"Reward to the Informer, not exceeding a Third Part "of the Forfeitures. "Perfon ferving a Writ, &c. on that Day, fhall "anfwer Damages, as though he had done it without Writ. 66 "And refufing upon a Second Tender; at the Quar"to which a Popish Recufant Convict is liable. 66 30 Car. IIdi, C. 3. N. 4. An Act for burying in "ter Seflions, thali incur all Penalties and Forfeitures "Woollen. "No Perfon fhall be buried in any Stuff or Thing, "other than what is made of Sheep's Wool, &c. on "Pain of Forfeiture of £. 5; One Moiety of the For"feiture to the Ufe of the Poor, the other Moiety to "the Informer. "Parsons, Churchwardens, or Juftices of Peace, ne"glecting their Duties, fhall forfeit £. 5. refpectively; "One Fourth Part to the King, Two Fourths to the "Poor, and the other Fourth to the Informer. "Overfeer of the Poor fhall give an Account of all "Burials, on Forfeiture of £.5. "C. 9. N. 9. An Act for Prefervation of Fishing in "the River Severn. Perfons, fishing with other Nets than are allowed "by the Act, fhall forfeit 5. for every Offence; and "alfo the Fish taken, and their Nets. "Any Perfon who waters Hemp or Flax in the River "fhall forfeit . 5. Every Perfon, who, between the "1ft March and the Laft of May, ufes any Net or "Inftrument, whereby the Spawn or fmall Fry of Fish may be taken or deftroyed, fhall forfeit 40s. for every Offence, and the Nets and Inftruments. 66 "Juftices of Peace fhall grant Warrants, to fearch "fufpected Houfes, &c. for Nets, &c.; and, upon View, "fhall caufe them to be burnt and deftroyed. "1°W. & M. C. 9. N. 13. An A&t for the amoving Pa"pifts, and reputed Papifts, from the Cities of London and Wefiminfier, and Ten Miles Diftance from the fame. "Perfons, mentioned in the Act, refufing to make "and subscribe the Declaration mentioned in the Sta"tute 30 Car. Ildi, intituled, (An Act for the more "effectual preferving the King's Perfon and Govern"ment, by difabling Papifts to fit in either Houfe of "Parliament,) upon Tender made to them, fhall fuf"fer as Popish Recufants Convict. "C. 15. N. 20. An Act for the better fecuring the "Government, by difarming Papifts, and reputed Papifts. 66 "Every Perfon, who fhall willingly come into any "Cathedral Church, or other Congregation permitted "by this Act, and make Disturbance there, fhall, upon "Conviction, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds. έσ "The Commons add, ["to the Ufe of the King and Queen's Majefties, Their Heirs and Succeffors."] "C. 21. N. 33: An Act for enabling Lords Com"miffioners of the Great Seal to execute the Office of "Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper. "Cuftos Rotulorum felling the Clerkship of the "Peace, and Clerk of the Peace buying his Place, are "both difabled to hold their respective Offices, and each made liable to forfeit Double the Value of the "Sum or Thing given or taken. "C. 25. N. 41. An Act to regulate the Adminiftra❝tion of the Oaths required to be taken by Commif"fion or Warrant Officers employed in Their Majesties "Service by Land, by virtue of an Act made this pre"fent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the "abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, " and appointing other Oaths. "Perfons refufing to take the Oath, and fubfcribe the Declaration, as the Act directs, fhall not be al"lowed upon the Mufters, and their Commiffions fhall "be void. "The like Penalty upon any Officer that makes a "falfe Mufter, and upon every Commiffary who allows of a falfe Mufter-roll, or who fhall not give Notice "of the Mufter to the Chief Magiftrate, as the Aft directs. "Perfon furnishing a Horse to be falfely mustered, fhall forfeit the Horfe if it be his own, or otherwife "fhall forfeit . 20. and fhall be committed to the "Houfe of Correction Six Months for Non-payment; "the Forfeitures to be paid out of the Arrears, in cafe "there be any; otherwife the Court Marshal may fend "and feize the Goods of the Offender, in order to pay the fame. 66 "Paymaster Paymaster detaining the Pay of any Officer or Soldier, by the Space of a Month after he has re"ceived it, fhall forfeit £. 