The King's Answer to Address reported. Slavery, Pet" from Kingstonupon-Hull 66 may have Leave to withdraw the same, without Pay- And being withdrawn : The Earl of Shaftesbury (in the Absence of the Lords with White Staves) reported, "That the Lords with "White Staves had (according to Order) waited on His Majesty with their Lordships Address of Tuesday last, "and His Majesty was pleased to signify His gracious "Intention of bestowing His Royal Grace and Bounty "on Henry Cowper Esquire, their Lordships late Clerk "Assistant, and that he would give Directions accordingly." Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Kingston-upon-Hull, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordfor the Abo- ships "to take such Measures as may lead to the final lition of, &c." and general Abolition of Slavery; and also to take "into their Consideration the Effect of the present "Duties and Bounty on Sugar:" Clerk Assistant, W. Courtenay, Esq. appointed. It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. The Lord Speaker acquainted the House, "That His Majesty had been pleased to appoint, by His Letters "Patent dated the 8th of this instant February, William Courtenay Esquire, to the Office of Clerk Assistant of "the Parliaments, vacant by the Resignation of Henry "Cowper Esquire." The said Letters Patent were read by the Clerk as follow; (viz.) 66 66 "ments is now vacant by the Resignation of Our trusty "and well-beloved Henry Cowper Esquire: Now know ye, That We, of Our especial Grace, certain Know"ledge, and mere Motion, have nominated and ap"pointed, and by these Presents do nominate and appoint, Our trusty and well-beloved William Courtenay Esquire to the said Office of Clerk Assistant of the "Parliaments in the Room of the said Henry Cowper, resigned, to have, enjoy, and exercise the said Office "of Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments unto him the "said William Courtenay, with all Liberties, Privileges, "Profits, Advantages, Pre-eminences, and Emoluments "thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining: Pro"vided always, and We do hereby declare Our Royal "Will and Pleasure to be, that upon and immediately "after the Expiration of the said recited Letters Patent "granting to the said Sir George Henry Rose the said "Office of Clerk of the Parliaments of Us, Our Heirs "and Successors, the said William Courtenay, if he shall "be the Person then executing the Office of Clerk "Assistant of the Parliaments, shall be and become "Clerk of the Parliaments, and shall execute the Duties "of the said Office in Person: And lastly We Will and "by these Presents do grant unto the said William Courtenay, that these Our Letters Patent, or the En"rolment thereof, shall and may be in and by all Things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the Law against and concerning Us, notwithstanding the misnaming or not naming the Office and Premises afore"said, or any of them, and notwithstanding the misreciting, or not reciting, or not full reciting of any "Gift or Gifts, Grant or Grants of the said Office of "Clerk of the Parliaments, being or not being of Record, "heretofore made or granted by Us, or by any of Our "Progenitors, Kings or Queens of England, or Great "Britain, or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and "Ireland, to any Person or Persons, or any other Omission, Imperfection, Defect, Matter, Cause, or Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding. "In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters "to be made Patent. 66 Bart. v. further answer, refl Upon reading the Petition of Sir Walter Roberts Baro- Sir W. net, Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to Roberts which Dame Anne Roberts and others are Respondents; Dame A. setting forth, "That the Petitioner on the 6th Day of Roberts et "July last presented his Petition of Appeal from certain al., App's "Orders and Decrees made and pronounced by The Pet for "Lord Chancellor of Ireland on or about the 20th of Time to pray February 1819, the 14th of May 1822, and the 1st Day for a pe"of July 1823, whereupon their Lordships were pleased remptory "to order that the Respondents should appear to and Day for Respts to answer the said Appeal within the Time in that Behalf "limited by the Standing Orders of their Lordships to Appeal "House: That the Petitioner duly transmitted their Come Lordships said Order to Ireland, with Instructions to "serve the same on the said Respondents; and the said "Order was shortly afterwards returned to this Country, having been served on some of the Respondents, but "not upon all of them: That the Petitioner therefore sent the Order back to Ireland, with Instructions to have it served on all the Respondents, but it has not yet been returned to this