"request their Lordships, that fuch Bills may not be It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the kr King's Lynn: Upon reading the Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of the Borough of King's Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, agreed upon at a General Meeting, held on the 30th Day of May 1814, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, praying, "That the Bills now depending in Parliament for the Alteration of the "Corn Laws may be poftponed, 'till the next Seffion of "Parliament, in order that a Time may be afforded for a more full Investigation of the Subject, in all its Bearings, and that it may be seen what Effect a gene"ral Peace is likely to produce upon the Taxes and "Agriculture of the Country; and further, that the faid "Bills may not now pafs into a Law:" Bury St. Ed. munds: Stockport, &c: Plymouth Sunderland, &c: Dewsbury: It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Bury It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Upon reading the Petition of the Householders and Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth Dock and Parish of Stoke Damarel, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, praying this House "will be pleased to take their "Petition into their ferious Confideration, and adopt "fuch Measures, to prevent an Encrease in the Price of "Corn, as in their Wisdom may seem fit :" Upon reading the Petition of the Churchwardens, St. Botolph Overseers of the Poor, and Inhabitants of the Parish of without Ald. Saint Botolph without Aldgate, in the County of Middle- gate: fex, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to take their Peti❝tion into Consideration, and that the Measure respecting "the Corn Laws at present before their Lordships, may "not pass into a Law, or that the further Confideration "thereof be poftponed until such Time as more exten"five information can be collected on fuch an important Subject:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Poole: It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Wilton: Borough and Parish of Wilton, in the County of Wilts, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed: Within: Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhahitant Cripplegate Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Ipswich: And alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Church- Bermondley: It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the wardens, Sidesmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the Table. County of Surrey, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed, "That the further Difcuffion of the feverally praying, "Measures now pending in Parliament for the altering "the prefent Laws refpecting the Exportation or Im"portation of Corn may be poftponed, and that a Change "of fuch Magnitude and Importance may not pafs into Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders, Shipowners, Merchants, Traders and other Inhabitants of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishop Wearmouth, and their Vicinities, praying their Lordships "will not make any "Alterations in the Import Price of Grain, unless it "fhould be found expedient to abolish the Corn Laws altogether, in order that Corn, like other Articles in "Commerce, may find its own Level in the Market:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Merchants, Manufacturers and others, Inhabitants of Dewsbury, whofe Names are thereunto subscribed, fetting forth, 10 a Law until fuch Time as Parliament fhall have re- It is ORDERED, That the faid Petitions do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Hungerford immediate Iflington: Barnard Cafle: St. Bride, London: Cripplegate without : Bishop Auckland: Darlington: Stoke Newington. Corn Exportation Bill, Petitions againft. Smith et al. immediate Vicinity thereof, whofe Names are thereunto Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Church- Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Gentlemen, Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Bridget otherwife Bride, in the City of London, whofe Names are thereunto subscribed: Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Cripplegate Without, London, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed: Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Gentlemen, Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Gentlemen, Names are thereunto fubfcribed: And alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Church- It is ORDERED, That the said Petitions do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants and Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, whofe Names are thereunto subscribed: Alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, Veftrymen, and other Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the County of Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto fubfcribed: And alfo, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants and Parishioners of the United Parishes of Saint Andrew, Holborn above the Bars, and Saint George the Martyr, in the County of Middlefex, whofe Names are thereunto subscribed, severally taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to permit "the Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, Malt and "Flour from any Part of the United Kingdom, with"out Payment of Duty, or receiving of Bounty," and praying, "That the faid Bill may not pafs into a Law:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Petitions do lie on the Table. ORDERED, That the Agents in the Caufe wherein against Mac James Smith and others are Appellants, and Meffieurs Neill & Co. Mac Neill, Stewart and Company are Respondents, be called in. And Confideration being had thereof; The following Order and Judgement was made: After hearing Counfel as well on Wednesday the 18th as Friday the 20th Days of May laft, upon the Petition and Appeal of William Hepburn, refiding at Hailes, Executor of Mrs. Agnes Hepburn, otherwife Cunninghame, fometime refiding at Haddington, deceafed; complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 18th of June and 14th of July 18c6; and alfo of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Seffion there, of the 4th of March 1808, and 16th of January 1810; and praying, "That the fame might be reverfed, varied or "amended, or that the Appellant might have fuch other "Relief in the Premifes, as to this Houfe, in their Lord fhips great Wisdom, should seem meet;" as alfo upon the Anfwer of Robert Brown and Walter Lockhart, Trustees under the Deed of George