Rajah Ramnarain, and Roy- 
dulub , yet the Colonel, by gentle Methods, without 


having Recourfe to any other Force than that of Per-, 


fuafion, perfectly reconciled him to the former, and 
obtained his Permiffion for the latter to refide at Cal- 
cutt¢, and bring thither with him. his Family and 
Effects. 

11. The People in general, very far from being 
pleafed with the Revolution (as alleged ih the Memo- 
rial) were extremely diffatisfied thereat. Had Cofim Aly 
Chan been before in Efteem among them, or pofiefied 
any Share of Influence or Power, they might per- 
haps have overlooked the Circumftance of his Rife, 
and a Series of popular Actions might in Time ‘have 
reconciled them to the Ufurpation, but he was de- 
fpifed and difliked before he came to the Mufnud, and 
his Belaviour fince, has been fo oppreffive and tyran- 
nical, that it could not fail confirming the public 
Hatred of him. 

12. The little Difturbance at Morfbedabad upon the 
Occafion proceeded from the Apprehenfions all De- 
grees of People were under from fo large a Force be- 
ing brought into the City in the Dead of Night; and 
Mir Faffier, no Way fufpicious of the Faith of the 
Englifh, had taken no Precautions for his own Security : 
Such is the Superiority of our Arms, and fo great 
the Dread of our Forces in this Country, that had 
we gone openly to work, we fhould have met with 
little or no Difficulty, which renders our having pro- 
ceeded by Stealth and Treachery, the more inexcufa- 
ble ; and we are truly forry to have Occafion to ob- 
ferve, that the Means by which this Meafure was 
brought about, have thrown an indelible Stain upon 
our national Character, and injured us as much in 
the Opinion of the Natives, as it has of all the Euro- 
pean Colonies in this Part of the World. 

t3. It is afferted in the Memorial, That Mir afer 
was eafy under the Lofs of his Power, which he is faid 
to have owned to have been rather a Barthen to him ; 
but it is evident, on the contrary, from his Declarations 
fince, and his Letters to the Company and Colonel 
Clive, that he was very unwilling to part with his Govern- 
ment, and that he greatly rearets the Deprivation of it. 
He was necefiitated indeed to fubmit; and in Hopes 
of being redreffed fome Time or other by the Com- 
pany, judging that fuch a Step could never be ap- 
proved of at Home, he very wifely chofe, rather 
than truft himfelf with his Son in Law, to wait pa- 
tiently for that Redrefs in Safety at Calcutta: So far 
he might appear refigned to his Fate; yet this can 
never be conftrued as an Abdication of his Government, 
tho’ it has been induftrioufly endeavoured to make the 
World look upon it in that Light. 

14. We have now, honourable Sirs, laid before you 
a true Account of the Revolution. The Projectors 
perhaps thought the Advantages it was to bring the 
Company would be a fufficient Attonement for the 
Meafure, and enfure them the Approbation of their 
Matters. It is true the Company have a confiderable 
Addition of Territory, and do now receive a large 
yearly Revenue; but as great, if not greater, Advan- 
tages might have been procured by more honourable 
Means; and the prefent tranquil State of the Coun- 
try, which fecures to the Company, as well as the 
Nabob, the: full Enjoyment of their Revenues, is not 
the Effect of Mir Cofim Chan’s Nabobfhip, but of an 
Event which would equally have happened had Faffer 
Aly Chan been continued on the Mufnud, as can be 
eafily made to appear. 

15. Soon after Cofim Aly Chan was. fixed ‘in the 
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with the Zemyndaries: of Burdwan, Midnapoor, and 
Chittagong, and only nominaliy, for our firft Demands 
upon the Two former of thefe, for the Payment of 
the Revenues, were refufed. _ 

16. So bad an Impreffion of us did thé Revolution 
create in the Mifids of the Country People, that the 
Burdwan Rajah, who; in Faffier Aly Chan’s Time; 
had often expreffed his earneft Defiré that the Com- 
pany might continue to colleét the Revenues of his 
Diftriét; as they had all along done on Account of the 
Tunckaws, and that they would procure the Zemyn- 
darrie for themfelves from the Nabob; yet after the 
Breach of our Faith to thé old’ Nabob, toncluding 
no Reliance was to be placed of our Engagements, he 
immediately flew off from his former Declarations, 
and inftead of acquiefcing under our Government, he 
began to aét in open Rebellion; he ftoppéd our Trade, 
raifed a large Force, invited the Morattas into his 
Country, withheld the Payment of his Revenues, and 
acting in Conjunction with the Beerboon Rajah, hé 
efpoufed the Caufe- of the Shahzadah, with whom he 
entered into Correfpondence. 

17. Several other Zamyndars, who had remained 
quiet whilft Faffer Aly Chan was Nabob, now find- 
ing the Government overfet, thought themfelves at 
Liberty to withdraw their Allegiance, and would not 
acknowlege Mir Cofim, but joined the Shahzadah, 
whofe Party by thefe frequent Defeéctions was ftrength- 
ened with Supplies, both of Troops and Money, and 
whofe Followers were greatly encouraged by his hav- 
ing been able to maintain his Ground, and continue 
in jour Dominions, the whole preceding Campaign, in 
Defiance of the Englifh Army. 

18. The Nabob’s Troops were rendered quite mu- 
tinous by the News of the Revolution ; they declared 
they knew nothing of Cofim Aly Chan, and that now 
they had loft their old Mafter, they were without 
Hopes of being paid any Part of the immenfe Arrears 
due to them, and nothing lefs than the extraordinary 
Affiduity and Influence of Mr. Amyatt, who was then 
Chief at Patna, could have prevented them from pro- 
ceeding to Extremities. 

19. In this Situation were Things when Colonel 
Caillaud \eft Patna, and Major Carnac received the 
Command of the Army from him: The Major faw it 
was impoffible for the Country to fupport itfelf againft 
fuch a Combination of Difficulties, and that if a de- 
cifive Blow was not foon ftruck, the Shah could not 
fail to have immediate Poffeffion of all: He therefore 
determined to bring the Prince to an Aétion as fpee- 
dily as poffible; and after fecuring Patna by a Gari- 
fon, to prevent its being plundered by that Rabble 
of Troops, whofe Duty it was to defend it, he pufhed 
on with the Englifh Army as faft as he could toward 
the Prince. He came up -with him Three Days 
March from the City, the Confequence of which 
brought on an Action, wherein he gained a complete 
Victory, and reduced the Shah in a few Days after 
to the Neceffity of putting himfelf under the Pro- 
tection of the Englifh. The Major’s Succefs, as it 
put an End to the Hopes of all the rebellious Rajahs 
and Zamyndars, fo it at once quelled all Commotions, 
and eftablifhed the fo long wifhed for Tranquillity in 
the Country; and the different Provinces were now 
brought into Order, and rendered in a Condition to pay 
their refpective Revenues ; the Nabob’s Treafury was 
enriched, and he was enabled to difcharge the Arrears 
of his Army, and to advance the Money he had en+ 
gaged to pay the Company. 

20. Whatever Merit there is then in the prefent 
Tranquillity, is to be afcribed to our Succefs againft 
the Prince, which, by putting an End to the War 
in the Country, reduced it to a State of perfect Obe- 
dience ; and as all the old Nabob’s Difficulties pro- 
ceeded from his Dominions being the Seat of War, and 
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is not the leaft Doubt, had our Arms met with the fame 
Succefs during his Government, but that he would 
have extricated himfelf with equal Eafe. 

21. After what has been fet forth, we believe few 
will imagine that Mir Faffer was depofed by Reafon 
either of a Want of Ability to rule, or of his bad 
Principles. We would willingly indeed fuppofe that it 
proceeded rather from the Want of a true Knowlege of 
the Country Policy, and from an Error of Judgment, 
than from lucrative Views, had not Mr. Vanfittart, and 
others of the Projectors, made no Secret that there was 
a Prefent promifed them by Coffm Aly Chan, of Twen- 
ty Laack: *Tis true they make a Merit that this was 
not to be delivered till the Company’s Debt was paid, 
and his Army fatisfied. We have to obferve on this 
Occalion, that feveral of us have had Offers from the 
Nabob of very confiderable Sums to join in his Mea- 
fures, which we have conftantly made public, as well 
as refufed ; and if we, who have always oppofed_thofe 
Meafures, have been thus tried with pecuniary Tempta- 
tions, what may be concluded of thofe Gentlemen, who 
have fupported the Nabob on every Occafion ? 

22. If the Nabob had purchafed the Power he is 
invefted with, it is to be expected he will of courfe 
make the moft of it, by extorting Money from his 
Subjects, and oppreffing every Province as much as 
he can; and as the Fate of Faffier Aly Chan mutt have 
convinced him how little we regard the moft facred 
Engagements, he will of Neceffity endeavour to efta- 
blith himfelf on a Foundation lefs precarious than the 
Friendfhip of the Englifh. That he already begins to 
do fo is evident from his ftill encreafing the Number 
of his Troops (notwithftanding the prefent Tranquil- 
lity) and to render them the more formidable, he is 
arming and difciplining as many Sepoys as he can procure 
in the European Manner ; and to fecure himfelf as much 
as poffible from us, efteeming his Capital, Mor/bedabad, 
(the Scene @f his Predeceffor’s Fall) too near our Set- 
tlements, he is about erecting a large Fort at Rajab- 
maul, which he propofes to make his Place of Refidence, 
where he hopes to be out of our Reach. 

23. When any Member of the Board fuggefts that 
the Nabob’s Behaviour argues a Sufpicion of us, for 
that if he really confided in, and fincerely regarded, 
us, he would not put himfelf to the unneceffary Ex- 
pence of keeping fo large an Army in Pay, nor treat 
fa ill thofe who are avowedly our Friends; it is re- 
plied, “ The Nabob is Mafter of his Country, and be- 
‘&lt; ing independent of us, is at Liberty to rule and aét 

«¢ as he pleafes.” But furely Cofim Aly Chan cannot be 
more fo than his Predeceffor was ; and if it be true that 
the Nabob of Bengal is independent of the Engiifh, 
and Mafter of his own Actions, how can the Gen- 
tlemen juftify their Proceedings againft Mir Faffer, 
whom they called to fo fevere an Account for the 
Adminiftration of his own Government as to depofe 
him, though he had not been guilty of any Offence 
to our Nation, nor ever deviated from his Treaty ? 

24. Inftead of checking the overgrowing Power of 
the prefent Nabob, it is daily promoted; and he has 
even the abfolute Command of our Army at Patna; 
the Chief there having Directions to let him have 
what Number of our Troops he pleafes to demand, 
without being allowed to judge of the Nature of the 
Service for which they are demanded. This you will 
obferve, honourable Sirs, in the Inftruétions given 
to Mr. Ells, dated the 22d September laft, and in 
the Confultation of the fame Day, where fome of 
our Opinions on that Procedure are entered.——We 
cannot help expreffing how much we fear, that an ill 
Ule will be made, by him, of this Power over our 
Forces, and that they will; fooner or later, be em- 
ployed for fuch Purpofes, as will render us more 
odious to the whole Country, bring greater Difcre- 
dit upon out Arms, and reflect farther Difhonour upon 
our Nation. 


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25. Notwithftanding this zealous Attachment to 
Coffim Aly Chan, there can be no Reafon to hope he 
will a€t the Part of a faithful Ally towards us : What 
Depéndance can be had on a Perfon who {fo readily 
entered into the Scheme of depofifig; not only his 
lawful Mafter, but his Patron, under whofe imme- 
diate Care he was brought up; who fhewed fo muclt 
Difloyalty to his natural Sovereign, the King of Hin- 
doftan, as to evade even acknowleging him, till he 
was in a Manner obliged to it by our zepeated De- 
fires, and who betrays a continual Diftruit of thofe 
who have appeared any Way attached to ts? 

26. The Nabob’s undutiful Behaviour to the King, 
proceeded in great Meafure from his Jealoufy of thé 
Regard we profeffed fer him, and his Fears that 
we fhould reduce his Authority, by fubjecting the 
Subahfhip to its primitive Dependency on the Mogul, 
and obliging him to pay the Royal Revenues: He 
therefore fet every Engine to work to create a Rup- 
ture between us; he endeavoured to make the King 
uneafy; and to inftill Notions into him, of his being 
in Danger from us, in order to get him out of the 
Country ; he excited a Mutiny in the King’s Camp, 
which, had it not been for the timely Affiftance fent 
by Major Cernac,; might have proved fatal to his 
Majefty ; he repeatedly urged Mr. Vanfittart to dif- 
mifs him, and forged Letters to himielf and the Pre- 
fident, as from thé King, complaining of being forcibly 
detained by the Major, and expreffing his Anxiety 
in not being allowed to leave the Country: That 
thefe Letters were forged, his Majefty hath folemnly 
declared by an Atteitation under his own Hand, and 
teftified his Abhorrence of fo infamous a Proceeding. 
The Nabob-. however at laft fo far prevailed, by 
Corruption, and intriguing with fome of the Cour- 
tiers, as to bring about what he had fo much at 
Heart; the King’s being fent away without receiving 
any Affiftarice from us, or being paid any Part of 
the Revenues of this Subahfhip. This rébellious Beha- 
viour of the Nabob juftly incenfed the King, whe 
declared that he would not fuffer him to continue in 
his Subahfhip, whenever he had Power fufficient to 
prevent it. 

27. His Majefty, before his Departure, gave the 
moft unqueftionable Proof of his Hatred to Cofim 
Aly Chan, and of his Efteem for the Englifb, by the 
voluntary Offer he made them of the Dewanny of 
Bengal. This Poft is the Collection of the Revenues 
of all the Provinces fubjeét to the Nabob, which are 
to be accounted for with the Court of Delby. Ie 
differs from the Subadarree; the latter being the 
Command of the Troops, and the Charge of the 
JurifdiGtion in the Provinces; the Expences whereof 
are paid out of the Revenues by the Dewan. It. 
was formerly a feparate Office, but the Nabobs of 
Bengal, taking Advantage of the late Commotions in 
the Empire, have affumed it to themfelves: From 
the Nature of the Office it is evident that the 
King, diftrufting the Nabob, intended that we fhould 
be a Check upon him, and be anfwerable for the 
Revenues, no Account of which he could get from 
Caffim Aly Ghan, who detained them for his own 
Ute. This Appointment would have brought the 
Company about Fifteen Laacks Yearly; exclufive of 
the Lands of Burdwan; Midnapoor, and Chittagong; 
which his Majefty alfo offered to confirm to thetn, 
and to eftablifh their Intereft and Influence, fot onl 
in thefe Provinces, but as far as the City of Delby 
itfelf; to which Placé our Commerce might then, 
with the utmoft Safety, have been extended. 

28. It is hard to conceive, why fo honourable and. 
advantageous an Offer fhould be rejected: It is alleged, 
it would be the Source of continual Difputes between 
us and the Nabob, and occafion too great a Diminution 
of his Power; but furely this Confideration, admitting 
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the Honour and Interefts of the Company, which 
would be greatly promoted by fuch an Appointment : 
What renders this Refufal the more extraordinary, is, 
that it is well known, Application was made to the 
King, foon after Mr. Vanfittart’s Arrival, in Faffier Aly 
Chan’s Time, for the Sunads or Grants of the Province 
of Bengal, which were a¢tually drawn out to be fent to 
us ; but the Revolution, in Favour of Cofim Aly Chan, 
taking Place in the Interim, an entire Stop was put to 
the Negociation. 

29. The Nabob was fo inveterate againft all thofe 
Natives, who were known to be in our Intereft, that 
he ufed his utmoft Endeavours to prevail on Colonel 
Coote and Major Carnac, to confent to his proceeding 
to the moft unjuftifiable Severities againft them, parti- 
cularly againft Rajah Ramnarain; having offered the 
Colonel Five Laack of Rupees, provided he would 
concur in the Deftruétion of that unhappy Man, who 
has fince been given up to him by the Board; the 
Colonel’s Refufal of this Money, we are well convinced, 
was the Motive of his (the Nabob’s) unjuft Sufpicion 
or Refentment againft him, which appears not only 
by the Colonel’s Letters, on the Face of the Proceed- 
ings of the Board, but alfo by Cofim Aly Chan’s own 
Declaration to him, that he could not be his Friend 
unlefs he received his Prefent. 

30. The fame Spirit of Refentment which actuated 
the Nabob againft Colonel Coote, was equally ftrong 
againft Major Carnac, whom he alfo endeavoured to 
buy over, to ferve his Ends, but in vain. The Nabob 
faw, with a jealous Eye, the many diftinguifhing Marks 
of Favour the King conferred on him, and would fain 
have made a Breach between them; which not being 
able to effect, he wrote feveral Letters of Complaint 
againft him to the Prefident, who, from Prejudice, 
was too much inclined to believe them, and fought all 
Opportunities of blaming his Conduct at the Board, 
and of putting the worft Conftruction upon all his 
Endeavours for the Public Service, of which many 
Inftances could be produced. 

31. A flagrant Injuftice was done Major Carnac, in 
calling him away from Patna, when the Detachment 
ftill left there was large enough to render it a Com- 
mand adequate to his Rank, and where he might have 
been of Service ; whereas his Prefence was unneceffary 
at Calcutta, as the Colonel was going down. 

32. A very fignal Infult, offered by Coffm Aly Chan 
to the Englifb Nation, was the intercepting, by his 
Order, a Letter which Major Carnac, when command- 
ing the Army, had wrote to the King, which the Nabob 
opened, and fent to the Prefident. This Letter, with 
others from the Nabob, was minuted in Confultation of 
the sth Auguft, and it was infinuated to contain Proof 
of ‘a Plot concerted between the Colonel, Major Ram. 
narain, and Shitabray, to create a frefh Revolution, 
Much Pains were taken to find out myfterious Mean- 
ings in the Letter, and Hints were thrown out to pre- 
poffefs the Board, that fuch a Combination was a¢tually 
on Foot; however, after the clofeft Scrutiny into the 
Letter, and the ftricteft Examination of Shitabray, who 
was called down from Patna for that Purpofe, the 
Board gave it unanimoufly as their Opinion, that there 
were not the leaft Grounds to fuppofe any fuch Combi- 
nation ; the Ridicule whereof was fo confpicuous, that 
we do not imagine even thofe, who fo ferioufly promoted 
the Enquiry, could ever have believed it, 

33. The material Part of this Letter related to an 
Application which the Major (by Colonel Coote’s Direc- 
tions) made to the King, to be put in Poffeffion of 
fome Fort in Shujab Dowla’s Country, upon the Gan- 
ges; which, had our Troops attended his Majefty, as 
we muft have marched through Shujab Dowla’s Territo- 
ries, would have been abfolutely neceffary for a Place of 
Arms, and to keep up our Communication: The 
Stopping fuch a Letter, or indeed any one, from a 
Perfon in fo public a Character as the Major then was, 


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might be of the moft fatal Confequence, was alfo a 
public Affront, and one that never was before offered 
by any Nabob; yet no Satisfaction has ever been ob- 
tained from him, although wrote to fo publicly on that 
Head. | 

34. You will now, honourable Sirs, be able to com- 

pare the prefent, with the preceding Government ; fo 
momentous a Step, as fubverting the former one, we 
conceive, ought not to have been undertaken till after 
the moft mature Deliberation, and from a thorough 
Knowlege of the Country, its Connections, and Inte- 
refts ; but this was far from being the Cafe; Mr. Van- 
fittart had only been Three Months in Bengal, and in 
fo fhort a Space of Time, can hardly be fuppofed to have 
acquired fo perfeét a Knowlege of Matters as to be 
able to determine, that it was abfolutely neceflary to 
annul a Treaty, which had been ratified in the moft 
folemn Manner by Admiral Watfon and Colonel Clive, 
together with a regularly authorized Select Committee, 
guaranteed by the Credit of the Company, and the 
Honour of the Nation, 

35. The Gentlemen who were the Promoters of this 
Revolution, have coincided remarkably in each others 
Opinion during the laft Year’s Confultations ; in Return, 
the Prefident has not failed to fhew them Partiality, of 
which we will give you a remarkable Inftance : Not- 
withftanding in your Letter to this Prefidency, dated 
aift Fanuary 1761, you were pleafed, in the moft pofi- 
tive Terms, to order the Difmiffion of Mefits. Sumner, 
Playdell, and Mac Gwire, yet on the roth Augu/t, when, 
in Confequence of Mac Gwire’s Difmiffion, Mr. Ellis 
was appointed Chief at Patna, Mr. Vanfittart propofed 
in Council, that Mr. Mac Gwire fhould remain in the 
Chieffhip till Mr. £/is’s Arrival, which could not be 
effected in lefs than Two Months; the Queftion was 
abfolutely put to the Board, but carried in the Negative, 
the other Gentlemen not chufing to be guilty of fo 
glaring a Deviation from their Mafters Orders; and 
at Mr. Vanfittart’s Defire, this Propofal of his own was 
not entered on the Face of that Confultation. Here it 
will be neceffary alfo to obferve, that Mr. Holwell, after 
the honourable Company had fhewn him fo plain a 
Mark of their Difpleafure, as to remove him from the 
Chair to Seventh in Council, at firft wavered whether 
to continue in the Service or not, till (as he declared) 
he had a private Conference with Mr. Vanfittart, ‘after 
which he remained in both Council and Select Commit- 
tee, till the very Day on which Mr. Vanfittart took 
Leave of the Board to proceed to Morfhedabad, in 
order to execute the Plan which had been formed; and 
then Mr. Holwell refigned. 

36. The Armenian Minifters of the Revolution, 
Cojab Petruce, and Cojab Gregory, are in the highett 
Degree of Favour with the Nabob and his Adhe- 
rents ; the former refides in Calcutta, retained by Cofim 
Aly Chan, a known Spy upon every Tranfa¢tion of the 
Englifh , of which he never fails to give his Mafter 
the moft regular Intelligence, as was too apparent 
to both Colonel Coote and Major Carnac, when they 
were at Patna. The latter of thefe Armenians has Potts 
of the greateft Truft near the Nabob’s Perfon; and 
through the Means of thefe Men, the Armenians in 
general are fetting up an independent Footing in the 
Country, are carrying on a Trade greatly detrimen- 
tal to our Inveftments in all Parts, and commit daily 
Aé&amp;ts of Violence, which reflect no {mall Odium on 
the Englifb, who are fuppofed to encourage their 
Proceedings. 

37. It is this Syftem of Adminiftration, which we 
have conftantly oppofed, as thinking your Affairs 
could not poffibly profper under it; and you will 
now be able to account for the many Differences at 
the Board, which will appear through the Courfe of 
our Confultations, and which will doubtlefs furprize 
you till the real Caufe is known; as we have hither- 
to denied our Affents to Meafures, becaufe we deem- 

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ed them contrary to your Intérefts, though the adopting 
them would have turned out greatly to our private 
Emoluments, fo you may reft affured it fhall ever 
continue an invariable Maxim with us to make your 
Honour and Advantage the fole Object of our At- 
tention. 

38. You have been acquainted, honourable Sirs, 
that the King has applied for our Affiftance to fettle 
him on the Throne, and to recover fuch Parts of 
his Territories as are ftill in the Hands of Rebels. 
It is our Opinion that we have Troops enough to 
form an Army for the Enterprize; and as we have 
no European Enemy to fear, the Forces requifite for 
this Service can, without Danger, be fpared. The 
Nabob’s large Army, which is now a Burthen upon 
the Provinces, and only kept up to fcreen him from 
the King’s Power, and through his Jealoufy of us, 
would afford a confiderable Addition, and at the 
fame Time eafe the Country of an immenfe Ex- 
pence; Shujab Dowlah, one of the moft powerful 
Men of the Empire, would join with his Forces, 
befides many other confiderable Powers, Friends to 
the King, from different Parts, would flock to the 
Royal Standard, fhould we ever take the Field ; 
and our Army, moft probably (as the King him- 
felf has frequently declared) would march to the 
Gates of Delby, without Oppofition ; we moft hum- 
bly fubmit to you, whether fo glorious an Oppor- 
tunity of aggrandizing the Company in Hindoftan, 
fhould not be embraced, and leave it to yourfelves 
to judge the Reputation and Advantages which would 
refult to them, if, through the Means of the Bri- 
tie Arms, his Majefty fhould be eftablifhed on his 
Throne: For Want of our Aid he is now actually 
at a Stand, and unable to profecute his Journey to 
his Capital. 

39. But fhould you be unwilling to extend your 
Connections further up the Country, and, inftead of 
accepting the Dewanny of Benga/, chufe to confine 
your Views to your new Acquifitions, and to the 
Trade of Bengal alone, we beg Leave to offer it 
as our Opinion, that we ought to maintain an Inte- 
reft in the Country, independent of the Nabob, by 
fupporting in Power fuch Men as have proved them- 
felves our Friends; this will ferve as a Balance 
againft him, fhould he entertain ill Defigns againft 
us. : 
40. We have now given you a fair Relation of 
Things; and, confcious of the Goodnefs of our In- 
tentions, we cannot but flatter ourfelves we fhall meet 
with your Approbation, in the Part we have taken; 
we fhall therefore conclude with the Affurance that 
our Endeavours fhall never be wanting to promote 
the Honour and Interefts of our Employers, their 
Succefs being the Object of our moft fervent Withes, 

We are, with the greateft Refpect, 
Honourable Sirs, 
your moft faithful 
and dutiful Servants, 
' Eyre Coote, 
P. Amyatt, 
Fobn Carnac, 
W. Ellis, 
S. Batfon, 
H. Verelft. 


Fort William, 
rith March 1762. 


| he A ie sak ee a 
N° 13. 


Fort William, the 21ft of April 1761. 
Extract of a Letter from Major ‘fobn Carnac, dated 
_ Camp at Bockypoor 13th of April 1761, to the 
Select Committee. 
« J havé long had Reafof to fufpec&amp;t the Nabob 
© had ill Defigns againft Ramuarrain, and have now 
Vor, XXXII. 


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909 
© found my Sufpicions to be too trhe. His Excel- 
“© lency made a heavy Complaint to me Yeiterday in 
“‘ the Prefence of Mr. M‘Gwire, Major Yorke, Meff’ 
** Lufbington and Swinton, that there was a confider- 
** able Balance due on the Revenues of this Province, 
** Ramnarrain has declared to me, that he was very 
ready to lay the Actounts before him ; however, 
** as the Two Parties differ widely in their State- 
“ ment, Mr. M'Gwire and I propofed, that they 
“ fhould each make out thelr Accounts, and refer 
*‘ them to your Board, who would fairly decide be- 
“* tween them. This, which I thought was a reafon- 
** able Propofal, was fo far from being fatisfactory 
‘© to the Nabob, that he plainly declared, nothing lets 
“© could fatisfy him than the Mahrajes being removed 
“* from the Naibut of this Province before he returned 
“© to Morfhedabad: You are all, I believe, acquainted, 
** Gentlemen, that Colonel Clive engaged to Ramnar- 
‘© rain, on the Part of the Englifh, that he fhould be 
** continued Subah Naib of this Province, as long 
‘© as he chofe to be fo; and the Colonel conitantly 
‘© oppofed every Attempt of Meer Faffier or the Chuta 
* Nabob to remove him; this Engagement fhould 
* furely hold equally good againtt Cofim Ally Cawn, 
“* as being prior to any you have concluded with him. 
“ Thus tar Juftice pleads in Behalf of Ramnarrain ; 
“and it is certainly good Policy to fupport the 
“ Weight and Influence of a Perfon known to be fo 
“© attached to the Engl Intereft, in order to coun- 
“* terbalance the Nabob, who, as far as I can judge, 
“ makes a Point to take all Power from out of the 
“© Hands of thofe, whom he finds to favour, or be 
“© favoured by the Englifh; of this I have feen more 
‘¢ Inftances than One, and he is now giving a frefh 
*¢ Proof of it, in the Cafe of the Roy Shitubray, whom 
“ he is about to difpoffeis of his Jaghuires, though 
‘* he deferves particular Confideration, both from thé 
«© Nabob and us, on Account of the Zeal and Af- 
‘© fiduity with which he ferved both in the Tranf- 
** actions with the Shahzadah. 

«I am direéted, Gentlemen, by your Letter, un- 
“© der Date the gth of February, to protect Ramnar- 
“© rain againft all Violence and Injuftice that may be 
“ offered againft his Perfon, Honour, or Fortune. If 
“© you do not mean to include in thefe the Conti- 
“© nuance of the Subahdarree to him, it will be im- 
“© poffible for me to comply with your Dire¢tions ; 
“‘ and the Moment that all Power is taken from 
« himfelf, he will be reduced to the Neceffity of 
“© feeking an Afylum elfewhere, from the Oppreffion 
“of the Nabob.” 


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Inftruétions to Colonel Coote, Commander in Chief of 
the Forces in Bengal. 
“ Sir, 

« The prefent Tranquillity of thefe Provinces, and 
“ the valuable Territories the Company are pofleffed 
“‘ of, render the fecuring that Tranquillity, and the | 
“© Confirmation of thofe Advantages, the moft worthy 
“¢ Objects of our Attention. 

“ The Connection betwixt our Nation and the 
“© Shahzadah, the eldeft Son of the laft Mogul, may 
‘¢ afford the moft effectual Means of anfwering thofe 
«¢ Purpofes, if Circumftances fhould turn out fo, as 
« to put it in our Power to affift him in profecuting 
« his Title to the Throne of his Father. — There 
«¢ have been fo many Revolutions of late in the Af- 
“ fairs of Delhy, that it is hardly poffible for us to 
« defcribe to you how the feveral Chiefs may ftand 
« affected; but as far as we have been able to ob- 
“ ferve, the Chiefs who have fhewn the moft con- 
«¢ ftant Attachment to the Caufe of the Shazadah, are, 
“ Sujabh Dowlab, the Nabob of Oude, and Nazeba 
“ Dowlab, the Chief of the Robillas:—The Territo- 
“¢ ries of the former extending from the Caramnaffar, 

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very far towards Delby, it is h's Alliance that 
would be moft particularly ufeful in promoting the 
Succefs of an Expedition to that Capital ; nor fhould 
we think it rafh, if the Shahzadah fhould defire 
our Affiftance, to declare openly in his Favour, when- 
ever Sujabh Dowlah fhould have agreed to the Plan, 
and given Affurances of his Readinefs to act in 
Conjunction with us. 

“© By the lateft Advices from Delby, we are in: 
formed Abdallah was on his Return to his own 
Country ; and that a very large Force of Morat- 
toes was on its March towards Delby, with In- 
tentions, after executing their Purpofes there, to 
attack Sujab Dowlah’s Country.— Thefe Advices, if 
true, fhould, we imagine, have the Effect of making 
the Shahzadah the more ferioufly inclined to afk 
our Affiftance, and Sujab Dowlab with to ftreng- 
then himfelf by fuch an Alliance.—It is true you 
would have a troublefome Enemy to deal with in 
fo large a Body of Morattoes; but we fhould 
little doubt of your beating them, if they would 
venture to come to an Action; and at the fame Time 


fuch Meafures might be taken by the other Pre-. 


fidencies, as to oblige them to return to the Dec- 
can; fuch Meafures we fhall ftrongly recommend 
to the Gentlemen at Madrafs and Bombay, if this 
Enterprize fhould be carried into Execution. Let- 
ters are difpatched to Sujab Dowlab, propofing 
this Alliance to him; and by the Time his An- 
{wers arrive, we may hope alfo to fee your Regi- 
ment, without which Reinforcement we are not 
able to {pare Troops enough for fo diftant an Ex- 
pedition : Another neceffary Confideration, is a fuf- 
ficient Advance of Money for the Expences of 
the Army on the March; Ten Lacks at leaft 
will be neceffary to fet out with; and as it is 
a Principle with us, that the Company fhall bear 
no Part of the Burthen, this Sum muit be fur- 
nifhed by the Nabob, out of the Revenues of 
Babar and Bengal; but whether he has the Means 
of doing this, befides difcharging his Balance to the 
Company, paying off the Arrears due to the Troops 
of the late Nabob, and the current Expences of 
the Government, feems to us very doubtful.—We 
recommend to you, Sir, rather to confult with him 
on the Means of raifing fuch a Sum, than peremp- 
torily to demand it; nor do we in the leaft doubt 
but on your reprefenting to him, the Security and 
Advantage which will accrue to his Government 
from the intended Expedition, he will exert himfelf 
to comply to the utmoft of his Power with what- 
ever you fhall think neceffary. Such Affiftance as 
he may be in Need of to collect the Balance due 
to the Circar, we defire you will be pleafed to 
yield him. 

“ We are advifed by Major Carnac, that there is 
a Difference between the Nabob and Ramuarrain, 
relative to the Accounts of the Patna Province : 
We hope this may be amicably and reafonably 
adjufted ; and requeft you will give your Affift- 
ance towards it as much as poflible: As Ramuar- 
rain has been remarkably fteady in his Aljiance 
with the Company, and received from Colonel Clive 
particular Affurances of Protection, with refpect to 
his Perfon, Fortune, and Government, we recom- 
mend to you to fecure him againft all Attempts 
of Oppreffion or Injuftice: And further, that the 
Government of Patna be preferved to him, if it 
be his Inclination to continue it. It is needlefs for 
us to add, that it will be far more agreeable to all 
Parties if that can be done, by reprefenting to the 
Nabob the Obligations we are under to Ramnar- 
rain, and preventing by that Means the Neceffity 
of any forcible Meafures. 

“© The Shahzadah has often been preffing to have 
Siccas ftruck, and the Cootbah go be read jn his 


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4.1792, 


‘© Name ; but we have hitherto declined, on Account 
* of the Uncertainty of the Expedition’s taking Place , 
but whenever it may appear to you, that the giving 
** him thefe Marks of Royalty will be the Means of 
*¢ ftrengthening our Alliance, and bringing other Chiefs 
“© to join us, we leave it to your Difcretion to act ac- 
“ cordingly. 

«¢ Many other Circumftances may occur, which may 
‘© require your Determination before you can commu- 
“* nicate them to us, which we, with the greateft Plea- 
** fure and Confidence, leave to your Difcretion, affuring 
“¢ you of our moft hearty Wifhes for your Succefs in 
*¢ all your Undertakings, being with perfect Efteem, &amp;c.” 


Fort William, 28th September 1761. 
Monday. At a Confultation ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident. 
Culling Smith, Efquire. 
Warren Haftings, Efquire. 


The Board being fully fatisfied of the Colonel’s Con-- 


duct, wrote to him the following Letter. 
To Colonel Eyre Coote. 
Sir, 

We have the Honour to tranfmit to you inclofed, 4 
Copy of the Enquiries made from Sbitabroy and his 
Aniwers, with refpect to the Meaning of the obfcure 
Expreffions in thofe Letters of his, which the Nabob 
intercepted ; the Bufinefs which he mentions with fo 
much myfterious Caution, he explains to be the ob- 
taining tor the Company, a Sunnod for the Dewannee 
of thefe Provinces; and this agrees with the Solution 
given to us by Mr. Lujbington: There is not the leaft 
Appearance of fuch a Defign, as is mentioned by the 
Nabob’s Vakeel in the King’s Camp; viz. the pro- 
curing the Sunnuds for the Subadarree of thefe Pro- 
vinces in the Name of Serferaz Cawn’s Son, or any 
other in the Place of Cofim Ally Cawn ; and it is with 
great Pleafure we affure you we are convinced, the Na- 
ty Sufpicions on that Head are entirely ground- 
lefs. 

We mutt obferve to you, that the making any Ap- 
plication for the Dewannee in the Name of the Com- 
pany, or the encouraging others to do it, or the Peo- 
ple about the Court to offer it, was foreign from our 
Intention, as may be feen by our Inftructions to Major 
Carnac of the and to you of the where 
we fum up all the Requefts we had to make to the 
King ; we were aware that fuch a Circumftance would 
be to the Nabob a Caufe af great Uneafinefs, the Subi- 
dary being a Truft of little Authority or Value, if the 
Dewannee were in the Hands of another. 

The Prefident has acquainted the Nabob with the 
Refult of thefe Enquiries, and reprefented to him, that 
it is highly juft and neceffary he fhould make you all 
poffible Amends for the groundlefs Sufpicions enter- 
tained of you ; at the fame Time we think fome Apo- 
logy is due from you to him, for the Alarm you gave 
him upon. a Sufpicion equally unreafonable, of his in- 
tending to attack the City of Patna. 

We hope that no more of our Time or yours will be 
taken up with Difcuffions of this Nature; but that a 
fteady Purfuit of the moft neceffary Meafures, for fe- 
curing the Company’s Poffeflions, and preferving the 
Tranquillity of the Country, will, in future, employ all 
our Attention. The Inftances in which any of us may 
have erred, will be pointed out, and cenfured by our 
Superiors ; but let us here endeavour to fhew an Ex- 
ample of good Harmony to the Society of which we 
are the chief Members ; and by preferving ourfelves a 
proper Refpect for each other, excite the fame Senti- 
ments in others. 

We are, with Efteem, 
Sir, 
Your moft obedient humble Servants. 


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Extra&amp; of a Letter from the honourable the Prefident, 
€Sc. at Fort William, to Colonel Eyre Coote, dated 
18th Fune 1761. 

We hope your Advice has had fome Effect upon Ram- 
narrain ; it feems however, by his Delays in fettling Ac- 
counts upon the Footing direéted in our joint Letter to 
ar and Mr. M‘Gwire, dated the 17th of laft 

onth, that he is endeavouring, by evading the De- 
livery of his Accounts, to preferve his own Authority 
over the Subalthip, and prevent the Nabob’s collect- 
ing any Money ; itis neither equitable nor expedient 
to fuffer any more of the Revenues to be loft; but 
while the old Accounts are under Examination, let 
the Nabob place his own People to collect all the 
growing Rents, and to call the Zemindars to account 
for their Balances, and let Ramnarrain’s Powers be fuf- 
pended until his Accounts be fettled, and a Computa- 
tion of the Rents tranfmitted us, with the Nabob’s 

Propofals for our Determination, as defired in our be- 

forementioned Letter. 


Extract of a Letter from Colonel Eyre Coote, to the ho- 
nourable the Prefident, &amp;%c. at Fort William, dated 
French Gardens, Fuly 17th 1761. 

By the following Paragraph in your Inftructions to 
me, dated April 21ft ; viz. “ As Ramnarrain has been 
** remarkably fteady in his Alliance with the Company, 
*¢ and received from Colonel Clive particular Affurances 
* of Protection, with refpeét to his Perfon, Fortune, 
*¢ and Government; we recommend to you to fecure 
“ him againft all Attempts of Oppreffion or Injuttice ; 
« and further, that the Government of Patna be pre- 
*¢ ferved to him, if it be his Inclination to continue in 
«¢ it: Itis needlefs for us to add, that it will be far more 
“ agreeable to all Parties, if that can be done by re- 
*¢ prefenting to the Nabob the Obligations we are un- 
«© der to Ramnarrain, and preventing by that Means the 
“ Neceflity of any forcible Meafures;” alfo by feveral 
other Letters fince, partly corroborating the before- 
mentioned Paragraph, you continued defirous of giving 
Ramnarrain your Protection, but chofe finally to have 
the Differences between him and the Nabob fettled by 
your Decifion ; and though the Nabob was pleafed to 
offer me Five Lacks and a Half of Rupees to turn 
out Ramnarrain; and I was alfo fenfible at that Time, 
from the Enmity the Nabob bore him, that the Raja 
could not be continued in the Subahfhip, yet fo de- 
termined was I not to deviate in the leaft from your 
Inftructions, that however great this Offer might ap- 
pear, I refufed it, by affuring the Nabob it was not in 
my Power, but muft be done by the Board ; and I am 
convinced, ever fince that Refufal, he looked upon it 
I could not be his Friend. 

The following Paragraph of my Letter to you, 
dated June 13th, will alfo fhew how defirous I was 
to have thofe Affairs fpeedily determined.— ‘ Ramnar- 
“ rain is fettling his Accounts with the Nabob, but 
« goes on fo flowly, that I can hardly fay he has 
«¢ made a Beginning: I moft fincerely wifh this Affair 
“&lt;&lt; was fettled one Way or other;” and on Receipt of 
your Letter of the 18th Yume, wherein you ordered 
that unfortunate Raja to be fufpended from having 
any Power in the Country, till his Accounts were 
fettled ; I immediately fent to acquaint him, that till 
he fettled his Accounts, you had fufpended him from 
the Government of the Province; and in Confequence 
the Cutcherry was retnoved to the Nabob’s Encamp- 
ment. 


£ :?' 3 =? . =: 
N° 14. 

Extraét of a Letter from the Directors to the Prefident 
and Council at Fort William, dated London, 1oth 
April 177 
Par. 43. Having already apprifed you of the Pur- 


git 


pofes to which we mean. to appropriate the Saving 
abovementioned, we have only to direét, that when the 
Navy and Army Donations, the Debt due to Bolacki- 
das, and the ftipulated Payment to Fuggatfeat, thall 
have been wholly fatisfied and reimburfed to us out of 
the aggregate Reductions beforementioned, fuch fur- 
ther Sums as fhall arife therefrom, are to be applied 
from Time to Time, to clear the Balance unpaid to the 
Claimants of the Reftitution Fund, and the Donation of 
Two Laaks to Colonel Munro, in fuch Proportions as 
the refpective Claims may bear to each other, until the 
Whole fhall be difcharged ; but you are to take Notice 
that the Principal only of the Sums due from the Sir- 
car are to be confidered and allowed in the Payments 
here ordered. 


A Letter of Thanks to Major Munro. 
Fort William, the 16th November 1764. 
Tuefday. At a Cofultation; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanjfittart, Efquire, Prefident, 
Fobn Spencer, ' 
Chas Stafford Playdell, 
Warren Haftings, 
Sohn ‘fobnftone, 
Samuel Middleton, 
Ralph Leycefter, 
Fobn Burdett, Etquires. 


A Letter of Thanks, addreffed to the Commander 

in Chief. 

Agreed that we addrefs, on this Occafion, the fol- 
lowing Letter to Major Munro. 

Sir, 

We have received, with great Pleafure, the firft 
News of your Succefs of the 23d Offober, againfi 
Shuja Dewla, by your Note to the Prefident from the 
Field of Battle, and Yefterday we were favoured with 
your Letter of the 26, containing the Detail of the 
Aétion, which from the great Force of the Enemy, and 
the Number of their Artillery, is one of the moft in- 
terefting that ever was fought in India. The fignal 
Victory you gained, fo as at one Blow utterly to defeat 
their Defigns againft thefe Provinces, is an Event, 
which does fo much Honour to yourfelf, Sir, in par- 
ticular, and to all the Officers and Men under your 
Command, and which, at the fame Time, is attended 
with fuch important Advantages to the Company, as 
calls upon us to return you our fincere Thanks, We 
fhall regard it at once as our Pleafure and Duty, to fet 
forth to the Court of Directors, how much they are ob- 
liged to you for your Skill and Activity in the Care of 
the Army, before the Opening of the Campaign; your 
Judgment in leading them into the Field in the 
earlieft of the Seafon, and your condu¢ting the Difpo- 
fition you made for receiving or attacking the Enemy. 
We requeft that you will return our Thanks to the 
other Field Officers, and the Commandant of the Ar- 
tillery, for their Care and Vigilance in preferving this 
Difpofition, and taking every Advantage over the Ene- 
my; and to the Officers and Men in general, for their 
Bravery and good Behaviour on this important Occa- 
fion. 

Lieutenants Nicoll, Harper, and Bevan, mentioned in 
your Letter tous, and Captains Grant, Winwood, Hay, 
Stables, and Kinlock, Mr. Hamilton, your Aid de Camp ; 
Lieutenant Duff, of the Artillery; Mr. Stuart, your 
Secretary ; and Mr. Sage, who acted as Major Pemdbie’s 
Aid de Camp, mentioned in like Manner in your Let- 
ter to the Prefident, as meriting your particular Notice, 
have gained great Honour. They may be affured that 
your Recommendation fhall not be forgot; that they 
fhall receive, upon all Occafions, every Encouragement 
the Rules of the Service will admit of. We fhall alfo 
take the firft Opportunity of writing to the Prefident 
and Courcil of Bombay, of the good Services of Ma- 

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‘“&lt; very far towards Delby, it is h's Alliance that 
* would be moft particularly ufeful in promoting the 
*« Succefs of an Expedition to that Capital ; nor fhould 
* we think it rafh, if the Shahzadah fhould defire 
“ our Affiftance, to declare openly in his Favour, when- 
“* ever Sujah Dowlab fhould have agreed to the Plan, 
** and given Affurances of his Readinefs to act in 
** Conjunction with us. 

“« By the lateft Advices from Delby, we are in: 
formed Abdallab was on his Return to his own 
“* Country ; and that a very large Force of Morat- 
“© toes was on its March towards Delby, with In- 
“ tentions, after executing their Purpofes there, to 
‘© attack Sujab Dowlab’s Country.— Thefe Advices, if 
true, fhould, we imagine, have the Effect of making 
the Shahzadah the more ferioufly inclined to afk 
“‘ our Affiftance, and Sujab Dowlab with to ftreng- 
*¢ then himielf by fuch an Alliance.—It is true you 
* would have a troublefome Enemy to deal with in 
“fo large a Body of Morattoes; but we fhould 
“ little doubt of your beating them, if they would 
“* venture to come to an Action; and at the fame Time 


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“ fuch Meafures might be taken by the other Pre-. 


“ fidencies, as to oblige them to return to the Dec- 
“can; fuch Meafures we fhall ftrongly recommend 
“© to the Gentlemen at Madra/s and Bombay, if this 
“ Enterprize fhould be carried into Execution. Let- 
“ters are difpatched to Sujab Dowlab, propofing 
*¢ this Alliance to him; and by the Time his An- 
“ fwers arrive, we may hope alfo to fee your Regi- 
“* ment, without which Reinforcement we are not 
« able to fpare Troops enough for fo diftant an Ex- 
“ pedition : Another neceffary Confideration, is a fuf- 
ficient Advance of Money for the Expences of 
.“ the Army on the March; Ten Lacks at leaft 
« will be neceflary to fet out with; and as it is 
‘© a Principle with us, that the Company fhall bear 
“no Part of the Burthen, this Sum muft be fur- 
“ nifhed by the Nabob, out of the Revenues of 
« Babar and Bengal; but whether he has the Means 
« of doing this, befides difcharging his Balance to the 
«¢ Company, paying off the Arrears due to the Troops 
«&lt; of the late Nabob, and the current Expences of 
« the Government, feems to us very doubtful.—We 
&lt;¢ recommend to you, Sir, rather to confult with him 
&lt;&lt; on the Means of raifing fuch a Sum, than peremp- 
“ torily to demand it; nor do we in the leaft doubt 
« but on your reprefenting to him, the Security and 
«“ Advantage which will accrue to his Government 
«+ from the intended Expedition, he will exert himfelf 
“to comply to the utmoft of his Power with what- 
s¢ ever you fhall think neceffary. Such Affiftance as 
« he may be in Need of to collect the Balance due 
“ to the Circar, we defire you will be pleafed to 
« yield him. 

«© We are advifed by Major Carnac, that there is 
“a Difference between the Nabob and Ramnarrain, 
« relative to the Accounts of the Patna Province: 
«&lt;&lt; We hope this may be amicably and reafonably 


&lt;&lt; adjufted ; and requeft you will give your Affift- _ 


« ance towards it as much as poffible: As Ramuar- 
&lt;‘ rain has been remarkably fteady in his Alliance 
«© with the Company, and received from Colonel Clive 
“ particular Affurances of Protection, with refpect to 
« his Perfon, Fortune, and Government, we recom- 
«mend to, you to fecure him againft all Attempts 
“ of Oppreffion or Injuftice : And further, that the 
« Government of Patna be preferved to him, if it 
“« be his Inclination to continue it. It is needlefs for 
«&lt; us to add, that it will be far more agreeable to all 
«s Parties if that can be done, by reprefenting to the 
«““ Nabob the Obligations we are under to Ramnar- 
“&lt; rain, and preventing by that Means the Neceffity 
«“ of any forcible Mealures. 

«« The Shahzadah has often been preffing to have 
*¢ Siccas ftruck, and the Cootbah go be read jn his 


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* Name ; but we have hitherto declined, on Account 
* of the Uncertainty of the Expedition’s taking Place ; 
‘* but whenever it may appear to you, that the giving 
* him thefe Marks of Royalty will be the Means of 
*¢ ftrengthening our Alliance, and bringing other Chiefs 
** to join us, we leave it to your Difcretion to act ac- 
“* cordingly. : 

«¢ Many other Circumftances may occur, which may 
© require your Determination before you can commu- 
** nicate them to us, which we, with the greateft Plea- 
** fure and Confidence, leave to your Difcretion, affuring 
“¢ you of our moft hearty Wifhes for your Succefs in 
*¢ all your Undertakings, being with perfect Efteem, &amp;c.” 


a“ 


Fort William, 28th September 1761. 
Monday. At a Confultation; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident. 
Culling Smith, Efquire. 
Warren Haftings, Efquire. 