Country, although the Peti"tioner has repeatedly caused Letters to be written, "urging that it should be returned: That the Petitioner "believes the Delay in returning the said Order is caused "GEORGE the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, "Defender of the Faith; To all to whom these Presents "shall come, Greeting: Whereas Our late Royal Father King George the Third, by His Letters Patent under "the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing Date at W'est"minster the Twenty-fourth Day of October, in the Thirty"fifth Year of His Reign, did, for Himself, His Heirs "and Successors, give and grant unto His trusty "and well-beloved George Henry Rose Esquire, now "Our right trusty, and well-beloved Councillor Sir "George Henry Rose Knight, the Office of Clerk of the "Parliaments of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, "to have, enjoy, and exercise the said Office unto him "the said George Henry Rose, by himself or his suffi"cient Deputy or Deputies, for and during the Term of "his natural Life, immediately after the Decease of "George Rose Esquire, since deceased, (Father of the "said George Henry Rose,) then Clerk of the Parlia "ments, or when the said Office should then first and "next happen to become void, with a Salary of Forty "Pounds by the Year, payable as therein mentioned, "and with all and all manner of Liberties and Privileges anciently belonging to the said Office, and with "all Profits, Advantages, Pre-eminences, and Emolu"ments whatsoever and howsoever belonging or apper. "taining to the said Office: And whereas by an Act of "Parliament passed in the Fifth Year of Our Reign, "intituled "An Act for better regulating the Office of "the Clerk of the Parliaments," it is (amongst other things) enacted, that if the Office of Clerk Assistant "of the Parliaments shall at any Time or Times become "vacant during the Existence of the said Patent so granted to the said Sir George Henry Rose as aforesaid, "then and so often as the same shall happen during the "Existence of the said Patent the Person to succeed to "the said Office of Clerk Assistant shall be nominated "and appointed by the Crown; and it is also enacted, "that upon and immediately after the Expiration of the "said recited Letters Patent so granted to the said Sir George Henry Rose as aforesaid the Person then "executing the Office of Clerk Assistant shall be and "become Clerk of the Parliaments (as by the said recited "Letters Patent and Act of Parliament, Relation being "thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear): "And whereas the said Patent so granted to the said Sir "George Henry Rose as aforesaid is still in existence, "and the said Office of Clerk Assistant of the Parlia "of this instant Month of February, caused another It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Slavery, Peta London for Doyle v. French Gloves, Pet from Yeovil resps the Importation of. Adjourn. L. Trimlestown v. Lloyd et al. It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the The House being informed, "That James Kavanagh, "Respondent to the Appeal of Bridget Doyle Widow, 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 James M'Cabe of the City of Dublin, Writing Clerk, of the due Service of the said Order, being read; Ordered, That the said Respondent do put in his in his Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week. Upon reading the Petition of the Dressers, Parers, Grounders, Stainers, Dyers, Cutters, and others employed in the Manufacture of Gloves in the Town of Yeovil in the County of Somerset, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to repeal the Act "allowing the Importation of Gloves of Foreign Manu "facture:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Dominus Gifford, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Die Lunæ, 13° Februarii 1826. v. Watson & an': Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Gibson, Gibson et al. Farmer at Skirling Mains, James Noble, Farmer at Banningrig, Thomas Brydon residing at Biggar, and William Hamilton Ritchie, Writer in Dunbar, Trustees nominated and appointed by the deceased Mrs. Margaret Dickson otherwise Noble, sometime residing in Biggar, Relict of James Noble at Laswade in Midlothian, and youngest Sister of the deceased William Dickson of Bedingegill, and also of Agnes Watson otherwise Hamilton, Niece of the said deceased Margaret Dickson or Noble, Relict of James Hamilton, Nailer in Biggar, and the following Persons, all Children procreated betwixt the said Agnes Watson and James Hamilton, videlicet, Janet Hamilton, Spouse of Anthony Wilson, Surgeon in Biggar, and the said Anthony Wilson her Husband for his Interest, William Hamilton, Merchant in Peebles, Agnes Hamilton, Spouse of William Vallance, Sadler in