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PriV)'.CHh~lnER.

Genlkmen of the pl'

iry.ch

:tmber,

are fcrvams uf lhe kiug, \Vho ue lOW3 it and.atlend

on him .nd lhe quetn at court, in their di'erfions,

6e.

Their n"muer is forty.cight under the 1,,1'.1·

ehambcd.in

, t\Vclve of IVholll are inquamrly waiting,

ano tIVO of thefe lie in lhe privy.ehamber.

In the ablenee of the 10rd·ehamuerJ.,in, or vice·

ehambedain, they exeeute lhe king's orJers: at coro·

nations, tlVO of lhem pe, fonate the dukes of Aquitain

and Normanrly: ami fix of them, app"inted uy the

lord·ehamberlain, attend amu.Oito"rs Irom crolVncd

he,os lOtheir audicnces, and in publie entries. The

gentlemen of the privy-chamuer IVere inllituted uy

Henry VIL

CHAMBER, in poliey, the place IVhere eertain a(femblies

are hdd, alfo the .(fcDlbhes themftlves. Of thefe,

fome are c1l.lulinled for the admininration of julliee,

others for eomOlereial afF.irs.

the firfl kind are,

l .

Star·ehamuer, fo ealled,

beeaufe the roof was painteu lVith

fl.rs

; the autho ·

rilY, pOIVer, and jllrifdiélion of wbieh are abfolutdy

abolir.leu by the Ilatute

C.r. l.

Imperial eham·

ber of Spirc, the fup reme eOlln of judlcat!lTy in the

empi~c,

méled by i\\axiOlilian

This ehamb" has

a right of judging by appeal, and is the laa refon of

.11

dril alTairs of the Ibit,s and fuujcéls of the empire,

in the faOle Inanner as tl·.e aulie eouneil of Vienna.

NcvenheleCs it is reflrained in feve,.1 cafes ; it l.kes

no nOliee "f matrimonial eallles, theCe being lefl tO

the pope; nor of criminal eaufes, IVhieh eilher belong

to panicular prinees or tOlVns in lhei r re(peélive ,mi–

lories, or are eogniz.ble by alllhe nates of the em·

pire in a diet. By the treaty of Ofnaburg, in t948,

lifty a(felTors IVere appoimed for fhis ehamber, where–

of twem.y.four were to be I'roteflants, and twenty- fiJ(

Catholies; befiues he prefidcms, tlVO of them Pro·

tenants, and the ren C.ltholies.

Chamber of ae–

eounts, a (overeign eourt in

rance, IVhere aeeoums

are rendaed of all the kíng's revcnues, inveotories,

and avo\Vds thereof regiflered ; oaths of fidelity ta–

ken, and other things relatirig to the finan ces tranCae–

ted. oThere are nine ín Franee, that of Paris is thc

ehicf; it regillers proclamations, trmies of peace,

nalurdlizations, tide'S of nouility,

&e.

AII the mem–

b~rs

wear long

bl.ek

gOlVns of velvet, of fatlín, oOr da–

man< , aeeording to thei r plaees.

Eeclefiaflieal

ehambers in Fronce, IVhieh judge uy-appe.1of difFer–

ene~s

about eolleéling the tythes.

Chamber o( au–

dience, or grand ehamber,

jurífdiélion in eaeh par–

·li,menOt of Franee, the eounfe:!ors of which are called

jUg'UTI,

or jlldges, as thofe of the ebamber of in–

qudls are callcd

rnppOrltllll.

reponers of proeelfcs

by IVriting. 6. Chamuer of the <diél, 01'

Dliparty,

coun e[!"bliOlcd by viriue

01'

the edil!

paei fieation,

vour of thore o( othe reforllled rel,;:ion. This

ehamu,or is n"w (lIpprelfc,1.

I\pollolícd ehamber

of Rome,

t1ldl

whel ein affairs rclaling

the re

ve–

nues

lhe c1,ureh aDd the pope are tranf"lled. This

eOllneil eonlitls of lhe e.trdinal-camerlingo. the gover–

nor of the rOla, a treafurer, an auditor, a prdident,

one ad"oe.teogenerol,

folieilor.general, a eommi/f;l-

VOL.

