Revenue, Ac

counts re

fpecting, ordered.

Banbury Peerage, Committee deferred.

Bazett's

3. « Extract of a Letter from Mr. Pinkney to the Se-DIE Martis, 14th Februarii 1809.

cretary of State of the United States, dated 5th June "1808."

4. "Extracts of a Letter from Mr. Pinkney to Mr.
"Madifon, dated London, 4th August 1808."

5. "Extract of a Letter from Mr. Pinkney to Mr.
Madifon, dated 6th September 1808."

It was moved, "That the Order made on Monday "laft, "That the Committee for Privileges, to whom is "referred the Petition of William Earl of Banbury to "His Majefty, touching the said Earldom, with His Majefty's Reference thereof to this House; and the "Report of His Majesty's Attorney General thereunto " annexed; do meet to confider further of the said "Claim on Tuesday the 14th of this Inftant February; "and that Notice thereof be given to His Majefty's Attorney General;" be now read :"

The fame was accordingly read by the Clerk.
ORDERED, That the faid Order be discharged.

ORDERED, That the Committee for Privileges do
meet, to confider further of the faid Claim, on Tuesday
the 21ft of this Inftant February; and that Notice
thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney General;
and that the Judges do then attend.

The Houfe (according to Order) was adjourned, Divorce Bill: during Pleafure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to diffolve the Marriage of "Richard Campbell Bazett with Margerct Anne Bazett "his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again. "and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

After fome Time. the Houfe was refumed:

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"loved Coufin and Counsellor, Henry Viscount Sid "mouth; Our right trufty and well-beloved Counsellors "Henry Richard Lord Holland, Dudley Lord Har"rowby, Thomas Lord Walfingham, William Wyndham "Lord Grenville, William Lord Auckland, Henry Lord "Mulgrave, John Lord Redefdale, Edward Lord El"lenborough, Our Chief Juftice affigned to hold Pleas " before Us; Charles Lord Barham, and Thomas "Lord Erskine; or any Three or more of them, to "declare and notify this Our Royal Affent in Our "Abfence in the faid Higher Houfe, in the Presence "" of you the faid Lords and the Commons of Our Par "liament, there to be affembled for that Purpose; and "the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorfe the faid "Act, with fuch Terms and Words in Our Name as is "requifite, and hath been accustomed for the fame, and alfo to enroll these Our Letters Patent and the "faid Acts in the Parliament Roll; and these Our Let"ters Patent shall be to every of them a fufficient War"rant in that Behalf: And finally, We do declare and "will, that after this Our Royal Affent given and paffed by these Presents, and declared and notified as "is aforefaid, then and immediately the faid A&t fhall "be taken, accepted, and admitted a good, fufficient, "and perfect Act of Parliament and Law, to all In"tents, Conftructions, and Purposes, and to be put in "due Execution accordingly; the Continuance or Dif"folution of this Our Parliament, or any other Use, "Custom, Thing or Things, to the contrary thereof "notwithstanding. In Witness whereof, We have

"caused thefe Our Letters to be made Patent.

Then the Lord Chancellor faid:

