Journals of the House of Lords

E. Caffillis againft Paterfon :

Appeal withdrawn with

Cofts.

Buchanan

againft Cunningham & Simpfon:

Appeal difmiffed.

Warner

"the Estate of Blanerne, in the County of Berwick, and "the Proceedings therein, are become abated by the "Death of the faid Appellant, and the Petitioner, his "Eldeft Son and Heir at Law, is defirous that the fame "fhould be revived;" and therefore praying their Lordfhips will be pleased to order "That the faid Appeal "may ftand revived in the Petitioner's Name, as in the "Place and Stead of the faid John Balfour his Father, "deceased:"

It is ORDERED, That the faid Appeal do stand revived in the Petitioner's Name, in the Place and Stead of the faid John Balfour his Father, deceased, as defired.

A Petition of Archibald Earl of Caffillis, Appellant in a Caufe depending in this House, to which Doctor James Paterfon is Refpondent, which ftands appointed for hearing, was presented and read; fetting forth, "That "the Appellant is advised to withdraw his faid Appeal ;" and therefore praying "their Lordships will allow the "faid Appeal to be withdrawn:"

now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for "other Purposes therein mentioned," and for hearing Counsel for and against the fame, which stands appointed for Thursday next, be put off to Tuesday the 5th of that the feveral Witneffes who were Ordered to attend, do then attend.

And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called April next, and that the Lords be fummoned; and

in and heard at the Bar;

And being withdrawn ;

ORDERED, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to withdraw his faid Appeal, on Payment of Eighty Pounds Costs to the Refpondent.

Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Buchanan of the City of New York, Appellant in a Caufe depending in this Houfe, to which Meffieurs Cunningham and Simpson of Edinburgh are Refpondents, which ftands appointed for hearing, fetting forth, "That the "Petitioner and the Refpondents being now come to an "Agreement concerning the Matters in question under "this Appeal;" The Petitioner therefore prays, "their Lordfhips will be pleased to order, that the faid Appeal "be difmiffed without Payment of Cofts, the Agent "for the Refpondents having figned the faid Petition as "confenting thereto :"

It is ORDERED, That the faid Appeal be, and is hereby difmiffed this House, without Payment of Cofts, as defired.

Upon reading the Petition of Patrick Warner of againft Ardeer, Efquire, Appellant in a Caufe depending in this Cunningham. House, to which Robert Reid Cunningham of Auchenharvie Efquire is Refpondent; fetting forth, “That "the Petitioner's Junior Counfel, who is prepared to plead this Cause at their Lordships Bar, being at pre"fent neceffarily abfent on the Western Circuit, the "Petitioner is defirous of having the Hearing of his said "Appeal poftponed 'till Monday the 25th Day of April "next;" and therefore praying, "That their Lordships "will be pleased to appoint this Appeal to be heard upon Monday the 25th Day of April next, the Agent for "the Refpondent having figued the faid Petition as "confenting thereto :"

Comee

Upon reading the Petition of Maria Rylands otherwise Goughs' PeGough of the City of Dublin, Widow, and Richard Frank- tition to in Gough of the City of Limerick, Surgeon; fetting receive Apforth, "That the Petitioner Maria Rylands is the fole peal referred "furviving Plaintiff in a Caufe in the High Court of to Appeal "Chancery in Ireland against The Right Honorable "David Latouche, Peter Latouche, Robert Latouche and "John Latouche, Defendants; and the Petitioner Richard "Franklin Gough is beneficially interested in the Estate "in question in the faid Caufe: That on the Sixth Day "of November laft the Petitioners Solicitors tranf"mitted from Dublin to their Agents in London, the "Petitioners Petition and Appeal to their Lordships,

humbly praying that their Lordships would be pleased "to order the faid Defendants to put in their Answer "to the Petitioners faid Appeal, at fuch Time as their "Lordships fhould prefix, and that Service of their

