Judges decline answering a Queftion concerning a Claufe in it, as likely to come before them in the Courts below.

"land to Scotland, in order to be brought back again, "and in carrying Goods by Englishmen or Foreigners "from Foreign Parts into Scotland, without paying Englifb Duties; and for better fecuring the Duties of "Goods brought from The Eaft Indies."

This Matter to be taken into Confideration:

"Whether, as the Laws now ftand, there be a "fufficient Remedy to prevent the Inconvenien"cies mentioned in the Claufe of the Bill, which "has been now read, in respect to Drawbacks?"

"And that the Judges had excufed themselves from "anfwering that Queftion, upon Account of the Difficulty of the Cafe; and as it is a Question which they "ought not to anfwer, it being likely the Cafe would "come before them in the Courts below; and other "Reasons by them given in the Committee."

Hereupon, the Houfe being moved, "To appoint a Day, ❝to take this Matter of the Judges into Confideration:" After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether this Matter, "relating to the Judges not anfwering the above"faid Question in the Committee, fhall be taken "into further Confideration To-morrow Morn"ing?"

After fome Time, the Houfe was refumed.

A. 1707.

fuerunt:

Ds. Cuftos Magni Sigilli.

Ds. Lawarr.

Comes Godolphin, The- Ds. Fitzwalter. faurarius.

Comes Pembroke,
Præfes.'
Dux Newcastle,
C. P. S.
Dux Devonshire,
Senefcallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Buckingham.
March. Kent, Came-
rarius.

Comes Leicefter.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Weftmorland.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilfea.
Comes Sunderland.

Comes Anglefey.
Comes Feverfham.
Comes Berkeley.

Comes Rochester.
Comes Warrington.

Comes Bradford.

Comes Orford.

Comes Jersey.

Comes Poulet.

Comes Cholmondeley.

Comes Bindon.

Ds. Lovelace.

Ds. Mohun.

Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Herbert.

Ds. Haverfham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Granville.

Gunpowder, to prevent bringing to

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That To-morrow, at Twelve a Clock, this Houfe will take into further Confideration, the Matter of the Judges not answering the Question put to them in the Committee of the whole Houfe, upon the First Claufe in the Bill relating to Drawbacks; (videlicet,) "Whether, as the Laws now ftand, there "be a fufficient Remedy to prevent the Inconveniencies, "mentioned in the Claufe of the Bill, which has been "now read, in refpect to Drawbacks."

The Houfe (pursuant to Order) was adjourned during Pleafure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intiLondon, &c. tuled, "An Act to prevent the Dangers which may "arife, from bringing great Quantities of Gunpowder " into London or Southwarke."

Bill.

"It is proper for Me, before we part, to communi"cate to you, that I think it expedient, that the Lords "of Parliament of England, and Commons of the pre"fent Parliament of England, fhould be the Members "of the refpective Houfes of the Firft Parliament of "Great Britain, for and on the Part of England; and "therefore I intend, within the Time limited, to pub"lish a Proclamation for that Purpose, pursuant to the "Powers given Me by the Acts of Parliament of both Kingdoms, ratifying the Treaty of Union: And, after "we have fo fully compleated this great Work, I affure Myfelf, that, when you return to your feveral Coun"tries, you will omit no Opportunity of making My Subjects fenfible of the Security, and the other great "and lafting Benefits, they may reafonably expect from "this happy Union.

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Parliament prorogued.

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Proclamation, containing a Declaration, that the prefent Parlia ment fhall constitute the First Parliament of Great Britain, on the Part of Eng land.

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"mus expediens effe Dominos Parliamenti Angl. et Mi"lites, Cives & Burgenfes præfentis Parliamenti Angl. "ex Parte Angl. Membra fore refpectivarum Domuum "Primi Parliamenti Magne Brittania, Sciatis modo, quod, certis urgentibus Caufis & Confiderationibus "Nos fpecialiter moventibus, de Fidelitate, Prudentiâ "& Circumfpectionibus veftris plurimum confidentes, "de Avifamento & Affenfu Concilii Noftri, affignavimus vos Commiffionarios Noftros; dantes vobis, & aliqui"bus Tribus vel pluribus veftrum, Tenore Præfentium, "plenam Poteftatem & Auctoritatem, hoc inftante Die "Mercurii, ad prædictam Proclamationem Noftram, coram Dominis Spiritualibus & Temporalibus & coram "Militibus, Civibus, & Burgenfibus præfentis Parliamen"ti, ad hoc per vos, vel aliquos Tres vel plures veftrum, "convocat. perlegi caufand.; & ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmiffa diligenter intendatis, et ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus etiam uni"verfis & fingulis Archiepifcopis, Ducibus, Marchio"nibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Epifcopis, Baroni"bus, Militibus, Civibus, & Burgenfibus, ac omnibus "aliis quorum intereft ad dictum Parliamentum Nof"trum conventuris, Tenore Præfentium, firmiter in "Mandatis, quod vobis in Præmiffis faciendis, agendis, " & exercendis, pareant, obediant, & intendant, prout "decet. In cujus Rei Teftimonium, has Literas Nof"tras fieri fecimus Patentes.

