66 "the Advice of Counsel, fued out a Writ of Error, re- ઃઃ Lordships to order, that a Superfedeas may iffue to the "Mittimus by which the faid Record was remitted to "the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and that upon the Return thereof, the faid Judgment may be amend"ed, by expunging thereout the Words "full Costs," or to make fuch other Order in the Premifes, as to "their Lordships fhall feem fit:"; 46 It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition do lie on the To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for altering, amending, and explaining certain Acts relative to the "Removal of and Badging the Poor, and for making "Regulations, in certain Cafes, touching the Examina"tion of Paupers as to their Settlement; and for ex"tending to all Parishes certain Rules and Orders in "Workhoufes, under an Act of the Twenty-fecond "Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, "An Act for "the better Relief and Employment of the Poor ;" and to acquaint this Houfe, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto. A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Sale of Ofby Sir James Graham and others: To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the fur- by Mr. Macdonald and others: To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend an Majefty, for the Encouragement and Relief of "Friendly Societies ;" and to acquaint this Houfe, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto. fices to prevent, Bill. Friendly Societies Bill. He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, purfuant livered. to an Order of Monday the 13th of February last; "An Account of all Receipts into the Exchequer of "Penalties, or Compofitions for Penalties, in the feveral "Branches of Revenue, from 5th January 1808, to "5th January 1809, diftinguifhing, as far as poffible, "the Duty to which each Penalty attached." And alfo, "An Account of the Net Produce into the Exchequer, up to the 5th January 1809, of all Du"ties impofed in 1808, in the feveral Branches of the "Revenue, videlicet, Cuftoms, Excife, Stamps, Inci"dents, and War Taxes, as well as an Estimate of the "Produce of the additional Duties, impofed in the Form "of Regulations in the Affeffed Taxes, defcribing, as "far as can be done, the Article to which the Duty "attaches." And then he withdrew. And the Titles thereof, being read by the Clerk; Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamen- Adjourn. tum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Martis, vicefimum diem inftantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. IE Martis, 20° Junii 1809. DIE Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes Epus. Roffen. Goldie againft Ofwald et al. Ld. Clon curry's Peti to vote at Ireland. Reflon and Mather againit Harveys: Salton to enter into Recogniz ance on it. Haynes against Whitehead et al. in Error. Walkers againft Gibfon. fuerunt: PRAYER S. Ds. Walfingham. The Anfwer of Richard Ofwald Efquire and others, to the Appeal of Ebenezer Goldie Efquire, was this Day brought in. Upon reading the Petition of Valentine Lord Baron Cloncurry of that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; fetting forth, "That he, Valentine Lord Baron "Cloncurry, is the rightful Heir and lawful Descendant "of the late Nicholas Lord Baron Cloncurry his Father, "who fat and voted as fuch in the Parliament of Ireland previous to the Union; and therefore praying, That he may be enabled to exercife the Privileges belonging "to his Rank, and in particular that of voting for the Reprefentative Peers of Ireland:" "he It is ORDERED, That the faid Petition be referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Robert Refton Coal Mafter at Shettleftone, and William Mather of Burnhouse, Truftees of the deceafed James Ralfton of Boghead in Lanarkshire, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Sheriff Subftitute in Scotland, of the 22d of June 1806; alfo of Three Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary there, of the 29th of January and the 1ft of December 1807, and the 6th of February 1308; and alfo of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Seffion there, of the gift of May, and figned the 1ft of June 1809; and alfo of another Interlocutor of the faid Lords of the 15th of June 1809; and praying, "That the fame may be "reverfed, varied, or altered, or that the Appellants Upon reading the Petition of Sir James Innes Ker Roxburghe Baronet; fetting forth, "That in the laft Seffion of Peerage, Sir "Parliament, various Deeds and Writings were pro- tion for ReJ. Ker's Peti"duced before