Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamen- Adjourn. tum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Mercurii, tricefimum primum diem inftantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. Order for Lords to be fummoned discharged: Lords fum moned. Adjourn. Two 12. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 22d Ditto." 13. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 23d Ditto. "Ditto." 14. 15. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 23d Ditto.' 16. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 27th Ditto." 23d Ditto." D. "No. 1. "Dispatch from Lieutenant General Don "to the Earl of Liverpool, dated Middleburgh, 27th "October 1809.' 2. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 29th October. One "Enclosure." 3. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 3d November. One "Ditto." 4. 5. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 3d Ditto." "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 4th Ditto." 6. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 7th Ditto. One En"clofure." 7. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 13th Ditto.". 8. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 16th Ditto." 9. " Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 23d Ditto." 10. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 27th Ditto." 11. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 3d December." 12. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 5th Ditto. "Enclosure." 13. "Ditto from Ditto to Ditto, 23d Ditto. "Enclosure." One One Which Lift, being read by the Clerk; ORDERED, That the faid Papers do lie on the Table. It was moved, "That the Order made on Thursday "laft, That all the Lords be fummoned to attend the "Service of the Houfe on Thurfday next, be now "read." The fame was accordingly read by the Clerk. ORDERED, That all the Lords be fummoned to attend the Service of the House on Monday next. Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Martis, tricefimum diem inftantis Januarii, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis fic decernentibus. Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes Archiep. Cantuar. Epus. Roffen. PRAYERS. fuerunt : Ds. Eldon, Cancellarius. March. Bath. Comes Clancarty. Ds. Walfingham. Ds. Hood of Cather ington. Ds. Ellenborough. Ds. Lauderdale. zance on The Houfe being moved, "That Edward Rofs of Rofs to enter into Recogni Bofwell Court, Gentleman, may be permitted to enter "into a Recognizance for Peter Spalding Efquire, on Spalding's "account of his Appeal depending in this Houfe, he Appeal. living in Scotland!" It is ORDERED, That the faid Edward Refs may enter into a Recognizance for the faid Appellant, as defired. The House being moved, "That James Campbell of Campbell to enter into Re"Duke Street, Westminster, Gentleman, may be percognizance on "mitted to enter into a Recognizance for James Mill, Mill's Ap"Farmer, on account of his Appeal depending in this peal. "House, he living in Scotland :" It is ORDERED, That the faid James Campbell may enter into a Recognizance for the faid Appellant, as defired. Saunders, Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Richard Meredith Meredith, William Meredith, and Alicia his Wife, and against Richard Meredith the younger, an Infant, under the Age of Twenty-one Years, by the faid William Meredith his Father and next Friend, and all of whom refide at 6 "Dick's Jackfon again't Saunders: Hutchins to Dick's Grove, in the County of Kerry, in Ireland; complaining of a Decree of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of the 10th Day of November 1808, made in a certain Cause, wherein John Saunders Efquire was Plaintiff; and Richard Meredith Efquire, William Meredith Efquire, and Alicia his Wife, the Right Honourable Maurice George Fitzgerald, the Honourable Robert Day, Richard Townsend Herbert, Theophilus Bolton, Manus Blake, and Marianne his Wife, William Monfell and Margaret his Wife, Honora Meredith, Richard Meredith the younger, Richard Orpen, Richard Orpen Townsend, Edward Orpen, Henry Arthur Herbert, and Peter Dumas, were Defendants; and praying, "That the fame may "be reverfed or varied, in fo far as complained of, or "that the Appellants may have fuch other Relief in the "Premises, as to this Houfe, in their Lordfhips great "Wifdom, fhall feem meet; and that John Saunders of "Sackville, in the County of Kerry, Efquire, may be required to anfwer the faid Appeal :" It is ORDERED, That the faid John Saunders may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Wednesday the 7th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the faid Refpondent's Solicitor or Clerk in Court, in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, fhall be deemed good Service. