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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.

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Upon reading the Petition of Daniel Collins, Clerk, against Sir H. Appellant in a Caufe depending in this House, to which Gough et al. Sir Henry Gough Baronet and others are Refpondents, fetting forth," That fince presenting his Appeal to their "Lordships, the Petitioner hath discovered that by "Mistake in transcribing the fame, the Decree is expreffed to bear Date the 4th Day of March 1782, being the Day on which the Caufe was in hearing in "the Court below, but the Petitioner, in looking into "the faid Decree, finds that the fame bears Date the "6th of the fame March 1782 :" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That he may be at Liberty to "amend his faid Appeal, by rectifying the Date of the "faid Decree, and inferting the fame as dated the 6th Day of March 1782:"

Grubbe's Bill.

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It is ORDERED, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to amend his said Appeal by rectifying the Date of the faid Decree, and inferting the fame as dated the 6th Day of March 1782, as defired, he amending the Refpondent's Copy.

Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act to "enable William Hunt Grubbe Efquire, and Walter Hunt "Grubbe Gentleman, and after their several Deaths, the "Guardians of their respective Iffue, to make Leases of "their fettled Eftates in the County of Wilts, and the 66 City of Bristol:"

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

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Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Friday the 5th Day of March next, at Ten
o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's
Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to
adjourn as they please.

The House being informed, "That John Corbet Ef- Colquhoun "quire of Tolcrofs, Refpondent to the Appeal of John against CorColquhoun Tenant in Gartcofh, had not put in his bet. "Answer to the faid Appeal, though duly ferved with "the Order of this Houfe for that Purpose:"

And thereupon an Affidavit of James Hay, Writer in Edinburgh, of the due Service of the faid Order being

read:

ORDERED, That the faid Refpondent do put in his Answer to the faid Appeal peremptorily in a Week.

A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Ogle and others:

Bill.

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Newton Ab"Term and Powers of an Act paffed in the Fifth Year bott Road "of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for repairing "and widening the Roads from the South End of New"ton Abbott to the Paffage Way in Kingfwear, oppofite "Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, and from the End of a "Lane leading out of the Turnpike Road between "Newton Abbott and Totnes, towards Abbotts Kerfwell "to Five Lanes, and from Langver's Barn to the faid

With a Bill, intituled, " An Act for the more eafy Dover &c. "and speedy Recovery of Small Debts, within the Town Small Debts "and Port of Dover, and the Parishes of Charlton, "Buckland, River, Ewell, Lydden, Coldred, Eaft

Langdon, Weft Langdon, Ringwould, Saint Margaret's at-Cliff, Whitfield otherwife Beausfield, Gufton, Hougham, otherwife Huffham, Caple le Ferne, and "Alkham, and alfo the Liberty of Dover Castle in the County of Kent;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House.

The faid three Bills were, feverally, read the first Time.

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be Lords fumfummoned:

ORDERED, That all the Lords be fummoned to attend the Service of the Houfe on Monday next.

moned.

ORDERED, That the hearing of the Caufe wherein Foleysagainst the Honourable Andrew Foley and Thomas Foley are Grant et al. Appellants, and John Grant and others are Refpondents, which stands appointed for Monday next, be put off to

Tuesday next, and that the Judges do then attend.

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

Meffage to
H. C. that

the Lords have agreed to it.

Dover, &c. Small Debts Bill.

To carry down the faid Bill, and defire their Concurrence thereto.

Hodie 3a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for за enlarging the Term and Powers of an A&t of the Third "Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for re

pairing the Road from Lemsford Mill, through Welwyn and Stevenage, and by Cory's Mill to Hitchin, and "from Welwyn through Codicot to Hitchin, in the County "of Hertford."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill fhall "pafs?"

It was refolved in the Affirmative.

A Meffage was fent to the House of Commons by the former Messengers:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the faid Bill without any Amendment.

Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for "the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of Small Debts "within the Town and Port of Dover, and the Parishes " of Charlton, Buckland, River, Ewell, Lydden, Coldred, "Eaft Langdon, Weft Langdon, Ringwould, Saint Mar"garet's-at-Cliff, Whitfield, otherwife Beausfield, "Gufton, Hougham, otherwife Huffham, Caple le Ferne, " and Alkham, and also the Liberty of Dover Castle, in "the County of Kent."

V. Mount Edgecumbe & Valletort. V. Sackville..

L. Rawdon. L. Sydney.

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

The Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Juftice of the Court Peach againft of King's Bench in the ufual Manner delivered in at the Roberts in Table a Writ of Error, wherein

Samuel Peach Gentleman is Plaintiff, and

John Roberts is Defendant.

Error.

Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t for Newton Abenlarging the Term and Powers of an Act paffed in bott Road "the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majesty "for repairing and widening the Roads from the South "End of Newton Abbott to the Paffage Way in King"wear, oppofite Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, and from "the End of a Lane, leading out of the Turnpike

Road, between Newton Abbott and Totnes, towards "Abbott's Kerfwell to Five Lanes, and from Langver's "Barn to the faid Turnpike Road, between Newton "Abbott and Totnes, and from Galmpton Warborough "to Monk's Bridge and Brixham Quay, and from "Langver's Barn to the North End of Paington "Town, all in the County of Devon :"

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be committed to the Confideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed: Their Lordships or any Five them, to meet on Friday next, at the ufual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, inftituled, "An Act to Tregony "enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Road Bill. "Second Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for

repairing and widening the Road from the Loftwithiel "Turnpike Road in the Parish of Creed, in the County of "Cornwall, through Tregony to Ruan Lanehorn, and "from Dennis-Water to three hundred Yards on the "South Side of Trethim Mill, in the Parish of Saint "Just, in the faid County:"

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 fame Day, at the fame Place; and to adjourn as they please.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons Brande's Na

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With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing "Augufus Everard Brande;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons by Mr. Hungerford and others:

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With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging "the Term and Powers of an Act paffed in the "Second Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from Caftie Street, at the End of the "Town of Hinckley to Lutterworth Town's End, and "from or near the Guide Poft at Walcot Town's End, in the County of Leicester, to the Eighty Mile Stone "in Welford Field, in the County of Northampton;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe. The faid two Bills were, feverally, read the First Time.

Hodie 2 vice leta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for "vefting Part of the Eftates of Charles, late Duke of "Bolton deceafed, devifed, and fettled by his Will, in "Trustees, difcharged of the Ufes and Limitations li"mited, created, and expreffed in the faid Will, for the "Purpose of more effectually carrying into Execution "a Decree, and certain Orders of the High Court of Chancery, for Sale of the fame Eftate, and for other Purposes therein mentioned:"

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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
Tuesday the 9th Day of March next, at the ufual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they pleafe.

The Lord Scarfdale prefented to the Houfe (purfuant to an Order of Leave on the 3d of February laft) a Bill, intituled, "An Act to diffolve the Marriage of James

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Chriftie Efquire, late Captain in His Majefty's late "88th Regiment of Foot, with Elizabeth Leflie his now "Wife; and to enable him to marry again, and for "other Purposes therein mentioned."

The faid Bill was read the First Time.

ORDERED, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time on Tuesday the 9th Day of March next, and that Notice thereof be affixed on the Doors of this Houfe, and the Lords fummoned, and that the faid James Chriftie may be heard by his Counsel, at the faid Second Reading, to make out the Truth of the Allegations of the Bill, and that the faid Elizabeth Leflie may have a Copy of the Bill, and that Notice be given her of the faid Second Reading, and that the be at Liberty to be heard by her Counsel, what she may have to offer against the said Bill, at the fame Time.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Stewart and Company, Merchants in Greenock, complaining of two Interlocutors of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland, of the 23d of January, and 11th of February 1784: and praying, "That the fame may be reverfed, varied, "or altered, or that the Appellant may have fuch other "Relief in the Premifes, as to this Houfe in their Lordfhips' great Wisdom fhall feem meet; And that John Dunlop, Alexander M'Caal, James Gordon and others, "Merchants in Glasgow, may be required to anfwer the "faid Appeal:"

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It is ORDERED, That the faid John Dunlop, Alexander M'Caal, James Gordon, and others, may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in their Anfwer or refpective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 22d Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the faid Refpondents, or upon any of their Counfel or Agents in the Court of Seflion in Scotland, fhall be deemed good Service.

The Houfe being moved, "That John Spottiswoode "of Sackville Street, Gentleman, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for John Stewart and Company, on account of their Appeal depending in this "Houfe, they refiding in Scotland:"

pros'd with

Cols.

It is ORDERED, That the faid Petitioners do forth- Writs of Erwith enter a Non-pres on the faid Writs of Error as de- ror nonfired; and that the Records be remitted to the Court of King's Bench, to the end Execution may be had upon the Judgements given by that Court as if no fuch Writs of Error had been brought into this Houfe: and further, That the Plaintiffs in Error do pay or cause to be paid to the Defendants in Error, the Sum of Forty Pounds each, for their Cofts by reafon of the Delay of the Execution of the faid Judgements.

the Honourable Andrew Foley and Thomas Foley are against ORDERED, That the hearing of the Caufe wherein Foleys Appellants, and John Grant and others are Refpondents, Grant et al. which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Thursday the 29th Day of April next; and that the Judges do then attend.