the Lords Committees for Privileges delivery of "on the Roxburghe Peerage, from the Cuftody of the Deeds. "Petitioner's Agent: That these Deeds and Writings "have been printed by Order of the Houfe, and the "fame reinain in the Cuftody of the Clerk of the Par"liaments: That the Petitioner having now neceffary "occafion for thefe Deeds and Writings, humbly prays, That their Lordships will be pleafed to order "that the fame be delivered back to the Petitioner or "his Agents:" It is ORDERED, That the faid Walter and James The Houfe was adjourned during Pleasure. Then Three of the Lords Commiffioners, being in their "My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of His Majefty, not thinking fit to be perfonally pre- Then Then the faid Commiflion was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet) "GEORGE R. "GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, "Defender of the Faith: To Our right trufty and right "well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and "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 prefent Parli "ament affembled, Greeting: Whereas, We have seen "and perfectly understood divers and fundry Acts agreed "and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords 66 "An 66 66 "in the faid County of Merioneth." And albeit the "faid Acts, by you Our faid Subjects, the Lords and "Commons, in this Our prefent Parliament affembled, "are fully agreed and confented unto, yet nevertheless the "fame are not of Force and Effect in the Law, without "Our Royal Affent given and put to the said Acts: And. "forafmuch, as for divers Caufes and Confiderations, We cannot conveniently at this Time be present in Our Royal Perfon in the Higher Houfe 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 thefe Our Letters Patent to be "made, and have figned the fame, and by the fame do give and put Our Royal Affent to the faid Acts, and to all Articles, Claufes, and Provifions therein con"tained, and have fully agreed and affented to the said Acts; Willing, that the faid Acts, and every Article, "Claufe, Sentence, and Provifion therein contained "from henceforth fhall be of the fame Strength, Force, "and Effect, as if We had been perfonally present in "the faid Higher Houfe, and had openly and publickly, "in the Prefence of you all, affented to the fame: "And We do, by thefe Prefents, declare and notify "the fame Our Royal Affent, as well to you the Lords "Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons aforefaid, as to all others whom it may concern: Commanding "alfo by thefe Prefents, Our right trufty and well"beloved Counsellor John Lord Eldon, Our Chancellor "of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland called Great Britain, to feal thefe Our "Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and alfo commanding Our moft dear and entirely beloved Son " and most faithful Counsellor George Prince of Wales ; "Our most 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 Cambridge; Our "moft dear Nephew and faithful Counsellor William "Frederick Duke of Gloucester; the most Reverend "Father in God, Our right trufty and well-beloved "Counfellor Charles Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our "prefent Parliament affembled, and endorsed by you, as "hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names of which "Acts hereafter do particularly enfue; (that is to say) "An A&t for granting to His Majefty certain Sums of "Money out of the Confolidated Fund of Great Britain, "and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned "for the Service of the Year One thoufand eight hun"dred and nine, and for further appropriating the Sup"plies granted in this Seffion of Parliament." "Act for further augmenting the Salaries of certain of "the Judges of the Courts in Westminster Hall, and of "the Chief and Second Juftice of Chester, and Juftices "of the Great Seffions in Wales." "An Act for the "further Prevention of the Sale and Brokerage of "Offices." "An Act to explain and amend an A&t "made in the Forty-fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, "for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better " and more effectually manning His Majefty's Navy during the prefent War, and for the further Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually providing for the Intereft of the Royal "Hofpital for Seamen at Greenwich, and the Royal "Hofpital for Soldiers at Chelsea; and to extend the "Provifions of the faid Act to Cafes arifing in confequence of Hoftilities commenced fince the paffing of "the faid A&t." "An Act for preventing Frauds and "Depredations