The Board being fully fatisfied of the Colonel’s Con-- 

duét, wrote to him the féllowing Letter. 
To Colonel Eyre Coote. 
Sir, 

We have the Honour to tranfmit to you inclofed, 4 
Copy of the Enquiries made from Sbitabroy and his 
Anfwers, with relpett to the Meaning of the obfcure 
Expreffions in thofe Letters of his, which the Nabob 
intercepted ; the Bufinefs which he mentions with fo 
much myfterious Caution, he explains to be the ob» 
taining tor the Company, a Sunnod for the Dewannee 
of thefe Provinces; and this agrees with the Solution 
given to us by Mr. Lujbington: There is not the leaft 
Appearance of fuch a Defign, as is mentioned by ‘the 
Nabob’s Vakeel in the King’s Camp; viz. the pro- 
curing the Sunnuds for the Subadarree of thefe Pro- 
vinces in the Name of Serferaz Cawn’s Son, or any 
other in the Place of Cofim Ally Cawn ; and it is with 
great Pleafure we affure you we are convinced, the Na- 
bob’s Sufpicions on that Head are entirely ground- 
lefs. ; 

We mutt obferve to you, that the making any Ap. 
plication for the Dewannee in the Name of the Com- 
pany, or the encouraging others to do it, or the Peo- 
ple about the Court to offer it, was foreign from our 
Intention, as may be feen by our Inftructions to Major 
Carnac of the and to you of the where 
we fum up all the Requefts we had-to make to the 
King ; we were aware that fuch a Circumftance would 
be to the Nabob a Caufe af great Uneafinefs, the Subi- 
dary being a Truft of little Authority or Value, if the 
Dewannee were in the Hands of another. 

The Prefident has acquainted the Nabob with the 
Refult of thefe Enquiries, and reprefented.to him, that 
it is highly juft and neceffary he fhould make you all 
poffible Amends for the groundlefs Sufpicions enter- 
tained of you ; at the fame Time we think fome Apo- 
logy is due from you to him, for the Alarm you gave 
him upon. a Sufpicion equally unreafonable, of his in- 
tending to attack the City of Patna. 

We hope that no more of our Time or yours will be 
taken up with Difcuffions of this Nature; but that a 
fteady Purfuit of the moft neceffary Meafures, for fe- 
curing the Company’s Poffeflions, and preferving the 
Tranquillity of the Country, will, in future, employ all 
our Attention. The Inftances in which any of us may 
have erred, will be pointed out, and cenfured by our 
Superiors ; but let us here endeavour to fhew an Ex- 
ample of good Harmony to the Society of which we 
are the chief Members , and by preferving ourfelves a 
proper Refpect for each other, excite the fame Senti- 
ments in others. 

We are, with Efteem, 
Sir, 
Your moft.obedient humble Servants. 


Extract 





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12 Geo. III. ~ Journals of the Houfe of Coinnions. git 


Extra&amp; of a Letter from the honourable the Prefident, 
€Sc. at Fort William, to Colonel Eyre Coote, dated 
18th Fune 1761. ~ 
We hope your Advice has had fome Effect upon Ram- 

marrain ; it feems however, by his Delays in fettling Ac- 

counts upon the Footing directed in our joint Letter to 
and Mr. M‘Gwire, dated the 17th of laft 

onth, that he is endeavouring, by evading the De- 
livery of his Accounts, to preferve his own Authority 
over the Subalthip, and prevent the Nabob’s collect- 
ing any Money ; it is neither equitable nor expedient 
to fuffer any more of the Revenues to be loft; but 
while the old Accounts are under Examination, let 
the Nabob place his own People to collect all the 
growing Rents, and to call the Zemindars to account 
for their Balances, and let Ramnarrain’s Powers be fut- 
pended until his Accounts be fettled, and a Computa- 
tion of the Rents tranfmitted us, with the Nabob’s 

Propofals for our Determination, as defired in our be- 

forementioned Letter. 


Extract of a Letter from Colonel Eyre Coote, to the ho- 
nourable the Prefident, 9c. at Fort William, dated 
French Gardens, Fuly 17th 1761. 

By the following Paragraph in your Inftructions to 
me, dated April 21ft; viz. “ As Ramnarrain has been 
*« remarkably fteady in his Alliance with the Company, 
** and received from Colonel Clive particular Affurances 
“ of Protection, with refpeét to his Perfon, Fortune, 
** and Government ; we recommend to you to fecure 
“ him againft all Attempts of Oppreffion or Injuttice ; 
“ and further, that the Government of Patna be pre- 
* ferved to him, if it be his Inclination to continue in 
*¢ it : Itis needlefs for us to add, that it will be far more 
“ aoreeable to all Parties, if that can be done by re- 
*€ prefenting to the Nabob the een, omen we are un- 
** der to Ramnarrain, and preventing by that Means the 
“ Neceffity of any forcible Meafures;” alfo by feveral 
other Letters fince, partly corroborating the before- 
mentioned Paragraph, you continued defirous of giving 
Ramnarrain your Proasdtin, but chofe finally to have 
the Differences between him and the Nabob fettled by 
your Decifion ; and though the Nabob was pleafed to 
offer me Five Lacks and a Half of Rupees to turn 
out Ramnarrain ; and 1 was alfo fenfible at that Time, 
from the Enmity the Nabob bore him, that the Raja 
could not be continued in the Subahfhip, yet fo de- 
termined was I not to deviate in the leaft from your 
Inftructions, that however great this Offer might ap- 
pear, I refufed it, by affuring the Nabob it was not in 
my Power, but muft be done by the Board ; and I am 
convinced, ever fince that Refufal, he looked upon it 
I could not be his Friend. 

The following Paragraph of my Letter to you, 
dated ‘June 13th, will alfo fhew how defirous I was 
to have thofe Affairs fpeedily determined.— ‘* Ramnar- 
“ rain is fettling his Accounts with the Nabob, but 
« gdes on fo flowly, that I can hardly fay he has 
‘« made a Beginning: I moft fincerely with this Affair 
“ was fettled one Way or other;” and on Receipt of 
your Letter of the 18th Zune, wherein you ordered 
that unfortunate Raja to be fufpended from having 
any Power in the Country, till his Accounts were 
fettled ; I immediately fent to acquaint him, that till 
he fettled his Accounts, you had fufpended him from 
the Government of the Province ; and in Confequence 
the Cutcherry was retaoved to the Nabob’s Encamp- 
ment. 


ey ae cae ae hae om: oe * 
N° 14. 

Extra¢t of a Letter from the Directors to the Prefident 
and Council at Fort William, dated London, 10th 
April 177%. 

Par. 43. Having already apprifed you of the Pur- 


pofes to which we mean. to appropriate the Saving 
abovementioned, we have only to direét, that when the 
Navy and Army Donations, the Debt due to Bolacki- 
dafs, and the ftipulated Payment to Fuggat/eat, thall 
have been wholly fatisfied and reimburfed to us out of 
the aggregate Reductions beforementioned, fuch fur- 
ther Sums as fhall arife therefrom, are to be applied 
from Time to Time, to clear the Balance unpaid to the 
Claimants of the Reftitution Fund, and the Donation of 
Two Laaks to Colonel Munro, in fuch Proportions as 
the refpective Claims may bear to each other, until the 
Whole fhall be difcharged ; but you are to take Notice 
that the Principal only of the Sums due from the Sir- 
car are to be confidered and allowed in the Payments 
here ordered. 


A Letter of Thanks to Major Munro. 
Fort William, the 16th November 1764. 
Tuefday. At aCofultation; Prefent, 


' The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident, 


Fobn Spencer, 

Chas Stafford Playdell, 
Warren Haftings, 

Sohn Fobnftone, 

Samuel Middleton, 
Ralph Leycefter, 

Fobn Burdett, Efquires. 


A Letter of Thanks, addreffed to the Commander 

in Chief. 

Agreed that we addrefs, on this Occafion, the fol- 
lowing Letter to Major Munro. 

Sir, 

We have received, with great Pleafure, the firft 
News of your Succefs of the 23d Offober, againfi 
Shuja Dewla, by your Note to the Prefident from the 
Field of Battle, and Yefterday we were favoured with 
your Letter of the 26, containing the Detail of the 
Aétion, which from the great Force of the Enemy, and 
the Number of their Artillery, is one of the moft in- 
terefting that ever was fought in India. The fignal 
Victory you gained, fo as at one Blow utterly to defeat 
their Defigns againft thefe Provinces, is an Event, 
which does fo much Honour to yourfelf, Sir, in par- 
ticular, and to all the Officers and Men under your 
Command, and which, at the fame Time, is attended 
with fuch important Advantages to the Company, as 
calls upon us to return you our fincere Thanks. We 
fhall regard it at once as our Pleafure and Duty, to fet 
forth to the Court of Direétors, how much they are ob- 
liged to you for your Skill and Activity in the Care of 
the Army, before the Opening of the Campaign; your 
Judgment in leading them into the Field in the 
earlieft of the Seafon, and your conducting the Difpo- 
fition you made for receiving or attacking the Enemy. 
We requeft that you will return our Thanks to the 
other Field Officers, and the Commandant of the Ar- 
tillery, for their Care and Vigilance in preferving this 
Difpofition, and taking every Advantage over the Ene- 
my; and to the Officers and Men in general, for their 
Bravery and good Behaviour on this important Occa- 
fion. 

Lieutenants Nicoll, Harper, and Bevan, mentioned in 
your Letter tous, and Captains Grant, Winwood, Hay, 
Stables, and Kinlock, Mr. Hamilton, your Aid de Camp ; 
Lieutenant Duff, of the Artillery; Mr. Stuart, your 
Secretary ; and Mr. Sage, who acted as Major Pembie’s 
Aid de Camp, mentioned in like Manner in your Let- 
ter to the Prefident, as meriting your particular Notice, 
have gained great Honour. They may be affured that 
your Recommendation fhall not be forgot; that they 
fhall receive, upon all Occafions, every Encouragement 
the Rules of the Service will admit of. We fhall alfo 
take the firft Opportunity of writing to the Prefident 
and Covurcil of Bombay, of the good Services of Ma- 

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giz 


jor Pemblé, and Captains Hamilton and Mac Pherfon, 
belonging to that Eftablifhment, and fhall requeft of 
thém to take every Opportunity of rewarding their 
Merit. y 

For the further Operations of the Army we refer you 
to our feparate Letter of Inftruétions of this Date, 
and are with great Efteem, 

Sir, 

Your moft obedient humble Servants, 


Calcutta, 
H» Vanfittart, &amp;c. 


6th Nov" 1764: 
A P PEN DI. &amp;. 
N° 15. 


Paragraph from General Letter to Bengal, 27th 
April 1763. 


Par. 5. With refpect to the Jagueer given by the 
late Nabob Jaffer Ally Khan to Lord Clive, arifing out 
of the Lands, granted by the faid Nabeb to the Com- 
pany, we direét that you do not pay any further Sums 
to the Attornies of Lord Clive on that Account; and 
we further direét, that whatever fhall arife in future 
from the faid Jagueer be carried to our Credit. You are 
to caufe exaét Accounts to be made out and tranfmitted 
to us, not only of what fhall fo come into our Cafh, 
but alfo of all the Sums Lord Cive’s Attornies have al- 
ready received on the faid Account, together with the 
Dates of the feveral Payments ; his Lordfhip’s Preten- 
fions to the faid Jagueer will be fettled here. 


Copy Letter from the Secret Committee, dated 
30th December 1763, tothe Prefident, &amp;c. of the 


Select Committee. 


"fo the Prefident and the reft of the Select Com- 
mittee at Fort William. 

Soon after the General Letter of the Court of Di- 
re€tors of the 27th April laft, containing Orders to the 
Governor and Council to fufpend all future Payments 
of the Rents claimed by Lord Clive as a Jaghire, his 
Lordthip thought fit to commence a Suit in the Court 
of Chancery againft the Company, irififting on a Title to 
thofe Rents. A Copy of his Bill and the Company’s An- 
fwer we fend you herewith, by which you will learn how 
he makes out his Claim, and how we controvert it ; 
If the Plaintiff fhould be advifed to proceed in his Caufe, 
the next Step to be taken in it, we are told, will proba- 
bly be a Commiffion to iffue out of the faid Court here, 
but to be executed in Bengal, in order to afcertain the 
Faéts infifted on, and the Conftitution, Ufage, and Laws 
of the Empire, as far as regards this Queftion; and for 
that Purpofe to examine and take the Depofitions in 
Writing, of the feveral Witneffes either Side may 
think fit to produce to prove or difprove the feveral Al- 
legations contained in the Bill or inthe Anfwer. When- 
ever fuch a Commiffion iffues, proper Inftructions will 
be fent out with it, refpeéting the Manner of execut- 
ing it. In the mean Time it is our Defire (and it is for 
this Purpofe we write you now) that you will imme- 
diately take the proper Steps to inform yourfelves of the 
real State of the Faéts material to the Difcuffion of the 
{everal Queftions upon which the Plaintiff’s Claim ap- 
pears, by the Bill and Anfwer, to depend ; particularly 
that you will immediately make proper Enquiries into 
the Authenticity of the pretended Patent from the 
Mogul, creating the Plaintiff an Emir or Omra of the 
Empire, which he makes the Foundation of his Title, 
deriving from it a Capacity to accept a Jaghire, and, 
as he pretends, a Right to expect one. If no fuch 
Patent ever iffued (as we have great Reafon to believe) 
or if any of the ufual Forms neceffary to make it valid 
and effectual were wanting, this will be decifive againft 
him. You fee therefore the Importance of this Enquiry, 
and cannot be too attentive to it. The Manner of ob- 





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A. 1774. 


taining the fuppofed Grant of the Jaghire fi , 
Ally Khan, the Nabob’s Motives, Lean on Tabi 
be likewife particularly enquired into, and in Cafe there 
fhould have been (as the Plaintiff’s own Letters lead us 
to fufpect) any Impofture in any of the Inftruments fup. 
pofed to have formerly iffued, or if any Thing of ie 


Kind fhould be attempted now, you are 
Pains or Expence to detect it; sod above al ie ae 
Defire that you will inftantly make effectual Applica- 
tions to the Courts of Delhi and Muxadavad, to prevent 
the iffuing any new Grants or Confirmations; by which 
the Plainuff might fapply the Defeéts of his prefent 
Title, or acquire a new one, though he fhould have 
none at prefent ; for though we have no Reafon. to de- 
fire to prevent a fair Difcuffion and Decifion of the 
Plaintiff’s prefent Pretenfions, yet we are fo fully fenfi- 
ble of the many Inconveniences to the Company; which 
fuch a Title, fhould it be eftablifhed, would occafion 
that we think it our Duty to make the ftricteft Enqui ; 
into the Foundation of the Claim, and if there % 
Title at prefent, to ufe our beft Endeavours to prevent 
the acquiring one. We think it equally contrary to 
the Honour, and to the Intereft of the Com a 
that it fhould thus become tributary, as it were 3 be 
own Servants; and the foliciting, or even accepting a 
Grant of the Sovereignty of the Company’s Poffe® ions 
appears fo inconfiftent with that Relation, that we rut 
it will be found as illegal, as we are fure it is impro- 
per. If thofe Rents mutt be paid, we think it z on 
many Accounts, much more for the Intereft "of vom 
Company to pay them as ufual tothe Nabob, for the 
Ufe of the Mogul, than to any pretended Grantee of 
theirs, whofe Receipts we. fear would be of little Ufe to 
the Gompany, when thofe Princes fhould be difpofed to 
confider the Rents as in Arrear ; which we doubt not 
will be the Cafe, if ever they find themfelves in a Con 
dition to compel the Payment of them. Circumftanced, 
however, as Things were at Bengal, at the Time the 
late Nabob was induced to make the Grant acoary 
gives Occafion to the prefent Claim, we think the 
Company had a Right to expect to be releafed from this 
Tribute amoeeier ; and that the prefent Claimant, then 
Governor of the Company’s Settlements, and Com- 
mander of their Troops, ought to have employed the 
Influence this Station gave him in procuring this Con 
ceflion, for the Company’s Benefit inftead of his own, 
The prefent Situation of Things there encourages us 
ftill to hope; that both the Mogul and the reignin 
Nabob may be prevailed upon to relinquifh theie 
Rents in Favour of the Company, and as well for the 
Sake of the Revenue, as to prevent the Company’s be 
ing ever again embarraffed with a Claim like the re. 
fent: We direct you to folicit and ufe your beft En. 
ig to obtain that Conceffion, in Cafe you Sind. 
pane you will, that thofe Rents are ftill in their 
As it will be neceffary, for the Pur j 
thefe Orders into eeten. that fome ae Ba . Sy te 
we can confide fo great a Truft, fhould be fent = 
Muxadavad and Delbi, we think it neceffary that J 
of you fhould undertake this Negociation. We “4 
commend Mr. Yobn Spencer, if he can be fpared, 
otherwife Mr. Warren Haftings ; and whoever goes i 
to take with him fuch of the Company’s ay “ 
me wi prgrey, by their Fapacity, Integrity, and 
ere ege 0 the Language, to give him the neceflary 
We have only to add, that in Caf inti 
fhould think it neceffary, as it is elie he ae 
employ an Agent in Bengal to affift him in an Thi 
relative to the Matters in Difpute between Rim ‘ed 
the Company, it will be obvioufly improper that an 
of you, with whom we now correfpond, or of od 
Council to whom Inftruétions may perhaps be fent 
hereafter on this Subjeét, fhould accept that Office. 
2 This 

















12 GEo. III. 


This Jaft Circumftance you will privately communicate 
to the reft of the Council. 
We are 
Your loving, Friends; « . - 
The Secret Committee of the Eaf India Company. 
Hv Crabb Boulton, F. Dorrien, - 


: Fobn Boyds Lan. Sulivan. 
London, 


30 Dec. 1763...: 


Fort William; the 23d April 1764. 
Monday. At a Confultation ; Prefent, 

The honourable Henry Vanfittart, Efquire, Prefident, ’ 
Warren Haftings, E{quire, 
Randolph Marriott, E{quire, 

Samuel Middleton, Efquire, 

Ralph Leycefter, Efquire, 

Fobn Burdett, ans WIE 


_ The Nabob’s Letter to the. Governor and Council, 

_ -in Confequence of the Company’s Orders regarding 

- Colonel Clive’s Jagheer. 

The Prefident lays before the Board the follow- 
ing Letter, which he has received from the’ Nabob, 
addreffed to himfelf and the Council. 

Dated 27th March 1764. 
&lt;&lt; From the Nabob to the Governor and Council. 

«: J am informed by Major Carnac, that the Gentle- 
«¢ men of Council at Calcutta, in Conformity to the 
«&lt; Directions of the Counfellors in Europe, have taken 
" Poffeffion of, and propofe paying into the. Com- 
“* pany’s Treafury, the Rents of the Jagheer, which I 
«&lt; affigned to my Son Colonel C/ive, in Confideration 
“ of the great Services he performed for me,. and 


‘* which God is my Witnefs}I gave him, without his 


« defiring it; merely as a Reward for his dutiful and 
«: affectionate Behaviour to me. This Affair furprifed 
« me-greatly, becaufe no other Gentlemen have. an 
« Right:'to what I have given to my Son Colonel Clive, 
&lt; If therefore. it. is not agreeable to them to continue 
« the Jagheer to my’ faid Son, the Right and Property 
&lt;« thereof reverts tome. I will refume it. Whatever 
« Money now is, or may hereafter be due, on account 
« of the faid Jagheer, you will be pleafed to pay it into 
« the Hands of Mr. Vazfittart, that fo I may receive 
« the full Amount thereof. Let thefe my Orders be 
« faithfully complied: with.” 

The Reverfion of it to him efteemed inconteftable. 

Since the Company have been pleafed to forbid our 
continuing to pay this Jagheer to Lord Clive, we are 
unanimoufly of Opinion, “that the Nabob’s Right to 
the Money is inconteftable. 


a, 


Order and Refolution in Confequence. 

Ordered therefore, that the Accomptant to the Com. 
mittee of Lands, do prepare, and lay before the Board, 
an Account of what is due to this Time; the fame 
may be brought to the Nabob’s Credit. 

And agreed, that the Prefident do advife the Nabob 
accordingly. 


Fort William, the 7th May 1764. 
Monday. Ata Confultation ; Prefent, 
The honourable Henry V anfittart, Efquire, 
Warren Haftings, Efquire, 
Randélph Marriott, Efquire, 
Ralph Leycefter, Efquire, 
John Burdett, Efquire. 


Account of Money due on Lord Clive’s Jagheer. 
The Accomptant to the Committee of Lands lays 
before the Board the Account Money due on Lord 
Clive’s Jagheer to the 11th pri] laft, amounting 
to _ SR 125,655 7 3 
Entered, and an Order to the Sub Treafurer. 
Ordered, it be entered, and that the Sub Treafurer 
Vou. XXXII. 


Journals of: the Houfe of Commons. 914 


be directed to pafs thé Amount to the Credit of the 


Nabob’s Account,,and the Debit of the Companyie 
Zemindary. : 


j 


Particulars of the Gums on which Roydolub received: 

| .vehis Commiffion in 3 Payments. 

To the Compariy ; — i= 4683595. 110) 

Army and Navy &gt;| je 2349797) By 
Inhabitants —_ — | »3606368° — 


Qn ™ 





1065315761 4 4 
Dedu&amp; Army and Navy, on 
which no Commiffion was 2341997 
drawn cabs 6 an} @ 


8 3 





8289963, 12 1 
5 





45145498 1 
Committee 1150000 5 per Cent. «57500 
A Prefent from Colonel Clive, , 
325000 


Lo 


being 5 per Cent. upon 25 
Lacks ame | oe 





_ 696998 


An Account of Money agreeable to the Receipts 
of Raja Dolevaram, received Account Commif- 


fion, viz. 
5 Sun Siccas 7400 
Musxadavad Sonauts 9499E 
Dacca Sonauts ‘¥O593 
Patna Sonauts © 148770 
Arcot Good 41330 
Patna \efs Rupees - 54903 
Arcots \efs 83144 + 


Sonauts of Sorts lefs 153178 


R$ 5962294 


N. B. The above Sums are given to Rajah Doleva- 
ram by Coja Petrufe, the Bags containing fome One 
thoufand; and fome Two thouiand ; the faid Bags were 
fealed witha Mohur of Nabob Surozut Dowlab,; and 
regularly the above Sums were received by Dolevaram ; 
but thofe Bags that were lefs to the Amount of 767 
Z. R* which was likewife received by him. 


Lord Ciive obferved, coricerning the Account laid be- 
fore the Governor and Council by Roy Dullub, in which 
is an Article of 5 per Cent. received by him (Roy Dul- 
lub) ona Prefent of 25 Lacks of Rupees given by the 
Nabob to his Lordfhip, that to the beft of his Recol- 
le€tion Roy Dullub, who was the Nabob’s Prime Minif- 
ter and Treafurer, received a Commiffion of 5 per Cent. 
upon all the Treaty Money (except that to the Navy 
and Army) upon all the Committee Money, and alfo 
upon all the feparate Donations to thofe Individuals, 
as well Blacks as Europeans, who had been particularly 
ufeful in the Revolution ; fome of whofe Names were 
mentioned in his Lordthip’ s Evidence on the 28th of 
April ; that thofe feparate Donations mutt be included 
in the 25 Lacks fpecified in Roy Dullub’s Account. 
—Lord Chive having been the principal Perfon, he ima- 
gined was the Reafon, why the Whole of that Money 
was put under his Name, although his Proportion was 
only what has been already declared by his Lordfhip. 
And it is certain, that the Deduction of 5 per Cent. 
Commiffion for Rey Dullub was made from every Body’s 
Proportion as well as from Lord Cilive’s. 


A Motion was made, and the Queftion being put, 
That the faid Report be printed; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the faid Report do lie upon the 
Table. 


10 Z Colonel 








914 


Colonel Burgoyne alfo reported from the faid Com- 
fitteé,. That the Committee had examined the Matter 
of the Petition of Gregore Cojamaul, late of Bengal, in 
The Eaft Indies, on Behalf of himfelf and others, re- 
ferred to their Confideration ; and had direéted him 
to report the fame, as it appeared to them, to the 
Houle ; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
aftetwards delivered it in at theClerk’s Table : Where 
the famé was tead; and is as followeth ; viz. 

The Committee who were appointed to enquire into 
the Nature, State, and Condition, of the Ea/ 
India Company, and of the Britifo Affairs in the 
Eaft Indies, and to whom the Petition of Gregore 
Cojamaul, late of Bengal in the Eaft Indies, on 
Behalf of himfelf and others, was referred ; have, 
purfuant to the Order of the Houfe, examined 
the Matter of the faid Petition ; and confidering 
the Latenefs of the prefent Seflions and the Im- 
portance of the Subject, beg Leave to lay before 
the Houfe, the Whole of the Evidence upon 
their Proceedings thereon. 


Veneris, 8° die Maii, 1772. 
Colonel Burgoyne in the Chair ; Prefent, 
Mr. Fobnftone, Sir Fohn Turner, 


Mr. Sutton, Mr. Ongley, 
Mr. Vane, Mr. Hotham, 
: Mr. Strachey, Mr. Pitt, 
Mr. Curzon, Mr. Cornwall, 
Mr. Fuller, Mr. Ellis. 


Read, the Petition of Gregore Cojamaul; as follows : 
*¢ To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in 

© Parliament affembled. 

«“ The humble Petition of Gregore Cojamaul, late of Beu- 
“ gal in the Eaft Indies, on Behalf of himfelf and 
“© others : 

«¢ Sheweth, 

«« That your Petitioner, who is an Armenian Chriftian, 
&lt;&lt; and Native of J/pbaban in Perfia, has for many Years 
“¢ refided in India as a Merchant, particularly in the Pro- 
« vinces of Bengal and its Dependencies, where thofe of 
«¢ his Nation have ever been allowed to carry on Trade, 
“ according to the ancient Ufages of thofe Countries, 
« and even were indulged with certain Privileges in that 
“ Refpect. 

«© That your Petitioner, who has ever ftrictly con- 
“ formed himfelf to the Ufages of thofe refpective Coun- 
“ tries, has, with many others of his Nation, of late, been 
«© greatly impeded in their Bufinefs as Merchants, by the 
** moft cruel, deftructive, and injurious Regulations, and 
*&lt; grievoufly opprefied by long and cruel Imprifonments, 
*¢ and otherwife, by the nominal Nabobs, and other Ser- 
&lt;&lt; vants of the Engli/b Eaft India Company in Bengal, not- 
«¢ withftanding your Petitioner never in any Degree in- 
« jured the faid Company, nor was ever guilty of any 
«: Breach of the Laws, either of Jndia or this Nation ; 
« to the known Juftice of which laft, he has already ap- 
‘&lt; plied for Satisfaction for the great Loffes and Injuries 
** he has fuftained. 

«© That, when your Petitioner, and others, have been 
«« injured and oppreffed by fuch Imprifonments within 
« the Diftri&amp;s to which His Majefty’s moft gracious 
* Charter of Juftice, granted to the faid Company, is 
&lt;¢ not allowed to extend, they have applied to the faid 
«« nominal Nabobs of Bengal for Juftice, who have re- 
«¢ ferred them and your Petitioner to the Prefident or 
Secret Committees of Calcutta in Bengal, alleging fuch 
Imprifonments to have been effected by ther Orders ; 
and when, on the Part of your Petitioner and fuch 
other Perfons, Application has been made for Juftice 
«© at Calcutta to the faid Company’s Governor and Pre- 
«© fident of the Secret Committees, they: have been re- 
« ferred back to the faid Nabobs ; and in this grievous 
Situation, without ever being able to know of what 
« Crime he was accufed, your Petitioner, by fuch 
«¢ Evafions, has been ruined, and left without any 
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“ may poflibly obtain from the Courts of Law in this 
* Country, under all the Difadvantages of feeking 
Juftice in a Foreign Land, at fuch a Diftance from 
the Scene of Action, without Friends or Money. 
* That your Petitioner, upon his Arrival in England, 
was advifed to apply to the Directors of the Eaf 
India Company for Redrefs, in Confequence of the 
Injuries he had fuftained by their Servants Abroad, 
which your Petitioner accordingly did in the moft hum- 
ble Manner, but has never yet been able to obtain 
any fatisfactory Anfwer from that honeurable Board. 
«&lt; That your Petitioner is about to return to his Family 
and Bufinefs in Bengal, where, under the prefént double 
Government, he is apprehenfive his Perfon, Property, 
and Family, as well as the reft of his Nation, will be 
expofed to greater Hardfhips than before, on Account 
of his having applied for Juftice in England, unlefs 
protected by fome effectual Regulations of Govern- 
‘© ment by the Britifh Legiflature. 
‘© Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays this ho- 
** nourable Houfe to take this Cafe into Confide- 
‘* ration, and grant fuch Relief in the Premifes, 
« with refpeét to the future Security of Perions 
*« and Property in Bengal, as to the Wifdom of 
“‘ this honourable Houfe fhall feem meet. 
(Signed) “ Gregore Cojamaul.” 
The Committee then read Parts of a Letter writ- 
ten by Lord Clive, upon his leaving Bengal, to Mr. 
Verelft and the reft of the Gentlemen of the Sele&amp; Coii- 
mittee, dated the 16th January 1767 ; as follows : 
- The Firft Point in Politics which I offer to your 
«“ Confideration, is the Form of Government. We 
«« are fenfible that fince the Acquifition of the Dew- 
anny, the Power formerly belonging to the Soubah 
« of thefe Provinces, is totally, in faét, vefted in the 
“ Eaft India Company. Nothing remains to him but 
“‘ the Name and Shadow of Authority. This Narte 
“© however, this Shadow, it is indifpenfably neceffary 
“© we fhould feem to venerate; every Mark of Di- 
“ ftinétion and Refpe&amp; muft be thewn him, and he 
“ himfelf encouraged to fhew his Refentment upon 
* the leaft Want of Refpect from other Nations. 
“ Under the Sanction of a Soubah, every Encroach- 
ment that may be attempted by Foreign Powers 
can effectually be crufhed, without any apparent 
Interpofition of our own Authority; and all real 
Grievances complained of by them, can, through 
the fame Channel, be examined into and redreffed. 
Be it therefore always remembered that there is a 
Soubah, that we have allotted him a Stipend, which 
“ muft be regularly _s in Support of his Dignity ; 
“ and that though the Revenues belong to the Com- 
“ pany, the territorial Jurifdiétion muit ftill reft in 
the Chiefs of the Country aéting under him, and 
this Prefidency in Conjunction. To appoint the 
Company’s Servants to the Offices of Collectors, or 
indeed to do any Act by an Exertion of the Eng- 
“ jifh Power, which can equally be done by the 
“© Nabob at our Inftance, would be throwing off the 
Mafk, would be declaring the Company Soubah of 
the Provinces. Foreign Nations would immediately 
take Umbrage, and Complaints preferred to the Bri- 
tifo Court, might be attended with very embarrafling 
Confequences. Nor can it be fuppofed that either 
the French, Dutch, or Danes, would readily ac- 
knowlege the Company’s Soubahfhip, and pay into 
the Hands of their Servants the Duties upon Trade, 
or the Quit Rents of thofe Diftriéts which they may 
have long been poffeffed of by Virtue of the Royal 
Phirmaunds, or Grants from former Nabobs. 
“© To what I have urged in general upon the Sub- 
“« ject of Regulations, I beg Leave to add a few Words 
‘¢ in Relation to one particular Point: All the Com- 
pany’s Servants at the Aurungs, all thofe at the Out 
Factories, except fuch as ate fixed at the Subordi- 
nates, and are neceflarily employed in the Silk Bu- 
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«¢ Place of Refidence confined to Calcutta. Orders for 
¢ this Purpofe have already been iffued, and the ‘Time 
« for their being obeyed is limited. Herein no Confi- 
s¢ deration whatfoever, fcarcely Humanity itfelf, ex- 
“ cept in any very extraordinary Inftance fhould 
** tempt you to relax; for be affured, that until thefe 
* Regulations take Place, the Company cannot be 
“ properly faid to enjoy their juft Rights and Privi- 
« leges, nor the Natives to be Mafters of their own 
&lt;&lt; Property. 

« Another growing Evil, which requires a {peedy 
«Remedy, is the Number of Vagabonds that infett 
* the Prefidency. All thofe muft be apprehended 
s and embarked on board Ships for Europe without 
* Delay. In their native Country they may become 
*¢ ufeful to the Public, but in Calcutta they are worfe 
“ than Idlers. Our Police is not perfect enough to 
«&lt; prevent theit being guilty of many Outrages, of 
‘¢ which I need only mention the opprefling the 
*¢ poor Inhabitants, and the retailing of Spirituous 
*¢ Liquors, which deftroy the Conttitution and Lives 
« of many of our Soldiers.” 

The Committee then read Part of a Minute of Mr. 
Verelft, who fucceeded Lord Clive in the Government 
of Bengal, as recorded in the Proceedings of a Select 
Committee held on the 5th February 1767, at which 
were alfo prefent Colonel Richard Smith, Francis Sykes, 
Claud Ruffell, and Alexander Campbell, Efquires; viz. 

&lt;&lt; Lord Clive, in his Letter to this Committee, has 

¢¢ been fo very explicit on the prefent State of Affairs, 
« and has fixed on fo judicious and fo wife a Plan of 
«¢ Politics, that I confider it as my Duty to recom- 
*¢ mend in the moft earneft Manner, our ftriétly adher- 
« ing thereto, from a Conviction that it isa Plan the 
«¢ beft calculated to infure Stability to the Affairs of 
« the Company, to preferve Harmony and Concord 
amongft ourfelves, and to eftablifh that Order, 
« Regularity, and Subordination, without which the 
«&lt; greateft and moft opulent Kingdoms cannot long 
&lt;¢ fubfift—Though his Lordfhip is no longer prefent 
&lt; to affift us in thofe falutary Meafures for the Wel- 
&lt;¢ fare of the Company, which he had fo much at 
&lt;¢ Heart, and in the Profecution of which he rifqued 
« his Health, his Life, and every Thing dear, yet the 
« Legacy he has left us will ferve as a Guide for 
“ our future Conduét, in the weighty and important 
«: Concerns of this Government.” 
The Petitioner, Gregore Cojamaul, was then called 
upon to give an Account of the Circumftances of his 
being taken up and confined, to the Time of his 
Releafement and Embarkation for England; which he 
did in the following Words : 

On the 14th March 1768, Rajah Bulwant/fing’s Officer 
{eized me at Bara Fort, and told me it was in Con- 
fequence of an Order that the Rajah had received from 
the Calcutta Governor, Mr. Verel#. Then I was taken 


&amp; 


to different Forts under Forty Men, who guarded me. - 


On the 17th they put me in a Boat, where was ano- 
ther Prifoner, an Armenian Gentleman, called Mél- 
comb Phillip. We were carried to Chowfab, where I 
received from the Rajah and his Minifters, Letters 
of Condolance on my Imprifonment, and Approba- 
tion of my Conduct. After fome Days we were cat- 
ried to Patna, where we arrived the 30th March, and 
we were carried before the Company’s Collector nam- 
ed Shitabroy, who confined us in his Cutcherry till 
the 6th April. He then fent away Rajah Bulwantfing’s 
Guards, and put Englifh Sepoys over us. As foon 


as the Guard was changed, they carried us into a . 


Boat in fuch a hafty Manner, that we could not know 
what we were accufed of: One Day we heard there 
was an Order of Mr. Verel/ft, the Governor of Calcutta, 
that we fhould be carried to Murfbedabad, before Ma- 
bomed Reza Khawn. We arrived at Maurfbedabad on 
the 26th April 1768, and we were carried before Ma- 
homed Reza Khawn, who was the Superior of fhe 


Englifo Collectors. He ordered us to be. catried to a 
Place called Ferrabbag. On the 27th April, the Firft 
Sepoys Guard was fent away and other Enghfh Se- 
peys were put in their Place, under the Command of 
Major Chriftian Fifcher.—While we were Prifoners, our 
Relations and Friends. applied to the Nabob to releafe 
us, who told them he had wrote to Calcutta for Or- 
ders. At Calcutta our Relations prefented a Petition 
to the Governor and Council, which was prefented to 
Mr. Vereif# himfelf, who told them to go and apply to 
the Nabob at the City of Murfbadabad. On the 23d 
May we were releafed. We went to Calcutta, where 
we arrived the 8th Fume. On the roth we-waited 
on Mr. Vere/#, to know his Pleafure, He infifted we 
had not been Prifoners.. I told Mr. Veredt that I had 
tranfacted Bufinefs for fome Englife Gentlemen, under 
a Purwannah, fealed with the Company’s Seal ; he faid, 
If this is the Cafe, then you are blamelefs: Bring 
the Purwannah and fhew it me—I did not bring my 
Purwannah to fhew him, being advifed not to do it, 
becaufe the other Gentleman, Melcemb Phillip, told me 
that he had carried his, and that Mr. Veredt had de- 
tained it. Afterwards I was diftreffed, from an Order 
that no Armenian or Portugueze fhould go cut of the 
Englifh Dominions, fo I remained without having my 
Goods, or being able to collect my Money, which 
determined me to come to this Country to feek for 
Juttice. 

2, To what Value do you fuppofe the Goods and 
Debts you left behind you amounted to ? 

A. In all £. 5,000. 

Q, Was that belonging to yourfelf ? 

A. Yes. 

Q, Did you leave no Goods or Debts with which you 
was intrufted by other People ? 

A. | did. 

2, Whofe Goods ? 

A. Mr. Bolts’s and Mr. Hare’s. I guefs about, 10 or 
£. 12,000 worth. 

Q, In what Part of the Country were thofe Goods 
and Debts ? 

A. In Bulwantfing’s Dominions. 

Q, Since that Time have you received no Account of 
your own Debts, or thofe belonging to Mr. Bolts or Mr. 
Hare ? 

A. \ have had no Account-—-I have been in England 
fince Auguft 1769. 

Q, Did you never hear that the Company’s Servants 
were forbid to trade in Bukwantfing’s Country ? 

A. No—I think the Company’s Servants were allowed 
to trade in that Country, becaufe I have often feen Goods 
there belonging to the Englifh, and have feen Englfh 
Gomaftahs in that Country. 

2, Do you think your Goods and Debts, together 
with thofe of Mr. Bolts and Mr. Hare, are loft, fo that 
you fhall never receive them ? : 

A. 1 don’t expect a Farthing. 

Q. Of the £. 5,000 you left, what Part was in Goods, 
and what in Debts ? ‘ 

A. Rather more in Debts than Goods. 

Q, When you left that Country, did you look upon 
your Debts as good? 

A. At that Time every one was good. 

Q, What Part of Mr. Bolts’s and Mr. Hare’s Pro- 
perty left behind, was in Goods, and what in Debts ? 

4. As I guefs, rather more in Goods than in Debts. 

Q, Did you apprehend that their Debts were good 
when you left that Country ? 

A. They were good. 

Q, Do you know of any Goods of Englifb Manufac- 
tory being fold in Bulwantfing’s Country ? 

A. No. 

2; Do you know of any Englifh Broad Cloth and 
Copper, or other Englifh Commodities, being fold in 
Bulwantfing’s or Sujabal Dowla’s Country ? 

A. I never faw it, but have heard of it. 


3 Q, At 








916 

O, At what Time was it that'you have heard of Eng- 
hifh Goods being fold in Bulwantfing’s Country? » 

“&gt; 4. Béetweent 1767 and 1768. - 

Mr. Cofemaul’s’ original*Purwannah was then pro- 
duced and dechifed ‘by Mri: Rambold to be the Pur- 
wannah iffuéd by him when he was Chief of Patna—It 
was interpreted ‘by Gony/bamda/s as follows : 





SOE’ AL: 
The Magnificent Merchants of 
the Englifb Company, the Dewans 
- of the Magnificent Provinces of 
Bengal, Babar, and. Oriffa, Ser- 
vants of the bold King Shab 
Alum. 











The Governors, Zemindars, Chowdries and Canon- 
goes, of the Diftriéts belonging to the Province of Gha- 
zipore, which belongs to the great Province of Owd, 
may obferve— Since Gregore, Gomaftah, being appointed 
by Mr. Francis Hare, Gentleman, to buy and fell Goods, 
he going into that Country, that he may carry on Trade 
for the abovefaid Gentleman, for the Space of Six 
Months, it is neceffary that Nobody fhall interrupt 
kim, that he may carry on Trade by Uprightnefs 
with an eafy Mind; it is neceffary, that they, having 
obferved the Power of this Order, may put it in Exe- 
cution—Dated the goth Ofober 1767, in the gth Year 
of the King. 

Mr. Cojamaul was then ‘afked, Had you ever’ any 
Warning or Notice either from the Servants of the Eng- 
lifb Company or Bukwantfing, or any of his Officers, 
that you was conducting yourfelf improperly, before you 
was feized and imprifoned ? 

A. I never had any Notice. 

Q, Did you think that Purwannah gave you Autho- 
rity to trade for Mr. Bolts 2 

A. Now 

9, Had you any Purwannah to trade for Mr. Bolts ? 

A. No. 

Q, Had you a Right to trade for the Engl without 
a Purwannah? 

A. I had, being a Merchant fettled in that Coun- 
try. 

Q, If you had a Right to trade without a Purwannah, 
what Ufe was there in having one ? 

A. \ was-advifed if I did any Bufinefs for Englifh 
Gentlemen’to get one—1 had Liberty and Permiffion 
from the Rajah Bulwant/ing to do Bufinefs in that Coun- 
try, and never was.molefted ; the Rajah and the People 
were fatisfied. 

Q, Was Ghazipore Part of Bulwantfing’s Country ? 

A. It was. 

9, When you came to this Kingdom, did you apply 
to the Ea/t India Company ? 

A. \ arrived in London the 18 Auguft 1769 —I pre- 
fented a Petition to the Court of Directors on the 12 
September, and I never had any Anfwer—In Ofoder the 
Secretary fent mea Letter that he would be glad to fpeak 
with me any Morning. I employed Mr. Bolts becaufe 
I could not talk Englifh myfelf. 

Q, Did Mr. Verelft ever defire you to give him a Lift 
of your Goods, and fay he would affift you in recover- 
ing them ? 

A. No. 

Q, When you carried on Trade in Bulwantfing’s Coun- 
try did you ever make Ufe of the Englib Name ? 

A. I did not, Thad no Occafion, becaufe I was a 
Merchant—I traded for Englifh Gentlemen, but did not 
call myfelf an Englifh Gomaftah, nor faid I traded by 
Englifo Authority. 

Thomas Rumbold, Efquire, being then called, faid, 
with Regard to Purwannahs, they are of very different 
Kinds. When they are iffued in the Manner of that 


Journals of the ‘Houfe of Commons. 


A. 3772. 


produced, for the Purchafe of (Goods, the Servants’ of 
the Company have only been intitled to them—They 
exempt the Poffeflor from all Dutiesor ‘Impofitions: of 
the Officers of the Country Government, and: no Man 
refiding in Bulwantfing’s Country; ‘without them, or 
within the Provinces,' could: have*¢arried on their Bufiz 
nefs without being liable to frequent-Interruption, and 
Demands of Duties from the Farmers of the Diftricts. 
I believe there has been no Armenians refiding in Shujabh 
Dowla’s Country, *till the Influence obtained by the 
Englifob, and they were after that; im common with 
other Gomaftahs, employed by the Servants of the Com= 
pany. It was fome Time doubtful whether we had a 
Right to grant thofe Purwannahs:for the Purchafe. of 
Goods within his‘Dominions : It«had however been for 
fome Time done; and no Notice taken of it, probably 
from Shujab Dowla’s being afraid of offending the Eng- 
life after being put in Poffeffion of his Country. In 
Courfe of Time, Complaints came: thatthe Gomaftahs 
of the Exglifh were guilty-of many Oppreffions in that 
Country.. Many. Letters were wrote by Shujah Dowla ; 
fome I received myfelf, and General Smith, who was at 
the Court of Shujah Dowla, often made Reprefentations 
to me how difacreeable it. was to the’ Nabob to. have 
thofe Gomaftahs:refiding” with fuch a Protection within 
his Country ; this occafioned Orders‘from the Prefident 
and Council of Fert William; that .no Purwannahs 
fhould in future be granted ; that. all the Gomaftahs 
fhould ‘be recalled, and,:that when Goods pafied the 
Boundaries of the: Babar Province, whether. belonging 
to the. Natives of Bengal, Babar, and” Oriffa, or not, 
fhould be fubjeét to the Duties collected by Shujab 
Dowla’s Officers from other Merchants.—In fhort, that 
the Englifh Privilege fhould be withdrawn. I believe, 
that thofe Orders from the Prefident and Council were 
in Confequence of fome Direétions from Home.—All 
Men who had thofe Purwannahs. were intitled to par- 
ticular Privileges, and Exemption from all Duties of 
the Country Government. When the Orders came for 
recalling the Gomattahs, . feveral Gentlemen at Patna 
reprefented, that they fhould fuffer greatly by the im- 
mediate Recall of their Gomattahs,, before they could 
have Time to adjuft their Concerns, and feveral who 
made this Reprefentation were indulged with a longer 
Time, but there appearing no End to that Indulgence, 
another Order was fent for their immediate Return, 
and to deliver up their Purwannahs, This ‘Order was 
fignified to the feveral Gentlemen .I had granted Pur- 
wannahs to; many of the Purwannahs were redeliver- 
edto me. I cannot fpeak particularly to the Purwan- 
nah of thofe Armenians, why it was not given up, or whe- 
ther the Time was elapfed.—Several Gomattahs ftill re- 
mained in Shujah Dowla’s Country, and took the Names 
of Englifo Gentlemen: Three in particular took my 
Name, and were feized either by Shujab Dowla or the 
Troops acting under Captain Harper: Mr. Verelft, Pre- 
fident at Calcutta, wrote to me, that he was furprifed 
there fhould be Men aéting for me in that Country 

when the Orders from the Prefidency had fo frequently 
been repeated againft it. I wrote him for Anfwer, I 
was very glad they had been taken up, and hoped they 
would meet with a due Punifhment for acting in my 
Name without any Authority from me. The only Go- 
maftahs that I kept in the Country at that Time, were 
for the Service of the Company, and by Permiffion of 
Shujab Dowlah, to provide Timber at a Place called 
Gorruckpore, for building Barracks for the Troops. I 
never had any Complaint from Mr. Hare, who was the 
Second at Patna, of thofe People who by that Purwan- 
nah had aéted as his Gomatftahs, being feized.—I cannot 
recollect the Time, but Mr. Bolts wrote to me, men- 
tioning thefe Armenians being in Shujah Dowla’s Coun- 
try, and recommending to me to employ them as my 
Gomaftahs ; he particularly mentioned to me the Ad- 
vantages that would arife by carrying on a particular 
Trade by them. I declined employing them. 


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Q, At what Time did you receive thofe Complaints 
from Shujab al Dowla ? : 

—_ I cannot charge my Memory with the particular 
ime. 

Q, Did not Mr. Fobnftone prefent the Purwannah now 
produced, to you feveral Days ago, to look at the 
Date, that you might be Matter of the Subject ? 

A, Certainly. 

Q, Did you underftand this Purwannah was both to 
buy and fell ? 

A. Undoubtedly. 

9, By what Stipulation of Treaty or other Regula- 
tion, did the Exemption of Duties arife in Confequence 
of the Englifo Purwannah in Bulwantfing’s and Shujab 
Dowla’s Country ? 

Refers back to the former Part of his Evidence: 

Q, Do you remember the Date when Orders were 
fent te you not to grant any more Purwannahs ? 

A. 1 have many Copies of Tranfactions Abroad, 
which I keep for my own Satisfaétion—If on lookihe 
over my Papers, I fhall find the Copy of the Order, 1 
fhall certainly bring it to the Committee. 

Q, In what Light do you confider Shitabroy ? 

A. \ confider Shitabroy, as a Man appointed by the 
Nabob and Minifters, to collect the Revenues, with the 
Approbation of the Company’s Agents, as having the 
Dewanny in their Poffeffion. 

9, Who do you conceive the Nabob and Minifters 
to be appointed by ? | 

A. 1 believe the Company’s Records will thew. 

Q, Have you any Belief or Knowlege concerning 
that yourfelf ? : 

A. I never had the Honour of being concerned in 
the Appointment of any Nabob or Minifter. 

Q, When you was Chief at Patna, was Shitabroy un- 
der your Direétion ? 

A. No. 

Q, Was he perfectly independant of your Autho- 
rity ? 

f Intirely independant of my Authority. 

Q9, Do you confider him as a Servant of the Za/ 
India Company or not ? 

A. No more than I confider Mahomed Reza Cawn. 

Q, Do you confider Mabomed Reza Gawn as a Ser- 
vant? 

A. I confider him as the Minifter of the Nabob. 

Q, Does Mahomed Reza Cawn receive his Directions 
upon the Affairs of Government from the Nabob? 

A. I never was prefent at any Directions that were 
fent to him. 

Q, Did you ever fend or give any Order to Shita- 
broy ? 

% I never gave an Order to him in my Life, but 
I have made many Requefts to him as Chief of the Fac- 
tory. 

2 Was he always fo civil as to grant your Re- 
quetts ? 

A. He was one of the beft bred Men I ever met with, 
and J never gave him an Order. 

Q, What would have been the Confequence to Shita- 
broy, if he had refufed the Requeft ? 

A. If it had been on Behalf of the Zaf India Com- 
pany, I fhould have reprefented it to the Governor 
and Council of Ca/cutta.If of a private Nature, I mutt 

have fatisfied my‘felf. 

Q, Do you fuppofe in confequence of fuch Repre- 
fentation, Shitabrey would have been removed from his 
Office ? 

A. I fuppofe, if it had been any Thing that ma- 
terially affected the Interefts of the Company, the Na- 
bob would have fhewed a proper Refehtment to the 
Officer who had Charge of his Bufinefs in that Pro- 
vince. 

9, Do you believe, Shitabroy would have dared to 
yefule any Requeft coming from you officially as a pub- 

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lic Officer of the Company and upon a public Ac: 
count ? 

A. Except the Requeft had been very improper, I 
don’t ides he in or 

2, Who pays Shitabroy his Salary ? 

A, He is paid out of the Revenues, the fame as other 
Officers employed in the Collection of them. 

2, Who is it that pays him, the Nabcb or the Com- 
pany? 

A. Certainly the Nabob ; he receives it out of the Re- 
venues, and makes up his Accounts every Year to the 
Nabob, at Murfhedabad. e 

Q, Was it paid out of the Grofs Revenue, or out 
of the particular Revenue affigned to the Nabob by 
Treaty ? 

