journals of this houfe, relative to the proceedings and privileges of the other houfe of parliament, in imitation of the last mentioned protest. Sixthly, Because we apprehend that we ought not to fuffer this diftinguishing privilege of the lords to be invaded or affumed, by any perfon, in whatever ftation; and that we ought particularly to refift any fuch attempt, when it may be thought to involve a breach of the privileges of the other house of parliament alfo, and may therefore be productive of diffention between the two houses. LOWTHE, CHARLEMONT, MOUNTMORRIS, POWERSCOURT, LONGFORD. - On Friday the 22d of December, the above proteft was entered; not withstanding which, on the Tuefday following, the lord lieutenant went to the house of lords, and entered his proteft upon the lords journals, against the proceedings of the commons, in throwing out the privy council money-bill, alledging their reafons for fo doing. The houfe of commons have, however, given orders to their clerk, that the lord lieutenant's fpeech be not entered upon their journals. Extract from the Regifter of the Pre rogative Court of Canterbury. In the last will and teftament of Samuel Wilfon, late of Hatton-Garden, in the county of Middlefex, efq. deceased, bearing date the 27th day of Oct. 1760, and now remaining in the faid registry. among other things therein contained, is as follows, to wit: ND, after payment of all my juft debts, the legacies herein before by me given and bequeathed, . my funeral charges, and experce incident to the probate and execu tion of this my laft will, I do hereby will, order, and direct, that the before-named John Swale, Thomas Philips, and William Syms, my executors, the furvivors or furvivor of them, fhall pay the fum of twenty thousand pounds, if the refidue of my eftate doth amount to that fum; but, if not, then the amount only of such refidue; unto the chamberlain of the city of London, for the time being, to and for the uses, intents, and purposes, and fubject to the trufts, herein after mentioned; they my faid executors, at the time of payment thereof, giving notice in writing of fuch payment (which I hereby require of them to do) unto the lord mayor, the two fenior aldermen, and the recorder of the faid city for the time being,, to whom jointly with the faid chamberlain, I commit the truft, care, and management of the faid truft-money, not doubting but they will take care that the fame be effectually fecured for and appropriated to the purpofes intended by this my will. And my mind and will further is, that the faid fum of twenty thousand pounds, or whatever fum be so paid by my faid executors to the faid chamberlain, fhall be and remain as a perpetual fund to be lent to young men who have been fet up one year, or not more than two years, in fome trade or manufacture in the city of London, or within three miles thereof, and can give fatisfactory fecurity for the repayment of the money fo lent to them. And my mind and will is, that not more than three hundred pounds, nor less than one hundred pounds, be lent to any one perfon, or perfons in copartnership, nor for a longer term than five years; and that the faid Robert Wilkins and the faid Durance Hall as he is herein and hereafter directed to do. And thirdly, my mind and will is, that all the refidue of the intereft arifing from the faid money fo to be lent fhall be added to the principal, to make up loffes which may happen, or to increase the capital of the faid per that every perfon, to whom any of this money fhall be lent, do, for the first year, pay one per cent. per annum for the fum borrowed, and for the remainder of the time he fhall keep the fame, two per cent. per annum, and no more; and that the borrowers do punctually carry the intereft due from them every half year to the faid chamberlain of Lon-petual fund. And I do humbly redon. And my mind is, that fuch part of the capital of the faid fund, as fhall at any time remain unemployed in the manner herein before by me directed, fhall or may be placed out, by and with the confent and approbation in writing of the faid lord mayor, the two fenior aldermen, the recorder, and chamberlain, at intereft on government fecurities, but not fo as to impede my primary intentions of lending this money to young men, as above directed. And my mind and will is, that all the intereft arifing from the faid money fo to be lent be applied, firft, to pay fuch a falary, not exceeding forty pounds a year, as the lord mayor, the two fenior aldermen, the recorder, and chamberlain of London, fhall think proper to give to a clerk in the faid chamberlain's office, who may be appointed to keep the accounts of the loan of this money, and tranfact other matters incident thereto; and to defray all other charges relating to this truft fecondly, to pay to Richard