Biggar, and the said William Vallance her Husband for his Interest, Jean Hamilton, Spouse of Calder, Distiller at Gunsgreen near Eyemouth, and the said Calder for his Interest, Grizel Hamilton, Relict of Richmond Gray, late Merchant in Biggar, Archibald Hamilton, Nailer in Douglas by Lanark, Elizabeth Hamilton, Spouse of The Reverend Alexander Jack, Minister of the Gospel in Dunbar, and the said Alexander Jack for his Interest, and Isobel Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, and John Hamilton, all residing in Biggar; complaining of Eight Interlocutors of the Lords DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes of Session in Scotland, of the Second Division, of the fuerunt: 22d of January (signed 23d January) and 24th of June have such Relief in the Premises as to this House, in It is Ordered, That the said Grizel Watson or Gilbert and James Gilbert may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 13th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or upon their known Procurator or Agent in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good Service. Fost DW, 1', v. & & it ry Finlayson & Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Thomas an' v. Munro: Finlayson, Tacksman, of Allan in the County of Ross and of James Pedie, Writer to the Signet; complaining of Three Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the Second Division, of the 14th of November (signed 15th November) 1820, the 12th of December 1821, and the 15th of November 1825; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, varied, or amended, or that the Appellants may have such other Relief in the Premises "as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, "shall seem meet; and that David Munro, eldest Son "of the late Charles Munro, may be required to answer "the said Appeal :" Fraser to enter into Recogee on it. Fernie v. 66 66 It is Ordered, That the said David Munro may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 13th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon any of the Counsel or Agents of the said Respondent 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 enter into a Recognizance for Thomas Finlayson and James Pedie, on account of their Appeal depending in this House, they residing in Scotland":" It is Ordered, That the said Alexander Fraser may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as desired. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Ebenezer Willis et al. Fernie of Cornhill in the City of London, a Respondent in the High Court of Chancery at Westminster in a Petition presented to The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in a Cause wherein The Right Honourable George Thomas Lyon Bowes commonly called Lord Glammis and The Right Honourable Lady Mary Isabella Bowes were Plaintiffs, and The Right Honourable Thomas Bowes Earl of Strathmore, John Ord, since deceased, Joseph Planta, and Robert Hartshorn Barber, Francis Charles Parry, Sir John Osborn, and John Burt, were Defendants; complaining of an Order of the said Court of Chancery, of the 27th of August 1825, made upon the said Petition; and praying, "That the said "Order may be reversed, or, however, that their Lordships will reverse the same as against the Appellant, "and with Costs; and that John Walpole Willis and Lady Mary Isabella his Wife, Samuel Turner, and Henry Disney Roebuck may be required to answer "the said Appeal :" V. Lorton v. Gore, et e con. Richardson to enter into Recogce on Hope et al. Appeal. It is Ordered, That the said John Walpole Willis, and the several other Persons last named, may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 27th Day of this instant February; and Service of this Order on the Solicitors and Clerks in Court in the said Court of Chancery of the said Respondents shall be deemed good Service. The House being moved, "That a Day may be "appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Robert "Edward Viscount Lorton is Appellant, and Francis Arthur Knox Gore Esquire is Respondent, et e " contra :" It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Causes together, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed. The House being moved, "That John Richardson of Fludyer Street, Westminster, Gentleman, may be per"mitted to enter into a Recognizance for Robert Hope "and others, on account of their Appeal depending "in this House, they residing in Scotland:" It is Ordered, That the said John Richardson may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as desired. Elsley & Upon reading the Petition of The Reverend Watson an v. Don- Stote Donnison Clerk, Respondent in a Cause depending nison, Resp in this House, to which The Reverend Heneage Elsley Pet" to lodge Clerk, and Henry Barton are Appellants; setting