A. Out of the Grofs Revenue. , 

Q, About what Time were thefe Purwannahs firft 
iffued ? 

A, There were Purwannahs iffued before I was Chief 
of the Factory, which was in December 1766. 

Q, Were any Purwannahs ordered by Lord Clive ? 

A. I don’t recolleé. 

Q. Were Purwannahs of the fame Effect as thofe pro- 
duced, iffued in Bengal, Babar, and Oriffa ? 

A. There were, to the Company’s Servants, men- 
tioning the Name of the Gomaftahs employed by them. 

Q, Could a Gomaftah, acting under fuch a Pur- 
er fend Goods free of Duties without.2 Duf 
tuck ? 

A. Certainly not—The Duftuck pafies the Goods by 
the different Cuftom Houfes, which are called Chokies ; 
but there is a Duty upon almoft every Species of Goods 
that is paid to the Farmer where thofe Goods are manu- 
factured, which the Duftuck has nothing to do with, 
and which all the Country Merchants are fubject to, 
but which the Purwannah given to our Merchants ex- 
empts them from, as I have always underftood. I am 
not fure, whether the Duty is paid by the Purchafer or 
Manufacturer, but whichever it is, the Purwannah ex- 
empts him—I have traded in Shujah Dowla’s Country, 
in Ophium and fome little Saltpetre. 


9, Do they pay Duties in Stujab Dowla’s Coun- 
&gt; 


A. J always traded as a Servant of the Company, 
and confequently my Agents were furnifhed with Pur- 
wannahs and Duftucks, and therefore I cannot {peak 
pofitively to the Duties —When thofe Orders came to 
me, every Gomaftah of mine was recalled. 

Q, Had you ever any Complaints againft Cogee Gre- 
gore, Cogee Melcomb, Cogee Fohanunes, Padre Rafael, or 
Ramfunker ? 

A. Never particularly ; the Complaints that I heard 
were in general againft the Engii/h Gomattahs. 

Q, Did you ever hear or know the Caufes for con- 
fining thofe Gomaftahs ? ) 

A. 1 never heard any Thing in particular about 
them. © 

Q, Had you ever any Complaint from any of the 
Princes of the Country, while you was Chief at Patna, 
againft Mr. Bolts ? 

A. No; not to my Recollection. 

The Committee then proceeded to read Part of the 
Proceedings held at a Confultation of the 18 May 1768, 
in Calcutta ; atwhich were prefent HarryVere//, Efquire, 
Prefident, Colonel Richard Smith, Richard Becher, fames 
Alexander, Claud Rufell, William Alderfey, and Charles 

Ffloyer, Efquires ; as follows : 

“© The Seleét Committee lay before us the follow- 
« ing Extract from their Proceedings of the 27th ultimo. 

“« Extract from the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
“ mittee, the 27 April 1768. 

«“ This Board being fenfible of the great Difadvar- 
“ tages refulting from an immediate Recall of Gomaftahs 
“‘ of Individuals, at prefent trading in the Countries of 
“ the Nabob Shujah al Dowla and Bulwantfing, _— 

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* the Sanétion of. the Englifb, it is refolved to allow 
«¢ them to refide there for the Space of Two Months, 
“¢ for the Adjuftment of the Affairs of their Confti- 
“¢ tuents, and the Collection of their outftanding Ba- 
¢¢ Jances, and fhall on no Account whatever be allowed 
‘© to engage in any new Concern, and that they fhall 
‘¢ quit thofe Countries imme..iately after the Expiration 
“¢ of the Term limited for their Refidence. 

«¢ And in order to facilitate the Adjuftments of their 
«&lt; Affairs, as well as to prevent the Frauds and other 
* Abufes to which fuch a Reftriction might otherwife 
 expofe them; it is further refolved and agreed, that 
“ the Prefident do inform the Nabob Shujah al Dowla 
“and Bulwantfing, of thefe Injunctions laid upon all 
*¢ Gomaftahs in their Countries, and to requeft they 
¢¢ wil] grant them every reafonable Affiftance they may 
“require, for the fpeedy Regulation of their Con- 
* cerns. 

“* Agreed, that the foregoing Refolutions be laid be- 
“ fore the Prefident and Council, and that we do re- 
“&lt; commend to them to iffue their Orders for effectually 
“ preventing in future, any Trade being carried on 
*¢ beyond the Provinces by Gomaftahs affuming the 
* Englife Name. A true Extract. 

(Signed) 
“ Charles Ffloyer. 

“¢ Secretary of the Select Committee. 

*¢ The fame having been read, and we concurring in 
« Qpinion therewith, it is agreed and refolved, that 
“after the Expiration of Two Months, from the 27th 
“* April, no Gomaftahs employed by the Engh fhall 
“be permitted to remain in any Part of India, out of 
“the Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Oriffa , and af- 
“‘ter that Period, that no Company’s Servant, free 
“ Merchant, or other European refiding under the Com- 
« ide Protection, fhall be fuffered to carry on any 
«&lt; Inland Trade directly or. indirectly, beyond thofe 
‘¢ Limits, under Penalty ; if a Company’s Servant, of 
“being immediately difmiffed the Service; if a free 
** Merchant, of other European, of forfeiting the Com- 
* pany’s Protection. And it is further agreed and re- 
“* folved, that if any European whatever fhall attempt to 
“‘tranfport any. Merchandize beyond the Provinces, 
*&lt; all fuch Merchandize fhall be feized and confifcated, 
«and the Gomaftahs having, Charge of fuch contra- 
* band Trade fhall be punifhed with the utmoft Se. 
&lt;&lt; verity. 

“© All Armenians, Portuguefe, or the Defcendants of 
&lt;&lt; Armenians and Portuguefe, are included in the above 
«¢ Reftrictions, it being intended that none but the Na- 
“tives of the Country (Mujelmen and Hindoos) fhall 
“¢ in future enjoy this Privilege. 

“&lt; Ordered, That public Notice be given of this Re- 
« folution, and agreed, that we acquaint the Gentle- 
&lt;¢ men at the Subordinates of the fame, and fend them a 
«“ Copy of the Publication made here, that it may be 
“ }ffued at their refpective Refidencies alfo.” 

Mr. Rumbold was then afked, Do you remember any 
public Orders for prohibiting Armenians, their Defcen- 
dants, and others, from trading in Shujabh Dowla or 
Bulwantfing’s Dominions before the Ediét of the 18 
May 1768, which has now been read ? 

A. 1 do not recollect any, but fhould there have been 
any Order at that Time which may have flipt my Me- 
mory, I hope the Committee will not fuppofe that I 
had any Intention of fecreting it. 

, Was it not your Practice at Patna to enter in a 
Book all your Letters of Correfpondence with the 
Country Powers ? 

_4. U believe they moftly were, but I have no Co- 
ies, 

Q, Are thofe Books tranfmitted from the Subordinate 
Faétories to the Prefidency ? 

A. Ido not believe the Books of Country Corref- 
pondence have been fo tranfmitted. 


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Q, Were thofe general Orders for withdrawing the 
Gomaftahs and Purwaanahs iffued by you, entered ? 

A. I believe they are. : 

Mr. Cojamaul was then afked, When you pur- 
chafed Goods for Mr. Hare, did you pay the Duty to 
the Zemindar ? 

A, I know of but one Duty, and that goes to the 
Fouzdar or his Officers: I never purchafed any Thing 
without paying a Duty. 

Q, Why did you not produce the Purwannah to ex- 
cufe Mr. Hare from paying the Duty ? 

A. Becaute I did not chufe to act as a Gomaftah, but 
as a Merchant; I told Mr. Hare, I would not do 
it. 

Q, Why did you take the Purwannah ? 

A. I was advifed by my Friends, but I never ufed 
it. 

Q. Do you know nothing of any Duties whatfoever, 
from which the producing that Purwannah would ex- 
empt you? 

A. The Force of this Purwannah, as I have heard, 
is to hinder the Duty in the Eaglif or any other Do- 
minions; but I never made ule of it; the Duty is 
trifling. 

Q, Did you charge Mr. Hare with the Duties ? 

A, Yes. . 

2, Why did you, when you had a Purwannah that 
would have exempted them ? 

A. Becaufe I told Mr. Hare at firft, that f would not 
be employed as a Gomaftah for the Engli/h, but as a 
Merchant. 

Q, What is the Force of the Duftuck ? 

A, To pafs the Goods by the Chokies. 

Q, Is there not a Duty paid in the Place where the 
Goods are manufactured ? 

A. Yes—where they are bought or manufactured. 

Q, Have you your Account with Mr. Hare? 

A, No, it remains in India. 

Q. Is it any Difgraceto be an Engh/b Gomaftah? 

A. A Merchant is always refpected more, and has 
more Credit than a Gomaftah. 

Q, Is a Merchant more refpected than an Englifo 
Gomattah ? 

A. It is a Character of more Refpect. 

9, Did you ever apply to Mr. Vere/f for Redrefs ? 

A. I never applied myfelf, but my Friends did. 

Q, What was their Application ? 

A. \t was for Redrefs. I have heard of no Anfwer 
from my Friends, that they could get. 

Q, Who were thofe Friends ? 

4. Melcomb Phillip ; he faid he could get no An 
fwer. 

Q. Did you ever fend any Goods to Mr. Hare ? 

A, Yhave fent Things of little Confequence. 


Lune 11° die Maii, 1772. - 
Colonel Burgoyne in the Chair, Prefent, 


Mr. Fobnftone, Mr. Trecothick, « 
Mr. Vane, Mr. Ongley, 

Mr. Pulteney, Lord Chive, 

Mr. Strachey, Mr. Pitt, 

Sir G. Elliot, Lord Folkeftone. 


The Committee proceeded to read the following Ex- 
traét from a Letter of the Governor and Sele&amp; Com- 
mittee in Beagal, to the Directors of the Ea India 
Company, dated the 31* Fanuary 1766, figned, Clive, 
Wm. B. Sumner, Fokn Carnac, H. Verelft, and Francis 
Sykes, viz. 

«To us it evidently appears there remained but the 
“¢ Alternative, to advance as we have done, and grafp at 
* the whole Power, or to fhrink back into our primi- 
“tive Condition of fimple Merchants; to abandon our 
*¢ Poffeffions, difband- our Forces, and reft our future 
‘© Hopes on the Clemency of Princes, who will not eafily 
*« forget or forgive the Superiority we have fo long 

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*¢ maintained.—In a Word, this laft Meafure was in it- 
“ felf impracticable ; for we mut obferve, although 
*¢ with much Regret, that the Mifconduct of Individuals 
** hath rendered the Englifh Name fo odious, that we 
*‘ are no longer fecure, than while our Hands are armed 
* for the Defence of our Lives and Property.” 


Read, Part of the Proceedings of the Seleé&amp; Commit- 
teein Bengal, held at Barafut, the 31 December 1766, at 
which were prefent Lord Clive, Harry Verelf#, Efquire, 
Brigadier General Carnac, and Francis Sykes, Efquire, as 
follows : 

“* Mahomed Reza Khawn reprefenting to us the great 
«© Expence which he neceffarily incurs in fupporting the 
« Dignity and Influence of his Station, an Expence 
‘* which he has hitherto defrayed by receiving thofe Per- 
* quifites and Emoluments ufually annexed to his Of- 
* fice, and defiring that we will now affign to him a 
*¢ ftated Salary and Provifion, which he thinks will prove 
“* more honourable to himfelf and advantageous to the 
* Revenue : 

“* And the Committee taking into ferious Confidera- 
** tion the great Importance of Mahomed Reza Khawn’s 
“ particular Station, which is that of Naib Dewan and 
«Prime Minifter, the extraordinary Zeal and Ability 
“he has fhewn in the Difcharge of his Office, the Ex- 
“ pediency of maintaining him in the full Influence due 
s¢ to his Rank, and the Benefit to the Revenue that 
«will accrue from cutting off all fecret Advantages 
«and Perquifites, which fo evidently open a Door to 
“ manifold Acts of Fraud and Oppreffion : 

“ Refolved, That in Lieu of all Perquifites and Emo- 
*¢ Juments hitherto received by Mahomed Reza Khawn, 
sand the other Minifters, agreeably to the Cuftom 
«¢ of the Country, there fhall in future be affigned for 
¢ their Maintenance and Support, an annual Salary of 
«¢ Twelve Lacks of Rupees, the fame to be deduéted 
*¢ from the Monthly Collections, and divided between 
* Mahomed Reza Khawn, Roy Dullub, and Shitabroy, in 
«fuch Manner and in fuch Proportions, as fhall be 
«¢ fettled by the Right honourable the Prefident and 
«them, Payment to commence on the laft Day of 
&lt;&lt; Fanuary next.” 


Read, Part of the Proceedings of the Governor and 
Council at Fort William, in Bengal, dated the, 1oth De- 
cember 1767; at which were prefent Harry Verelf, 
Efquire, Prefident, fobn Cartier, Richard Becher, Claud 
Ruffell, William Alderfey, Charles Ffloyer, and Alexander 
Ca npbell, Efquires: Alfo Part of the Proceedings of a 
Select Committee, held the 11th December 1767, at 
which were prefent Mr. Verel/t, Mr. Cartier, Mr. Becher, 
and Mr. Campbell, viz. 

Extract of a Letter from Colonel Richard Smith 
to the Seleét Committee, dated at Jilababad, 
the 24 November 1767. 

«© The Nature of the Intelligence tranfmitted from 
“¢ Calcutta, by Shujab Dowla’s Vaqueel, is without Li- 
«mits. The Nabob is almoft as fully acquainted with 
« the Parliameritary Proceedings concerning the Com- 
*¢ pany’s Affairs as I am. How far the Importance 
«and Dignity of the Company, and the Weight and In- 
« fluence of the Adminiftration is leffened in his Efteem 
“ by this Communication, may be eafily conceived. 
« Whilft a Vaqueel is fo ready and fo fure a Channel 
&lt; tg communicate Intelligence, few Men will be found 
“fo hardy as to maintain a direct Correfpondence 
«¢ with the Nabob ; but there is a Man who has obliquely 
« offered fo great an Infult to our Prefident, that was 
«¢ | prefent at the Board, I would move for the Exer- 
«tion of our Authority to the utmoft Extent, to free 
« the Settlement from fo dangerous an Inhabitant-—I 
«¢ mean Mr. Bolts, and the enclofed Copy of a Letter (the 
« Original in my: Poffeffion) to Mr. Gentil, refiding in 
“ Sujah Dewla’s Court, wherein he afferts an abfolute 


4 


‘© Falfehood, which tends to leffen that effential Dig- 
‘* nity and neceffary Influence of our Prefident, is furely 
* deferving of your fevereft Refentment. Nor is this 
*‘ the only Letter he wrote; for the Nabob acquainted 
* a Perfon of undoubted Honour, that Mr. Bo/ts had 
* wrote the fame to Meer Meffalah (formerly Phyfician 
«‘ and Confidant of Cofim Ally) from whom the Nabob 
“&lt; heard it. Hereafter I may lay before you other Proofs 
*¢ of the Extent of the Intelligence communicated through 
** the Vaquceel.” 


Letter to Mr. Gentil. 
* Dear Sir, ‘ 

It is along Time fince I heard from you, which 
“has made mea little uneafy. I have long intended 
** to come from hence to have the Pleafure of teeing 
** you, as.alfoto pay my Refpeéts to the Nabob, but 
“« my Affairs have not as yet permitted me; neverthelefs, 
*¢ itis what I hope to be able to do in a fhort Time. 

“In Regard to the Saltpetre, 1 hope the Difputes on 
** that Subject are ended, but it is not poflible for me 
“to abandon my Right for the Advantage of other 
“¢ Gentlemen, who have no other Pretenfions than what 
** are founded on Injuftice, and who would take the 
*« Advantage of my Abfence for to deprive me of the 
“ Advantage of my Contracts, which have exifted a 
** long Time, and which were drawn out with all Pro- 
“ priety and Juftice, conformable to the Cuftoms of 
‘© Merchants. If that had been for the Nabob, it would 
“‘ have been another Thing. But before I give up the 
** Point to Gentlemen who are not in any .Way my 
*« Superiors, I affure you, I will follow the Affair to the 
‘¢ Jaft Court of Juftice, where I can have Recoutfe. 
** Next Year I will give over all further Commerce, 
‘“‘ but in the mean Time, I hope you will help me with 
*“ your Affiftance. My Gomaftah Goalda/s writes me 
** you had informed him, that Colonel Barker had wrote 
*¢ Letters to ftop all my Bufinefs, and to drive away my 
‘“« People ; I fhall be obliged to you for your Informa- 
“tion on that Subject, for that Gentleman is not au- 
“ thorized to act in fuch a Manner. 

“‘ T have taken the Liberty to fend you a Letter for 
“* Cogee Rafael; I beg you will deliver it to him and 
“‘ fend me his Anfwer. I am furprifed the Nabob has 
** not as yet paid (as they write me) the Amount of the 
* Broad Cloth which my People fold him; if that is 
“true, be fo good as to reprefent the fame to him. 
“ Melcomb writes me, that he alfo has fent fome Cloth 
“« from Dacca to the Nabob’s Camp: [ donot doubt of 
“ your favourable Affiftance for the Sale. I thal! be 
“‘ very glad when you give me an Opportunity of ren- 
*&lt; dering you any Service here in Return for the Trouble 
“[ have given you. I fhall never be convinced of 
“your Friendfhip, unlefs you give me fome Oppor- 
“‘ tunity or other of teftifying mine; but you, who are 
“ Naib Subah, and immerged in Bufinefs, are perhaps 
*¢ above thefe Trifles. Let it be as it will; [ affure you, 
“ my dear Sir, that Nobody wifhes you better than I 
“© do. 

«¢ [| have wrote a Letter to the Nabob, to whom I 
“ beg you will give my humble Refpects. There is 
“ arrived an Englifo Europe Ship, and another French 
“one. The Affairs of our Company are in great Agi- 
* cation, and are laid before the King and Parliament 
‘of England, and according to the Letters I have re- 
“‘ ceived, there is a great Likelihood that my Affo- 
“© ciate Mr. Fobnftone will come out Governor from the 
« King. 1 fhall be glad from Time to Time to hear 
* from you, who am with a moft perfect Efteem, 

s¢ Dear Sir, 
«© Your moft humble Servant, 

“ Calcutta, William Bolts, 
“ the 19 Funé 1767. 

«cP. S. I need not recommend Mahomed Afbruff Cawn 
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920 

Copy of thie Prefident, Mr. Vere//’s Minute, on 

Confultation, the 10 December 1767. 

«© The Prefident acquaints the Board, that he fome 
«“ Time fince received Information of the improper 
‘© Correfpondence carried on by Mr. “Bolts, with Shujab al 
«© Dowla, Mr. Gentil, and many other Perfons ; that he 
&lt;&lt; defired a Gentleman refiding up the Country to endea- 
“‘ your to procure a particular Letter written by Mr. 
« Belts, which he effected, and delivered the Letter to 
« Colonel Smith, who inclofed the fame to the Commit- 
“ tee; that he can affert from undoubted Authority, that 
« Mr. Bolts continues his Correfpondence with Perfons 
“ refiding at the Courts of the Country Princes, and 
«¢ with his Armenian Agents, endeavouring by falfe Re- 
« ports and Reprefentations to leffen the Refpect due to 
“‘ the prefent Adminiftration, and to deftroy the Har- 
«mony and Confidence fubfifting between us and the 
«¢ Powers of Hindoftan. 

“© The Prefident is further informed, that Mr. Bolts 
e has an Armenian Agent at Fyfabad, named Cogee Ra- 
«&lt; fael, another at Banaras, Cogee Melcomb, and a Third 
“‘refiding near Ghazipore, by Name Cogee Gregory. 
« Through thefe People he ungratefully endeavours to 
* injure the Intereft of thofe, in whofe Service he raifed 
«an Independency: And thefe Armenians, under the 
« Characters of Englifb Gomattahs, are ftriving to efta- 
« blifh themfelves in Shujab Dowla’s Dominions, upon 
« the Footing they formerly were at Mur/hedabad, not- 
«« withftanding the Nabob, on Account of tome Mal- 
«&lt; practices, has lately forbidden them his Prefence. The 
« Prefident has, however, defired his Excellency to ba- 
«¢ nifh all fuch as are in his Country, under the Pretext 
* of being Gomaftahs to the Engli/b. 
~ «¢ Mr. Bolts, whilft he was in the Company’s Service, 
« procured a Number of Duftucks, pretending he want- 
« ed them to pafs his Goods ; but he laid them by, un- 
« ufed, until his Refignation of the Service ; fince when 
«: he has availed himfelf of them to carry on his Trade 
«&lt; Duty free. The Prefident, upon being informed of 
&lt;¢ it, wrote to the Minifters, defiring them to iffue Or- 
“ ders to the Chokies for {topping all Duftucks of a very 
“ old Date ; a Meafure which he hopes will put a Stop 
“ to fo difhoneft and unlawful a Proceeding. 
i (Signed) 

“¢ Harry Verelft.” 


The Committee then read a Paragraph of a Letter 
from the Seleét Committee at Calcutta, of the 22 
Decemt 1767, to Colonel Richard Smith, in Anfwer 
to his Letter of the 24 Novem’ ; as follows: 

«We much approve of the Information you have 
« fent us regarding Mr. Bolts’s Conduct in the Carrying 
&lt;&lt; on a Correfpondence with Mr. Gentil, at the Court 
«of Shujab Dowla, and have laid the fame before the 
&lt;&lt; Council, whofe Sentiments, as well as ours, we with 
*¢ Pleafure obferve, entirely concur with thofe you have 
“ expreffed on that Subject. We requeft you will ufe 
«‘ your Endeavours with the Nabob to remove Mr, 
« Bolts’s Gomaftahs from his Dominions.” 


The Committee then read the Tranflations of feveral 
Perfian Letters, written or received by Mr. Vere/#, to 
or from the Rajahs or Nabobs of the Country, as 
ftated on the Records of the Company, together with 
feveral other Letters; as follow : 

Read, a Letter written by Mr. Vere/# on the 19 
February 1768, to Rajah Bulwantfing, marked B. 
N° 12. 

«&lt; J cannot help being aftonifhed to find, from Colo- 
&lt;6 nel Smith’s Letters, that Duftucks and Purwannahs 
«ender the English Name are current in your Dif- 
“s triéts, and that Gomaftahs commit frequent Extor- 
“¢ tions and Oppreffions under that Sanétion. After the 
«¢ plain Directions which I gave your Vakeel at Mur/be- 
«&lt; dabad, 1 am very much furprifed that you fhould 
** have neglected to inform me of thefe Practices. I 


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** now therefore’ pofitively write to you that I wil} 
‘neither grant myfelf, nor fuffer others to grant, any 
“* Duftucks with the Englifh Seal, for the Convey- 
** ance of any Goods, to any Part of the Nabob Shujab 
“al Dowla’s Territories; only for fuch Neceffaries as 
“may be occafionally going to the Army ; and I muft 
‘‘ further direct you to tranfmit me a Copy of all Duf- 
“tucks for Neceffaries, the Inftant they come to 
“ your Hands, that no Room for Evafton or Pretence 
“may remain. As I have frequent Complaints from 
“the Nabob, Shujeh al Dowla, that divers People 
“ afflume the Name of Englifb Gomaftahs, I there- 
“fore defire that you would iffue pofitive Orders 
‘throughout your Diftricts for all fuch Offenders to 
“withdraw themfelves without Delay ; and you will 
“immediately caufe Chvajee Melcomb, and Choajee 
““ Gregore, and a Bengally named Ram Setker, to be 
* fent down under Confinement to Meha Rajah Shi- 
“ tabroy, for none of thefe People have any Title 
“to Refidence within the Territories of the Nabob 
“ Shujab al Dowia.” 
On a Rukah. 

“Tam informed that Monf. Canonge, a Frenchman, 
“is now refident, and carrying on a Trade in French 
“Commodities, at Mirzapore. I am aftonifhed that 
“you fhould permit French Merchandize to pals 
“without Duties, and French Gomaftahs to refide 
“without Authority. 1 therefore write to you to 
** fend down the aforefaid Frenchman, without Delay, 
“to Patna, and levy the eftablifhed Duties. You 
** muft give proper Attention likewife, to prevent any 
“of your People from embezzling the Effects and 
** Goods which he may leave behind him.” 


Read—alfo a Letter written by Mr. Vere/f#, on the 
27 Feby 1768, to the Nabob, Shujab al Dowla, 
marked B. N° 14, 

“IT am much furprifed to learn from Colonel 
‘* Smith, that divers People, taking the Name of 
‘* Englifo Gomattahs, have been guilty of great Violence 
‘“‘ and Extortions in your Excellency’s Country. Of 
*‘ this 1 was before entirely unacquainted, or I would 
‘* have endeavoured to have remedied it; nor has 
“‘ any one Authority from me, nor will I in future 
*‘ give any, either for Trade or Refidence, in your 
“* Excellency’s Country. I muft therefore make it 
“my particular Requeft, that, fhould any one take 
“the Englifh Name as a Screen for his Mal-prac- 
** tices, you will immediately caufe him to be ap- 
‘* prehended, and fent hither, that his Falfehood may 
“meet with due Punifhment. You cannot oblige 
“‘me more than by detecting thefe Impoftors. I 
“‘ write this fo pofitively and ftrongly, that you may 
“* fee how ever attentive I am to cut off all Occafion 
** of Uneafinefs to you.” 

On a Rukah. 

‘I learn that Two Armenians, named Cojab Ra: 
“* fael, and Cojah Eftevan, are refident at Fizeabad, 
‘and carrying on a Trade there. As this Tribe are 
“‘of a bad Caft, and their Principles only Falfehood 
*‘and Impofition, I requeft that you will give thera 
“no Countenance, but caufe thefe Men to be fpee- 
“¢ dily apprehended and fent hither, or iffue your Orders 
“to Captain Harper for that Purpofe. As there is 
“no Separation between us, I doubt not you will 
*‘ oblige me in this Matter.” 


Read—alfo the Tranflation of an Extract from an 
original Letter in the Bengal Language, from the 
faid Ramfunker to Mr. Bolts, as produced by him, 
dated the 17 Mareb 1768; which was proved by 
Mr. Bolts; viz. 

Extract of a Letter from Ramfoncore, dated at 
coon, the 17th March 1768; to William 
olts. 

What fhall I write you of the News from Ba- 


SS naras ? 





od at 
iliiam 


n Ba- 
aras ? 





12 Geo. III. — Journals of the Houle of Commons. 


“ naras? 1 have received a Letter from the Perfon 
“T left at Banaras, dated the Second Choytro; he 
*‘ has wrote to me, that a Purwannah has come from 
“the Governor of Calcutta, upon the Rajah, order- 
“ing him to confine under a Guard, whatfoever 
“ People of Mr. Bolts’s are in thofe Parts, and -fend 


. “them to Calcutta. On this Account, on the Firft 


“ Choytro, a Peon of the Rajah’s came to demand 


“ Cogee Melcomb and me ; upon his not finding me 
“there, he took Cagee Melcomb and confined him. 


“ They were feizing my People who are there, and 
“soing to carry them away; but Mr. Fekyl/, and 
“Mr. Alexander’s Gomaftah, named Soohbbaram Pauiit, 
“who was there, faid, thefe People can give no 
“ Account of Affairs, they are only here to watch 
“the Warehoufe ; upon hearing of which, they then 
“ defifted. After hearing what paffed afterwards, I 
“ fhall write you the News. If I goto Banaras, they 
“ will certainly confine me under a Guard; and if 
“1 am ftigmatized, all outftanding Debts, wherever 
“they lie, will vanifh. [ therefore defire you will 
* procure and fend a Purwannah from the Governor 
“there, upon the Rajah, that 1 may remain at Ba- 
“¢ yaras for One Month, fettle all outftanding Affairs, 
«and come away. If this is not done, there will 
*&lt; be great Difficulties. I am your Servant; what was 
“ requifite I have fet forth. You are Mafter; what- 
«ever is proper, do it quickly, If they carry 
“me away under the Confinement of a Guard, it 
«is Matter of no Shame to me; for I have not 
«beat any Body, neither have I robbed any Body, 
«that I fhould fear to go to Banaras: But if I 
«oo, and, with or without Juftice am put into Con- 
«¢ finement, and fent to Calcutta, your Bufinefs will 
«¢ fuffer much, and there will be Loffes. Under- 
‘¢ ftanding this, you will pleafe foon to furnifh the 
¢ Neceflary.” 


Read—alfo a Perfian Letter from Captain Gabriel 
Harper; the Tranflation of which was proved by 
Gonyfhamda/s ; as follows : 

Tranflation from the Perfan, of an original 
Order, under the Hand and Seal of Captain 
Gabriel Harper, at Feyfabad, upon the fending 
Cogee Fobannes Padre Rafael Prifoner, under 
a Guard of Sepoys; to Colonel Sir Robert 
Barker, at Ilababad. 

Diref&amp;ted “to Rafael,” fealed,- Captain Gabriel 
“ Harper.” 

“ Trufty, among Friends, greeting. —I have re- 
“ceived and am acquainted with the Purport of 
“your Letter about your going—fend your Necef- 
« {aries to fuch Place as you think beft, and if you 
“ yourfelf are ready for going, it is neceffary that 
“To-morrow Morning, ‘Iwo Hours before Day- 
“light, you mount and come to me, under Charge 
“of Colonel Barker's. Sepoys, that I may fend you 
“to Ilababad. —Thofe, appointed Sepoys only for 
‘this, are ftaying with Impatience in this Place, that 
“‘ they may deliver you to the Colonel, with them- 
“ felves.—What more fhall I write. 

(Signed) 
“ Gabriel Harper.” 


Read—alfo a Letter from the Rajah Bulwantfng, 
to Mr. Verelft, received the 22d March 1768, in An- 
fwer to his of the rgth, marked C, N® 98. 

« After acknowleging the Receipt of Mr. Verel/’s 
“ Letter, (B. N° 12.) your Servant is always devoted 
“to your high Will and Pleafure. Cojah Melcomb, 
“ who was in Banaras, is apprehended, agteeable to 
“your Commands, People are already fent to feize 
“ upon Monf', Canonje, in Mirzapore. Cojah Melcomb 
« declares that Cojab Gregore has been fome Time 
“ gone to Patna. I have fent proper People in queft 
“ of Senker Churrn, who I hear is in the Diftritts 
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“of Ghazepore, and I will immediately difperfe the 
“*Purwannahs you have commanded throughout all my 


“© Dependencies. Hereafter the Particulars fhall be 
“* duly reprefented.” 


Upon a Rukah: 

“ It was fignified that Morif'. Canonje is refident at 
“* Mirzapore, tor the Sale of French Merchandize, and 
‘carries on a Trade ‘there, and that your Servant 
“ permits Goods to pafs without Duties, and French 
** Gomattahs to refide without Authority. ‘The Truth 
“is this, your Servant detained Four French Boats for 
“ the Space of Two Months, but a Duftuck arriving 
“at that Time from the Vizier Shujab al Dowlab, 
“¢ forbidding any Interruption to be offered them, I fut- 


“ fered them to proceed. Now your Servant will execute 
** your Orders.” 


Read—alfo a Letter written by Mr. Vere/# on the 
27 March 1768, to the Nabob Shujah al Dowlab, mark- 
ed C. N° 28. 

“Tt is with the greateft Surprife I learn from certain 
“ Intelligence, that Mr. Bolts has procured ftom Fyzea- 
‘* bad, Copies of a Number of Lets I wrote your 
“ Excellency. This Matter is of the moft ferious Mo- 
“ment, and plainly proves there are fome Traitors 
* about your Perfon who difcover the Secrets they are 
“intrufted with. As you may certainly depend upon 
“this, I particularly defire you will make ftri@ En- 
“‘ quiry into the Affair, and punifh the Offenders in 
“‘ the moft exemplary Manner—feeing if a Perfon of 
*¢ fo little Confequence as Mr. Bolts can thus penetrate 
‘¢ into the Secrets of your Correfpondence, how much 
*‘ more eafy can it be for Men of fuperior Influence 
“¢ and Importance to do the fame? I again recommend 
“this Matter to your ferious Attention; and; as a 
“¢ Guide to your Enquiry, have fome Reafon to believe 
“that Meer Mujfballab and the Armenians have been 
“ the chief Inftrument in effecting this.” 


Read—alfo a Letter written by Mr: Vere/# on the 
27 March 1768, to the Rajah Bulwantfing, marked C. 
N° 31. 

«© I am lately informed that you have ftopped feve- 
“ral Boats, even with Military Stores, though they 
“had Englfb Duftucks, and have demanded Duties 
‘‘ from the Merchants felling Diamonds, to Mr. Cham- 
‘* mier, though he has the Nabob’s Purwannah to 
“exempt him therefrom. A Refpect to the Englifh 
“ Seal is due from you on all Occafions, and whenever 
‘“‘ therefore any Duftucks fhall come, you will pafs 
“the Boats without Delay, and fend a Copy of the 
« Duftuck to me, and I will take Care no Abufe is 
“made. The Nabob has a Right to your Obedience 
“in every Thing, and it is therefore a high Offence 
“ to aét in Contradiétion to his Commands.’ You will 
“therefore abftain from fuch Behaviour, and pay a 
‘¢ due Regard to all his Orders in future.” 


Read—a Letter produced by Mr. Bolis, as written 
by him to Mr. Vereif#, dated the 30 March 1768 ; 
Vid. 

&amp; The extraordinary Intelligence which I have lately 
“ received from Oud, Illababad, and Banaras, puts me 
« to the Neceffity of troubling you with this Letter ad- 
«¢ dreffed to you in your public Character. — 

«¢ J am informed from the beft Authority and moft 
« fubftantial Proofs; that Shujab al Dowlab and Bul- 
“&lt; wantfing have feized and confined a Number of Peo- 
“ ple under the Denomination of Mr. Bolts’s Agents 
“‘ and Gomaftahs, not for any Catife of Complaint they 
“have againft them, but folely, as they declare they 
“© do it by Virtue of Orders received from Calcutta. 

«© The Confequence thereof is, that many People, 
«© who have all of them no other Fault than that of 
‘© having formerly ferved me, have been confined and 
‘¢ ijl treated, fome who are Merchants and anabeams 

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*: of that Countty, on their own Account; thany that 
*¢ are now in the Service of other Merchants and Eng- 
“¢ Jifp Gentlemen, and fome few who are actually my 
«¢ Gomaftahs, and have Charge df the Recovery (and 
« that only) of my outftahding Debts, amounting to 
“ about One hundred and Fifty thoufand Rupees. The 
“ Concerris of other Gentlemen, and thofe of the Mer- 
«© chants themfelves, who are thus innocently opprefied 
&lt;¢ in Confequence of thefe Orders, muft amount to a 
*¢ much more confiderable Sum. . 

«“ As thofe who execute them difavow thefe un- 
*¢ heard-of Acts, which would even difgrace a Moori/b 
“ Government, I am as yet willing to imagine it 
*¢ muft have been occafioned, by their Mifconftruc- 
*¢ tion of the Orders given from hence. 

«© If any A&amp;t of Government had made it neceflary to 
“ feize and bring down all Engli/o Gomatftahs indifcrimi- 
*¢ nately, from theDominions of Shujab al Dowlab, Tthould 
“¢ have no Reafon to wonder at, or remonftrate to, the 
&lt;¢ Proceedings againft thofe who are really my Go- 
&lt; maftahs; while there would yet be Reafon for Sur- 
“ prife at the feizing thofe who are not fo, and inde- 
*¢ pendent Merchants. 

“&lt; But while your own Gomaftahs for Diamonds, 
“* and others for Salt-petre, Opium, &amp;c. who call 
&lt;&lt; themfelves Gomaftahs of Colonels Smith and Barker, 
sc with thofe of Mefirs. Rumbold, Ruffll, Alexander, 
“© Floyer, Maddifon, Chamier, and many others, both 
«¢ Civil and Military Gentlemen, are not only permit- 
“¢ ted, but proteéted, even with Force, in carrying on 
“ their Trade in thofe Parts; the thus fingling out 
“¢ mine, with extraordinary Acts of Severity, would 
« feem to imply, that they have been guilty of fome 
*¢ extraordinary Faults to deferve it. 

“« If therefore my Gomaftahs have been guilty of 
*¢ any Mifbehaviour to deferve fuch fevere Orders 
“« being iffued from hence, I requeft you will pleafe to 
*¢ acquaint me therewith, and who are the Tranfgref- 
“ fors, that I may immediately difmifs them, and ap- 
“¢ point others in their Room, to fuperintend the Col- 
‘© Jection of my Balances outftanding. 

« But if it be only a Mifunderftanding (on the Part 
“Sof Shujah al Dowlah and Bulwantfing) of the Or- 
“&lt; ders which have been fent from hence, I requeft a 
“Letter to both thofe Princes, that thofe who are my 
“‘ Gomaftahs may have the jame Protection as yours, 
*¢ and thofe of the before mentioned Gentlemen, or of 
“ other Subjects, and my Property be equally as fe- 
“ cure: And, in the mean Time, fo well am I perfuaded 
“‘ of their good Behaviour, that I will be anfwerable 
“¢ (and even if required, enter into a Bond) for the good 
« Conduct of all fuch as are mine, not only for any 
“their Aéts of Tranfgreffion of the Laws of Great 
&lt; Britain, but of thofe of the Country Government 
“ alfo; which, as it appears to me all that can be 
“ required, I hope will be fatisfactory. 
~©Tn the mean Time, whatever may have been 
“the Orders from hence, as I am very apprehenfive 
“ they may have been occafioned by the Mifreprefen- 
“tations which may have been made to you by 
**the Gentlemen Competitors for the Salt Petre 
“ Trade, particularly by Mr. Robert Maddifon, and his 
“ Agent, Mr. Fobn Chamier, the former of whom, dur- 
“ ing his Vifit to Shujab al Dowlab’s Court, has been 
“ trying every Method (in Confequence of the Influence 
. vanes over Shujah al Dowlab, by his Poft in the 
“© Munfykhaneh) to engrofs as much as poffible of the 
‘© Salt Petre made in that Prince’s Dominions, it may 
“not be amifs to give you Information of the real 
“ State of my Concerns. 

“‘ Having, during my Stay at Banaras, perceived, 
‘from the Aptitude of that Country to produce Salt 
“* Petre, that great Improvements might be there made 
“in that Branch; I applied myfelf with fome Atten- 
“tion to the Cultivation of it, and with fuch Succefs 
“© as foon made it the Object of Men more powerful 


_ Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


“than myfelf. After my quitting Banaras, Difputes 
*‘ foon afofe among the Competitors, whereby I be- 
“‘ came a very great Lofer, notwithftanding I was the 
“only Perfon who fatisfied the Country Government 
“‘ for their Duties. Aggrieved by thofe Proceedings, | 
*‘ addrefied myfelf to Colonel Smith, in a Letter fo 
Jong ago as the 13th May 1767, to which however | 
“ never received any Anfwer, owing, as I have Rea- 
“fon to believe, from what I have fince difcoveted, 
“to his being a Party concerned, who could not give 
* me Redrefs without injuring his own Concerns. 

“« This Salt Petre Concern was one of thofe of which 
‘‘] formerly gave an Account to the Select Com- 
“mittee. In the mean Time forefeeing, from the 
“ Behaviour of the different Gomaftahs, that the In= 
*“ tereft of the Country, and of the Company, would 
* be greatly injured by their Quarrels, and apprehen- 
** five that they would in the End occafion Complaints 
“from Shujab al Dowlab and Bulwantfing, of the fame 
“* pernicious Nature -as thofe formerly made by Cofim 
“ Ally Khawn, and thereby make it neceflary for our 
“ Government at Calcutta to withdraw all Gomaftahs 
“from thofe- Quarters: I fay, apprehenfive of thofe 
“‘ Evils, and forced by other Oppreffions, of which 
“« I fhall hereafter in due Time take Notice, I thought 
“it beft to withdraw my faid Salt Petre Concerns. 

“* And accordingly Thess totally defifted from the 
“ Profecution of that Branch for many Months paft ; 
“my faid Gomaftahs having only Charge of the Re- 
“* co of the outitanding Debts arifen on laft 
“ Year’s Tranfactions. 

“ All the reft of my other Concerns likewife confift 
“&lt; in outftanding Debts arifen on the Sales of the Com- 
“¢ pany’s Outcry Goods, exported from Calcutta before 
“ T refigned the Service, fo that- my Gomaftahs there, 
“‘ have not at prefent Charge of any Purchafes or Sales 
‘© whatever. ? 

“« Moreover, I have the moft authentic Proofs in my 
“‘ Hands, that during the abovefaid Tranfactions, the 
““ King, the Nabob Sajab al Dowlab, and the Rajah 
“« Bulwantfing, were perfectly fatisfied with my carrying 
“‘ on the faid Trade, being alfo fatisfied for their Du- 
“ ties; which makes it needlefs for me to fpeak to the 
** Right I had in common with others, either in the Light 
‘¢ of a Country Merchant, a Company’s Servant, or other 
“¢ Subject refiding under the Briti/ Government. 

*« So that it is hard even to guefs what juft Reafons 
“ can be alleged for the prefent Imprifonment of Peo- 
*¢ ple, under the Denomination only of my Gomattahs, 
“ by Virtue of Orders from hence, unlefs, as aforefaid, 
“it be in Confequence of the Mifreprefentations of 
“‘ thofe Gentlemen who are ftrugglmg for Salt Petre, 
‘* and who (though without Foundation) apprehend that 
“« I may continue the Trade this Seafon, and thereby hurt 
“ their Concerns, 

“ Yet even in that Cafe, as many others with me are 
‘&lt; fo immediately concerned, and as it is the indifpenfable 
“* Obligation of your Station, to watch for the Security 
“of the Property of al) Subjects under the Proteétion 
“of the Britifo Flag in this Country, I can hardly 
“‘ imagine that Orders would have been iffued from 
“hence upon the private Information of any Perfons, 
“ without firlt giving Notice, taking Meafures to fecure 
“the Property of the concerned, and fixing a certain 
‘“« Time for transferring the Bufinefs to others. 

&lt;¢ Since it is always better to prevent, than redrefs Evils, 
“ T have chofen firft to apply to you alone, rather than 
“to addrefs the whole Board on Subjects, which if fcru- 
“¢ tinized, might involve and hurt the Bufinefs of many 
“other Perfons, efpecially as you having the entire 
“© Direction of the Country Correfpondence, Matters 
“of this Nature are beft and moft eafily redrefied by 
* you. 

“&lt;I therefore requeft the Letters before-mentioned 
“to Sujeh al Dowlah and Bulwantfing to releafe my 
“&lt; Gomaftahs (and Property if detained) who may a 4 

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“&lt; rected, if you think it neceffary, to come down, after 
** Four Months; in which Time, I am fure, they will 
** be able to collect in all outftanding Balances. At 
** the fame Time it would be equally as agreeable to 
*“* me that they. fhould come down immediately, if you 
“can think of any Method of obtaining for me either 
** the immediate Payment or Security for the Amount 
*‘of my Balances, which are all good, and afford not 
** the leaft Apprehenfion of their not being duly reco- 
*¢ vered. 

“At the fame Time it appears praéticable to put 
**a Stop to the prefent Wranglings about Salt Petre, 
“¢ in a Manner that may be very beneficial to the Com- 
“pany, and at the fame Time perfectly fatisfy the 
“« Country Government and their Ryotts, upon a Plan 
** which I would humbly recommend for the Company’s 
“* Intereft, as follows: 

* To contraét with Merchants for ail the Salt Petre 
“ that can be made in thofe Diftriéts on the Company’s 
** Account, the faid Contractors fatisfying the Princes 
* of the Country for their Duties, and alfo referving for 
“them fuch a Quantity as they might require for the 
“Ufe of their own Houfholds, and the Confumption 
* of their own Countries. 

“&lt;I will engage to find very refponfible Merchants 
“ who will undertake to execute fuch a Plan, and engage 
“ to deliver, on the Company’s Account at Patna, for 
“the firft Year 25,000 Maunds of refined Petre, which 
“ fhall be near Three Times finer than that they have 
“ generally received from Patna, at a Price to be hereafter 
* ftipulated ; upon which the Company might be fure 
“* of gaining at leaft Fifteen thoufand Pounds Sterling 
“ per Annum clear, if they were even to fell it again in 
“ Bengal. 

“ Other Advantages, which would likewife accrue 
* from fuch a Plan, ate obvious ; the Foreign Com- 
“ panies might be fupplied with their Allowances from 
* this Petre, and our Company be thereby freed from 
“thofe large Drawbacks on that Branch of their 
“ Trade. And it would alfo prevent the French or 
“ Dutch from manufacturing it themfelves in thofe 
“ Parts, which they will certainly attempt whenever 
“the Englifb Gomattahs are totally recalled. At the 
*&lt; fame Time it muft be remembered, that though the 
“ Gomaftahs of private Gentlemen be all recalled , 
“yet while our Armies continue in thofe Parts, there 
“is a great Rifque, thdt, however ftrict the Orders 
“ of the Board be, fome or other Gentlemen of In- 
*  fluerice with the Army, will find Means to evade them, 


** and to enigrofs the Whole of this Article in Confe- 


“* quence of their Influence over, and the Ignorance 
«¢ and Fears of, the Country Princes, So that it does 
“not appear poffible fo advantageoufly to obviate the 
* Evils apprehended by any other than this Plan, which 
* | have fubmitted to your Confideration, 
“Tam, Sir, 

«“ Your moft obedient Servant, 

(Signed) 

‘* William Bolts.” 


Read—alfo an original Letter, dated. the gr1ft 
March 1768, from Mr. Verelf# to Mr. Bolts, in Anfwer 
to the foregoing ; viz. 

ea To Mr. William Bolts. 
«SIR, 

«&lt; I have received your Letter of the 30th Inftant, and 
“am to acquaint you that I know of no Orders for 
« impeding the Bufinefs of your Gomaftahs in particular, 
« in the Dominions of Shujah al Dowlab and Bulwantfing. 
« Repeated Complaints have been received from thole 
«“ Two Princes of the oppreffive Conduct of Gomaf- 
“¢ tahs taking the Englifb Name, and carrying on Trade 
* in their Countries. The honourable Company have 
* been pleafed to exprefs their Ordets for the pofitive 
¢ Prohibition to their Servants of all Trade whatever 
« in thofe Provinces, and the Prefidency of Fort Wil- 


“ diam have refolved to put a Stop to it in futuré, by 
‘* a Recall of all fuch Gomaftahs. How far, or by what 
““ Right, your Gomaftahs can be allowed to continue 
“* there after the Time already allotted you for the Ad- 
“‘ juftment of your Concerns; muft be determined by 
* the Government here. 
“ F am, Sir; 
“ Your moft obedient Servant, 
(Signed) . 

* March 341i, 1768. H. Verelp.® 

Read—alfo Copy of a Letter from Mr. Bolts ta 
Mr. Verelf#, dated the 2d April 1768 ; as follows : 

“ To Harry Verelft, Efquire, 
“ Se anid Governor of Fort William. 
“c R, 

“*T received Yefterday your Favour of the 3ift, in 
“« Anfwer to mine of the 30th paft; acquainting me of 
*‘ your Ignorance of any Orders having been given 
*« refpecting my Gomatftahs in particular. 

“You muft therefore, I fear, have been grofsly 
** abufed by thofe who penned the Perfian Letters from 
“ hence; for, by authentic Copies of them, which I 
‘« have this Moment received from Oud, my Gomaftahs 
*¢ are particularly mentioned by Name. 

‘| cannot perceive upon what Principle the Govern- 
*‘ ment here can undertake to. determine ‘what Time 
* fhall be allowed me for the Adjuftment of my Con- 
“ cerns in thofe Parts; however, as I have already faid 
“© as much, I fhall, without difcuffing that Point, wil- 
ey lingly fubmit, as others do, to every general Order ; 
“and, as it is your Opinion that the Time to be al- 
“¢ Jotted muft be determined by the Government here, 
* T requeft you will inform me of their Determination, 
“after acquainting them with the Circumftances I 
* have laid before you, that I may know what to do. 

‘* In the mean Time I apply to you in the Character 
‘© of an injured complaining Subject, and requeft Letters 
*‘ to the Nabob Shujab al Dowlab, and to the Rajah 
“ Bulwantfing, inclofing to them an Arzdatht of my 
“« Complaints, of hick the following is the Purport. 

“ That Mr. William Bolts having had certain mercan- 
“¢ tile Tranfaétions in your Dominions, as he reprefents 
‘¢ with your Permiffion, by Virtue of Purwannahs given 
“by you, and in Confequence of Duties paid, which 
“‘ Bufinefs he avers has been tranfacted by his Go- 
*« maftahs in the moft peaceful Manner, and according 
* to the Cuftom of thofe Countries; on which Trant. 
“ aétions, large outftanding Balances have arifen, to 
“the Amount of One hundred and Fifty thoufand 
“ Rupees. That notwithftanding this, the Gomaftahs 
of ce the faid William Bolts, Ee been lately feized 
“‘ and imprifoned, in a fudden Manner, without any 
** Caufe or Complaint being alleged, that he William 
“¢ Bolts can difcover; while, at the fame Time, the 
“* Agents and Gomaftahs of Governor Vere/, Colonel 
“ Smith, Mr: Ruffell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Rumbold, and 
“* many other Britifb Subjects, are unmoleftedly permitted 
“ to tranfaét their Conftituents Affairs. That Mr. William 
“ Bolts, living under Britifo Protection, is intitled to 
“¢ every Privilege others are intitledto: That, therefore, 
“it is required, that thofe his Gomaftahs be releafed, 
*¢ and allowed the fame Protection, and for the fame 
“¢ Space of Time, as may be allowed to the Gomaftahs 
“ of the aforefaid Gentlemen, and that Satisfaction be 
** made to him and them, in cafe it be proved that they 
“have been unjuftly imprifoned, not only in Violation 
“ of the Treaties fubfifting betweén you and the Eng- 
“ Tifh, but alfo againft the Laws of Hindoftan, and of 
“ Nations in general. 

