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House of Lords Journal Volume 38: July 1789 21-30

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Journal of the House of Lords Volume 38, 1787-1790. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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July 1789 21-30

DIE Martis, 21o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Stormont.
Ds. Cathcart.

PRAYERS.

Tea Drawback Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for allowing the like Drawback on Teas exported to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and to Gibraltar, and other Places on the Continent of Europe, and to Africa, as is now allowed on Teas exported to Ireland or America."

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

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

Idlecote Enclosure Bill rejected.

Moved, "That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm an Enclosure heretofore made of certain Open Fields in the Parish of Idlecote, in the County of Warwick," be rejected."

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof," be read a Second Time on Thursday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Petitioners against to be heard.

Ordered, That the Petitioners, praying to be heard by their Counsel against the said Bill, be at Liberty to be heard by their Counsel against the said Bill, as desired, at the Second Reading thereof.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum tertium diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 23o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin.
Epus. Bangor.
Dux Gloucester.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Kenyon.

PRAYERS.

Writs of Error delivered.

The Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered in at the Table Three Writs of Error;

Kinlock et al. against Craig.

In the First of which,
George Farquhar Kinlock and others are Plaintiffs,
and
James Craig is Defendant:

Crossley against Sir R. Arkwright.

In the Second,
George Crossley Gentleman is Plaintiff,
and
Sir Richard Arkwright Knight is Defendant.

Longs against Webster.

And in the last,
Joshua Long the Elder, and Joshua Long the Younger, are Plaintiffs,
and
John Webster is Defendant.

De Bons et al. Naturalization Bill.

The Earl Stanhope reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry de Bons, Francis Blanchenay, and James Chauvet," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

East India Company's Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the East India Company to raise Money by further increasing their Capital Stock;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Auction Duty, &c. Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to exempt all Piece Goods wove in this Kingdom, and which shall be sold by Auction, from the Duty imposed on such Sales; for exempting Persons licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors from the Payment of the Duties imposed on such Licences, who shall leave off retailing such Liquors before the Expiration of the Time for which such Licences shall be granted; and for obliging Persons who shall deal in Brandy, not being Retailers, Rectifiers, or Distillers, to take out Licences for that Purpose;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Coffee Drawback Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting further Time for allowing the Drawback upon the Exportation of Coffee imported by the East India Company in the Ship Lord Camden, in the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

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

Revolution to commemorate, Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to establish a perpetual Anniversary Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for having by the Glorious Revolution delivered this Nation from arbitrary Power, and to commemorate annually the Confirmation of the People's Rights;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Motion for First Reading negatived:

Moved, "That the said Bill be now read the First Time."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Negative.

Bill rejected.

Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.

Slave Trade Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to continue for a limited Time, and amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to regulate for a limited Time the Shipping, and carrying Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Northern Lighthouses, Accounts respecting, delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Alcock, from the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland, attended:"

He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of the 26th of His present Majesty,

"Account of the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for erecting Four Light Houses on the Northern Parts of Great Britain."

And then he withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk:

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

Tobacco, Accounts of Imports and Exports of, &c. ordered.

Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this House,

"An Account of the Imports and Exports of Tobacco for the last Five Years, with the Duties and Drawbacks thereupon, distinguishing each Year."

Also, "An Account of Tobacco warehoused in the King's Warehouses, and delivered out from thence for the last Five Years, stating the Shrinking and Surplus in each Year respectively."

Westminster Assurance Society Bill, Petition against.

Upon reading the Petition of the Corporation of the Amicable Society for a perpetual Assurance Office, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to incorporate certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, with proper Powers for the Purpose of establishing a Society, to be named, "The Westminster Society," for granting and purchasing Annuities upon and insuring of Lives and Survivorships;" and praying their Lordships, "That they may be heard by their Counsel against the same, and that the said Bill may not pass into a Law:"

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

Tobacco Duty Bill, Petition of the Corporation of London against, negatived.

A Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, was presented and read, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and praying their Lordships, "That the said Bill may not pass into a Law."

Moved, "That the said Petition be rejected."