forth, Case, refu to Appeal "That the Appellants, in or about the Month of Febru ary 1825, presented their Petition of Appeal to their Lordships, and that the Petitioner caused his Case to "be prepared and printed; but that, inasmuch as the "Evidence which the Petitioner was advised to print by "way of Appendix to his Case consisted of an Inqui VOL. LVIII. "sition taken in the Year 1314, and of a Minister's "Account taken in the 23d Year of His late Majesty King Henry the Eighth, and of a Grant from His said "late Majesty King Henry the Eighth, made in the 36th "Year of His Reign, the Petitioner was unable to get "such Appendix printed so as to present them within the "Time limited by the Standing Order of their Lordships, or before the Close of the last Session of Par"liament, owing to the Time taken up in procuring Doomsday and other rare and expensive Types in "which it was necessary to print such Appendix: That "the Petitioner's Case and Appendix are now completed ;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That "he may now be at liberty to lay his printed Cases and Appendix upon the Table of their Lordships House:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House. Lordships Table: That in consequence of the Intricacy "of their Case, and of the Death of their late Solicitor, "the Petitioners were unable to have their Cases printed "in sufficient Time to lay them upon their Lordships "Table during the last Session of Parliament: That "their said Cases have been printed for several Months "past, but the Petitioners have been prevented from 66 carrying in the same owing to the Adjournment of Lordships, "That they may now have Liberty to lay their "their Lordships House;" and therefore praying their "said Cases upon their Lordships Table, preparatory to "the said Appeal being heard before their Lordships :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House. 66 Comce. Upon reading the Petition of Edward Shackell and Macaulay v. others, Respondents in a Cause depending in this House, Shackell et to which Zachary Macaulay is Appellant; setting forth, al., (2d Appeal,) Resp's "That on or about the 7th Day of February 1825 the Pet" to lodge Appellant preferred his Petition of Appeal to their Case, ref Lordships, complaining of several Orders made by to Appeal "The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain during "the Year 1824, and has in due Form laid his Cases upon their Lordships Table: That in consequence of the Intricacy of their Case, and of the Death of their "late Solicitor, the Petitioners were unable to have their "Cases printed in sufficient Time to lay them upon their Upon reading the Petition of James Robertson and Gordon v. others, Respondents in a Cause depending in this House, Robertson to which Lieutenant Colonel John Gordon is Appellant; Pet" to lodge setting forth, "That in the last Session of Parliament Case, ref "the Appellant presented his Appeal from an Interlo- to Appeal "cutor, dated the 11th Day of March 1825, of the Court Come. "of Session (Second Division), pronounced, on taking the Opinions of the Judges of both Divisions, in an "Action I Gordon v. Robertson et al. (2d Appeal,) Resp Pet to lodge Case, refa to Appeal Comee L. Penshurst Upon reading the Petition of James Robertson and others, Respondents in a Cause depending in this House, to which Lieutenant Colonel John Gordon is Appellant; setting forth, "That in the last Session of Parliament the Appellant presented his Appeal from an Inter"locutor dated the 11th Day of March 1825, of the "Court of Session (Second Division), pronounced on "taking the Opinions of the Judges of both Divisions, in an Action between the Appellants and Respon"dents: That the Question determined is of great "general Importance; and the Counsel for the Re"spondents considering themselves called upon to bestow great Pains on the Case, the same could not be "prepared and printed in Time to be lodged within "the Period prescribed by their Lordships Standing "Orders: That the Respondents Cases are now printed;" and therefore praying, "That their Lordships may order "that they may have Leave now to lodge their printed "Cases:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House. Ordered, That The Lord Penshurst be excused from excused attending on the Hearing of Appeals during the present from attend- Session on account of his being Abroad on Foreign Service. ing on the Hearing of Appeals. Delany et al. Y. O'Reilly & ant, App's Pet" to postpone Hearing. Scott et al. 66 "his Upon reading the Petition of Peter Delany and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in this House, to which Myles John O'Reilly and John Knox are Respondents, setting forth, "That the Petitioners Agent, Mr. Edward "Kean, has been laid up with