« At the fame Time, Sir, fhould it be infifted that 
“they have merited this Treatment, I requeft they 
“¢ may be fummoned, after a moderate Time to be al- 
*¢ lowed me, before the Board of Calcutta, to have the 
“ fame enquired into. But fhould they be enquired 
«into upon the Spot, I requeft you will order ‘the 

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924 


“« Ehgitiry to be poftponed until either I myfelf can 
“* arrive there, and be pretent, or appoint others. 

“&lt;I obferve, Sir, what you inform me, that the ho- 
 nourable Company have been pleafed to prohibit all 
“ Trade whatever in thofe Provinees, and that the Prefi- 
“dency of Calcutta have refolved to put a Stop to it 
“ in future, by a Recall-of all. fach Gomaftahs. It is 
“ the firft Time I ever heard of it, nor had I the leaft 
“Conception of it, knowing that even lately you was 
* pleafed to give a Letter to the Rajah Bultoantfing, in 
“© Favour of Mr. Alexauder’s Bufinets there; however, 
“ fuch a.Prchibition of Trade would not affect me; 
‘“‘ for as I have before acquainted you, I have nothing 
“‘ depending there but the Collection of outitanding 
* Debts. . 

‘ Tam, Sir, 
“Your moft obedient Servant, 

Zi (Signed) 

“¢ Calcutta, the 2d April 1768. William Bolts.” 


_. Read—alfo a Letter from the Nabob Shujab al Dowlab 
to Mr. Verel/t, as received by him the 3d 4pril 1768, 
marked C. N° 118, wiz. 

“I received your friendly Letter by the Hands of 
“-Caprain Harper, and was rejoiced thereby : It is plain 
“that my Friendfhip with the Englifh Serdars, and 
“ particularly with your Excellency, 1s firm ; neither 
*¢ does it need the comnion Phrafes of the World to fet it 
* off. You &lt;alfo have fhewn yourfelf fo profufe of Fa- 
“‘-vours towards me, that I cannot find any Expreffions 
equal to my Senfe thereof. I can only ‘wifh that the 
&lt;&lt; Almighty may give our Connection daily Strength, and 
“ our Friendfhip hourly Warmth. Confidering what you 
«write on the Subject of the Armenians, as proceeding 
“ from your perfect Cordiality, I am delighted therewith: 
“&lt; What can be more fuitable to our Intereft than that 
“ we fhould mutually exert ourfe:ves in difarming all 
“juch ds may be the Abettors or Authors of Evil? 
“In the Affair of the Salt Petre, which was the Firft, 
** every Inquietude was removed, and every Thorn ex- 
“ tracted at once, by even a momentary’ Adverfion of 
“ your Excellency’s Regard. And now that you have 
“‘ written concerning Rafael and Effevan, that Matter 
“is done. As they have fome outftanding Debts in- 
* curred in the Courfe of their Bufinefs here, they pe- 
** titioned earneftly for Iwo or Three Days Refpite to 
“ fettle their Accounts. After that they will no more 
*-prefume to refide here. Rajah Bulwantfing has ac- 
“ quainted me with your Excellency’s Orders about the 
“ Armenians in thofe Diftricts, and I have inftruéted 
“¢him to pay implicit Obedience to what you fhall 
* fionify on the Occafion, as whatever is agreeable to 
“you, cannot fail of being fatisfactory to me.—For 
“the reft, confider me as one folicitous after your 
*¢ Welfare, and favour me with frequent Accounts 
“ thereof.” 

~ Read—alfo the following Letter from Mr. Bolts to 
Mr. Verelji; viz. 
“ To Harry Verelft, Efquire, 
‘¢ Prefident and Governor of Fort William. 
“SIR; 

* As fome Days have elapfed, and I have not been 
“ favoured with an Anfwer to my laft Letter, which 
“it is of the greateft Confequence for me to have as 
*‘foon as poffible, to enable me to take the neceffary 
*« Meafures for the Security of my Property, I requeft 
® you will be pleafedto acquaint me what you have 
“ determined thereupon. 

« | am, Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient Servant, 
( Signed) 


“© Caleutta, 7th April 1768. William Bolts.” 


. Read—the following original Letter from Mr. Verelf. 
“ To Mr. William Bolts. 
« SIR, 


_ “ Thave ycur Letters of the 2d and 7th Inftant, and 


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ALY992. 


‘“‘ am again to repeat to you, that the Refolutions taken, 
** and the Orders given, for recalling the Engi Go- 
** maftahs in the Dominions of Shujab al Dowlab and 
“* Bulwantfing, were general, not particular; but that 
‘* as the Names of fuch Perfons came to my Knowlege, 
** it became neeeflary to point them out. 
** T am alfo to acquaint you, that Letters have been 
‘“‘ written, defiring that the Gomattahs may be allowed 
“ to collet in their Conftituents. outftanding Balances ; 
*¢ what Time may be deemed proper for that Purpofe, 
‘* will be determined by the Committee, which would 
“‘ have been done before now, had not my Indifpofi- 
‘“‘ tion prevented my having a Meeting with the Gen- 
“* tlemen. 
“ ] am, Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient Servant, 
“ Fort William, (Signed) 


“ April gth 1768. H. Verelft.” 


Read—the following Letters to and from Mr. Belts ; 
ViZ. 
“ To Harry Verelft, Efquire, 
«¢ Prefident and Governor of Fort William. 
«SIR 
é The laft Letter you was pleafed to fend me Yefter- 
“‘ day, neither affords the Anfwer which I flattered 


- myfelf I fhould receive to mine, nor, Redrefs of the 


“‘ Grievances I complained of. The People I have 
“wrote to you about, have been fent down under 
“ Confinement to Shitabroy,. the Company’s Collec- 
“tor at Patna, who has kept them under .Confine- 
“* ment, 

* In Confequence of your laft Letter, I have ordered 
«¢ them back ‘to their Stations, but in the mean Time, 
‘as that is not fufficient, I muft requeft immediately 
«“ Three Letters : One to Shitabroy to releafe them, One 
“to Rajah Bulwantfing, and One to the Nabob Shujab 
“ al Dowlah, at leaft to acquaint them of my People’s 
“ being ordered back, to continue upon the fame 
“ Terms as other Englifh Agents. 

“Tam, Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient Servant, 
(Signed) 


“ Calcutta, 11th April 1768. William Bolts.” 


“ To Mr. ‘fobn Kuett. 
“SIR, 

«© As the Multiplicity of Affairs upon Mr. Verel/’s 
«« Hands may make him forget the Letter I wrote him 
“the sith Inftant on the Subject of my imprifoned 
«« Agents, and to avoid continually troubling him on 
that Subject, I requeft you will on the firft vacant 
« Moment put him in Mind of it, that I may receive 
“the Perfian Letters in Time, to prevent many unex- 
“‘ pected and difagreeable Confequences. If you find 
«Tam not to expect thofe Perfian Letters, a Note fig- 
“ nifying Mr. Verel/’s Refufal will be fufficient, and 
«“ an Anfwer procured, (if poffible, To-day) either in 
“‘ the Affirmative or Negative, will be efteemed a Fa- 
“ vour by, 

“ Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient, 
“ humble Servant, 
(** Signed) 


“ Calcutta, the 13th April 1768. William Bolts.” 


‘© To Mr. William Bolts. 
« SIR, ae 

“ This Moment your Letter of To-day’s Date is 
“¢ prefented me, the Purport of which rendering it ne- 
“ ceflary to be communicated to Mr. Verel/ft, he defires 
«© me to let you know that your feveral late Letters to 
«him (on the Subje&amp;t of your eo Addrefs to me) 
«as well as his Anfwers thereto, having been laid before 
« the Select Committee, you will receive their Senti- 
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“ ments thereon from the Secretary to that Depart- 
** ment. : 
“ Tam, Sir, 
“Your moft obedient Servant, 
(Signed) 
Fobn Knott.” 


“ To Charles Floyer, Efquire, 
Secretary to the Select Committee at Fort William. 
« SIR, 

«« Having lately wrote to Mr. Verel?# feveral Letters 
“‘ regarding his having ordered into Confinement fun- 
«&lt; dry Perfons and Merchants, who are my Agents and 
«“ Gomaftahs, who, in Confequence of: thofe Orders, 
«have been feized in the Nabob Shujab al Dowlab’s 
« Dominions in a fudden Manner, by Force, plundered, 
“ imprifoned, and fent down under Confinement to 
“&lt; Shitabroy, the Company’s Collector at Patna, who 
“¢ has there received them as Prifoners, and continued 
«¢ them under Confinement, whereby 1 am likely to be 
“a Lofer of One hundred and Fifty thoufand Rupees, 
“‘ exclufive of the Lofs accruing to thofe injured Per- 
&lt;&lt; fons in particular. In Anfwer to thofe my Applica- 
“ tions, I am now referred to the Secretary of the Se- 
“ leé&amp;t Committee for their Determination thereupon. 
“&lt;I therefore apply to you, and requeft you will pleafe 
* to fend me, without Lofs of Time, a Copy of fuch 
*¢ Proceedings as concern me, particularly mentioning 
“the Members prefent at this Tranfaction. As one 
“ Hour’s Delay may be of the moft ruinous Confe- 
« eae to my Affairs, I hope you will excufe my 
*« Karneftnefs, 

“ T ami, Sir; 
“: Your moft obedient Servant, 


« Wednefday Noon, 
* 13th April 1768. 


(Signed) 
 Caleutta, 13th April 1768. William Bolts.” 
“To Mr, William Bolts. 


“« SIR, 

«¢ The Opinion of the Select Committee on the Sub- 
« jet of your Letters to the Governor, fhall be made 
«« known fo you as expeditioufly as may be in my 
© Power to tranfmit it to you. 

«© IT am, Sir, 
* Your moit obedient Sérvant, 
(Signed) 
13th April 1768. Charles Floyer.” 
A Letter from Mr. Vere? to the Rajah Bulwant- 
Jing, written on the 14 April 1768, marked 

: C. N° 32. viz. 

«© The Nabob Shujab al Dowlab had fo frequently 
« and ftrongly complained of European Gomaftahs re- 
«¢ fiding in his Territories, and particularly within your 
« Jurifdiction, that I could not refufe my Confent and 
“ Encouragment in getting them withdrawn, My laft 
«¢ Letter was therefore meant to cut off, if poffible, all 
«future Caufes of Complaint againft our Gomaftahs, 
“ and to quiet the Uneafinefs of our Ally the Nabob, 
“ by my Zeal fot the Eafe and” Happinefs of his 
« Country. You Thad made particular Objections to 
« the Conduét of Monf. Canonge before, but it afto- 
«¢ nifhes me to hear the Rigour with which you have 
“ treated him, in hurrying him away without a Mo- 
“© ment’s Refpite to fettle his Concerns. Monf. Che- 
“ valier, the French Governor, has himfelf large Con- 
“cerns in Monf. Canonge’s Hands, which are how at 
“ Stake, and he has given me fuch an Account of 
“your feizing, imprifoning, and mal-treating him, 
« that I cannot conceive any Provocations could jufti- 
“ fy or any Confequences arife from it, but enormous 
“ Loffes of private Property without Benefit to the 
«Country. I muft therefore defire of you to purfue 
« thefe Matters with another Temper, and more Mode- 
“‘ ration; and as Mr. Chevalier has engaged himfelf 
“ refponfible for Monf. Canonge removing all future 

Vou. XXXIII. 


‘* Dealings in that Country, and Monf. Canonge has 
‘‘ given Proteftations to the fame Purpofe himfelf, you 
‘* will grant him a Month’s Indulgence for the Ad- 
** juftment of his former Concerns; feeing he is to con- 
“ tract no new Engagements during that Time. I am 
“¢ further informed that you are collecting Duties upon 
** all Goods which have been formerly tranfported into 
*“‘ your Diftriéts; I really can fee no Reafon for this,. 
“* unlefs you mean to make ufe of public Pretences for 
*‘ your private Emolument ; and, as 1 with rather to 
** ferve our Ally Shujab al Dowlab really and effentially, 
** than gratify private Intereft or private Paffions, I 
“ defire you will defift from this Pra¢tice in future, 
*¢ and facilitate; as much as in your Power, the Con- 
* clufion of Concerns now exifting, and no more exact 
** Duties on Goods eithet bought or fold in your Dif- 
* tricts before this Time.” 


Your Committee then read Part of the Proceedings 
of a Select Committee held at Fort William in Bengal, 
on the 15 April 1768, at which were prefent Harry 
Verelf, Efquire, Prefident, ohn Cartier, Richard Be- 
cher, and Charles Floyer, Efquires ; viz. 

The Prefident lays before the Committee the late 
Correfpondence between him and Mr. William Bolts, 
on the Subject of the latter’s Concerns in the Countries 
of Shujab Dowlab and Bulwantfing, and requefts that 
the Two following Paragraphs of Mr. Bolts’s Letter to 
him, under Date the 2d Inftant, may be recorded upon 
thefe Proceedings, as in one of them he acknowieges 
what the Prefident has long fince had Intimation of, 
his carrying on a Correfpondence with the Princes and 
others of the Country. A Circumftance which he, the 
Prefident, deems highly detrimental to the Intereft of our 
honourable Employers, and an abfolute Defiance of 
their Orders. 


Extract of a Lettet from Mr. William Bolts to the 
Prefident, dated the 2d April 1768. 

“ ] received Yefterday your Favour of the 3r1ft, in 

** Anfwer to mine of the 3oth paft, acquainting me of 

*‘ your Ignorance of any Orders having been given 
“© refpecting my Gomatftahs in particular, 

“You muft therefore, I fear, have been grofsly 

** abufed by thofe who penned the Perfian Letters from 

‘hence; for by authentic Copies of them, which I 

“‘ have this Moment received from Oud, my Gomattalis 
‘¢ are particularly mentioned by Name.” 


The Prefiderit alfo acquaints the Board, that in his 
Reply to Mr. Bolts’s laft Letter to him, he referred him 
to the Refolutions of the Seleét Committee, before 
whom he propofed to lay his Correfpondence for their 
Confideration ; in Confequence whereof the Secretary 
received Two Letters from Mr. Bolts, dated the 13th 
and 14th Inftant, which are now produced and read. 
The Secretary begs Leave to obferve, that the laft 
Letter he received was in Reply to one hé wrote to 
Mr. Bolts, affuring him that as foon as the Committee 
came to any Refolution concerning him, he fhould be 
made acquainted therewith. 


Ordered, 
That the Two Letters fromm Mr. Bolts be entered af- 
ter the Proceedings, and that the following Letter be 

wrote to him from our Secretary. 
¥ “¢ To Mr. William Bolts. 
“ R, 


«© J am direéted by the Select Committee to in- 
“form you, that they, nor the Prefident, know of no 
“&lt; Orders for the Confinement of any of your Gomaf- 
“tahs. That Reprefentations from Shujah Dowlah and 
“ Bulwantfing have made it neceflary for the Committee 
“ to determine on the Recall of all Gomaftahs taking 
** upon them the Englifo Name in their Countries. That 
“they think you have no Right to call upon them on 

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“ this Occafion, having long fince had the ufual Time 
«allowed you for the Adjuftment of all your Con- 
“cerns, having already been ordered to leave the 
&lt; Country, and advifed that no further Protection 
« would be given you. ; 
«© The Committee are therefore determined not to in- 
“ terfere, or in any Shape charge themfelves with any of 
“ your Concerns. I have laid before them your Let- 
‘ters to me under Dates the 13th and 14th Inftant. 
“Tam, Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient Servant, 
“ Fort William, (Signed) 
« 5th April 1768. “ Charles Floyer, 
“ Secretary of the Select Committee.” 


- Read—alfo the following Letters to and from feveral 

Perfons ; viz. Pages 
A Letter from Shitabroy to Mr. Verelft, received by 

him the 16th April 1768, marked C. N° 134. 
s¢ Your Servant, with all Faithfulnefs, is at no Time 
« wanting in the Difcharge of your high Commands, 
‘¢ but may it pleafe your Excellency, when the Nabob 
“ Mahemed Reza Cawn was in Calcutta, and the Af- 
* fair of Carruchpore was taken Notice of in your 
‘¢ Conferences, your Servant imagined you would have 
« iffued your gracious Orders on the Subject to him. 
“ It is true, the Affair is fettled, but your Servant has not 
“ been honoured with your illuftrious Letter concerning 
«it. For fome Days there have been Two Officers 
«&lt; ftationed, one at Monor on the Dewab, the other at 
“ Chowfab, for the Examination of Englifh Boats and 
‘“« the Duftucks of the Company; and the Colonel in- 
‘&lt; formed me that your Excellency’s Orders had been 
“ fignified to your Servant for the ftationing Deputies 
“on the Part of the Government, in the fame Places, 
« but your Servant made Anfwer, that your Orders on 
«that Head had not reached him. Thirdly, your 
“Servant has received Advice from Rajah Bulwant- 
“ fing of your Directions for his feizing on the Perfons 
“of Coja Melcomb and Gregory, Armenians, and Monf. 
“&lt; Canonje, a Frenchman, and conveying them down to 
‘ your Servant ; neither have you honoured your Ser- 
‘vant with any Intimation of this. As thefe Three 
‘&lt;-high Commands, all relative to your Servant, have 
“ been iffued without his receiving any direct Orders 
“from your Exeellency, fo that he might be duly in- 
“&lt; formed and ready in the Execution thereof, he there- 
“&lt; fore humbly defires your Excellency would apprife him 
“ of your venerable Commands, and riot fubject him to 
« fuch difagreeable Alternatives in future. It is highly 
&lt;&lt; neceffary for your Excellency to incline your Atten- 
“¢ tion hereto.” 


A Letter from Mr. Vere}? to the Nabob Shuja al 
Dotelah, written the 26th April 1768, C. N° 34. 

« J am forry to inform your Excellency, that in 
Confequence of my Letters to you concerning the 
Englifo Gomaftahs and your Orders thereupon, I 
find your Officers have exercifed a Severity beyond 
what either of us intended. ‘They have feized and 
fent away many, without allowing them the fhorteft 
Time to adjuft their Affairs, and others, from this 
Kind of Treatment, find it impoffible even to receive 
the Debts lawfully due to them. As thofe Loffes 
mutt fall heavy on many Individuals, I think it but 
¢ juft to requeit your Excellency to indulge them 
«s with Two Months Licence, to withdraw their 
Effe&amp;s and ‘fettle their Affairs, and at the fame 
Time give fuch Orders to the Officers of your 
Dominions, that they may lend them all Affiftance 
“* for the more fpeedy Dilpatch of this Matter. In 
«© the mean ‘Time, fhould any of them mifbehave or 
“ interfere in any Thing regards your Country, I 
« requeft you would order Mr. Rumbold to be made 
* acquainted with it, as he is nearer than myfelf, and 


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moft perfect Reliance, he will punifh them in the 
moft exemplary Manner. For.this Purpofe he has 
full Inftructions from me.” 


A Letter from Mr. Verelf to the Rajah Balwant/ing, 
written the 26th April 1768, marked C. N° 35. 
«© I before wrote, that the Gomatftahs of the Engi 
Gentlemen fhould be allowed, as before, to difpote, 
Duty Free, of what they had imported, or to carry 
away Goods they might have already provided; [I 
now acquaint you that it is determined that they 
fhall be allowed Two Menths from the Receipr 
of this, for the fettling their Affairs, and I defire 
you will afford them every Affiftance herein, that 
the Bufinefs may be fpeedily brought to “an Iffue, 
In this Interval, fhould you have any Caufe of 
Complaint againft any Gomaftahs, you will repre- 
fent itto Mr. Rumbold at Patna, and he will give 
you immediate Redrefs.” 


A Letter from Mr. Francis Here, Second in 
Council at Paina, to Mr. Bolts, dated the 19 
April 1768, which was proved by Mr. Bolts ; viz. 

“ | have received your Favour of the roth Inftant, 
inclofing a Letter for Ramcantobofe, which I im- 
mediatcly fent him, acquainting him with your In- 
ftructions relating to Melcomb and Gregory, though 
I do not fee what Effect they can have, as they 
cannot be releafed but by the Power that con: 
fined them. ‘They both left this Place fome Time 
ago, and muft have arrived at the City, I think, 
long before this, fo that their Enlargement muft be 
obtained by you. As for me, as I was ordered to 
deliver them up to Sbitabroy, under Pain of Forfei- 
ture of the Service, though not permitted to put 
that Order in Execution (for they were fent here 
Prifoners by Bulwantfing) 1 think I cannot venture on 
a further Application. 

“¢ P.S. T aniwered your Two Favours of the sth 
and 26th w#/t. the 4th Inftant.” 


A Letter under the Hand and Seal of Cagee 
Abrabam, a very principal Merchant at the 
City of Murfhedabad to Mr. Bolts, dated the 
4 Zelbedge, which was proved by Mr. Rafael 
and tranflated by Gonyfhamdafs; viz. 

“¢ After the ufual Compliments. I received your fa- 
vourable Letter, with one inclofed for Moyeen-Dow- 
la (Mahomed Reza Khawn) and one for Rajah 
Dullubram, on Monday the 30th Zilcade, at Eight 
in the Evening; and you defire that I will’learn from 
them and write you the Particulars or Reafons of 
Cogee Melcomb’s being imprifoned. Kind Sir, I de- 
livered the Letters to the faid Nabob and Rajah. 
The Nabob read the Letter, but I have ‘not got 
an Anfwer; he faid Cogee Meleomb has been dif- 
patched from up the Country, in the Morning or 
Evening he will certainly arrive. After-his Arrival 
I hall write to the Committee, and will fpeak to you 
conformable to the Orders which I imay receive from 
thence. The Rajah gave for Anfwer, that he knew 
nothing of the Affair, and I myfelf am certain that 
he knows nothing about it. As foon asI receive the 
Rajah’s Anfwer 1 fhall forward it—And when Cogee 
Melcomb arrives here, I fhall not be deficient in 
Friendfhip towards him, and he fhall not find Trou- 


ble—I am remedilefs, Ihave no more in my Power. 
What fhall I write more ?” 


Tranflation of Part of an original Letter, under 
the Hand and Seal of Cogee Abraham, at Murfhe- 
dabad, dated the roth Zilbedge, to William Bolts, 
proved by Gony/bamda/s. 

**'On the 8th of this Month Cogee Melcomb arrived 
in Town, and he waited on the Nabob Moyeen al 


‘as he is a Gentleman in whole Juftice I have the ‘* Dowlabh Babader. The faid Nabob ordered the com- 


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“&lt; ing down of Cogee Melcomb in the Garden called Fer- 
«« rabbag. He is in the faid Garden, but is under 
«a Guard. My Sir, it appears that the faid Nabob is 
«* waiting for the Orders of the Committee, that he may 
«do according to the Order whatfoever comes from 
«thence. If Mr. Hare fhall {peak in the Caufe of 
*« his Deliverance, I fuppofe the Deliverance will ap- 
‘* pear foon, becaufe the faid Gentleman is Mafter of 
*¢ the Bufinefs. This is the Subje&amp; which is written to 
«¢ you, for to give you the Knowlege of it. What 
“¢ fhall I write more ?” 


' A Letter from Mr. Bolts to Harry Verelft, Efquire, 
Prefident ; Fohn Cartier, Richard Becher, Fames 
Alexander, Claud Ruffell, William Alderfey, and 
Charles Floyer, Efquires, Members of the Coun- 
cil for the Affairs of the honourable the United 
Company of Merchants of England, trading to 
the Eaft Indies. 

*© Gentlemen, 

“ T have been now Thirteen Days waiting for an 

Anfwer to my Application to your Board of the 18th 

“* April, regarding my imprifoned Agents. They have 

* now been forced down to Moorfhedabad, where they 

“* are alfo kept under ftri€t Confinement, whereby, ex- 

“ clufive of the Loffes accruing to me, not only their 

“ Property and Charaéters, but their Lives alfo are en- 

*¢ dangered. In Anfwer to the Applications which have 

** been made to the Nabob, he fays he is waiting for 

“ your Orders from Calcutta refpecting them. 

** As they are Chriftians, Men of Subftance, and 
“© good Character, Houfeholders of Calcutta, and in 
“ every Way intitled to the Protection of the Britifh 
*¢ Laws, it is incumbent on me, in whofe Service, and 
“¢ on whofe Account, they innocently fuffer thofe Evils, 
“to repeat my Reprefentations to you on their Be- 
«&lt; half; at leaft fo far, that though they lofe their 
*¢ Property as well as me, they may yet efcape with 
*¢ their Lives, and thereby have an Opportunity, by 
“ their future Induftry, of preferving their Families 
«¢ from utter Ruin. 

*¢ Thus far I petition on Behalf of thofe innocent 
** and oppreffed Merchants. 

“© With refpect to the Redrefs which I myfelf have 
“* required, by your long Silence on fo important and 
“&lt; delicate a Point, it is beyond a Doubt, that you, 
*¢ Gentlemen, mean to avow the Proceedings of your 
&lt;° Prefident and Sele€&amp;t Committee, as referred to in my 
“° Addrefs of the 18th April, and to give me no Redrefs : 
* However, I requeft the Favour you will let me be 
“¢ acquainted with your Refolution by Letter, in the 
«© Manner ufual on Applications to your Board, efpe- 
© cially as I have a Right to expect fuch a formal 
* Avowal of public Refolutions wherein I am fo 
** much interefted. 

«© JT am, Gentlemen, 
** Your moft obedient Servant, 

“© Calcutta, (Signed) 

“ od May 1768. “ William Bolts.” 


Your Committee then proceeded to read Part of 
the Proceedings of the Governor and Council of Cal- 
cutta, at a Coniultation'held on the 4 May 1768, as 
follows. 

“Mr. Bolts fends in a Letter repeating his Repre- 
“¢ fentations to us in Behalf of his imprifoned Agents. 

“ Ordered, That.it be entered after the Confultation. 

* Colonel Smith delivers in the following Minute. 

* Colonel Smith having perufed the Proceedings of 
“© the Select Committee, as well as the Refolutions of 
“the Council concerning Mr. Bolts, he now takes this 
« firfl Opportunity of exprefling in.Perfon to the Board 
“ thofe Sentiments which he wrote to the Comunittee in 
“* his Lietter of ———. 

«Ic appears fromthe Confultations of the 5th No- 
* wember 1767, that you determined to repeat the-for- 
** mer Orders for Mr: Bolts to proceed to England, and 


* that in Cafe of Difobedience to thofe Orders, and 
** Contempt of your Authority, that his Perfon fhould 
** be feized, and fent home Prifoner in one of the 
“‘ Ships of the latt Seafon. 

‘¢ | have carefully examined your Records, in order to 
* difcover if the pofterior Conduct of Mr. Bolts had 
** been fuch as to induce you to poftpone or annul your 
“* former Refolution, but I find your Refolution ftands 
** unrevoked and unexecuted: 

** It appears alfo from the Proceedings of the Select 
** Committee; that Mr. Bo/ts, ever fince this your Refo- 
** Jution of the 5 November; has been correfponding with 
“* the Country Powers. ThisCorrefpondence is wifely and 
‘* exprefsly prohibited to Individuals by the Orders of 
** our honourable Matters. 

“¢ If you had not already entéred into a Refolution of 
“fending Mr. Bolts to Europe; moft undoubtedly I 
** would have made fuch a Motion ; but when I read an 
‘* unanimous Decree of your Board for taking fuch Mea- 
** fures on this Oceafion as appears abfolutely neceffary 
“¢ for the public Service, I cannot but conjure you, Gen- 
** tlemen, to fupport the Dignity of Government, by en- 
“forcing Obedience to your own Refolutions; for 
** fhould we fuffer Mr. Bo/ts with Impunity to bid De- 
‘¢ fiance to your Authority, the Confequences are fo very 
** obvious, that to mention them is unneceffary. I do 
“ therefore move that the Refolution of the 5 November 
** 1767, fhall be carried into Execution, and in Cafe of 
“* Difobedience to your Orders on the Part of Mr. Bolts, 
“&lt; that he fhall pofitively be fent Prifoner to Ewrope in 
“¢ the firft Ship which fhall be difpatched from this Pre« 
*‘ fidency. Signed Richard Smith.—Fort William, the 4 
“ May 1768. 

«&lt; The Board ftill adhere to their former Refolution 
“of fending Mr. Bolts to England. It is therefore 
“agreed and refolved that he fhall be fent to Europe 
“¢ by the firft Ship that is difpatched this Seafon.” 


Read a Letter from Mahomed Rheza Khawu to 
Mr. Verelft, received by him the 3d May 1768, marked 
C, N° 146, viz. 

“ Acknowleging the Receipt of Mr. Vere/#’s Let- 
“ ter(C. N°-—) concerning Monf: Canonge, and inclofing 
“Copies of the Purwannahs figned by Mr. Rumboid; 
* which the Armenians fent down by Bulwantfing, had; 
** as Gomaftahs to Mr. Hare.” 


Read Part of a Letter from Shujab al Dowlab to Mr: 
Verelft, received by him the 15th May 1768, marked C: 
N° 161.—viz. 

Upon a Rukah (or Poftfcript). 

“In regard to Secrets being betrayed, and your 
** Letters expofed which you wrote me concerning the 
“© Cafe is this, That. from the firft till now we never 
‘* correfponded on any Secret except the Affair of the 
** Vizirate, and my being invefted with the Privileges 
“* thereof, and upon this Subject I have received divers of 
“your Letters; befides this, no other Subject has 
** been wrote upon; the friendly Diligence you have 
** ufed in this Affair, and the frequent Correfpondences 
“* we have had on this Subje&amp;t being notorious ; I do 
*«* T own frequently enlarge on your Goodnefs and Fa- 
** vour in Public, on your taking fo much Trouble for 
“* your Friend ; but it is impoffible, and God forbid that 
“© the Secrets of the Company and Council fhould be dif- 
** covered, either in paft or future; whatever Letters I 
‘‘reccive from you, after having read them in private, 
“I feal them up and keep them with all Care: I do 
** not underftand in what Manner you have wrote me 
‘* this, I have taken an Obligation from Meer Mu/hal- 
‘* Jab on this Matter, and have fent it by the Hands of 
“* Captain Harper, who will tranfmit it to you. You 
*¢ will make due Enquiries from Mr. Bolés, who is with 

** you on the Spot, and get the'Copies of the Letters 
‘© from him which he fays he has in his Poffeffion.. If 
** it is proved on Meer Mujfballab, he thall be punifhed 


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*¢ according to the Obligation I have fent you from 
“¢ him, and I have alfo given pofitive ‘Orders, that no- 
*‘ thing concerning the Affair of the Vizirate, or other 
*¢ Matters, fhall be made known to any one. Seeing 
*‘what Neceflity is there for others to be made ac- 
‘© quainted, I will enforce thefe Ordets, and you will 
“ make the ftricteft Enquiries ; for if Meer Mufballab 
«‘ fhall have heard any Thing conterning the Affair of 
¢¢ the Vizirate which is on foot, and wrote the fame, I 
“will punifh him alfo for that; what Bufinefs has 
«he with it, and why fhould he write about thefe 
Things ?” 
Upon a Rukah (or Poftfcript) 

“‘ I have juft received Intelligence, that Cofim Ally 
“* Cawn has taken his Leave of the Rohillahs, and in- 
“‘ tends going to the Decan; though I don’t think it 
“¢ ptacticable to get him into our Hands, yet I think he 
«¢ might be eafily cut off. Caution and Care is neceflary 
“in fuch Cafes; for it is notorious Cafim is a complete 
“¢ Villain, and fhould he go there what Difturbances 
&lt;¢ will he not raife. It is a Proverb, that an Enemy 
«¢ fhould be never confidered as weak ; whatever you 
¢ fhall write me on this Subject, as yours and the 
«¢ Council’s Determination, I will a€t agreeably thereto, 
« but a fpeedy and determined Anfwer is neceffary.” 


Tranflate of Meer Mufballab’s Obligation, fent 
by Captain Harper. 

“ 1 Meer Mufballab, finding that divers evil-minded 
«« People have reported that I fent Copies to Mr. Bolts, 
“ of the Letters which come from the Engh/b Serdars 
“ to his Excellency the Nabob Vizire; (whom God long 
“© preferve) and as I never even took a Letter of the 
«“ Englifo Serdars in my Hand, much lefs could be ac- 
‘&lt; quainted with the Purport of them or take Copies, 
“ do therefore agree, and here by thefe Prefents cove- 
“‘ nant, that if this Thing fhall be proved, that I have 
“‘ fent Copies of the Letters of the Englifh Serdars to 
“ Mr. Bolts, or any other; or if ever I difcovered to 
“‘ any one, any Secret communicated by his Excellency 
“ to me, I fhall be deemed guilty before his Excellency. 
“If any Letter under my Seal appears concerning the 
“&lt; aforefaid Matter, let his Excellency deftroy me and 
«¢ my Family, and punifh me as a guilty Perfon; and, 
“* if this is not proved, let the Evil-minded be put to 
‘* Death, that fuch wicked and abominable People may 
“take Warning: I have therefore (Meer Mufballab ) 
*&lt; given thefe Prefents as an Obligation, this Ninth Day 
“of Zibijab, in the Year of Higiry 1187.” 


Read—alfo a Petition of the Relations of the rmeni- 
ans, as addreffed to the Governor and Council of Fort 
William in Bengal, dated the 15 May 1768, proved by 
Mr. Bolts, viz. 

“© To the honourable Harry Verelft, Efquire, Prefi- 

* «dent and Governor, &amp;c. Gentlemen of the 

“ Council at Fort William. 
« FJonourable Sir and Sirs, 

«¢ We the Subfcribers to this humble Addrefs, Rela- 
« tions of Cogee Malcum Phillip, and Cogee Gregore Co- 
“¢ jamaul Caulder, beg Leave to reprefent to your Ho- 
““'nours, that our faid Relations have, for Six or Seven 
‘ Years paft, been conftantly employed by different 
* Englifo Gentlemen in the honourable Company’s 
“ Service, as Agents in the Tranfaction of their mer- 
“© cantile Affairs, with Honour and Credit to them- 
« felves, and to the Satisfaction of their Employers, 


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** without having ever interfered in any Affairs of other 
** Nature than mercantile, on the Tranfaction of which 
** they were latterly left by their Conftituents to con- 
** elude and collect in their outftanding Concerns ia 
** the Diftriéts of Banaras, Patna, &amp;c: ‘That they have 
“* been lately feized by Force, and have now been kept 
* in great Diftrefs under Confinement by the Nabob and 
** his Officers, firft at Patna, and now actually at Muxada- 
*¢ vads ever fince the Thirty-firft March paft, without 
** the leaft Caufe for Complaint that we ean difcover : 
“* That, by the faid Confinement, the Prifoners are ex- 
** pofed to great Diftrefs, Lofs of their Health or Lives, 
“* the Ruination of their Families, and of us your Ho- 
** nours, &amp;c. humble Reprefentants: That on Applica- 
t* tions which have been made to the Nabob for their 
** Releafement, he refufes to grant it without exprefs 
“* Orders from your Honour, &amp;c. which makes us ex- 
“‘ tremely forry and apprehenfive leaft they fhould have 
“ juftly incurred the Difpleafure of your Honour, &amp;c. 
‘In the mean Time we humbly beg Leave to repre- 
“* fent, that fhould they have been guilty of any Mif- 
‘* demeanors, we are ready to give fuch Security, either 
“‘ for Money, or their Appearance when called for, as 
“the Nabob can juftly require, or to your Honours 
‘* may appear reafonable , and, as they are Houfeholders 
“of this City of Calcutta, and have long enjoyed the 
“« Benefit of the Protection of the honourable Company, 
“* to whofe Intereft we will venture to affirm they ne- 
“¢ ver acted contrary ; we therefore humbly hope your 
“ Honours will pleafe to grant an Order for their Re- 
“‘ Jeafement, which will be a lafting Obligation confer- 
“redon, 
“« Flonourable Sir and Sirs, 
“ Your moft faithful, 
“¢ and devoted Servants, 
‘© Mother—Mary Cojamaul Calder, Of 
“© Wife—Catharine Gregory Cogee 
‘* Brother —Zachariah Cojamaul Calder) Gregory. 
_ Uncle—Aviatt Marcar Of 
ad : Aviatt Calder Cogee 
elatans Arratoon Calder | Meleamb.” 
“ Calcutta, - 
“the 15th May 1768.” 


The Committee then read a Proteft on the Part of 
Mr. Bolts againft the Governor and Council of Ca/- 
cutta, for all Lofies and Damages confequent of their 
Imprifonment of the Armenians, as the fame was pre- 
fented by obn Holme, Notary Public, to the faid Go- 
vernor and Council, and ftands recorded on their Pro- 
ceedings of the 18 May 1768. 

Read—alfo the Tranflation of a Letter from Shitabroy 
at Patna to Mr. Bolts, dated the gth May 1768, the 
Original of which being produced was proved by Gony- 
foamdafs as follows : 

“ After the accuftomed Perfian Compliments. The 
* Receipt of your moft favourable and friendly Letter 
“ gave me great Pleafure and Satisfaction, therein you 
“* write me that Cogee Melcomb and Cogee Gregory, your 
* Gomaftahs, had wrote that ¥ had imprifoned them 
“&lt; and fent them down to Murfbedabad, and you requeft 
“to know what Crimes they had committed to merit 
“‘ fuch Punifhment: Favourable Sir, the Rajah Bul- 
“* wantfing, under Guard of his own People, fent Mon- 
“ fieur Canonge, a French Gentleman, Cogee Melcomb 
“ and Cogee Gregory, down from Mirzapore and Banaras 
“to me, and at fame Time wrote to me, that I muft 
“ fend them down to Murfbedabad in the very fame 
‘© Manner as they were brought to Patna ; according to 
“ the Writing of the faid Rajah, Monfieur Canonge, the 
“‘ French Gentleman, with Cogee Melcomb and Cogee 
‘© Gregore, were difpatched to Patna. At that Time it 
‘‘ was not known to me that the faid Cogees, kind Sir, 
“were your Gomiaftahs.” Concludes with the uiual 
Compliments. 3 

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Read—alfo the Tranflation of a Letter from Fug- 
gutanund, a Man of great Confequence at the City of 
Murfoedabad, to Mr. Bolts, dated the 24th May 1768, 
the Original of which was produced and proved by Mr. 
Bolis; viz. 

“ On the 2d of the Month Foy/fee, I received your 
** favourable Letter of the 31it of Byfaack, and am 
“© acquainted with the Contents, and perceive, that on 
«© Account of Two of your Gomaftahs, who have been 
“ imprifoned and fent here, you had written a Let- 
“ ter to the great Nabob (meaning the Nabob upon 
«“ the Throne, in Diftinétion from the acting Naib, 
“© Mabomud Reza Khawn) of which you inclofe mea 
“ Copy: After informing myfelf of every Particular, 
« J fént the. Letter by a trutty Perfon of my own 
« to the Nabob, with the neceffary Refpects and 
« Greetings on your Part: Two Days after, he faid, 
« I do not know what Anfwer I can give to this 
«¢ Letter ; 1 have no People I can truft; who can I 
“¢ fpeak to upon this Affair, or who will mind what 
« | fay? Mr. Bolts underftands well the prefent Situa- 
«* tion of Affairs, that I am Nobody, and nothing can 
«“ be done by me. 

«© As you did me the Favour to write to me, I 
« would that in any Manner your Bufinefs was. done ; 
« but according to the prefent Turn of the Times, 
«« nothing can be expected. I kept your Peaple to fee 
‘¢ if I could do any Thing, but find it is impoffible. 
«&lt; Sir, you are wile, you comprehend all the Affair. 
ec —Dated the 14th Foyfee, or 24th May 1768. 

« P.§$. After reading and keeping your Letter 
« Four Days the Nabob returned it, and I herewith 
« enclofe it to you.” 


Read—alfo the Abftract of a Letter written by Mr. 
Verelft on the 29 May 1768, to the Rajah Bulwant/fing, 
marked C. N° 46; viz. 

“ Defiring him to releafe fome Boats belonging to 
«¢ Mr. Alexander, which he had detained, and warning 
« him againft fuch Proceedings in future.” 


Read—alfo the Tranflation of a Perfian Letter from 
Boyenautfing, principal Minifter of Rajah Bukwantfing, 
to Cogee Gregore , the Original of which was proved by 
Gonyfhamdafs , viz. 

_ After many Compliments in the Perfan Style, -he 
proceeds, 

«¢ J have received your favourable Letter, and am 
«¢ acquainted with the Contents; my Brother, as God 
« Almighty would have jt, was fick at Gungapore, 
« and therefore, for.my Brother’s Bufinefs, 1 ftaid 
«: at the Village Coruna, where 1 was Twelve Days, 
&lt; and fettled all my Bufinefs, and was myfelf alfo 
« out of Order. Yefterday I arrived at Puttyla, and 
« my dear Friend was not the leaft acquainted with 
«your Cafe, till. the Receipt of your Letter informed 
« me; nothing of which you complain of has been 
«&lt; done by the Maha Rajah Babadar, but folely and 
« wholly by the Orders of the Gentlemen of Calcutta: 
« In this Refpect there is no help; accordingly Bukbt- 
«&lt; fing has been wrote to, to do every thing for-you 
«&lt; that is becoming of Friendfhip, and I fhall repre- 
« fet to Maha Rajah Babader fuch Things as are 
« proper, and the Almighty will. be gracious. On 
«your Arrival in. thofe Parts, pleafe to write to 
« me, that 1 may have Encouragement in my Mind. 
« For the reft may Happinefs attend you.” 


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Read—alfo the following Letters; viz. . 
Extract of a Letter from the Nabob Shujab al 
Dowlah to Mr. Verel# ; received by him the 4th 
July 1768, marked D. N° 209. 
«© J wrote you in a prior Letter a full and par- 
ticular Anfwer about Mr. Bolts and Meer Mufhailab, 
“ and I have now repeated the fame Circumftances 
© anew to Rajah Purfed Roy, from whom you will 
‘ be informed. I have written my whole Heart with- 
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out omitting or difguifing any thing, of. deviating 
the Breadth of a Hair: Agreeable to your owri 
Defire, I fome Time ago returned your Excellency 
all thofe Letters of yours which related to that Sub- 
ject; Meer Mufhallab has given an Obligation un- 
“* der his own Hand, which if he has violated, I will 


‘* immediately bring him to the Punifhment contained 
* therein,” 


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An original Note from the Rajah Bulwantfing, in- 
clofed for Mr. Bolts, in a Letter to the Rajah’s Am- 
baffador at Calcutta, Mabarage Miffer,. dated the 24 
April 1768, produced and proved by Mr. Bolts. 

On the Cover fealed “ Rajah Bukvantfing, Bahudur; 
“* directed to the Brammin Effigy of Brimba Mabiagé 
“ Miffer.” 


“« The following you are to acquaint Mr: Bolts 
“ with.” 
“ I have received your Letter. As to what you 
have wrote about Mr. Belts’s Gomaftahs, you know 
“ that I have a RN for Mr. Bolts’s Bufinefs, and 
“* a Friendfhip for him from my Heart, and always 
** complied with whatever his Gomaftahs requefted. 

When the Nabob, Harry Verelf’s Letter came, for 
fending them, agreeable to thar Order I was obliged 
to fend them to Rajah Shitabroy, before the Ar- 
rival of Mr. Bolts’s and your Letters, I had told 
“‘ them, there is no Impediment on my Part.” 


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An original Letter; written by Rajah Shitabréy to 
Mr. Bolts, dated the 31ft Fuly 1768, proved by Gony- 
Joamdafs 5 viz. 

‘“ After the ufual.Compliments—I received your fa- 
** vourable Letter wherein you write, that it appeared to 
“© you, my favourable Friend, that another of your 
“* Gomaftahs, named Cogee Rafael, who was. in thofe 
‘* Parts, has been imprifoned and brought down to 
‘* me, and that I had continued the faid Rafael under 
‘* Confinement, and with my own People {ent him 
“* down to Murfbedabad; and that as you, kind Sir, 
** are unacquainted with the Crime the faid Rafael 
‘ has committed, to merit my confining and putting 
“* a Guard upon him, you therefore requeft I will 
‘* acquaint you with the faid Rafael’s Crime: My dear 
‘* Sir, I did not know that Rafael was your Gomattah, 
“* nor am I in the leaft acquainted with any Fault he 
“&lt; has committed. Colonel Barker, Bahader, wrote 
** to me that he had difpatched to me Cogee Rafael 
“and Two other Armenians, who in the Nabob Sbz- 
‘* jab al Dowlab’s Country had been in Confinement 
“© under Captain Harper, who had fent them to him, 
“ Colonel Barker; accordingly I difpatched them to the 
“© Nabob Khane Khanaan Mobazez al Milk Babader, at 
‘*. Murfoedabad, the Particulars of their Faults or their 
‘«¢ Innocence muft be well known to Mt. Harper him- 
“© felf; with refpect to me, kind Sir, do not believe 
“© me capable of any thing contrary to the ftri@eft 
‘“* Friendfhip towards you, you fhall know me your: 
“© own Friend.” 


Your Committee then proceeded to read the Me- 
morial of the Armenian Gentlemen, Gregore Cojamaul 
and Fobannes Padre Rafael, as prefented to the Court 
of Eaft India Direttors, dated London, the 12th Sepr 
17693 Viz. 

“© To the honourable the Court of Directors for 
“ the Affairs of the honourable the United 
“-Company of Merchants of England; trading 
“ to the Eaft Indies. : 

« The humble Petition of Cogee Gregore Cojamaul and 

*¢ Cogee Fohannes Padre Rafael, Armenian Mer- 

“* chants, late of Bengal ; 

«© Humbly Sheweth, : 

« That your Petitioners, who are Natives of Z/pba- 
“&lt; ban in Perfia, have, for many Years, refided in 
“‘ India, particularly in the Provinces annexed to Ben- 
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carried on for themfelves, and others, a very ex- 
tenfive Trade always with the Permiffion and Ap- 
probation of the different Princes, in whofe Do- 
minions your Petitioners refided, always paying the 
Daties exacted by fuch Princes, and always chear- 
fully fubmitting themfelves to the Laws of fuch 
Countries. 

“ That it has ever been the Cuftom, from Time 
immemorial for Greeks, Georgians, Turks, Perfians, 
Tartars, Cafomeerians, Armenians, and other Nations, 
to refort to, and traffic in, India, where the Coun- 
try Nabobs, fenfible of the Benefits arifing from 
the Refort of Foreign Merchants, and the Increafe 
of Trade, have, at all Times, encouraged fuch 
Perfons to the utmoft of their Power. 

&lt;&lt; That befides their own Traffic, your Petitioners 
likewife, for about Seven Years laft paft, have been 
honoured with Bufinefs upon Commiffion from fun- 
dry Englifh Gentlemen, feveral of whom are now 
in England. 

« That your Petitioners, in fuch Tranfatctions, have 
ever aéted to the Satisfaction of their Conftituents, 
and with Credit to themfelves, having ever ftudioufly 
avoided interfering in any other than their own mer- 
cantile Affairs; and as they have ever been Well- 
withers to the honourable Englifh Eaft India Com- 
pany, haying never, in the moft diftant Manner, 
acted contrary to the Interefts of that Company. 

“© That your Petitioners were lately refident in the 
Dominions of the Nabob Shujah al Dowlab, and the 
Rajah Bulwantfing, who to the great Surprife of 
your Petitioners, received Orders from your Prefi- 
dency- of Calcutta, or Fort William, to banifh your 


Petitioners out of their Countries. 
“ That thofe Princes communicated the Orders 


which they had received from your faid Prefidency to 
your Petitioners, who had the Honour to be fa- 
voured with the Friendfhip of the faid Princes, who 
propofed. various Expedients to fcreen your Peti- 
tioners from Violence, as your Petitioners can fhew 
by authentic Documents in their Hands, to the Sa- 
tisfaction of this honourable Court. 

«© That the Friendfhip of thofe Princes having in- 
duced them to evade the immediate Execution of 
fuch tyrannical Orders, for which they knew no 
Caufe, your Prefident, Mr. Vere/f#, wrote again in 
repeated Letters, and in the moft peremptory Terms, 
to have your Petitioners feized, imprifoned, and fent 
down into the Company’s Provinces to Patua and 
Murfbedabad, and, for fear of further Delays or Eva- 
fions, Orders were given to the immediate Servants 
of the Englifs Company, who were employed to 
feize and imprifon your Petitioners, as they are 
likewife ready to prove, to the Satisfaction of this 
honourable Court, by authentic Documents and 
Writings, under Hand and Seal of the faid Com- 
pany’s Servants. _ 

«© That accordingly your Petitioners were feized in 
the moft fudden, cruel, and inhuman Manner, and 
brought down to the Company’s Factories: at Patna 
and Murfbedabad, being obliged to. quit inftantly 
all they were poffeffed of in that Country, to a very 
confiderable Amount, together with their Books and 
Papers, and the Effects of many other Perfons with 
which they were intrufted, and for which they are 
amenable. 

«© That during the Confinement of your Petitioners, 
the Relations of your Petitioners did deliver to your 
Prefident, Mr. Harry Verelft, fundry Petitions, par- 
ticularly one of the 15th May 1768, and one of the 


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faid Prefident and Council. 
“« That the faid Petitions ware paid no Regard to, 
but your Petitioners were continued under Confine- 


‘ment; your Petitioner Cogee Gregore Cojamaul hav- 


ing been confined from the 14th March 1568 to 
the 23d May 1768, being Two Months and Nine 
Days ; and your Petitioner Cogee Fobannes Padre Ra- 
fael, from the 27th March 1768 to the 28th Au- 
guft 1768, being Five Months; during which Time 
they were treated worfe than conviéted Felons ; - 
Cogee Rafael being firft imprifoned in a Horfe Stable, 
and afterwards both kept in clofe Confinement, 
under a ftrong Guard of the Company’s Sepoys, 
with fixed Bayonets, who never fuffered your Peti- 
tioners to ftir out of their Sight. 