to Our trufty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens,
"and Burgeffes, and the Commiffioners for Shires and
Burghs of the Houfe of Commons, in this present
"Parliament affembled, Greeting: Whereas, We have
"feen and perfectly understood an Act agreed and ac-
"corded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords
"Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this
"Our present Parliament affembled, and endorsed by
you, as hath been accustomed, the Title and Name
"of which Act hereafter doth particularly enfue; (that
"is to say,)" An Act to diffolve the Marriage of the
"Right Honourable John Lord Boringdon with the
"Right Honourable Augufta Lady Boringdon his now
"Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for
"other Purposes therein mentioned." And albeit, the
"faid Act by you Our faid Subjects, the Lords and
"Commons in this Our prefent Parliament affembled,"
"is fully agreed and confented unto, yet nevertheless
"the fame is not of Force and Effect in the Law without
"Our Royal Affent given and put to the faid Act: And
"forafmuch as for divers Caufes and Confiderations,
"We cannot conveniently at this Time be present in
"Our Royal Perfon in the Higher House of Our faid
"Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our
Royal Affent to fuch Acts as have been agreed upon
by you Our faid Subjects, the Lords and Commons,
"We have therefore caufed these Our Letters Patent
"to be made, and have figned the fame, and by the
"fame do give and put Our Royal Affent to the said
"Act, and to all Articles, Clauses, and Provisions
"therein contained, and have fully agreed and affented
"to the faid Act; Willing that the faid Act, and every
"Article, Claufe, Sentence, and Provision therein con-
"tained, from henceforth fhall be of the fame Strength,
"Force, and Effect, as if We had been perfonally pre-
"fent in the faid Higher House, and had openly and
"publicly, in the Prefence of you all, affented to the
"fame: And We do by these Presents declare and no-
"tify the fame Our Royal Affent, as well to you the
"Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, afore-
"faid, as to all others whom it may concern; com-
"manding alfo by thefe Prefents Our right trusty and
"well-beloved Counsellor John Lord Eldon, Our Chan-
"cellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great
"Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, to feal these
"Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our
"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and
"alfo commanding Our most dear and entirely beloved
"Son and most faithful Counsellor George Prince of
"Wales; Our moft dear Sons and faithful Counsellors
"Frederick Duke of York, William Duke of Clarence,
"Edward Duke of Kent, Ernest Duke of Cumberland,
Auguftus Duke of Suffex, Adolphus Duke of Cam-
bridge; Our moft dear Nephew and faithful Coun-
"fellor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; the moft
"Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and well-
"beloved Counsellor Charles Archbishop of Canterbury,
"Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our faid
"Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of
"Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; Our
right trufty and right well-beloved Coufins and Coun-
"fellors John Jeffreys Earl Camden, President of Our
Council; John Earl of Westmorland, Keeper of Our
Privy Seal; Our right trufty and right entirely be-
"loved Coufins and Counsellors James Duke of Mont-
"rofe, Mafter of Our Horfe; William Henry Duke of
"Portland; Our right trusty and entirely beloved
"Coufins and Counsellors James Marquis of Salisbury,
"Francis Marquis of Hertford; Our right trufty and
" right well-beloved Coufins and Counfellors Heneage
"Earl of Aylesford, Steward of Our Household; George
"Earl of Dartmouth, Chamberlain of Our Household;
George Earl of Winchilfea and Nottingham, Groom of
"Our Stole; Philip Earl of Cheflerfield, Robert Earl of
Buckinghamshire, William Earl Fitzwilliam, George
"John Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry
"Earl Bathurst, Henry Earl of Carnarvon, Robert
"Banks Earl of Liverpool, One of Our Principal Se-
"cretaries of State; John Earl of Saint Vincent, Thomas
"Earl of Chichefter; Our right trufty and well be-
VOL. XLVII.

"In Obedience to His Majefty's Commands, and by "virtue of the Commiffion which has been now read, we do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual "and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, "That His Majefty hath given His Royal Affent to the "Act in the Commiffion mentioned; and the Clerks are required to pass the fame in the ufual Form and "Words."

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read the Title of the Bill to be paffed, as follows; Then the Deputy Clerk of the Crown, at the Table, (videlicet)

"An Act to diffolve the Marriage of the Right
"Honourable John Lord Boringdon with the Right Ho-
"nourable Augufta Lady Boringdon his now Wife, and
"to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes
"therein mentioned."

Clerk Affiitant, in thefe Words; (videlicet)
To this Bill the Royal Affent was pronounced by the
"Soit fait comme il eft defiré."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.

The Lord Walfingham (according to Order) reported Gregfon's the Amendments made by the Committee of the whole Divorce Bill, ORDERED, That the faid Bill, with the Amendments, House, to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to diffolve the

The Houfe (according to Order) was adjourned" during Pleafure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to diffolve the Marriage of Jeffe "Greg fon Efquire with Grace Clofe his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes "therein mentioned."

". and J.

arth against "uigan et al:

earing pointed.

glon's orce Bill

and

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et al.

Referred to Committee relative ro Imprifonment for Civil Debt.

Gibfone

againt Sir M.
Ridley et al.

in Error.

Goulburn

in Error.

It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition, dò lie on the dent's Copy; and that he do put in his Answer there-
Table.
unto, in Writing, on or before Thursday the 23d Day
of March next.

ORDERED, That the faid Petition be referred to the
Committee, appointed to enquire into the prefent State
of the Practice of Imprisonment for Civil Debt, and the
Confequences thereof.

Upon reading the Petition of Sir Matthew White
Ridley, Baronet, Matthew Bell, and Thomas Gibfone, De-
fendants in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein John Gibfone is Plaintiff; fetting forth, "That
"the Petitioners having obtained a Judgment in His
"Majefty's Court of King's Bench, against the Plaintiff
"in Error, he for Delay brought a Writ of Error, re-
"turnable before their Lordships in Parliament, and
"the Record having been tranfcribed was, together
"with the faid Writ of Error, brought up into this Houfe
on the First Day of February Instant; that the faid Plain-
"tiff hath affigned Errors, to which Errors the Petitioners
"have rejoined, and the Caufe now ftands for hearing
"in courfe; that the Petitioners apprehend the Matters
"affigned for Error tend only further to delay and
oppress the Petitioners; and therefore praying, That
"their Lordships will be pleased to appoint a fhort Bye
"Day for arguing the faid Errors fo affigned, or that
"this Houfe will make fuch other Order in the Premifes
"as to their Lordfhips, in their great Wisdom, shall
"feem meet."