severe Illness since the Beginning of November last, and unable during that "Time to attend to any Business, but he is now recovering from the Effects of his said Illness, and is "likely in a short Time to be able to manage this "Cause: That the Petitioner Peter Delany being deprived of such Assistance, and being himself also in a weakly State of Health, has only lately, under the “ Advice of Irish Counsel, been employed in having Appendix of Proofs printed in Ireland, and in "obtaining the Copies of the necessary Pleadings and "Documents in support of the present Appeal, but they being very numerous and also very voluminous, "he is apprehensive that he cannot be prepared for the "Hearing of his Case without obtaining further Time for "the Purpose, inasmuch as this Appeal now stands No.8. "in the present List of English and Irish Appeals; and besides, no Case or Answer seems to have been put in by One of the Respondents, against whom the Cause "is set down to be heard ex-parte: That his being so unprepared has principally arisen from the unfortunate "Illness of the said Agent ;" and therefore praying their Lordships "to order that the Hearing of the said Appeal Cause shall be postponed for such reasonable "Time as their Lordships shall be pleased to consider just and fair:" 66 A Petition of Archibald Scott and others, Appellants v. Dunbar & in a Cause depending in this House, to which John Kil an', Parties ligrew Danbar and John Daniel Kane are Respondents, added as was presented and read; setting forth, "That the Peti- App" (on Pet".) "tioners have long since laid their printed Case on the "Table of this House: That the Petitioners have "discovered that James Rooney and Thomas Graydon, Assignees of the Appellant, Thomas Saunders, and "Thomas Graydon, Assignee of the Appellant Charles "John Graydon, have by Mistake been omitted to be "made Parties Appellants to this Appeal ;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That the said James Rooney and Thomas Graydon (Assignees of the Appellant "Thomas Saunders) and Thomas Graydon (Assignee of "the Appellant Charles John Graydon) may be made "Parties Appellants to this Appeal :" And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called in, and heard at the Bar: And being withdrawn ; Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Fovant: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Calne: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the chief Officers, Lewes : Burgesses, and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Lewes, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Thrapston: the Town of Thrapston in the County of Northampton, and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Leominster: the Borough of Leominster in the County of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Colchester : Colchester and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants Frome of the Town of Frome Selwood in the County of Somer. Selwood. set, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "to take such Measures as may "lead to the final and general Abolition of Slavery:' It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table. 66 Copies of all Cases which have been stated and signed by Commissioners acting in the Execution of "the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent "to the 17th Day of February 1825, being the Date of a like Return made under the Directions of the same "Act in the last Session of Parliament." 66 And then he withdrew. And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk; Ordered, That the said Paper do lie on the Table. Country Bank Notes: Warrants granting Annuities to Officers of The House being informed, "That Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, attended;" He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to an Order of the 9th Instant, "An Account of the Number of Country Bankers "Notes stamped in each Year, from the 10th October "1804 inclusive to the 4th February 1826, distinguishing those above Five Pounds, and those of Two Pounds, "and those of One Pound Value, in Great Britain.” 66 66 Also, "An Account of the Number of Country "Bankers Notes stamped in Great Britain in each "Quarter of each Year from 1819 to 1825, both inclu"sive; distinguishing the Notes of Five Pounds and upwards, and under Five Pounds, and stating the total aggregate Amount.” And also, "An Account of unstamped Small Notes "issued by the Three chartered Banks of Scotland in "each Quarter of a Year from 5th January 1819 to 5th January 1826, and the total Value in each Year during "the same Period." Mr. Crafer also delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of several Acts of Parliament; "Warrant granting Annuities to the late Commissaries, the Court of" &c., of the Commissariats therein mentioned for Loss Session. "of Emoluments, under the Statute 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 97." Also, "Warrant authorizing Compensation to John "Russell and others, Trustees of Alexander M'Beath, "late Macer of Court of Session, under Statute 1st and "2d Geo. 4th, Cap. 38., from 20th June 1824 to 28th "December 1824, the Day of his Death:" Also, "Warrant authorizing Compensation of £64. 