“© That being at laft releafed from Confinement, 
your Petitioners and their Friends waited upon your 
Prefident, Mr. Harry Verelff, not only to be ac- 
quainted what were the Caufes of his Difpleafure, 
and why they had been confined; but requefting 
Leave to return up the Country, to fecure their Ef- 
fects and out{tanding Concerns, thereby to pre- 


+ ferve themfelves and Families from Ruin; but to 


the Misfortune of your Petitioners, all their Appli- 
cations were paid no Regard to, nor could they ever 
obtain any Satisfaction, or be acquainted why they 
had been thus’ capricioufly imprifoned for fo long 
a Time, and then fet at Liberty, without being 
accufed of even a fictitious Mifdemeanor. * 
“« That to the great Aftonifhment of your Petiti- 
oners,, upon their Arrival in Calcutta, they were in- 
formed that your Governor, Mr. Harry Verelft 
and his Council, had been pleafed to publith an 
Ediét, under Date the 18th May 1768, prohibiting 
all Armenians and Portugueze, and their Defcend- 
ants, from refiding or trading in any Part out of 
the Provinces of Bengal, Babar, and Oriffz, or from 
attempting to tranfport any Merchandize beyond 
thofe Provinces, under Penalty of the utmoft fevere 
Corporal Punifhment, and the Confifcation of fuch 
Merchandize ; an attefted notorial Copy ef which 
moft extraordinary public Edié&amp;t is in the Hands of 
your Petitioners, for the Infpetion of this honour- 
able Court. 

© That your Petitioners were hereby not only de- 
prived, among others, of thofe Rights which were 
due to them as Men from the Law of Nations, but 
were deprived of that Freedom of Trade which their 
Nation had always enjoyed in the Times of the 
worft of the ancient black Nabobs, and in parti- 
cular, were alfo deprived of all Hopes of ever re- 
covering thofe Effects, from which they had been 
thus forcibly and capricioufly taken. 

‘© That your Petitioners, who have been therefore 
neceffitated at a great Expence to come to England 
for Juftice, now appeal to the Equity of this ho- 
nourable Court, requefting that they will either 
indemnify your Petitioners for the great Loffes they 
fuftain, or that they will pleafe to order Home to an- 
fwer for themfelves, the Prefident, Mr. Verelf#, and 
fuch of the Company’s Servants, as to this honour- 
able Court may + ig to have been the acting Per- 

re 


* fons in the Oppreffions complained of : 


© And your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, fhall ever 
pray. 


*¢ London, the 
12th Septr 1769.” 


 Cogee Gregore Cojamaul, 
* Cogee Fobannes Padre Rafael. 


Your Committee then read a Letter from the Petiti- 


“© 13th Fune 1768 (which your Petitioners imagine ftand 
*¢ recorded upon your Calcutta Confultations) requefting 
« the Releafement of your Petitioners, and offering to 
« give any fuch Security for Money; or the Appearance 


oner, Gregore Cojamaul, to the Court of Eaft India Di- 

rectors, dated the 29th Feby 1772, together with the 
Anfwer thereto ; as follows : 

“© To the honourable Court of Direétors for Af- 

“ fairs 








Petiti- 
lia Di- 
th the 


or Af- 
© fairs 





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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houle of Cations. 


‘ fairs of the honourable the United Company 
* of Merchants of Lngland, trading to the 
“© Eaft Indies. 
«¢ Honourable Sirs, : 
“ Being acquainted by Governor Fobnftone, that he 
“ was informed by One of the Directors of the Eaf 
«¢ India Company, upon prefenting my Petition to 
« Parliament, that the Court of Direétors had of- 
“ ficially tranfmitted the Memorial I delivered to them 
* of the rath September 1769, to their Prefident and 
«© Council of Bengal, and that they had received a full 
«© and explicit Anfwer from thence with fpecific Charges 
“¢ by the laft Ships; in Confequence of fuch Informa- 
«&lt; tion, I now make my moft humble Application to the 
« Court, that they will be pleafed to furnifh me with 
«© a Copy or Copies of fuch Anfwer and Charges, 
«¢ which I hope in common Juftice cannot be denied 
«me, as I muft ever prefume the Directors are 
“ equally inclined to blame their Servants when cul- 
“© pable, as to defend them when innocent ; and that 
«&lt; the Protection of the Inhabitants of Bengal is a prin- 
* cipal Part of their Confideration. | 
*“ I am, with great Refpect, 
*¢ Honourable Sirs, 
« Your moft obedient, humble, 
ss and devoted Servant, 
“© Gregore Cojamaul.” 


“¢ Fondon, 
&amp; 29th Fey 1772. 


At a Court of Directors of the United Eaf India 
Company, held on Wednefday the 11th March 1772; 

The Court, on Confideration of a Letter from Gregore 
Cojamaul, : 

Ordered, That the following Anfwer be given to the 
fame, and tranfmitted to him accordingly : 

«© Our general Letter, in Anfwer to what we wrote 
«© to our Governor and Council, on the Subjeét of 
s¢ the Armenians Petition, laid before the Court of Di- 
«© rectors in 1769, contains many Matters very im- 
« proper to be communicated on the prefent Applica- 
“ tion made by the Armenian, Gregore Cojamaul; but 
&lt;¢ {&gt; much as materially concerns the Juttification of 
« our Prefidency with refpect to thefe Perfons, is to this 
« Effect; they refer to the Country Correfpondence 
« tranfmitted to us in 1768, and to their Proceedings 
% in December 1767, for the Particulars of this Matter ; 
« that thefe Armenians were difcovered in carrying on 
« Intrigues at the Court of Sujab Dowlab, and that 
« there was ftrong Prefumption, that they were the 
&lt;¢ Inftruments of obtaining for Mr. Bolts, Copies of 
s¢ our Prefident’s Correfpondence with the Vizier, not 
&lt;&lt; to mention the Experience they before had of the 
« intriguing Spirit of the Armenian: during the Go- 
s vernment of Cofim Ally Cawn. 

" &amp; That at this very Time, notwithftanding an Order 
« in Force, prohibiting the Refidence of Gomaftahs 
&lt;¢ of Englifo Gentlemen in the Territories of Sujab 
“ Dowlah and Bulwantfing, or indeed any where without 
«¢ the Provinces, Mr. Bolts, in Defiance of this Order, 
«&lt; would prefume to continue his Agents; and that as 


« it fhould feem, not merely to wind up his old Con-— 


« cerns in Trade, but to engage in new ones. From 
« thefe Confiderations, they hope it will clearly appear 
« their Removal did not proceed from aMotive of Re- 
« fentment, either againft Mr. Bolts or the Armenians 
*¢ themfelves. : 

« That it does not appear to the Council, that the 
« Jate Prefident Verel/t was the immediate Inftrument of 
«« their Removal, as had been infinuated, but that it 
«“ was an Act of the Princes themfelves, and entirely 


- « optional on their Parts; but admitting even that the 


« Order fhould have come immediately from the Prefi- 
« dent, or that the Company’s Sepoys had been em- 
« ployed, they prefume they fhould ftand fully juftified 
« fuch an Fserdon of Authority, againft Perfons 


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“ who not only fet their Orders at Defiance, but wete 
“* likewife bufied in thefe Schemes and Intrigues of the 
“ moft dangerous Tendency to Government.” 

Mr. Fobannes Padre Rafael, another Armenian Mer- 
chant, being called upon to give an Account of his be- 
ing taken up to the Time of his Releafement, faid, 

Iwas in Fyfebed the 27 March 1768, when Capt" 
Harper tent Two Parties of Sepoys, and they took me 
Prifoner, and carried me to Capt* Harper’s Tent. He 

fent his Munfhy to know the Reafon why we came at 
fuch an improper Hour. I faid, Your Matter knows 
the Reafon why your Sepoys brought me here. Ag 
foon as I {poke to the Munfhy, Capt® Harper caine 
out, and faid, I muft fend you to Calcutta —I an- 
fwered for what Reafon ? he faid, angrily, That Mr. 

Verelfi had fent a Letter, and you muft go immedi- 
ately. I reprefented the Diftrefs my Affairs would 
fuffer, if I had not Three or Four Months Time td 
fettle them, and entreated fome Delay ; he faid; I 
fhall give you Three Days. I reprefented, that I fhould 
be ruined if I had not more Time allowed me. I 

was put under Confinement in my own Howfe, and 

kept from the 27 March to the 1ft May, fttictly 
guarded by Sepoys. On the 2d May I was fent to 
ilababad, and arrived there the 10th May. I was 
kept till the 30th in the open Air. I applied by Capt* 

Gravely to be releafed, but without Succefs: The 
2d Fune (ftill under Confinement) I was fent to 

Patna, where I arrived the 28th; I was Ten Days 

at Patna under Confinement. I applied to Shitabroy 

to be releafed, but without Succels. On the 15th 

July \ arrived at Murfoadabad. 1 was brought before 

the Nabob. I pleaded, that as a Merchant, I ap- 

prehended I might go where I pleafed, paying the 

Duties, The Nabob faid, there was now a new Re- 

gulation and that could not be, and then demanded 

an Obligation that I would not gé up to the high 

Country to trade, under the Pain of Confifcation 

of my Goods. I refufed to give the Obligation; and 

was confined in a Stable without Meat or Drink, for 

Twenty-four Hours. 1 was then imprifoned in. a 

dark dirty Place, worfe than a Stable, till the zad 

Auguft, I made Application to Mahomed Reza Khawn 

to be releafed ; he faid, He could do nothing without 

Orders from Mr. Vere/#. The Subahdar, or Com- 

mander of the Sepoys, told me fome Days after, that 

the Nabob had been to wait on Mr. Sykes, to know 
whether he had any Orders from the Committee, and 
upon his Return I was ordered to be releafed. The 

Subahdar demanded Sixty Rupees, which I not be- 

ing able to pay, was by his Authority detained Three . 

Days longer, when, upon Payment of the Money, 

I was releafed ; but Directions were given me not to 

go to the upper Country, and accordingly I went: to 

Calcutta. During my Confinement, Money was fre- 

quently extorted from me by the Sepoys: It coft me, 

during my Imprifonment, Two thouland Rupees, the 
greateft Part of which was forced from me by the 

Sepoys. 


Martis, 12° die Maii, 1772. 
Col. Burgoyne in the Chair; Prefent, 


Lord Folkeftone; Mr. ‘Fobnftone, 
Mr. Vane, Mr. Rice, 

Sir G. Elliot, Mr. Strachey, 
Mr. Trecotbick, Mr. Sutton. 


Read‘a Paper as fent up, purfuant to Order, by the 
Eaft India Dire&amp;ors, intituled, “ An Agreement be- 
« tween the Governor and Company of Merchants of 
“ London, trading to the Eaf Indtes; and the Armenians, 
« dated the 22d Fume 1688 ; as follows; viz. 

« The Governor and Company of Merchants of 
“¢ London trading to the Eaft Indies Agreements 
“ with the Armenians, dated the 22d Fune 1688. 
«« The Governor and Company of Merchants of Lon- 


=% “ don, 








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&lt;&lt; don, trading to the Eaft Indies, to all to whom thefe Pre- 
“ fents fhall come, fend Greeting. Whereas Reprefenta- 
“ tion hath been made to us by Sir fafa Child, Baronet, our 
‘¢ Deputy Governor, that upon long Conferences by him 
‘¢ had with Coja Panous Calendar, an Armenian Merchant 
&lt;&lt; of Eminency, and an Inhabitant of [/paban in Perfia; as 
« alfo with Sir fobn Chardin, of London, Knight, they had 
“ on Behalf of the Armenian Nation propofed to him feveral 
« Particulars for carrying on a great Part of the Arme- 
“&lt;&lt; wian Trade to India and Perfia, and irom thence to 
“¢ Europe, by Way of England; which will redound 
“¢ sreatly to His Majefty’s Advantage in His Cuftoms, 
“and to the Encreafe of the Englifh Navigation, if the 
“© Armenian Nation might obtain tuch Licence from this 
&lt;¢ Company as will give them Encouragement fo to alter 
&lt;&lt; and invert the ancient Courfe of their Trade to and 
“ from Europe: And we being always willing to en- 
“‘ creafe and encourage the public Trade and Navigation 
“of this Kingdom, after a ferious Debate of all the 
‘* Propofitions relating to this Affair, have thought fit 
“&lt; to agree and refolve as follows; viz. 

“ Firft, That the Armenian Nation fhall now, and at 
&lt;“ all Times hereafter, have equal Share and Benefit of 
‘¢ all Indulgences this Company have, or fhall at any 
“ Time hereafter grant to any of their own Adven- 
“ turers or other Englifh Merchants whatfoever. 

“ Secondly, That they fhall have free Liberty at all 
&lt;&lt; Times hereafter to pafs and repafs to and from India, 
&lt;&lt; on any of the Company’s Ships, on as advantageous 
«¢ Terms as any Freeman whatioever. 

«‘ Thirdly, That they fhall have Liberty to live in any 
* of the Company’s Cities, Garifons, or Towns, in Jn- 
«&lt; dia, and'to buy, fell, and purchafe Land or Houtes, and 
&lt;&lt; be capable of all civil Offices and Preferments, in the 
«&lt; fame Manner as if they were Englifbmen born, and hall 
« always have the free and undifturbed Liberty of the 
« Exercife of their own Religion. And we hereby de- 
‘&lt; clare, that we will not continue any Governor in our 
« Service, that fhall in any kind difturb or difcountenance 
«&lt; them in the full Enjoyment of all the Privileges here- 
“ by granted to them ; neither fhall they pay any other 
« or greater Duty in Jndia, than the Company’s Factors, 
‘* or any other Exglifbman born, do or ought to do. 

‘‘ Fourthly, That they may voyage from any of the 
&lt;&lt; Company’s Garifons to any other Ports or Places in 
‘© India, the South Seas, China, or the Manilbas, in any of 
&lt;&lt; the Company’s Ships, or any permiffive free Ships al- 
« lowed by the Company; and may have Liberty to trade 
“¢ to China, the Manilbas, or any other Ports or Places 
«&lt; within the Limits of the Company’s Charter, upon 
‘¢ equal Terms, Duties, and Freight, with any free Eng- 
&lt;&lt; Jifbman whatfoever. 

¢s But whereas all Perfons in England do pay for Bullion 
&lt;¢ Ourwards Two per Cent. for Freight and Permiffion ; 
«and Three per Cent. Homewards for Diamonds and 
“¢ other precious Stones; it is hereby declared and agreed, 
 ghat the Armenians fhall pay Three per Cent. OQutwards 
“ for Bullion, and Two per Cent. Homeward for Dia- 
“ monds ; for Coral and Amber Beads they fhall pay Six 
“: per Cent. for Freight and Permiffion, and for Coral, 
«¢ Amber, RawCochineal,Quickfilver, Sword Blades, Fire 
“© Arms of all Sorts, Haberdafhery Wares, Iron of all 
«¢ Sorts, wrought or unwrought, Paper, all Sorts of Sta- 
“© tionary Wares, Englifb Looking or Drinking Glaffes, and 
“ for all Sorts of Norimberg Wares and Merchandizes, 
«+ Ten per Cent. for Permiffion, and Six Pounds per Ton, 
‘ Freight. That all Sorts of Leather, Venetian Wares, 
« and Merchandizes, may be fhipt out Permiffion Free, 
“&lt; paying only Six Pounds per Ton, Freight; for all Cloth 
« or woollen Manufactures, of what Kinds or Sort foever, 
« they fhall pay Twelve and a Half per Cent. in Lieu of 
« all Charges whatfoever, excepting only the Freight and 
«‘ the Company’s Cuftoms in India; for Lead, Ten per 
“ Cent. Permiflion, and. Three Pounds per Ton Freight ; 
“ for Provifions of all Sorts, for eating and drinking, Six 
«© Pounds per Ton Freight, but no Permiffion; and for all 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


“¢ Sorts. of Goods, Homeward bound, they fhall pay in 
« Manner and Form following ; viz. 
«« For Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, all Sorts of precious 
«¢ Stones and Ambergreafe, Two per Cent. Freight, and 
« Peérmiffion as aforefaid ; for Mufk of any Kind, Six 
“* per Cent. for Freight, and Permiffion ; for Pepper, One 
‘«« Peny per Pound, and for Coffee Ten per Cent. Permit- 
*‘fion, befides Freight ; for all Raw Silk of Perfa, 
‘© Twenty-one Pounds per Ton Freight, but no Permii- 
“ fion, Cuftom, or any other Charges whatfoever, except- 
“ ing only Two and a Half per Cent. towards Demur- 
“ rage of our Ships; for all Goods whatfoever, of the 
*¢ Growth and Manufacture of Perfia (red Carmenia Wool 
** excepted, which is hereby totally prohibited) Ten per 
“* Cent. Permiffion, and the fame Freights as the Company 
“* themfelves pay, without any other Charges whatloever , 
** for all Sorts of China and Bengal Goods, during the 
‘“ Company’s Indulgence for thoie Kinds of Goods, and 
** no longer, in what Place foever loaden, Thirteen per 
“© Cent. for Permiffion, and all otherCharges whatfoever, 
“* over and above the fame Freight as the Company pay, 
** and the Cuftoms hereafter mentioned ; viz. All Goods 
‘* Outward and Homeward bound are to pay the Com- 
“ pany in Eaft India, Five per Cent. Cuftom on the firft 
“* Coft, as per Invoices of the faid Goods, whether they 
“* be laden from, or delivered into, any of the Company’s 
*¢ Ports or Places, or into any other Ports or Places what- 
** foever, excepting only from this Article, all Bullion, 
“* Diamonds, and other precious Stones, Ambergreafe, 
“© Mufk, and Raw Perfian Silk. And it is agreed,. that 
* the Permiffion Money and Freight for all Goods Out- 
** ward bound, to be paid in India as aforefaid, fhall be 
‘* accounted for at Eight and a Half Rupees per Pound 
** Sterling upon Hypothecation of the Goods to the Com- 
“* pany in London, and we do declare, that for Eafe of 
“* Accounts, the Cuftom due to the Company in Eaf Jn- 
“¢ dia, is to be included together with the other Charges ; 
“ viz. Freight and Permiffion, according to the Premiles, 
“* and all inferted in one Sum, upon the refpective Bills 
“* of Loading, which Sum is always to be paid before the 
** Delivery of the Goods to the Perfons mentioned in the 
“¢ faid Bills of Loading, which is the true Intent of the Hy- 
“* pothecation before exprefied. That all Goods which 
** have once paid Cuftom, are not to pay any again either 
** upon Importation or Exportation of the faid Goods, to 
“* the Place where they firft paid it, or to any other Port 
** or Place belonging to us in the Eaft Indies, That every 
“ Perfon that fhall take Paffage on any of the Company’s 
“ Ships, fhall pay in Eaf India Twelve Pounds Sterling 
“ for his Permiffion Outwards, at the Rate of Eight Ru- 
** pees and a Half per Pound Sterling ; and the like Sum 
** to be paid here for every Perfon that fhall take Paflace 
“« Homeward, befides Eight Pounds per Head for Sea 
** Provifions, which it is hereby agreed fhall always. be 
“¢ paid in London and for fuch Perfons who fhall board 
“* at the Captain’s Table, they fhall pay Ten Guineas each 
“to the Captain for the fame. But the Servants fhall 
** be meffed apart by themfelves, and. always have the 
« fame Allowances of Ship Provifions as the Officers and 
** Seamen of the Ship have, or ought to have. And it is 
“ alfo granted to the faid Armenians, that the Paffengers 
** fhall be allowed, both Out and Home, to carry with 
‘* them their Wearing Clothes, Furniture, and Provifions, 
“* not exceeding One Quarter of a Ton for,each Man, 
‘‘ Freight freé.. And whereas the faid’ Armenians have 
** ufed to drive agreat Trade from India to Turky, Over- 
“ land, by the Way of Perfa and Arabia; and are now 
** defirous to drive that whole Trade by the Way of Exg- 
“* Jand: It is hereby declared and agreed, that the {aid 
‘© Armenians have Liberty to fend upon any of the Come 
‘* pany’s Ships for England, any Sorts of Goods of Ea/t 
“* India, configning them to the Company by true In- 
** voices and Bills of Loading, and not otherwife, paying 
*¢ ‘Ten per Cent. Permiffion on the Value of the faid Goods 
« in London, befides the fame Freight as we ourfelves pay: 
“ And it is hereby declared, that the Company have Li- 
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*&lt; berty to detain and keep in their Poffeffion all fuch 
** Goods as fhall be configned unta them as aforefaid, 
** until they have fhipped them off upon Engi Shipping 
** bound for Tarky, Venice, or Leghorn, and taken Se- 
“* curity, yet they fhall not be landed in any other Ports 
* or Places of Europe, except the Place to which they 
** fhall be configned, according as they fhall be directed, 
* by the {aid Armenian Proprietors, or their Agents, 
** And laftly, it is declared and agreed, that notwith{tand- 
** ing any Thing aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful 
** for the faid Company to referve and keep for their own 
“¢ Ufe, any of the faid Goods fo intended for Turky as 
** aforefaid, paying the Proprietors One third Part clear 
‘* Profit on the Firft Coft of the Goads as aforefaid, all 
* Freight, Charges, and Difhurfements whatfoever, being 
* firft deducted and fore-prized, Eight Rupees in Jndia 
** being in this Cafe to be accounted for One Pound 
© Sterling. In Witnefs whereof, the Governor, Deputy 
“‘ Governor, and Three of the Committee of the faid 
* Company, have hereunto fet their Hands, and caufedthe 
‘* larger Seal of the faid Company to be affixed this 
“ Two-and.twentieth Day of Fume, Anno Domini 1688, 
«© andin the Fourth Year.of the Reign of our Sovereign 
* Lord, Fames the Second, by the Grace of God, King of 
© England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the 
t Faith, Se. : 
(Signed) 

© Benjamin Bathurft, Governor, 

* Fofia Child, Deputy Governor, 

red antec Worcefter, 

$¢ Fobn Moore, 

** George Boun, 


«© The Governor and Company of Merchants of Lon- 
** don trading into the Eaf Indies, to all whom it may 
* concern, fend Greeting: Whereas Coja Panous Kalendar,, 
“© an Armenian Merchant of Eminency, and an Inhabitant 
“+ of [/paban in Perfia, hath taken great Pains in making 
“© an Agreement with the faid Company, for agreat Trade 
«* to be carried on in Englifo Shipping, by himfelf and 
« others of the Armenian Nation; the {aid Governor and. 
«* Company, in Confideration thereof, do, by thefe Pre- 
*¢ fents (at the Requeft of the faid Coja Panous Kalendar ) 
* freely grant unto him and his F amily, the fole Trade 
© of Garnate, he paying Ten per,Cent. Cuftom for the 
“ fame, and the ufual Freight paid by the Company. 
“ And the faid Company do hereby declare, that they 
* will neither trade in the faid Commodity themfelves, nor 
« fuffer any other Perfons, Engli/h, or Strangers, for the 
*¢ future, to trade or traffic in that Commodity. Given 
“ under the Company’s larger Seal, as alfg under the 
s¢ Hands of the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Three 
«* of the Committee of the faid Company, this Two-and- 
“¢ twentieth Day of Zune, Anno Domini 1688, and in the 
“© Fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Fames 
«&lt; the Second, by theGrace of God, King of England, Scot-. 
“ Jand, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. 
: (Signed) 

“© Benjamin Bathurft, Governor, 

“&lt; Fofia Child, Deputy Governor, 

“ ...., Worcefer, 

“¢ Fobn Moore, 

“© George Boun. 


“. The Governor and Company of Merchants of Lon- 
« doy trading into the Eaft Indies, to all to whom it may 
« concern, fend Greeting : Whereas it hath been repre- 
« fented unto us that the Armenian Nation have a great 
«© Defire to carry on a Trade and Commerce with our 
« People in the Eaft Indies, we do, for the better En- 
* couragement of that Nation, to fettle and cohabit in 
« the feveral Garifons, Cities, and Towns, in the Eaf 
‘¢ Indies, under our Jurifdiétion; by thefe Prefents, 
«© declare, grant, and agree, that whenever Forty or more 
« of the Armenian Nation fhall become Inhabitants in 
“ any of the Garifons, Cities, or Towns, belonging 

Vou. XXXII. 


Houfe of Commons, 933 


“© to the Company in the Eaft Indies, the faid Armes 
“* miaus fhall not only have and enjay the free Ufe and 
‘* Exercife of their Religion, but there fhall be alfa 
*¢ allotted to them, a Parcel of Ground to ereét a Church 
‘¢ thereon, for the Worfhip and Service of God in 
** their own Way; and that we wil] alfo at our own 
Charge, caufe a convenient Church to he built of 
Timber, which afterwards the faid Armenians may 
*¢ alter and build with Stone, or other folid Materials, 
** to their own good Liking; and the faid Governor 
‘“¢ and Company will alfo allow Fifty Pounds per Az- 
* num, — the Space of Seven Years, for the Main- 
tenance of fuch Prieft or Minifter, as they fhall 
chufe to officiate therein. Given under the Company’s 
“* larger Seal, as alfo under the Hands of the Governor 
and Deputy Governor, and Three of the Committee 
of the faid Company, this Two-and-twentieth Day 
“* of Fune, Anno Domini 1688, and in the Fourth Year 
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Fames the 
** Second, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ire- 
“¢ land, Defender of the Faith, €e. 
(Signed) 

*¢ Benjamin Bathurft, Governor, 

 Fofia Child, Deputy Governoy, 

O Sredw . Worcefter, 

s¢ Fobn Moore, 

t¢ George Boun,” 


+ 
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Your Committee then proceeded to read Part of the 
Proceedings of the Governor and Council at Calcutta, at 
a Confultation held the 3d March 1766; at which 
were prefent Lord Clive, General Carnac, Harry Verelft, 
Francis Sykes, Randolph Marriott, Hugh Watts, Claud 
Rufell, William Alderfey, Thomas Kelfall, and Charles 
Floyer, Efquires, viz. 

“* It appearing from undoubted Authority, that one 
“* Coga Mockil, an Armenian, has filed in the Mayor’s 
* Court, a fictitious Suit againft Fobanna Marcat, an 
“© Armenian Widow, merely with a Vjew ta evade the 
** Demands of the Country Government, with which fhe 
“has large Accounts, and has therefore taken Refuge 
‘here without our Knowlege, and as nothing is fo 
“* difficult as to inveftigate Collufion of Parties to the 
“¢ Satisfaction of Law, the Court may not have the 
“* Power of Redrefs though convinced of the Fah— 
“* Agreed therefore to put a Stop to Practices fo preju- 
“‘ dicial to the Company’s Affairs, as they muft ne- 
“ ceffarily interfere with the Revenues; that the Board 
“¢ interpofe their Authority, as Prefident and Council, 
“ and withdraw the Company’s Protection from both 
“* Parties, turning the Complainant immediately out of 
“ the Settlement, and the Defendant as foon as fhe 
“may be regularly releafed from the Sheriff’s Cuf- 
“© tody.” 


Read alfo the sgth and 6oth Paragraphs of a Letter 
from the Court’ of Eaft India Directors to their Pre- 
fident and Council at Bengal, dated the 4th March 
17675 viz. | 

Par. 59. “As to the collufive Suit you mention 
“to be brought in the Mayor’s Court, by Coja Mockil 
“ againft Fohanna Marcat, with a View to evade the 
‘*¢ Demands of the Country Government: The Charter 
“ empowers the Mayor’s Court to. entertain Suits be- 
“ tween Natives, if the Defendant does not object to 
the Jurifdiction, and after Judgment the Plaintiff has 
“a Right to the common Procefs of the Court, for 
** obtaining Satisfaction againft the Defendant’s Body 
“or Goods; and upon commencing every Suit, if the 
“ Plaintiff makes Oath of his Debt, he may hold the 
“¢ Defendant to Bail; and in that Cafe, where he is im- 
“ prifoned for want of Bail, or is taken in Execution 
“ after Judgment, he muft remain in Cuftody, as in or- 
“ dinary Cafes. Where no Suit is depending, and 
“ Parties feck Refuge in our Settlements who have de- 
‘“‘ frauded the Country Government, you may, on a 

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et Reprefentation, withdraw our Protection, and 
¢ fale the Country Powers to apprehend and deal with 
“ them according to their own Laws; but we are of 
“ Opinion, you have no Right to banifh any Party, 
«s Plaintiff, or Defendant, who may be guilty of thefe 
“ Collufions. If there is no Debt really due from the 
“ Defendant to the Plaintiff, moft certainly the Action or 
« Suit is an Abufe of the Procefs of the Court, and 
“the Mayor’s Court may, as the Courts of Law and 
« Equity do here upon Proof of fuch Collufion, im- 
“ prifon the Parties for a Contempt of the Court ; but 
«¢ we know of no Law that will juftify a Sentence of 
‘ Banifhment in Cafes of this Kind.” 

Par. 60. “ The beft Method we can advife, as a 
«“ Means to prevent thefe collufive Suits, is, that the 
“ Mayor’s Court do immediately publifh a Rule of 
«« Praétice to this Effect ; viz. That in every Cafe where 
“a Suit is brought in that Court by Indian againtt 
“© Indian, wherein the Defendant is held to Bail, it fhall 
“ be fully fpecified and fet forth in the Plaintiff’s Affi- 
« davit of the Debt, where the fame was contracted, 
« the Time when, and the Nature of the Debt, whe- 
“ther upon Bond, Note, or how otherwife, and for 
“‘ what Confideration, actually and dona-fide given or 
“paid; and in every Cafe where the Caufe of Action 
“is not fworn to arife within the Limits of the Settle- 
* ment, the Mayor’s Court ought to refufe to iffue 
“&lt; Procefs for arrefting the Defendant.” 


was then called, and afked, 

9. Whar do you know with refpect to the Imprifon- 
ment of the Armenians, the Caule of it, and by whofe 
Authority they were confined ? ! 

A. I fhould be very glad to as any Account in 
my Power to the Committee of thofe Tranfactions ; 
but as the Petitioner. Cojamaul, and Rafael, another 
Armenian, have commenced Suits again{ft me, both in 
Chancery and the Court of Common Pleas, to which 
I have a Defence, and don’t doubt a full Juftification , 
and ag thofe Suits are now depending, I am advifed 
by my Council not to anfwer before this Committee, 
Matters which are the Subject of thofe Suits ; I there- 
fore with to decline anfwering the Queftion. 


Mr. Bolts. , 

Q, What Time did you refign the Company’s Service? 

A. I believe in November 1766. 

Q, When was it firft notified to you, by the Governor 
and Council, that you fhould 2 win to England ? 

A. A few Months after I refigned the Service, but 
while I was a Magiftrate of the Mayor’s Court. 

Mr. Cojamaul. 

9. After you had got the Purwannah, and was 

in Sujab al —* Country, did you do any Bu- 
Mr. Bolts : 

7 1° did no new Bufinefs for Mr. Bolts after the 
Date of that Purwannah. 

9, What Bufinefs did you? 

Zz. I gathered in fome Money for him, and fold 
i naining Goods. pees bats 
MS Do - know of Mr. Verelf’s applying in 
Writing to the Nabob, Mabomed Rheza Khawn, 
at the Requeft of Cogee Melcomb, for him to 
proceed to Patna, in order to receive his Effeéts in 
Sujabh Dowlak’s Country after your Arrival in Calcutta. 

A. I know of no Application. 


Mr. one’ ate 
forced out of the Country? 

: hon poe a Party of 28 armed Soldiers, by 
ah Order of Mr. Verelt, and the reft of the Coun- 
cil: 1 had refufed to go. Capt® Coxe came to me 
early in the Morning of the 23d Sepr 1768; kept 
his Guard at a Diftances fhewed me the Order that 
he had fromm the- Governor and Council, and told 
me that he -muft take me away if I did not con- 
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conceive thofe Gentlemen had any Right to fend 
me away; that I had long been perfecuted, and that 
they had long threatened it, but that I never thought 
they would have dared to execute their Threats— 
I fent to my Friends, and in about Ten Minutes 
there were 20 or 30 Gentlemen affembled. 

I petitioned the Captain for a little Time to throw 
my Books and my Wife’s Cloaths into a Couple of 
Chefts, and he was kind enough to grant me Two 
Hours, but then faid he could ftay no longer with 
Safety.—I went into my Wife’s Bedchamber to {ee 
if fhe had fent her Things away, when the Cap- 
tain,, and one of his Sepoys, came into the Bed- 
chamber and took me out by the Shoulders ; they 
marched me through the Streets to a Boat that 
was prepared for me, in which they conduéted me 
on board a Sloop. prepared for the Purpofe. —My 
Wife followed me afterwards. —In that Sloop we 
were conducted down the River, and kept Seven 
Days and Nights under Confinement in the Sloop, 
with the Sepoys at the Cabin Door.—When the Ship 
Valentine was under Way, we were taken out of 
that Sloop’ to Sea, and forcibly put on board the 
Valentine, and brought to England. 

Q, When the Firft Sentence of Banifhment was 
pronounced againft you, had you any Intimation of 
your Crime, or was you called before the Governor 


_ and Council that pronounced it, to make any Defence ? 


4. 1 had no Intimation whatever, nor was ever 
called before them. 
Q; Do you remember when you received the Firft 


Sentence from the Secretary of the Governor and 
Select Committee ? . 


| A. 1 think it was in April 1767. 
Q, Did you ever know for what Reafon 
thus fent home ? 


A. 1 never knew more than what was written in 


you was 


the Paper delivered me as my Sentence, after I was 
banifhed in April 1767. 
The faid Paper was then ordered to be produced, 
and was read as follows; viz. 
An Extract from the Proceedings of the Select 


Committee, dated the 18 April 1767. 
‘That Mr. William Bolts appears, from many 
Circumftances, to be deeply concerned in the Con- 
“¢ fpiracy to ruin Nobekiffen’s Character, and attempt 
“© his Life; in which Opinion the Committee are con- 
“* firmed, by his violent and declared Refentment to 
“* Nobekiffen, by the Share he took in ftirring up, and 
“ inftigating a Profecution againft him in the Zemindary 

Court, upon an imaginary and falfe Accufation ; 
“* and particularly from his taking, at this Jun@ture, 
“ into Fis Service, Ramnaut, a Man who ftands pub- 
 licly convicted of Perjury, with a View of forg- 
“ ing and publifhing farther Afperfions upon Node- 
“&lt; kiffen’s Character. 

“That Mr. Bolts having, upon this and many 
other Occafions, endeavoured to draw an Odium 
upon the Adminiftration, and to promote Faétion 
“and Difcontent in the Settlement, has rendered 
“¢ himfelf unworthy of any farther Indulgence from 
the Committee, and of the Company’s Proteétion. 
“ That therefore he be direéted to quit Bengal, 
“‘ and proceed to Madrafs by the Firft Ship that 
“¢ fhall fail for that Prefidency, in the Month of uly 
“* next, in order to take his Paflage from thence to 
“Europe in September. 
A true Extract. 
(Signed) 
“ C. W. Boughton, 
‘© Affiftant Sec’ Sel. Committee.” 


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Q, Did you ever hear of any other Reafons except 

what are fpecified in the above Paper? 
A, 1 never heard of any, excepting that I had 
wrote a Letter to Mr. Gentil, acquainting him ew 
the 








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the Parliamentary Proceedings, which has been read 
—common, general News, 

Q. Did, you never hear that one Reafon of your 
being fent away, was, your evading figning the new. 
Covenants, relative to receiving of Prefents ? 

A. 1 never heard of any fuch Reafon. 

Q. Did you fign the new Covenants ? 

_ 4. 1 did not fign them myfelf, but I did by my 
Deputy, which was equally as valid, and which I 
always acknowleged to be fo, 

Q, Why did you not fign them yourfelf ? 

A. Becaufe it was my Pleafure. 


Q, Did you ever give any other Reafon for not: 


figning yourfelf? 

A. 1 don’t remember I ever did. 

Q, Who was the Deputy that figned them for you ? 

4, My own Book-keeper, in my Name, and for 
me; he was a Native of the Country. 

9. Did you not give as a Reafon for not fign- 
ing the Covenants, that you had taken an Oath you 
never would ? 

A. if I have it will appear upon the public Re- 
cords.—I believe I did. 

9, Did you enter into any new Contraéts or Con- 
cerns in Trade after you had refigned the Service? 

A. 1 did, becaufe I had a Right to do it. 

Q. Do you know any Inftance of any other Perfon, 
who had refigned the Service of the Company, forced 
out of the Country in the Manner you was? 

A. I know of none in the civil Service of the Com- 
pany, but I know of feveral Gentlemen, who had 
been in the Military Service, being feized and ordered 
for England; but 1 know of none that were feized fo 
faddenty, and with fo much Violence as I was. 

Q, Is it not ufual for Civil Servants to. go when 
they receive Notice ? 

A. 1 never knew of any fuch Cuftom among any of 
the Civil Servants, though I have known many Inftances 
of fuch arbitrary Orders. 

Q, Have thofe Orders been obeyed? 

A. Sometimes they have, and fometimes not. 

9, What is done with the Civil Servants when they 
do not obey? | 

A. I have not known of any Civil Servants fent 
away by Force.—Sometimes their refiding was difpented 
with; but I fuppofe they would have been fent away if 
they had not gone voluntarily. 

9, Do you know of any Civil Servants going away 
when they were ordered ? 

A, Yes. 

9,‘ When did that Cuftom begin of ordering People 
to be feized and fent Home by Force ? 

A. never knew of any Inftance before 1765 or 1766. 

. Did you ever know of any Civil Servants refufing 
to go when the Orders were not difpenfed with ? 

- A. 1 don’t remember any of the Civil covenanted 
Servants of the Company refufing to go; but I know 
of feveral Britifo Subjeéts being forced, upon fuch 
Orders, to feek that Proteétion in the foreign Settlements 
that they’ could not enjoy in their own. 

Q, Did you ever know of any Britifo Subjects, 
covenanted or not covenanted, who continued te re- 
fide in Calcutta after ordered to quit, and that Order 
not difpenfed with ? 

A. None in my Time; but have heard of others 
in former Times. ; 

Q, What Inftances have you heard of in former 
Times ? 

A. There was a Gentleman named Cooke, and fe- 
veral’ others,. whofe Names I don’t recollect. — Mr. 
Cooke was in the Company’s Civil Service at Dacca, 
and, as I-heard, difmiffed for Embezzlement, and 
ordered Home by the Direétors, but refufed to go, 
and remained in the Country ;— the Governor and 


_ Céuncil; at that Period, did not think themfelves 


fafe to execute fuch Orders. 


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Q. Were there not Orders repeatedly iffued for Two 
Years for you to go away before you was forced 
away? 

_ 4. There were; but I always confidered them as 
illegal, and in my Cafe, as particularly void in Law, 
becaufe I was an Alderman of the Mayor’s Court. - 

Q, Was you an Alderman of the Mayor’s Court 
at the Time the Firft Order for your Departure 
was iffued ? | 

A. 1 was. 


2, Did you ever affign that as a Reafon to the 
Governor and Council for not going ? 

A. 1 never entered upon the Legality of the Or- 
ders with the Governor and Council —I don’t re- 
member I affigned that as a Reafon. 

Q, How long was it after you received your Sen- 
tence of Banifhment, that you heard the Objection 
againft you for not figning the Covenants ? 

4, The Sentence of Banifhment was dated in April 
1767; and I firft heard of the other Charge con- 
cerning the Covenants, in Sep 1768. 

Q, When this Charge refpeéting the Covenants 
was ftated againft you, did you offer to find Secu- 
rity to any Perfon who fhould allege you was not 
equally bound by the Deed of your Clerk done 
by your Order, as if done by yourfelf, or to the 
Company, to ftand any Profecution for Receipt of 
Prefents while you was in the Company’s Service ? 

- 4.1 did, 

Q. Was it ever alleged by any Perfon, that you 
had received any Prefents when in the Company’s 
Service, after the Covenants were ordered to ‘be 
figned ? 

A. It never was alleged againft me, either when 
in or out of the Service. : 

2. How long liad you refigned the Service before 
Sep” 1768? 

A. About Two Years; and I had ordered my 
Clerk to fign the Covenants Three Years preceding 
that Date. 

Q. Had or had not the Governor and Council 
directed you to be difmiffed from the Mayor’s Court 
before fuch Charge of not figning the Covenants was 
fuggefted ? 

A. They had ordered me to be difmiffed. 

Q. What was the Anfwer of the Court in Con- 
fequence of that Order? 

A. That there was no legal Vacancy in the Court. 

9, How long is it cuftomary in the Eaf Indies 
to allow Civil Servants refigning the Privilege of the 
Company’s Duftuck ? 

A, Twelve Months. 

Q, If moft of the Servants, who went away upon 
being ordered, would not have naturally returned .to 
their own Country without fuch Orders? 

A. | believe they would all have returned. 

Q. Who were the Agents you employed in thofé 
Concerns you entered into after your Refignation? 

A. 1 had above 150, and amongft others the Two 
Armenians who have given Evidence, but thefe were 
only employed in colleéting outftanding Debts, and 
difpofing of Goods and Contracts which were on 
Hand before my Refignation. 

9. What Settlements do you mean that feveral 
Britifo Subjeé&amp;ts went to, to get that Protection they 
were refufed in their own? : 

A, The French, Dutch, Portuguefe, and Danes— 
they employed themfelves in Trade. 

9, What are their Names? 

A, One named Duffield, another Byrn, another Bur- 
lem, - and feveral others whofe Names I cannot re- 
collect. 

Q, Give an Account of the Nature of Purwan- 
nahs, when they firft took Place ; and what Ef- 
feéts they are fuppofed to produce? 

A, Purwannahs of the Nature of that which was 

4 produced 








produced to the Committee, were never thought of 
till 1766. I, as well as all the native Merchants I 
ever converfed with upon it, confidered it as a ican- 
dalous Regulation to monopolize Trade, as may be 
underftood from the very Tenor of it, as it was 
explained to the Committee. 

Q, Did it exempt from Duties? 

_ A. 1 never underftood that it did. 

Q, What then was the Effect of it? 

A. The Sele&amp; Committee had made an Order. in 
Feby 1766, which was renewed in Oé following, 
that none fhould buy or fell without thefe Purwan- 
nahs ;\ and this Purwannah was to give the Com- 
mittee’s Sanction for trading. 

Q, What was. the greateft Amount of Duties pay- 
able on the Spot, upon» Goods in Bukwantfing’s 
Country ? 

A. I know of no Duties but thofe which are paid 
upon the Tranfportation of Goods from one Place to 
another, either by Land or Water in Bulwant/ing’s 
Country, except.on Piece Goods, upon which a Duty 
or Fee called Cutwally is collected on the Spot; and 
this Cutwally is no more than the Charge of a Tacka 
(that is about the 25th Part of a Rupee) which the 
Cutwal collects for fixing his Seal to the Corner of 
the Piece ; all other Duties are paid upon the Tranf- 
portation, for which a Duftuck js requifite. 


Your Committee then proceeded to read the follow- 
ing Extracts from the Proceedings of the Select 
Committee at Bengal; held under Dates the 22d 
and 31 Offober 1766; via 

“ Refolved, 

«¢ That in future the Trade of all Europeans what- 
«‘ ever be confined to the Articles {pecified in the an- 
«nexed Lift, and confidered as Returns to, or Exports 
«from, the Prefidency and Factories ; and that no 
«; Trade fhall henceforward be carried on from one 
«: Aurung to another, or from one Part of the inte- 
«rior Country to another, in any of the Articles con- 
“tained in this Lift, or in any other Articles what- 
« foever, on Pain of Confifcation of the Goods, to be 
appropriated at the Pleafure of this Committee, and 
«¢ Forfeiture of the Company’s Service, or of free Mer- 
« chants Indentures; or Licence of the Governor and 
«© Council; according as the Trefpafs fhall be com- 
«mitted by Perfons in or out of the Company’s 
** Service. 

«© And it being now the Intention of this Committee 
s+ to fulfil, in the moft effeftual Manner, the honou- 
«“ rable Company’s Inftructions refpecting the Inland 
« Trade, and to remove all Caufe of Difturbance and 
«&lt; Oppreffion committed in the interior Country, under 
s¢ San¢tion of the Exglifh Name, 

« Refolved,’ That in future all Gomaftahs, whether 
“ employed on Account of the Company, or of Indi- 
s viduals, fhall ftrictly refrain from interfering in any 
« Matters that may tend to interrupt the Collections, or 
s¢ difturb the Bufinefs of the Government. 

“ That they fhall fcrupuloufly avoid taking Cogni- 
“ gance of any Djfputes or Differences they may have 
« with the Country People, or affuming to themfelves 
«‘ any Degree of judicial Authority. 

‘© That in all fuch Points of Difference and Difpute, 
«¢ whether with refpect to Trade, or otherwife, they fhall 
«+ appeal firft to the neareft Officer of the Government ; 
s¢ and in cafe of Delay or Refufal of Redrefs frcm him, 
&lt;&lt; they fhall then lay their Complaints before Mabomed 
“¢ Reza Khawn, or the Refident at the Durbar, or the 
ss.Council, or Select Commitiee. 

s*'That whoever fhall be found deviating from the 
« evident Meaning and Intent of this Refolution (a Copy 
* of which will be fent to the Refident at the Durbar 
« and to Mabomed Reza Khaswwn ) thall immediately for- 
«¢ feit their Employments, and the Company’s Pro- 
tection, and jikewyle be fubject to fuch further Punjfh- 


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A. 1772. 


«¢ ment as the Council or Committee may think proper 
* to inflict.” 


The Committee then read a Licence from the Rajah - 


Bulwantfing, which was produced by Mr. Cojamaul ; and 
proved by Gony/hamda/s , viz. 


SEAL. 


Mabharage Bulwantfing 
' Babader. 





“ Settlement of the Farm of Salt Petre of the Pro- 
“ vince of Ghazipore, in the Name of the favourable 
** Friend Gregore ; that is, the Farm of the Salt Petre of 
“ the faid Province, for the Sum of 1201 Rupees for 
“ the Year 1174 fuffully according to the Obligation of 
‘the before-mentioned, having fettled, and being 
* given in his Charge, it is neceffary that the men- 
*‘ tioned Sum, according to the eftablifhed Payments 
“‘ of the Rabuliat, he fhall pay into the Treafury, and 
“¢ with eafy Mind he may employ himfelf in the Bufinefs 
“‘ of the faid Salt Petre Farm, pleafe God there fhall be 
“‘ no Difference in this Agreement : 
: “© 1201 Rupees for the Year 1174. fuffully. 

“‘ Written on the 1ft Shabaan 4174 fuffully. 

*‘ Entered in the Seah Account Book of the Dewan, 
“the 1ft Shabaan fuffully 1174. 


“Entered in the Dewan Dufter the 1ft Shabaan 
“ 4174 fuffully,” 


Likewife a Licence from the Cutwal, or Colleétor of 
Bulwantfing’s Duties, produced by Mr. Cojamaul, of the 
Farm of the Ophium in Ghazipore, for the Years 1766, 
1767, and 1768; proved by Gonyfhamda/s ; viz. 

“* Agreement for the Farms of the Ophium of the 
“* Sircar Ghazipore, that is, fince the Farm of the Ophi-« 
“um of the abovefaid Sircar, for the Sum of Six thou- 
‘“‘fand and Three Banaras Rupees, for the whole of 
“‘ Three Years, from the Beginning of the Year 1174 
* fuffully to the End of 1176 fuffully, according to the 
“* Obligation of the favourable Friend Cogee Gregore, 
“ having fettled and being given, it is neceffary that 
“the mentioned Sum, according to the Payments, 
“¢ Year by Year, he fhall pay, and with eafy Mind ap- 
“ ply to the Bufinefs of the Farm of Ophium, pleafe 


“God there fhall be no Difference, and other Mer- 


“¢ chants fhall not buy it. 


SEAL. 


M akcmed Zimmun. 





« Dated the 12th of the Month Shabaan, the 
“© Year 1174 fuffully.” 


General Richard Smith being then called, the follow- 
ing Queftions were afked him ; viz. 

Q, What do you know of the Imprifonment of thefe 
Three Aymenians, what the Caufe of it, and by what 
Authority they were confined ? 

A. Ihave a Caufe depending with the Two Avme- 
nians, and yet I am willing to give the beft Account I 
can to this Committee. 

Q, Do you know of any general Orders or Regula- 
tions for reftri¢ting the Trade of the Englifh and their 


Agents, 








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Agerts, in the Provinces belonging to the King and 
Sujab Dowlab ? . 

A. 1 do. 

Q, Did you at any Time hear any Complaints made 
of the Conduct of fuch Agents by the King, Sajab 
Dowlah, Bulwantfing, or others; and what were fuch 
Complaints ? 

A, Lhave ; and they appear in my Letter to the Select 
Committee of the 3d Zany 1768. 

The following Extract trom the faid Letter was then 
read; viz. . 

