THE HISTORY and PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE of LORDS, FROM THE RESTORATTON in 1660, TO THЕ PRESENT TIME. CONTAINING, The most Remarkable MOTIONS, SPEECHES, DEBATES, ORDERS and RESOLUTIONS. Together with all the PROTESTS during that Period. AND THE Numbers Pro and Con upon each Division. WITH An Account of the Promotions of the feveral PEERS, and the State of the PEERAGE in every Reign. Connected with the Tranfactions of the COMMONS, and HISTORY of the TIMES. AND Illuftrated with HISTORICAL NOTES and OBSERVATIONS, Together with the DEBATES in the Parliament of SCOTLAND relating to the UNION. To each VOLUME are added proper INDEXES. VOLUME the THIRD, from 1714, to 1727. LONDON: Printed for EBENEZER TIMBERLAND, in Ship-Yard, Temple-Bar, and fold by the Bookfellers in Town and Country. 1742. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES 10.21. 38 (i) CONTENTS: From Auguft 1714 to June 1727, being T HE Parliament meet, August 1, 1714, on the King George I. upon his Acceffion to the Crown, ibid. The King's Answer, 2. The Parliament diffolv'd, ibid. A Lift of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, fummon'd to meet at Westminster, on the 17th of March, 1714-15, being the Fifth Parliament of Great Britain, 3. An Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech, Page 6. Debate thereon, 7. The faid Addrefs agreed to by the Houfe, 9. The King's Anfwer, ibid. Debate about the Bill for regulating the Land-Forces, ibid. Debate about the Petition of the Confpirators against King William III. Anno 1696, P. 10. Articles of Impeach- ment exhibited against Robert Earl of Oxford, 11. bate thereupon, ibid. The Earl of Oxford's Speech in his own Defence, against the Articles of High Treason, &c. exhibited by the Commons, 12. The Earl of Ox- ford voted to the Tower, 15. Debate concerning fome Expreffions in the Earl of Anglefea's Speech upon that Occafion, ibid. The Lords Addrefs to the King on Account of the Pretender's Invafion, 16. His Ma- jesty's Answer, ibid. A Bill of Attainder against Lord Bolingbroke read the 3d Time, 17. Proteft against paffing it, ibid. A Proteft against paffing a Bill of Attainder against the Duke of Ormond, 18. Articles of Impeachment against Thomas Earl of Strafford, ibid. the Articles of Impeachment, 19. The Parliament meet, after an Adjournment of near four Months, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks to the King for his Speech on Account of the Rebellion, 20. The King's Anfwer, 21. The Earl of Strafford puts in his Answer to the Articles of Impeachment, 22. Debate on a Claufe propofed to be added to the Bill for fufpending the Habeas Corpus Act, ibid. Proteft on rejecting the faid Clause, ibid. The Bill for continuing the Sufpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Act receives the Royal Affent, 23. Address to the King upon Occafion of the Pretender's heading the Rebellion in Scotland, ibid. His Majefty's Antwer, ibid. Application made to the Houfe in Favour of the Earl of Derwentwater, Lord Widdrington, Earl of Nithifdale, Earl of Carnwath, Lord Kennure, and Lord Nairn, under Sentence of Death on Account of the Rebellion, 24. Debate thereon, ibid. An Addrefs voted in their Behalf, ibid. The King's Answer to it, 25. Debate on the Preamble to the Land-Tax Bill, ib. A Committee appointed to inquire into the Right of the Lords to alter a Money-Bill, 26. A Proteft enter'd thereupon by Order of the Houfe, ibid. Debate in the Houfe about a Bill for the speedy Trial of the Rebels, ibid. Addrefs to the King on Account of the Pretender's Flight cut of Scotland, 27. His Majesty's Answer, ibid. Duke of Devonshire's Motion for a Bill to repeal the Triennial Act, and to render Parliaments Septennial, ibid. Debate thereon, 28. The Septennial Bill committed to a Committee of the whole, House, 39. Proteft against it, ibid. Farther Debate on the Septennial Bill, 41. Debate on the Third Reading thereof, ibid. Proteft against the paffing it, ibid. Earl of Strafford complains of the Commons Delay in regard to his Impeachment, 42. Proteft against paffing the Bill relating to the Forfeited Eftates, ivid. The Parliament prorogu'd, 43. The Second Seffion, begun February 20, 1716-17. Debate on an Addrefs of Thanks for the King's Speech at opening the Seffion, 44. The Addrefs, ibid. His Majefty's Anfwer, 45. Debate on the MutinyBill, ibid. Protest against it, 46. Complaint of the Disorders committed by the Soldiery at Oxford, 47. Several Papers relating thereto laid before the Houfe, ibid. Debate thereon, ibid. The Earl of Abingdon offers a Petition from the Vice-Chancellor, the Mayor of Oxford, &c. which is refused to be read, 49. Refolutions of a Committee of the whole Houfe relating to the Oxford Riot, 50. The Motion for agreeing with the Committee paffes in the Affirmative, ibid. Proteft on that Occasion, ibid. Addrefs of Thanks to the King for reducing 10,000 Men, giving Directions for an Act of Grace, &c. 52. The King's Answer, ibid. The Earl of Oxford's Petition to be tried, ibid. Debate whether his Impeachment was fuperfeded by Prorogation, ibid. Proteft on that Occafion, 53. The Duke of Buckingham's Motion for fixing a Day for. the Trial of the Earl of Oxford, ibid. Debate on the faid Motion, ibid. The 13th of June appointed for his Trial, 56. He petitions for two additional Council to be allowed him, which is rejected, ibid. A Lord High Steward appointed for his Trial, 57. Debate on the Commons defiring it to be farther delay'd, ibid. The Trial of the Earl of Oxford put off till the 24th of June, ibid. Account of the Proceedings at his Trial, ibid. The Lord High Steward's Speech to his Lordship on that Occafion, ibid. Mr Hampden opens the Charge of the Commons against the Earl of Oxford, 59. Sir Jofeph Jekyll offering to make good the first Article of Impeachment, Lord Harcourt moves for the Lords to adjourn to their own Houfe, which is agreed to, 64. Debate in the Houfe about the Method of the Managers proceeding to make good the Articles of Impeachment, ibid. The Lords refolve that the Commons proceed firft to make good the Articles of High Treafon, 65. The Earl of Oxford's Trial put off to the 28th of June, ibid. The Duke of King flon reports the Commons Reafons against the Lords Refolutions communicated at a Conference, 66. The Lords refolve to adhere to their former Refolutions, 67. The Lords Reafons in Support of their Refolution, 68. A Free Conference thereupon defir'd by the Commons, 70. Which is refus'd by the Lords, ibid. The Commons Reasons for defiring a Free Conference, 71. Which the Lords infift upon refufing, ibid. The Lords proceed upon the Earl of Oxford's a 2 Trial, |