Lord King. Lord Newburgh. Lord Middleton. Lord Belhaven & Stenton. Lord Colville of Culross. Lord Forbes. Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Roman Catholic. Lord Byron. Lord Teynham. Lord Stuart of Castle Stuart. Lord Selsey. Lord Mendip. Lord Lyttleton. Lord Auckland. Lord Thurlow. Lord Arundell of Wardour, Lord Douglas of Lochleven. Lord Grenville. Lord Gage. Lord Petre, Roman Catholic. Lord Howard de Walden. Lord St. John of Bletso, Minor. Viscount Duncan. Viscount Hood. Lord Howard of Effingham. Lord Willoughby de Broke. Lord Stourton, Roman Catholic, Lord Clinton. Lord Dacre. Lord Audley. Lord De Clifford. Bishop of Cork & Ross. Bishop of Peterborough. Bishop of Bath & Wells. Bishop of Rochester. Lord Douglas of Douglas. Bishop of St. Asaph. Lord Fisherwick. Bishop of Norwich. Bishop of Salisbury. Bishop of Lincoln. Bishop of Hereford. Bishop of Bangor. Bishop of Worcester. Bishop of Winchester. Bishop of Durham. Bishop of London. Viscount Beresford. Viscount Hutchinson. Viscount Gort. Viscount Ermouth. Viscount Granville. St. John. Earl Vane. Earl of Falmouth. Earl of Blesinton. Earl of Elgin. Earl of Kellie. Earl Beauchamp. Earl of Charleville. Earl of Clancarty. Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Earl of Norwich. Earl De Lawarr. Earl of Stamford & War- Earl of Lindsey, Minor. Earl of Huntingdon. Earl of Shrewsbury, Roman Earl Graham, Camerar. Marquess of Ailesbury. Duke of Buckingham & Duke of Wellington. Duke Ballot. Lords ex cused from the Ballot. Duke of Manchester. Duke of Norfolk, Roman Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Harrowby, Præses. Earl of Eldon, Cancellar. Duke of Cumberland. Duke of York. Ordered, That the Ballot for the Lords to attend on the Hearing of Causes do take place To-morrow at Five o'Clock. Ordered, That the Lords following be excused from the said Ballot during the present Session : Above 70 Years of Age. Abroad on His Majesty's Above 70 Years of Age. In Ireland on His Majesty's Under Orders to go Abroad on His Majesty's Service. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Abroad on His Majesty's 66 Copy of the Certificate filed by The Lord Chancellor Courts of "of Ireland in the Office of the Auditor General in Ire. Law, Ireland: land in the Case of the Claim of Francis Dwyer Esquire, "late Second Six Clerk of the Court of Chancery in "Ireland, for Compensation under the Act 4th George 4th, "C. 61, upon the Sale of his said Office; together with a Copy of the Lord Lieutenant's Warrant thereon:" Also, "An Account of the Stamp Duties received on "certain Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Ireland in the Year ended 5th January 1826:" 66 And also, "An Account of the Stamp Duties received And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk; The House being informed, "That Mr. Tomlins, from "the Treasury, attended;" He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of several Acts of Parliament, "An Account, up to the 31st December 1825, of the Russian "Sums which have been issued and applied within the Dutch Loan: "Year 1825 on account of the Russian Dutch Loan :" Also, "An Account of all Pensions granted in the Levant Co.: "Year ended 5th January 1826 chargeable upon the "Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom to the Officers and Servants of the late Levant Company:" Also, "An Account of all Pensions granted out of the Pensions out "Civil List of Scotland from the 20th Day of June 1824 of Civil List, Scotland: "to the 20th Day of June 1825, specifying the Names of "the Persons to whom the same were granted, made up Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Abroad on His Majesty's Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. Above 70 Years of Age. He was directed to withdraw. Which Certificate was read, and is as follows; (viz'.) "In pursuance of an Act passed in the Fortieth Year 66 E Slave Trade, Pets for the Abol" of: (Witham :) Portsmouth. Silk Act, Pet" from Macclesfield for the Repeal of. The King's Answer to Address. Papers delivd: Treaty with Columbia: Convention 66 "returned to the said Parliament," I do hereby certify, "That the several Writs hereunto annexed, for electing a Temporal Peer of Ireland in the Room of Richard "Earl of Donoughmore deceased, did issue from this "Office to the Peers therein severally named; and "that the said Peers did severally make the Returns "thereto which to the said Writs are respectively "annexed: And I further certify, That it appears from "the said Writs and Returns that The Right Honourable "John Baron Farnham has been chosen by a Majority of "Votes to be the Peer to sit and vote on the Part of "Ireland in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom "in the Room of the said Richard Earl of Donoughmore : "All which I certify, this Seventeenth Day of December "One thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. "To the Clerk of the Parliament of "the United Kingdom of Great "Britain and Ireland. "GRANARD. "Tho. Bouchier, Depy Cl'k of the Crown for Ireland." My Lords, "I return you My Thanks for this loyal and dutiful "Address. "I rely with the greatest Confidence on the Assurances "which you have given Me, that you will anxiously « endeavour to devise every Measure that may be prac"ticable with the view of preventing the Recurrence "or diminishing the Effect of such Embarrassments as "those which have recently occurred in the pecuniary "Transactions of the Country." Ordered, That the said Address, together with His Majesty's most gracious Answer thereto, be forthwith printed and published. Also, "Convention of Commerce between His Majesty with Repub-" and the Free Hanseatick Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, lics of Lu"and Hamburgh; signed at London, 29th September beck, Bre"1825:" men, & Hamburgh: Convention with France. Clerk Letter from My Lord, Tewin Water, Feby 4th, 1826. "It is