Lordships Order on the faid Refpondents or their Six "Clerks or Solicitors might be deemed good Service; " and that their Lordships would be pleased to reverse "Two feveral Decrees made in the faid Caufe, on the "Twenty-third Day of March One thoufand eight hun"dred and eight, and the Twenty-feventh Day of June "One thoufand eight hundred and eight, or grant to "the Petitioners fuch Relief in the Premifes, as to "their Lordships great Wifdom fhould feem meet: "That the faid Petition was figned by The Right Ho"norable Mr. Saurin, His Majefty's Attorney General "of Ireland, and Mr. M'Mahon, the Petitioners Counfel "in the faid Caufe, and Notice that the fame would be "presented, was duly ferved on the Solicitors for the "faid Refpondents; and the faid Petition was on the "Ninth Day of November laft lodged at the Parlia

ment Office by the Petitioners faid Agents, within the "Time required by the Rules and Orders of their Lordships: That although the faid Petition was fo figned by the Petitioners Counfel, the Certificate required by their Lordfhips Order had been omitted, "and therefore the Petition was returned; and before "the fame could be again prefented, their Lordships "had adjourned the Seffions: That the proper Certifi"cate has now been added to the faid Petition ;" and therefore praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased "to receive the faid Petition and Appeal, and to grant

"the

14th Report of Coms of Enquiry in Ireland, & Account of Appointments in the Customs in Ireland, delivered.

Promiffory
Notes, Bank
Notes, Gold
& Silver, &c.

Accounts
respecting,
Ordered.

It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to confider of the Caufes in which Prints of the Appellants and Refpondents Cafes, now depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House.

The House being informed "That Mr. Johnson, from "the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, attended;"

He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of Parliament,

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ceeding 1. Is. and not exceeding 2. 2s.; those "exceeding £2. 2s. and not exceeding £5. 5s.; those exceeding £5. 5s. and not exceeding £20.; and those "exceeding £20."

"him the Benefit of a Process of Ceffio Bonorum, which
❝he inftituted against his Creditors, and in which he
"was oppofed by the Refpondent only: As foon as
"their Lordships received the Petitioner's Appeal, his
Agent at Edinburgh applied to feveral Gentlemen at the
"Scotch Bar to draw a Cafe for the Petitioner in the faid
Appeal, in order that he might have the fame printed
"and laid on their Lordfhips Table within the Time
prescribed by the Standing Order of the 12th of July
1811; but the Shortnefs of the Period allowed, and
"it being neceffary for any Gentleman who undertook
the Cafe to make himfelf Mafter of no lefs
to prepare
"than Six voluminous Reports made by Three different
"Accountants, he found it impoffible to get any Gen-
"tleman to undertake to complete it within that Period;
"and this Houfe not being then fitting, the Petitioner
"had no Opportunity until now of ftating the Difficulties
"which he had to encounter: The Refpect which the
"Petitioner has for the Orders of this Houfe, and his
"Defire to comply with them, would of itfelf be a fuffi-
"cient inducement to him to allow no unneceffary Delay
"to take place in laying his Cafe on their Lordships
"Table, but the Situation in which he is placed,
" left at the Mercy of an unfeeling Creditor, makes it
"his Intereft to bring his Caufe as fpeedily as poffible
"in a proper State for their Decifion; the Petitioner's
"Cafe is prepared, and in the Printer's Hands, but
as the fame cannot be received without the Per-
"miffion of their Lordships, the Petitioner is under
"the Neceffity of making the prefent Application to
"this Houfe, and trufts their Lordships will be pleased
"to allow his Cafe (notwithstanding the Time limited
by the Standing Order has expired) to be put on the
“Table, and that the Appeal may ftand in the Cause
"Lift as one of the Appeals in dependence before
"their Lordships;" and therefore praying "their

Alfo, "An Account of the Amount of Bank Notes "in Circulation on the 7th and 12th Days of each "Month, from the 12th of December 1812 to the 21st "of March 1814, inclufive; diftinguishing the Bank "Poft Bills, as well as the Notes under the Value of "Five Pounds."

Alfo," An Account of the Weekly Amount of Bank "Notes in Circulation, from the 11th of December "1812 to the 21ft of March 1814, both inclufive; diftinguishing the Bank Poft Bills, as well as the Notes "under the Value of Five Pounds."

Alfo, "An Account of the Market Prices of Standard "Gold in Bars, Foreign (i. e. Portugal) Gold in Coin, "Standard Silver in Bars, and Spanish Dollars, or "Pillar Pieces of Eight, with the Courfes of Exchange "with Hamburgh, Lisbon and Paris, from the ift of February 1813 to the latest Period to which the fame "can be made up.'