Wilkins, nephew of my late wife, thirty pounds a year; and to my fervant, Durance Hall, if the be in queft, that the faid lord mayor of the city of London, the two fenior aldermen, the recorder and chamberlain thereof, for the time being, do direct and appoint the perfons to whom, and the proportions in which the faid money fhall be lent, not exceeding the above mentioned limitcd fum of three hundred pounds to one perfon, or perfons in copartnerfhip; and alfo not lefs than one hundred pounds to one perfon. And I do defire that no part of this money may be lent without the order and direction in writing of the faid lord mayor, two fenior aldermen, the recorder, and the chamberlain. And I do alfo defire, that, at every meeting of the faid gentlemen to tranfact any affairs relative to the management of this truft, thofe who are actually prefent, if the bufinefs they meet upon se effected, will pleafe each of them to accept half a guinea. And my mind and will is, that the beforementioned fum of money bequeathed by me may be lent, as far as the beft information can be obtained, only to perfons of honefty, fobriety, and induftry; and who can make it appear, that, for the time they have been in business, they have, on the whole, gained, and not loft thereby; and that they do not owe more than they are able to pay. And I defire that no person who may offer himself as a borrower of part of this money be [N2] refufed refufed on account of the religion he may profefs, provided he be a Proteftant. And learneftly requeft that this fund may never be made fubfervient to any party views, And further, my mind and will is, that no part of this money fhall be lent to an alehoufe-keeper, a diftiller, or a vender of distilled liquors. And I defire that a particular regard may be had to all fuch perfons as fhall be recommended by my executors as borrowers of part of this money. And, as I repofe full confidence in the integrity of my executors, my mind and will exprefsly is, that if, by the account they fhall give into the faid chamberlain's office, it shall appear that, after payment of my debts, my fpecific legacies, and my funeral charges, and the expences attending the probate and, execution of this my will, the refiduum of my eftate doth not amount to the faid fum of twenty thousand pounds, then the account fo given in by them, or the furvivors or furvivor of them (if no errors appear therein) fhall be accepted at the faid office as just and right; and the fum therein flated to be the refiduum of my eftate thall be received by the faid chamberlain in ea and full fatisfaction of and for the faid fum of twenty thousand pounds; and his receipt fhall be a good and fufficient difcharge for the fame to my faid executors. And my will further is, that my faid executors, or any of them, fhall not be fued or molefted by any perfon or perfons whatfoever touching fuch refidue of my eftate, unlefs any error fhal appear in their or his account thereof, which error they or he refufe to rectify. And my mind and will alfo is, that my faid executors fhall not be answerable one for the other, nor for the act, deed, or receipt of the other. And whereas it may happen that fome of the debts or fums of money due and owing to me, upon mortgages, bonds, notes, or other fecurities, may be attended with hazard or trouble in the recovery thereof; I do therefore hereby authorife. and fully impower my executors, the furvivors or furvivor of them, to compound any fuch debts or fums in fuch manner as they or he, in their or his discretion, shall think fit. And I do hereby will and direct, that whilft William Syms (one of my executors) fhall be indebted to myeftate in fuch a fum as the intereft thereof, at four per cent. per annum, fhall amount to fifty pounds, that he the faid William Syms, do pay the two annuities of thirty pounds and twenty pounds a year to Richard Wilkins and Durance Hall, in the manner as in this my will before directed. And when he the faid William Syms, fhall have paid what he may be indebted to my eftate, or fo much thereof as that the interest of the remainder shall not amount to the faid fum of fifty pounds, then my mind and will exprefsly is, and I hereby order and direct, that the faid annuities of thirty pounds a year to Richard Wilkins, and twenty pounds a year to Durance Hall, be punctually paid, according to the directions before given in this my will, out of the intereft arifing from the money bequeathed by me in truft to be paid to the chamberlain of. London, to be lent. to young men. Proved at London, with four codicils, the 24th of October, 1769, before the worfhipful Arthur Collier, doctor of laws and furrogate, by the oaths of John Swale and William William Syms, the executors named in the will, and John Blake, efq. the other executor named in the firft