100. to the Informer, &c. "All the following Claufes in this Act were added "by the Commons. "W. & M. C. 2. N. 2. An A&t for abrogating the " Oath of Supremacy in Ireland, and appointing other 2 & 3 W. & M. C. 6. N. 12. An Act for punifh"ing Officers and Soldiers, who fhall mutiny, or defert "Their Majefties Service, and for punishing false" "Mufters. "The Act began in the Houfe of Commons. Oaths: "The A&t began in the Houfe of Commons, "The Lords added the Claufe relating to Perfons "having Ecclefiaftical Promotions in Ireland, who should happen to be in England the First Day of Hillary « Term 1691; and alfo to the Mafter of the College of Dublin, or any Barrifter, Clerk in Chancery, Attorney, &c. who fhould refide in England on the faid "First Day of the faid Term: That, if any of the faid "Perfons neglect or refufe to take the Oaths and De"claration mentioned in the Act, before the End of the faid Term, they fhall be difabled to have or enjoy fuch Office, Promotion, Place, or Employment; provided, that the Act fhould not extend to difable "Perfons who, the 3d October 1691, were in Irish Gar"rifons, &c. from ufing the Profeffion of Barrister at "Law, Clerk in Chancery, Attorney, or Practifer of "The Commons at firft difagreed to this Amend-the Law or Phyfic, as they did in the Reign of King ment; but afterwards agreed, upon the Lords in Charles the Second. "<fifting. "As it came from thence, the Act directed, that every "Paymaster, Agent, &c. fhall forfeit to the Informer, upon Conviction, L. 100, to be raised as aforefaid. "The Lords add, [" and fhall be thereby difabled to have or hold any Civil or Military Office in this. "Kingdom, or in Their Majefties Service."] "The following Claufe was also added by the Lords, "As the Bill came from the Commons, the Pay- " (videlicet,) That if any fuch Perfon, before he had "mafter or Paymasters are required, upon Certificate "taken the Oath to bear Faith and true Allegiance to "by the Juftices of the Sums due upon the Accompts, "Their Majefties, in the King's Bench in Ireland, &c. " and of the Perfons to whom the fame were owing," fhould ufe fuch his Calling or Profeffion; he should "to pay the faid Sums out of the Arrears due to the "Officers. "forfeit the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, and fhould "be uncapable for the future. "The Lords add, [" upon Penalty that fuch Pay"mafter or Paymafters fhall forfeit and lofe their re"fpective Place and Places as Paymafter or Paymasters," "and be disabled from holding the fame for the fu"ture."] "The Lords alfo added the laft Claufe in the Act, "That this A&t fhall be conftrued to extend to the "Islands of Jersey and Guernsey; as to the Claufes there"in for muftering and paying, and the Penalties there66 unto belonging. "The Commons agreed to the First Part of this "Amendment; but difagreed to the Words which fol"lowed after Guernsey. "The Lords alfo added a Claufe, That every Fer"fon fummoned to take the Oath of Allegiance, if he fhould refufe to appear, or take the Oath, he should « be committed for Three Months, unless he paid down "fuch Sum, not exceeding 40 s. as the Juftices re"quiring him to take the Oath fhould appoint; and "for the Second Default, fhould be committed for Six Months, unless he paid fuch Sum as fhould be re"quired, not exceeding . 10. nor under £. 5.; and "the Third Refufal is made a Præmunire. "The Provifo for Quakers was alfo added by the "Lords. 66 3 & 4 “But afterwards, on the Lords infifting, they agreed « Clergy from fome Offenders, and to bring others to W. & M. C. 9. N. 3. An Act to take away to the whole Amendment. "C. 17. N. 13. An A& for reviving a former A&t, "for the regulating the Meafures and Prices of Coals. "The faid Act, in which there are Penalties, is "revived, and made to continue for Seven Years. "C. 18. N. 14. An A&t for paving and cleansing "the Streets, in the Cities of London and Weftminster. દ "The A&t began in the House of Commons; and "thereby it was Enacted, That every Householder, in the Parishes within the Counties of Midd'x, &c. "fhould hang out Candles in Lanterns, as the A&t "directs, on Forfeiture of Two Shillings for every "Default. "The Lords except from this Forfeiture Perfons "who fhall agree to make Ufe of Lamps, of any Sort, "to be placed at fome Distances in the Street, as shall "be approved by Two Juftices of the Peace. "Punishment. "It is thereby Enacted, That if any Perfon buys or "receives ftolen Goods, knowing them to be stolen, "he shall be deemed an Acceffary to the Felony after "the Fact, and fhall fuffer and forfeit accordingly. "The following Claufe, which makes it Felony for "Lodgers to rob their Lodgings, was added by the "House of Commons. "C. 13. N. 4. An A&t against correfponding with "Their Majefties Enemies. "Several Offences therein mentioned are made High "Treafon, and the Offenders to fuffer as in Cafes of "High Treafon. "Other Offenders are to incur Præmunire. "And other Offences are made punishable by Im"prifonment, not exceeding Twelve Months. "C. 23. N. 34. An Act for preventing vexatious" "Suits against fuch as acted for Their Majefties Ser "vice, in Defence of the Kingdom. "All Suits and Indictments are discharged by that "A&t; and if any Action be commenced or profecuted, "the Defendant fhall have Double Damages. 