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be Lords fumfummoned :

tend the Service of the Houfe on Monday next. ORDERED, That all the Lords be fummoned to at

ORDERED, That the proper Officer do lay before this Houfe, "An Account of the Arrears of the Public Money in the Hands of the Receivers General of the "Land Tax, on the Firft of January 1781, 1782, 1783, "and 1784, diftinguifhing each Year."

moned.

Land Tax:
Account of

Arrears in
Hands of

Receivers General, or dered.

Bruce against Cleghorn.

Tregony Road Bill.

Dover, &c.

Bill.

As was also the Answer of Robert Cleghorn and Alexander Cleghorn, to the Appeal of William Bruce.

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The Lord Scarfdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the "Second Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty for repairing and widening the Road from the Lostwithiel Turnpike Road, in the Parish of Creed, in the County "of Cornwall, through Tregony to Ruan Lanehorne, and "from Dennis Water to three hundred Yards on the "South Side of Trethim Mill, in the Parish of Saint "Juft, in the faid County;" was committed, "That they "had confidered the faid Bill, and examined the Allega❝tions thereof, which were found to be true, and that "the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di"rected him to report the fame to the Houfe, without any Amendment."

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The Lord Scarfdale made the like Report from the Small Debts Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, " An "Act for the more eafy and speedy Recovery of Small “Debts within the Town and Port of Dover, and the “Parishes of Charlton, Buckland, River, Ewell, Lydden, "Coldred, Eaft Langdon, Weft Langdon, Ringwould, "Saint Margaret's-at-Cliff, Whitfield, otherwife Beausfield, Gufton, Hougham, otherwife Huffham, Caple le "Ferne, and Alkham, and alfo the Liberty of Dover "Caftle, in the County of Kent," was committed.

A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Cooke and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the "Powers of an Act made in the Thirtieth Year of "the Reign of His late Majefty King George the "Second,' "" intituled, "An Act for draining and preferving certain Marsh and Fen Lands and Low "Grounds in the Parish of Wiggenball Saint Mary "Magdalen, in the County of Norfolk;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House.

It is ORDERED, That the Confideration of the E. Derby's faid Petition be, and is hereby referred to the Lord Petition referred to Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Judges. Juftice Gould, 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 perufed the Bill, do fign the fare.

Upon reading the Petition of Charles Morton Pley- Brune et al. dell Brune Efquire, Humphrey Prideaux the Elder, and Petition Jenny his Wife, on Behalf of themselves and Mary referred to Judges. Prideaux, Edmund Prideaux, Neville Richard Prideaux, William Brune Prideaux, and Thomas Prideaux, their Infants and Children, and of Charles Prideaux and Humphry Prideaux, Sons of the faid Humphry Prideaux and Jenny Prideaux, and John Gape Efquire and Betty his Wife, praying Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned:

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. Justice Nares, 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 perused the Bill, do fign the same.

After reading and confidering the Report of the Bp. Norwich Judges to whom was referred the Petition of the Right et al. Leave wich, and others, praying Leave to bring in a private Reverend Father in God Lewis Lord Bishop of Nor- for a Bill: Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:

It is ORDERED, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be ap- Carfe against pointed for hearing the Caufe, wherein James Carfe Colquhoun

Efquire is Appellant, and John Colquhoun and others et al. are Refpondents:"

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

Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An A&t for Brande's "naturalizing Auguftus Everard Brande :"

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

Naturalization Bill.

Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.

Epus. Winton.
Epus. Ciceftrien.

Epus. Bath. & Wells.

Epus. Sarum.

Epus. Eliens.

Epus. Ceftrien.

Epus. Exon.

Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Bangor. Epus. Gloceftr. Epus. Norvicen. Epus. Bristol.

Ds. Carteret.

Bill:

Hodie 3 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t for Newton Ab"enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, paffed in bott Road "the Fifth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, "for repairing and widening the Roads from the South "End of Newton Abbott to the Paffage Way in Kinf "wear, oppofite Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, and from "the End of a Lane leading out of the Turnpike Road "between Newton Abbott and Totnes towards Abbott's Kerfwell to Five Lanes, and from Langver's Barn to the faid Turnpike Road, between Newton Abbott "and Totnes, and from Galmpton Warborough to Monk's Bridge and Brixham Quay, and from Langver's Barn "to the North End of Paington Town, all in the County of Devon."

E. Carlifle.

L. Abp. Canter

bury. L. Abp. York.

L. Bp. Winchester.

L. Abergavenny.

L. Percy.

L. Paget.

L. Say&Sele. L. Ofborne.

L. Bp. Chichester. L. Middleton.
L. Bp. Bath &
Wells.

L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Chefter.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Bangor.

L. Chedworth.
L. Vere.
L. Ponsonby.

L. Sondes.
L. Grantham.
L. Scarfdale.
L. Eofton.
L. Beaulieu.