History of lat Proceedings about it to be " for eited Eilates in Ireland ;” to which they desire the The Duke of Bolton reported from the Lords Com- Dr. Drake's Concurrence of this House. mittees, the Proceedings and Resolution of the House on Parliament. Saturday last, in relation to a Paragraph in the Preface of printed. Whereupon, It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Vide Entry Estates in Ireland;" to which they defire the Concur- it Parliament afsembled, That the laid Proceedings and 9th Intant. rence of this House. Resolution be forthwith printed and published. Bill: insint on their Claude to it: Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Par- Adjourn. 1 Morinijoy's Bill. Hodie za vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An A&for " the Relief of William Lord Viscount Mountjoy, with liamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Martis, duodecimum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. " Whether this Bill shall D 1 E Martis, izo Muii. Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt : ments. Oath of AbThe Order being read, for taking into consideration Arch. Cant. Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli. Dux Somerset, Pre Ds. Latarr. ses. Ds. Ferrers, tuled, “ An Act to declare the Alterations in the Oath Epus. Landaffe. March. Normanby, Ds. Fitzwalter. appointed to be taken by the Act, intituled, An Act Epus. Wigorn. C. P. S. Ds. Wharton. " for the further Security of His Majesty's Person, and Epus. Roffen. Dux Devonshire, Se- Ds. Chandos. * the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line ; Epus. Exon. nescallus. Ds. Brook. " and for extinguiflring the Hopes of the Pretended Epus. Sarum. Dux Richmond. Ds. Poulet. “ Prince of Wales, and all other Pretenders, and their Epus. Lich. & Cov. Dux St. Albans. Ds. Maynard. open and fecret Abettors; and for declaring the Affo- Epus. Nerwic. Dux Bolton. Ds. Howard Esc. Epus. Petrib. Ds. Mohun, Ds. Raby, Comes Carlisle, Mares- Ds. Jermyn. callus. The Question was put,“ Whether this House shall Epus. Ciceftr. Ds. Byron. “ inlift on their Clause (B.) added to the said Epus. Bangor. Comes Jersey, Came- Ds. Vaughan. rarius. Ds. Culpeper. Comes Oxford. Ds. Lucas. Ds. Rockingham. Comes Northampton. Ds. Cornwallis. H. C. to acquaint them Gery and Mr. Rogers: Comes Denbigh. Ds. Craven. Comes Manchester. Ds. Dartmouth. Comes Rivers. Ds. Guilford. Comes Peterborow. Ds. Cholmondelez. Commissioners The House being informed, “That the Commissioners Comes Stamford. Ds. Ashburnham. “ of the Customs desire to be heard, in relation to some Comes Winchilfea. Ds. Wefton. " Clauses in the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Encou Comes Kingston. Ds. Haversham. Comes Sunderland. Ds. Sommers. Comes Sandwich. Ds. Halifax. Comes Essex. of the Customs do attend this House on Wednesday next, Comes Anglesey. Comes Burlington. Comes Sussex. sham. Privateers, for The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put Encourage Comes Radnor. Sent of, B:11. into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for Comes Berkeley. Comes Nottingham. Comes Abingdon. Comes Plimouth. Comes Portland. " another Time may be appointed, for them to proceed Comes Warrington. " thereon." Comes Bradford. Comes Romney. Viscount Say & Seale. Viscount Townshend. next, at Eleven a Clock. Viscount Weymouth. 11.ft ge freno A Mellage from the House of Commons, by Mr. Viscount Longueville. PRAYERS The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put A murit's After wich it. Bil of Customs Mei H. a Bi allei Doul the P HC i wish a Sir W. After some Time, the House was resumed. “ Double. Mum, Wbiglové, talk no more upon that And the Earl of Stamford reported, “That the Com “ Subject I beseech you; fresh Orders are issued out; “ mittee had gone through the said Bill, and had made “ and since we are not strong enough to make it go, and “ several Amendments thereto." " that on the contrary it has alarmed and provoked all “ Sort of Men, we are now directed to say, that never Which were read Twice, and agreed to by the House. any such Thing was intended by our Party; though, “ God knows, it was the whole Discourse of all our A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. " Clubs. Under the Rose, this was one of those Embrios " that proved abortive upon the 30th of December last; sooner;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this our Interest among several of our own Side, whom (with Grief of Mind I speak it) we cannot work up to “ be guilty of so much Injustice ; let us take all Occa- Hodie 1: vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An Act lions of declaring, that we will not violate these Acts “ for the continuing the present Sheriffs in England and upon any account whatsoever ; which we may the " we make, either in private or in public; and 'tis one Messages from A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir. " of the great Advantages we have over the rest of our h. C. with Bills. Rowland Gwyn and others : " Fellow Subjects, that we can fetter the Consciences of “ others, while our own are at perfect Liberty.” Who brought up Two Bills; The one, intituled, “ An Act to oblige the Jews Then it was proposed, “ To pass the same Censure on Paragraphs in it centured. “ to maintain and provide for their Protestant “these Passages, as was passed on Part of the Preface of " Children." ** Doctor Drake's Book.” The other, intituled, “ An A&t for the more easy After Debate; “ Recovery of Money for the Repair of Churches The Question was