The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

Jefferis against Doe:

Upon reading the Petition of Job Doe, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Thomas Jefferis is Plaintiff; setting forth, "That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the Time limited by their Lordships Standing Order;" and therefore praying, "That the said Writ of Error may be Non-pros'd, with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"

Writ of Error non-pros'd with Costs.

It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith enter a Non-pros on the said Writ of Error, as desired, and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of Error had been brought into this House; and further, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay or cause to be paid to the Defendant in Error the Sum of Forty Pounds for his Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the said Judgement.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for hearing Counsel against the same; and for the Lords to be summoned:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and the Petitions of several Persons, Manufacturers of Tobacco and Snuff, on Behalf of themselves and others, praying to be heard by Counsel against the said Bill, was read.

Then Mr. Graham was heard on behalf of the Petitioners against the Bill.

And a Witness was called in, sworn, and examined in Part for the Petitioners against the said Bill.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Bill be put off till To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Westminster Assurance Society Bill:

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to incorporate certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, with proper Powers for the Purpose of establishing a Society, to be named, "The Westminster Society," for granting and purchasing Annuities upon and insuring of Lives and Survivorships," be read a Second Time on Tuesday next.

Petitioners against to be heard.

Ordered, That the Petitioners praying to be heard by their Counsel against the last-mentioned Bill, be at Liberty to be heard by their Counsel against the said Bill at the Second Reading thereof; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill at the same Time, if they think fit.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum quartum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 24o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Bangor. Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
March. Townshend.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

De Bons et al. Naturalization Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry de Bons, Francis Blanchenay, and James Chauvet."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Holford and Mr. Graves:

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

East India Company's Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the East India Company to raise Money by further increasing their Capital Stock," be printed.

Land Revenues, Fifth Report of the Commissioners delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Harrison, from the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the State and Condition of the Land Revenues of the Crown, attended:"

He was called in, and delivered at the Bar,

"The Fifth Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the State and Condition of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, and to sell or alienate Fee Farm, and other unimproveable Rents," together with a Plan of the New Forest referred to in the said Report.

And then he withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk:

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

Ordered, That the said Report be printed.

Corn, &c. Regulation Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for better regulating and ascertaining the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain, and also for better regulating the Exportation of Starch, and the Importation of Rape Seed;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Consolidated Fund Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, and for applying a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

American Commissioners Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners further to enquire into the Losses and Services of all such Persons who have suffered in their Rights, Properties, and Professions, during the late unhappy Dissentions in America, in consequence of their Loyalty to His Majesty, and Attachment to the British Government;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Reed against Cox:

Upon reading the Petition of Nehemiah Reed Esquire, Plaintiff in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein James Cox is Defendant; setting forth, "That the Petitioner brought a Writ of Error returnable before their Lordships, which was brought up into this House on the 20th Day of this Instant July, together with the Record thereof, whereupon, the Petitioner assigned certain Matters for Error: That the Petitioner is advised to withdraw his said Assignment of Errors, and doth not intend further to prosecute his said Writ;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That he may be at Liberty to withdraw his said Assignment of Errors, and that the said Writ of Error may be Non-pros'd with such Costs as their Lordships shall please to direct, the Agent for the said Defendant having signed the said Petition as consenting thereto:"

Writ of Error non-pros'd with Costs.

It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to withdraw his said Assignment of Errors as desired; and that the Defendant in Error do forthwith enter a Nonpros on the said Writ of Error, and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of Error had been brought into this House; and further, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay or cause to be paid to the Defendant in Error the Sum of Forty Pounds for his Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the said Judgement.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the further Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned; and for hearing Counsel against the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and a Witness was called in and further examined for the Petitioners against the Bill.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Bill be put off to Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Tobacco, Account of, for Home Consumption, ordered.

Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this House, "An Account of the Quantity of Tobacco retained for Home Consumption in Great Britain, for Fifteen Years preceding the 5th of January 1789; distinguishing the Quantity in each of the said Years."