committed on Merchants, Ship Owners, "and Underwriters, by Boatmen and others; and allo "for remedying certain Defects relative to the Adjust-" and Metropolitan of all England; Our faid Chancellor ment of Salvage in England, under an Act made in "the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne." "An Act to "alter and amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts.' "An Act for altering, amending and explaining certain "Acts relative to the Removal of the Poor, and for making Regulations in certain Cafes touching the "Examination of Paupers as to their Settlement, and "for extending to all Parishes certain Rules and Orders "in Workhoufes, under an Act of the Twenty-second "Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, "An Act for "the better Relief and Employment of the Poor." "An Act to amend an Act made in the Thirty"third Year of His prefent Majefty, for the Encourage"ment and Relief of Friendly Societies." "An A&t "for more effectually fupplying with Water the In"habitants of the Towns of Manchester and Salford, in "the Parish of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancafter." "An Act for supplying with Water the "Inhabitants of Deptford, Greenwich, and feveral other "Parishes and Places in the Counties of Kent and "Surrey." "An Act for the better Government of the "Watermen working on the Paffage between Gofport, "Portsmouth, and Portfea, and other Places within "Portsmouth Harbour, and to and from Spithead, Saint "Helens, and other Parts within the Ile of Wight, in "the County of Southampton, and to and from certain "Places in the faid Ifland, and for regulating the Fares "of fuch Watermen." "An Act for building a Bridge "over the River Thames, from the Precinct of the "Savoy, or near thereunto, in the County of Middlesex, "to the oppofite Shore, and for making convenient "Roads and Avenues to communicate therewith, in the "County of Surrey." "An Act for making and "maintaining a Road leading from Barmouth, in the "County of Merioneth, to Traethmawr, in the County of "Caernarvon, and for building a Bridge at Traethbach, "of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland called Great Britain; Our right trufty and "right well-beloved Coufins and Counsellors John Jeffreys "Earl Camden, President of our Council; John Earl of "Weftmorland, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right "trufty and right entirely beloved Coufins and Coun"fellors James Duke of Montrofe, Master of Our Horse; "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 "Counsellors 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 "Chefterfield, 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 Secretaries of State; John Earl of "Saint Vincent, Thomas Earl of Chichester; Our right "trufty and well-beloved Coufin and Counsellor Henry "Viscount Sidmouth; Our right trufty and well-beloved "Counsellors Henry Richard Lord Holland, Dudley Lord Harrowby, Thomas Lord Walfingham, William Wyndham "Lord Grenville, William Lord Auckland, Henry Lord Mulgrave, John Lord Redefdale, Edward Lord Ellen"borough, Our Chief Juftice affigned to hold Pleas be"fore 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 House, in the Prefence of you the faid "Lords and the Commons of Our Parliament, there to "be affembled for that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our "Parliaments to endorfe the faid Acts, with fuch Terms "and Words in Our Name, as is requifite, and hath "been "been accustomed for the fame, and alfo to enroll these "Our Letters Patent and the said Acts in the Parliament "Roll; and these Our Letters Patent fhall be to every "of them a fufficient Warrant 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 imme"diately the faid Acts fhall be taken, accepted, and "admitted good, fufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament and Laws, to all Intents, Conftructions, and "Purposes, and to be put in due Execution accordingly; "the Continuance or Diffolution of this Our Parliament, or any other Ufe, Custom, Thing or Things, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. In Witnefs whereof "We have caufed thefe Our Letters to be made "Patent. "Witnefs Ourself at Westminster, the Twentieth "Day of June, in the Forty-ninth Year of "Our Reign. By the King Himfelf, figned with His own "Hand. "BATHURST and BATHURST." Then the Lord Chancellor faid, "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 affem"bled, That His Majefty hath given His Royal Affent "to the several Acts in the Commiffion mentioned; and "the Clerks are required to pafs the fame in the usual "Form and Words." Then the Clerk Affiftant having received the Money Bills from the Hands of the Speaker, brought them to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the Titles of thofe and the other Bills to be paffed, feve rally, as follow; (videlicet) I. "An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Sums "of Money out of the Confolidated Fund of Great "Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein men❝tioned for the Service of the Year One thousand eight “ hundred and nine, and for further appropriating the "Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament." 