4 & 5 W. & M. C. 7. N. 7. An A&t to prevent the Abuses committed by Traders in Butter and Checfe. "The A&t began in the Houfe of Commons. "The Claufe which gives the Appeal to the Seffion, "fo as the Perfon appealing give a Bond of £. 20. with "Sureties to pay fuch Cofts as the Court hall allow, I " within regulating Abuses, in the Plantation Trade. "This Act began in the House of Commons. « C. 25. N. 21. An Act for continuing the Act pro: «ported or imported, to and from the Plantations, in "hibiting all Trade and Commerce with France, and "for Encouragement of Privateers. "The Act began in the House of Commons. "The Lords add a Claufe, That if the Commif"fioners for Prizes fail in paying to the Private Men "of War the Reward of £. 10. per Gun, they fhall lose "their Places, and be uncapable of any Office in Their Majefties Service. ་་ 5 & 6 W. & M. C. 12. N. 12. An Act to take away the Proceís for the Capiatur Fine in the feveral "Courts at Westminster. "The Act began in the Houfe of Commons. "It was thereby Enacted, That the Plaintiff, upon "figning Judgement, fhall pay to the Officer, in full "Satisfaction of the faid Fine, &c. the Sum of " 6 s. 8d. "The Lords add, [" to be distributed in fuch Manner as Fines and Fees of this Kind have usually been "and not otherwife."] "C. 8. N. 15. An Act for the explaining and more "effectual Execution of a former Act, for Relief of poor "Prifoners. "The Lords add the Claufe in that A&t, whereby "the Gaoler, &c. for refufing to take the Oath ap"pointed by that Law, fhall forfeit and pay to the Pri"foner, thereby detained, the Value of the Debt for "which he is imprisoned; to be recovered by Action ❝ of Debt. By the Act, as it came from the Commons, the "Sheriffs, Gaolers, Clerks of the Peace, or other Of"ficers, who fhould take of a Prifoner to be discharged "above 6 s. 8 d. upon any Pretence, fhould incur the "Forfeiture of his Office and Interest respectively. "The Lords leave out ["the Forfeiture of Office "and Intereft;"] and make it[" Forfeiture of the Value "of the Debt,"] to be recovered as aforefaid. 66 "To which Amendment the Commons agree, only changing the Word ["Forfeiture"] to[" forfeiting."] " 6 & 7 W. & M. C. 17. An Act to prevent the "counterfeiting and clipping the Coin of this Realm. "This Act began in the House of Lords. "The Penalties, as they now ftand in the Act, are "Amendments made in the Houfe of Commons. "But the Diftribution of the Penalties, (videlicet,) "One Moiety to the King, and the other Moiety to the Informer, was by Amendment of the House of "Lords. ་ "Ships taken and condemned as Prize, &c. and in Foreign-built Ships employed by the Commiffioners "of the Navy for bringing of Naval Stores, &c. not"withstanding any Law to the contrary. "The Lords alfo add another Claufe, That the Proprietors of Islands, or Tracts of Land in the Con"tinent of America, fhall not alien the fame to others "than natural-born Subjects of England, &c.; and that "all Governors appointed by Proprietors fhall be al"lowed by the King, and take the Oaths enjoined by "this or any other A&t to be taken by the King's Governor, under the like Penalties the King's Governors are by the said A&t liable to. 66 "Note, The Penalty in this Act for fuch Governor "is, Lofs of his Government, and Forfeiture of "One Thousand Pounds. "The Lords alfo add a Claufe, That no Ship fhall "be deemed a Ship of the Built of England, &c. till "the Owner shall regifter the Ship in the Manner the "Claufe directs, on Penalty of being liable to fuch "Prosecution and Forfeiture as Perfons trading to the "Plantations in a Foreign-built Ship are liable to. "Likewife, That no Ship taken as Prize by Letters "of Marque fhall have the Privilege of an English-built "Ship, until it be