Tea Drawback Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for allowing the like Drawback on Teas exported to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and to Gibraltar, and other Places on the Continent of Europe, and to Africa, as is now allowed on Teas exported to Ireland or America:"

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

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum septimum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Lunæ, 27o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin.
Epus. Bangor.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the further Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned; and for hearing Counsel against the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and several Witnesses were called in, sworn, and examined for the Petitioners against the Bill.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Bill be put off till To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Tea Drawback Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for allowing the like Drawback on Teas exported to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and to Gibraltar and other Places on the Continent of Europe, and to Africa, as is now allowed on Teas exported to Ireland or America:"

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

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum octavum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Martis, 28o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin.
Epus. Glocestr.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

Auction Duty Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to exempt all Piece Goods wove in this Kingdom, and which shall be sold by Auction, from the Duty imposed on such Sales; for exempting Persons licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors from the Payment of the Duties imposed on such Licences, who shall leave off retailing such Liquors before the Expiration of the Time for which such Licences shall be granted; and for obliging Persons who shall deal in Brandy, not being Retailers, Rectifiers, or Distillers, to take out Licences for that Purpose."

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

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

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Consolidated Fund Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, and for applying a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed."

Corn, &c. Regulation Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for better regulating and ascertaining the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain; and also for better regulating the Exportation of Starch, and the Importation of Rape Seed."

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

Goodtitle against Angoves:

Upon reading the Petition of Peter Angove and William Angove, Defendants in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein John Goodtitle is Plaintiff; setting forth, "That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the Time limited by their Lordships Standing Order;" and therefore praying, "That the said Writ of Error may be Non-pros'd with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"

Writ of Error non-pros'd with Costs.

It is Ordered, That the Petitioners do forthwith enter a Non-pros on the said Writ of Error, as desired, and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of Error had been brought into this House; and further, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay or cause to be paid to the Defendants in Error the Sum of Forty Pounds, for their Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the said Judgement.

Tea Drawback Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for allowing the like Drawback on Teas exported to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and to Gibraltar, and other Places on the Continent of Europe and to Africa, as is now allowed on Teas exported to Ireland or America:"

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

Westminster Assurance Society Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to incorporate certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, with proper Powers for the Purpose of establishing a Society, to be named "The Westminster Society," for granting and purchasing Annuities upon and insuring of Lives and Survivorships;" and for hearing Counsel for and against the same:

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Thursday next; and that Counsel be then heard for and against the same.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the further Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned; and for hearing Counsel against the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and several Witnesses were called in, sworn, and examined for the Petitioners against the said Bill.

Then Mr. Douglas was heard to sum up the Evidence.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum nonum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 29o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Essex.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. King.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

Consolidated Fund Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, and for applying a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed."

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

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

American Commissioners Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners further to enquire into the Losses and Services of all such Persons who have suffered in their Rights, Properties, and Professions, during the late unhappy Dissentions in America, in consequence of their Loyalty to His Majesty, and Attachment to the British Government."

Slave Trade Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to continue for a limited Time, and amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to regulate for a limited Time, the shipping and carrying Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa."

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

Corn, &c. Regulation Bill:

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for better regulating and ascertaining the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain, and also for better regulating the Exportation of Starch, and the Importation of Rape Seed:"

The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:

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

Coffee Drawback Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for granting further Time for allowing the Drawback upon the Exportation of Coffee imported by the East India Company, in the Ship Lord Camden, in the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

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

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

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.

Moved, "That the said Bill be committed."

Which being objected to;

After Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, tricesimum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 30o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Essex.
Comes Morton.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

Sir M. Le Fleming's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Manor of Ashted, otherwise Great Ashted, and several Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of Surrey, therein mentioned, in Trustees to be sold, and conveyed pursuant to an Agreement for that Purpose, and for investing Part of the Money to arise by such Sale in the Purchase of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be settled to the several Uses therein mentioned or referred unto, and for other Purposes therein expressed."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:

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

Slave Trade Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to continue for a limited Time, and amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to regulate for a limited Time the shipping and carrying Slaves in British vessels from the Coast of Africa."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

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

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

Westminster Assurance Society Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to incorporate certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, with proper Powers for the Purpose of establishing a Society, to be named "The Westminster Society," for granting and purchasing Annuities upon and insuring of Lives and Survivorships;" and for hearing Counsel for and against the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in; and the Petition of the Corporation of the Amicable Society for a perpetual Assurance Office, praying to be heard by Counsel against the said Bill, was read.

