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Prayers said.
Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Act in favors of the incorporations of Edinburgh for a maiden hospital read for a second time and voted and approven.
The lord chancellor acquainted the parliament that last night his grace her majesties high commissioner, in his return to the palace, was insulted by a number of people of the meaner sort with stones, which was an high affront, both to her majesties high commissioner and to the parliament; and therefore moved that the parliament may give the necessary orders not only to find out such as have been guilty as actors or abettors therein, but to prevent the like in time comeing; and, after some reasoning on the said representation and motion,
It was agreed to remit to the committee nominat for examining the calculation of the equivalent to inquire into the matter of this insult, and to endeavour to find out the actors and abettors if any be, with power to the said committee to promise indemnities and rewards for discoverers, and to seize and imprison any person whom they shall have ground to suspect to be guilty as actors or abettors, and to call for the magistrats and neighbours in Edinburgh for information, and to report to the parliament what information and discovery they shall make of the said insult or of any other, as also to report their opinion what measures may be proper for preventing the like in time coming, and the committee appointed to meet the first intervall day of parliament at nine of the clock.
The parliament did likeways recommend to the lord high constable to prosecute furthwith these persons who were imprisoned on account of a former tumult, and ordained the magistrats of Edinburgh to furnish what probation they can to the fiscal of the constable's court against such as were so imprisoned.
Address of the baillies, councillors and citizens of Saint Andrews subscribing the same against an union with England in the terms of the articles, given in and read.
Petition for the laird of Grant, elder, craving a remit to the lords of session in place of the commission for valuation of teinds, for determining an action to be raised by him in relation to the teinds of Pluscardin again read, and no answers being given in thereto, as also the ministers and heretors of Elgine being publickly called, the parliament remitted the determination of the above action to the commission for plantation of kirks and valuation of teinds, in case any such commission shall be named, and failzieing the said nomination, to the lords of session.
Petition Sir Patrick Home of Rentoun against the earl of Home, craving a remit to the lords of session for determining a reduction upon a protest for remede of law at his instance of a decreet obtained against him by the earl of Home, read, and the earl of Home ordained to see and answer the same.
Thereafter it was moved that the parliament proceed to the fourth article of the union.
Moved also that before proceeding to the consideration of the fourth article, a clause be added to the third article in thir terms: and that the said parliament of Great Britain shall meet and sit once in three years at least in that part of Great Britain now called Scotland. And, after some debate thereupon, the consideration of the said additional clause delayed till the parliament come to the twenty second article.
Then the fourth article of the union was read, and, after some discourse thereupon, the further consideration thereof was delayed till the next sederunt of parliament, and the consideration thereof delayed to be then resumed previous to all other business.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till thursday next at ten of the clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]