«“ The Nabob reprefented to mé the great Inconveni- 
* ences which arife from the Gomaftahs and Depend 
“¢ ants of Engli/h Gentlemen refiding in his Dominions, 
“particularly at Garrackpoor, Mirzapoor, and in the 
“¢ Zemindary of Benaris and Gazapoor, that he was ex- 
“* tremely tender in exerting his Authority over any of 
** thofe who even affumed the Englifh Name, notwith- 
“ ftanding that thefe People were guilty of many Impo- 
“ fitions and Extortions on his Subjectsyas well as de- 
* frauding him of his Duties ; now, as he had received 
“ repeated Affurances from the Prefidency that no pri- 
* yate Trade fhould be carried on in his Dominions, fo 
** he requefted that I would not only exert my Power to 
** free his Country from the Armenians and Natives of 
‘© Bengal in the Service of Individuals, but that I would 
*¢ alfo reprefent the fame to you, fo that effectual Means 
“¢ might betaken for their Expulfion: Senfible of theJuftice 
“¢ of this Reprefentation, I did not hefitate to affure him, 
‘¢ that nothing was further from the Defign or Approba- 
* tion of the Eglifo Serdars ; that I had heard our Prefi- 
“¢ dent made it a Point, neither to grant Duftucks nor Pur- 
*¢ wannahs intohis Excellency’s Dominions ;—that noCon- 
“¢ fideration whatfoever could induce the Engi Chiefs to 
* fuffer the Advantages or Emoluments of Individuals to 
“ be a Means of giving him the moft diftant Caufe of 
* Uneafinefs or Concern—I affured him of my ready 
«¢ Concurrence in every Meafure to fupprefs this grow- 
‘¢ ing Evil, and would reprefent it in the ftrongeft Man- 
“ ner to the Committee, that effectual Meafures might 
“be taken to remove it—defired he would apprehend 
“¢ all thofe who were guilty of any Impofitions on our 
“Name, which fo far from giving Umbrage to the 
“ Englifo Serdars, would be efteemed a Favour conferred 
“on us. I further added, that to convince his Excel- 
*¢ lency how defirous I was to ftrike at the Root of this 
«¢ Evil, on my Return to Allahabad, it fhould be my 
“© Care that the Purwannah, he himfelf had granted to 
“&lt; T/mael Beg (one of his own Subjects, for the exclu- 
« five Privilege of making Salt Petre upon account of 
“ Englifo Gentlemen, and upon Condition that he fur- 
“¢ nifhed the Nabob with whatever Quantity he wanted 
«¢ at Prime Coft) fhould be returned, that he might be 
* convinced no private Advantages whatfoever could 
“weigh with an Englifbman, which might in the re- 
« moteft Degree affect the Public. The Nabob faid, in 
«¢ Anfwer, that he efteemed this as a frefh Inftance of 
«¢ Attention and Regard. 

«“ As I have been informed of thefe Circumftances, 
“ not only from the Nabob, but as Rajah Bulwantfng 
“has alfo reprefented the late Frequency of Engli/h 
“ Duftucks and Englifh Purwannahs, it is but too ap- 
&lt;¢ parent, notwithftanding the Refolutions at the Prefi- 
“&lt; dency, that there is an Abufe in this Matter; I do 
“ therefore moft earneftly recommend to the Com- 
‘¢ mittee, that they will enter upon the moft vigorous Mea- 
“ fures for entirely abolifhing a Syftem fo fraught with 
*¢ pernicious Confequences, and which very Syitem had 
“ fo lately proved almoft fatal to the Company’s Wel- 
“‘ fare in Bengal. I have the Honour to fubfcribe my- 
“ felf, with great Refpect, . | 
. “© Gentlemen, 

“ Your moft obedient, 
“ humble Servant, 

* Head Quarters, near “* Richard Smith.” 
Kierabad, the 3d Fany 1768.” 

Vor. XXXII. 


Q. Do you know whether fuch Agents were made 
acquainted with fuch Orders for reftraining Trade, and 
did they pay Obedience thereto ? 

A. There was a general Publication of thofe Orders, 
I believe fome Time in 1768, long after my Letter, 
and which will appear upon the Company’s Books.—I 
think the Publication was after my Return to the Board 
at Calcutta in April. ’ 

Q, Did you know of Cojamaul, an Armenian, or other 
Armenians, Agents for Mr. Bolts; refiding in thofe 
Dittricts ? 

A, It was impoffible for me to know any Gomaftahs 
—I don’t recollect { knew him particularly—there were 
500 Gomaftahs. : 

Q, Did this Meafure of reftriétive Orders proceed 
principally from the Governor and Council on Com- 
plaint of the Princes ? | 

A. 1 may fay it originated from the Subftance of my 
Letter above mentioned. 

Q, When Sujah Dowlab defired you to inform the | 
Governor and Council of thofe Irregularities, what 
Anfwer did the Governor give ? — 

General Smith then read the following Extract of a 
Letter which he received from Mr. Verelft , viz. 

“ Fort William, 31h Fan’ 1768. 
“SIR, 

“&lt; | have received your Letters of the roth and 2oth 
“ Decem’, with Returns of the Army for the Month 
“© of November, and of the. 6th and oth Inftant, with 
** the Draughts of Three Surveys made in the Subah of 
“ Oud; as foon as the other Two you. mentioned are 
*¢ copied, I fhall be obliged to you for them. 

“ It is with fome Aftonifhment, as well as Concern, 
“that I obferve the Reprefentations you have been 
“* pleafed to make to the Committee, in your Letter to 
“ them of the 3d Inftant, refpecting the private Trade 
“ carried on by Englifa Gomaftahs in the Circars of 
“ Gauzypur and Mizzapur, and other Parts of the Na- 
“ bob Sujah al Dowlah’s Dominions ; I therefore have 
“taken this Method to acquaint you with my Senti- 
‘“* ments thereon; for, notwithftanding 1 am at all Times 
* determined to preferve and fupport my Prerogative in 
** its due Extent, and to endeavour at conducting all — 
“* Affairs of a Public Nature to the beft of my Abilities, 
‘© upon what I efteem the moft fteady, uniform, and 
“‘ folid Plan, yet no Difference of Opinion, in thofe 
“ Points, fhall have any Sway with me, when. Matters 
“¢ of private Concern are under my Confideration. 

«“ The Orders of the Company, and the Refolutions 
“&lt; of the Committee are pofitive, that no private Trade 
“ fhall be carried on without thefe Provinces, and the 
‘© Penalty to.thofe who fhall difobey them, no lefs than 
‘* Difmiffion from the Service; yet, it appears by your 
“‘ Letter, that they are difobeyed, and that too, in fuch 
“a Manner, as to oblige the Nabob Sujab al Dowlab 
“* to complain to you of the Oppreffions and Extortions 
“ of Englifob Gomaftahs ; the Truth of which was con- 
“ firmed by Bulwantfing. 

© You have expreffed your Apprehenfions of Fatality 
* to the Company’s Poffeffions, unlefs the moft vigo- 
“‘ rous Meafures be purfued by the Committée, to anni- 
‘¢ hilate thefe Complaints, fo fraught with pernicious 
“ Confequences ; and informed the Committee of your 
“ having affured Sujab al Dowlah how defirous you are 
“ to ftrike at the Root of this Evil, and that it fhould 
“ be your Care that the Purwannah for an exclufive Pri- 
‘¢ vilege to make Salt Petre on Account of the Engilifh, 
“‘ sranted to I/mael Beg, fhould be returned. 

“¢ Called upon, as the Committee are, in this Public 
“« Manner, were they to content themfelves with only 
“ récording your Letter upon the Face of their Pro- 
“ ceedings, the Court of Directors might very poffibly 
“ conceive an Idea of your attentive and faithful Ser- 
“ vices at their Expence, or perhaps fee Caufe to fufpect 
“ their Difintereftednefs and Integrity ; if, on the con- . 
“trary, they fecond your Remonftrance with that De- 

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« oree of Vigour you tell them it fhould, by refolving 
“ to detect and punifh every Aggreffor, may not your 
“« Name happen to ftand recorded at the Head of the 
« Lift?— You have particularized [/mael Beg ; fhould they 
‘¢ enquire by whom he has been employed, will it not 
*« be found that he wasemployed by you?—Employed, 
“ not only in carrying en a Trade prohibited by the 
“ Company, but even to raife that Trade into a Mono- 
“ poly throughout the greateft Part of the Dominions of 
“‘ our Friend and Ally. 

“‘ You fay, in your Public Letter, you have heard 1 
“ made it a Point neither to grant Duftucks nor Pur- 
“ wannahs into Sujah al Dowlab’s Dominions; I 
“imagined you had known it was a Point eftablifhed 
“&lt; with me, and invariably adhered to—however, Sujab 
“ al Dowlab having repeatedly written to me on this Sub- 
“ject, on reading your Letter I had my Anfwers re- 
** corded on the Committee Proceedings, as well as my 
“« Affurance of never having granted either Duftuck or 
«© Purwannah beyond the Provinces fince my coming to 
“the Government, except for the Baggage of Officers 
“* going to Camp. 

** However hardly you may have conceived of my 
“ Conduct towards you on any Public Account, it is 
“‘ very far from me to wifh you an Injury, and on the 
“ prefent Occafion I am forry you have acted in fo un- 
“ ouarded a Manner. If any Englifh Gentlemen have 
*¢ been led to extend their Trade beyond the Provinces, 
*¢ and their Gomaftahs been culpable in their Conduct, 
‘© a Reprefentation thereof to me fhould immediately 
“ have removed every Caufe of Complaint, and a pri- 
«&lt; vate Reprehenfion corrected the Indifcretion of the Of- 
*¢ fenders; but your Accufation being Public and Gene- 
¢ ral, thofe who have tranfgreffed, muft abide by the 
“« Confequences. 

“ Being fenfible that the Emoluments of your Office 
“¢ are inadequate to your Station, you may remember I 
“ recommended your entering into Trade, which you 
“might engage fome of your Friends to manage for 
“you ; how far you have declared your Concern herein 
«“ T know not, but it has been Matter of general Com- 
“&lt; plaint, that the Attention of moft of the Officers of 
“‘ the Army has, of late, been taken up with commercial 
«* Matters more than is confiftent with their Duty ; and 
‘¢ when reprehended upon this Head, they have not 
“ fcrupled to quote the Example of the commanding 
“s Officer. As the very Being of the Company, in the 
“¢ prefent Pofture of Affairs, depends in great Meafure 
‘‘ upon the State of our Army, I wih to fee a Stop put 
“to a Practice which may be productive, if fuffered to 
“90 on, of fuch’ dangerous Confequences. I would 
‘* very gladly promote the Intereft of the Army by all 
“« proper and reafonable Means, but not at the Expence 
** of the Service. 

“Jt is probable you may fuppofe I have exprefied 
“ myfelf with a Degree of Freedom in fome Parts of 
“‘ this Letter; but as it is obvious that my Intentions 
‘¢ ate altogether friendly, I hope you will do me the 
“¢ Juftice to believe me with great Regard. 

(Signed) 


“ HI, Verelft.” 


Read alfo the following Extraéts. from a Letter 
written by Colonel Richard Smith, in Anfwer to the 
Prefident Mr. Verel/t, as produced by the Colonel ; 
dated Head Quarters, at Meer Abjfell’s Gardens near 
Patna, the 8 Feby 1768; viz. 

“&lt;« SIR, : 

“ T have this Day received your Letter of the 31ft u/f’, 
«‘ The Freedom with which you have exprefied your 
“¢ Sentiments, may be very readily admitted, fince you 
“‘ profefs your Intentions to be altogether friendly; I 
“ hope you will, in my Turn, indulge me with the’ 
“* fame Liberty, fince I fhall deliver my Thoughts with 
“ an equal Degree of Sincerity. 

‘¢ Marvel not, Sir, at my Reprefentations to the Seleét 


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* Committee concerning the Profecution of private 
“ Trade in Sujah Dowlab’s Dominions; be affured it 
*¢ is high Time to remedy thefe Grievances—fuch Com- 
« plaints of Oppreffion had been made to me as were 
“ infufferable ; had I been treated by you in a Manner 
«&lt; due to my Rank and Character, you fhould have been 
“¢ particularly advifed of this and every other material 
«« Circumftance that came to my Knowlege, but circum- 
*&lt; ftanced as I have been, it became neceffary for me to 
“&lt; confine my Correfpondence to the Board, and this 
“© will account for my not writing you a private Letter 
&lt;&lt; on this Subject. 

«&lt;I am concerned you fhould exprefs even a Suppo- 
&amp; fition, * That fhould the Committee content them- 
* felves with only recording my Letter on the Face of 
“&lt; their Proceedings, the Court of Direétors may poffibly 
“&lt; conceive an Idea of my attentive and faithful Services 
“&lt; at the Expence of the Committee, or from my Re- 
“&lt; prefentations fee Caufe’ to fufpect their Difinterefted- 
“ nefs and Int€prity.’ 

“I could wifh Mr. Vere/#, and all Mankind, to be- 
“ lieve that I am above aiming at Applaufe at the Ex- 
“ pence of other Men; for 1 think my own uniform 
«“ Conduct will fecure to me that Share of Approbation 
“« it may hereafter appear to have deferved. I wrote to 
* the Committee fo ftrenuoufly from a firm Hope that 
“‘ they would enter into fuch effectual Meafures, as to 
‘¢ eradicate this growing Evil, and hereafter you will be 
“* convinced I have not painted this Grievance in ftronger 
“ Colours than the Occafion required. 

“You are pleafed to write me, ‘ It has been Mat- 
“ ter of general Complaint, that the Attention of moft 
“¢ of the Officers of the Army has of late been taken up 
‘¢ with commercial Matters more than is confiftent with 
‘their Duty, and when reprehended on this Head, 
“ they have not fcrupled to quote the Example of the 
“ commanding Officer.’ I could with to be informed 
“from whence thefe genetal Complaints have been 
* made: A general Accufation will fall of itfelf when 
“ unfupported by Proofs ; the Conduct of the Officers 
‘‘ of that Part of the Army, which has been under my 
“ immediate Infpection, does not deferve fo fevere a Re- 
“© fle&amp;tion, and the excellent State of thofe Troops is 
“ the beft Proof of my Affertion ; and from the Review 
“which I have lately made of my Regiment, and the 
“few Sepoys remaining here of the fecond Brigade, 
“ it clearly appears to me that there has been no Want 
“¢ of Diligence in the commanding Officer, nor of Atten- 
“ tion in thofe of an inferior Station. As to the Off- 
“ cers on the Purgunnab Eftablifhment, I know not how 
“ they conduct themfelves: They appear to have no 
“ military Superior whatfoever. That the very Being 
“‘ of the Company depends in great Meafure upon the 
“ State of the Army, is moft certain ; my Sentiments on 
“the prefent State of it will hereafter appear; in the 
“‘ mean time, if you will be pleafed to point out thofe 
“who have negleéted their Duty from an Attention to 
“ commercial Affairs, or even thofe who have been in 
“&lt; any wife concerned in a mercantile Syftem, I will af- 
«‘ fure you of my beft Endeavours to put a Stop to this 
‘* Praétice, which I by no Means approve. 

‘© How far, and by what Inducements, I engaged in 
«* Commerce I will now relate.—You muft remember 
“when I was fworn a Member of the Council, the 
«“ Duftuck Oath was tendered to me; the whole Board 
“«&lt; muft remember I then declined taking that Oath, be- 
“ caufe I never had, nor ever intended to enter into any 
“¢ commercial Schemes, as I confidered Commerce to be 
« incompatible with my Profeffion; doubtlefs, you mutt 
*« alfo remember that foon after this, you yourfelf ob- 
“¢ ferved to me (and I will fuppofe with a very friendly 
‘ Intention) that you thought I was wrong in giving 
“up the greateft, and indeed only Advantage from my 
** new Appointment: I obferved, that I did not with to 
‘¢ fee any Commerce whatfoever carried on by the Off- 
** cers of the Army; and, although I was entitled diay 

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“¢ Privilege of a Duftuck, yet I did not chufe to fet the 
“ Examples you replied, that General Carnac had been 
“ concerned in Trade, which was carried on by yourfelf 
“(I think you mentioned, but am not certain) or 
*&lt; others on his Account, and that you advifed me to be 
“ concerned with Mr. Rufell, who would tranfaé thefe 
“¢ Affairs for me. 
*‘ ] thanked you for your Advice, and faid I would 

*© confider of it ; I reflected that my Predeceffor had re- 
“‘ ceived large Emoluments from his Station, perhaps 
 £.30,000. for Two Years, that the Company’s Orders 
“‘ had taken away the only Emolument which I could 
“ expect to receive in their Service, and thereby reduced 
“* ali my Appointments to the fcanty Pittance of 700 /. 

“&lt; per Annum, befides defraying my Field Expences ; 

“ that neither the Company at Home, nor Lord Ciive 
“© Abroad, had made the leaft Provifion for the Com- 

“ mander in Chief of the Forces. Thus fituated, I 

“thought I might endeavour, with fome Degree of 
‘* Propriety, to encreafe my Capital by a commercial 
** Syftem, carried on by a Friend, who was a Member of 
*‘ the Board, and who was fo obliging as to take that 

“Trouble for me: Of this you was informed, and 

“ foon after I took the Duftuck Oath ; here then is 

** explained the Caufes and Motives which induced me 

** to engage in Commerce ; and now you are to be in- 

“« formed how far I have engaged in it.—Our firft Effay 

* was in the Purchafe of your Share of the Cargoes of 
“ Cotton from Surat, at an Advance of Fifty thoufand 

&lt;* Rupees upon the Prime Coft, by which Purchafe you 

* will do me the Juftice to fay I have not gained any 

« Advantage. My Second Adventure was of fundry 

“© Articles exported by the Company, and bought at 
** their Sales, for which your Duftuck was granted to 

* the Limits of the Provinces; thefe Articles were fold 

** many Months fince, but not before I difcovered that 

«* this commercial Syftem, if purfued, would ingrofs too 
“&lt; much of my Time from more important Occupations ; 
“I therefore dropped all Thoughts of profecuting the 
** Plan ; and, as I had feveral Gentlemen of my Family 

*¢ who had merited well, both from the Public and from 
*¢ me, Gentlemen whom I wifhed to ferve, but wanted 
*¢ any other Means of doing it ; amongft them I divided 
** the Profits of this Adventure, as I purpofe doing by 
** whatever Emolument may arife from the Advance of 
** 25,000 Rupees made on my Account at the Aurungs 
“in Bengal. 
“&lt; It only remains for me to treat of my Third and 

* Jaft Attempt, the Salt Petre Concern—You muft re- 
* member that this Article of Commerce was mentioned 
* to you, both by Mr. Rufell and me, when I was at 
‘¢ Calcutta; you fo far approved the Scheme, that at the 
“&lt; Defire of Mr. Rufféll you wrote a Letter to Sujab 
* Dowlab, to requeft he would grant that Gentleman’s 

** Gomaftah the exclufive Privilege of purchafing Salt 

*¢ Petre in his Dominions.—This Letter Mr. Rafell 
* inclofed to me s I received it at Monybyr, when on 

«© my Journey to Allababad ; and when the Nabob paid 

*¢ me a Vifit on my Arrival there, I delivered to him 

* your Letter, and feconded your Requeft; at that 

“Time nothing was fettled, but the Nabob defired 


“« Ifmael Beg to attend him ‘to Fy/abad, for the’ Ad-- 


“&lt; juftment of this Matter. Some Time after a Pur- 
“ wannah was eranted to him, for an exclufive Privi- 
“ Jege of making Salt Petre throughout the Nabob’s 
‘«* Dominions, upon Condition that he fupplied the 
*¢ Nabob with whatever Quantity he required at Prime 
*&lt; Coft; and as I/mael Beg was recommended to this 
“Employment by me, you may fuppofe that Mr. 
“ Ruffell and myfelf would have had the Refufal of 
« whatever Quantity was made, above that which the 
“ Nabob fhould require for his own Ufe, and this to be 
“¢ delivered at the Carumnaffab. . 

“In Confequence of this Purwannah, J/mael Beg 
“ began to make his Engagements for the manufactur- 
* ing of Salt Petre after the Rains fhould have fubfided, 


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‘but in the Interim arofe thofe Sufpicions of the Du- 
“¢ plicity of Sujab Dowlab’s Condu&amp;: The bare Pofiibility 
** of his meditating Hoftilities gave me the Alarm, for 
“* being convinced how faithfully we had fulfilled our 
‘* Engagements to him, and reflecting, that as he could 
“* have no juft Ground to allege for a Rupture with us, 
“* he muft therefore feek a Pretext to give fome Colouring 
**to his own Conduct, and it was not impoffible but 
*¢ that fuch a Man might reprefent to the World, this 
** Purwannah, which was his own free Grant, to have 
“ been obtained from him by improper Solicitation ; no 
*‘fooner did this Suggeftion ftrike me, but I defired 
“¢ T/mael Beg to “fpend the Commencement of his 
“* Manufacture ; and when I vifited the Nabob, you 
*« already know that a final Stop was put to this Affair. 
‘* | have only to add, that I do not know of any Salt 
“ Petre having been made under the Sanction of this 
** Purwannah, and I can affirm, that not a fingle Par- 
* ticle has been received—Here, Sir, is the Hiftory of 
“* I/mael Beg, and the Salt Petre Purwannah. 

“© And now, Sir, I cannot avoid teftifying my ex- 
“ treme Surprize at your Query—‘ If, on the contrary, 
** they fecond your Remonfirance with that Degree of 
** Vigour you tell them it fhould, by refolving to detect 
“and punifh every Aggreffor, may not your Name 
*‘ happen to ftand recorded at the Head of the Lift ?’ 
** Upon what Part of my Conduct, Sir, can you found 
*‘fuch a Quetion ? Wherein have I aéted differently 
‘from you ? Could I conceive the purchafing of Salt 
‘© Petre in Sujab Dowlab’s Dominions to be funda- 
‘* mentally wrong, when you yourfelf wrote to Sujab 
“© Dowlab, in Favour of Mr. RuffelPs Gomaftah? Could 
“&lt;I conceive it to be a prohibited Commercé; when you 
“ yourfelf encouraged it? Could I imagine it con- 
“trary to the Regulation of the Select Committee, 
‘‘ when you, who prefided in that Committee, made 
“ ufe of your Influence to introduce it ? 

“¢ J little expected that you, Sir, would have been the 
* Perfon to fuggeft that J/mael Beg was employed to 
“&lt;-raife the Salt Petre Trade into a Monopoly through- 
‘¢ out the greateft Part of the Nabob’s Dominions ; had 
“* T/mael Beg, in Confequence of the Nabob’s Grant, 
“‘ been the only Manufacturer of Salt Petre in his 
“* Territories, he would have enjoyed that Privilege, 
*¢ by the Permiffion of him, who alone had the Right to 
“¢ orant it. 

«© That you never granted Duftucks into the Nabob’s 
«¢ Dominions I moft fincerely believe, but I cannot 
* conceive how it could remain unknown to you that 
‘¢ they were granted by others ; for I think there is an 
“ exprefs Order of the Committee, that all Duftucks or 
«¢ Purwannahs fhall be regiftered, and Monthly Returns 
* made from the feveral Factories to the Cuftom Houfe 
at Calcutta; and the {malleft Reference to thofe Re- 
“ cords would have fhewn you, that Duftucks had been 
“&lt; frequently granted from Patna and Muxadavad, for 
** every Species of Merchandize into the Nabob Sujab 
“ Dowlab’s Country. 

‘* Senfible that my Reprefentations to the Board of 
“the 3d ultimo was made upon the moft mature De- 
“‘ liberation, and confident that no one Action of mine 
‘¢ ftands in Need of Concealment, however friendly may 
“* be your Expreffions of Concern upon a Suppofition 
“that I have aéted in an unguarded Manner, 1 cannot 
admit of their Propriety, fince I fee no Caufeé for 
“‘ their Application. And in Regard to your Déclara- 
* tion, ‘ that no Difference of Opinion in public Affairs 
“ fhould have any Sway with you when Matters of a 
“« private Concern are under your Confideration,’ I can 
“ only fay, that it isa worthy Sentiment, but it cannot 
“have the fmalleft Reference to me, as it is impoffible 
“for you, as Governor of this Settlement, with Pro- 
“¢ priety; to countenance, or for me, as Commander in 
“ Chief, with Confiftency, to be conneéted in any 
«© Tranfaétion which requires Privacy on’ my Part, or 
« Connivance on yours. 

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“« How far I have ever engaged in Mercantile Affairs 
* you have been fully informed; and as I am above 
“¢ palliating an Error in Judgment, I will frankly con- 
*¢ fefs to you that it is the only Part of my Conduct 
«¢ which I cannot approve upon-Reflection ; not that 
“| had any Caufe whatfoever to judge this Tranfaction 
“ deferving of Cenfure in itfelf, but for an Example it 
“ difplays to others, who might not reflect, that my 
“ being a Member of the Council admitted me to Pri- 
“ vileges no other Military Man could enjoy.—It is 
“¢ now Sixteen Years fince I bore a Military Commiffion 
“&lt; in this Service, and where is the Man who can fay 
« T ever had a commercial Concern, until it was fug- 
““ gefted to me by you? I was, however, foon con- 
“ vinced of my Error, and as foon I renounced all 
“ Thoughts of increafing my Fortune on Mercantile 
“ Principles ; and, Sir, i dare appeal to you, and to 
*¢ the whole World, whether I have manifefted the leaft 
“ Avidity for Wealth; but, on the contrary, the Oppor- 
“ tunities 1 have had of acquiring a very large Fortune 
“‘ are notorioufly known: It is equally known, that I 
“ have not availed myfelf in the fmalleft Degree of thofe 
“ Opportunities, but have preferred Mediocrity and an 
“‘ unblemifhed Reputation. 

“ The Time is now approaching when you will be 
‘fully informed what Opinion I have conceived of 
«¢ your Conduct towards me—My Letter of Yefterday’s 
«&lt; Date to the Select Committee, requefted their Per- 
* miffion for me to return to the Prefidency, that I 
“ might prepare for my Embarkation to Exrope.— 
« When cool Reflection fhall banifh hafty Prejudice, 
*¢ when Jealoufies and Sufpicions can no longer be en- 
“ tertained, then perhaps it may appear that you have 
* judged of me and my Aétions through a falfe 
«* Medium, and conducted yourfelf accordingly. How 
“«&lt; much I endeavoured to obtain your Confidence I will 
“ freely acknowlege, and it was becaufe I could forefee 
“« that the Welfare of the Company was very nearly in- 
*&lt; terefted in a good Underftanding between the Gover- 
“ nor and Commander in Chief; and the Events of the 
“ Jaft Year have juftified my Opinion. How well you 
“¢ have adhered to the Declarations you made to me in 
« Perfon, will appear hereafter; in the mean time I 
‘‘ have an Honour to profefs myfelf, with great Re- 
“© fpect, 

(Signed) © Rd Smith.” 


9, Did Sujah Dowlab iffue the Orders for the Re- 
moval of the Armenian Gomaftahs in general from his 
Dominions ? 

4. The Orders were iffued by the Seleft Committee; 
. but fome Months prior to thofe Orders Sujab Dowlab had 
applied for a Guard to take up fome People at Banaras, 
as appears by a Letter from Capt® Harper: of the 6th 
Fanuary 1768; as follows : 

“ To Col. Richard Smith, Commander in Chief of 

‘* the Forces. 
se Sir, 

«© The Nabob Sujab Dowlabh has applied to me for a 
« Guard to apprehend fome People at Banaras, who, 
«&lt; under Pretence of being Servants to Engh/h Gentle- 
“ men, are committing all Manner of Difturbances, . I 
«¢ have not complied with his Excellency’s Requeft, and 
“wait your Orders to know whether I may fend the 
« Guard he defires, or not. I have the Honour to be, 
“ with great Refpedt, 

“ Sir, 
“ Your moft obedient, 
“ Humble Servant, 
(Signed) 
“ Gabriel Harper.” 


«¢ Camp near Fy/abad, 
“ the 6 Fanuary 1768.” 


~ 9, Who were thofe Gentlemen ? 
. There was fo many I cannot particularize 


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2, Did Sujab Dowlab make any Reprefentation to 
you againft the Gomaftahs of the Englifh preceding 
January 1768? 

A. I} think that is the firft Reprefentation that Sujab 
Dewlah made to me in Perfon, but not the firft that 
Bulwantfing made. 

Q, What was the Date of Bulwantfing’s firft Repre- 
fentation to you ? 

4. 1 cannot charge my Memory with the exact 
Date—they were made in Perfon, and by his Vakeels, 
but not in Writing. 

Q, Did you acquaint the Governor and Council with 
thofe Reprefentations of Bulwantfing ? 

A. I endeavoured to remedy them myfelf as Com- 
mander in Chief of that Province.—I do not recollect 
any Reprefentation to the Council prior te the 3d of 
January. | | 

2. Do you know of any Mal-practices committed by 
Cogee Gregore or Cogee Rafael? 

A. I don’t know them perfonally. 

2, Had you ever any Reprefentations againft them 
by Name? 

A. Many. 

Q, Pleafe to ftate them. | 

A. Reprefentations from Bulwantfing, and Complaints 
from Sujah Dowlab, that they carried on a forced Trade 
in that Country without any Kind of Reftraint, paying 
no Duties, and without Obedience to the Country 
Government. 

2, Were the Reprefentations in Writing ? 

A. Not in Writing. | 

Q, Was Bulwantfing’s Reprefentation againft Rafael 
and Cogee Gregore by Name? | 

A, I cannot particularly recollect, but think I re- 
member the Name of Rafael, but believe they were 
comprehended in the general Complaints againft: the 
Armenians.—I knew them more by the Name of Mr. 
Bolts’s Gomaftahs than by any other Name—Mr. Bolts’s 
Gomaftahs were particularly fpecified. 

Q, Do you recollect the Names of any of Mr. Bolts’s 
Gomatftahs ? 

A. No. 

Q, Was this Converfation with Bulwantfing before 
you went up to Hababad ? 

Pees The firft Time was in 1767—there were many 
ter. 

2, Do you know by whom the Viziery Rupees were 
coined, and what was the Alloy ? 

A. I never had any thing to do with any Mint. 

Q, In what Coin was the Mogul’s Stipend paid ? 

A. I will anfwer that when the Matter comes before 
the Committee. 

Q, Did you ever receive a Letter from Mr. Maddi- 
fon, Refident at the Durbar, particularly naming thofe 
Armenians ? . : 

A. I never had any Correfpondence with him when 
he was Refident. 

Q. Did you know Mr. Gentil ? 

4.1 did—he was a Frenchman, who received his 
Subfiftence from Sujab Dowlab—I apprehend he refided 
there to acquire Intelligence of the European Settle- 
ments ; he was much in his Favour, but I believe held 
no oftenfible Office. 

- 9. Do you know of a Letter from Mr. Bolts to Mr. 
Gentil, which you tranfmitted to the Committee of 
Calcutta ? 

A. A Copy of it was fent to me, and I thought it of 
fo extraordinary a Nature, that I looked upon it as my 
indifpenfable Duty to tranfmit it to the Commuttee— 
afterwards I obtained the Original, which I alfo tranf- 
mitted to the Committee. : 

Q, De you know of any Renunciation of the Eighth 
Article of the Treaty with Sujab Dowlab, ftipulating a 
Freedom in Trade ? 

A. I believe I domI underftood that the noble Lord 

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Clive gave it up to Sujub Dowiab—I have it only ffortt 
Hearlay. 


Mercurii, 13° die Maii, 1772. 
Col. Burgoyne in the Chair; Pretent, 
Mr. Fobnftone, Sir Fobn Turner, 


Mr. Fuller, Mr. Vane, 
Mr. Strachey, Mr. Sutton, 
Mr. Rice, Mr. Ongley, ,. 


Sir 7m. Meredith, Mr. Cornwall. RS 

Mr. Bolts produced Nine Purwannahs granted him 
by Sujah Dowlab, relative to Salt Petre, which were 
proved by Gony/bamdafs, who faid they were exactly 
the fame in Subitance, only direéted to different 
People. 

ift, To Futteh Ally Khawn. 

ad, — Rajah Bulwantjing. 

3d, — Golaum Huffon Khawn. 

4th, — Roy Deendayal. 

bth, — Rajah Bowanyfing. . 7 

6th, — Noor Mabomed Beg Khawn Babadr. 

yth, — Heydarbeg Khan Babadr. 

8th, — Ray Kerpadayal. 

gth, — Ally Beg Khan Babadr. 

The Purport of the Purwannahs was tranflated and 
read as follows : eb 

« To the High in Dignity, beloved and powerful 
« Meer Futteh Ally Kbawn Babadr, be he protected. 
«Upon the Arrival of this Purwannah, the Sum of 
“ 3000 Rupees, from yourfelf, having given to the 
« Salt Petre Makers, and having got the Salt Petre 
«made ready and delivered to Goalda/s, the Gomaftah 
« of Mr. Bolts, and having taken a Receipt from him, 
«&lt; fend it to my Prefence. Next Time the faid Sum, 
« according tothe Receipt, and this Purwannah fhall be 
« credited in the Account of your Farm. | 

« Written on the 28 of the Month Zil/kaad, 1180th 
« Year of the Higerab. (Decem* 1767.) 
(Signed) 

“&lt; Bayer.” 

(Signed) 

“ Tt is feen.” 


The Nabob’s Seal. 


Sohannes Padre Rafael being then queftioned, de- 
clared—that he never was in the Territories of Bu/want- 


fing asa Gomaftah—that he had not fold any thing in 


the Year 1767 for Mr. Bolts at Fyfabad, where he was 

a ‘Serve 2 Sujab Dowlab, and had 3600 Rupees a 
r. 

 oagele Cojamaul likewife being queftioned, declared, 

he® never was at Sujah Dowlah’s Court—never was 


above Banaras; and that Banaras is 120 Miles from 


_ General ae , 
our Knowlege of the Country, are you o 
astlien, she the anand Orders for recalling the 
Gomattahs of the Englifb were proper or neceffary? 
A. The Reprefentation that I made to the Council 
upon the 3d Fanuary 1768, is very ftrong, and very 
pointed to a eee thought it abfolutely ne- 
call them. 
we, WasCape Harper one of thofe among whom you 
faid you diftributed your Profits of Trade? 
A. Capt" Harper had ferved me as an Aid de Camp 
and Secretary for Two Years, and he was one of thofe 
to whom the Diftribution was made. 


The Committee then read Part of the Proceedings of 
the Governor and Council at Bengal, at a Confultation 
held the 34 May 1764; as follows: “ys 

The Board drew up the following general Opinion. 

« Every Method has been tried for carrying on the 
“Inland Trade upon fuch a Footing as to prevent 
« Difputes between our Agents and the Country Go- 
“ yernment, or between one Agent and another; and 
“ for deciding, in a-juft and reafonable Manner, fuch 
~ Vor, XXXIIL 


“as might unavoidably happen. Having experienced 
« the Obftructions to which that Trade would be liable 
“if the Officers of the Couritry Government wete ad- 
“¢ mitted to any Authority over the Englifb Agents, it 
«* was refolved in Confultation the 5th March 1763, that 
“ the Chief of the neareft Englifh Factory fhould finally 
** determine all fuch Difputes, and as the Rungpore, 
‘* Dinagepore, and adjacent Diftricts, where a very 
* confiderable Part of this Inland Trade centers, ap- 
“¢ peared to be too far removed from any of our Faéto- 
“ ries to admit of fuch Enquiry being made in a fatis- 
«© factory and accurate Manner; for this Reafon, 
‘¢ principally, it was agreed, that a Senior Servant 
«‘fhould be appointed to refide at Rungpore, who 
‘“«fhould have Power to hear and determine all Dif- 
“¢ putes. 

‘€ No fooner is this Refolution carried into Prattice, 
“than fome of the Englifh Agents complain as loudly 
“ of Injuries fuffered from the Authority of the Englij/b 
“* Refident, as they did before of the Nabob’s Govern- 
s* ment: 

*¢ Shall there then be no Government, no Reftraint 
* upon thofe Exceffes, which either Ignorance, Paffion, 
“* or Self-intereft; may lead an Englifp Agent to com- 
“ mit in the Country? This is really the Cafe at pre- 
** fent; and although it is very certain that fome of the 
‘* Gentlemen employed ate of unexceptionable Charac- 
“ter, and whofe good Behaviour might be depended 
“on; yet many there are of a contrary Difpofition ; 
“but there need hot many Arguments to prove; that 
“¢ both the good and the bad fhould be under fome Law ; 
“¢ yet if we examine the Cafe of the Engi) Agents up 
* the Country; we fhall find they are under none. Our 
“Charter does not authorize our Courts to take Cog- 
“ nizance of any Crimes they might commit in thcie 
*¢ Parts; and it has been laid down as a fundamental 
‘* Principle, that the Country Government fhall have 
“¢ no Power of them: 

** We need not look further for the Root of that 
** Licentioufnefs: which has produced fuch innumerable 
** Complaints from the Country Government, and the 
“Inhabitants in thofe Parts where European Agents 
“ have been fent: It can now no longer be doubted, 
“that many of thofe Complaints have been well- 
‘“‘ srounded, particularly in the Article of felling 
** Goods by Force for:more than the current Market 
** Price: A Praétice called in this Country Barja, or 
“ Guchavut. 

* All the Power we can pive the Chiefs of our 
“* Factories over thefe Agents will be ‘very infufficient 
“* to remedy this Diforder, fince we have in Reality none 
** ourfelves ; and therefore, difagreeable as it is, to de- 
** prive fo many of our Nation of the Benefits they 
** now receive, by being employed a$ Agents in the 
“ Country, yet it feems an unavoidable Neceffity, and 
“* for the Sake of the public Tranquillity and Welfare 
** muft be adopted, and the Trade carried on for the 
“ future by Black Gomaftahs, who may be tried and 
** punifhed by our Court of Zemindary, if they com- 
‘mit any Exceffes or Acts of Injuftice ; and that Power 
** delegated, as far as fhall appear neceffary, to the Chiefs 
*¢ of the Subordinate Faétories. 

“© It will be objected by thofe concerned in the Inland 
“ Trade, that Gomaftahs will be liable to be oppreffed 
*‘ by the Country Government, who have taken, and 
*¢ will take, every Opportunity of refraining us from 
*¢ that Trade which they regard as an Innovation ; this 
** Objection we believe is very juft, and we fhall ex- 
** pect that many Difficulties will be found in the Bé- 
‘* ginning in carrying on this Trade by Gomaftahs, but 
“« thefe we think may be furmounted by propet Appli- 
** cation to the Nabob and his Officers ; and, upon the 
‘¢ Whole, are of Opinion, that all private Inconveniences 
“ muft be fubmitted to, even the Rifque of being entirely 
“ deprived of the Trade, rather than fuffer the Inha- 


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i bitants of the Country to be opprefied by an Abufe 

of the Englifb Name. 

“It is therefore the Opinion of the Board, and re- 
« folved, that all the European, Portuguefe Natives, and 
“ Armenian Agents, which are now up the Country; 
&lt;&lt; fhall have Notice given them to fettle their Concerns, 
“ fo as to return to Calcutta by the goth November next, 
“ and that after that Time, no European fhall be per- 
“¢ mitted to go up the Country under any Pretence what- 
‘&lt; foever, or any other Agents be employed in our 
“ Trade but Bengal Natives.” 


- The Committee alfo read the following Paragraphs 
of a Letter from the Court of Directors to their Pre- 
fident and Council in Bengal, dated the 8th February 
17643 Viz. 

Parag. 20. “One grand Source of the Difputes, Mif- 
“ underftandings, and Difficulties, which have occurred 
‘«&lt; with the Country Government, appears evidently to 
“ have taken its Rife from the unwarrantable and li- 
“centious Manner of carrying on the private Trade 
“‘ by the Company’s Servants, their Gomaftahs, Agents, 
« and others, to the Prejudice of the Soubah, both with 
“ refpe&amp;t to his Authority and the Revenues juftly due 
“to him; the diverting and taking from his natural Sub- 
“¢ je€ts the Trade in the inland Parts of the Country, to 
“«¢ which neither we or any Perfons whatfoever dependant 
“ upon us, or under our Protection, have any Manner 
“ of Right, and confequently endangering the Com- 
“ pany’s very valuable Privileges. In order therefore to 
« remedy all thefe Diforders, we do hereby pofitively 
“ order and direét,” 

Parag. 21. “ That from the Receipt of this I etter, 
“ afinal and effectual End be forthwith put to the in- 
“ land Trade in Salt, Beetle-nut, Tobacco, and in all 
«‘ other Articles whatfoever produced and confumed in 
« the Country ; and that all Ewropean and other Agents 
“ or Gomaftahs, who have been concerned in fuch 
“ Trade, be immediately ordered down to Calcutta, 
“and not fuffered to return or be replaced as fuch 
“« by any other Perfons.” 

Parag. 22d. “ That as our Phirmaund Privileges 
“ of being Duty free, are certainly confined to the Com- 
“&lt; pany’s Export and Import Trade only, you are to 
« have Recourfe to, and keep within, the Liberty there- 
‘¢ in ilipulated and given, as nearly as poflibly can be 
&lt;¢ done; but as by the Connivance of the Bengal Go- 
“ vernment and conftant Ufage, the Company’s Co- 
« yenant Servants have had the fame Benefit as the 
* Company, with refpect to their Export and Import 
«« Trade, we are willing they fhould enjoy the fame, 
“and that Duftucks be granted accordingly ; but 
« herzin the moft effectual Care is to be taken that 
“no Exceffes or Abufes are fuffered upon any Account 
‘¢ whatfoever, nor Duftucks granted to any others than 
«¢ our Covenant Servants as aforefaid. However, notwith- 
‘‘ ftanding any of our former Orders, no Writer is to 
“have the Benefit of a Duftuck, until he -has ferved 
“¢ out his full Time of Five Years in that Station; free 
s¢ Merchants and others are not intitled to, or to have 
«“ the Benefit of, the Company’s Duftucks, but are to 
“* pay the ufual Duties.” 

Parag. 23d. ** As no Agents or Gomaftahs are to 
« refide on Account of private Trade at any of the In- 
«« Jand Parts of the Country, all Bufinefs on Account of 
«: licenfed private Trade, is to be carried on by and 
‘‘ through the Means of the Company’s Covenant Ser- 
«¢ yants refident at the feveral fubordinate Factories, as 
“«¢ has been ufual.” 

Parag. 24th. ‘* We are under the Neceffity of giving 
“ the before-going Orders, in order to preferve the 
&lt;¢ Tranquillity of the Country, and Harmony with the 
“© Nabob, they are rather Outlines than complete Di- 
« rections, which you are to add to, and improve upon, 
“‘ aoreeable to the Spirit of, and our Meaning in them, 
© as may be neceffary to anfwer the defired Purpofes : 


2 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


44.1772. 


“ And, if any Perfon or Perions are guilty of a Con- 
* travention of them, be they whomioever they may; 
‘if our own Servanis, they are to be difmified the 
“¢ Service ; if others, the Company’s Proteétion is to be 
“withdrawn, and you have the Liberty of fending 
“them forthwith to England, if you judge the Nature 
“ of the Offence requires it.” 


Read alfo the following Paragraphs of a feparate 
General Letter from the Court of Directors of the Eaft 
India Company to their Prefident and Council in Ben- 
gal, dated the 24 December 1765; viz, 

Parag. roth. “ Your Deliberations on the Inland 
“ Trade have laid open to us a Scene of moft crue} 
“‘ Oppreffion, which 1s indeed exhibited at one View of 
“the 13th Article of the Nabob’s Complaints, men- 
“ tioned thus in your Confultation of the 17th Ofober 
“©1764. ©The Poor of this Country, who ufed always 
“to deal in Salt, Beetle-nut, and Tobacco, are now 
“‘ deprived of their daily Bread by the Trade of the 
“© Europeans, whereby no kind of Advantage accrues to 


“‘ the Company, and the Government’s Revenues are ’ 


“¢ preatly injured.’ We fhall for the prefent obferve to 
“you, that every one of our Servants concerned in 
“this Trade, has been guilty of a Breach of his Co- 
“‘ venants, and a Difobedience to our Orders. In your 
 Confultations of the 3d of May, we find among 
“ the various Extortionate Practices, the moft extraor- 
“« dinary one of Burjaut, or forcing the Natives to buy 
** Goods beyond the Market Price, which you there ac- 
“« knowlege to have been frequently prattifed.” 

Parag, 11th. “In your Refolution to prevent this 
«« Practice, you determine to forbid it, ‘but with fuch 
‘Care and Difcretion as not to affect the Company’s 
“ Inveftment, as you do not mean to invalidate the 
“* Right derived to the Company from their Phirmaund, 
“which they have always held over their Weavers : 
«* As the Company are known to purchafe their In- 
“¢ veftment by ready Money only, we require a full Ex- 
** planation how this can affect them, or how it ever 
“could have been practifed in the Purchafe of their 
“‘ Inveftment, which the latter Part of Mr. Fobnfton’s 
‘¢ Minute, entered on Confultation the 21ft Fuly 1764, 
‘¢ infinuates ; for it would almoft juftify a Sufpicion 
“‘ that the Goods of our Servants have been put off 
«to the Weavers, in Part Payment of the Company’s 
“ Inveitment ; therefore we direct you to make a rigid 
*¢ Scrutiny into this Affair, that we may know if any of 
“ our Servants, or thofe employed under them, have been 
*¢ guilty of fuch a Breach of Truft, that their Names 
“ and all the Circumftances may be known to us.” 

Parag. 12. ‘* We alfo erder you to give us the par- 
*« ticular Inftances which have confirmed you in your 
**Opinion, that the Burjaut has been practifed, that 
“we may know whofe Agents they were, and whether 
‘“‘ the Agents who practifed it, were countenanced and 
“¢ protected in it by their Matters.” 

Parag. 13th. “Mr. Fobnftone’s Minute or Confulta- 
“tion the 21ft Fuly 1764, cannot efcape our Notice ; 
“* wherein he fays, ‘ The Support of thefe, and our other 
“ Privileges, in their full Extent, againft the Ufurpa- 
“tion of the late Nabob, engaged us in this unhappy 
* War; and after fo many valuable Lives loft in the 
“ Defence of them, I fhall ever be againft parting with 
“ them, or hazarding the Lofs of them without greater 
‘‘ and better Caufe than has yet appeared, and till after 
‘© we have found by Experience, that all other Reme- 
‘¢ dies are in vain.” ; 

Parag. 14th. “ As the Privileges here meant princi- 
*¢ pally relate to the unwarranted Inland Trade, in which 
“our own Servants have been fo generally concerned 
** greatly to the Prejudice of the Company, by involving 
“their Affairs in Diftreffes and Difficulties, and mani- 
“ feftly injurious to the Country Government, of which 
“ every one of you cannot but be fully fenfible; we 
“ fay, we cannot avoid taking Notice of the faid Opi- 

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12 Geo. III. Journals of the Houle of Cottitiions. 943 


“ nion, as by it Mr. Fobnftone feems to perfevere in all 
‘“« Events to prefer the private Intereft of Individuals 
“to the general Good, fo far as refpeéts the faid In- 
* land Trade. —If Mr. Fobnffone continues in thefe Sen- 
** timents, as from the general Tenor of his Conduct we 
*‘ have too much Reafon to apprehend, he cannot but 
** be looked upon as a dangerous Servant; therefore; 
“if he, or any other Perfons fhall perfift in carrying 
“on a Trade, which, as before obferved, has been at- 
“tended with fo many bad Confequencés, we would 
“have him or them difmiffed the Company’s Ser- 
“ vice.” 

Parag. 15. “ We fhall fay nothing, further at ptefent 
“on the Inland Trade, till that important Subject fhall 
*¢ have been taken up by Lord Chive, and the Gentle- 
*¢ men of the Seleét Committee; only to obferve, that 
“ the Regulation propofed in Confultation 17th Ofoder 
* 1764, of confining the Trade of our Servants in the 
“¢ Article of Salt, to the capital Cities of Patna, Dacca, 
“© and Murfbedabad, on paying the Nabob Two and a 
«© Half per Cent. is a manifeft Difobedience of our Or- 
“¢ ders of the 8th February, then under your Delibera- 
* tion, which pofitively forbid all Trade in Salt, Beetle- 
« nut, and Tobacco ; nor does it by any Means obviate 
** the Objections arifing from the Diftrefs of the Poor, 
«and the Injury to his Revenues ; for, if you pay only 
«Two and a Half per Cent. and the Country Peo- 
“ ple Twenty, or perhaps Forty per Cent. it is as much 
*¢ a Monopoly as ever. 

Parag. 16. “‘ For other licenfed Trade, we think it ne- 
“ cefiary to eftablifh, that all Trade to be carried on 
«¢ within the Provinces where Factories are eftablifhed, 
s¢ fhall be carried on by our Servants at fuch Factories, 
«* and their Agents only, who fhall tranfact the Bufinefs 
# of our other Servants, on receiving the eftablifhed 
«© Commiffion ; and on any Refufal to accept fuch Com- 
«“ miffion, or any Tendency to monopolize, the Ser- 
“ yants at Calcuita, or other Parts, are at Liberty to 
« fend their own Black Gomaftahs, who are neverthelefs 
«to be accountable for their Conduct to the Com- 
« pany’s Servants within whofe J urifdiction they refide.— 
«¢ All Diftriéts not comprehended within the Jurifdiétion 
** of each Subordinate, fhall be confidered as within the 
« Jurifdiction of the Board of Calcutta. —That no Duf- 
*¢ tuck fhall be given but for Articles of Import and 
« Export, as was formerly practifed, and you are to 


* fend us a Lift of whatever falls under this’ De- 
s¢ nomination.” 


Read alfo, Part of the Proceedings of the Prefident 
and Select Committee at Bengal, of the 11 May 1765, 
viz. 