Ir.

No.

32.

ry, and tW"I'e c1l·rks.

C'h.llnher of LOlla"n, an

' p"tmt"Ot in Gllil,lb:dl, \\'l,lIe the (ilJ.mone), i, de·

potitcd.

Of the lan fon are,

l .

Titeehamh:rs of rr mmerce.

Thc eh.mbers of ,Oitrance.

¡I"d, 3.

The roy;,1

or fynd ieal chamuer of bookfellers in Franee.

he ehamber o of eommeree is an aOcmbl)' of mer–

ehants and traders,

~'herc

the afF.•irs rclóng tO trade

are uea\ed of. Tl:cre "re fel'ml e!labliO,eu in moll

of the chief eities of Franee; and in 0111'

011'11

eoun–

uy, we h'lI'e Lucly (eenehambers of this killd erelled

for earrying on the Bririlh herring.fiO,ery. Chamber

of a(furanee in Franee, der.otes a loeiet)' of merehams

ar,d othels for can ylng on the uufinds of infuring;

but in Holland, it figr.llies :t eOllrt of jufliee, whelc

eaules relating to infuranees are tried. eh.mber of

book(cllcrs in París, an an·.ntbly lonfilling oí a fyndie

and alliflant', elelled by four dckgm¡ (:oom¡Le prin–

ters, alld rwelve from the uookli:lim;

vifit the

books imponed from ¡¡broad, and to fearch the houfes

o( fe

11m

of marbled paper, printfclle;s, anc! dealers

in printed paper for hangings, who are prohibited

from keeping any leners PI oper for printing uooks. In

the vilita,ion of boels, wlueh on¡;!:t tO be performed

uy th ree perCons at leall from among rhe fyndie and

oalfi!l.nts, all ¡¡uels againfl the hononr of Cot! and the

lVelfare of the Hate, and all uooks printed eitber \Vith–

01'

\VirhOllt the kingdom in breJc:,

their regula–

tions and pri"ileges, are1I0pt, ev[n Wilh the

merer.an

–

Mes that may happen to ue in the uales wirh fu eh li–

beis, or other prohiuited books. The d.l)'s appointed

for this ehamua tO mm, arc Tuc(d.p ¡¡lid hida)'s,

at tIVO o'cloek in lhe afternoon.

CHAlIIBERLAIN, an offieer eharged with the ma–

nagement and direélion of a ehamber., See CH

AM–

BER,

p,/i'J"

Therc are , Imoa as many kinds of ehambcrla;ns as

ehambers, the prir.eip.1whereof are as foll olVs.

Lord

CHAMBHLAIN

Creal JJril.';n,

the fixth great

ollieer of the erolVn;

whom belongs livery and lodg–

ing in the kinC's eoun; and lhere are eenain fees que

him from eaeh archuithop or bilhop, when they

perrorm lheir homase lO the king ; and from all pecrs

at their ereation, or doing their homage. At theeo

Jonation of el'cry king, he is to have forty ells of

erintfon velvcl filr his ()IVn rubes. This olneer,

the eoronmíon·day,' is to bring the king his Olirt,

eoif, anu lVearing c1t>aths; anJ after the king is dree

fed, he c1aims IlIs bed, allu all the furniture of his

ehamher for his fees : healfo earries at the eoronation,

the eoir, gloves, and lineo

be nfed by the king

011

lltat oee:d,oh; airo the fwurd and fcabhard, the gold

tO be offcred by the king, and the robt,-royal anu

erOIVn: Ite drefl'es alld undrenes the king on tltat

J.ly

waits on hilll uefore and after dillncr,

te.

. 1'0 this officer bclongs Ihe eare of prol'ídíng all

things in the houfe of lords; in the lime uf parlialllellt ;

""n alfo belongs the govcrnment of the pJlace of

Wdlminller: he difpob likewi(e

,he fIVorJ

flate, to be earricd before tite king,

\Vhat 101.1

It~

pides.