specially registered, according to the Meaning of the Act, &c. "The Act began in the Houfe of Commons; and, as "" 7 & 8 W. III. C. 13. N. 27. An Act for taking" it came from thence, the Perfon appealing, and not "off the Obligation and Encouragement for coining "prevailing in his Appeal, was to pay Double Cofts. "Guineas, for a certain Time therein mentioned. "The A&t began in the House of Commons. VOL. XVII. "The Lords reduced it to Single Cofts, by an Amend "The Lords add, [" and fhall also be incapable of "holding or enjoying any Office or Employment whatfoever."] "The Lords alfo add a Claufe at the End of the "Bill, ["That if any Officer whatsoever fhall offend, "in cutting down and difpofing of any Trees contrary "to the Intent of this Act, fuch Officer fhall, for fuch "his Offence, forfeit his Office."] "10 & 11 W. III. C. 4. N. 8. An Act to prohibit "the exceffive diftilling of Spirits and Low Wines from "Corn; and against the Exportation of Beer and Ale; "and to prevent Fraud in Distillers. "The Act began in the House of Commons; in "which there are feveral great Penalties upon Of"fenders. "The Lords, by a Claufe added to the Bill, pro"vided, That nothing in the Act fhould extend to hin"der Charles Bennet from drawing or diftilling Spirits, "or Low Wines, within fuch Times, and in fuch Quan"tities, as are mentioned in the Clause. 11 & 12 Gul. III. C. 7. N. 17. An Act for the more effectual Suppreffion of Piracy. "The Act began in the Houfe of Commons. "The Lords add a Claufe, That if any of the Go"vernors in the Plantations, or any Perfon in Autho"rity there, fhall refuse to yield Obedience to this "Act, fuch Refufal is hereby declared to be a For"feiture of all and every the Charters granted for the "Government or Propriety of fuch Plantation." 66 66 66 "The Lords infift on the Second and Third Amendments in the Preamble of the Bill: "Because the Words left out by this Amendment are introduced to the Claufe left out by their Lordfhips in the Fifth Amendment. Befides, as the Law now ftands, there are many Offices and Employments "to which Perfons may be admitted, without being "under an Obligation to receive the Sacrament on that "account; and therefore they cannot agree to let a "Claufe ftand, wherein a Matter of Fact is pofitively "affirmed, which they take to be otherwise. "The Lords infi on the Fourth Amendment, be"caufe it depends on the former. "The Lords infift on their Fifth Amendment: "Because the Act of the 25th of King Charles the "Second, called "The Teft Act," which has been found by Experience to have been an effectual Security against Popery, and which their Lordfhips are willing to enforce yet further by this Bill as to the "Diffenters, is known to every Body; and it is gene"rally understood to what Employments it does extend: "And therefore their Lordships think it reasonable to "reft there, and not to fubje&t Men to the Penalties "of this Bill upon general or uncertain Words. "The Lords do not go about to take away the "Force of the Corporation Act, or to leffen any Se"curity the Church of England has by it; but cannot "agree to extend the Penalties of this Bill to the ge"neral Words of that Act, which, by Construction, "hereafter may ferve Purpofes which are not owned at present to be the Intent of this Bill. 66 They conceive, the Penalty of One Hundred "Pounds, and Five Pounds a Day for every Day after "the Offence committed, to be exceffive; and the "Whole being given to the Informer, would prove a dangerous Temptation to Perjury, and a pernicious "Encouragement to Informers, the most odious Sort "of Perfons, which would be a Blemish on the best "Reign. "Their Lordships have given a fufficient Proof of "their Willingness to make this Bill as effectual as will "confift with Reason, by agreeing to fuch a Pecuniary Penalty (befides the Lofs of Office), as may be a proper Encouragement to Informers to fwear the "Truth, though not perhaps a fufficient Temptation to go further. 66 "As to the Ninth Amendment; the Commons fay they difagree, because they think Incapacity a proper "Punishment for this Offence. 66 "1. The Lords infift upon their Amendment, be"cause they think directly the contrary. "2. Their Lordships obferve, that, as the Law now "ftands, any Perfon having an Office may be prefent "at Mafs upon much eafier Terms, than he might be "prefent at a Conventicle if the Lords fhould depart "from this Amendment. 