Then Mr. Graham was heard for the Petitioners against the Bill.

Mr. Pigot was heard in Support of the Bill.

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Moved, "That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Tuesday the 29th Day of September next."

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Tuesday the 29th Day of September next.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

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

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Walsingham reported from the Committee, "That they had made a Progress in the Bill."

Ordered, That the House be again put into a Committee upon the said Bill To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Consolidated Fund Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, and for applying a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed:"

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

Coffee Drawback Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting further Time for allowing the Drawback upon the Exportation of Coffee imported by the East India Company in the Ship Lord Camden, in the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six:"

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

Tea Drawback Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for allowing the like Drawback on Teas exported to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and to Gibraltar, and other Places on the Continent of Europe, and to Africa, as is now allowed on Teas exported to Ireland or America:"

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

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, tricesimum primum diem instantis Julii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 31o Julii 1789.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Glocestr. Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Essex.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Chatham.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Sydney.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. King.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury.

PRAYERS.

Bills passed by Commission.

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

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

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

Who being come, with their Speaker;

The Lord Chancellor said,

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

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

Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"GEORGE R.

"George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To Our right trusty and right well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and to Our trusty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Greeting. Whereas We have seen and perfectly understood divers and sundry Acts agreed and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by you as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that is to say) "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Rates and Duties upon Horses, and Carriages with Four Wheels; and for explaining and amending an Act passed in the Twenty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, as far as relates to certain Carriages with Two or Three Wheels therein mentioned." "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Stamp Duties on Probates of Wills, Letters of Administration, and on Receipts for Legacies, or for any Share of a Personal Estate, divided by Force of the Statute of Distributions." "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Stamp Duties on Newspapers, Advertisements, and on Cards and Dice." An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Encouragement of the Manufactures of Flax and Cotton in Great Britain." "An Act for better regulating and ascertaining the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain; and also for better regulating the Exportation of Starch, and the Importation of Rape Seed." An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America, and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America; and between His Majesty's said Subjects and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies." "An Act to continue several Laws therein mentioned relative to the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain; to the Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures, and for taking off several Duties on Merchandize exported, and reducing other Duties; to the free Importation of Cochineal and Indigo; to the prohibiting the Importation of Books, reprinted abroad, and first composed, written, and printed in Great Britain; to securing the Duties upon Foreign made Sail Cloth, and charging Foreign made Sails with a Duty; to the prohibiting the Importation of Foreign wrought Silks and Velvets; to the discontinuing the Duties payable upon the Importation of Tallow, Hogs Lard, and Grease; to the prohibiting the Exportation of Tools and Utensils made use of in the Iron and Steel Manufactures of this Kingdom; and to prevent the seducing of Artificers and Workmen employed in those Manufactures to go into Parts beyond the Seas; and to the ascertaining the Strength of Spirits by Clarke's Hydrometer." "An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Newfoundland, Greenland, and Southern Whale Fisheries." "An Act for further regulating the Trade or Business of Pawnbrokers." "An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from