* The Select Committee obferving with Regret the 
«¢ Contempt fhewn for the pofitive and repeated Or- 
«¢ ders of the Governor and Council for recalling free 
« Merchants refiding up the Country; 

“ Refolve, That the former Orders on that Head 
*¢ be now enforced, and Letters difpatched to the Chiefs 
‘© of the feveral Subordinates, requiring them at the 
« Expiration of One Month after Notice given, to con- 
« vey in Safety to Calcutta, all who refufe to comply 
«¢ with a Meafure fo falutary to the Company, and ne- 
«&lt; ceffary to the Peace and good Order of the Coun- 

“ Being informed alfo, that a great Number of Eu- 
&lt;¢ ropeans, Stragglers from Ships, and others, who have 
« no Claim from Indentures to any Share of the Com- 
&lt;&lt; pany’s Countenance or Prote¢tion, are varioufly em- 
“« ployed up the Country, and difperfed all over the 
«&lt; Nabob’s Dominions, to the great Prejudice of the 
* Company, and Moleftation of the Natives ; 

“ Refolved, They be immediately fecured and brought 
“* to Calcutta. 

«« The Committee finding fome Difficulty in pro- 


“ curing an exa¢t Account of the Names of fuch Eu- 
“* ropeans 5 


t« Aoreed, That the Chiefs of the fubordinate Fac- 
*¢ tories be made acquainted with the Refolutions of the 
“ Committee, and required to tranfmit; without Delay; 
“ the moft accurate Lifts in their Power of all Earopeans 
‘* not immediately in the Company’s Service; who re- 
*¢ fide in or about their refpective Diftricts.” 


Read alfo the following Refolution of the Governor 
and Council of Bengal; at a Confultation held the 2oth 
May 17653 viz. 

** Acreed and ordered; in Confequence of the Pro- 
*« ceedings of the Committee laid before the Board laft 
* Council Day; that public Advertifements be made, 
“‘ enforcing our Orders already given for the Return 
“of the Englifb, Portuguefe; and Armenian; Agents; 
“employed in the different Parts of the Country, to 
“ the Prefidency, and requiring all whoever molt ftrictly 
“ to arrive by the Firft of Zuguft, and their Conftitu- 
“ ents to give them due Notice accordingly.” 


Read alfo a Letter from the Seleét Committee of 
Bengal, dated the 26th July 1765, accompanying an 
Advertifement as tranfmitted to Dacca; and the reft of 
the Subordinates, as follows; viz. 


“ To Fobn Cartier, Efquire, Chief at Daccas 
«SIR, 
“‘ T am directed by the Right honoutable the Prefi- 
“¢ dent and the Members of the Select Committee, to 
“ requeft that you will order the accompanying Ad- 
** vertifement to be circulated among the feveral free 
‘“* Merchants and other Europeans; refiding in and about 
“ Dacca; as far as the Influence of the Government 
“© and Faétory extends; and that you will procure the 
“ moft exact Account in your Power of their Names 
“‘ and Places of Abode, which you will pleafe to tranf- 
“© mit to the Seleé&amp;t Committee before the Expiration of 


“ the Time fpecified in the Advertifement. I have the 
* Honour to be, 


“SIR; ‘ 
*¢ Your moft obedient humble Servant, 
(Signed) 
“ Fort William, “© Alext Campbell. — 
“the 26th Fuly 1765.” “§. 8, C.” 


“© By Order of the Right honourable the Prefident 
* and the Members of the Select Committee. 

“¢ Public Notice is hereby given, that the Liberty of 
“ refiding up the Country, lately granted to free Mer- 
“ chants and others, for collecting and finally fettling 
* their Concerns, will pofitively ceafe, and the Com- 
‘* pany’s Protection be wholly withdrawn on the 2:1ft 
“ Day of Ofober next, it being the abfolute Determina- 
*‘ tion of the Seleét Committee, not to extend their 
‘“‘ Indulgence beyond that Period, nor to fuffer any 
*¢ Violation of the Company’s repeated Orders for re- 
“ calling free Merchants, &amp;c. | 

“ It is therefore to be hoped that fuch public and 
“ early Advertifement of -the Intentions of the Com- 
« mittee will prevent all Perfons concerned from incur-- 
“ring the evil Confequences that may enfue to them 
“ and their Conftituents from a Difregard to this actual 
** Repeal of the Company’s Protection, or from a re- 
“ fractory Behaviour arid pofitive A&amp; of Difobedience 
* to the honourable Court of Direétors. 

“ Fort William, 
“ the 26 Fuly 1765.” 


Read alfo a Letter to the Secretaty of the Seleé&amp;t Com- 
mittee from Mr. Francis Hare, as follows; viz. 


“To Alexander Campbell, Efquire, Secretary to the 
“© Seleét Committee. 
«SI 
“© In Confequence of your Favour of the 26th x/- 
*&lt; timo, 1 caufed the Advertifement you inclofed to 
“be circulated amongft the free Merchants refiding 


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“in Paina and its Diftri€éts; whofe Names are as fol- 
“ low: 
“ Meffieurs Bryan Scotney, 
~ Fofeph Hare; 
Alexander Fephfons 
* William Hutchinfony 
¢ Fobn Hutchinfon, 
“ George Lear, 
sip ——— Barrow. 
“ Mr. Peter Hare, who is in my Employ at a Place 
“ called Boggi, under the Subahdary of Patna, has alfo 
“ received Notice to repair to Caleusta within the ‘Time 
« lintited by thie Committee. 
* Tam, Sir, 
* Your moft obedient Servant, 
(Signed) 
“ Patna, Auguft 27th 1765.” © Francis Hare:” 
~The Committee then read Part of the Proceedings of 
the Select Committee in Bengal, dated the 5th Oéfober 
1765, as follows : 
“© Obferving that our Orders to the Chiefs of the 
‘* Subordinates to fend Lifts to the Committee of all 
‘$ Europeans-refiding within their feveral Diftriéts, who 
*‘ are not in the Company’s Service, have been neg- 
** lected ; 
** Refolved, That we now repeat the above Orders, 
** requiring them'pofitively not only to fend the moft 
$¢ accurate Lifts in their Power, but the Perfons them- 
“‘ felves to Calcutta, by the 21ft Inftant, at which Time 
“* the Company’s Protection will abfolutely ceafe, and 
‘© they muft ftand to all the Confequences of being left 
“entirely in the Power of the Country Government.” 


Read alfo the following Letter from 4. W. Senior, to 
the Prefident and Select Committee, dated at Coffmbu- 
zar, the 23d Of. 1765, viz. 

“ To the Right honourable Lord Clive, Prefident, 

“¢ €3¢, Members Select Committee. 
“* My Lord, and Gentlemen, 

“© J have been favoured with your Letter of the 7th 
“ Inftant, and fhall pay due Atcention to the Orders 
*¢ therein contained. 

‘&lt;] fhould have immediately complied with your 
“former Directions by fending down a Lift of the 
“* Europeans and other Merchants under our Protection 
“ refiding within thefe Diftri€ts, but was not able to 
“ procure an exaét one; however I have now enclofed 
“a Lift of fuch as have come to my Knowlege, and 
“‘ who have all had timely Notice given of your Or- 
“‘ ders: Befides thefe there are many Europeans, as well 
“© as Portuguefe and Armenians, who refide at the City 
** of Muxadavad, but I don’t find they have any Em- 
“ ploy at all, and they appear to me to be rather under 
S¢ the Nabob’s Proteétion than ours. 

‘6 ] am, 
“My Lord, and Gentlemen, 
*“* Your moft obedient, 
** humble fervant, 
** 4. W. Senior.” 


“ Cofimbuzar, 
© 23d Of". 1765.” 


«© A Lift of European Agents and others under the 
“© Englifo Protection refiding at the following Places, 
“ viz. 
“¢ Mr. Hargrave 
** Mr. Gundeftrope 
“ Dr. Wa/mus 
“© Mr. Maultbhy at Seebgunge. 
“ Mr, Galloway at Couregong, 
“ Capt® Ivie 7 
“© Mr. Woodafon 
“© Philip Pollock 
* D° his Son-in-Law 
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“© One Writer at Dewangunge? In Captain Amyatt’s 
“Two d° at Bagon Barry Service. 


at Chilmary. 


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A. 1772. 


*’'N. B. There are feveral frée Merchants who do not 
** come under the Name of Agents, but live entirely 
** with the following Gentlemen at their Houfes as 
* Clerks, and have not, not havé had, any other Em- 
* ploy. 

“Mr. W" Walker—with Mr. Fekyll, at Rungpore. 

“Mr. Fames Dixon—with Mr. Goring, at Comar- 
“* colly. 
_ Mr. Samael Whitby—with Mr, Wright, at: Cofimbu. 
“sap,” 

And your Committee then cloféd the Evidence upon 
the Petition of the {aid Gregore Cojamaul. 
‘a Ordered, That the faid Repott do lie upon the Ta 

e. 


And then the Houfe adjourned fill To-morrow Seven- 
night, the Third Day of Zune next, Ten of the 
Clock in the Morning. 





Mercurii, 3° die Funii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and 
Mr. Harris: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for redeeming One Million Five hundred thoufand 
Pounds of the Capital Stocks of Three Pounds per 
Centum Annuities, in the Manner, and on the Terms, 
therein mentioned ; and for eftablifhing a Lottery ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; for granting a Drawback of Part of the Cuf- 
toms upon the Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and 
the Britifo Dominions in America , for altering the 
Drawback upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great 
Britain to Ireland, for continuing the Bounty on the 
Exportation of Britifo made Cordage; for allowing 
the Importation of Rice from the Britif Plantations 
into the Ports of Briftol, Liverpool, Lancafter, and White- 
haven, for immediate Exportation to Foreign Parts ; 
and to impower the Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation 
to adminifter-the Oath, and grant the Certificate, re- 
quired by Law upon the Removal of certain Goods to 
London, which have been fent into the Country for Sale ; 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the more effectual preventing of Frauds in the 
Revenues of Excife, with refpeét to Tea, Soap, Low 
Wines, and -Spirits; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the more effectual preventing of Frauds, in 
the Stamp Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, 
and Cards ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to continue feveral Laws, relating to the Allow- 
ance upon the Exportation of Britifb-made Gunpowder ; 
to the giving further Encouragement for the Importa- 
tion of Naval Stores from the Britifb Colonies in Ame- 
rica; to the further encouraging the Manufacture of 
Britifo Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on Foreign 
Sail Cloth ; to the granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, 
of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of ary 
of His Majefty’s Sugar Colonies, direétly into Fo- 
reign Parts, in Ships built in Great Britain, and navi- 
gated according to Law; to the free Importation of 
Cattle from Ireland , and to the regulating the Fees ot 
Officers of the Cuftoms, and Naval Officers, in 4me- 
rica ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, ere 











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Aé&amp; to explain and amend an Act, made in the Seventh 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; for altering the Stamp Duties upon Policies of 


Affurance ; and for reducing the Allowance to be made- 


in refpeét of the prompt Payment of the Stamp 
Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and other 
excifeable Liquors ; and for explaining and amending 
feveral Aéts of Parliament, relating to Hackney Coaches 
and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hackney 
Coaches ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for preventing Frauds and Abufes in Relation to 
the Trade carried on between Great Britain and Ireland 
without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have .ag to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the further Encouragement of the Herrin 
Fifhery, on. the Coafts of the [le of Man ; and for ob- 
viating a Doubt, which has arifen, with refpect to the 
allowing the Bounties upon the Britis White Herring 
Fifhery. in the Year’One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
‘A&amp; to continue an A&amp;, made in the Fifth Year of 
the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, ** An Aé to prevent the committing of 
«&lt; Frauds by Bankrupts;” and for making Provifion 
for difcharging Bankrupts in certain Cafes from their 
Imprifonment ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to explain and amend fo much of an Act, made 
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majefty 
King George the Second, as relates to the Eftablith- 
ment of Lazarets; without any Amendment: And 
alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
‘Aé&amp; for making and keeping in Repair a Road, or 
Paflage for Horfes, on the Banks of the River Severn, 
between Bewdley Bridge and a Place called The Meadow 
Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and drawing Vefiels 
along the faid River; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned ; without any Amendment: And alfa, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 





‘AG to enable the Lords of the Treafury to difcharge 


the Executors of Lady Ann Fekyll from a Debt due to 
His: Majefty, for the Ufe of the Sinking Fund, upon 
Payment of the fame into the Exchequer; without any 


Amendment: And alfo, 


The Lords ‘have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for vefting in His Majefty certain Hereditaments, 
at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, belonging to 
Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held by Leafe 
from the Crown; and for vefting the Freehold and 
Inheritance of certain Leafehold and Copyhold Here- 
ditaments, at Richmond aforefaid, in Truftees, and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz- 
william, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; without any 
Amendment : And alfo, 

The Lords -have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for encouraging the Manufacture of Leather, by 
lowering the Duty payable upon the Importation of 
Oak Bark, when the Price of fuch Bark fhall exceed a 
certain Rate, fora limited Time; without any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the more effectually fecuring a Quantity of 
Oak Timber for the Ufe of the Royal Navy ; without 
any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé for amending, widening, and altering, the Roads 
leading from Crickbowell, in the County of Brecou, to 
The Crofs Hands, beyond New Inn, in the peg 
Road between the City of Hereford and Rofs, and from 
a Place called The Lower Crofs Ways, in the Parifh of 
Saint Maughan’s t0 the Town of Grofmount, in the 

Vou. XXXII, 


Houfe of Comimotis: 945 
County of Monmouth, and from a Smith’s Shop at 
Stanton, in the Parith of Llemvibengel, to Chapel a Five, 
in the fame County, and from the Turnpike Road in 
the Parith of Welch Newton, in the County of Hereford, 
to Ponttanaft, in the Parith of Cluddock; in the {aid 
County ; without any Amendment: And alfo; . 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled; An 
Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor; 
within that Part of the Parith of Saint Sepuicbre, which 
is in the County of Middiefen , and for paving, cleanf: 
ing, lighting, watching, and regulating, the Squates, 
Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Open Paf- 
fages and Places, within the fame; and for removing 
Annoyances therefrom ; and for making the Commu- 
nication between Charterboufe Square and Saint Fobn 


g Street, through Charterboufe Lane; more convenient ; 


without any Amendment: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for paving, lighting, cleanfing; watering, and 
watching, the Streets, and other Public Places, within 
fuch Part of the Parith of Saint Pancras, in the Coun- 
ty of Middlefex, as lies on the Welt Side of Tottenbam 
Court Road and for preventing Nufances and Obftrue- 
tions therein; and for. obliging the. Truftees for the 
Care of the faid Road to pave, repair, and cleanfe, fuch 
Part of the faid Road as is therein defcribed ; without 
oy, oe pee : And alfo, ; : 

¢ Lords have agreed.to the Bill, intituled, An 
Ac&amp; for building Two New Chapels, and es 
Burial Places thereto, within the Town. of Birmingham, 
in the County. of Warwick 5 without any Amendment : 
And alfo, .sc6ci ots sag 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repairing and widening. ‘the Road from the Forty- 
eighth Mile Stones in. the Parith: of Cardington; in the 
prefent Turnpike Road between Hitebiy and Bedford, to 
Great Barford Bridge and. for continuing a, Road from 
thence to. the. Great Northern Road,’ near Temsford 
Bridge, in the County of Bedford; withowt:any Amend- 
ment: And alfo, ! ir to | tit .03 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An AG 
for repairing and widening the Roads from. Sheetbridge 
to Part{mouth, and from Pétersfeld to the: Alsen Turn- 
pike Road near Ropley,- in the County,of Southampton ; 
without any Amendment: Andalfo, &gt; | 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Infolvent 
Debtors more equal and expeditious ; and for regulat- 
ing the Diligence of the Law by Arreftment and Poind- 
ing ; and for extending, the Privilege of Bills to Pro- 
miffory Notes ; and for limiting A¢tions'upon Bills and 
Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain called 
Scotland ; with fome Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: 
And alfo, 9 te! 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An A&amp; 
for repealing feveral Laws therein mentioned, againft 
Badgers, Engroffers, Foreftallers, and Regratots; and 
for indemnifying Perfons againft Profecutions for Of- 
fences committed againft the faid AGs; with ‘fome 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords defire 
the Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Lord North reported to the Houfe, That their 
Addrefs of the 15th Day of May laft (that His Majefty 
would be gracioufly pleafed to confer fome Dignity in 
the Church upon the Reverend Doétor King, Chaplain to 
this Houfe) had been prefented to His Majefty ; and 
that His Majefty had commanded him to acquaint this 
Houfe, that He will confer fome Dignity in the Church 
upon the Reverend Doétor King, as is defired. 

The Lord North alfo reported to the Houfe, That 
their Addreffes of the 26th Day of Aéay laft (that His 
Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to give fuch Di- 

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946 
re€tions as His Majefty fhiall think proper, for the better 
Prefervation of the Recotds in The Rolls Chapel , and to 
affure His Majefty, that whatever extraordinary Expence 
fhall be incurred for that Purpofe, this Houfe will make 
good the fame; and alfo to order the further Sum of 
Six thoufand Pounds to be advanced, towards defraying 
the Expence. of printing 1,250 Copies of fuch Parlia- 
mentary and other Records as His Majefty fhould think 
fit; and to affure His Majefty, that this Houfe will 
make the fame) had been prefented to His Ma- 


jefty ; and that His Majefty had commanded him to 
acquaint this Houfe, that He will give Directions ac- 
cordingly. 


‘Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do-iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in'this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Caftle Rifing, in the County 
of Norfolk, in the room of Thomas Whately, Efquire, 
deceafed, 


Ordered, That the Journal: of this Houfe, from the 
End ofthe laft Seffion of Parliament, to the End of 
this prefent Seffion; with a proper Index thereto, be 

rinted. 
af Ordered, ‘That One thoufand Five hundred Copies of 
the faid Journal be printed, by the Appointment, and 
under the Direétion, of ‘fobn Hat/ell, Efquire, Clerk of 
this Houfe, 

Ordered, That the faid Journal be printed by fuch 
Perfon as fhall be licenfed by Mr. Speaker , and that no 
other Perfon do prefume to print the fame. 


Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His Majefty, That He will be gracioufly pleafed to or- 
der the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds to be advanced 
to Fobn Hat/ell, Efquire, Clerk of this Houfe, towards 
defraying the Expence of printing the Journal of this 
Houle, | Fase the End of the laft Seffion of Parliament 
to the End of this prefent Seffion, with a proper Index 
thereto, and to defray fuch extraordinary nces as 
have been incurred on Account of the printed: Journals 
of this Houfe ; and to affure His Majefty, that this 
Houfe will make the fame. 

Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to 
His: Majefty, ‘That He will be gracioufly pleafed to or- 
der a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred Pounds, to be 
advanced, to fuch Pe:fon or Perfons as the Speaker of 
this Houfe fhall authorize to receive the fame, towards 
further defraying the Expence of making a General 
Index to‘the Journals of this Houfe ; and to affure His 
Majefty that this Houfe will make good the fame. 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefies be prefented to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft honourable Privy Council. 


A Meffage by Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman U fher 

of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by Virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion for declaring His Royal Affent to feveral 
Acts agreed upon by both Houfes, do defire the imme- 
diate Attendance.of this honourable Houfe in the Houfe 
of Peers, to hear the Commiffion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 

“to the Houfe of Peers. 

And being returned 5 - 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the Houfe, at the De- 
fire of the Lords, authorized by Virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion aforementioned, had been at the Houfe of 

Peers, where a Cormmiffion under the Great Seal was 
read; giving, declaring, and notifying, the Royal Af- 
’ fent to feveral Public and Private Bills therein men- 
tioned; and alfo impowering the Lord Archbifhop of 
_ Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 
- the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Duke of Graf- 


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ton, and {everal other Lords, to declare ard notify:the 
Royal Affent to the faid Bills ; and that the Lord. Arch- 
bifhop of Canterbury and the Lord High Chancellor of 
Great Britain, and the Earl of Sandwich, named alfo 
in the faid Commiffion, did accordingly declare and no- 
tify the Royal Affent to the faid Bills ;-which Bills are 
as followeth ; viz. | 

An Aét for. redeeming One million Five hundred 
thoufand Pounds of the Capital Stocks of Three Pounds 
per Centum Annuities, in the Manner, and on the Terms, 
therein mentioned’; and for eftablifhing a Lottery: 

An Act for granting a Drawback of Part of the Cuf- 
toms upon the Exportation of Tea to Jreland and the Bri- 
tifh Dominions in America; for altering the Drawback 
upon Foreign Sugars exported from Great Britain to. Ire- 
land; for continuing the Bounty on the Exportation of 
Britifo-made Cordage ; for allowing the Importation of 
Rice from the Briti/h Plantations into the Ports of Brifol, 
Liverpool, Lancafter, and Whitebaven, for immediate 
Fxportation to Foreign Parts; and to:impower the Chief 
Magiftrate of any Corporatian to adminifter the Oath, 
and grant the Certificate, required by Law, upon, the 
Removal of certain Goods to London, which have been 
fent into the Country for Sale: 

An A&amp;toexplain and amend an Aé&amp;, made in the Se- 
venth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intitu- 
led, An Aét for altering the Stamp Duties upon Poli- 
cies of Affurance; and for reducing the Allowance to 
be made in re{pett of the prompt Payment of the-Stamp 
Duties on Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and other 
excifeable Liquors; and for explaining and amending fe- 
veral Acts of Parliament, relating to Hackney Coaches 
and Chairs, fo far as the fame relates to Hackney 
Coaches : 

_An Aé&amp; for the further Encouragement of the Herring 
Fifhery, on the Coafts of the [fle of Man; and for ob- 
viating a Doubt, which has arifen, with refpeét to the 
allowing the Bounties upon the Britif/ White Herring 
Fifhery, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and 
Seventy-one : 

An) Act for the more effe€tual. preventing of Frauds 
in. the) Revenues of Excife, with refpect to Tea, Soap, 
Low Wines, and Spirits : 

An A&amp; to continue feveral Laws, relating to the Al- 
lowance upon the Exportation of Britifo-made Gunpow- 
der 5 to the piving further Encouragement for the Im- 
portation of Naval Stores from the Britifo Colonies in 


America, to the further encouraging the Manufa&amp;ure 


of Britifo Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on Fo- 
reign Sail Cloth; to the granting a Liberty to carry Su- 
gars, of the Growth, Produce; or Manufacture, of any 
of His Majefty’s Sugar Colonies, direétly into Foreign 


-Parts, in Ships built in Great Britain, and navigated ac- 


cording to Law, to the free Importation of Cattle from 
Ireland , and to the regulating the Fees of Officers of the 
Cuftoms, and Naval Officers, in America: 

An A&amp;ct for the more effeétual preventing of Frauds in 
the iat Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, Paper, and 
Cards: 

An Act for preventing Frauds and Abufes in relation 
to the Trade carried on between Great Britain and -Ire- 
land: 

An Aé to enable the Lords Commiffioners of His Ma- 
jefty’s Treafury to order and allow, out of the -Money 
arifing by the Coinage Duty, a certain Sum therein men- 
tioned, for the Expences of profecuting Offenders againtt 
the Laws relating to the Coin, in the Year One thou- 
fand Seven hundred and Seventy, over and above the 
Sum yearly allowed for that Service: 

An A&amp;ct to explain and amend fo much of an Aét, 
made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 
King George the Second, as relates to the Eftablifhment 
of Lazarets : 

An Aé&amp; for the more effectually fecuring a Quantity of 
Oak Timber, for the Ufe of the Royal Navy : 

An Act to continue an Aét, made in the Fifth Year of 
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the ts of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
intituled, «* An Aé to prevent the committing of Frauds 
by Bankrupts ;” and for making Provifion for difcharg- 
ing Bankrupts in certain Cafes from their Imprifon- 
ment: 

An Aé&amp; for continuitig an Adt; made in the Tenth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, to prevent 
the further {fpreading of the contagious Diforder among 
the Horned Cattle in Great Britain : 

An Aé to regulate the making, keeping, and Carri- 
age, of Gunpowder, within Great Britain; and to re- 
pea the Laws heretofore made for any of thofe Pur- 

es : ret 
a Aé&amp; for-incorporating the Members of a Society, 
commonly called The Marine, Society, and their Suc- 
ceffors, to be eleéted as therein. is mentioned ; and for 
the better impowering and rabtisn them to. carry on 
their charitable and. ufeful Defigns: , 

An Act for encouraging the Manufacture of Leather, 
by. lowering the Duty payable upon the Importation of 
Oak Bark, when. the Price of fuch Bark fhall exceed a 
certain Rate, for a limited Time: | 

An Aét for the better Regulation of Carters, Carriages, 
and loaded Horfes, and for removing Obftructions and 
Nufances upon. the Streets and Highways, within that 
Part of Great Britain, called Scotland: _ 

- An Aé to-extinguifh the Right of Common upon an 
‘Acre of Ground, called White Lyon or Hangman’s Acre, 
in Saint George’s Fields, in the County of Surrey : 

An Aét to enable the Lord Bifhop of Durbam, and his 
Succeffors, to raifé a: competent Sum of Money, to be 
applied for the repairing, improving, or rebuilding, fuch 
Part of Tyne Bridge as belongs to the See of Durham: 

An Aé to enable the Lords of the Treafury to: dif- 


‘ 


charge the Executors of Lady Ann Fekyll, from a Debt 
due to His Majefty for the Ufe of the Sinking Fund, 


upon Payment of the fame into the Exchequer : 


An Aé for vefting in His Majefty certain Heredita- 


rments at Richmond, in the County of Surrey, belonging 


to Catharine Vifcountefs Fitzwilliam, and held by Leafe 


from the Crown; and for vefting the Freehold and Inhe- 
ritance .of certain Leafehold and Copyhold Heredita- 


ments, at Richmond) aforefaid, in .Truftees, and their 
Heirs, in Truft for the faid Catharine Vifcountefs Fitz- 
william, as a Part of the Compenfation for the fame; and 
urpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; for paving, lighting, cleanfing, watering, and 
» the Streets, and other Public Places, within 


fuch Part of the Parith of Saint Pancras, in the County 


of Middlefex, as lies on the Weft Side of Tottenham Court 


Road; and for preventing Nufances and Obftruétions 


therein; and for obliging the Truftees, for the Care of the 
faid Road, to pave, repair, and cleanfe, fuch Part of the 


{aid Road as is therein defcribed : 


An Act for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of {mall 
Debts, within the Borough and Foreign of Kidderminfer, 
in the Parifh of Kidderminfter, in the County of Worce/- 


“er: 
An Aé&amp; for the better Relief and Employment of the 


Poor, within that Part of the Parith of Saint Sepulchre, 


which is in the County of Middlefex; and for paving, 
cleanfing, lighting, watching, and regulating, the Squares, 

lleys, Courts, Yards, and Open Paflages 
and Places, within the fame; and for removing An- 


noyances therefrom; and for making the Comnaunication - 


‘between Charterboufe Square and Saint Fobn Street, through 
Charterboufe. Lane, more convenient : 

An Aé for building Two new Chapels, and providing 
Burial Places thereto, within the Town of Birmingham, 
in the County of Warwick : 

An Aé for amending, widening, and altering, the 


- Roads leading from Crickbowel, in the County of Brecon, 


to The Crofs Hands, beyond New Inn, in the Turnpike 
Road between the City of Hereford and Ro/s, and from 
a Place called The Lower Cro/s Ways, in the Parifh of 


Saint Maughan’s, to the Town of Gro/mount, in the Coun- 


947 


ty of Afonmouth, and from a Smith’s Shop at Stanton, in 
the Parith of Lianvibangel, to Chapel a Fine, in the fame 
County, and from the Turnpike Road in the Parifh of 
Welch Newton, in the County of Hereford, to Ponttanaft, 
in the Parifh of Cluddock, in the, {aid County : ya 

_, An A&amp; for repairing and widening the Roads from 
Sheetbridge to Port/mouth, and from. Petersfield to. the 
Altos Turnpike Road, near Rapley, in the County of 
Southampton: : 

_ An Act for repairing and widening the. Road from the 
Forty-eighth Mile Stone, in the Parith of Cardington, in 
the prefent Turnpike Road between Hitchin and Bedford, 
to Great Barford Bridge; and for continuing a Road from 
thence to the Great Northern Road near Temsford Bridge, 
in the County of Bedford: , 

An Ac&amp; for making and keeping in Repair a Road, 
or Paffage for Horfes, on the Banks of the River Severn, 
between Bewdley Bridge and a Place called The Meadow 
Wharf, at Coalbrookdale, for haling and.drawifig Veffels 
along the faid River; and for other Purpofes therein 
mentioned : | 

_An A&amp; to enable the Moft noble William Duke of 
Devonfbire to grant Reverfionary Leafes of his Leafehold 
Eftate; in the Parith of Saint James, Weftminfter, in the 
County of Middlefex® Piles 

An A&amp;t for difcharging divers Manors, Rettories, Ad- 
vowlons, Meffuages, Lands; Tithes, Rents, and Heredi- 
taments, Part of the: Eftate of the Right honourable 
Jobn. Earl Spencer, comprifed in, and. fettled by, the Jaft 
Will and Teftament,. and..Codicil thereto, of the moft 
Noble Sarab late Duchefs Dowager.of Marlborough, de- 
ceafed, and by certain Conveyances executed in Purfu- 
ance thereof, from the Ufes and Trufts declared by the 
faid ‘Will, Codicil, and Conveyances,.and for fettling 
other Manors, Rectories, Advowfons, Meffuages, Lands, 
Tenements, Tithes, and Hereditaments,of greater Va- 
lue, in Lieu thereof, to the like Ufes: 

- An Act for vefting therManor of Eaf# Lavant, and 
divers Meffuages and Lands, with the. Appurtenances, 
in the County of Sufex, intailed by the Will of. the 
Right honourable .Mary late Countefs Dowager of 
Derby, deceafed, in Truftees, to be fold; and for pur- 
chafing other Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled. to 
the like Ufes: j i ae Se ae ra 

An Aé&amp; to veft in Truftees, to be fold, certain Eftates, 
in the Counties of York, Weftmoreland, and Lancafter, 
which belonged to Ann Fenwick, Widow, before her In- 
termarriage ; and for the Relief of the faid Ann Fen- 
wick, in fuch Manner as in the faid A&amp; is mentioned : 

An Ac for vefting certain Freehold and Copyhold 
Hereditaments, in Weeting, in the County of Norfolk, 
Part of the fettled Eftate of Philip Champion Crefpigny, 
Efquire, in Truftees, to be fold; and for laying out the 
Money to arife by Sale thereof in the Purchafe of other 
Lands and Hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame Ufes 
as the faid Premiffes in Weeting now ftand limited : 

An A&amp; for vefting certain Eftates, belonging to the 
Drapers Campany of the City of London, in the Gover- 
nor and Company of the Bank of England, freed and 
difcharged from certain Charities, to which the fame are 
fubjeét ; and for vefting other Eftates, belonging to the 
faid Governor and Company of the Bank, in the faid 
Company of Drapers, fubject to the before-mentioned 
Charities : 

An Aét to veft in Walter Lloyd, Efguire, and others, 
a fmall Quantity of Ground, Parcel of the Glebe of the 
Reétory of Manerdivy, in the County of Pembroke, in 
Confideration of a certain yearly Rent thereby fecured ; 
and for other Purpofes therein mentioned : 

An A&amp; for the Sale of certain Meffuages, Lands, 
Tenements, Hereditaments, and Premiffes, in the Parith 
of Saint George the Martyr, and Borough of Southwark, 
in the County of Surrey, Part of the fettled Eftate of 
Fobn Bullock, Efquire, and Elizabeth his Wife ; and for 
laying out the Money arifing by Sale thereof in the Pur- 
chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame Ufes : 


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948 


“An Ac to i eg Rolle, Efquire, and Fudite 
Maria Waltond, Spinfter, to make Settlements on the 
Marriage intended between them, notwithftanding their 
refpective Minorities: ; ; 

An Aé for vefting the féttled Eftates of Humphry 
Minchin, Efquire,3in the Cotihty of Tipperary, in the 
Kingdom of Yréland, in Trufteés, to fell the fame ; and 
for fayitig-ut the Money arifing thereby in the Purchafe 
of other Eftates, in that Part of Great Britain called 
England; or in the Principality of Wales, to be fettled to 
the fame Ufes: | 

An A&amp; for vefting in Truftees certain Eftates, fituate 
in the Counties of Kent and Surrey, upon Truft to fell 
and difpofe of the fame, and inveft the Monies arifing 
thereby in the Purchafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to 
fuch of the Ufes of the Will of Wiliam Wall, deceafed, 
as are now fubfifting : | 

An A&amp; for Sale of One Undivided Fourth ‘Part of 
the Lands of Jnnerleith, lying in the County of Edin- 
burgh, and of One Undivided Fourth Part of the Lands 
of Darnchefter, in the County of Berwick, being Parts of 
the entailed Eftate of Colonel Hames Cathcart, deceafed ; 
and for purchafing other Lands and Eftates, to be fettled, 
in Lieu thereof, upon the fame Perfons, and to the like 
Ufes and Purpofes : , 

An Aét for giving further Powers to the Truftees, na- 

med in a cértain A&amp; of Parliament, made in the Ninth 
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An 
A&amp; to impower the Truftees of the Will of the late 
General Pulteney, and other Truftees appointed by 
this At, to purchafe and exchange Lands and 
Grounds, in the Manor of Bathwick, in the County of 
Somerfet, fot the Purpofe of making certain Roads 
and Ways to and from a free Bridge by them intended 
to be built over the River Avon, in the faid County, 
and alfo to inipower the Perfons in Poffeffion of the 
faid Eftate, for the Time being, under the faid Will, 
to grant Leafts ‘of certain Lands and Houfes in the 
faid Manor; and likewife to enable the faid Truftees 
to gtant cértain Grounds and Springs of Water, within 
the faid Manor of Bathwick, to the Mayor, Alder- 
rien, and ‘Citizens of Bath, and for extending the 
JurildiGion of «the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and Citi- 
zens, over Part of the faid Manor of Bathwick; and 
for other Pirtpofes therein mentioned; ahd for en- 
Jarging the Powers of Leafing given by the faid A&amp; to 
the Perfons therein named ; and for other Purpofes : 

An Act for re-invefting divers Manors, Meffuages, 
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, fituate and be- 
ing in the County of Stafford, late the Eftate of Rodert 
Barbor, decéafed, in the feveral Perfons now in being, 
and for fuch Eftates' as they are feverally intitled under 
the Will of the faid Robert Barbor, and for enabling 
fames Mayo and Charles Mayo to join in fuch Convey- 
ances as fhall be neceffary for thofe Purpofes: 

An Act to impower “Zames Batfon and Edward Buckley 
Batfon, Efquires, Teftamentary Guardians of the Perfon 
and Eftate of Edward Pery Buckley, an Infant, to grant 
Leafes- of the Eftate of Pery Buckley, Efquire, deceated: 

An A&amp; for vefting a Meffwage, called Highfield Houfe, 
and divers Lands, with the Appurtenances; in the 
County of Gloucefter, the fettled Eftates of Benjamin Fa- 
fon Perrott, Efquire, in Truftees, to be fold and con- 
veyed as therein mentioned; and for laying out the Mo- 
ney arifing by fuch Sale in the Purchafe of other Lands 

and Hereditaments, to be fettled‘to'the like Ufes : 

An Act for vefting divers Freeheld, Copyhold, and 
Leafehold, Fftates, late of Edmund Bunting, Elizabeth 
Bunting, and ‘Tomlinfon Bunting . deceafed, in Truftees, 
to be fold, to raife Money, to be applied, under the Di- 
re€tion of the Court of Chancery, in Payment of the 
Debts, Incumbrances, and Legacies, charged upon and 
affeéting the fame, and other the Purpofes therein men- 
tioned : 

An Act for dividing and -inclofing certain Commons 


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and’ Wafte Grounds, within the Manor of Appleby, in the 
County of Wefmoreland : a Dy 


An A&amp; for inclofing, dividing, allotting, and improv- 


ing, certain Common Woods and Moor Lands, within 
the Borough and Parifh of Wigmore, in the County of 
Hereford: ee hee ' 


cels of Arable and Pafture Groun 
Much Wenlock, otherwife’ Wenlock’ Magna, otherwife 
Great Wenlock, in the County of 


An A&amp; for dividing and ige  m Open Par- 
» i the Manor of 


Salop :* ’ 
An A&amp; for dividing and nelofing te n and Com- 
mon Fields, Cormmon Meadows,’ ’C Paftures, 
Common Grounds, Heath, and Wafte Grounds, in the 
Parith of Moulton, in the County of Northampton : 

An A&amp; for dividing‘and allotting the Corfimon Fields, 
Common Meadows, Downs, and Corimnonable Lands, 
in the feveral ‘Parithes of Letcomb Baffet, otherwife Upper 
Letcomb, and Childrey, in the County of Berks: 

An A&amp; for dividing ‘and inclofing the Common and 
Wafte Grounds, and Spe and Common Fields, within 
the Townfhips or Hamlets of Great and Little Stainton, 
Newbiggin, and Great’ Blencow, in the Barony of ‘Grey- 

of Cumberland: 2 

An At for dividing and inclofing the Open and Com- 
mon Fields, Common Paftures, Common dows, ‘and 
Commonable Lands, of and within the Hamlet and'Li- 
berties of Chariton, in the Parifhes of Newdottle and 
King’s Sutton, or One‘of them, in the County of Nortb- 
ampton : rata, ape ga ete ee | traces: 

An‘ Act for dividing and inclofing certain Commons, 
ot Moors, within the Townthip of Royffon, in the Couitty 
of York. _ a wie tee 

Refolved, Nemine’ contradicente, That an humble Ad- 
drefs be prefented to His Majefty, That He will be gra- 
‘cioufly pleafed to order fome further Recompence to be 
made to Yobn Ley, Efquire, Clerk Affiftant of this 
Houfe, for his faithful Difcharge of his Duty in the Ser- 
vice of the Houfe, in fiich Manner as His Majefty fhall 


judge a ag eee 

Ordered, That the faid Addrefs be -prefented ‘to His 
Majefty by fuch Members of this Houfe’as are of His 
Majefty’s Moft hohoutable Privy Council.’ ape 


Mr. Gilbert'reported ‘from the Committee, to whom it 
was referred to confider an Act, made‘in the Seventh 
Year of the Reign of His t:Majefty, intituled; An 
Act to explain, amend, and reduce into One A@ of Par- 
liament, the feveral Statutes now in being, forthe Amend- 
ment and Prefervation of the public Highways of -this 
Kingdom ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned ; 
and ‘alo another Act, made in’ the Seventh Year of His 
prefent Majefty’s Reign,’ intituled) An“ A&amp; to se sri 
amend, and reduce into One A&amp; ‘of ‘Parliament, 'the ge- 
neral Laws now in being; for regulating the Turnpike 
Roads of this Kingdom ; and for.other Purpofes-therein 
mentioned ; and’ to teport their Opinion ‘thereupon’ to 
the Houfe, with fuch Alterations and Amendments ‘as 
may be proper to be made in the faid Aéts;’ That the 
Committee had ‘confidered ' the faid ‘A@s accordingly ; 
and had come to feveral Refolutions’, which they ‘had 
dire&amp;ted him to report ‘to the Houfe ; ‘and ‘he tead the 
Report in his Place, and afterwards.delivered it in at the 
Clerk’s Table: Where the Refolutions of the Committee 
were read; and are as followeth; vz. ua 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the faid Act for the Amendment and Prefervation 
of the Public Highways would be better-enforced and 
executed, if, inftead of appointing Surveyors of every 
Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, in the Manner thereby ‘di- 
rected, the Juftices of the Peace were to hold a ‘fpecial 
Seffions for the Highways fome Time in the Month of 
Auguft next after:paffing the intendéd-Act, and then ap- 
point larger Diftricts for Surveyors’to act in, where they 
fhall'find it neceffary, comprehending T'wo, Three, or 

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more Parifhes, Townfhips, or Places, lying contiguous, 
and fix Salaries for fuch Surveyors, and proportion the 
Payment thereof amongft the feveral Parifhes, Town- 
fhips, and Places, conftituting fuch Diftriét, in fuch Man- 
ner as fhall be juft and reafonable, and fix a Day and 
Place in the Month of September for the Meeting of Land 
Owners of Twenty Pounds per Annum, and Occupiers 
of Forty Pounds per Annum, within fuch Diftric&amp;t ; and 
notify to them, by Writing under their Hands, the Ex. 
tent of fuch Diftriét, and the Salary propofed to be al- 
lowed to fuch Surveyor ; which Land Owners and Oc- 
cupiers fhould, at fiich Meeting, return the Names of 
Two or Three Petfons of Skill and Experience in the 
making and repairing of Roads to the Juftices, who 
fhould, at their Meeting in Oéober, appoint One of the 
Perfons fo returned, if any one fhould appear to them 
properly qualified for fuch Office, if not, fuch other Per- 
fon whom they fhall think fit, for Surveyor of fuch Dif- 
triét ; and that the Inhabitants of any Parifh or Place, 
liable to contribyte to fuch Salary, fhould have Liberty 
of appealing to the then next General Quarter Seffions 
of the Peace, againft the Quantum or Proportion of fuch 
Salary ; and that the Juftices fhould have Power to ap- 
point any One or more Perfon or Perfons, well qualified, 
and defirous of taking the Office of Surveyor without 
Salary, to be Surveyor or Surveyors of any Parith, Town- 
fhip, or Place, which in that Cafe fhould not be inclu- 
ded in fuch Diftriét ; and that the Juftices fhould have 
Power to alter their Diftriéts, at their Annual Meetings 
in Offober. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Juftices fhould hold their Special Seffions, for 
appointing Surveyors, in the Week next after Michaelmas 
Seffions in every Year; and every Surveyor continue 
in Office till a new one fhould be appointed. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Proportion of the Surveyor’s Salary, which 
fhould be allotted by the Juftices to be paid, by any 
Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, fhould be paid‘out of the 
Money to arife from Compofitions, Penalties, or Le- 
vies, to be raifed within the fame. __, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Surveyor of every fuch Diftri€&amp; fhould, at 
the Time of his Appointment, give Bond to fome 

roper Perfon, in every fuch Parifh, Townfhip, or 
Place, to be nominated by the Juftices, with fufficient 
Sureties, to account for the Money which fhould come 
to his Hands as Surveyor, in fuch Penalty as’ the Juf- 
tices fhould think fit; and that every Surveyor fhould 
make up feparate Accounts, to each Parifh, Townfhip, 
or Place, according to the Dire¢tions of the Act; and 
produce them at the Veftry, or general Meeting of 
the Inhabitants, to be held within the fame, at leatt 
Three Days before the Meeting of the Juftices for the 
appointing new Surveyors, and fhould pafs fuch Ac- 
counts before the Juftices, at fuch Meeting, on Oath ; 
and if fuch Surveyor fhould die, or become inca- 
pable of doing his Duty, Two Juftices fhould have 
Power to appoint another for the Remainder of the Year. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, inftead of allowing Two feparate Rates or Af- 
feffments, not exceeding Six Pence in the Pound for 
each Rate, according to the prefent Act ; videlicet, One 
of them for the Purpofes of buying Materials, erecting 
Guide Pofts, and making Satisfaction for Damages 
done to Lands by the making of new Ditches, or 
Drains, and the other for the Purpofes of repairing 
the Highways, Caufeways, and Bridges, where the Statute 
Duty fhall be infufficient, it would be more convenient 
and effectual to have Power given to Two Juttices, 
acting for the Diftri&amp;t where the Roads lie, to make an 
Order, at fome Special Seffions, to authorize an Affeff- 


‘ment to be made, within any Parifh, Townfhip, or 


Place, to raife Money for thofe Purpofes; and alfo 


‘for the paying the faid Proportion of the Surveyor’s 


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Salary, in cafe the Compofitions and Penalties fhould 
not be fufficient for the fame; but no more than One 
fuch Affeffinent to be made in the fame Year, and 
not to exceed Six Pence in the Pound for all thofe Pur- 
poies; and the Money raifed thereby to be expended 
within fuch Parith, Townfhip, or ‘Place ; and Notice 
to be given of fuch intended Affefiment, in the Church 
or Chapel of the Parifh or Place requiring the fame, 
on fome Sunday within a Month before uch Appli- 
cation fhall be made, fpecifying the Intention of apply- 
ing for fuch Affeffment, and the Day and Place of 
Meeting of the Juftices to whom fuch Application is 
intended to be made; and if fuch Place be Extra- 
parochial, the Surveyor fhould give Information to the 
Inhabitants thereof, by fixing a Notice in Writing, to 
the Effeét before mentioned, upon fome confpicuous 
Place there, a Week before fuch Meeting of the Juf- 
tices; and that the Perfon or Perfons applying for an 
Order for fuch Affeffinent fhould be at Liberty, either 
to apply to the Juftices at their Special Seffions, or 
to the General Quarter Seffions, as he or they fhould 
think fit; but if the Order be made at the Special 
Seffions, any Perfon liable to contribute to fuch Affedf- 
ment, who fhould think himfelf aggrieved thereby, 
ought to have an Appeal to the next General Quarter 
Seffions of the Peace againft fuch Order, on giving 
Notice of fuch Appeal within Seven Days after fuch 
Order fhould be made. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, in order to maxe the Statute Duty more efféc- 
tual, and to obviate Doubts which have arifen in the 
Conftruction of the faid Aét, every Perfon who fhall 
keep a Waggon, Cart, Wain, or Tumbrel, and Three 
or more Horfes or Beafts of Draught ufed to -draw 
therein, fhould be deemed to keep'!a Team, Draught, 
or Plough, within the Meaning of the faid A&amp;, and be 
liable to perform Statute Duty with the fame ; and every 
Perfon, who fhall not keep a Team, Draught, or 
Plough, but fhall keep One or more Cart or Carts, 
and One or Two Horles or Beafts of Draught only, 
ufed to draw in each of fuch Carts upon the Highways, 
fhould be obliged to perform his Statute Duty with 
fuch Cart or Carts, and Horfe or Horfes, or Beafts of 
Draught, and One Labourer to attend each Cart, or to 
pay, according to the Dire¢tions of the Act, for the Lands, 
Tenements, and Hereditaments, which he fhall occu- 
py, at the Option of the Surveyor; but if the Sur- 
veyor fhould make his Election to have the Duty 
performed in Kind, the Perfon liable to perform the 
fame fhould have Liberty to compound, by paying for 
each Day’s Duty One Shilling and Six Pence: Re a 
Cart and One Horfe or Beaft of Draught, and Two 
Shillings and Six Pence for a Cart and Two Horfes or 
Beafts of Draught; and every Perfon, who fhall keep 
a'Coach, Poft Chaife, Chair, or other Wheel. Carriage, 
and not keep a Team, Draught, or Plough, nor oc- 
cupy Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, of | the 
annual Value of Fifty Pounds, fhould be liable to-pay 
One Shilling, in refpeét of every Day’s Statute Duty, 
for every Horfe which he fhall draw in fuch Carriage, 
or pay according to the Value of the Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments, which he fhall occupy, as 
the faid Act directs, at the Option of the Surveyor. 
Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Statute Duty ought to be performed, or 
compounded for, in the Parifh or Place where the 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, lie, in refpect 
whereof fuch Duty is required; and if any Perfon, 
who fhall keep a Team, Draught, or Plough, and not 
occupy Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, of the 
yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, in the Parifh or Place 
where he refides, and fhall occupy Lands, Tenements, 
or Hereditaments, in any other Parifh or Place, fuch 
Perfon ought to perform his Statute Duty in the fol- 
lowing Manner ; viz: One Day’s Duty in the Parifh or 
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Place where he fo refides, and One other Day’s Duty 
for every Ten Pounds per Annum which he fhall oc- 
tupy in fach Parith or Place, and‘One Day’s Duty for 
every Fen Pounds per Annitm which he thall occupy 
in any other Parifh or Place, provided the fame fhould 
be fufficient to take his full Six Days Duty, if not,.the 
Remainder to be. performed in’ the Parifh or Place 
where he hallo refide ;. and if he hall occupy Lands, 
Tenements, or Hereditaments, in Two or more Parifhes 
or Places befides that’ wherein he fhall refide, which 
fhall-in the Whole. amount to more than Fifty Pounds 
per Annum, then fuch Team Duty ought to be per- 
formed in fuch of them as lie neareft to the Parith or 
Place wherein he fhall fo: refide. | 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Notice; required by the A¢t for compound- 
ing Statute Duty, ought to be given on the Firft or 
Second Sunday in November, inftead of January ; and 
that no Compofition ought to be permitted, if not 
made, and the Money paid, on the Day fixed by fuch 
Notice; arid that Power fhould be given to the Juf- 
tices, at their Special Seffions for appointing Sur- 
veyors, to order the Team Duty to be performed in 
Kind, within any Parifh or Place, when it fhall appear, 
from the Complaint of the Surveyor thereof, that he 
has Difficulties in hiring Teams at reafonable Rates, 
for the Repair of the Roads within the fame, occafi- 
oned by the Compofitions made for fuch Teams. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Hedges on each Side the Highway, ought to 
be fo cut and prunéd every Year, within the Time lh- 
mited. by the Act, that no Part of them, when cut, 
fhould be more than Four Feet above the Ditch Bank, 
where there fhall be a Ditch, nor more than Five Feet 
above the Ground where there fhall be no Ditch; and 
that Surveyors ought to be reftrained from cutting 
down, or lopping, any Timber Tree, or Trees, ufed for 
Timber, in the Country where the Road lies, except 
Pollards, until the fame fhall have been viewed by Two 
Juftices of the Peace, and certified to be proper to be 
pruned or fallen. 