66 3. The Lords think an Englishman cannot be re"duced to a more unhappy Condition, than to be put, by Law, under an Incapacity of ferving his Prince the moft deteftable Nature ought to put him under "and Country; and therefore nothing but a Crime of "fuch a Difability: They who think the being pre"fent at a Meeting to be fo high a Crime, can hardly "think that a Toleration of fuch Meetings ought to "continue long; and yet the Bill fays, "The Act of "Toleration ought to be kept inviolable." "an Increase of Punishment for a Second Offence, be"The Lords do not think it at all neceffary to make "cause caufe the First Offence is made Forfeiture of Office; "and when the Office is gone, the Perfon may go to a "Meeting, without Breach of any Law, while the A&t "of Toleration continues; and if he thall afterwards get another Office, he will forfeit the fame, and in"cur the Penalties in this Act, if he shall ever after be "prefent at a Conventicle; which their Lordships think fufficient Punishment for a Second Offence. ἐσ 66 σε "ad Skin, 33 Line. The Lords agree to the Commons Amendments to their Lordships Amendment, "with the Addition of the Words following, after the Words [" prayed for"]; (videlicet,) [“ in Pursuance of the Act paffed in the First Year of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, "An "Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Sub"ject, and fettling the Succeffion of the Crown;" and "the Act paffed in the 12th and 13th of King William "the Third, intituled, " An Act for the further Limi"tation of the Crown, and better fecuring the Rights "and Liberties of the Subject."].”" "The Lords infift on the Claufe (B): "Because, to leave Proteftant Diffenters fubject to "Penalties if they do not accept of Offices, and at the "fame Time to restrain them, if they accept of them upon the Penalties of this Bill, from doing what they "think themselves obliged to in Confcience, is Perfecution for Confcience, and does not agree with what "is fet forth in the Preamble of the Bill. "The Lords infift on Claufe (D): "Because the Foreign Reformed Churches allowed, "or to be allowed, were by the Act of Uniformity "exempted from the Penalties of that Law; and other 66 Foreign Proteftants, who have been forced out of "their own Country by a cruel Perfecution, have fet"tled here in England, by Encouragement from Par "liaments, as well as from the Crown: It would have a "ftrange Appearance, if it fhould be thought so high "an Offence for any of Her Majesty's Subjects in Of"fice but once to be prefent at their Way of Wor: "fhip. "This would give fuch a Discountenance to thofe "of the fame Religion Abroad, as would no Way fuit "with Her Majefty's Character of Head of the Pro"teftant Interest in Europe.: "The Lords infist on Clause (E): "Because the Perfons concerned in it have no Pro"fit, nor any Truft but what relates to the Poor; and, "without this Claufe, Charitable Foundations, as Hof"pitals, Public Work-houses, and the like, would meet "with Difcouragement, and the Number of them might "be leffened." Comes Northampton. Ds. Herbert. Comes Manchester. Comes Stamford. Comes Kingston. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarfdale. Comes Feverfham. Comes Radnor. Comes Berkeley: Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochefter. Comes Abingdon. Comes Plimouth Comes Portland. Comes Torrington: Comes Orford. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Bernard. Ds. Halifax! 、 Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Thomas Dent verfus Dent Doctor in Divinity, from a Decretal Order made sir W. Buck in the Court of Exchequer, the Sixth Day of July last, on the Behalf of Sir William Buck and others, appointing a Trial at Law, upon this Iffue, "Whether there be a "Modus of Twenty Shillings a Year payable to the "Vicar of Lenton, in Lieu of the Tithes of Hanby Grange and the Lands thereunto belonging, or not? "And whether Grange Leafe be Part of Hanby Grange?" And praying," That the faid Order may be fet afide "and reverfed, and the Value of the Tithes decreed to "the Appellants, according to the Defendants An"fwers:' It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid Sir William Buck and others may have a Copy of the faid Appeal ; and fhall and he is hereby required to put in his Anfwer thereunto, in Writing, on Saturday the Three and Twentieth |