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Robert Jackfon Efquire, complaining of a Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, of the 20th Day of December 1804; and praying, "That the fame may be reverfed, "or that the Appellant may have fuch Relief in the Pre"mises, as to this House, in their Lordships great Wif a dom, fhall feem meet; and that Morley Saunders Efquire, may be required to answer the faid Appeal:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Morley Saunders may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Wednesday the 7th Day of March next. The Houfe being moved, "That Emanuel Hutchins of enter into Re-Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Efquire, may "be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Robert "Jackfon Efquire, on account of his Appeal depending "in this Houfe, he refiding in Scotland:" cognizanee on it. Shuter against Barry et al. Porterfield against the Officers of It is ORDERED, That the faid Emanuel Hutchins may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as defired. The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Caufe, wherein Charles Shuter "Efquire is Appellant, and John Smith Barry and others "are Refpondents:" It is ORDERED, That this Houfe will hear the faid Caufe, by Counsel at the Bar, on the firft vacant Day for Causes after thofe already appointed. 66 "Glen of Netherwood and Sclates, in the faid Parifh, "refiding at Bargarren, in the Parish of Erfkine; John "Graham of Craigbet, Hugh Blair of Ladymuir, Alex"ander Lang of Overton, James Craufurd of Park, "John Wilfon of Killachrees, William Sturret of Killo "chrees, James Blair of Pomillan and Killochrees; Ha milton, John, and James Fafters of Auchinleck; Mrs. "Chriftian Craufurd of Cartburn, Alexander Scott of Chappel, Robert Erskine of Cancfide, William Cunning"ham Efquire of Cairncurren, and Elizabeth Hall, Re"lict of Mr. John Whitehill of Wateryets; William Gun"ningham Cunningham Graham of Gartmore; or the Reprefentatives of fuch of the faid Perfons above "named, as may have happened to deceafe fince the raifing of the forefaid Procefs; the Reverend John "Brown; or the known Counsel or Agents of the dif"ferent Perfons above named, or thofe of the Repre "fentatives of fuch of them as may have happened to "deceafe in Manner forefaid; or John Tod, Writer to "the Signet, Common Agent appointed by the whole "Heritors above named, for carrying through the Lo"cality of the faid Parifh, may be required to anfwer "the faid Appeal :" Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Alexander Porterfield of Porterfield, Efquire, in the County of RenState in Scot-frew, complaining of Three Interlocutors of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland, of the 22d of February 1797, the land et al. 7th of July 1802, and the 23d of May 1804; and alfo of Four Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary there, of the 4th of December 1799, the 16th of June 1802, and the 6th of July and 8th of December 1803; and praying, "That the fame may be reverfed, varied, or altered, "or that the Appellant may have fuch other Relief in "the Premises as to this Houfe, in their Lordships great "Wisdom, fhall feem meet; and that the Right Ho"nourable the Officers of State, as reprefenting His "Majefty for His Highnefs's Intereft, the Reprefenta"tives of the late Right Honourable John Earl of Glen"cairn, and of the Right Honourable Countefs Dow66 ager of Glencairn, the Trustees of the Right Ho"nourable William Lord Belbaven, or the faid Right "Honourable William Lord Belhaven himself; John "Maxwell of Dargavell; John Wallace of Netherwood "and Sclates, in the faid Parish; William Glen and Anne VOL. XLVII. It is ORDERED, That the faid Officers of State, and the feveral other Perfons laft named, may have a Copy of the faid Appeal, and do put in their Anfwer or refpective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Wednesday the 28th Day of February next; and Service of this Order upon the faid Refpondents, or upon their known Counsel or Agents, or upon the faid John Tod, fhall be deemed good Service. A Petition of Alexander Steel and Andrew Thomson, Steel and Appellants in a Caufe depending in this Houfe, to which Thomfon Lieutenant William Wemyss is Refpondent, was prefented againit and read; fetting forth, "That the Parties to this Ap- Wemyfs: "peal have referred to Arbitration the Subject Matter "of the Appeal; the Appellants therefore are defirous "for Leave to withdraw it, to which the Refpondent "confents, and without Payment of Cofts, the Cofts " forming Part of the Matters referred; the Appellants "therefore humbly pray, for Leave to withdraw their "faid Appeal without Payment of Costs.” And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called in, and heard at the Bar. And being withdrawn ; ORDERED, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to with- Appeal draw their faid Appeal without Payment of Cofts, as withdrawn. defired. Upon reading the Petition of Robert Hill Efquire, Hill against Appellant in a Caufe depending in this Houfe, to which Kamfay. George now Andrew Ramfay Efquire is Refpondent; setting forth, "That on the 6th Day of February 1805, "the Petitioner prefented his Appeal to their Lordships, .. against certain Interlocutors pronounced by the Court "of Seffion, in an Action brought by him against the "firft Refpondent, wherein the Interlocutor first ap"pealed from is defcribed as dated on the 25th May "1803, whereas it was dated on the 25th May 1804; " and therefore praying Leave to amend his faid Appeal "in this Refpect, and that the Appeal may be ordered "to be altered, by inferting the Year 1804 in place of "the Year 1803, as the Date of the Interlocutor firft "appealed from, the Agent for the faid Refpondent "having figned the faid Petition as confenting thereto :" It is ORDERED, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to amend his faid