or from near to Cromford Bridge, in the County of Derby, to join and communicate with the Erewash Canal, at or near Langley Bridge; and also a Collateral Cut from the said intended Canal at or near Codnor Park Mill, to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said County." "An Act for providing an additional Burying Ground for the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, and erecting a Chapel adjoining thereto, and also a House for the Residence of a Clergyman to officiate in burying the Dead." "An Act for constituting the Church of Saint Giles, in the Parish of Pontefract, in the County of York, the Parish Church; and for other Purposes." "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Rochdale Lane End, in the Village of Heywood, in the Parish of Bury, to a Place called The Lands End, in the Parish of Prestwich, in the County Palatine of Lancaster." "An Act for reviving certain Powers granted by an Act made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing such of the Open Parts of the District, called the Forest of Knaresborough, in the County of York, as lie within the Eleven Constableries thereof; and for other Purposes therein mentioned;" and by an Act of the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for amending the said former Act; and for making the said Two Acts more effectual." "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the several Parcels of Common Fen, and other Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds within or belonging to the Parish of Wyberton, in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln." "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open and Common Fields, a Common Pasture, and several Waste Grounds, within the Parish of Harston, in the County of Leicester." "An Act for naturalizing Anthony Charles Benjamin Saladin." And albeit the said Acts, by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto, yet nevertheless the same are not of Force and Effect in the Law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the said Acts: And forasmuch as for divers Causes and Considerations, We cannot conveniently at this Time be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher House of Our said Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our Royal Assent to such Acts as have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons, We have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed the same, and by the same do give and put Our Royal Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses, and Provisions therein contained, and have fully agreed and assented to the said Acts; Willing that the said Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence, and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of the same Strength, Force and Effect, as if We had been Personally present in the said Higher House, and had openly and publicly in the Presence of you all assented to the same: And We do by these Presents declare and notify the same Our Royal Assent, as well to you the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons aforesaid, as to all others whom it may concern; commanding also by these Presents Our right trusty and well-beloved Counselsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain, to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Great Britain; and also commanding Our most dear Sons and faithful Counsellors George Prince of Wales; Frederick Duke of York; William Duke of Clarence; Our most dear Brothers and faithful Counsellors William Duke of Gloucester; Henry Duke of Cumberland; the most Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our said Chancellor of Great Britain; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Charles Earl Camden, President of Our Council; Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right trusty and right entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond; Francis Duke of Leeds, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; George Duke of Montagu, Master of Our Horse; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household; John Earl of Chatham, First Commissioner of Our Admiralty; Henry Earl Bathurst; Our right trusty and well beloved Cousin and Counsellor Thomas Viscount Weymouth, Groom of Our Stole; and Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us; or any Three or more of them, to declare and notify this Our Royal Assent, in Our Absence, in the said Higher House of Parliament, in the Presence of you the said Lords and the Commons of Our Parliament there to be assembled for that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts with such Terms and Words in Our Name as is requisite and hath been accustomed for the same, and also to enrol these Our Letters Patent and the said Acts in the Parliament Roll; and these Our Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf; and finally, We do declare and will, that after this Our Royal Assent given and passed by these Presents, and declared and notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said Acts shall be taken, accepted, and admitted good, sufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament, and Laws, to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes, and to be put in due Execution accordingly; the Continuance or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other Use, Custom, Thing or Things to the contrary thereof notwithstanding: In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.