Lordships to allow the Petitioner to lay his Cafe on
"the Table, and to direct that his Appeal may ftand
"in the Caufe Lift as one of the Caufes in depend-
"ence before this Houfe:"

It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition be referred to the
Committee appointed to confider of the Caufes in which
Prints of the Appellants and Refpondents Cafes, now
depending in this Houfe in Matters of Appeals and
Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the
Standing Orders of this House.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamen- Adjourn tum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Martis, vicefimum fecundum diem inftantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus.

IE Martis, 22° Martii 1814.

DIE

And alfo, "An Account of the Number of Country
"Banks in England and Wales for which Licences to
"iffue Promiffory Notes have been taken out, for Four
"Years, ending 5th January 1814; diftinguishing Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes
"each Year, and diftinguishing the Number in each
"County, and the Number of Partners concerned in
"the Banks of each County."

Sir W. Payne
A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Brown and others;

to take the

Name of

Gallwey, Bill.

To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act to enable Sir
"William Payne Baronet, and his Iffue, to take, ufe and
"bear the Surname and Arms of Gallwey, purfuant to
"the Will of Tobias Wall Gallwey Efquire, deceased ;'
and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to
the fame, without any Amendment.

Wight
Upon reading the Petition of Archibald Wight, Appel-
against
Ritchie, Ap- lant in a Caufe depending in this Houfe, to which Alex-
pellant's Pe- ander Ritchie is Refpondent; fetting forth, "That pre-
tition to lodge "vious to the Adjournment of Parliament at Christmas,
his Cafe,
"their Lordships were pleafed to receive an Appeal on
referred to
Appeal
"Behalf of the Petitioner, from a Decifion pronounced
Comee.
by the narroweft poffible Majority of the Second
"Divifion of the Court of Seffion in Scotland, refusing

Burder's Bill.

Oriel College
& Harris's
Exchange
Bill.

Adams' Bill.

Turpin's et

change

Judges.

Comes Liverpool. Comes Conyngham.

Comes Limerick. Comes Charleville. Comes Grey. Comes Mulgrave.

PRAYERS.

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for "vesting certain Eftates devised by the Will of William "Burder, and now belonging to Jane Burder, William "Burder, Charles Forfter Burder, Ann Gouldfmith and Mary Needham Gouldfmith, Infants, and to Samuel Burder, Mary Needham Burder and Elizabeth Burder, "in undivided Shares in Fee-Simple, in Trustees to be "fold, and for invefting the Purchase Monies arifing "from the Shares of fuch of them as are Infants in "other Real Estates, to be conveyed to them in Fee"Simple, in lieu of fuch Shares."

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the Confideration of the Lords following:

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the Confideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Thursday the 7th of April next, at the ufual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please. Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for "vefting certain Eftates devised by the Will of Benjamin Hyett Efquire, deceased, in Truftees to be fold, and "for laying out the Monies thence arifing in the Pur"chafe of other Eftates, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftates fo fold."

τε

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the Confideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the Second Tuesday after the Recefs at Eafter, at the ufual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Upon reading the Petition of Henrietta Turpin Widow, al. Petition to on Behalf of herself and her Infant Children, and of The Reverend George Homan and Thomas Berry Efquire, Guardians of fuch Infant Children together with the faid Henrietta Turpin; fetting forth, That the Petitioners "prefented a Petition to this Houfe on the 25th Day "of November laft, praying for Leave to bring in a Bill "for the Purposes therein mentioned, which their Lord"fhips were pleafed to refer to The Lord Chief Baron "of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland and Mr. Juftice "Fox: That owing to the very long and fevere Illness "of Mr. Juftice Fox the faid Judges have not met, nor "has any Proceedings taken place on the said Petition: VOL. XLIX.

"That the faid Lord Chief Baron is now gone on the "That their Circuit;"The Petitioners therefore pray, "Lordfhips would be pleased to refer the faid Petition to "The Honourable Juftice Ofborne and The Honourable "Juftice Day, or make fuch other Order therein, as to "their Lordships fhall feem meet :”

It is ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be, and is hereby referred to Mr. Juftice Ofborne in Ireland, and Mr. Juftice Day in Ireland, who are forthwith to fummon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Cafe, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Confequences of the Bill, have figned the Petition; and alfo, that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do fign

the fame.

Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honorable E. WinterEdward Turnour Earl Winterton in that Part of the ton's Petition United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called to change a Judge. Ireland; fetting forth, "That the Petitioner prefented a "Petition to their Lordships on the First Day of March "inftant, praying Leave to bring in a Private Bill for "the Purposes therein mentioned, which was referred "to The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer "and Mr. Juftice Dallas: That the faid Mr. Juftice "Dallas is gone on the Oxford Circuit, and will not return from the fame until after the Time limited by "their Lordfhips for receiving Reports from the Judges on Petitions for Private Bills will be expired, as the Agent for the Petitioner has been informed, on an Application for an Appointment to attend him ;" and therefore praying, "That their Lordfhips will be pleased "to refer the Confideration of his faid Petition to the "faid Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Richards, or "to make fuch other Order therein, as to their Lordfhips fhall feem meet:"

Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron Richards, who are forthwith to fummon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and after hearing them, are to report to the Houfe the State of the Cafe, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Confequences of the Bill, have figned the Petition; and alfo, that the Judges, having perufed the Bill, do fign the fame.

It is ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid

Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Symons Efquire Symons' et and Mary his Wife, on Behalf of themselves and their al. Petition Four Infant Children, and of Mary Ann Jane Raymond to change Spinfter, the Daughter of the faid Thomas Symons and Judges. "That the Petitioners Mary his Wife; fetting forth, "prefented a Petition to this Houfe on the First Day of "March last, praying for Leave to bring in a Bill for the

Purposes therein mentioned, which their Lordthips were "pleased to refer to Mr. Juftice Heath and Mr. Justice "Dallas: That the faid Judges have not met, nor have any

Proceedings taken place on the faid Petition, and the "faid Judges are now gone on their refpective Circuits;" and therefore praying" Their Lordfhips will be pleafed to "refer the faid Petition to The Lord Chief Baron of the "Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron Richards, or to "make fuch other Order therein, as to their Lordships fhall think most proper :"

It is ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron Richards, who are forthwith to fummon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Cafe, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Confequences of the Bill, have figned the Petition; and also, that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do fign the fame.

Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders, Com- Corn Laws, miffioners of Supply, and Proprietors of Land in the Petition of County of Kincardine, in Scotland, fetting forth, "That Freeholders, 9 E

"for

He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of Parliament,

"An Account of the Net Balances in the Hands of "the Deputy Postmasters in Great Britain, with their "Disbursements and Allowances, in the Quarters "ended 5th July, 5th October 1813, and 5th January

1814.

And also, "An Account of the Total Amount of "Arrears due on the 5th January 1814 from the "Poft Office in Great Britain, from 5th January 1774 "to 5th January 1814; diftinguishing the Names of "fuch Officers, and in what Situation they are or were "employed, the Sums originally due from them, and "when, and the Amount and Dates of the Payments which have been made in Discharge thereof."

" for many Years paft, particularly fince the Introduc"tion of the prefent Corn Laws, the Fluctuation of the "Price of Grain has been greater than at any former "Period; it has been much complained of, and it has "been seriously felt by all Claffes: That the Petitioners "are humbly of Opinion, that this Fluctuation has been "in a great Measure owing to the prefent exifting Laws "operating as a Difcouragement to the Cultivation in "this Country of an Article of the firft Neceffity: That "the Petitioners are informed, that fince the present "Corn Laws were paffed, immenfe Sums have been "paid for Foreign Corn imported into Great Britain, "which must have been highly prejudicial, not only to "the Intereft of the Farmer, but also to the Merchant "and Manufacturer, by withdrawing a large Capital" "from this Country, and putting it into the Hands of "Foreign States: That Experience has fhewn that the "present Corn Laws are not fufficient to place the "Grower of Corn in this Country on the fame Footing "with Foreigners, where Taxes bear a fmall Proportion "to what are paid by the Cultivators of Land in this "Country: That it is of the utmost Importance to this

Brodie et al. against Brodie.