Cunninghame and George Milne, put in to the faid Appeal; and due Confideration had this Day of what was offered on either Side in this Caufe; a Declaration. It is DECLARED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Interlocutors in Parliament affembled, That in the Circumftances of Reverfed with this Cafe, the Poft-Nuptial Contract between George Cunninghame and Agnes Hepburn is not to be confidered as gratuitous, or as being, or as intended to be, a Donation between Husband and Wife, but that the faid Con tract, in the Circumstances of this Cafe, ought to be confidered as containing Grants or Agreements between the Spouses, in Confideration of each other, binding upon both, and not revocable by the Hufband; And it is therefore Ordered and Adjudged, That the faid Interlocutors complained of in the faid Appeal, fo far as they are inconfiftent with this Declaration, be, and the fame are hereby Reverfed: And it is further Ordered, That the Cause be remitted back to the Court of Seffion in Scotland, to do what is meet and just consistent with this Declaration and Reversal. 66 66 66 Upon reading the Petition of Richard Morgan and Baker et al. 66 66 66 66 Lordfhips, and would have been heard but for the "Time granted by their Lordships for the Purposes "aforefaid, and the Petitioners have thereby loft their "Turn for Hearing, and cannot get their Appeal rein"ftated without the Permiffion of their Lordships;' and therefore praying "Their Lordfhips will be graciously pleafed to appoint this Appeal for Hearing on Wednef"day next, if practicable, or as foon after as to their Lordships fhall feem meet:" 66 66 It is ORDERED, That this Houfe will hear the faid Uxbridge Roads Bill. Norton Enclosure Bill. College of Phyficians Bill. ORDERED, That the Bill, intituled, "An A&t for continuing the Term, and altering and enlarging the "Powers of feveral Acts paffed for repairing the High ways between Tyburn and Uxbridge, in the County of "Middlefex, and for amending the Road leading from "Brent Bridge, over Hanwell Heath, through the Pa"rifhes of Hanwell, New Brentford and Ealing, to the "Great Western Road in the faid County; and for lighting, watching, and watering the Highway be"tween Tyburn and Kensington Gravel Pits," be read the Third Time on Friday next. Estate Bill. Scotch Clergy Widows, &c. Bill. of To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act for fettling "and fecuring the Lands and Barony of Ballochtoul, "Girvan, and other Hereditaments in the County Ayr, to and in favor 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 Con"ditions and Limitations contained in the faid Deeds, "and in lieu thereof for vefting certain Parts of the En"tailed Eftate of Bargany, lying in the faid County, in "the faid Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton Baronet, and his "Heirs and Affigns, in Fee-Simple ;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, by The Lord Advocate for Scotland and others; The faid Bill was read the First Time. ORDERED, That the said Bill be printed. A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Scotch Creby The Lord Advocate for Scotland and others; With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend and render "more effectual an A&t paffed in the Nineteenth Year "of His prefent Majefty, for the better raifing and se"curing a Fund for a Provifion for the Widows and "Children of the Minifters of the Church of Scotland, "and of the Heads, Principals and Masters in the Uni"verfities of Saint Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh and "Aberdeen; and for repealing Two Acts made in the "Seventeenth and Twenty-fecond Years of the Reign "of His late Majefty King George the Second, for these "Purpofes;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. ditors Bill. A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Glasgow Bridge Bill. by Sir James Graham and others; With a Bill, intituled, " An Act to explain and amend "an A&t made in the Eighteenth Year of His prefent Majefty, for making proper Drains and Sewers for the "purpose of carrying off the Water from the Prebendal "Eftate of Halliwell and Finfbury, in the Suburbs of "the City of London, and for other Purposes therein "mentioned; and to extend feveral of the Provifions "thereof to the Holborn Divifion, in the County of Middlefex;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. Sewers Bill. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Highways by Sir James Graham and others; With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend an A&t of "the Thirteenth Year of His prefent Majefty, to ex"plain, amend and reduce into One Act the Statutes "now in force for the Amendment and Prefervation of "the Public Highways within England, and for other "Purposes;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. The faid Bill was read the First Time. A Mef Bill. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, St. Afaph A Meflage was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir James Graham and others; clofure Bill. by Sir James Graham and others; Horton En Briggs' Bill. Burder's Bill. To return the Bill intituled, "An Act for enclosing "and reducing to a Stint, or for fubdividing and en"clofing feveral Commons and Waste Grounds within "the Lower Divifion of Horton in Ribblefdale, in the "Parish of Horton in Ribblefdale, in the Weft Riding of "the County of York ;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, by Sir James Graham and others; ઃઃ 66 To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the Prebendary of the Prebend of Stoke Newton or "Newnton, otherwife Newington, in the County of Middlefex, founded in the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, in London, to grant a Leafe of the Manor of "Stoke Newton or Newnton, otherwife Newington, in "the faid County, Parcel of the said Prebend, in man"ner therein mentioned, and to enable the granting of "Sub-Leafes for building thereon, and otherwife im"proving the fame; and for other Purpofes;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, by Sir James Graham and others; To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting "certain Estates, devised by the Will of William Burder, "and now belonging to Jane Burder, William Burder, "Charles Forfer Burder, Ann Gouldfmith and Mary "Gouldsmith, Infants, and to Samuel Burder, Mary "Needham Burder and Elizabeth Burder, in undivided "Shares in Fee-Simple, in Trustees, to be fold, and for "investing 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 ;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. Oriel