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Upon reading the Petition of Philip Raine, Defendant against Raine, in a Writ of Error dependiag in this House, wherein Edward Goulbourn is Plaintiff; fetting forth, "That "the Petitioner having obtained a Judgment in His Majefty's Court of King's Bench, against the Plaintiff in Error, he for Delay brought a Writ of Error, return"able before their Lordfhips in Parliament; and the "Record having been tranfcribed, was, together with "the faid Writ brought up into this Houfe, on the First "Day of February Inftant; that the faid Plaintiff hath

F and J.

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It is ORDERED, That this Houfe will hear the faid
Errors argued, by Counfel at the Bar, on Monday next.

Upon reading the Petition of Francis Marsh and Jeremy Marth against Marsh Efquires, Appellants in a Caufe depending in this Duigan et al. Houfe, to which Thomas Duigan and others are Refpondents; fetting forth, "That the Petitioners on the "19th Day of January laft prefented an Appeal to their Lordfhips from a Decree of the Court of Chancery of "Ireland, and the Petitioners thereby prayed, That their Lordships would be pleafed to grant an Order for "Thomas Duigan, John Ryan, and Francis Harrison "Biddulph, to put in their Anfwers to fuch Appeal, "which their Lordships were pleafed to order accordingly, that the Petitioners have fince difcovered that "the Name of James Duigan has been by Mistake "omitted in the Prayer of the faid Appeal, and in con

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fequence their Lordships have not made any Order "on the faid James Duigan to anfwer fuch Appeal; "and therefore praying, That their Lordships will be "pleafed to permit the Name James Duigan, Kefpon"dent in the faid Caufe, to be inferted in the Prayer of "the faid Appeal; and that their Lordfhips will please "to make an Order for the faid James Duigan to put "in his Anfwer thereto :"

It is ORDERED, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to amend their faid Appeal, by inferting the Name of the faid James Duigan as defired, they amending the Refpond

A Meffage was fent to the House of Commons by Meffage to Mr. Steele and Mr.Thompson, to carry down the faid Bill, H. C. with it, and defire their Concurrence thereto.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Malt, &c. by Mr. Wharton and others, with a Bill, intituled, “An Duties Bill. "A&t for continuing to His Majefty certain Duties on "Malt, Sugar, Tobacco, and Snuff, in Great Britain, "and on Penfions, Offices, and Perfonal Eftates in Eng"land, for the Service of the Year One thoufand eight "hundred and nine;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Watchett by Mr. Wharton and others, with a Bill, intituled, "An Harbour Bill. "Act for continuing the Term and Powers of feveral "Acts paffed for repairing the Harbour and Quay of "Watchett in the County of Somerfet ;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House.

The faid Four Bills were, feverally, read the First Time.

A Meffage was brought from theHoufe of Commons Militia Enlift-
by Mr. Wharton and others, with a Bill, intituled, "An ment B ll.
"Act to allow a certain Proportion of the Militia of.
"Great Britain to enlift voluntarily into the Regular
"Forces;" to which they defire the Concurrence of
this House.

The faid Bill was read the First Time.
ORDERED, That the faid Bill be printed.

A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Equity
by Mr. Wharton and others, with a Bill, intituled, " An Debtors Bill.
"Act for the Relief of Prisoners in Custody for Non-
payment of Money, pursuant to Orders of Courts of
Equity;" to which they defire the Concurrence of
this House.

The faid Bill was read the First Time.
ORDERED, That the faid Bill be printed.

Majesty, to requeft, "That His Majefty will be graciously Portugal, &c.
ORDERED, That an humble Addrefs be prefented to His Expedition
to Spain and
pleafed to order that there be laid before this Houfe, Addrefles for

Papers
"A Return of the effective Cavalry in Great Britain refpecting.
"and Ireland from the 1ft of July 1808." Alfo,

"A Return of the Cavalry under the Command of "Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley at the Battle "of Vimiera, and of such further Arrivals of Cavalry in "Portugal, from the Period of the Battle of Vimiera to "the March of the British Army under Sir John Moore,

" from

Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An A&t for Watchett continuing the Term and Powers of feveral Acts Harbour Bill.

paffed for repairing the Harbour and Quay of Watchett,

"in the County of Somerset :"

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

D.CUMBERLAND. L. Bp. Canterbury. L. Napier.
D. CAMBRIDGE. L. Bp. Carlisle.

D. Norfolk.

M. Bath.
M. Headfort.
Ld. Steward.

E. Derby.
E. Sandwich.

E. Effex.

E. Carlife.

E. Albemarle.

E. Poulett.

E. Home.

E. Selkirk.

E. Cowper.

E. Bathurst.

E. Rofslyn.

V. Wentworth.

V. Sydney.

V. Sidmouth.