Country that Regulations fhould be adopted to encourage the Growth of Corn in Great Britain and "Ireland; and at the fame Time it would be advantageous to the Grower and Confumer to ensure a fair "and steady Price, by which Means the Capital now "paid for Foreign Corn would add to the Refources of "this Country, and be employed in the Cultivation and "Improvement of the Soil of this Kingdom, encrease "the Quantity of Corn, and thereby fecure an ample "Supply, independent of Foreign States: That for promoting these Objects, the Petitioners are humbly of Opinion, that the regulating Price for allowing Impor"tation fhould be fixed at a Sum equal to One-fifth "above the average Price for the last Twenty Years ;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "To grant the Pe"titioners fuch Relief in the Premises, as in their Lordships Wisdom shall seem proper

Ogle against Robinfon et al. in Error.

Airlie Peerage, Comee

to meet.

It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be ap"pointed for hearing the Cause wherein Mrs. Elizabeth "Brodie Widow, and others, are Appellants, and "John Brodie is Refpondent:"

Poft Office Accounts

delivered.

It is ORDERED, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after thofe already appointed.

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And then he withdrew.

And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk;
ORDERED, That the faid Accounts do lie on the
Table.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Kenilworth by Mr. Dugdale and others;

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing Counsel to argue the Errors affigned upon the Writ of Error wherein John Ogle Ogle is Plaintiff, and Samuel Sketchley Robinson and "others are Defendants:"

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the "Term and Powers of Two Acts of His prefent Majefty, "for repairing the Road from the Warwick Road near "Solihull to the Guide Poft in Kenilworth, and from

It is ORDERED, That this House will hear the faid
Errors argued, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant
Day for Causes after those already appointed.

Stonebridge to meet the aforefaid Road at Balfall
"Common, in the County of Warwick, so far as refpects
"the faid Road from Stonebridge to Balfall Common,
"and from thence to the faid Town of Kenilworth
to which they defire the Concurrence of this House.
The faid Bill was read the First Time.

Petition

Upon reading the Petition of the Ship-Builders refid- Eaft Indiaing within the Limits of the Port of London, whofe built Ships, Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordof Shipfhips, "That in future the Trade to and from China may Builders of "be confined to British-built Ships, and that Ships London "built in Afia, and in the Islands in the adjacent Seas, respecting. "and admitted to Entry in the United Kingdom, may "be subject to fuch a Duty thereon as will protect the "Interests of the Petitioners and the various other Per"fons dependent on the Building and Equipment of "Ships in the United Kingdom; and that India-built

Ships may not be hereafter admitted to participate in "the Privileges of British-built Shipping :"

Upon reading the Petition of Walter Ogilvy Efquire,
claiming the Title and Dignity of Earl of Airlie and
Lord Ogilvy; fetting forth, "That the Matter of the
"Petitioner's faid Claim was heard at great Length
"before the Lords Committees of Privileges in the last
"Seffion of Parliament, but not finished; the Petitioner,
"defirous that the Hearing may be refumed, and the
"Matter decided as foon as the Conveniency of the
"House will permit," therefore prays, "That the
"Committee may be revived, and that their Lordships
" will direct them to meet, and proceed on the Matter
"of this Claim, on the first Bye-Day after the Recefs at
Eafter, or on fuch other Day as their Lordships may
"think proper :"

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ORDERED, That the Bill, intituled, " An Act for Dulwich enabling a married Perfon to hold and enjoy the College Bill "Place or Office of Master of the College of God's "Gift in Dulwich, in the County of Surrey," be read a Second Time on Friday next.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamen- Adjourn. tum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicefimum tertium diem inftantis Martii, horâ decimâ

The House being informed, "That Mr. Newton, from Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. "the Poft Office, attended;"

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the Confideration of the Lords following:

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes E. Sandwich.

Epus. Petriburg.

fuerunt :

Smith et al. Upon reading the Petition of Robertfon, Forfyth and againft Company, Refpondents in a Caufe depending in this Robertfon & Houfe, to which Stewart Smith and others are Appel

Co.

Dick & Pen

gree against Baillie et al.

Bernal againft Marquis of

lants; fetting forth, "That this Caufe came on to be "heard on the 15th Day of December last, when the "Two Counsel for the Appellants were heard, and the "further Hearing was poftponed by their Lord' fhips, to give Time to the Appellants to procure a Document "in the Proceedings below, which was confidered ne"ceffary for their Lordships Information: That one of "the Petitioners Counsel is at prefent on the Western "Circuit, and the Petitioners conceive that it would be a great Difadvantage to their Cafe to retain another in "his Place, who had not an Opportunity of hearing "the Appellants Arguments; and as the Petitioners "faid abfent Counfel is alfo converfant in the Forms of Proceedings in the Court of Seffion, upon which it is "apprehended that Part of the Argument in this Caufe may turn, the Petitioners do therefore humbly hope "that their Lordships will be pleased to permit this "Cause to stand over for an additional fhort Period;" and therefore praying, "This Caufe may be appointed "to be further heard on Wednesday the 27th Day of April next, or on fuch other Day as to their Lordfhips fhall feem :"" proper

It is ORDERED, That the faid Cause be further heard, by Counsel at the Bar, on Wednesday the 27th Day of April next, as defired.

ORDERED, That the Caufe wherein Quintin Dick Efquire and George Pengree are Appellants, and Collin Baillie and others are Refpondents, be heard by Counsel at the Bar on Friday next.

ORDERED, That the Cause wherein Isaac Bernal the Younger is Appellant, and George Auguftus Marquis of Donegal et al. Donegal and Edward May Efquire are Refpondents; and alfo the Cause wherein Ifaac Bernal the Younger is Appellant, and George Auguftus Marquis of Donegal and Edward May Efquire and others are Refpondents, be heard by Counfel at the Bar on Friday next.

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t for "fettling and fecuring the Lands and Barony of Ballochtoul, Girvan, and other Hereditaments in the "County of Ayr, to and in Favour of Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton Baronet, and the Series of Heirs entitled "to take by certain Deeds of Entail made by John Lord "Bargany and John Hamilton Efquire, deceased, under "the Conditions and Limitations contained in the "faid Deeds, and in lieu thereof for vefting certain "Parts of the Entailed Estate of Bargany, lying in the "faid County, in the faid Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton "Baronet, and his Heirs and Affigns, in Fee-Simple."

L. Eliot.

L. Kenyon.
L. Wellesley.

L. Ellenborough.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the Third Day of Meeting after the Recess at Eafter, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for Kenilworth "enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts of His Road Bill. "prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road from the "Warwick Road near Solihull to the Guide Poft in "Kenilworth, and from Stonebridge to meet the aforefaid "Road at Balfall Common, in the County of Warwick, "fo far as refpects the faid Road from Stonebridge to Balfall Common, and from thence to the said Town of "Kenilworth."

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Upon reading the Petition of William Wyndham Lord Ld. GrenGrenville and Anne Lady Grenville, and Thomas Bur- ville's et al. roughs; fetting forth, "That the Petitioners prefented Petition to "a Petition to this Houfe on the 1ft Day of March laft, Judges. change praying for Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purposes "therein mentioned, which their Lordships were pleased "to refer to Mr. Juftice Chambre and Mr. Juftice Bayley: "That the faid Judges have not met, nor have any Pro"ceedings taken place on the faid Petition; and the faid

Judges are now gone on their refpective Circuits ;" and therefore praying, "Their Lordships will be pleafed "to refer the faid Petition to The Lord Chief Baron of "the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron Richards, or "to make fuch other Order therein, as their Lordships "fhall think most proper :"

It is ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid

Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron Richards, who are forthwith to fummon all Parties concerned in the

Bill, and after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Cafe, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Confequences of the Bill, have figned the Petition; and also, that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the fame.

Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of The Reverend Thomas Briggs' et al. Briggs Clerk and others; fetting forth, "That on the Petition to "ft Day of March inftant the Petitioners prefented a change "Petition to their Lordships, praying for Leave to bring "a Private Bill, for the Purposes therein mentioned, "which was thereupon referred to the Confideration of "Mr. Justice Heath and Mr. Juftice Bayley: That both "the faid Judges are now upon the Circuit, and they are

not expected to return to London, fo as to enable them "to meet and proceed upon the Reference before the "Time limited by this House for receiving Reports from "the Judges on Petitions for Private Bills fhall have

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