codicil, to whom adminiftration was granted, being firft fworn duly to administer. HEN. STEVENS, JOHN STEVENS, Deputy Registers. G. GOSTLING, Genuine copies of letters which paffed between the lord chancellor and the Sheriff's of London and Middlefex, and between the sheriff's and the fecretary of State, relative to the execution of Doyle and Valline. ON N Saturday, the twenty-firft day of October, 1769, the recorder of London paffed fentence at the Old Bailey on feveral convicts, (among whom were John Doyle and John Valline) in the following words "You, the feveral prisoners at the bar, fhall be taken hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the ufual place of execution; where you are to be feverally hanged by the neck till you are dead; and may God Almighty be merciful to your fouls." On Thurfday the ninth of November, the fheriffs received the following copy of a warrant from the recorder, for the execution of John Doyle and John Valline. London and Middlefex. To the sheriff of the city of London, and to the sheriff of the county of Middlefex, and the keeper of his majefty's gaol of Newgate. WHEREAS at the feffion of goal delivery of Newgate, for the city of London and county of Middlefex, holden at Juftice-hall in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday the 18th of October laft, John Doyle and John Valline received fentence of death, for their offence in the indictment againit them mentioned: and whereas it hath been duly fignified to me, that it is his majesty's plea fure that the faid fentence be exe cuted in the most convenient place near Bethnal-green church, in the county of Middlefex. Now it is hereby ordered, that the execution of the faid fentence be made and done upon them the faid John Doyle and John Valline, on Wednesday the fifteenth day of this inftant month of November, at the moft convenient place near Bethnal-green church, in the county of Middlesex. Given under my hand and feal, this 9th day of Novem. 1769. JAMES EYRE, Recorder. to tranfmit you this copy, that his majefty may be apprized of it: We are, my lord, Your lordship's moft obedient fervants, JAMES TOWNSEND. London, JOHN SAWBRIDGE. Nov. 13, 1769. (Inclofed Copy.) To the king's moft excellent majefty. Moft gracious fovereign, THE recorder of London having fignified to us, the sheriffs of the county of Middlefex, that it is your majefty's pleasure that the two convicts, John Doyle and John Valline, now under fentence of death in Newgate, who, at the laft feffions of gaol delivery holden for the city of London and county of Middlefex, were fentenced to be hanged at the ufual place of execution, fhould, notwithstanding, be executed in the moft convenient place near Bethnalchurch: we humbly conceive green it our duty to lay before your majefty our doubts, whether we can lawfully comply with this your majefty's pleasure, to which, upon all occafions, it is our moft earnest wish to be able to conform. On the moft mature deliberation and inquiry which the time has permitted, we are advised that the fentence pronounced by the court is our warrant for the execution, to which we muft look; and that we fhall not be juftifiable by departing from it. We therefore humbly pray, that your majefty will be graciously pleafed to refpite the faid execution, that the fame may be re-confidered; and to give us fuch farther directions as may fatisfy our doubts. JAMES TOWNSEND. JOHN SAW BRIDGE. Lord Weymouth's answer. Arlington-ftreet, Nov. 13, 1769. Gentlemen, I Have received your letter of this day's date, which was left at my office by Mr. Reynolds at near eleven o'clock this night, inclofing a paper, to which you refer me for the difficulty you are under refpecting the execution of Doyle and Valline, and acquainting me, that you propofe to wait on his majefty tomorrow morning, to deliver a like paper into his own hands, of which you think it proper previously to tranfmit me a copy, that his majefy may be apprifed of it. I beg leave to inform you, that your intended mode of application to the king is irregular. I am ready to receive, and lay before his majesty, in a proper manner, any doubts which you may entertain with regard to the difcharge of your duty on this occafion, and fhall not fail to fignify to you his majesty's further commands thereupon. I am, gentlemen, Your humble fervant, WEYMOUTH. The next morning, Tuesday, November 14, the fheriffs waited on lord Weymouth, and delivered into his hands a petition, to be by him prefented to his majefty, of which fee the copy before given. On Tuesday night, Novemb. 14. the fheriffs received the following letter from lord Weymouth : St. James's, Nov. 14, 1769. Gentlemen, Did not fail to lay before the king the paper which you tranfmitted to melaft night, a copy of which you put into my hands this morning, relative |