"Tefte Meipfa, apud Weftm. Tricefimo Die Aprilis, "Anno Regni Noftri Sexto.

"Per ipfam Reginam, propria Manu fignat.
"WRIGHTE."

Then the Queen's Proclamation, containing Her Majefty's Declaration, was alfo read, as followeth ; (videlicet,)

"land and Scotland, as the fame have been ratified "and confirmed by Two Acts of Parliament, the one paffed in the Parliament of England, the other in the "Parliament of Scotland; it is agreed, that if We, on or before the First Day of May next, on which Day "the Union is to take Place, fhould declare, under the "Great Seal of England, that it is expedient, that the "Lords of Parliament of England, and Commons of the

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prefent Parliament of England, fhould be the Mem"bers of the refpective Houfes of the First Parliament "of Great Britain, for and on the Part of England; "then the faid Lords of Parliament of England, and "Commons of the prefent Parliament of England, fhould "be the Members of the refpective Houses of the First "Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the Part of England; and that, the Time and Place of the Meeting "of the First Parliament of Great Britain being appointed by Us, by Our Royal Proclamation under the "Great Seal of Great Britain, the Lords of Parliament "of England, and the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are, by Virtue of the Articles of Union, to fit and vote in the House of Lords, and the Members of the "Houfe of Commons of the faid Parliament of England, "and the Five and Forty Reprefentatives of Scotland, "in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great "Britain, fhould affemble and meet refpectively, in the

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refpective Houses of the Parliament of Great Britain, "at fuch Time and Place as fhould be fo appointed by "Us, and fhould be the Two Houfes of the First Par"liament of Great Britain; and We, having taken into "Our Royal Confideration the prefent Circumstances of "Affairs, do judge it to be for the Good of Our King"doms, that the Lords of Parliament of England, and "the Commons of the prefent Parliament of England, "fhould be the Members of the refpective Houses of "the First Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the "Part of England. And We do, pursuant to the faid "Articles of Union, hereby declare, under Our Great "Seal of England, that it is expedient, that the Lords "of Parliament of England, and Commons of the present "Parliament of England, which now ftands prorogued "to the Thirtieth Day of this Inftant April, fhould "be the Members of the refpective Houfes of the First "Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the Part of

England; and the Lords of Parliament of England, and "Commons of the prefent Parliament of England, are "accordingly to be the Members of the refpective Houses "of the First Parliament of Great Britain, for and on "the Part of England.

"Given at Our Court at St. James's, the Nine "and Twentieth Day of April, Anno Domini "One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Seven, "in the Sixth Year of Our Reign.

Examined by us,

TOWNSHEND. Jo. BANGOR.

HERBERT.

SOMERS.
HALIFAX.

VOL. XVIII.

Anno

Comes Leven.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Glasgow.
Comes Play.

Viscount Say & Seale.

Her Majefty, being arrayed in Her Regal Robes and Queen prefent: Crown, attended with Her Officers of State, afcended Her Royal Throne (the Peers being alfo in their Robes), commanded the Deputy Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod to fignify to the Commons, "That it is Her Ma"jefty's Pleasure, they attend Her prefently, in the "Houfe of Peers."

Who being come;

The Lord Chancellor, by Her Majefty's Command,

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"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"Her Majefty has commanded me to let you know, "She is not pleased to declare Her Reasons for calling "and appointing this Parliament, till there be a Speaker of the Houfe of Commons: And therefore it is "Her Majesty's Pleasure, that you, Gentlemen of the "House of Commons, repair to the Place where the "Commons ufually fit, and there chufe a fit Perfon to "be your Speaker; and that you prefent him whom you fhall fo chufe to Her Majefty, here, for Her Royal Approbation, on Thursday next, at Eleven a

"Clock."

Then Her Majefty was pleased to withdraw; and the Commons went to their House.

PRAYERS.

Commons di rected to choose a Speaker.

cate of the

The Right HonourableWilliam Lord Cowper, Lord Sixteen Scote Peers, Certifi High Chancellor of Great Britain, delivered into this House a Certificate of the Names of the Sixteen Peers, Names of who, according to the late Acts, are fummoned, and certified into the Chancery, to be Members of the Houfe of Lords, on the Behalf of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, in the First Parliament of Great Britain, and figned by the Clerk of the Crown, who` likewife attended at the Table, with the original Re