College A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir James Graham and others; & Harris's Exchange Bill. To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for effec"tuating an Exchange between The Provost and Scho"lars of Oriel College in Oxford and George Harris Efquire, of certain Freehold Estates in the County of To return the Bill, intituled, "An A&t for amending an Act of King Charles the Second, relating to "the Cathedral Church of Saint Afaph, in the County have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made "of Flint ;" and to acquaint this Houfe, That they thereto. Cathedral Bill. Election Bill, Evidence of H. C. com "The Commons, having taken into Confideration municated. "that Part of your Lordfhips Meffage of Wednesday laft, "which requests that they would communicate to your "Lordships the Evidence upon which they paffed the "Bill, intituled, "An Act to fecure the Freedom and "Purity of Election in the Borough of Hellefton," have "directed me to deliver to your Lordships, a Printed "Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the "Committee on the Helleft on Election, in the last Sef"fion of Parliament." ORDERED, That the faid Copy do lie on the Table. Writ of Error Non-pros'd, with Cofts. Syme against Burns: Chalmer to enter into Recognizance on it. Ld. Riverfdale et al. against Millerd et al. Confideration of Report on Standing Orders rela tive to Canal Bills, &c. deferred. It is ORDERED, That the Petitioner do forthwith enter a Non-pros. on the faid Writ of Error, as defired; 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 fuch Writ of Error had been brought into this Houfe; 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 Cofts, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the faid Judgement. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Syme Efquire, Cafhier of The Union Bank at Perth in Scotland, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland, of the First Divifion, the first dated the 27th and figned the 28th of January, and of the 19th of May 1814; and praying, "That the fame may "be reverfed, varied or amended, or that the Appellant • may have, on behalf of the said Bank, fuch other "Relief in the Premises, as to this Houfe, in their "Lordships great Wisdom, fhall feem meet; and that "David and John Burns, and David Burns, Farmer at "Kinclaven, may be required to answer the faid Ap"peal:" It is ORDERED, That the faid David and John Burns, and David Burns, Farmer at Kinclaven, may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Anfwers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 3d Day of July next; and Service of this Order upon the faid Refpondents, or upon any of their known Counsel or Agents in the Court of Seffion in Scotland, fhall be deemed good Service. The House being moved, "That James Chalmer of "Abingdon Street, Westminster, Gentleman, may be per"mitted to enter into a Recognizance for John Syme Efquire, on account of his Appeal depending in this "House, he refiding in Scotland:" It is ORDERED, That the faid James Chalmer may enter into a Recognizance for the faid Appellant, as defired. Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honourable Lord Riverfdale and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in this Houfe, to which Thomas Millerd and others are Refpondents; setting forth, "That in confequence of the fevere Indifpofition of the Counsel employed in drawing the Cafes neceffary to be laid on "their Lordships Table, the Petitioners have not been "able to get the fame prepared in the Time limited by "the Standing Order of their Lordships House; and to "which Appeal the Refpondents have not put in their "Anfwer;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That Three Weeks further Time may be granted "them, for the Purpose above mentioned :" It is ORDERED, That the Petitioners do lay the Prints of their Cafe upon the Table of this Houfe on or before Monday the 27th Day of this inftant June. The Order of the Day being read for taking into Confideration the Report made from the Committee appointed to confider of the Standing Orders No. 183 to No. 190, inclufive, refpecting Canal Bills; and for the Lords to be fummoned; ORDERED, That the faid Order be discharged. ORDERED, That the said Report be taken into Confideration on Wednesday next; and that the Lords be fummoned. ORDERED, That the Bill, intituled, " An Act to Dundas's "diffolve the Marriage of Robert Dundas Efquire with Divorce Bill. "Jane Rollo his now Wife, and to enable him to marry "again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned," be taken into further Confideration on Thursday next; and that the feveral Witneffes who were Ordered to attend, do then attend. Burial Ground Bill The Lord Kenyon reported from the Lords Com- Lambeth mittees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Church Yard and Burial Ground for "the Parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, and "for improving and widening the Approaches to the "Church in the fame Parish, and for other Purposes "therein mentioned relating thereto," was committed; "That they had confidered the faid 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 fame to the House, withcc out any Amendment." Enclosure The Lord Kenyon reported from the Lords Commit- Cumner, &c. tees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An A&t for enclofing Bill "Lands in the Parish of Cumner, and in the Chapelry of "South Hinckley, in the County of Berks," was com mitted; "That they had confidered the faid Bill, and "examined the Allegations thereof, which were found "to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their "Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and "that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and "directed him to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment.' a Hodie 3 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for Beckett & "the Sale of feveral Meffuages and Lands in the Town Serjeants Charity (or "of Northampton and in the County of Buckingham, Beauclerk's) "called Beckett's and Serjeant's Charity Eftates, vefted Bill: "in Trustees for Charitable Purposes, and for investing "the Money arising from the Sale thereof in the Pur"chase of Three Pounds per Centum Confolidated Bank "Annuities until a proper Purchase of Real Estate can "be found, and in the mean time for applying the "Dividends and Annual Produce thereof upon the "Trufts of the Charity; and for other Purposes." The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall |