Euftace & al, Meffage to H. C. with an Amend ment to it. Churches, &c. in Ireland, Bill. Gould's Bill. Addrefs for Encouragement of Privateers, &c. and to grant Commisions, &c. for Adventurers in India. Then the Question was put, "Whether this Bill, It was Refolved in the Affirmative. A Meffage was fent to the Houfe of Commons, by To return the said Bill, and defire their Concurrence Hodie 3 vice leta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t "for making more effectual the Provifion out of the "forfeited Estates in Ireland, for the building of "Churches, and augmenting fmall Vicarages, in Ire"land." "Your Majesty and Your Allies, it is, in our Opi Encouragement to Your Subjects, to arm and fet out "Private Men of War: And whereas, by the Sixth "Article of the Treaty concluded at The Hague, be"tween His late Majefty of Glorious Memory, the "Emperor, and The States General, Your Majefty is at "Liberty to take and feize Lands and Cities belonging "to the Spanish Dominions in The Indies, and retain the "fame as Your own; to the End Your Majefty and "Your Subjects may have a real and effectual Advantage of the faid Article, and that Perfons may be "encouraged to become Adventurers, in order to the "taking and gaining Cities, Ports, Countries, or Places, "in The Indies, from Your Majefty's Enemies; we hum"bly offer our Advice to Your Majefty, that You would "be graciously pleafed to grant Commiffions, or Charters, under the Great Seal of England, with fuch "Powers, Privileges, and Advantages, and under fuch "Limitations and Inftructions, as Your Majefty, in Your Royal Wisdom, fhall think needful and convenient, to "all Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, who shall "make Applications to Your Majefty, and are willing to be Adventurers in making fuch Acquifitions in The "Indies, or fhall contribute thereto, or be aiding or affifting therein; fubject, nevertheless, to fuch Terms "and Conditions as Your Majefty fhall judge most ex"pedient for the Good of Your Kingdoms.' ORDERED, That the Lords with White Staves do The Question was put, "Whether this Bill fhall humbly attend Her Majefty, with the said Address. It was Refolved in the Affirmative. 66 "We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Sub. jects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament "affembled, return Your Majefty our humble Thanks, "for Your gracious Answer to the Addrefs of both "Houses; and particularly for the Affurance, that You "will not omit any neceffary Precautions for the Protecstion of Trade: And we humbly beg Leave to repre"fent to Your Majefty, that the Sea Preparations of "Your Majefty's Enemies being fuch as feem not to be "intended for encountering and fighting Your Royal "Navy; but rather for making a Piratical War, to the "Interruption of the Commerce of the Subjects of Hodie 3 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t Hill & al. 3a "for enlarging the Time for John Hill Efquire and his "Wife to enter their Claims before the Trustees for "Sale of the forfeited Eftates in Ireland, with relation to a Judgement against Robert Grace; and for the "Relief of the Creditors of John Grace, and the Wi"dow, Proteftant Children, and Creditors, of the late "Sir Patrick Trant, with relation to the faid forfeited "Eftates; and for the indemnifying the Earl of Carlingford, touching Mortgage-money by him owing "to the faid late Sir Patrick Trant." 39. An Act for enlarging the Time for John Hill Efquire and his Wife to enter their Claims before the "Trustees for Sale of the forfeited Eftates in Ireland, "with relation to a Judgement against Robert Grace; "and for the Relief of the Creditors of John Grace, and "the Widow, Proteftant Children, and Creditors, of the late Sir Patrick Trant, with relation to the faid "forfeited Eftates; and for the indemnifying the Earl of Carlingford, touching Mortgage-money by him owing "to the faid late Sir Patrick Trant." 66 66 "I fhall always wifh, that no Difference of Opinion among thofe that are equally affected to My Service, may be the Occafion of Heats and Animofities among "themselves. I fhall be very careful to preferve and "maintain the Act of Toleration, and to fet the Minds "of all My People at Quiet: My own Principles muft "always keep Me entirely firm to the Interests and Religion of the Church of England, and will incline "Me to countenance thofe who have the trueft Zeal to fupport it." 66 And then the Lord Keeper, by Her Majesty's Command, faid, Queen's Speech. Parliament "It is Her Majesty's Royal Will and Pleafure, That prorogued. "this Parliament fhould be prorogued to Tuesday the "Seventh Day of July next: And this Parliament is "prorogued accordingly to Tucfday the Seventh Day "of July next." Die Jovis, 28° Maii, 1702, examined by us, WARRINGTON. DE LONGUEVILLE. Jo. BANGOR. GUILFORD. "By "By the QUEEN. "A Proclamation for diffolving this prefent Parliament, and declaring the speedy calling another. Proclamation for diffolving the Parlia ment. "ANNE R. "Whereas We have thought fit, for divers important and weighty Confiderations, by and with the Advice "of Our Privy Council, to diffolve this prefent Parliament, which now ftands prorogued to Tuesday the Seventh Day of July Inftant: We do for that End publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby diffolve the faid "Parliament accordingly; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgeffes of the "faid Parliament, are discharged from their Meeting on Tuesday the faid Seventh Day of July Inftant. And We, "being refolved to meet Our People, and have their Advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our "loving Subjects, that We do intend to give Directions to the Keeper of Our Great Seal, for the iffuing out of "Writs, in due Form of Law, for the calling a new Parliament, which shall begin, and be holden at Westminster, "on the Twentieth Day of Auguft next. "Given at Our Court at St. James's, the Second Day of July, 1702, in the First Year of Our Reign. “GOD SAVE THE QUE E N.” Anne |