2. "An Act for further augmenting the Salaries of "certain of the Judges of the Courts in Westminster Hall, "and of the Chief and Second Juftice of Chester, and "Juftices of the Great Seffions in Wales." To thefe Bills the Royal Affent was pronounced, feverally, by the Clerk Affiftant, in these Words; (videlicet) "Le Roy remercie fes bons Sujets, accepté leur Bene"volence, et ainfi le veult." "An Act for the further Prevention of the Sale 3. "and Brokerage of Offices." 4." An Act to explain and amend an A&t made in "the Forty-fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, for the "Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majefty's Navy during "the present War; and for the further Encouragement "of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually " providing for the Intereft of the Royal Hofpital for "Seamen at Greenwich, and the Royal Hofpital for "Soldiers at Chelsea; and to extend the Provifions of the "faid Act to Cafes arifing in confequence of Hoftilities "commenced fince the paffing of the faid A&t." 5. "An Act for preventing Frauds and Depredations "committed on Merchants, Ship Owners, and Under"writers, by Boatmen and others; and alfo for remedy"ing certain Defects relative to the Adjustment of Sal66 vage in England, under an Act made in the Twelfth "Year of Queen Anne." 6. "An Act to alter and amend the Laws relative to "Bankrupts." "An Act for altering, amending and explaining 7. "certain Acts relative to the Removal of the Poor, and "for making Regulations in certain Cafes touching the "Examination of Paupers as to their Settlement, and "for extending to all Parishes certain Rules and Orders "in Workhoufes, under an Act of the Twenty-fecond VOL. XLVII. "Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, " An Act for "the better Relief and Employment of the Poor." 8. "An Act to amend an Act made in the Thirty"third Year of His prefent Majefty for the Encourage"ment and Relief of Friendly Societies." 9. "An Act for more effectually fupplying with "Water the Inhabitants of the Towns of Manchester "and Salford, in the Parish of Manchefter, in the County "Palatine of Lancaster." 10. "An Act for fupplying with Water the Inha"bitants of Deptford, Greenwich, and feveral other Pa"rifhes and Places in the Counties of Kent and Surrey." 11. "An Act for the better Government of the "Watermen working on the Paffage between Gofport, "Portsmouth, and Portfea, and other Places within "Portsmouth Harbour, and to and from Spithead, Saint "Helens, and other Parts, within the Ife of Wight, in "the County of Southampton, and to and from certain "Places in the faid Ifland; and for regulating the Fares "of fuch Watermen." 12. "An Act for building a Bridge over the River "Thames, from the Precinct of the Savoy, or near "thereunto, in the County of Middlefex, to the oppo"fite Shore; and for making convenient Roads and "Avenues to communicate therewith, in the County "of Surrey." 13. "Án Act for making and maintaining a Road, "leading from Barmouth, in the County of Merioneth, to Traethmawr, in the County of Caernarvon; and "for building a Bridge at Traethbach, in the said County of Merioneth." 66 دو To thefe Bills the Royal Affent was pronounced, feverally, by the Clerk Affiftant, in these Words; (vi delicet) "Le Roy le veult." Then the Commons withdrew. The House was adjourned during Pleasure. A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Local Militia by Sir James Graham and others : To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act to prevent the enlisting of Local Militia Men into the regular Milicia "of any other County or Stewartry than the County or "Stewartry to which they belong;" and to acquaint this Houfe, That they have agreed to the fame, without any Amendment." Enliftment Bill. Motions re tion, the Caufe wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire, and Caufes, The House proceeded to take into further Confidera- Roxburghe others, are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes specting put Baronet, and