14. 2. "to each of— Comee. 66 "Robert Moffat, "John Munro, and "William Cunningham, "Macers of the Court of Session, for Loss of Fees, under "Statute 1st and 2d Geo. 4th, Cap. 38. "And to the said Robert Moffat, as Macer of the "Teind Court, of £25 18. 7, for Year ended 20th " June 1825, under said Act: And also, "Warrant for paying 'illiam G Campbell "Esquire, Principal Clerk of Admiralty £839 7. 8., "Compensation for Loss of Emoluments under Sta"tute 1st and 2d Geo. 4. Cap. 39., Year ended 28th May 1825." And then he withdrew. And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk; Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the Table. Ordered, That the Three first-mentioned Accounts be printed. Glegg et al. Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Robert Wilson v. Legh France and Thomas Mardesley, Respondents in a et al., Petn Cause depending in this House, wherein Jane Glegg of some and others are Appellants, and Richard Legh deceased Respt to postpone was Respondent; setting forth, "That the said Appeal Hearing, refstands first in their Lordships Paper for Hearing: That to Appeal by an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a "Cause of Drever against Mawdesley and others, bearing Date the 10th Day of May 1824, it was referred "to Master Courtenay to inquire what Indemnity against "the Costs of this Appeal should be given to the Peti❝tioners, and to approve of the same; and it was thereby "ordered, that all proper Parties should join therein as "the said Master should direct: That the said Master, by his Report bearing Date the 20th of May 1825, "certified that he approved of a Deed of Indemnity to be "given to the Petitioners, and directed the same to be "executed by Thomas Drever, Thomas Mawdesley, Wil "liam Turner, Thomas Legh, and Thomas Robert Wilson "France: That the said Deed of Indemnity has not yet "been executed by all the said Parties, and delivered to "the Petitioners ;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That the Hearing of this Appeal may be ordered "to stand over until the said Deed of Indemnity is "executed by all Parties, and delivered to the Peti 66 Bill: Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honourable The Keeper William Dundas, Keeper of His Majesty's Signet in of and WriScotland, Colin Mackenzie, Deputy Keeper, and of ters to His Majesty's the other Persons whose Names are thereunto subscribed, Signet in all Clerks or Writers to the said Signet; praying their Scotland Lordships, "That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill Leave for a "to declare and enact that the Keeper of His Majesty's Signet in Scotland for the Time being, together with "the Clerks or Writers to the Signet for the Time being "who have been or shall be admitted in the Manner "heretofore accustomed, are and shall be and shall be "deemed and taken to be One Body Politic and Corporate by the Name of "The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet," and as such have perpetual Succes"sion and a Common Seal, and be capable of suing and being sued, and have Power to appoint such Officers "for the Management and Conduct of the Affairs of the Society as are necessary and proper, and also to acquire, purchase, possess, and hold Lands, Tenements, "and Heritages, taking the Rights thereof to them by "the Name aforesaid, and their Assignees, and to sell, "exchange, and otherwise dispose of such Lands, Tene"ments, and Heritages, and to borrow Money on the "Security thereof, and to make, grant, and deliver all "such Contracts, Obligations, Dispositions, and other "Deeds and Writings as may be necessary for the said Purposes, but under such Provisions and with such "other Powers as to their Lordships, in their great Wisdom, may seem proper :" Ordered. Amendt Bill. The Earl of Liverpool presented to the House a Bill, Bank intituled "An Act to amend an Act passed in the Thirty- Charter Act "ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act "for establishing an Agreement with the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for advancing the "Sum of Three Millions towards the Supply for the "Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred ;" and "for the better regulating Copartnerships of certain "Bankers in England." Dominus Gifford, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Adjourn. Die |