The Earl of Orford reported from the Committee, to the Queen, the Addrefs drawn by them, for the Increase and En, fons to confi- Couragement of Seamen. to appoint Per der of Me thods for it. "I thank your Lordships, for this Inftance of your Which was read, and agreed to, as followeth ; (vide "Care of the Fleet. licet,) 66 "We, Your Majefty's moft dutiful and obedient "Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Par"liament affembled, duly confidering how much the "Honour and Safety of Your Kingdom depends upon "Your Naval Strength, and of what infinite Confequence it is that the English Seamen, *who, in all Times, have diftinguished themselves by their Courage and "Love to their Country, fhould find all poffible En"couragement and kind Ufage in Your Majefty's Ser"vice, cannot without much Trouble obferve, that it "is become fo difficult to furnish Your Royal Navy "with fufficient Numbers of Seamen; as even, fo late "in the Year, there fhould be a Neceffity of having "Refort to the extraordinary Affiftance of Parliament "for that Purpose. We are fenfible, that, fince this "great Want was firft taken Notice of, there has not "been a fufficient Time for confidering the true Caufes "from whence it has arifen, or what Remedies may "be beft, or moft effectual: Nevertheless, out of true "Zeal, that nothing may be wanting on our Part, "which, it may be hoped, will in any Sort contribute "to the more vigorous carrying on the War this Year, "we have given our Confent to the Bill, intituled, " An "Act for the Encouragement and Increase of Seamen, "and for the better and fpeedier manning of Your "Majefty's Fleet." "I fhall give the Orders neceffary for the com"plying with every Thing defired in your Ad"drefs." fwer to Addrefs about manning the Fleet: 66 1. An Act for laying further Duties on Low Bills paffed. "Wines; and for preventing the Damage to Her Majefty's Revenue by Importation of Foreign Cut "Whalebone; and for making fome Provifions as to "the Stamp Duties, and the Duties on Births, Bu rials, and Marriages, and the Salt Duties, and touching Million Lottery Tickets; and for enabling "Her Majefty to difpofe the Effects of William Kidd, "a notorious Pirate, to the Ufe of Greenwich Hofpital; "and for appropriating the Public Monies granted in "this Seffion of Parliament." To which faid Bill the Clerk of the Parliaments La Rayne remercie fes bons Subjects, accepte leur 2. An Act for the better Security of Her Majesty's Perfon and Government, and of the Succeffion "to the Crown of England in the Proteftant Line." An Act for the better recruiting Her Majesty's "Army and Marines." 66 3. 4. An Act for the better collecting Charity-money on Briefs by Letters Patents, and preventing Abuses "in relation to fuch Charities." 66 17. An A&t for the Encouragement and Increase of "Seamen, and for the better and speedier männing "Her Majesty's Fleet." "18. An A&t for the paying and clearing the fe"veral Regiments commanded by Lieutenant General "Stewart, Colonel Hill, and Brigadier Holt; and for fupplying the Defect of the Mufter Rolls of thofe "and feveral other Regiments." To thefe Bills the Clerk of the Parliaments pronounced the Royal Affent, feverally, in these Words; (videlicet,) "La Reyne le veult." 19. An A&t for enabling James Duke of Ormonde "and Charles Earl of Arran to fettle Fee-farin, Rents, "in the County of Tipperary, in the Kingdom of Ire 5. An Act for the better ordering and governing" land, purfuant to an Agreement upon the Marriage "the Watermen and Lightermen upon the River of Thames." "of the faid Earl of Arran; and for making good "feveral Grants made by the faid Earl in Fee"farm." "20. An Act for vefting the Inheritance of a Mef"fuage and Gardens, in Acton, in the County of Middl'x, "purchased by the Right Honourable Evelyn Earl of "Kingston upon Hull, in Trustees, for the faid Earl and "his Heirs." แ 15. An Act for continuing an Act made in the Seffion held in the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majetty's Reign, intituled, An Act for punishing "Mutiny and Defertion, and falfe Mufters; and "for the better Payment of the Army and Quar"ters." 16. An Act for the Increase and better Prefer"vation of Salmon, and other Fish, in the Rivers within "the Counties of Southampton and Wilts.” 25. An Act for the fupplying the Defect of a "Common Recovery fuffered by Philip Smith Efquire, "Viscount Strangford of the Kingdom of Ireland, "and George Smith Efquire, his Eldeft Son, and of "the Deed which declared the Ufes of the faid Re"covery." "26. An Act for the Sale of the Manor of Temple "Dionifley, alias Dinfley, and other Lands, in the "County of Hertford, for the Payment of the Debts "of Sir Edwin Sadleir Baronet, and other Pur"pofes." "28. An Act for vefting the Eftate late of Richard 66 40. An Act for vefting in Trüftees the Estate of "Bold Efquire in Trustees, to be leafed, fold, or "Maurice Goulstone Efquire, for the railing his Sifters mortgaged, for raifing the Portions, Debts, and Mo-"Portions, and Payment of Debts; and other Purposes "nies, to which the fame is liable. "therein mentioned." of Lords Act for the Sale of an Advowfon in Sufἐσ 52. An Act for vefting the Freehold and Copy"hold Eftate of Thoma's Gower Gentleman, deceafed," fex, late the Eftate of Michael Sorocold Clerk, de"in Trustees, to be fold, for Payment of Debts; and " ceafed, for Payment of his Debts, and making Provi "fion for his Widow and Child." fettling the Remainder for the Benefit of his Daugh દર "ters." 66 " "65. An A&t for Sale of the Eftate of John Viccary deceased, in Rockbear, in the County of De"von, for Payment of his Debts charged there, "upon, and for Maintenance of his Widow and Chil, "dren." "66. An Act to empower the Lord High Treasurer "of Engl'd, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, for the "Time being, to compound with Francis Clyes, as Surety for William Penneck, late of Exon, Merchant, in "Six feveral Bonds for Duties on Tobacco, which the "faid William Penneck had at the Port of Falmouth, 66 "One." 66 55. An Act for the more effectual affuring of Part" in December One Thoufand Seven Hundred and " of the Lands of Inheritance of William and Thomas "Lambard, in the County of Kent, pursuant to a Deed "of Settlement; and for affuring (in Lieu of other "Part thereof) other Lands of Inheritance therein "alfo mentioned, and for better Provifion for Younger "Children." an 67. An Act to rectify a Miftake in, and explain, Act paffed in the laft Seffion, to empower the "Lord High Treasurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, to compound with Richard Cobb Efquire, as One "of the Sureties for Thomas Cobb Gentleman, Receiver "General for the County of Southampton and Isle of Wight." 66 63. An A&t for vefting the Sum of Two Thou"fand Pounds in Trustees, to be applied to and for "the Payment of the Debts of John Holworthy Gen"tleman, pursuant to an Agreement with his Credi tors." "fions of Divifion and Animofity. I am much pleafed "to find how entirely your Sentiments have agreed "with Mine: Your Unanimity and Zeal, which I have "obferved with great Satisfaction, throughout this "whole Seffion, against every Thing that tends towards "Sedition, doth fo much difcourage all fuch Attempts "for the future, and hath fet fuch an Example to "the whole Kingdom, that, when you are returned "into your feveral Countries, I doubt not but you "will find the Effects of it every where; and, I affure "Myself, you will make it your Business and Care to "improve and perfect that good Work you have fo "far advanced here; and, by continuing to fhew a juft Dislike of all factious and turbulent Proceedings, "and refolving to discountenance the Encouragers and |