Appeal, as defired, he amending the Refpondent's Copy. Fredricks for 66 CC as Adminiftratrix with the Will annexed of her faid January 1809: That the faid Louifa Merckle has fince "intermarried with the Petitioner, who humbly prays, "That the faid Appeal may ftand revived in his Name, "and that he may ftand in the Place and Stead of his "faid Wife, and of her Father and Mother; and that "he may have the fame Benefit thereof as if either of "these last were ftill living, or as his faid Wife would "have had if fhe had remained a Femme Sole:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Appeal be revived in the Petitioner's Name, and that he do ftand in the Place and Stead of his faid Wife, and of her Father and Mother, and have the fame Benefit of the Appeal as if they were living. Upon reading the Petition of Fredrick Fredricks, praya Naturaliza- ing Leave to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization : tion Bill: Bill prefented. Walkers against Gibson. Refton and Mather againft Harveys. Lynch against Fitzgerald. Writs of Error delivered; It is ORDERED, That Leave be given to bring in a Accordingly, The Lord Walsingham prefented to the House a Bill, intituled, " An Act for naturalizing Fre"drick Fredricks." The faid Bill was read the First Time. The House being informed, "That James Gibson, "Writer to the Signet, Refpondent to the Appeal of George Walker of the Exchequer Office, London, and "Patrick Walker, Advocate, had not put in his Answer "to the faid Appeal, though duly ferved with the Order "of this Houfe for that Purpose:" And thereupon an Affidavit of James Millar, Writer ORDERED, That the faid Refpondent do put in his The House being informed, "That Walter and James And thereupon an Affidavit of William Ferguffon, Ap- ORDERED, That the faid Refpondents do put in their Upon reading the Petition of Marcus Blake Lynch It is ORDERED, That the faid Refpondent do put in his Anfwer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 5th Day of March next. The Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Juftice of the Court of King's Bench, in the ufual Manner, delivered in at the Table Five Writs of Error; No. 1. "Answers to Questions put to Two confiden "tial Perfons." 2. "Queries put by the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty to Sir James Saumarez and Captain Owen, "with their conjoint Replies." 3. "Additional Queries put to Sir James Saumarez 5. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, 6. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, 7. "Secret Intelligence from Flushing, dated 3d Fe- to 9. "Lift of the French Naval Force in Flushing, dated 10. "Letter from Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, 99 12. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole 14. 16. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 15th March 1809. With Two Enclosures." 17. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, "dated 15th March 1809. With One Enclofure.' 18. Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 22d March 1809." 19. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 22. Extract of a Letter from Sir Richard Strachan livered, 50 GEO. III. Journals of the House of Lords. 25." Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "Commiffioners of the Admiralty, dated 11th July "dated 22d April 1809." 26. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 24th April 1809. With One Enclosure." 27. "Extract of a Letter from Captain Hanchett to "Lord Mulgrave, dated 27th April 1809." 28. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr.Pole, "dated 30th April 1809. With One Enclosure." 29. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 3d May 1809. With One Enclosure." 30. Intelligence from a Confidential Perfon, dated "8th May 1809." 31. Report of the Enemy's Force in Helvoet Sluys, 33. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 34. "Letter from Sir to, de ed. 38. "Letter from to dated ift July 1809." 18. Letter from the Lords Commiffioners of the "Admiralty to Lord Caftlereagh, in reply, dated 11th July 1809." 66 19. "Order in Council for a general Embargo, dated 20. Circular Letter from Mr. Pole to the Admirals 21. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, 23. "Extract of a Letter from Admiral Sir Roger 24. "Letter from Vice Admiral Campbell to Mr. Pole, 26." Order from the Lords Commiffioners of the 28. "Letter from Mr. Pole to Rear Admiral Otway, "dated 20th July 1809.” 29. "Letter from Mr. Pole to Rear Admiral Sir 30. 39. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 41. "Letter from Captain Bolton to Sir Richard Stra- 42. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pale, 44. "Extracts of Intelligence obtained by a Confiden- 45. dated 24th July 1809." 32. "Letter from the Navy Board to Mr. Croker, No. 3. No. 1. 2. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 4. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, .5. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 25th July 1809. With One Enclosure." 6. "Extract of a Letter from Sir Roger Curtis to Mr. "Pole, dated 25th July 1809." 7. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 25th July 1809." 8. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 26th July 1809. With Ten Enclosures, and "Three Sub-Enclofures." 9. "Letter from Mr. Pole to Sir Richard Strachan, "dated 26th July 1809." 10. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 11. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 13. "Letter from Mr. Glover, (Secretary to Admiral Letter from Captain Forfter to Mr. Pole, dated 15. "Letter from Captain Forster to Mr. Pole, dated "30th July 1809. With One Enclosure." 16. "Letter from Captain Forster to Mr. Pole, dated "3d August 1809." 17. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 4th August 1809." 18. Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, dated 7th August 1809. With Two Enclofures." 22. << Letter 432 224 Journals of the Houfe of Lords. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 12th August 1809. With Two Enclofures." 23. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 12th August 1809." 24. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 13th August 1809. With One Enclosure." 25. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "dated 17th August 1809. With Five Enclosures." 26. Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 29. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, 31. "Letter from Admiral Otway to Mr. Pole, dated 32. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "dated 20th January 1810. With One Enclosure." No. 4. No. 1.Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Lord "Mulgrave, dated 13th September 1809." 2. A. 1810. 27. Which Lift being read by the Clerk; ORDERED, That the said Papers do lie on the Table The House being informed, "That Mr. Johnson, Ninth Commiffioners of En Report of He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, purfuant quiry in Ireto the Directions of an Act of Parliament, "The Ninth Report of the Commiffioners of Enquiry " in Ireland." And then he withdrew. 'And the Title thereof, being read by the Clerk; land delivered. Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamen- Adjourn. tum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Jovis, primum diem Februarii, jam prox. fequen. horâ undecimâ Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. Mr. Barrow, D1 "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Pole, IE Jovis, 1 Februarii 1810. Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes 5." Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, Epus. Roffen. "dated 20th October 1809.' 6. "Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Mofheim to Co"lonel Welf, dated 24th October 1809; and tranfmit"ted to the Admiralty." 7. "Letter from Captain Cockburn to Lord Mulgrave, "dated 29th October 1809." 8. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "dated 3d November 1809." 9. "Letter from Rear Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, "dated 4th November 1809.' 10. "Order from the Lords Commiffioners of the "Admiralty to Rear Admiral Otway, dated 9th Novem "ber 1809. With One Enclosure." 11. "Order from the Lords Commiffioners of the "Admiralty to Rear Admiral Otway, dated 14th No"vember 1809. With One Enclosure.' 12. "Letter from Secretary of State to Mr. Croker, "dated 17th November 1809." 13. "Letter from Rear Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, "dated 21ft November 1809." 14. "Letter from Tranfport Board to Mr. Croker, "dated 22d November 180g." 15. "Letter from Mr. Croker to Sir Richard Strachan, "dated 22d November 1809. With One Enclosure." 16. "Letter from Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, "dated 23d November 1809." 17. "Letter from Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, "dated 26th November 1809." 18. "Letter from Secretary of State to Mr. Croker, "dated 27th November 1809.' "Letter from Rear Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, 20. "Letter from Rear Admiral Otway to Mr. Croker, "dated 6th December 1809." 21. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "dated 13th December 1809." 22. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "dated 20th December 1809." 23. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "dated 23d December 1809." 24. "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, "Letter from Sir Richard Strachan to Mr. Croker, PRAYERS. fuerunt: Dux CUMBERLAND. Ds. Wellesley, Unus Primariorum Se cretariorum. Ds. Napier. Ds. Walfingham. Dux Norfolk, Maref- Ds. Eliot. March. Lanfdorone: Comes Rosslyn. Comes Harrowby. Ds. Kenyon. Beatley et Upon reading the Petition of Francis Kearney, eldeft Kearney Son and Heir at Law, and alfo one of the Executors of ey the Will of Patrick Kearney Efquire, deceafed, late Us. Appellant in a Caufe depending in this Houfe, to which Jofeph Beafley Efquire and Mary his Wife are Refpondents; fetting forth, "That the Appeal late brought "into this Houfe by Patrick Kearney, the Petitioner's "Father, now deceased, against Jofeph Beafley Eiquire "and Mary his Wife, Refpondents; and the Proceedings had therein in the Petitioner's faid late Father's "Life-time, are by his Death abated; the Petitioner "therefore prays their Lordships will be pleafed to order, that the faid Appeal may stand revived in the "Petitioner's Name, as in the Place and Stead of "the faid Patrick Kearney his Father, in refpect of this "Caufe; and that the Petitioner may have the fame "Benefit of the faid Appeal as his faid Father might have "had if living: 66 It is ORDERED, That the faid Appeal be revived in and the Petitioner's Name, and that he do ftand in the Place |