Refelved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That no Surveyor ought to be permitted to go into 
ptivate Lands or Grounds, to dig Materials, without 
the Permiffion of the Owner or Occupier thereof in 
Writing, until an Order fhall be made for that Pur- 
pofe, by Two Juftices of the Peace, at a Special Sef- 
fions, after having received Evidence, upon Oath, that 
Materials could not be found on the Waftes, Rivers, 
or Brooks (where they are allowed to be got by the 
Ac) convenient for the Purpofes for which they are 
wanted. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Number of .Horfes allowed to draw upon all 
Highways, not Turnpike, ought to be as follows: To 
every Waggon, having the Fellies of the Wheels of 
the Breadth of Nine Inches, Eight Horfes; to every 
Cart, having the Fellies of the Wheels of the fame 
Breadth, Five Horfes; to every Waggon, having the 
Fellies of the Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches, 
and rolling om each Side a Surface of Nine Inches, 
Seven Hories; to the like Waggons, rolling a Surface 
of Six Inches only, Six Horfes; to every Cart, having 
the Fellies of the Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches, 
Four Horfes ; to every Waggon, having the Fellies of 
the Wheels of lefs Breadth than Six Inches, Five 
Forfes ; to every Cart, with the like Fellies, Three 
Hortes; and that Two Oxen ought, in all Carriages, 
to be confidered as One Horfe. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Provifion in the general Turnpike A@, al- 
lowing additional Horfes in deep Snow or Ice, ought 
to he. extended to thé Highways in general. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That where the Turnpike Road or Roads, leading 

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through any Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, fhall be put 
into good and fubftantial Repair, and the Produce of 
the Tolls arifing from fuch Turnpike fhall be amply 
fufficient to pay the Intereft of the Money borrowed 
thereupon, and to keep the fame in Repair, and alfo 
to defray the neceflary Expences attending fuch Turn. 
pike; and where the other Highways, within fuch 
Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, ftand in Need of the 
Statute Duty which ufed to be applied to fuch Turn- 
pike Road; Power fhould be given to Two Juftices.of 
the Peace, at any Special Seffions, to order {uch Statute 
Duty, orany Part thereof, which they may judge pro- 
per, tobe employed in the Repair of the other High- 
ways, in fuch Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, which are 
not Turnpike, with Liberty of Appeal. to the next 
General Quarter Seffions, for any Perfon or Perfons 
aggrieved. by fuch Order. Et 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That where any public Highway may be fhortened, 
and made more commodious to the Public, by. divert- 
ing and turning the fame, Power fhould. be given to 
the Juftices of the Peace, at their General Quarter 
Seffions, upon a Certificate thereof, figned by Two 
Juftices of the Peace, and upon Fourteen Days Notice 
thereof. given to the Surveyor of the Highways, and 
Conftable or Headborough of the Parifh, Townfhip, 
or Place, where fuch Road fhall lie, and alfo to the 
Owner and Occupier of the Lands into and through 
which fuch Road is intended to be carried, to order 
fuch Road to be diverted and turned, in fuch Manner, 
by fuch Means, and with fuch Powers, as the public 
Highways may be widened and enlarged, by the faid 
general Highway Aét, provided fuch new Road, {fo to 
be ordered and made, fhall not exceed Five hundred 
Yards in Length ; with Liberty to fell the old Road, 
towards defraying the Fimgence of purchafing the Land, 
and making and fencing fuch new Road; and provided 
that no Affefiment for the fame, and for the widening 
any Highway within fuch Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, 
fhall exceed Six Pence in the Pound in any One 
Year. ’ 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That if Forms of Conviétions for the feveral Offences 
againft the Highway Laws were to be inferted in the 
new intended Aét, it would relieve Juftices of the 
Peace from any Difficulties, and tend to enforce a due 
Execution of thofe Laws. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That in order to improve and preferve the Turnpike 
Roads, the Truftees of the feveral Turnpikes fhould 
be obliged to caufe Weighing Engines to be erected, 
at or near every Turnpike Gate where the Tolls col- 
lected at fuch Gate fhall have amounted to Sixty Pounds, 
or upwards, for the Year preceding except at fuch 
Gates on any great Road, leading to any confiderable 
City or Town, where the Truftees fhall find that the 
Carriages pafling upon it may be conveniently weighed 
at another Gate upon the fame Road, but not to leave 
above ‘I'wenty Miles on any fuch great Road without a 
Weighing Engine. 

Refolved, ‘That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Tolls will be increafed, by allowing an ad- 
ditional Number of Horfes where fuch Engines fhall 
be ereéted and ufed as hereafter mentioned , but in or- 
der to compenfate for the Increafe of Debt, which may 
be occafioned by the erecting of fuch Weighing En- 
gimes, and to ftrengthen the Securities to the Perfons 
who have advanced, or fhall advance, Money upon 
the Credit of the faid Turnpike Tolls, there ought to 
be an additional Term of Five Years added to every 
Turnpike Act where fuch Engines fhall be ereéted and 
ufed, after pailing the intended Act. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Commit- 
tee, That every Gate Keeper having the Care of 
fuch Weighing Engine, fhall keep the fame; and the 

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Weights belonging to it, in good Condition, and 
fhall fairly and juftly weigh all fuch Waggons and Carts 
which he fhall have Reafon to fufpect will exceed the 
Weights allowed by the Act, or which he fhall be re- 
quired to weigh by any acting Truftee, Surveyor, Clerk, 
or Treafurer, of fuch Turnpike Road (except Carriages 
with Wheels that roll a Surface of Sixteen Inches on 
each Side) and that Power fhould be given to the Truf- 
tees to encourage fuch Gate Keeper to do his Duty, by 
giving him fome Gratuity out of the Forfeitures arifing 
at fuch Gates from Carriages pafling with Overweight. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That. any Number of Horfes, drawing in Carriages, 
through any Toll Gate where fuch Engine fhall be 
erected, may pafs in fuch Carriages, the fame Day, 
upon any Part of that Turnpike Road; but where the 
Carriages travelling upon any Turnpike Road fhall not 
pafs through any fuch Gate, they fhould be reftrained 
to the Number of Horfes allowed upon Highways which 
are not Turnpike ; that, in order to dete&amp; Frauds in 
taking off or putting on Horfes, to avoid the Payment 
of Tolls, every rote, a fhould give Tickets, fpeci- 
fying the Number of Horfes which paffed through 
his Gate; and every Attempt to evade the Tolls by 
fuch Means ought to be punifhed by a Forfeiture of 
Fen Pounds, to be paid by the Owner or Driver of fuch 
Carriage, at the Option of the Profecutor. ' 
 Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Carriages ought to be reftrained to the follow- 
ing Weights ; viz. Waggons having the Fellies of the 

eels of the Breadth of Nine Inches to Five Tons 
Ten Hundred between the 5th Day of April and the 
10th Day of Oéfober, and to Five Tons between the 
roth Day of Oéfober and the 5th Day of April ; Carts 
having the like Wheels to Three Tons between the 
5th of April and the 10th of Ofober, and to Two Tons 
Fifteen Hundred between the 1oth of Ofober and the 
5th of April, Waggons having the Fellies of the Wheels 
of the Breadth of Six Inches, and rolling on each Side 
a Surface of Nine Inches, to Four Tons Fifteen Hun- 
dred between the sth of April and the 10th of Ofoder, 
and to Four Tons Eight Hundred between the roth of 
Oéober and the sth of April, Waggons having the 
Fellies of the Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches, 
conftruéted in the common Manner, to Four Tons Five 
Hundred between the 5th of April and the 10th of Ofo- 
ber, and to Three Tons Fifteen Hundred between the 
roth of Oéfober and the sth of April, Carts having the 
Fellies of the like Breadth to Two Tons Twelve Hun- 
dred between the 5th of April and the 10th of Ofober, 
and to Two Tons Seven Hundred between the roth of 
Oéfober and the 5th of April ; Waggons having the Fel- 
lies of lefs Breadth than Six Inches to Three Tons be- 
tween the 5th of April and the roth of Ofober, and to 
Two Tons Ten Hundred, between the roth of Ofober 
and the 5th of April; Carts having the Wheels of the 
like Breadth to One Ton Ten Hundred between the 
sth of April and the roth of Ofober, and to One Ton 
Five Hundred between the 1oth of Ofober and the sth 
of April, in every Year ; each Carriage to be included 
in the above Weights, and every Hundred to confift of 
Five Score and Twelve Pounds. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Waggons and Carts, having the Fellies of the 
Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches, or upwards, ought 
to have the Privilege of Exemptions and Compofitions 
which are allowed by the particular Turnpike Acts. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Carriages, having the Fellies of the Wheels of 
the Breadth of Six Inches, or upwards, ought to pay 
no higher Tolls than thofe fixed by the particular Turn- 
pike Aéts; but that all Waggons and Carts, having the 
Fellies of the Wheels of leis Breadth than Six Inches, 
ought to pay the Tolls allowed by thofe particular Acts, 
and One Half more, and to be excluded from all the 
Privileges of Compofjtions and Exemptions; and that 


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Two Oxen ought; in all Carriages, to be coniidered as 
One Horte: 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That the Tolls upon Turnpike Roads would be much 
increafed, if the Truftees were to farm them out to the 
beft Bidders, on a Day and Place to be appointed, for 
any Term not exceeding Three Years, with Liberty for 
either Party to vacate fuch Contract at the End of each 
Year, upon giving Three Months Notice; proper Ad« 
vertifements tor that Purpofe being firft fixed upon the 
feveral Toll Gates, upon the Market Croffes in the neigh- 
bouring Market Towns, and inferted in fome Journal or 
News Paper circulated in that Part of the Country 
where fuch Roads refpetively lie, {pecifying the Sum 
which fuch Tolls amounted to in the preceding Year, 


and that no lefs was to be offered; and if every Bidder 


was to make his Propofal by a Ticket fealed up and de- 
livered to the Clerk in the Prefence of the Truitees, and 
the beft Bidder was to. give Security for the Performance 
of his Contract ; and that Power fhould be given to all 
Truftees to farm out the Tolls, who are not authorized 
to do it by the particular Turnpike Acts, 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That much Trouble would be faved. to the Truttees; 
much Expence to the Public, and many Frauds’ pre- 
vented, if every Turnpike Road was to be made and 
kept in Repair by Contract, inftead of. Wages; for 
which Purpofe, it fhould be divided into convenient 
Diftricts, fpecifying each Part of the Road. fo intended 
to be made or kept in Repair, by feparate Allotments, 
and notified in Writing in Manner aforefaid ; and, to 
prevent Impofitions in fuch Contracts, the Road in each 
Allotment thould be previoufly viewed, and each in- 
tended Contract eftimated by a fkilful Surveyor ; and 
the Undertakers fhould be allowed to.call in fuch Sta- 
tute Duty from the adjacent Places, as fhould be agreed 
upon, to be employed in performing fuch Contract. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, when any Turnpike Road fhall be indicted or 
prefented, the Expence attending the fame, and alfo the 
Fine to be fet by the Court for the repairing of fuch 
Road, fhould be proportioned between ss liable 
to repair-the fame and the Treafurer of fuch Turnpike 
Road, in fuch Manner and Proportions as the Court, in 
which fuch Indictment or Prefentment fhall be preferred, 
fhall order ; and that the Treafurer fhould pay the Sum 
fo ordered, out of the Firft Money which fhall come to 
his Hands, and be allowed the fame in his Accounts. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, where any ancient Road fhall be turned, by 
Virtue of any Turnpike At, and the old Road fhall 
be fhut up, the Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, which 
was liable to repair fuch old Road, fhould be and 
continue, in like Manner, liable to repair: the new 
Road, after the fame fhall have been put in fufi- 
cient Repair by the Truftees of fuch Turnpike Ad, 
and be fo certified by Two Juftices of the Peace, 
fo that the fame do not exceed the Length of the 
old Road; if it fhould, then fo much as lies neareft 
to fuch Parifh or Place, equal in Length to fuch 
old Road; and that no old Road ought to be fhut 
up, till fuch new Road fhall be fo repaired and cer- 
tified. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That no Bill, for making any new Turnpike Road, 
ought to be prefented to the Houfe, until an Efti- 
mate of the Expence of making the fame fhall have 
been made, and proved to the Committee to whom 
the Petition for fuch Bill fhall have been referred, 
and Three Fourths of the Money contained in fuch 
Eftimate fubfcribed ; and that no Toll Gate ought 
to be erected, nor any of the Laws relating to 
Turnpike Roads enforced, upon any Part of fuch 
Turnpike Road, until Two Thirds, at Jeaft, of the 
Money fo iubfcribed, thall have been expended in 
the Repairs thereof. 

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Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 

That no Side Gate ought to be erected, under the 
general Powers contained in any Turnpike Aé, un- 
lefs ordered by the Truftees, at their Firft Meeting 
after obtaining fuch Act, or at fome fubfequent 
Meeting, of which Fourteen Days public Notice 
fhould be given, by Writing affixed upon the feve- 
ral Toll Gates upon fuch Turnpike Road, fpecifying 
the Intention of fetting up fuch Gate; and that 
no Perfon fhould be obliged to pay Toll at any 
Gate ereéted, or to be ereéted, acrofs any Turnpike 
Road, or on the Side thereof, for any Carriage, 
Horfe, or Beaft, which meerly croffes the fame, or 
does not pafs above One Hundred Yards thereon, 
except over fome Bridge ereéted within that Diftance 
at the Expence of fuch Turnpike. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That no Carriage, liable to be weighed, fhouid pafs 
upon any Turnpike Road, or public Highway, un- 
lefs the fame fhall be made and conftructed in fuch 
Manner, that no Pair of Wheels fhall be wider than 
Four Feet Six Inches from Infide to Infide, to be 
meafured on the Ground; and that the Diftance 
from the Centre of the Fore Wheels to the Centre 
of the Hind Wheels of all fuch Waggons, or Four- 
wheeled Carriages (not being ufed for the Carriage 
of Timber only) fhall not be more than Nine Feet, 
to be meafured from the Centre of the Axle-trees 
at the Ends thereof. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That all Carriages, having the Rollers or Fellies of 
the Wheels of the Breadth of Sixteen Inches, thall 
be permitted to draw any Number of Horfes upon 
any Road, and not be reftrained to any Weight, 
and ought to pafs through all Turnpikes Toll-free 
for Three Years. 

Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, 
That, after the intended Act fhall be paffed into a 
Law, there ought to be a Standing Order of the 
Houfe, that no Turnpike Bill fhould pafs without 
a Claufe in it, that nothing therein contained fhould 
extend, or be conftrued to extend, to vary or alter 
‘any Regulations contained in that Ad. 

The faid Refolutions being feverally read a Second 
Time, were, upon the Queition feverally put there- 
upon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, ‘That the faid Report be printed; and 
that Mr. Speaker do appoint the Printing thereof ; 
and that no Perfon, but iuch as he fhall appoint, do 
prefume to print the fame. 


Mr. Skipwith reported from the Committee; to whom 
the ingrofied Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vetting in Wiliam Ruffel, and his Heirs, in Fee Sim- 

le, feveral Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, 
in the County of Worcefter, comprifed in his Mar- 
riage Settlement, difcharged from the Ufes of the 
faid Settlement; and for fettling other Meffuages, 
Lands, and Hereditaments of the faid William Ruffl, in 
the County of Warwick, of greater Value, in Lieu 
thereof; and for other the Purpofes therein mentioned, 
was committed ; That the Committee had examined the 
Allegations of the Bill, and found the fame to be true ; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their Con- 
dent to the Bill, to the Satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had direéted him to re- 
port the Bill to the Houfe, without any Amend- 
ment: And he delivered the Bill in at the Clerk’s 
Fable. 

And the faid Bill was read the. Third Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill do pafs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Skipwith do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath agreed 
to the fame, without any Amendment. 


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MA. 17792. 


A Petition of the Innkeepers and Victualers ot 
the Borough of Dorchefer, in the County of Dor/et, 
was prefented to the Houfe, and read ; Complaining 
of the Hardfhips the Petitioners allege they labour 
under, from the prefent Mode of quartering Soldiers 
and Horfes upon them; and praying the Houfe 
will take the Matter of their Petition into Confide- 
ration, and grant them fuch Relief or Redrefs therein 
as to the Houfe fhall feém meet. 

Ordered, That the faid Petition do lie upon’ the 
Table, 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Aé for rendering the Payment of the 
Creditors of Infolvent Debtors more equal and ex- 
peditious; and for regulating the Diligence of the 
Law, by Arreftment and Poinding ; and for extend- 
ing the Privilege ot Bills to Promiffory Notes; and 
for limiting Actions upon Bills and Promiffory Notes, 
in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as 
followeth; viz. 

Pr. 5.1. 17. Leave out from * the” to “ in- 

timating” in Line 22; and in- 

fert ‘* Public Paper, to be ap- 

“ pointed, as is herein after 

a mentioned,” inftead — there- 

of. 

Leave out from “* Advertife- 
“* ment” to “ requiring” in 
Line 23; and infert * as is 
«« herein after mentioned,” ‘in- 
ftead thereof. 

Leave out from ** Advertife- 
“ment” to ‘ notifying” in 
Line 5; and infert “ as is 
*s herein after mentioned” in- 
ftead thereof. 

Leave out from “ Manner’ to 
“and” in the next Line; and 
infert ‘* herein after mentioned” 
inftead thereof, 

Leave out ‘ aforefaid,” and infert 
*¢ herein after mentioned” in- 
ftead thereof. 

Leave out from 
“&lt; ment” to * 
31. 

Leave out ‘ before direéted ;” 
and infert “ herein after men- 
“ tioned” inftead thereof. 

Leave out “ before direéted ;” and 
infert ** herein after: mentioned” 
inflead thereof. 

Leave out ‘ before direéted ;” 
and infert ** herein after men- 
*“ tioned” inftead thereof. 

Leave out from ‘“ Advertife- 
“ ment” to ‘¢ which” in Line 
43; and infert “ as is herein 
‘¢ after mentioned” inftead there- 
of. 

Leave out from “ leaft” to “ For- 
« ty” in Prefs 24. Line 1. 
Leave out “ containing,” and in- 
fert ** contain” inttead there- 

of. 

After ‘* appointed” infert “* Claufe 


Pr. 10. l. 21. 


Pr. 


If. 


ce 


as” 


Advertife- 
in Line 


Pr. 13. 


Pr. 14. 


Pr. 22. 


Pr. 23. 1. 


Pr, 


Claufe A. it further’ Enacted, 
“ That, for the Purpote of 
“‘ carrying this Act more effec- 
“ tually into Execution, the 


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“ Court of Seffion fthall be, 
«« and hereby is authorized and 
“ required, to appoint, from 
“Time to Time, One Public 
“ Paper, printed at Edinburgh, 
“ wherein may and fhall be 
“* inferted, all fuch Advertife- 
“ ments as are herein before di- 
“* re€ted to be publifhed.” 
The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Se- 
eond Time, were, upon the —e feverally put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 
Ordered, That Sir Alexander Gilmour do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this Houfe 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
fhips. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét for repealing feveral Laws therein mentioned, 
againft Badgers, Engroffers, Foreftallers, and Regrators ; 
and for indemniiying Perfons againft Profecutions for 
Offences committed againft the faid Aéts. 

And the faid Amendments were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 

Pr. 2, 1. 10. Leave out “ as relates to the 

“* buying and felling of Cattle 
“© in Smithfield and _ elfewhere, 
“© by Butchers.” 
1. 14. Leave out “ Ten Miles of.” 
l. 15. After “ Weftminfter” infert “ or 
«&lt; within Ten Miles thereof.” 
1, 15: Leave out ‘* which faid Acts and 
"76.9 ‘ Part of an A&amp;.” 

The faid Amendments, being feverally read a Se- 
cond Time, were, upon the Queftion feverally put 
thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. 

Ordered, That Mr. Burke do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this Houfe hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
fhips. 


Sit Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, 
to whom the Bill for the better Regulation of the 
Nightly Watch, and Beadles, within the City and 
Liberty of Weftminfter, and Parts adjacent; and for 
other the Purpofes therein mentioned, was commit- 
ted ; That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made feveral Amendments thereunto, which they had 
directed him to report to the Houfe; and he read the 
Report in his Place ; and afterwards delivered the Bill, 
with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table: Where 
the Report was read. 

Ordered, That. fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be fuf- 
ficient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. 


A Meffage from the Lords, by Mr. Holford and 
Mr. Harris : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Aé&amp; for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Mo- 
ney, out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying cer- 
tain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the 


“Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two, 


and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in 
this Seffion of Parliament ; and for making forth Dupli- 
cates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, 
Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other. Orders, loft, 
burnt, or deftroyed; without any Amendment: And alfo, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the better Regulation of Buildings and Party 
Walls, within the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and 
the Liberties thereof, and other the Parifhes, Precinéts, 
Vou, XXXII. 


953 


and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Mortality, the Pa- 
rifhes of Saint Mary-le-Bon and Paddington, Saint Pan- 
cras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the County of Mid- 
dlefex, and for the better preventing of Mifchiefs by 
Fire, within the faid Cities, Liberties, Parifhes, Pre- 
cinéts, and Places; and for amending and reducing the 
Laws relating thereto into One A&amp;t; and for other Pur- 
pofes ; without any Amendment: And alfo, 
’ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to regulate the Importation and Exportation of 
Corn ; with fome Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords defire the Concurrence of this Houfe: And alfo, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
A&amp; to explain and amend an Act, made in: the Tenth 
Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, “ An Act for 
“* better Prefervation of the Game within that Part of 
“© Great Britain, called England ;” with fome Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords defire the 
Concurrence of this Houfe. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An_ Att to regulate the Importation and Exportation of 
Corn. 


And the faid Amendments were read; and are as 
followeth ; viz. 
Pr. 1 1, 29. Leave out * for the Purpofe of 
“charging any Duties payable 
“on fuch Corn and Grain,” 
and infert “ imported” inftead 
thereof. 
Pr, 3. 1 5. Leave out * or” and infert ** and” 
inftead thereof. 
Pr. 4. 1. 22. After “ Malt” infert “‘ ground or 
“‘unground Bear, Big, or Oat- 
‘© meal, or Malt made of Wheat.” 
}. 24. After ‘ mentioned” infert “ any 
“ Law to the contrary in any 
“ wife notwithftanding.” 
Pr.12. 1 2. After  notwithftanding’ infert 
** Provided alfo, That no Bounty 
‘ fhall be payable in any of the 
* Cafes wherein Exportation is 
“hereby permitted as aforefaid, 
** any Law to the contrary in any 
“ wife notwithitanding.” 
1. 22. Leave out the firft “and” and 
infert ‘¢ or” inftead thereof. 
l. 22. After ‘ Malt” infert “* ground or 
“ unground Bear, Big, or Oat- 
“ meal, or Malt made of Wheat.” 
J. 23. Leave out “ of fuch Wheat, 
«© Wheat Meal, and Wheat 
“ Flour, Rye, Barley, and 
«¢ Malt,” and infert ‘* thereof”? 
inftead thereof. 
1. 34. Leave out “ of Wheat, Rye, 
“* Barley, and Malt,” and in- 
fert “ thereof” inftead thereof. 
Pr. 13. 1. 19. After “ always” infert “ And be it 
“further Enaéted by the Au- 
*¢ thority aforefaid.” 
1. 23. Leave out * begun to fhip” and 
infert “‘ fhipped” inftead thereof, 
Pr. 14. 1. 1. Leave out “ for and upon.” 
l. 5. Leave out “ and which fhall,” and 
infert “may within the Space 
“Sof Three Months” initead 
thereof. 
1 6. Leave outfrom ‘“ thereout” to the 
firft ‘ and” in Line 20. 
l. 26, Leave out from “ cancelled” to the 
End of the Bill. 
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And a Motion-being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Amendments be read a Second 


Time 3 


It paffed in the Negative, Nemine contradicente. 
Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Bill, 
with the Amendments, be_ rejected. 


The Houfe proceeded to take into Confideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Aét to explain and amend an Aét, made in the 
Tenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, “ An 
“© A&amp; for better Prefervation of the Game within that 
«© Part of Great Britain, called England.” 

And the faid Amendments were read ; and are as fol- 


Joweth ; viz. 
Prete h 53 
| ee 


Pr. 3. 1. 18. 
(Claufe A.) 


Pr. 6. 1. 37. 
Pr. 6.1 8s 
3 l, 13. 

I, 14. 


(Claufe B.) 


Leave out ‘ the.” 
Leave out “in” and infert * within” 


inftead thereof. 


After “ paid” infert «* Claufe A.” 
And be it further Enacted, by the 


Authority aforefaid, That when 
any Complaint fhall be made, 
upon Oath, againft any Perfon 
or Perfons, for any Offence or 
Offences againft this Aéct, it 
fhall and may be lawful, for the 
Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, 
before whom fuch Complaint 
fhall be made,- to’ iffue his or 
their Warrant or Warrants, to 
apprehend the Perfon or Perfons 
againft whom fuch Complaint 
fhall be made, and to caule 
fuch Perfon or Perfons to be 
brought before him or them, to 
anfwer fuch Complaint; and 
fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be 
proceeded againft in fueh Man- 
ner as is herein-before dire¢ted. 
Leave out from “ whatfoever” to 
“and” in Prefs 7, line 30. 
After “ A&amp;” infert “ for killing 
«© Game in thé Night.” 


After “ A&amp;” infert ‘* and withthe 


“¢ like Power of Appeal to the 
&lt;&lt; Quarter Seffions as is herein- 
“¢ before allowed by this Act.” 


Leave out “ all the Provifions of,” 


and infert * from and after 
“the faid Twenty-fourth Day 
“of Fune One thoufand Seven 
“ hundred and Sevzaty-two.” 
inftead thereof. 

Leave out “ not hereby 2ltered, 
“* amended, or explained,” and 
infert “of the Tenth Year of 
“* the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
“¢ jefty” inftead thereof. 

Leave out ** are” and infert ** is” 
inftead thereof; and leave out 
“© declared to be.” 

Leave out ** One” and infert * Six” 
inftead thereof; and leave out 
‘© Month” and infert ** Months” 
inftead thereof. 

At ar End of the Bill add ** Claufe 
«&amp; sd 

And whereas, by an Act paffed in 
the Second Year of His prefent 
Majefty’s Reign, intituled, An 
A&amp; for the better Prefervation 
of the Game in that Part of 
Great Britain, called England, 


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certain Reftrictions, with refpect 
to the Times of killing Groufe, 
commonly called Red Game, 
have been found ineffectual to 

.. anfwer the good Purpofes there- 

by intended ; Therefore, in order 
to render the faid Act more ef- 
fectual, Be it Enaéted, by the 
Authority aforefaid, That from 
and after the:faid Twenty-fourth 
Day of June One thoufand 
Seven hundred and Seventy-two, 
no Perfon or Perfons {fhall, 
upon any Pretence whatfoever, 
take, kill, deftroy, carry, fell, 
buy,or have, in his, her, or their 
Pofieffion or Ufe, any Groufe, 
commonly called Red Game, be- 
tween the Firlt Day of Novem- 
ber and the Twentieth Day of 
Auguft, in any Year, on Pain 
of incurring fuch Forfeitures 
and Penalties, to be recovered 
by fuch Ways and Means, and 
to be applicd to fuch Purpofes, 
as by the faid before-recited 
A&amp;, of the Second Year of the 
Reign of His prefent Majefty, 
is directed, with regard to For- 
feitures and Penalties for Of- 
fences againit the fame. 
In the Title of the Bill. 

Leave out ‘ explain and amend,” 
and infert “repeal” inftead 
thereof ; and 

After “ England” infert “ and to 
**make other Provifions _ in- 
** ftead thereof; and to explain 
*¢ and amend an Aé&amp;, made in 
“* the Second Year of His pre- 
* fent Majefty, intituled, An 
“© A&amp;t for the better Preferva- 
* tion of the Game, within that 
“ Part of Great Britain called 
** England.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Queftion being 
put, That the faid Amendments be read a Second 
Time; 

It paffed in the Negative. 

_Refolved, Nemine contradicente, That the faid Bill 
with the Amendments, be rejected. 


Mr. Whitworth reported from the Committee, to 
whom the Bill for regulating the Settlements of Baftard 
Children, was committed; That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made feveral Amendments 
thereunto, which they had direéted him to report to 
the Houfe; and he read the Report in his Place; and 
afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, 
in at the Clerk’s Table : Where the Report was read. 

Ordered, That fuch a Number of Copies of the faid 
Bill, with the Amendments, be printed, as fhall be fuf- 
ficient for the Ufe of the Members of the Houfe. . 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Friday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock, ein 


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12 Geo. IIL: Journals of the Houte of Commons. 


Veneris, 5° die Funii; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIIti Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


PVH E Hour, appointed for taking into Confidera- 
tion the Petition of Thomas Bradhaw, Efquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Saltafo, in the County of Cornwall, being 
come 5 - ST 

The Hoiufe proceeded to thé Appointment of a Select 
Committee, to try and determine the Merits of the faid 
Election and Return, according to the Directions of 
Two feveral Acts of Parliament, paffed in the roth and 
rith Years of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for the 
regulating the Trials of controverted Elections, or Re- 
turns of Members to ferve in Parliament. 

The Serjeant at Arms was directed, by Mr. Speaker, 
to go with the Mace to the Places adjacent, and require 
the immediate Attefdance of the Members, on the 
Bufinefs of the Houfe. 

And he went accordingly. 

And being returned ; ze | 

The Houfe was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 111 
Members being found to be prefent ; 

The Petitioner, his Counfel and Agents, and the 
Counfel and Agents for the Sitting Member, who at- 
tended at the Boor, were called in to the Bar—The 
Clerk of the Select Committees of Elections attending 
alfo at the Bar. 

And the Door of the Houfe being locked, the Clerk 
was directed by Mr. Speaker to read the Order of the 
Day, for taking the faid Petition into Confideration. 

And the fame being read accordingly ; 

The Box, containing the Names of all the Members 
of the Houfe, and fealed with Mr. Speaker’s Seal, was 
placed upon the Table, and the Seals being infpected 
by Mr. Speaker, the Atteftation annexed to the Outfide 
of the Box, figned by Mr. Speaker, purporting, * That 


the faid Box was, on the 3d Day of June 1772, made 


“up in his Prefence, in the Manner direéted by an 
« Aét, made in the 10th Year of the Reign of His 
“* prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to regulate the 
&lt;¢ Trials of controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
“¢ bers to ferve in Parliament,” was read. ) 

And the Seals being’ broken, and the Box opened, 
the Atteftation inclofed therein, and figned by the Clerk, 


‘purporting, “ That the Names of all the Members 


&lt;&lt; were by him, in the Prefence of the Speaker, put 
«into the faid Box, on the 3d Day of Fume 1772,” 
was read. 

And the faid Names, written on diftinét Pieces of 
Paper, being all.as near as might be, of an equal Size, 
and rolled up in the. fame Manner, were by the Clerk 
taken out of the faid Box, and put in equal Numbers, 
into Six Glaffes,- placed on the Table for that Purpofe, 
and were there fhaken together; atid then the Clerk 
publicly drew out of the faid Six Glaffes, alternately, 
the faid Pieces of Paper, and delivered them to Mr. 
Speaker, who read the fame to the Houfe. 

And the Names of Ten Members, then prefent, were 
drawn, who were not objected to. 

‘And the Name of Sir Thomas Frankland, Baronet, 
being d#awn, he required to be excufed from ferving 
on the faid Seleé&amp;t.Committee, on Account of his 
having, in this Seffion of Parliament, ferved on the 
Select Committee appointed to try the Merits of the 


Petition of George Prefcott, Efquire, complaining of 


an undue Eleétion and Return for the Borough of 
Milborne Port, in the County of Somerfet ; and ‘he was 
excufed accordingly. 

And the Names of Six other Members, then prefent, 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 


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And the Name of William Ewer, Efquire, being 

drawn, he required to be excufed from ferving on thé 
faid Sele&amp;t Committee, on Account of his having, it 
this Seffion ‘of Parliament, ferved on the Seleét Com: 
mittee appointed to try the Merits of the Petition of 
George Prefcott, Efquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Milborne Port, 
in the County of Somerfet; and he was excufed ac- 
cordingly. 
And. the Name of Archibald Douglas, Efquire, be- 
ing drawn, he required to be excufed from ferving on 
the faid Seleét’ Committee, on Account of his being 60 
Years of Age, or’ upwards; and having at the Table 
verified the Caufe’ of fuch Requifition upon Oath, he 
was excufed accordingly. 
' And the Names of Eight other Members, then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Fobn Cleviand, Efquire, being 
drawn, he informed the Houfe that he had given his 
Vote at the Election complained of by the Petition 
now taken into Confideration; and his Name was there- 
upon fet afide with the Names of thofe who were abfent 
from the Houfe. 

And the Names of Two othet Members, then prefent; 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Fames Wallace, Efquire, being 
drawn, the Counfel for the Petitioner declaréd, that the 
faid Mr. Wallace was intended to be nominated by the 
faid Petitioner; and the faid Mr. Wallace having in his 
Place confented to fuch Nomination, and no Objeétion 
being made to his ferving on the faid Select Committee 
as fuch Nominee, his Name was fet afide. 

And the Name of the Lord Clare being drawn, he 
required to be excufed from ferving on the faid Select 
Committee, on Account of his being 60 Years of Age, 
or upwards; and having at the Table verified the Caufe 
of fuch Requifition upon Oath; he was excufed ac- 
cordingly. 

And the Narhes of Nine other Members, then prefent, 
were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Robert Harley, Efquire; being 
drawn, he required to be excufed trom ferving on the 
faid Sele&amp;t Committee, on Account of his being 60 
Years of Age, or upwards; and having at the Table 
verified the Caufe of fuch Requifition upon Oath, he 
was excufed accordingly. 

And the Names of Three other Members, then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of the Right honourable Tomas Har- 
ley being drawn, he offered to the Houle, as an Excufe 
for not ferving on the faid Sele€&amp;t Committee, that he 
was one of the Aldermen of the City of Londox, now on 
the Rota, attending the Seffion of general Gaol Delivery 
at the Old Bailey, and that his Abfence from that Duty 
would be attended with great Inconvenience in carrying 
on the Bufinefs of the faid Seffion; and the Sub- 
{tance of what was fo alleged by him being taken down 
by the Clerk, in Manner before mentioned, and the faid 
Member having at the Table verified the fame upon 
Oath—the Opinion of the Houfe was taken thereon, 
Mr. Speaker putting the Queftion to the Houfe, That 
the faid Member (in refpect of what he has now fo al- 
leged arid verified) be excufed from ferving on the faid 
Select Committee—Which being agreed to by the 
Houfe, he was excufed accordingly. 

And the Names of Three other Members; then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the Name of Sir Harry Burrard, Baronet, being 
drawn, he required to be excufed from ferving on the 
faid Seleét Committee, on Aceouttt of his being 60 Yeats 
of Age, or upwards; and having at the Table verified 
the Caufe of fuch Requifition upon Oath, he was ex- 
cufed accordingly. : 

And the Names of Eight other Members, then pre- 
fent, were drawn, who were not objected to. 

And the whole Number of Forty-nine Members, fo 

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drawn and not excufed-or fet afide, being complete, the 
Counfel for the Sitting Member was called upon by Mr. 
Speaker to nominate One, from amongft the Members 
then prefent, whofe Names had not been drawn, to be 
added to thofe chofen by Lot to ferve on the faid Select 
Committee. 

Whereupon the faid Counfel named William Baker, 
Efquire, who was not objected to. 

And Two Lifts of the Names of the Forty-nine Mem- 
bers, fo drawn as aforefaid, and not excufed or fet afide, 
having been prepared by the Clerk ; 

And the Door of the Houfe being opened , 

One of the faid Lifts was delivered to the Counfel for 


the Petitioner, and the other of them t6 the Counfel for - 


the Sitting Member ; and thereupon the Petitioner, with 
the Counfel and Agents on both Sides, together with 
the Clerk appointed to attend the Select Committees of 
Elections, immediately withdrew. 

And being, after fome Time, again returned to the 
Bar, the faid Clerk attending the faid Committees of 
Eleétions, informed the Houfe, that the Counfel for the 
Petitioner, and the Counfel for the Sitting Member, had 
(in his Prefence) beginning on the Part of the Petitioner, 
alternately ftruck off One of the faid Forty-nine Names, 
contained in the faid Lifts, until the Number was re- 
duced to Thirteen ; and he delivered in to the Houfe 
the Lifts fo ftruck, together with a new Lift of the 
Names of the Thirteen Members then remaining un- 
ftruck ;,which laft mentioned Lift was read by Mr. 
Speaker, and is as follows: 

William Edwardes, Efquire, George Durant, Efqure, 
the hon. Charles Dillon, Charles Crowle, Efquire, Noel 
Hill, Efquire, John Purling, Efquire, George ennings, 
Efquire, Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Efquire, Harcourt 
Powell, Efguire, Fobn Cator, Efquire, Lord Bela/y/e, 
Fofeph Martin, Eiquire, Henry Fletcher, Efquire. 

And the Names of the faid ames Wallace, Efquire, and 
William Baker, Efquire, nominated as aforefaid, being 
added to the faid Lift, the Names of the faid Fifteen 
Members were called over, and being come to the Table 
they were acquainted by Mr. Speaker, that they were 
a Seleé&amp;t Committee appointed to try the Merits. of the 
Petition of Tomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Saltafh, in the County of Cornwall: And they were 
then fworn by the Clerk, as follows : 

You, and each of you, fhall well and truly try the 
Matter of the Petition of Thomas Bradfhaw, 
Efquire, referred to you, and a true Judgment 
give, according to the Evidence. 


So help you God. 


And the Petitioner, with the Counfel and Agents on. 


both Sides, were then directed to withdraw. 
' Ordered, That the faid Sele&amp; Committee do meet 
forthwith in’ the Committee Chamber, appointed for 
hearing the Trials of controverted Ele¢tions. 


Mr. Sutton prefented to the Houfe, purfuant to the 
Direétions of feveral Acts of Parliament, 

Copies of the Annual Returns of the Militia, at the 
Time of Annual Exercife, in the Year 1771: And 
alfo, 

Such Copies of the Qualifications of the Deputy 
Lieutenants, and Officers of the Militia, for the Year 
1771, as have been tranfmitted to His Majeity’s Princi- 
pal Secretaries of State. 

Together with Lifts of the faid Papers. 

And the faid Lifts were read. 

Ordered, That the faid Papers do lie upon the Table, 
to be perufed by the Members of the Houfe. 

The faid Papers are preferved amongft the other 
Papers of this Seffion. 


Ordered, That the feveral original Books and Papers, 
which have been produced to the Committee, who were 
appointed to enquire into the Nature, State, and Con- 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


4.1772, 


dition, of the Ea? India Company, and of the Britifh 


Affairs in the Zaft Indies, be re-delivered to the Ea? India 
Company. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till Monday Morning 
next, Ten of the Clock. 





Luna, 8° die Funii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii IIIt? Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Cornwall, from the Seleét Committee, who 

were appointed to try and determine the Merits 
of the Petition of Thomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Eleétion and Return for the Borough 
of Saltafh, in the County of Cornwall, informed the 
Houfe, that the faid Seleét Committee have deter- 
mined, 

That Thomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, the Petitioner, ought 
to have been returned a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent 
Parliament for the Borough of Sal/ta/h, in the County of 
Cornwall, 

And alfo, that the faid Committee have determined, 

That the faid Thomas Bradfhaw, Efquire, is duly 
elected a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Parliament for 
the Borough of Salta. 

And the faid Determinations were ordered to be en- 
tered in the Journals of this Houfe. 2 

Ordered, That the Deputy Clerks of the Crown do 
attend this Houfe, immediately, with the Return for the 
Borough of Salta/h, in the County of Cornwall; and 
amend the fame by rafing out the Name of Yobn Wil- 
hams, Efquire, and inferting the Name of Thomas Brad- 
joaw, Efquire, inftead thereof. 

And the Deputy Clerk of the Crown attending, ac- 
2 ae to Order, amended the faid Return accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repealing the feveral Laws now in being, for Preferva- 
tion of the Game in this Kingdom; .and for enacting 
other Provifions, for the fame Purpofes, in Lieu there- 
of: And that Mr. Whitworth and Sir Charles Whitworth 
do prepare, and bring in, the fame. 


And then the Houfe adjourned till To-morrow Morn- 
ing, Ten of the Clock. 





Martis, 9° die Funii ; 
Anno 12° Georgii III? Regis, 1772. 


PRAYERS. 


: ee Lord North reported to the Houfe, that their 
Addrefs of Wednefday aft (that His Majetty 
would be pre pleafed to order fome further Re- 
compence to made to Fohn Ley, Efquire, Clerk 
Affiftant of this Houle, for’ his, fail Difcharge of 
his Duty in the Service of the Houfe, in fuch Manner 
as His Majefty thall judge proper) had been prefented 
to His Majefty ; and that His Majefty had command.” 
ed him to acquaint this Houfe, that He will give Di- 
rections as delired by the faid Addrefs. 

The Lord North alfo reported to the Houfe, that 
their Addrefies of Wednefday laft (that His Majefty 
would be gracioufly pleafed to order the Sum of Seven 
hundred Pounds to be advanced to Fobn Hat/eil, Biquire;... 


Clerk 








orn- 





12 Geo. Il. Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 954 


Clerk of this Houfe, towards defraying the Expence 
of Printing the Journal of this Houfe; from the End of 
the laft Seffion of Parliament to tlie End of this prefent 
Seffion, with a proper Index thereto, and to defray fuch 
extraordinary Expences as have been incurred on Ac- 
count of the printed Journals of this Houfe; and to 
affure His Majefty, that this Houfe will make good the 
fame; and alfo, a Sum, not exceeding Five hundred 
Pounds, to be advanced, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as 
the Speaker of this Houfe fhall authorize to receive the 
fame, towards further defraying the Expence of mak- 
ing a General Index to the Journals of this Houfe; 
and to affure His Majefty, that this Houfe will make 
good the fame) had been prefented to His Majefty ; 
and that His Majefty had commanded him to acquaint 
this Houfe, that He will give Directions as defired by 
the faid Addrefies. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do iffue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the Electing of a Burgefs to ferve in this prefent Par- 
liament for the Borough of Lyme Regis, in the County 
of Dorfet, in the Room of the honourable Henry Fane, 
who, fince his Eleétion for the faid Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Keeper of His Majefty’s Private 
Roads, Gates, and Bridges, and Conductor or Guide of 
His Royal Perfon in all the Royal Progreffes. 


A Mefflage from the Lords, by Mr. Browning and 
Mr. pore 2 
Mr. Speaker, 7 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aéct 
for inrolling in the Court of Chancery in Great Britain, 
an Exemplification of the Will of Chriffopher Robinjon, 
late of the Colony of Virginia, in America, deceafed, to 
be made under the Provincial Seal of the faid Colony ; 
and for making Copies of fuch Inrollment Evidence 
in Great Britain; for enfranchifing certain Copyhold 
Eftates, late the Property of the faid Chriftopher Robin- 
fon, in the County of York; and for making Satisfac- 
tion to the Prebendary of Dunington for the fame; and 
for other Purpofes ; without any Amendment. 

And then the Meffengers withdrew. 


Mr. Whitworth prefented to the Houfe, according 
to Order, a Bill for repealing the feveral Laws now in 
being, for Prefervation of the Game in this Kingdom, 
and for enacting other Provifions, for the fame Purpofe, 
in Lieu thereof: And the fame was received; and read 
the Firft Time. 

Refolved, That the Bill be read a Second Time. 

Ordered, That the faid Bill be printed. 


A Meffage from His Majefty, by Sir Francis Moly- 

neux, Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker; 

The King commands this honourable Houft to at- 
tend His Majefty, immediately, in the Houfe of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to attend His Majefty ; where’ His Majefty was pleafed 
to give the Royal Affent to the feveral public and pri- 
vate Bills following ; viz. 

An A&amp; for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum 
of Money, out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying 
certain Monies, therein mentioned, for the Service of 
the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-two ; 
and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in 
this Seffion of Parliament; and for making forth Du- 
plicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Cer- 
tificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other Orders, 
loft, burnt, or deftroyed : 

An Aé&amp;t for rendering the Payment of the Creditors 
of Infolvent Debtors more equal and expeditious; and 
for regulating the Diligence of the Law by Arreitment 
and Poinding; and for extending the Privilege of Bills 
to Promiffory Notes ; and for limiting Actions upon 

Vor. XXXII. 


Bills and Promiffory Notes, in that Part of Great Britain 
called Scotland : 

An Act for repealing feveral Laws therein mentioned, 
againft Badgers, Engroffers, Foreltallers, and Regra- 
tors ; and for indemnifying Perions againft Profecutions 
for Offences committed againft the faid A&amp;s: 

An Aé&amp;t for the better Regulation of Buildings and 
Party Walls, within the Cities of London and Weftmin- 
Jter, and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parithes, 
Precinéts, and Places, in the Weekly Bills of Morta- 
lity ; the Parifhes of Saint Mary-le-Bone and Padding- 
ton, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelfea, in the 
Courity of Middlefex , and for the better preventing of 
Mifchiefs by Fire, within the faidl Cities, Liberties, Pa- 
rifhes, Precinéts, and Places; and for amending and 
reducing the Laws relating thereto into One A&amp;t ; and 
for other Purpofes : 

An Act for vetting in William Ruffel, and his Heirs, 
in Fee Simple, feveral Meffuages, Lands, and Heredi- 
taments, in the County of Worcefter; comprifed in 
his Marriage Settlement, difcharged from- the Ufes of 
the faid Settlement ; and for fettling other Meffuages, 
Lands, and Hereditaments, of the faid William Ruffel, 
in the County of Warwick, of greater Value, in Lieu 
thereof; and for other thé Purpofes therein menti- 
oned : 

An Aét for inrolling in theCourt of Chancery in Great 
Britain, an Exemplification} of the Will of Chri/topheb 
Robinfon, late of the Colony of Virginia, in America, 
deceafed, to be made under the Provincial Seal of the 
faid Colony; and for making Copies of fuch Inroll- 
ment Evidence in Great Britain , for enfranchifing cer- 
tain Copyhold Eftates, late the Property of the faid 
Chriftopher Robinfon, in the County of York; and for 
making Satisfaction to the Prebendary of Dunington for 
the fame; and for other Purpofes. 


After which, His Majefty was pleafed to niake a moft 
gracious Speech to both Houfes of Parliament, as fol» 
loweth ; viz. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I carinot put an End to this Seffion of Parliament; 
without exprefling the Satisfaction I have felt in ob- 
ferving the Temper, and the Prudence, which have go- 
verned all your Deliberations, during the Courfe of it ; 
and without returning you My particular Thanks for 
the frefh Proof you have given of your affectionate 
Attachment to Me, in the additional Security you have 
provided for the Welfare, and Honour of My Family. 

I can, with great Pieafure, acquaint you, That the 
Difpofition of the Powers of Europe give Me the 
ftrongeft Reafon to believe, that this Nation will not be 
difturbed in the Enjoyment of the Bleflings of Peace. 


Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 


I thank you heartily for the Supplies, which you 
have granted with fo much Chearfulneis and Difpatch ; 
and for the ample Provifion you have made for every 
Branch of the Public Service: And I fee, with Plea- 
fure and Approbation, that you have, at the fame 
Time, been able, by a proper Difpofition of the Public 
Money, to make a further Progrefs in reducing the 
National Debt. 


My Lords; and Gentlemen, 


I make no Doubt but that you will carry, into your 
refpective Countries, the fame Principles, and the fame 
Zeal, for the Public Good, which I have experienced 
from you in Parliament ; and that you will continue to 
exert your beft Endeavours, to cultivate and improve a 
Spirit of Harmony, and Confidence,Jamongft all Ranks of 
My faithful Subjects. Leet it be your conftant Care to 
convince them, That, without a due Reverence for 
the Laws, and a chearful Obedience to juft Authority, 
neither their Civil nor Religious Rights, and Liberties, 

1 L can 





958 


can be enjoyed in Comfort or Security: And to affure 
. them, That I confider their Interefts as infeparably con- 
neéted with My own, and that I am, and have ever 
been periuaded, That the Profperity’and Glory of 
my Reiga muft depend upon My poffeffing the Affec- 
tion, and maintaining the Happinefs, of My People. 


And afterwards the Lord Chancellor, by His Ma- 
jefty’s Command, faid, 

It is His Majefty’s Royal Will and Pleafure, That 
this Parliament be prorogued to Tuefday the Eleventh 
Day of Auguft next, to be then here held; and this 
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tue/day, the 
Eleventh Day of Augu/t next. 





Martis, 11° die Augufti; 
Anno 12° Georgii III*i Regis, 1772. 


HE Houfe being met, purfuant to the laft Pro- 
rogation ; 

A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Coxe, Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
honourable Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the 
Commiffion read. | 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers ; where the Commiffion was read, 
for the further Proroguing of the Parliament until 
Tuefday the 29th Day of September next ; and the Par- 
tiament was accordingly prorogued until Tve/day the 29th 
Day of September next. 


Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 


A. 1772. 


Martis, 29° die Septembris ; 
Anno 12° Georgii TIT*' Regis, 1772. 


HE Houfe being met, purfuant to the laft Pro- 
rogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Country ; 

A Meffage was brought from the Lords, by Mr, 
Quarme, Yeoman Uther of the Black Rod : 

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His — 
Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
honourable Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear th 
Commiffion read. 

Accordingly the Houfe, with the Clerk Affiftant, 
went up to the Houfe of Peers ; where the Conimiffion 
was read, for the further proroguing of the Parliament, 
until Tuefday the 17th Day of November next ; and the 
Parliament was accordingly prorogued until T#efday the 
17th Day of November next. 





Martis, 17° die Novembris ; 
Anno 13° Georgii IITti Regis, 1772. 


HE Houfe being met, purfuyant to the laft Pro- 
rogation ; 

A Mefiage was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Quarme, Yeoman Uther of the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of His Majefty’s 
Commiffion, defire the immediate Attendance of this 
honourable Houfe, in the Houfe of Peers, to hear the 
Commiffion read. : 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the Houfe, went up 
to the Houfe of Peers ; where the Commiffion was read, - 
for the further Proroguing of the Parliament, until 
Thurfday the 26th Day of this Inftant November, and 
the Parliament was accordingly prorogued until Thurfday 
the 26th Day of this Inftant November, x 








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