with the deepest Concern that I find myself "under the Necessity of requesting the Favour of your "Lordship to have the goodness to acquaint the House "of Lords, that from the Infirmity of Deafness and my "State of Health I am rendered quite incapable of con"tinuing to fulfil the Duties of my Situation as Clerk "Assistant of their Lordships House, and therefore feel impelled to tender, which I do with the most profound "Humility and Respect, the Resignation of my said "Office, for their Lordships Sanction in that Respect, "and to pray the Favour of their Lordships further "Condescension in acquiescing in such my Resigna ❝tion. 66 "If it were in my Power to express it, and I were "not sensible that it would be too presumptuous, I would humbly but most earnestly request your Lordship "further to lay before the House the deep Sense I feel, "and must ever entertain, of all the Goodness, Kind"ness, Condescension, honourable Confidence, unde"served Forbearance, and most essential Protection that "I have unremittingly experienced at their Lordships "Hands, for the Space of One and forty Years that I "have had the Honour to be their unworthy Servant, my Gratitude in return for which can never cease but "with my Life. "I have the Honour to be, with the greatest Respect, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble Servant, Henry Cowper." "To The Lord Gifford "Lord Speaker, &c. &c. &c. Ordered, That the Lords be summoned to attend the Lords sumService of the House To-morrow. 66 moned. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, "A Bank CharCopy of all Correspondence since the 1st Day of ter, Correspondenceon January last between the First Lord of the Treasury Subject of, "and The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Gover- Ordered. "nor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, on "the Subject of the Bank Charter.” Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend Lords sumthe Service of the House on Thursday next. moned. Barony of Stafford, and praying that this House will "not pronounce Judgment on the Claims of Sir George "William Jernegan otherwise Jerningham and Charlotte "Gertrude Mac Carthy thereto, then before their Lord ships, to the Prejudice of the Right and Title of the "Petitioner, and that the Petitioner might be heard thereon before this House, by his Counsel or Agents, against the then present Claims of the said Charlotte "Gertrude Mac Carthy, which, upon the Motion of The "Earl of Westmorland, was ordered by their Lordships 66 66 66 accordingly: That the Petitioner accordingly, on the "28th Day of June last by Mr. Tindal his Counsel, at"tended their Lordships Committee of Privileges in "support of the said Petition, and was heard thereon: "That the Petitioner having lately read the printed "Minutes of the Proceedings on the Stafford Claim of Peerage before their Lordships said Committee of Privileges on the said 28th Day of June last past, the "Petitioner observed therein the following Words ;""Mr. Tindal stated that Mr. Stafford Cooke claimed "the Barony, which formerly was vested in William and Mary, that is, in Mary in her own Right, that he "claimed on the Failure of Male Issue, through a "Daughter of Mary, who was restored by Act of Par"liament, that he claimed the ancient Dignity:" That "the Petitioner, as stated in his said Petition, claims the "ancient Barony of Stafford on the Failure of the Male " Issue Adjourn. "Issue of Henry Lord Stafford, who was restored to 66 Daughter of Mary, but through a Daughter of Henry, "who was restored by Act of Parliament: That the "Petitioner therefore conceives that the Statement of "the Petitioner's said Counsel has been, by Mistake, "erroneously reported to their Lordships House: That "the Petitioner, in the Month of July last, presented a "Petition to The King's most Excellent Majesty, setting "forth his Claim and Title to the said ancient Barony "of Stafford, and praying that His Majesty would be "graciously pleased to recognize the Petitioner's Right "to the said Barony, and that the Petitioner might "accordingly be summoned as a Peer to Parliament in 66 respect of the same, which last-mentioned Petition has It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Dominus Gifford, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Die Martis, 7° Februarii 1826. DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt: Ds. Gifford. Comes Harrowby, March. Lansdowne. excused from the Ballot. Ld. Stewart of Garlies excused from the Upon reading the Petition of Charles Pine Coffin of Ballot. East Downe in the County of Devon, Clerk, Samuel Coffin et al. Knight the elder, of Milton in the County of Cambridge, Pet" ref to Esquire, and Samuel Knight the younger, the eldest Son Judges. of the said Samuel Knight the elder; praying Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned: It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench and Mr. Justice Gaselee, who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition; and also, that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same. The Earl of Shaftesbury delivered to the House, pur- Gaols, suant to the Directions of an Act of Parliament, Reports Copies of all Reports and of the Schedules (B.) resp3, deliva, And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk; vers, &c. of bourers in the Woollen Trade of Collumpton, Uffculm, Wages Act, It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Silk Weavers, Fore- Silk Act, men, Stewards, Millmen, Silk Dyers, and other Artisans Pet" from in the Manufacture of Silk resident in Macclesfield in the Macclesfield for Repeal of. County of Chester and the Neighbourhood thereof, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the Act passed in the Year 1824 for the Importation of Foreign Silk; and praying, "That the same may be repealed:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Lady Craufurd v. Campbell. E. of Strath more et Ux. v. Laing. Balmanno v. M'Nee. Moore v. Belshes: Robertson Ordered, That the Cause wherein The Right Honourable Lady Mary Lindsay Craufurd is Appellant, and William Claud Campbell Esquire is Respondent, be heard by Counsel at the Bar on Friday next. Ordered, That the Cause wherein The Right Honourable Thomas Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn and Marianne his Wife are Appellants, and William Laing is Respondent, be heard ex-parte by Counsel at the Bar on Friday next. Ordered, That the Cause wherein Doctor John Balmanno is Appellant, and Duncan M'Nee is Respondent, be heard by Counsel at the Bar on Friday next. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of The Reverend Robert Moore, Minister of the Parish of Oldhamstocks in the Presbytery of Dunbar and County of Haddington; complaining of Four Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the First Division, of the 16th of November (signed 19th November) 1824, and the 21st of June, the 22d of November, and 22d of December 1825; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, "varied, or altered, so far as complained of, or that the Appellant may have such Relief in the Premises, as to "this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that Alexander Hepburn Murray "Belshes Esquire, of Invermay, may be required to "answer the said Appeal :" It is Ordered, That the said Alexander Hepburn Murray Belshes have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do may put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 7th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the said Respondent, or upon his known Agent in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good Service. The House being moved, "That David Robertson of to enter into "Great George Street, Westminster, Gentleman, may be Recogee on it." permitted to enter into a Recognizance for The Rev. "Robert Moore, on account of his Appeal depending in "this House, he residing in Scotland:" Craufurd v. & an'.: It is Ordered, That the said David Robertson may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of William McCormick Crawfurd of Cartsburn Esquire; complaining of Three Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 26th of May 1819, and the 13th of January and 9th of February 1820; also of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session there, of the Second Division, of the 16th of May 1820; and also of Two Interlocutors of the said Lord Ordinary, of the 28th of June and 7th of July 1820; and praying, "That the same may be "reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Appellant may "have such Relief in the Premises as to this House, in "their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and "that Helen M'Cormick and John Fairie, Merchant in "Greenock, her Husband, for himself and for his Interest, 66 may be required to answer the said Appeal :" Fraser to enter into It is Ordered, That the said Helen M'Cormick and John Fairie may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, or or before Tuesday the 7th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or upon any one of their known Agents in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good Service. The House being moved, "That Alexander Fraser of "Lincoln's Inn Fields, Gentleman, may be permitted to Recogee on it. enter into a Recognizance for William Crawfurd Esquire, "on account of his Appeal depending in this House, he "residing in Scotland" It is Ordered, That the said Alexander Fraser may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired. Atty Gen! Upon reading the Petition of the Corporation of the (Ireland) City of Dublin, and William Henry Archer, Respondents et al. v. in a Cause depending in this House, to which His MaCorporation of Dublin & jesty's Attorney General for Ireland and others are Appellants; setting forth, "That the said Appellants did, an', Resp's on the 7th Day of February 1825, present a Petition of Pet" to lodge Appeal to their Lordships against a Decree or Order to Appeal "made by The Lord Chancellor of Ireland in a Cause Come. "wherein the said Appellants were Plaintiffs, and the said Respondents were Defendants: That immediately after the Petitioners had Notice of the Presentment of the "said Petition of Appeal they caused the necessary Papers and Instructions to be laid before Counsel, to prepare the Case of the Petitioners; but by reason of "the Petitioners being obliged to send to Ireland for "Information and Documents, and of other unavoidable Delays, the Petitioners Counsel were unable to prepare "the Draft of their said Case within the Time allowed "by this House to the Petitioners to lodge the printed The House being informed, "That Alexander Mur- Maclean or "doch, Respondent to the Appeal of Poor Mrs. Mary Bryan v. "Maclean or Bryan, had not put in his Answer to the "said Appeal, though duly served with the Order of "this House for that Purpose:" And thereupon an Affidavit of William Mercer of the City of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet, of the due Service of the said Order, being read ; Ordered, That the said Respondent do put in his Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week. Ordered, That The Lord Grenville be excused from Ld.Grenville the Ballot on account of the Ballot on account of permanent Infirmity. excused from the Ballot. The Order of the Day being read for the House to Ballot. proceed to the Ballot of Lords to attend upon the Hearing of Appeals and Writs of Error, pursuant to the Standing Order; The House accordingly proceeded to the said Ballot : And the Titles of such Lords as have been present this Session, having been written on separate Slips of Paper, were put into Balloting Glasses at the Table, and Three of the said Titles were drawn out by the Clerk, and set down in Rotation till all the Titles were drawn out; and |