put, “Whether the House shall “ and Chapels.” “ be now adjourned?" To which said Two Bills they desire the Con It was Resolved in the Negative. Then this Question was proposed, “ That in the “ 89th and goth Pages of the Book, intituled, “ Tom “ Double returned out of the Country, &c.” there are “ continuing the Imprisonment of Counter and others, “ several Expressions, which are groundless, false, and “ for the horrid Conspiracy to assassinate the Person of “ scandalous, tending to create Jealousies in Her Ma“ His late Sacred Majesty King William the Third;" to jesty of Her People, and to cause great Misunder- Subjects, and to disturb the Peace and Quiet of the “ Kingdom?” Bill. “ the Relief of Susannah Smith Widow, with relation Then this Question was put, "Whether the Words, [“ groundless, false, and scandalous,"] shall be “ left out of the Question?” It was Resolved in the Negative. Then the main Question was put, " That in the groundless, false, and scandalous, tending to Pamphlet The Order being read, for the Master and Wardens “ create Jealousies in Her Majesty of Her Peooulded Tom Double, Nure of the Stationers Company, and John Nutt, to attend, ple, and to cause great Misunderstandings, the Publisher to give an Account of what they have done, in order to “ Fears, and Disputes, amongst the Queen's examined : find out the Author and Printers of the Book, intituled, Subjects, and to disturb the Peace and Quiet “ Tom Double returned out of the Country, or the true “ of the Kingdom?” It was Resolved in the Affirmative. ragraphs which have been read, contained in the 85th and goth Pages of the Book, intituled, “ Tom Double “ returned out of the Country, or the true Pitlure of a Then the House went into Consideration of the Para “ modern Whig, set forth in a Second Dialogue betueen graphs in the 89th and goth Pages of the said Book. “ Mr. Whiglove and Mr. Double, at The Rummer TaWhich were read, as follow: (videlicet,) vern, in Queen Street," there are several Expressions, “ WHIGLOVE, I find we have miscarried in one great which are groundless, false, and scandalous, tending to “ Design; the Train would not take; we were very hot create Jealousies in Her Majesty of Her People, and to upon it just before the Parliament met; all the Whig cause great Misunderstandings, Fears, and Disputes, Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom. It 1 " the Person of His late Sacred Majesty King William Proceedings It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal " the Third." to be printed. in Parliament afsembled, That the Proceedings and Resolution of this House, in relation to this Matter, be Hodie za vice lecta est Billa, intituled, forthwith printed and published. “ An Act for Sir William “ the Relief of Sir William Ashurst Knight, with relation Alhurlt's Bill: Barber and " to the forfeited Estates in Ireland.” Nutt to at. It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Tempotend. ral in Parliament assembled, That Barber, a The Question was put, " Whether this Bill, with " the Amendments, shall pass?" It was Resolved in the Affirmative. A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir H. c. with considered. ral in Parliament assembled, That this House fhall take Richard Helford and Mr. Gery: Amendments To return the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence to their Lordships Amendments made thereto. Hodie 2ä vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An Act for the Sheriffs, to “ continuing the present Sheriffs in England and Wales their offices, “ until the First Day of Hillary Term next, unless Her Bill. Adjourn. Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Par Majesty shall think fit to determine them sooner.” liamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mer- ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a Com mittee of the whole House, presently. decima Auroræ, Dominis fic decernentibus. to it. Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the said Bill. After some Time, the House was resumed. DIE I E Mercurii, 13° Maii. fuerunt: Priy H. C. with Arch. Cant. Crew. And the Lord Viscount Longueville reported, “ That any Amendment." England Thrown Silk, of the Growth of Sicily's “ Daniel Van Rysen and others.” of this House. E. of rick's Ds. Custos Magni Ds. Ubarton. Ds. Raby: Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Cornwallis, Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnham. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Sommers, Ds. Halifax. Hodie id vice lccta est Billa, intituled, “ An Act for Sicilian Thrown Silk, tion of, Bill. et al. Nat. Hodie ía vice lcela est Billa, intituled, “ An A&t to Jesus, Protes“ oblige the Jews to maintain and provide for their rant Children, Bil. “ Protestant Children.” Hodie ia vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An Ad for Mifer of Hodie 1: vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for Churches, for Bill. Hodie 2a vice lećła est Billa, intituled, « An Act for Mrs. Smith's Counter et al. for Imprisonment of, Bill, PRAYERS. ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Friday next, at Eleven Hodie 1: vice lefta eft Billa, intituled, “ An Act for a Clock; and that the Trustees for the forfeited Estates " the continuing the Imprisonment of Counter in Ireland do then attend, and also the Parties concer" and others, for the horrid Conspiracy to assassinate ned, to make good the Allegations in the Bill. Counter et al. Improfonment the continuing the Imprisonment of Hodie 2* vice decia cf Billa, intituled, “ An derfor DIE Veneris, 15° Maii. Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt; ber et al. to ) ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a Epus. London. Epus. Roffen. Epus. Exon. Nutt, and Bar After hearing this Day, at the Bar, Mr. Nutt and Epus. Lich. & Cov. attend, about Mr. Barber, in relation to the printing and publishing Epus. Petrib. Tom Double. of a Book, intituled, “ Tom Double returned out of the Epus. Bath & Wells. Country:” Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Bangor Ds. Custos Magni Ds. Lawarr. Is. Eure. Ds. Wharton. nus Camerarius. Ds. Lovelace. Comes Carlisle, Ma- Ds. Howard Esc. refcallus. Ds. Nubun. Ds. Raby. Ds. Jermyn. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper: Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Lexington. Ds. Berkeley: Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnhan. Ds. Weston, Ds. Sommers. Ds. Halifax. Sherwin Upon reading the Petition of William Sherwin Er- praying to be heard, upon the Matters contained in his It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- Privateers, for Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and Encouragemen: of, Bill. put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, “ An Act " for the Encouragement of Privateers.” After some Time, the House was resumed. And the Lord Halifax acquainted the House, “ That PRAYERS. Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, “ An Act for Sicilian Thrown Silk, Thall be made on Friday next, at Eleven a Clock. importing into England Thrown Silk, of the Growth for Importa tion of, Bill, “ of Sicily, from the Port of Legbon, in Italy.” E. of Lyme Hodie ja vice lecta cst Billa, intituled, * An Act ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a rick's Bill. “ for the Relief of Thomas Earl of Lymerick, of the Committee of the whole House, presently. put into a Committee upon the said Bill. The House was resumed. And the Lord Viscount Townshend reported, “ That “ the Committee had gone through the said Bill; and “ think it fit to pass, without any Amendment.” Upon reading the Petition of the Collector, Comp- Master of to be heard to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the Re- to attend. First Business; and all the Lords fummoned to attend. " lief of the Masters of Hoys and other Veffels carry ing Corn, and other Inland Provisions, within the Port " of London :” liamentum continuanduin efle ufque ad et in diem Vene- ral in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners shall for the said Bill. A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Message from H. C. with a Bill. a Mortgage opon Part of the said Estates;” to which Epus. Exon. Epus. Petrib. Comes Northamp. Epus. Ciceftr. Ordered, That the Congideration of the said Bill be committed to the Lords following ; (videlicet,) Epus. Landaff. Ds. Ferrers. Epus. Roffen. Ds. Eure. Ds. Wharton. Cov. Ds. Lovelace. Ds. Howard Esc. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Raby. Ds. Jermyn. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Lexington. Ds. Berkeley Str. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds, Dartmouth. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnbam. Ds. Weston. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Halifax. bат. . Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An Act for en-Ly. Falk. land's Bill, larging the Time to Rebecca Viscountess Falkland, of " the Kingdom of Scotland, to enter her Claim before " the Trustees for the forfeited Estates in Ireland, co a " Mortgage upon Part of the said Estates." Message from Bill, brough. A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. M. c. with Messages from Bills, Comes Warring Shend. mouth. ville. A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Henry Who brought up a Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the Cor: Jews, Protero deno H. C. with Eng Bill. tbe. Fran preve Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet Hodie på vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, “ An Act for Ellis's Bill. Tomorrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, “ the Relief of John Ellis Esquire, with relation to the in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of “ forfeited Estates in Ireland." Peers; and to adjourn as they please. A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Man- Message from Hodie 2* vice lecta est Billa, intituled, “ An A& to ley and others : iant Children, “ oblige the Jews to maintain and provide for their Pro Who brought up Two Bills; The one, intituled, “ An Act for the Relief of “ Edmund Nugent Esquire, with relation to the « forfeited Estates in Ireland.” The other, intituled, “ An Act for the Relief of “ Maurice Annesley Esquire, with relation to the « forfeited Estates in Ireland.” To which said Two Bills they desire che Concurrence of this House. Hodie zo vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, “ An A&t for Nugent's Bill. « the Relief of Edmund Nugent Esquire, with relation to Mrs. Smith's The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put “the forfeited Estates in Ireland.” H. C. with a yers and others: Bill. Who brought up a Bill, intituled, “ An Act for preAnd the Lord Viscount Longueville reported, “ venting Frauds in the Duties upon Salt, and for the " That “ better Payment of Debentures at the Custom-house;" The Lord Halifax reported from the Committee of Privateers, “ Encouragement of Privateers," as fit to pass, with Bill. Which were read Twice, and agreed to. Com: draw Bill. for Encou ragement of, |