"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Thirtieth Day of July, in the Twenty-ninth Year of Our Reign.

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

"Yorke."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

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

Then the Clerk Assistant, having received the Money Bills from the Hands of the Speaker, brought them to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the Titles of those, and the other Bills to be passed, severally, as follows; (videlicet)

1. "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Rates and Duties upon Horses, and Carriages with Four Wheels; and for explaining and amending an Act passed in the Twenty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, as far as relates to certain Carriages with Two or Three Wheels therein mentioned."

2. "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Stamp Duties on Probates of Wills, Letters of Administration, and on Receipts for Legacies, or for any Share of a Personal Estate, divided by Force of the Statute of Distributions."

3. "An Act for granting to His Majesty several additional Stamp Duties on Newspapers, Advertisements, and on Cards and Dice."

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

"Le Roy remercie ses bon Sujets accepte leur Bene. volence et ainsi le veult."

4. "An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Encouragement of the Manufactures of Flax and Cotton in Great Britain."

5. "An Act for better regulating and ascertaining the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain; and also for better regulating the Exportation of Starch, and the Importation of Rape Seed."

6. "An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America and in the West India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America; and between His Majesty's said Subjects, and the Foreign Islands in the West Indies."

7. "An Act to continue several Laws therein mentioned relative to the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain; to the Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures, and for taking off several Duties on Merchandize exported, and reducing other Duties; to the free Importation of Cochineal and Indigo; to the prohibiting the Importation of Books reprinted abroad, and first composed, written, and printed in Great Britain; to securing the Duties upon Foreign made Sail Cloth, and charging Foreign made Sails with a Duty; to the prohibiting the Importation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Velvets; to the discontinuing the Duties payable upon the Importation of Tallow, Hogs Lard, and Grease; to the prohibiting the Exportation of Tools and Utensils made use of in the Iron and Steel Manufactures of this Kingdom, and to prevent the seducing of Artificers and Workmen employed in those Manufactures to go into Parts beyond the Seas; and to the ascertaining the Strength of Spirits by Clarke's Hydrometer."

8. "An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Newfoundland, Greenland, and Southern Whale Fisheries."

9. "An Act for further regulating the Trade or Business of Pawnbrokers."

10. "An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from, or from near to Cromford Bridge, in the County of Derby, to join and communicate with Erewash Canal, at or near Langley Bridge, and also a Collateral Cut from the said intended Canal at or near Codnor Park Mill to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said County."

11. "An Act for providing an additional Burying Ground for the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, and erecting a Chapel adjoining thereto, and also a House for the Residence of a Clergyman to officiate in burying the Dead."

12. "An Act for constituting the Church of Saint Giles, in the Parish of Pontefract, in the County of York, the Parish Church, and for other Purposes."

13. "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Rochdale Lane End, in the Village of Heywood, in the Parish of Bury, to a Place called The Land's End, in the Parish of Prestwich, in the County Palatine of Lancaster."

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

"Le Roy le veult."

14. "An Act for reviving certain Powers granted by an Act made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing such of the Open Parts of the District called The Forest of Knaresborough, in the County of York, as lie within the Eleven Constableries thereof; and for other Purposes therein mentioned;" and by an Act of the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for amending the said former Act; and for making the said Two Acts more effectual."

15. "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the several Parcels of Common Fen, and other Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds, within or belonging to the Parish of Wyberton, in the Parts of Holland, in the County of Lincoln."

16. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open and Common Fields, a Common Pasture, and several Waste Grounds, within the Parish of Harston, in the County of Leicester."

17. "An Act for naturalizing Anthony Charles Benjamin Saladin."

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

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Gaols Regulation Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Execution of the Laws respecting Gaols;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, with some Amendments, to which they desire their Lordships Concurrence.

De Bons et al Naturalization Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry de Bons, Francis Blanchenay, and James Chauvet;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Tobacco, Accounts of Imports and Exports of, and Quantity for Home Consumption, delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Irvin, from the Customs, attended:"

He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to an Order of the 24th of this Instant July,

"An Account of the Quantity of Tobacco retained for Home Consumption in Great Britain for Fifteen Years preceding the 5th January 1789, distinguishing the Quantity in each of the said Years."

And also, "An Account of the Imports and Exports of Tobacco for the last Five Years, with the Duties and Drawbacks thereon, distinguishng each Year."

And then he withdrew.

And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk:

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

Ordered, That the said Accounts be printed.

Tobacco Duty Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be again put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff; and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

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

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Walsingham reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and made One Amendment thereto, which he was ready to report when the House will please to receive the same."

Ordered, That the said Report be received on Wednesday next.

East India Company's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the East India Company to raise Money by further increasing their Capital Stock."

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

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

Auction Duty, &c. Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to exempt all Piece Goods wove in this Kingdom, and which shall be sold by Auction, from the Duty imposed on such Sales; for exempting Persons licensed to retail Spirituous Liquors from the Payment of the Duties imposed on such Licences, who shall leave off retailing such Liquors before the Expiration of the Time for which such Licences shall be granted; and for obliging Persons who shall deal in Brandy, not being Retailers, Rectifiers, or Distillers, to take out Licences for that Purpose:"

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

American Commissioners Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners further to enquire into the Losses and Services of all such Persons who have suffered in their Rights, Properties, and Professions, during the late unhappy Dissentions in America, in consequence of their Loyalty to His Majesty, and Attachment to the British Government."

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

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

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, tertium diem Augusti, jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.