James Horne, are Refpondents; and alfo off to the the Cause, wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire and next Seflion. others are Appellants, and Brigadier General Walter Ker and Richard Hotchkis are Refpondents, which were fully heard on the 20th of May 1808; and alfo the Caufe, wherein Walter Ker and Richard Hotchkis are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baronet and others, are Refpondents; alfo the Cross Cause, wherein Sir James Norcliffe Innes Ker Baronet, and James Horne are Appellants, and Brigadier General Walter Ker and others, are Refpondents; alfo the Cause, wherein Jobn Bellenden Ker Efquire and others, are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baronet and others, are Refpondents; and alfo the Crofs Caufe, wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire and others, are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baronet, and others, are Refpondents, which were fully heard on the 17th of June 1808. Adjourn. "the Estates conveyed by the faid Deed, in Preference to the Heir Male General of the Eldest or of any other "of the faid Daughters; and therefore that Sir James "Norcliffe Innes fo defcribed in the Interlocutors of the "Court of Seffion, in cafe he shall prove himself to be "the Heir Male of the Body of Lady Margaret Ker, "and that there are no Heirs Male exifting of the Bodies "of the Ladies Jean and Anna Ker, according to the "ufual Course of Proceeding in Services, is to be pre"ferred in the Competition of Brieves, refpecting the "faid Estates; and that upon fuch Proof made, the "Brieve purchased by Brigadier General Ker ought to "be difmiffed." ORDERED, That the faid Motion be taken into Confideration, on the First Caufe Day in the next Seffion of Parliament. Then it was moved, "That it is premature for this "House to determine the Appeals in the Action of Re"duction, complaining of the Interlocutors which find "that the Eftates of Roxburghe were held by the late "William Duke of Roxburghe under an Entail which " contains an effectual Prohibition ageinft altering the "Order of Succeffion before the Purfuers Title and "Propinquity be established." ORDERED, That the faid Motion be taken into Confideration, on the First Caufe Day in the next Seffion of Parliament. Orders re The Order of the Day being read for the further Roxburghe Confideration of the Caufe, wherein John Bellenden Ker Caufes, Efquire and others are Appellants, and Sir James Norfpecting. cliffe Innes Baronet and James Horne are Refpondents; and alfo the Caufe, wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire and others are Appellants, and Brigadier General Walter Ker and Richard Hotchkis are Refpondents, which were fully heard on the 20th of May 1808; and alfo the Caufe, wherein Walter Ker and Richard Hotchkis are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baroner and others are Refpondents; alfo the Crofs Caufe, wherein Sir James Norcliffe Innes Ker Baronet and James Horne are Appellants, and Brigadier General Walter Ker and others are Refpondents; alfo the Cause, wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire and others are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baronet and others are Refpondents; and alfo the Crofs Caufe, wherein John Bellenden Ker Efquire and others are Appellants, and Sir James Norcliffe Innes Baronet and others are Refpondents, which were fully heard on the 17th of June 1808: ORDERED, That the Lords of Council and Seffion do, notwithstanding the Pendency of the Appeals in this House refpecting the Roxburghe Eftates, if they fhall fo think fit, direct the Macers to proceed according to the Interlocutor dated the 7th, and figned the 8th of July 1807, (the faid Interlocutor being underftood by this House ORDERED, That the further Confideration of the to mean that Sir James Norcliffe Innes fo described in faid Causes be put off till To-morrow. Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præfens Parliamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Mercurii vicefimum primum diem inftantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. IE Mercurii, 21° Junii 1809. D" the Interlocutors of the Court of Seffion is to be pre- Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes Sir James Norcliffe Innes ought not to have been fo pre Archiep. Cantuar. Epus. Roffen. fuerunt : Dux CUMBERLAND. Ds. Walfingham. Ds. Arden. Epus. Lich. & Cov.. Ds. Eliot. Epus. Bath. Wellen. Ds. Eldon, Cancel- Ds. Bayning. Comes Camden, ferred as aforefaid, or fhall upon determining as aforesaid, ORDERED, That this Houfe proceed, generally, upon |